The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-11-20
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AsEdlNJA. AOIb1WeSL 1erTle0Ty, NOV IL
Louis David Riel was executed on the
scaffold at the barracks of the mounted
police force, near this city, for high treason
against the Queen of Great Britain, at s :2S
o'clock yesterday morning, mountain time.
Riel appeared to sleep soundly Sunday
night, awaking at an early hour and re-
Stunning his deyotions. The same extraor-
binary precaution against the possible
escape of Riel, or the intrusion into the
barracks of unauthorized persons was os-
served again yesterday morning. At a
mile from the barracks mounted patrols
challenged all persons and compelled them
to disclose written passes. Two other lines
of guards were stationed at points nearer
the post where the same precautions were
again observed. No one was permitted to
enter the guard-room until S:I2 o'clock.
The scene presented then was that of Riel
on the scaffold, with Pere Andre
and Father McWilliams with him cele-
h1ating mass. Riel was on his Bonded
knees, wearing loose wooden surtOut,
gray trousers and a wooden shirt. On his
feet were WORCESTERSHIRE only feature of
his dress that partook of the Indian that
was in him. He received the notice to
proceed to the scaffold in the same COM
posed manner shown the preceding night.
On receiving the warning of his fate his
face was full Of color, and he appeared to
have perfect self possession, responding to
the service in clear Tone
The prisoner decided only a moment be-
fore starting for the scaifOld not to make a
speech. This was owing to the earnest So
licitaton of both the priests attending him.
lie displayed an inclination at the last mo-
ment to make an address, but Pere Andre
reminded him of his promise. and he then
arose and walked toward the executioner,
repeating his prayers to the last moment,
the final words escaping him being "Merce
Jesu." He died without struggle. Not
to exceed twenty persons were permitted
within the confines of the barracks to wit
ness the execution, and it was certainly per-
formed with decorum and dispatch. His
body was taken in charge by the Coroner,
and the verdict usual to all State executions
was rendered.
The body Of the rebel leader was in
tered under the scaffold directly after the
execution. 1t will lie there for few days,
and then, in accordance with a codicil Of
his will, be transported to the cemetery of
st. Boniface, at Winnipeg, where it will be
buried beside that of his father.
MONTREAL, Can, Nov. 17.--The City
Council yesterday afternoon adopted res
0lution to adjourn as ''protest against
the odiouS violation of the laws of justice
and humanity in the execution of Riel -
Last night crowd numbering from five
30 ten thousand marched through the streets
to the Champs Gle Mars, where effigies of
Sir Hector LangueYin and other members
of the Cabinet were burned. Proceeding
then to Victoria Square the mob set fire to
an efigy of Sir John Macdonald. Several
shots were exchanged between the paraders
and the police, but no one was injured.
The Queens statue in the square was much
backened. The mob then quietly dis
pefsed Fsl
Everything in the neighborhood of Re-
gina is quiet, tut some apprehension is felt
that Crowfoot will give troublS, as his de-
mands are daily growing larger, and he is
arming and eauipping his Indians with
arms and ammunition brought from the
United States. They are reported to have
one thousand ponies. 1t is stated that all
the Indians have left their reserva-
ton near Battleford Fort Pitt and Edmofl-
ton, leaving the squawS and children be.
hind. This is regarded as significant
move, Considerable stock has been run off
around Medicine Hat within the past few
days, and twenty-five lodges of Assina-
BONES have left Red Pheasant's Reserve,
on Battle River, and can not be found.
The half-breeds are quiet, and no trouble
from them is anticipated. m 81
RiePs career was a stormy one. He was
born thirty nine years ago in st. Boniface, on
the west side of the Seine River Manitoba.
He began attending school at the age of nine
and at eleven went to Montreal, where he at
tended the Jesuit College. He returned to
st. Paul, where he obtained employment
as dry goods clork. He remained there
but short time, He then returned
home and engaged in farming, until
1859, when, at the time of the Red River
rebellion, he was asked by the half-breeds Of
Manitoba to be their leader. In 1868 the Brit
ish Parliament passed the rupert land ACT"
1nder provisions of which the Hudson Bay
known as the northwest territory. The com.
pany received $780, 900 in money and valuable
grants of land. The Indians and
half-breeds had farms with mar.
were long, narrow strips, often running
two miles back from the ST. Lawrence, the
Ottawa and Saguenay Rivers. The survey.
ors began to survey this country into square
blocks. This was the first cause of quarrel.
By the new arrangements old associations and
family ties were threatened with disruption,
and the tenure of land became uncertain:
One day Riel put his foot on the surveyors
chain and ordered the surveyors to quit
work. The order was obeyed. In the fall of
1869 he took possession of old Fort Garry,
now Fort Winnipeg, and armed his followers
with three hundred rifles found in the stores
OF the Hudson Bay Company. From there
they issued their well-known bill of rights.
A counter-insurreetion was attempted by the
was shot by. Riers order. All of the lead
ing English Canadians at Fort Garry were
taken prisoners. After the collapse Of the
insurrectiOn Riel and a few of his
States BY act of Parliament the fugitive
Chief was banished for five years. When his
term of Punishment expired he returned to
Manitoba. In spite of threats that he would
be killed. hea took his seat in the House
OF Commons company of soldiers was
secreted in an ante-rOOm and at one time i
was feared riot would enSue. He left
his seat when the opening prayer was con.
cluded, and never returned. The outbreak
of last spring was the outgrOwth of the one
of 1869. The dissatisfaction of the half
breeds eliminated March n of this year.
Riel became the leader, and made raid on
the town of Duck Lake, where all of the in.
habitarts were massacred. The n utilization
of the Canadian Army was ordered, and 2,00(
men. under General Middleton, were sent to the
scene OF the uprising. In the meantime Riel
and his army captured tifty-seven villages
Riers forces were defeated by Middleton
and Colonel Otter routed the forces
under Chief Poundmaker, Riel's Lieuten
ant. On the 18th of HAY the war wa:
practically ended by the defeat
of Riel by Middleton's army Two
days afterward Riel surrendered. After
many legal wranglings his trial began al
Regina on July %, and ended August / with 8
verdict of guilty and capital sentence. An
appeal was taken to the imperial privy coun.
Gil. but that body refused to interfere and
threw the whole weight of the responsibility
upon Sir John A. Macdonald.
"A writer in a prominent British
medical journal says the popular belief
that beef-tea contains the strength OF
the beet is q terrible error. and that it
has no food value whatever, being only
a stimulant. The people who have
supposed their lives had been saved by
the use of the tea, and the physicians
who have prescribed it for thousands OF
patients with apparently satisfactory
results, will doubtless be very much
surprised to learn this. - Chicago Cur
rent.
1t is stated that many of the crown
jewels stolen from the royal armory at
Turin last August have found their way
to this country. They comprise the
most valuable of the heirlooms of the
house of Savoy, being worth over $500,
600 Dealers in Jewels in the United