The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-05-31
A SERVIAN BLUEBEARD,

had tried to build fire and failed. The
body was buried in the mountains.
sERvIAN BLUEBEARD.
LONDON, May 27.-A man. whom his
neighbors call Bluebeard, has been dis
covered and imprisoned in the vicinity of
Belgrade. His name Is Buja. For the
last twenty years he has been consider
able land owner and proprietor of the
largest tavern in the suburbs of the
Servian capital. BuJa was living with
his first wife when he made his appear
ance at Belgrade in 1869. Two years
later she vanished. Buja advertised for
her, paid detectives to try to find her and
apparently mourned tor her deeply.
After all his efforts proved vain. Two
years elapsed and he married again. The
second Mrs. Buja lasted until the middle
OF 1874. Then she, too, dropped out of
sight. Buja did as he had done when the
first Mrs. Buja vanished, and was just as
unsuccessful as before. With 1875 came
another Mrs. Buja, who could not be
found after July, 1876. In the spring of
1877 the fourth Mrs. Buja shared Mr.
Buja's bed and board. She was young
and pretty, and was as devoted to her
husband as he seemed to be to her. After
ball one evening In 1878 she started for
home alone in cab. She was never
seen alive afterward. Her husband ram
sacked the country for her, mourned with
unusual vehemence and swore that be
would never marry again. He remained
single until 1884, when he took his fifth
wife and has lived with her ever s.nce.
He has had three children by her. He
had bad luck in land speculation eighteen
months ago, and was obliged to sell the
greater part of his farm. Six weeks ago
the purchaser broke ground for cellar.
Two feet below the surface he came upon
a sealed beer barrel. In it he found the
skeleton of woman attired in a ball
dress. The wrists were tied and the legs
were twisted against her body. Some
jewelry that had dropped from the
woman's neck and arms gave clew to
the fact that the skeleton was that of
Buja's fourth wife. Buja was arrested
and confessed that he had throttled her,
packed her IN cask, and buried her on
the night of her return from the ball.
HIS only reason for the murder was that
be was weary OF her. Buja refused to
say whether or not he killed his other
three wives. The police are having
Buja's farm carefully examined with
picks, shoveis and plows in the hope of
finding the skeletons of the rest OF the
women Buja is suspected of having put
out of his way.
THE MIGHTY COLUMBIA.
WASHINGTON, May 2s-Representative
Hermann made some very effective OBJ
'ervations at the close of the debate on
ne river and harbor bill. He congratu-
ated congress on the passage Of the
most satisfactory bill that had ever passed
congress. He said that while this would
'e welcome tidings to the people of the
treat lakes on the North, the Cult on the
'outh and the large and smaller rivers of
he Atlantic side, 1t would be more
earthly welcomed by the expectant
eople of the Pacific Northwest. He said
was appropriate at this stage of bill
o which the water ways of his own state
ad been SO Loyalty remembered to read
D the house statement he had Just re-
eived from Major Handbury, from Port
Ind, Or, which announced that the recent
,undiIgs of the Columbia river bar dis
losed depth of 2515 feet at mean low
a'er, and he SAID this was already great
iumph and most conclusive argument
favor OF the river and harbor policy of
a. |
snetits which could be expected for the
ascade locks by liberal appropriations,
well as for other portions of the state,
I'd he expressed the hope that congress
ould at an early date take favorable
tion on the boat railway project o. the
which he said would open I'D
continuous navigation of 1000 miles,
act,cally from the Rocky mountains
the sea. The Oregon items were oil
ssed as reported from tbe committee,
d no member is more juhilaut thai
;presentative Hermann over the result.
LITTLE GIRL DROWNED.
SEATTLE, May 2s.-News was received .
re to-day of sad drowning which
cured at Mission lake, Kitsap county,
'nday afternoon. Three girls, Claretta
el. aged 10, Mary johnson, aged 1s,
! Yarda Johnson, 9 years of age, went
bathing and in spirit of adventure
liked out on tree that projected from
} bank, partly fallen. Claretta was
ding, followed by Mary and Yarda
ding each others hands. Claretta lost
i,alance and fell. and in her struggles 4
was carried out into the deep wafer. ial
ling the others from the tree. Little fel
rda made desperate effort to pull the tW tW
ls to the shore, and succeeded in
ting Mary out in an lnsenslble con- A
ION. Placing her lips to Mary's mouth n
succeeded in starting respiration. and
n Ter sister came to her senses. When for
ry realized that Ciaretta was in the roy roy
e she attempted to 60 to her rescue. lei
little Yarda held her and screamed :
help, her cries being heard by J.R.
ii"r, who ran to the lake, Lut il was
late. for Cl.retts had sank for tn.
d time and was dead before assistance -,
we'd. The body was recovered and Il
ught to the city on steamer. :
TROOPS AFTER THE APAoHEs. 1
WASHINGTON, May 27,-Major- General v
es, in telegrlm to the war depart- -