Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-04
Trouble Between the White
and COIOred Veterans.
FIGURING MILLS BURNED.
Editors Arrested, Details Of Para
quay Massacre, Riot in LOUISIANA,
Counterfeitors in Portland, State
and Foreign News, Etc.

| grH OF the OTRauiIabiOu VI WV SDe'
encampment that 1t should be the
most successful in the history of O..
A. II. and the parade was the most
magnificent ever known. Certain
il is that the multitudes which as
sen,bled 10 Detroit today Is larger
than the city ever greeted before and
in magnificence Of pageantry and
beauty OF decorations todays parade
"a without precedent. -Four magnifi
,ent arches erected by the citizen'
in different parts Of the city marked
the line Of march. On the state OF
| Illinois, the home ofLIncoln and the
home Of Grant and Logan was con
erred the honor of the right Of line
THE coLoRED q. A. RS.
DETROIT. Aug, 4.-There Is .
serious dispute which threatens the
serenity of the silver encampment
IF the g. A. R. 1t is the "color
question" Col. Hedges, commander
# the department of Louisiana and
Mississippi, said today "unless this
thing is straightened out during
this eucampment, their won't be
white member Of the G. A. Il. south
of the Ohio or Potomac year hence
they are outnumberiDg In posts
thus putting us directly under them
Now we want to rule ourselves and
have colored people go by them
selves"
Col. Jas. Lewis (colored) admins
traitor Of police and administrators OF
public works, New Orleans is the
champion of the colored side, when
asked what the trouble in Louisiana
was, he said: 1--WE have nine posts
with membership Of over a thou
sands, yet we are not recognized by
the commander of our department
We get no representation in the con
vention, and are ordered to report to
the commander-in-chief. Depart
ment commander thinks that we
want social recognition. claim
the order is not a social one, but a
historic and fraternal one"
FIGURING MILLS BURNED.
| BAKERCITY, Or, Aug. 4.-Duneen
Bros, FIGURING Mills in this city
were consumed by fire this morning.
| LOGS $27, 600; insurance $1,000. II
is supposed to be the work of an In
cendiary.
! PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS AR
RESTED.
. NEW York, Aug. 4.-The grand
Jury this afternoon handed up
a batch of indictments against tn
4 editors and publishers of New Yorl
! city morning newspapers, excep
the Tribune, charging them will
: misdemeanor for publishing an ac
. count of the execution OF murderers
: recently killed at Sing Sing. Th'
!. Tribune was the only paper foun'
to have complied with the law. In
!, dicted men will give bail.
n MORE DETAILS OF THE PARAGUAN
MASSACRE.
New YORK, Aug. 4.-Accordinl
20 the details which were published
In La Democracla at Assumption
Paraguay, a band Of the most law
! less natives, angered by some politi
cal difference with the residents o
. the neighboring village Of Islapen
descended on the latter place ant
began a daughter by an attack oil
the house OF Judge Gauna. The at
teclSlng band were headed by the
bandit, Benlto Benltez, and mum
= bered about fifty men. On arriving
at Judge Gauna's house, the desper
ADDE'S surrounded 1t and opened fir
from the rear. There were but fOu
people there at the time - Judg'
Gauna's aged wife, his two sons anc
daughter. The judge himself anC
another son were absent on business
The fire Of the desperadoes was re
turned by the men in the house, tn
> women aiding them by loading tn
guns as fast as they were emptied
When the ammunition OF those II
L the house was exhausted, the DIES
r peradoes entered aud killed the tive
4 sons and took the women prisoners
d AT the beginning of the attack
, some inhabitants, attracted by The
/ firing, rushed into the streets anC
n fired into the mob, but detaieh
4 ment Of the desperadoes speedily
y rushed upon them and murdered
& them and their nelghbors, pillag
o ing and burning their houses
d Humble homes and homes of lux
r ury were destroyed by fire, not even
n the churches being spared. Al the
II church of the Immaculate Concep
Il tion, mass was being celebrated a
y the time, and when the raiders wer'
Il denied admission TO the church
q they forced an entrance and waited
g patiently for conclusion Of the ser
n vices before they began their blood,
. work. The priest was among th'
d slain, aud In the looting OF the edi
n ice not an article OF the slightes
value was left by the raiders. Man,
who sought TO take refuge ON th'
y opposite shore Of the Paraguay river
! that flows near the city, were dc
. voured by sharks An attack on
4 tie home of Judge Sabe'dla, at the
|. village. was desperately resisted
|. aud several OF the raiders were kill
Z ~, the leaders, Benlez aud MART