Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

Il new aud undeveloped a. yet, L.
2. Dickson, Henry II. Walcott and
o. e. wnlcott, Of Denver. Mr..
Ward, Of New York, and Jake
Saunders, Of Leadville, purchased
two-tblrds interest In the Last
Chance" mine at Creede for $4,000.
This mine Is shipping 81 tons Of ore
a day, which average $l6O per ton.
FOUND GUILTY.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-For nearly a |
month young G. w. Harris has been
on trial charged with poisoning his
girl wife. The marriage Of the two
was kept secret, but the mother Of
Miss Helen Potts learned of 1t, aud
pressed young Harris, a medical stu
dent, to tx the time when the mar
riage should be made known. The
time wa close at hand, when the
young woman died. Fifteen days
later, rumors Of foul play having
crept out, the body was dug up and
an autopsy made. Morphine was
found in the system. When Har-
ris was arrested, he admitted giving
capsules of morphine and quinine
as nelvlne, but tried to cast the
blame for the death on the druggist
IL transpired that the young woman
before her death, was brought close
TO death by q criminal operation
performed by Harris. 1t was proved
that he betrayed other young wOm-
en-, and boasted Of his power with
girls. The case was given to the
Jury last night, and In about ali
hour they returned with a verdict
Of "guilty Of murder In the first de-
gree" Mrs. Harris, the prisoners
mother, shrieked and fell to the
floor. "My God ~ she cried, "where
is justice ?" "There is no justice on
earth," replied Harris younger
brother. "It's a lie that he is guilty,
and from such men as these" moared
the gri,f-stricken woman.
THE GERMAN ARMY.
BERLIN, Feb. 3.-The socialist
journal Vorwartz publishes a copy
of an order issued to the Twelfth
army corps by Prince George of
Saxony, calling upon the officers t.
put stop to the inbuman treatment
Of the men by the non
commissioned officers. The prince
adds that socialism, the public dan
ger to Germany, will only be
strengthened by such treatment.
The order instances nine specific
cases of cruelty. In some primitive
drills the men were compelled to
present arms 500 times. Another
was obliged to raise can of boiling
coffee until he became 80 exhausted
he allowed the cans contents to run
over his head and shoulders. In
another case, Sergeant Pelug habit
ually kicked the men aud struck
them with his sword, wantonly
forced them to perform hard tasks,
and tortured them until they
screamed with agony. Cases are
instanced where the men were pa
raded at midnight In the depth of
winter, wearing only their shirts,
until they tainted. In addition
many cases of matchmaking arc
mentioned. The guilty sergeanis
have been sentenced to imprisou-
ment from two to five years each,
The revelation of these cruelties has
caused much indignation among the
public. Vorwarlz mentions some
cases where the men were kept at
knee drill till they had performed
the movement nearly 1000 times oI
till they had tainted. In one IN
stance recruit, who had become
bathed in sweat In consequence oi
the exertion, was unable to continue,
The sergeant poured a jug of cold
water oyer him and then ihrashed
him till the whip broke. The re
cruit's legs were covered with welts,
and as u result OF this treatment he
had TO be placed In hospital, where
he lay In high fever. Sergeant
Loehl fractured a mans collar bone
by beating him with a rifle. He
afterwards tried TO commit suicide,
fearing he would be found out. In
addition to other cruelties, Sergeant
Pelug compelled the men to chew
dirty socks, and forced recruits, who
had failed to stretch their knees
properly at drlll, to lie across two
chairs in II certain position. He
would then sit upon their unsup-
ported knees until they screamed
with pain, when he would have
them gagged.
ALLOWS HIS MAN 10 ESCAPE,
TRENTON, N. j., Feb. S.-Gov'
ernor Abbott has ordered thar De
teollve Dalton, who allowed embezZ'
Ter Hyer TO escape from his custody
at Plttsburg, while in transit from
San Francisco to Jersey City, Satur-
day night, be suspended, pending an
Investigation into the escape. The
jersey police have received 40 tldlngs
as to the whereabouts Of the young
hookkeeper, who was arrested In
San Francisco 10 answer a charge OF
having embezzled $1,000 from vii.
liam Harney, his employer and
cousin. When Dalton arrived al