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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-22
THE BLAINE DIVORCE CASE.

The decision Of The court of South Da-
kota, which awards decree of divorce 10
Mrs. James G. Blame, jr.. with the Gus
tody OF her child and 500 q month perma-
nent allmony, grants nothing but justice
io~a shameiUlly wronged woman. The
opinion of the judge not only places
young Blaine in piilory for the rest OF
his days as contemplate puppy, who
married young woman so sweet and
charming that she captured the hearts of
hostile family with the exception of his
inexorab!e mother, made her the mother
Of child and then deserted her at the
bidding of this heartless mother.
\ man Of liberal and refined education,
young NJ. Blaine was so utterly destitute
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Inc public is hereby warned not to paw
my money TO parties representing to be
agents OF the Seattle observation-disclosures,
except the following, who are the only
auenorlzed travelling agents of the Posr-
~ . = ELY ENcER, viz: J. A. Mcclellan and T.
LAVE. a. Davies. THIS does not apply to resident
agents OF this paper, who are located in
various cities and towns of the Northwest,
nor 70 postmasters. who are in all cases
au.norized to take subscriptions for the
naliy, sunday and Weekly Posr-INrELu-
GENcER.
sE1TTIr .vav,. ..-.....,
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AN IMPORTANT AMENDMENT.

It will be noted that of the nineteen pro-
posed amendments to the charter, as they
are numbered in the official publication,
two-the 4th and 17th--have been aban-
doned and that of the remainder eight re-
late only to routine matters, mainly for
the purpose of Strengthening out now
doubtful provisions of the charter, and to
which 1t does not seem probable that any
body will take exception.
The most important of the amendments
relating to departmental work is No. 5,
which, although of considerable length
does not involve many changes. 1t was
thought best, however, in matter of 50
much Importance, to give the entire sec
tons. so that they could be the better I'M
derstood now and when they become a
part of the organic law.
Under the charter of 1856, the assessment
for street improvements was made upon
the valuation of all property within the
district. This led to many cases
of seeming injustice. The owner
of property valued at 5000, for
instance. argued that he was no more bene-
flied by planking than his neighbor short
distance off, who had only paid $1,000 for
his land. The former said he had already
Maid for the advantages his property had,
and that an assessment was not like q
property tax. Another objection was made
hv the owner of thirty feet valued at s., coo
against being assessed so as to pay for
planking in front of a neignbor's sixty
foot lot worth the same price. There were
also many cases in which irregularly-
shaped pieces of land were compelled to
nav a larger proportion of cost than seemed
equitable.
The charter, as it now stands, provides
that instead of the valuation being the
INIT assessment shall be according to the
front foot-not merely that fronting on
tho street improved, but within the i'm
xrovement district. Were this city built
In squares the plan would have answered
well Int there are so many parts of the
c,tv cut transverseIy by streets that even
this superior method did not meet ali
cases.
tits now proposed to take 100 feet as
tbe unit of measurement, OF which the
front thirty feet Tor Its equivalent
200, nearest to the street 10 he
improved shall pay 40 per cent
of the entire cost; the second thirty
feet to pay 25 per cent; the third thirty
feet back to pay 20 per cent and the
Sourth or most remote thirty feet TO pay
Is per cent. of the cost.
There can be no objection TO this method
on the score of fairness; ana II ~iI apply
equally well to any piece of land, however
grotesquely plated.
The other amendments in this section
ore entirely technical, except modlhcA-
ton of the payment by bond system.
,,b;cb has been altered to accord with re
decision of the supreme court
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NORTHMEsr NEWS.

Mr.. kerkendall, representing Shepherd. simms
& Co. has made all arrangements 10 build ana
operate supply store ior the Great Northern
railroad at Davenport II is 10 be 6oxl20 feet in
space.
Mr.. Cummins, merchant and an old-timer Of
Alma, okanogaa county. had his entire store a.
that place burned last Wednesday loss. $500;
insurance. S2,loo. Ii was with great difficulty
that bis barn aad oihe. buildings were saved,
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out reproaI

W. II. kuhl, bookkee per Tor schoonmaEer &
Co, OF Pittsburg, Pa, thought 1t would be fun
20 drop a redhot penny down the back OF little
Newsboy Joe Reilly. He did it and the boy danced
and screamed and rolled on the floor in his agony.
Kuhl only laughed 1t was found that the
penny made a blister TIE length of the boys
back. The Humane society heard of it and
brought suit against Kuhl for cruelty, and he
was aned $40 and costs for his ioke
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said parish at the next state election on
the 10th day of April, 1892, and no others,
shall be entitled to vote at their respective
or accustomed precincts or polling places
at said urinary election.n
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General Ayers military record and his
reputation as brave and loyal soldier are
secure in Michigan against any assault,
says the Democratic Free Press of Detroit
There are differences of opinion among
his lelIow-citizens as to his qualifications
for the presidency, but as man, a citizen
and soldier he stands before them with
ont renrOqCh
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The call for the Democratic prim ,ry
elections in East Felieiana tl.ouisia 1al
,arisb held February 9, included the fol-
isw;ng. AL, white Democrats who are
reristerod voters Of said parish, or Who
NAV he entitled to register and Vet. in
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-22

STEAMERS.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Dispatch steamers from Seattle as follows:
For San Francisco. via Port Townsend and Vic
toria, at p. m. passengers received board at
p M February s. IL, 10, %; March 4, IL, 49, rs.
For Alaska February IL. ~; March 10. %.
From San Francisco, for Victoria and Puget
Sound ports at a m, February S. Il, 10, 26;
March 4, IL, Is, rs, 80.
Tickets may be obtained at the ONCE Of the com.
pany, At Ocean dock, Seattle.
GooDAL, PERKINS & co.
General Agents, San francisco
Il. MCCLELLAN. Superintendent. Seattle.
COLUMBIA RIVER AND PUGET SOUND
" Navigation Company's fast and eleg CANT steamer
BAILEY GATZERT. Tacoma-Seattle route.
Time card commencing Monday, January IS
1892 Leave Tacoma
7:20 q m Arrive Seattle slo a NJ
Has a. m. Arrive Seattle 80 p m.
<:So p. m. Arrive Seattle e:2Op N.
Leave Seattle
$3.50 q N. Arrive Tacoma II 20 a. m
2.00p. m. Arrive Tacoma 3:50p. m-
6:S5 p. N. Arrive Tacoma s:20p.m.
Landings-Commercial Dock, Seattle; n. P. r
r. Dock. Tacoma
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CANADIAN PACIFIC NAVIGATION CO
" Iimited)
HOOD CANAL ROUTE

HOOD CANAL ROUTE
STEAMER DELTA,
Carrying the United States mail will leave Hat
feld-Colman dock at o'clock a m. Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays for Kingston, Point 40
Point, Port Gamble, Bangor, Seabeck Bremen
Pleasant Harbor, Daqueboose, Helrner 10 HamIin
Bay, Homa HoIna, Dewatto, Lilliwaup Falls II Gods
port and Union City. Returning leaves Union
City al O'Clock - m. ID. IROU IMAM. Master.
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DIR. BOWMAN & Gu
204 Commercial St, Seattle Vnl
All Chronic and Complicated Diss
OF Men, Women and Chiidrse
Speedily Cured.
so4 Commercial St, Seattle Visl

NERVOUS DEBILITY. spermstorrhn4
nal Losses, Night Emissions, loss Of vita -
sieeplessness, Gloominess, Depression o. -
version 10 Society. Nearly DISCOURAGE
Confidence. Dull, Listless. Unfit for study u
ness. permanently and speedily cured. -
ALL SEXUAL DEFURMlTIES and ~
ments TO marriage corrected.
BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES, syPnhn.~S
pietely eradicated without the uso o. mw--s
scrof1la, Erysipelas, Blotches. Erup;lons - ~
Acne, Ulcers. Pinples. Pains IN the H. -
bones, etc, permanently cured when otns"
failed. -
URINARY. Kidney and Bladder Trou1lsak M
Back. Burning Urine. Frequency OF 49, ,
Urine High Colored or with Milky seei11sss-rrIs
standing. Gonorrhoes, elect, Cystitus, -
Aydrocels, etc, permanently cured
reasonable.
STRUCTURE cured in nom hftsen e
days BY the latest and most scientific m0I
CATARRH, Throat, Nose and Lons
suecessfully and permanently cured.
Dr.. Bowman & Co. are the Oldest ana ~
liable specially firm in the Pacific ~
having been established In the city OF osN
1857
The Seattle Office IL under the persona
Vision Of DR. Bowman. ~
Once hours-s .. m. to p. n; susdsgA -
N. to II m.
y. B.-Ysrsons unable to visit 10 NAY -
- their homes ~ corrsspondene&
-
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RAILROADS.

RAILROADs.
TO SAN FRANCISCO
And all points in
CALIFORNIA
Via the Mt Shasta route Of
THE SOUTHERN ICIFIc COMPANY.
The only route
THROUGH CALIFORNIA
To all points
EAST AND SOUTH.
THE SCENIC ROUTE OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERs
PULLMAN TOURIST SLEEPING CARS
Attached to express trains affording superior &C
commodati0ns for second-class passengers
For rates. tickets, sleeping car reservations.
etc, call upon or address
THOMAS "A. GRAHAM, District Passenger Agent
E. p ROGERS. Assistant General Freight and
Passenger Agent. Portland. Or.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY LINE
Seattle Montana Railway, Fairhaven a souther,
Railroad, New Westminster & Southern
Railway.
TINE CARD IN EFFECT DEG 2, lss
TO AND FROM
Everett, Marysville, stanwood, Mt Vernon, Fair
haven, New Whaicom. Blaine and
South Westminster
leave Sealtle. S.SU q m
Trains arrive Seattle. .................. sos D. In
Through cars between Seattle and South West
minister connecting with electric line for Van
couver. s. s. NEFF. Supt
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FAST TIME
PORT GARDNER ROUTE.
T A II R GREY II UND
......FoE.....
EDMONDS MUCKILTEO
EVERETT SWAIIOwFLL
LOWELL and sNOHOMIsH
Leaves City Dock. Seattle daily At a. m; srriy-
ing a. Snohorntsh at 1915 p. m.
Leaves Snohomish. return trip. at II 80 .. m.
arriving At Seattle at S rs p. M
The only through boat 10 Snohomi.h. Fsrs
through 10 Snohomisn, 81. Connects with steamer
Bailey Gatzert for Tacoma
Trips daily including Sunday
MEALS ON BOARD.
SEATTLE AND TACOMA NAVIGATE CO.
CLAUD TROUT, FRANK W. GOoDHUE.
Pres secy.
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FAST TIME
EVERETT AND LOWELL
The Elegantly Equipped Steamer
STATE OF wAsHIN aToN.
Every Morning tExcep. Sunday g. $50. from,
Baker & Co.'S Dock.
RETURNING:
Arrives Seattle at D. m,
FOR TACOMA:
Every Evening Except sunday a. $50.
X. W. BAKER co,
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DEXTER HORTON q CO.. BANKERs-
INCORPORATED 1887
5000 Ooo
VI, r.. y, = -. '''''.'..'s.-..-W $ LAD
N.ce-ffesident... A A. DENNY
tnanaser.- n. LATIMER
e"Shief'' .''..'.'.........k. X. VAN TUYI.
sight exchange and telegrapAic transfers m Va
iorX, ohlcago 81 Paul. san Francisco, Port
lAnu ana various points In Wash
ington, oregon and British
Columbia
where In Europe Su~oAe else
collections made at all point. Oh fayorableta--,,
Bonds. It cks nd other ysIuahI Is rarai,+ ~ ny
post Tor safe keeping. W ue-
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SEATTLE
s1rrl,s '..--............S15o,0 900
NP-9'''''s......s ..-.--.-..s....,., So. $50 900
I 1900 hcaIckkS.............V Vice President
LAs1Eh IuESkh. ....-........,..,.... (,a,hlar
General banking business transacted.
sight and Geographic exchange payabla in all IN.
principal cities OF the United states
and ERZQpa
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-10-29
A SCATTERING OF SCIENCE.

A HUNDRED years ago William Muir
doch illuminated his home with gas
made in an iron kettle, and burnt at the
end of an open iron tube"
IN speaking of the qualification of a
body by cooling, Professor Dewar says
that water can be made to become solid
by the evaporation of quarter of its
weight
BLANDYTE is the title given to the new
material made of Trinidad asphalt and
waste rubber. 1t resists the heat of high
pressure steam and lasts well in the
presence of oil and grease.
DIR. JULES RocHARD, in paper read
before the French academy of medicine,
says that prussic acid is among the
active principles that pass into the
smoke of cigar undergoing combus-
ton.
CRYsTALLIzED nitrogen is one of the
greatest chemical curiosities. By cool
ing nitrogen gas down to 1857 degrees
below the freezing point, and then al
lowing it to expand, solid snow-like
CRYSTALS are formed
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-10-29
A LITTLE MISCELLANY.

ARTEsIAN wells spouted in Thebes
1900 years before the Christian era.
OUT of the total 1904 paupers in
almshouses in the United States in the
last year, Oils per cent were white
and but s.S5 per cent. were colored.
AN old soldier in Kansas recently re-
,ceived from the government three cents
which had been due him without his
knowledge for more than thirty years.
Four citizens of Winnipeg have left
that city for a carriage drive to Jack
sonville, Fla, $500 miles. After spend
ing the winter in Florida they will re-
turn by way of the worlds fair.
BLACK glass was once used for mir
rors, as well as transparent glass with
some black substance on the back. 1t
is related that the Spaniards found mir
rors of polished black stone, both con-
vex and concave, among the natives of
South America.
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PERSONAL POINTS.

4 WOODBRIDGE CLIFFORD, postmaster
at Edgecomb, Me, holds the second
Oldest postmaster's commission in the
United States, dated 1886.
If the Woman's Christian Friendly
society of Milwaukee will agree to
maintain worlSinggirls boarding
house, Miss Elizabeth Plankinton, of
that city, will build one and furnish it.
Lolita, the actress, owns beautiful
home at Lake Hopatcong, also the Park
Sheater, in Boston, several large apart
ment houses in New York, real estate
in several large cities and a comfortable
fortune invested in stocks, bonds and
mortgages.
Gov. PATTIsoN, of Pennsylvania,
while rambling in the suburbs of Phila-
delphia ventured to sit on rustic bench
beneath tree on private grounds,
whereupon a child informed him that
he was trespassing on her fathers
property and politely escorted him off
the domain
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-10-29
GATHERED IN LONDON.

THERE are 1920 hansoms and $500
four-wheel cabs in the metropolitan dis
trict of London.
LONDON has over onesthousand houses
which are thought to be haunted. Most
of them are tenantless.i
1T is said that the shortest street in
the world is Mansion street, in London,
which extends for distance of only a
few yards.
AN eel that is ordinary in all respects
except that it has skin of a beautiful
golden color" has been added to the col
lection in the London geological gar
den.
THE South Kensington museum, Lon
-do83recently paid ESQ $4,000 a yard for
some lace manufactured in the south of
Ireland 1t is said that this is the high
est price on record and that the lace is
of the most exquisite workmanship.
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GENTLE ZEPHYRs.

A CAT sees as well by night as by
day, and sings rather worse.-Boston
Transcript
/ SOCIETY REPoRTEB-"Mrs Skihigh
complains the picture we printed does
not look bit like her." Editor
That's lucky. We can use it for some
one else, then. "-Tid-Bits.
THAT man is a very old accountant
who has weathered many financial
storms" $50 l should judge. He looks
exactly like battered figure head. -
Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
''SEE, Mary, are not these flowers
beautiful" "'Deed they are, miss.
Many time have seen jist like 'em in
bunnits. Amt it wonderful how nat'rl
the Lord can make things?"-Life's
Calendar.
AT Far Bar Harbor. ''What's Miss
Thackeray looking SO vexed about2"
why, she became engaged in the dark
last night and found out this morning
that she had duplicated. He was No,
8 of her former series. Chicago News
Record
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-10-29
INGENIOUS FOREIGNERS.

A CLOCK that can talk has been in
vented by matchmaker in Geneva,
Switzerland.
BY an ingenious apparatus lately in
vented it has been shown that in Glas-
gov on wet morning there are $780,
900 dust particles in cubic inch of
air.
IN the Boulevard ST. German, in
Paris, you can drop small sou into a
slot in circular column, publicly sit
uated, press button and catch eight
quarts of hot water in pail.
A PROCESS for making artificial
precious stones out of crystallized al
lumina has been discovered in Glasgow.
Some years ago Paris artificer success
fully produced imitation rubies
The latest form of steamship propel-
Ter is an English invention. 1t is de-
signed so that when in motion there is
no weight of water on the blades on
the rise and fall of the propeller, due
to the pitching of the vessel.
AN ingenious Frenchman has invented
a Continuance for removing the hair by
machinery 1t is said that it operates
with as great precision as DIR. Guillotins
and does not remove so much of the
man with the hair.
A FRENCH inventor, NJ Mesdran, has
invented machine for the proper boil
ing of eggs. M. Mesdran claims his in
vention is nothing short of "a revela-
ton both from the hygienic and the
gastronomic point of view The inven-
ton has been patented in England as
well as in France
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-10-29
1t Was No Go.

In hall in Glasgow few weeks ago
there was lecture on Marriage and
After" The lecturer said that men
should kiss their wives as they did
when they were year or two married.
When the lecture was over an old
man went home, put his arm around
his wife's neck and kissed her. Meet
ing the lecturer next day he said:
tits no CO."
What isn't?" said the lecturer.
"Weel, said the man, when kissed
my wife she said: What's gone wrang
wi we, ye auld fool ye? Boston
Globe.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-10-29
SMALL WRITING.
Remarkable Results of French Editors
Offer.

| Remarkable Results of "a French Editors
Offer.
A leading Paris paper, the Eclair, is
offering gold medal as prize to the
finest writer, without distinction of ma
tionality, writes a correspondent. It is
not literary merit that is wanted, as the
above announcement would lead one to
suppose. The prize-giving editor merely
wants to know how many words can be
written on a piece of paper. Replies
have already been sent in. A Belgian
officer has accomplished the feat of put
ting 2, 1877 words on postcard. A Mar
settles gentleman has distanced him,
having crowded on card of the same
size 2, $50 words, representing an article
of M. Sarcey, and a poem of Deputy
Clovis Hughes, both legible without
magnifying glass, though not, Imagine,
without a good pair of eyes. The above
feats are nothing beside that of another
competitor for the gold medal, gov
eminent clerk at Survigny, who has on
a postcard written out an official direc-
tory, from the president and his house.
hold down to the members of the Paris
municipal council - altogether 5000
words. He spent twenty eight hours
over this at leisure moments, and
worked with the naked eye. But he is
capped by Sergeant Lethorel, secretary
of the One Hundred and Twenty-sev-
enth infantry, who announces that he
will shortly produce postcard with a
collection of articles amounting to IL
900 words.
AS an art small writing has been
killed by photography. Microscopic
photography was simply invaluable to
France during the siege of Paris, when
carrier pigeons were daily sent out with
10000 private letters photographed on a
pellicle two inches square rolled up in a
quill. There are still, however, plenty |
of amateurs, some of them distin-
guished and even illustrious. I may
mention, for instance, Alphonse .Daudet,
who has often, out of fun, written orig
inal newspaper articles on a leaf of CT
garette paper.
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Dissolution of co-Partnership

NOTICE is hereby given that the firm OF
Fielder e. Coulthurst is this day dissolved
by mutual consent.
Thosmas Coulthurst is authorized to col
lect all bills and accounts due said firm, and
to settle all bills. A. j. FIELDEN.
THOMAS CoULTHURsr,
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LEGAL SUICIDE.
The Oregon Method of Executing
Criminals.
An Automatic Device by Which the Con-
demned Launches His Own Soul
Into Eternity-Better than
Electricity.

Not to speak lightly of a grave sub
ject, Oregon has put the beer on her
murderers The man who kills another
and is convicted of murd er is sentenced
to death as in other states, but is made
to hang himself.
| The hanging takes place there amid
all the lugubrious surroundings which
are common to the death penalty else
where. The striking difference, we are
informed, is in the supreme moment
the execution itself Instead of the
sheriff, or some hired deputy, having to
hang the culprit by springing a trap,
touching trigger, or driving off
horse, the gallows is automatic and the
victim is his own executioner The
hanging takes place in the execution
room" of the Jail, in the presence of
fourteen persons certain designated
officers, a spiritual adviser chosen by
the prisoner, and jury of six reputable
citizens of the state. The reporters are
not in it. A deputy warden named
Dudley is the inventor of the hanging
continuance, which is said to beat cleo
tricity, and is thus described by the
Augusta Chronicle:
As the prisoner enters the execution
room and has finished his con sultation
with his spiritual adviser, the black
cap is placed over his head, the moose is
adjusted, and he advances to a position
on a small piece of carpet, about four
feet square, which is placed directly in
front of the fatal machine. While there
is nothing suspicious about this carpet
ed spot, it is a small platform separated |
from the rest of the floor Below it |
rests on the end of long lever, the OPP
posite end of which is in an adj |
joining room. In this adjoining
room are two large pals. The upper
pail contains about forty pounds of
water, a rubber tube connecting it with
the pail below and the water starting
to flow at the opening of valve This
pail of water is fastened to one end of
steel bar, at the other end of which is
ball of iron, held in its
position only by the heavier weight at
the other end. To this ball of iron is
a rope passing upward and
over pulley into the wall, where a
trigger holds a weight of two hundred
1hd bWSiiey live POuhio III pOSlOtOu.
This weight is also securely fastened
With rope, which seems to disappear
over the ceiling. The other end of this
-ope is the end at which the condemned
nan is standing.
Unconscious of what he is doing, he
teps on to this small bit of carpet.
Ills weight moves the lever under the
loor By this the valve in the pail of
water is opened. Noiselessly the water
passes through the rubber tube into the
Empty pail. The ball of iron is released
rom its position 1t jerks out the trig-
'er holding the heavy weight. This :
rops, and within thirty seconds from
he time the man has stepped on to the
arpet he is jerSed into the air and his
cath is instantaneous. The prisoner ,
5 jerked about six feet into the air and
alls back to about three feet from the
DOR.
In each of the four executions which
ave taken place the neck has been
roken and there has appeared no sign
struggling.