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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19

nizance in Artena is Is times
greater relatively to the number of in
habitants, than in any other place or
district in Italy" Mark the words
Official recogniZancer'
Everything tends to show that almost
the entire population of this mountain
town is imbued with criminal propen-
sites. There is no need tf leading an
Artenaen, who may have strayed from
his or her environment. into crime by
suggestion. All of them seem to be
possessed of an irresistible passion for
cruelty-cTuelty that wishes its victim
to feel the bitterness of death. The
men and women of Artena are even
wanting in paternal and maternal
affection. Vengeance is of their daily
prayer and in deliberateness of GRIMM
al purpose they have no equals on the
face Of Europe, save perhaps in some
parts dominated by ''the unspeakable
Turk
Since the old name of MontefOrtino
was erased from the map after the fall
of Rome and the end Of the papal gov
eminent in 1870, three entire families.
some of the oldest in the city, have
been completely wiped out,-grand-
parents. parents, brothers and sisters,
cousins and nieces, nephews and uncleS
and aunts-the ScarenZies, the DabOs,
anu the RulnS. NClShDOr throws MINI
self upon neighbor in the fields, on
the street or in his or her castle, the
home. All houses are provided with
means OF fertilization and many trap
doors. Victims Of hatred or the prizes
of robbery are killed, naImed,-or tor
tured. a house gets up il flames and
half a dozen chiidren with 1t. Who
cares? Next day a friend of the muir
dered family shoots down the perpe-
traitor or perpetrators wherever he find
or tracks them.
The authorities are powerless, for no
citizen OF Artena will bear witness
against another. Vengeance is NINE"
says the mountain hero" or heroine"
and, no matter how convincing the
proof furnished, his or her obstinancy
of denial is greater. l attended ses-
sion of the assizes at Artena early in
the year. The whole town knew that
young Ottavi saw his father muir
dered by Jegado. Did he bear out the
public prosecutor? Not a word could
that official draw from his sealed lips.
His sisters, his mother, who had been
likewise direct or indirect witnesses to
the deed, were equally silent. When l
returned to Rome read in the Tribuna
a dispatch saying that Jegado's house
was broken into night before last and
that the murderer and his family of
three small children were bound to the
bed, drenched with kerosene, and
slowly roasted to perpetrators
unknown" of course.
Murder is avenged by murder in
Artena, as was done for centuries past
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in MOntefortinO, and whoever testifies
against a red-handed scourdrel takes
his life in his hanos. Hatred, jealousy,
and petty SquabieS leaof TO new MUIR
ders, tor the citizen of Artena is I'M
stable, excessively vain, morDidly ir-
ritabie, and Ioves revenge above all
things.
Alter 1870 the new government re-
solved to break up the time hocored
ICbber-nests, and Mortefortino In par
ticular was given a strong judicial ad-
minlStration; schools were erected
and the greatest severity was eXer-
cised In carrying out the laws and en-
FORCING respect Tor them.
AS a consequence, a few hundred of
the inhabitants had to be taken charge
OF at once and shipped to the county
seat, where they were confronted
with their judges, a cage having been
built Tor every u prisoners. Whole
families were then deported; but
crime did not diminish IN the least
The new city OF Artena soon had as
bad a name as the Montefortino of old.
Just before Pietro Acciarito heaped
new criminal renown upon his narive
city by attempting the life of King
UmbeIto in April last, a royal Official
was fouily murdered in Artena; and,
though many are undoubtedly in the
secret of his taking Oft, it is impossible
10 gain one particle of evidence aSSur--
ing conviction. II happened in this
way. About year ago the letter car
rieT OF the city was deposed and an
other, younger man sent from Rome to
take his place. The wife OF the former,
q fine looking woman, went about the
city Dewailing his misfortune and offer
ing proof thar her husband had been
uniawfully dismissed. Finally she gave
out that she had made a VOW to the
Holy Virgin to wear a black dress in
the Easter procession, which meant Ger
tain death 10 the new letter carrier OF
course the people of Artena saw the
point of this talk, and when the young
woman thus appeared on April Is
among three hundred others clad in
white. singing and praying in the pro-
cessicn behind the cross, nobody in
town doubted that the government
would soon have TO send a second post
man TO that district.
The blasphemous woman not only
wore the unconventional dress, but in
stead of the candle and flowers carried
an unlighted torch in her hand, wound
with Grape. On the following Monday,
April &C. the letter carrier was found
dead in the road leading from Volmon-
tone to the mountain town. He had
been shot through the head and a dag
ser stuck in his heart. All the money
and valuable letters he carried were
gene.
There are only surmises as to the
murderer or murdeTers, and these say
that the man was shot down by Maria's
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ready.
Constantinople. situated at the point
of triangular peninsula, itself has the
form of a triangle, each side being
four. miles in length. The side toward
the Sea was too strong for assault. and
the side toward the harbor could not
be reached, for a chain, which the
Moslem fleet was unable to break, was
stretched across the entrance. The at
tack was, therefore, begun against the
side facing inland. This was protected
by double wall and a trench 100 feet
deep. Here Mohammed brought to bear
his three monster guns ard a multi
tude of smaller batteries, ard opened
ire with a roar of artillery that would
have out-thunGered Jove himself if he
had brought his stormy ordnance into
competition. If mere noise could shake
down walls the city would have gone
the way of Jericho at the first blast:
but the balls of the smaller guns ratified
harmlessly against the masonry, and
at first even the main battery proved
singularly ineffective. In fact, IT was
not long before the mighty gun that
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| province. That actual want does not
exist in Artena was further demon
/ Strated to me by the surprising fact
that during my visit there was not a
! single beggar approached me; not even
the children asked for centesimos.
| Under these circumstances, to which
may be added a particularly mild eli
mate, one should imagine that the Ar
! tenains were q happy go-lucky-lot, a
| little lazy perhaps, but certainly I'M
|. willing to habitually walk the path of
the transgressor. Such surmise would
completely coincide with the writings
CT the Lombrosos, Morrisons, Ferris
and others, who insist that the majority
of criminals are bred under anomalous
social conditions Moreover. it would
concur with the latest year book of the
New York state reformatory. which
says that SO per cent of criminals in
New York came from homes which
were positively bad, that is. where want
and abject poverty Icigned besides
crime; while only ~ per cent came
from homes that wefe positively good.
So much for pathological theories.
AS a, matter Of every day practice,
crime flourishes in Artena as if the
town were one immense bagnio, and its
1900 inhabitants so many graduates
from the galleys, set free on a lone is
land to massacre and rob each other at
Will.
AS already stated 2 per cent of all
deaths in Artena. are the outcome of
murder direct; persons dying of wounds
received il assaults, or by the action
Of incendiarism, are not included ia the
list. Thefts. street robbery. burglary
and assaults with stiletto or revolver
are matters Of such Ordinary occurrence
in the town, and in the valley belonging
to the people, that, to investigate them
all, according to the mayor of the city,
the number of police officials and judges
would have TO be Increased out of all
proportions to the total number of in
habltants. The authorities, continued
this official, take notice only of the most
atrocious Of crimes brought to their
notice by the press of theh capital, or
when ncn-residents suffer-
This comDlacent official is the elev-
enth successor of a mayor mysterious
~ murdered in Artena in the beginning
OF NIB All these mayors were elected
for period of ten years. Three died
under the hands of assassins two of
them in broad daylight and on the
open market place. The rest received
such wounds as to cripple them for
life and make them leave their post in
haste. The present incumbent of the
office aspires to the distinction of out
living his term, and to that end goes
about his business with ears securely
plugged and eyes shut. AS a piece of
general information he told me that
the number of crimes, against life
and property brought to official recog-
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lah," feebly answered by the Christians
with very different criy, "Kurie elei-
son'-O Lord. have mercy"
But little mercy appeared that day
from God or man. Little, perhaps, was
deserved. The great mass of the
craven population ran wailing in help
less panic through the streets, thrOng-
iEe under the great dome of St. Sophia,
so soon to become a mosque of Ma
hound. A mere handful of resolute de-
tenders, led by the emperor himself,
fought desDerately-but it was like
beating back the sea. Some, even of
these, lost heart. A bullet pierced the
gauntlet Of Justiniani, q Genoese CAP
tain of note. Overcome by the pain
of his mangled hand, he turned to run.
Your wound is nothing" cried the
emperor. ''Y our duty is here Where can
you flee?"
Il will fee" yelled the coward "by
the same road which God has opened
to the Turks"-aad with the word he
rushed away through a breach in the
| inner wall.
At last came the terrific charge of the
kJanizaries, which Mchammed had re-
5sarved for the final act, and the defense
melted before them. The first to mount
the battlements was a gigantic warrior
named HasSan, eager for the reward of
the sultan-5r of paradiss He was flung
fTOm the rampant. He rose on one knee,
but again sank under a shower of mis-
siles. But the walls were now covered
by his companions, who were leaoing
down by scores on the other side. The
city was taken. The heroic emperor fell
by an unknown hand, and his body was
buried under a mountain or the sialn-
an honorable tomb for the last of a
warlike race when all was lost. That
evening the muezzin chanted the Mo-
hammedan call to prayer from tbs
highest turret of ST. Sophia, ard it has
been heard there every evening since
for more than four centuries
Such was the outcome of the world S
first great bombar1me nt.-DdviS Tur-
Eer. in Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Rome, June 4, 189S.-Armed with a
government commission, Cesare Lom-
broso and other renowned students of
criminology have turned their atten-
ton to the little city of Artena, in the
Volscian mountains, some 40 miles, as
the crow flies, from the capital. Lom-
broso viii write book on Artena.
This town of 1900 inhabitants lives
in history as the southern Matching
oven of eviI-doers and felons. AS long
as four and a half centuries ago Cor
RADIO Celtic said of its citizens: No
possible puniShnIents can deter them
from heaping UP crime upon crime,
for their perVersity OF mind is more
fertile in inVehting new offenSeS than
the imagination of judges is in new
punishments." And at the period men
toned new-fangled ideas for executing
ana torturing criminals were almost as
plentiful as such relating to bicycles
are today.
Either for patriotic or geographical
reasons, or both, Artena has never fig
ured in the criminology literature of
the present period, which has branded
other places in Italy as homes of the
born delinquent; but now an overhaul
ing of records, ancient and contem-
porary, by the we'll known authorities
on medical jurisprudence. is promised,
and we viii soon know all about this
romantic spot where asSassins grow
wild, where fair browed mothers edu-
cate their children in the noble art of
cutting Threats, and where revenge is
the prayer on the lips Of young and
old.
Meanwhile your correspondent has
done a little investigating on his own
hook To begin with he ascertained
thar while the crop of murders-and
this does not include homicides or mere
nlaHslaughter-in the whole of Italy is
on a ratio of 90 to every other hind of
10000 deaths in the kingdom, nearly 2
per cent Of the men, women and chill
dren buried in the mountain cemeteries
of Artena year by year, die by vio-
lence. And let the reader remember
here that the italian national murder
crop is the largest in the civilized
world, being four and a half times
larger, for instance, than that of Great
Britain, which is not reckoned among
the gentlest countries.
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Yet Mohammed delayed Like all
Turks, he vas superstitious-s. firm
believer in astrology and fate. He had
convinced himself that the 18th of
May was the date ordained for the fall
of the city and triumph of his ambi-
tons; and for some days his guns lay
silent and his host stood inactive,
waiting for the propitious moment.
Prophecies often fail, but in this case
the prophet fulfilled his own prediction.
1t was no longer difficult The walls
and towers We're wrecked in many
places by the long bombardment, and
portions of the deep trench had been
filled almost to the brim, with little re-
sistance from the discouraged Chris
tians. When the morning appointed by
the stars. or by Mahommed, began to
brighten, the Turkish army closed in
upon the city with an irresistible pres
sure. which has been compared to the
crushing force of a mighty cable, tight
eLed by steady torsion about its walls.
On every side echoed the sonorous creed
and war cry OF the Moslems: La :i.a-
ha i'll Allah. wa ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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FIRST SIEGE GUN.

months the Turk had the most tremen-
dous piece of ordnance the world had
ever seen. The bore was Il palms-that
is, three feet-across; a hogshead could
have been thrust down the muzzle The
weight of the projectile-though it was
stone, not iron-was at least COO pounds;
twice 600, some assert. When the trial
shot was fired-which was not until
the whole army had been cautioned to
avoid panic-the explosion shook the
air for ten miles around, and the stone.
after travelling about {. mile buried it
self in the earth to a depth of six feet.
In short, it made a bigger uproar than
our most powerful modern guns, with
less than one-tenth the range and with
Insignificant penetration: but it was
marvel in those days. To move it 81
wagons were chained together, dragged
by a caravan of so oxen. with a pro-
cessiCn of 200 men on each side with
ropes and poles to keep it steady To
haul it to the scene of action, $50 miles
away, required nearly two months Be
sides this overgrown giant two other
cannon almost as huge had been made
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that work was slow, and what was
thrown in by day was perseveringly
removed each night
Then the besiegers, despairing of sue
cess above ground, adopted a new set
of tactics and attempted to undermine
the walls; but their tunnels were so
persistently countermined by the be-
sieged that this. too, proved futile. The
very obvious scheme of charging their
mines with gunpowder, and thus
blowing up the defenses, seems never
to have entered the heads of these dull
though valiant Turks.
Mohammed was now so disheartened
that he was on the point of withdraw
ing from the contest. The only hope
Of success seemed to lie in an attack
from the harbor, where the fortifica
lions were weaker. But meanwhile
squadron of five great galleys from the
Mediterranean, taking advantage of a
high wind, had boldly forced it's way
through the midst of his numerous fleet
of smaller vessels and joined the ships
that had already shown themselves
competent to protect the chain. To
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was to have blown down the walls of

was to have blown down the walls of
babylon became overheated and burst,
which is the more surprising tecause
with the greatest diligence it was found
impossible to load and fire it more
than seven times a day. The ingenious
Urban, however, saved the rest by the
device of pouring oil into the muzzles
after each discharge.
Apparently, also, it was by his adj
vice that the Turkish engineers began
10 direct their aim against the two OPP
posite angles of each projecting bas-
ton, and by this me ans they were fin
ally able to make some impression.
hen the Mohammedan host surged
forward to the trench and endeavored
TO fill it's yawning chasm by rolling in
tree trunks, barrels, bundles of brush
wood and all manner of debris. So
headlong was their rush that many
were forced over the edge, and fell to
be buried forever under the accumulat-
ing mass. But the defense, was obsti-
nate and skillful- The gunneTs on the
wall, whose every shot was deadly in
so dense a throng, made such havoc
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or following an impulse of cruelty,
plunged the knife into him.
The government stands aghast before
the problem of what to do with this
town full of criminals. On March 4,
1851, Pope Paul " issued an edict or
dering the city of Montefortino to be
RACED to the ground. The command
was only half carried cut. Troops
drove the citizens from their strong
holds into the forests, and encamped on
the victorious ground after many a hot
battle. But two years later the new
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All grocers sell q. S. Baking Pow
der at the following prices: Bounce
I cans, lOc; 0-ounce cans, 15c; 1-pound
cans, 25c- Every can guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Why, not give it a trialP
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Hoboken N j. stoepr
and could not sleep Dyspepsia trying
remedies with but little until KDans
aouH lh have cured At first
afraid Them butt kinder noticed
only take day whenever feel
headaches and bad breath He has although
to write testimonial will not take the liberty his address,
out you have my u positively
the distressing diseases hearth"
is Sat
kper andnewE enn4 ---~S
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pcntiff. Plus ", allowed the citizens to
return, and since then no such sum-
mary form of reform has been at
tempted. although it is generally con-
coded to be the only one that might be
of lasting benefit H WE
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SUMNER HATS.

Such selling of Summer Hats
is new even in this great hat
store. Sailor straws for little
boys, at 15c, 25c, SOC, Use, S1.OO,
$3.50. Stiff and roll brim hats
for bigger boys at 25c, soc, 75c,
81 90, $3.50. Stiff and roll
brim hats for men at 25c, SOC,
75c, S1.Oo, $3.50, $500 and
$3.50. Our S1.0O hat we think
equal to any S1.5O hat on the
market. Also have fine Manila
straw roll brim at S1.5O and
$3.50.
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CRASH SUITS FOR MEN.

The good kind-thoroughly
shrunk before made up-so viii
come from the wash full shape
and size. Have a nice plain
crash at $500, better one at
$500 and the finest quality at
$3.50. We've a very handsome
suit in plaid crash, very swell,
at $500; and a fine wool crash
at $1,000. All made round cut,
very latest style.
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MEMS NEEDS FOR HOT WEATHER,

Or boy either for that matter. We're just as good out
filters for boys as men, Want something light in
Clothings We're showing some nice Gray will
Coats and Vests for $3.50; Atwood Dark Gray Coat
and Vest for $3.50; Fine Mohair Coat and Vest,
Black and White Pin Stripe, for $500; Blue or Gray
Serge for $500, and handsome Blue Serge for $3.50
Other suggestions follow:
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WASH SUITS FOR BOYS.

Weary Pedaling of the sewing
machine at home stands no show
against the value we're offering
in these good, washable suits for
boys Of 5 to 12-made for good,
hard wear, and will come from
the wash whole; start them at
soc and run up to $3.50 for our
fancy crash suits. All have large
sailor collars, blouse waists, col
lars trimmed with different col
ored crash.
Crash Suits for Boys s to ID,
made regular double-breasted, at
$3.50, $3.50, $500.
Boys MILDLY Suits, made of
white duck, long pants, little
iacket-will make the boy look
just like one of Uncle Sans ma
rines. Price, $500.
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Belts for Men or Boys.

Just received our new line;
some very hobby things, too.
Prices run like this: Csc and SOC
for boys; csc, SOC, 75c, SLIGO,
S1.5O and $500 for men.
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Shirt comfortableness is what
you'll find in these nice soft
shirts we're selling. Some come
with collars attached, at SOC, 75c,
S1.OO, S1.5O and $500. At
$3.50 and $3.50 we've some
handsome ones, with silk stripes.
Others come with cuffs to match,
to wear with white ccllars-5Oc,
75c, S1.OO, S1.5O. The very
newest things in stripes and
plaids in the Monarch brand, at
S1.75, and the Manhattan latest
creation, the air-cell shirt, at
S2.25-handsome designs.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-30

The Portsmouth Star copies the Her
aid editorial of last week 100 which we
set forth the facts Of peace and plenty
with the farmers of Nansemond and adj
Joining counties. and that esteemed satel-
lite of a golden hue attributes an Of this
prosperity 20 the god standard. but which
in reality comes from the farmers. who.
by hard toll and economy. and the aid
of a kind Providence in sending The rains
on the just and the unjust alike. have
wrought these great and good results.
10 Us a fact that our farmers have been
greatly blessed with good crops this year.
but neither the gold standard. the silver
standard. nor any other standard save
hard work and good seasons have any
thing TO do with this condition OF affairs.
10 is also true that with such AN album
dance of products the cash they have is
not iu proportion 90 that which existed
prior To- 1873. and the Star can draw its
own conclusions.
The Herald has never predicted the
utter ruin and destruction that our con-
temporary charges. nor has it ever
"hOwled calamity" az any time. We see
no reason yet for changing our opinion
and that is that a double standard IS far
greater 10 be preferred than a single stan
dard. The Star is one of the very few
papers I'm the State or the south that sul
harps upon the golden chord and catches
at every straw 90 defend i-s plutocrauc
position. The Star must remember that
the weather IS too hot and the campaign
too far off 90 begin 90 pull it's hair over
the money question. and we say again do
not attribute every ray of sunshine and
every sweet song 10 the gold standard.
II YOU do. YOU viii surely be deluded.-
Suffolk Herald