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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-12
: NECROLOGIO

e. MANViLLE Of Ripon. Wis, father
Of the late Mrs. S. T. Mcknight, died
yesterday. The funeral will be held Fri
day. Mr.. Manville had passed the nine
tieth milestone and his death was due to
inflrmities Of old age Mrs. F. M. Crosby
and C. P Work Of Minneapolis will at
tend the funeral.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-12

Free, 15c Collar with So Hat Purchase.
For 80 days. Hoffman g Toggery Shops.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-12
SAMUEL MOSSBER(

SAMUEL MOSSBERG.--Tuneral from
900 Twenty third avenue s, tomorrow at
2 pm. Members Of Minneapolis City
Salesmen's association are requested to
attend.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-12

MRS. ELIZA COOPER Of Tacoma,
Wash, formerly OF Minneapolis. died Sun
day, April 8, at the family residence in
Tacoma, at the age of 63 years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-12

Free, 25c Collar with s. Shoe Purchase.
Hoffman Is Toggery Shops. Both Stores.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-12

ing the refuse and dumping it into
the e a And these convict stations
and settlements seemed to me like
monstrous dumping grounds.
1t made me sad to think that down
in the prison settlements and all
around me all traces of the human.
which may have remained in this
refuse were i~rretrievably doomed to
perish.
The second impression concerned
Eakhalin itself.
MY first steps on the island ap-
parently took me back at least so
years in the history of Russia. The
grievous compulsory toll, the cringing
servility and dofing of caps and many
other Gigns brought to my mind the
days of serfdom.
The first impression of Korsak-
ofrsk is distinctly pleasant. There
fs nothing at the first glance to re-
mind o. of the galleys. 1t is a neat
little place. Two roYs of pretty little
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-12

existence tolerable. Not even the
usual convict chests are to be seen
anywhere. Bare benches, filthy straw
mattresses are bundled together at
the head end OF the benches. A
NANCY, lean cat plays among the
benches and purrs ingratiatingly. The
oonvicts are fond of animals, for they
alone regard them as human.
In the center of thereon is a table.
or rather a tall bench. 1t is triangu-
lar in shape, wet and dirty. COW
cred with bread crumbs and filthy tea
cans.
We enter a cell, where we find two
convicts chained to barrows.
Lets see your Instrument"
The rusty barrow squeaks, the
chains rattle, and the men attached
to the barrow show US the implement
of torture.
The barrow, which weighs about
100 pounds, is welded to the chain
around the conyict's ankles.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-12

mo, sir, never"
The physician looks wrathfully a
the imbecile. Look at me. DOM
you ever cough? Cough?" mo, sir
l never cough!"
The doctor is beside himself with
anger. He throws a look of hatred
at the convict. His glance seems to
say: Lie, you devil, lie, why don't
you?" But the convict cannot see
through it. mo, sir; never"
The doctor sits down and calmly en-.
ters: Heart failure" In his anger he
breaks the pen. The inspector looks
at the doctors certificate. Exempt
from corporal punishment. Take him
out" Everybody heaves a sigh of
relief. "The damned idiot" said the
doctor later to me in confidence. 81
had a hard time to save him. He was
as sound as a bell. But what could
| do? Eighty .lashes mean sure death.
What the devil do they mean by SEN
fencing a man to such punishment"
The corporal punishment was adj
ministered at five o'clock. We &C.
companied the physician to the office.
The horse" stood in the gangway;
two bundles of rods carefully tied
together and about six feet long, lay
alongside the horse" Seven men
were lined up against the wall of the
doctors office. The executioner stood
in the doorway with a knout in his
hand. ( The atmosphere was Cypress
i've. Forward" Ivan W%assjutin, a
very young fellow, almost a boy, was
the first to come forward.
Behind him were two mountaineers
from Caucasus; a Russian who, had
escaped from a Siberian prison fol-
lowed the hillsmen. They had all
been sentenced to corporal punish
ment. The verdict was read out loud,
all those present standing up. Then
followed the doctors examination and
the investigation of previous corporal
punishment, and the doctor signed the
report.
The document was handed to the
convict, who had to certify n advance
that he had received the punishment.
The Russians obeyed and signed the
papers; the letters which composed
Wassjutin's signature were almost
an inch apart, for his hand did not
tremble, but fairly danced over the
paper. The Caucasians could neither
read nor write, and they did not I'M
derstand Russian. Ga.
Take your shirt off. Off with it,"
The C~aucasians failed to understand.
A volunteer interpreted with many
gestures. attempting to show them
what was wanted. They stared SUI
lenly, su~spiciously, and without I'M
derstanding. Finally they slowly I'M
dressed. The doctor approached one
Of them with a tube and an asculata-
ton hammer. but the Caucasiars
back terrified. Finally the
gave up in despair.
II was Bardunof's turn. Were
Fo1 ever punished before?" NO, siri"
Rub him!" A guard rubbed Bardun-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-12
The Russian Prison Colony and Its
Terrible TRAGEDIES.
DESCRIBED BY A RUSSIAN WRITER
Terrible Cruelty of the Keepers and the Exc
cutioners-Methods of Punishment That
Stagger ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "Knout'
and How 1t Is Applied,

houses for officials are located on
the side of a rather steep hill. The
prison is a long way up the noun
tain. 1t is a low one-story building,
and does not command the view nor
intrude itself upon the observer.
Houses of settlers line both sides Of
the hill. Nothing horrible, nothing
somber is revealed at first sight. You
are inclined to rejoice ove the ap-
parent responsibility of the place,
and driving up the road to Korsa-
koffsk you smile and think: We'll,
this is very neat. very neat, indeed"
But wait! Sakhalin is a swamp,
the surface of which is covered by
pretty meadows. 1t looks charming
ly green. but a step and you sink
in the deep, cold, sticky and viscous
mire.
The remark about the neatness
hardly escapes your lips when you
hear around the Orne the rafting of
chains. Harnessed to a cart, grasp
ing the shaft in their hands, convicts
are dragging refuse to the sea.
What a depressing sight to see men
doing the work Of horses.
The road leads past the prison, and
n a see the grimy window panes
behind heavy iron bars. Right above
Us is the hospital and directly oppo-
site the mOrtuary.
Tho Chem pricOD
The chain prison of Sakhalin is in
tended for the criminals of the worst
kind. Officially it is called the prison
for the testing of convicts," while the
prison for c%onvicts showing signs of
reforming" or the free prison." is
used for convictS who have passed
the test of the Chain prison."
Our chain prison is bad, very bad"
remarked the inspector. We are
building a new one, but it will take
years to get it ready" -.
Attention." calls out a guard. A
of chains, and the ~convicts
rise from the benches. On Easter
Sunday two of the convicts fed from
the prison. in spite of the fact that
convicts in a body had given
heir word of honor" not to attempt
an escape. AS a punishment, all of
hem were put in chains. 1t is moist
and close. Not an attempt at venti-
No attempt at making the
place h~abitable. No effort to make
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with the knout without discomfort
Otherwise woe was in store for him,
He was smart enough to do his busi
ness without fear of detection. The
authoritieS could not find proof
against aim, and the convicts feared
him. But as they could at least bar.
gain with him, they considered him a
convenient man in the executioner's
office.
After the expiration Of his penal
servitude he became a settler. He
started a small store and knoGted only
occasionally.
For a year they had no execution
er IN prison. Many Judgments &C.
cumulated, and they ca.ied me to
execute them. Well, 1 knouted SO
men for three rubles."
Say, Tolstych, is it true that you
knouted a convict to death for Is
rubles?"
This is Sakhalin, your honor"
grinned the torturer.
An understood, hairy little man makes
his way cautiously under the windows
ofthe prison office at AIexandroffsk. His
very walk is peculiar, and reminds
n of the attitude of a mongrel cur
sneaking around the kitchen door
and keeping an eye on the windows
for fear of boiling water. 1t is Kom-
left, the Oldest executioner of SAX
halin, but now retired. He heard
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-12

days later without regaining con-
seriousness. Kom1eff had been bribed
to do this by convicts who hated
Gubar.
Corporal Punishment.
Ivan Grusdeff, sentenced TO 80
lashes with the knout for giving an
~offense, was brought into the Office
of the doctor at the Sakhalin prison.
Your name?" Ivan Grusdef."
The doctor throws a glance at the
documents, and gasps.
"Merciful Heaven! Eighty lashes!"
"The DEVIL" exclaims the in
spector.
Eighty" repeats the assistant,
like an echo.
Eighty" whisper the clerks. Every
n looks curiously at the man who
is about to receive 80 lashes with the
knout. The doctor examines the con
vict. The minutes pass very slowly. The
physician shrugs his shoulders. "Are
you well?" eyes, sir, quite well, your
honori"
quite well, you say?" Eyes, sir"
Have you no pains around the
hearth"
mo, sir; none at all"
do you know where your heart is,
you idiot? No pains in the side?
Never? Don't you understand ne, you
fool? Don't you feel pains occasion
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-12

that Tumanoff. q tramp, was to be
hanged at Alexandroffsk for shooting
at a guard. And now he came from
his settlement to apply for the pros
pective job.
Nobody a hang as well as l."
He had hanged IS men in Sakhalin,
and, being n specialist, hoped to earn
the three rubles. In the meanwhile,
pending the execution, he hired him
self out to the wife of a settler to
mind her children. Such are the Gus
toms of Sakhalin.
Komleff came from Kostroma, in
central Russia, where he had studied
for the ministry, and was fond of
Scriptural texts, particularly from the
Old Testament. He was sentenced
to 20 years hard labor for highway
robbery in broad daylight, \and. for
attempted murder. He fed in 1882
from Sakhalin, but was caught at
the narrowest point of the Tartar
straits, having almost crossed over
the continent. For this attempt he
received Sc lashes with the knout, and
his time was extended another 20
years. Executioners were wery busy in
those days, and Terski, a famous SAX
hahn executioner, needed a helper.
The %cOnvicts drew lots, and KoInlef
was chosen for the post.
But Komleff still dreamed of free
dom. In 1889 he again broke jail, was
caught again, and received Is years
additional.
"Fifty-1ve years hard labor" proud
ly exclaims Komleff. Besides, he was
sentenced to As lashes with the knout.
Terski waited" On his pupfi.
well, dear scholar, lay thee down,
and | will show thee how to knout,"
said Terski. And he showed him.
Thirteen a later Komleff said to
me, 81 am still rotting." He barred his
back. His body looked as if it had
been scared and branded with hot
irons. 1t vas terrible to see. Thick
white scars covered a portion of his
back, and elsewhere instead of skin
was seer a thin reddish membrane. |
The punishment must have been some
thing dreadful. Thus one execution
er TESTED with another. But soon Ter
ski was detected taking a bribe from
convict and promising to spare him
in consideration.
Terski was sentenced to 200 blows
with rods, and Komlef was called
upon to administer the punishment.
"You taught me TO handle the
knout. | will show you what can be
done with rods" he grinned. Terski
rotting yet. What he did to Kom-
was child's play to Komlef's re-
taliation.
According to the law Of Moses,
fested the fend, EYE for eye, tooth
or tooth. | can knout. | was taught
OF my own carcass"
Convict Gubar, who had attempt
ID to escape. and who was sentenced
be knouted for ca~nnihalism, had
o be taken to the hospital after rs
If Konleff's blows. He died three
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-12

The interest of the world in the
Russian penal system is awakened by
the capture of the island of Sakhalin
by the Japanese. From time to time
during the past quarter of a century
the civilized world has been shocked
beyond measure at the tales of cruelty
to which the Russian cOnvicts in this
vast prison have been subjected, and
the depths of degradation to which
these once human beings have been
brought. But Russia has been careful
that but little of the true picture of the
island should reach the outside world,
and newspaper and magazine writer's
from England, France and the United
States have made repeated attempts
to secure authentic descriptions of the
conditions in this great prison land,
and of the atrOcious CrueltieS prac-
ticed there, but none have ever been
fully successful. Much has been
guessed at, and the world would
scarcely credit these pictures of the
imagination.
1t has remained for a Russian to
give US a practically authentic pic
tUre of Sakhalin, and though the pic
ture is tempered by seeing things
from the Russian standpoint, it is still
a picture that is SO horrible that it
staggers humanity. This story of the
horrors of Sakhalin has been pub
lished in book form, and it is only
translated extracts from the book
that we can give here:
The First Impression.
First impressions are likely to be
very vivid. | shall certainly never
forget the moment when our steam
launch came alongside the jetty at
Korsakoffsk. The landing was crowd
ed with men. A few more steps and
l was lost in that sea which l SO
yearned to fathom.
During the months I passed among |
the cOnvictS at Sakhalin l could not
free myself from two impressions
which held me in thrall, tortured me
and oppressed my soul like a heavy
burden. They still are holding my
soul under their ban and still are
expressing it. The first of these i'm
%pressions concerns my trip to SAX
halin. Our steamer, which trans
the convicts from Odessa, re-
minded me of a huge barge, like those
used in our sea-cOast towns for tow |
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Not for the Drawing-Room.

A woman of recently acquired wealth
went into an art gallery and asked for
a painting of a certain. size. 81 have
just what you want" said the dealer.
He showed her a beautiful animal
painting, but she looked at it for a few
minutes and then shook her head: ct
won't do" she said; Il want this pic.
ture for my drawing room" But it,s
a beautiful thing" ventured the dealer
Not for a drawing ROOM" announced
the woman, conclusively; you couldn't
have a COW in a drawing room"
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Didn't Seem Impossible

do You think you could learn to
love me?" he asked the lady. as he
looked into her trembling orbs.
Wen" she said, archly, popular ed
ucatioI has advanced With such rapid
strides that one can almost learn any
thing in these days;"-Stray Storiaa
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-04-14

says Miss Elizabeth McCfacken. The
college-bred woman should be, and
she generally is, person Of re-
sources.
mot long ago." writes Miss Nc
Cracker, in the Outlook, 'an acquaint-
ance, to whom had just told the good
news of the continuous advancement
of mutual friend in her chosen occu-
patton, said, in comment:
"It is not so much because she is
brilliant that she succeeds as it is be-
cause she is always prepared for
emergencies, however great.
"fOr small. l added.
"'You are thinking of the magnet,
was the quick reply.
The magnet?' I questioned.
Yes. my acquaintance explained.
'One day at college one of the other
girls dropped her eyeglasses in a mar
row opening between two walls. She
couldn't reach them, and had very
nearly decided that they must remain
permanently out of reach.
Our successful friend happened to
remember that their frame was made
of steel. She went to the physical
laboratory borrowed a magnet tied
a string to it, and, lowering it care
fully into the opening, gravely drew
up the eyeglasses. +"
Miss McCracken, who was making a
study of American college women,
passed along the anecdote from one
institution to another in the course of
her investigations, and at each it
ELECTED the same comment: How like
a college grill"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-04-14
WIND PRESSURE OF BRIDGE
Surface Resistance an Important Fac
tor in the Safety Of Con-
struction.

Referring to our recent discussion
of the question Of the proper amount
Of wind pressure to provide for In
bridges, correspondent draws our
attention to the fact that no mention
was made of the extra surface which
is presented to the wind when a train
moves onto bridge. He asks, says
the Scientific American, whether this
surface should not always be taken
into account, and its effect provided
for in calculating the wind stresses on
any given span. Our correspondent
is entirely right in supposing that al
lowance should be made for train sur
face. and indeed this is always done.
1t was not our intention, in the article
referred to, to cover the whole question
of wind pressure, but merely to draw
attention 10 the fact that the unit pres
sure adopted has been unnecessarily
large, and to give the process OF rea-
.soning by which our engineers have ar
rived at the lower figure which is now
likely to be generally adopted 1t is
probable that in the early days Of bridge
designing no account was taken of the
great increase in the area of bridge
which takes place when train. or
even a large number of horse-drawn
vehicles, is crossing a bridge. The pro-
portion Of the train surface to the bridge
surface. and consequently Of the strains
due to each, will of course be very much
larger in the shorter spans. In the
longer bridges the proportion will rap
idly decrease; but it can never reach a
point, even in a structure Of the length
of the Brooklyn or the Forth bridge, at
which it becomes a negligible quantity.
There can be little doubt that it was the
increase of surface due to the entrance
of the passenger train upon the big spans
of the Tay bridge that was the immedi-
ate cause of their being blown bodily
sidewise into the river.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-04-14
The Right Name Is Dewitt.

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye cools
soothes and heales cuts, burns, boils,
bruises, piles ahd all skin diseases X.
Z. Zickefoose, Adolph, w. Va. says;
my little daughter had white swell
ing so bad that piece after piece of
bone worked out Of her leg. DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salye cured her." 1t is
the most wonderful healing salve in
the world. Beware Of counterfeitS.
Sold by Peoples Drug Store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-04-14

AUSTRIAN SPEcULATORS.
Investors Desire Something More En-
livening Than the Purchase
of Bonds.

The Vienna correspondent of the
London Economist sends the following
interesting description of how Aus
trian investors desire a spice of specl-
letion combined with their investment
n government bonds:
1t is characteristic feature Of the
Austrian investor that he is exceeding
" partial to lottery bonds. and year
after year hopes for the prize that
never comes. Ten lottery loans have
been redeemed during the last % years.
and there are only nine more. which
will be amortised within the next
nine years. They are quoted at high
prices, because the public imagines
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-04-14
A Nights Rest.

The greatest tonic Oh earth is good
nights rest. Restless nights and the
terrible exhaustion Of a hacking
cough are dread dangers Of the poor
consumptive. But why this fear of
the night when a few doses Of DR..
Boshee's German Syrup wifi insure re-
freseing sleep, entirely free from cough
or night sweat ? Free expectoration
in the morning is made certain by
taking German Syrup. 1t has cured
consumption for forty years. Tlial
bottle, 25c Big bottles, 75c. AT Wi
mer Drug store. DIV
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-04-14
New Erlsco Tlme TabIe.

On April 10th the Frisco System will
place a new time card in effect by
which considerable improvement in
the schedule is effected. A new fast
train viii be added from Memphis to
Kansas City, leaving Memphis about Z
a. m. and reaching Kansas City the
same evening at 1850 A new sleep
ing line will be established between
Kansas City and Eureka Springs, via
Pittsburg, Carthage and Monett, leav-
ing Kansas City at 1l:30 p. M, arriv-
ing Eureka Spring $3.50 a. m. On the
return trip this car will leave Eureka
Springs at $40 p. m, arrive in Kansas
City 7:30 a. m. A new train win be
established between Lawton and Ok
lahoma City, leaving Lawton early in
the morning and returning leave Okla
homa City that evening.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-04-14
Meet In Tulsa Next Year.

Chickasha, l. T., April 1.-THE
grand lodge Of Odd Fellows of Indian
Territory selected Tulsa as the place
for the next meeting. The assembly
OF Rebekahs elected the following
officers: President, Mrs. Christina
Hokey, Krebs, yiee-presldent, Mrs.
Ella Rorer, Chickasha, grand warden,
Mrs. Alice Burchdeld, Durant; grand
secretary, Mrs Alice Schmidt. South
McAlester: grand treasurer, Mrs. G. t
Rutty, NARROW; trustee orphans home
Mrs. G. T. Menees, Marlow.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-04-14

that tine cnanees of winning the chief
prize, or at least one Of the lesser
prizes must be very great by this
time. But one Of the directors Of the
Anglo bank has just published a paper
to show how slight are the chances
of winning anything, and how prob
able it is that investors will incur
losses. The greater the principal
prizes are, the smaller must be the
sum which is paid when the other
numbers are called. But the demand
for lottery bonds makes the price Of
them rise out Of all proportion to the
figure at which they were emitted"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-04-14
BAND CONCERT
To Be Given Near the Public Well
Saturday Evening.

The following excellent program has
been prepared by the Vinita Mer-
chants Band for its Saturday evening
concert:
1. March "Gnmore's Triumph
Brooks
2 Novelette, "a Whispered Tho't;'
Mrs. johnson.
,. Oyerture-"A Night in New
York;" Topani.
4. Cornet Sola-"Massa's IN the
Cold. Cold Ground" Massi.
5. Waltz -"Dream Of Paradise; "
Strauss.
G. Characteristic "a Day in a
Cotton Field Schmidt.
7. Song and Dance Schottische-
Gill and Lou;" Hail.
s. March-"Little Giant" Morris.