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,V,. " t - 3 f VoL IX RALEIGH, N. C. TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1902 No.H0 . i HE '' 1 ... '- ; ' . ' : i ' " . . - I - .-. T- : i ' "" V ) BUDGETS SLUMBERING VOLCANO READY TO BREAK OUT The Situation at Brussels is Dark and Threatening. . Bloody Scenes Sat urday and Sunday Drnwl. April 14. The situation In Helgiuui, growing out of the socialistic demand for uuiveinl suffrage. Is darker than ftfr today. lKiylicht found the street of Brussels quieter, but the Ioj ulsr unrest is only IumlMrin:r. The oflieials hare taken every pre caution, but the trouble is deep rooted and beouiiug more widespread hourly. In many quarters the llief prevails that the cotiutry is on the crge of rcvo- The situation was aggravated today by strikes in many parts of the kingdom. A general strike Itcgan in the Seraing district, and the miner in Vicillem.nrr Jiaye. STiunc. Bounbuveat. Concorde," Jen-p;es. 'iardrl'se. Petite Haenure, Hertal and Ketting ah laid down their tools and joined the ranks of the idle. At Schlsin the foundries are dosed tdav beoane the men refnseJ to work. Mines, factories and c!as works in the central district ar also hnt down. No .-ymp.ithr js heard anywhere for Kine IopoJd. whe iray life has alien atd tb Hvjde from him. The w.i.de town is toIay occupied by civil guards and idiremen. (Ireat in dignation is felt against the latter for thir sh.xtiuj tiovu of demonstrators yesterday. It is stnt.il that 12 persons beside the offlrialiy admitted to have lot thir lives were killed iu yesterday clash. The Sotia!it party will glxe splendid fnuerals to the dead and adopt their orphans. Couat Oiilrremont. jrrand marshal of the ennrt an lr a personal friend of King J.opoM. to.lay eonMilted with M. le TrHz, miniter of the interior. Tonieht the -ou:it i:d the minister of the inte rior will confer with the Socialist lead ers. Interpolation rejardinr the troubles will ! made in parliament tomorrow. the latter hoinR usually loaded with blank cartridge. Saturday rioters were composed of tne ure of the population, with a sprinkling of what is called the Young Socialist (ruard. composed of mere boys, with littk Teffnrd for the orders of .M. Van der Velde. a member of the 1'hamber of Deputies and the leader of the socialist movement in Belgium and the Socialist committee. ' It nuiHt be explained that the Maison in l'etipres is 'tntuated on the upper llope of a hill, that the central Boule frard nd most of the business portion or tne city lies at the foot of this hill, whiles the royal palace, the law courts, the Chamber of Deputies and the minis tries stand upon the rid of the hill. The qnarter around the Maison Du Peu ple in tl worst in the city. It is a' perfect rookery of low ' class dwellings, intersected bv steep and narrow streets and malodorous alleys. In the vicinity of the Maison there are some small squares, in which the rioter gathered yesterday eveninr until they were dlsered and the sqnares oc cupied by detachments of the civic guard. The mob was mainly composed of the Touih population of the quarter, who jeered and reviled the police when they were forced along the streets by cordons of officers. The serious troubles began when a number of roughs from a safe distance fiml revolvers in the direction of the cordons. The gendarmes then charged with drawn swords. After. firing at the crowd with revolvers loaded with blank cartridges they were greeted with a hail; of !iiHiie, such as stones, bottles and j heavy iron rivets. inn happened In several streets. It was worse in the Hue Haute, where the occupants of the houses rained missiles upon the heads of the gendarmes. An officer of the gendarmes then shouted to the crowd k dispense. No notice was taken of this orderr' Then, for the first time in many years, the gendarmes fired their Mauser car- Miies loauea wun wnar nre ciiiea sitikw cartridges, which contain .1 ball, but a BLOOHV ItlOT Bll Cartridges Flr4 mt lb SIb vcllb Fatal Erc Ilmssels. April 13. The meeting at Ihe Maison du IVtrple tolay vran a gath-. fring of the committees of the trades nnions. It wa unanituoaly decided to declare a geueral strike tomorrow. In many instam-c this will be effected by an agreement, with' the employers. - At a -iate hoar this evening a crowd In a srreet m h. 2u:i-m da Peuple woaM pot Uperse wtien ordered to do w ty the police, and the latter charged them, wounding five. One man was mortally wounded with a bayonet. Six teen arrests were made. The Kxile Beige estimates that the total number of police and rioters who Tvere wounded Saturday night at about JiiO. A great many of the crowd were hot in the lejs. Nearly all the wounded are Toun;-. Many of the wounds were terrible. There was a ghastly scene on Hue T,e Iau. A workman there had been .hot I i the head, the bullet emerging from his f.rehed. Tour if his fellow workmen lif-lhim and the police ilireftil th'in t- rfl'ry him to the Hed Cnw aniloi-luiK-e. but the men were deterinim-d to take hrm into tli Maion Du I'enple. A horrible struggle fir the wiunded irsn fIlooi. He. helpless and bleeding from the head, with one ami dragging n the ground, wan tugged this way tu! that until his clothing was in tat tcs and h was nearly naked. The police eventually triumphed and carried him to the ambulance, where he d:ed almost instantly. The four men who tried to carry him into the Maison Du Penple were arrested. The bloody repression of the disorders of yesterday has created a painful im pression among all clashes here, although, it Is appreciated that a majority of the victims of the encoanter do not belong to the better class of workmen. Yes terday for the first time the police really fired their , rifles loaded with ball car tridges. I'revions to yesterday they had U?ed their swords and their revolvers. minor charge of powder. The gendarmes fired only one volley, but when the mob scattered several bodies were lying on the ground. Two were mortally wound ed and d;ed while being conveyed to the hospital. Over 110 narrow streets and blind al leys lend into the Rue iante. and when the gendarmes chrrged after the mob other rioters issued from these alleys and fired revolvers at the backs of the policemen until the latter were obliged to leave three of their number at the: month of each alley they passed. These guards stood with their rifles .pointing down the alleys, ready to shoot. Other gendarmes, who were stationed every few paces, covered the windows in the Pn, Ifant -wfth their Tlflps Among .the Injured are ' many Impru dent spectators of the rioting, wHo were caught between two fires as the gend armes frequently combined their move ments and charged the mob's front and rear at the same time. A doctor who was returning home after having visited a patient was caught be tween two bodies of charging gendarmes and has his nose cut off with a sword. A woman was also among the injured. One of the men killed was, the assistant scretary of the iSosiu list jewelers' union. Few policemen were hurt. Tb Slrlk Is Spreading Brussels. April 1 1. Complete HOPEFUL OF PEACE British Foreign -Office Reti cent Regarding Its -Information London, April 14. Replying,; in the House of Commons today, to the Ljberal leader; Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, who asked whether "any terms of peace had been suggested by the Boer leaders in South Africa, the government, leader, A. J. Balfour, said it was impossible at present to say more than that a message had been received x Saturday i rom zae xtoer leaders, . throogn - ioru Kitchener, and thst a reply, had.: been sent to them. - Further communication was expected. l It Is aid that the communication of the Boer leaders to Ird Kitchener mounted to little more than a request for permission to nee the cable in con sulting Mr. -Kruger and the Boer dele gates In Europe regarding a basis for a peace settlement. There is a distinctly hopeful feeling in official quarters. It is known that the Klerksdorp con ference has ended and that the Boer leaders arrived at Pretoria Saturday. The presumption is that they informed leneral Kitchener pt the conditions on which they would agree to peace anc that the British commander imniediately communicated them to the war office. A meeting-of the inner ring of the cabinet, including the Duke of Devon shire, Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Broderick and Sir Michael Hicks Beach, was held, at midnight1 in the colonial secretary's private residence in Princess Gardens. and it is believed that the Boef iterms were under consideration. Thie belief was strengthened by the fact that- Mr. i Chamberlain had a two hours audience with the King at Buckingham palace yesterday. v i - THE FIGHTING EDITOR THE BRITISH The YearY 'Deficit Amounts Tooka Little, for His Stomach's Sake-The ; Government Road : - to a Large Sum , London, April lThe! chancellor of the exchequer. Sir-Michael Ilicits-ii each, rose4in the House of Commons this af ternoon to t-iake the budget statement. He declared that the pat year had noc been exceptionally prosperous,. Luc thee was nothing .:'to depress the country. Despite the fact -that thousands of working mca lad, been removed from productive" labor by the war, the reve nue figures showed no 'diminution of business at home while there was a sat isfactory Increase of foreign trade, and there 'Kt7&s no reason for thinking that there had been any fulling oE of Uie consuming power of the people. There had Teen c heavy slump In the receipts fruni tobacco, spirits and beer, but there was a great increase in the consumption of tea and cocoa,. The de crease in the receipts ironi spirits and tobacco dec to the forestallmeni of the bV.ty tdnrimf the previous year He tion holdineteffica during a severe war, in kge -citizen -m I that lor two. years past the revenue naa Representative D . ' Tr Gooch of Ken exceeded his antieipati6ns the previous tUckv has eim-essed "the oninion that year by 513,000 about $7,715,000. ,tha Republican madoritv is Dlanning to The chancellor of the exchequer esti- gtrin fhf, nrnm'nbr TRnlnrinn t matea ine iaraeiucency ior ine pres.- itlme when the Democrats are off guard ent year at 2G,842,000-lbout $134,120,- nntlKfiinmlxA wSh fo thi. 000. To the deficit must be added sixteen oW Brick Men Lose More. Trouble fon Mullen. BT TH09TA8 J. rfftNCK Washingion, A pril 14. Special. The Supreme Court of the United States to day denied the motion of counsel for tiie gold brick trx to prosecute their cases on appeal from the state of North Car olina, without cost. -A motion to 'this-effect was mad last week by L.. A. Gil more of Chicago, who represents the eld Isrick outfit. was evidently the opinion of 4he court, that if the gold brick trio is able to-employ attorneys in fihicflfi'rt to nlonj? tTioln snc tJiov art felt, he saidr in aai exceptionaf poei- equally as well able to i'pay : the. cost -tor a c'jajacellor ,of the exchepuer incurred in their appeals -as ia -the aver- quiet pn'vail here up to l:.TO this morninz. Tho Sicialit oiyranization hn done its ii:iuot everywhere to rwtrnln violence, whi-h was alienating the Liberals and IiadieaN. ; In most parts of tbe province mittr! are generally quiet. At Char- leoro!, however, there was some stone throwins lat evening and a number of arrests were maile. "There was no ne of lire arms. At Xamus the mob store.! the town hall and -the pelice rtntion. The general strike is gradually spread ing. It is difficult to calculate its ex- Tent as Monday is often made a quasi holiday, but last night it was estimated that there were r0,O" strikers in the Charleomi district. Bands of strikers visited the placw where men were still at work ,to force them to quit. They generally succeeded without difficulty, but at liny a fracas arose with the 'onstabulary who were protecting the men who were willing to woTk. One of His Visitors in a Hos pital and Two Others Are in Jail New Orleans, April 14. R. S. Carter was shot and mortally wounded by E. L. Stncky,, editor of the Pollack Peo ple's Demand, while trying to force an; apology from him. Carter, in com pany .with two friends, E. W. Teddle and I. Tutts, called on Kditor Ssrucky and submitted to him a written apology which they wanted him to sign. Stucky refused to do so, whereupon Teddle drew his revolver and strnck the editor over the head a nnmber of times. Stueky freed himself from Teddle's grasp and got out his revolver, and there was a general snooting, wi;n xeaaies uu j. um firing at the editor. ' 'J A ball fronT the latter's pistol put Car ter out of action, penetrating bis stom ach and kidneys and lodging in his back. Carter is now in the hospital, Tutts and Teddle in jail and the editor back at his desk with only a few bruises as the result of the trouble. , Back from Columbia Charlotte, N. C, April 14. Special. A large number of Confederate veterans attended the funeral of Gen. Wade Hampton at Colombia Sunday. Gen. J. S. Carr. H. A. London and A. B. Stron ach were joined here by the Charlotte party. A handome floral trioute. a malese cross, was placed on the bier' by the Charlotte veterans. Mary Alexander, colored, dropped dead here today. The woman was -iJ years old and was respected by botn white and black. of the deficit is 45,000,000-abont $225,- 000.000. The sum.of 32.000,000 about $lCO,000,000wni be borrowed. COURT HELD (SUNDAY Three Negroes Charged with the Murder of Stephenson When questioned with reference to this statement' Representative Grosyenor said or seventeen millions sterling addition- f ronracaaa Minm 1JZ arrn in xlllo al war expenditures. The grand total I 1 . s Democrats would be given ample notice. Mr. Grosvenor 8 'd he could not say when the resolution would be reported, all of which is interpreted to mean that nothing will ever be heard from it. Postmaster' J. ?W. Mullen arrived here today accompanied by his attorneys, Ex Judge W, P. Bynuni and Ohas. W. Tl lett of Charlotte. Mr. George B. Hiss .of Oharlottee was also with 4he party. They . had an interview with Senator Pritchard in the Senate marble room. It was learned this" afternoon that the Suffolk, Va.. April 14. Special. To Post Office Department has forwarded j save - the. prisoners from j being lynched I to the Senate Committee on Post Offices i two magistrates held court jnost all U the. information secured bv the de-l day Sunday at Kelford,LN. C. John partment's agents with reference to Stephenson. Jimius Bishop and John Bel- Mullen.a conduet, which constitutes the field, all colored, were charged with the ... . ...' , -. murder of Thomas Stephenson! white, uu lu"L l "clUB u 1U , , a clerk at Peel & Bro.'e store at Kel- U1S wuiuuu. ford. The negroes are-j said to have -The most interesting paper in tbe col ciirsed Stephenson and been put. out of lection bearing on the Ikiulleh case is an the stOTe. - Later Stephenson was shot affidavit signed by the postmaster Mnv several times n the back and one man jt 6ets f 01th that he did not drink fired at close rtmge in I his neck and v. nt- t- when the clerk was lying tpowerless face . " r"t,:;." downward, - Milton -Belfield, v who was " ?r aun um auura; hwm caDtnred. and fShot bv . officers at Wei- iaa- n ; was aruuit . on nis urip to don,.fanpiit?;e4-the-otheM-inv wba4-w here or on supposed to be a dying declaration. The This return home. .The allegathm "4s men were kept under strong guard Sat-I made that, while feeling unwell he par- urday night, all were held for indict-j took of stimulants, but wa not drunk, roent. Milton Belfield is reported from affidavit thvni a tiw snpct on i: . . I , L the case and may lead to an intestiga Weldon as likely to recover. A Man's Life for a Dog Columbia, S. C, April 14. Daniel Mc Leans a young white man employed by the Wilson -Lumber Company in Ker shaw"' county, was shot from ambush with reference tothe opposition to con tion resulting in the summoning of wit nesses before the- Senate committee with reference- to the postmaster's statue whale in . Washington. ' Senator Simmons is out of the city and there wer8 no developments today by William and Walter Arant last evn-ing McLean passed the Arartts' bouse two davs before and was attacked, by a tierce dog, which he shot: and wounded. The Arants, armed with guns, went to the mill, but McLean was not there. He was shot from the roadside with shot guns, one load taking effect in the heart, tbe other in the back between the shoulders. Both assassins were arrested. nrmation. .Mullen s attorneys express themselves as hopeful of fhe outcome. Senator Pritchard, while standing by Mullen, is said to be anxious for some sort of action. Senator Simmons will not be back until Wednesday, , and noth ing can be done until then. Congressman Pou secured favorable consideration today for the bill author izing the macadamization , of the road leading to the Federal Cemetery in Ra leigh. Accompanied by Congressman Moody Mr. Pou called on Adjutant Gen eral H. C. Corbin at the War Depart ment today and that official . promised' to give a favorable report on the meas ure in behalf of the department. Two former secretaries of war had' declined to report this bill favorably and it was seen that Congressman Pou' ' is making headway; but there is power ful' opposition to overcome yet in t& person of the speaker and the Committee' on Military Affairs. Unless they take a kindly iuterest'in the Ktlelgb measure it is 'doomed, for the disnwrition i to kill all such local bills . which carry appropriates. In the DnitedStates Supreme Court this morning C. W. TiUett of f Charlotta movd for a wnt of certiorari in the case of Mayes against the Southern Rail way for five thousand dollars damages. The case fvas decided against the plain tiff by the United States Circuit Court of Appeal at Richmond, and - an effort la now 'being made to have ho ease re- -vived by the Supreme Court. Caotain Charles Price, .representing the railway, ', was present and was giv&n untQ Friday- to file n brief in reply. The President today saat to-the en ate the nomination of Oeerffe E. Buck ' man to be " postmaster at Washington, N. C. " ' Misa Eliza Simmons left here today . for Bostos accompanied by her father, . Senator Simmons, to enter the Boston Conservatory of Music. 0. W. TiUett called n Senator Car mack at the marbla room today and spent some time with him. They were schoolmates at collage. ' y Umpire Henry M'ace received a very flattering offer today from the Southern. League as umpire. He will not go un less agreeable to President Busbee, though he is offered much more money. Appalachian Park ' In the report on the National Appa lachian Forest reserve, which was made by Congressman Moody on behalf of the House Committee on-Agriculture, he said: . . "The needs of the region may there fore be summed up in the words 'forest ; protection.'. This means the preserva tion and the perpetuating of- and utiliza tion of the timber supply, the salvation of the mountain and. valley farms, the prevention of fires and floods, and tha regulation of the water flow which fur nishes the power. These needs have long been recognized by observant men, but the ability to satisfy them reside not with individuals or states. The streams to be protected often rise in one state, flow through a. second, and empty iiito the sea within the boundaries of a' third. No individual or state can be expected to expend money in protecting the source of a stream or developing its power when; the benefits, are to be en-' joyed by the public generally in another state or neighborlwod - -'Hriienational .government . alone can. -afford .to undertake .works of this mag nitude, and it is the only power able, economically-and consistently, to admin-, ister and exploit ; the same. The ben"e-L fits are national, the demand is national," and the legislation should be equally broad in its scope and application. "Within the last three years memo rials, resolutions and petitions have been received from scientific societies, -state legislatures, numberless newspapersfj boards of trade and trade journals,' heartily advocating the subject, and President McKinley and President Roosevelt have both' advocated it. "In conclusion, it will be ef interest to note that many European forest reserves.' under government administration, yield, a -hiree annual income; and though no such conditions may be looked for from this forest reserve in the immediate fu ture, it is confidently expected that in very few ' years, probably not more than five, it will be at least self sustaining." Washington Wants to Come in Merger Suit Washington. April '14. The United Ftatcr Supreme Conrt today heard argu ment in the case of the State of Wash ing against ihe Northern Securities "'iupany and the Nor:hf-rn Pacific and Grat Northern railronits, involving fbe iirger of the two rond. Attorney General Stratton appeared t-r he State and made the opening ar f tnenf. contending that this court Is only one that can properly hear f.ise, end that if it tefux to hir r vre is no tribunal to which the o ran apn'! for the Tedres of a H was frequently rnterrogated by t 'mhTs of the conrt. .Ii.cfic White aked why the state r'ild not pass a biw of its fwn to cover I r.-wie. and Mr. Sttftton replied tlat t :hoilcht the the Mate had that right, t 'U that it also is entitled to' an inde-J-tdent proceeding for injunction. In reply to Justice Harlan he said that tbe state might, of course, prooti rfi;nst ipitber of :he railroad coiu Innies for damages, but that the' North n. SecnritM t!ompany could ,not le thus reached in a state vurt. Th chief justice wanted to know if the nt.ite could no; institute 11 suit and gitv the SeiiTltis I'ompany n chance t 1 conw in. "Tes." was the reply, -but it won't " me in a has loii made inauifest in y-n iienta. He agreed iih a tiigge:Lion made .J.asUceiBTejer'iJiat tic loads in volved aTe inter-state roads, and that cn thi- account It i competent toap Ieal to the national authorities. Summing up the ca.se, Mr. .Stratton wid the question prescnted is "whether the stoi-k and control of the two gigan tic lines of railway traversing the states of Washington. Montana. North Dakota ard Minnesota may be consolidated so as to create a monopoly in railway traf fc therein, in defiance of the laws of si:cli. or whether a corporate 'entity can lh' created and used for the express pu!poeiof overthrowing the constitu ticiinl enactments 0f a nnmber of sov ereign states, and thirs accomplish indi rectly that which this court has decided could not be done directly." Charles W. Bunn and former Attor ney General John W. Griggs appeared for the roadsand the Securities Com pany. : After recess Mr..-C. W. Bunn of coun sel for the defendant, opened the argu ment against granting the motion for leave to file. If Washington had the t'eht to maintain the proposed bill, the Mi.te of Oregon had. and all other state intv or i through which the roods ran, and the United States certainly had the ritht. Were all these to exercise that .rij.ht, Mr. Bunn said, no one could tell l he confusion that would result. 4 The argument for the bljl, he said,. proceeded i:pi n the theory lhat a corporation was ie.ponsitle for the act of Us stock holders. 'and tho object of the bill was to restrain or prevent the sale ot stock byxroe. holder xo another. Sugar Statesmanship Holds Forth in the Mouse Debate on Reciprocity with Cuba Continues-Speech-es on All Sides of the Question Water Cure as It Was Practiced on Filipinos The Victim Filled Up and Wn.hlnirtnn. Anril 14. The second week of th debate upon the Cuban Be- ,.i,.;tr Kill hppfln in the House of Itpnresentatives todax. ! Mr. Loud of California called up the conference report on the' Post Office numonriation bill. He was quesxionea closely about the item in the report providing for the pneumatic tube ser- vice ' Mr. Cannon of Illinois and Mr. Moody of Massachusetts criticised the manner in which the provision came into the House for action, giving no opportunity for amendmept. rr T.mid insisted that the House, o ti!a nnrli.imentnrv stage, could reject the report if the pneumatic tube provision was not acceptable. The re port was adopted without division. The House then went into committee of the whole and resumed debate upon the Cuban reciprocity .bill. Mr Aplin of Michigan objected to a request by Mr. Payne for general leave to print remarks upon the bill. The ob jection made by Mr. Aplin was a tacti cal move to compel all members who desired to put their views in. the record to take the floor for that purpose. rr Mrall of Massachusetts, a mem ber of tbe Ways and Means Committee, was the firs speaker toaay. ne muC an earnest speech In favor of the pas sage of the bill, i i . j . There was little ground for optimism as to the future of cane ugar in tm pountrv. In Louisiana the cane must be planted every two years s-t a cost of nleut an acre, wuue .,i-ntPd nnte in ten years. 10 protect- against -gush a. great natural j advantage was not a rational "applica tion of the rule to build up industries which rere' fitted ..to carry on and not to support a mere exotic enterprise. Continuing, he said'of Cuba: sShe is a part- of us by those common interests which bind nations together. It was said that destiny decreed that Cuba should become an integral part of our Union, -destiny which is so often a mere synonym of greed Then Squeezed Out by Foot Pressure on the Stomach Cuba flourish as an independent repub lie under the protection of our nation in foreign affairs. With the instability of the races whieh inhabit her, .regu lated by the influx of Americans she would become a model for the other Latin-American, states. The governing agencies of our nation should not be extended any further toward the trop ics." Mr. Robertson of Louisiana, also a member of the Ways and Means Com mittee, opposed tbe bill in a vigorous speech. t - Mr. Stephens of Minnesota opposed the bill. He thought it a fair estimate 1hat one-half of the proposed reduction would go to" the planters and one-half to the sugar trust. ' Regarding the threat of the annexation of Cuba as an alternative to the passage of the pend ing bill, 'Mr. Stevens said he declined to be frightened that way. He had no fears of annexation, at least not in the near future. ; Mr. Robinson of Indiana took issue with Mr. Newlands.of STeVada, saying: If statesmanship ever looked for an nexation it was years ago, in tne time of slavery when labor; of that kind ciuld be availed, of. The change in that respect has changedconditions entirely." Tne commmee tnen rose. An additional" urgent deficiency bill. carrying about $75,000, was reported by- Mr. Cannon of Illinois, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and parsed. Washington, April 14. Seargent Charles S.'Riley, formerly of the Twen- I prefer to see f-r-.iTrh Volunteer infantry, was tne . - . 1 - At 5 o'clock thji House adjourned- .J first witness this morning before tne Senate Committee on t the ' Philippines when it began ita investigation into the alleged infliction of the "water cure upon Filipinos. The examination was conducted by Senator Rawlings. "Did you ever see what is called the water cure?" "T did." renlied the witness. It was November 27, 1900, at the town of Ic barras. The presidente of the town was TTo. was stunned to tne Kwnist and his hands tied behind him Captain C-lenn.NOf the Eighteenth united States regulars, stood behind him, to- .rpther with one or two men. There was -otoa nnt- nn thfl floor above. The presidente vvas asked whether runners bad .been sent opt to announce our ar rival. He refused to answer. He was then placed under the water tank, and while his mouth was held 'open, the wa terwas allowed" to. run from the faucet into his mouth. "When-lie was filled the water was forced out of him by pressing him with the foot on the stomach. r by pressing witb the hand. This continued for from 5 to 15 -minutes. "It was done under the , supervision of Captain Gfinn. Lieutenant Conger of the regulars, and Captain MapDonald of the volunteers, were present as well as a native interpreter. After the pres idente intimated by.-a sign that he was readv to speak; he was allowed to sit up. He waa rolled on his side, and then he answered -the ijuestion." - - i "Did you see how -the water was pressed from him?" "Xd I did not see that, but others of the men told me." "What happened then?" . "After giving the desired .information he was allowed to dress, and then was taken down etairs. Whtte waiting for a horse he again refused to answer a' question, and the second treatment was ordered by Captain Glenn. One soldier was snt for a syringe 'and another for a can of water. One end of tbe ayringe was placed in the water, and the other in the preidente's mouth, and the water was forced intjO him. . The first syringe did not seem to work well, and a sec ond was sent for. This was inserted in the man's nostril and then a handful of salt was thrown into the water." In response to otlnsr questions the, witness said that the presidente did not seem to suffer from the treatment af terwards. His eyes were somewhat bloodshot, but tbe next day he was ap parently all' right. It was the only cae he had ever seen of the application of the "water cure." Chairman Lodge read from a state ment giving a list of cruelties pract'eed by natives upon American soldiers. The witness said that he knew of his own knowledge of American soldiers being buried alive, mutilated, partially burn ed, and then slashed. up. by the native. Wjlliam Lewis ismith of Massachu setts, a member of a company of-the . Twenty-sixth volunteers, who was sta-. tioned at Icbarras, was then called and testified to tne same circumstances. -4ir Forest Fire Richmond. Va.,' April H.Amherst county has been swept by a forest fir which raged several day,- dentropng acres of valuable timber, a sckooi house and the ancient Methodist church known as Wealeyan. .-which has bee a a land mark, . - ' i . . 1 I -1 1 I i ; ; V - : "v
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