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HORRIBLE DEEDS. Told by a Presbyterian Missionary to the Congo Free State. Dr. W. M. Mforrison. Southern Presbyterian missionary to the Congo Free State. in an address at Louis ville, Ky.. gave an impressive recital of alleged barbarities practiced on the natives of Congo by the authorities, and of the obstacles thrown in the way of their correction by the .f)h cials. He said: I lived with thes: peo ple seven years and know what I am talking about. King Leopold has there a native cannibal army of twen ty thousand men, officered by white Belgians and armed with repeating rifles. They are men representing the worst and most savage type of natives, caught and carried far from their homes and forced into military service. In turn this solOiery is used to crnpel the natives to bring in enormous tribute of iAory and rub ber. It is worth noting that the king of Belgium is today reputed to be the. largest dealer in ivory and rub ber in the world. "As a result of forced military ser vice and labor. great and unspeakable cruelties are practiced on the natives. I have seen five thousand fleeing to the forests to e;cape the cannibal sol diers of King Leopold. I have seen soldiers scouring through the forests cat'hing men wanted by the govern ment as laborers and taking the cap tives away with ropes tied around their necks. "Raids upon villages are constantly made, some are killed, others sold in to captivity and others forced in.to labor and military service. One can buy all the slaves wanted for ten or fifteen dollars each. In these raids innocent women and children are killed or captured. Their hands are cut off to be taken back to the Bel gian officers to show that the work had been done. On one of these raids near the mission stations, one of our missionaries counted eighty hands cut off, drying by a fire to be taken to an officer, and forty-five dead lying near. "The Belgian government makes a stereotyped denial of all charges. I have seen personally the governor of the Congo Free State and have been in the palace of the king of Belgium; neither will dn anything. The Brit ish government is interested in the situation. Consul Roger Casement, as the English ,and American repre sentative to Congo, has just made a tour of investigation. His report is now in the hands of the government at Washington and presents a most deplorable situation. SOLDIER'S STRANGE STORY. Kansas Man Declares He Served Through War by Proxy. Joe ElIer, the old soldier of Iola, who was arrested on complaint of the pension inspector for the gov ernment some months ago.. and who served a short time in jail before he could get, bond, will have a very strange story to tell Judge Pollock when he holds court here next May, says the Fort Scott Tribune. The cir cumstances surrounding the life of the old man and the story he has to relate is one of the strangest type and would be a treat for some good n,ovelist to take for a story of the Dickens kind. The details of the case of Eller have just been learned through an attorney who has been in terested in the case for some time. Although Eller was arrested some .time ago his story escaped the clutches of the newspaper reporter. It is a most interesting case and the trial will be looked forward to with considerable anxiety. Joe Eller is a man about 70 years of age. Last fall the government au thorities learned by accident that Eller was drawing a pension through fraud ulent dealings and his case was inves tigated. He had been on the pension rolls of the government for a long term of years, and when the inspect or went to work on the case he made a discovery that is without precedent. Eller's defense is that he is entitled to the pension that he is receiving, his argument being that he served through the civil war by proxy. When the war broke out in 1861 El ler resided in Indiana. lie was one of the first to enlist in an Indiana vol unteer regiment. After he had served six weeks he received word from his home that his folks were sick and he was anxious to leave the reg iment. Instead of adopting the usual mt of applying for a furlough he got another man to substitute for him until he returned. He was an xlous to serve through the war and he feared that as hostilities had just broken out the furlough would not be granted. The name of the substi tute was Bradv. a whole-souled Irish man. who thought it would be great un to go in for a short time, as he had no idea that Eller would not return. Eller never went back to the regiment and Brady served through the remainder nf the war. When h.s tilities ceased and the dove of peace hovered over the nation the Iri.hman was given his discharge papers in thi name of Eller. as it was the only name that appeared on the muster r-Als. He returned the discharge papers to Eller. and he applied and was granted a pension when the time came. In a ight at Barton, this state, Will Gardner. a negro. shot and killed Mr. Will Stone and wounded Mr. John Griner and killed a negro by-stander. Mr. Griner's wounds are serious, but not necessarily fatal. Posses are in pursuit of the negro and if caught he will be lynched. The origin of the trouble is not known, as Griner is un conscious. 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