The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, April 19, 1904, Page 7, Image 7
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.
There are more than one hundred
thousand widows in Berlin.
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Ladies' Nice Dress Shoes regal
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Ladies' Nice Dress Skirts (Taila
Men' Nice Worsted Pants (Tai
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MIXES and KNEADS
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Three Minates.
Without outting
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THESE BREAD MAKERS
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price 75 cts. now - - 39 cts
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MORRIS.
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Coffee or Tea. A slice of nice *
r Beans or Tomatoes or Whiteg
ner, with some nice California
hes or Canned Apples for your0
ier than build a fire in the stove 0
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other nice canned goods always
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he Russell old stand and will be 0
iy very best services. Handing g
is mentioned above or any other
>t in a first-class Grocery Store.0
reciate your trade and will treat 0
rs truly,
DICKERT,e
GROCERMAN.
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v many ounces there are in the
ug store. Some seem to think *
me pound. We want to assure
y buy drugs at Mayes' Drug *
>unces to the pound, no matter
Cream Tartar, Epsom Salts, or*
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