The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-01-18
THE Drmsrarlor AND cauelrlls OF WAR

THE DEVASTATION AND cRuElTIEs OF WAR
Habies and Children Sold Like Hogs and
Rendered Into females Sacrificed
10 Yoedoo.
Port an Prince (Hayti) special. .fhe
situation looks very bad for Legitime.
Hypolite has won three battles in ten
days and his victorious army are en-
trenched within twenty miles of here
awaiting the arrival of arms and NUM-
lions from New York. Their foraging
operations cover the territory whence
most OF Legitime's supplies have hitl-
-erto come. The majority Of the peo-
pie here expect to see Hypolite in full
control soon. Legitime is anxious. and
suspicious. He has thrown scores of
prominent citizens into prison for sus-
pected sympathy with Hypolite. He is
pressing into the military service every
laborer and farmer he can seize.
The country is in q state of anarchy.
Noodooism is rampant among the half
civilized inhabitants of the interior,
Horrible tales of the sacrifice of young
girls in these rites are told. Murder
and rapine flourish in the absence OF
law. Agricultural processes are aban-
dcned. Mob rule prevails in the CAPT
tn.
TLegitime's army was disastrously de-
4eated at Hineha about ten days ago;
Z again on December 90, while on the re-
treat, and again O few miles from tie
capital. The remnant fled to the city.
The leaders took refuge in the French
consulate, fearing mob violence. Two
of Legitime's leading generals deserted.
One was caught and shot by Hypolite.
The other escaped.
The French minister is very unpopu-
lar on account of his open alliance with
Legitime. The French wal ships cap
tured the schooner Aurora in DOmin-
lean waters, and by rifing her mail bag
found evidence of treachery IN the part
of about thirty Of his supposed sup
porters in Port au Prince, whom he
thereupon imprisoned. The seizure was
n violation OF the international law.
The Hsytien Republic is still anchored
under the Galena's guns waiting for dis
infection.
The indemnify has not yet been paid.
1t is said that Legitime has put all the
money in the treasury in his pocket and
will flee as soonras his fall is assured.
He has issued an address deploring the
use OF power by the great American re-
public to Cypress the feeble. He says,
however, that the fault lies not with the
american people Dr. government, but
with Minister Thompson, who has led
them to O wrong action. The Haytlen
Republic not only ran the blockade, but
supplied the enemy with provisions and
arms. By all the rules of international
law she was q legal prize.
Despite the fact that Port au Prince
declared for Legitime unanimously,
and that the inhabitants of the place
cheered themselves hoarse when Leg
itlme was proclaimed president, there
are many wealthy and influential resi-
dents of the city, merchants and others,
who are disaffected toward L~egitime's
government, and keep up a secret cor
respondence with the northern leaders.
Their number and influence during the
last few weeks have been increased
greatly, so much so that Legitime
doubtedly begins to fear that a counter
revolution might be started against him
in his own city. He held a council with
his ministers, and they all agreed that
prompt action was necessary. War
rants were secretly issued for the arrest
of some two dozen residents of Port au
Prince who were suspected, and some
of these were entrusted to General He
rard, governor of the department of the
south, and General Elhelier, chief
of the police, who, accompanied by
q great many other generals. l~ieuten-
ants, governors and one or two sold
iers, sailed out on a tour of seizure on
December 9th. Among the most prom
inent people they arrested were NJ.
Lavand, editor of the Loeil Tanguste
Advocate; E. 2. Gentel, merchant; j.
Legey aud Alexander Ferrand, advo-
Gates, and McCountois, editor of the
Plaidoyer National. Some of the others
arrested were clerks in the custom house
and other departments of the govern
ment. A good many of the Haytiens
under ban heard of what was going on
and fed to the foreign c%onsulates for
protection.
The public life of the natives is being
honeyoombed with corruption and their
private life is a mass of awful immorali-
blacks have little ideas of the relations
of father, mother, sister or brother.
The slaughter of young children bytheir
mothers, that their bodies may be sold
as pork or as fried down into lard is a
common practice among the natives, and
every now and then foreign residents OF
Port-au-Prince find served up to them
on their tables portions of the bodies of
children which have been purchased in
the domestic butcher shops. It is very
dangerous to buy cooking lard in Hayti
for the reasons above stated, ven when
the lard is ostensibly of foreign manu-
f~acture, for the Haytiens get hold of the
cans and fill them with lard of their own
make. Two weeks ago a oman was ar
rested in the market place in Port All
Prince for selling as pork the arms and
legs of q child. OF course this killing
OF children is recognized as murder by
the Hayden law and punished as such,
but it is certain that the cases which are
discovered are but small in proportion
TO those which happen.
Hypolite, having been elected and de-
clared the provisional president by the
Central and Northern departments, on
his capture of the capital will demand a
congress of deputies from all the depart
ments and the election of q permanent
president, declaring Legitime's election
unconstitutional and void. He will pro-
baby then be the only candidate in the
field.
CONCERNING ELECTION OF coNGREssMEs.
NE Btu Of Senator Sherman Proposing
Numerous Changes.