Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-11-13

usual custom with the Mnnyemas at we uaWE
OF tbs day, which they always open with
wild music. Major Barttelot. on seeing the
woman so engaged, ordered her to desist
two or three times, accompanying each
With a blow OF the staff, and finally he began to
kick her. Attracted by the womans Bhrieks,
hcr husband, sanga, seeing barttelot with re-
VOlver In his hard thrust his gun through the
loop-hole of n hut opposite 70 who're this was
taking place and shot Barttelot dead Jameson
thon went TO Stanley Falls, where SaDga wGs
proved 70 hfve Killed Major Barttelot, and was
consequently sentehced TO death. II 6angn had
been brought before me, and II the story as re-
ported to mo personally and In writihg wns
shown 10 be true, should have acquitted him.
Suppose such an incident occurred IN the streets
of any civilized city, would not any Jury have
acquitted tho husband who thus killed ths as
sallant Of his wife2
"slnss have c9psured the whole, IT Is per-
haps necessary Il Tie fotegoing d6es not con-
tafn sufficient explanation for me 10 ah4 why
censured them 1t must be understood that
any one of these officers with little frmnesa
co3ld have arrested MAJOR Barttelot's proceed
ings without violence. A mere lettor from any
one OF them protesting against such acts, and
threatening TO report the ciroumsi ance 20 tho
e9m,ni,tee pt home, would have stopped It. 1t
bGs been ci6driy sh-wn from many accounts,
% Syon ba M tbsr TroSgs ST VIII maDs
Major Barttelot did, and II Is probably true thab
they protested by word OF mouth, but no
amount Of verbal protests would have the sanIe
effect Us written trraignmelt Of Ihese tyran-
nical proceedings. / i'm sure had Major Bnrtte-
lot received such letter ne would Heter have
dared to repeat them. Hence, ns this, was not
doue-because have never gcon such writton
protett-I must needs Ger sure their conduct for
not doing tho utmost .hey could In order 10
stop them, innsInuch as each had declared his
intention 10 be loyal and obedient and think OF
the inteTests OF the expedition. i viii leave
This 70 tie ih1glrent OF every reader: A.
Assuming tho facts are iis they me stated "a
the foregoing can any man conscfentiOuel7 efy
that my censuie OF tho rear column was harsH,
or unjust, or undeserved, when state this after
hearing all these horrible things, and after see
ing the effects of those acts on the rear column
when / said, two days after being brought
fare to fare With this misery, that the rear col
umn was wrecked Dy the irfesolution OF It's Off
GERS, the neglect of their promises ana their in
difference TO written ordsrs9' .
starvation ard continued ill-treatment
cansad the condi Jon of the men TO which
ate away the flesh 80 that their bones were al
most exposed. Their backs were entirely gone.
They were unable TO stand, and still they we're
punished day after day, There is the log book
as II was giveh 10 me, with day after day the
Accounts OF the most horrible punishIpents.
Tie records are sighed by all the officers They
I'D n6t abptectato this amount OF II, making
the daily entries. but az I56d u otet, AL to;
gether th' rs it siaros me IN the ftce tecora
Of evils and a continuous story OF horrors.
"1he reason why / was absent from the camp
for fourteen months instt al OF five, as ex-
pected, was this left Nambuya on June 2S
aud arrived at Albert Nyanza On Dec. -, 1887.
Then returned siuce there was no news OF
Emin n distance OF 131 miles, where built a
fort housed the sick, stored the goods and ro-
lur4led TO tie Albert Nyslza arrived there In
April, ts55, and stayed theft twsnty-sx days,
having found Emin. Then started to huht 5ot
the rear column and found 1t only ninety miles
from Yambuya. Emins own letters. published
in In Darkest Africa, explain how he came to
my camp, and that he was not taken prisoner
by me. rs has been charged.
"Es u this STORY about, Mr.: Jameson. wit
hess TO the incident mfn, drew up IN his own
hand writing an affidavit wherein he s$eGrs IN
the presence os witnesses TO the following
story: That jameson, returning from Kasongo
and eonyersing NTH TiPpn Ii6 and another s,
oannibalisn, because, although he had heard
much OF Il, no had never seen it, and no white
r Tippa III TTi6 Is said 10 have said 1t is easy
jameson asked how, and firpa Tit responded
Pay for s1ye b and give Il TO ss0sS Mi
Jameson eHtd he was very willing Twelve
cotton bandkerchiefs were then gwen, and with
them little girl aged some ten or twelve years
was purchased. She was given to the men,
and Mr. Jameson Is said to lave then told them
Now let us see what you can do. The child
was tied so she could not move. Mr.. Jameson
took skeich-book In hand, and when he was
really knife was plum ged into the child 8 heart,
ard Mr.. Jameso11 10 said to nave stood there
while tho liiU blood sp!prted over the body; he
Is said TO have made six sketches descriptive OF
the variops s6eIies thft took, place the cutting
up and tie disposing of the body:
aIhis appeared go II credible at first that whet
and said he had seen the sketches. Another
European, upon being asked what he kneY ol
It, Said JeIneson showed the sketches 20 hin
Hlsoi This wis r6ported TO ths euthorities o.
the Congo Free State and they took syiaenc'
regarding IL"
Mr.. stanley concluded by saying @If teces
sary / shall be glad to go into a court of Law
where the whole matter can be ventilated"
Itons of Interost.
RAILROAD statistics show that no one
| T.. g., L.,
TIE Indian cotton crop of 1Ss9-90 Il
! the largest over known in that country
A coL0REb girl Is said by the New
| York artists to be thief finest shapeC
model.
! A ToiiPEbo net constructed OF inter
locking steel fiilgs Is soon to be put to
| practical test.
OTTAWA, Kan, boasts of a rooster g
large that it must be helped upon 1t
roost every night.
THE largest bcarskin in the world is II
Kansas City. 1t was taken from an AMI
NAL Weighing 2,so0 pounds.
WABASH, Ind, has midget, Mrs
Frank Stores girl bUbe, slx inches u
height and Weighing d pound md half
CoMPREssED paper is now used as
substitute for wood in the manufactur
of shuttles and their wheels for looms.
| A sNUTF-Box containing three goo
rings was unearthed in the excavatio
for an annex to the Niles works q
Hamilton, Ohio.
THERE is tremendous activity in tn
toy division of the Patent Office, ei
pecially In automatic toys that talk an
walk
THE largest cotton mill in the Sout
is now being erected in Florence, Ala
by New England capitalists. 1t wi
have SO, 500 spindIes.
A PULLMAN palace car recently passe
from st. Louis to New York, which wi
chartered especially for tho transports
ton OF two valuable dogs.
AN organization modelled after Il
American Chautauqua Literary and Sc
entifc Circle, has been organized
/ Great Britain, under the name OF u
National Home Reading Union.
TIE largest cotton planter in the wor
, is James 5. Richardson, of New Orlean
who owns $4,000 acres of cotton lar
: and employs 1900 negroes. He has r
fused an English syndicate's offer
! S22, 500, 900 for his plantations.
A BROWN or black bear would soon
observed where the coyote makes
home, but the latter, lying in the sid
r Of hills covered with dried and sunbur
! vegetation, is almost perfectly safe fro
) Intrusion II IL but remains quiet.
A NEWSPAPER at Newcastle, Englan
Z commemorated its centenary by repu
: fishing its first issue. During the day
. country couple called at the Office TO a