Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-03-27
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Port Louis, Island of Mauritius,
March 23.-John L. Waller, formerly
United States consul at Tamatave,
Madagascar, has been tried before a
court martial by the French military
authorities and found guilty of having
been in correspondence with the Hovas
He has been sentenced to twenty years
imprisonment. The cause of Walters
sentence was that he secured a con-
cession of some 225 square miles of val
liable lands from the HaVos govern
ment in spite of the protests of French
residents and the French colony gen.
orally. So far there has been no talk
of interference by the United States
government.
Advices from Tamatave under date
of Dec. 5, of last year, published here
on Jan. 13 of the present year, said:
Among the most provoking Of the out
RACES committed by French marines
Cn MadagascaD was that upon the
persons and property of two Ameri-
cans, one of whom was ex-consul John
L. Waller of Kansas in the home of an
American named John Dublin. Wal
Ter was at the time seated in the door
way Of his friends house, smoking
when three French marines having
| frightened away all the natives in the
! neighborhood, approached They
! caught sight of Dublin's wife, and
probably mistaking Waller for Dublin
| insultin3ey demanded that he deliver
Mrs. Dublin to them. Waller imme-
! diately commanded them to leave the
premises They refused to go and fur
! ther demanded that Waller supply
| them with cigars. This he also refused
| to do and again commanded them to
leave. One of the marines became an
| CRY and wanted to know why Waller
! did not run, and if he was not fraid of
| Frenchmen Waller told them he
would not run nor was he afraid. The
marine drew his side arms and ad-
Vanced on Waller, declaring that he
would cut his throat. Waller raised
the chair upon which he had been seat
ed and warned the intruder that if he
advanced another step he would brain
him. This warli6e demOnStra tiOn cool
ed the Frenchman's blood and he went
away. While Waller was thus engag-
ed the other two marines had entered
another apartment of the hruse, in
sulting Mrs. Dublin, stole a numbr of
articls and decamped. Waller and
Dublin at once made compaint to init
ed States Consul Wetter. who made an
investigation of the facts and reported
the case to the French resident. But
up to date no further action IN ~ :Oat-
ter has been taken.
Washington, Mark 23.- Nothing has
been heard by the state department
from the United States cOnsII at Maur-
titus or TamataVe, but # the ca Die re-
port be true, these ConSuls will likely
report today or tomorrJV the action of
the French court martial. Waller is a
citizen of the United states and cffi-
cialS here cannot conceive by What au-
thOrity a court martial attrmpted TO
assert jurisdiction ,)vec an American
citizen not actively engaged III hos
tilities against them. Waller has manv
friends in this country, mGny OF whom
are influential. The United States;
cruiser Castine is now on her way To
Madagascar to look after American in
terests.
EX-COnsul Waller is a colored man
from Kansas, born in Missouri in
slavery. He was one of the slaves
confiscated by federal troops in 1862
and sent to Iowa, being then II years
old. He is an attorney at law and at
the time of his appointment practiced
in Topeka. He was prominent in poll
tics, being an elector for President
Harrison in 1888. He is spoken of very
highly as a man we'll read in the law
and of good habits. He had the best
of application papers when he was ap-
pointed by President Harrison consul
at Tamatave in February, 1891. He
held the place until the arrival of Mr.
Wetter, his successor, Sept. 20, 1898.