The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-03

them flowers. and the ladies asked them
GAVE THEM THEIR BUTTONS.
The Spanish officers gave them thelr
stars, buttons, and many other Things
of their uniforms.
ENGLISH MISCONsTRUED.
Colonel CortiiO SAYS that what shocked
him most was that at the trains DEPART
ure from Macon All tho men at the station
shouted. Hail 20 Spain" They were
badly received az Atlanta, Ga, oelns
whlstled all the way from the station to
% ON their arrival at Fort Mcpherson
they were despOilcd OF everything, leave
ing them pennies. 8,
I'm French stating that never in any
civilized country had any war prisoner
ever been treated so. ,,.,,
They were incarcerated In cell divide
ed BIZ an iron plate into two, placing
into ono compartment an the Spanish
soldiers and IN the other all tho officers
Never were they taken out or the cen Dut
for meal hours Whel they Were tahen 49,. 10
20 a dining room where bad mess was
given them. The soldiers Were given
straw mattresses 90 sleep on ana the OIL
hcer5 were GIVEN beds tull or Deu nu-s
DID NOT SALUTE.
The soldiers there were in the dining
room never saluted them. excepting two
Officers whose names Col. COrtijO could
not remember but he says they We're
always very polite and respectful to
them.
given for all OF them and the only tnlng
they did for them when they complained
was TO give them each a glass. Ihty
asked for priest. ana reuen one ID
the name Bacin WIS sent 10 them, VINO
said mass every sunday morning, ang
through the priest The negroes who used
10 guard them were changed ana Wnlte
soldiers substituted VI
hot a
Post OFFICE return Il them the letters
tbrv had written 90 their families stating
that no letters 10 or from Spanish prl'-
oners could be carried.
\ KIND CAPTAIN.
Colonel Cortiio says that the Amerl-
can captain. Mr.. Boo. OF The Fourth reg
iment that accompanied him in MS tflp
from Fort McPherson 10 Key M,gis.' W.,
stoned at the Elliott Hotel. which ne
states Is the best IN the city. lie SAYS
that there he was visited by dlsj ul'h n
ed people and that the General ot lhe
citv garrison invited and took him out
for q ride. Colore Cortiio and his COM
panlons were rather sick az the STONE u
because they were not accustomed 10 the
American food
VOTE OF THANKS.
Colonel Cortijo begs Havana ne"5iDa-
pers to express lher sIat .i-,. osS,.sre
but 10 Dubllsh at the same time tntlI
most energetic protest for the treatmen g
given them by the American Government.
Yesterday when the two American cor
ret1ondenfs Thrall and Lones were taken
on board the Spanish Eunboat MARQUES
de Molins they expressed thelt slll -, q
gratefuluess for me treatment ,-ls'
them by all the sptnisn cniets Ia S1 IN The he
limited States through the newspapers 10
have set at liberty an ne spanish pila-
oners that are lel. ~ OF. a. ,eiit,irned
49,, tbetr letter and money, securing
a receipt from the American correspond
ents. -, -, NC.
on cortenes dOG dollars Spanish gold.
, Sye American grecnbacks. So and IL cents
in snanish silver, and - cents in Amer-
AN ENGLISH PRISONER.
Mr.. Knight. British correspondent for
the london Times now confined az -
banas Fortress. says 3nat ne Ihsehoeu ,o
cane on hoard the American vessel that
brought the proposition Ior me eHch1''7 ~
Of he prisoners. Aiterwdrd no tried 20
reach here with DIT. ,u' p 62cH on and ID ~
ias+ bc boueht "A boat being tOwed 10
eight miles off the CUBAN coast by tus.
boat OF the New YORK Press being let
tbere strong surf upset the boat 10
srbicb he held on. succeeding In reaching
the shore after twenty eight hours. Ihe
Rritisb Consul, Sir Collan is trying 10
have him set a. liberty; -,
The commission appointed by the Cu-
han Assembly to solve the proposition
presented BY Secretary OF Justice Gown
about about th less thsn SIS during the HOSTILE
les in order 10 help the poorer classes.
has decided the proposition favorably.
The measure a., I~s WI be ta ngn ,m1 95
members Of the commission cid not agree,
statIns that the Board Of House PToprie-