Evening star., 1898-07-22
FOUND SHOT AND CHOPPED

pecisi Dispatch To The E,ening Star

Special Dispatch tc The E,euing Star
CUMBERLAND. Md. JaIy 2a.-Emanne,
e Harturg. Cumberland boy, who Was
IN the nights previous to the capitulat tion
OF Santiago. being member of Battery q
I'm Artillery. writes to his sister Miss Min
ME Hartuns. this city. OF some unique ex-
periences. He says:
When we arrived at Baiouirf some OF
the boys OF the I'D Infantry went out to
get cocoanuts. and as they did not return
scouts were sent out 10 look for them.
All were found shot to death. their faces
chopped UP and bodies mutilated.
"One OF our soldiers went out In the
woods yesterday and happened to see two
guns lying under tree. Looking up he
discovered two Spaniards picking fruit.
He promptly shot both, and placing one
on each shoulder brought the DOns into
camp as prisoners.
The Spaniards fired on the Red Cross
flag, and 1T one time raised a black flag.
which meant that they would kill all
prisoners. ard. of course. expected the
same treatment should they fall into our
hards.
Il found that the papers did not exag-
gerate the condition of the Cubans. Five
Thousand were landed a few miles below
where we are now camping: some had not
enough clothes to make dish rag Of a
few had Shoes while a major portion was
half starved We fed them and they were
so hungry they began fighting the
food. Some Of them, who spoke English.
told US they had eaten nothing for five
days, after walking thirty-five miles TO
reach the boat
General Joseph Sprigg chairman of the
executive committee on the Schley testi-
monial. has been notified that a public
mass meeting will be held at Oakland next
Tuesday to inaugurate the movement IN
Garrett county. General Sprigg. Colonel
George A. Pearre and Ferdinand Williams
will be among the speakers. Cyrus r.
Flock, editor of the Frederick Examiner.
wrote General Sprigg. prorering aid in the
movement and saying of Schley:
During his booyhood days this office
was his accustomed loafing place. his I'M
Gle being proprietor of the paper for many
years"
Mr.. Flock thinks Commodore Schley
would select Frederick county, where he
spent his childhood days in which to To-
cate the proposed country seat A sugges-
ton coming from Mayor Malster of Balti-
more has been adopted. He thought IL un-
wise to limit the subscriptions to a dollar.
He said:
Il think offerings of any sum should be
taken. and that theaters, schools, clubs
and other organizations desiring to give
exhibitions for the purpose of donating re-
ceipts should not be Discouraged"
Citizens of Cumberland propose to appeal
to the health commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia. and finally to Congress-.
IL the pollution of the Potomac river can
not be stopped by any other means. The
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company.
which Is TO stand trial at Frederick in Sep
tember for polluting the stream, has been
actively engaged preparing a defense. A
number Of expert chemists have lately WIS.,
tied Piedmont to make analysis of the wa
ter. Since January ! last the company has
manufactured more than - oo0,oo0 pounds
of paper and pulp. The United States
postal card works, which are supplied by
this company, are turning out 21o0,Ovd
cards in each day OF eight hours. When
rushed, 2.1oo,0o0 cards are made each day.
There is considerable feeling al Mountain
Lake Park regarding the opening of the
post office on Sunday. A post Office in
spector notified Postmaster Sperry to open
the post office one hour each Sunday. The
Post Office Department was at once COM
municated with and the order rescinded.
Mountain Lake is known as a religious
community, and the stockholders of the
park association passed resolution pro-
testing against the Sunday opening of the
post office. There Is a difference of optn-
ION among the patrons, and a fight over
the matter is in prospect An audience of
1890 persons. which assembled I'm the au-
ditorium. voted against opening the office
on Sunday.