The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-22

him to three years solitary conhne-
ment. After the subsequent outbreak
he was placed In chains and sentenced
to solitary confinement for life. The
dav after Clemens disappeared I found
two soldiers kept me In sight. The
same day Professor u Perral intro
duced me to the inspector OF police.
Francisco N. Prado. who described
himself as Senior Juan M. Pou. q gen
tleman Of Cordova in delicate health
rigors Of q Cordova winter. ! did not
discover the dual nature Of Prado un-
til two days later. when. while u
tering about with him. six ~convicts
rose from the ground and saluted him
by taking on their hats. thus giving
him completely away. He explained
that the convicts were anarchists whom
ne had known in Cordova. This in
spector was one of the most courteous
gentlemen Imaginable, especially on a
still hunt. n wine could not fare him.
The more he drank h soberer he
seemed to be.
Acquaintanceship IL quickly made In
Ceuta. owing to the scarcity of visitors.
i knew every one. from the governor
down TO he humblest Moor sleeping in
the Moorish market. In three days. The
humblest Moor was brought before the
governor n fine morning charged
with holding too much conversation
WIFI me. AS ne IeIu<eQ 10 tell any
thing discriminating me he was ordered
to leave town in two hours or get put
In solitary confinement for a year. I
met the Moor afterward In Tangier.
where he told me he had left Ceuta
quick. Tn day after the outbreak of
prisoners / awoke to find two soldiers
at each entrance to the hotel Upon
tearing the reason I decided to leave
Ceuta and sent I'm my passports to the
governor. I was refused permission
and my passports were kept. I applied
next day and was again refused. The
third day / applied and upon being re-
fused announced my intention to stay
my passports back. An officer under
o to quarrel with me and we warred
worldly for five minutes to the awe OF
all present. The officer returned his
sword to his scabbard and resumed his
place at his desk. l sat down for 10
minutes. and then left. being told I
would get, my permission next day
tmanana). I telegraphed to General
Woodford and upon calling at the
Comandancia next morning secured
permit to leave. This I was 10th TO do.
as the Cuban prisoner Valdez had been
murdered in a most brutal manner the
evening before. Valdez vas a criminal
and worked on the new artillery. His
sergeant while intoxicated. grossly in
suited him and, upon Valdez ~resenting.
~bayoneted him to the heart. Valdez
was allowed to lie on the ground for
two hours without any attention n
then. the days work being over. he was
taken up by six soldiers. who carried
him to his cell, dropping him on the
ground every hundred feet in order to
rest. Whether he was dead before he
reached his cell l do not know. but the
sergeant had not been arrested up to
the time of my receiving permission to
clear out.
I sailed for Algeciras. intending to
return from Gibraltar in w days. but
the minister Of war. Correa. to whom
Minister woodford referred my tele-
| gram. notified De Leon. governor OF
Ceuta. that ! should not he allowed to
return to Ceuta. and. although I a
procured my ticket. the steamship com
pany. having received notice from De
Leon, refused me passage, threatening
to throw me overheard. Two hours later
/ was a board the steamer for Tangier.
where I secured the wise OF American
n Spanish consuls. and in the course
of time again entered Ceuta from Mo-
rocco territory. Needless to say. I was
placed under arrest at the frontier and
under armed escort brought into the
town. to be expelled by military author
ity without further ado. This personal
experience i relate to show how jealous
the Spanish are of Ceuta and the power
they place in the governor. whose word
is law: who is both general and judge,
N in whom is vested the consular
powers of every country in the world,
America included. There is none like
him He accuses you. brings you be-
fore him and condemns you. He or
dered the hotels of Ceuta to close their
doors to me upon my return from Alge-
ciras. and he ordered the steamers Of
Gibraltar to refuse me passage. Obedi-
| nnan raatIlfad In hath naaaG There lie
none like him. While in Ceuta l met
that most remarkable woman, the
American actress known as La Bella
Geraldine. who figures as the pluckiest
woman in these Spanish-American
troubles. Throughout the war and the
toured Spain and Morocco. giving her
famous serpentine dance before audi
ences of hostile Spaniards. When
Americans and Englishmen were leav-
ing Spain and Morocco very prudently
this beautiful young actress stormed
the strongholds of the Jankee. denounc-
ing Spaniards. winning fame and for
tune. So popular was she that the gov
ernor OF Ceuta, falling in love with her.
ordered the French ship leaving San
gier for Ceuta to wait for her and bring
her to Ceuta. When h got to Ceuta
she thanked the governor and declined
a large present.
Inc governor OF 1eutd INFORMED I'VE
that ne had recently liberated more
than 100 Cuban prisoners. and that he
was waiting orders from the captain
general of Cuba for the release of the
1925 still there. In considering this in
formation II is well to remark that the
Cubans already liberated were prison.
ers with money and able to secure a
comfortable existence there, where
money is not plentiful. and the Cubans
4 still retained. were anded in a penni-
less condition. II is. therefore. very
discreet on the part OF the Spanish TO
keep there the men whom they have
handled with more than usual brutali-
ty until those released shall have Gre
ated a good effect on the outside world.
II will be months before these Cuban
| prisoners will have recovered from the
severe treatment they have undergone.
| Men who landed there in June. 1897.
in a healthy condition were in a very
sickly state last March. Those who
were youthful a few a e are