The evening times., 1900-01-24

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2i.-Here is per-
haps another of the many unpleasant re-
suits of the war between Great Britain and
the Transvaal. William Sutherland, the
well-known florist of Twenty-frst and
Green Streets, prominent Republican OF
the Fifteenth ward, was recently put to
| indignities that aroused his anger.
A matter of important business-the set
tlement Of an estate in Scotland-took this
veteran of the civil war to his native
| country at the close of last year. He is a
very Indifferent sailor at best as he has
found TO his cost on the four or five times
that he has previously crossed the Allan
tic. On this occasion, as he writes to his
friend, Col. Charles E. Upton, of this city:
We had very stormy passage across
the Atlantic and I was seasick all the way,
| only ate two meals on the ship, the first
one on the day we sailed and the other one
on the day we landed
Here are the simple straightforward
words in which, in his letter to Colonel
Upton, he describes his reception at
Queenstown by the British officials:
I'VE arrived at Queenstown twelve hours
late. Arriving at the custom house | was
taken into cold room and searched from
the crown of my head to the soies of my
feet. My clothes were all taken off me.
| was stripped 10 the skin. | never suf-
| fered such indignities in my life before,
| and | hope | never will again. My field
glass, notebook and cap were turned in
side out and my writing paper wetted to
see tas | suppose) if il contained any secret
correspondence.
Il also had a small piece of carved coal,
representing the entrance to a coal mine
and showing the breaker, which | wanted
TO give to my cousins wife. This they
took from me and kept. declaring it to be
dynamite put up in new form. My cap,
glass. and notebook were returned TO me.
also my writing paper, but they wanted
me TO tear out the addresses of the per-
sons | was 10 call upon on my business,
giving as reason that / would then not
know where to call
After being released | have every rea-
son to believe that / was shadowed from
Cork to Belfast, Certainly there was a
person with very unprepossessing looks
who Travelled all the way with me in the
same compartment of the cars, who tried
on numerous occasions TO draw me out on
the Boer war question and upon other such
matters during my journey. At Dublin
where | stopped over night, ] thought /
had got rid+of him, but you may judge of
my surprise when | resumed my journey
to see the same man getting into the same
compartment with me. He kept with me
and used every means in his power to
draw me out, but TO no effect. At about
ten miles from Belfast he got out, and a
stout man with severe features got in and
took his place and tried the same tactics
on me, but with as little success
THE affair is thus explained to me by
friend who tells me that have a mill
tary appearance. which. he says led the
authorities, no doubt. TO mistake me eth
er for a Boer officer or a spy in Disguise"
Colonel Upton declares that though Mr..
Sutherland may be supine enough to allow
the matter to drop here, he will not He
says that he will himself make application
to the proper authorities at Washington
and find out why his friend was so mis-
used.