Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-05-23
IRAyILED Win SPANIARDS.
I'd. GrindrOd Did Not Receive an InthusI
astic Reception at Barcelona.

w an ~hhNptuutuA IfUbINtl N'nNNlu-
ing his life at Manila aud his trip
home:
"Curfew would sound every ven
ing Mt $50 O'clock" said Mr.. Grind
rod to the Independent, hen seen
ut his home. "After that every M
was Obliged to go indoors and stay
there until the next morning. This
sort OF existence grew wearisome
after "A few months ms there is little
to break the munOtony nver there Mt
any time; 30 | determined To return
home-back to Montana. And you
may say to the readers Of the indie
pendent for me, said Mr.. Grindrud,
with considerable animation, "thHt
4, Montana il the best country on the
face Of the earth. that Helena il the
best town and I'm glad 10 get back
home. But | wanted to circumnnvi-
gate the world before coming back
and luckily the opport unity present
ed itself. Through the influence Of
this captain Of the port with the un-
speakahle name, myself and n COM
panion-a former member OF the Ore
gon reEiment-secured "A cabin pas
sage for Barcelona, Spain, on the
Isle de Panay, n ship that had been
chartered to carry back to their ma
tive country 1900 Spanish soldiers
who had been held prisoners by Fill
pinos. Myself and companion and
the engineer, who is n Scotchman,
were the only English speaking per-
sons on board. The Spaniards out
numbered US 500 to one, but | will
say to their credit that ! never re-
ceived better treatment at the hands
of any one than by those su;me men
whom my country had but recently
vanquished in war. The Spanish
soldier has the most %unhounded ad-
miration for the American soldier
and ! feel certain that every man OF
the | 800. with whom | made the
long voyage, is my friend. A great
many OF them expressed themselves
as DESTROYS Of enlisting in the Ameri-
can army, and | have little doubt
that they would do so il given the
opportunity, particularly fthey were
certain Of being assigned to serve
against the Filipinos, whom they
thoroughly hate. All OF them had
been prisoners Of the rebels and dur
ing their capture had been starved
and subjected TO many indignities at
the hands Of their captors. Many
had been tortured and threatened
with death to induce them to enlist
In the rebel army. Naturally their
feeling for the Filipinos is not Of the
most friendly.
ave lett Manila the 18th 1ny of last
January, our destination being Bar
celona. During the voyage which
was without incident, we touched at
the ports Of Singapore, Colombo, in
the island of Ceylon, ut Suez and al
Port Said. We arrived at barcelona
~ days after leaving Manila. | nat.
urally expected there would be some
sort of IL demonstration upon the ar
rival Of the prisoners, but heunly per
SONS mt the dock to meet them were
hotel runners, fakirs and a large and
varied assortment Of grafters. No
wonder n Spaniard is not patriotic.
Those prisoners had not been paid
the money to which they were enti.
tied, were poorly fed and badly
clothed, and robbed by their govern
ment on every hand.
"The reception we received in Spain
was radically different from the
treatment accorded us by u fellow
yoyagers on the long trip from
Manila. Everyone We met viewed
rs with suspicion and made US as un-
comfortable M possible in thclimited
time accorded them. At the hotels,
Notwithstanding our baggage was
ample security, we were requested III
settle at the end Of each day. Going
to II bank To have our American gold
exchanged for Spanish money, the
olliciHl in charge, nfterc examining our
passports, exclaimed, All, Ameri.
cans and he pronounced the word
like it tasted bad. The conditions AT
Barcelona made lie there uneildura'
bic. 80 after two days we bonrGed u
train and never left it until we reach.
ed Paris. | remained in the French
capital a month, my companion
leaving me here AMI coming To Amer
lea. Having seen all OF Paris | cared
to, | left there the latter part oI
March and went tn London, arriving
there In time to watch the natives
celebrating the relief of Ladysmith
London was pretty lively at that
time and the Britons seemed vastly
pleased. From London | went by
rail To southampton. where | took
passage on the steamship st. Louis
Eight days later | landed in New
York, from where ] went to Ialti
more and Washington. Since then
visited st. Louis, Chicago and Other
/, American cities, arriving in Helena
, Saturday highland I'm glad to gel
; bsck home"
A Very Remarkable Remedy.
at il with n good deal Of pleasure
and satisfaction that | recommend