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The state herald., 1900-08-24

One Of the charges which the Chi
nese make against the foreign devils"
is that they dig up the soil and there.
by release evil spirits which prey upon
human life. II is true that much NOR
tality followed the founding OF the
English settlement at Hongkong. and
deaths have been frequent since the
digging In and around the new Ger
man town OF Tsing-tan. A writer in
the Forum offers the explanation.
which the Chinese are too supers,i-
uous to accept The soil In both places
Is diSin,egrated granite, and has been
70 long occupied by dense population
that. except where It is frequently
neraied by agriculture. IL is reeking
with disease germs The "oyll splr.
Its" released by the spade are bacteria.
The state herald., 1900-08-24
Dog sn,r. q ChlId,. Lltc.

81 Louis. No.. Aug. 2o.-The collie
dog Of the Loeb family, 1000 flnncy
avenue. saved the life of Arthur Loeb
the lveayenrold child ~ the huuue.
bold. last night. This Is the second
time within the Inst four months TINT
the dog hns saved the little fellows
life. nnd ho,l times IN much the snmc
manner Last night the dog dragged
tie child IN the strccl.cnt trncks IN
flnnrS nNrnnr Just In time To prevent
Ills life b"inR crushed ou, by mn clcc.
ttip rHf.
The state herald., 1900-08-24

should be in the United States terri
tory.
There is a water famine in the Klon-
dixie that may seriously affect the out
put of gold.
The state herald., 1900-08-24

"thr National Platforms" n little
book Issued hy the Union Pacific HAIL.
fund Company. II probably the most
complete In political Information of
anything yet issued. II Ia full " ynl.
unhl. statistics NJ well ~ giving the
platforms ~ nii parties nnd IL some
thing every voter should po-aca-. MIR,
y. u, Griffin, general npcnl Union IN
cliir, Denver viii bc plcnHrd 10 for.
Whrl tuu u copy IRE" upon receipt Of
stamp fut postage aud mention NJ this
t4iprri
The state herald., 1900-08-24

Bishop Walsham How, the bymn-
writer once induced q w1rkIngman 10
attend church. Asked aftcrward how
he liked II the parishioner replied.
learned one thing learned that
sodom and Gomorrah were places. 1
always thought they were husband
and wife" Lawyers affirm that IA,
cases which boset the most hatred
and viturpcratIon and are most dltl.
cult TO settle are those between near
kindred. Moreover. the differences
are largely OF the trining and imagl.
nary kind which better information
would have prevented. The plan OF
searching the Scriptures has lost none
of It's potency, Not infreauently. the
ages through. has II settled more Der.
nonal cnigmaS than the Identity of
sodom and Gomorrah.
jewish charities. the Baron Dc
IIlrHeh Fund. for instance. are notably
vel managed. better managed than
those Of any other denomination" as.
soru the American larnelito. which
goes ON Ia explain the reason. II II
bccaufc the very best men aud women
of tho Jewish faith are willing 10 give
their time TO the work. without recon.
ponsc. We would not dlspsragc Tho
paid employee OF other charities nor
the people who pay them. hut II In un.
questionably true tina, the ideal phil
snthropy II tha, which engages the
person AH well M the purse.
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Wanda recovered, he was done with
earthly affairs as much as II really
dead Here. too, lived Roderick, the
last OF the GOths whose unbrdled pas.
si0ns-according TO local story-caused
the fall OF the dynasty. Walking alone
the ragus one day. he saw the Jewish
maiden. Florinda, bathing In a seclud-
ed pool, and became 80 enamored OF
her beauty that be had her stralghtway
seized and carried TO his castle, which
outrage 80 lncensed the Jews, added TO
their other wrongs that they called
upon the tribes of Barbary and Egypt
TO avenge them
There Is no doubt In earliest times
many Hebrews did fly TO this then tut
term0st part Of the earth 90 escape
Assyrlan tyranny; and until their eX-
pulsiOn In the fifteenth century the
influence Of the thrifty race was very
marked IN Spain. The laws Of the
Goths. barbarous IN severity. con-
demned all Jews to slavery, prohibited
their worship. left their property az
every mans mercy and encouraged the
violation Of their homes under circum-
stances Of most atrocious cruelty.
Schooled to patience by centuries Of OPP
preston. the long-sufering Jews en-
dured Gothic persecution until il be-
came. even 20 them, intolerable Their
trading propensliies had connected
themselves closely with the wandering
TRIBES OF THE DESERT,
and history comedies that the sudden
seizure Of the Peninsula by Moham-
med's followers was due, IN great meas
ure. 10 an extensive conspiracy Of Span
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"MNE own PEOPLE

Ripley Hitchcock. in the leading edi-
torlal IN this weeks Saturday Even
ing Post. draws a vivid picture OF
Americans allowing their own soldiers
and the families Of soldiers % suner
while American money Is being contrib
uted 10 England. Among other things
De says:
1T Is said that there are widows OF
American officers iu Manila who are
almost penniless Al the death OF an
officer his pay stops and II the widow
succeeds in obtaining % pension IL IS
only after "a long delay There are
many tales OF sick aud Insane soldiers
returning 90 San Francisco In desiItu-
ton. Even from cuba and Porto Rico
the transports frequently bring 10 New
York soldiers who are iu dire want.
There Is 90 organization 10 care for
them. one woman aided by a few 9TH
ers. has devoted herself 20 relieving
their immediate necessities and secuT-
Ing transportation Go their homes but
without her aid we might see invalid
American soldiers beFging In the streets
Of an American city whore Harnesses
and concerts are being given for the
benefit of the British soldiers IN Africa.
THE English officer. ln the majority
OF cases has private means. The Amer
lean officer, aS rule Is dependent up-
on his salary. Between the English
and American private soldiers there is
probably very little difference as re-
CARDS means England is supposed 90
be the richest country In the world. IL
does not follow that our benehcence
should be limited to our own country,
but when 60 600 Americans are carrying
on a war ln the tropics, with casualties
OF various kinds numbering 1000. q
situation Is presented which may rea-
eonably be expected 90 make a closer
and justcr appeal TO our aympathles
than an English war In Africa
The families of officers and men, and
the penniless and invalid soldiers who
are discharged in san Francisco and
New York can no longer depend upon
government ana. The chance Tor or
gauized assistance and supervision is
obvious. and the need OF aid impera-
tive. surely Americans win not expose
themselves 90 the reproach that they
have forgotten their own"
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eminent, whose moral and eneeuVe pro-
lection II possesses.
From the moment Of the creation OF
this society II provoked Intense as
satisfaction on the part Of those VINO
had private interests In the Congo, ana
who We're unwilling 10 cope with an OPP
position trading company that was
favored IN every way by government
Interested in It's success, and therefore
extremely wonderful. Il was politl-
cal change full of danger This is
proved today for the state should take
IFS greater share of responsibility In the
excesses now revealed, as h has ac~
cepted the greater share OF the proits.
The government Of the Congo was not
ignorant OF the means that would be
taken by the society TO acquire the
greatest amount possible OF the ma
tural products Of It's domaln,and should
have interviewed IN time to prevent In
eyitable abuses.
PREMIUM ON CRUELTY.
That the agents who had charge OF
collecting the india rubber obtained by
the natives might be as jealous as pos
sible and eager 20 get together large
stocks OF the commodity "a premium
which Increased prOportionately Oh the
number Of Kilograms got in, was al
lowed TO them This plan was Juiy TOO
likely TO excite the rapaclty Of certain
greedy agents OF the society VINO were
in haste to become rich,
What IN Europe would merely nave
been a stlmulant TO work became, UNI
der the burning and facilitating sun OF
aF.t.. sN. f,..trlfr e. t,Ia .sanfaa RT 4NQoggne
These excesses were the more frequent
and terrible because a great number Of
the white men drawn by thirst OF ad-
venture and OF fortune 70 Africa are Of
ten OF doubtful mOrality-more lnhu-
enced bv disappointment and regrets,
by nl-will and mlsanthropy than by
scruples OF conscience. It is the social
failure the ne'er-dO- we'll the adVen-
turer who sets out for those far-off
lands In the hope Of filing his pockets
with gold. and little he cares for the
means he employs In go doing, es-
peCially 81 regards negroes, whom ne
looks upon as mere beasts of burden
out OF whom must be got as much work
as posslbe-and even more.
WHAT THE POOR BLACKS GET.
You must add to this the natural
repuenance that the blacks have for
work. and. above all, for gathering In
ala rubber. This IS, indeed terribly
hard work. For whole weeks the ma
lives have 10 leave their villages and
their families 20 abandon their huts,
their games, their dances, everything
that they love. TO plunge into the mys-
FERROUS forest ana there exposed 10 a
thousand dangers, bleed the trees Of all
their san. And in exchange for what
II the harvest is good, they receive as
payment a few pieces of stun glass or
naments. lameIlas Of brass or copper;
and 10 Il Is bad blows. tortures or even
death.
when the natives bring the India rub
Der 10 the commercial depot they are
received by the agent Of the society sur
rounded by soldiers the baskets are
weighed. and II they do not contain five
Kilograms the blacks receive there and
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that twenty-five women and two chill
dren wero killed. as were also three
women who were fleeing I'm canoe, ana
who were thrown into the water. rms
slaughter was ordered because the ma
tive canoes had not arrived IN time TO
take the India rubber from certain sta-
lions. About the same time a black spi-
der was shot and his wife put In chains
because their son had gone TO announce
at Buelas q village IN the state, me
arrival OF NJ. NJ. The latter In the
preceding month had ordered the
shooting OF a black soldier who desert
ed. sixty women were put Ia chains
and nearly all were left 90 perish or
hunger because their village Munnum-
bula. did not bring n any rubber Inc
author Of these revelations closed MS
letter by saying
Il am going TO appear before a court
OF Justice along with six other white
men on the following charges:
"Of having lssassinated $50 men and
OF having cut on sixty hands
"Of having crucided women and chill
dren. and mutlated a number of men
and hung their remains on the pal
isades.
"of having killed a negro with re-
yolver shots.
"of having murdered a native"
He adds that the trial viii be ne
greatest ever heard In connection with
the Congo
SAYS LACRoIX TOLD THE TRUTH.
To these revelations Of NJ Lacroix a
| finishing touch is put by an interview In
the NleuWe Gazet with a person VINO
| lived for O long time in the region re-
ferred TO. He remarked ~ am con-
WINGED that this letter (of NJ. LacroiO
rs correct from beginning 10 end.
know people who have confirmed all
these facts TO me. and ] Will give you
| the names Of five of LacrolX's fellow ac-
cused. They are MN Matthys JAG
quiain, Van Ryck. Moraiy and Billols.
| Major Michel the special commissions
/ er Of the king, viii conduct the case
against them and be- is known 10 be
/ severe man" The speaker added:
] These horrors do not date from yes
I terady. / have heard related even
more terrible cases. And he went on
! with a narrative of nameless atrocities,
| the possibility Of which one could hard
| ly cradit-and an To get out Of the
] wretched black victims more work ana
! more India rubber
Major Lothaire whose portrait, re-
| produced from "a photograph, Is printed
| here for the first time, Is a quiet,
pleasant-spoken little man, who, 10 all
| appearances. would not harm a ny. lie
| rs now In Belgium and has declared that
! these terrible charges have been made
for political reasons. Thanks largely 20
| the MAJORS success IN squeezing india
/ rubber out OF the natives. the shares
OF the Soclete Anversoise are at an
enormous premium today Incidentally.
the major gets a private commission ot
four cents on every klogram Ga little
| over two pourdl of India rubber
/ shipped from his district ON the Congo.
II has been denied that King Leopold
owns any stock IN this trading COM
| rany. and yet the charge has been madG
! repeatedlv In Belgium that he gets 4
/ part OF his vast private fortune IN some
! manner from the company.
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10 m Ambno as we'll as In on he VIZ

LACE IN Anbao as well as In all the VIII
iaees that are on the road 10 ~ DObO.
@some hours afterward the white man
Tmela' On Van Eyckenl, Joined US and
we told him what we had done. He
answered that Il was well done but
fbat IL was not all. He ordered Us TO
cut OF the heads Of the men and 70
stick them no on the palisades OF the
vuaae: TO cut also the hands and TO
hang the women and the children TO the
palisades ln the form Of a cross.
"Ou arriving In the villages which we
had invaded this white man as well as
au the women saw the bodies hung on
to the palisades. there was not a single
hut In the village TO shelter us The
white man lmela' On. Van Eycken)
had made -us burn everything on our
first visit,
II swear that this report Is true
"The acting chief OF police ~
-. MORAY
The second report. bearing the date
Of December g. 1899. drawn up by the
same agent relates the no less appall-
ing dispositions OF five other soldiers
with regard TO the following facts;
VAN E1 4 MIN IN AfiNfC+N
oon December 10 the white man
'lmela' arrived at the Ambaia factory
and told US that one Of our brothers,
soldier belonging to the man Mum
duki on. Moray OF the Mandika sta
lion had lust been killed Your broth
en- he said was killed between Man
dika and Ambata We have here in
chains the chief Of the village where
the crime was committed At these
words he brought out the chief IN
question and struck him TO make him
say where was the gun Of the dead
soldier. Seeing that he would not an
swer his questions, the white lmela
tM Van EyckenI laid him down, took
a stick and stuck ID into his body ten
cantimetrps deep The white man then
made him get up and tied rope around
his neck. We went away 90 the village
where the crime mad been committed
with the white man and about twenty
soldiers. The white man told us that
if the chief attempted 10 get away we
were 10 Kill him IL happened on the
way that the chief did try 20 escape.
and one Of ms fred, killing him on the
SPOT. The white lmela tM Van
Evckanl ordered his head To be cut on
and had it put on stake So as to place
ID up above the house Of the chief, while
ne had his body tied "a NE palisade OF
the village.
''rhe white man then gave us the
following order
"'You are an 10 go info the forest
thar surrounds the village tapt you are
10 kin every one that yoo meet you
win cut of the heads, hands. ETC. and
bring them TO me here some houls
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then 100 strokes Of the lash II there
are 100 men I'm a village and only oO ar
rive with the stun they are kept as
hostages. and soldiers are sent TO shool
the recalcltrant natives or TO ouin thS
whole village
CANNIBALs ENCOURAGED.
We must also notice says NJ. Pau
Conreur, the part that the submissive
natives are made TO take against thtlr
fellows In these local wars
Armed with lances, they are enfolleu
as auxillaries, and, taking part IN the
expeditions they are allowed TO eker.
else their habltual tactics when coIslal
i'm pitiless massacre followed by pilage
and terrible TO relate, scarcely credible
even IN these regions the white clNll4
izers'' hermit the blacks 90 eat the flesh
OF their victims. This Is their loaths0me
psyment. TO excite and encourage them
I'm the struggle the whites cry during
the eight: They have eaten your broth
ers: eat them also!'
These shocking accusations have been
BROUGHT by an agent Of the company
named Moray against Van Eycken, an
other representative OF the society Mo-
ray. acting. so he says, as an officer OF
justice. has made mention in the re-
ports OF the most dreadful doings rec
lated in his presence by witnesses, Civ
ing evidence. 1t Is true, in the absence
Of the accused.
MORAY's HORRIBLE REPORT
The contents Of these documents ara
too important TO suppress. Here they
| are:
Independent state Of the Congo,
"BangalaS, District
REPORT
In the year 1898. in the month OF No
vember j the manager OF the factory
OF the societe Commercials Anvers0ise,
acting az head of police In the alb
sence OF the same have heard the de-
positions Of the said Massamboko, ser
geant Mulanda, sergeant, Mutuana
and ponco soldiers all OF the station
I of Mandlka. who. having taken 0ath To
I tell the truth. made the following state
ments
white Man. we have just come from
/ the war We arrived at the village Am-
/ bao. There were about thirty OF us sol
diers with the white man 'lmela' IN.
/ Van Eyckenl. who ordered us to enter
| the village and see II the natives were
| working al the caoutchouc ana If they
/ were not working, then we were 20 XII
eVprN0ody-men women and children.
] On entering the village We saw the peo-
/ Die seated. We asked them where their
7 baskets of caoutchouc were2 They did
not know what TO say. one OF US saw
/ Seyela! empty baskets In the bushes.
! According to our orders that we had re-
| ceived, We killed everybody In the VII
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foolish as Il was cruel, as 1t offered q
premium TO hypocrisy since uuscru-
puloug ones would not hesitate az hap
tlsm or any other test, while the true
and honest lsraelites. who chung To the
faith u their fathers, We're driven out
without mercy. BY this expulsion
Spain lost upwards Of 10000 Of her
best population. who carried with them
a large part OF the industry and wealth
Of the kingdom. This Punishment bore
with especial severity upon Toledo, for
the Jews were It's richest Inhabitants
and many historians date the decline
Of the city from
THIS SUICIDAL DECREE
At the beginning Of the seven
teenth century Il had population
u 100000. II was the Shet-
field and the birmingham Of the
middle ages. and a Toledo Blade was
famous throughout the world AS one or
Damascus. Now the cltys entire
population does not exceed 1900 dis
couraged soue It's streets are silent
ana deserted. us houses crumbling 10
decay It's manufacturers are almost
distinct-even the celebrated Fabrica q
Armas offers but a shadow of It's form
or importance and prosperity; ana the
tendency Is even downward. deeper and
deeper into tie slough of poverty.
II Is difficult 10 describe a place which
cannot be compared TO any other. The
general view Of Toledo has no beauty.
but Is solemn aud melancholy beyond
degree-huge and historical, a thing Of
the past girded in from the living world
by the solitude Of It's desolate hills
without "a trace Of any vegetation what
ever Fancy II you can, an enormous
rock or rather a group Of them rising
abruptly 1900 feet above the barren
plain and completely covered with ir-
regular lines Of towers,
BATTLEMENTED WALLS
grim old castles and sombre monster
les with a stupid palaCe-the great
Alcazar- dominating all. the whole en-
elrcled by the rapid Tagus. boiling
through a rent OF the granite noun
talns leaving just one approach TO the
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tangle OF alleys and only find yourself
again by securing the service Of a
guide. The narr0wness and Irregular
ity OF the streets was Intentional on
the part OF the builders, 10 render them
easy TO defend when attacked. Nothing
In this old old town was the result OF
accident. IL was not run up In hurry
20 please q kings caprice. but was built
as s0lidly as the rock upon which
&c stands. aud designed 10 endure for
ever. ones FIRST and strongest impress
sion OF Toledo Is that Of extreme mas
slyeness The whole city Is like one
great fortress. and In wandering
through It's crooked alleys you feel as II
exploring the dpfeuces OF some mighty
baronla castle. Few OF the houses
have any windows on the lower floors.
Those that exist are heavily barred,
while the doors are furnished with
posterns. portculllses and iron gratings.
their woodwork protected by chiselled
nails Of copper six Inches In diameter,
thickly driven. Loopholes. embrasures
and salient angles command the streets,
and the parapets are edged with hattle-
ments. FANNY b. WARD.
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lsh Jews. which had been Matching for
wears. Under the Moors. the Hebrews
were treated with distinguished con-
sideratiou, not only by the khalifs, but
also By the kings of Toledo, after the
CITY was declared independent, Ihey
held posts Of high influence and au-
thority. like Joseph and Mordecai's adj
mlnistering the Offices Of an allen gov
eminent. to the advantage of the rul-
ers and of the people-and always, with
characteristic thrift TO their own en-
rchment
As we know. the Moors held sway
$50 years-Toledo's golden age OF sub
stantial building and enlightened gov
eminent. which left an indellDle i'm
preston upon an future generations.
During the first years Of Christian SUI
premacy. the Jews were equally FOR
turnate In Toledo. owing TO concilia.
tory policy that az first prevailed
among the conQuerors-though preJu-
dice limited them 10 a distinctive COS.
tune and confined their dwellings and
curious synagogucs 10 certain quar-
ter Of the city But the Christians soon
broke faith with Moors and Jews and
everybody else. The terms Of the cap
itulation We're violated, mosques were
turned into churches. and the property
OF the Moors, which had been secured
TO them by treaty. was taken from
them Worse yet Jared the poor He
brews. whom to despoil seemed doing
Gods service. a heavy tax was set up
on
EVERY JEWISH HEAD
and they were permitted to retain their
synagogues only on the plea that they
had not consented 20 the murder Of
Christ When the Savior was brought
TO Judgment, they said the votes OF the
tribes were taken and one tribe bad
voted for his acQuittal-and from his
particular tribe the Jews Of Toledo
were descended. Nevertheless every
Christians hand was against the I'M
happy race-perhaps as much on ac-
count OF their facility for acquiring
money as from religious feeling. An
example OF this was Levi, the treasurer
OF Pedro the Cruel. The jew served
his royal master faithfully; but he was
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THE NEXT BEST Ming.

II trust. said the new member OF the
school committee ~'that YOU DO not hold
out 10 your pupils the misleading hope
that each Of them may be the Presi.
dent2"
No indeed, replied the dominic
'",''' do not think that err on the
side Of improbabllity when I teach them
that each has good chance Of being q
Presidential possibility. "-Hsrpers