The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-04-16
WALLER NOT GUILTY.
Court Stood II TO 2 For His
Acquittal.
Aerial Navigation - Cecil Rhodes
Burial-McAuliffe's Assailant-left
Money to Church-Wheat Exports.
ST. Johns School Burned-Governo
viii Visit Charleston.

VIII VISIT Cnarleston.
Major Littleton w. T. Waller Of the
Marine corps, who is being tried by
court martial at Manila, p. l., on the
charge of executing Samar natives
without trial, addressed the crowded
court. The major said he was either
right or wrong in his actions and ad-
ded that he desired to cite five prece-
d"1ts which came under the head Of
his own case. He alluded to the naval
battle at Santiago and the humanity he
had shown to the Spaniards who were
captured and said he had many letters
from Spaniards thanking him for the
kindness he had shown them.
Continuing the major said that in
1852 he was with the British forces in
Egypt, where Arabs captured pickets
of Bengal cavalry, decapitated the pris.
oners and placed their heads on poles.
Afterwards all the Arabs who were
caught were shot without trial. Dur
Ing the campaign in China the Chinese
mutilated the dead and tortured the
wounded to death. Consequently,
when a Boxer or a fanatic was cap
tured he was executed Immediately,
without reference.
1T is impossible to conceive such
treachery as that of the natives Of
Samar," said the major They revel
in blood and have an appetite for wan
ton sacrilege of the human body.
These fiends stole Captain Connell's
class ring, filled the soldiers bodies
with wood and stones and attempted to
murder my command. | shot them
honestly thought then that | was right
and believe so now. Neither my peo-
pie nor the world will believe me to
be a murderer"
Captain Arthur T. Mark Marine
corps), representing Major Waller in
a forceful argument, maintained that
Walters actions were justified by mar
till law, quoting numerous authori-
ties on the subject. Captain Mark
also said he regretted very much that
the prosecution had seen fit to call
General Smith. He claimed that all
the testimony went to show that the
major was justified
Major Waller has been acquitted.
The court stood IL to for acquittal.
Burial of Cecil Rhodes.
Amid a tremendous throng of sol
diers, civilians and natives, the body
of Cecil Rhodes was committed to it's
rock tomb in the Matoppo hills. The
coffin was shrouded in a union jack
and the wreath sent by Queen Alex
andra was laid upon it as it was low
cred into the grave.
The funeral party started from Full
ler's hotel early in the morning. The
procession was five miles long as it
wound through the hills and gorges.
Every sort of conveyance was made
use of; some were on foot, others were
on horseback or on bicycles, while still
others were in wagons and carriages.
When the procession was a mile from
the grave everybody dismounted and
concluded the journey on foot. Twelve
oxen hauled the coffin to the almost
inaccessible summit of the Kopje
where the chiefs Shombli, Faku and
Umgula and two thousands natives
had assembled to witness the Christ
ian burial rites, which they afterwards
supplemented in their own fashion
by the sacrifice of Is oxen to the
shade of the great dead chief.
Thousands of white persons congre-
gated around the wind-swept hill. The
grave was encircled by six boulders.
The interment was extremely i'm
pressive.
The dead march" echoed through
the hills and the natives stood like
statues. Tears were in the eyes of
many of the on-lookers. The Bishop
Of Mashonaland, who conducted the
burial service, said:
81 consecrate this place forever;
here he thought, here he lived and
died for the Empire"
When the coffin was lowered into
the tomb chiselled in the solid rock,
all those present sang "Old Hundred"
and Now the Laborer's task is o'er."
The remainder of the funeral service
was chanted and the band played the
dead march in Saul" The tomb was
covered with wreaths.
McAuliffe's Assailant.
Continued efforts to solve mystery
IN death of j. McAuliffe, chief witness
against Wardman Glennon, who was
convicted and sent to Sing Sing for
failure to suppress a disorderly house
several months ago, resulted in SEN
sation at the West 47th street police
station.
McAuliffe was found dead on side
walk near his home several weeks
ago. 1t developed that he had spent
the night in the West 47th street po-
lice station on a charge of drunken
ness and had been discharged in court
next morning. Efforts to trace his
movements from the court room have
been continued by various persons, and
finally Police Commissioner Partridge
took up the matter. Two persons
were found who declared they saw a
man, answering the description Of Nc.
Auliffe put into a cab at the police
station. Others are said to declare
they saw the same man thrown from
a vehicle near where McAuliffe was
found dead.
The officers attached to the West
47th street police station were paraded
before two of these men-Aaron Co
hen and John Lennon-at midnight.
Both declared that Detective Sergeant
James Kiernan was one of the two