Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-30

rios to be treated by Dr. wailes, the American marine surgeon there. Il wanted to go to Livingston, across the bay, Co see the American Consul there. Mr. Reed, but tne Guatemalan Com. mandnntc at Puerto Barrios would not let me go.'
 Evidently Mir. Reed, at his vice consulate across the bay in Livingston, near British Hondures, must have heard of the trouble these Americans were in, for he appears 10 have char tered small steamer and came straight Co Puerto Barrios. There in the American Marine Hospital he found these victims of Guatemalan holiday lad up in bed from the brutal treatment they had received. Milliken wus the worst hurt, suffer ing from a scalp wound penetrating to the skull, and from eoncussion of the brain besides other hurts, while Shine had bruises and contusions all over his oougs 'nH' 'oih tht hWe'i'ah NS'V Consul that he did not know what had brought this brutal attack upon him. He smd he owned a small botcl in Za- caps with a barber shop snd bar-room. For this last he paid a license fee of Ss2.50 per month with an additional license fee of sl0 for the privelege of
 keeping open from until Il p. m. The Commsndsnte, he said, on that evening entered hss place at lO:30 and savagely attacked him without any provoeation op his part before ne even had time to show him has license.
 After that he was dragged to jail and
 spent 36 hours there.
 Here follows viee-Consul Reeds re- port, as transmitted to the American State Department:
 "l have known Simon shine for number of years and can attest to
 his sobricty, integrity and industry.
 l feel he ss an unusually good man,
 who has, by his frugality, saved up
 considerable money from wnich he pur.
 chased his property in Zacapa.
 "For cruel and blood thirsty meth
 equalled by few, not only in Zacapa,
 but in other places where he has governed.
 "This Aris has a hah, of slashing with his whip across the faces of pas-ers.by in Zacapa wno don't raise their hats to him when he goes riding up the street.
 | "This Governor is known to be of
 a very vindietive character. Once he gets down upon a person, he will ruin
 that person, or worse yet have him Killed an some trumped up brawl. Once
 a person has incurred his displeasure there is nothing left for taat person but to move out of the Governor E
 jurisdiction.
 l "Heretofore the Governor has con
 fined his cruelty to his own unfortun'
 ate eountrymen, but now that he has
 turned on our people, he ought 10 be
 made to understand that he cannot
 pound, bruise, and torture our people
 just for the fun of the thing"
 This sounds like pretty vigorous
 language, but unfortunately 1t wa'
 not followed up by eorrespondingiy
 vigorous action on the part of ou'
 American legation at the capital. Al
 all events nothing was done about the
 matter for a long time.
 Meanwhile the consequences of hay iny dared to make an official complaint
 followed thick and fast for Shine ] Witness the following letter from hin to Vice. Consul Reed transmitted by thu American consulate in Guatemala t' the State Department in Washington "I have closed by place of business in Zseapa and have q watehman guard , ing the place. l was doing ver' l profitable b6siness in Zacapa, all o ? which is ruined now. People arr afraid 10 enter my establishment les they displease the Commandante an'
 be liable to ilLtreatment from him ' As it is now a patrol of soldiers come x every aour of the day and evening | inspect my place. A am at any mo . ment subject to the Governors snge s and resentment l must close my bus !, ness and abandon my home. c .'In fact I am afraid to live in "a 7 eapa now, as am sure General Ar' - will make it his business to ruin m ]. and to do personal violence, or he ma order some of his emissaries to mu' Q der me. When went down to Puers { Barrios to have my wounds dresss i and to see my consul, one of the Gov ernsr's men followed me all the va \ from zseapa 10 Bsrrios."
 c Matters went from bad to worse 10 ,. Shine, and still nothing happened n p...tt., h. yvew desperute and NTOt