People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1896 — ARE WELL TREATED. [ARTICLE]

ARE WELL TREATED.

THIS IS ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL BUT LABORDE. BIS Mend* Show Murk* of Bund* Worn When Brought Ashore After the Capture—Rngllah and German* Object to the Chefoo Occupattoa by Russia. Havana, May 13.—La Union, the inspired government newspaper, announces that the verdict of death pronounced against all five of the Competitor’s crew, tried on Friday by a £val court-martial, was promptly conmod by the admiral, and all preparations were being made to carry the sentence Into effect when orders came to remit the papers to Madrid, though the prisoners had not been formally sentenced and have not as yet even been notified of the court’s finding. The transfer of the case to Spain, the marquis of Palmerola, the secre-tary-general of the goyeimment, says amounts to a virtual suspension ol judgment for a month or six weeks. The Spanish authorities, the marquis says, have no desire to precipitate matters. If the superior military tribunal at Madrid should decide that ConsulGeneral Williams’ protest was wellbased, the case? of any members of the party whose American citizenship was clear may yet be transferred to the civil court, Spain having no desire to evade treaty stipulations. The American people, he continued, may rest assured that only justicq will be carried out, and that after due consideration of the diplomatic protest of the United Stales and careful revision ol the evidence by the ablest jurists in the Spanish courts. The prisoners wore well treated aftei their capture by Capt. Bruton of the Spanish warship Menzia, were eloquently defended by Lieut. Bai\lo and are now being well cared for by Capt. Eulate, chief of the arsenal where they are confined. It was Eulate who, when commanding the Spanish gunboat Jorge Juan at La Gliayra during the last Venezuelan revolution, placed hit vessel at the disposition of the United States consul at Caracas and landed marine. 6 to back up the latter’s demands that Gen. Pepper, who represented Men; doza’s short-lived dictatorship, should liberate the members of the foreign consular corps, held prisoners. When Mr. Hana requested Eulate’s co-opera-tion Eulate replied: “My ship is at your service. Spain, as one of the first European powers to recognize your government, is evei ready to give new proofs of friendly feeling toward your people.” Through his own government, it is understood, Eulat'’ afterward received the thanks of the Washington authorities for his courtesy. The Competitor’s crew themselves, except Laborde, acknowledged that they were not even handcuffed while aboard the Mensajera When brought on shore, enroute to the prison, however, their hands were heund with cords as a precaution, and Laborde is believed to have the marks on his wrists as the result of endeavoring to withdraw them from the bands. The two additional Competitor prisoners, Chprks Barnet and William Leavitt, brought from Bahia Benda by the Triton last night, are American citizens. The marquis of Palmerola says they will be tried by the ordinary courts. They were captured ashore after the filibustering party landed.

IIKITONH MAKE A PROTEST. Commercial Relieve* tim Affair in the Ei»t Merely n Himine** Deal. London, May 13. —A special dispatch received here from Shanghai says the British and German ministers at Pekin .have protested against the action ol Russia in occupying part of the foreshore at Chefoo, contrary to treatj rights. The dispatch adds that the entire Russian squadron in Chinese waters will rendezvous at Chefoo in readiness to occupy Port Arthur or Kiacho bay on receipt of instructions from St Petersburg. \ v In well-informed commercial quarters in London It is believed that the Gflefoo incident is nothing but an ordinary business deal, as Fergusson & Co. have been offering the land which is alleged to have been seized, for sale during years past. The only cau3o foi disquiet is found in the fact that the Russian Steam Navigation company through whoie agent, Mr. J. Smith, an American, the land has been occupied, Is a company subsidized by the Russian government.