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HOUSTON TEXAS SUNDAY APRIL 25 1915.
35 LIYES IS COST
' SO FAR OF-THE
- FLOODS IN TEXAS
JUDGE WILLIAMS
Uncle Sam's Defenders Practice War Game
AGED BROTHER OF
GEN. OBREGON SHOT
BY YILLA IS CliAIM
THE HEAD HUNTERS
ARE TRAILING THE
SEPOY MUTINEERS
WANTS STATES TO
RULE LOCAL LINES
Seeking to Prevent Interference of
I. C. C. in Control of Rates
' Within State.
Man Said to Have Been Taken Terrors of Revolt
g and Little Brazos Falling at
in Singapore Re
Prisoner at Guadalajara and
Ordered Executed.
lated by American
Surgeon.
Hearne but Flooding Country
at Bryan.
GUADALUPE IS ON A 25-
WILL ADDRESS LETTER TO
OBREGON SAID ACTION WAS
TO AVENGE MANY DEFEATS
SEPOYS FIRED UPON EVERY
WHITE PERSON IN SIGHT
FOOT RISE AT VICTORIA
EACH MEMBER OF CONGRESS
.filii
14 V V i I As. I I II
r
River Also on Rampage at Gonzales
and at Ottine Situation Hai
Cleared at Austin and Columbus
Is Not Apprehensive of Colorado.
River Bulletin.
River Stages In Feet and Tenths.
fOth Meridian Time.
I sj
Sutton 'm Si t? ?1
1 c si Si
-s 3 5j -2-3
Trinity riu
I)lla
1 nn I iL
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. 40 2l 7 1.21 .IMl
40; HI 3 1 4X11 .17
i 2.7; .07
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Riverside
Liberty yr trrtlsy .
Urn 70s river
Kopperl
Waco
Valley Junction . .
Colorado liver
lialliiiRrr
Marble Fall
Austin
CoUiiTibud
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RIVER FORECAST.
The Trinity is well out of its banks at Dal-
las; the Br.ifo at Valley Junction and Wash-
ington ; and the Colorado at Columbu. and
rapid rises will occur below these points in
the next lew day. Washington at I a. m. re
ported 44.0 fret rising which a rise of SI
feet in last 24 hours Crtit uf rise at Waco
lasted it p. m. April 23 with stage 2.Y8 feet.
The ilood o( lower Colorado is expected to
equal high water of May 1814.
.
A delayed dispatch from Valley Junction
stated that the Brazos was out of its banks
flooslins all the .urrounding country. The
river gauge that registers a maximum of 43
Icet was :ahtr.rr":: :sd inaccessible and the
ri-er was receding rapidly.
Thc Guadalupe was at the 24 foot stage and
rising at Gonzales at 1.30 p. m. and out of its
banks i Victoria and tionzales.
A telri'boned dispatch from Kagie Lake
stated the Colorado was as high as it was in
May last scar.
(Houston Post Sptcial.)
AUSTIN Texas. April 24. Heavy rains
41. ..t fall lirrn neroln tnnllii on I tK) atill
fulling brought now suffering to those
whose homes have been badly damaged
tiy the floods and who have endeavored
to continue to live In them despite the
damage they have sustained. While both
1 Wallow and Shoal creeks are higher to-
night as the result of the rains there ap-
penrs to be absolutely no danger of addi-
tional damaging floods In the creeks. The
Colorado river is high but the city is in
no danger whatsoever from It.
Not a single body was recovered today
by those who have been busy with rescue
work. Two hoys in a boat made an en-
deavor to recover the body of a white
man seen floating In the Colorado river
but the boat was overturned and they
were forced to swim to shore falling to
get the body.
DEAD MAY NUMBER '
THIRTY-FIVE AT AUSTIN.
With 14 bodies recovered there are re-
ports of 21 persons missing. In 18 of
these Instances there seem to be good
grounds for supposing that the missing
nermins have urobubly been drowned. In
three Instances there Is absolutely no
(onfirmation of the report. Fears are en-
(Contlnued on Pag Two.)
THOSE WHO DIED.
At Austin; bodies recovered:
MIUs. CHARLES R. WINKLER aged
about ;: body found at Webbervllle sev-
eral miles below Austin on the Colorado
river.
GEORGE 1$. HOLMES South Austin
aged 72.
A. K- YOUNG nged 21 repairer for
typewriter company.
MISS ELLEN KINO aged 17.
MARTHA VIRGINIA EZELL aged 5.
RUDOLFA LL'NA. Mexican woman
aged 19.
TOM Qt'lNN. aged about 24 fireman.
MRS. SC1NOZA KSP1NOZA. Mexican
aged 36
CORRENTER ESP1NOZA her daugh-
ter aged 8.
BERN1CE CLARK 8-month-old daugh-
ter of Ella Clark colored.
HERBERT CHAMBERS negro aged
12.
CLIFTON CHAMBERS negro atted 9.
BELZELA CHAMBERS negro aged 5.
MINNIE CLANTON negro.
The bodies of the 14 above enumerated
have Veil recovered. There is little
doubt that the following perished In the
floods:
GEORGE WIUTTINQTON of Houston.
CHARLES R. WINKLER aged about
90.
TOM KINO aged about 71.
MRS IOTTIE KING aged about to.
HARVEY KING their son aged 20.
MRS. C. S. EZELL
ELHERT EDWIN EZELL her young
son.
ELLA CLARK negro aged 34.
MINNIE CLARK her daughter aged
If.
LLOYD Hl'DUN negro aged about 20.
TWO CHAMBERS CHILDREN negro
younger than those named above.
At Bastrop:
ERNEST TRIITT.
FRED M'Dl'FE.
At Garden Valley:
DOUGLAS VEASY. killed by lightning
Near Taylor:
VN1DENT1KIED NEGRO.
At Chrtstoval:
H. C. GOLD WIRE killed by lightning.
At Ramsdell:
W. I. BOY' N TON. killed In train wreck
At Cameron:
JOHN RANKY of Rosebud.
TWO NEPHEWS of Baney
Matter to Be Presented to Law
Makers in Accordance With Reso-
lution Adopted by National Asso-
ciation of Railway Commissioners
(Hujuon Post Special.)
Al'STlN Texas. April 24. In Novem-
ber last year at the annual meeting of
the National Association of Railway Com-
missioners Judge William I). Williams
of the railroad commission of Texas pre-
sented and secured the adoption of a
resolution protesting against the com-
plications brought about as a result of
the Shrevepmt rate ease anil asking an
amendment to the federal act to regu-
late interstate commerce which would
prevent further interference by the In-
terstate commerce commission with
purely State rates. The test vote be
fore the national association was two
to one In favor of tiie resolution.
Judge Williams is now presenting this
matter to the senators arid members of
congress from Texas and proposes to
address personally each member from
every State In the Union In an effort to
secure favorable action upon the resolu-
tion. He is writing to the Texas mem-
bers as follows:
"At the meeting of the National Asso-
ciation of Railway Commissioners held at
Washington D. C In November l'J14
I introduced and secured the adoption of
a resolution as follows to-wlt:
" 'Resolved that. In the opinion of this
association the act to regulate commerce
should be amended by adding to the tirst
section thereof immediately following the
present proviso these words;
WANTS ROADS TO
OBEY STATE RULE6.
" 'And provided that nothing in this
act nor the exercise Of any authority
by the interstate commerce commission
by virtue thereof shall absolve any rail-
road or other common carrier from obey-
ing any rate. rule regulation or practice
of any State with respect to the trans-
portation of passengers or property or
the receiving delivery storage or han-
dling of property wholly within one
State and not shipped to or from for-
eign country to or from State or ter-
ritory as aforesaid unless any such
common carrier shall have secured the
Judgment of a court of competent Jur-
isdiction holding such rate rule' regula-
tion or practice Imposed as aforesaid to
he 'unreasonable!"
"The test vote on '.hi resolution dis-
cHjUed exactly two to one of the mem
bers voting as being in favor of Its
adoption. I beg now to eaU it to your
attention and to ask that you give it
serious thought. The situation in Texas
fully illustrates the evils which result
from the assumption of jurisdiction over
Mate rates by the interstate commcroe
commission.
TWO SETS OF RATES
IN FORCE IN TEXAS.
"We have In this State in efffect at
present two different sections of rates
on many commodities. The one based
on interstate rates west from Shreveport
Louisiana to points in east and part of
Central Texas the same rates in pro-
portion applying from one point to anoth
er 1n the Texas affected territory while
the other" set of rates is the one made
by the Texas commission and applying In
all parts of the State alike except in-
sofar as It has been displayed under the
Interstate authority. There is also an
application pending now before the in
terstate commerce commission for the
extension of the interstate scale between
all points in Texas east of the Santa Fe
railroad and the Brazos river. This
proposition you must understand Is to
.compel the application of the interstate
rate upon shipments between stations lu
Texas on purely State business. What
action the Interstate commerce com
mission will take I have no means of
knowing but It seems to me obvious
that the road which we are now follow
ing leads inevitably to the destruction of
State regulation and to the very bitter-
est of commercial wars between the
several States. All State made rates
must be reasonable and must under the
law. afford a proper return and profit
to the railroad company doing the haul.
If State rates are made which do this
they ought not to be set aside by the
courts or the interstate commerce com
mission or by any other authority.
"I most earnestly call this matter to
your attention and desire that you give
it your best thought and that you help
us secure an amendment to the Inter-
stntV act such as is suggested In the
resolution."
No action upon the proposition Is ex-
pected to tie taken before the next reg-
ular session of congress but It Is neces-
sary In the opinion of Judge Williams
to carry on the campaign in advance as
there will otherwise be no time for the
necessary educational.
THE WEATHER.
Associated Press Report.)
WASHINGTON. April 24 East Texas
Partly cloudy with probably local thun-
der showers Sunday and Monday.
West Texaa Local showers Sundaf ex-
cept fair In southwest; Monday fair!
Louisiana Partly cloudy Sunday prob-
ably showers In northwest; Monday fair.
Forecast for Houston and vicinity Sun-
day: Unsettled veather.
Temperature extremes and precipitation
t Houston for 24 hours ending at 7 p. m.
Saturday:
Miximum 73. minimum 67.
Precipitation .62 Inch
Atmospheric pressure at Houston at 5
p. m. Saturday sea level reading 29. 79.
Sunrise 6:44 a. m.. sunset t.bb p. m.
Comparative temperature at Houston
for April 24:
1915. 1914. 1913.
. a. m 7 71 70
10 a m 73 "5 67
Noon 71 78 it
3 p. m 70 7S .17
Relative humidity 7 a. m. 94 2 p. m. 96.
Wind 40 miles at I SO p. m
iu ' I A:
Top to Bottom: Charge by First Cavalry and Fourth U S. Marines; Fighting In Trenches; First U. S. Cavalry in
Action.
Visitors at the San Diego exposition last week witnessed thrilling Bights as American soldiers and marines
practiced the war game. There were charges and counter-charges by cavajry and infantry and determined fighting
'.Tom the trenches. The pictures were taken while the m.mic battle was in progress.
GERMANS PRESS
FLANDERS FIGHT
Pouring Troops Across to Follow
Up Advantages Gained.
Germans Again Active in North Sea
Region but No Report of At-
tack on Dardanelles
Received.
(Associated Press Report.)
LONDON April 24 10:15 p. m The
Germans are pouring troops into Flan-
ders to press the attack which at the
beginning has forced the allies back to
the Yser canal to the north of Ypres.
This movement according to reports
reaching Holland has assumed even
greater dimensions than those which pre-
ceded the battle which raged for more
than two weeks in this same region last
October. On that occasion toe Germans
failed in their intention of pushing
through to Callais.
It appears that the Germans have a
similar aim today.
While the attack originally met with
considerable success due according to
the allies' reports to the use by the Ger-
mans of asphyxiating gases. It is said
to be already checked. The Canadians
who held the extreme left of the British
line were forced to retire when the rest
of the front was pressed back made a
brilliant counter attack regaining most
if not all the rround which they had
conceded and retaking four guns which
the Germans had captured. In the words
of Sir John French they saved the situa-
tion. The British report does not say how
(Continued on Page Two.)
COTTON EXPORTERS INCENSED
AT HOLDING NEUTRAL CARGOES
Protest to Be Made to State Depart-
ment Against Arbitrary
Action of Allies.
tAisociated Prtss Hefan.t
WASHINGTON April 24. -The fact
that Americ an cotton shipments totalling
thousands of bales ami all destined to 1
neutral ports are being held up by the
allies is giving cotton exporters great j
concern and It was learned here tonight
that the state department has been re-
quested to make spc. ial efforts in the
case of five steamers now detained in
Kuropesn ports
Some of these were bound for Sweden
and ofners carried cargoes consigned to
Switzerland
While the names of the five steamers
as to which sperlhV complaint Is made
are known. Senstoi Smith of Georgia
who has discussed the matter at the
state department said tonight that at
least half a doxen other cotton ships
were belrig held I J
the following steamers he said had
sailed from the United State before
March 31 and were therefore within the
terms fixeNi by the English order in
council for unhampered passage:
The Nero. New Orleans to Genoa held
at Gibraltar; the Bla. Savannah to Go-
thenburg held at Manchester; the Spl-
roa Vllianos. Savannah to Gothenburg
held at Sheerness: the Southern Charles-
ton to Rotterdam held at Falmouth.
HAD ON FATHER'S
SOCKS AND CRAVAT
Breitung Recognized the
Property
When Son-in-Law Paid Call
Daughter Said She Wished Mar-
riage Anulled So She Could Wed
Again Millionaire Testified
in Alienation Case.
Associated Press Retort.1
NEW YORK April 24. Edward N.
Breitung. capitalist was called to the
stand today when the suit for 3250.000
brcught against him and his wife by Max
Frederick Kleist a coachman for aliena-
tion of the affections of their daughter
Juliet was resumed in the United States
district court.
Mr. Breitung's testimony a resume of
that given at the lir.-t hearing of the suit
which ended In a mistrial was that he
was disposed to ai t in Kleist's interest
from the start and willing to help him.
On cross-examination however Mr Brei-
tung admitted that on one occasion he
was going lo strike and kick Kleist but
Juliet Intervened. This was when Kleist
called on his pareiit--in-law. Mr. Brei-
tung said Kleist was wearing "my socks
cravat and scarf pin "
"Why were you t;oing to strike him"
the witness was asked
"Because he tn.ob a slighting remark
about my daughter He made slighting
remarks first about Mrs Breitung's fam-
ily and then about my own family."
Kleist protested. !:: w itness said that
the socks; ir. .it and scarf pin were
given to him by Juliet. After Mr. Brei-
tung's anger had moled he said he asked
Kleist to go to New Mexico. Witness
said he did tins t.ei6 him a chance
to make good
Mr. Breitung said his daughter had
asked him to I . no the marriage annulled.
The suggestion came from her not the
witness. He told her without giving any
reason that it cvihl n. t be done he said
"She said si wanted to get an an-
nulment and mi married again." Mr
Breitung leslilinl She said she was
somewhat ashamed
ROCKEFELLER DECLARED THAT
WRONG IMPRESSION WAS GIVEN
Issued Statement Following Chair-
man Walsh's Report Stating
Conclusions in Case.
Mtf-!fi-.f Press Retort.
NEW YORK. Al iil CI John D. Rocke-
feller Jr gave .on a statement iate to-
day In reference to the correspondence
between himself and L M. Bowers
chairman ojf the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company which 'wai made publie yes-
terday by Frank P Walsh chairman of
the United States commission on Indus-
trial relations
He characterizes as false the conclu-
sions which Mr Walsh drew from the
correspondence and asserts Mr Walsh
had drawn inferences without ascertain-
ing whether they were correct. He said
he would be glad to appear to give addi-
tional testimony.
I. AND G. N. WOULD
SPEND $1000000
Receivers Petitioned for Permission
to Act.
Rolling Stock Would Be Purchased
and Tracks Ballasted Removal
of Sellers Yard to Houston
Vicinity Planned.
Expenditures of about $1.0)i000 for the
purchase of new equipment principally
in the nature of rolling stock for the
passenger and freight departments large
expenditures for reballasting and other
roadbed improvements and the removar
of the Seller yards to the vicinity of
Houston are contemplated by the Inter-
national and Great Northern Railway
company in the immediate future ac-
cording to a petition tiled with the clerk
of the federal court at Houston Satur-
day by James A Baker and Cecil A.
Lyon receivers of that corporation.
The petition asked the court to grant
the receivers permission to issue re-
ceivers' cei tltlea tes for a total of about
$7011000. (if this amount about J.160.0O0
is to be applied to the payment of Inter-
est on first mortgage bonds falling clue
May 1. 1H15 and the remainder for the
improvements namely The certirieates
are to hear (1 per cent annual Interest.
of the 3350. "U0 for improvements to
the road and equipment. $luui0 will be
exper.dcd in a 1" per cent cash payment
on passenger: and freight cars the larger
portion of which will comprise freight
cars Ballasting on various portions of
the road to be done this spring will en-
tail an expenditure of J150.000.
About JSO.uO'i will he needed for the
removal of the Sellers sards to Hons-
ton and about that same amojnt for the
removal of the snitching yards at San
Antonio to a point outside of that city.
The petition calls attention to the fact
that prior to the appointment ofrecelv-
eis the railroad company had been pay-
ing rent on a large number of freight
cars. B owning these cars the railroad
company it is claimed wiil .-aw 10 cents
per day per car or a total of about
$164. -'.0 u.-r year
About $77. CO" per year it is estimated
may be saved bv removim; inc Sellers
switching ards to Houston wheieas the
removal would com only about $asJ.ia.
COL. JOHNSTON AT CAPITAL
Editor of The Post and Louis J
Wortham Visiting Washington.
if cclcn Pst ir.-.ioM
SHINGT' N April .'I Colonel R.
M Johnston of The Tost and I-uts J
Uor'h.im of the Fort Wort:
A"or:ii Star
Aslo lated
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I Houston Calendar for Today.
I Munclpal entertainment at city au-
ditorium at 3 p. m-
! Amusements.
! Key theater: "The Accounting
Pearce theater: "The Gooie Girl."
lilt theater: "The Bombay Buddha."
Queen theater: "A Man and His Mate."
Gem theater: "When Love Took
Wlntt."
Zoological gardens: Open at Louisiana
and Rusk.
Majestic theater: Vaudeville mstlnee
and night.
Zee theater: Duetln Farnum In "Cap-
tain Courtesy."
Long Cablegram to Mexican Consul
Burns at Galveston Detailed Re-
port and Asked That Crime Be
Placed Against Rebel Chieftain.
iAssociotcd Press Report.)
NEW YORK April 24.- Francisco S.
Ellas consul for Mexico under the Car-
ran.i faction announced today he had
rici'lvi-d a telegram from General Obre-
gou asserting that General Obiegon's
brother Francisco taken prisoner by
Villa and sent to Chihuahua had been
shot by Villa's order.
Associated Press Report.)
DOUGLAS. Ariz.. April 24. General
Iturhidi; the Carranza commander com-
ing up from Sinaloa to reinforce General
('a lies In Sonora has been defeated and
Navajoa Sonora. captured by Villa troops
under General Juan A. Garcia according
to a message received today by the Villa
agency here from Jose Maytorena. Gen-
rfral Sosa. Matorena's cavalry chief is
pursuing Iturhe's retreating and disorgan-
ized column It was stated.
Message From Obregon.
(Houston l'vst Special.)
GALVESTON Texas April 24 An of-
ficial cablegram received here by Mexi
can Consul Juan T. Burns tells of the
capture of Francisco Obregon as follows:
Vera Cruz. April 23. The following
telegram was received "today by First
Chief Carranza from General Alvaro
obregon dated Irapuato Guanajuato
April 23: "1 wish to place before the
public the fact that Francisco Villa has
arrested and sent as a prisoner lu Chi-
huahua as his troops were fleeing from
Guadalajara my brother Francisco Obre-
vaiii. an old mail 70 years of ae who was
living in- that city in the hope of regain-
ing his health. Villa caused his arrest
with barbaric instincts and with the pur-
pose cif avenging himself for the defeats
inflicted upon him by the troops under
my command at Celaya. By making this
statement I du not desire that steps be
taken toward gaining his liberty. One
more Mexican sacrifice for our beloved
principles signifies nothing and I am cer-
tain that at this hour my brother has al-
ready been assassinated. I desire only
that this new crime committed by Villa
be made public and be added to the In-
numerable assassinations of foreigners
and nationals that have been committed
by this execrable monster of malice chief
of the gang that surround nlm. I will
appreciate the publication In full of this
telegram."
Gamboa Sailed for New York.
Houston Post Special.)
GALVESTON Texas April 24. Dr.
Frederico Gamboa who was minister of
foreign relations for Mexico during the
provisional presidency of (Jeneral Vlcto-
riano Huerta was a passenger on board
tiie Mallory line steamship Vhlcli sailed
for Key West and New York this after-
noon. 10 Gamboa has been living In
Galveston since the downfall of the
Huerta regime. Hr. Gamboa's wife ac-
c ompaiiies him. and It is understood that
she is to'go to Havana. It is also under-
stood that lr. Gamboa will go to New
York from Key West for a conference
with his former chief.
Sultan's Assailant Hanged.
i. i c .-'1-K.V'l' l' ess Report.)
CAIRO April 24. The young Egypt-
ian merchant named Khali! who tried to
assassinate Hussein Kamel the sultan
of Egypt. April 8 was hanged today.
HORROR OF DEATH OF M'MANUS
GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBED BY WIFE
American Woman Aware of the Impending Fate of
Husband Invoked Every Means of Saving His
Life in Vain Could Not Gaze on Disfigured
Corpse.
Associated Press Refort.t
CHICAGO. April 24. A letter from Mrs.
John U McManus dated at Mexico City
March H three days after her husband
was muidered by Zapata soldiers
reached Mis Mc M. inns' sister-in-law
Mrs. E1U cbc tli McManus. here today.
The envelope was marked "Received
throunb dt i.ittitirnl "f state In diplo-
matic pcU' h
Much of t ' letter is devoted to details
al-eady made public in newspaper dis-
patches but n Kivc al-o the story of the
writer's anxiety over her husband
We. all N-eged John either to come
with .is oi to move the Mock closer to
the ci:. ran the- letter "but he said he
was capable of piotecting himself 1 am
lust beginning tec realize the hell he had
lived through to do it.
Hecause 1 was so worried about his
safety he I nd not told pie of the numer-
ous times lie was. h ot at and eearched
and h' s often hefmd lo face alone the
dangers i the present anarchical condi-
tions in Mexico It is hard to imagine
a calse f g-eaier courage or a mure wan-
ton murder than his' ' j
Mrs M.Manjs tried to warn her hus-
band by tele phone of the movements of
the soldie's the day of the attack but the
wires were cut between the city and Mc-
Manus' dany ranch Next word was
received that the ranch was being at-
tacked. 1 called up every one who could give
assistance beginning with the Brazilian
Mutineers After Initial Outbreak
Began Systematic Man Hunt for
Whites but Were Overcome and
Now in Turn Are Being Hunted.
'Associated Press Report.)
LONDON. April 24-Dyak head hunt
ers are trailing survivors of the Indian
regiment which mutinied In Singapore
last February. Forty of these Seioy mu-
tineers were still at large In the dense
Jungles surrounding Singapore when the
Dyaks were brought In to hunt them
down and since the head hunters are
averse to bringing In their prisoners alive
It Is not know n how much the number
has been reduced. '
Dr. Warren Mc Neil of San Francisco
surgeon on a Hritish transport has ar-
rived In London with the detailed story
of the mutiny his ship having reached
Singapore while the trouble was at Its
height.
Dr. McNeil in his story of the mutiny
aid:
"Evidence secured from members of
the mutinous regiment shows that the
outbreak was timed for midnight of the
day when It actually began but an Impa-
tient mutineer attempted to steal a box
of cartridges from a trurk on the docks
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He was
detected by one of the white officers who
was shot down when he attempted to
prevent the theft.
SEPOY TROOPS FIRED AT
EVERY WHITE PERSON IN SIGHT.
"Then tiie trouble broke like a thun-
derclap. The Sepoys who were in forma-
tion ready io proceed to the docks fell
out and began to lire indiscrminately at
every white persons in sight. The Sikh
members of the regiment remained loyal
but without their own officers to com-
mand them did nothing to 'stop the mu-
tineers. "The mutineers begao a systematic
hunt for the whites. The 200 Sepoys in-
volved soon scattered over the city and
out of the comparatively small white pop-
ulation 54 victims fell before the tire of
the fanatical mutineers on the first day.
The second day 1500 refugees chiefly
women and children arrived on board our
ship.
"Many of the women were weeping for
murdered relatives and others were near-
ly crazy with anxiety for their male rela-
tives who had plucklly volunteered to re-
main behind to help In hunting down the
murderers.
REVOLTED BECAUSE THEY
WERE NOT SENT TO FRONT.
"Driven from the limits of Singapore
the mutineers took refuge in the thick
swampy Jungles which surround the city
and the soldiers are finding It a difficult
task to dislodge them from the fast-
nesses. "The captured Sepoys were tried by
cnurtmartial. and I understand quite a
number of them were shot hut only two
were executed in public. I witnessed this
execution which was undoubtedly held in
public to impress the native population.
"In their testimony all of the mutineers
ngi eed that the cause of their dissatisfac-
tion was the fact that they were about
to be sent to Hong Kong for garrison duly
instead of being sent to the front as they
desired but the white Inhabitants of the
town believe that It was a German plot
a.-i most of the slain and captured muti-
neers had gold in their pockets and one
of their first acts was to release the Ger-
man war prisoners.
"The theory of a plot was generally ac-
cepted but It Is a curious fact that most
of the Indian regiments are intensely
anxious to get to the fighting line not
through any patroitlo devotion lo the Brit-
ish empire for that hardly exists but for
the sheer love of t1thtlng and a fanatical
desire to kill Infidels."
Mr. McNeil severed his connection with
the Nile at Southampton nfter an excit-
ing voyage from the orient which in-
cluded a passage of ihe Suez canal with a
barricaded bridge to protect the officers
of the ship from Turkish snipers.
legation"" continued the letter "The le-
gation immediately sent out an automo-
bile with flags and a protest but they ar-
rived too late "
Mrs. McManus went witu others to the
ranch house.
"And such a sight.'' she wrote. "John
had to be lowered from the roof where
he had gone the better to protect the
place and oh 1 can't write about ii. I
did not see him I couldn't lie had been
hit In the head at close range with either
a ilum duni or a shot and the whole top
of his head was gone.
"J"he house was beyond description.
The windows were ippeted with bul-
letsabout 100 joined the attackitu;
party the floors were littered. They
took what they wanted and threw the
rest on the floor Every American in
town went t work got safe conducts
and we moved the stock into town that
afternoon. In this way some of the prop-
erty was saved
"You piob.iblv think it strange I do not
leave for tin- States but 1 am placed like
so man ether Americans. Here 1 can
support my family with comparative
case but to give my property away as I
would have t"i do if left now. and thenf
try to make a 'living in the State s would
be practically imvoss1ble."
The letter stated that the funeral was
attended by nearly every one in the for-
eign colony
"The American men came in a body
despite the distance to the cemetery. The
Brazilian minister and representatives of
every other foreign colony attended the
funeral We laid htm sway in the Amer-
ican cemetery and not withstanding the
dangerous times all of my friends went
with me to the grave"
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