The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-08
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A sportsman in all that the term i'm
pies Is the Hon. II. E. Yorke of % Han
over Square. London. a member of one
of the most distinguished titled families
of Great Britain who is spending four
years in encircling the globe. Mr.. Yorke
preferred to stop at the Knutsford while
in the city yesterday without intruding
his name upon the hotel register
Despite his unobstrusiveness, Mr.. Yorke
! becomes interesting because he has seen
active army life in Cuba, has dined with
! Weyler the wolf. and threatened the
! tyrant with the terrors of British gum
! boats unless some of his personal effects,
! seized by the Spanish officers were re-
turned to him on the spot. FL Coyote
slapped the braVely spoken young En-
glishman on the shoulders and laughed
into his face. At that diplomatic mo-
ment Mr. Yorke suddenly realized what
an enormous monopoly the captain gen.
eral had on everybody and everything in
Havana. Mr. YorlSe laughed back into
Weyler's face and took dinner with him
again. Several bottles of Spanish vim
tage washed down his chagrin. and two
Spanish subordinates are still the pos
SCISSORS of Mr.. Yorke's fine English hunt
ing weapons.
The fawning of the Spanish butcher
upon his English visitor did not have a
self-satisfying effect on Mr. Yorke. Upon
the contrary, he was filed with a loath-
irg for the man and his methods which
have not been Modified by an absence
of several weeks from the desolated is
land.
Some indellible Impressions were carried
away by the young noblemap, gained by
three weeks of campaigning with the
Spanish troops. These were impressions
of raDine. humanity in more revolving
forms and fixed conviction that cuba
1-a-ll int kNr n
While with the army Mr.. Yorke witnessed
some fearful sights. but he wished 10 be
distinctly understood as denying that
there IS any warfare existing IN Cupa:
h. did not see pitched battle all OF
the two months passed on the island. -
lated bands of Cubans frequently fired
on the Spanish from cover. The Spanish
did not try to diSlodge the Insurgents
hut turned their hides away from the
Cuban fire by taking to little wooden
forts which they have erected few
miles apart over the island. " men
railroad train leaves Havana II goes
with a guard of about 60 Spanish sofdlerS
and six officers. Mr.. Yorke was on board
ore of these trains going to Matanzas-
TIE train was fired upon. The Spanish
guard on board protected the passengers
by stamoeding for an armor plated car
next to the locomotive Here they en-
sconced their precious bodies and returned
the 4ire through port holes. To make
matters more exciting for Mr. Horke and
his fellow passengers. INC trssl
wrecked. This was delghtlui. %
he returned to Havana TO dine
again with Weyler. In all Mr. Yorke
sat at table three times with the butcher.
twice on invitation from the wolf ana !
once when he bid the general to partake
of his hospitality
Mr.. Yorke also saw other sights. He
witnessed the execution of four CUBAN I
yond Havana. There were no priests 1t
was simply a grim march to the plains, |
dead halt until thessun tipped the PAL
mettos and then command. Hash ana /
fnur bodies and plenty of blood. He saw |
the corpseS Of negroes hanging from trees i
along the roadside like dead trult, lett !
to rioen and drop 10 the ground Ihey
were the victims of Spanish atrocity and /
Cuban gue-rillas. He also learned that I
an entire village was wiped out at Ney-
ler's orders because they were not quick
enough to get within the pre- |
scribed lines to suit the general. He also /
met Spanish officer in the military I
prison of Havana who was under a life
sentence for surrendering one OF the llttie
wooden forts TO the Cubans. a marquis
who had owned great estates IN the island
before the war. impoverished by the aw-
full conditions. offered his services 10 Mr..
Yorke as valet in order that he might
get out of the island
Mr.. Yorke wants it understood that the
DISPATCHES sent to this country are not
correct for the reason that they are made
ont to suit the Spanish censor He made
a most astonishing statement which was.
in effect that the Spanish furnish about
so per cent of the ammunition used by the
Hundreds of prostituted
women receive nay for their bestial
traffic in cartridges from the Spanish
soldiers They are forwarded to the
Cubans, so that the Spanish bullets are
turned against themselves These are
only a few of the things observed by the
young EngliShman. full account of
which would fill this paper. and vet Mr.
Yorke will not write a book. but go on
hunting in other lands with party of
friends who meet in San Francisco.
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Henry Cox Fellow. of the ROYAL Geo
graphical society of Great Britain. is at
the Knutsford. accompanied by his wife
and daughter Dora They left England
last December and have Travelled leisurely
through the English colonies. The
Canary islands engaged good deal of
Mr.. Coxs attention and he Dronounces
its climate the most perfect in the world.
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R. Pognon and l. Lima. of Paris, are
Knutsford guests.
Max Bahr. a member of the educational
circles of Landsberg. Prussia. stopped at
he Knutsford yesterday.
Rank of Nar1eS Scandals