Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-27
THE SUFFERINCS OF WAR.


New York. Sept. 27.-The Journal
and Advertiser says:
Three years ago Miss Eloise Brunei
was the belle of Cienfuegos, Cuba. She
was healthy and rich. Now she lies up
on a cot in ten-by-ten room In a
| small house on the outskirts of Phil
adelphia, her body burning with fever.
| her mind racked by terror of the
| Spaniards, her memory fun of the hor-
rors Of an experience Astounding in
| starvation. suffering and peril. In her
| d7lirium she cries pitifully for protec-
! ton against the Spaniards. who she
| thinks are seeking to murder her.
In similar condition, aggravated
by wounds, is DR.. Andrew Brunei, who
served as major in the Cuban army.
| The father of these refugees was an
American who owned large estate
Mt Clenfuegos. He died in 1898, and his
son, DR.. Brunei, went to Cuba to set
tie up the estate, The Spanish admin
istration of such affairs made this a
| long and difficult task. In September,
1870, GenRego raised the Cuban stand
ard In the Cienfuegos district and the
young Cuban American was one of
the first to Join him. 1t was impossl-
BILE for his sister to remain ON the plan
tation and she therefore went into the
Cuban service for u nurse For twenty
months she shared the hardships OF
the patriots with scarcely sufficient
food and with never roof over her
or a bed to lie upon. She remained
bravely in the Cuban army, caring for
the sick and wounded, helping to cook
the scant provisions and proving her
self heroine on many occasions.
After twenty months OF this life
they both contracted malarial fever
and We're SO III that they had to leave
the lngIlrnput and -
and they found neither and were COM
PEELED TO take refuge in a cave, where
they lived for twenty-three weeks, but
no food but some green pumpkins, half,
sweet potatoes and water from n stag
nant pool. Once they We're two DAYS
without a morsel OF food. when an old
man discovered them and brought
them few roots. Both suffered terri
bly, from fever and were often deliri-
GUS. Finally the brother managed to
climb the hill and attract the atten-
tion of n Spanish planter who took
them to Sierra, whence they were
taken by boat to Cienfuegos.
When they landed at the wharf Miss
Brunei had no shoes and her dress,
which she had worn for three months,
was in shreds. Their feet, hands and
faces were swollen and they were
pitiable looking objects. They were
almost unable to walk and were
dragged along by the Spanish soldiers,
Who struck and cursed them. The
Spanish commander examined them
separately to find cause to put them
to death, but failing In that he per-
mitted them to go to their sisters who
lived nearly mile away, on condition
that they report in person every three
or four days. This In their condi-
tion, entailed the most intense suffer
Ing. but the order was pitilessly en-
forced.
DR.. Brunei appealed to the Ameri-
can consul, owen McGarr, for aid. but
II was refused. Then followed a long
correspondence with the state depart
ment at Washington and In the end
the consul was ordered to help them.
They received their passports on the
18Th of August and sailed on the 18th
Of September.
Their passage was paid all the way
to New York. instead of to Florida. |
DR.. Brunei and his sister have filed a
claim at Washington against the |
Spanish government for the destruc- |
ton of their property at Cienfuegos.