The herald., 1897-09-28
NO CLASH
OVER CUBA
To Result From Wood
fOrd'S Mission
FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE
MAY FIND A SOLUTION OF THE
DIFFICULTY
FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE
Mckinley Will Take No Hasty Ac-
ton and Will Probably Refer
the Matter to Congress d.
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated PreSS special wire.
NEW YORK, Sept PA special to
the Herald from Washington says:
The possibility of rupture between
the United States and Spain, growing out
of the representations recently made to
the Madrid authorities by Minister
| Woodford, is regarded as very remote by
State Department officials.
A member of the Cabinet last night
gave your correspondent the informa-
ton that the President would not act
hastily in any event. 1t is probable. ac-
cording to my informant, that there
would be further correspondence between
Washington and Madrid and that unless
some solution of the difficulty should be
reached in the meant time, the President
would communicate full information to
Congress at the beginning of the session
in December and be guided by the ac
| ton of that body.
General Woodford told the premier
that he had not visited him yesterday
because it was Sunday. He expressed his
firm intentions to work INCREASINGLY to
promote good relations between the
United States and Spain.
| General Azcarraga uttered similar
sentiments in reply.
| Before leaving General Woodford said
he had been greatly touched by the SYM
| pathetic welcome given him by the
| queen regent. Then, accompanied by
his secretary, he paid a formal visit to
the Marquis de Amposta, under secre-
| tary Of state.
| In consequence Of revelations as TO an
anarchist plot, the police arrested six an
archists today. A number of bombs have
| been discovered.
EXPEDITIONS LANDED
NEW YORK, Sept. PA dispatch to
the Herald from Pensacola, Fla, says:
It is known here that the Sommers L.
Smith has landed. several expeditions of
men, arms and ammunition in cuba dur
ing her twenty-six days voyage from
Mobile to this port. Her expeditions
were without serious mishap, although
she was once nearly captured by the
gunboat Helena.
TWO TYPICAL CASES
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-The Journal
and Advertiser says: Three years ago
Miss Eloise Brunei was the belle of
| Cierfuegos, Cuba. She was healthy and
rich. Now she lies upon a cot in an
| eight by ten room in small house on
the outskirts Of Philadelphia, her throat
parched with fever, her mind racked by
terror Of the Spaniards, her memory
full Of the horrors of an experience
abounding in starvation suffering and
peril In her delirium she cries pitifully
for protection against the Spaniards,
who she thinks are trying 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 a
| Cienfuegos. He died in 1898, and his
son, DR.. Brunei, went to Cuba to settle
up the estate. The Spanish administra-
ton of such affairs made this long and
| difficult task. In September, 1895, Gen.
Rego raised the Cuban standard in the
| Cier rfuegos district and the young
Cuban American was one of the first to
! join him. 1t was impossible for his sis
| ter to remain or. the plantation and she
therefore went into the Cuban service
as nurse. For twenty months she
shared the hardships of the patriots
with scarcely sufficient food and with
never a 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 herself a heroine on many oc-
casions. After twenty months of this
life, they both contracted malarial
fever, and were so i'll that they had to
leave the insurgent army and seek
shelter. ard they were compelled to take
refuge in a cave, where they lived for
twenty-three weeks, with no food but
some green pumpkins, half baked sweet
| potatoes and water from a stagnant
pool. Finally the brother managed to
climb the hill and attract the attention
of a Spanish planter, who took them to
Sierra whence they were taken by boat
to Cienfuegos.
DR.. Brunei appealed to the American.
Consul, Owen McGarr, for aid, but it
was refused. There followed a long
correspondence with the State Depart
ment at Washington ard in the end the
Consul was ordered to help them. They
received their passports on the 18th of
August and sailed for New York.
DR.. Brunei and his sister have filed
claim at Washington agairst the Span
ish government for the destruction of
their property at Cienfuegos.
A CUBAN FLEET
BERLIN, Sept. PA dispatch to the
Frankfurter Zeitung from Madrid as
serts that a powerful Spanish squadron
will Immediately proceed to Cuba on
! the pretext of attending the installation
of the new floating dock at Havana,
but really as an answer to the dispatch
| of an American flotilla to Florida wa
| ters.
WHOLLY FRIENDLY
HAVANA, Sept. 27.-The Madrid cor
respondent Of La Lucha cables his paper
that he has had an. interview with the
United States minister as to the Cuban
tsituation and that Gen. Woodford de-
scribed his mission to Spain as wholly
1 friendly" and for the purpose Of offer