Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-27
TNE CONDITIONS IN HAVANA


v,v NAV 27.-The Press says
40 ,venty-seven passehs'''
-, the British steamship Are'u"
VIM" a ,y the Ward line, prousn.
bere from Mexican ports W. 1,.nro
families of refugees from rro,n
,y,,h many others they escapeu -,
havana to Vera Cruz on 'h'
steamer Lafayette -. ,ts wife
THE refugees are Jose otero' ~, Ia
ord ave children; Alfreao "a
1,oerte. wife and two ch'i''
Mrs. f. CDemaSanda. ,r.
,r,,o,, sav the Lafayette tried 10 pu,
- GOA, hut Gen. Blanco wouiu u"
Go no sold. The hmi,en
low now there Is being sun H., in |
supp,y and Mt night the city "
'n,,Iete darkness. Ihe ,sa,,ries
,,iamt has been shut down, an stanncd-
,,,,a,o coal is used MS fuel are 81 ,n'rrced
and the gas and waterworhs ,ai as nos
a. ,,st along with as little coal as Go
sible. For '''s
scarce. -. ,ot,od for Vera
w ,h.ra was a stampede to &c. ia
NJ the city. Fully 16,Ooo spu r,, ~ leave.
Cuhans had obtained passpoi 70 ". y, wore
~, axorbitant prices for passhs ,nor,
but eao ,,n and only n part OF then,
~ - a f,ord the rate demanuuu'
,,as the Lafayette took Lew ~
,vomen and children away oorrv
,,ana, ali that she was ap,e 10 al.
rI-here were thousands lei, MV ns,,ed
though willing to pay s"e IA they ran
ha,,t like mndmen, Offering the 49,.
tnnote ones twice the aiiou"'
had paid for tickets ~,,,,oa maid
A passenger naheu ~ vito and
Il 400 for passage for hiinsen, ,,atd as
~ children. Many others puiu
t,sb ms 81 900 each, and then nv
,era compelled to sleep on the uee y,
,,,,,arever they could find room "
lie down. Three miserable GUYS
anent on the Lafayette Win oy
scanty allowance OF food tor easn Ger,
senrer. Nearly all the pass.ns
Sare wealthy Spanish merchan.s
Mnyara and other Cuban citizeh1ss
Iaaanh Otero who brought ms WI
au uS three daughters to this CITY wa
formerly connected with the Guy e''
eminent in Havana. he s''u ,,,oa cat
"yvhen / left Havana, 1t was sa'
tho insurgents were only hftee
,n,ie. from the city, and at night "
,,ghts Of their camp fires couiu ne sc.
burning In the hills. nroIn 'e
bombnrdment by the United a.h y,
warships and attack by insu' se,,,b,n,
city Is panic stricken. ana colho'''
stack is looked for every hour'
"Jrood is very scarce, ana fresh riie
.nn scarcely he bought at any prl'
a,rhe blockade is felt more by
noorer classes. and MS they are
ones who have been most ~ ~,
swain. the suffering among them
the worst" 49, ,,.., ohor, 4
snonish troops in Cuba under Gent
BIanco, but from other PASSENGER
was learned that the army " a .,v;ni
badly demoralized and panic SUI, ea
no the civilians. Ammunition ~ scn
nn6 MANY of the troops are ciotheu
rags and without shoes. hauons
beinr doled out to them sparinsiy,
4 tho soldiers watch carefully all pa
where provisions are known W
stored, and the authoiities WI ~ 9
low private families to purchase
.,,as Tor more than one day M
time. H., cuban
French descent. who owns
plantation near Havana. ne si,u
had brought his family mere LOT
ty until the war Is over. nut u.
,y,hraais Of the rebellion. Edul
Garcia. the manager OF his pianth'
had raised regiment OF i,-u,V
from his ana neighboring piah'a'
and Joined the Insurgents =,
..when the Spanish soldiers n
of II " said Senior de Ia Foerte'
m.rched upon my plantation, pur
and destroying everything
ground. We only got away win
lives" -, ala
senior de In Foerte said he did
think IL was true that the steamer
fayette had unloaded any urn n,
a,nm,,nition at Havana or that soi
IN. nassengers were French CUR
III He said the forts around Hayana
he able to make poor reply
f Reimbursement Although some q
guns are modern and in good ,
tM tion, the supply of powder ana
jectiles is short. .. -,
All the refugees We're met a,
Ward line pier by Cuban friend
Ing in this city and given
ualrome.