Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-23

hcarse with snowy plumeS OF some
child of wealth; horses covered with
white netting and silver trappinss;
but always the driver in his gaudy
costume OF scarlet and yellow, followed
by a train of carriages filled with men.
Occasionally the dead cart rumbled by
on smart dog-trot-a closed black
box, not unlike the bakers wagon,
with nothing to indicate its gruesome
purpose but the cabalistic red letters
painted on the rear.
The cemetery of Christopher Column
bus was established about twenty
years ago. by removing the bones
from an ancient grave yard near by.
II is an imposing place, with thou
sands of sky-piercing monuments, en-
closed within massive stone walls
topped with an iron railing. The lofty
gates at the entrance are closed ana
locked at nightfall; but more than
once have arrived after the closing
hour and found that a dollar would
unbar the gates and keep the GUS
todian waiting an indefinite time. A
wide driveway, between rows of pine
and Indian laurel trees, runs from the
entrance straight through to the dead
house against the farther wall, inter-
sected midway by another avenue OF
equal width and crossed at right an
giles by narrow pathways. Exactly in
the center. stands II handsome circular
Chapel and at one side u very large
laid fat on the ground, above the
bones of thousands of unclaimed dead
from the old cemetery. Among the
most notable monuments Is that OF
the Bomberos, (iremen)--a magnifi-
cent work of art. erected In memory
of fourteen gallant men who lost their
lives in saving others. AS In most
Spanish countries, the Bomeros OF
Cuba are n rather swell organization,
composed OF young men in the best
society. They are not remarkably efii-
cient in subduing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
orally taking things leisurely and rid
ing to the scene OF disaster in their
carriaCes-but when lives are In dan
ger their valor is unquestioned.
Another striking monument Is OF
purest white marble. in the form or Il
temple, from whose open door the an
gel of Innocence, beautiful life-size
statue. is flying. 1t commentaries
tragedy essentially Spanish in charac-
ter. Beneath the temple lie the bones
of seven young medical students, be-
tween the ages of fifteen ana eighteen
sons of well-to-do Cuban families.
Formerly the medical college stood
near the cemetery and the students
used frequently to walk and study an
der the shade of Its trees one day II
was discovered that the tomb OF some
noted Spanish had been "desecrated
by being marked with lead pencil
| Thereupon great was the Indignation
| of the Spanish government, and satls-
| faction for outraged honor" was de-
| manded. 1t was taken for granted that
| the mischief was wrought by the med
| zeal students, although there was no
way OF proving who were the culprits'
| so the whole school was put INTO
| prison, and finally It was determined
| to make an example of seven. LOIS
| were cast, and the seven thus desls-
| mated were led out and shot. The
| \, ptQ wi
| thus cut off in the morning of life, for
/ an ofiense they had probably not COM
| mitted. received universal sympathy
| even from the Spnniards after their
honor had been vindicated. The
| bows were buried in one grave and
| over them the government caused this
| costly monument to be erected with
| its appropriate symbol of the Angel OF
| Innocence flying out of IT. A parallel
of the generosity of SPANS paternal
government was the gorgeous funeral
, of the murdered men of the Maine,
paid for with Spanish gold.
The graves of our sailors lie in the
| newest and least populous portion oil
the cemetery, equi-distant from tn.
aristocratic section of splendid monu-
ments and the crowded corner OF the
| potters field. 1t looks very bare and
I desolate compared TO our Northern
cemeteries or the care which each
grave would receive from LOVING
friends, could the boys have beer
buried at home. The large space OF
i reddish-yellow. gravelly earth Is no,
marked off into regular mounds. nc
blade of grass grown in II. and there
ia no attempt at decoration beyond G
few faded flowers left by American
visitors and the white wooden cross
set UP over poor Holger. the last mar
who died in San Ambroso. Perhaps
n fine monument may be erected her,
when peace is restored; but how mucf
better, IL seems To me, would 1t be u
devote the money which pile o.
| chiselled marble would cost TOWARD
taking home the remains, after thu
pired, and turning them over to theii
friends. Could the men themselves
| have q voice in the matter. they woult
not wish to rest among their muir
derers.
of those who died In the hospital aftei
| several days of intense suffering
George Koebler of Brooklyn: a brigh
| young fellow with true blue eyes, wh'
looked UP with such an expression o
pride and love on his face when III
| said. ITO my wife" In reply to my ques
ton II 1t was his sweetheart to whom
| / had been writing. AT his dictatioI
| had written words of love and chez
to Maggie" and the assurance tina
he would soon be with her. Poor boy
| He seemed 100 young u Ne fiutTltu-
and much too young to die. As
stood in the cemetery, making men
tai as well ms mechanical photograph
OF the scene. n light wind swep
through the nearby avenue of pine
with the sound OF an aeolian harr
One is profoundly impressed In Thu
place ut all times. by the music of tn
/ pines: a perpetual requium. rising an
falling with the slightest breeze. TIL
morning sunshine was sweet with tn
odor OF flowers. The sky arohinl
above seemed warmer and bluer thai
skies at home. a mocking bird
perched on the arm of II black-paint
ed cross, filed the air with melody
: He seemed to be singing, Life is shor
and eternity long. What matter wher
, the worthless frame Is laid when tn
soul has gone out of 1T Love canno
die and true hearts find each othe
, again--somehow. somewhere Tn
. reconcentrados corner In this cemeter,
is vast space of bare gravel-on
, great grave. to which frequently ad
ditlons are made. Two or three mel
, were husily throwing up dirt to max
= room for the days interments. occh
slonally tossing up skulls and marroy
, bones. to which nobody paid the lens
: nttention-though l noticed more tina
, one Uranium with hair clinging to II
: ns II its owner were recently anon
: the living. Most of the interments I