Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-20
PORTO RICO IS UNEASY
People Wonder Where he Americans Viii Strike
Nest.
Misrry aud iiunEsr on tho Increase
Islanders only Seed Leader TO
Engage iR open Revolt.

New York. juno ln=Thc Herald pub-
fishes the following special correspond
nncr. dated SAN Juan. Porto Rico. June
%.
Since tho bomblrdmont OF tho city.
May o., THERE has been general feel-
iuE uf unrest, uuelaInras aud uucpr.
tUluty uH Goo what IH TO come next. IA
90 Dr. tuu clearly evident that matters
VIII uui rest long Iu riltu quo.
Whore ana when The nest blow may
ul in the ull-ahaurhlnE question.
So American papers have come To
h'ni lately and DO Dr. supposed those
that arrived have been suppressed.
That Ih true 90 those coming uy way OF
So Thomas. News hy Caul. D. utterly
unreliable aH passed for publication by
thr uuihnr'uUH. su that The nUly uIIu-
uIu Information Is that which comes
Hurryputl1usly from g. Thomas a
sIHuu review uI thr new volunteers
HHH held lHHt sunday. when aulu. a
thousand men HNoru fidelity o. tho
spanish Has
None OF thr Spanish feet has arrived
lu port yet. except Che torpedo boat
Terror which lH thought a. boz % grand
acquisition tn the dufrnsca, Her sister
vessel. the furuI lira ht MartiuIqur.ar-
,utdlnE tu iur latest udNiuvH. Tho other
NutHhlpH lu port are The usual untH--
,hc Isabella IL, Ponce de Loon and
CuurhH,
The armed trinaatlantlc steamship
Alfonso Nili lirH loaded with pruyla-
Ions for Santiago or Some other cuban
port. but does NOT seem Inclined 60
move out She made quick run "a few
days ago tu MayuEurE uud Ponce, 90
carry provisions 10 The small garra1us
there,
Provisions ar, very scarce. and prlcrs
haN, been Increased 20 per cont above
che normal
ln tht interior of the Islands the COM
diuuus ate Htlll worse. No work iH bee
ing done ON thr .rtatrs. Thousands of
men are unemployed ana misery aud
hunger arc rite. Tho local currency d.
at a low rhH. Che ute of exchange any
thiug from mo 60 it5 pr cent premium
uu gold value
Prisoner are working hrIskly on tho
tHrthWurka ana urt repairing aud
attrugthpuluE ino batteries,
Thr ahspur. uf the cruiser Yale from
her usual daily appearance on some
part uf iht coast H much commented
upnn. aud thH ruWur WAS STAR. a. uu uu
foundation whatever that she had been
H,nt 90 tho bottom hy a Spanish war
vessel near some uuiOnuHl point No
yyaapls have boon s|Ehted at sea from
any station ou thr island 800 that tho
small coasters urr hogluning 90 follow
th,Ir regular routes again,
Tho mines 100 ihU harhur entrance
have been llid further HglWard. cover.
lup ull tho lines ihH United States flpot
took durlug thU Commandments which
were Zoo close Zoo Goo have effect nu
MORO. which l.aa 900 .hu n1t top uf the
clIn above whore tines were.
Tho Islanders uIr p'IiDtilY qulUti
.ygu politics iH mot discussed. There
have been many eases hHmstrlrrlnF nf
cattle. $40 that thUy have been killed.
and tha oWupIs have moro flesh hu
lheir hands thIu they can dispose ~
and have tu give 10 uHab tu ihr plIr
people 90 people who d.d the mlH-
chirf ln fact
This trlrl, o. becoming very common
and may 4 al fl Hlmuihue mon. HUr-
.lus when people are stIrvns, DH they
soon viii h.,
The ausy fagIIus ag1.uFt the "Yan-
k..s" Dr. extremely Mttrr among thH
purely Spanish party hui nothing uf
a.. Kind ,NlstH among ODE true island
prs. who appear tu Doc pIssFu.y HWalt-
lnr the d.NUlH pmrnts uf thH WIT 40
present thy are cuWld 60 usH % flrHIhla
0yprrssi1u-hut N amy comp irHt native
loader wore 90 come forward they
would rsn tn "a man and mako short
work uf any upprUssprs-tll HhuI. ll
D. feared. humlr.Iy speaking.
Tho island has now q population ui
j. million no purely spanish element
may count as only one tenth VI the
/ whole.