The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

May numbered s2s5. and during the
4 month of June 1855.
| From July 26 to Aug. 1 many persons
arrived at Havana and Caibarien from
Puerto Principe, Neuvitas and ada
cent places, which had been abandoned
| by the Spanish forces.
CAPTURE OF JIBARo.
The village of Jibaro, near Sancti
! Spiritus, province of Santa Clara, was
recently taken by the insurgents. who,
it is said, captured Is Cuban guerillas,
whom they macheted in a most savage
manner, merely because they We're ma
tives of the island.
| Later advices from Jibaro say on
July l the place was attacked by in
SurgentS, under Brigadier Jose Muerel
Gomez. who employed cannon in the
assault upon the forts, which were de-
Tended by Spanish forces. The attack
was successful and the Insurgents cap
tured the place Of the Spanish, 40
were killed, 20 wounded and 80 taken
prisoners
| The governor of Matanzas, on Aug.
8, issued a bando establishing the con-
tribution to be levied on every per-
son who brings viands and other prod
ucts to the Matanzas market for SALE"
The Contribution is to be given in the
the various products brought by the
vendors, as follows: For every %
| pounds OF bananas, one-haH pound to
the municipality; for every 20 pounds
of pumpkins, two pounds; every ten
pounds of bread, one pound. and for
every % pounds of each of the other
products, two pounds.
The dealers will be allowed to send
their goods to other parts of the prov
ince only when the local consumption
is to be levied.
HORSE MEAT CONCEALED.
On the night of Aug. a detective in
| the city of Matanzas visited a kitchen
where food was prepared for sale and
discovered a trunk containing 1913
pounds of horse meat. The owner of
the kitchen, Ramon Ortega, and his
son were arrested and have been sent
to prison.
Reports from Caibarien say that on
July % an American ship captured at
CATO Frances the Norwegian steamer
FRANKLIN and the launches Dos Ami
COS and Remedio The last named, be-
ing empty, was abandoned by the
Americans, but the FRANKLIN and Dos
Amigos were held by their captors.
SICK AND WOUNDED CAPTURED.
La Union Constitutional referring to
the capture ny VESSELS VI Tie
Spanish steamer Humberto Rodriguez,
asks in its issue of Aug. Z: How would
Spain have been judged if an Amer
lean ship, hosting a flag of truce, had
approached the ports of Havana and
the city's batteries had fired at it?
The same judgment" the paper says,
Ought to be pronounced regarding the
capture of the Humberto Rodriguez,
which was effected by the American
fleet on the high seas while the steamer
was towing two schoonerS with sick
and wounded, under the Red Cross So
ciety's flag"
The Union Constitutional further
says: 1.-The American fleet ought to
have rendered tribute to the steamer
and her convoy and escorted them to
Havana's water, thus carrying out the
rules agreed upon in this matter at the
Geneva convention by the delegates
who framed the convention.
"a naval tribunal may, as it is log
ically expected, declare the capture of
the steamer void, but will they return
the lives of those who died during the
long and dangerous voyage by which
they were carried by the Americans?
The value of the captured steamer is
very small, yet her seizure will not be
allowed to pass without a protest
against the action of the American
ships
|. On Aug. s, La Lucha, referring to
the position of the Puerto Principe civil
employees in regard to their salaries
says the amounts those employees have
received on account of their salaries
during the past ten months has hardly
been sufficient to maintain them. not
to speak of supporting their families.
The Matanzass papers announced on
the 9th inst. that for the purpose of
celebrating the arrival at that port of
i'll
had just reached there, it had been
decided to present Captain Deschamps,
the commander of the vessel. with a
gold medal and diploma bearing an
allegorical inscription signed by every
military officer in MatanzaS and by the
volunteers in the city. as well as by
all the most prominent men of the
town.
RECENT ENGAGEMENTS.
An engagement is reported to have
taken place on Aug. II at Brujo, Pinar
del Rio province, between a detach-
ment of Spanish troops from Alquizar
and a band of insurgents under the
leader Collazo. The insurgents lost
four killed. An engagement is also said
to have taken place ON the same day
near Dona Juana between troops from
Santiago de las Vegas and insurgents.
Eight of the insurgents are reported
to have been captured.
A steady increase is noticeable in the
quantity of food distributed by the
free kitchens in this city. On July a,
about 5000 rations were supplied to the
poor; on the 25th. about 5000: on the
18th, about 9,000 on the 9th. about H.,
600; on the 29th, about $4,000; on Aug,
8, 1900 and on Aug 23. 26,000
On the last mentioned date it was
noticeable by the committee in charge
of the kitchens that a great many
boys and girls were sent by their par
ents to receive the provisions distrib-
uted. a large number of the children,
upon being questioned by members of
the committee as to whether or not
they attended school, replied in the
negative. The committee then sent to
the civil governor a written request
that he give the matter his attention
and furnished him with a list of ITO
children who had acknowledged their
non-attendance at school.
A number of the residents of the vii
lage of Reglas have made complaints
that while sufficient wheat flour was
distributed recently among the Ha-
vana bakers to supply the suffering
HavaneSe with bread for two days,
Reglas bakers were unable to obtain
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