Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-05
CLASH WITH CUDANS.
THREE OF PEREZ MEN ARE WOUNDED.
Tried 10 steal Cattle from Under uncle
sans Noss, bat Carried IN rhsir
Woundsd Instead.

Santiago &C. cuba. Now 6.-Dr. Wood.
son. medical Inspector Of the military
department. Of Santiago. who arrived
here on the United States cruiser Gin.
cinnat. utter visiting Holguln. gibara.
baucoa, saguh de Tanamo. aud Guam.
tanamu, reports that on his arrival at
Gibara with Col. Hoods regiment he
discovered more than half the popuh-
ton suffering from small pox There
were also many cases u typhoid aud
dJusntcry. iIe wyut Immediately 20
work and systematically Isolated the
houses. lnsistlnE upon the regiment che
sc,uHd lmmuursl being campyd In "a
hralthful location near the sea,
Every sffutt Nill De- made 90 prevent
the American ana spanish soldiers
from faiUfu.zlnH, % the Spanlafda
CONS from lillguln, about thirty
miles from Ulbara, and arr liable 90
carry Infection. The whole country be-
tween the two towns BE- lhlCkly pop
ulatrd and plague In scattered all along
The route.
Medical supplies are badly need d.al.
~ drlCaelss Tor the CunNuiuHgtut aud
the situation Oncrs an excellent uppor-
tuuY Tor nurses and dlctora OF the
RCD CrosH.
General Wood Will soon leave 10
make prfs9nal inspection Of the
points visited BY Dr. WoulHlu. despite
the advice " hiH friends not On do 30.
Thy military governor ID simply indie
HtlEAhlH .n thf line ~ duty, lie Will
send nr. Mludsuu back 90 GluAtu On
The steamer itrlna De l.ls Angeles with
i've uupturH AMI a LARGE quantity OF
fulspisH. uenral Wood says hr knew
OF The gpidumlc which has been con.
tinuUua Tor three years. uui had every
man ln Col. Hoods regiment ynccinai-
"a DE believes that none viii BE- tsrlck-
ca ana that there D. ~ cause flf alarm,
Col Ray, ~ the Third lmmuu. resi-
mUnt, reports recent aufhN ou tho
sanA blbrl plantation between Two "
hH men who were guarding cattle uud
sumo nftesn insurgents. Three " thc
CUhans are believed 10 have been
wounded. but their comrades carried
them on.
COL. Ray sent for the cuban general
Perez, url questioned him regarding
ihe matter declaring that h. was posi-
tive that the men We're N frrsz'a COM
mnnd, as they were an armed and wore
Cuban u1ckidrs. iic insisted that u
Perez kept hi men under aTma h.
should a'so Keep them IN camp
~ cannot understand your object"
"AAA WI NAN O." . NNfAH $50 N'NAHNANNNNN
your men armed on the American terri
tory Atr they armed a. against the
Americana There arr no SpIniari1 In
arms within q hundred miles what Il
tho necessity OF doing what can only
lead 90 further truuhlrF'
General pcrrE said he would issue or
dtrs restraining hl. men from similar
attacks Col Ray replied;
u shall treat an armed Cublna
caught stealing or trying 20 steal cnt-
tlr a. bandits. There % no reason why
these men should not ru 90 work"
Col B1rrup has completed HE schedule
Of the guns captured from ne span.
larda ta b. shipped north The total
number n ili. varying from ~ Inches
up 90 49, inches ln cillher There are
~ alx-lnch bronze plncrs, three steel
guns ard Al cast Iron guns In adj
ditlnn 20 this ordnance there are s2,Ooo
Mnuser rlfcs and 100000 cartridges