Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-17
GIN.STONES Wild RIDE
MAKES RECONNAISSANCE IN PORTO RICO


Porto Ricau natives. especially the
poorer classes. have given uH the most
enthusiastic welcome. They had
dreamed for years OF the time when
the hand Of the opprcusor would be-
removed from their throata. and now
I u han come. with the exception III
a fow Of the rich. they seem % care
/ little about the Independence OF tho
island. IN old rcvolutlunistn. ambitious
Tor political power. Inquire nnXlouHly
| u We VIII retain possession 81 the BE-
[ land, ana shout enthusiastically uut
| a Ertat many care little FOR the iudr-
pcndrncc. apparently sure ~ the con.
victiun thnt We came to drive out tn
| spnulnrdn. Last Tuesday tho wfita-
accompanied accommodating tNue.
| dillon under General Roy Stone lf
| pennsylvania Into the mountains moth
Of Ponce. II Was remarkable iH rlnra
ways than one. Gen. Miles mud ma.
certalncd that the cncmy'n position
at Aihonltu was almost imprcruahio.
ana he had decided To- turn the he
| Hank Of tho Spanish position, land
| ing Gen. Brooke at Arroyo aud move
ms bis column to Caycy. In tho rear
| the spanish position at Aibonito. The
ndNlsaulllty Of % movement by our iuft
nank was also discussed. This could
be done " the ruad across the noun
tain To Arccibo, on the north coast. was
/ paHHnhlc.
The reports were that thcrc was a
/ hnc carriage road from ununho TO Al.
boniiu The only question was 40 q.
/ The character Of the road 90 far nH
/ the Former point Gen. stone yoiun-
/ tccfUd Ca make the rcconnulHaanra.
/ hr took with him several uirn of the
hiHnm corps, four newspaper CORES.
/ lunhtuH ln curfinrca. armed with
/ h'mihsluna and g company VI the
/ Second Wisconsin. The start was made
az noon. The road led straight up 10
thv top N the mountain Tor ten miles.
ana the Infantry was soon fpr behind.
| Ihr carriages woro drawn by uatiyv
| p'hl'n ana went mp the mountains on
/ q kaHoh except when the reckless
/ drivers stood up 10 borato tho ami.
mails II was right Into the heart of
/ tho en'myH country. The road rises
/ 10 an altitude Of 5000 fcot and enrs
| fiFht into San Juan. IL ~ o marvel
Gus piece NJ engineering. AZ times IL
~ hown out ~ solid rock. hanging
/ over sheer olins. thourand fcot
I deep. The scenery or the Aips. though
hpidor uf cuuue, ~ not mofr beautiful
| Everything u cuycrd with luxurious
tropical Nerdufe, even the rocks. Bril.
liant towering plants ana trces splash
/ the crucd with vivid color once al
the top the complete military road n
ended ana then W. started on 10
| AJuntnH. ten miles on. IN,
/ drivers drove like JohuH. The vehicles
have no brakes. ana ths little p1ni..
on the descent wen on The dead run
/ TO Keep away from the wheels Hound
| ms, turning. awaying. noW an Inch
/ from prcclplce on but two whesls, and
| now swinging into thr slde 0f tho elm
The occupants holding on fVr their ne.
the vehicles went 40 70 terrible pace a.
the drivers whipped their mad beasts.
one false sep would have sent ~
whlrlInr On into space. 40 other driv.
crs could have accomplished this feat.
| ono morn descent We went tearing
down. into the town. A. rapidly a.
hgd boon rrowlng tho pace. We drove
on until lt e gallop. the women ana
children lining the Htrris h1mharicd us
with bouquets uf roses. fIschina and
Wild flowers, while tn mon who formed
The background chcorrt and cried.
Down with spain"
4 quaint little town iH the noun.
illnH has a picturcaque square whcf,-
the people can gather 90 cheer and 10
welcome. They had some American
HAYS which were waved everywhere.
The nlcaldc welcomed Gen. stone Tor.
mully, but the latter made the assembled
populnce speech from the veranda
Of the town han. IN thH,r rnthualam
the people could not wait Tor trnnan-
ton. Every nHutpnc. they chccred
Then they chcercd the translation. n
was dark when the formllities wcrr
over and every citizen constituted him
solf q reception committee hcsicffine
/ hN 81 y al HN nh
lions Ia dinner General stone FINAL
~ accepted the Invitation oi rich Eng
llsh engineer who had lived there
ilfty-fuur years illH children spoke
nothing but Spanish ana French. and
the old gentleman was Hl delighted that
he can stil speak English that he
would not take no for 1900 answer.
n was afraid / had forgotten my
native language" b. aid, speaking
sloNly, as II cropping f1r his words. "Ot
course ! cun, | read English books. but
no one here speaks EHFInh ana the
words sound strange 90 Wu II IL like
a memory OF former existence 10 hear
you talk. But Il b. pleasure,
thank God an English apgaking people
has como az last"
The correspondents Insisted upon go.
lng % the hotel. tikius with them
hair dozen natives who bad been press
Ing their Invitations. NHI we had din-
ner with half the town 70. me doOr ana
Window. our guests wanted 10 drink
our health at every pause IN the con-
yersntInn ana several times during each
of tho COURSES They appeared In
tensoly gricVed when Wr declined 10
sample an the dinerfui kinds OF wine
they offered ms.
After we had finished, the natives
began tu show alarm they had sup
posed thar many trn0r were behind
uB. Two hundred Splu.trda had re-
treated through the town IN the morn
ms and the natives feared they would
return. We Informed ihem that our
troops would be- ~ iu au hour or more,
though We knew they were miles be-
hind. After a council VI war, Gen.
Stone decided IN sugr0 90 the natives
the advlsahnlty of th,Ir maintaining a
line OF nuipostH around ,ho city, pend
ms tho arrival 81 our troops. This they
agreed 20 do. while $500 arranged oui
sleeping quarters. But the enemy ala
not appear. Several times crowds
came under our Windows ana awoko
as with cheers.
Admiral Cerycm ordered Home.
New York. Aug ia dispatch 10
the Herald from Madrid says;
AT tho conclusion VI the cabinet |
council laat night Admiral corVera