Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-26

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:, Is beyond the power u -, IA"
u .,rov the change whlch
to ga Cross has wrought
i@ the suffering in cuba'
avn ,,. in the capital has disease
Starvation been checked IN 'hs ,,',
20 -. 50 hut all over the island Its
"u .n, arm has extended. A fort
hr'n's ca tons of food was sent by
psu' ,so,r the Havana warehouses to
''a a,aegos. Twenty-Five tons WIN
V''''' ,h,, week direct from New YORK
"' ,,,,,nzas: also % tons to Santiago
omount TO Carlenas and fair
,or,,to other places, Already
5estitute in 4O;towns ana villages
rseu,arly in receipt OF rotiohs'
An the good work goes on, from
'.l .,.oe to province, as fast AS lists
ha m,dp, out and supplies dis
20, he'd under the regulations neces>
IN prevent frauds" Fully li'oOo
~ are being fed in Habana, 10000
v.,,rzas. 5000 in Jaruco. and so ON
~. ,ronortion; yet the demand is as
az ever, and should the supplies
evsn for one week, starvation
a.stb would resume their awful
.,roin Indefatigable Miss Barton,
w., ,scorded By her aides, is working
Nth treIess energy. going from town
:, own. Investigating cases ana estab-
t,t,ng new stations for the distrlbu-
,os q relief: while her corps Oh phy-
w. and nurses have their hearts
AZ Az Let no one imagine that the
,4S ~ snfferlng is staid. All that has
n l', accomplished Is but as drop in
", "caan of misery. Day by day new
,1,1, come up from yet unvislted dis
..,s,s and fresh cases Of appalling des-
,tp,lon are brought to light. For eN-
srnie. Yesterday ! visited lin un-
@dl,l capacity, as 1 am not Il member
" ,ba Red Crosse two villages in the
,royince of Habana. The first little
,,Vn called Arroyo de NaranJo. Is
,b5ut 90 miles by railway from the
rsrltal-a most picturesque place, but
row terribly poor. The 1000 reconcen-
,,,los detained within its borders by
II s1lf as many soldiers, have as yet re-
II LIVED no aid The second village,
Il rsabazar. is even smaller and poorer
"A I'M with 900 reconcentrados corralled
a ,bn II. and a large number OF Span>
n soldiers to prey upon the impover-
II Ad country like grasshoppers on
III Kirns field such narrowing tales
4 M, we're told us-such pitiful sights as
NJ saw, It was always the familiar
n s-y--0f people driven by Weylers or
dsrs from comfortable homes in the
olntry to herd within the fortlflca>
tons where there was nothing to eat
and no work to do. one mlddle-aged
man, with tears streaming down hia
\ furrowed cheeks, said that his wife and
four children had died of hunger and
"misirle;" and his own fearfully swol-
i len feet and emaciated frame told
i piutul tale Of starvation. one young
woman, with puny baby In her arms
81 and another tugging at her skirt, said
"A that her husband owned a small plan
81 t1tion four leagues away. They were
y N comfortable circumstances. but II
happened that her husband was IN
VIA ieaVer when the soldiers came
ana ordered them to instantly leave
W place preparing to fire the house at
,te She begged for time to remove
Up sex man and collect some OF their
eshes' and the soldiers told her with
ele and jeers to he 'uuick about II
W carried out and laid on the grass
y NE roadside; but when she ran
NH 10 bring away few necessary
.uues' the house was already in
ahts and entrance was impossible
al was lost. The oldest child was
uta out a week old, and the family
N't thrown almost naked upon the
,e'ld TO suhslst upon charity as best
i'y could. The boy In her husbands
'npPy was killed with the machete
-iofe her eyes. for what reason she
el not know We say many children
uhout living relative; and in one
t'Ase number OF old women COVER
hg ~ The corner like frightened ami
4 mas, their husbands and sons having
4 ~ been Killed. We intended to take a
Gaeh from Arroyo deNaranto to Cal
ldiF distance of perhaps one
Asue' hut tile Spanish army had an
i pNpHatei all the horses and there
vas 20 alternative but to walk. As we
Il we starting, the Spanish commandment
.r' us-a young fellow who happened
d oe sentleman-and courteously
e"lgfed us an escort Of soldiers. When
ut'lined the honor, saying that we
E5 10 Tear; he politely but firmly for
S w US TO 60 without the escort.
Nu ne You don't know what you
isn't possibly gu unmolested. hut
,nrfe are too many of YOU; (our Marty
l oeen Increased by several ac-
yIlihhnces at Naranlo. your cores
EUueht being the only Amcrican);
nets Were stationed all along the
~ Vh purpose to prevent the pass
.s OF parties. You will surely he
sSA,h Tor insurrcctionists, or spies, OF
wweu on from the forts farther on
WE saw the philosophy of the shot.
II" policy and concluded to accept
'sSoft. Thercunon the command
I, dispatched message post haste.
summon squad of soldiers. and
,,,s on the run to notify the little
IA ha "pNs me line that we We're not
II ,s holested, At last we set ont
n lunny cavaloade with two ladies in
"g center soldiers to the right of us,
10 III" left of us-marching
a., ". IN. oe middle Of the dusty road un-
Nrrs.'s: nurhing sun, How feeble and
nos,,, we alleged guards" looked
49, Joys m their teens, In their blue
tsmo suits and straw hatsl II it
& q N, conflict with fists. every one
da,ss could have Vanquishcd half n
i wa, -, we ulsrlritcd fellows; hut each
n krrs mSlhlhE arsenal, with gun and
bs,s, 1.d maoh"te. Arriving at Gala
81 hehv.m we chalus stretched across the
IA Tor ha' WhIch served as n dead-line
81 The sar,l rV1h' rhtrados, We're removed.
Ell We tsnn'eIs IN the forts saluted ns
81 b,,, ased, and the escort strnpcioJ
VI ra,s. me weary way to Naranio
81 We ls,y "a returning by train to Hnbann
N nspds..u mo wisdom of the COM
% been sLIr,s recautlon. There had
n laaera furnishing that day within n
II Spani,r1 .he town last visited. Tho