Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24

mhte ana smarter. Col. Humphrey u
Gen. Miless man; hence he feels that
ms boss u the biggest. and he is as ar
bitrary with Generals siaferi and
Wood as with anybody eiss-ra.hsr
more 50 In fact IN order 90 show his
utIe brief authority" one can see
WIN half an eye that any larger charge
man fhlf which this p0mp0us official
now enjoys would burst him, ike an
ooNst,inritlu balloon. lie even rcfz a
We heh Croes tn use % an old leaky
lighter, which lies lay after day doing
nlnply any good. when Ma Btr.in
Manted u barrow . 60 gft few
u'u'e' asnofe. People nnfak OF
H,.,,,G,nde under their breash and
u,.euuy nope th1t the exodus
-, "a, uppps VIII take away this mis-
manager a. well. A. 20 the feur.icggsd
mules above mentioned. a ~,r,,, y,
splendid fcllows-fui " size and mana.
some ~ mules can be--arrlvf,i s1rne
ume aFo. consigned 60 Miss uarton
Could che have had them at sib1nov.
thcy would almost have saved no
army. There was never anything so
dfeadfuily needed a. those mules and
q Few good army wagons In those ar,
awful days after the battle. N the
hcd Crqrs had them Just now IN Ia
nanh, WIN the privilege " a little land,
" could feed the whole country
npte OF Blanco. Just now The Animal
are not OF much u.s. In Santiago. int
thoro viii be no difficulty w acElnr
thcm, ~ their full value F1ur.ierFri
creatures ~ all SORTS are rxtrsnniv
seifce In this end Vt Cuba. Wh, n
hhrd times came. wise owners hid
Their mules, horses ana cattle In he
NUS of the Interior. whcre they mostly
iel INTO the hands ~ the Insurgents
~ shat remained In Santiago were
taken by the spaniards. or starved 10
dcath. A boiated lot Of anfbulanccs
came here for tho Rcd cross on tbs
OFT Victor; but they were packed AT
the very bottom of the ship-ioad on
goods. and NJ the captain was ordered
70 take his whole cargo back ~ New
rest. '''
Ncturning from San Luis In the eariy
cVeninEi sariiaEp looked moro M.
saNory and hopeless than even In con-
trast 10 the open country.
one of the worst needs Of this dirty
od town " water. with a daily del.
use % rain and the rrsat hay gilsten-
lnE IN 'front.' u u often another case 81
water, water everywhere ana not
drop TO drink" The city has a prlmi.
tive sort OF wnterw0rks system and
most q the houses are plped 70 receive
~ but fur some unknown reason the
supply u no acanty that usually after
10 a. IN. no water runs az ail an ihe
neNt morning. Sometimes 10 remains
cut on Tor " houfs together. ana thon
great Is the suffering. particularly
among animals. Tor which no cuban
cares 70 Ions 90 his horse. or mule can
b. made 90 work. Every h1uso-holdcr
/ who "a not rich enough 90 own a fuun-
/ tain In his patio, with reservoir At
hchnd. must provide himself with bar
fcla or similar rcccpiaclcs, 10 hold sew
crnl days supply, The natural .ronse-
! qucncc OF atarnant water Ia every
house u pest 81 mosgditooa. " no.
an Increase " malariai poison. Gas IL
another need < Santiago. The streets
ate dimly Illuminated. or rather their
darkness u rendered visible By the pale
| gllmmQr uf keroalno, In lamps attached
I 90 The fronts Of the houses which In
Z these hard times are generally unMght-
I ed. The news Of the day. a. related 10
Us over our late dinner In the Nurse
/ home. IL not onllveninR. They tell "
that of.l,t alnoiy burial permits Wcre Ia
sued In the city. between the rising and
| setting u the sun. and that tho one
new cemetery. lately laid out. received
today ~ frHt tenants-ffieen Afnerl-
can soldiers. Another tid-blt OF lnf0r-
nation concerns our august incighbor.
! the archbishop Of Santiago. whose
palace" adjolis our modest casa. Ito
went today 10 the American author
tiles TO enquire about the continuance