Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-17
FROM PORT ROYAL TO HABANA.
,Nor,hvvestery Course Across the Caribbean sea-1he
Southern coas, OF cuba--lsia Del Pnas-Proaress tho
Port Of Northumberland Cape San Antonio to tho Cuban
Capita.

sN''l'e' fra';s --iilce me pho-r'i5roscrnt
.-i., i.tH-s siiuuirf Of rtrct ua che
% 90 1rd iurinE oHa 90 ait ,sn
~ ihe small hours Of tho morn.
.s; ~ iHe ao-caiiol cross grad.
sf lnff on upright lssi-
routing w. iip Co fhe
tN1 Prominent stars Ia caafaurt,s
one rrccalls the swco, story Of Paul and
tklhlh and remembers Che woffs VI
w. N,htable priest; III cat tards. % ost
,.,,, ~, w. CroiN du sud e.. dr0lt sur
The main course from Jamaica q, IN.
Nahh heA IN udrthwcfieriv direction
a,,9ss mo Caribbean sea. With several
potts or cnll On route. Fret. almost sue
norm % sarelarn-nt which poln, I dld
not iahl this time. retaining too vivid
fecolecuuns Of the fever recently on.
.uuntcrod there. Through the yellow
haHo or trorlc morning wc saw nrnln
we apparently unhral0n wall on tho
sierra Maestro: ana M lonrth the h.a.
torlc gap was disclosed -iuat wide
enough 20 admit an ocern.ti1or. Tho
wonder ~ that Ccycfa'a seven. thou.
SAND ton CruIrnfa eyer wnunued fp
WflFElo through the twisting neck Of
That hottlei The shallow wagor at tho
entrance ~ the a.nuoul channel d1ea
not conceal annd.bar. but living,
growing hlrric1dn vt coral rncit h..
qulring the most careful plotting 10
pass IN safety. noubtlofs the day il ~
huui when yankee engineering viii
fcndor the broad. dccp hay beyond rr
ntcrafihlo nH r u now one of finest
hnrhorH In tho hemisphere
Having successfully saucezed be-
tween Tho scylla and Cnryhdia Of So.
cnpa hcndlnnd mud the ruined MORO
Castle. we passed the ulncc that late
~ know the R"Ina Mercedes. aud what
IL lcft n ll1ba1n's Mcrrimnc-now
rwunE round clear of the channel and
made fast To rhuro. 10 " significant n
American 0coupHfl1n that already
Eoalous rollc-huntera have carried m
pretty much ~ the Mcrr'mrc. bit hy
hlti ana distributed II over the United
States. Even from the deck Of vessel
anchored In the hnrhor one cnn dis
corn a. marked Improvement In SANTA
70 under che new regime. Sticking odaTa
are no more waited out on the WINGS
~ the wind; Tower oarron birds nrc
room clrcllng overhead. and tho water
eide street " no LONGER crowded with
lllo dnrlicya' ntarvinn In the sunshine.
Tho white tontH ~ the Immune camp
ntlll sire ch In triple rows ninug-rh0rc.
with HrnilnnlH pacing their weary
rounds ana soldiers ruunttrd in groups.
playing the same Old game with greasy
cards. The hospital shows n'nna of oc-
cupauon. though no white-cappcd
hNNN'W NNf NNNf.NNNl WNNWA NNN ANNNNN|NfNs
nni N. Rcd Cross banner noats above
q hodrrn. iir, tho little band ~ mon
md women who riakrd their lives here
few months nFo-fcsdinr tho fnmish-
inr people ma wnrInE n hand a. hand
nght with grim death for our boys In
blue. are Fcntiorcd far and Wide. Miss
ii1rion ~ In WnHhinrtnn. busy on her
now book. Annie Wheeler is ln her
Alabama home. George KEENAN, has
re-ent"rcd iho lecture field. pr. Er1n
and fcw uthCrs are carrying on tho
rood work IN tho woffrfr PROVINCES ~
Cuhn;. and como are sleeping the long
rioop In tho bare little cemetery back
~ Santiago martyrs. brave nnd true
az ever blessed n wnoful world.
All the old Spanish mans represent
the Sierra Mneatrn C'Maator N0un-
inln'D. nN continuous chain. sytond-
lnr from Point Mnirl nt tho eastern tlp
~ the Island. o. cnin San Cruz the
cape which forms the heel - the boot.