The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-11
CARGO OF PRISONERS
Cervera and Some of His Men Reach
Portsmouth.
ADMIRAL IS DESPONDENT
LOOKS LIKE A BRoKEN-HEART-
ED MAN.
Cruiser st. Louis Brought Up 746
Prisoners, Including 81 Officers
Spanish Sailors Had Enough of
War With the Yankees-Gover-
nor of Santiago a Prisoner.

Portsmouth, n. H., July 1O.-The
Spanish prisoners. in Guiding 81 Of
ficers, arrived in Portsmouth harbor at
$50 o'clock this morning and a few
minutes later dropped anchor just
above Fishing island. The big liner
left Guantanamo at o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. July 5, and did not make a
stop until she dropped anchor in
Portsmouth harbor. Including the
prisoners, there were 1,036 people on
board the boat and out of this num-
Der there are 81 sick and wounded
Spaniards under the care of surgeons.
Admiral Cervera is confined to his
cabin, having been quite ill for the
past three days, although he was able
to be dressed this morning. Captain
Eulate, who was commander of the
Vizcaya and is among the prisoners, is
also quite ill., having been wounded in
the head during the battle off Santiago.
AT 9:15 this morning the tug A. W.
Chesterton went alongside the St
Louis with Health Officer F. S. Towle,
who went on board He made a
thorough examination of the vessel,
visited all of the sick and found that
most of the sickness was due to
from exposure. He says there is no
evidence of yellow fever or other con-
tagious diseases and the people in the
vicinity of where the prisoners are to
be confined need feel no alarm about
pestilence breaking out.
GOVERNOR A PRISONER.
ficerS have been on parole and had the
freedom of the ship with one excep-
ton and he was the governor of Santi-
ago de Cuba, who was trying to
escape from the city on Admiral Ger
vera's flagship when she was destroyed
on that memorable morning of July 3.
He refused to sign the parole papers
and was consequently confined in one
of the cabins under guard. The re-
mainder of the prisoners were confined
between decks and closely guarded.
A detachment of 2S marines from
the United States steamer Brooklyn,
under Lieutenant Dordan. and 81
marines from the United States
steamer Marblehead, were put aboard
the st. Louis when she left Guanta-
namo for the north, to guard the
prisoners, but they had little or no
trouble with the men. ~
The prisoners, as we'll as nearly all
the Spanish officers, are dressed in
of them had come aboard with very
little clothing and what they are wear
ing was given them by the officers and
men from the American fleet.
CERVERA HEART-BROKEN.
Admiral Cervera remained in his
cabin during the trip. Health Officer
Towle visited him and was warmly
greeted. He shook hands with the
health officer and in'g good English said
he was situated very pleasantly on
the boat and had received nothing but
the kindest and most considerate treat
ment from both officers and men ever
since he had been taken prisoner. He
had not been feeling well for the past
three or four days. but expected TO be
all right in a short time. He presents
the appearance of a broken hearted
man and keenly feels the loss of his
fleet containing the pick of the Span
ish navy.
The crew of the st. Louis have had
nothing whatever to do with the pris-
oners since they came aboard, and
have been kept as far away from them
as possible. There are a number of
Spanish surgeons on board, who have
taken good care of the sick and