Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-21
WHAT HANS CHRISTENSEN saw
Notwithstandlug the supplies that Get In,
there Is much suncring Disease
and Poverty are rife.

Ncw York. July 2i-on the Nor
wrslan steamer Tito. which arrived
frum Mexican ports. wcrc captain
Hans ChrIatrnsen ana hIs wife. ami M,
mate and seven se1mon " the Nor.
werInn bark Sterling. which was
wrecked ~ the cuban coast on Juno
co. Three other aramcu. the rest "
the hlrts crew. engaged bofths on
sailing vessels at .rogrcao.
Captain Christensen said that
Spanish schooner landed him. hla wife
and hls mon 90 Bltablno. IN tho south
eide NJ cuba. whence they were carried
hy rail 90 Havana. whore they spent
three days. They returned to Ritp-
hlno ana put 90 sea un another Span
lob sllllnr craft which made the trlp
t' th. Mexican coast without sighting
any American WnrshIpH
Captain ChrlfiauH.n declared that
F1ur|l.H were reaching tHthhnul from
lurlilu and were being shipped 1cr01a
the island Co Havana. Tho island over
which The provisions were H.nt was
rulrd,d by attachments OF spanish
troops.
captain Christensen sailed from his
native land In The sterling riN months
ago. The trip o. Cape Town. south
africa. w1H he wedding tour.
plschnrrlnr hls carg- D. started FOR
AppllnchIclla, FLORIDA. Whore h. len.
,rnd0i taking q load of lumber for
England. In o. dense FOG the 4tfrlinn
was driven IN The outer edge W
rirs N tngfs i've miles m tho south
I'm c9nHt 'i Cunl. The bark pounded
heavily against tho reef and nU 1r
hoard abandoned her ln two iifob1nts.
They vighted the Spanish cruiser Vn.
Hir'u. wen out from shore. ana were
taken ON board ana carried 10 nnia-
hHun.
Misery ana poverty were seen every
whrr" IN linilhlul. Scores M men.
crew, crying FOR bread Their cloth,
irr wnl in mFH.nnd an looked ns ~ they
would become Victims uf HtnrVntIuu II
longer.
q was impossible to heed the erie.
~ the distressed people, ana ns tho
captain and the Henmnn passed through
ths streets. thr duplicating tones gave
way o. harsh shouts NJ "Amaricin1a"
Captain Chrl1tpnH6n tried % take hIa
Wlfc and hlH crow 90 Havana because
smallpox AMI yellow fever hed become
epidemic AMI they were afraid of CON.
tracilng one or tho other. A. ryery
station on the route were seen bodies
M spanish troops who pcotcd Into the
train.
Au.yIng IN Havana on juno %. C1p.
illr Chr'HtHnHHn Fought the N0rWarIin
CONSUL who told him that tho bidrltadr
NNH strictly enforced. and hiH host
chance 20 leave the Island was from
liHtl llnD,
Accompanied hy member on the
cuuHuIliH ODE skipper made tour 0f
Inspection about the capital
bITln.Ha was dead aud the nocDsai-
Ties n NE we're Hnld ut outrageous
rfirrH, no said. bread could not be-
had. In ~ place hard crackers were
sold. NHftuufuutH chnrgCd my canta
Tor two crra. Other provisions were
even hlgNcr IN proportions. The streets
were Cvcrun with troops ana there wah
% arm rvrry day In tho prhdn
NHlthar yellow fover nor smallpox
had broken out 10 any oxtent IN the
city hut both were raging In outlying
districts.
The wayf1rors learned that small
H1llln- craft, with experienced pilots,
were plyng a lucrative iruflr IN car.
ry'rg pas rnTers ~ iillahano. whence
thay were shlppod by rail- 90 Havana.
Having once reached tho Cuban coast
fum Yueatnn In safety. Inc smali
yaaHrlH hurrai the Shore. the pilots NJ.
lnF ihDlr knowledge m the reefs ana
HhHHlH to Keep their crnu where "a war
ship would hf unable a. follow. An
other Spanish sailing craft was found
nt Nnnhano itndy a. land Captain
Christensen On tho Mexican coast. The
voyage WAS accomplished me- easily NJ
~ there had not been an American man.
nf-wlr within hundred miles NJ Gu,
hl. Rrfnrc Captain Christensen bark
won't nHlDro. she WIS hold up hy the
auxiliary cruiser Yankee.