Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24
HABANA UNDER AMERICAN CONTROL
Scenes that Greet the Now eor1orow tho sPanards
Employing Their Last Hours in Cuba

HulsfNttfal lsNH la1tfl Nhinufn more |
purlla from their bullets than Ae will
probably ever again encounter. The
Drden punliCo furm1hci Wiy.ar r"H
iiianco WNh ioC1l Epits tn lldtlun 90
;hrir Other dutlef-pferrg loo win
dowa. inlImidatlnr children. serVunts
ana women. AMI reporting scraps %
1vcrhcard e1nverEii.on which crowded
the prisons ami sent whole fiwllies in-
p exile. Their rcvpii Tor IA fc dIi-
Unguiahcd services Wae such us SPAN |
usually niCtrs uut Gu her faithful fun-
jucis. Most cf The men had families
"a tnc mothtr country and IN spite of
short BOY ana long ufrcaraLes, they /
60 rave y iltte Tor he tlVtd ones 90 |
home. The murcy. which lr many eases
sold o. one getui mUu Instead of thfct /
"a day. was inirusied 90 Mrir superior
gfnrera in a hind 81 rccimenal savings
fund. They had nul received cant |
uf pay fcr several months, when 20 was |
lately discovered that thc officers hli |
swlndicd thom cut o. az these savings. |
Perhaps fhe ruptf.nrs were no. - |
much io hllmi Tor thelr own salary was |
i1r IN arrears a1i my arr compelled |
ID ualfciln a cr'sp,u amlunc ~ Fiyic |
hcntiing ,hcir p.slt.cn. 40 curb-stone
onc.moll a-dly System Tor them, The
dirnty " OH ~ ain demands thlt lhcy
i've ln good hacis, attended by iheir
vlleis, and order their wines. though
l1ae tlsh % ray Tor 70 comes out of
pencal rockeis' When The day. -
naturally "k'tkod." as the Yankees
ny. Then the question became how
20 get ria " them plucahly as thair
Just dnnuuda could NJ moro Do M,
than blood con De- squeezed fron u
iurnlp. Eirly On ihe morning ~ The
if.h. ihey were clilfd out wlth1u. Pre-.
v'1ua wurrlrE marched on board u
uunsrut, ard tr1dcd FOR hlme. before
they realized what was going on. the
e rfpr.d pr.fa srnuurcri3 "The ar.
fefcri Nl'' llI luH which constitute The
rdrn11n M Havana VIII this morning
= ho dciilad'- bus Whlt that meant. she
| rank ar1 No had IN ~ l Soon na re
/ VEN sounded, w ftrie1rfd h1s;l'ion
I h.rtr 60 move. Ui1tty followed hy d.
] iaehmcnia from the Barcelona. che Ma
/ .ao.u. AMI stlrts, IN Gu1rdt Civu
ma ordcn ruhhc1s among She rcsi
/ Down fnn beautiful pu1l they
| marched, iars nyinr ana ban.H play
| Ing; ihe1 along Ohip1 street 90 the
! fal1llnfNA Wh4rf. whore. rufnuhHw.
/ NIpse O. b. dip1ftfi rot separated f-um
\ the rfTi ana ihcir Cvoluiions led Thorn
over a s-phnL in.o waiting RUSS
ana thence iEin transport, whose
| steam wHn az. All ready in starr ON the
Iona Journey across tha ocean. Taken
I completely by surpf 400. tis puhilrrs
went mock Of lambs; hui ihr duiipFi
| could 500 tlint nm clover h.hOur revolt
would b. uarlCIt The other hatiillous
under ufdsra. were masscd close around.
urd 4. was noticed that a spanish gun.
boat, which Thuuid have boon lying oui
| in The urbIr. had betn brought ~
, near iho wharf her guns mounted and
utthl clt1fti for action. Next day Ia.
| uu1'H rOrnlrrt nfwfpapffa gave a
plnflni account % tn analr. They
described it af function" prcYids Il
| aNHgs hV GunHHtf AGO. .tuf,tsa t,,., ,,.,l,,
| m1ndrr W ihF garrison Of Havana, a4.
| sisted hy uthrr troops. 90 do honor %
thelr departing comrlieH; thfy said
thlt tfc Whlti rurg with shluIH N
viva De- Efraua (Which not IA Amer.
loan Irrf.rt iiard1. and th1t abe rlad.
hyes were mort cordial. The truth Ia
shat the poor fi!'vs wero derirted ns
"A ptuiinmpn., being on the evH uf re-.
helllpn, and many believe that ehelr
definition q one u .hose terrible perIi
aetilo nents ~ Afrlol. Thf Guarl'l
civllCf went next, No closely rt.trIe1
ana surrounded hy other fies,s that
any hostile drmonGIgei3n On their
pirt was .mrrfrlhlt.
! THIS ~ den removal % the police
force. such ~ q was, rrtfliers
ne and property less secure than ever
IN ihc cuban capital. The iawissa cle.
meut ore enjoying u carnival ~ crime,
IN which mufdtrl and robbery are M
huuly uccurrspco. Not only IN In uusafe
20 walk The city streets after nightfaii.
but peaceful citizens nrc no, secure
wthln their own ciaus. Though an en-
trarce may not be easliy affected
through the grated Windows or thick.
heavily barred DOOR. anybody can scale
iltf low. nat walls. aud when "a burg
lar has dropped down into the uuro1fed.
central patio, Wlth which an the rooms
communicate. she premises are practice
ally 10 hla mercy. Hlghwaymon have
d a a.
1 known 20 draw a salary, dare not VI
home slngly ON payday. even In broad
daylight beVy Of rlrla employ In
a tobacco factory were held up IN a
body last Saturday afternoon and com.
PEELED 10 hand over the weeks small
earnings. The stree ear running ~
Jesus del Monte aud the Cerrb-thc SUI
burb In which Mirs B1ron's orphRnavC
II established, near she Rcd CrOaa head.
. quarters whore I lived last spring, has
been stopped by knights OF she road
twicr within a week. ana the passon.
gers forced 10 stand and deliver" our
home was barely mile from the heart
OF the city. but now. ~ so out thsr,
alone. on foo, or IN a carriage. would
be 10 certainly fail among thleves--oi
worrc.
The Incense. iong-c1utlnued political
anlmosltles between cuba Lihrc" and
"Nndrs Espana," had go muriera la,
Vulnerable, nwg that restraint IL re-
moved. Prumlnon, citizens and oihcu
known 60 have been ardent In the oauF,
, ~ freedom, suddenly disappear. ZONE,
times IN going the distance " a block
, and arc heard ~ ~ moro; and Il u
, dlrkly whispered thRs hlnud-curdllug
/ tragedies AZ. nightly enacted In th'
Cablna'H ana other prisons. Such wa
tie case 0f scE1r bcatto, a weakly
I contractor ~ Matanzas. who was r.,
I Gently Fummun a by blanco 90 Havana
l lie came. with his family. ana was
/ | nvNt day nrrefged, ON some VaFul
. ehlrEe. mover definitely STATED; and u
/ has since leaked out shat he WIS muir
dered IN prison, IN the mos. dlHl1licall
, cruel manner Thus are the departing
i SpaninrdH improving their last hours %
I cuba and making hay while the suI
shines Ia ihe way Of sonillng old
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