Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04

In n fnai burst Of eioqucnco! LET the
United States ~ and take tho captive
uueen Of the Antilles tu hor ample hos
ON. hope 10 live 10 seo the Gay when
the golden and bloody flag of spain
shall float no more over any Territory
w. lt island or city which Hf right
should be- dominated hy ftc American
nation. when the las of cruelty and
tyranny shall be- replaced Boy the banner
which today floats above this capitol
the flag Of the free"
Meanwhile other influences were
Wittiy nt work Col Y. w. Summer.
who was then IN Europe. WINS commits
stoned to ascertain how u movement
tending 90 the rurchHHn of thU island
would be REGARDED by France nnI SPAN.
but 10 was necessary 90 go about ~
very dlplomntlcnlly leFt relations Do
strained with the French foreign once.
Hon. John Y. Mason. then our minister
10 the court OF ~. cloud. was l.ft out
1f the matter altogether uui Col. gum-
Nor sounded the Duke 60 MuruCN OF the
foreign office. llo declared himself
Enormously opu0aed To any ut
trmnt 20 coorco spain into Yield
iuF her island. either under threats or
moral pressure. and intiWutDd THAT m
the United States persisted un her effort
10 acquire cuba she would have France
90 deal with. az wen ns Spain
Then Tor % decade. nothing more was
'Gs. after our civil war was over and
slavery dead, The eurrUHtl1n came from
sunin herself n wHH whom Gen. Print
Gen. gerruno and Mlrh8i u'u0nnul--
the three liberal leaders of Spain who
had been b1nishcd hv queen iTnheilH-
returned 90 their native land ana were
an ructrraful ln pushing their revolt
that tmhelia. 90 turn. had tl dee Ger.
fnun became regents but there was no
money in the treasury. and money the
now liberal government must have. So
Con. IrIm suggested thH sale OF cuba,
confident that the United states would
iump nt the opportunity ilut M that
tlmo our national debt was very large.
aud Gen. Grant. senator summer and
other prominent Statesmen Thought 10
should not be- Increased Finally lt
was decided to Incorporate "a company,
with % charter something like that ~
the Indian Empire company which
should provide for Nc purchase or Gun.
Tor $4,000 600. unc-fourth 90 be paid
down IN gold and the rcst OF the debt TO
b. funded In n
TwENTY-YEAR bond.
secured by lien upon the roycnucs ~
the island. at 9 per cent Al the pros
and cons were settled and into the
wonderfully fascinating scheme went 20
The Agtura and theNandrrhlltH and other
mont wan Immediately subscribed. and
then the house of cards tumhlol. with
the assassination ~ Con. prim ana the
political storm OF 'ds which swept spain
Ike n cyclone.
The third time that tho requirement
nf cuba seemed imminent was ln 'l3. 20
uvouro the murder or The sixty nIHHen-
gers OF tho ship Nlrr'nluf. The day
of reckoning was nearer Co Spain thnu
rho realized. and it needed only the soc.
ond tragedy Of the Maine Go complete
her uuuninr,
Not % great way from CnrdennH IN
the hamlet ~ Guadalupe. occurred one
of the suddest trhgrdina Of the recent
war The village was crowded with
starving rgconcentradoes, Of whom
more than 5000 had died IN the streets
within three months a Noalthy Eng
liHh lady then ln Gardens. answering
the appeal OF tho priest. accompanied
hy her beautiful young daughter Just
out NJ school. went Guadalupe with
seven oN-ioadH of provisions. clothing
and medicines which ahn had bought
with her own funds Tor thr starving.
The two women. with their servants,
personally superintendent thu diHtrlhu-
tiou. which occupied two days, ana they
promised 90 return ut once to Cnrdenns
Go bring another aupplN.On th0 night be-
fore fhc good snmnrit1nH were 90 leave,
mo Spanish officers gave them ham
quet. The house was drlpod with nngs
ana Illuminated M Tho ladies' honor.
and that decoration proved their undo