Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06
DEsERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY, MAY 0, $780,

serious symptoms Of commotion inside
the Uranium"
'rhe negro girls. Juann Aivcrza and
Rosa Mcndcz. accuse four colored men.
whom they do not know. Of having tied
them To window and martyrized them
with n red .hot Iron. Their burns wcre
anointcd at the emergency hospital.
The savnRcs have not been captured"
"For many nights people living In the
Cerro have been terrorized by a ghost,
which walks there. They notified
Senior Hernandez. the police Inspector.
who sent u number OF his men To
ARREST THE GHOST.
one Of the policemen saw n and gave
chase. but the spirit escaped. II IL
believed 10 be the ghost n q butcher.
who recently died ai ~ Tullpnn."
A few days ago "'rhe century
Tramp" Mr.. II. y. whitmarsh. arrived
In Havana, having accomplished hla
seif-imposed task Of walking tho whole
length OF the island. re is the we'll
known author Of 'rhc Worlds Rough
Hand" who set out from Santiago
nearly three months ago. equipped with
little else than credentials from the
Century company. for whom he will
write his experiences. In n reriea 81 mr..
ticics. with only his faithful dog for
guide and efcort. he has trampci about
800 miles. being many times arrested
na suspicious ynHnbund and
detained In nlthy prisons Thrice he
was held up by briEnnds. who let him
go unframed when they found him np-
parrntiy poorer than themselves.
BrirandaRc In cuba T. stili rampant.
In spite u tho conpurflng army Up
90 sixty years nRo the coast was In
Tested with pirates. Whose Organized
gangs were finally hrokon up bv the
combined pressure of the English and
American governments brought ~ bear
upon the Spanish. And then " appears
that many ~ the huncaneera settled n
little way inland. near the rcaueHtcred
cove where they formerly carried on
their profitable tgadc. and lefi 10 their
children not only large leracica Of Ill
gotten gains. but the same
ROWING DEPOSITION
which led them to plumber ships on the
hirh reag. Therefor With IN, suppress
sion 81 piracy. outlaws ~ various sorts
rpranV up In cuba. who went about M
free innccs. or banded themselves to-
gothor In lnwlcaa fcroclty. Fpuln was
never my mofr successful In putting
down this briFandagc than In oxtcr-
minnting piracy unaided-ur ruhsH-
aucntiy IN ending the inHurrcctlon. AZ
tUN lNtttF uNNtluNfit 'fhlNfs anu NN'iN
put nm end 10 the brivnndngc for n
time by incorporating the robbers into
their own ranks Hardly was the war
concluded aud the spanish troops out
- tho island. before these temporary
patriots took 10 the woods and re-.
Humed their old occupation. The local
papers orc full n accounts 81 atrocities
recently committed BY these knights Of
tho road. some ~ whom ftlll wear the
uniform 0f officers In the cuban army
4 ease IN point II that n COT pnncho
nicrucT, who was lately capt r. ! In IN
province ~ sanilaro. for rubhlne a
dummy engine ~ 500. which was be-
Ing conveyed 10 10 pay cfuplnyos. and
on the same night attacked ~" Amcri.
can convoy. killing two soldiers and
carrying on cart-loid ~ provisions.
rushed to tho prison and demanded the
Col. Wood replied that h. bad been
caught ''in nnrrnnii." ard should he
hung: the next day they shut up IN
aud lot ~ cuban Holdinrr-all con-
cerred In tho robbery. The Rcconcen.
trndo ~ this city has since haon hurl-
Ing bitter editorials at Col. Wood FOR
the ao.cnlled outrage. prOcialming thu
red handed bandits ~ patriots ~
stupcndnua vnlnr." and stivmntixlnr NIL
iaw-abiding cuhans ~ "fnisfrtb'e cren-
lures who have sold thfprsoiver for n
little American gold" Yesterday II
wound M it, trade nRainrt law and
order. with burst ~ cn,huriprm for
tho imprisoned robbers. concluding