Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-03

o. che ltNu NN 49,. .,.
~, s,nt out In response to 'h".e NJ
p. vblsh were needed mueh WotH.
.tsrs. and again communlueH o.
...,gr people have not been heatu
81, ali. until "A piuful remnant
ue .t5aptnliy discovered. BESIDES
". t,,l,sd states army Is issuing ra-
". IN many cuban cities ana II u
wv .,, tetention to duplicate that good
therefore Miss Barton decided
-.t, n tour Of the island. TO sec
,.rssif what had been and what
.,.sn be- done. In order to make the
n, pssribio nee Of her diminishing
several of her stan, Including
ri, correspondent. accompanied her
also "a number " trained uur8a'
-,oar to be- left. one by one ~ POINTS
80 their services are required
Id. i.fi OUT now headquarters In the
-,,irsp suburb Of Havana at Q o'clock
a. a mli.May morning. In one OF the
..g,im yoIiow-toppcd amhulnncca
,,s,ntly presented by Auxiliary No
ID philadelphia. and were driven to
a.. ,..8sra station. whore We took
,,.lB far san Felipe. The country was
sA
WRAPPED ~ ITS vAPonY
,..,Il8 de- nochc might clothea). and
t5asea aud palm trees nprnng OUT OF
M. r,Ist nt our approach. For time
NJ track follows closely that maEnih-
"a highway which connects tho cap.
M Win OuihoH-ouo OF the four g0nd
sg.ts boz Havana province. spanish
u.tt1uapa ure thick upon g.
faf Uf nyu yards npnrt-aomr small,
.uand aud rod. just large enough Tor
rHIufy sentinel, others square, squat
ari yrli0w, capable N HhrltcrinE "a
dl1sn soldiers. ana others more prc.
teHuolH forts. twu.Ht0dCd, tile-fuuicd
ana uatch.toworod. all now alike de-
saHai aud falling into picturesque
Hn Early na lt was. men were nnuia,
rHHlnr. hdoinV and planting not by
any means because these farmers nru
ndfr Industrious than those OF the
ndnh nor viii set IN moro hours of
hhnf between the twilight which bee
aHf and ends each day Cuban ruHs
rn. born of "a turrid climate, Com-
rsdCcu work az the first peep N dawn
arl takes q long HlcHta through the
rantldc hours. Those who are pluW-
ur at o o'clock IN tho morning. viii
o. 10 breakfast az 10 or n, nH will also
hf carpenters, mnnun1. painters ana
cher artisans. ana from that hour
ustl 9 g. M. an native wurkmcn will
D. absent from the field of action.
ily the way, u has always been be-
NsVf1 in cuba that only oxen can pillow
its land. which during tho dry sea.
an becomes hard na "a mncadamiEcd
fgal. and that good stout yoke can
rl0N no more than half an acre In two
and "a half days An American Fcn-
utman who D. doing some experimental
farming in ouincH valley has demon
STATED tho untfuth OF the proposition.
60 the
uNnouNDED AsToNisHMENT
q the natives. Happily, his farm lies
ia one irrigated section of the island.
" perhaps he could not have done u.
ll1 H1itcncd tho hufd-bu ,cd soil by
turning the water on a Ciuplo ~ days.
anil then, with n pair + army mules
ani ln American steel pillow. turned up
sn acre u rround Ia one day 90 tho
depth 0f twelve lnchcHi Hitherto. for
four hundred years. only the surface 0f
cuba has been scratched with wooden
pqHf. not moro than four inches deep.
lANlnF uU below In VIRGIN richness .
ahi aa The inefficient Old time methods
have Yielded 10 we'll. our American
tilinl naturally expects some wonder
il, cnp1 frum bis more thorough culu-
Ever since rcconcrntratlon. San Fe-
ipH station has been go thr0nrrd with
ehuuic mcndlcanta, whose rags and
tifea ana swollen feet wpru stockton
ull., that We dreaded a. run the
lAunlct uf their opportunities. To-
lAlf ouder % wondfrHi-thfrs b. not
Z brcElr in San Felipe. for tho good
h- hubhcll went there week nFo.
WIN Three Rod Cross women. and gath
.fei Nom all into home. Arrived az
W. hllle station about 5 am, We found
ourselves beHleEcd by a crowd ~ diner
,li rnmplcNiun-nearly tho entire popu.
hilno, men, women and children. head.
hy tho mayor, the Judge. tho doctor.
'Ae priest and a delegation of ladies
BRINdiNG FLOWERS
70 honor Miss liartoni and thus escort
,l-liier the lntroduotionn had been
mao. ana speeches delivered We
,,t,.Igh,d In triumphal procession
ihinuEh the stony streets % the poor
.lua town, In the doctor'H houae-thf
hHi DO San Fellpc-concr was served
breakfast being yet four hours ahead
N.g1illng % local custom. Then We
l'lIrl Tie brand new asylum, with tht
l1pulhre atill az our heels. What d
.halFr one week. OF comparative com,
llri had wrought In the cratwhllc hog.
taf' whose faces had become 10 un'
tlsanuy familiar In our frequent
uipa through tho placoi clean clothes
illl Hiumncha and assured protection
hll made them altogether didcreu
'''ll lures. True, the Homo" was 3
shabby one, Furnished with discarded
uLiny'coui blgc-granlte tablc-Hcrvlci
lhl stands OF crncker-boXea cnyere,
WIN cnllcpi but the walls were freshly
tflhhed, cots covered with clear
theels. and the atoro-room stocked viii
l... beans, bacon, bareback, cone|
enl condensed milk-cnOugh Tor NAM
long day.
before the war, San Felipe had
population uf about 5000. and now hn
H than 1000, The outskirts arr
!lnEcd with long streets ~ reooncon
Liln nuts, a perpetual menace 10 ~
health OF the community. with thel
ah9uudlng hllh, Itch. Hcuryy, smallpox
ma vermin Of every sort. In 1896 ih
d'1th.nte NJ the town was 1905 IN ~
something over 1000 It's pink pnintel
church, with three rusty bells In u
little tower IL now
MORE PICTURESQUE
than ever. since the spanlarda turne
INTO q fort and punched holes 70
lhelr guns, breaft-hlgh, an around IN
walls. The Interior o.. ~ cOurlo. % tot
wreck with nothing loft % indlcnt
mat u ever was a sacred odlhce. cNcen
lhe empty nitches whore saints nr"
STOOD ana Tilded sounding'ho4u
shaped like the spanish crown, Hu'
pended above a lettering pulpit
our next obiective-point was san ~
t9nlo de ianoa, seven miles inland nn,