Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-18
Special corrcspondescc.

book. cuba Su Gcnte', who declared
that IN, ,vop,cn of cuba nre III only ia
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h''' ne IN hhn''n"'Ns nv" i'' 'h'n-
selves. had evidently been very unfor-
tunate In his choice OF acauaintances.
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women OF the pet'ei ciaHH VIII Slhuly
testify that they are among the most
true.bs.rt.d .inpie and dnneetie sr.s.
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homes and their religion ana adoiing
their husbands and children. wlthat
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thah tho sterner Sex Thou-
sands have most everything they
posses,od 4, IN. tnnr s,r,,r.
t'c LOT 'uph hpre- "uS"ui'u7' Suns anu
daughters. parents. brothcrn friends
aud fortune. All awcpt nwnv rbov
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"nloh consumed not ohly thclr homes
nud plantations, but In some Instance.
tho Ledt.r NJ tbnlr taved nn,. WON. ,.,.,
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1" uio "n"'vH "',.'iH haNe
hAi heir babies torn from their arms
To b. butchcrcd, and seen their young
duuahtcrn worse than murdered. vet
such ~ their patriotism that N ynr
were to be repeated In order to free
their beloved land there would be- no
fultcflnE among the women. IL II tho
history of all countries that The fstnains
ufc the bittcrcat partlaans. the urst 10
urrc force OF arms when prudence
would dictate longer forcboaranre. and
the last to give ur the grudae Iona
after the hatchct II buried. Through
out tho war In every cuban hotu. a
a.
each days allowance for hnunshold *.
pouaoa. to send to the Held. and after
all their money was gone. many cuban
ladies sold their Jewels and oven their
dresses In order Ia buy food aud medl.
clncs FOR the rebel army. connected
with the long struggle arr pathetic and
stirring Incidents without number IN
which women played the leading role.
For cxnmpici-Thcre was Ilnra Her.
nnndex. ~ Fan crlHtohni. tho Young
and benutifuy wife of Doctor IIrrnnn-
doz. They had been married less than
a year when the Doctor was called
upon a. organize a baud vi mon Tor The
lnHurRont army. Feeling that hla iifc
belonged to his glrl.wifp. who wnr nbnut
TO become a mother. h. told her that he
would de- NJ she wllird In the matter.
Womau.ilkc. she hositated al nrut.
thinking of the danger 10 her behaved
and then through her tears babe him
Eo. In week he had raised half a
regiment. 900 mem. nnd na they
marched out Of gnn Crlstoh.i they
passed the house where Mrs. Herman.
drs lay fninting and ehesrod nor M
THE Queen of cuba" The husband
had been gone but u short time when
troop Of spnninrda under General
cnfnoliua took possession nf the town,
one ~ the llctitennntp rode his horse
into tho Hernandez parior nnd nub.
icctcd the wife ~ the rebel 10 threats
aud rrnsHcat Insults. That nirht. nc.
companiod by ono trusiy asfVant' an.
set out ON muie.b ack 10 i1in nor hua-
hand. After riding weary miles
through the pnthlesH hills aud iungler.
In constant danger OF handful and
spanish gucrilins she hnaiiy found
him. Two days later her baby was born
IN cnmp. 1.-THE little mother was ouIy
seventeen: and being n hos, was christ.
oned Guerra" the SPANISH word for
war. I am happy 60 tell you that no
further harm hsfen the brave lady,
though Of course many hnrdshlpn hal
Ia be- endured. The family are again
al home In San crlstohal, and Guerra
Jose Mnrie Hernandez. the war baby,
N now a luHty younFHter three Year,
old.
a great many women went 60 tho
field with their husbands aud fathers.
for the sake ~ protection. fearing moth.
INK 10 fNnfn 10 w" lNNNiNtfhnlt tflfUtN
committed upun their sex at home, aud
hundreda ~ babies were horn In cnmp
and ON hattie fields. While miHrtte
preyniled Throughout tho island. sold.
iera and hirhwnymon infcsting all the
country roads, lootlug plantations aud
pcrpotrntlnr Am manner OF atrocities
upon the dnfenseless. and no woman
was safe. whatever her dignity and
social standing. There We're some ter
ribie cases of delicate, hlgh-bred
lndlvH transformed hy their wrongs
into nvsnrlnr ftifies. who Afterwards
fought shoulder 90 shoulder with the
mon. led daring raids and applied tho
torch In "a thousand places Many OF
them now sleep In unmarked graves on
dcH0lnte HklrmlHh.fUldr, ana others
died far Hnddcr deaths. Of impriHon-
ment disease or starvation. The mem
DRY OF one NJ these poor creatures will |
haunt me forever. ! saw her IN Los
ForEos. llnbana'H ruc0ncontrado pen |
OF nnmelera horrors. She was young,
probnbly about twenty, and must have
been cxceedlnrly beautiful n short |
time before. hut her emncintcd face al |
ready wore the strange majesty ~ |
death and only q slight nutterlnR OF the |
breast shaved that iife set fingered. |
living nil around were what looked like |
heaps OF rags. hundreds OF thcm-each |
n human b.lnr. Young or old, living or
dead. such "A sight Al were victims
az starvation. Homes appeared 10 be |
prlcking through the skin; deep sores
covcred them. feet and limbs were
swollen out ~ an Hemblance OF human
members. puffed like bags and cracked
In pinrcs With water oozing out-Ecur-
w and dropsy from long-oontinued