Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-06

numerous other empty pedcstnle speak
mournfuily OF overthrow and mutilRt-
ed statues. and everywhere the SPAN
ish coat -of-arms - on street-corncfr.
sign boards and above the doofs OF
hulldings-hns been vnntonly defacsd
aud mud-heapattcrcd. The other day
l accompanied some friends on tour
Of Inspection through the old 'Pnlacio
40 lately vacated by Governor General
Blanco The great,
YELLOW WALLED BUILDING.
with It's innumerabio immense apart.
ments. IL being thoroughly Overhaulcd
ms To paint and plaster. and when re-
pairs are completed viii be occupied BY
Military. Governor Brooitc, during his
season u brief authority" Ghosts
Of departed greatness seemed pursuing
rs from room to room. following In our
footsteps ana lying In walt Tor US In
shndowy corners Of the diamnnticd
throne-room and conference chambers.
Here. for three hundred years, the
long line of spanish vrnndces. each In
his little day. ruled nation with iron
hand. here Weyler Issued his grim de-
cree ~ RECOMMENDATION which murdered
by slow starvation more than third
u cuba's population. anl' here
Doctor congosto. the Mephis-
tophelcs behind the throne.
prompted TO undiacloscd mischief. Here
the Infamous plot to explode the
Maine. was probably contested. and
heaven knows what other schemes.
that came to nauRht. for wiping out
the hated Americans. II seems strange
Indeed 20 zee the Starr and stripes In
conspicuous evidence In this holy 81
HOLES 81 Spanish power on this side pf
the world. and To- note she entire alb
nsncc of the escutcheunH and insignia.
once 20 nil-pervadlng, ~ the late own
crr. II Il significant Of popular feeling
or fltthcr % the turbulent nature u
a race which does not hesitate TO kick
man when he II down"-thnt the
throne has been split into Mndling
wood. IT, drapeflca
TORN no sHREDs.
and all the splendid portraits Of the
crowned heads from Ferdinand down,
covered with aplttic. All these Interest,"
inE relies that were not totally dcs-
troycd In the nrrt fury Of the populncc.
or carried away. pleccmeal. by curiosi-
ty.huntinE American roldicrr. are now
securely locked IN one room Of the dis
mantled palace.
Every morning the query II. How
many American newspapers are there
In Havana today7" ~ last accounts
there were rcven. but they come and
20. like dew before the morning sun.
All arr small sheets. with an average
circulation OF prfnniN lN'f ufpffN'Nt
for prccafioua support upon American
advertisers. Most ~ the spanish pa
psfa have also Incorporated a couple N
columns Of rcnntleft cabicgrnm nowa,
printed IN English. Two or three ~ the
oid-timc spanish papers keep on IN the
even tenor 81 their drowry way, na In
nnii-bcllum days. yelling their daily ut.
tncks on Yankee pics" In the ifumn %
old CASTLE. which nobody 81 the hated
race troubles himself 20 road. The
Times of cuba" published by Mr..
Thomas Dnwlcy of i.cslicH. In catering
10 Cuban taste by employing
NATIVE REPORTERS.
The results In cold English print, IL
sometimes funny. Below are TOW
Items. reproduced verbatim from yes
terday'n Tlmcsi
"scnor Don jose easel presented
frirhifui wounds ~ the right hand.
having All his fingers broken. Tie Wa
conducted Go the emergency hospital
where the ilustriouH Dr. sanchez ann
putatcd the fingers with consummnte
fisiii. The wounded gentleman said
that he had hene monkeying with a
printing press"
Don Julio Moicon. 81 year, of age.
living In GervnHio street, had his head
badly damaged by the Infant. Pedro
cannno. who let biz piece % wood
fall on him from q balcony. The Senior
Moleon Ia In grave state. presenting