Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-04

10 his unacknowicdred relative. An
tonic Muccp's devotion 20 the cause or
Cuba libfc was like that u mother to
her child. Money could not buy him.
nor spacious promises deceive. and h"
died ns he had lived. Standing nohly
by his principles nv brother.
Jose Macvo. was captured early IN the
war and sent iu that dreadful African
prison. ccuta. whence he escaped. later
~. with Quinun Bandora and othcfs
~ his stan.
The last-nnmcd negro colonel. IL
today prominent figure IN Ilabann.
.Ruintin hnndura" means "nftCen
ilags." and the uppclintlun was bcstow-
ed upon him hy hts grateful country
men after be- had captured fifteen span
lsh cnsIgns. Evofybudys seems to
have forgotten his real nnme and
"Quintin nandero" he will remain In
history. While 10 the African penal
settlement. the dnughtoro 10 q spanish
stan officer fcil IN love with him. The
lltuo blind archer who laughs nt lock-
smiths induced her Co assist No his en.
cape und Nee with him to glbrniter.
and there h. became British subject
aud married hls rcscuor. She II "
spanish and Moorish descent and Is
fnid o. w. "a lady 81 education and rec
nncmcnt. ut any rate. she taught her
husband 90 read and write and feels
unhnundnd pride iu his achievements.
Tho noted General Jesus ltnhl OF the
I cuban army ia NJ the same mixed blood
No. the Mncops-indian. negro and Span
lah. Another wvil.known negro come
irander b. General Flor Crumhct.
Whose patriotic deeds have been dim.
med by hlH atrlcinuH cruclticr. Some
body has aptly characterized him nH
the bnafnilnrH n cuba. and Antonio
Maceu H. Touirsnint TOuvcraturn.
Among all the Fuld-lacc- bcdizzoned
officers now swafming Havana. mono
attracts more ndmiflnn attention than
Hcnetal pucnHsc, a tall. nnc.looking
mulltto, who was educated at the
ftvnch military school ~ H. Cyr lie
y ~ extremely POLISHED manners and
undonlablc force OF character. can
make a brilliant address. and has great
Influence among the mnHHct. To eject
such man NJ h. from a thiri.ratc
Foreign restaurant IN hlH own land
would b. deemed sufficient cause fpf
9 call 90 arms. Ills equally celebrated
brother COT Juan DuCuHar. was KILLED
la-i year In the rinnr del lilo insurrcc-
ton.
besides these sons Of Mar. cuba has
cnuriuvfcd her history enriched By the
uchi"NHin nia 10 Culufrd men In peace
iul WulEH ~ life. The memory ~ gas
bficl Conception de- "a Valdez. the null
alto poet o. cherished as that 81 "a
saint. lie was accused by the spanish
govern mont % completely In the slave
resurrection ~ iNit, and condemned To-
BE- shot In his native town. MatanEas.
one hrshi morning In May h. stood by
the old statue 81 Ferdinand WI In the
Plaza III Armnr. calmly fncinE q row
~ musketH along whose shining barrels
the run rllntDd The first vnllry failed
20 touch o vital spot. The brave vie.
I'm. bleeding from several wounds.
sull stood erect and pointing 60 hi
heart said In "a clear voice. Aim hetc''
Another mulatto author. educator
nnl profound thinker was Antonio Me.
dinn, priest and professor OF san
baHillo the Greater. lie acquired wide
] reputation, no poet. novelist and eccic-
iuEilc. both Ia spain and cuha. and was
elected by Tho Spanish academy 60 de.
/ liver the Grafton on the anniversary OF
| ccrNantca' death. In Madrid.
His faVorlto cuban pupil was Juan
| uuHlherto Gomez. the mulntio Journal.
1t. who has been Imprisoned time and
/ again Tot uUeuHcH against the Spanish
| press laws. Senior Gomez. who's,
home Il IN Matanzna. ~ now on tho
shady side ~ forty. a specialized and
/ scholarly docking man. After tn
| peace ~ Znniun he elaborated In m,
/ periodicals published by the Marquis oi
Sterling. In - he founded In Iia-
hnnn the Newspaper Ia Fraternidud
/ devoted 60 the interests Of the cpiofed
race. For q certain ncry editorial he
was dornftcd 20 cOuta ana kept Their
two ycnrr, Then he went 10 Madrid
! nud assumed the management uf ~
| Trihuun, aud IN 1880 returned o. Iin,
bnun and resumed the publication OF
| Ia Fraternldud.
Equally famous 49, journalist Il
] Senior hester Ponce dc I.cou,who show
scarcely trace of the african blood In
hlr veins. senor dc Leon was born In
"A. NaNa
| account OF hiF revolutionary noNnpn
per, Ia Ncrdad. was cXilcd ana hi'
/ property conhfcnted. IN 90, Since
! then h. hnH resided mostly In New
York Ills book. IL Lihrn de- Snnrrc
tThc bloody lioolO. attracted much at
tuntion last year. and h. u now pub
fishing n monumental work the Tech
Meal English Dictionary.
mother beloved exile from tho island
Of his birth ~ senior Jose white, ths
| cuban pHruuini iiln mother WAS u
coloted woman. ~ MntnnznH. AZ IN,
age of sixteen Jose wrote a mass fni
the MntnnznH orchestra and gave hit
nrat concert. with the proceeds ht
| entered the conservatory OF Paris, and
IN the following year was awarded N,
frst prise ns Nlolinift among thirty
uine contestants Ito soon gained ur
/ enviahlc reputation amung tho most
celebrated European yioliniHt, and
] covered WIN htnotrt ne f"tufHtd O.
| iinhnnn I'm January of the same ycai
the Spanish government drove him out
| of tho country. when De- went a.
nragn. and In now president of IA,
| Conservatory OF Music In Rio dc
Juneiro
one might co on multiplying similar
] incidents lid space permit Numo ul
the most eminent doctors. lawyers and
college professors ia cuba ate murc oi
less dHrkly "tolured" In tho hum
bier walks ~ ne. one finds them every
wherc aH carpenters, masunH. shoe
makers ana plumbers Ia tho few
manufactures ~ cuba, large pros
portion ~ the artisans are nrgrucH, ca'
perinlly IN IN cigar factories. In IA,
| tnnuerleH " plnur del iln, most OF thf
/ worltmon are colurcd also In tho Hnd
die factories Of Ilnhnna, Guannbacoa
! Cnrdpnas ana lther places. Facts dc
not bear out the nft-ropcntrd state
mont that the Cuban negro h lazy and
viii not work two hundred of them
| from the iuHurgcnt army, are now ""i'
| ploycd by the American authorities ui
Mariauo1 Beach and Quenndn camp
and capt Hunt, the army paymaHtor
says they do then work better and
with deal less grumbllng than did
the Yankee boys Al Fantlngo, who used
tn say 1--WE came here ~ soldiers, not
/ nH worlingmen, Although the insur'
gents army IN not yet dlshandod, IN,
sugar planters set plenty ~ help FROM
their ranks. hv onorlng fair wages.
FANNY BRIGHAM WARD,
~syYTTsA dlso,d.,.f