Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-03
T0TRTNG CUBA WITH CLARA BARTON
,d cities rurn out En- Masse to Welcome the Rec
l0"r Conditions Exist Today In the lneror-ovor
1000 Homooss Orphans in the island and Many
..,s,nds OF Destitute wdows

under coarse straw hats. fringod
around the edges. such us cuban ne
ur1 soldiers wear. hastily bought ht
tho village store 90 shield our faces
from the hfnilin- sun and tied down
under the chih a IN salvation Army
san Antonio village ~ the center N
n ildiclni district ~ the same name.
Before the war ID had r. population OF
5000. or Whereabouts, and now mas
about one.fnurih ~ that number, the
rest having dlad ~ hunger and
of the pitliul remnant, ,,, iy
starving. There is n Hospital civil
entirely without funds or supplies,
Five thousand rhtions nro needed ~
once. together with n quantity ~ Huch
simple medicines nn quinine. pllN ui
opium and camph0r. ana compound
iron. should those arrive and be dl.-
tribnted tomorrow. next week the town
viii he NO better on than today. To
hoip the san AntoninnH little VIII
only
PRoLoNG THEIR MISERY.
unless We keep u up for months 20 come
and meanwhile supply the men win
work. su that IN time they may become
noif supporting. ~ present thcrc iH go
work. and the municipality can do ab-
a1iutuly nothing Tor itn puur. Enquire
about the revenues % hundreds of
these village. aud the invarinhir an
aWcr D.. I'VE have no revenues,
Taxes have always boon collected by
the Hanco Eapauol. and wc have nvNgt
had ans hand or voice IN the matter
pxcrpt 90 nay the taxes or lose our
nii." The spanish Hank had agents
who rollrluunly collected the taxes.
whatever the necessities ~ the peoples
but d put no money into circulation.
The Spanish hudcgvfuH, or stofgk'cpeta
like master. like man-lohhcd in9heg
at rs tn 20 per cent. ana some OF thrm
arc now IN possession of many cahhl-
ioflns Of land. Ga cnhalluria ~ thirty
three and third acrcal, On which thel
never advanced dollar They supplied
families with tnHulp- icrked hcct-ahl
other uocrsrnreH, through the dhrk
DAYS OF rpcuuroutfatiuu=ouu 90 kHep
the souls and bodies OF their victims to-
rothrr. nt enormous prices. The result
III that the families mostly survived
hy the skin nf the teeth, 20 60 say
but arc lott homeless ana without re-
source. Gould u former land owner rent
the farm that once was his, he would
need "a yoke 90 oxen and implements
with which 60 till lt-not Go mention
seeds. "a COW. SOME poultry, 1t cctrri,
and "a little money with which Go build
shack Tor hin family In place VI the
house which the Hpnnlnrda burned.
Even now, bad nn the situation w. u
each municipality were Ffihtcd ltH
right in local revenues ana such tcNc'
nusu nppiiei 10 the necessities of thg
people. there might b. a CLEAN ot Hight
ahead
al tho edge III San Antonio We board
cd queer little square box ~ car
ana were drawn by three muleH tandem
I over an exceedingly narrow sEuhHe tflcA
60 the nearest railway station. Thg
route lay over q wild, rough country, Of
srRAw-THATcHED HuTs.
ana stately palms. but Few signs OF
cultivation. Here and there "a little TO-
| bncc1 ID growing and un occasional
patch % bonihtur. but for the most part
/ the sweet. warm breeze aura only cunrni
grass growing In punches ana tomlg
uinnH and mehdow-iuris pipe IN th'
sunshine above a land % dcaolntlon
| ono stirring event pcicll ~. oenofn
/ CoieHtlnu Hernandez, alcnldc Of the al
/ jnccnt village uf san Jose ana IN
| great man o. the virlnhFc, had heei
| waiting two days with hla troop Of
| cavalry. 10 give Miss Barton what u
/ known ~ the cuban welcome" A. nui
| little car bumped along the open coun'
! tr1. suddenly "a thousand mounted sol
/ oilers appeared. charging down upon u'
/ with wild shouts and waving mnchrtrs
/ For an instant ~ recalled the days o.
| war and thrilled the rtuuteat heart viii
! terror. Coming nearer. the cavalry Hr'
/ pnrntcd into two Ions lines, surrounding
] our car. aud with donod hats aud prr
| scented arms stood like statues Will.
| General Hernandez anu MlFa Barton ~
l changed the usual cnuriUHleH, Then th'
| wrlkin rang with the Cuban Hymn.
l Nlrionni," sung by thousand men
| followed by '"rhc Star spanglci ban
| urr." from our little band. aa eHcnfte,
by the regiment We proceeded 60 thl
/ station.
A. before mentioned. Or. iluhbCl
! completed hia work IN Guinr4 a fort
| night ago; therefore our later NlHl
/ was merely % inspection. ~ every
where the twon turned out, 20
| mnH1r 10 meet as. and crcuriet
| Miss narton 10 her temporary abode
! with an the hnunrH accorded q
Gomez. or any other conduoring hero
| before the war guineH had populu'
ton Of 10000 now less than half that
| number. The most interesting orphan
age l have seen ~ here. founded bN
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