| Show OUR CUBAN LETTER I lOUR 1 I I I EveryDay Happenings In Havana What the Cubans Say About the Malne Disaster A Visit to this Ruined City of Jaruco Fpdal Corrrspondone Miami Cub Fb aLong betttr I his later con reach Salt Lake City In She regular way the cable will have trougbt you on account of the omclnl funeral of our boys of the Maln the I Mt splendid Imbllc demonstration t bleb Havana has witnessed In a Quarter of a century x 1 You may Imagine the thirty coffins 1 I loa row In the grand salon of the cap I I Utn teneral palace the lines of SpanIsh I Span-Ish soldiers standing silently on guard I 1 the Ibounod or mognlflcent flomi I tributes and the tells 01 thousands of 3 Flit faced People 01 nil nationalities d tinny ot them In tears who came to J titw the black boxes the 2 < hearses d I tie hundreds of horses with nodding 4 I plum the I low procession of carriages tf 1 1 and pedestrians and the band playing ts I Olemn dlree Every official I of the V I Spanish government piirtlclpatedeveu > 1 j I the bishop who has taken part i in but I one pmlutis funeral Perhaps the most I Ibtle part of the Procession was the nt t M econcentrados ule who brought up llf tb rear Ragged Stations barefooted r A l and dirtY hardly able to walk from an 411mels and aotlun they followed humbly In the rear Knowing that the dead were citizens it the United i btntcsthe country which has sent them rood slid 011 which they bu III their hopes of btter day they pred their gratitude In tile only I they know kt nobody Persuade ou that Spain Via 16111 responsible for the great disaster Prob4billty l it accident I 01 the will be Invatigation I nnJ tie course pndlg or nt the i finburrible crime Ivan commit t1dbr some Irresponsible lunatic like a t th or 110th orthe that Assassin thipremIdent IIIR 11 d i Fir I A thep anc Uverything of I be 1 of man to tr for the relief Survivors rthtehe vest 10ttors andito St the full s N1 4 bas heen done by the Irr guitrunlent lid t he 43 CT J People oft of-t be 111ral They I bore the entire cost oft H of-t and g the city wlii any ser Day xfilher for the vice I rendered false n or expense Ilan been Pared a A 4 she ra ra the fathers and nTh at n-Th could not have The I been klndr atmatters Of tile at Spanish manof that ldHt the h new laY alongside the Maine of at fair 1 114 he 14n4 rlIod the their free in firemen assist theds light of the disaster anti 11 1 i the Out Spanish 0 in 111tary has I the wit unit o IV here ninny of list atunit t I ere taken Ither slept In aI or arvelth thirtypla or 6 suffering Is Ours Of lit Course unre high all 1 M hen feeling I runs so il Inner of t er culatis tat stories ore In tie that to I at thm I 5 to am the effect W In haunfi it 11 11 istrange man had the Estate bigiflt United IIi States coil lain gasyngcenerul Loe to vend the 1 thought As about 0 3 401110 lose horrible F ng he was to I ter They It quennyvi him sit the Ivilit tnrio such an fee ill AVrayAce 11 House And sent d yh re cannot ill c be eldlY and hutli again FoI Ill I now I found 1 herll one oC I I I the omcero or the Molno sy that It wn not possible for a bomb to have 1 i I been exploded beneath her Tho k1 lay I within two feet and onehalf oi the bottom of the harbor and a bomb largo 1 enough to destroy the big vessel could not have been crowded between tile mud and the keel furthermore n omb of sufficient capacity to have lilted the Moln would also have wrecked Havana and destroyed every other ship In tho harbor An ottrcpeatcd canard Is I that the commfindlng rlncer of the Maine when Iho first explosion occurred sent live I men down to remove the gunpowder anti dynamite In the hold In order 10 I save the city and that themon obeyed know trie that It meant gn them I all As n matter of fact but a few seconds sec-onds elapsed between the first alarm II ond the final explosion and there was no time for the giving of any orders whutrver J nm spending a few hours i every day with the wounded men who lemoln In thi Hospital dev San Am hroma writing letters for them to their Wive and sweethearts and COrrylrlR thorn the grapes and cigarettes ttn31 little luxuries which some of thom crave In no case have I been allowed to pay n penn I for anything for the hospital every merchant In Havana Is I ready to place his I entire tock at my illspoinl These arethe worst cases among the living nil the rest have dlert hc or been sent to Key West They nre all patient and cheerful fellow bearing their pains like heron Though terribly burned their severest Injuries rome from being dashed with such v lolnce Against the rocks Among them Is I Fmd C Holger of New York City wlfh both legs and arm entirely helpless besides terrible burns and bruises One of the most pitiable cooes Is I that ofWilliam Haltingly a hand Forces Young fellow from Day City Michigan His Jaw Is I crushed anl his whole body n mass of Injuries and EO excrutlatlng are his sulTeilngs that he la I kept Most of th lime under the influence otoplates The flurried anti powderblarkened faces of nil ale cqvercd with sheets of cottonbatting put on helmet I fashion with silts for Cyes month and nostrils and Sister Mary Wllberforce of the Ingllh lied Cross soclity who Is I their devoted nurse calls them her crusaders In battle array This dear title woman line washed and dressed their wounds from hn first cheered the living nnd closed the eyes of the dying as only I an angel In mortal guise could do Home thirty bnjies are now In the morgue or rather horrible bits of bodies brought up from tho sea during dur-ing tho last fen hour by roprs and grappling hook and dumped Into I boxes to be burled as quickly as pos E Out In the splendid cemetery do I Cristobal CoInnzwbern Fovrml wide graves have neh T rereh1 their con I plement of coffins other trencheR are Rept In readiness for receiving the re mains of our boys ns fast an thcV tire I found Yesterday 1 made a trIp with some Cuban friends to Jaruco thirty t mil from the capital As we crossed tho ferry nt 5 ncloelt In the morning to I the railway station on the other slits of the bay we passed close to the melancholy wreck of the Maine a fleet of small boats nt their gruesome fishIng fish-Ing for bndlfs by the llsht of n crescent cres-cent moon When wo Passed that wny n few days ngo en rOl1to 10 auna hncoa how proud ice were or our gallant gal-lant warship and the men who wrmed I her dock8I I The road tn Jarueo lies through a beautiful country or rolling hills and royal palm or rather how beautiful It must have been before the dreadful war Nature has done he r g dd best for It In climate soil and scenery Three years ago rich plantations prosperous I perou villages country houses and sugar mills covered every mile of It now all the cancfleldi and orchards are burned the houses and mills In ashes the villages mere heaps of ruins Here and there Is I a mall fort or n strawthatched t camping station for a portion of the Spanish army but not a sign of other occupation or a single trace of the former Inhabitants The latter who have not ben MnOl In battle or died In prison are all among the rconcentrodo who are starving In 1I0vana And Jaruco or are among the 200000 already dead by starvation The Insurgents have burned cane Held i and killed the cattle nnd destroyed the villages to prevent the Spaniards I from rrf I ent f helng benentttd by them and the Spaniards In retaliation have destroyed I troyed the people Our train was strongly guarded by Spanish soldiers I for every hillock might hide a troop of I Insurgents I and trains ore frequently attacked Uuder pretext of adjusting a refractory window a darkvisaged poorlydressed stranger ev Idently a rebel In dlsgulft whispered In my ear Vdont be alarmed the Insurgents will not attack this train there am Airier leans on board Itis I said that the movements of nil foreigners In Cuba are closely watched by Spaniards on Ion I-on side and the rebels on the other so that notwithstanding the extreme kin it ness and courtesy wo nre constantly con-stantly receiving there Is I always the uncomfortable feeling of being be ten two lire Our visit to Jaruco happened to occur oc-cur on the second anniversary of the sold of the late Insurgent chief Maceo when he laid tho city in ruins lie fore that day It wn a rather Impoit ant place of 12000 Inhabitants now It numbers about 5000 threefourt or ulaini are In a state bordering on < starvation Aside I train the madness of Itsdesolation It Is I one of the most Picturesque places X have 1r seen Th strets struggle haphaznrd up and town stony hills the pink and blue And pengrn houses mostly mere rootless shells with only portions of their wall left standing the church Is I a fort surrounded by a hastily erected barricade bar-ricade of stones and the most prominent promi-nent features am now the quarters 01 the Spanish soldiers the prison and tho graveyard The latter Is I an Im meno he enclosure on the top or a hlll A small highwalled space shows the cemetery of two years ago all tho rest having been added mince Moo mid I asked how many mere killed In the bottle Oh nohod wa kllird then they sold 1 then was no ht I tie faces only rushed through burning villages as lie went Afterwards After-wards the Spanish soldiers followed In pursuit and murdered many people hut not or those In tho cemetery have died of mlserlo That Is I the dise iso which omicts all rural Cuba The nom wa coined by the physicians physi-cians who attended the starving re concentrdo nnd now It Is I so recorded In the burial certificates It meant misery nothing morethe gaunt shadow that has depopulated the country coun-try It happened that the first carload car-load of food from the United States was attached to our train We did not know It u hen we left lIavonaond wr In no war responsible for the good deed but the grateful Jorncan could not he made to Understand that In spite of our repeated Protest I and ex pnntlon lint we came inertly no vlllor and tied nothing 10 do with the road the entire VOlllllaUon turned ont to welcome UB headed by the Jefe the Alrnldl and the Judge we were escorted In state through the city followed fol-lowed by several thousand people given giv-en the best breakfast the place afforded af-forded loaded with gifts of flowers and birds and to cap tho climax jour humble concspondent vas addressed t T V lph by a delegation or ladles and presented with an olllclal document signed hyman hy-man names which made her the Patroness of the Publoclonl In vain I tried to dodge the honor and to persuade the people to wait for Miss Clara Barton vho would probably com to Jaruco later on and make her their patroness I wait the first AmerIcan women who had visited them and upon my defenseless head the full measure of their gratitude was wreaked I It Nas 08 heartbreaking IlB embarrassing A very large major ItV of the crowd were liken living like-n army of beggars wIUi wollen rt and emonclted bodies I victims of fever longer and mlseria rl t t1eevrio l 1 Patiently they folloNed us bout from street to street and house to house where we were lead by I the delegation like lambs to the slaughter and at every I opportunity they pressed to kiss my hand low guilty 1 felt to eat the breakfast served In the mason with that hungry crowd waiting patiently and reipectfully outside I How I begged tho delegation to let the sightseeing go that I would come another day for that If they would only open some of those blessed holes and boxes and feed the hungry multitude tud SI Senate juerlda no so moteste they said yes dear lady Dont disturb yourself They shall bo led tomorrowl Bad I It been In the United 1 States the cover would I have I been knocked oft and the multitude fed within nn hour after the train arrived i ar-rived but Mann no tomorrow rules i all things In SpoofohAmerlca The kind and benevolent souls actuated by the very best Intentions could not be mode to realize that for the starving Immediate work would he rr better tahn a thouan1 word Md the rconcntrndo themh peeling nothing else meekly folded their kelc ton arms and wlIlt1 for mnnnna Such harrowing tales ns were told to u s by motherless children and tearful womenl I Space will not permit me to repeat hut ono 01 two A girl of 10 years with arms not much bigger than my thumb and badly swollen feet Indicating the dropsy caused by lmi > overlih l blood said that she vas the eldest of five brothers ern and t sisters the father And mother both dead she was clad In a single ragged garment dirty beyond description descrip-tion and was the worst case of Itch I ever beheld We bought some Medicine for the disease and explained Its application ap-plication and provided the family for food for a few dasbut what goodwill good-will that do In the depths of their misery mis-ery and the hopelesneis of their future fu-ture If the readers of thc Dcseret News could have been with me that day In Jaruco they cold not ret until un-til aid societies were formed for the ranking of garments for these wretched creatures Elaborate clothes and castoff cast-off finery are not needed hut Pacqups and klrts of serviceable cotton made In vOllou allsen and blouses and transom for the boys would be an Incalculable boon The United States will send food through the bounty of the government but It rests with my country women to rover soma of this nakedness In the last lot of supplies that arrived In Havana came a L large lot of black hutton hut-ton lent by some enrnuhertl inerrant How useful exclaimed Mlsi Barton na she ga 01 l upon It but It seemed to mo that some garments upon which to place tho buttons would be 1 011 more rervice jut now Another came was that of a goodlooking refined woman perhaps 35 years of age deemed In not but Mbhy black with the saddest eyes I vr ow She old Iht two c ars ago she and hr line tlat twomyen bn < I were In good circumstances ownIng own-Ing n I An plantation upon which they employ six men arid their wh A few days after Maceos raid the Bpanlrh soldiers cam In hot pursuit The litter lit-ter Inquired which way the rebels had taken They did not know being out of tho line of Maceos march and therefore could give no Information I I Believing that they were trying to screen their friends the Spaniard killed her husband before her eyes and the six other men on the plantaUon and burnt all their buildings to the ground her only daughter 15 Yearst old was shot while attempting to shield the father and the baby In her arms received re-ceived a bullet wound In the Lack which crIppled Il for life She has hr landnud I nothIng else but her narrow and Is I now among the hunM recon centrado I I here wo did one little grain of good In the prison but am not sure of It as Spanish promises amount to little We round nn old loW named Intomorns In a larlc and noisome cell where he had lain for two years apparently forgotten forgot-ten IIc had been In Insurgent at the beginning of the war but gave 1 himself him-self up when the promise came to release re-lease all those who voluntarily came back from the field He was promptly released but arrested next day on suspicion And here he has been since 1 In almost total darkness and wretchedness ness bond description Now he la I merely a breathing skeleton to weak to raise his head with the most terrt ble eyes I ever maw In human countenance counte-nance Whe the door wan opened the hrrtbl odor of the unnttlated late turned us faint With n faint howl nice that of a dying beast the old mn called for water A heavy Jug of unclean un-clean water stood near his Id hut a strong man could hardly have lifted It nnd there Ivan no cur Is sold lie had been fed a spoonful of rice that day no more and that ho was Perishing or thirst and hunger We hastened to the house of the Spanish commandants and begged his excellency ns a special favor fa-vor to have the man MOUmo removed re-moved to a cleaner and lighter cell and that friends outside be allowed to bring him food The commandonte was p Silences personified and promised all we asked If we had requested that the doors bo thrown wide open and the man set free he would no doubt have promised Just ns readily A gentleman residing In Jaruco agreed to telegraph me that night I any change hM ben inside for poor Matnmo and up to date two dos liter no telegram Mum been received I TANNIU n WARD |
