Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-27
LETTER FROM SANTIAGO.
Miss Lillian Kratz Writes About
the Sick Soldiers in the
Cuban, City.
AfEw ITEMS OF NEWS FROM MANILA
The FiiiptnOs Indignant at Dewey SEEKING
Aguinaldo's Steamers-Baseban Con-
tests Among Our Troops-Cuhan Insur-
gents at Cienfnegos Growing Festive
and Threaten Trouble with Spsnisrds-

Washington, Oct 23.-The condition
of the sick soldiers at Santiago is de-
scribed in a letter from Lillian NJ
Kratz, who is serving in the military
hospital at that place. where she has
been since last July. She is an i'm
mune and a graduate of St Luke's
hospital at ST Louis The letter is
written to DR.. Anita Newcombe Nc
Gee, acting assistant surgeon, sta
toned in the war department in this
city. The following is an extract:
wrote to you shortly after arriving here
We were then located at the general field hos
pital, in charge OF Mai Robinson, and as you
no doubt know. the different field hospitals
have combined and have taken possession OF
the hospital which was until recently, occu-
pied by the sick Spanish soldiers which is
large, old-fashioned, airy building with large
windows in each ward. We have plenty OF
light and air, which is so necessary In all hos
pitfalls. 1t is situated on hill overlooking
Santiago bay and we can see Moro castle on
in the distance with the Sunken ships in the
harbor and with the mountains in the back
ground and with the Cuban sunset sinking to
rest at night it is indeed beautiful picture
Now about work here among the poor
soldier boys Well. everything is being done
for them within reason, in spite OF the many
reports TO the contrary as we see in the daily
papers, and am sure there is no room for COM
plants at this end They have eggs at the rate
they have everything the island affords for
their benefit and comfort and they have COM
Portable cots and plenty of clean linen, etc,
and I really think, taking the circumstances
into consideration. they are treated as well as
they could possibly be treated
A Few Item. OF News from Manila
New York, Oct. ga dispatch to
the Herald from Manila says: Rear
Admiral Dewey's seizure of Aguin-
aldo's steamers has made the natives
indignant and their attitude is threat
ening. Chinese and native thieves
here are legion and the officers and
civilians are frequently robbed. ALL
ments among the American troops are
mostly slight, being those common to
Europeans newly arrived in the trop-
les. The food is of good quality but
the volunteers, accustomed to better
food, are complaining. A baseball
contest has been begun. Silver cups
have been offered by brewing COM
pany and a distillery in the United
States. The Fourteenth regulars
team has been defeated by the Utah
volunteers nine. The South Dakota
troops won from the Fourteenth Min
nesota. The game between the Ne
braska and Colorado troops was called
off
Cuban Insurgents Growing Reafive.
New York. Oct. ga dispatch TO
the Herald from Havana says: For
some days reports have been received
from Cienfuegos asserting that the in
surgents are growing FESTIVE, COM
hitting depredations and threatening
to pre- cipitate trou BILE with the Span
ish troops. So frequent have rumors
become and so apparent their anthem
ITCHY that the commission will send
Capt. Page Foraker to Cienfuegos to
look into the matter and. if necessary,
to read the riot act to the insurgent
leaders. Col. Girauta has made pos
tive statement that an agreement
upon the date of evacuation would be
reached next week and that it will
probably be January 1.