The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-04
,s,.vI OF PoRro RrCo.
p.no-,, IT Our Flag Has Boon Hoisted
Over Two of Them.

m ~ 4 nARnRN --N ANo0H III
NO Over Two of Them.
On TpfAs. West Indies. Aug. 2~4.-JudRinO
lth from absence Of news from Ponce, things
ro- mat Aufet that way. It Is not, however. &c
1er aare,Jh other parts Of the island, as re.
%. Soryeaeh us OF brawls between the native
lor Orleans and the unconditional Spaniards
1e- conditional" Of course. meaning those
win do anything rather than abandon their
htry or their flag.
he while the war lasted. st. Thomas. from its
to Porto Rico and facilities for coal
icing. cabling. &C.. was very much used by the
i United States warships and the little news
paper meet. 1t was a perpetual hurrying and
scurrying with them, and while It lasted glad
ueneu tne hearts and strengthened the purses
oi not a Few here. The ships came and got.
as a rule. everything they needed-from a ton
OF coal to the latest war extra published here.
IL was something Of a delight to the naval off,
GERS 10 nave found the newsmen 30 up to date.
ana as an expression OF his satisfaction one
onlcer gave a newsboy a silver dollar for the
extra on the Santiago land and naval battles.
But the curtain having fallen" all the actors
VINO In one way or another took part in the
warnow find their occupation gone. The press
tnSo S hurried home as soon as they found that
onS torto hlco campaign was only a pastime.
and their noisy, though welcome FOOTING IL
snereioTe now only a "Reminiscences. The grim
mindInE one OF the SSoiors 1sed TsbT Y RIP 1t ise-
ians in their last war with the Eustrisnnsi is
theiess," that until Wccaues a. and pdGS Gnlsb;r 9et tWo
possession Of. and even until the Porto 'i Rieeoo
ZONE here to report. ""'
The Cincinnati returned here this forenoon
one or two officers and the taking OF sound
notSi5 IN t SDOs Of the spsscous bays: there was
tnat the. American flag was hoisfed fhere |
Cnlebra is a fine. fertile, but unknown place.
with but a couple of hundred inhabitants. The
Of the land there is owned and used as a stocf
MERCHANT S Sf St Antonio oms Lugo; z well-to-do
Ia one q the ,sxanish West indies and residl
ing ing in this island. In the waters OF. Cuiebra
hibited b, the Spaniards, to any but their own
the dSer near6 sIn isian19dss S Mer fs RhG}wsy tscra SSSts from
AT Culebra the handful OF Inhabitants. who
w were SoH mostly OF the laboring, class. were said
Vicques they are eagerly watching for the
Americans, and their eagerness is due to tbe
re reason SC Is or et aRSsFitRR5iS s indnstrPRl 9Ss has b eS5
lanEuishing, but the proprietors Of estates. OF
which there are some large and weil-appointed
now at hand aGD through a1SS the o pess II iRIiff9s 81 tSe Il
sugar finding a favored market In the United
To Judge from all one hears. the people OF the
,ate spanish colonies seem to expect wonder
That the United States viii IN tbe
course OF time bring things whereabouts to good
ieeo4nt there is no doubt. but Il is Just possible
he, recall Of the Danish cruiser ST. Thomas'
sr ~sn r STEAMER Sges Ma %sn as { IEufl ateiR Ia hsFe 4 p The
ma ,rei5easeed. is here from Cuba with 100
10 pound sTneo foG Spain Sifh TS-moErow the