Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-30

borers connected with it. The brick were
also imported. Every bit Of the furniture
will come from Europe and the house when
finished will be as comfortable as any in
Paris. 1t is, however the only house of
its kind in Punta Arenas, the most OF the
other dwellings being one-story structures
which could be built for from $500 to $1,000
in the United States. 1t shows you how
ever, that all Of the people here at the tail
end of creation are not poor. On the con-
trary, Punta Arenas has more rich men,
perhaps, than any frontier town of its size
in the world. 1t is the metropolis of the
great sheep industry OF southern Patagonia
and there are rich sheep owners here who
live almost as luXuriantly as do our mil
lionaire miners in Denver. There are
thirty three men and companies who each
own and control from 5000 to $500 900
acres of land. They have their sheep by
the tens of thousands and several of them
have an annual wool clip worth more than
the salary of the president of the United
States.
They Are Cosmopolitan.
The citizens of Punta Arenas come from
all parts of the world You hear English,
German and Spanish on every corner and
your ears are dinned with the jargon of
the Austrian, the Italian and the Russian.
Some Of the richest of the people are Rus
sian, and others are Scotchmen who have
come from the Falkland islands to engage
In sheep farming here. There are treacher-
Gus Spaniards, smoothtongued Argentines
and hard-looking brigands from Chilli. The
lower classes are chiefly sailors and shep-
herds, and among them you may find as
many rough characters as In our mining
camps of the west. There are no licensed
gambling dens or sporting houses, but there
are plenty of saloons managed by hard
featured young women, who sit in the door
ways during the day and smoke cigarettes.
Knots of bearded men, with their trousers
in their boots and clothes OF all descrip-
tions, are to be seen on the street. There
are plenty of Spaniards and have several
times been warned to be careful as | go
about after nightfall, as the Spanish knife
has just now a magnetic attraction for the
Americans body and as most OF these men
are prone to stab in the back. The order
kept is, however, very good, considering the
population. The governor of the Magellans
lives here. He is appointed by the presi-
dent Of Chill and he rules not only the
Magelans, but the whole of the islands OF
the TERRA del Fuegan archipelago. He
has four hundred soldiers stationed in the
city. You hear the military bands playing
at in the morning, when they begin their
drill, and again at sunset or at about A
o'clock in the afternoon. The soldiers act
as the police. Each of them has a long
sword at his side and he does not scruple
to use 1t in making an arrest. OF late some
OF the soldiers have been using sword
Z canes. You think they have nothing but a
walking stick, but If you resist them they
! jerk the stick apart and give you a thrust
under the fifth rib with a sharp blade oi
steel ! took a photograph of some of the
policemen today in front OF the cuartel, OF
/ police station, and a moment later ! met
/ the governor coming out OF the club and
| with his permission, photographed him.
4 Town of Clubs.
/ 1t seems funny TO think Of a club down
here on the Magellans, in the home OF the
/ guanaco, the seal, the whale and the naked
( aboriginesl But Punta Arenas has its
clubs, where the better classes of men meet
for a social good time, game of poker and