Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

PLEST AND MOST NECESSARY
HYGIENIC RULES-A NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHER WHO THINKS HE
HAS STRUCK THE IDEAL SORT
OF NEWS FOR THE AMERICANS.
SPECTATORS FINDING THEIR
WAY TO TOWN-vERY POOR AC-
CCMMoDATIONS-A CLUB FOR
ENGLISH SPEAKERS THAT is
TRULY A BLESSING.
Santiago de Cuba, July 27.-The dir
ty condition of this city, the heaps of
foul refuse that cucumber the streets,
the malodorCus alleys and by-ways,
the lack of sanitary arran gements and
drainage of any description, are all
matters that will require remedylng II
this is to become an American city. 1t
should be remembered that the weeks
of blockade, the fear of bomDardment,
the scarcity Of food and the general
decentralization existing in besieged
town have done much to add to the
conditions of filth and poor sanitation
that normally prevail. For genera
lions the people have lived regardless
of the first rules of hygiene; the lower
classes are ignorant of all precaution-
airy measures, and it is not surprising
when our American officers issue an
order through the civil governor of
Santiago stating that all houses must
be at once thoroughly cleaned, inside
and out the order is disregarded. The
orders are constantly issued to the peo-
pie, to report at once the death of
IN hnir hon hCll on
threats of fine and enforced labor as
punishment carry little weight. Elk
IRENE measures will have to be taken
to bring about proper condition OF
affairs in this respect, and 1t will take
many months Of example and stringent
enforcement of orders to bring about
an observance of what is clearly
BEST FOR THEIR HEALTH.
In the military hospital of the city
there were, ON July 26, 562 cases of di-
arrhoea, 274 cases Of aenemia and 10
cases of yellow fever. The yellow fe-
yer cases are all among the Spanish
soldiers. A week ago there were six
cases of this fever, and among the to-
tai Of 10 cases there have been
deaths since the American occupation.
Sixteen of the 4SS wounded Spanish
soldiers in the hospital have died since
the United States troops took posses
sion of the town.
To the city of Santiago there is this
advantage from the rains of the wet
season. The water rushes down the
steep streets, and sweeps away all
manner of refuse and rubbish. Flush
ing the streets as the rains do is like
flushing the sewers in an American
city.
Since July l and until July % this
city was without daily paper. On
July % the ESpectador made its first
appearance, and printed the full Span
ish text of President McKinley's poe
lamation to the people of Cuba. The
Espectador is running a series of artl-
cles on New York City, this subject be-
ing supposedly of prime interest to it's
readers at this time A three-column
article on the Subscriptions or the I7SyP-
tian obelisk in Central Park appears
in the last Issue, and the publisher
promises the
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Of the United States in the near future
Espectador enjoys the distinction of
being the only Spanish paper publish
ed in this island free of Spanish CEN
sorship.
A newspaper printed in Spanish and
English is promised soon, and Com
pany F, of the Thirty-third Michigan
Volunteer Infantry, has brought out
paper called Company F Enterprise,
which is the first American paper pub
lished in the city OF Santiago de Cuba
Already the enterprising American IS
present. There is around town a rag
ged man with a smattering OF Spanish
who has turned several dollars by buy
ing up swords and machetes from
Spaniards and the city pawn shops to
sell them again to American relic hunt
ers There is the man with the cap
ital to invest who awaits but a sure
and remunerative opportunity, and
there is the man who buys up bargains
in American horsefiesh from sick or
wounded officers going home, hoping
to sell the animals at a profit The first
steamer from the United States has
brought many men to look over this
new field for business opportunities,
and there will be American
SHARPNESS AND ENTERPRISE
pitted against the Cuban and Spaniard.
If Santiago prospers and money is easy
there will be a good field here for the
gambler and his outfit, if the laws will
allow him to operate. With prosperity
and a good hotel there is promise in
Santiago of a wide-open town that will
be a sure attraction to men of GER
tain stamp.
The arrival of so many strangers in
Santiago during the last two weeks has
taxed the towns accomm Odations,
which were never ample, to the utmost.
The lack if anything like proper hotels
and restaurants will continue to be
detriment to the city until some one
with a knowledge of what Americans
want steps in and opens hotel.
The Anglo-American Club, of San
tiago an institution founded over three
years ago by the English-speaking res