The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-03

OF the vessels with Sampson have not
been here for several weeks and proba-
bly, will not be here again until an at
tack is made on the northern coast Of
the Island. Probably there is an exag-
gerated idea i'm the public mind as to
the nava facilities here. The situa-
ton OF Key West OUT in the Jul OF
Mexico and only 80 miles from Havana
Is admirable, but man has not done
much to improve on what the coral ami
mails have done for the harbor. The
engines and machinery Of a sidewheel
steamer sunk i'm the harbor during the
war lie at the foot OF the PRINCIPAL
street. testifying to the slowness OF
change in Key West. A naval officer
who was here i'm 1866. just after the
close OF the war. says that at thai time
there was much talk Of making this an
important naval station. Some earth
batteries We're thrown up. and these
batteries ooh about the same to-day.
There are more people here. but the
town and the harbor look about the
same as I'm 1866. An officer of the Ter
ror who was here in 1874 says the facil-
tiles then for the old navy were as good
as the facilities now for the new navy.
There are large coal sheds here. a naval
s~torehouse and a distilling plant whose
water is still brackish. but there are no
adequate dock facilities. the harbor is
~ uncertain mat every vessel that
every vessel that comes in heaves the
lead. and the steamer Mascotte stuck
fast I'm the mud a few hundred yards
from her wharf the other day: while
large vessels like the first-class cruis-
ers and the battleships are unable TO
enter the inner harbor at all and anchor
six miles out. The water is often rough
in the outer harbor and coaling is diff
cult.
h people here are somewhat con
cerned over Admiral SIMPSONS letter
in the Cadet Jones ease, In which he
suggested the a~dvisability of sending
prizes to Charleston or Port Royal on
account of the an~ti-Spanish feeling
n imagine that he will not do any
thing to further the interests of Key
West. but the government will un-
doubtedly establish a great naval sta
uon mere. The geographical position
OF tne Key makes this certain. Modern
fortihcations are being constructed and
the contract for new wharves has been
let.
The United States hospital ship Solac
is expected To remain at Guantanamo
until the number Of wounded is larger
than h can accommodates. when she
VIII bring them here. Sick men are
very much better of ON the Solace. "
ing in smooth water. than they would
be i'm the hospitals i'm Key West. where
the heat is intense and mosauitos
abound. The temperature at Key West
sometimes reaches 80 degrees In the
shade at $ o'clock i'm the morning. The
neat increases as the day grows older.
The nights are hot and sometimes the
night breeze is very faint. on the So
lace, lying in smooth water. wounded
men have every comfort that they
rot %. ahan.
troubled by mosquitoes. The Spanish
hospital ship Alicante is not likely 10
have many patients. If she should ven
out OF San Juan harbor II is
thought here she would probably be
seized by the United States as a Span |
ish ship Of war. The United States has
proof that she was a coal tender for
Cervera's fleet. II is known tina she
the torpedo boat Terror at Port
de France. and her English engineers
will testify TO her career as a naval
San Carlos hall I'm this city may be
allied the Fanueil Hall of free Cuba. |
Il was here that the meeting was held
1898 when the nal steps. were taken
10 begin the last rebellion against
Spain. The Cubans of Key West. most
Df them very poor. have given every
pc'Sibif penny VI Nutll earnings 10 the 4
and many young Cuban have
from here to fight for Cuba. In
TACT a young Cuban who had no help
person dependent upon him and
should remain in Key West would
no standing whatever in the Gu
colony. Most of the young un-
Cubans have gone to Cuba.
The aged mother of Gen. Calixto Garcia
ives here in very humble circum-
ffAnHAA She has mi annn -. - 4
'on in is years. Much of that time he
has spent In prisons and in the field.
Mrs. Garcia Is a very warm admirer
IL Gen. t1tzhugh Lee. as Is also Mrs
Rodriguez. wife of the com
nander OF the Cuban forces in Havana
General zee rescued her from
ne spanisrd who sought to wreak ven
renee on her for the injury done 10
by her husband. Mrs. Rodriguez
10 Key West from Cuba. The
,arents. brothers and sisters OF the late
General Nestor Aranguren live here.
fwo OF the boys are with General La
ret in Santiago province. Colonel Ar
lao. chief Of stan OF General Diaz. and
Who has Just arrived from Cuba. Is A
OF the elder Aranguren. and
General Julio S~anguily. now in the field
n Cuba. Is a cousin Of Mrs. Aranguren.
rhe family Of General 4. Bomanchea. .
Who was executed at ManZanillO in
$50. having been captured Viii trying
o land a nlibustering expedition, lived
lere. and the generals son p fighting
with n insurgents In Cuba. Angel
vice president OF the local
unta. Is a son OF Genera Figueredo.
rho was executed at Santiago during
he ten years war. Angel Figueredo
vas a child in the insurgent camps
Turing the ten years war. and has
zen lighting spain for - years. Hard
y a Cuban family in Key West bun has
claim for blood-vengeance against
pain JABEZ