The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-21
TRADE IN SANTIAGO.
Tho Pawn shops Doing the Briskcst Bust
ness Of ANY of Them.

ness oil Any OF Them.
Santiago de Cuba, July ~20.-Santiago
now presents a bright and cheerful pic
ture to what IL did two days ago. More
than 30 steamers flying the stars and
stripes lie proudly in or near the har-
Dor. Small boats are plying briskly 20
and fro on the blue waters. Several
large steamers, the State of Texas. Lee
ona and Aranzas. are alongside the
wharves, busily engaged In unloading
their cargoes of supplies and provi-
sions. In short, everything denotes bus
tie and activity. To the graveyard
appearance of the city yesterday has
succeeded to-day a scene of life and
energy, traffic and activity. The i'm
mense sheds along the water front are
already packed with merchandise and
the large stores rented along Marina
streets are busy receiving goods, which
are being steadily ~unloaded. Every
| where there are signs of a revival OF
commercial activity and prosperity.
The change In the appearance of the
city is Kaleidoscope. and a couple OF
days, when further shipments arrive,
will suffice for the normal business to
revive.
Trades and business houses opened
their doors for the first time to-day.
cleared their warehouses and made
ready for the receipt or goods. All the
stores are open this morning by Gem
eral McKibben's orders, but the sa-
looms are closed for the present, in or
der to avoid the possibility Of a clash
between the soldiers in case OF drunk
enness.
The electric light plant is working.
The pswnshops are doing "A rushing
business, their counters being crowded
by people of all sorts. colors and con-
ditions, pawning heirlooms, clothes,
dresses and furniture. Spanish OFF,
GERS tender their medals, spurs and
swords and gold headed canes for a
mere song. which in turn are bought at
fancy prices by American soldiers,
officers or newspaper correspondents as
relics of the war. There have been
more machetes sold to our men as
| souvenirs than were laid down on the
| morning Of the surrender, and crosses,
service stripes and orders are cheer
fully parted with for American cash.
The readiness and avidity with which
the storekeepers accept. greenbacks is
remarkable.
A number of officers OF high rank
in the Spanish army condemn their
governments policy in dividing its
forces in Cuba. Porto Rico and the
Philippines, instead OF concentrating
them and possibly saving n colony.
The cutting of the fleet is also strongly
censured and the Spanish naval officers
all argue that IL is impossible under the
present condition of Spain TO make Il
successful resistance anywhere. The
miserable ammunition of the Spanish
troops here was exhausted before the
surrender, as the 1000. 900 cartridges
found in the magazines of Santiago do
not fit the Mauser rifles.
The Spaniards say our troops fought
like tigers. n that their discipline was
excellent. but they insist that more
lives We're lost ON either side than was
warranted by the conditions of July l..
They assert that our troop could nave
walked into the city without having a
shot fired al them, as there were no SOL
diers left within the walls at that time.
1t appears that they had only a few
thousand men. and that they all went
TO III Caney at the time that that bat
tie was fought, leaving Santiago un-
protected. Reinforcements. however,
arrived later n brought the number
of Spanish troops up TO 5000 men.
Al the battle of FL Caney our cas-
ualties exceeded those Of the Spaniards.
While they had 400 men killed TO our
200, they had only 500 men TO our l.50O
wounded. The list Of the wounded has
been increased since to oVe 1000 men.
who are lying in the Principe Alphonso,
Mercedes and other hospitals here.
General LinareS cabled Mario on
July 3, before Skaters demand for the
surrender Of Santiago, a long message
setting forth the inability OF the city
TO hold out against an enemy superior
in numbers, with the Spanish dying OF
fever and starvation and demoTalized
by the loss of the fleet. He urged the
government. for the sake of humanity,
to offer to capitulate. but adding, that
II ordered 10 remain To die like A rat In
a trap. he o do so. as his soldiers
were doing their duty, although really
ing that a mistake had been made.
Somehow information I'm regard TO the
message leaked out n the Spanish
officers here are loud in their condem-
nation of Genera Linares. whom they
accuse OF faint-heartedness throughout
the war TO the extent OF under the
plea OF a slight wound laying the man
tie OF the shame OF surrender upon
General Toral's shoulders instead y:
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