The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-07-27
SCENES IN SANTIAGO.
BBGGERs ARB IN B7IDEN0E.
aoases 81 Nearly An the Better Class.
or People Are closed, ths owners
evidently Not carinE to
Retnrn just xet


Santiago. Cuba, July 19 9.-Santiago
IS now a city OF silence. The Ameri-
can flag waves over the military head
quarters on Morro's hhgstaif. and Red
Gross embiens are as plentiful as the
church spires
Almost the entire population Is gath
cred about the wharves where the
Spanish shipping, now prizes OF the
United States. win soon be augmented
by large feet Of transports flying the
American colors.
Some stores, mostly for the sale OF
liquor or drugs, are open. but their pa
irons are few. Beggars are In evil
dence; of the same importunate sort
which makes Havana unpleasant for
foreigners Now and then a man OF
woman OF the better class beg the cor
respondents for milk for my little
one In the name OF Cod
At the dock where the Red Cross
steamer State of Texas is unloading
and preparing for long stay, a guard
from the Ninth infantry has been
mounted, but soldiers have but little
trouble. except from the inroads Of
bad boys, indigenous to seaport cities.
There Is no evidence OF gloom on
the faces of the Spanish men aud wo-
men. These mercurial people are al
ready laughing and pleased at the mil
ftary and naval show. and At the pros-
pect of getting food other than rice
and salt meats.
Nearly all the better class of houses
are closed. The residents evidently
have not yet returned from El Caney
and other suburban placos. 70 which
they fied on the threat OF lombard
mont by the land and sea forces of the
United States.
Filth IS noticeable evergWhera. and
strange to say, the city is healthy in
spite of 1t. But IL Santiago is to con-
tinue healthy much sanitary work IL
necessary. Arrangements, therefore,
are nov under way to remove the most
dangerous features and TO improve
those which tend TO purify the city.
The harbor of Santiago de Cuba Is
a very beautiful place. with It's high
raparts of mountains. groves OF cocoa
palms, banana trees and Towering
shruba pushing down 70 the very brink
of the bay.
The channel is tortuotIs and marked
by bright blue and white buoya or
more clearly defined In places by long
booms OF logs marking the entrance
of shallow bays and inlets. Old
churches, forts and bastiens share the
promontories with light wooden
houses for the summer uses Of the up
per classes.
The sharbor was the scene OF o beau
tiful marine pageant during the after
noon. score or more OF American
transports, the way being pointed out
by the Suwaree glided ma5estically TO
the quiet anchorage, something they
had not enjoyed for weeks. being COM
PEELED instead to stand out TO sea at
night. to be tossed about by the waves.
or to use the precarlous holding
grounds on Baiquiri. They were fine
boats, many Of them being among the
largest specimens OF the American
merchant marine.
How soon the Spanish troops viii be
loaded ON these transports for ship
ment to the homes many Of them have
not seen Tor three years or more. can
not be announced at present
But 1t is understood the delay will
be as short as possible. The big goV+
ernment tug Potomac arrived here
from New Orleans. She IS provided
with modern appliances FOR wrecklng
and, with the other vessels sent here
for the same purpose. VIII secure all
1t IS possible to save from the ships
which formed Admiral oeryern'a
squadron.
The long bridge at Aguadores on the
Juragua railroad, connecting Siboney
with SANTIAGO has been replaced In a
Temporary fashion Scby American sol
diers.
The work was completed and SO
soon as possible the military authori-
ties viii use the railroad to transport
from the seaboard the stores. horses,
munitions. etc, which were unloaded
al Sfboney before the surrender Of
Santiago