Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-07-22
They Have Already Forgotten Their
Battles and Forming Friendship
For Each Other.
FOOD is BECOMING
PLENTIFUL THERE.
Americana Money Taken Readily By
the Stores Some Of the Spanish
Want y Become American Cit
iz%s-El caney Battle.


via Kingdom. July 2l.-Bundreds Of /
American and Spanish soldiers, who
but fey days ago were shooting at |
each othei crowd the streets Of Santa /
go, meeting and mixing ON the most |
friendly frms. A general feeling Of
fellowship Is evinced everywhere, vic /
tors and Fanquishers apparently being
equally rejoiced that tho strife and
bloodshed are over and that the horrors
Of the siege are ended.
Quaingstores. with their gaudy dis
plays Of fares aro opening rapidly and
the storeleepers eagerly accept Amer.
can morley and courteously receive
American customers.
sThe m BROW, cobble-p paved streets, grill.
ing In tde fierce sunshine are crowded
from mdrning TO night by chattering
groups n uniformed Spanish soldiers
and croJds 81 laughing. rolliclsing men.
belonging 10 Gen Skaters army.
Great bargeloads Of provisions and
supplied have been going to the wharves
all day from tho Red Cross steamer
State I'll Texns and the United States
army sIpply ships, and there Is evidence
that pr ration Is rapidly disappearing.
Alon the water front under every
awning dozens OF women and children
may b seen mnnching American hard
tack, Al d food Is being distributed very
rapidly about the plaza facing the pal.
nee and in the numerous airy cafes,
where be officers Of the opposing armies
loungo throughout the day.
The Americans are buying swords
med and buttons from their la;s -
p So' y all talk cheer, olly whenever
%ilerkr io.s- can h. uAy ""'"''''
an III frpnc1ei J, OBTAINED.
All Dc 1000 spaclh troops still remain
In the Erity, but the majority Of them
will removed a. soon a. camping
grounI beyond the rife pits can be ar.
range
Thd troops are being removed from
their / old encampment behind the
trenches 10 cooler and betierspots In tbs
hills torth OF town.
Out officers here appear TO be ignorant
as TO he disposition Of the Fifth corps
but H. general impression is that bu
few the troops now here will be takeI
10 Pc Fto Rico.
sattiago today presents bright an'
chcelful picture to what IL did two day
agol Over 30 steamers flying the star
and stripes lie proudly In or near th
harhpr. Small boats are plying briskl
TO IA fro ON the blue waters.
The change In the appearance Of IN
cItyis wonderful and In couple Of day
viii suffice for the normal business col
ditions 20 resume. Traders and bushes
houses opened their doors for the fir
time today, cleared their warehouses an
made ready for the receipt Of goods a
the stores are open this morning b
General McKibbon's orders, but the n
loon remain closed for tho present In o
der 10 avoid the possibility of a clas
between the soldiers in case Of drum
meas.
There Is not case Of yellow fever
Santiago, the officers say, and the
have been few cases Of smallpox.
General shafter has placed censor
charge Of the cable Office, and only go
eminent dispatches are allowed 10
sent. Il il said, however, that press nj
commercial dispatches will DO receive
subject to the censor's blue pencil sool
probably tomorrow.
The hospital headquarters are still
Gated at Juagua. Two deaths fro
yellow fever ar reported from the
Yesterday, but the names Of the victiI
have not been made public. Tho ph
slclans say there are few new cases a
pcaring. and that the epidemic Is und
control. They also think that the da
ger to thu army is about passed.
Commodore schloy with a party
officers visited the city, coming mp {
hay in a steam launch. The commod'
called on General McKibbin, and sire
ID about the streets, making seve
purchases and apparently greatly emf
ijr shore leave. lie was received vi
eteat respect by the Spanish officers "
ijhned his name.
Lieutenant Miley Of General shafte
slaG has left here with troop Of
decond cavalry mounted under Capt.