The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-25
A TROPICAL sun
Rainy Season Spreads Yellow
Fever in Havana
MAKING A SEBASTOPOl
The Defencee of the City Have Been
Greatly strengthened-Intsnss En-
thusiasm Among the Rsgu-
lars and Volunteers.
From a Spanish Correspondent.

From a Spanish Correspondent.
Havana, July 23.-(Delayed In trans
mission. )-After several days continu-
Gus rainfall. the whole island Is again
experiencing the overpowering effects
of the tropical sun, which e~nervates
ever the strongest persons and causes
the spread of yellow fever. dysentery
and other diseases common to the rainy
season.
Havana's people have become accus-
toned to the effects of the American
blockade. and are tired Of watching the
movements of the b~lockading fleet.
which previously formed one of their
chief distractions. and now the parks
are again fr~equented by the inhabitants
and the various places Of amusement
are filling up.
At most of the theaters patriotic
plays are presented, containing refer
ences to the war with the United
States. the illusions to the conflict in
variably calling forth applause. At the
great Tacon theater the production of
La Dame A'Camelia" and "Marga-
reta of Borgona" by a company whose
leading lady is Sonora Luisa Martinos
Casdo. a Cuban woman OF great beau
ty. is drawing large audiences from the
best classes of society.
The attendance of ladies at churches
is very large, and many elegant and
rich toilettes are to be seen on Sundays
on Obispo street.
General PARADE, the second In COM
mand in Cuba, recently gave a break
fast in honor of the Russian army and
navy officers. Colonel J. Del Gilinski
and Lieutenant Ponkoimof. and the
Swedish artilleryman. George Boudez,
who came to Cuba to join the Spanish
arp,x for tho ntrrnnaa nf aftrdvin0 $ha
war. These officers attract great at
tention wherever they appear. owing
to their height and handsome uniform
and the many decorations they wear.
A report from M~anzanillo under date
of July 81 said the Americans had land
ed troops near that place, and that IL
was believed II was their intention to
attack the town simultaneously by land
and sea. A telegram to Admira Man
terola, the naval commander at Ha-
vana, from the post commander at
Manzanillo. also dater July 81. says
the force landed by the Americans
opened fire on the night of the 10th. but
that the American ships hat made an
attack on the 18th were not seen again.
The port commander also reported ttat
a detachment of Spanish sailors were
chartered near Manzanillo. News was
received on the morning Of July % at
general headquarters that ManZanillo
had not been attacked again. and that
the Spanish troops were still at their
posts and filed with enthusiasm and a
determination to repel any attack. that
might be made. Allpossible measures
had been taken to render Manzanillo's
defenses more effective.
Al about 9 o'clock on the night of
July 81 a ship was sighted off Havana
with her lights burning. She was not
fired upon, but when about two n a
half miles off the port a search light
was turned on her and she Immediate
iy withdrew. disappearing in the ofing.
A band of insurgents recently went
to the railroad bridge at Arroyo Hon
do. near C~andelaria. in the province
1 of Pinar del Rio. and DESPITE the oppo-
4 sition of the garrison of the fort placed
a dynamite bomb under the bridge,
blowing up the structure.
The last rainfall has been of great
benefit to the cultivated lands of this
vicinity.
The free kitchens for the Door in Ha-
vana the number of which Is being
steadily increased, feed thousands Of
{ destitute persons and more thar ever
before are shown the charitable senti-
ments of a city whose generosity has
always been proverbial. The CONNER
ciaI establishments of the city are con-
tinually making donations for this
work and the government OF Captain
General Blanco has sanctioned the ex-
penditure of large sums of money to re-
lieve the prevailing distress.
The insurgents are reduced 10 the ut
most dependence. In Santa Clara, Ma
tanzas, Havana and Pinar del Rio the
ain are moving as in normal times
and give very little proof of the exist
ence of the insurgents. The reports
publish only accounts OF unlmportant
skirmishing. except in Pinar del RIO