Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-07-21
Dead Carcasses Strewn About the Place and the Filth and Stench
 Beyond Realization.
THE STARVING PEOPLE '
 OLAM0R FOR FOOD.
RatiOna Are Being Given Ont to the People Now. but Many Are Beyond the Hope of Any Aid From
 Human Beings.

 Copyrig ghted. 1sD6. by the Associated Press.
 Santiago, July is, via Kingston, July 2l.-Genera1 Shafter has had thor ough examination made of the sanitary condition of Santiago The work was done by Dr. Goodfe1low of the generals staff, and by q civilian physician, Dr. Orlando Dwiler They find that d. though there are at present but six cases of yellow fever in the city i'll addition to two suspects, the town is ripe for an ep- idemic. Santiago and Rio de Janeiro are considered the greatest fever breed ing eenters in the world This town lacks every sanitary feature at it's best, anl now, after two months siege, leav- ing 1t dirty and repelIant, it is a yerita- bio pest hole, The awful stenehes that arise from the streets stagger and choke one. No cordial in Santiago has tine power to wash out this odor from one,s throat.
 The city of Santiago is typical trop- ioa.l place, with narrow crooked streets and low 1-story dwellings and stores. Many of the houses are succeed and painted with startling colors, sky blue and vivid shades of green predominant ing. These, with the red tiles of the roofs and the quaint verandas, show ey- idences of past pieturesqueness, but ev- erything is now ill & state of dilapida- ton and decay, and the city is but shadow of it's former self Hlls hajeei- ty of the houses are absolute ruins, and public squares, once green, with foun- tains playing in their center, are now utterly neglected. The iron fences are broken and rusted, while the fountains, on account of the dearth of the water supply, have long been dry.
 The bones of dead horses and other animals are bleaching in the strrets and buzzards, as tame as sparrows, hoped aside to let the people pass.
 There are four hospitals, dirty and dis heveled presided over by the sisters of charity and the military Mercedes and Conchas hospitals in the four hospit- als are ,747 patients, which is com paratiyely small number considering the lack of food and the long siege, but it must be remembered that the reconcen- trados were never admitted to the hos pitals and when the notification of the proposed bombardment by our batteries were received every patient who could stagger out was driven into the streets. Twenty lepers, who were i'll the civil hospital, were turned into the streets, and they have been ill the streets ever since. The largest number of patients are in the military hospital where there are 37 wounded Spanish officers and 431 wounded soldiers and sailors. In addi- ton there are hundreds of cases of ma. la1a and dysentery and six cases of yell low fever.
 The return of the refugees at Fl Caney to Santiago was a sight that no Ameri- can had ever seen before and those that did see it hope they will never witness such again.
 As sooa as the refugees were per mitted to return, the more yenturesome started on the 4-mile walk to the city, and all day long | procession of guant women and emaciated children has struggled forward. munching mangoes and begging for hardtack. Old men, too week themselves, attempted to as sist their exhausted wives and daughters. Two weeks of suffering in the oyer- crowded and filthy town of Fl Clancy had worked sad changes in the appear ance Of the refugees.
 Women of evident refinement and good family struggled along on foot or mule back. Several carriages came out of the city to carry back the familes of the Spanish officers and people who were able to pay $20 ill gold for mile ride. Only small proportion of the refugees have returned. Some still believe that the conditions in Santiago may be worse than at Fl Clancy and they prefer 10 re- main.
 There were II deaths at Fl Clancy Tuesday and twice thar number are ex-