Connecticut western news., 1898-07-21

| break Dr. Ewell, who was in charge | of the work of unloading, secured eight | stores in the heart of the city and one | large shed on the dock, engaged so | stevedores and began to unload the | steamer about o'clock. She had 1.40O | tons of provisions on board.
 The distribution began at o'clock | yesterday afternoon, allowing a pound | and half of rations to each citizen. Yesterday morning when the unload ing began crowds of starved citizens | crowded to ths dock, fighting, trampling | one another under foot. breaking open | the cases and stealing the supplies. Fi- | nally a picket of troops was placed on | the wharf, refusing admittance to any | one.
 The entire cargo had been landed be- | fore the distribution began. Each appli- | cant was furnished with a ration ticket | supplied by the local commissioners with General McKibbin's indorsement. The water supply of the city, which | was cut off on July above Fl Caney by | General Garcia's troops, leaving the | town without water, will be turned on | again tonight. The ice factory resumed | work yesterday, using the rainwater | supply in the cisterns.
 All the liquor stores. wholesale and re-
 
 | orders, but the Spanish soldiers have a | large stock of rum on hand, which they | are exchanging for our hardtack and | corned beef.
 Before the refugees left for Fl Caney | flour was selling at $50 barrel. beans | at s90 per 100 pounds, condensed milk | at s5 a can and hardtack at s1 a piece. | At Fl Caney the prices were still high | er-s25 for can of condensed milk and | s5 for piece of hardtack. The ruin and want in the city are almost inconceiva- | ble. Twenty-Five Cubans, political prison | CTS, are still In the local jail, but a re- | port has been submitted on the subject | by Cuban residents to General McKib- | bin, the temporary military governor | and their release Is expected. Admiral Sampson. accompanied by | Commodore Schley and the marine staff, | landed at 9 o'clock yesterday morning | from the Vixen and met the municipal officers of Santiago.
 Deportation of the spaniards. y Before another week has passed Gen. eral Shafter expects all of the troops | that comprised General Torars sur | rendered army will have embarked for | Spain.
 Admiral Sampson had a conference | with General Shafter yesterday. They | discussed plans for transporting the | Spanish troops and decided that several | of the vessels taken as prizes in the | harbor are available for the work. The Mexico. on which 1000 of the | troops can be sent back home, will be | the most useful of the prizes. The | Reina de los Angeles can carry 600 men, | as can the Mortera and the San Juan. It eli xn,fIl |, t,,y do, | CT transports for all but about 5000 of | the Spanish troops.
 General Shafter expects that ar engagements for sending Torars army home will be completed so that the last i of the troops will be on the way by next Sunday.
 | Thepeople takean nastonishinglyc cheer- | full view of their altered circumstances, | and manifest no regret that is notice- | able at the substitution of United | States for Spanish authority. Already | they go about laughing and chatting | in a light hearted way which seems to | indicate that they have not been very | deeply interested in the history making | events that have been going on about | them for weeks. Business Is gradually being resumed, but only in a small way | as yet. Some of the stores are being TeOpSHeds anu peOplt dBdln lahlIlS possession of the homes they had aban- i doned through fear of American shells | These complain bitterly that In their | absence the Spanish soldiers made use of the opportunity and laid violent | hands upon everything of value. The health of the army has been re- | ceiving a greater amount of attention than was possible during hostilities. | The greater portion of the troops have | been removed from the miasmatic and | unwholesome positions they occupied | about the city and are now quartered | in the mountains, thus reducing to a | minimum danger of the spread of con- | tagion. The spread of yellow fever | among the soldiers has been checked | already, and it is hoped that with the | systematic measures which 1t will now | be possible to adopt in the camps there | will no longer be room for grave fears. | The men themselves are greatly relieved over the changed conditions, and, de- spite the severe hardships they have | undergone. are again in buoyant spir- | its.
 The prisoners turned over by General | Toral number 22.750. and there are in | the hands of General Shafter's ordnance officer 10000 Spanish rifles and 10.000.000 rounds of ammunition.