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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

HAVANA
uay and Picturesque Cuban Capital Has
Famous History
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

T AVANA, the capital of Cuba
is a worldcity, known wher-
\ \ ever the fame of cities has
reached, and deserving of its fame, too,
Tor like all great cities Of industry and
art 1t Is unique. Cuba's capital is
coeyal with the Mediterranese conquest
OF the Western hemisphere. The name
of the city Is characteristic of the re-
ligious Latin races for when Diego de
Velasquez laid its foundations. in 1915,
he christened 1t san Cristobal de la Ha-
bana-St. Christopher of the haven or
harbor-in honor of Columbus. the dis
coyerer of the island. This name. be-
slowed upon the city by the conqueror
of the island, has remained unchanged,
and 1t is still officially so called. But
Its popular name has been shortened to
Habana in Spanish and Havana in 9th
er tongues. The city has population
of about 100000.
Havana Is sited on the west side of
the bay of its own name-one of the
most beautiful bodies of water of its
kind found anywhere. The city stands
on sort of peninsula that is formed
on one side by the waters of the bay,
and on the other by those of the gulf.
In olden times it was one of the strong
est of the places of the civilized world
When ships of war were of wood and
carried a few guns whose bullets We're
repelled by granite masonry, Havana
was impregnable But the "oak levia-
thans" and the ''rock built cities of
Lord Byron are now historical. On
the one hand the recent destruction Of
the Maine indicates the cause why
granite walls are no longer needed, and
on the other 1t Is seen how the subma-
rine mine and torpedo have developed
gun powder, which enables ship to
stand miles without harbor and land
shells in city's heart.
Yet if it were not for Spanish poverty
and decline, Havana to-day might have
been as relatively strong as when, in
1856, it drove the fierce Sir Francis
Drake away from its coasts. The fact
is that the Spaniards have not kept step
with the march of progress. The in
sanity of attempting to defend Havana
with the same implements and methods
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

The houses of the lower class look no
different from without, but are awful
within, and there the cause of Havana 5
scourges of yellow fever is at once ap-
parent. The city Is badly drained. The
bay, with no free course of water, and
comparatively little tide, is a reservoir
uncleansed, of the clty's of1al. 1t breeds
disease, and in squalor where personal
uncleanllness is added to the perils in
Cured by municipal neglect the houses
of the poor have become the ineubators
of pestilence. Havana has many beau
dful parks, squares and public places,
The squares are all ornamented with
royal palms and here and there an or
ange or banana tree, and here and there
an Indian laurel.
No city in the world is furnished with
such an abundance and variety of foods
as is Havana, with the possible excep-
ton of San Francisco. The earth and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
Loyal Denial.


The literal person is sure TO furnish
amusement so long as he inhabts this
terrestrial ball" and that it is safe
to say, Will be while the human race
exists.
Mr.. w. NJ. Shoemaker says, in his ac-
count of a voyage IN southern seas, that
one night, after leaving a harbor, one
of the passdhg.er,s. aa EheliAman; re-
marked on the fact tnat rhe;vesstl had
listed materially to the port Side.
oh" said Il m}schietous'Ameri6an,
"that's because we have got rid Of all
those heavy English newspapers..'s
The loyal subject of the crown pro
tested.
"Ob. say, now" he cried, they don't
weigh any more than the New York
Herald, don't you knows'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

like herself, and some day dies. But
she has been faithful to the church, and
the most striking thing about service
in the great cathedral is the presence of
the women of Havana and the absence
of the men. 1t is said here that most
men go to church but three times in
their llfe-when baptized, when about
to be married and when dead--and the
church is as rigid In its requirement of
the first two visits as the departed is to
be received there at last.
The cathedral is really one of the
finest edifices in Havana. 1t Is built to
last for ages. In it are the remains of
Christopher Columbus-that is, the
tomb is there, beside the altar aud the
inscription. 1t is also duly authentl-
Gated that the remains are there, too,
but even Spaniards nod doubtfully
when asked, rs 1t true?"
The lottery is the curse of Havana.
One of the first cries heard on the
street in the morning Is the schrlll voice
of a Cuban yelling that he has lottery
tickets for sale. 1t is often the last
sound heard at night. 1t would seem
that all Cuba must gamble to support so
formidable q company of takers.
All the storekeepers are courteous
and unobtrusive. A visitor experiences
great difficulty in purchasing anything
Enthusiastically Cuban in the stores,
but that is because Cuba produces only
two things, sugar and tobacco, and
buys everything she uses-eyen buys
back her sugar refined.
The easiest thing to buy IS cigars, and
they cost astonishingly less than In the
States. There is an experience In buy
ing them, because the great cigar rae
tories of Havana, producing brands
that are known to smokers all over the
world. are Interesting institutions. They
occupy buildings so nearly resembling
the ordinary dwelling house that they
would be mistaken for them by a
stranger except for the odor.
Quaint Cuban Houses.
The Cuban house of the better class Is
of the ordinary, typical construction. II
is enormously heavy, built of adobe OF
soft stone. to withstand earthquakes
and to resist heat. The rooms are enor'
nous, with ceiling from fifteen to TWEEN
ty or twenty-five feet high, all floors
even IN the bedrooms, being of stone
and the windows covered with great
iron bars.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
Too Quick,

When man is peculiarly quick to see
a possible advantage, and uses his clear
sightedness solely for his own benefit,
other men are apt to be afraid of him.
That was how it was with Ralph Ber-
nal, a print connoisseur. He was SO
quick to see valuable thing, and ap-
propriate 1t before anybody else real
lied its worth, that dealers got fright
ened when he entered their shops.
What do you want for thaty' he one
day asked, as his eye fell on a certain
sheet In portfolio of odd prints. II
was a good copy of Hogarths Mid
night Modern Conversation
Three guineas," was the reply.
'I'll take it, said the connoisseur.
'Shall | send it to you, Mr.. Bernal?"
NO" replied his customer, quickly.
Il will carry 1t home myself"
And he was not Guite at ease until 1t
was In his hand. At the first glance he
had seen that modern was spelled mod
dern. The addition of that ID" made
all the difference in the value. 1t proved
that he had fallen upon the rarest of
proof the British Museum had to pay
Isl.
1t was no wonder that dealers felt un-
easy when he appeared. But on one
occasion he proved himself too sharp.
He entered the shop of well-known
prnt-seller, and found the shOpkeeper's
wife in charge. AS he came in he no
ticed that she hastily put something
away in drawer The instincts of the
collector were instantly awakened e,
"What have you got there, Mrs.
Town." he asked. Let me see it."
"Oh, no, sir, it is nothing you would
care about" she replied.
Come, come" said Bernal, 81 know
II is something good"
Whereupon the blushing lady dis
played to the eager eyes of the vlrtuoso
a pair of her husbands old socks, which
she had been industriously darning
when her inquisitiye customer entered
the shop.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

of warfare that were successful three
centuries ago is in perfect keeping with
SPANS anachronism in civilization.
The town, as has already been said.
is unique 1t is not Spanish, 1t Is not
Oriental, 1t is not European, nor does
1t at all resemble anything In the Uni
ted States 1t is Cuban. The bay,
ordinarily, is one of the most vividly
beautiful sights to be seen anywhere.
Humboldt's description of the ap-
proachos to Havana fails to do 1t JUS
tice. and that distinguished traveller
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

sun sinks, however, the lazy inhabt-
ants turn out, and the life of the night
is the lively life of Havana. The city
has not been very businesslike under
Spanish rule. Most of the men are
worthless and dissipated. They lounge
in cafes and look only TO pleasure such
as the Spaniard delights in-gambling,
cock fighting, bull batting. No thought
of the morrow is taken, and the result
is that a more improvident population
can be found nowhere. Sunday Is Ha
yana's holiday.
AS for the churches, thousands of
women religiously attend. In Cuba the
church and her children are woman's
life. She soon loses her husband as her
companion in the home. She does not
read. She never heard of new wom-
an. She has her little circle of friends
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

the sea give to Its people all the best of
their fruits. The great market of Ha-
vana Is without an equal, SURPRISING,
as 1t does, the famed French market OF
New Orleans. This market covers an
area equal to that of an American
block, and it is all under a single roof.
There are numberless booths in which
are exposed for sale all the fruits of the
tropics, sea fish, fresh water fish. meats.
game, leather goods, jewelry and such
curos as only seaport visited by the
commerce of the world can pick up.
There are seen men, women and chill
dren of every nationality upon the
earth. The wonder is how so small "A
town can gather 10 itself such a wide
range of humanity.
The population of Havana is mixed
and its morale Is very low. The condi-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

ton of the women remind a widely
travelled man of the women of the
Orient. They are close kept and live in
tropical idleness. Miscegeneration Is
common, and it is no rare matter to find
a Cuban family of very good social po-
sition and of considerable wealth com
posed of persons that would be classed
as quadroons in America. Havana IS
a city of grand surprises for the foreign
visitor. A political mite as it Is In COM
parison with London, there are slums
in Havana that cannot be matched in
the metropolis of the world.
AS Place of Residence.
Havana has infinite charms as 4
place of residence. Its climate, its veg
citation, the cheap rate at which one
can buy all the delicacies of the table,
the romance in the very air, the ease
with which a little labor will yield 81
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

large return, the proximity of the sea,
Its middle distance between the invig-
Grating north and the tropical coun-
tries of the southern continent the pro.
fusion of Its fruits and flowers-all
these things make it most desirable
place to live. and there Is no doubt that
thousands of Americans had been there
long ago We're 1t not for the bllghtlns
and repressing rule of Spain-a rule
that tends to ruin commerce and enter
prise wherever ii has sway.
In 1850 the seat of Spanish official
dom in Cuba was transferred from San
tiago de Cuba to Havana, an early rec
ognition of the city's importance. One
year later pirates under the Leadership
of the notorious Jacob Sores attacked
the town, sacked Its church and tbs
dwellings Of the wealthy and compelled
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18

owner most; why an unearthly clangor
of bells drives sleep from the city at
daybreak; why no one ever keeps an
appointment (and never apologies for
the ouense), are questions that Havan-
ese and Cubans do not explain or at
tempt to explain.
The almost equatorial sun beats down
upon the streets with terrific heat dur
ing the day, and none but business peo-
pie and low people are seen during
the early and middle day. When the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
GOAT HUNTING IN ALASKA.
Novel Way to Bring Wild Goats Into
Rifle Range.

h1uc Nahke.
"'rhey have queer way of hunting
mountain goats up In the mountains
back of Skaguay," said d. J. Mekin-
ney, the Mayor Of Skaguay," at the
Hotel Northern. "rhe boys at one OF
my camps told me one day that they
had seen some goats up In the hills
and they asked me II wanted to go
along to hunt them. OF course l did
and we were soon climbing high up on
the mountains. away above the altitude
that | thought any living creature
would live. Still up and up we went
The boys We're trying to get above
place where they had seen the goats Il
few days before. When they had 10
Gated the proper point, they selected "A
huge boulder and got me 10 help them
tip 1t over. 1t took the combined
strength of three of us to get the rock
started. When 1t did get to going the
havoc 1t caused on its way down to the
valley was something fearful. Then
the boys told me to get ready for
surprise. We all got our rifles ready
and waited. 1t was only short time
until we saw emerging from the scrub
by growth below us three fine goats.
They came toward us, bounding from
crag to crag and apparently needless Of
the danger they were running into.
They came to within sixty yards of us
and we brought down all three.
Il learned then that the goat always
tries to get above rolling rocks, and
that that is favorite way Of hunting
them. Seattle Post-Intelllgencer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-05-18
Slaves to Precedent.

Havana is mystery TO the european
md the American. The question, why
do YOU this and do you that! is always
n answered with, I'VE have always done
so: what else would you have us do!
Why the farmers use. crooked SUCK
TO plow with, why ladies sit in their
carriages while the dry goods clerks
bring out rolls of cloth for them to III
spect; why dark women and even
black women powder their faces until
they look as If they had been daubed
with flour; why houses are built to
line within two feet of the curbing, so
tbat pedestrians cannot walk two
q abreast why the houses are all painted
In whatever vivid color pleases the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-12

The arrangements for the funeral OF
Gen. Garcia have not yet been completed.
The expectation is that services will be
held in one of the Catholic churches here,
possibly ST. Patrick's. on Tuesday, after
which the remains will be placed tempo
rarily in receiving vault, pending final
interment in Cuba. There having been
as yet no official recognition given the
commission by the President. it seems
unlikely that there will be any official
participation as SUCH although it is ex-
pected that members of the administra-
ton and members of Congress may at
tend in their individual capacities.
The members of the commission feel
keenly the blow which has befallen them
in the death OF their leader. who, they
say, was a man of intelligence. valor, en-
ergy and probfty in whom the great ma
jority of people had absolute confidence.
The work in hand, they say. will continue
without interruption and the ideas and
views held by Gen. Garcia will be inn
pressed on all that is done. While il is
possible that another chairman may be
chosen by the Cuban assembly, yet the
commissioners say that ii is not essential,
as those now here are thoroughly equip
ped to take up the work where their lead
er laid 1t down.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-12
Pertinent Press Comment.
WILL RESULT IN NOTHING.


Chicago Chronicle.
Senator Vests resolution for congress
sional investigation of the letting of
army and navy contracts will result in
nothing, even If the committee be or
dered-which is doubtful. If there were
dishonesty in the purchase of supplies
there were two parties in the transac-
tion-the dishonest contractor and the dis
honest purchasing officer Neither of
them will confess his culpability, and no
one else can furnish the proof. The inves-
tigation will result like most congress
sional Investigations, in a whitewash or
a verdict of not proven. 1t may be add
ed that even If absolute proof of dishon-
esty were secured, the result would still
be nil. The sugar trust investigation dis
closed some unpleasant ftcts, but the
Senators smrched are, most of them, still
in their seats, and no one dreams of their
resigning. Could anything better be ex-
pected of the department officials who
might be caught in the dragnet Of the In
vestigating committee?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-12
CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS.

Movements OF Citizens and The Arrival
and Departures of Strangers.
1t is announced that Miss Margaret
Kenna, daughter of the late United
States Senator Kenna, of this State,
has entered the convent at the Sisters
Of st. Joseph at Flushing, Long ISL
and. Miss Kenna is graduate of
Mount de Chantal, Wheeling.-Charles-
ton Mali.
J. L. Brinkman and Jos. W. Byser,
of Grafton; M. j. Keegan, Parkersburg,
and Mesdames A. J. Clark and VIM.
Edwards. Warrington, are the State
arrivals at the Windsor.
"McDoodle's Flats" arrived in the
city last night and are stopping at the
Howell.
A. l.. Gains, Parkersburg, is regis
tered at the Howell.
Phil. Woods, who has a position>in
Pittsburg, spent the day yesterday with
relatives here.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-12
IMPORTANT
Will Be the Session of the Fedora
ton Of Labor, to Be Called To-
gether at Kansas CSy This
Morning

Kansas City, Mo-, December 1.-THE
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor will be called to
order at 8 O'Clock Monday morning
There will be a full attendance of del
egates, according to the present out
look, and an important meeting is
looked for by the leaders. Delegates
are here from all parts of the country;
they have been arriving since Friday,
and the last delegation will be here to-
morrow morning.
Sunday was spent in formal confer
ences md in greeting the late arrivals.
President Samuel Gompers was the
life of all groups. The so-called fight
on Gompers' reelection has not yet de-
veloped. On the surface there appears
no material opposition to him.
Mr.. Gompers refuses to discuss his
reelection. That rests with the
party of the second part" he said to
reporter. IF l am elected | want to
SllSI pun NY III ny
pledges, so that l may do for my chosen
people what | think the interests of
labor demand"
Mr.. Gompers refused to say what the
probable action of the convention will
be in regard to the social pronuncia
mento which some delegates will de-
mand, or what will be the outcome Of
the fight in the convention for the in
dorsement of free silver.
In the past we have defeated the So
ciaiists," he said, ''and in the past,
likewise, we have come out for silver.
But since the latter has been a political
issue the action of the convention this
year may be different
1t is expected that more than 100
delegates will be in attendance on the
latter convention tomorrow morning.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-12
LEE OFF FOR CUBA.

Savannah, Ga, December 1-Gen.
Lee and staff sailed for Cuba this
afternoon on the transport Panama.
Crowds of people lined the wharves as
the transport passed down the river.
AS the tug boats cut loose the siren
taken from the Spanish cruiser AL
mirante Oquendo after the battle of
Santiago, and row on the tug Cambria,
Gen. Lee will remain outside of Ha-
vana until January LIST, when he win
enter the city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-12
Major Gen Commanding L. S. Army.
limited States Senate

WASHINGTON December II.
Hon Gonzalez de Quesada The Raleigh.
My dear Sir:
Il have just heard of the death Of Gen.
Garcia. Allow me through you. TO ten
der my heartfelt sympathy with his fam
lily, his friends and his country on account
of the great loss they have sustained.
LAS Admiral Sampson recently said of
him, he was indeed a grand old man. and
shall always account it good furtune
to have personally met him. 1t seems
hard indeed that just as the cause for
which he did so much is triumphing, he
should have been called from life. It
was his great ambition and desire to see
Cuba free and independent with a gov
eminent chosen by the people of the ISL
and and he could have done more than
almost any one else to bring all this
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-12
SPAIN AND THE MAINE.

New York Times.
Spanish susceptibilities are beyond
American understanding. Particularly IN
Ineligible is the Spanish protest against
the reference in the Presidents message
to the destruction of the Maine. That
reference might seem TO have been
framed especially in order to avoid the
wounding of Spanish susceptibilities. 1t
came in in the course of a recital of the
events that brought on the war. Every
American knows that the decisive event
was the destruction of the Maine. That
it was which made certain and precipi-
tated the conflict 1t could not possibly
have been left out Of such historical re-
view. II could not well have been treated
with more circumspection and considera-
ton. The horror and the suspicious
nature" of the explosion, says the Presi-
dent, stirred the Nations heart pro-
foundry" He might have expressed it diff
ferently but could he have said less?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-12

New York, December 1.-THE Sun
day death list in New York and vicin-
ity was greatly increased by causes
that ran the gamut from suicide to
murder.
The most spectacular tragedy of the
day occurred on the Speedway Thous-
ands of people who had gathered there
to watch the speeding gazed eagerly
at what they thought was race. 1t
was at first, but it ended in a run
away, and James Mcdonald, a promin-
ent Tammany man. and one of the
best known horsemen in the city, was
carried to the Manhattan hospital,
where he died six hours later. Me-
Donald had taken fast horse to the
Speedway for a warming, and had been
challenged by friend to a test of
speed. The horses went along at
furious pace with the thousands of
spectators applauding the brush. Then,
with mighty effort, McDonald's horse
mis- head shot to the front Two
blocks ahead the speedway was i'm
passable to the flyers and Mcdonald,
realizing this, stood up in his rig, and
dropping one rein, gave the other a
mighty jerk. He threw his horse, kill
ing it, but he himself was pitched high
into the air and some twenty feet for
ward, falling on the hard road. His
skull was fractured.
y Vinceso Garagusi, an Italian banker
and prominent in the Alliance, was
shot and killed in front of his home in
Broome street tonight, the bullet
piercing his heart. Lawrence Prore,
a drug clerk employed in a drug store
nearby, was arrested and is charged
with the murder. Two policemen who
were standing about fifty feet away
from the scene of the tragedy heard
the first shot and saw Priore fire the
second shot. They Immediately arrest
ed him. Pasqua'le GILBERT, the owner
of the drug store, made the statement
that Garagusi and Priore had had
quarrel last night over game of cards,
and had frequently quarrelled before,
and it is believed by the police that
Priore killed the banker for revenge.
w. A. Water, % years old, bought
ten cents worth of carbolic acid to-day,
and after kissing his wlfe's child good
bye, said he would go and see his
mother. He stopped at his mothers
home but few moments. and when
leaving drank the contents of the bot
tie. He died en- route to hospital.
Catherine Werner, a factory girl, %
years old. drank carbolic acid to-day
and died shortly after her removal to
the Flower hospital.
Thos McKeever, g. years old, b
freight agent at Roselle, n. j., was
found dead in bed in an apartment III
Soubrette Row" this m dning The
cause assigned by the coroner vas
heart disease.
Elizabeth Clinton, GA years old, was
burned to death in her home on Bed
ford street Her clothes became ig
nited by the bursting of a kerosene
lamp.
Hilda Hesse, IA years old. took car
bolic acid at her home in Hoboken to-
day, and died shortly afterward. A
quarrel with her father and stepmoth-
er is said to have made her respondent.
A man believed to be Peter Thomj-
son, of Brooklyn, fell or jumped off a
dock in Brooklyn. He was taken out
of the water alive, but died from the
shock.
David Walsh, p years old, of Hobo