The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-07
BUSINESS N SANTIAGO
Is Going Very Lame Now But
VIII Pick Up
ONE CT THESE FINE DAYS
When Interior Crops and Ex-
terror Cash Again Connect.
ONE CT THESE FINE DAYS


ence Of the Associated Press. 1.-The dirty
condition of this city. the heaps OF refuse
that cucumber the streets, the malodorous
alleys and byways, the lack Of sanitary
arrangements and drainage of every de-
scription, are all matters that VIII require
remedying if it is to become an American
city. II should be remembered that the
weeks of blockade, the fear of lombard
ment, the scarcity of food and the general
Generalization existing in a besieged
town, have done much to add TO the con-
ditions of filth and poor sanitation that
| normally prevail. For generations the
people have lived regardless of the first
rules ofFhygiene; the citizens are ignorant
Of all precautionary measures and it is
not surprising that when our American
officers issue an order through the civil
governor of Santiago. stating that all
/ houses must at once be thoroughly clean
! ed, inside and out the order is disregard
ed. Orders are constantly issued to the
| people to report at once the death Of any
one in their household, and threats of fine
! and enforced labor as punishment carry
| little weight. Extreme measures will have
to be taken to bring about proper con-
| dition of affairs in this respect, and it
| Will take many months of example and
! stringent enforcement Of regulations to
! bring the people 10 an observance Of what
is clearly best for their health.
In the military hospital of the city
there were on July &c, $50 cases Of the
prevalent malarial fever; 121 cases of dys-
EMERY; Sc cases of diarrhoea; 275 cases of
| aenemia, and 10 cases of yellow fever.
| The yellow fever cases are all among the
Spanish soldiers. A week ago there were
| six cases Of this fever, and among the
total of nineteen cases there have been
six deaths since the American occupation.
Sixteen of the ass wounded Spanish SOL
diers in the hospital have died since the
United States troops took possession of
the town. To the city of Santiago there
is this advantage from the rains of the
wet season: the water PUSHES down the
steep streets and washs away all manner
of refuse and rubbish. Flushing the
streets. as the rains do. is like flushing
the sewers in an American city.
was without daily paper. On July %
| the Espectador made its first appearance
and printed the full Spanish text of Pres
ident McKinley's proclamation to the peo-
pie of Cuba The Espectador is now run
ming series of articles on New York
City, this subject being supposedly of
prime interest to its readers at this time.
A three-column article on the inscrip-
tions of the Egyptian obelisk in Central
park appears in the last issue and the
publisher promises the Declaration of In
dependence of the United States in the
near future.
Espectador enjoys the distinction of be-
ing the only Spanish paper published on
this island free Of Spanish censorship
A newspaper printed in Spanish ard
English l. promised soon, and company
T of the Thirty. thin d Michigan volunteer
infantry has brought out a paper called
Company F Enterprise which is the first
American paper published in the city of
Santiago de Cuba
Already the enterprising American Is
present. There is around town a. ragged
man with a smattering of Spanish who
has turned several dollars by buying up
swords and machetes from the Spaniards
and the city pawnshops to sell them again
to American relic hunters. There is the
man with capital to invest who awaits
but a sure and remunerative opportunity.
and there is the man who buys up bar
gains in American horsefesh from sick
or wounded officers going home. hoping
10 sell the animals at a profit. The first
steamer from the United States has
brought many men to look over this new
field for business opportunities and there
will be American sharpness and enter
prise pitted against the Cuban and Span
lard If Santiago prospers and money is
easy there will be a good field here for
the gambler and his outfit. if the laws will
permit him to operate. With prosperity
and a good hotel. there is promise in San
tiago of wide-Open town that Will be
sure attraction TO men of a certain
stamp
The arrival Of so many strangers in
Santiago during the last two weeks has
taxed the towns accommodations. which
were never ample, to the utmost. The
lack Of anything Ike proper hotels and
restaurants viii continue TO be detri-
ment to the city until some one with
knowledge Of what Americans want stems
in and opens a hotel.
he Angio-American club Of Santiago.
an institution founded over three years
ago by the EnGlish-speaking residents Of
this place. has been the salvation Of many
Americans since the occupation. The club
affords limited number OF cool. clean
rooms TO American officers and CORES
pondents.
Many OF Santiago's visitors viii remem- |
Der most gratefully the clubs cool garden
and the ssone-paved shower bath. Since
three days after the occupation the club
has served meals and. while what IS eaten
comes mostly IN cans the long White IA
BILE set twice a day with china plates and
bottles OF wine. has been a most welcome
sight 10 many an officer who mas ridden
in from the front 10 experience the novel
sensation Of civilized meal Old friends
meet al this common center and he
fighting o. the 1st. End and3rd of July is
10. dand told again by men who were cn
the Tisht or jhs left. or who came I'D
late. Naval officers from the Sims have
come 10 The club dinner and then their
brother officers from the field hear tales
OF what The ships have done.
Many Of The refugees from Santiago
and ,he eastern end of Cuba who s{1nas
over 10 Jamaica during The trou5lous
times are coming back. Opportunities u,
Go SO are scarce, however. as steamers
are DC- frequent from Tarnafq. h.,- s,-,,-