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The times., 1898-05-29

kelly Oval yesterday and the day before.
He is by no means stale bur his
health has been such as a result OF fall
that he has been unable 10 train as much
and as hard as the nature Of his work re-
quires. He will rest quietly for a month
or so, and then take up the work again.
and during the season ne viii be able in
all the big open events, 20 again show
the way TO all cOmers in the SHORT sprint
dashes. He is destined to remain the
king of Sprinters' and the holder OF
worlds records for sometime to come.
The annual tennis tourney viii De ar
ranged for early in the coming month.
and large number of constants is ex-
pected. A
The big team is making quite a repUta-
tiOn for itself on its northern trip. and
Captain Mccarthy and his players are To
be complimented upon their splendid vic
tories over the Universities of Vermont
and Dartmouth. White is quite an ac-
QUESTION. and his twirling was a decided
feature of the Vermont game. His thir-
teen strike-outs viii be the record for the
Vermont grounds for sometime MalOney
is keepink UP his good work in fielding
and batting.
The team VIII play two games tOmOr-
row with the Orange Athletic Club az Or
ange New Jersey and viii close the trip
and the season with a game with Prince
ton on Wednesday. Capt. Mccarthy
ought 10 get two games out OF the re-
naming three The Reserves are keeping
up the good work a. home and winning
whenever they play.
The election OF officers scheduled for
last Saturday was postponed. as stated IN
The Times. until the return of the Rev.
J. Haven Richards. rector Of the Varsity.
The commencement is near at hand and
the committee in charge Is ar work ar
ranging the details. Mr.. Harry Cover. OF
Iowa, will be valedictOrian. and Mr.. sam
uel J. Wasgaman OF the District OF Co.
lumbia. will deliver the class poem
The elOcution contest was a brilliant
success. Mr. Maurice B. Kirby OF the
District Of Columbia was an easy winner
OF first prize Mr.. Livingston Cullen. came
out second best and Mr.. E. J. Smith was
a good third
Sam Boyle formerly Of Georgetown.
and OF last years Pennsylvania Universi-
~ class. star fOOtballiS-. a great left end.
and stroke of the varsity crew. formerly
a member of local boat clubs. and a good
all-round fellow in every way, and popu-
lar everywhere. was a welcome visitor at
the varsity last week He was in the
best of condition, weighing nearly 200
pounds, and anxious TO continue his jour
ney 10 Chickamauga 10 join his company.
one of the Philadelphia batteries in which
he and a number of the ''Pennsy'' ath-
letes enlisted. He viii no doubt make a
gallant and brave soldier. Here's TO
Sam. a Jolly good fellow
o. P. SCHMIDT.
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Indianapolis. May S.-fSpeciaL)-The 's8
meet club has arranged program for the
week of the meet The city will be de-
cIared open TO the hosts OF wheelmen
Tuesday morning, August 9. and wtll be
theirs until Saturday, August L. After
that time citizens hope 10 be allowed 10
again regain the quiet OF their homes ana
rest up preparatory to entertaining the
next big delegation OF visitors, the
knights of Pythias, who come here the
week OF August %.
AT 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, August
9. the big headquarters in Tomlinson'
Han will be open for registration, and the
badges and souvenirs will be given out
There. too, will be the main office OF the
information bureau. and all visitors will
, be piloted TO hotels and boarding houses.
In the afternoon the members of the tours
and runs committee will informally take
a number of special parties over the cy-
Gle paths and give them taste of the
runs and tours in store for them during
the rest Of the week.
Tuesday evening at O'Clock Governor
Mount, known all over the country as the
good roads governor. will give a recep-
tion to the visitors at the State house, and
they viii have an opportunity of seeing
Indiana's capitol building, which is one
of the finest in the country.
Wednesday morning the work OF the
riding brigade begins with century run
TO Dublin, starting from the L. A. w :
clubhouse at o'clock. An hour later
another run OF 20 miles to Franklin and re-
turn will start, and at Z o'clock there will
be q flyer 10 Broad Ripple and return.
over the tow path.
The work on the track also begins We'd
nesday. and the trial heats for the after
noon championship events will begin at s
O'Clock. These viii fully occupy tho
morning. At o'clock in the afternoon the
finals viii be run off
There viii be feast Of music Wednes-
day night. Special musical programs will
be given a: both Fairview and Garfield
parks, and then there are other attrac-
tions OF a Ike nature at the other parks.
Thursday the riding viii not begin un-
I'll o clock. The first trip will be some
thing Of q diversion run to Noblesville
where a few hills will be encountered.
just enough of them 10 make the run in
teresting. At 7:30 o'clock the riders will
embark on one of the most ENJOYABLE
runs of the week. The trip To Carriers
burg Springs and return distance of
forty miles. The women come in for an
Inning also on Thursday morning. and at
O'Clock there viii be special run over
The Millersville cycle path for their bene
The times., 1898-05-29

A HAVEN FOR BICYCLISTS-Aft having
been on 4 spin in the country stop AZ The Al
hanbra summer Garden, 9Th and ne and get
a cool glass OF beer. direct from the vaults Of the
Washington Brewery Soft shell crabs and other
delicaCies.
The times., 1898-05-29
CYCLING COMMENT.

The complete table of points secured
by the aspirants for national champion
ship honors. from the opening of the sea-
son TO the close of last week. at the Quill
Club Wheelmen meet at Manhattan
Beach, is as follows:
The times., 1898-05-29

Qualified for final, but did not finish
The following table shows the standing
OF the championship rivals. together with
the races that have been won and the
points allotted TO each:
The times., 1898-05-29

Iumbia Athletic Clubs may be represented
in every event.
The Institute basketball team, although
somewhat weakened by the absence of
some of its players. in the ranks and on
the way to Cuba. was willing to finish the
season and regrets very much that the
Basketball League could not have finish
ed its season and decided the champion
ship.
If this team stood ready to finish even
in a crippled state all the others should
have shown a similar inclination TO finish
the schedule.
Eastern Athletic Club.
The members Of the Eastern Athletic
Club are devOting all their energies 10 the
building up of a crack amateur baseball
team. and they will make q strong bid
for the local amateur championship. and
from present indications they will likely
land the honors. The team has played
eight games and won them all.
The nine has recently been strengthen
ed and reorganized and is ready 10 meet
all comers. The team plays as follows:
Dunn. catcher; Matthews and Thorpe,
pitchers; George Gates, captain and first
base: Hennegan. second base; Hughes.
third base; Venable, shOrtStOp5 Ellis, left
field: Ernest Gates. center field: Stuart.
right field. Several of these players dis
tinguished themselves on the past Sea
sons basketball team and helped make
it one of the strongest in the city.
F. V Rice is mana ger, and he would like
to arrange games with local and nearby
teams He may be addressed a l45 B
B Street southwest. His team last week
defeated the Potomacs, the champions Of
last season, by the score Of 5 to j. 1t was
a splendid exhibition of the sport. in which
the pitching of Thorpe and the fielding of
George Gates were features for the East
ern's team.
Washington Athletic Club.
The committee having the annual out
ing of the Washington Athletic Club in
charge has about completed the details
and an enjoyable day is promised. The
trim will be made to River View next
Wednesday. the boats leaving and re-
turning at the usual hours The com
nittee consists of Messrs. J. c. Reeves,
w. H. Wright. ". Greenwer. J. Crupper.
L. O'Connor J. Dugan. ]. Dietz. NJ. J.
Brown, f 5. Randall. J. Thompson. S
Brinckley. An athletic program is prom
ised as one of the features Of the outing.
The club was we'll represented at a
smoker given at St. Peters Church Hall
on last Wednesday by the Holy Name
Society and the exhibition given by the
athletes was we'll received. The sparring
and wrestling and fancy riding We're spe-
cial features.
The president of the club calls the at
tention of the members TO an important
meeting of the club 20 be held during the
week. and urges a full attendance as
matters of vital Importance viii come up
for action.
GeOrgetow Varsity Athletes
Great disappointment prevails in the
ranks of the student body at Georgetown
Varsity over the inability of Bernie
Wefers the king of sprinters, TO get into
shape this season and his inability. in
consequence, to represent the Varsity al
the intercollegiate games held at Ber-
The times., 1898-05-29
THE WHEELMEN's WORLD
News and Gossip From All Over
the Country.
THE INDIANAPOLIS MEET

The Full Program as Arranged by
the Meet Club for the Entertain
meDt OF the MISUNDERSTANDING OF
the Aspirants for National Chnm-
pionshfp HonOrs.
The times., 1898-05-29
Decoration Day Excursion to Pen
Mar and GettysbeGe via Pennsyl-
VuI.ia Railroad.

Under auspices of Nelson and Column
bia Divisions, L. r. X p. Special train
will leave Sixth Street station at $50 a.
m. Round trip rate to Pen Mar S-75; TO
Gettysburg. S2.25. my27-2t-em
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-02
ABOUT PUERTO RICO AND SAN JUAN,
West Indian Spanish Cities Bockaded and Otherwise, That
Are Now the Cynosure of All Eyes--Elavana, Bahia
Honda, Matanzas and Santiago de Cuba

mas been built up with great establish.
ments and palatial residences fronting
on a newly laid park, or boulevard, ="
as it is called. This is the celebrated
Prado.
There is an old town and new town,
the former inside the ancient limits,
with its excessively narrow, badly
paved, dirty and vile smelling streets,
always densely thronged in the morn
ing, the latter pervaded all day by an
aristocratio stiffness. but blossoming
forth wonderfully after nightfall. Here
is the Paseo de Isabel. the finest thor
oughfare in Havana. crossing the city
from end to end, thanked by fine houses,
with double row of trees and spacious
carriageways and many fountains aud
statues. The Paseo de Taoon. laid out
in the same way, forms con.;::. n=.,,n
of this drive and ln"Cs ~ IAs H1rasiN.,
garden IT,. Lss1ICr genmNiiS palace
IL ia ans g,ss',, " ssre the captain gen.
e. yph MS staff have an Office for the
transaction of public business, las we'll
rs their residence.
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iards have been there are dozens OF
them. BY the way, the harsh sounding
word which we say for Cuba is not ct
all that which the discoverer bestowed
upon the largest island of the Antilles,
but should be pronounced as if spelled
Koo- bah.
Historically Santiago de Cuba is
memorable mainly for the French occu-
patton and ransom in 1868, and the
affair of the Virginius, which occurred
just 20 years ago and resulted in the
Spanish governments paying an indem-
nifty to the United States for the muir
der of Captain Fry and his companions.
Santiago has also been the seat of most
of Cuba's modern rebellions against the
arbitrary and bitterly oppressive rule
of the home government, AMI long
line of patriots, shot ON the ramparts
of MORO Castle, overhanging the har-
Dor, have furnished food for sharks.
In the harbor of Santiago de Cuba
lies the wreck of the old st. Paul, one
of the ships Of the Spanish armada,
which Philip II sent to England in the
year 1888. 1t was one of the few of that
famous fotilla which escaped destruc-
ton at the time in tremendous gale
that tore the armada to pieces. After
checkered career, in which the st. Paul
breasted the waves of innumerable seas
and withstood the storm of three CEN
turtles, she was sent over to perform
some government service for the Span
ish colonies in America. Being caught
in hurricane somewhere off the coast
of South Carolina, she was driven far
southwark and finally put in at Santiago
in great distress. Here she was run
ashore, and for many years afterward
figured as a guardship. looking as trim
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is the city of Cierfuecos. one Of the
most beautiful ON the island. 1t has a
population of 10, 900 and is capital of
a jurisdiction in the department of the
center. The bar Dor, which is capacious
and safe. is defended by tho fort of Los
Angeles. The streets are wide and
straight, and many Of the houses are
surrounded by gardens. Railways con-
meet the town with Cardenas and Sagua
la Grande ON the north coast Glen
fuegos was founded in 1913 and was
named FROM the captain general cf Cuba
at that time. In the general devastation
of the island, the destruction of prop
erty and the stopping of all business in
dustries during the efforts OF the Sran-
ish government to suppress the Cuban
revolution Cienfuegos and its environ
ing districts have suffered less than most
other localities.
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ON both sides Of the river. The houses
are substantially built, mostly OF stone
but with an entire absence OF arohltec-
tural beauty. For defense the castle OF
San Severino and several land batteries
are relied ON. For commercial impor-
lance Matanzas ranks next to Havana,
and it is connected by railways with
Havana, Cardenas and other principal
towns on the island.
Prior to the outbreak OF the last rev.
plution in Cuba Matanzas had popula-
ton of 80, 900, but this in the suburbs
has been largely increased by the hud-
ding there of helpless pacifcos driven
in from the rural districts by General
Weyler's soldiers to starve.
The valley of the Yumuri, one OF the
most beautiful in the world, may be
seen from the decks of ships coming into
the bay Of Matanzas. Then it appears
as long, deep cut between two ridges
of hills, but its full beauty and rich
ness are not apparent till the valley is
seen from above. The ridge by the val
ley is fayorite point of observation for
sightseers. The climb up the hill to
the church which the devout Galatians
have erected for votive offerings to the
Virgin of Monserrat is toilsome one.
The height once reached, a magnificent
panorama below unfolds itself.
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Cabana. They run from She southern
sally port of the MORO to the village of
Casa Blanca in an unbroken palisade of
gray and white stone, enlivened here
and there with spatters of brilliant red.
There are newly made sand batteries
along the western and eastern shores of
the bay and to the passage from the
outer sea. Most of the guns in the Span
ish Notifications are of Anticipated mod
ell. the old smoothbore Parrott guns be-
ing large element in the armament.
There are, however, a considerable
number of heavy Krupp guns of APP
proved model, which in the hands of
good gunners might give trouble to an
attacking feet, but as most of these
guns are mounted en- barbette, with no
protection to gdn or gunner. a well
directed fire from the vessels would soon
render them useless. The value Of the
Spaniards' mines and torpedoes with
which the harbor is supposed to be fill
ed will probably soon be thoroughly
tested.
Under the present blockade by United
States vessels commerce is of course at
an end in this great port Within the
city the usual gayeties prevail among
the wealthy Spanish population and
the civil and military officers, while
Spanish soldiers are on short rations
and pacificos in the suburbs are starv-
ing. There is much Of magnificence as
Of squalor in this great city that soon
may be shattered by bombardment.
Though some portions of Havana make
you think that the world has gone back
a few hundred years, the city Of today
has a surprising air Of newness. All
that extensive space which until re-
Gently was occupied BY ihs old walls
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vsSs.i havana and Matanzas in one d.
-arcsiou and with Gucaro in the opposite
d, zion. Several lines of steamers ply
10 ,arious other points At time short
y prior to the recent opening of hostili.
--es between the United States and
spain large proportion of the mercan-
tile community in Cardenas was Amer
lean. To its enterprise the city main
ly owed its Importance, and so general
ly has this been acknowledged that
common name for the place has long
been 1.-THE American city" The chief
exports are sugar, molasses and coffee.
Before the outbreak of the latest Cuban
revolution ll5, 600 boxes of sugar were
on an average furnished annually from
single enc of the surrounding planta-
tions.
Bahia Honda deep Bay is harbor
OF Cuba on the north coast of the island,
60 miles west southwest of Havana. Its
deep, landlocked waters afford an ex-
cellent harbor, but from its situation in
respect to the commercial productions
OF Cuba and its advantages over Havana
for trade with Europe and the United
States the city has not attained great
proportion. The facilities for landing
filibustering expeditions there and sup
plies for the insurgents have compelled
the Spaniards to maintain a vigilant
patrol before Bahia Honda, and now in
the present war the United States ships
keep, careful watch Of that harbor dur
ing the blockade of the Cuban ports.
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the province bearing its own name. The
city is situated ON the side of a hill 100
feet above the bay. The streets are bad
and many of them are very steep, but
all are lighted at night by gas and are
lined with we'll built stone houses. The
city is supplied with bad water through
an aqueduct, and as it is shut in from
the northern breezes by mountains the
suffocating heat and the miasmatic
effiuvia from adjacent marshes render
it the most unhealthful abode in the
Antilles. The harbor, although one of
the best in America, is disicult of &C.
cess, owing TO the narrowness Of the
entrance. 1t is defended by four forts.
West Of tho city, 12 miles distant, are
the extensive copper mines of Ell Cabre,
which export annually more than as
600 tons. The other exports are coffee,
sugar and molasses. The port, four
miles in length, is well sheltered and
is deep enough for ships Of the line.
Santiago de Cuba is connected by rail
and telegraph with the principal towns
on the island. The city's population is
%, 600.
The hills which inclose Santiago on
three sides, rising rapidly from the bay
to mountains of great height and beauty,
are lovely to look upon and afford ex-
cellent drainage TO the city. Starting
at the shore, the narrow streets run
steeply up the hillsides $50 feet or more,
and appear TO have never been repaired
since the days Of Velasquez. the found
er of the city. Tropical rains have
washed great cutters down them, in
some places three or four feet deep. and
the traffic Of nearly 400 years has up
rooted the original cobblestones and
worn dangerous pitfalls and mantraps
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-02

Ranking among the foremost seaports
and commercial marts of the world Ha-
vana, the capital and great maritime
city Of Cuba, lies on the west side of a
beautiful bay of the gulf of Mexico.
Havana is upon the northwest coast Of
the island, almost due south and 30
miles distant from, Key West. The
number Of its inhabitants, owing to the
peculiar mode of census taking in its
colonies by the Spanish government, is
not definitely known. but probably it
comprises 800, people, white and
black. The city stands on a sort of pen
insula formed on one side by the bay
and on the other by the waters of the
gulf of Mexico.
Within the past two years Spain has
squandered vast sums on what IL con-
siders the strengthening of Havana's
Notifications, but in spite of all that
the town is in no position to repel any
serious attack by land or sea. Havan !
defenses facing the sea may be divid {
into two parts, those at the entrance
and in the harbor and those which have
been recently put up along the coast
east and west of the mouth of the har-
bor The most widely known of all
Havana's forts is the celebrated MORO
Castle at the western entrance of the
port. A century or more ago it's tire
mendous bastions, bristling with the
heaviest and deadliest artillery of the
age, babe defiance to all the navies of
the world. Today the once terrible
MORO is used as a prison and is practi-
cally worthless for defense of the city.
On the eastern shore of the harbor rise
the walls of the fortress known as La
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cARDENAs AND BAHIA HONDA
Two Ports That Are Much Talked About
In These Days.

Two Ports That Are Much Talked About
In These Days.
Situated in one of the finest sugar
producing districts in the West Indies
and 1903 miles east of Havana is the
maritime city of Cardenas. Although
comparatively a modern town, having
been founded in 1928, it has grown so
rapidly as to be at present one Of the
principal commercial centers Of the
island. 1t is the capital of the civil dis
trict of its own name in the western
department, and it has population Of
about IL. 900, comprising 7,700 whites
and 2, 800 negroes. The streets Of Car
denas are broad, regularly laid out and
lighted with gas. A spacious square in
the center is embellished with bronze
statue of Columbus, and the city's
Ao1ses, a number Of which have two
stories, are neat, we'll built and solid.
The port, protected by a neck of land
stretching northwest of the city, though
shallow, is nnmmodious aud is much fire.
quented by shipping. The loading Of
vessels is much facilitated by a number
of good wharfs extending for the most
part long distance from the shore.
Cardenas is the headquarters nj the
military district. 1t is connected by rail
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i've fortiilcations that colleotiv.,-
form the castle. as the Spaniards osi,
all their big forts, although this has Il,
tie Of the appearance that is common.
supposed to belong to CASTLE II iss
town-a city-of forts and battsrias
all built of stone, rising one above A.
other, crowding and jostling each 9TH
er. When 1t was built, it must bsva
been nearly impregnable, and even now
although modern guns would soon ra
duce the stone works, the place could
in q few days, from its Commanding
situation and other natural ADVANTAGE
be made stronghold.
The town lies on rocky peninsula
shaped like the narrow end Of a lone
curved squash. This peninsula is an q.
land, in fact. being separated from the
mainland by an insignificant inlet a few
miles down the coast. In front Of tbs
peninsula is the sea, behind it the bar.
Dor. The land rises somewhat abruptlv
to height of perhaps 400 or $50 feet
On the seward slope are the fortified.
tions, on the harbor slope is the CITY
On the slope toward the harbor SO small
space is left that the houses are crowd.
ed together and are in general taller
than West Indian houses In addition
to the castle, or perhaps as part of that
fertilization, great wall was built
around the city, which is kept in such
good order that it is as perfect today as
it was century ago. The city, howev.
er, has outgrown the wall and many
buildings are now outside.
San Juan has about 80. 900 inhabit.
ants and its commerce is large. 1t is the