The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-23
MR.. ELLINGHAM TALKS.

Mr.. EllinSham's two days in Havana
were at an interesting period, taking
the Maine controversy into considera.- :,
ton, and. as stated previously, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellingham, while In that city, call.
ed on Genera, Lee, and were given a
( cordial reception. That was on March
. and 3, and Mr. Ellingham improved
the time by visiting the Maine, and TAX
Ing In the sights Of Havana. He re-
lates a fact not generally known, which
Is that no person is allowed to enter
Havana until subjected to a quarantine
examination, and If vacclnated well,
further hindrance Is removed, but ad-
mission Is denied unless .vacclnated. II
a persons happens to slip past, he is
not allowed to leave the city uutll vac
cinated. Z }5s55i
Only the masts and some OF the
I Names iron work were above water
during Mr.. Ellingham's stay, and he
saw the divers remove one of the
bodies OF the Names unfortunate crew,
which was placed alongside about twen-
ty-flve others on n flatboat, the latter
afterwards being towed over to Key
West. American newspaper corre-
spondents send their dispatches from
Key West when the Spanish authorities
at Havana refuse 10 allow their trans
mission. Excitement In Havana was
confined chiefly to the American colony,
yet there was considerable activity In
war circles, and an American visitor
was subjected TO official surveillance.
Mr.. Elllngham amusingly tells OF being
an object Of suspicion because he car
ried two boxes of cigars along the
streets.
MIR. Ellingham is close observer, and
aside from the cloud, noted the pc
culiar customs and features evident ON
Havana's streets. He was struck with
the high two-wheeled carts, the smokes
of which were thicker than stove pipes,
and an insignificant mule hauled these
carts over the streets, which were SO
narrow that hardly two teams could
pass The pavements In the old part OF
the city were about SIX inches wide, In
the new part twelve inches, and pedes.
TRANS coming from opposite directions
we're forced through fear OF a collision
10 adopt the sPopulist motto: Keep IN
the middle OF the road."I
1.-The dairy, business in IIayann is car.
rled on In manner that does away with
the wagon feature. The cows are driven
along the streets. and at each CUSTOM
er's house the milkman milks the COW
for the necessary quantity of the tactical
tluid. Y BegEars are as thick as bees, and
as Irresistible almost as bees when stirred
up. Hackmen are generally supposed to
know how to blk tourists, but the Ha-
vana Jehus are past masters In this art.
AS a wholesale grocer, Mr.. Ellingham.
naturally evinced interest In Havana
stores, all ofwhich appeared 10 him 10
be doing a good business q He was an.
pallcd at the price charged for ancient,
ROSTERS, tough chandeliers that retailed
at 81 so each. az
In addition, Mr.. Ellingham spent n
short while at Tampa, Key West and
Jacksonville. Florida. Atzthe latter city
he saw the famous flibuster, the Three
Friends. which he said was manned by
negroes. who manage occasionally TO
evade the government vessels and reap
a snug profit thereby. The Three
Friends easily shows Its heels to Uncle
sam's schooncrs, as 1t can make thirty
miles an hour. i5i'55i2