Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03

.s,se, and conditions. its archi-
Moorish ~ anything IN
- and its narrow. crooked. up
,m s,rcets rcel.lng with Vile doors aud
s',t IN every dcacription-it Is az pres
.,.,pt the most cosmopolitan city
an. hemisphere Soldiers are every
,,.c. sptnish. cuban and American
,t, tbo latter army all the nations
NJ me ear,h are represented. Walk
Inc the distance Of block you may
r,o, officers Of every rank and 'pre,i-
~. condition. handsome young Apolloa
h. n,iyato uniform. some u them tho
80, of mnllonaifcs. Titled spanards'
~. cybana. lepers. and bcggars Of
boih sexes and an colofa; and to M
counter CORPSE or two stretched
orr,.. the sidewalk or lying on its FACE
I'm a doorway. b. no uncommon occur
romeo. The cadaycr may lie there Tor
hours before attention Is paid to 1t
not that people have become entirely
Indifferent TO death. but because hod
polod IN these parta has always had
"a habit u sleeping In the sun conao-
quenty nobody notices when here ana
thorc among the wreichcd throng one
enters the eternal alumbcr. Passing
along snntlng0s watcr-tidc street, at
any hour OF the day or night, you may
SEQ thousand outHtretched. notion
les figures. their rags drawn over
their faces. and should you examine
them closely. SOU would doubtless mud
uWong them some bodies tcnnntlota OF
Foul. A. to the lcpcrp. let me tell
you Que little circumstance, character
iriic OF the place. Everywhere Ia Cuba
lcpors roam the streets. without lot or
hndrancc There are two or three
hospitals for them In cuba, but no law
20 compel their isolation. About forty
lfpera however. were cnrrnlicd In San-
tIagn hospital civii-untii after the bat
ties Of July ~ and end whom the
hospitals were needed for the wounded
Spanish soldiers Al tho sick who
could crawl were ordered out into the
streets, to make room for the victims
% war The llcpcru were ovlctcd with
the thrunF IN the wntor-slde street.
begging aims from paHaornby and re-
cclvlng food from the Rcd Cross often
directly from the hands OF our ladies'.
IN IT, best estate Santiago incked
every sanitary feature. aud now, after
two months of siorc-crowdcd with
NE on-scourlnEa Of all the surround
inf region. the sick. tho wotndod. tho
Diseased, ana carHoca Of ruttinr stun
being dumped ashore from nhina long
delayed In tho harbor-the city IN a
v'umhle poHt-hulc. filed with atenches
mat absolutely ntaEgcr one. Decayti
trult. dead dogs, eats and mulaa. all
manner OF NTH und carrion lies whor-
ever q happened To fall. fostering VA the
fln and rain. 10 quickly become n mass
Or uvlnE, wrirgllng nbomination. a
.uuntity OF this hot. moist climate "
NE rapidlty with which publication
A.'. pace ana the certainty that with
vAt Greatest care mnggota will breed
N diseased ficnh-n fact which aads un-
t'ld horrors TO hospital work.
notwcon military rule and a ,ttie.rIv
mlNeu spanish and American civil nd-
rinlHtfntlon, Snntlnrn'n hunlnsa nffnira
orc decidedly complicated. Most Of
NE spanish officials OF the former Rov.
.thment have been retained. to
W. Snpounded indignation ~
,bsy cnnanS Those ministers.
The citizens VI Santiago. but were
i9tr,d unnn them by tho queen of
'lAln. Thcy have been Nighttime mi,
very ming Tor thirty years. ana after
IN. victory they naturally expeetrd e,,
oh'r government. with officinis on m sir
own choosing. stlll more dlsHatlsfnr-
t'n mas arisen from the admlnlstra-
YOU or port aunlr, which were never
10 worse condition when Spain heid
undI1puicd sway. To begin win me
,lma tort officials nre rriained-o Cu.
uan az ihe head who does not speak a
lN OF fnrllnh, assisted hy three
ihth revenues officers. thorefore The
AmHHun merchantmen who arc I'M.
t--llfn with the lnngunge ind II ex-
u.m.y d'nicult 20 do business al ali.
~ hirhur II crowded with vessel,
nue. With American goods. which can.
wv landed because tho army has
pr''inpiied all the wharvea aud light.
A fair sample OF that phase or
W. situation IL the steamer phlindel.
'nl., on which | came. She expected
uhchafrf her important commission
.l lhh mort In thrue days time and be-
l,lnl 20 rrturn; she has now. been here
NV. uANH' ana VIII dnubtleFa have 10
NNt aa many morc before All her cargo
Nv .e iAheh ashore In the one lighter
h w ahle 10 occasionally secure
I.W hours service. In normal
more are plenty OF ilghters In
.NUlfn hhfhuri but lust now the ALL
a.lul military are using them and
N'' 20 lri one 80, whatever valuable
,a'sNc' inny be- spelling. Never was
man more unpopular than Gem
., lfhUtr Anoat and ashore, with
IVY Spanish ana American merchants
OBTAINS " all vessels that visit the
ar Won na with the Intelligent
wv, ns' ana the soldiers 10 a man. The
e.uqrr "a that some bullet. aimed by
cru hand. does not cut short HIS
Nl ~ these lawleaa times, as he
ABOUT town In his carriage, or his
sou hulk q carried from camp to
"N a Utter Men are dying by
i.1nl'ls because Of somebody's Grim
'N h'Floet, ANA naturally. TO the chief
nh tho spot Ia attributed 4 good
hAl properly belongs 10 distant
i.Nen -'ifn raj strrnberg. Among
4, W'hAs Skaters action IN regard
~ ,hinges lH severely criticized. IL
cam, ,''. yea that when Santiago be.
eu,i,, nv American port, the cNorbltant
Anna ,,'ha by Spain would be nbol-
49,, lfopo were periahing here Tor
'"lll DO the line Of food and other
rur.ti. OF iifo, what then was ;he
NM . li me American merchants
dlmsr1 .'ood 10 supply a part Of the
Fsof, hnd when they reached
49, r3 lhai they must pay an aver
e,.r. wv per cent ad valorcm on
''lirl The same old Spanish
MN, yhich furnished the cuban,
M main cause for rebelling.
IT, rants appealed 10 Cen Shat
b,, u he told them IN plain terms
rl.r.'a'y must pay tho extortionate