Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-08-11
REMOVING DIRT.
Santiago Streets and Alleys BEING Put
In Better Sanitary Condition,
The tty Pulling Up wuh Enterprisins
Americans Ready for business A
DAILY Paper Prints Mcktnlcy's
Proclamation to Cuban-.

SANTIAGO M CUpA, July "T.-Iho
dirty con iiion Of this city, the heaps
OF foul refuse that cucumber the
street, the maladorouS all VS. any 10y.
ways the lack of sanitary arrange.
mcnts and drainage uf any ddscrip.
tion are al, matters that will require
remcdying if this is to become an
American city. II should br rrmcm-
bcrcd that the weeks of blockade,
the fear of bumbar,imcnL the
scarcity Of food and the
general decentralization existing in
n bcSicgcd town have done much to
add Ia the conditions of filth ami poor
sanitation that normally prevail. For
generations the people have lived re-
CARELESS of the first rules of hygiene,
the lower classes are ignorant Of all
precautionary measures, and il is not
surprising when our American officers
issue an order through the civil Cov-
ernor of santiago stating that all
houses must he al once thoroughly
cleaned, inside and out, the order 10
disrcEardci
Orders are constantly issued to the
people t. report at ouct the death of
any one in their household, and threats
Of fine and enforced labor a. a punish
ment carry little we ight. Extreme
mo assures will have to hc taken to
bring about n proper condition of az
| fairs in this respect. ana il will take
many months of example ami string
rnt enforcement of regulations to
bring the rcopic To an observance of
what is clearly best for their health.
Since July Ii until July - the city
WAS without a daily Paper. On July
"A he EsHectador made its first APP
| pcarance and printed the full spanish
text of President McEinley's procla-
nation To the people of Cuba. The
E>rcctador is running a series of arti-
cle> on New York city, this subj CT he.
ing supposedly of prime interest to its
readers At this time. A thrce-co.umn
article on the inscriptions of the
Egyptian obeli>k in Central park app
pears in the las, issue, and the pub
| Usher promises the declaration of the
independence of the United States in
the near future.
The E>vectadur en- joys the disiinc-
tion of being the only spanish paper
published in this island free of Span
ish censorship.
4 newspaper printed in Spani Ii and
English is promised soon, and Conn
pany +, of the SD Michigan volunteer
infantry, has brought out paper
called Company + Enterprise, which
i, the first American Taper published
in the city of santiago dc Cuba
| Already the cntcrrrisinT American
is present There Is around town a
spanish who has turned several dollars
by buying up swords and machctes
from Spaniards and the city pawn
shops to sell them again to American
relic hunters. There is the man with
/ the caIital TO invest who awaits but a
sure and remunerative opportunity,
and there is the man who buys
up bargains in American horse
flesh from sick or wounded officers
going home, hoping to 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 sharp.
ness and enterpris. pitted
against the Cuban and Spaniar d.
The arrival of so many strangers in
Santiago during the last two weeks
has taxed the towns accommodations,
The lack of anything like proper
hotels and restaurants will continue
to be a dctriment to the city until
some one with knowledge of what
Americans want steps in and opens a
hotel
There is much talk of the exorbitant
prices charged 10y storekeepers for
! clothing, food and drink. Prices are
three and four times as high as they
should be. Shopkeepers are charging
at the rate of two American dollars for
what sold formerly for one silver Span
ish dollar. 1t has been found necessary
to ordain that bread shall not be sold
for more than 30 cents silver pound
and the announcement that there will
be established soon an American
bakery, to sell bread at prices pre-
vailing in New York, is received with
delight