The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-03

great naval station here. The geograph-
zeal positions Of the Key makes this GER
tain. Modern fortifications are being
constructed. and tho contract for new
wharves has been let.
THE HOSPITAL SHIPS.
The United States hospital ship Solace
Is expected TO remain at Guantanamo I'M
I'll the number OF wounded Is larger t1an
she can accommodate when she will
bring them here. Sick men are very much
better off on the Solace, lying In smooth
water than they would be in the hospi-
tails In Key West, where the heat Is In
tense and mosquitoes abound. The tenn
perature at Key West sometimes reaches
s. degrees in the shade at o'clock In
the morning The heat increases as the
day grows older The nights are hot,
and sometimes the night breeze is very
faint. On the Solace. lying in smooth
water, wounded men have every comfort
that they could get on shore, are cool
and are not troubled by mosquitoes. The
Spanish hospital ship Alicante Is not like
~ TO have many patients. II she should
venture out OF San Juan harbor. It Is
thought here. she would probably be
seized by the United States as a Spanish
ship OF war. The United States has
proof that she was a coaltender for Ger
vera Uhef. II - kuOHH that ciF 'VtiANA
the torpedo boat Terror at Port de
France. and her English engineers will
testify to her career as a naval collier.
The evessels white paint, how
ever. IS not the only thing that up
holds her claim 10 be called a hospital
ship She has physicians and nurses
aboard beds for the sick and all the
modern surgical appliances. She belongs
TO Henderson Glasgow. Is chartered by
the Spanish Government, Is Of 5000 tons
and has speed Of nearly fourteen knots.
CUBAN PATRIOTS.
San Carlos Hall in this city may be
called the Fanuiel Hall OF Free Cuba. IL
was here that the meeting was held In
1S5 when the final steps were taken 10
begin the last rebellion against Spain.
The Cubans of Key West, most Of them
very poor. have given every possible PEN
ny of their earnings to the cause, and
many young Cubans have gone from here
10 fight for Cuba. In fact, a young Gu
ban who had no helpless person depen-
dent upon him and who should remain
I'm Key West would have no standing
whatever In the Cuban colony. Most OF
the young unmarried Cubans have gone
to cuba. The aged mother of General
Calixto Garcia lives here in very humble
circumstances. She has not seen her
famous son in eighteen years. Much Of
that time he has spent in prisons and in
the fields Mrs. Garcia is a. very warm
admirer OF Fitzhueh Lee. as is also Mrs.
Alexander Rodriguez. wife Of the COM
mander of the Cuban forces In Havana
province General Lee rescued her from
the Spaniard who sought 20 wreak VEN
geanie on her for the injury done to
Spain by her hussand. Mrs. Rodriguez
came 10 Key west from cuba. The
parents, brothers and sisters Of the late
GeneralNestor Aranguren live here. Two
OF the boys are with General Lacret IN
Sanguily. now in the field I'm Cuba, Is a
Of staff Of General Diaz and who has
lust arrived from Cuba. is nephew OF
fbe elder Aranguren and General Julio
Sqnguily. now I'm the field in Cuba Is a
cousin OF Mrs. Aranguren. The family
of General Bonachea, who was executed
having been captured while trying TO land
a filibusterlng expedition lived here, ana
the Generals son is fighting with the
insurgents in Cuba. Angel Figueredo,
vice president OF the local Junta, is son
OF General Figuerejo, who was executed
at Santiago during the Ten Years war
Angel Figueredo was a child I'm the IN
eurgents camps during the Ten Years
war. and has been fighting Spain Tor
twenfy-nine years. Hardly a Cupan
family in Key West has now claim for
blood vengeance against Spain.
CUBAN WAR RELICS
Major Lauriano Pradojust back from
an adventurous trip in Cuba was showing
his silver handled machete 10 a-reDorter
I'm q Cuban shop I'm this city the other
dav. The reporter asked him If 1t had
ever killed anybody and he answered:
NO" ThereupOn the proprietor of the
shop said: Il il show you a machete mat
has killed a man. He went into rear
room and reappeared directly with
machete evidently made at the same
factory as Prado's. He held the blade up
10 the light. There was a dark stain on
the steel for some twelve inches about
the middle Of the machete. THAT IS the
blood of a Spanish captain" the proprie-
tor said, proudly.
Cuban war relics are in great demand
just now. and IL the Cubans were less
conscientious they could do a big business
In selling machetes used by Maceo, but
tons from the uniforms OF Gomez. spurs
worn by Garcia and 50 on. The CuDanS
have been shown the way by the sale
of bogus Maine relics. The amount OF
verdigris-coyered cartridges sold as am
munition recovered from the wreck or
the Maine would All the magazines Of
several warships. The fraud became 50
open down here that Maine relics now
find no sale al all The war relic hunt
ters importune the Cubans for machetes.
some that have a history The ma