The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-30

1our yourself. If you like. receiving from
the baker an average Of ninety pounds of
bread for 100 pounds of flour
Speaking of the dust, which gives to
everybody an irritating throat trouble.
producing a hacking cough and intoIer-
aole thirst, reminds one Of new order
lately promulgated by Chief of Police
Menocal. Some time ago his force were
deprived of cigarettes, which are to the
Cupans as the very staff and main-stay
oil life; and now he has forbidden the
men to drink even water while on duty.
under penalty of 81 fine for each violation
OF the law. If the poor fellows obey it,
literally, they must suffer fortunes while
on DUTY In these hot and dusty streets.
and If each drink of water is to be pur-
chased at the price of 81, the whole of
their meager saleries will supply each
| man with about two drinks a week. Prob
apiy the reason for the singular order
round In the rumor that the departed
opanlards poisoned the wells of Moro,
Cabanas and other parts of the CITY.
Havana's comparatively new waterworks
| are all that could be desired in the Wav
| OF healthfulness and abundance: but
| there are many ancient wells in the poor
est and most unsanitary sections whose
contents have long been deadly without
the aid OF Spanish poison. The first res
erVoir' erected by the queen of Spain
AASA 10y al IIdfdIloSo SUBJECTS about
ilty years ago, was greatly enlarged and
improved in 1898. and now no city in the
"ofio Is more beautifully supplied with
I PURE LIVING WATER.
Inc reservoir crowns hill in the out
eAirls oI the Cerro suburb, half mile
or SO above the new Headquarters of tbe
American National Red Cross. WALKING
out TO look at it, one pleasant evening not
iong ago, L found vast marbIe-fOorcd
tank OF beautifully clear water. forty
Ieet deep, fed by the TuIipan river
front and rear are faced by a lofty and
somewhat spectacular arch, whose straw
oerrv-plhk facade sets forth In big. black
capltais the glories Of the royal family
OF spain, flom away back down to the
young Alfonso Kill, and incidentally of
the Spanish governor general u,der
whose regime the improvements were
made.
speaking of royal family-none In Cuba
are now so poor as to do them honor
the erstwhtle humblest sycophants being
now foremost in heaping insults on their
memory. The stately figure of Isabella la
Catoilca no longer dominates the Prado
park which still bears her name. and in
all parts OF the island numerous other
ehpty pedestals speak mournfullv or
overthrown ard mutilated statues: and
everywhere the Spanish coat-of-arms-on
street corners, sign boards and above the
uoors or bu1ldings-has been Wantonlv
uelaceo ana mud-bespattercd. The other
Jay accompanied some friends on q tOur
OF inspection through the old ..PaIaoio,,
so lately vacated by Gov. Gen. Blanco
Inc great, yellow-walled building with
It's inhunleraple immense apartments Is
oeins thoroughly overhauled as to paint
ana plaster; and when repairs are com
pIeteo VIII be occupied by Military Gov
ernor brooke during his season of "brier
authority" Ghosts of departed greatness
seemed pursuing as from room to room,
following in oUr footsteps and Ivino in
wait Tor us in shadowy corners of tho
uisInahtied throne room and conference
chan,per Here, for three hundred wears
the long line of Spanish grandees. each
III MS little day, ruled a nation with iron
hano-here Weyler issued his grim de-
cree OF recommendation which murdered
Oy $40" starvation more than third of
Cupa population, and here DR. Com
gosto, the Mephistopheles behind the
lnrone, prompted to undisclosed mischief
Here the infamous plot to
EXPLODE THE MAINE
was probably concocted. and heaven
Knows what other schemes, that came e,
naueht' for wiping out the hated Ameri-
cans. 1t seems strange indeed to Sac the
stars and Stripes In conspicuous evidence
In this holy of holes of Spanish mower
on this side of the world, and to uota tha
entlre absence of the escutcheons and in
sigma, once so all-pervading, Of the late
owners 1t IS significant of popular feel
iis-or rather or the turbulent nature OF
race which does not hesitate to ..l,ici,
man when he is down"-that tho throne
mas been split into kindling wood tx
dtaperles torn TO shreds and all iba
spiendld portraits of the crowned heads
from ferdinand down. covered viii
spite All these interesting relies that
were not totally destroyed in the. first fury
Oh the populace, or carried away, piece
meal. by curiosity-hunting American SOL
'ders' are now securely locked in one
room OF the dismantled palace
Every morning the. query is How
havana today? AT last accounts there
many newspapers are there in
were seven; but they come and go. like
dew before the morning SUM- All are
small sheets, with an average circulation
OF perhaps 49, dependent for precarious
support upon American advertisers. Most
OF the Spanish papers have also incor-
porated couple of columns of scantiest
caDlegram news printed in English Two
or three of the old-time Spanish papers
Keep on in the even tenor of their
droWsy way. as In ante-bellum days, veil
in the idienla of old CASTLE, which no.
body of the hated race troubles himself
to read. The Times of Cuba, published
by Mr.. Thomas Dawley, of LesIie's, is
catering to Cuban taste by EMPLOYING
native reporters. The results in cold
English print are something funny. Below
are few items, reproduced verbatim
from yesterdays Times:
Senior Don Jose easel presented fright
full wounds of the right hand, having all
his fingers broken. He was conducted to
the emergency hospital, where the illus
trious DR.. Sanchez amputated the fingers
with consummate skill. The wounded
gentleman said that he had been mon
keying with printing press
don Julio Moleon, sixty-four wears
OF age. living in Gervasio street had his
hand badly damaged by the infant Pedro
Casano, who let a big piece of wood fall
on him from a balcony. The Senior Mo-
leon is in a grave state, presenting Sc
rious symptoms Of commotion inside the
cranium.'
THE NEGRO GIRLS,
Juana Alvarez and Rose Mendez, accuse
four eolored men. whom they do not
know. of having tied them to window