The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-31

Alcade. The American was hardly pre-
pared to remove his hat, but because he
did not he was arrested and fined q sum
something like $50. The night before
July one of the American soldiers dis
charged a frecracker on the street. and
was Immediately arrested 10y native pO-
ncemen, and another soldier coming
along about the same time who had
witnessed the act was also arrested. The
real offender was fined so and the soldier
that looked on So. The Allen news agen :
ey which sold the hrecrackeFs before July
was made to pay 81 for each one dis
posed of.
The homes of the better element to q
great extent are without books or papers,
the walls are without pictures, the floors
are never carpeted and the floors never
washed. An ideal parlOr consists of q
center table on which is placed q large
number of images of animals, in fact
the table being completely covered by
them and the balance Of the furniture
consisting of four rocking chairs The
rooms are all small but the kitchen is
usually place where one glance would
be sufficient TO cause a neat housewife
from this state to have a fit from which
her chance OF recovery would be slight.
There are no stoves whatever on the IS
land, the cooking Is done in brick oven
arrangement and IS of meagre character
at best, in fact, it appears difficult to I'M
derstand how the cooking is accom-
pl1shed. The variety of dishes are not
great and but for food secured by the
Americans in the nature of canned goods
many of them would find it difficult to
survive long 1t should be added that
the canned goods are from the United
States
When Miss Fernandez was taken i'll
Spanish physicians We're called to attend
her. The medicine that they gave had
as might bs expected where the doctor
had never studied medicine. Her cOndi-
ton grew worse so rapidly from their
treatment that some of the government
officials Investigated and had one Of the
American doctors called. That gentle
man looked over the morphine capsules,
cocaine capsules and other stuff, made
remarks of q most emphatic character,
took what medicine had been left for her,
threw it into the street, and after that
she was given medicine appropriate to her
case. The doctor, however. told her that
he did not regard her recovery as possible
When the transport Mcpherson was to
sail Miss Fernandez made up her mind
that she would be a passenger, and 1t
was through the influence of the govern
ment officials with whom she was aC
Qualnted that her wishes wera respected.
An ambulance took her from the house
where she mad been i'll for seven weeks to
3 Ia Whit dHI AIOhl Nhfu SIG Was NOu~
veyed aboard ship. The doctor said she
might live two days but 1t was doubtful.
She had a positive aversion to being
buried at sea so the officials provided a
metallic collin and that also was taken
on board ready for use. The braoing air
of the sea, however, the food to be had
and the treatment Of the physician on
board had the effect OF producing most
radical change, and when the transport
arrived at Santiago, Cuba, she was 50
much improved that the officer aboard
ship, after day passed inquarantine, Sc
cured ambulance and Miss Fernandez
was given a ride in Santiago and to San
Juan hill, where Col. Roosevelt made his
famous charge.
The government provided nurse for
Miss Fernandez as far as New York. and
would have had the nurse accompany
her as far as Portland, but she had recov-
cred sufficiently 50 that she believed she
could reach home without further assis-
tanoe, and did so, though in q thorough
" tired out condition,
Tt is doubtful ii Miss Fernandez re-
turns to her duties in San Juan. The
position Will be hers If she cares to retain
it, however, and it is one that the gov
ernment will do away with If she does
not conclude TO return. Hers has been