The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
CUBA'S CAPITAL.
News and Notes from Havana.

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The Journal is indebted to Capt. J. P.
Showers for late copies of the Havana
Post. 1t is a four-page daily news
paper has the Associated Press dis
patches and special service, and a good
showing of local news. Here is an ex-
tract from the editorial columns:
The fact that President Roosevelt is
personally investigating the supposed
cruelties perpetrated in the Philippines
by American officers, is infinitely better
and more civilized than the way Spain
has disposed of the butcher" of Cuba,
who is now the first man in Madrid and
practically the dictator OF Spain. 10
compare American intervention with
centuries of Spanish cruelty in her
colonies is reasonable guSh on the part
of any American, and vulgar harangue
on the part of citizens of other nations.
The contrast lifts a monument in his
tory of eternal splendor to the United
States, whose brightness will make the
black deeds of Spain seem the blacher
to enlightened people. The civil and
religious liberty that prevails in the
United States as compared with the
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to be seen almost by a blind man.
TIE HEALTH OF HAVANA
The Post is advancing the establish
ment Of a sewer system (which would
wash out of this city the centuries of
accumulated filth still accommodating
under the surface" and in this connec-
ton it says:
The report of Dr.. Gorgas concerning
the health conditions of Havana is very
reasSuring to every one having an inter
est in the welfare of Cuba. THIS re-
port indicates what can be accomplish
ed merely 10y surface cleaning of q great
city and by proper vigilance regarding
the determination of mosquitoes here,
which are proved to be the cause of
yellow fever probably more than any
thing else
The Post probably means that mos
quit0s cause the spread of yellow fever,
and not the disease itself The thorough
cleansing and disint ection of the city
under American direction have GER
tainly done much to diminish the death
rate III Havana and if the proposed
canal could be constructed SO that the
harbor would no longer be a cess-pool
Havana might become a fayorite Win
ter resort
PISTOLS AND COFFEE.
Havana editors still settle :, their
differences 10y the pistol, as Was the Gus
tom in the South in ante bellum days
The Post has this notice of a scrimmage
in which two of its esteemed contem-
poraries took part:
ST. Gown, the editor Of Ell Mundo.
who was shot Wednesday afternoon in
the Casino cafe by Diaz Miranda Of
La Lucha, is doing as well as could be
expected. Yesterday morning he was
reported as having spent quiet night,
but yesterday during the day he was in
clined to be restless, which is but a
natural consequence and does not signi-
fly danger.
ST.. Miranda has given himself up and
has been sent to hospita. No. /, Where
he is being given medical treatment
for the bruises admin stored by ST.
Gown.
HAVANA HAPPENINGS.
Many large enterprises are on foot to
begin as soon as the new government is
established.
Merchants over the city complain
that they are being worked overtime to
supply the demand for Cuban flags.
To hear people talk it would seem
that every one in town has been asked
to help haul the first flag up on MORO.
The buns continue to sleep in the
parks all the day, crowding out the
babies who have been accustomed to
the shade there heretofore
Two deserters from the United States
army were i'll the Havana detective
bureau yesterday, having been caught
by some of Chief Jerez' men
Another American is reported to have
starved to death. This time the man
was at Quemados, some eight miles
from Havana.
A ridiculous spectacle was to be seen
yesterday when a mounted policeman
chased Il group of boys for about three
blocks because they We're playing base
ball in one OF the parks near the carcel.
The boys got away of course but led the
man i'll blue merry chase.
The ice trust goes on merrily with its
double prices and the thermometer each
day registers little bit higher. With
lemons also rising in price, and ice al
most prohibited the poor lemonade
topers are heard wailing in the cafes
when asked ten cents for the former
cheap drink.