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, in that currency.
Erit‘un money will be the money of the
. and Santiago has had an unusual ex-
THE E V E E 1E G GA ZE TTE
SANTIAGOS GARRISOS‘
No Further Assignment of Troops
Considered Necessary.
GEN. WOOD GOV‘ERNS WELL:
Iurther Reports of the Trouble Caused
I by the Various Kinds of Currency.
311m -y Changers! Abuses. Regulating
.Brices of Necessaries. Progr. 31:”. of the
Work of Reform.
‘Washington, Aug. 20.-——General Shaf
9121' has telegraphed ito the war deoer '—‘
men. that ‘he has consulted with Gen-
eral Lawton, commanding the depart—
ment of Santiago, in regard to the mil-
iiary force it will be necessary to keep
in eastern Cuba. Both officers agree
what the army now assigned to gar- 'ison
duly there will be ample for all needs
There are four regiments of so- ca lled
immunes, the Fifth regular infantry
kft'Tampayesterday and the Twenty-
rizhird Kansas is under orders to report
“3.0,. General Lawton.
-‘"3.rrti‘ago de Cuba, Aug. 19.—-The last
Wok in Santiago de Cuba has seen the
fartherance of reforms and improve,-
ments already under way. New compli-
cations have arisen. calling for settle—
ment, and there has been a slow and
steady increase in the death rate.
The question of Spanish and Ameri-
can money and their respective values
continues to agitate the city, and this
will probably last until little of the
Spanish money remains. Notwithstand-
ing; General Woods’s announcement
Shat'Spanis-h gold would be deprived of
its Cuban increase of six per cent. on
its face value and that silver was at 50
per cent. discount, many persons have
persisted in considering the centen,
twenty- five francs, as worth $5. 30, as
was formerly the case, and at no money
changers could one get ten dollars in
silver for five dollars in gold. Nine '
dollars in silver was offered and this
only on small amounts. ~ -----
There has been a meeting of merch-
ants in the palace, with the object of
discussing this matter of values With'
General: Wood. The merchants were
assuredit'hia'r the ruling applied to all
transactions, so that the meeting was
rallherabrup-tly terminated.
It;.~i;~1-_:.-l:1ecoming recognized that Am-
f'uaiure in Cuba. Workmen arepublicly
advised to insist upon wages being paid
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«EN. WOOD. COMMANDER AT SANTIAGO-
One abuse that has been rectified was
the exorbitant pr'ces asked for food.
A dollar a pound for meat, $3 for a
bag of charcoal that once sold for 80
cents, and a general continuation of
blockade prices long after their justi- ,
fication had been removed. This mat-
ter the palace has ably taken in hand,
and!r after careful consideration and a
discussion of the subject with leading
wholesalers and retailers, a tariff in
gold money on provisions has been ar—
ranged. Retailers have been notified'
that infringements of this tariff, 111'
schedule, will be severely punished, and
@113 community at large is requested to
report any overcharge.
The cleaning of the city and the
health of the people are matters receiv—
ing much attention. Probably the
strangest odor Santiago ever knew—-
penience in odors—is the new odor of
disinfectants that are being scattered
“through the city. The street cleaning
department has been hampered by the
lack of carts, and, as a result, the piles
ohdirt that each householder' carefully
brushes into the street every morning
are likely to remain for some days be-
fore removal.
This measure of General Wood is nat-
urally very popular, and except from
Qhose who are prevented from longer
indulging in their shameful robbery of
the people, there is no complaint.
The death rate continues very high,
from fifty to sixty cases per day, and
there are only 30,000 inhabitants.
. Leaving Santiago.
Washington, Aug. 20. —The war de-
gantment has received the following:
Santiago, Aug. 19.
E. C. Corbin, Adjutant General Wash—
ington, D. C.:
The D. H. Miller, with the First in-
fantry and some stevedores, has just
sailed. ' S‘HAFTER,
Major General.
The war department has received tlhe
foil-owing cable dispatch giving infor-
mation of the departure of Spanish pri-
miners:
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 19.
H. C. Corbin, Adjutant General, Wash-
ington:
Cabadonza sailed this morning with
21,148 men, 109 officeI‘S, 41 women, 45 cm].
dren. Two others are loaded and prob-
12ny will sail this afternoon.
SHAFTER.
Gen. Morales Dead.
Washington, Aug. 20.—Uni.ted States
Minister Hunter of Guatemala cables
the state department that General Moi
r..l-'. finder of the revolution, was cap-
ilszrdln. gave on Wednesday, and died
an M "‘1 the prison at San Se-
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DUN’S WEEKLY Review.
The Trade'of the P at “Week Shows fillin-if
, courgaing‘ Features
New York, Aug. 20.—A- war whichI
; brought 'no shrinkage of business» while
it lasted has brought withits endinu
a quite remarkable expansion. Orders
and purchases have increased in near-
ly all branches, few as yet being of
such nature that they can be attributed
to the material enlargement of trade
with the lately Spanish islands which
must come a little later. The stock
market has meanwhile advanced to the
highest average for railroad stocks,
$62.51 per share on Wednesday, that
.has been known I'-=I‘ over five years,
and' the-profit taking on Thursday did
not lessen general belief in still higher
prices to come.
The outlook is madeastill brighter.
by handsome earnings on important
roads and increase of the dividend on
Burlington and Quincy to six per,cen1..
not over five hav' 1g been paid since
1887. The statement that western roads
have agreed to maintain rates from
Chicago and otner western points has
some value, because with business
enough for all it will be easier to keep
the agreement.
It is odd that the iron industry, '11 hiie
reporting decline in products. shows
more surprising gain in business than
any other. Both returns of output Au-
gust 1st show considerable decrease
from July lst, but more than the en-
:tire decrease is caused by the stoppage
of two Shenango and four Mahoning
furnaces under agreement to force
higher prices for Bessemer pig. In all
other states showir -; change output in-
creased, excep-tin_ gone furnace in Vir-
ginia. The demand for finished pro-
ducts expands remarkably, considering
the enormous orders prior to July,
which crowd some of the “biggest works
until December.
Shipments of boots and shoes in three.
weeks of August are the largest ever
known, though but 1.4 per cent. larger
than in 1895, being ten per cent. larger
than last year, and sixteen per cent.
larger than in 1892. In spite of general
refusal of buyers to pay advance-s ask-
ed, purchases are continuous and keep
works busy, many having orders for
a month or two ahead.
The yielding in cotton to 5 7- 8 cents
helps the mills, anti is not surprising,
with present prospects of a great crop.
Wheat has further declined two cents
in spite of general holding of better
grades by farmers which renders re-
ceipts low and visible supply small be-
yond precedent.
The volume of business through
clearing houses has been for the week
11 per cent. larger “nan last year, an.
30 per cent. larger than inc1892, and
returns show increase outside New
York a= well as lieieAugus;189'l.
seems likely to much suipass any oth—x
61 August on 1ecoid, and the tide is,
appnlently rising.
Navy Shell ("or rnctm Awarded.
ll‘ashfngton. Aug. 20.~Coutrapts ful‘
the half million dollars’ worth of steel
shells for the navy have been awarded
as follows: Thirteen—inch projectiles to
the Cumberland Steel and Tin Plate
Company of Cumberland, Md, $95.40;
ten and twelve—inch to the Taylm Steel
Company of High Bridge, N. J. $46.56
and $78.96 respect‘rely; eight- inch to
the American Ordnance Company of
W'ash ‘ng ton D. C.. $22. 50; and four,
five and six- -inch, at $3. $5 and $9. 75, re-
spectivel} to the Inited States Pro-
jectile Company of Hartford, Conn.
The remarkable tl' ing about the new
confi 'acts is the mate rial drop in the
prices of large shells TheSe prices are
less 'tlan ten cents per pound for' pro¢
jecti es for wb icii the army pays nine.
teen cents. —- ~16 «W43 mew
Cores “I: ll Assemble . ‘
London, Aug. 20,—A dispatch from
Madrid to the Central News, dated yes'
terday, says it is officially announced
that the Cortes wFll assemble in Sep-
tember for the p' ”pose of providing
the necessary a":thorlzati-o-n of the
chambers to the signing of articles of
peace on the part. of Spain.
Railways in Corca
Yokohama. Aug. 20.—T'he Corean gov.
ernment, replying to a German request
for concessions, has notified the Ger-
man consul at Seul that it proposes to
establish a railway bureau. and to con-
struct its own railways, and that there-
fore no further concessions will be
grc .nted.
0V TL—E ITAMOND
Games Pia» H1 Yezterday
At New York:
Cleveland...... 2 '1 0 0 0 1 1 0—8
New York..... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1—2
Batteries, O'Connor and Young; W'ar--
ner and Doheny. Base hits, Cleveland
12, New York 6. Errors, Cleveland 2,
New York 3.
At Washington:
Washington. 00 1 0 0 2 0 0 0—3
Pittsburg... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 *—7
Batteries, Killen and McGuire; Tan-
nehill and Bowerman. Base hitsf'Wash-
ington 8, Pitt-tsburg 8. Errors, Wash-
ington 3, Pitttsburg 1.
At Baltimore:
St.Louis.... 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0—3
Baltimore... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2—4
Batteries, Sudhoff and Kinsl-ow; Maui
and Robinson. Base hits, St. Louis 10,
Baltimore 10. Errors, St. Louis 2, Bal-
timore 0. _. . .a‘
At Philadelphia:
Louisville-.. 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0—:
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2—2
Batteries, Magee and Ki-titridge; Orth
and Murphy. Base hits, Louisville 9,
Philadelphia 7. Errors, Louisville 1,
Philadelphia 3.
Because of wet grounds the game
at Washington park, Brooklyn, between
"Brooklyn and Chicago had to be post-
poned.
The Boston-Cincinnati game at Bos-
ton was also postponed onaccount of
rain.
How The Clubs Stand.
Clubs. Won. Lost. PC.
Boston 68 35 .660
Cincinnati 67 39 . .632
Bahtimore t. . .......... . 60 38 .615
Cleveland 60 41 .594
New York ....,........ 58 43 .574
Chicago 55 49 ‘.529
Pittsburg ..... . . . ..... .. 51 50 .502.
Philadelphia . ..... .. .. . 47 51 .48!
Brooklyn 38 60, .382
Washington 37 63 .379
Louisville ........’...... 38' 65 _.365
St. Lou-is 30, 75 .280
7 s
, fect safety.
;on trains to supply materials as fast
’as they were needed to the workmen
WHEELER 1 COMVIN
‘.-1"- 4"! ‘82;— «~-
Matters in 21 Much More Favora- ,
1316 Condition at Montauk.
MORE TRANSPORTS ARRIVE
Gen. Young Now Takes Comin'md 'of
Cavalry, Gen. “feeder Will Hold the
Reins Till Shafter Arrives. Great Im
provements Are Seen Daily. Camp Will
Soon Be a Model One.
Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, Aug.
20-— Major General S. M. B. Young re-
tired from the command of Camp Wi-
koff yesterday morning and General
\Vheeler took the reins. Thanew com—
mander’ s first announcement upon talc-
ing hold was that he would rescind
none of the orders for:1 mp govern-
ment issued by .‘his pi: recesso-r, and
that the completion of the camp would
be carried out on the plans laid down
by General Young. General Young
takes command of the cavary under
General Wheeler, whose term as com-
mander of «the camp will extend only
until the arrival of General Shaffer.
Every day now sees great improve-
ment in the condition of both sick and
well, and by the time that the last
transport shall have arrived from San-
tiago, Gamp Wikoff will be a model
among camps and a credit to the men
who planned and built it. The great-
est improvement made so far is the
building of roads by the few com-
panies of voluntee' engineers, which
have been here but a few weeks.
GEN. JOSEPH \VHIELER.
six miles of road which con-
ne-ct the various sub-divisions of the
camp with the railroad station «there
is now no part that cannot be travelled
by night as well as by day with per-
In ‘t‘l‘. e
The inability of the wag-
engaged in building floors and erecting
tents has ceased to exist, and now,
from dawn until nightfall, the three
hundred wagons included in the many
trains run without interruption. Brid-
ges have been built overvtlhe streams
which drain the marshy bits of low—
lands between the hills. Hollows have
been filled and hills levellel, until trav-
el is easy, and the work of tranSpor-
tation can be rushed as fast’as is de-
sired.
The problem of getting water was
solved more than a week ago, but not
until to-day have the plans of the well
diggegs for supplying-the camps been
carried out. The erection last night
of a large tank, big enough at the
bottom for four horses to find ample
stable room in, and having a capacity
of 25,000 gallons, on the top of, Rocky'
Ridge, overlooking the cavalry camps,
was completed, and to-day‘ the cavalry-
men are drawing drinking water from
faucets, and all along 'the many lines
of tents on the east plateaus there is
more contentment that there has been
at any time befo.re A pump which
can supply 700, 000 gallons 0 day, forces
the water up. a steep incline for a dis-
tance of half a mile' into the tank,
which is so high above the level of the
camps as to furnish ample pressure for
the three miles of small pipes which
form the distributing system.
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The well from which the water‘ is
drawn furnishes only 200, 000 gallons
per. day, and not until the other wells
lnow digging in the vicinity are ready
can the full supply be obtained.
The Seneca reached here from Santi-
ago soon after midnight and the Mobile
rrived a few {hours later. On. board
the Seneca were 400 members ‘{if the ,
Fourth United States infantry. Dr. Mn-
gruder visited the Seneca. soon after
daybreak and was pleased to find that
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- the-re was no illness on board, except a
few cases of malarial fever.
He gave permission for the soldiers
t-o'l-and, and the debarkration began at
8 o'clock. Three hours later all the
troops were ashore and noon found
them established in their camp, .which
was in readiness for them.
The ferryboat Nevada. also arrived
here with 250 horses for the use of the
sanitary department on board. One
hundred and twenty-five wagons for
similar use came by train.
So many patients Ihave already gone
into the hospitals that more nurses are
needed and next week twenty—five sis-,
ters of charity who have volunteered
to come will be in charge of many of
the fever wards. Already thirty fe—
male nurses furnished by the Red Cross
society have been placed in the gen-
eral hospital.
Some fifty more nurses are neces-
sary to equip the hospitals, and the 100 -
asked for by the Red Cross Society Will
arrive within a. week.
The Signal Corps ~to-d1ay began the
erection of the electric light plant
which Genera Young ordered to be put
in. and before noon four miles of cable
had been strung. The dynamo and one
boilers, which weigh five tons, were
carried from the station on specially
constructed trucks drawn- by twelve
mules each. They were placed near
the signal headquarters and will be
housed by Monday. The system in—
cludes fifty high pOWer arc lights to
be placed as to light all of the camps
and the roads as well.
A searchlight of sixteen thousand
candle- power is .8150 being placed on
11- Tifit'r‘ "
the. railroad station.
It will be, used
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to: ..-> ......, “A“,
BARCELONA HARBOR.
- ONE OF THE MOST ACCESSIBLE AND
I BEAUTIFUL iN EUROPE.
Thé‘city 1s 0111,Very'01d—its History
,;. Goes Back in.o Tradition, Which De-
Hercnles to Have Been Its
clams
F0 under.
One of the most rccessible and bean-
tiful harbors of all Europe is that of
Barcelona, the chief seaport of Spain.
Its magnificent port has long made it
the principal embarking center of the
kingdom for troops destined to serve
in distant waters and lands. From
this point. were shipped the thousands
of youths, who found death, not glory,
in‘Cuba; and here she is now gather-
ing her soldiers and manning her war-
ships preparatory to sending them
forth to defend her trans-Atlantic pos-
sessions. Barcelona, the quiet, the
beautiful, is being .uickly transformed
into a noisy, bustling military, center,
haunted by sad-eyed women.
The city is old, very old. Its his-
tory goes back into tradition, which
declares Hercules to have been its
founder. In the time of the Carthag-
inians it first bec- me of importance.
The Romans conquered it and made it
great. In the ninth century the city
was ruled by a Christian chief, with
the title of Count of Barcelona, which
was afterwards merged into that of
King of Argon. During the year 985
it was captured by the Moors; but re-
conquered not long after. The city
now became very powerful, It di—
vided with Italy the commerce of the
world. It ruled the Mediterranean.
Barcelona became a name powerful in
Europe. The great of the world
sought its gates; and wealth, learning
and luxury made their homes within
its walls. Ferdinand and Isabella
loved the city; and here, in 1493, they
received Columbus after his famous
Voyage.
For a time Barcelona was the capital
of an independent kingdom; but, dur-
ing the reign of Louis XIV and Philip
V it was captured by the allied forces
of France and Sp.1n, sacked, burned
and robbed of its independence. In
the War of Succession, in 1795, the
city was taken by Lord Peterborbugh,
one of the famous sieges and captures
0: history; but on tie return of peace
‘was again restored to Spain. Napo-
leon, in 1808, sent Duhesme, with 11,-
000 men as a pretended ally, who en-
tered" the city and took possession of
its citadel. When Napoleon fell Bar-
‘ clone. once mdre came under Spanish
rule, where it still remains.
Barcelona is the least Spanish of all
the cities of Spain; and the most 005-.
m0politan. Spain, Catalonia and
France have each stamped a portion
of its character on the city. The
resultant is not the highest type of
humanity. The people are noisy,
turbulent and riotous. They are
proud, selfish and fickle, becoming
easily discontented and always ready,
at slight provocation, for a riotous
demonstration against the government.
Should a revolution occur in Spain
Barcelona would be among the first to
fly the red flag. It is distinctly a
commercial city, the most enterprising
and flourishing in Spain. It possesses
immense shipbuilding yards, iron
works and hosts of other man—
ufacturers. It is the Pittsburg
of Spain; yet its blue skies are
unclouded and the purity of its
air untainted by black smoke‘ and
vile fumes. Its people are on the hunt
for the “almighty dollar,” and, ap—
parently, they find it, for while Spain
has been growing poorer Barcelona has
become rich. The typical Spaniard is
too proud to be a. trader; but the citi-
zens of Barcelona have none of this
false pride. They will do anything
to make money; and the result is they
hold the purse strings of Spain.
Barcelona is beautifully located on
the shores of the blue Mediterranean.
On one side is the magnificent harbor,
filled with shipping from all parts of
the world; and on the other gently
undulating hills and back of them the
wild ruggedness and grandeur of the
mountains. ’The air is ever clear and
pure. The sunrays are dazzling in
their brightness; but hot, sometimes
, very hot. The vegetation is of luxur-
ant growth, and fruits and flowers
beautify the scene and make fragrant
the air. To live a. month in Barcelona
is apt to give birth to the wish to dwell
there always.
The streets are often narrow and
dirty; but always interesting. The
Ram-bla is the most famous of the
thoroughfares" of the city. It is to
Barcelona what Fifth Avenue and the
Boulevard is to New York. Here are
the most important public places. It
is the pet promenade of the people, the
gathering place or whatever is most
pleasant, polite or picturesque in the
life of the city. The Rambla runs
from the sea in a. northwesterly direc-
tion; and, unlike our streets, the mid-
: dle part is given up to foot-passengers,
with a carriage way on each side.
Along its entire length grow two rows
of stately trees, making a cool walk
even on a hot day. On feast-days a
flood of people flow up and down the
Rambla. Another beautiful promen-
ade is the Muralla. del Mar or sea wall.
This gives a. delightful view of the
harbor and the mediterranean. The
streets of Barcelona are fast becoming
. modernized and losing much of their
picturesqueness.
To the traveler the most interesting
part of Barcelona is its churches; and
of its churches the cathedral is by far
the most notable. Indeed, some writ-
ers place the Cathedral of Barcelona
above St. Peter’s at Rome, above the
churches of all other countries, in its
uplifting influence. The beauty and
refinement of its architecture, the soft-
ness and perfection: of its coloring
and details—the harmony of the whole,
appeal to the soul as no other church
‘does. The building was begun six
hundi‘e’d years ago, and to-day it in
not completely finished.
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