The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 60, December 30, 1897 | Page 6

that Gen. Julio Sanguilly has gone over to the Spanish
cause and offered his services to General Blanco.
It is impossible as yet to learn the truth of this rumor. The General, over
his own signature, indignantly denies it, and begs his friends to deny it
for him.
In spite of the fact that when he was released, through the intervention
of our Government, he had to sign an agreement not to return to Cuba,
it is said that Sanguilly would willingly head an expedition against
Spain to-morrow, if he only had the chance.
The Cuban Junta (or council) will not, however, send him, and it is said
that his willingness to go back on his promised word has made the
Cubans suspicious of him. They think that a man of honor would never
have made a promise he did not intend to keep, and therefore, in this
hour of trouble, when he is accused of being a traitor to his cause, he
finds few people willing to believe in him.
If he is indeed true to the cause, he is in a very sad position.
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It has been officially announced that General Pando has been heard
from. He is fighting Gomez, and from all we hear has the old Cuban
leader at a disadvantage.
Gomez, so the story goes, is being forced to retreat before him in hot
haste.
It is also said that none of the messengers has returned who were sent
out by Pando to offer Home Rule to the Cuban army.
It is supposed that they have been killed by the insurgents.
There is much discouragement in Havana over the present aspect of
affairs. There seems to be no hope for a speedy end to the revolution.

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We have had inquiries about the Esquimaux who were brought over
here by Lieutenant Peary, when he brought the great meteorite from the
Arctic regions.
These poor people have not been having a happy time of it.
This climate is so much warmer than their own and so different from it
in every respect, that they had not been here very long before they all
fell ill.
The attendants at the Natural History Museum, where they were taken,
said that they first learned there was anything the matter with their
charges by hearing them give voice to strange and grunting noises.
The party of Esquimaux were allowed to wander at will through the
museum, and they spent much of their time roaming from room to
room looking at the exhibits. No one interfered with them.
The museum is a place for study, and loud talking is never permitted.
When, therefore, the attendants heard these very peculiar grunts, they
began to look around to find who was daring to make so much noise.
I am afraid they suspected that some small boys were playing tricks.
They were much surprised to find that these dismal sounds came from
the Esquimaux.
One of the officials, being unable to pacify them, took them all in
charge and hurried them off to a quiet part of the building, sending at
the same time for a doctor.
On examination it was found that the poor creatures had caught cold
from the warmth of our climate, and were suffering from bronchitis.
They were all hurried off to Bellevue Hospital, where they were given
the kindest care.

It was found that they could not stand the heat of the hospital wards,
and so a nice cool cellar was prepared for them, and they gradually got
better.
Lieutenant Peary, who had been told of their illness, telegraphed from
the West, where he was lecturing, that they must have plenty of fresh
air; so, as soon as they were able to leave the hospital, they were taken
out of the city.
A cottage was hired for them at High Bridge, which is a little village on
the Harlem River, a few miles out of New York.
The Esquimaux are allowed to wander about there pretty much as they
please, and it is hoped they will continue in good health throughout the
winter.
They have not been able to do any work as yet, having been too ill to
attempt it. As soon as they are quite well again they will probably begin
their task, but great care will be taken to have the temperature right for
them the next time they are in the museum.
It is said that they were well pleased with the wretched fogs we have
been having of late. Fogs are very frequent in Greenland, and the
inclement weather made the Esquimaux feel much more at home.
They are looking forward anxiously to the spring, when Lieutenant
Peary has promised that he will take them home.
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