Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1898 — THANKSGIVING AT SANTIAGO. [ARTICLE]

THANKSGIVING AT SANTIAGO.

Outdoor Games Are Postponed Because of Heat. Thanksgiving duy was observed at Santiago de Cuba for the first time in the 300 years' history of the city. By a proclamation issued by Gen. Wood, all business was suspended at the palace, on the streets and wharves. The employes of the municipality had a vacation, and only necessary work was done by the American troops. It was n novel Thanksgiving day for the Americans. The thermometers registered 05 in the shade. Several projected baseball and football games were ptrst poued on account of the heat. In the evening dinners and entertainments were given by American officers and Cubans.