ijo THE STANDARD GUIDE. 
Not far from the Plaza beyond the city hall is the Filarmonia theatre, 
where, as Santiago is fond of recalling, Adelina Patti, at the age of four¬ 
teen, made her debut under the management of Gottschalk. 
Marina street, leading from plaza to bay, and San i ornas are the prin¬ 
cipal shopping streets. A fine view is afforded from the head of Marina 
street. The Alameda on the bay is the popular drive and promenade. 
Down by the water front beyond the railroad station to the east is the 
slaughter house, in the inclosing wall of which is a tablet placed by the 
Cubans in 1898 in memory of the crew of the Virginius who were exe¬ 
cuted on this spot. The inscription reads: “You who pass this place 
uncover the head. This spot is consecrated earth. For thirty years it has 
been blessed with the blood of patriots sacrificed by tyranny.” The Vir¬ 
ginius affair was one of the incidents of the ien Years’ War. 
On October 31 a Spanish gunboat overhauled and captured oft the island of 
Jamaica a steamer named the Virginius, which claimed American registry. dlie 
Spaniards regarded the vessel as a “filibuster” and their suspicions were apparently 
justified by the number and character of the crew. The Virginius was taken to 
Santiago de Cuba, where the crew was landed November 1. On the 4th, three 
Cubans and one American were shot by order of the local commander; on the 7th, 
thirty-seven more men, including Captain Fry, were likewise executed, and on the 
8th, twelve more shared the same fate. The 102 suvivors were in a way to being 
similarly disposed of, when the proceedings were interrupted by Commander Lorrain, 
of the British sloop-of-war Niobe, and the bloody work was stopped. The sum¬ 
mary condemnation of the vessel and its crew caused an explosion of wrath in the 
United States, and for a time the incident seemed certain to lead to war, but this 
was averted by diplomatic action which resulted in the Virginius and the remainder 
of her crew being surrendered at Bahia Honda, December 1G, to the United States 
steamship Juniata. The latter started to tow her charge to New York, but, while 
off Frying Pan Shoals, the Virginius foundered.— Cabrera: “Cuba and the Cubans.” 
THE SANTIAGO SCHOOL. 
