[Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND
WORLD
AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.]

VOL. 1 NOVEMBER 4, 1897. NO. 52

=Copyright, 1897, by THE GREAT ROUND WORLD Publishing Company.=


The situation in Cuba remains much the same.

The noteworthy event of the past week has been a sad and unfortunate
shipwreck which occurred on October 16th.

On that day a Spanish steamer was wrecked off the coast of Pinar del
Rio, while making the trip from Havana to Bahia Honda.

The _Triton_, as the steamer was called, was carrying soldiers'
ammunition, money, and mules to be used against the Cubans in Pinar del
Rio.

According to all accounts the steamer was so heavily laden that when she
started her decks were only a few feet above the level of the water.

It was a very black and stormy night, and many sailors on the dock
expressed fears that the vessel could not weather a storm in her heavily
laden condition.

The trip she had to make was merely a matter of four hours, and the
captain declared himself confident of bringing his vessel safely to