Connecticut western news., 1898-11-03

ease. His body was cremated Saturday night. and the premises where he died were thoroughly disinfected. The New York health authorities declare that there is no danger of other cases of the fever.
 The president sent him to Cuba to se- lect camp sites for the army of occapa-
 tion, to report upon the sanitary con- dition of Havana and other Cuban cities
 and to suggest means of improving that
 condition. Camp sites were recommend
 ed some time ago, and when the troops
 go to Cuba they will camp upon ground
 selected by Colonel Waring.
 The report on the other and greater
 question of sanitation and the scheme
 for improving 1t was practically com
 pleted when Colonel Waring arrived in
 New York The president and all those
 in Washington who arevdeeply interest
 cd in this question may'now know that the report, in triplicate. was among the papers which were most carefully disin- fected. It will be returned to Mrs. War ing. who will probably forward it at her convenience to the president. The re- port is said to be very voluminous. and
 it is said that it includes the story in minute detail of the sanitary condition of Havana and a plan for a complete system of drainage and sewerage, which Colonel Waring believed would rid Ha- vana forever of yellow fever It is said that the plan may be applied to all Gu ban cities.
 It calls, it is said, for the expenditure of many millions of dollars. but Colonel Waring reminded the president in his report 1t is said. that the money now needed should have been expended 200 years ago, and the work to be done now is to clean up the filth of two centuries, as we'll as perfect sanitary conditions for the future. It Is said that Colonel Waring expressed the belief in his re- port that if hls plan shall be adopted citizens of the United States will be able to visit Cuba with safety at any time of the year and that there will be little danger of yellow fever being brought to the United States from Cuba.
 Sketch of His Life.
 George E. waring was born in Pound- ridge, this state, on July {. 1888, and was educated at College Hill, Poughkeepsie. He studied engineering and also took a special course with the late Professor James J. Mapes in agricultural chemis- try. He displayed a special aptitude for this science. When but 21 years old. he made a lecture tour through Vermont and Maine talking upon agricultural topics.
 Shortly afterward Horace Greeley be- came interested in his work and em- ployed him to manage his farm in Chap paqua, N. r. This was in 1855. Two years later he was appointed agricul- tural and drainage engineer of Central park. New York. -a.
 He was In this office when the civil war broke out. He dropped his work immediately to go to the front. He went out as major of the Garibaldl hussars. After three months service he was transferred to the department of the southwest He was a major of cavalry under General John c. Fremont and raised six companies of cavalry in St, Louis, which were called the Fremont hussars. These afterward formed. with the Benton hussars, the Fourth Mlssou- ri cavalry. Major Waring was made colonel in recognition of these services and served in that capacity during the remainder of the war.
 In 1878 he revolutionized the sewerage system of Memphis, when the terrible epidemic of yellow fever was raging. Because of the peculiar topography of the ClIy ne IOunu HIS IdSk n one. He introduced there the system by which the house drainage and the | surface drainage were disposed of sep- | arately.
 It was called the Waring system and | has proved so efficacious that Memphis | has been free of yellow fever ever since | and was transformed from one of the | cities in the country to a | very healthy city. By reason of this | work he became widely known. His | system was adopted in many American | and some European cities. The town ct | Ga. and Birmingham, Ala, | recently adopted his system of sewer age.
 Colonel waring again came into | prominence when Mayor Strong ap- pointed him street cleaning commits sioner. He began his work in this city | on Jan. IS, 1895. From the very begin ming he assumed an aggressive conduct | of his department.
 After leaving the commissionership | he devoted his time to lecturing and | writing. He was the author of Whip. Spur and Saddle" a volume of horse stories: "A Farmers Vacation, "The Bride of the Rhine" "The Tyrol' and | The Skirt of the Alps" He was a member of the Century and Authors'