Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-17
AFFAIRS IN HAVANA.
Doctors Insist Upon the Establish
ment of a Fever Hospital.

Doctors Insist Upon the Establish
ment of Il Fever Hospital.
Havana, via Key West. Oct. 17.-Drs.
Lane and O'Reilly have made report
to the surgeon general insisting upon
the immediate establishment of an
American fever hospital here. The ex-
listing hospitals do not isolate yellow
fever patients, and the result Is that II
a person suffering from any other COM
plant is removed to the hospital he
runs the risk of contracting the fe-
YER This was the case with Stenog-
rapher Daley of the American evacua-
ton commission, who is suffering from
malarial fever. His next door neighbor
Is i'll with fever of different character.
c. plain Brooks of General Wade's
staff acts as commissioner of charity
at the Hotel Trocha. A few days after
the arrival of the American commits
sioners in Havana an unfortunate wo-
man with five children called at the
Hotel Trocha in search Of relief. Cap
tain Brooks took pity on the woman,
hired a house for her family, guaran-
teed the rent and gave her eldest son
employment in the stable at SO q
month and board. He also got every
officer on the staff of the commission to
give the woman his laundry work, and
she is now earning from $25 to $50 per
week. The Vedado steam cars run past
the house, and every time the commits
sion's private car passes the entire fam
lily gather on the sidewalk and wave
a salute to it's benefactors.
Colonel Clous' desk is Uttered with
blue prints, there being a plan of ev-
cry fertilization on the island, each one
signed personally by General Blanco.
These plans had been requested by our
commissioners ever since their arrival,
but were not delivered until Friday.
The transportation commission has be-
gun work upon the plans for the ex-
tension of the railroad to the camp at
Guanabacoa, which will be the first to
be got ready. 1t has asked for bids for
the work. and laborefs are being en-
ployed to push the work actively.
Colonel Warning has found Havana
dirtier than he anticipated. He says
it will be necessary to tear open the
streets and lay drainage pipes and sew
ers. He sees no reason to fear an cpl
demic, as there was no spread of dis
ease when the streets were opened re-
Gently 10 lay wafer pipes. ne Is greatly
satisfied with the excellence of Ha-
vana's water supply. The transporta-
ton and sanitation commission rode
the other day to Calabazar, on the line
of the Pinar del Rio railroad seven
miles from Havana, to choose a site
for a camp for the American troops.
1t selected grounds, the center of which
is one-seventh of kilometer from the
city sectional camp. The Almendares
river runs through the site chosen.
The Spanish mail steamer Colon,
which will sail from here Oct. 20, will
take 1000 sick soldiers from military
hospitals in this city. Advices from
Camajuani, Santa Clara province, re-
port that rain has fallen there continu-
ously for 48 hours, washing away the
newly soTn tobacco. Owing to the
rain, the rivers have become swollen to
such an extent that six millmen, who
were in the daily habit of crossing the
river, were drowned. The Red Cross
society's steamer Comal sailed from
Matanzas for New York Friday, hav-
ing landed the full cargo of rations
which she had on board when she arriv-
ed at Matanzas. The governor and
mayor of Matanzas went on board the
steamer City of Antonio to request that
rations be supplied for the hospitals
and asylums in that city. Their re-
quest was promptly granted.