The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-02
YELLOW FEVER.
No Case In Santiago FS
Past Sixty Days.

Santiago de Cuba Nov 1.--Gen.
Leonard Wood, governor of the mil
itary department of Santiago author
ICES the statement that there has not
been case Of yellow fever in Santiago
city during the last 60 days, and that
the ordinary sickness during the same
period has been 80 per cent less than
usual at this season of the year.
In view of the fact that a good many
people have been unnecessarily fright
ened by fictitious tales of suffering,
Gen. Wood asks that hereafter all APP
plicants to the various societies for aid
be referred to him.
If the case is a really necessitous one,
he will endorse the application. Gen.
Wood does not wish to be understood
as saying that no private assistance is
wanted in Santiago. On the contrary
much will still be needed, though the
present supply is ample for present
contingencies. He warmly commends
the Red Cross Society for continuous
help and for supplies which, under the
direction of officers appointed by him,
have been effectively distributed.
1t is now expected that wishin the
next 10 days the staff of the yellow fe-
yer hospital will be abolished. II has
been maintained merely to care for a
few suspected cases, and as the cooler
weather is now here Its further services
are not needed.
The leading Cubans are very anxious
to have their people return to work
They are preparing plans 20 be laid
before the Washington government
that win enable all insurgents who are
willing to work to get employment in
F.e,fl gr-tFI
the island The idea would be to pay
for the lines by local taxation, the roads
thus becoming government property
and eventually reVerting to the Cubans
1t is believed that 10000 men now idle
can be given regular employment in
this way.
The United States transport Port
Victor, which leaves tomorrow for the
United States, will carry number Of
sick to Hampton Roads and to New
York city. She will also take many
bodies of United States soldiers killed
in action These have been placed in
Theoretically sealed collins. Fears are
expressed here today that the former
former Spanish cruiser Infanta Maria
Teresa, which left Guantanamo Bay on
Saturday for the United States, accom-
panied by the repair ship Vulvan, may
have met with a hurricane on Sunday
night
Santiago newspapers are asking Gen.
Wood to appoint a civilian mayor OF
the city. and he will probably desig-
nate Senior Leonardo Ros, who was
mayor under the Spanish regime, and
was appointed by Gen. Shafter the first
civilian governor after the American
occupation, holding the office for sew
eraJ weeks. Senoi. RIOS is a Cuban by
birth. Formerly he was an auronomist,
but at present he is apparently identi-
fed with the extremist section Of the
Cuban party. A representative ne
gro has written a letter to Gen. Wood,
demanding that the negroes who he
says constitute d large majority of the
population of the province, shall be
given their rights, and announcing his
intention to form labor party com
posed of blacks A. party that will la
Dor is really what is wanted here, Gen
Wood asserting that if the people of
the district will not work, he win au-
thorize the immigration of foreign min
ers and workmen Matters cannot re
main longer at a standstill.