Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-12
LITTLE SICKNESS AMONG THEM.


iN. .. '...' --''-H = VI Hdlh WOih Trying
t. dispose Of the business which had ac-
Dmaa..l during his absence of ten
days.
% lad delightful trip. and I think the
entire party enjoyed it as much as they
,,.s enjoyed any outing" he said 70 a
I.pa'ch reporter as he turned from his
desk yesterday afternoon. Everything
was full OF novelty nd full Of interest.
one doesn't realize the great difference
ietween Cuba and the United states anta
one gets a glimpse Of Cuba. was there
-Four days only. bUt I used my eyes and
ny ears 10 the best advantage possible,
and 1 saw much that, to me. was fua of
interest.
Next 70 seeing my son Heth, who was
awaiting us at the Hotel Telegraph, of
course l most enjoyed being with the Of
r.crs and men Of the Fourth Virginia
G, camp Columbia. five miles out of Ha-
hama. doubt If there is a finer regi-
uont In the service. Its excellence is
tae talk Of soldiers and civilians down
there. The boys are bronzed and SOL
erly in appearance, and the manner in
which they drill excites the enthusiasm
q. ell who witness it. 1t is magnificent.
colonel Taylor held q review in honor of
The Vireinians u was the pretuest
-ht OF the kind l ever witnessed.
THEY ARE HOMESICK
.Tte boys are well fed, well quartered,
oel we'll clothed. But they want to come
Sc
ual I did not make them a speech
tatI talked TO them a little. and every
tn- 7 said word about their coming
l. n }r-inia' there was a yell. !
Lt. 1.ror been able to strike such
chord in my speeches in Virginia. |
] would be a wonderful orator if l could. |
M..a promised 90 do everything possi- !
nave the regiment brought back |
t0.. aas great cheering
are only about thirty men I'm the |
.s and the surgeons told me there |
..a -o serious cases. There is said to |
l. boot single case of yellOw-fever or
l-poN ia Habana. j think the clean
Hr which the Americans have begun |
s. having good effect.
NtI Habana is a fine city. a beautiful |
Governor Il have visited most of those
Ot nls country and Europe, but / have
nothing ike Habana. The general
Ar0u OF life, the novelty and the con-
cuons, strike the tourist above all
HABANESE ARE GOOD MINERS.
-le braying of q donkey under my
window woke me the morning after / got
Cd aahana. This was in the busiest part
ae city. mind you. once, while ! was
sitting al q table in fashionable res
ar.nt, j was startled, 1 won't say
s.l. 10y chicken hopping up beside
r plate. and cackling like she had laid
- ase. A duck jumped from the basin
fountain TO table near me and
.k the water from her wings on 10
table ana plate
Oh, 1 tell YOU they are the greatest
mixers imaginable. Man and beast live
lose together The easements OF the
houses are occupied boy the families and
ir domestic animals in most friendly
lion. This applies To- rich and poor
Poverty and wealth is side by side
"... here. The begear and the rich
t.l .re constant neighb0rs. And i'm
t iey are not divided The con-
Na l the CristObal Colon Cemetery
s.H The memorials TO the dead are
-- splendid i have ever seen in this
---tf. or Europe. All around one is J
Ar nee. such as We do not find in ]
"ne'.n cemeteries imposing statuary,
Z e.-l marble monuments fountains, !
t.a- dr.ves. and winding walks. and {
and lowering plants IN greatest ,
..4 -ce. But in the centre of this
Gods acre is great pit. forty
espth. surrounded by stone wall &
y '... l.sl. and nearly filled with human 2
A GRUESOME SIGHT.
l-o elt was horrible Imagine hun !
o human skeletons piled up to-
Hnning ia CHASTITY or ghosuy
"...'H tas hiOu. The bones are those of
ncc buried. but whose families
ole o. pay the annual tax re- !
'..- u Keep their 0cad underground
-lt. tnc bones were taken up, and
-'."n Into this charnel-piie. 1 do not G
'o" "ilal this tax is called. / suppose :
~ itnt would be a good name for IL. '
wondered as ] looked at this mass of Il
bones ~ the hand OF government | {,
ever been laid as heavily upon any A
sp1in's was laid upon Cuba Not a
100 ile dead could rest FOR the importu- T.
oi the Unsuitable tax-gatherer. =
eid not find in Habaua the poverty :,
expected" said the Governor. Beg ! %
t we're comparatively few. One sees ~
7 more than on the streets OF the ave :,
American city. / went into many Of :,
=, streets Of the slums COndltiens
,.A not much worse than We An
' ilon in our own cities. There was
p. sl much afiluence. but plenty of
-.y was In circulation, and everybody l.
or less. had 10 20 spend II was
" Ang new 20 me TO see a laborinc-
.H can cab when ne wanted 10 20
few squares. ] saw that Nobody VI
ha anywhere ia Babana. Cabs or ai
''D'-cars fNry them. There are plenty pr
hlieet-catlf Mules draw them, gene n
Wy thougN'there IL an electric line. =,
a. nieht and indeed. At almost any "
'.i OF the day. one sees the cafes crowd
Wih people eating and drinking
~ iot me toll YOU. II costs TO DO either -
Hahana The stores are large and -
.hs compare favorably with those OF =, =,
uopohtan American establishments" ~
3TNIlMENT AS TO ANNEXATION. a
~, aiding annexation. Governor Tyler | N
- nc lad used every opportunity 10 In
''N 1Ae zeal sentiment In Habana. lie Gt