Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-29

Special Correspondence.
Tullpan suburb. fiabana,
April IAN. 1893.
,rbat cuba II bccominR Americanizcd
ain wonderful rnpldity T. apparent on
avery hand. and even the most dis
,lnsilshed anti-Amerlcan patriot
unwliilnrly admits that tho change II
Infinitely for the better Never before
within the memory Or man has thcre
besn 20 little sickness at this time Of
narrowing 10 vigorous American snni-
t,iion, In the way ~ clean streets. I'M
mediate disposal of all decaying mat
,er and constant use Of dlslnfcctani-.
Today there Il not single case NJ yelf
low fc,er IN ifabana. Matanzaa or ror-
,lcnas-the three cities ~ consequence
Ia Western cuba. Yesterday l made
the rounds of the IIabana hospitals and
gathered the Official Information that
he total number Of patients In all Of
Them combined. texciusivc Of the L.
fers' hunhcl u la; whereas In previous
Aprila and Nays II has been away up
in IN, Thousands. with an appalling
deaih.ratc. For the first time since the
sottiement 81 the island by the early
gpannrds the streets are actually clean.
~! the s.f.tt.r- nli.d with running Wa
Ter. Instead ~ the foul purifying cN-
srrmentu Of monFrel popuiatain.
Nrdlcos and coiiinmnkerr arr complain
ing that their business " being ruined
~ these incddlcaomr AmcrichnocHi ana
the vulturer -thOac unclcan rcavnnEcfs
N the air that eratwhlle fattened upon
nuoundlng carrion. are growing lean
l.a.. Il
Jesus del Mont. road thrungcd. NJ ~
yurc. with spectacular
FUNERAL PROFESSIONS.
Respondent In gold lace and gorgeous
llyeriea. bowling merriiy along To the
music of brass bands. ana the sections
II the great, oycr.cfowdcd Colon GENE.
tery, like old Uncle Ned. have lain down
the shovel and the hoe for lack Of en-
plpymcnt. just now the only prevail.
inr diseases are those Incident 60 the
close Of the ionE. dry Hchaon-an affcc-
ilon of the nose and throat. caused By
clouds ~ blowing dust. and the peculiar
complaint LEGALLY known ~ "nervioan.'
which at It's worst. produces cunNul.
fionH In children and hyrtcria In adults,
Tut IL seldom fatal. There " no good
reason why this baimy and beautiful
island, with It, hfiEht skies, fresh rrn-
hfeeEcr and delightfully."- even tcmpcrn-
turn. should not he Ne ralubrious Ms
any country under the sun. The Hon
In the way ~ perfect sanitation u hid
den inside the abandonment houses
nulit after the fashion Of meiiaevnl
spain. none ~ them had originally any
sanitary Arrangements whatever. aud
the attempts 81 recent Year, have taken
the form ~ filmay pipes laid outside
the walls. After two or three cenlur-
les 81 occupation tho result 10 sight
a.s.N -. lana than
described IN print. A fair sample II the
once magnificent but now somewhat 81.
iapidatsd casa In the ccrrp suburb of
iiahann. which was rented last week
by tho American National iied Cross.
for the headquarters and rcrldcnce Of
~ representatives In cuba. The large.
imposing residence, surrounded by hn-
Pie grounds and fronting park. stands
IN tho
fruIu:sT AND cooLEsr '"
portion ~ IN. city, where th. streets
arr widest and the residences all ~ the
better class In such favorable on
Nlrnnment. one would think that ~
great airy. marhle-iionrcd rooms would
b. comparatively free from unsanliary
conditions.
Hut ilsieni Little more than q year
ngo-a few weeks before all Americans
were compelled 20 leave with Consul
General f.ee--the Rcd Cross society
took this house for an orphanage and
collected therein $50 rsconcentfndn chill
dren, under eight Year, Of axe. ~ nrnt
an went well. under the benencent care
~ Miss Barton. Or Lesser, Sister
ilrttina" and other experienced work.
era, and then they were hurried from
the island just before the blockade was
DECLARED, only two deaths had occurred
In the asylum, A Nell-known cuban
physician was loft Ia charge, with am-
plc money aud food supplies Tor six
months need What became " the
food and funds II II now impossible 10
say. Perhaps tho good doctor. out ~
the kindness ~ HE heart. ana IKE bis
follow cubanH taking no thought Tor the
morrow. forgot the original purIosc of
The provisions and distributed them In
Discriminatory among the poor ~ lia.
vann. Heaven knows there was need
enough everywhere. when nation was
lying ~ starvation. ~ any rate. In
less than one month the cable
nRoUdiiT riTEous APPEALS
Tor more supplies for the orphanhRe--
which could not be- sent beoauz. ~ the
blockade. The worst ~ all was that In
the second month ~ the institutions
existence. the children began dying by
scores. and In u short time not half a
dozen 81 the original number remained
rate has only nav been discovered,
Lust week, when the long deserted Or
pranafe was rr-rentrd FOR Rcd Cross
occupancy and repairs begun, tho gov
eminent sanitary Inspector Was sent for
20 investigate the plumbing. (which the
owner declared a. he IN pcrfrct order,
aud then was discovered n state of
things which. uncorrectcd, would have
meant SURE death % the new tenants,
Nut being versed In the mysteries aud
technical terms OF plumbing, may not
~ able To clearly explain the situatloni
hht perhaps you may guess at u by
knowing that the pipes from the closets,
Instead Of conducting tho deadly gases
outside, We're laid In such a way as 10
vent them all IN the second story ~ the
circular hallway, exactly In the center
N the caAai" n the purpose had been
90 conhue tho gases within tho stately
mansion and diAtribute them evenly
throughout the apartments. " could not
have been more successfully accom-
p|lshed Thus after 200 Children and
score ~ nurses and attendants had BEEN
uHlhg those closets a couple " months
iue whole place
BECAME 4 PEST HOLE,
With the Inevitable result for all cor
fHllcd therein Of short route Ia glory