Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-13
LATE NEWS FROM CUBA
Negroes in Havana Applaud a Speech
Favoring Independents or Death.
No ConceaIment Of True Facts About
Yellow Fever ~. IncomTnunfcado
System Denes Away with.

At the meeting held Tuesday evening IN
the Payret Theater, Havana. after the
street demonstration and parade in his hon
or, Juan Gualberto. Gomez was himself the |
principal speaker. In the course of long !
address dealing with the reasons for be-
ginning the war against Spain he said, |
among other things: |
II am now, as have always been, a sep |
aratist, and I still demand the separation |
that asked before the war, not only sep |
aration from Spain, but from any and all
other nations. People only begin revolu-
ton when this is absolutely necessary to
life and progress. If a superior force de-
tiers them before their object is attained
there Is merely the question of delay.
1.-The revolution will inevitably return.
Nations, like stars, have their seasons of
eclipse; but, following their orbits they
emerge and accomplish their final destiny.
The destiny of Cuba Is only Independence.
I'VE should give due thanks to the Amer
leans, whose progress and power inspire our
admiration. but this does not mean that
we should resign ourselves to a tutelage
| to be exercised over us. Let US make the
| same statement to the United States that
the American colonies made to England
| when they declared in 1776 that the Ameri-
| cans owned North America"
| The entire speech was in this spirit. The
| local press praises it today 1.-The most
| important occurrence since January l..
Most of those present at the meeting were
negroes. and many of the banners borne in
| the procession showed the legend indie
pendence or Death
| Facts About Yellow Fever.
The yellow fever alarms of the past few
| weeks have caused the department good
| deal OF annoyance. AS a rule they have
been due to sensational and unreliable
| news. No attempt whatever has been made
by General Ludlow or the sanitary authori-
| ties to maintain
| facts. On the contrary, the fullest pub
liclty is given. every hospital is opened to
inspection. all inquiries by properly ac-
credited correspondents are promptly
swered and every effort to discover sus-
pected cases is welcomed and facilitated.
| Surgeon Major Davis agrees with General
| Ludlow that it is criminal to conceal the
| facts
| The total number of cases of the fever
| in Havana this year is seventeen. includ-
. ing three brought here in ships. For these
| last the city Is not dhSwerahle and the
authorities have always protested against
the barracks where such cases are treated.
The total number of deaths for the year
! from yellow fever is seven General Iud-
low and Major Davis do not claim perfect
immunity for the department., but they
| both believe that every thing practicable
mas been done to ward off the disease, and
that, too, with very considerable amount
| of success.
, Vicious System Discarded
|
decree doing away entirely with the in
l communicate system Many Cuban law
!, yers were opposed to this step. but the
t majority Of thinlsingrpeople applaud it. The
local press generally commends the de-
| cree, insisting that it was a step necessary
: to the establishment of justice. Formerly
: prisoners were. not allowed to see witness
| es, counsel or any one else except the
= judge of first INSTANCE until after The
\ | primary examination. The accuser MOI
f | having to face the, accused, trumped w
charges and frequently caused the con
| demnation of prisoners who were actually
ignorant Of the grounds on which they wer,
| sentenced. Il
Senior Alvarez, owner of the Cafe Polaco
u at San Antonio de los Ranos, has arrived
here to complain to Senior Sagrario, tn,
e Spanish consul general of the act of tn
:. chief of police, COLLAGE, in ordering hin
:, to leave the town. He claims that the onl.
" reason for the order was the fact that hi
n cafe was formerly a favorite rendezvou
is J OF Spanish officers and employed Spanis
"a help.
% | The sanitary department no longer per
y mits the use of OK carts in the city 70
III | scaVenging purposes. Hereafter the con
l. tractors must use carts approved by tn
r | department.
D. Searched Suspicious Passengers.
E. Inquiries at Puerto Principe regardin
I'd | the recent alleged mysterious incident
in connection with the Spanish steame
Sc Humberto Rodriguez on touching at Nut
f. vitas. where, according to the local paper
in an American officer who was on board ha
ce refused to allow any passengers to d.
er | embark, had temporarily interrupted tell
r. graphic communication and had otherwi:
"a acted in seemingly inexpiicabie mai
n | ner, developed the fact that certain SUI
is picious passengers on board were searche
al | on the order of sthe military governor, bl
to that the affair was otherwise unimportan
tie At o'clock yesterday afternoon the ter
ak perature in Havana was SO degrees.
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