The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-18
g,vaNA is IN A SAD PLIGHT
DEPLoRABLE CONDITION
IEfi nv THE sPANIARDs.

Gen AMOUNT of Work to BE
f~e-Reply 10 D'Estaban's Letter
poI complaint-Privnte Buckley OF
.econd LOuisian" to BE shot'
inc .. the streets the Penalty
r.nelty to Animals.
iO' 7,, 17.-Some idea of the con-
here in Havana, and of the real
oiil''. ....s. ,f the work before the military
n~7' -.-..,,,on. can be gathered from let
s'ii''., recently by Maj. Gen. Ludlow,
IL .,vsrnor of the department of
nm ~ tae late Mayor Marquis d Es-
ms =, rsoIy to a letter complaining that
tiO''- r,rifed States stan officers had been
..-, in the mayoralty sphere without
consulting him
....- an expression of regret that the
=. had been Inconvenience in any
and an assurance that, whatever had
~. dome no discourtesy was intended,
Cen. Ludlow says;
ava, rnlst admit. however, that the city
=. havana is in a depIorable condition.
w., soariarfs have left it bankrupt, I'M
~. d., nav its employees, who have lacked
1,.t, salaries for many months. The pris-
ans asyiums and homes for the destitute
or, without supplies, food or medicine.
Tbs sanitary condition is frightfuL Al
roos- ,ps5nceivabie abuses are practiced,
which are continuing menace to the
health of the city.
standards Left Nothing.
4rba Standards have left Havana with
s,srcaiy an attribute of modern civiliza-
tior and practically in the sanitary condi-
ZION Of city TWO centuries ago. For the
rine being Havana, as wen as the island
;s in HELPLESS and destitute condition
The United States is Professionally in
charge Of the administration of affairs mil
tary and civil The American government
has extended large sums of money for the
regeneration of the island and is ready to
snsrd more. The money which at this
very moment is being used TO maintain the
charitable institutions of the city Is money
allotted by the United States as a free
eft for this purpose. We have given
food rations by the million and employ
mtnt 10 thousands who needed it.
pGlasel almost every public building des-
tined for use, stripping them of everything
OF value with a few exceptions and leav-
ing behind only the accumulated filth of
generations. Within three months will
come the wet season. with deplorable pos
sibilites as to the outbreak of epidemcs
particularly yellow fever, from which Ha-
vana suffers the year around owing TO the
gross neglect of all sanitary precautions.
The Work to BE Done.
On these circumstances, faced by the
grayest emergency, immediate measures
OF relief are necessary in every direction
With all public Institutions to be reorgan-
lied and re-equipped, with the streets to
clean and pave. the sewers to be built,
untold Nominations by the thousands to
be obterated, and the common people to
be educated in the elementary principles
Of modern civilized life, it is impossible at
this moment for the United States militia
i ry authorities, in every step they take, to
go through the tedious processes imposed
by Spanish methods upon local admins
trauon
In concluding his letter, Gen. Ludlow
invited the Marquis to join in measures
tending to ameliorate the deplorable con-
-'t-4''~ A'-NA'4
Buckley VIII BE Shot.
The trial Of Private Joseph Buckley,
Company E, Second Louisiana Volunteers,
for The killing of Private John d. Hughes
Of the same company on Jan. T. was con-
cuded to-day at Marianao. 1t is under
stood that the finding of the court is for
the death Of the accused, but the verdict
will not be announced until it has been re-
viewed in the usual way.
VI The 400 policemen who have been pro-
visioraly accepted for services in Havana
i IN ne reconstructed force, no fewer than
l@ it is said, are Spaniards. Chief of
Police Menocal has decided to appoint
his three brothers as inspectors at a sal
airy Of $40 a month
La Lucha advises the municipal council
10 change the name of Cuba street to Lee
street
VIII Make Them Work Streets.
MAJ Gen. Ludlow has ordered the pa
uols to arrest drivers who are cruel 10
tnelr animals. Those guilty of such offenses
VIII De put to work at cleaning the streets.
me nfst meeting of the new City Coun-
eli was held this afternoon, Mayor La
costt presiding.
senior Federico Mora, the civil governor,
III al interview with a number of newspa-
~. men to-day, said he had accepted the
Gl'e with the fun intention of ignoring
,ns political past and working for the flu
lure good Of Cuba.
NaJ' l. Rathbone, director of the Cuban
Sos'dI service, has found in the registry
,t ttrlint OF the Havana postoffice in a
l,.s sheet IRON safe, two packages of cash,
,s ng obtaining 5000 pesetas and the other
,oir eeS,'as, both addressed to the cap
4'' Vi me Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII.
SLED CARRIED BOYS TO DEATH.