New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-04
THE PASSING THRONG.

cleanest city In the United States even Dea .,
troubled with the smoke nuisance Inc oIs,".
however are making an organized
SMOKE MIL movement in the matter, ana 'op
sANCEIN to have the smoke reduced ~
DETROrT minimum In q short time M. "
Mcmillan q son Of Senator NC
Milan Of Detroit, told reporter aOou' VIZ
rent at the Holland House YESTERDAY ne say 10
THE work accomplished by the Woodw"'1 90
me Association In identifying that avenue was
arco,,rasng that another association called tne
Jeerso5 Avenue Association was recently ent az
with the object Of competing nns is the main
residence thoroughfare running by the smoke
f ,b factories than any of the other streets III
avenues The association is eomposeEuo Oh an intia-
me pg Of 81 is charged and the money raised III
this way is used In the prosecution u ~
ere Of men can often get recognition
where the complaint of single man w aready had
d eresiIts Its aim is compel all the factories
20 Of the dense volumes Of smoke when
soft coal makes Inasmuch as hard coai Is oSers
exRenssve, D in o 1f5p11 At any rate smoke
Nuisance viii be abated. The association is NOR
% also endeavor to compel the railroads to use
hard coal within the city limits
Major BENJAMIN F. Havens, a paymaster OF VOL
unteers in Cuba, and his clerk. J. T. Crandel are
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Major Havens VIII 30
to Washington tomorrow 10 re-
THE port for orders. He said yesterday
REALITIES afternoon that Cuba was the most
or CIrRA beautiful country he had ever seen
He has travelled over 1t from one
a 90 tho other in the six months he spent on the
island He says that despite the fact that many
Of the plantations have been destroyed, CUBA ooes
not present an appearance OF desolation.
"you NAV snap a camera almost at random
said the Major nd the his result eonh T h s nothing to
excel Cuba, and there are few spots 'na' can 'O''
"The reports of lawlessness and disorder on the
island are greatly exaggerated The trouble Wncn i
nearly serious as reported ana Is no" IN cuba
cally settled. There Is less lawIeSsness IN tTnre
5hen none 5nere TS q be they nave Of cTim
nails who are called brigands but they are ~ nU'
4 COUPLE of weeks ago i was standing in an
hotel In Havana, when noueeo d HWStb the
Others. and saw two very badly frsh tiiCs
negroes handcuffed between two m9un1T Tcb Dnmp
and solemnity, and was anxious 10 mn Vur . i
grievous crime they had commute aero lb hS
asked him whom they had robbed ana 10 ne atea In1
that they had been caught IN the aGt omtsSe the
cry WIZ WIZ said. laughing in our country we
don't arrest negroes for stealing chickens or water
sTbese were fair specimens of the brigands
Major Ravens believes that the danger OF yellow 1y
t thst th hS will be any among the soldiers
~ would much rather take my chances III ttye
barracks than in the detention mouse al iioii
mans Island he SAID ~ 49,. hoar ,,onroved
The sanitation Of all the cities mas Dee mai
TO such an extent that the major Is c0hloe ' Nv
yellow fever among the natives VIII IeaOiI ~, ~.
water mark this year. He predicts that III tiIe
course of year or two there will not be any laoie
yellow fever In Cuba than there Is IN s
Major Ravens took his wife with him to Cl una
He said that In many Of the thinly settied @
which they visited the natives hau neIra 49, tba
an American woman and Mrs. ravens was wv
centre of attraction.
T, C. Egan a mining man Of Fort Steel britis"
Columbia arrived In this city yesterday lot stay
Of several days When seen yesterday at the Grahu
Hotel he said that the building OF
p1Cu the Crows Nest branch OF the
MINING Canadian racine nahma! 80" -,
DISTRICT. opened up the mining uis'i
East Kootney and attracted 10 the
Mace hundreds OF thousands of dollars from Eng
| ush and American capitalists. He says there are
| gold silver lead and copper in abundance for any
ono who Is willing TO invest the capital TO get II
out. -., a,a.,,o. ,ta ~
| the Kiondike" he said but more capital is re-
| oujred to carry operations there Ihere Is uh,
| told wealth waiting for some one 10 come anu
claim IT, Heretofore the transportation 1aclhtlss
| have been poor, but of late the Canadian racine
| districts where mining Is being carried on Win
any degree of success, and believe that TINS diIn-
| Guilty will soon be overcome. Certain II Is that
capitalists all over the world are beginning 10 APP
nreciate the opportunities for investment In British
| columbia large portion OF the country Is as
| day and 1t will not be long until there is no more
|