The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-23
ON THE Island Of CUBA
RAPID PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE
IN THE RETIREMENT OF
CONDITIONS
GEN. WOOD MAKES A REPORT
Local Se1R-GOvernment,i in Operation
Throughout the Various Districts,
Has Proved the Capacity
of the Cubans.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood today made the following
statement as to the contents of his civil
report as governor general of Cuba:
The civil report of the island will not
be published until the end of the present
calendar year. 1t will cover, in detail,
the work under the various civil depart
ments of the military government during
the entire present year Under the head
of hospitals and charities, it will be
found that every town of consequence
in the island has been provided with a
hospital, well equipped with all neces-
sary supplies and appliances.
Asylums for orphan children have been
established wherever necessary. The
number of these institutions have been
greatly reduced during the past few
months, owing to the great improvement
in the general conditions existing in Gu
ba, children being taken back to their
families or their friends.
The prisons have been overhauled and
repaired from one end of the island to
the other and the sanitary conditions
vastly improved The military govern
ment has had its agents go over the ISL
and, investigating every case under de-
tention, and many hundreds of prisoners
who have been detained for long periods
of time, awaiting trial, have been re-
leased.
REFORMS IN THE COURTS.
Courts have been stimulated and urged
to prompt performance of their duty and
the results have been that many prisons
have been practically empty, and a very
great Improvement has been made in the
conduct of criminal cases.
Judges who have been found dereIict
have been summarily dismissed
Early in January Of the present year
free school of stenography was estab-
l1shed in Havana for the purpose of OBJ
tanning large number of good Cuban
stenographers, and as soon as a suffi-
Gent number are available the present
procedure will be modified to the extent
of having all evidence in criminal cases,
other than those where the trial is sum-
mary, made matter of record
EDUCATION.
During the present year over 5000 pub
lie schools have been established, $500
teachers employed in them and $50 900
children are in the schools. This number
is constantly increasing, and by the end
of the present school year it is believed
that we shall have 250,000 children in
school. The largest number at school
under the Spanish rule was between 26.-
600 and 100000
The United States troops have not been
used during the present wear for the
iii 'ohohCe oi oruer. Inc police work
IN the rural districts is done by the rural
guard, which amounts to about 200 men
for the entire island of Cuba These men
ana their officers are all Cubans
Puollc buildings throughout the island
nave undergone extensive repairs San
1tary work of great importance has been
carried on from one end of Cuba to the
other- The two eastern provinces in the
Island Of Cuba fer the first time have
passed through summer without a
case of yellow fever, and in general there
has been a great Improvement in health
throughout the island.
travellers can go from one end of Cuba
TO the other without being solicited by
peggars, and hunger is absolutely thing
Of the past
A thoroughly efficient mail service has
oeen established and is being conducted
with efficiency and economy. Puhlic
works involving millions of dollars have
peen taken up and completed Between
6OO and ZOO lines of tirst-class roads have
been built and many hundreds of miles
nave been put in repair and made PASS
apie. BRIDGES have been rebuilt from one
emu or the island to the other and roads
nave been erpaired and reconstructed.
Old hight houses have been repaired
new ones built and new ones contracted
Tor and complete light house establish
ment has been organized
complete overland telegraph has been
estaollshed throughout the island
troops are in good health and are well
located in suitable barracks
INDUSTRIAL PROSPERITY.
Many industries have been taken nm
ana are growing daily. Many modifica-
tlonS nave been made in taxation, all
Win the purpose of benefitting the tax
payer ana hastening the reconstruction
OF the country. immigration, especially
from Spain, is heavy. 1t is probable
tnat oo,OOO will have entered Cuba dur
ing the present year. The financial con
oltlon of the country is excellent The
government is entirely self-supporting
ana the treasury has an unencumbered
balance of 81, 100000.
Inc tobacco crop of last year was an
immense one. This year the sugar cron
Will be between $4,000 and 100000 tons
and If the present prices continue the
money obtained by the planters will
equal the amount received by the plant
ers Tor the great crop of 100000 tons
The value of this years crop of sugar
and the coming tobacco trop will be-
conserVatively, 500, 600 900. This does NOT
include the very large production of
cocoa of coffee and various vegetables
and fruits, nor does it include any of
the proceeds from mining and the MANY
The condition of the people of the ISL
and, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, is one of content, and they realize
that wonderful progress has been made
and they feel as a people kindly toward
and have faith in the people of the
| United States.
Two general elections have been held.
one on June 25, for municipal officers
| throughout the island, and one on Sept.
To- for delegates to the constitutional
| convention. Both elections were con-
Quoted without American officers, either
| military or civil, being at a single poll
| ing place in Cuba and without Interior
epce whatever on the part of American
| military or civil authorities. There was
not single disturbance in either cleo
ton. The people realize what has been
and is being done for them, and the
great bulk of them are appreciative
A most efficient custom service has
been established. The old Spanish sys-
tenn has been reorganized, and each
port supplied with boats and launches
A revenue cutter service of six ships,
five of them being of steel construction,
has been established. Each principal
port has captain of the port and har-
Dor police. and the quarantine service
is thoroughly equipped and rigidIy en-
forced. A large number of the officers
are CubanS