The Portland daily press., 1900-10-24

Washington. Oct - Major GeneIal
Leonard Wood yesterday made the follow
ing statment as TO the contents OF his
civil report as Governor General OF Cuba:
"A complete overland telegraph mas
been established throughout the island.
Troops are IN good health ana are we'll
located in suitable barracks. The condi-
ton Of the equipment AMI Instruction Is
excellent.
Many industries have been taken I'D
and are growing daily. Many modtfca-
lions have been made in taxation. In
migration, especially from Spain. Is
heavy. 1t is probable that sixty thous-
and will have entered Cuba during the
present year These people are all n
dustrious and good workmen.
1.-The financial condition of the conn
try Is excellent. The government Is en-
tirely self supporting. and the treasury
has an unincumbered balance OF a nil
lion and a half dollars.
The tobacco crop Of last year was an
immense one. This year the sugar crop
will be between 5000 and 600, 900 tons,
and If the present prices continues. the
money obtained BY the planters viii
equal the amount received by the plant
eTs Tor their great crop of a million tons.
The value Of this year 's.crop OF sugar and
che coming tobacco crop viii be conser-
vatiVely one hundred million dollars.
This does not include the very large uro-
ductlon Of cocoa, Of coffee and various
vegetables and fruits, nor does it include
any OF the proceeds from mining and. the
many other industries.
The condition Of the people OF the Is
land, to the best OF my knowledge and
belleI, is one OF content, and they realize
that wonderful progress has been made.
ana they 1eel, as people, kindly toward,
and nave faith IN the people or the
United States.
A most efficient customs service has
been established.
when the civil report Of the island Is
publisher at the end of the present caIen-
dar year it will be found that every town
OF consequence In the island has been
provided with a hospital we'll equipped
with all necessary supplies and appIi-
anees.
"Asylums for orphan children have
been established wherever necessary
The number has been greatly reduced
during the past few months, owing to
the great improvement IN the general
conditions existing IN Cuba, chII1ren
being taken back to their families or
their friends 1t is the purpose CT the
1nsular government to establish four state
institutions, two for boys and two for
girls, two TO be Industrial and ac-rfcul-
tural, and two to be correctional and in
dustrial.
1.-The pri sons have bean over-hauIed
and repaired, and the sanitary CONDITIONS
vastly improved. Many hundreds OF
prisoners who had been detained for. long
periods OF time, awaiting trial TOR .
period as long or longer than they would
have been sentenced to had they been
found guilty, have been released Courts
/ nave been stimulated and urged to a
/ prompt performance of their duty. The
result has been that many prisons nave
! been practically empty, and varv GREAT
improvement has been made IN the con-
duct Of criminal cases. A specfaT in.
| spectOr OF prisons has been apDOinted
whose functions are to inspect Ouoe In
every three months each prison On the
island, and to examine every Drfsoner
therein.
"Judges who have been found. de~eIjet
have been summarily dismissed Cor.
rectiondl courts have been ests 5f1shed
throughout the large cities, Whers trial
IS oral ana summary, as in our DOIics
courts. These courts are limited TO tha
imposition of sentences of six r,1O0fhs 8,
D
Their success has been phenomenal The
wrtt-Of habeas corpus has bsen uubI5shed
to take etfect on December 1st OF this
year.
During the present year over tbrea
thousand pnblic schools have been esfah
lished, thirsE=six hundred teachers are
employed in them, and one hundred and
fifty thousand children are in tina
schools This number is constantly in
creas1ng, and by the end Of the present
seasons 1ta 1sss believed that we shall haze
two hundred and fifty thousand chTrrsren
In school. Iha largest number at schools
under Spanish rule was between. 5zvsT,tv-
six and thirty Thousand. Enthr1=iasn.
for public education is great. The 6rin
OF the thirteen hundred teachers tn Cam
bridge was most beneficial, and attempts
Will be made TO repeat 1t next year
The United States troops have not rean
used during the present year for the
maintenance Of order. The police xVOrK
IN the rural districts Is done by the rI1raI
guard, which amounts to about IsNO men
for the entire island. These men and
their officers ara ali Cubans.
Public buildings throughout ths Is
land have. undergone extensive reUatrs
The two eastern provinces in the island
OF Cuba for thu first 6tme have raSsed
through a summer without q case of
yellow fever, and IN general there has
been a great 1mprOYment in health
OAAOuSAOu OA4O 4old4Us I1duS r7RfafI
ara now ready for adVeF 6iSema1f for
paving and sewering the city Of Havana
and its suburbs, and there is every reag0n
to believe chat in a few years yellow fever
in Cuba can be got under the same CON
troll as now exists in jamaica. The citv
OF Santiago has been largely paved with
modern pavement. All the Iarxer f,fties
have undergone extensive street fruur0ve-
ments. Travellers can go from one end of
Cuba to the other without being s0Ifcited
by beggars, and hunger Is absoIITfeIv a
thing 0f the past.
- thoroughly efficient mail service
has been established and is befur con.
Quoted with efficiency and ecOnO1nT Re.
tween 800 and zoo miles OF fTrSr clas.
roads have been built and MANY hun.
dreds Of miles have been put in renai,
and made passabIe.
odd lighthouses have been rersired.
new ones built and a eOmpleta IIZi4tbons, :,
establishment has been organized -
NEW MINISTER FROM BOLIVIA