New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
THE PASSING THRONG.

Charles z. Beck. OF Havana. Cuba. accompanied
by his wife and son. has just returned from
Of three months in Europe, and Is
SUGAR CROP at the Murray Hill business
IMPROVES conditions in Cuba" said Mr.. Beck.
IN CUBA. are not entirely satisfactory.
They have, however, been growing
better ever since 1898 The sugar production. on
account OF the rebellion and the Spansh-Ameri-
War had dropped from about million
to two hundred and Gfty thousand tons. but the
gain has gone along until the crop for this year is
obvious that the people have been busy. The price
OF sugar has, OF course, been low, and many OF
due to the fact that the world production has
been in excess Of the demand No legislation can
good. ard the prices all that could Be expected.
money. The Palma government. az ths comb
lions SolSGered eas secures sa'ls-1-toIy meas
Congress at Washington give Cuba 40 per cent
Us TO 1uii tbe toofb that il now fro7,bBS s one
thing, however. must be appreciated by the Cuban
products win be secured by compensatory conces-
Cuban customs house so that not enough viii Be
secured from Lnat source 70 pay the expenses Or
government The only alternative Will be tho
content on account OF taxation and the imposition
of more Of IL will make heavy burden DiscOl-
I0t SSI s 20 PIedct WLat nis1t oe J1e uIrn2Se
E 4, OF sqc1 a GondIon- MT EscK mas ossl
tobacco dealer anG commission merchant for forty
years. The hardest times ever in Cuba
said he. was during the ten years war. 1859 1879.
when the government issued vast amounts OF paper
currency and afterward reDudIatsd it,
Ivan Won Rubido Itchy. second secretary OF ire
Austrta-Hungary Embassy at Washington. was az
the Cambridge for several days re-
RUSSIANS Gently. He has been only six
VIEW OF months in the country but Is max
THIS CITY. ing excellent progress IN mastering
the language. He was an attacks
OF the embassy at Rome at the time Of King Hum
oert's death and later served as secretary OF the
hos ,E-41 ~, H.
before his transfer to Vienna. He expressed great
which in compliance with his request FOR ser
vice at the American capital i had a novel i'm
New-York- Being UnaccustOmed to such tall build
binary height situated on hills or natural eleva-
tons could not conceive such structures as tney
their foundations so deep. The means OF transpor-
tation. including the elevated roads OF which We
have none IN our country are certainly excel
also note the very convenient method OF desig-
names. 1t certainly makes it easier to locate any
num3er on the long thorougnfares one wno -
the trees that border the streets in the French
familiar with the language T TO tTave extensively
through the western part OF the country-2erhaps
next year"
Major Eli X Cole OF the United States Marine
Corps arrived few days ago from the Philip-
pines. and at the Grand
PHILIPPINES Hotel II went said Re. from
QUIET AND Bremerton. on Puget sound. -
PROGRESSING the islands two years age. Twas
for a time IN command at SUois
naval station. 7 was ordered back with detach-
ment Of marfnes-21O OF thern-whose terms Of for
eign service had expired My service. which was
wholly garrison duty. mostly at Cavite. Involved
nothing exciting. OF course. I SIad TO be back
IN the United States but not specially anxious
to QUIT my Philippine service. l had good health
and during the latter end Of my s-ay had my
family with The islands IN a generally
pacihed condition. though OF course there sone
bad men and disturbing elements there IN every
community. and they occasionally make trouble.
There four naval stations in the Philippines.
with normal strength Of about 1890 men. but the
force has been depleted by Withdrawals, &C
count OF expiration OF foreign service terms and
demands In other quarters. until there az me
present time only about half the regulation num-
Der OF men. We came over the transport
Sheridan. leaving Manila September Is and
reached San Francisco dANS later