The herald., 1897-07-12
CUBAN SUGAR
Is Not Nice for Use in
Families
THE SACKS USED AS BEDDING
BY SMALLPOX AND YELLOW
FEVER PATIENTS
THE SACKS USED AS BEDDING
War Goes Merrily on-Both Sides
Claim That the Other Fellow
Is Nearly Dead
Associated Press Special Wire.


NEW YORK, July ia dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: Major
General Pedro Diaz has assumed COM
mand of the insurgent forces in Pinar
del Rio province. The rebel army Of the
province is being thoroughly reorgan-
lied and put in good trim to cooperate
with the eastern army if the latter sue
ceeds in reaching Havana province. The
Spaniards have destroyed a number of
small forts because they cannot spare
men to garrison them.
An engagement took place this week
near Artemisa, in which the Spaniards
lost heavily. over 400 sick and wounded
men have been sent on to Havana. In
Matanzas town there are over 500 con-
centrados, of which over forty die every
day. The Spanish troops have been Or
dered not to eat mangoes but they dis
obey orders because they have nothing
else for fool. Mango diet aggravatss
fever. During the last ten days over
500 soldiers were taken to the hospital
here.
vana yesterday carried 1000 sick soldiers,
many of whom will die on the way home.
Eleven thousand sick soldiers have been
sent TO Spain since January l.
Another American citizen has filed a
claim for false Imprisonment and dam
ages with the consul general. Jose Con-
zales, for thirty years resident of Phil
adelphia. claims $4,000 for being kept
in prison for five months and $3.50, 900 for
damages to property.
A local paper published chiefly in the
intreset of the merchants in Havana
makes a savage attack upon DR.. Brun-
ner, the acting sanitary inspector ap-
pointed by the United States govern
ment, because he has reported that the
importation of sugar from certain ware
houses here might be responsible for an
outbreak Of yellow fever or smallpox in
the United States. In another interview
had with him Dr.. Drummer stated that
his reason for making the report was
that the sugar was shipped from ware
houses that had been used as hospitals
for fever and smallpox patients. The
soldiers in many instances utilized the
sugar sacks for bedding, and he consid-
cred it unsafe to have sugar sacked and
shipped in these same sacks.
REBELS STARVING
HAVANA, July 11.-Reports presented
to the authorizes by Earlique Gomez.
governor of Trinidad, say that the rebels
there are in a serious position owing to
the great scarcity Of supplies Of all
kinds.
A committee of local autonomists of
Sanctf Spiritus recently visited Cap
tain-general Weyler and presented to
him an address in which they declared
that the autonomists always have sup
ported and will in the future support the
government and it's representatives. The
address congratulates the captain-gen-
eral upon his maintaining position Of
neutrality with regard to political par
ties and declares that more than any
other governor has he maintained this
position.
The address adds that not one of the
local autonomists has joined the revolu-
tionists.
General Weyler thanked the commit
tee and promised that he would not
abandon his policy of neutrality.
News received in Havana from a pri-
vate source says it is believed that the
insurgent leader, Quintin Banderas, was
killed on Monday last.