The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-20
THESTARVING IN CUBA
Dep.Orable Condition Of the PeO-
pie on The Island.
SOME PITIABLE SIGHTS SEEN
The unfuriHuntes Even nrg the Crumbs
FROM The Tables OF American cit
hens People Reduced to skel-
stnns sad lie IN the streets.

Havuns. Soy. lg-m every town in
Cuba whcv there ar American oitizen'
group. Of starving ISLANDERS gather every
day Boo front ~ the houss Of those
Americans and log for the crumbs that
fill frum the tables Smt the Amer.
cans have anything on their tables from
which crumbs could IAN n due To the
relief fund Of $4,000 voted lat spring
by congrcS Consul General lco has
drawn NJ far about slj ,O0o of the total
amount and has distributed the money |
10 The connls in Mamnns, Cicnfucgos, /
sagua, santiago and cl~whor'
These consuls buy provisions and dis |
tribute wsilly mtions % distressed
Americans
ThCrr are 1900 Americans ON the con.
fular relief fund lst OF ths,a, about
$50 ar Amcricanbom Tho others arr
naiumlizcd citizens. md their families,
who having bad their citizenship paprs
| proporly registered az the different
United States c0nmlatos. 1ro entitled, n
! ia distress. 20 the SINE r,iirf "a. Amer.
, can.hurn citizeus This cuirso Of action
General Loe has followed in an casss,
and the state department has approved
h.
/ According Co. statement made by
/ Consul Barker. who Be- stationed az
sagua. about 10000 people an bcing
/ kept alive m Cuba by these miions, dis.
trbuicd fm che support Of 1900. Neigh.
Dor. gather around thc front door Of the
houss. Of American citizens and beg a
/ share 81 che fool that comes from the
Consulatcs.
/ Whorc suffering b. so general thcs
appeals or, mot is vain, aud the scant
supply 81 rice. jorked beef, sud hrad,
b, made to do service flr i've instead 81
one
lu the town of Sagaa o. p,r-on walk
ing tIm1ugh the principal stp.et. about
900. mi.,m0p m, can tol the hoUsc.
Of American ciiian- hy The crlNds oi
starving Cratun, patiently waiting AZ
the duog and hoping Co gct e-'cn muuib
ful 0f ncc Or tho crust of piec, oi
bpad
The most p.t.fll sight b. Ca -cc On,
llIe. in arms. mrly alive aud Oh,
small children with their thin little lcg
and arm. and dist0nd,d bodies. an In
diauug lack vi nuur,hmeut and datl
. by starvation
p Their an u0 mlrset. ln any but thl
bigger cltic.. bagausa nothing j. pu
, duori io supply them, and uo one hi
/. money % buy with
y Misy &. universal. suffering b. every
, whr.. and the death rate gr. zap highc
a each daF.
. m thc town of sagua. where thew
j. arupuhuon uf abmt $1,000, the dealt
li.t fm dye yoar h,fun. the wlr was ~
wear IN che month 10 August 10 thi
year 6lspar-ons dici of starvation alone
Consul Ruco, stationed at Maiann.
ppwt. that since July D., gs.0OO person
10 have uiUd lu hi. district
r. AZ De- was crossing the public .quar
b. one evening lately De- saw man tn {
b Che umud within few feet 90 him an
h. fastening Go Dbl, side. found h. va
pr dead Ills boiy Wa nothing mon tina
b. a skeleton. Such scene- o-Cur ever
q. hour u the day an over the island whoi
70 people an houled together
b. General Blauco's urdcr- 90 allow n
II pcihcu 20 cultivate land outside a
military lines would diminish .ufcnu
II the pooplc had tho strength aud q
implements with which % work, b
, they have neither and Wcylors schcn
y 20 oNtcrminatc the Cuban population
"a mpdly proving succcssful
y It'll generally believed hcr In II
I" mna that Banco has r'cCiyod orlc
VI frum Madrid to do everything po,.ih
W 90 prevent starvation IMPORTS frm goiI
N 20 the United States. snd that Minist
ny Dupuy de- Iomc IA. urged him 10 ISL
W pUcamaiions and orders that viii ca
vcy tho idos that the new rorimo W
tkc carr Of the noncomhamnts Al
~ stop the pp'sout appalling death rate.