Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-22
HORRORS IN CUBAN TOWNS
People Dropping Dead from Staratlon-Daily
Occurrences.
Natanzas Spanish OficIais Incensed at
Biauco's Policy of Relieving
the Sufferers.

ftHVara, via Key west, ria, NOV. II.
Reports from Matanzas say that the
conservatives having become enraged
at the change In the governments
policy are disturbing public order. Ex-
Mayor Crespo Initiated the disorderly
conduct by publicly giving offense to
Senior Armas, the new civil governor
Of the province. The chief of police
followed Senior Crespo's lead by en-
deavoring to prevent aid being given
to the suffering reconcentrados by
newspaper correspondents and others.
OF the reconcentrados in Matanzas
numbering more than $4,000, seventy
nine died in two days, thirty-six per-
ishing from hunger Yesterday seven
teen deaths We're reported, a large pro-
portion of which were the result of
starvation. In Jaruico, about s. per
cent of the deaths are caused by STAR
walton, and the same is true of many
other towns Owing to the lack of
proper clothing and of blankets, the
situation of the reconcentrados is be-
coming worse as the winter season APP
proaches, despite the efforts made to
relieve them.
Horrible episodes are of daily occur
renee among the reconcentrados. After
walk in front of house in Matanzas,
a poor negro woman, who was suffer-
Ing terribly. and was unable to move,
was carried away by flood caused by
heavy downfall of rain. A short time
afterward her dead body was dis
covered few blocks away and at last
reports was still lying in the gutter.
A cab-driver wEo was carrying a sick
man to a hospital observed that his
passenger was dying, dragged him
from his cab, leaving him on the curb
stone, where he finally died. Cases
similar to these are of frequent occur
renee.
The police recently visited the house
of George w. Hyatt, chief of the relief
department of the United States con-
sulate. at IL o'clock Mt night to make
inquiries as to the destination of a
quantity of food which had been taken
into the house during the day. The
female inmates. becoming frightened.
refused to omen the door and insisted
upon being informed of the object of
the officers visit. The police suisse
| quently retired upon learning that the
inmates were Americans.
Gen. Losada, sub-inspector of the
health department, said recently to the
correspondent of FL impartial in
| Madrid that there were actually $4,000
soldiers in the hospitals in Cuba and
| that about $4,000 OF this number were
simply from need of nourishment.
La Iucha, in recently published
| editorial, expresses doubt as to the
sincerity of the friendship for Spain
| professed by the American govern
| ment and says. IF the American
| Ing from the ports of that country of
| expeditions in aid of the insurgents
and does not respond In other ways to
| SPANS efforts to come to favorable
| terms, Il is useless for Spain to main
tain friendly relations with America"
IN THE INTEREST OF AUTONOMY.
A dispatch from Madrid says that
Senior Giberga, deputy to the Spanish
| cortes and leader of the new au-
| tonomists. is on his way to Cuba.
| where he will enter the autono-
| mist party upon condition that Seniors
| Montero, Fernandez de Castro. Cuelo
| and Zayes leave the board of directors
OF the party. 1t being assorted that
they are too pronouncedly Spanish to
succeed In inducing the insurgents to
accept autonomy, under their leader
| ship.
Senior Jose C'o'vez will remain chair
man of the party.
Havana Nov. 2l.--Senor Jose Canal
jas Mendez, editor of FL Heraldo of
Madrid one of the leaders of the Span
| ish Liberals and former cabinet min
| lister, Immediately after his arrival
| here to study the conditions of the
island visited the authorities. Later he
| was entertained at u banquet and has
| already had many conference with
| leading representatives of the various
| parties, He advised the conservatives
| to acknowledge the good faith of the
| governments intent and declarations
with reference to the new regime.
| FL Pals, the autonorist organ. says
| today that the evident conviction of
| Senior Canaljas is not consistent with
| the promises Of Senior Sagasta 1t con-
siders the action Of Senior Canaljas in
coming here as entirely in order, APP
plauds his patriotism and intellectual
| gifts and expresses the hope that he
win soon visit other parts OF the island.
| This he expects to do. beginning with
the province Of Pinar del Rio. He will
accompany the Spanish columns In
| their campaign.
| New York, Nov. 21,-Marquls Appetite
guia. leader of the conservative party
| In Cuba, arrived here today on the
| French liner La Champagne from
| Havre. The marquis said he had been
| in Spain for the last year, and that he
was going to leave the city for Ha-
vana on Wednesday. probably by way
| OF Tampa.
| j He takes a hopeful view of the Cuban
! situation. now that General Bianco Is