The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-27
STARVING TO DEATH.
Pidable Sights Seen In Some Of
The Cuban Towns.
DYING BY THE WHOLESALE.
Babies FsuBa DsAa In the AFss u
fhslE RHhadsts1 Msthers-Psopis
hpqussd ~ wsihiAg sbsis-
tess ~ Wsyisr's Tastios.


,ht World from Havana says private
Itlthrs Prom the interior report Whole
aih stafFatieh. Some Of The Gases are
especially hsartrendlhs chiidren are
dying 10 the streets Of MatanEas and
babi6 hsvo been fgtnd dead In the
arms Of their exhausted mothers. Your
Correspondent has been through tho
province Oi PlnAT del Rio and has
sson Shols village Of living skeletons.
n bark huA. praying for death TO
release them from their suffering
General weyler Is soiEing the cattle
Of the eitiTons for the use Of tho
troops In aanta Clara Rafael Rubio,
an American eitiEen. lost tventy head
Of cattle 10 tAis way. When be com
plained to ths sDahlSh authorities and
demanded pay tor hom. be vas told
that be was lmbudsnt 10 ask Spain 70
pay for what tne insurgents took with
impunity
A guerilla, raised, armed aud mount
ed BY spanish cattle owners Of sanot
spiritna. vent out aud drove IN 200
head o. cattle 10 BE- slaughtered for ha
boneai Of the needy people Of the city.
but Weyler Jrdened All The meat sem
10 Manranillo for the soldiers
The eHeo, u conosH,piing 'he ooan-
Try people IN fortified towns is sccp
IN al its avfulness In Las vnlas, O.
the Cubans call Santa Clara provthco
Il means TIE tovns." Santa clara
having many cities Five Of The dnea
are large POPULATION sAph Clara
10 In he center. clsnhleEos ana sAneti
spiritus on the south and sagua Ia
CrsHds and Rsmedios on the north.
There we're s5o.oOe people living IN the
6ye districts. u which thsse ave cities
are the oApitAis of this population
10000 lived outside Of The city and
vllagee All these have bean COMPEL
ed to leave thsif arms and move into
the cities and ioruhed towns. In some
Of the latter the concentrates outnum-
bor The original population. They havt
10 money and n thay had there h no,
food enOesA 70 supply all who need Il.
Dark huts have bssn bbih 10 low
lying blaoes and they are crowded with
poverty stricken refugees They are
half naksd, siek from exposure aud
dying Of hunger They afe peaceful.
hafdW0rhBg people On their farms
they would Be not only selfsupportlnE
bot able 70 sspbly plenty Of vegetables.
etks. meai and fruit 10 the starving
people u Ne cities Under weylers
policy Of eohoeatratlon. the whole $50
% people are suffering and 10000 are
doopet 70 die for lack ot tOod. which
thsT could easily obtain II allowed TO
eegb
This policy. as a war measure. Is
worse than useless from the spanish
standpoint for Il has forced hundreds
q per who would have remained on
thSh taTns. 10 Join the rebals rather
th4n bs DtOSd 70 SEE their families
fteFvs IN the guss and towns.
sone Of the smaller places In Las
YtnAs, As OvsrcrovdIng ls terrible.
aitinelto. before the order was given
had 1000 people Il nov contains
ieoN Including sslSlers The farmers
havo built 80 hdts and arc slowly dy-
iAs on There are dozens Of places
IKE this In the pr0vince.
woyisr has bad all the cattle killed
In the fields by the tuerrilas aAd left
to fot Not a pound Of meat can he
brought 10 4Seepl for The troops Al
nossAil oithe sdAr sen,rAls are points
t6f oOhcmuAii6h The owners are not
allowca to sIlpd, but they must protect
their Propeflg They build fOrts and
the soldiers are put In them. THIS
mikes q tOruhsd town and the tsrmprs
GloVpd about move II. Thoy stand a
ShAese o. getting iOod nov aha then.
Cor the planter pi,ies taom, but thsy
arV verse % than those In regular
towns for not q drop OF medicine can
be carried ts them.
Not q druggist dare sell any drugs or
an a presCrlption % AesO taken out
side the regular iOftiAsd towns IL
grain Of ouinlne ls supblitd 10 a sufsr-
ing soul Il means death 20 the render
II caught
The ipFurgohts IN arms are much
better oa Aan the c6noontu,Od paeia.
Goa They hll q beef In the aeld,
when they choose. but when they have
What they need they generally send
word TO the owner and they come and
get the rest Of Il aud they try TO go Il
In to the starving people around the
centulA