The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-11-22
IT'S USELESS FOR SPAIN
La Lucha Thinks That America
Is lnsincere.
CONSERVATIVES tNRAGED


Il '#l t4hfiAstt III a l.'IfuliA liNIniFnfN
editorial. rNpressrs doui ~ o. tine sin
cvrity of the ni,ndshll toi spain. pro-
fcsscd by the AmynJa government,
and says:
~ The American fotrrumrut cannot
prc,ont the sailing from r0l,s oi thdt
country Of expeditions lu aid ~ uiv
lnsurgents. and docs uut psrond m
other ways 10 Spaia's vHmts ia come
To favorable terms, 10 ls useless fu.
Spain to maintain friendly tclatiuus
with America"
Reports from Malanzas say that ihc
cogs natiNts. haVins bornmr rnrarcl
"a the change I'm the governments pol-
icy, are disturbing public order l.N-
Mayor ct,spo Initiated thc disordery
conduct by publicly giving odiousr to
Scuor Armas, the new ciNil governor
of the province. The chief ui police fol
lowed ScnCr Crcspns load by rnipayor-
ing ia prevent aid being given Ia the
sulfcrlng rcconcentTadOs b. newspaper
CORE spondcnts and others
Of the rcconcehtrados In Matanzas.
numbering more than s0,o0d. - died IN
two days. SO prrishug from hunger.
Yesterday r. deaths wrrr reported, "A
large proportion of whom We're the re-
sui of starvation. In Jaruico. about
60 per cent of the deaths are caused by
starvation and the same Is true OF
many other towns, owing Ia the lack az
proper clothing and of blankets. The
situation OF thc lcvnnctntfiVdus Is M-
coming worse as me winter season al-
pronches, despite lhe efforts maut lu
relieve them.
Horrible episodes are of daily occur
A.. A A q
reno" among th' reconcenirados. Aiirr
lying Tor three DAYS upon the Sidewalk
IN front OF a honse in MatanNas "A poor
negro woman, who was sunering ter
ribly ana was unable to move. WIS
carried away ny a u"ni caused 10y a
heaNy DOWNFALL 81 ram short time
afterwards her dead body WAS discoY-
sred a few blocks away and At last rc-
port was still lying In the gutter \
cab driver who was carrying n sick
man TO hospital observed that his
passenger was dying. dragged him from
his cab. leaving him on the "urhstonr,
where ne iinally died. Cases similar
la these are of f'cqucnt occurrence.
Reports from candelnria say mat u
man who was ssitcTin9 from smallpox
was driven by the authoritles into the
lnsurgent camp AT toJadai Ncgrn.
Plnal del kid province, where threats
were made I" hang the man " he was
not taken away.
on "Wednesday evening ihe remaining
cane helds nn IN" plantation foTluga -
let owned iN hr. Manuel 6dlNo. were
destroyed by IRE.
Marshal Blanco has appointed n a. "
employees ~ thr custom house. of these
i've are native cubans and ihc re-
malnder Spnniards and nfnrmis,s.
The aut"numists are greatly dlsrustrd
by Their appointments. SlXiy p'rs"us
employed about the docks and '1o oih-
crs IN various parts "i the island have
Joined the r"Nolutionisis and a numler
nf prisoners at Huin"s. who were par
don"d under the recent proclamation,
have returned to the Insurgents.
SMALLPOX u raging In III" nciEhbor-
hund "l the lhshfgcnt hchdduafiers, I'm
Pinar def Rio. and there are Ia tho hoe
pllals ana tho hills La" persons suffer-
ing from th" disease. II Is stated hy a
| pr mlncnt resident of finar del RIO. a'-
cording "a an official report, that There
are i,a" armed insurgents On the pro,
inr". Including the bands which hnY'
/ recently entered IN" province under
Maria 'todfignrz and other leaders
Cen. hernandez Nclasco c"uilrms the
sini n"nt thhl ne insurgents ia flL1i
del hio are abundnnily supplied VIZ
! ANN uniii'n. seventy ~ Hsnotal ".
lafc"s mcn nave arrived az itnar dH
ltlo sun ring rom Mounds ref ''f'd iu
r"c, nj cnEaecmonts. tn tnah'ini sit
uation Of tEe military adm.piS'riiiou
is bad. The soldiers have not h",n pald
IN uiEhl months.
There Is n srarciiy In ih meat sup
/ ply Tor IN" hospitals ahd In many