The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-20
Daily Scenes in Front of American
Houses in Cuba.
OBJECTS OF OUR CHARITY
BENEFICIARIES OF THE CON
GRESSIONAL FUND.
In the Month of August e4s Persons
Died in sagua of Starvation; Since
July, $4,000 Died in Matanzas
District-Weyler's Reception a
Fiasco.
FiaSco.

New York, Nov. ia special to the
World from Havana says:
In every town in Cuba where there
are American citizens, groups of starry
ing islanders gather every day in front
of the houses of those Americans and
beg for the crumbs that fall from the
tables. That the Americans have any
thing on their tables from which
crumbs could fall is due to the relief
fund of $4,000 voted last spring by
congress. Consul General Lee has
drawn so far about $4,000 of the total
amount, and it is distributed to the
consuls in MatanZas, Cienfuegos Sa-
qua, Santiago and elsewhere. These
consulS buy provisions and distribute
weekly rations to distressed Americans.
There are ], 400 Americans on the re-
lief fund list. OF these about $50 are
American born. The others are natur-
allied citizens and their families, who,
having their citizenship papers proper
ly registered at the different United
States consulates. are entitled, if in
distress, to the same relief as Amer
dearborn citizens.
According to a statement made by
Consul Barker, who is stationed at
Sagua, about 10000 people are being
kept alive in Cuba by these rations
distributed for the support of 1,400.
BEGGING FOR FOOD.
Neighbors gather around the front
doors of the houses of American citi-
zens and beg share of food that
comes from the conSulateS. Where Suf-
fering is general these appeals are
not in vain, and the scant supply of
rice, jerked beef and bread is made to
do service for five instead of one
In the town of Sagua a person walk
ing through the principal streets about
IL am. or 6 pm. can tell the houses
starving creatures patiently waiting at
the door to get even a mouthful of rice
or even a crust of bread.
PITIFUL SIGHT.
The most pitiful sight is to see the
babies in arms, hardly alive, and the
small children with their thin little
legs and arms. all indicating lack of
nourishment and death by starvation.
There are no markets in any but the
bigger cities, because nothing is pro-
duced to supply them and no one has
money to buy with. Misery is universal
and suffering is everywhere, and the
death rate goes up higher and higher
each day.
DIED OF STARVATION.
In the town of ua, where there
is a population of about 10000, the
death list for five years before the war
was 500 year. In the month of Aug
ust of this year, 64S persons died of
starvation alone
Consul Brice, stationed at Matanzas,
reports. that since July, 127, 900 persons
have died in his district. AS he was
crossing the public square one evening
lately, he saw a man fall to the ground
within q few feet of him, and, hasten
ing to his side, found he was dead.
His body was nothing more than a
skeleton. Such scenes occur every
hour of the day all over the island,
where people are herded together.
General Blanco's orders to allow the
pacificos to cultivate land outside the
military lines would diminish suffering
if the people had the strength and the
implements with which to work, but
they have neither, and Weylers scheme
to eXterminate the Cuban people is
rapidly proving successful. 1t is be-
Heved here that Blanco has received
orders from Madrid to do everything
possible to prevent starvation reports
from going to the United States.