The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-27

co4-- vzs ss-ysc alone a. gny time prevl-
Gus % ,he mpTH.-s meal
The t.'l g tEee was very gooi-'o-
Cgt3--41d o. course : was satisfied. as
ha3 ~ .3ls.y msie up ny mind 10 be-
cone aat1rn' set e. once.
found havana quite interesting
has q population Of 4t3u, 10000 people
s-d -he city has very narrow slde"-lAS
and streets Havana IS tuli OF poor peo-
PIE e1i army officers aud soldiers ar
,eu8ed tttater th-re, sqon after nay ~
rival 10 the city They have some good
companies playiug there anil the tneaters
are p-ctty well patTonlzed Al one
rhsat-r 10 the city = new play Is put or
csa-y rlght. and he players not having
.i-as 20 fua.1orize ,hclr parts. a man q
stationed ,ust ia fron. Of the performers
ard rad. OF tire play very rapidly the
actors catching up tucir parts as be pro
freas There is 10 hitch 10 the perform
a1sc though the audience can hear the
p-nmpter distinctly. There Is MOI much
lalk u war IN havana. 1t being entirely
Fscifed remained here several days
and went from there TO Natanzas by rail.
&atauZas Is a city % about 80 600 IN
habitan's y pilot engine went ahead OF
the train the entire distance from Havana
I and the train vas accompanied By large
( body q troops. a popularity % the
/ passenger trains is that there Is no water
; or the ,!a!ns at all ZOE the passengers.
/ 81 every station, however. there is i
/ saloon. where drinks are sold, and as the
/ train pulls into station there rush
{ Of half perished passengers for tho sa-
( lion
Asked what tho main drink was In that
gu'~y Mr. Malone replied that no.
much whisky was taken. but h" people
I drank great deal Of wine and cognae
| brandy.
There ace forts along the line OF rail.
ROAD every few miles. From Matanlas
! proceeded by rail- 20 ssgua La Grande and
by the same mode % travel Ever train
vas nadsf the escort Of troops and the
roads were dotted with forts every few
miles, The interior OF Cuba is the most
desolaie country i man ever looked upon.
The plantations arc entirely destroyed
and grown up with weeds so that it look,
ike barren waste. Everything has
been destroyed by IRE and only the charr2t
remnants remain o, what once were -four
lshins plantations and happy homes. II
looks as though the entire country haC
been swept by a flood Of fire. The
country looks deserted. as all the people
: are concentrated In tho towns with moth
ing TO do and absolutely nothing 10 sub
sist upon"
ASKED II he saw any OF the destitutior
and the starving people o, which so mucl
. Is said In the papers, Mr.. Malone replied
h4"N ~ NhN cities tle poor people lO0kei
as though they were absolutely STARVING
10 death and he could not see how the,
J. could live much longer. Being drive
= from their homes in the country an
, eonct ntratcd Ia the cities. there is moth
/, ins for them TO do to mako a living an
y there as no charitable Institutions /,
'ake care OF them, so they are sowl
dylhg OF starvation, and the account
gwen IN the papers are not oycrirawn
h AS an instance OF the bigotry and ignor
!, snce OF the clergy In the island Mr.. Ma
% lone told OF man who established
soup mousse In one OF the towns for IN
a benenc OF the poor peon,e. He In
made and issued 10000 round brass check
u each OF which WAS good Tor meal n thI
: soup house. These checks he sold al
: cent each and charitably inclined poop
y would buy them In large numbers an
6 distribute among the starving poor
!, the center OF the check was a little orna
: ment consisting Of ring with star
d the center. one of the priests in authorii
0 there concluded that this ornament 9
the check was Masonic emblem OF son
kind and ordered the soup house Close
7 aud forbade the people from using Il
4 | checks.
81 "clenfuegos Is 4 city Of 10000. psopl