The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
STARVED TO DEATH BY SPAIN.
HUNGER MOVING DOWN THE RE
CONCENTRADoES IN CUBA.

zns-COrpses OF the Dead Left Ly-
ing in the Gutters-SpaniSh Con-
servatives in Matanzas Disturbing
Public order to Show Their Re-
sentiment at the Change in the Gov
ernment's POIicy-SOIdiers Suffer-
ing From Want of Sufficient Food.
Havana, Nov. 21-La Lucha, in a re-
Gently published editorial, expresses doubt
as to the sincerity of the friendship for
Spain professed by the American govern
ment and adds: "If the American gov
ernment cannot prevent the sailing from
the ports of that country of expeditions
in aid of the insurgents and does not re
spond in other ways to Spain's efforts to
come to favorable terms, it is useless for
Spain to maintain friendly relations with
America"
Reports from Matanzas say the conserv-
atives, having become enraged at the
change in the governments policy, are
disturbing public order. Ex-Mayor Cres-
DO initiated the disorderly conduct by
publicly giving offense to Senor Armo-
ras the new civil governor of the prov
inaa,
Crespos lead by endeavoring to prevent
aid being given to the suffering reconcen-
trados by newspaper correspondents and
others OF the reconcentradoes in Ma
tanzas, numbering less than $4,000, 779 died
in two days, 81 perishing from hunger.
Yesterday II deaths were reported, a large
proportion of which were the result lof
starvation. In Jaruco, about 65 per cent.
of the deaths are caused by starva tion,
and the same is true of many other towns.
Owing to the lack of proper clothing and
of blankets the situation Of the reconcen-
tradoes is becoming worse as the winter
season approaches, despite the efforts
made to relieve them.
Horrible episodes are of daily occurrence
among the reconcentradoes. After lying
for three days upon the sidewalk in front
of a house in MatanZas, poor negro Wo>
man, who was suffering terribly and was
unable to move, was carried away by
flood caused by a heavy downfall of rain.
A short time afterWard her dead body was
discovered a few blocks away, and at last
reports was still lying in the gutter.
A cab driver, who was carrying sick
man to hospital observing that his pas
senger was dying, dragged him from his
cab, leaving him on the curbstone, where
he finally died Cases similar to these
are of frequent occurrence.
Reports from Candelaria say man who
was suffering from smallpox was driven
by the authorities into the iusurgent camp
at Sojadal Negro, Pinar del Rio province,
where threats were made to hang the man
# he was not aiken away.
On Wednesday the sugar cane fields ON
the plantation Portugalete, owned by DR..
Calevo, were destroyed by fire.
Marshal Blanco has appointed thirty
four new employees at the custom house.
OF these five are native Cubans and the
remainder Spaniards and reformists. The
autonomists are greatly disgusted by these
appointments.
Sixty persons employed about the docks
and 500 others in various parts of the ISL
and have joined the revolutionists and
number of prisoners at Guines who We're
pardoned under the recent proclamat tion,
have returned 10 the insurgents.
Smallpox is ravaging the neighborhood
of the insurgent headquarters in Pinar del
Rio, and there are in the hospitals in the
hills 1,700 persons suffering from the dis
ease.
1t is stated by a prominent resident of
Pinar del Rio. according to an official re-
port, that there are only 1000 armed in
surgents in the province. including the
bands which have recently entered the
province under Mania Roderigues and 9TH
er leaders.
Gen. Hernadez Velasco confirms the
statement tnat the insurgents III Elldr uel
Rio are abundantly supplied with ammu-
milton. Seventy of Gen. Velasco's men
have arrived at Pinar del Rio suffering
from wounds received in the recent en-
gagement.
The financial system of the last ad-
ministraton has been abandoned.
The soldiers have not been paid for the
past eight months
There is a scarcity in the meat supply
for the hospitals. and in many towns no
meat has been obtainable for many days.
Gen. Losada sub-inspector of the health
department, said recently to the CORE
spondent of Ell impartial of Madrid that
there were actually So 600 soldiers in the
hospitals in Cuba, and that about 1900
of this number were not suffering from
any disease, but simply from need of
nourishment.
A band of insurgents recently fired on
the town of San Nicolas in Havana prov
ince. Rio Seco, province of Havana, re-
ports that a fresh band of insurgents,
we'll armed and equipped, have appeared
in that vicinity. The leader of the band
is not known.
The police recently visited the house of
George w. Hyatt, chief of the relief de-
partment of the United States consulate,
at y O'Clock at night to make inquiries
as to the destination of a quantity of food
which had been taken into the house dur
ing the day The female inmates becom-
ing frightened, refused to open the door,
and insisted upon being Informed of the
object OF the officers visit. The police
finally retired upon learning that the in
mates were Americans.
The insurgents, It is reported, have cap
tured $50 mules from the Concalon del
sur, government reservation.
A dispatch from Madrid says that Senor
Geliera, deputy in the Spanish cortes, and
leader of the new autonomists, is on his
way to Cuba, where he will enter the au-
tonomist party on condition that Senors
Montero, Fernandez castro, Cueto and
Aayas leave the board of directors of the
party, it being asserted they are too pro-
nouncedly Spanish to succeed in inducing
tae insurgents to accept autonomy under
1Aeir leadership Senior Jose Galvez Will
remain chairman of the party.
APEZIEGUIA In NEW XODIS