The record-union., 1898-06-21
Flour Fifty Cents a Pound, and Army
Placed on Half Rations.
Says the Whole Population Of Car
denas Will be Starving in Two
Weeks Time-The People Now
Living on Palm Leaves and Dog
Meat, Which is Considered q
Delicacy.

KEY WEST, June 90 500 a. M
A vessel arrived here from the block
ade this morning and reported all
quiet along the line. She brought an
officer of the Cuban army and plot,
who are carrying important dispatches
10 Senior Estrada Palmer of the cuban
Junta from General Alexandra Rodri-
guez, the'insurgent commander OF Ha-
vana Province.
The CubanS were taken on board on
Saturday last from an auxiliary gun
boEs which had picked them up The
messengers of General Rodriguez gave
a very interesting account of their ex-
periences After leaving the insurgent
camp they made their way into the city
of Havana, spent several days there,
proceeded to a small inlet in the neigh
borhood. stole a small boat and rowed
out to sea in the hope of coming across
an American vessel. They were three
days in the boat before they were
picked up.
The Cubans report that there are no
supplies of rice, maize, potatoes or
eggs in Havana. Flour, they say, costs
so cents per pound, and the army has
been placed on half rationS. The Gu
bans also report that lard is selling at
and meat at 70 cents per pound, and
all are scarce, and they say that Vail
horses of private families, stores and
livery stables have been confiscated by
order of General Aroias, the military
Governor of Havana, for the use of the
troops. There is hardly any traffic in
the streets of Havana, and groups of
more than two persons are not allowed
to loiter on street corners The street
railway company, whose cars are drawn
by horses, are obliged to run a car
every hour instead of every five min
utes, as heretofore, as the horses of the
company have been taken by the Gov
eminent.
The messengers class as false the re-
ports that vessels have succeeded in en-
tering Havana Harbor with supplies
They assert that since the blockade be-
gan only three small fishing vessels
have entered the harbor, and that no
food whatever is received from Glen
fuegos.
The Cubans confirm the report that
work on the defenses of Havana is pro-
ceeding steadily. Two lines of torpe-
does extend across the mouth of the
harbor which is said to be further pro-
tected by two automobile torpedoes.
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The trocha from Guanabacoa, Paulie-
vera and Minerega to Puenta de Ia
Cherrerrea. thickly studded with forts
and roundhouses, protects the roads to
Havana
Two new batteries. which have been
built just east of Moro Castle. are
known as No. l and No. f. the latter
being closest to MORO. No. has three
Ordnez 11-inch guns mounted, and No.
1 has one gun mounted and two guns
ready TO be placed in position, of the
same caliber.
The other new batteries have been
constructed on either side of the mouth
of the river Almanderez, west of San
ia Clara, and the Reina batteries are
also provided with heavy ordnance It
is also reported that there are 1900
armed Cubans in Havana Province,
pitted against $1,000 well-equipped
Spaniards.
The health of the Cubans in Havana
Province is excellent. Their camp is
situated at Zena
Inc Spanish vessels in Havana Har-
Dor are the Condo de Venadito. Nueva
Espana. Vicente Yanez Pinson and AL
fonso Kill, the last named being used
as hospital ship. No other gunboats