The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-22

the Starving Women and Chldrens
Col. chsds's Startling Theory That tho
Maine was ,plown MP by a Torpsdo
From a Spanish War Vessel.
NEW YORK, March 2l,-Dr. Louis
Klopsch now in Cuba, In charge OF the
American relief work. cables from Ha-
vana under date OF March II to the
Christian Herald: X
'The situation Is simply this: Two
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
REcoNcENTRADos IN OVER FOUR
HUNDRED ACCESSIBLE TOWNS
ARE iHELPLEssLY DESTITUTE. Un-i
less We can get regularly, without a
break, i've hundred tons OF cornmeal
and fifty tons OF lard or bacon every
week, we cannot effectively relieve the
suffering. spasmodle and unsystemat-
lc efforts defeat all good Intentions
Canned goods are useless and condens-
ed milk should be substituted gIF-
TEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
WEEKLY WILL FEED EVERY
STARVING MAN. WOMAN AND,
CHILD IN CUBA. Small. irregular
shipments are only tantallzlng."
DR.. Frank Chado, who, for the past
two years, has served with the rank OF
colonel in the Cuban army under Cen.
eral calixto Garcia, and who was pres
ent when young Gomez committed sui
eide on seeing his leader, General Ma
Geo, fall, is In this city. 81
Colonel Chndo came by the steamship
Conchas, taking passage at Havana.
{ He. eIuded the vigilance OF the Span,
tsh authorities and travelled under an
assumed name. When Colonel Chado
left New York two years ago he weigh
ed 2l0 pounds; to-day he weighs LIE
pounds. sl
y,.T have heard something OF the stor-'
les published In this country OF the dis
tress in Cuba and OF the thousands that
have died and are dying OF starvation.
Nothing has been published. nothing
that could be published. could tell the
story as 1t really; Is.
ss..I know OF my own knowledge that in
many sections OF Cuba they are digging
up tho earth for the worms that they
may find. It Is not every one who is
able to dig. Most of the people are SO
weak that they. are unable to move.
..They are dying by the thousands.
not the men who are doing or hope to
do the fighting that eventually must
end In triumph, but the poor women. the
children and the 3reconcentrados. Ruin
is everywhere Visible.
Spain has been guilty of acts that
must make civilization stand appalled,,
and the fact Is that they are infinitely
worse off to-day than at any time since
the war began. Victory Is certain for
the Cubans In the near future.
or the present feeling among Span
iards at Havana, Colonel Chado said
that 1t was becoming moro hostile for
Americans every day. e
There is a feeling among them" he
said, "that the United States IS afraid
TO fight. and that they can do anything
they please. 4, 5;5 II, III
"I AM FIRMLY CONVINCED AS a
MAN XAN BE THAT THE MAINE
HORROR WAS NOT DUE TO ANY.
SUBMARINE MINE. THIS BELIEF
IS SHARED BYtALL CUBANS THAT
THE MAINE WAS BLOWN UP BY "A
TORPEDO FURTHER Il BELIEVE
THAT THE TORPEDO CAME FROM
THE SPANISH WARSHIP$ $ALPHON-
so KIT"
& IA TO our reason for thinking so.
First, there is the fact that the night
before the Maine explosion the Alphon-
so, which had been anchored near, was
moved to safe distance away.
Second, the fact that not once since
the day OF the, explosion has any sea-
man or marine from the Alphonso been
allowed to so ashore. The only. inference
Is that the officials are afrnid the SAIL
ors might become intoxicated aud talk
too much" 8
Colonel Chado has come to New York
for medical and surgical treatment, his
right arm. side and leg: being paralyzed
from prlration, exposure and wound.
He Is native Cuban and one of the
and three grown children still remain
generT under General Calixto Garcia
for the past three years, but at length
unable to ride his horse or dress HIM
self, he received from the insurEent
commander an indefinite furloush as
invalided. 4. Z: ~ sfssG
IT shall not return to Cuba until she
is free he said.
4 The Central Cuban relief commission
gives notice that no shipment OF cu-
ban relief supplies should be made TO
gulf ports. The Plant system OF ships
sailing from Savannah and Tampa,
Fla. will furnish free Transportation,
but these vessels, being small, can car
~ only supplies originating along the
line Of the Plant system OF railways
Z All other shipments from Iany other
part OF the United States should be,
to the Cuban Central Relief
at New York and the COM
mission requests all shippers to give
notice before shipments are made II In
order that provision for steamship
transportation may be nrranged.S3i
The Ward. Edmundson, Mallory and
Pan AmerlcanEsteGmship lines are Civ
Ing free all OF their spare capacity for
Cuban relief supplies and the commits
sion wishes to furnish to them all pos-s
sible notice before delivering the goods
ut the respective piers. Z. z
{ The Omaha ;World- Herald telegraph
cd to-day that It will send several car
loads of provisions and medicines by
April l and asked for free itransporta-
tlon. ~; 81
!: The commission has decided to char.
ter u vessel OF not less than ., 900 tons
burden to take 1000 tons OF cornmeal
and two hundred tons of bacon to Gu
ba within ten days from Saturday last,