Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
SAW AWFUL DESTNU[|ON.
Senator Proctor Returns to Kew
West from His Inspection of
the Island of Cuba.
THE SPANIARDS' HATRED OF AMERICANS
Col. Parker, Who Returns with Sem
atOr Proctor, Says Everyone In Ha-
vana Knows the Maine Was Blown
Up Intentionally and the SPAN
iarls Glory in the Fact.

New York, March 10. - A special to
the Evening World from Key West, Fla,
says: Among the passengers on the
O]ivette from Havana yesterday was
Senator Proctor of Vermont, who has
been making a study of Cuba and the
Cubans. With him was Col. NJ. NJ. Park
er, of Washington. Senator Proctor
said:
Il have not had an easy time. I have
seen all from the highest general and the
richest merchant to the neediest reconcen-
trado and the humblest pacitico, bankers.
officers, officials and Others I have visited
the military prison, hospitals, relief de-
pots. asylums, guardhouses, trochas, farms,
offices and homes. I have been in four
provinces, Havana, Pinar del Rio, Matan-
zas and Santa Clara and in the principal
cities of each. I am of an observant turn
of mind and I kept my eyes open. have
found out what 1 could not possibly have
learned without a personal visit, while I
have not to my knowledge antagonized
single person on the island. My trips with
Miss Barton have been of great service,
because, when the minds of people are mel
lowed by gratitude their hearts speak out
the TRUTH AS business man. I wish to
say that Miss Barton's methods of re-
ceiving. caring for and distributing the
supplies are most admirable. I am sur
prised at her ability and delighted at the
results attained. The American people
may be fully confident that all money or
supplies sent will be conscientiously ap-
piled. Could they see, I have seen. the
suffering, starvation and death, they would,
as Whittier says, pour forth wine and
OIL
Saw Awful Dest1tutiOn.
Col. Parker said to an Evening World
reporter:
1.-THE senator's trip to Cuba was merely
to satisfy himself as to the real merits Of
the Cuban question. It has no political
significance whatever. The famine, suf-
fering and awful restitution among the
reconcentrados is something almost inde-
scribable. The alcalde Of Matanzas told me
that s., 900 persons had died of starvation in
that city during the last year and that
5000 had died during February.
I'm ward of the hospital at Matanzas
there are 100 Cubans, most of them Sleep
ing on the floor We spent a half hour at
the hospital and during that time three
of the patients in that ward died. Blanco' 8
dos edict has not gone into effect, but
when it does I do not believe that it will
help matters any. Around every town is
trocha. Any citizen who walks outside
! of it is liable to be shot by Spanish SEN
try. Blancos order permits them to go
| outside the trocha for few hours every
day, but does not remove the sentries and
so long as they remain Cubans are not
| going to venture outside.
! 1--WE were just about to enter hotel
one day with our party, in which were sew.
eral ladies. A group of Spanish of.
! hcers were standing at the door. AS we
| passed one Of them said in SPANISH: y
should like to have an order to kill these
| people,