Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-20
SAYS FACTS ARE SUPPRESSED
DECLARES INSURGENTS ARE PHI
LAGING AND PLUNDERING.
Captain General Blnnco Puts. n ston
'he Sohhscation of Cattle
Ment Ring Continues Its Mo-
nOpoly on Meat in
Havana.

| ing publishes letter from a Havana cor
respondent in which the writer points ont
that, though, as in the mother country.
there appears no disposition among the
opaniards IN Cuba to attempt a pronuncia-
mehto. the soldiers and civilians alike ,hav
He accepted the disaster and its conse-
quences with dreary fataIistic calm tho
siau is last drifting into condition of
anarchy. 1nsurgent bands, the corresnond-
eht says, are enjoying immunity in the
| commission of outrages and plundering and
this is especially true in the western nro,,-
| inces, where the insurgents bitteriv cou-
pam That they have been ignored and
abandoned by the United States and being
ieLt utterly destitute, can only save Them
serves from starvation by rapine Without
,oou, hleolclne and clothing, they are dy-
ing ike Mes, and, unfortunately, 1t is the
LEST elements among the insurgents that
are suffering most severely.
Inc lines in an editorial article draws
attention to the difficulties facing tho
washington government and the advsa-
biiity that the peace conference be no, IN
duly protracted. 1''
Inc correspondent relates terrible stories
vi anarchy and says the American govern
ileht is apparently attempting to s,1nnrass
the truth. AS an instance, he gives the fol-
.o"Ins story. which he declares was sup
piesseo ny the censor at Key West:
oahd OF insurgents attacked recentlv
the Providencia sugar factory. near Gu,nes
one OF the richest in Cuba. The guerrilla
ioree which the proprietor maintained tn
defend his property until the orr,,,a1 -
the Spanish troops was Obliged IN surran-
Ger, because the Spanish troops now do
nothing to suppress lawiessness. Tho in
sursents invaded the inclosure. where tbsy
iouho q lot of reconcentrados rIbev
stripped the women naked and p1acipg
'peih IN line, fired from behind them at the
suerriilas, thus making it impossible for
the defenders of the factory to return the
fire. ''io
me correspondent declares that the most
lrremedlable effect of the prolonged war in |
the island Is the almost total destruction of |
tne "hite population, which has left Cuba. |
almost as black as Hayti.
HAVANA, Sept 19.-All the members Of
@ eie american evacuation commission came
ashore from the steamer Resoluta tb;s
morning and are now installed a+ tha
Irocha hotel at vadado. All are well
MAJOR Allison sprained his ankle, but the
injury is not important. >'o
NEAR ADMIRAL Luis Pastore Landre gov |
erhor Oh the port, who was originate /,
'neHper OF the Spanish evacuation commits
.ioh' mas, owing to sickness, been replaced
oy Admiral Mantelero, and will sail for
oPain tomorrow, owing to his i'll heaItb
Naptaln General Blanco has ordered that
que cohnscation OF the few cattle remain
Hs III the island shall be suspended IN
ales. province, where 1t threatened to
become death blow to all possible vyork
n the fields The necessity that s;,,t,an
'teps be taken in Pinar del Rio and otbar
PROVINCES is imperative the crops bayin,
zen ruined or the work of GATHERING,
hein aeiayed through the lack of oxen.
fhuHces from the interior report that |
are being established on many
states ana that relief committees have
eeh organized in several towns and viii
ages 10 attend to the requirements of
ition. sau coh-
Iai me steamer Alfonso XIII, sailing for
ocuments of the military archives sha
'iii also have on board the division of
'eneral Pablo Gonzales Corral.
Inc Alfonso XIII. will also carry ON
assehsers' mostly the wives and chill :
rem of army officers .
Joseph Miley, of MINNEAPOLIS q se.,,., a
II tne Dark Marion, died to-day from vel t
w ieVer and was Immediately buried I
Aovices from Puerto Principe report that I
Ni tioopS are not observing the | I
of the armistice, but are II
ealing cattle and making raids in that II
strict even forbidding tthe entrance of +
roVislons from the fields into the citv d
Senor Emilio Marces, the military pov- Y
nor, has been forced to take strict meas q
res 10 prevent repetition of former q
buses.
ihe meat ring continues cornerinp the r.
sI arket and the slaughterhouse tax. the
.nesI income OF the city, Is materially re- |
iced The average number of cattIe .Sl
aughtered daily used to exceed 400 head o.
u , To-day 1t is below go, owing to the nrn,
oluVe price at which meat is sold the |
onopolists depriving the city's treasury of
er *ZVo day. This is one of the chief n,
asons Tor the deficit of the municinaiitv -
u no steps are taken to remedy the evil &c
olLer mas Deen made by leading bust pa
ss mouse TO import, kill and put on the h;
trket meat at 25 cents pound. At the m
esent prices the consumption of meat is | %
stricted to the better classes of hotels 20
d restaurants. toteS eH
he following are the candidates tn no ST
TED on at the Cuban congressional cleo IN
n, which will be held from the 12th- IN tho st
h of October: '-'s ee
ose Lacret, Carlos NJ. Gespedes. Modesto on
Ilrado. Gonzales Peres Andres CaIixto ma
rcia. Silverio Guerra, Rafael Portl1ndo m Iiu
ppynte Galano. Guillermo Mascara a'
an puVcase, Vicente Mimiet Emilio Ba
'dl. francisco Sanchez, Echevarries, De- {
ieneral Pedro Betancourt's forces are G..
nped just out of Matanzas. ."