The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-24

learned. no official bus aa- "a being
done. All are ln exceileu. aaa. r. 80
cases q fever of any Eins ug. r.l.. %
among the members ag t1s CO.. M-asIaa
or lts stan.
Among the passengers wh1 arrived
yesterday from hey West 0u the
steamer MascJttp rv1s S-.Dra Lou a
Nof1da. widow uf D.. U,Tu1uo5z. she
was known rs the queen of cub and
figured in the insursecti3u. existing in
General Maceo's command. iu which her
husband was ssan surgeon Her hus-
band was Killed in the war ana she was
taken prisoner by the Sp8n5ardF near
Sanctus Spiritus and depos.ei. ShH re-
turned L. the island with tha intention
ID. actively resum'ng work iu the q
/ OF the freedom Of Cuba.
Reports from all points Of the island,
besides confirming the statements re-
g8rdirg the waHta and des,itution exist
ing among the Cuban folders. say the
health in their camps is very bad and
that d~ysentery and malaria are deci-
mating the forces. Official returns as
- the mortality In the Santa Clara
province during the month II July
show 2.96S deaths, Of which 115 resulted
from smallpox. Free soup kitchens are
SIN open in II wards, all the others be-
ing closed.
Major Page and Lieutenant Reid have
: been appointed commissioner 70 survey
and report upon the conditions IN Ma
tanZls, where they arrived yesterday.
They paid an official visit 90 the mill
tary governor, General Molina, and TO
the civil governor.
Advices from Pinar del Rio, the great
Vuelta Abajo tobacco tract, are not en-
]cOuraging. The Cuban troops stationed
in the province have been behaving well
and labor in the field has been resumed,
most of the planters sowing as much
tobacco as possible in view OF the
scarcity Of oxen. Most of the animals
were coniscated during the war for
the maintenance of both armies. The
general tone Of the district is healthy
and confidence is manifested on every
hand.
To-day the steamer Orlando arrived
from Vera Cruz. She sailed for this port
with 500 head of cattle, Of which 100
died during the voyage. There also ar
rived he steamer Juan FOrgas from
Cadiz y the Dorset from Vera Cruz
with ca.goes and passengers and the
schooner Edward from Pascagula with
lumber.
The battalions Of Seville, No. SO, and
Bourges. Nc. SO, are concentrating at
T Cienfuegos i'm readiness for embarkation
for Spain. Ths soldiers are suffering
greatly owing to the intense heat, which
has NduTfl 'AAlA'EIA''A II NAFNA ~
and sever storms are of daily occur
renee.
Yellow fever. which has hitherto been
of a very mild type and comparatively
few cases reported, has lately assumed
a more dangerous form and is increas-
ing.
The cabinet composed Of the colonial
secretaries meets daily and pardon IS
granted To a great number Of prisoners.
who are thereupon turned into the
streets Of the city.
La Lucha, in an editorial, yesterday,
creating upon the question of the future
of Cuba. concludes with saying:
The only difference existing between
ourselves and the Americans is that
they occupy themselves with material
interests and the organization Of public
wealth. while we write verses on liberty
and sOnnCts to the moon as a solution
Of our terrestrial problem. We are sup
purters and followers of ideals and the
muses.. while they are staunch depend
ents upon reality and earthly things.
We are of heaven and they are Of earth.
Victory, therefore, cannot be doubtful,
! unless we change our tastes, ambitions
and temperament"
Advices from the interior continue re-
porting the want and distress existing
among the Cuban troops. Private sub
scriptions Of money. food, clothing and
medicines are doing what they can for
/ their relief. In several of he interior
towns more hospitals, where the sick
can enjoy at least care and nursing
from gentle. womanly hands have been
opened.
Captain General BlanCo, simplifying
his decree Of Aug. %, has pardoned ll9
persons who were exiled from the Island
for all kinds of crimes.