The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-07
CUBANS DYING FAST.
FIGURES SHOW ONE HUNDRED THOU
SAND MORE DEATHS THAN BIRTHS.
Spanish Cruelty Said tn he Responsible
For Great Part of the Mortality Thou
, sands Arc Starving The Pacificos Are
stiil Hssd<d Around the Towns.

For . Great Part Of the Mortslity-Thou-
sands Arc Starving The Pacihcos Are
still HsfsSd Around the Towns.
The population OF Cuba Is SO rapidly
disappearing nat the latest statistics show
l00 900 more deaths than births on the
island Tho :uncentrados furnish most OF
the victims. rhe causes of so many deaths
are starvation, beriberi an awful malady
caused by hunger; smallpox, and. above
all. the cruelty OF the Spanish troops
Such bruta, commanders as Generals Mo-
lima and Moroto and Colonel Fonsdeviella.
who made themselves Infamous in tina
days of General Weyler, have not been re-
called from the field by General Blanco,
and they continue the wanton butcbery OF
| noncombatants exactly as they did under
! the regime of the former captain general.
| The conduct of the war has merely changed
some of its aspects In the cities, but In the
country the military operations are car
ried on with the same barbarity.
In the province of Matanzas General
Molina is devastating the country and
| ocrding the pacificos around the towns
an fact, the noncombatants are still hud-
died together. In spite of all the DEGREES
OF Blanco the pacificos are kept within
the lines called "the zones Of cultivation, ="
which are Immediately around the towns
controlled by the Spanish columns.
Here Is q list of paciflcos murdered oy
the column of General Molina near the
Cumber, within sight Of Matanzas, be
tween Dec ii and 49,:
Juan Pacheco. 90 years old, father oil
Ave children; Luis Vega, 40 years old
found starving by the column and machet
ed; Andres Cueto, 10 years old, and for
merly employed on a sugar estate in the
provinces; Luis Vaguero, 90 years old
Ygnacio Vargas, 20 years old, Luisa Her
rera and her sons, Andres, Pablo hn6
Ramiro, the Oldest ii years old. This poor
woman and her sons were chased like wile
beasts and finally cut to pieces with ma
ehetes
These are victims whose names arr
known. General Molina daily massacre
10 or 12 defenseless paciflcos and then re
ports an engagement with the insurgen
forces of General Betancourt in which, HI
says, so many killed were left on the fielt
by the insurgents.
General Bernal Is no less cruel in Pima
del Rio province Two miles from Arte
misa he found, on Dec 10, Cuban hos
pital, and massacred over 40 sick ant
wounded insurgents and two women
Near the hospital he found the office of
Cuban prefecto, which Is the name give
to the civil employees of the government
of the republic of Cuba. This official wa
In charge of the hospitals and of the won
: EN- and children. The prefecto, name
! Gonzalez, was living in a hut, and in fou
larger huts were 12 women with thei
children. The huts were burned and shot
were fired at the women as they were rur
ming to the woods. Ten women escaped
some wounded, and two were killed. Th
! prefecto, Damian Gonzalez, was hanged
The New York Sun correspondent has a
this information from the most trus
! | worthy source.