The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-29
REVIEW OF CUBAN EVENTS.
INCIDENTS TOLD BY THE DIARY OF
A SPANISH CORRESPONDENTS.


the Misunderstanding at Many
: Paints From the Lack of Food.
cfvil Employees without Pay for
MANY Months and Many Resign--A
reflective Discovers Horse Flesh
in a Kitchen-Havana Distributes
Rations to the Suffering POpuIace.
T-orrAspoudence of the Associated Press.
washington, Aug. 2S.-The following
items have been transmitted by a Spanish
correspondent in diary form:
Havana, Aug 2O.-According to official
figures it is shown that prior to the be-
s,i-ning of hostilitiesi between Spain and
me United States an aggregate of about
100 tons of provisions was imported
monthly at all the ports of Cuba, but that
zee the commencement of the war the
,ss in volume of these imports has
mounted to $4,000 tons.
The Menendez line of coasting steamers
ass lost five vessels since the Americans
fqyaded the island, as follows.
The Argonauto, captured by American
lrships at Cienfuegos; the Reina de los
.ngeles, seized at Santiago de Cuba, after
ne capitulation of that place; and the
Jose Garcia, Gloria and Purisima Concep-
lion, burned during the bombardment of
The port of Manzanillo.
on the night of July q. the insurgent
adler Juan Hernandez was killed in
-hI with a Spanish guerilla force which
sad ambushed his party. The Spaniards
lad one soldier wounded.
or the 9th the Insurgents had an en-
goa-lter with Spanish troops near Placet-
az. n the province of Santa Clara, which
ree tied in the killing of one insurgent
ana the wounding of nineteen others. A
sp nish captain was badly wounded.
on July 2S a committee representing the
goa rds and jail employees of this city pre-
s4rted request to the civil governor that
they be paid at least portion of their
Don overdue salaries.
eports received here on July 2S from
province of Puerto Principe show that
situation throughout that section of
the island was very bad. Provisions were
quite scarce, and the little TO be had was
b b ID at exorbtant prices. The civil en-
'poyes had received no salary for eight
months and most of them had resigned
their places. Special efforts were being
made to maintain the efficiency of the civil
hospital, and the civil governor had CIV
en- orders that everything possible be done
IN this direction.
According to the data furnished by the
civil government the deaths in Santa
Clara city during the month of May num-
'bered 2,265 and during the month of June,
2565
From July rs to Aug. 1, many persons
arrived at Havana and Cainbairen from
Puerto Principe, Nuevitas. Gibara and
adjacent places which had been abandon
ed by the Spanish forces.
The village of Jibaro, near Sancti Spiri-
tus, province of Santa Clara, was recent
ly taken by the insurgents who, it is
said captured eighteen Cuban guerrllas,
whom they macheted in a most savage
manner, merely because they were natives
of the island.
Later advices from Jibaro say that on
July IS the place was attacked by insur-
gents under Brigadier Jose Miguel Gomez,
who employed cannon in the assault upon
the forts, which We're defended by Span
ish regular troops and guerrillas. The at
tack was successful and the insurgents
captured the place. OF the Spanish forty
We're killed, seventy wounded and ninety
taken prisoner
The Governor of Matanzas on Aug
issued bando establishing the contribu-
ton ito be levied on every person who
brings viands and other products TO the
Matanzas market for sale.'' This "contri-
button" is 10 be given in the form of a
certain portion of each of the various
products brought by the vendors. On the
night of Aug. a detective in the city of
Matanzas visited a kitchen where food
was prepared for sale and discovered a
trunk containing 1913 pounds of horsemeat
The owner of the kitchen. Ramon Ortega,
and his son, we're arrested and have been
sent to prison.
reports from Caibairen say that on
July 2 an American ship captured at
Cayo Frances. the Norwegian steamer
franklyn, and the launches Dos Amigos
and Remedio. The last named. being
empty, was abandoned by the Americans,
put the FRANKLIN and Dos Amigos were
held by their captor.
La Union Constitutional referring to
the capture by, American vessels of the
spanish steamer Humberto Rodriguez
asks, in its issue of Aug. Z: How would
SPAN nave been judged if an American
snip hosting flag of truce, had APP
pfoaehed the port of Havana and the
cltys batteries had fired at it?"
:, ne same judgment" the paper says
ought to be pronounced regarding the
capture of the Humberto Rodriguez
WoS ClACClSu ny the american HeeC,
On the nigh seas while the steamer was
loving two schooners with sick and
wounded, under the Red Cross Society's
flag"
La Union Constitutional further says:
Inc American fleet ought to have rem
uered tribute to the steamer and her con-
Voy and escorted them to Havana's wa
ters thus carrying out the rules agreed
upon in this matter at the Geneva con-
Nention by the delegates who framed the
convention"
On Aug. - La Lucia says that a depu
tauon OF civil employees appointed by a
meeting held in Havana visited the Mar
gus de Montoro, the colonial financial
secretary, and requested that they be maid
a. least one months salary of the many
uue them. The Marquis received the dep
ulduon graciously He informed how
eyer, that for the moment he could not
comply with their request, because of the
SSmpossloiilty Of drawing against the
spanish government At the same time
ne expressed the hope that he would soon