Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-10
A RESPONSE FROM CUBA.
Heartfelt Thanks to Charitable,
American Citizens
timely Relief for the Starving-TWo Hon~
dred Thousand Cuban COrpses stAno
Between Spain and Success Oh
Autonomy for Publication

WASHINGTON. Feb. Hon Charles
". Russell. assistant United States at
tornev in the department OF justice,
has received the following letter. ac-
knowIedging the receipt of New hork
draft mailed to United States Consul
Rarker at Saqua lie Grande, Cuba,
whose district of Las Villas embraces
Santa Clara, the capital of the province
of that name. San Domingo, Remedlos
and another city in the same province
in the eastern part of the island
In exclamation OF his estimate OF the
number of deaths from starvation up
to the time of his recent yisit-vlz- 2OO--
ooo-Mr. Russell says that he got that
number from the common talk IN cuba
For instance he asked Cuban what
the insurgents said about accepting the
offer of autonomy. and the answer was
that Spain had put 100000 corpSes De
tween her and them, referring eFl-
IDENTIFY to the reconcentrados- Inc let
ter follows:
1T is with unfeigned pleasure, as
well as inexpressible gratitude for your
valued favor of the 10th. in transmit
ting S6s. United States currency, as
donation to the dispensario, eharlta--
BILE institution to care for the destitute
and sick children of this city, contrib
uted. as YOU say, by certain employees
of your department
4 must tell you and the other good
souls contributing that the remittance
was most timely as their exchequer
was empty and. as one remarked when
this relief was made known. we had
God and only God. to look to, in order
that our treasury be replenished- 10
God and those charitable Americans
are due our thanks
Mrs. S. of Boston. has notified me
that she has sent to my address a case
of condensed milk for the same pur-
pose as also for the Remnants of fami--
lies of reconcentrados in an old ware
house of whom have heard. / as
sumo it was you who called her atten-
ton to these poor starving outcasts.'
After speaking of the good done by
Mr.. RusseIrs visit to Cuba, the letter
proceeds:
Up to date my district has received
nothing of the relief sent by our people
except through your thoughtful re-
membranee-
'-Of course Consul-General Lee has
not, nor will he ever, in my humble
Judgment. have sufficient contributions
sent to Havana to share with Us. so re-
mote and inaccessible in transporting
supplies. In view of this. contribu-
tions-like yours--in money. viii aid
in saving thousands who must die with r.
out sustenance and medicine imme-
diately furnished For instance, this b
remittance from the generous en-
ployes in Your department will prove
more beneficial than ten times that
sum 80 days hence
Il have certificates signed by the
alcaldes of the principal cities and
towns in my districts showing that
my estimate of $4,000 perishing souls D.
was under rather than above the mark.
To my mind and to all Christian
people there is but one, solely one,
issue in this Cuban question. viz des-
titution and starvation The status
quo is as when you left-save the des--
titution grows and the death rate in
creases hourly.
''I-not the authorities-have selected
and named agents composed of women
as well as men who will distribute all
contributions received and render
needed relief to all the destitute.
Say to the generous people of Amer
lea who have never turned a deaf ear
to the cry of the distressed. whether at
home or in foreign land. to send us
food, medicine and clothing for the
sick