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Show . , . 9 . SUFFERING IX 31 EX ICO. Great Destitution Among the Lower Classes in Several Sections. St. Lori. Oct. 10. A dispatch from San Antonio, Tex., says: D P. Newcomer, U. S. immigrant inspector, has just returned from a visit to Pedras Negras, Mexico. He states that there is great destitution among the lower classes of Mexicans in the states of Chihuahua and Durango There are about 4K)0 people seeking employment em-ployment on the railroad extension between Tarreon and Durango. These men and their families are half starved and In utter want. Hundreds of unfortunates subsist entirely on the maguay plant. The drought has been broken" and there arc indications of better times. .. it. |