The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-16
USE NAVAL VESSEL.
rs,t and His Party Will Make Trip
on Man-Of-War.

r.e. and His Party Will Make Trip
ON Man-Of-War.
washington, Sept. 15.-None OF the
sacretaries who participated in the con-
ference at oyster Bay YESTERDAY was
an washington early in the day.
No definite arrangements have been
r,ade regarding the ship which Will
take Secretary Taft ana MT. Bacon 10
havana from Key West. but naval
vessel will certainly be used Tor the
purpose. 2uox,
cienfueros by the Navy Department
todav announcing the arrival of the
Marietta at. that place yesterday NO
'mention was made of the landing or
blue jackets or marines.
Secretary Taft will be accompanied
on his Cuban trip by Capt FRANK H.
aides. Captain Mccoy was an aide TO
General Leonard Wood both In Cuoa
and in the Philippines and speaks
Spanish fuently.
The present plan is for the party
to leave Washington at S:45 O'CLOCK
tomorrow afternoon for Tampa II is
not definitely settled whether they Will
embark on a naval vessel at that place
or proceed by the regular Merchant
Line steamer to Key West and there
embark on a national ship.
The length of the stay of Secretaries
Taft and Bacon in Cuba can only be
coniectured at present but 1t Is be-
iieved that their work of investigation
can be completed within about a week
after their arrival in Havana Mean
while the officials feel confident that
there VIII be suspension of active hos
tilities in the island.
No orders have been so far dis
matched for the Marietta's men to re-
urn to the ship from Cienfuegos and
Sas thew are engaged in protecting
American property solely and their
status thereby differs materially from
the force originally landed in Havana
from the Denver. 1t is believed that
they will be allowed to remain on
shore for the present.
Later in the day another dispatch
was received from Commander Fulham
of the Marietta. stating that a force
had been landed from that ship at
Cfenfuegos to protect sugar planta-
tions. which were threatened. A tele-
gram also was received at the State
Department today from Mr.. Atkins, one
of the owners of the Constancia es-
tate. near Clenfuegos, in which he says
he received a cablegram from Glen
fuegos today announcing that insur-
gents raided Solidad yesterday, taking
horses and that the Marietta forces had
arrived in Cienfuegos last night.
He says his information does not
confirm press dispatches as to the de-
struction of sugar plantations.
from dispatches received today from
Mr.. Sleeper, charge of the American
legation at Havana. 1t appears that the
extent of damage to American prop
erty near Cienfuegos had been exag-
gerated. Mr. Sleeper says he has re-
ceived a contradiction of the report
that the Huatey estate had been de-
Rtroyed And thus far. he says. he has
not been able to confirm the report
that the Constancia estate buildings
has been burned. Other advices re-
ceived at the State Department are to
the effect that the buildings on the
Hofniguerra estate were not burned by
the insurgents and 1t is said the re-
port probably arose from the fact that
the railway shipping station near that
estate has been destroyed.
A dispatch was received today from
American consul Rose Holiday. sta