Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
GOV. MACON
TAKES CHARGE IN CUBA AND Is
SUES PROCLAMATION.
Taft and Retinue Leave for Home
Amid Pleasant Demonstrations
and Best Wishes

1
ceeding Secretary of War Taft Gov
ernor Magoon as once issued a procla
nation to the effect that under the au
thority conferred by the Plat amend
ment to the permanent treaty between
| the United States and Cuba, and of
March 2, 1901, and by the appointment
OF the president of the United States,
he had assumed the provisional gov
ernorship of Cuba.
In his proclamation Governor Ma
coon said:
"The policy declared and the assur-
ances given by Secretary Taft will be
strictly adhered to and carried out. AS
| provisional governor l shall exercise
| the powers and perform the duties pro-
vided for by the third article of the ap-
pendix to the constitution of Cuba for
the preservation of Cuban independ-
ence and the protection of life and
property. AS soon as consistent with
| the attainment of these ends l shall
seek to bring about the restoration of
the ordinary agencies and methods of
| government under the other and gener-
al provisions of the Cuban constitu-
/ ton. All the provisions of the consti-
tuition and laws which for the time be-
! ing would be inconsistent with the ex-
ercise of the power provided for by
the third article of the appendix must
be deemed to be allegiance. All the 9th
er provisions of the constitution and
laws continue in full force and effect.
Secretary of War Taft and Assistant
| Secretary of State Bacon, President
Roosevelt's peace commissioners, have
completed their labors here and de-
parted for the United States on board
the battleship Louisiana. They were
| followed to sea and acclaimed by many
| Liberal and eX-revolutionary leaders,
| but the former government officials
showed no disposition to join in the
| farewell, either collectively or individ-
ually, and no prominent Moderates
appeared at the palace or the wharf to
participate in the leave-taking. Two
Liberal Nationalists, Governor Nunez
and Congressman Gown, were the only
highly prominent members of the gov
eminent group who saw the party
Off
Secretary Tafts governorship of the
island ceased at noon October IL, and
he and Mrs. Taft and Mr.. Bacon stood
| in the blue room of the palace and for
a quarter of an hour bade farewell to
such friends as called and to those
with whom they had come in contact
! at the palace. The former included the
members of the City Council and AL
fredo Zayas, the Liberal leader. Imme-
diately thereafter the secretaries and
their party descended to the court be-
| low and were driven to the Cabelleria
wharf accompanied by Gen. Franklin
Bell, Consul General Steinhardt, Capt.
Mccoy and their secretaries. At the
wharf they met Mayor Cardenas, who,
on behalf of the city government, pres
ented Messrs. Taft and Bacon with
two immense bouquets. The big crowd
assembled at the wharf, DOTTED their
hats and the secretaries did likewise,
but there was no cheering or other de-
monstrations.
Brig. Gen. Funston, who had pre-
| coded the others, had started for the
battleship Virginia in launch, and
few minutes later Mr.. Taft handed the
ladies into launch, and the party
started for the Louisiana, Governor
Magoon, Mr.. Steinhardt, Gen. Bell,
Capt. zero, Capt Mccoy and others
accompanying them.
| The Louisiana passed out first, thun-
dering a salute of 81 guns to the Gu
ban flag flying at her main mast, with
her white-clad crew manning the rails
and the band playing the Cuban ma
tional hymn The salute was returned
by the Cabanas fortress. In the wake
of the flagship came the Virginia, car
rying Gen. Funston, and then the New
| Jersey. Afterward came the army
transports Niagara and Seneca and a
fotilla of gaily decorated launches,
carrying leading Liberals and ex-re-
bells, flying Liberal banners. The bat
| tleships were escorted to the harbor
mouth, where the flotilla whistled fare
wells. the warships responding.
Among the Liberals were Jose MI
guel, Gomez, Alfredo Zayas, Pine Guer-
"a and other prominent members OF
the revolutionary party.
! Before leaving Havana Secretary
Taft issued a decree that army sup
plies and the personal effects of OIL
GERS and men of the army, navy and
marine corps, and of civil employees
of the provisional government brought
to Cuba from the United States should
be admitted to the country free OF
duty.
Chinks Cremated.
| Hong Kong.-The British steamer
| Hankow, from Canton was burned here
while lying alongside her wharf. Hun
dreds of passengers were burned to
dreds of Chinese passengers were
burned to death, and valuable cargo
was destroyed. All the European pas
sengers and crew were saved.