The Washington herald., 1906-10-09

Havana, OCT. SIT IS the present pan
that AIessrs. Taft and Bacon viii sail for
Newport News on Saturday. as Mr..
Magoon is expected TO arrive tomorrow,
and everything is going well. The battle
ship Louisiana will carry the commission
ers home
It is denied that President Roosevelt
has cabled TO Mr.. Taft asking if 800 troops
arc sufficient to maintain order in the ISL
and There are now about 1000 troops
here, counting the marines. while 800 more
arc aRoat and on their way to the island
on the steamers Panama, Niagara, Aztec,
and Monterey.
The work Of disaTming the insurgents is
now practically completed. save 4 few
scattered bands about Cienfuegos. There
is great partisan J. terness there on ac-
count of the murder Of Representative
Villuendas and Lieut. Jose Miguel Gomez
long before the insurrection.
Provisional Gov. Taft informed an in
terviewer to-day that the only danger al
present IS Santa Clara province Antici-
pating possible trouble there between
NfOderates and Liberals. Mr.. Taft to-day
sent Consul General Sternhardt TO Glen
fuegos, with instructions to keep in touch
with the situation there, and direct the
operations of the $500 American marines
on duty there, if necessary, for the
preservation Of order.
amnesty Proclamation To-day.
Tomorrow Gov. Taft viii issue a proc
lamation of general amnesty for political
offenses. The proclamation viii be pub
lshed in the Official Gazette Of Tuesday
The amnesty will cover all offenses con
nected with political causes, and viii
tend 10 set at rest some Of the matters
now in contention between the two par
ties. One of these is the Viluendas
case, which is the motive of the present
disquieting attitude of the Cubans in and
around CienfuegCs. The principal ill
feeling Centers in the city.
Friends OF Senator Enrique ViIluendas
retain the liveliest animOsity against Sen
ator Frias. the Moderate leader ia Santa
Clara Province, and his followers. whom
they hold responsible for the murder OF
VillUendas a year and half ago Lieut.
Col. Vale commanding the government
troops at Cienfuegos reported TO Gov
Taft to-day at the palace that all the
volunteer militia companies in that neigh
borhood had been disarmed, according e
the orders of the provisional govern
ment.
Col Vale declared. however. that small
bands Of insurgents in Santa Clara
Province remained under arms in defiance
10 the disarmament orders Part Of Con
sui General Sternhardt's duties viii be tC
secure the laying down Of arms by these
bands
Secretary Taft reports that the tran
quillizaton of the other provinces is now
complete, and that the disarmament has
been accomplished.
Besides the Villuendas affairs. to-mor-
rows proclamation Of amnesty viii set
at rest the Guanabacoa affair Of last
spring. There Liberal sympathizers at
ta"ked the rural guards in their barracks
killing and wOUnding q dozen rurdles
Legal proceedings against those who tool
part in the affair and against Frias had
been expected.
viii Count CUba's Cash.
Maj. Ladd. now one Of Secretary Tafts
subordinatcs in the provisional govern
ment. and former treasurer of The Cuban
administration during Gen. Woods gov
ernorship, recently engaged in securing
the disarmament Of the rebels of Havana
and Pinar del Rio provinces. viii to-mor-
row undertake. with SenOr Orloff. present
treasurer of Cuba, to count the money
now on hand in the treasury.
The funds Of the country are said to be
about Sl2,000,0Ce It is expected that it will
take about fifteen days to invoice the
cash. Maj. Ladd was especially commits
stoned by Gov. Taft for this work Mr..
Iaits principal aim Is to ascertain the
actual amount Of ready money without
reference 10 or interest in whatever dis
bursements may have been made by the
Palma administration. There is no doubt,
however, that II frauds should be discov-
cred in the course Of the count prosecu-
tions in the usual way VIII follow
The battle ship Indiana left this after
noon 10 join the Atlantic feet The Gel
tic also left on trip around the south
coast to supply vessels stationed there.
The battle ships Louisiana. New Jersey.
Virginia. the cruiser Minneapolis. the gun
boat Prairie. and several Golfers are now
IN the harbOr here. The Cleveland and
Marietta are at Cienfuegos, the Tacoma
at Manzillo. the Newark at Nuevitas. the
strategic naval point for the province OF
Camaguey. and the Des NJ at Guam
tandmO.