Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-27
COL. LITTLEToN WALLER ORDER.
ED TO PROCEED FROM NOR
FOLK TO HAVANA
WILL DIRECT FORCES
All Marines and Officers Ordered are
to be Ready to Move for Port This
Evenins-IsIand is Practically With.
out Government at Present.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 26-Col.
Lottleton Waller of the marine corps.
who is to direct the movement Of all
marines in Cuba was ordered today to
proceed at on e from Norfolk to Ha-
vana to make preparations for the d.
rection of the movement of the ma
rines ordered to Cuba. All marines
and officers ordered to Cuba are ex-
pected to be at the port from which
they are to sail by this evening.
Cuba Without Government.
Havana, Sept. 26.-Cuba today is
practically without government. The
landing Of the American forces to re-
store order in the island is believed to
be the necessary outcome. The moder-
ate party last night decided to abdi-
cate everything in the nature of ma
tional, provincial and municipal gov
eminent and thus force the hands Of
the American peace commissioners and
compel United States intervention.
President Palma remained in his pri-
vate apartments all the morning. He
permits no opportunity to interview
him or communicate with him by mes
sages. His associates say he is deeply
gr1eved at the outcome Of the revolu-
ton. There are rumors that he is re-
considering his intention to resign.
Nothing has developed in substantial
ton of the report.
Message to Palace.
A communication from Taft and
Bacon was taken to the palace shortly
after noon. It is understood to con
| tain an urgent appeal to the patriot
| ism of Palma to reconsider his resig
nation and cooperate with the Ameri
can peace commissioners. Many code
cable messages are being exchanged
between Roosevelt and Taft.
I. 1900 Are Ordered.
Washington, D. c., Sept. 26.-Fifteen
hundred more American marines were
ordered to Cuba yesterday by the navy
department Five hundred marines
from the Atlantic fleet sailed last night
on the battleships Indiana and Ken.
lucky from Provincetown, Mass. Eight
or nine hundred marines will sail
Thursday from Boston, Norfolk, and
the remainder -vill probably leave New
Orleans for Havana on the Morgan
line steamer scheduled to leave here
Saturday. Orders were first issued 70,
1000 marines from various stations
along the Atlantic coast to proceed tc
Cuba. but following dispatches from
Secretary Taft indicating he has little
hope Of amicable settlement of the
trouble in Cuba, 500 additional ma
rines from the North Atlantic fleet
were instructed to prepare for Cubar
service.
}. IN addition to the marines there viii
he 1000 more blue Jackets sent to Gu
ba. AS there are now 1000 marines II
cuba and over 5000 blue jackets, wher
the vessels sailing this week arrive il
Havana the United States will te
ready to land more than 1000 men OF
Cuban SOIL The American warships
which will sail Thursday will be the
cruiser Brooklyn, battleship Texas ant
the converted cruiser Prairie. The
Prarie will carry marines from Ports
mouth, New York, Boston and New
pct On the Brooklyn and Texas will
be marines from the New York nav,
yard, League Island, Port Royal, An
napolis, Washington, Norfolk ant
; Charleston