Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-30
EMIssARY ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
CITY FROM CUBAN INsuR-
GENT CAMP
SEEK A NEW ELECTION
Insurgents Remove Rails From Cuban
Central Railroad Tracks-seventee
Recrulta of Guard Are Placed In jail
Under Suspicion.

New York, Aug. 29-An emissary
arrived in the city yesterday from tho
lnsurgent camp In Cuba bearing a mes
sage from Colonel Pine Guerra, a reS-
el in Pinar del Rio province. Among
tne dispatches was one addressed to
the American people, 1t says the pur-
pose or the insurrectionists is to invite
the intervention Of the United States
for new election for president.
Has Large Band.
Havana, Aug. 29.-Congressman
Campos is reported to have entered
Cabanas on the north coast Of the
province of Pinar del Rio with large
band of insurgents.
Insurgents have removed rails from
part of the Cuban Central railroad. In
the southern part of the province of
Santa Clara. Seventeen recruits he.
longing to one company of rural
guards, who are alleged to have plan
ned desertion to the insurgents, have
peer Deen arrested and placed In jail here.
me cost OF the attempt to suppress
the lnsurrection UP to the present has
been over half a million dollars.
Treachery Against President.
From reliable source it is learned
that treachery against President Pal
ma among men who have been looked
upon as his political friends is more
serious matter than the revolution.
The president has learned the bitter
TACT that Cuban politics, among them
some who owe their high places in the
government to him, have been con-
spring against him.
A secret meeting of major generals
! was held last. week in Havana at the
house OF one of the highest officers at
which 1T was proposed that President
Palma should be forced to come to an
understanding with the revolutionists
or surrender his power to Vice Presi-
dent Capote. A majority Of the gener.
ais present refused to consent to this,
deeming it their duty to defend Presi.
dent Palma
Call Another Meeting.
A call has been issued for another
meeting, which will include the briga-
der generals. Should hte latter side
with the Clique the plan is for the gen
erals to go to the palace and compel
Palma to accept peace under a threat
that they will join the revolution. Tne
meeting has been postponed to await
the arrival of General Mario Menocal,
who is now manager of a sugar plan
tatton. The conspirators expect him
to lead them.
j 1t is said he may go to Pinar del Rio
to confer with Pine Guerra. Gen.
4 Menocal's opinion is still unknown. He
Is expected to be in Havana the last
OF the month or early in September.
i Conspirators All Cuban Veterans.
All the generals involved in the con-
spiracy are members of what Is called
the Cuban Veterans association. Sew
eral of them draw salaries from the
government, though they make the
presidents palace a hotbed Of intri-
que.
Should the proposed meeting be
held and an attempt be made to force
the president to resign he is prepared
to punish the veterans for high treas.
on. They are being closely watched
by the police.
Font Sterling, Palma's chief adviser
in the present crisis, admitted that the
government was aware that its enc
mics were still conspiring In the heart
of Havana and had felt it all along
, Still, the government felt itself sc
! strong that it had been unnecessary &c
! suspend the constitutional guarantees
} or disturb conditions by declaring
martial law.
, 10 to 1, If Necessary.
: 'The pursuit of the insurgents and
| other forceful measures" said Secre
tary Sterling, will be continued with
: instructions to our troops to relentless
ly and closely follow the rebel columns
and charge them with the machete un
: til they are discouraged and dispersed
! "If necessary, we shall place in the
r field ten men to the insurgents one.'
Amnesty Offer Brings Surrenders.
: The government Is satisfied with the
results Of its amnesty proclamation
Seventeen rebels surrendered in the
province of Havana yesterday an6
more are expected in Matanzas and
Santa Clara. The stock exchange has
been favorably impressed by the am
nesty plan and merchants in Havana
I are hopeful peace will be restored