The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-28


/ Washington, Sent Ok -.I1"e~,t :,
request Of secretery Taft, the presi
dent has, ordered more ships and
1000 more marines to be sent te
| Cuba. ' 1876! = oo#5-i.-.
/ All marines now aboard the North
I Atlantic fleet Of battleships mum.
bering 450, are ordered to leave 70,
[Cuba Immediately. Six hundred
from the Atlantic coast stations
will follow in few days. It is in.
timated that Secretary Taft has
waSned the president that his mis-.
sion is likely to. fail. Small ships
are seafce, SO 1t is likely the battle
ships viii have to go. -. .,.....,,.l, i
| The war department. was 10 Close
communications with Oyster Bay
this morning, and it Is believed the
president has ordered the depart4
ment to have the troops ready for
emergency. -asr
The battleehip Texas and cruis-
ers Brooklyn and Prairie will go to
Cuba and the Columbia will also
probably 60 upon her, return from
Panama with Secretary Root. /
Reports from Havana state that
Taft is discouraged owing to the
reported refusal OF President Palma
to agrf e upon the terms that Taft
arranged yesterday with the rebels.
There is trouble in Havana over the
ealing of new elections. to which
Palma refuses to agree in any meas,
ure, especially declining Taft's
proposition to submit the question
to commission of government, in
surgent and neutral men. Colweil,
commander of the Denver, has been
invited to review the rebel army
tom orrow. .-...-r,
Colonel Duboy, leader of the in
srrrection in Santiago, died today
from lung trouble. !.
Greenwich, Conn.,, Sept. 1S-
Henry J. Strothkamp owner of a
lunacy wagon in Ha' rison, N. Y,
engaged in prize fight with Phil
Ryan, of Port Chester, N. Y, on
Monday night and was knocked out
In the eighth round, in the presence
of about 15o "sports." An hour
atterward he was taken i'll and
died. Ryan gave himself up to the
police as soon as be heard of the ia.
tai outcome, and was held In the
sum of $4,000 bail by Coroner Van
Patton. t.ll
The fight took place in Pasquale
Turso's hall, on Crotona avenue, on
the outskirts of the. town of Harri.
son. The blow that put Stroth.
kamp out occurred about Is sec.
, onds before the end of the round
I ard after be had been counted ou1
by referee Mike Moylan, of STAN.
ford, Conn. Strothkamp went te
the dressing room unassisted auo
lay down for rest.
4 About half an hour afterward, af
ter congratulating Ryan on his vic
tory and saying $50 long, old pallp
Strothkamp complained of short
ness of breath. Within another
half an hour he expired, before any
of the half dozen friends present re
allied his serious condition. HI
was dead when one of his brothers
Justice of the Peace Strothcamp
} and Or. Leon E. Peeler arrived.
Ryan and the large number G
Westchester county "sports" wht
} witnessed the encounter, did no
hear of Strotbkamp's death unit
after they arrived home. Ryar
was notified by friend when il
} bed, and he Immediately went t.
r Harrison and gave himself up to th'
, Harrison authorities.
The relatives and friends of the
; dead man do not harbor any feeling
: against Ryan. He is grief stricker
: over the terrible ending Of the bout
| Ryan did not know Strothkamp'
: physical condition on entering tn
= ring. Strothcamp has been suffer
f ing from malaria for two weeks
3 He leaves a wife and three littl
: children.
-Folaom, CAL, Sept. 27.-Con
: fident that the governor would in
terfere to prevent his execution
, Adolyh Weber maintained note,
: Indifference up to this morning
: : Then he showed signs OF weaken
: ing. His belief that the governc
!. would stay his execution, and nc
his courage, is what held him up 8
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