Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-21
DYNAMITE HAVANA PEOPLE
SIX BELIEVED DEAD AND MANY
WOUNDED WHEN INCENDIARIES
BLOW UP TWO BUILDINGS.
US. SCARES COMBATANTS
Palma as Well as Revolutionists Make
Quick Tracks Toward Peace Since
Roosevelt Issued Message.

ing was held today at Bejucal and after
a violent discussion it was decided to re-
ject all propositions.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 17.--ln
answer to an inquiry, the state depart
ment has responded that in affording
protection TO American interests in Cuba
during the revolution, the United States
will also give protection as far as posi-
bic to British interests and property.
The Cuban legation today received
the following cablegram from the secre-
tary Of state Of that country: "Hostili-
ties are stopped on both sides and /
believe that peace is at hand
Six Killed by Explosion.
HAVANA, Sept. IA violent explo
sion occurred here this morning and
wrecked two brick buildings. Six persons
were killed and many were wounded.
No details of the cause are yet at hand.
An investigation is being made. The
explosion is thought to be the work of
incendiaries-
The buildings at once caught fire. Dead
and wounded were taken from the wreck
age. The buildings were insured.
1t was not believed possible today for
the Cuban government and the insur-
gents to come to any definite arrange
ment in the matter of securing peace.
Word has just reached here of the first
fighting III Santiago province. -Four hun
dred rebels under Col. Dubois met the
rural guardsmen at La Maya The
result Of the engagement is not known
Developments on Sunday.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. IL
These were the latest developments In
the Cuban situation up to noon today:
President Palma proclaims a suspension
of the campaign against the rebels in an
endeayor to make peace before the arrival
of Secretary Taft
Cuban officials confer with leaders of the
opposition who are In jail and with those
who are In the field, and some agreement
/ seems probable.
Secretary of War Taft, Assistant Secre
tary of State Bacon and corps of aids
left Washington Sunday for Tampa, en
route to Havana.
All available warships are steaming to-
ward Cuba, and 1000 men can be landed
Wednesday or Thursday.
Crisis is leading topic in Paris, with pre-
vailtng opinion that kneIl of Cuban indie
pendence is sounded. Spain does not like
/ intervention.
Insurgent leaders Campos Marquette and
Garlic have withdrawn their forces from
Guanajay and have agreed to the suspen-
sion OF hosttlities pending peace negoua-
tionS. Other insurgent leaders, so far as
they have been heard FROM also are agree
Ing to the suspension of hOstilties.
Communications from the insurgents
were received early today by Command
/ er ColWcll of the cruiser Denver, the
senior naval officer at Havana, but the
precise nature of the communications
has not been disclosed.
Mr.. Sleeper suggests that conferences
OF some import may be held between
representatives of the Palma govern
ment and the insurgents, pending the
arrival in Havana of Secretary Taft
and party, so that something i'll the ma
ture of a definite programme may be
presented to them for consideration.
Preparations by the navy department
for any emergency in Cuba continue,
| but no additional orders have been is
sued dispatching warships to Cuban
waters. The Minneapolis and Newark
are under rush orders to prepare for sea,
but have not yet been sent away.
The situation has not yet developed
to point where it is believed that bat
tleshlps will be necessary, though the
Virginia, New Jersey and Louisiana are
undergoing shaking down" process and
can easily be picked up by wireless
if it should happen that they are needed
III a Cuban emergency.
Commander Culver of the cruiser Des
MONIES, cabled the navy department
from Havana under last nights date
that he would sail for Port Tampa at
midnight, expecting to arrive at IL
o'clock tonight. Secretary Taft and
party are due at the port half an hour
later and will take war department
tug to reach the DeS MoineS which must
remain at the quarantine station
The cable connecting Bermuda with
| Clentuegos has been interrupted and as
! the land lines between the city and
| Havana were cut last week there is no
means of communicating with Havana
except by messenger.
Gen. Frederick Funston is Ell route
from Spring Lake. Washington, TO this
| city, and is expected to arrive here ON
| the Goth.
| 1t was supposed that Gen. Funston
was to accompany Secretary Taft and
! Assistant Secretary of State Bacon to
| Cuba, but the orders issued do not con-
! template such an arrangement. If See
! rotary Taft should deem Gen. Funston
| presence in Cuba desira BILE in the nego-
! tiations which are pending with the
! Palma government and the insurgents,
| he will send the necessary orders for the
/ general 10 join him. Otherwise Gen.
Funston. on his arrival in Washington,
will await instructions from Secretary
| Taft
GunboatS Are Effective.
BOSTON. Mass. Sept IA private
cablegram received here today by Z. f
Atkins from Cuba says that the general
conditions in the South Santa Clara
-! prov luCS are ueSptIdie buL mat the Al
kins factory or sugar manufacturing
buildings on the Soledad estate have been
saved from the insurgents by the pres
'enee of marines from the gunboat Mar
ietta-
About 1000 people are employed on
the Soledad estate, which is one of the
largest in Cuba controlled by an Amer
lean, and up TO now it was believed that
the buildings on the property were in
/ danger from the revolutIonIsts. 1t was
partly because of the representations of
danger made by Mr.. Atkins to the state
department at Washington that a war
shin was dispatched to the southern side
of the island 10 protect American inter
ests at and near Cienfuegos.
Mr.. Atkins said today that all trans
portation had been suspended in the
southern country and that the interior
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