Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-06
TROOPS TO MARCH
OVER THE ISLAND
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT TO
MAKE EXTENSIVE PRACTICE
MARCHES IN CUBA
Not to be Interpreted as Threatening
Demonstration Before the Natives
Is to Indicate Willingness Of Troops
to Prevent All Friction.

Havana, Nov Sit is the intention
of the provisional government to have
the American troops here makesaex-
tensive practice marches through the
country. This should not be inter
preted as a threatening deinopstra-
tion The step is taken for it's moral
effect on the restoration Of confidence.
In general order General ]. Franklin
Bell enjoins all officers -and enlisted
men of the American army of occupa-
tion to manifest all possible courtesy
toward Cubans of all parties and to
take no active part in the suppression
Of disorder, except in extreme emer-
gencies rendering interference for the
protection of life and property neces-
Sary.
Duties of American Forces.
The duties of the American forces
are, generally speaking, limited to the
rendering Of good offices for the pre-
vention of friction between conflict
ing elements.
( 1t is probable that the new platform
for the old moderate party, presented
yesterday by General Ruis Rivera,
will be adopted at a meeting Of the
partw to be held tomorrow. A new
party name will then be selected, the
party having voted unanimously to
dissolve at the meeting held yester-
day.
Program is Conservative.
The Rivera program is conservative
in character. 1t permits foreigners to
vote and extends the presidential term
to six years without reelection. These
measures. will make necessary con-
stitutional amendments. At yester-
days meeting of the moderates, which
was attended by seventy delegates
from all parts Of the island, the re-
signations of the executive committee
and that of Mendez Capote, president
of the party, were accepted.
yellow Fever on Transport.
Second Lieutenant Noble ]. Wiley
of the Fifth infantry, whose discovery
on board the transport Sumner yes
terday with yellow fever caused five
hours delay in the departure of the
vessel. has been removed to Animas
uOSplJdl. E.sss LID lliuSoo 10 uIdS-
nosed as yellow fever of mild type.
Lieutenant Wiley boarded the Sumner
to 60 home on leave of absence. He
arrived here recently on the transport
Tarnholm and lodged In Havana. He
did not visit Camp Columbia.
May remove Leper Hospital.
Upon the recommendation of Carlos
Garcia Velez, Inspector of public in
stitutions, San Lazaro hospital, in
which there are several hundred
lepers, probably will shortly be re-
moved to an island off the northern
coast of Matanzas province. The re-
moyal of this hospital has long been
desired, but the project has been op-
posed by the wealthy private corpora
ton by which 1t is controlled.
Americans on the Isle of Pines are
excited over the arrest and imprison-
ment of countryman named Holmes
burg on the charge OF cutting down
tree on the boundary line of his
own property. A committee has come
from the island to request Governor
Magoon to depose the present mayor
and appoint as acting mayor Second
Lieutenant Robert Tittoni of the ma.
rine corps.
There have been several rumors for
T some days past of a projected upris-
ing of moderates in Santiago province
but no Importance is attached to thin.