Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-15
REBELS ARE
DESTRUCTIVE
CAPTURE TRAIN, BURN RAILWAY
STATION AND DESTROY IN.
STRUMENTS
BRIDGE is DESTROYED

Troops Are Gathering in Havana for
the Protection of the City and the
Attacking of Rebel Forces on the
notwithstanding Worse.
Havana, Sept. 13.-Rebellion looms
stronger today than ever. All the
smaller towns in Santa Clara province
appear absolutely in the control of in
surgents. Cienfuegos is in a state of
alarm. Railroad, river and steamboat
communication is stopped. Reports
of a force under Pine Guerra march
ing toward Havana coupled with a
very much increased concentration
outside the city is causing uneasiness.
Depredations along the lines of the
Western and Cuban Central railroads
continue
Burn Station.
C1enfuegos, Sept. 13-After destroy
ing bridge on the line of the Cuban
Central railway near Las Lajes yester-
DAY, insurgents captured a train, burn
ed the railroad station and destroyed
the telegraph instruments. They went
TO CRUCES where they took the cash
of the municipal treasury, the rebels
Selling American property at Mani
caragua, Santa Clara province.
Charge Against Rebels.
| Havana, Sept 13-In a fight near
Rnchuelo, Santa Clara province, Cap
tain Noy. in command of eighty rural
guardsmen, and 40 militiamen, led a
machete charge against the rebel
force under Sabine Caballero. Three
rebels were killed. Seven prisoners
were taken.
Insurgents are swarming in and
about the town of Santiago Delis
Veges, thirteen miles south of Havana.
A conflict in that city is imminent.
Four hundred additional troops were
brought into Havana this morning
from Guines for the protection of the
city and to assist in the attacks upon
rebels in outlying towns.
Navy Moving.
Washington, D. G., Sept. 13-The
United States is throwing a Gordon OF
warshfps around Cuba to protect Am.
erlcan lives and property and, if neces,
sary, to intervene by force to prevent
the overthrow of the republic by civil
war.
| No orders as yet have been issued
to the army, but it is known that the
army is ready if its services are need
/ ed
Intervention Only if Necessary.
President Roosevelt will not inter
vene in Cuba unless 1t appears abso
lutely necessary under the conditions
of the Plat amendment to the Cuban
constitution, which reads:
That the government of Cuba con
sents that the United States may ex
ercise the right to intervene for the
preservation of Cuban independence
the maintenance of government ade
quate fer the protection of life, pro
perty and individual liberty, and fol
discharging the obligations with re
spect to Cuba imposed by the treaty
of Paris on the Unked States now tt
be assumed and undertaken by the
4 government of Cuba"
i Navy Moves Rapidly.
4 The navy moved in response to or
i ders issued within the last forty-eigh
hours with rapidity almost sensa
tional. Two days ago there wasn't ;
hint that the navy would be sent tt
Cuba Tonight the island is almos
cordoned with warships and within
another forty-eight hours the entire
Cuban coast will be surrounded.
/ The cruiser, Denver, one Of the new
/, est and best of its class in the navy
arrived at Havana at 4 80 o'clock Thu
afternoon
The cruisers Dixie and Columbia ar
!, at Guantanamo, on the south coast
Tha Mo-, 10 will no n
, Cienfuegos, on the south coast, tomo1
row.
The new cruiser Des Moines is a
Key West under steam, ready to pre-
coed to Havana at a moments notice
The run from Key West to Havana i
only eight hors.
The West Indian squadron, unde
commander w. H. H. Coutherland con
sisting of the gunboats Dubuque, Padu
cab, Scorpion, Don Juan de Austria
and the Newport are held in Domin
can waters under readiness for dis
patch to Cuba if needed.
Decision Taken HurriedIy.
The decision to send the Denver t
Havana was made after due considers
, ton, but Unexpectedly. The Denve
went to New London, Conn, after tn
Oyster Bay review for the purpose G
coaling. The cruiser then was ordere
; from New London to Norfolk and sal
ed on Sept. s. Nearly twenty-fou
hours after the cruiser had put out t
sea the decision was reached to sen
it to Cuba. In order that no tim
might be lost. as dispatches from MI
Sleeper, the United States charge i
Havana, indicated that the situatio
was critical, the wireless telegrap
was put in operation. 1t soon pickle
up the Denver at sea, and its con
mander was directed to proceed t
Havana He Immediately change
the cruisers course for that point an
at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
; the QenYer entered the harhor at II;