Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-03
TO PRESERVE ORDER.
aft Prepares For Any Disturbance In
cident to Disarmament.

;.ir, inp"n Wht u Gel. Waller, commanding
Il. marines. remarked To TIL. Associated
IrcsS 1h&t An ounc" If prevention was
worth II pound of rur. T'nr +, mark VA"
called forth by preparations gong on ~
t..lI. Columbia to transport 30 marines
ti"n. lii'' me tnl'n' It wcstW nd tonight
for t''' n'nl"'S" ~ having them in al
i.r.rnt towns when III" first iltstalm.nts
- t;'.l. tili'lrd'S diSban.l"d men r,l.iI.rd
,I--'. places tomorrow. Willie no iisur-
dr. - anticipated when til. former rev
nlIt."NiStS reach their homes tn. provis-
.uI,l G"N"lnm' nj ana tn. military Att
tIurlt"S consider IT,. actual military &C.
cIittlun OF the Pinir Dnl Rio region ,,,lit..
a. essential as the occupation Of Other
portions 81 III" island, ana deemed it best
to have an American f"rcf. th.r.. 10 in
sur III" pres rvation Of tranquility. Tho
battalion Of marines. which VIII b. the
first to occupy pinar D,l RIO. was there.
f"re, sent forward tonight by special train.
The orders cdm,. from Gov. TAFT at i
o'clock and half an hour later the bat
TALON had boarded q train at BuenaviSta.
Il station near Camp Columbia. The cars
WEI" switched from Marine to the West
crn Railroad and thence departed for the
rs VIII go to Pinar Del Rio in special
| traits. While 100 others will start to
march to their homes. taking with them
| their horses ana extra mounts. IL is the
! purpu-c eventually to rcs;urc all horses
I t. thar rtGhtful uwucrS. II Is believed
: tonight that al tn. r,volutiunistS in thu
/ vicinity 81 IANanu will have been peace
fully disIrls.d IN thrc" days Con. Gurr-
Grating I" this .ud. 'rnscthtr with GuZ-
rn.trt the r-n-ch"f Of the rcb-
~ iu SJmtl Clara province. thy called
Al TIN Ann cI.,n lcAht."n today and re
rru,d th'.jr promises az assistance They
aIvu thanked t.nv.ru". Taft for his cour-
t,.s.rs :ni discussed the projected am
misty proclaim Coy. Taft told ms
| visitors that he vi take up this sub
i-rt later. not havih., tim" now to give
il Ms attention. ana said that wien the
matter did com. up h.. would Investigate"
PERSONALLY al cases which might require
lh.S attention. 80 tnat justice be done.
| While the departure today from Havana
| III * President Palma was the most i'm
| rnrtart event of the last y hours. tn"
former President left the capital 81 quiet
| IL that the public did not realize he had
gone until the news was given in the
afternoon papers. Only his cabinet min
listers aud 4 few intimate friends accom-
panied the eX-Prcsidont and his family
t. thr railroad station. Some Of thrS"
trends went with the family to Matln-
| zrl ara DID not return TO Havana until
th,y had S."a the Palma family safe i'll
| tn" Eurl. oi their friends III that city.
pn tn. way from Havana to Matanzas
! SENIOR Pamu'~ special train stopped at
two stations, where Tho government vol
mtc.r fnr..S were preparing to diSarm
and d.shIud When COL Rcgo, il com
raud Of tn, battalion at campo Florld".
boarded tn" ptIyat" car aud Informed
:, nor Palma what h was doing the OK
| President ,ypr, S~rd his qualification and
said that disarmament was in accord
anc- with hi> patriotic duties. At ia
rucn. C"l I.imar told senior Palma hs
had ordered his force To br mustered
WIN. ard thai this would H. his last act
ae at.uttc"r. Continuing. IN" colonel de
,Ltr,.d that tn. CuhlnS wer" sure to elect
Palma at the first opportunity. Senior
| Palma said To- Col. Lima that he had
FIN confidence IN the good faith Of the
United States ana that h" believed the
.Nm'li'an government intended 10 r'-
s.nr,. Cuban Independence.
| \ great crowd awaited the train at Ma
tu"zas. which is the Moderat" strong
h"ld "f the island The provincial and
| municipal officers welcomed the eX-
| President who vas escorted to the
hom. uf Manuel I.lorento. Here tn"
friends who had com" over from Ia
vana took their final farewell. leaving
tn" Palma family to that quiet retire
mrut which they desire. The Palmas
will remain IN Matauzas for some time.
going later to the Valmar plantation
at Bayamo. Santiago province.
| GOV. Taft tonight is busy in his tenn
pnrarY quarters. Minister Morgans vii
~. going over the plans prepared by the
Cuban health officers for coping with
| yellow fever. These plans include an
Increase in the sanitary force and
equipment and very much greater "X-
pcnditurrs jor j. II. kean". who
WIS one of the sanitary experts during
the former American occupation Of tn"
island is nn the way here To co-opcr-
ate in this work.
II is not probable that the governor
| viii appoint new cabinet ministers I'M
| til IL" affairs IF III" island are turned
over {" TIE provisional governor. Il IS
Coy. Tift'S desire To- place III III" rari-
ull> departments in the control "i men
vine " ere Iiut 50 ACTIVE during III" r"vo-
lu,i,.n ~ t. arouse. much opposition
from either Liberals or M"dtrat"s.
Il IN" appointment Of Cuhan' IS left
"a tie provisional governor. Mr. lalt
Will recommend men for the places.
| The United states cruiser Denver lett
here this evening for san Ju'n TO
lring Coy. Winthrop here. She viii re-
tulh in about 10 days.
Tomorrow COY. Taft will occupy the
Offices at the palace. hut it is uncer-
tam when Nv viii take ~ ms resi-
G"nCc there.
\ Inr uucslion nf Cuban finances is for
tn. moment one Of ConSideraol d" Serl-
"U~n -. A. there are Obligations out
staining for tn, payment shortly ~ at
least ,nc-half IT the sl@.0O0,o 900 AZ pres
cnt i'll the treasury. The income II the
government. however. amounts -
] nearly $2.0o0. 900 a month. AMI loans are
| rot considered necessary inSomuCh "a