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GUARDNG HAVANA Amerkan Troops On Duty In Cuba's Capital WiLl FL, 3ThCT ALL AMERICANS Old Glc-y Planted Oatzide President Paim&*' Residence and American GunE Stand as a Significant Warn ing to Any Approaching With Hos tile Intent. Havana, By Cable.--There are one hundred and twenty sailors from the Uniied States protected eruiser Den ver camped in front of old La Fuer za eastle facing the Plaza de Armas. the little park in front of the presi dantial palace, which is the seat of the Cuban government. The Ameri en flag is planted just inside of the low stone choping separating the cas tle grounds from O'Reilly street, whieh thoroughfare passes between the camp and the Plaza da Anmas. The American sailors are armed with regulation rifles with the exception of a few who carry revolvers or car bines Two field howitzers and two rapid-fire guns were sent ashore with the sailors and now point across the prptty little park, a significant warn ing 3 any one approaching the exe cutive headquarters of the Cuban government with hostile intent. The whole business was done so Quietly and quickly that. it caused the greatest surprise. The reason for the sudden landing of the American sailors was a conference between President Palma, Charge d'Affaires Sleeper and Commander Coldwell. On the occasion of the latter's formal (all upon President Palma, Mr. Sleepez asked the President the direct ques tion whether he considered that -:he Zovernment was able to protect all American interests in Havana unaid ed. The President replied that he hoped the government would be able to do so, but himself suggested that might be advisable as a measure of precaution in the interests of Americans as well as for the main tenance of order in general t: land marines at some convenient point, suggesting'the Plaza de Armas as the place. Mr. Sleeper and Commander Colwell after a brief conference de eided that the landing should be made at 5.30 o'clock the detachment under Command of Executive Officer Miller b~egan coming ashore, with arms, am munition and camp paraphernalia and tobk up a position commanding the approaches to the palace. Two hours later the commisary outfit followed with supper for the officeers and men. Q.uestioned whether their duties on s.hore would simply be protection of American interests or defense of the palace and President Palama, Execu tive Offiffieer Miller and the other offi eers of the detachment unanimously replied that if the town should be at taeked or if an uprisiner occurred in the city they undoubtedly would have something to do regardless of mne qulestionIs as '.> who attacked. Changes in B. & 0. Directorate. New~ York, Special.-R.'Brent Key ser. of Baltimore. was elected a di rector of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail way Company at a meeting of the board of directors of that company in this city. He fills the vacanacv caused by the resignation of Ja cob F. Schiff, which was tendered some time ago. John B. Thayer. fourth vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company resigned as a di rector of the Baltimore & Ohio. His successor was not chosen. Seven Trainmnen Killed in Collision. Chattanooga. Tenn., Special.-Two freight trains, Nos. S and 12, on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, collid ed at Ringgold, Ga., seven trainmen being killed. The accident was duec to the overlooking of orders by the engineer of Nn. 13. -Both firemen and one who was learning the road, Conductor Whitehead. of No. 13. and a brakeman, were killed. Both en * gines were demolished and five ears loaded with wheat were splintered. Two Killed in Collision. Anniston. Ala., Special.-Two men * were killed in a head-on collision be tweenl a freight train and a wvork train three miles north of Attalla on the Alabama Central division 0of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The dead are Engineer D). H. Clemens and Fireman Charles Griffin, both of A!:nisi:n. The cause of the collision 2 5is ot knIown hereC. Examiniing Georgia Rivers. Macon, GJa., Special.-Congressmnan T. E. B-trton, chairman of the Ho~use comiB ee on> i vers anid ha rbors, ar rired ini th ecity on a tour of in sptICion an'.d in1ve-t igationl of the wa ter way- of the state. The Oemnlgec * anrd (Cha tta h ee rivers w-:ill receive specia atizmig(L. a lar appoidai e New Election in Louisiana. Batonx Rogue. La.. Special.-After a week 's counlting~ of ballots it was determined that there was no ele tioni in the Democratie primary. third disriet, Air railr-oad commissioner. Nonie of the c'andidateS had a ma jority and a new election will be nec-essary. Henry Huanseker-. WV. L F ster and J. J. Mer-edith are the van NEW BANKS IN THt SOUTH Large Development in National Bank ing in Last Six Years. A recent special dispatch from Baltimore. Md., to the Raleigh, N. C., News and Observer says: "Reflectinz Southern progress and prosp-riy is the- statuneient made by the 3lanufacturer's Record in this week'si of the growth of nationa! banks in the South. as follows: "Between March 14, 1900, when the art went into effect permitting the organization of national banks with capital less than $50,000, and August "1. 1906, there have been or zia'ized in the United States 3.085 na tional banks with a ,capital of $177, 259.300. Of these S10 or 26 per cent. of the total, with an aggregate cap ital of $45,230.500, or 25.5 per cent. if the total, are in the South. The number by States being shown in the jollowing table: STATES No. Capital Alabama.. .. ..... 58 $ 2,952,500 Arkansas.. ......28 1,720,000 Dist. of Cul. ......3 850,000 Florida.. .. .. ... 23 2,650,000 Georgia.. .. ......52 2,805,000 Kentucky.. ..6... 1 4,195,000 Louisiana.. .. .... 23 2,635,000 Maryland.. ..3...31 1,427,000 .\lississippi.. ..1....1 1,455,000 North Carolina.. 25 1,100,000 South Carolina . 12 1,210,000 Tennessee.. ..0...3 1,780,00 Texas.. ........338 14,570.000 Virginia.. .. .... ..55 2,S76,000 West Virginia.. ...56 2,955,000 Total South .. .. 810 $45,230,500 Total U. S... ...3,0S5 117,25S,300 "Texas led in the number of new ->rganizations, 338, and in the amount of aggregate capital. $14,370,000, with Kentucky second in number. 61 and in capital, $4,195,000; Alabama, third in number. 58. but fourth in capital $2,952,500; W. Virginia, 4th in number, 56, and 3rd in capital, $2.955,000; Virginia. fifth in number. 55, and in capital $2,876,000, and Georgia sixth in number. 52; and in capital. $2.S05,000. Variations l the other Southern States are indicated by the fact that while the 23 new national banks in Florida have au azeregate capital of $2.650,000, the 28 of Arkansas have $1,720,000 cap ital, and while the 3G of Tennessee have $1,780,000 capital, the 31 of Maryland have $1,427,000 of capital. "Of the new banks in the United States 2,018, or more than 65 per cent. of the total. with an aggegate capital of $52,625.500 or nearly 30 per cent. of the total new capital, are banks of capital less than $50,000, while the 494 new banks of the South or nearly 61 per cent. of the total new ones in that section, having an aggregate capital of $13,215,500. or nearly 29 per cent. of the aggregate new capital of that section are banks with individual capital less than $50. 000.'' To Select Site. Norfolk, SpeciaL.-The North Caro lina commision to the Jamestown Ex position orrived here and, after visit ing the site of the North Carolin building on the exposition grounds entered into a conference with the exposition officials on detailed mat ters including the time of rround breaking for the State building, which it has been: proposed should occur October 5th. the day before the la'unching of the battleship North Carolina at Newport News, October 6th. This would mean the presence of Governor Glenn anid several thos and North Carolina p~eople who will attend the launching. Stensland Takes Poison in Attempt to End Life. Tangier. Morocco, By Cable-Stens land, the defaulting president of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, of Chicago, under arrest in this city awaiting return to the United States, attempted suicide by taking poison and is now seriously ill as the resul:. Twelve guards are now employed to see that he has no further chance at an attempt on his own life. if his conditionl warrants he will sail for home Wednesday on the Prinze Adel bert. Tupentine Operators. Jacksonville. Fla., Special.-On the eve of the sixth annua-l convention of the Turpentine operators' associa tion, a most interesting meeting is promised. Fully three hundred have arrived .The laborquestion will be the paramount issue before the meeting of operators. The question of prices and Jacksonville as an open market for naval stores will also be important matters of discussion. .egro Out on Bond T-ios Similar Crime. Norfolk. Va.. Speil.-F earing that lhe would be lynehed. JIohn Smiithi a negro. wvas brought to Norfolk by the sheriff of Prineess Anne county for safe keeping in rhei local jail. Smith who was out on bail following a hung juryv in which he was ch~arg ed with assault (in t'.e wife of Heniry Owens. neg-o. is now chiarged wit having attempted an assault on a Mrs. Leggett, near Nimmels. in Prin. ess Anne county, Saturday night Killed by Live Wire. Rushville, ind.. Specia.-Th ree workinmen were killed by comine ito contact with a barbed wire fenez that had been charged with electrie oty from the plant of the Indianop. olsadCincinnati Traction Corn pany. A bolt of lightning had burn ed the insulator which allowed th< guy wiye leading to the fence to be come carged LIKE THEIR PLACES Why Congressmen Strive Hard to Retain Their Jobs THEY LFVE IN ORIENTAL LUXURY tKarble Palaces Being Built for Them. Where They Will Live Like Sybaritcs-Even in the Old Capi tal the Member From Produnk Leads a Life of Luxury, With runkies to Look After His Crea ture Wants and All at the Expense of the People. Jeorge Robert. Agnews in the Char lotte Observer. A glimpse at the luxuries generous . furnished to themselves by Con gressmen out of the people's funds may explain why Congressmen are so anxious to retain their jobs whiI pay them only $,000 a year. and iemand nearly as much in order to secure re-election. They receive more than $5,000, when comfort and luxury are considered. Ini no coun rv in the world is the legislative body housed with such imperial dis regard of expense. Congress is not satisfied with the accomodations that served for nearly a century. and is building two marble palaces adjacent to the Capitol, where prodigal ex pense is used to add to the bodily comfort of the lawmak ers. Eae'. of these palaces will cost liout $7,000,000 furnished. The fur niture has not yet been selected, but it will be of the finest and richest des 2r:Dtion. The buildings are bf the most ornate and lasting construction, built largely by day labor under the direction o the superintendent of the Capitol. who has every incentive to please his only masters, the Sen 9te and House. These great expen litures are made by Congress with aut regard to other branches of the ;overnment. The President, for ex ample, has nothing to say for or against the expense and could not stop it if he would. If Congress saw fit to make the pillars of these pal aces of jasper and chalcedony, there would be no one to say it nay. Under the circumstances it is perhaps in order to stand aghast at the modera tion of men who have the United States Treasury at their disposal. Old Capital Not Bad. Until the new buildings are ready, Congressmen and Senators must struggle along under the hardships of life ''under the dome,'' as the Capitol is sometimes described. Of course, there is no comparison be nween present conditions and those which will prevail when the palaces of legislation have been completed and stored with their treasures of Persian rugs. marble baths, statues, frosted globes, fountains, mnral paintings, mahogany desks, feather couches, velvet earpets, and so on. But public,-men manage to extract :a little comfort from their present sur roundings. after all. assisted ats they are by an army of flunkies and a force of workmen who are forever al tering, repairinig and imnproving~ lhe aneint Capitol. The Congressman from Podunk. o: Smith'*s Cross-roads, is a little taken aback wvheni he first experiences the pleasure of life under the dome. This is beccause lhe was not fully "Onto the2 ropes. '' After he is sworn in. he is mighty apt ini hearing all about the perinrsites. Hie dliscovers that the tationery Aro is openi and that be'aut ifuil Chiristmwas gifts may be pr ehaisedl there for a trifle. Hie finds ai credit oif NC25 at this la(C. ready to be blown in. He is obseonionsly ad dressed by old. diplomatic servitors. who take his overeoat and hat and show him the way toi the barber shiop). There expert barbers greet him cor dlially. shave him, cut his rustic loeks. give him an electrie shampoo and a massage and hand him over to the keeper of the baths. Revel in Marble Baths. These baths are the joy of a Con-. .rressmana serving his firsi terma. Hec frequents them oftenier than he ever dallied with the tubl andl tea ketth: in the old home kitchen of a Sat ur day night. lHe linds the samec kind: old servants iready to help him. Hie is assisted ini divestinig himself~ of his garments, anad his faithftul help er'-an old darkev who is carried or he rolls as a -"hihorer''-wraps hirr in a big. ereamy Turkish towel. Hie proceedls alo 'ng the war:m miarble Iloor to the giganitie basin cal led a bat l. tub. It is a ,.olid block of whitest mnarle. volupt11 iusly ('arved into biath, andl ittedl with :m-le:ming silvet fauet s. t hrougth 'hiich 'ushes filter ed hot or colid water. The attendan1i loo'ks a fter- the water supplyl. produicei a fresh cake of expensive' soap fo the bat her and pro ceeds to i nita t< The mian from Podunk never ex pieincedl a bath like that be fore. Hi eloses- his eves and imagmes hei i: lord of a harem in Stamiboui. Tih drws urgle of the water. the ex the scent of at tar of roses. andlh soft delight otffluffy blaiikets an<i towels oni a dlowiny couchi lull him1, sleep. He is ner' (list urbed. lHei humu le L:romi t elephonie. bell or per~0 sona! callI. When he arue h'U5limasel iie is rubibed down by a shuied wa amnd ii 1:' i ait tie Ilngidt and ie ac stii. anl elect ri' mai~ssa mfaebJine is apl~)ied ta his 5enisitiv shoiuliders m.dr t ru- k. If' his nail n ieed nlishi t-:. i umanieame- is at hi service. Then the attendan t help: to ress himn ad he~ returnis via thi elevato)r to t he hall ofth Houltis' :Td to -readi the newspamper atn write let ter's to coast itnent s. Tm imorniinlg's pleasures. frm~ m the m<C servant until the luncheon hour, have not cost the Congressmat: a Ccnt. All at Expense of People. These bath<. mass:ge treatmelt, barlbcr shops. ete.. are maintained at the expense' of the people of the Unit ed States. These are about twenty exquisitele titted bathrooms on the R :.se .ide of the C piLd. eat-h with it endant read t adiniiislter -he POppy 1L rep t)e o ,h4 weary states ia! 1. Without imonev and11 wit liout priCe eX(p])t for the oceasionel tip. There are Russiau, Turkish, Roman and Swedish bathing arrangements, all administered by skilled attendants who do nothing else- and who are de scribed officially as laborers. ruessen gers, or eterks. Some of these bath attendants are paid liberal salaries, but through the method adopted by Congress in paying them, it is im possible to tell what they get. One of the old-time attendants, who de veloped especial skill, and who re eently died leaving a comfortable fortun , is suppose to have received $:* 000 a year in salary and tips. The harber who succeeds inl getting a job in the House barber shop is envied by his fellows. It is a poor year when he cannot make $2,000, working only six mouths. The member from Podunk, if he is wise, so(t. discovers that the House r-stauraut is a pleasant plac. with i's courteous waiters, who have serv -i great men time out of mind. They treat the new members well. and if he is the right sort he soon finds delieate tit-bits on his plate which are un known to the vulgar horde. The my sterious word goes down to the cook, and .e outdoes himself in fashior" ing delicacies to suit the jaded palate of the Podunk stateman. whose pre vious experience has been confined targely to beans, -racklin' bread and pot-liquor-excellent nutrition in it self, but not arrogant in its preten sions. The member discovers also a method of buying choice Havanas a little under the regular rate. King in His Committee Room. In his committee room the Podink lawgiver reigns a little king. He sits at a solid mahongany desk with an tique brass trimmings. His chair is big, roomy and softly upholstered, either in leather or velvet. On the walls of the finer rooms are paint ings, the work of gifted artists brought to Washington especially for the purpose of adorning the wall with their art. Occasionally. when an especially fine painting is in need of shelter, the Podunk Congressman finds a place for it on the walls of his committee room. Some of these paintings are the work of American masters, for which Congress paid as high as $25,000. They represent in spiring scenes from the national his tory, artfully caledlated to arouse the smouldering fires oti patriotism it the breast of the man from Podunk At home, in Podunk, the elect oJ his fellows is ready to drink out oI a tin dipper, or even from the olt oaken bucket. But at the Capitol h< finds that Apolinaris, White Roel Great Bear and half a dozen othei mineral waters are necessary. His secretary draws liberally on thos< supplies. which are paid for. o: cour-se, by the Treasury. They art placed in a refrigerator, with plent: of ice and (luring the hot months ar< consumed in enormous quantities The "'general public'' discovered lons ago that expensive miner-al water wal free at the Capitol. and many a thirs ty hanger-on regales himself at tI publie expense. Sometimes the wife of the mem ocr from Podunk wishes to shine little socially at smali expense. Thet lie works~ the graft of the Botani, Giar-dens. A gover-nment emloy< drives to thle member's house in ; gtoverinmentI wagon and deposits: load of choice cut flowers. pottet lants. etc.. from theC gove-rnmen gar-deins. After t he dininer-. Mrs. Po dunk enhances her recputation fo charity by sending flowers to th~ poor. In the course of a winter infliu ential legi slators some times obtai~ thousands of dollars' worth of flow ers from the government without ex - pending a cent. Medicines Furnished Free. If the least of good things shoul upset the Podunker. lie languidl; touches the bell at his dlesk and sendi~ his faithful colored messeniger- to th Sergeant-a t-Armns. withi a reqjuest to sonmc nmedicine. The Sergeanit-at-Arm keeps himself solidl with lie lawvmak ers by looking aftter their bodil health. In ordler- to do this he mius have a goodl assort menit of dlrui a idi of course, the governmiiellt foot ihe bill. Ther-e are pills gaiore. br( mo seltzer-. quiniue. c-alomel and lhuind red ot her- remledies pr-esc-ribedl b phsiians1ii. If a iiembher should b) sermiusly~ and suddenlyv ill. t her-ei usutally amongi his coleagues a pr-a( ti einig physicia U. whoi presctribe l fa1 All miembiers of' Coniress enji the ''(rour-te*s of( li' tflezi~apil an 4elephone1! empaimiei'-t hai is.I the (-an sendl message~s !'ree anywhere-i the lGitt~d States. it ts co mmon iri mor- thiat t elephiones ar ifurn ~aishedl t miemrbers at thiril residen'ces at n I uced i-a es, and1 smi le 's tree. ( e'Our se. tiev are- et'i it led IO new'sp pers. wllich ari- dtelivi-red at ti le lhomets a iu i pid fo I y ne ) 1* le San 'i)ti ia'.maya~e and Ih- it senU to lionse. But tebill -goejs to ilie C(l itol aiid is paid by the gr:ood-n:ature As ithe sessien draws to' a -lose il Pdnk s1 t'isman find e hasi man legus a21 i,]:in himi' to ti hbai lit must be1 -i-araed from the: Podnik. So0 aijunket is airran' '-ei by -pcia i i lman - triin i peIl gove~rnmnt - ''eameri. for i purpoie of - - iin-e'tin'' the w W\e-t or Porcto fico or th~ Ie Panan s-a-m-r are hlux'u riusly fur-nish e and the Sregea-ait -rms has char of them. see-ing ltat t membheiaa treateitd to the be-t food, wine.< ;ars crc th. n:.e ---inl hov Future Full of Promise. When the new House ani Seiate paae are$ : comple~i Cd t here will b le better opporttinity for the Srgeant at-Armis it? vrY on; his plails for tlie cmrtd orli Hh nmam. He is1 erainpedi now. hut w1iu he will have everythig hay. i The firt place, eachl mnemiber will thn ave a statelyv Oftic1<. fitlei %i!h Iw mahouanj fur nitulre. Ct)stly ip and~ ainting's. There will be 410 of these ofices in he Ho(us paier a the n-S'*te pa! - 1 ((in - will ('olt! i:i 1inetr -nlne uni!e of t wo rooms eac~h. A denaorV's ').lice will bc 16 bv 25 ee, l, with high veil ing. and hS seeretary will st rugle along in a room 12 by 25 feet in size. The dining room in the Senatc building will be thirty feet wide and 65 feet lon. two stories in height. with an ornate ellipitical eeiling. The House dini-room will be the same size on the second floor with a ceil ing two stories high. The dining room will be finished in ornamental plaster, with paintings and sculpture, it will overlook the library of Con In each building will be a great ro tnida. not as large as the Capitol ro !iuni1da. but more richly designed. with coluiins of pure white marble. appro pri:ie statuary. and mural decora tiwi. Heavy marble intramural stair ways will add richness to the effeet. a:ni twelve elevators- will be provid. ed. From the House palace to the Cap itoh and thence to t.he State palace. will be cut a subway, with a complete electric tramway system, supplied with luxurious little ears for the use Of lawmakers. The careworn member from Podunk. if he wishes to escape the importunities of his constituents can descend in an elevator, step into an upholstered ear and be whisked across to the Capitol or to the Senate palace. There he can emerge in an other elevator nearly a quarter of a mile away from his tormentors. The public at large wrill of course be ex cluded from the tramway. The subwaY will be richly tiled. ventilated and warmed by the same power that pro pels the, trams and brilliantly lighted. Warm in Winter;Cool in Siummer. A new power-house. designed to ventilate, light and heat the Capitol and the two legislative palaces is now in process of building not far distant. at a cost of $2,000,000. All the appliances will be underground. With the new power-house completed the Capitol will be overhauled and a new ventilating svstem installed, which will heat each room indepen dently. Automatic thermostats will keep the temperataures constant and in warm weather cool air will be forced into the myriad of rooms. The same system will be installed of course, in the Senate and House buildings. When the weather becomes hot to ward the end of a long session of Congress, Apolinaris lemonade in enormous quantities is prepared by the culinary department in either end of the Capitol. This beverage is pre pared without regard to expense, and dispensed with a lavish hand. If a tired member wishes a stick in it, he has merely to turn to his little priv ate cabinet, where rare old Bour bon. rye, Scotch. and various li qluors are nestled. Sometimes plebeian beer is preferred. and it is alwvays forthcoming. The sale of intoxicat itig liquor is prohibited both in the Senate and the House wings. but this dhoes not prevent a Legislator from tbaint inspiration necessary to make eloquent speeches and prepare wise laws for a billion-dollar Conx gress? Is it not a biilion-dollar Congress? Shall thle ox beC muzzled that treads out the corn?~ Shall the patient ass of legislation be denied his bundle of thiistles'? Nay, nay. says the member from Podunk as he votes unanimous ly for the little peninisite and sal aries for servants who make life hear :ble for hiim in Washiington. These are some of the reasons why Congressnmen tromi Maine to Califor nia are fizhhtinur furiously to retain their pleaisant upholstered seats in Congress. PROMINENT PEOPLE. The Pope is said to be much trou bled by gout. John D. Rockefeller says his for tune Is less than one-third of a billion dollars. James Henry Smith, the richest bachelor in the country, is to wed the divorced wife of William Rhinelander Stewart. All the property possessed by Mr. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, who died recently. was a $1000 life in surance policy. Dr. Frederick Hegar, the foremost ISwiss composer, has retired from public life after forty years' activity Las a conductor. sKing Edward left Marienbad for -London; Dr. Alt issued a statement rsaying that his Majesty was in excel lent health and spirits. William Randolph Hearst has given Abraham Lincoln's farm at Old Salem, Ill., to the public as a national Spark. The property comprises sixty acres. Colonel Henry Mapleson, the Soperatic and dramatic mianager, has just received the Cross of the Legion of Honor from the French Govern ment. A friend of Senator Depew's said that the latter was so) far recovered -from his illness that lie would be able to be in hlbIS scat w'.hen~ Congress opened. -The Rev. Thomas G. Wright, a re tie apitclryan n his wife Conn., the sixtieth anniversary of etheir marriage. Captain Sverdrup. he ArctiCcex plorer, who recenutly added 100,000 scruare railes of ic to the King of Sweden's dom inio:2. spent hiS boy hood days on a forest farm. There is no subject talked so much about in this courntry as baseball. There is nothing that is so much read about, notes the Ohio State Journal. War extras in the days of the Rebel clion were not more eagerly snatched ~up than baseball news of today. They e are ti1.e daily diet of millions of peo c. ple who thin~k cr talk about little HAS GONE TO CUBA Taft and Bacon Go to Point of Hostilities PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS Quesada Forwa-'ds rresident's "Sol emn Warning" to Executive at Havana-Whole island Expected to be Put Under U. S. Flag Unless Hostalities Cease. Mi:. Quesada, the Cuban Minister to Washington, on Saturday forward ed to President Palma Mr. Roosevelt's letter to him, in which he made sol emin warning that intervention would follow unless there was permanent peace and a discontinuance of the destruction of American property on the island. Dispatches from Washington and. Cuba and information from official sources all make plain the fact that the veiled threat will prove an immen se sensation in the field of armed activity. Already it is known that American property has been devas tated, American liberties threatened, and unless there is an immediate change. marines wili'be landed from the cruisers now in Cuban waters and the whole island will be put un der the American flag. Mr. Taft and assistant Secretary Bacon started Sunday for Cuba to an investigation of the oenlikt. On their report the matter of intervention will swing, for by it Pic'dnt Roose velt will be guided. Mr. Roosevelt's letter to Mr. Que sada, written Friday night following an all-day conference on board the Mayflower at Oyster Bay, is as fol lows: The Presidnt's Letter. Oyster Bay. Sept. 14, 1906. My Dear Senor Quesada: In this crisis in the affairs of the Republic of Cuba I write you not merely because you are Minister of Cuba accredited to this country, but because you and I were frepuently drawn together at the time when the United States itnervened in the af fairs of Cuba with the result of mak ing her an independent nation. You know that I never have done and never shall do anything in reference to Cuba save with sincerest regard for her welfare. You also known the pride I felt when it came to me as President of the United States to withdraw the American troops from the. Island of Cuba and to offieially proclaim her independence and wish her godspeed in her carreer as a free republic. I desire now, through you, to say a word of solmn warning to your peo ple, whose earnest wellwisher I am. For seven years Cuba has been' in a condition of profound peace and of steady growin.: prosperity. For four years this peace and prosperity have obtained under her own indlependlent government. Her peace. prosperity and independence are now menaced. for of all possible evils that can be fall Cuba the worst is the' evil of an archy, in which civil war and revo lutionary dis~turbances willI assured ly throw her. Whoever is responsible for armed revolution and outrage whioever is re sponsible in any way for the con dition of the affairs that now 01) taint. lis ;an enemy to Cuba. and doublyj heavy is the respminbi lity of the man who. affectinz to be 'the friends of the count r's inde Wende-nce, takes any sfey which will jeopardize that independence. For there is .just one- way in winch Cuban independence~ c.an be secured. and that is for the Cuban people to show their~ inabilityv to continue in their path of ./ceful and orderly progress. This naltiont asks a('lling of Cuba save that it shalhl conttinu~e to develop as it has decvelo'ped dingll theC past seven years, that it shall knowv and practice the orderly liberty which will assuredly bring an ever-increasig measure ot peace and prosperity to the beautitful Queen of the Anttilies. Ouri intervention in Cuban affairs will only come itf Cuba herself shows that she has fallen into) the insurree tionary habit. that she lacks tihe self restraint necessary to peaceful self. government andl that her contending~ I'actions have plunged the country in to anarchy. I solemnly adjure all Cuban pa triots to band together. to sink all differences an petil)rsonal -aubit ions and to remember that the onlv way that th1ey can preserve~ the in'depen dence of the republic is to prevent tihe necessity of outside interferene by rescuing it from the. anarchy of the civil war. I earnestly hope that this word of adjuration gf mine given in the name of~ lhe American p~eople. the stanehest friends and wvell wishers of Cuba thait there are in all the world, will be taken as it is meant will be seriously consi51derji andl will be acted upon. :'jd if so acted upon Cuba's permanent independence, her permanent success as a republic are assured. ernent. I as I'residenat of the UnI ited States. hav~e ai dui*y inl ti s mat tei 'which I cannot shirk. The third ar ticle of that. treatv (xplicitly eo fers upont the United States th~e right in interfere fo~ the ma:in- (enance in Cutba of a go)vernmcn t adanocfo thI1 -protection of' life,. property: andl ind ividnal lbry The treat; e nferin this ri:h is sland have been Fo relaxed mhat life, property and individual liberty are no tonger safe. I have received authen 1( information of injur. to and des ruetion of American property. It is. 11 my jud-gmnt. imperative for the ake of Cuba that there shall he au mmediate ecssntion orl hositilities and ;ome arrangemclt which will serure he permanent paciflcation of the is and. I am sending to Havana the Secre ary of War, Mr. Taft. and the As usi'tant Secretary of Siate. Mr. Ba as the special. reoresentatives his Government who will render ;uch aid as is possible toward these mnds. I had hoped that Mr. Root. :he Secretary of State. could have ;topped in Havana on his return from South America, but the seeming im :inence of the crisis forbids further lelay. Through you I desire in this way to ,otnmunicate with the Cubai Govern nent and with the Cuban people, and tecordingly I am seniing yQu a copy )f this letter, to be presented to Pres dent Palma, and have also directed ts immediate publication. Sincerely yours. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Senor Don Gonzalo de Queseda the Cuban Minister. Woney and Troops Given to Palma. Havana, Special.-President Palma as been granted by an extreme meas ire of Congress the power to triple :he force of rural guards, to double he force of artillery. and the right o appropriate all public funds for :he vigorous prosecution of the war. The critical situation by -w"h the ife of the Cuban Republic is tre* med has not been modified by theN vents of the past twenty-four hours. Persistent rumors are still afloat that resident Palma wishes to resign his )ffice, and is only restrained by the pleadings of Government heads in the abinet and Congress. It is asserted that President Palma wept .when he saw American marines trom the Denver land in Havana on Friday, for in that demonstration he read the handwriting on the wall by which the fate of the republic is -ealed. There is no effort to conceal the fact that Palma himself asked the American Government for aid, aor that the Government would rath r surrender to the United States than to the insurgents. President Palma 's wife, whose fa ther, the late President Guardiola, of Eonduras, was murdered by revolu tionists, is said to be urging his re tirement. In the event of his resigna. tion Vice-President Capote. will as ume the Presidency. This would not relieve the situation in the slightest degree, as Capote is as unpopular with the Liberals as is Palma. Will Yield Only to U. S. In the action of Senator Zayas and General Loynas, who is rebel commis sioners boarded the Denver on Fri-, day and conferred withi Comander CoIwell; supporters of the Govern ment see only a determination on the part of the revolutionists to surren der to no one but American officers; that is. to continue the 'war until it is stopped by American intervention. The rebel commissioners asked for protection through Havana for en vos, who wished to confer with him. Th e commander explained that as a foreigner he could not interfere with authority. Later? when he returned to~ the paiace and told the nature of the rebels' requests. he was informed that the Government would not au thorize such a visit. It would be hard to imagine a more critical condition than that in which the Government no)w finds itslef-a country which is not military'totaJl uprepared for wvar. almost at the mercy of armed bands of revolution ists, which are growing in number. Ini his message to. Congress Presi dent Pdma decla~red that he had known of the plot to overthrow the Govenment and murder the exeer tie and the members of his cabinet long before the outbreak of the revolution, but that he had dleemed it wise to wait until the plotters had put them selves into the position of openi violai ion of the law. He knew, he declared, that the con spirators were all of the political party which is oppo~sedl to him. It was. not. he said. until one of the plotters came out in open rebellion that lie had ordered the arrest of sev eral of the head conspirators. Minneapolis Ready to Sail For Cuba. Philadelphia. Special.--The crew ot the cruiser Minneapolis, lying at the League Island Navy Yard, was busily enag'1ed in loading stores and provis ions aboard in preparation~ for sail ing:. probably for Cuba. In addition to the vessel 's regular comliement ot men. 200 marines are also to be taken. It is reported here that the Tennes see. which was put into commissipon only recently, will also be dispatched to Cuba. The only point at which .the com munity can lay hands upon such con cealed property and levy the contni butin which it ought to have paid is when it is exposed to view in the Probate Court. In New York it was recently shown that estates in pro bate aggregating $247,000,000 had stood for only $17,000,000 for pur poses of taxation during the life of their deceased owners, declares the Boston Post. A notable instance to day is that, of the estate of the late Marshall Field in Chicago, upon which a evy of $2,S00.000 has been made for. back taxes which Field had evaded. Field was assessed on $2,500,000, per sonal property while living: the courts, now that he is dead, find his taxable property rising $180,000,000. This is an extreme example, but it stands for an abuse which is widely prevaent. The correction can be found in an inheritance tax applica ble to estates in their entirety, col cable through the Prabhate Court. And this, too, is the point at which a tax can be.paid without distress; the only point, in fact, where no one will feel the eation.