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Show Beating of Drums Starts a Report of a Revolution Havana, July 7. Following the dis-quieting dis-quieting rumors yesterday of projected project-ed risings In the provinces of Oii-ente Oii-ente and Plnar Del Rio, the city was thrown into intense excitement early today when drums beat to quarters In Castle La Fuerza, opposite the presidential presi-dential palace, and the garrison of 200 men sallied forth and threw a cordon around the executive's home. The soldiers stood on the defen-shc, defen-shc, apparency to repulse an attack. Soon afterward, nothing else having hav-ing happened, the troops marched Lack to their quarters. President Gomez later explained that the maneuvers had been ordered immediately for the purpose of seeing how quickly th garrison would surround sur-round the palace in case of emergency. emergen-cy. The Incident gave rise to rumors that a revolution had broken out In Havana and caused much alarm. . -" |