Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-11-24 | Page 3 | Cuban Insurrection

CUBAN insurrection authorities find evidence of a well planned uprising havana NOT 21 evidence obtain ed by the commission which is invests katung the discovery by the secret police saturday last of a considerable quantity auant ity of arms ammunition and ac coutre ments in a house inthe cerro suburb Is tending to implicate a few men of some prominence the government has no doubt that the materials came from the united states and it is seeking to learn i who the purchasers government admit they have received various secret advises advices regarding contemplated uprisings before election day in various parts of tha island particularly in the provinces ol 01 santiago santa clara and alnar del rio with a probable attack on the palace in havana the object of the latter according to officials appears to bo the removal possibly by assassination si ot president palma the plotters it ie pointed out are well aware since there is now no vace pres ident that the election of president palmas successor would according to the constitution be in the hands ot congress and that the liberals with the help of a few independents could control both houses the government has not revealed its information as to the extent of these plots but special measures have been taken for guarding the palace the facts that the president and his family ar remaining at home and that troops are being sent to the points where according to reports uie plotting originated are considered cant so far as known however these plots agrenot generally bachee by any large party and whether they are widespread or otherwise the active M against any form of uprising is believed to bave squelched any ambitions of the plotters the generally accepted theory however is th atthe rumors 0 plots are intended opponents to imbue president palma with the idea of ro signing and that there are no actual plots to do him physical