The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-27
ARMS LABELED SOAP
Authorities Seize a Bark with
Rifles and Ammunition.
PRESIDENT HIPPoLYTEs DANGER.

1T Is Believed That a Plan Is Being
Laid by Exiled Haytians to Land
on the Island and Take Possession.
Anti.Hippolyte Agents in This
Country.
NEW York, July 27.-Either Hippo
iyte's enemies are preparing for grand
coup to recover possession of the politi-
cal pull in the little island Of Hayti or
the indications are very much at fault.
II is confidently believed in this city,
and indeed openly stated by some who
are in position to know what they are
talking about, that for weeks past big
long cases which weighed very heavy
have been shipped on various southwark
bound vessels marked "soap," which
contained in reality nothing more or less
than the latest improved guns and am
munition, and that exiled Legtime or
some Of his colleagues have raised lot
of money and are now buying large
amounts of war material, and that
somebody S going to make history in
Hayti before long.
A letter from q correspondent at
Curacao, which confirms the above facts
and adds the startling information that
the bark Curacao had been seized by
the Dutch authorities at Wilienstadt
sCuracao) with contraband goods on
board labelled ''soap."
General Cargo.
On July 23 the bark Curacao, Captain
Sheldon, sailed from Windsor, N. s.,
and arrived off Willemstad, on the 18th
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eral cargo. The Dutch authorities, how
ever, in some way had their suspicious
aToused and the order went forth that
tho cargo of the bark should be searched,
and in short time the corpus deliclti
was detected in the shape of sixty cases
replete with deadly weapons and the
necessary collateral, and forthwith the
red flag indicating contraband was
hoisted to the mainmast. Later on the
search showed that there were many
times sixty cases of guns on board, and
IN each case the bill of lading called for
''sOap."
When the authorities found that the
bark was almost an arsenal she was
sailed out of tho harbor in charge of
officers and the captain put under sur
VIGILANCE, and the search continued. The
general cargo" was very small and the
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now lies in charge of the government,
and the arms will be contiscated. Ac-
oording TO the laws of Curacao fllibus-
tering is grave offense, and the advices
from there indicate that the captain
may be fined and imprisoned.
We're Surprised.
The agents of the bark Curacao
Foulke 81 Co., of New Beaver street
seem surprised to learn that arms were
found on the vessel. According to the
manifest which had been forwarded to
them from Nova Scotia the bark had
eOi cases of "soap" on board, 10 cases of
fuses and $50 bags of powder. They
were not able to say to whom the goods
were consigned, and were loath to be-
lieye that Hyppolite's enemies had any
thing TO do with it. but, on the other
they could not explain why 80 much
powder and "soap" had been shipped
from SO out Of the way place MS Nova
Scotia for Curacao. They have had no
word from the bark since its arrival.
At the office of the Dutch consul it
was said that nothing was known of the
care. Consul Planten is out of town,
and an official letter from Curacao lies
ON his desk, but it will not be opened
until he returns.
well known shipping man says that
no knew of his own personal knowledge
That Hippolyte's enemies had agents in
this country, who had for some weeks
past been buying and shipping arms
and he believed that an attempt would
soon be made TO capture Hayti. This is
20 certain extent corroborated by the
letter from Curacao, which states that a
mall transport called the Marin had
been lying off William street for some
days before the arrival of the bark Cura-
Goa, but when the arms were seized the
transport put TO sea and has not been
eeen since.