The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-31

yrE YoRK, July SO,-From advicc'
,.,slyol at Cuban headquarters TonasO
E,tru Palma and Cougualo de Quesadn,
brother Of General de Quesada, pre-.
p,red the following statement:
The Cuban revolutionary party has
received letters from Cuba announcing
tbs sale landing OF tho commands Of
Major General Charles RolOa, Brigadior
Geaeral Jose Maria RodridGucs, chief
oI,,sti Of General Gomez, and BrIVadisr
scrisnlno Sanchez.
oThs expedition started from Two
Eeyu, in the Bahama Islands, and was
taken in small boats to several sailing
craft. which conveyed the whole party.
Ammunition and arms were In some
crafts aud the men In others, thus aYold'
ipp suy danger OF capture
THE expedition OF RoIof and San.
rbe, consisted OF PIP men. almost all
yslerans Of the last war. They carried
about 500 Winchester and Remington
ria.,, besides number Of machetos
tnI revolysrs. 0ae boat carried more
than 800 pounds OF dynamite, two small
c,naou and $4,000 rounds OF ammuni'
ton.
,,tI Of the expedition: Lieutenant
Colonel RoSendo Garcia, Colonel Ro'
r.io Castillo, Major Higgins E4querra,
lIsior Enrique LoynaZ del Castillo,
M,jor Rafael Niyanco. Captain Aure'
liu, Nay, Surgeon General, with the
rank Of colonel, Valdez DnmingueL,
Francisco Requeyra. Casimuro Re-
aaeyFa and Mannel Ardereta.
"rhe second expedition under Rod.
Yileuez consisted OF sev0ntY-iive picked
mea. all veterans. and mostly othceta
I, carried about 100 repeating rides, the
,snu number OF machsleI aadrevOtvgrs'
and 10000 rounds Of ammunition. Tho
two expeditions landed simultaneously
;n Thursday last on tho southern coast
Of tue province OF Santa Clara"
FURTHER DETAILS
4 dispatch from Tampa, Fla, says:
The long.dslayed RoloH expedition
which lsit Key West early in June has
landed safely in Cuba. Up to tho l7sh
instant, the party was detained on an
obscure Florida Key, owing TO imnrop-
er Instructions given q steamer which
vas to convey them TO Cuba. The pro
vsioul thoy had offered substance for
few DAYS, after which they obtained
iood rom adjacent Keys.
A secret messenger service was egtao'
llshed with Cuban headquarters at New
YORK. via Tampa, and arrangements Tor
fa'cuug tho expedition. The hard
shps while on this Island, exposed to
the elemeuiS, wers great and twenty Of
9J) found It uncomfortable and deserted,
making their way to Key Wost and
Tampa, where they woro put under oatlI
oisecrecy. Henry Brooks was identi'
ded with tho movement at
tue beginning, but waI prevailed
unon by his family to lsHve
Cuba After going 10 Paris,
he returned TO Now York, ihon came to
Tampa, disgui,od IA . common soldier
lie, with several others, loft hera In a
small schooner, joining the expedition
on tho key shortly before the rescHe
steamer arrived. After embarking from
the KEY, instead OF sailing droct for pia
northern shores OF Las Niues, they
steamed westward, rounding Cape AM
lonio keeping CuDa far beneath tho
horizon, until OH tho aoulh coast ot
san EspiIiia, whom they made direct
Io' coast, landing near La' Tunai do
Elfl, sa.nrday night.
Colonel figeurez said that not only
VII. the district Of Santa Clara at laFge,
fiseIn nrms, hut also tile province oil
Ma,an2a., next TO IlnVann, because both
l'poll aud Sanchez have largo following
lu these prdYinCei. besides this, tho
large quantities Of arms aud ainmunl'
ton taken was what tho pooplo thero
We're waiting for. 10 calculates that IN
a lev days thoy will haVo O,OOO mon with
IGCm.
SERIOUS blow TO srAtS.
Tho landing Of this expedition ia con-
ryI,rsi.g serious n blow TO Campoa as
bniriots A. Yalenzuclu. That tho TX.
unlD.on remained forty days on this
sD escaping the vigilance Of tho
IU.'nI States patrol, 10 duo 10 their ok.
rataHl organization. The Cuban lcnh'
of worr constantly AFRAID ths OK
noIJuyn would be- detected In Ih poFil'
nnN upUlUn. tn, siOlnor bearing
t1nrDl from Mnnmni'io to Cfcnftesat
rlnage siihIod lho aIIbn'toring oz',
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