The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-12
THE FLORIDA PATROL.
r,ited States TO Let No More
FiIibusters 30.
CUSTOMS OFFICERS ON WATCH
rse Expedition That Has Already Been
Landed in Cuba l. Formidable Hav-
ing skilled Men and supplies,

-r.ssssgton CITY. June f1-~Acting Sec
- McAGoo. of the navy department.
- ,sfs afternoon that the instructions
ne command Ger % fne cruiser Ra-
- rsr his guidance when on patrol
IN The coast Of Florida were OF the
-. comprehensive kind. and provided
-. fgll ard strict enforcement OF the
.,.v.gItv laws The Raleigh will prob
-, - frsr 10 Key West. This is the
- rorf on the Florida coast which a
- ef her draft can safely enter. She
- viii make a thorough patrol OF the
.ss lire ard to render u more difficult
80 aJfoGstsring party 10 get away the
-,,seris steam launches and small boats
- - manned whenever Il IS necesRa ~
- Ioas into narrow inlets and passes for
-, draft schooners and yachts. which
-. shs- fsyorite means OF transportation
- ne aIF5usters. With Spanish men-of-
=, tylug OF the Florida coast outside 0f
=. ,bree-rn!le limit and she Raleigh and
-, haafs sweeping the inside waters the
1v.,.suth 1siastic Cubans and their Amer
81 xvuspa thizers who undertake 10 drive
80 frnitea States into trouble by using
yg.rtaa as { base OF hostile operations
.,sinst the government Of Cuba are likely
- - repressed with a strong hand.
~. following iotstar was cent today tn
Ill
s-ss, New York 10 Rio Grauce:
ssTreasory Department. Office OF the
s4eretary, Washington City. June Ito
rss,ecfors Of Customs and Ofs1eTs: II -
matter % riEnlor that a. various points
= 10 United States attempts are making
"a srstst men. 10 equip and arm vessels
sDd fy othar Illegal MEASURES 70 aid the
s-siYr-ectton now In progress in the island
~ Cuba While this department has
ltd
eorfirnatof-y Of such rurnors. fl deems II
81 grsat frnportanes that no possibility
= given for complaints that the govern
,nens 0f the United States has in any re-
ssecf faikm snort % It's fail duty TO a
frs.a4y nation. Collectors o. customs
fer the several districts between New
YORK and Brownsville are especially en-
jsnef 10 see 10 Il .Us2at the neutrality laws
o. the Unibed States. particularly see Sec
tons 3 ~ ard s. - OF the Revised Stat
Ties are fully compiled with.
-. WIKE. Acting Secretary"
New York June 1.-THE cuban reVoIu-
sionssis agents In Florida for the purchase
Of war materials ana ships for expeditions
lately bought an American steam yacht.
~ feet long, of i,00 tons register, and
with a speed of 1914 knots an hour IL was
this yacht. IL is said. that took from
Tampa last week an expedition headed by
Carlos RoIon and Seraphine Sanchez.
which is reported 10 have landed at Sagua
Ia Chiquita. The yacht was bought for
yesn She carried six Calling guns. The
expedition was composed OF go men.
among them a Catholic priest. DR.. Valdez
Demlnguez. a German physician. a tele-
graph operator. a civil engineer and "A
poWdermaker. Fourteen OF the men are
Americans They took 500 rifles. 5000
rounds OF ammunition. 500 pounds of dy-
Mantle and six carrier pigeons.
Sanchez was born I'm Santa Espira, Cuba.
JUS 2 1876 lie joined the last revolution
In January. 1852 In the same year he
fought under General Castillo and Gen
sral Angel. In 1870 they fought with
Colonel Diego Dorado. In 1873 he was un-
der Maxine Gomez. In 1S7i he was made "A
captain and In 1879 he was a brigadier.
he left cuba in August, $3.50. and went 10
Key West where he has since lived.
polof was horn in 1898. when the revolu-
non broke out In 1863 In Yoara he was one
81 the FIRST 20 enlist. He rendered great
rFyice 70 the revolutionlsts. remaining in
TIE field until the end. Since tho war he
tas been poor The Spanish government
onsred him position. but he refused to
accept any favors from Spain. lie lived
eleven years In Honduras.
Tampa. Fla. June ti.-Letters received
from Key West today say that schooner
kfi there with the main part Of the pro-
posed Cuban expedition Wednesday night.
tug followed Thursday noon with Chiefs
kolon. Sanchez l.. Castillo. Rosendo
Garcia, Or Dominiquez and others. II is
alleged that four small and two large
guns. with eight Americans to operate
them II needed. Aave been shipped, and
also many dynamite hand bombs. with
large quantities OF arms and ammunition
TIE expedition. Il IS asserted had among
IS members four regular United States
soldiers from the garrison at Key West.
The total number was 500.
Kew West Fla juno 1i.--As n result Of
careful official Investigation Il has been
established that the filibustoring cNpe-
etion which sailed from here was far
less formidable than was at first report
81 lnSrel6 az - men. or 30 men. az
vas stated T. is now known that tho
party dM not exceed fifty. including tho
four leaders. The cannon which they caT-
rial Ncre ancient nebipieces which had
besn buried for some years.