The herald., 1895-08-02
A MAD PROJECT REVEALED
Plan to Steal the Dynamite
Cruiser VeSuvivS
DE CAMPOS' PROCLAMATION
Campaign News Cannot Be Published
Hereafter
The Fourth insurrectonary Expedition Under
Quesada Getting Ready to Sail
for Cuba
Associated Press Special Wire.

PHILADELPHIA, August 1.-The
Evening Bulletin today has the following
At a secret meeting of Cuban sympathiz-
ers in this city last night, at which a
number of prominent leaders of the
movement were present. daring project
was revealed. 1t was nothing less than a
plan to steal the dynamite cruiser Ve-
suvius from the League island navy yard,
man her with picked crew and send
her to Havana to lay Moro Castle in
ruins and seal the fate OF Spanish do
main in the Gem of the Antilles. The
scheme caused a great deal of excitement.
The more conservative of the Cuban
Americans denounced it and its projec-
tors and warned those present not to
allow themselves to countenance the idea,
as it would only tend to wean SYM
pathizers with them from the insurgents
cause.
An enthusiastic advocate of Cuban in
dependence said today: IF the naval
officers don't look ont the vessel will be
missing some morning from her moor
ings al League island. Within a week a
man who has strobe the deck of many a
vessel, who cares much for gold and
who has rsked his life to obtain it dozens
of times, made the following proposition
to certain people: Give me $500. 00U and
| will steal the Vesuvius, run in to
Havana harbor and in ten minutes lay
Moro Castle in heap of ruins. "
II the Vesuvius ever got clear of the
wharf and steam up there is nothing in
the American navy that could catch her,
and officials here have nothing to send
in pursuit but the revenue cutter Hamil-
ton and the Nesuvius would run away
from her like creased lightning.
HAVANA, Aug. 1.-Captain General
De Campos has issued the following pro-
clamation:
There being instances often and repeat
edly of the press publishing facts. news
and correspondence. which is misleading
to public opinion and tends to favor the
work OF the insurgent forces and to dam
age that of the national army avail my
self of the right that the third article of
the law of April 90, 1870, bestows ON me,
and decree the following:
Article LIT is absolutely prohibited
to publish news referring to the cam
paien when it is not of official origin.
Article 2.-The staff officers will hand
to the press the news and facts. the pub
lication of which Is not included in the
above clause. (Signed)
"Cienfuegos. July 80. 1885,"
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The Herald to-
day gays: When General Quesada public
ly proclaimed recently in Hardman hall
in this CITY his intention of leading an
expedition to Cuba he carefully designat-
ell his as the fourth that would land
there. The third has landed. The junta
IN Now York is getting ready for Quesada
now, but his expedition will not sail from
Venezuela. notwithstanding the feint
that is being made to maneuver from that
direction.
A portion of the material which is to be
taken into Cuba by General Quesada was
1t did not go to Venezuela, although Cen
eral Quesada left this city on the Red
Line steamer Philadelphia, with the al
legged intention of going to La Guayra
and from there to Caracas.
The organization OF the junta proper
has just been officially promulgated.