Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-25
lJBl'S REBEL NAVY.
,nu,rt. Destroyer Fitted Ont IN
Erllspd for The Insurgents
,,urLL ARMED AND rQuirPEp


49, yonK, Sept. 25.-Secretary
o, S Qu,s,ds who has been In
y.,Ic, CITY almost a fortnight, In CON
- vita President Dias, In rela-
", establishing open ports for the
sas,p navy and coAlins stations
-, ,ba, .ll his plan, have bson sue
I'll "a tat He says the hfsl vessel
',,,s, Advantage Of MeEicof conce'-
AN, 10 the Cuban patriot. Will be a
~, a..,,h craft fliod on. with VI srma-
.,o, 70 en,ble 1t TO cope In Cuban
-. With any spanish warsbip now
,,ul,ing there. IL was bullt IN .ns
rs,,sd States not long ago a! cost OF
"a OOO lot the West Indian trsue anu
T., transatlantic business, anu mas
Ian running between New YORK anu
cuba. -. rh,m.. Inn.
- ia. been out Of commission
49, M. month";. It's Armament ~
so. IN a warehouse In Tampic, mar
s r csnsls,s Of two heavy guns, two
~ 6rng guns, ono Calling aun, on.
s,,n,' ~ torpedo tubes and 1000
,l,7d Of small arms anu cuVasaer'
Aboye The water line II has been sup.
MAD with tsn.inch armor plates.
Hrhs vessel was bought about
,orih sro by an English syndicate
~Sirn h,s spent 100000 IN fitting It
40 a. A cruiser and commerce des-
20, The crew will consist Of 900
nan under the captain who com.
m,nded Il while In tho Cuban tra1o.
In letters received Ut Cuban heat
,a,tlep ia this city ho writes that he
M. not need pilols. II VIII have hve
III, have served In various nAVios Of
An exceptionally large amount OF
,toylslons will DO carried.
Part Of the agreement with the
Eugilsh syndicate was that General
Nleeo should supply 5000 70 help
,sy iof ~ equipment.
ftls ,aidit will carry TO Cuba on iia
ini trip, an immense quantity OF afms
1ouRht In France, Germany and
England. Before leaving tho CITY OF
Mexico QuesAdA exhibited letters from
Pfe,idenI DlaE granting protection to
the CUBAN Vessel aud agreeing TO sup.
Ty u with coal and provisions. IL
viii also be protected while taking on
IL armament.
Plans for the expedition were taken
10 Cuba by DR.. Donald A. Dodge, n
young New York physician. DR..
b9igs was arrested rs q spy IN Santir-
-. n.a ~ tha aaiInFa n ff,n.u .
heart, conveyed secret messages TO
hin from friends outside anu delivered
10 them messages from the doctor.
TIE pipefs describing the plan, which
he had succeeded In secfeting from the
prison officials, werp conveyed through
lhf guard TO representatives Of tue
Cuban cause In Santiago and by them
sent 10 General Antonio Maceo, who
vas asked to forward Immediately TO
Secretary QursAdA 100000 Ia gold.
About week ago n special courier
Hiivtc from Cuba at Cuban headquAf-
ist with letters from General Macuo.
An hour after receiving the letters
Secretary Quetada boarded q fast train
Ia The CITY VI Mexico,
One stipulation In tho agreement l.
that the vessel shall not ssil from Lon.
loa until commissioned rs q cruiser by
'le CutAn government. Tho com.
msndef u to have n commission ~
animal. II was feared that n the OH.
fsveTe 20, thus commissioned both
2f1ain and crew would DO hung ne
Ilialei In ease OF capture.
Immediately upon recognition OF the
Uuban republic by the United State.
government or, In fact, by any gov
tftmenL Senior Quesada has been
hollnei that the Cubhns can secure u
ian Of almost any amount OF gold
lTon an EDglish syndicate, or the
sugar ItuSt. An agent OF the English
vndieate was In this city two weeks
sgo anu held extensive cop'eIe ices
WIN memuers OF tho Cuban Iunta.
number OF new explosives have
zen expeflmented with by Horatio
hloens, the legal representative OF tho
CuoAn insufgent cause. He hns IN
,snled two hard bombs, one for imam
w, The other for cavalry.