Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-22
WAR FOR LIBERTY.
Cablls Do Not Want Home R1l8 b..
Absolute Independence.
THEY ARE WILLING IOPAr FOR II.
Arms aud Ammunition sent 10 the
lsland-A Letter From Diaz,
Now In Prison,

home rule are received with tc0rn by
The Cuban colony here. Colonel Fer.
naudo Fiyuuri5, Cuban delegate ~
Florida, saig.
"5aould spain ever prefer Us home
rule II will be- sputned. AZ long a.
Cubhns live they will fgnt Tor liberty.
Absolute Independence Il what We
want, nothing else.
"CamDos promised us home rule In
1870, but II WIS never granted, We are
not to be bluiisd again.
"what they now Oder IL the law
proposed by Alburzuz,, the minister OF
colonies, In Matoh, 1895, ami accepted
by the C0rtcS, Tut never put into
eject
"rhia measure was suggested by the
s,sfsilng capture Of the Lsgond,
Amadia anu Batswa ut FornaudinU
loaded with munitions OF war Tor Cuba.
Spsin has beun loath to concoda that
much TO ur, but now thinks 10 tue only
tedeemiug MEASURE.
"li thcy have our forces In Cuba %
scattered, buwii1ufrd SUI tutfo udud,
why are they 90 eager to grant any
aucn conctsiinut2n
PRESIDENT CLEvELASD'B PLAN.
CHICAGO. Apul ga special 70
the Fuuuuo from Washington, d. O.,
bayg
iusriie Of the official dcnisls Of the
state department, II 90 now admitted
generally that note nos boon sent to
Loo A..
uitiouai cpptt ~ now "a circulation T.
the effect mat this note was fore.
runner VI q proposition on tuc part ui
the President thN Cuua th1uid tt
allowed 90 purchase her ind"pr ndenuu
from Spain aud that runor Palma, who
u here 10 DO male minister OF tue
Cuban guvernm nj 40 son as his
countTy's Independence u gained, sug.
gCslcd thiu plan 10 Nc. cleveland,
telling him II w0ulI be baiisiaclJTy ~
the CutHut.
The Cuuan leader. here laugh at the
fopars rom Splin o promised pJii,-
icAl REFORMS Tor tue Island.
ARMS AND nES FOR cuBl.
KY WEST, Fla, April g2.-rhe
sohouueT Competitor, communities by
Alfulp hsulrlU, loft tniH port about
Midnight last night, with arms anu
men Tor Cuba, Toe schooner uafrits
tiNty Cubiuu anu Americans. IL j.
SAID 20 have HbuarI $40 riitH $40 ~.
volvets, 800 mAChetes Aui $4,000
rounds Of cartridges.
The & mpoutof pr0eeoiod 20 Sugar
Loaf hvy, 10 mice north a. mere,
where mJro munitions aud arms were
taken on to,tI, ltiBtHtl tue Cublus
WAITING on sugar Loaf Key have three
rapid flry guns.
After getting the arms aud mon NJ
Sugar Loaf koy, the Conn eiitug was
10 lo mut by tho steam tug Gsutso W.
JhIlds, which had been Engaged W
tow the schooner 10 Cubn.
LsuOric told his frisnIa the eKprdl-
ton would Aul Ia liuaT Del k.y
province tonight.
Toe schooner slipped out under the
nose Of the revenue cutter Mptriil.
Wneu u was leAtued u carried atms
aud men lhe customs tfilo.als Urdrtel
the Merfill 10 pursue, but tue schooner
hsd too good u start 10 DO OvuTtuEou.
AlffruOf LEboTdt, whl commands the
expe iIion, 10 u wealthy Cuban Of
Tampa,
Cuban leaters here say that M coon
as MacrO has received tue ammunition
carried by the Competitor an attack
Will bn made on the troops.
LITTER FROM DIAz.
ATLANTA, Ga, April %. - The
Journal lTints q letter from the Rev, i,
DsE, the Baptist missionary In CUB,
VINO Il nov Ia Moro Castle, Tho lei.
ter, wuioh Was written three dsyH
before bis arrest, was sddros sol 10 Dr.
II, +. TiohenoF, secretary Of the Baptist
III "a IL N.T IA
folOws:
"Dsar sir We have suffered the
usual pc resolutions OF our enemies. You
may TBAu tue enclosed communication
hich | had ready tor you laft month,
but dId not send A. because dil not
want TO create any trouble between cur
government aud TINS government, We
who suffer long Tor the cause oil cur
blessed Savior
Last Ihufsdhy evening / had a
congregation VI 1000 anu nearly 800
was mOyiIg congregation that dis.
turUpd VA In such way that we were
not Abls TO distribute the Lora's sup.
per,
cat San Miguel tue priests used
their influence with tue Spanish
troops IN order to menace Mr.. Bueno
anu they ala II NO rough that Bueuo
had ~ ESCAPE TO Havana with his
family TO save their lives. We arc not
safe hero and they miy kill US At Any
time they want.
"Our church hiill Is crowded with
good congregations numbering fIom
40 10 1900 people, Next SUNDAY |
shall baYt ~ six girls belonging 90 our
female school, Three " them are sup
ported boy the ladies' II Baltimore Anj
have teen over four years In tue
school.
III dOn'i preach as uiual aud the re-
suit " / feel liLllU excited after SER
vice because l dld net ray ell 1 0uyht
to say. Pray Tor ~, brother, and over
all, pray ,hal lhu word ~ COO b.,
FREQ GUU4g ~, pH with you. For
nearly a year | dOI'l preach iT5p.
Could you SEX for protection for cur
ChuTChtk2"
DGAz WELL TREATED.
WAsHIEGTOS, ID. e., April 22-
Consul General Williams has cRbiud
Secretary Olney as fJllOWti
"DEE 10 detained at police head.
quaIteTs. He IA occupying = spacious,