The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-31
The Dauntless Asks clearance.
and Then Slips Out.
SAYS SHE GOES WREcKlNG
Should She Clear Spanish Of
ficers Must Sign Papers
THE POSITION OF DON CARLOS
Provisions Safely Conveyed to the
Spanish Troops Bermuda is Sus-
pected in New York and Will be
Watched by Revenue Gutter

Watched by Revenue Gutter
Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 3Q-The steam
or Dauntless, which the government has
| granted permission to clear for a Cuban
port with a cargo of munitions Of war, is
! not in port at present. The owner says
it has gone on a wreclling trip and may
not return for week The Dauntless
gave the revenue cutters the slip yester-
day, going out Of the river from one Of
the shallow channels and this has mous-
cd the suspicion that the vessel is again
on a flibustering trip. The owners say
| the vessel Will he formally cleared for
Cuba as soon as it shall return.
The Commodore has also been granted
permission to clear with arms and win do
50 in the morning. Several carloads Of
arms and ammunition are in the city
| awaiting shipment.
A rather anomalous fact Is presented
| in that, if either boat shall clear for
Cuba, the Spanish Consul or VdeelCOn-
sui VIII have to sign the clearance pa
peFs, this being required when vessel
clears for a foreign port. In this instance
| 1t would be a case OF a Spanish officer
afixing his signature to @ document per-
mfttlng vessel to carry war material to
people fighting against his government.
Consul Soils was asked If he would
refuse to sign the clearance papers OF the
Dauneless He said that he could not
refuse, as 1t was his duty to sign the
papers.
The cargo Of both boats will be shipped
to Salvador CisnerOs, President of the
Cuban republic. The Dauntless cargo
| is consigned to Neutiyas and that of the
Commodore to Santiago.
Information received late Tonight is
to the effect that the steamer Three
Friends failed absolutely to hand its expe-
d5tion in Cuba, as was reported. The stO-
~ OF the chase by a Spanish man of war
Is confirmed, the Three Friends being
obliged to leave the Cuban coast Just as
it was getting ready to land it's cargo.
The steamer headed for the Florida coast
and having but a few tons Of coal on
| board, it landed the men on q key near
to Key West, afterwards putting in at
Gas port, where it was seized. The
Igsuntless has now gone to take the men
and munitions Of war off the key and
will make an effort to land them in Cuba.
Before the RETURN Of the Dauntless to
this port, it will also endeavor to land
| another expedition.
THE RULING PLEASES PALMA.
New York, Dee. 3O.-Tomas Estrada
| Palma, president Of the Cuban Junta
SAID to-day after reading an order of the
! Secretary of the Treasury relative to the
| Dauntless clearance: %Tlris is a victory
for US inasmuch as it allows the boat
to leave port, We have forced the au-
thOraties at Washington to give us clear
ance papers, although some tme ago
they declared that such boats as the
Dauntless could not have them except
under the most stringent restrictions.
This is a step forward.
If a vessel clears for certain port
she has to give a reasonable excuse if
she does not deliver her cargo at that
point. But stress of weather you know,
or some other accident might compel her
to throw the cargo overheard or deliver
1t somewhere else. We in New York
know nothing Of the Dauntless case.
We hope it Will result in a proper con-
structiOn Of the law which is now diff
j fcult TO understand. Even the authori-
! ties at shington are all at sea regard
ing it and it win be a good thing that
we got a ruling"
DON CARLOS FOR AUTONOMY.
London, Dec. 30-A special dispatch
from Madrid says that Don Carlos, the
Spanish pretender, again denies that he
will resign the leadership of the Carlist
party in favor Of his son, Don Jaime,
who, the father adds, is in perfect accord
with him on the question.
In regard to Cuba, Don Carlos believes
that Spain ought to concede Cuban adj
administrative autonomy with q yice-roy
OF the royal blood.
As to the instruction in the Philippine
islands, Don Carlos says that the recon-
events there will weaken the pre- zee OF
the religious orders.
PROVISIONS FOR span UDS
Havana, Dec 30.-Dispa caes eeivll
to-day from General Bose, dated Ltee.
%, says that he arrived safely on that
date at BayamO, province of Santiago de
Cuba, with a convoy of provisions, etc,
loaded on one hundred OK carts and one
hundred mules. After leaving Veguita.
the convoy experienced stormy weather
on the road and had several skirmishes
with the insurgents who, however, would
not accept any real engagement with the
Spanish troops.
"PATRIOTS' TO MEET IN BOSTON.
Boston, Mass, Dee 30-A caA has
been issued for a lAeeting Of Cubans and
the friends OF Cuban liberty tomorrow
afternoon for the purpose Of forming a
local branch of the Cuban-American lea
que. The league will have no connection
with the Junta in New York, although it's
work will be similar. The object OF the
league win be to eentraliEe the forces
favorable TO Cuba in this State and to
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