Evening star., 1896-01-29

Crosby of Portland, Me.
I'VE left the ship at o'clock Monday
her go down. She gave great lurch to one
side, and then settled into the sea-
THE schooner Leander V. Beebe sailed
for this port. but 1 was taken off her or
Long Branch at 1920 o'clock this morning
by the tug Fred B. Dalziel and brought di-
rect to this city. landed at pier 8, North
river, at 1910. and reported at once to the
headquarters OF the revolutionary party, in
the Manhattan building. There they told
me that they had received kilograms from
Woods Holl, Mass, and from Boston, say
ing that the rest of the crew and the revo-
lutionists were all safe, with the exception
of the six that were drowned when we left
the steamship.
There were no Americans on board the
Hawkins They were all Cubans. who had
been enlisted in this city to fight for the
cause Of freedom for Cuba. We were not
drilled in this city, but were enlisted here
for the cause. We only knew that We were
going to Cuba. No one except the captain
and the commander knew what part of
Cuba we were bound for
1t was learned at the office Of F. B. Dalz.el
& Co. that their tug, which brought Her.
rsssss. nandez to New York was Was hailed by the
southeast of Barnegat, n. ]. The Hawkins
survivors on board asked to be taken Off and
brought to New York. Seventy Of them
were transferred to the Dalziel and brought
to New York. Hernandez landing. as before
stated. at pier g. North river: the remainder
disembarked at pier 4s. North river.
Cuban Leaders Excited.
At 20 time since the beginning of hostIl-
tiles has there been such excitement at the
headquarters of the Cuban revolutionists in
New York as there was yesterday, when it
was learned that the steamship ]. w. Hawk
ins. which had been fitted out at great
trouble and expense as a filibuster, had been
wrecked Sunday night. and had been aban-
doned by the revolutionists and the crew on
Monday morning.
Minister Palma was besieged by callers all
afternoon. He refused TO see reporters and
his associates were evidently afraid to do
any talking. At first every one about head
quarters denied point-blank that any filibus-
tering expedition had left in the steamer
Hawkins or any other steamer and had been
wrecked. 1t was also denied that Herman
dez or any one else had called at headuuar-
ters and reported that the expedition was
wrecked. A man who refused to give his
name was afterward pronounced a Spanish
spy, and said that Hernandez had received
a large sum of money from Minister Palma
to assist those of the stranded filibuSters
who might be in need.
1t was not until Z o'clock at night that
about a score of newspaper men succeeded
in getting an interview or statement from
Minister Palma personally. He said that
in his official capacity he knew absolutely
NetHiiiS dDoul tHe dllegeu nllDuSter1ng eXpe-
dluon. He declined to say anything about
the wreck of the Hawkins, or whether he
had received dispatch from Woods Holl,
Mass. and from Boston. that those of the
revolutfonists who had not been taken to
New York had arrived safely there He did
admit. however, that he had received a dis
patch from Boston. He also admitted after
a great deal of pressure that young man
rad called upon him who was in need of
financial assistance, and that he had given
money to him. What his name was, or what
he wanted the money for, Minister Palma
would not state.
"Gentlemen," said he, becoming excited
you surely can't expect me to tell you ali
tnat know or may have heard. have told
You all that has come to my official knowl-
edge, but about this filibustering business 1
know nothing. You don't want me to say
l am fihbuster, do you? Well, 1 can't say
any more. We have nothing to do with f!i-
clustering here; don't ask me to say any
more because have nothing to saw except
that know nothing"
Minister Palma was asked If he had heard
1t reported that six of the fiibusters had
been drowned while endeavoring to get into
the small boats when the latter were leaving
the Hawkins, but he had nothing to saw
Such a statement had been credited to
Hernandez.
There was no doubt that large number
OF Cubars had landed from the tug Dalziel
at pier 40, North river. in the afternoon.
Mr. Dalzfel was seen at his office In South
street, and confirmed this statement Where
a MYSTERY
but 1t was said at the Hotel America, in
Irving place, that they had scattered about
the city and were lodged in Cuban boarding
houses
by conflicting reports as to where the steam
er sank. According to Hernandez's story
1t was number of miles off the New Jersey
coast between Barnegat and Atlantic City
and directly in the path Of vessels bound
for New England.
Palma offered to Retire.
So sadly cast down are the Cuban leaders
over this disaster that at a conference held
last night at the house where Gen. Calixto
Garcia and his son are stopping, at 25s
west 10th street, New York, Tomaso Es-
treda Palma, the head of the Cuban junta
in the United States, offered to resign his
post. The leaders who were with him.
however, told him that he wronged himself
in feeling that he was in any way respon-
sible for the ill-fortune of the insurgents
and insisted that he must stick to his post.
The great majority CT the filibusters
aboard the Hawkins were picked up by
passing schooners, but of the 126 men on
board, including the steamers crew, eight
cen are not accounted for. Reports differ
as to how many lives l~. been lost
Seventy of the men, including Gen. Cal
cia, were landed in New York yesterday by
the tug F. B. Dalzell, which took them
from the schooner Leander v. Beebe Gar
cia and his SON went to their home where
they remained last night.
Eighteen Missing.
1t is known that twenty-five more of the
f1lbusters were picked up by the schooner
Helen H. Benedict, bound for Boston, and
landed, while thirteen others were picked
up by the schooner Alicia B. Crosby, bound
for Portland, Me-, and landed at Vineyard
To- all
men are accounted for, leaving eighteen
missing.
Scale of Drawback Payments.
The following is the scale adopted by the
Treasury Department for the payment of
drawbacks on exported syrups made from
imported raw sugar: For sugar testing
ninety degrees. one and forty-nine hun
dredths pounds allowance for one gallon of
syrup. with an increase or decrease of