The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-10

geaGc Plotting Of tho Three Friends In spite
ofaSp,niard's Pursuit.


Or. Joaquin de Castillo Duany mas
won bis right TO the tluo OF Cuoas hrs'
admiral. in the opinion OF revolution's's.
As such was Boz, name salesca yes'e'""s
afternoon by Cuhans 40 the rooms o.
The Junta. 40. % New street, when 10
sor,oafion Was received there that he
had successfully landed bis second MI
l.ster.ug expedition 80 cuba. and TINS
lime within nlAc miles OF Havana. lie
lad also cludcd a spanish cruiser w"lcn
lad chased LIS steamer. the NICE
Friends. for three days around CUBA
pnd Puerto Rico.
DR. DE Castillo reached the coast OF
lgnar del 1870 the first time on Ju"e
"a. on tho Three Friends. lie was net
Is Antonio Macco. VITA strong oc-
,achment. DO Castillo begged Maceo TO
await the return Of the Three FRIENDS
with another cargo Of war material
Aacoo promised.
The Three Friends on june 1ath stcameu
from Tampa with 10000 cartridges. $50
Mauscr rifles 20 macAcics. 500 pounds OF
dynamite and ten cases OF hospital sup
Mics There were also on board d
mon of whom Victor and Albert lie
Iianr. brothers. are French agiileiymeh'
John Clark. Ishmacl Clark John Cow
lev Charles Gavin. and Charles GORDON
ar Americans. CoWlcy hcing captain Oh
militia. and Drs Gabriel O'Fafflh. LUIS
Patrol. and Jorge Vega Lamar, young
cuhans. who have been graduated IN
medicine in this city. jose Lopez one
OF the party. was formerly lieutenant
in the Spanish army.
CHASED by 4 CRUISER.
The steamer made quick time through
tho Guif Of Mexico. for De Castillo, IN
TRYING TO enter "a port in linar del kio'
sighted several Spanish eunboais. ana was
Obliged 90 put ont 10 sea. Late on 'he
afternoon Of July 81. Spanish cruiser.
which DE Castillo believes was the Al
fonss Kill. sighted the Three Friends
and sicnalled her TO stop. The latter
made for the high seas. The cruiser at
once gave chase. De Castillo put out
a Cuban flag az the stern and the cas-
lillian ship responded with solid shot.
Tho chase was sin in progress on the
morning of The 5fh. both vessels then
houe OF Puerto Rico. Uuriug the day
FOX arose. and the Three Friends doubled
upon her course. and set her PROV for
Cuia arain. But her pDrsUer had OBJ
served her tactics. and when the hlihuster
had steamed out Of thc fog the Snaniard
was stil m the chase. never falling to
send "a shot after th" Three Friends when
an opportunity offered. on the night of
July 9Th something went wrong with the
Spanlards search-light.
ESCAPE or TIE THREE FRIENDS.
Or. De Castillo saw his chance and
urging his engineers to put ON more speed.
got ont OF reach and left the war-shiD
behind When the latters search light
was again i'm working order. the Three
Friends was out of sight.
Or. DE Castillo then turned and landed
at "a point nine miles west OF Havana.
lie was met hy Jose Maria Asuirre.
Dr. De Castillo Immediately came back
70 Key West with the steamer. The Gu
bans here viii tender him banquet
upon his arrival in New York.
Dr. De Castillo was made rebel Sec
Rotary of the Interior when the insur-
gent republic formed IFS Cabinet last
year. lie was subsequently sent 10 this
city by Maxine Gomez 10 act as sub
delegate under r.. Estrada Palma. 10 look
out after the sending of arms and ammu-
milton TO the insurgents in cuba. Or.
De Castillo IS a citizen Of the United
Siatos.-New York Herald.
HAVANA. CUBA. July S.-A coastlng
schooner yesterday brought here three
empty American yawl-boats. which had
been found adrift near the coast off
Jaruco. I'm the Havana Province. The
boats are said N have BELONGED 10 the
Three Friends expedition. which efsted
a landing on the island the nilAt before
the yawls were picked up.-New York
Herald. itI ~. .