Evening star., 1896-10-22
DAuNTLESS TAKEN
Overtaken by the Cruiser Raleigh and
Brought to Port.
GREAY EXCITEMENT AT JACKSONVILLE
Reported Capture of the Filibuster's
Cargo in Cuba.
NEWS FROM GEN. WEYLER

Senor Dupuy de Lone. the Spanish min
lister. has received an Official cableglam
from Gen. Weyler announcing the cap
ture OF the arms, &C.. disembarked by the
tug Dauntless on her last expedition to
Cuba. The matter was communicated to
Gen. Weyler by the naval commander on
the Cfenfuegos station. The capture was
made in the San Juan river. In two boats
belonging to the Dauntless were lilies o
cannon. large quantity Of ammunition,
medicine and other stores, well Us cor
respondence of great value to the Span
ish authorities.
A dispatch to the New York World from
Havana says: Carlos Carrie. a second in
the threatened JohIson-Ampudia duel, has
sailed for the United States on secret
errand from Gen. Weyler to Dupuy de
LONE. Bradley T. johnson is reported to
have been among those landed by the
Dauntless. Madam Eyraud nee Helen
Montez, of the Cuban Red Cross Society,
also landed. The Dauntless is said to have
made a second attempt to land the re-
mainder of an expedition, but the Spanish
gunboat Contra Maestro sighted her and
fired. The Dauntless headed for the open
known.
Pursuit. of the DnantIess.
Great excitement was occasioned in Jack
sonville. Fla, yesterday morning by the
report that the tug Dauntless. of flibuster-
which is also under suspicion of being in
the employ of the Cubans. had been fired
upon by the United States cruiser Raleigh.
of the New Smyrna bar. on the east
coast. and that the Mabey had been sunk.
1t was also reported that the Dauntless
escaped during the cannonading.
While the report had some. foundation,
the facts as above stated were far from
the truth. Orders from Washington we're
taken to st. Augustine Tuesday by Mar
n ha da1t rod - Of
the Newark. which was then lying off St.
Augustine. After a great deal of hard
work a boat was got out to the Newark
and the orders were delivered The Newark
then hoisted anchor and headed to the
southwark, when the cruiser Raleigh hove
in sight. The Raleigh was sisnaled, and
the orders were sent to that boat. The
Newark at once turned around and the
Raleigh went south. The Instructions that
were received by the captain Of the Ra-
leigh were to proceed to the southwark
and to capture the Dauntless and Mabey If
possible.
The Dauntless was found anchored off
the New Smyrna bar. and an officer from
the Raleigh was placed on board. This oc-
CURED about 3 O'clock in the morning.
About o'clock when the Mabey was put
ting out from New Smyrna, with ceal for
the Dauntless, the Raleigh fired its cannon,
which Is regarded as having been a signal
for the Dauntless to weigh its anchor and
to proceed north. The captain of the
Mabey, thinking that his boat was being
hred upon. at once put back into New
Smyrna
The Dauntless and Raleigh proceeded
nortkward and arrived off the st. Johns
river bar about pm. The Dauntless came
inside, while the Raleigh anchored off the
bar.
Instructions were received by the col
lector of customs at Jacksonville last even
ing to send the cutter Boutwell, down the
river to bring the Dauntless ZIP to Jackson
vile.
w. A. Bisbee, owner Of tie Dauntless,
who was at New Smyrna at the time
the proceedings took place, states that
nothing was on board of the Dauntless,
with the exception of fifteen tons Of coal.
The Dauntless is now under 81 600 bond
charged with violating the navigation laws
of the United States. and 1t will undoub.ed-
ly be nbeled again upon reaching Jack
sonville. 1t Is credited with having taken
two expeditions to Cuba since leaving
jacksonville about two weeks ago.