The morning times., 1897-01-08
CLEARANCE PAPERS ASKED
Although in Custody the Dauntless
Wanted to Sail Again.
Naturalized American Citizen to Be
Tried by Civil Court
at Havana.

Jacks onyille, Fla, Jan. Although I'll e
steam tug Dauntless is in custody OF an
officer of the revenue cutter Boutwell, as
a result Of her last trip, from which She
returned Monday night, her owner, w. A
Bisbee, this III uorning applied for clearance
papers for the steamer to go to Nuevitas
| Cuba, with carr OF arms and anmdni-
| ton.
W. A. Bsbee, George r. Foster, and
| Capt. w Myers called at the coStom house
and made a formal application for the
| clearance of the vessel. Deputy Collector
| o. Hopkins, who is in charge of the office
| during the absence OF Collector Bisbee,
refused 10 grant the clearance until au-
| thoriZed to do SO by the Secretary OF
| the Treasury.
] At the request Of he owner he telegraPhftd
the Secretary for permission to cea + the
| vessel. Secretary Carlisle replied order
| in. the collector to refuse clearance until
| further orders. SOD
The officers of the Dauntless still deny
that they have been to Cuba. All that can
be gotten from them is that they trans
| ferred the men and cargo taken from No
| Name Key to another vessel, presumably
| the Bermuda.
Nothing has yet been done toward libel
| ing the DauntIess for violating the naviga-
ton laws by going into foreign waters
without clearing, or violating the neutrality
| laws. 1t is probable that libel of in
formation will be filed in a day or tive.
| Havana Jan. 7.-Dr. Betancourt, a
dentist of this city and u naturalized
1 American citizen, who was arrested here
lastmonth as a political suspect, will be
| tried by 4 civil court. The charges which
| he Will have to answer are that he was
+ connected with coIspirators who formed
| groups in the Central Park for the spread
or the rebel propaganda, and received
| and distributed rebel letters.
The Spanish residents OF q uanabacoa held
| torchlight procession last night in honor
ofCol Fonsdeviela, the military com mander
| at that place.
| A banquet was given later at which com
| plmentary and patriotic speeches were
made and toasts given. The proceedings
ended with ball In the Spanish casino.
Gen. Inclan, while reConnoitering in the
! Iechugaga Hills, dispersed a rebel party,
| killing fourteen of them, including the in
| surgent project. The troops destroyed 300
! huts and plantat ons.
! Captain General Weyler has refused to
allow a demonstration in his honor that
| his admirers hadintended to make tonight.
| Madrid, Jan. T-Senor CaDoyas Del Cas-
tillo, prime minister, personally denies
| that there is any foundation whatever
! for the reports of impending changes in
| the Spanish ministry, whtch have been in
circulation within the last few days. The
| Cortes will meet in April, when important
| measures will be submitted to Parliament
by the government.
Atlanta, Ga, Jan. THE Constitution
| has a dispatch from Key West which says
that Gen omcz has begun work of
reprisal against Spaniards. In an attack
upon the central trocha near Moron he cap
tured the Spanish garrison of Iago Avile,
| ia men.
| They were notified that. according to
| the precedent Set by their own govern
ment, they should prepare to meet their
fate. They were given an opportunity Of
| writing messages TO their friends in Spain
| and then, in groups Of twenty-five, they
| were shot to death.
! Weylers announcement OF pacification
OF pinar del Rio does not stand. He left
| over 5000 insurgents in the province.
He took additional soldiers from the mill
tary Gordon to Havana, to demonstrate
that there were no insurgents there, when,
as soon as he removed them, Cuban Gems
Raoul Arrange and Castillo marched into
the province Of Pinar del Rio from Havana
with 5000 more men to reinforce the
5000 already there.
| This all goes to prove how much de-
pendence can be placed in the statements
| of Weyler as TO the attitude of the Cubans.
They are not afraid of the Spanish and
not one man has surrendered in the prov
ince Of Pinar del Rio.
The Spanish have recently established
| a military zone around the city of Havana,
inclosing a space Of five miles on all sides
for the purpose OF cultivating for the
sustenance of the people Of the city, which
shows still further to what ends they are
| driven and how little sympathy and sup
port they can depend upon from the sur.
| rounding country; also that they are daily
| losing ground and SO hard pressed are
| they that that is all they can call their
| own, and that has to be maintained by a
! military Gordon from the attacks Of the
| insurgents.