The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-01-01
COMMODORE SAILSAWAY
Loaded with War Material for the
President of Cuba,
CONSUL SOILS MAKES A PROTEST
On the Ground That the Vessel Has No
Permit from the Spanish Cuban Au-
thoritles-The Consul Issues Permit
Under Protest.

thorities-The Consul Issues a Permit
Under Protest.
JACKSONVILLE Fla, Jan. 1. - The
steamer Commodore cleared at the Gus
Tn house at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon
tsfth a cargo Of arms and ammunition
consigned to Salvador Cisneros, president
of the Cuban republic, at Cienfuegos,
Cuba. A crew Of twenty-seven men was
carried, despite the fact that the Commo-
dore is Of only 80 tons register Most Of
these were Cubans. Among the number
was Stephen Crane, the novelist, who
signed as a seaman at $50 per month. The
cargo consists Of 1000 pounds Of dyna-
mite, 2 boxes electrical apparatus, 200
rifles, 203, 900 cartridges, 300 machetes, IA
boxes Of drugs and bundles Of clothing.
Clearance papers were issued, nObwith-
standing that formal protest was made
by Senior Soils, Spanish consul for Florida,
which was made in writing to the collec-
tor. The grounds were that the rules and
regulations Of ports of entry in Cuba pro-
hibit the importing of munitions Of war
except upon the written permission of the
government of the island and also upon
the ground that it is the belief of the con-
sui that the arms are to be used by the in
and also the port to which they are con-
signed.
The Spanish consul also refused to wise
the clearance papers, which is a necessary
requisite in going to foreign port, for the
reason that the regulations do not permit
the importation of arms upon the island
without a permit and this Captain Muir
ply did not have, The consul issued
certificate, however, stating his refusal
and the reason therefor. The Commodore
went down the river about o'clock, an
officer from the revenue cutter Boutwell,
having been placed on board to see that
no one should be taken on board whilo
going down the river. The officer was in
structed to leave the boat at the mouth Of
the river
1t is not believed that the Commodore
will make an attempt to land its cargo at
Cienfuegos, but will make landing at
some convenient place along the Cuban
coast.
The Three Friends arrived in port
shortly after noon yesterday from Key
West, with Peter Knight, deputy collector
Of customs at Key West, on board. Mr.
Knight reported to Collector of Gus
toms Bisbee, and the latter, acting under
instructions from Washington, had an
officer from the Boutwell, placed on board.
The boat will be held until it shall be
hbeled by the district attorney.
The officers on the Three Friends decline
to make any statements concerning the
trip. Despite the denials, however, the
reported chase Of the boat by "A Spanish
cruiser has been we'll authenticated, and
also that the Three Friends returned the
fire of the cruiser Also the fact that the
men and cargo were afterward left on one
Of the keys near the southern part of the
state The Dauntless has gone after the
men and cargo, but has not as yet been
heard from.
A dispatch from Key West states that a
yacht has returned to that place with
party of Cubans believed to have been the
men who were left there by the Three
Friends.