The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-15
GIANT EXPEDITION OFF.
ALL THE SPANISH SPIES FOOLED By
THE CUBANS AT JACKSONVILLE.
Rirteen Thousand Rlnes. Half y MnlioE Car
tridEc.. Three Dynamite Guns. ana Other
~uppiies-stories or Riiibustcrs All Along
tho Ceast Activity In tho Sound.

tridEes. Three Dynamite Guns. and Other
suppiies-stories OF Riiisustcrs All Along
tho Ceast = Activity Tn tho sound.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 14.-All Of the Span
ish legations private detectives have been
centred here for a month expecting q nlibustor-
ing expedition to leave. While two men
watched a lot OF new boats in South
Jacksonville, old mon. young men, and boys
patrolled the streets Offering all kinds Of
brides for information On Sunday night ut
O'Clock twenty Cubans left q largo room in
a block on Bridge street, and with a show Of
secrecy slipped off to Tampa, followed by six
Spanish spies. The newspaper men werc fooled
also, and reported an expedition leaving Tampa
this morning. Another party went over to Fer
%nandina. and as the Dauntless left that port
secretly. other Spanish hirelinGs are on their
track.
when the entire Spanish squad Of cheap de-
tectives had disappeared the largest expedition
that ever left America departed. going In twU
directions, one party to Pascagoula and another
to Cedar Keys. The two bodies met at
Pascagoula, and under IN of Col. Garcia.
n son Of Gen. Garcia. Major Frederick Bag,
Major Delgndo and two or three other promi-
mont Cubans left for Cuba on two schooners
loaded with Is. 900 rifles. three new dynamite
guns. and over half n million rounds OF car
trluReb. Inc expedition lelU 30 Qulclly LnaJ the
residents did not even know strangers were in
town.
The Spanish Consul has spent hundreds Of
dollars in spoilers fees in the past month
watching prominent Cubans in this city, and bo-
lieved that no had everything down fino when
his spies started on the track Of the two
parties on Sunday night. but none Of those
gentlemen knew anything about the affair.
This Is the most important expedition ever
started for Cuba, and its successful landing will
give great encouragement to tho Insurgents.
Tonight the Cuban residents are highly elatod
over the successful getting away of the parties,
and what puzzles the Spanish Consul is what
has become of his spies. 1t is rumored that the
Cubans bound and gagged two of them and took
them to Cuba. At any rate they have dissp-
peared.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. l4.-News reached this
city on Saturday night that arrangements had
been completed for sending away early on Sun
day morning seven Cuban flibustering expedi.
tions from as many different points along the
Atlantic coast. Details of the getting away
point near Wilmington. Dell. have boon OBJ.
tained. The story, was told by q Cuban
sci of. 1t seems that Just before sunset on Sat
urday night a tug let its anchorage q little
SaeHor Saei near the the long long, i pier at w Wilmington.
Men on Shore. with stores of ammunition.
arms. and medicines, were watching for her.
In a short time the stores were slowed away on
the tug. In a little over an hour 100, 900 rounds
OF cartridges. 500 rifles; two dynamite gums.
and several cases of powder and medicines were
put aboard the tug and she steamed away TO
the South.
B IpGEPoRT, Conn.,. Fob. 14.-As a result of
q tip given the Treasury Department by a Span.
ish agent, Customs Collector Naramore last
fSsn,es Jo 5SGsi Il. sAS ST n C %hie q, ttsSe eir h BEDS a nj
nigh. and te9s them to tho edge Of the
l Op N fruifleal rch fpr n HlihIIfnrinn vpezal
which was alleged to have left this harbor with
arms and ammunition for the Cuban Insurgents
and at 3:o4 o'clock this morning, boarded the
owing Company otNew London. The tug was
headed for Montauk Point. which was reached
| view and these proved to DO the craft OF fisher.
mcn who had been catching cod, for n couple
of days: The collector went aboard the smasks,
tug cruised about the poin; for three hours max
ing inquiries, which established the fact that IL a
cargo was transferred from n schooner to a
steamer anywhere near MOntauk 1t was pre-
vious to saturday night. Tho revenue cutter
Dexter has been in the eastern part of the
Sound for some time. and her crew saw nothing
suspicious.
The tug Nina, the only Government vessel in
commission at the yard, started of about 3
sion. Tho crew numbercd tweniy.one, and
enough, provisions were taken aboard to last
them 1hfaaot three re- days Sr The sn ahnMi les at 1he yard
'e,NN W - wv Va, ~,
of the tug. but there are rulnors that she may
have gone after some flibusters.
The Nina put In at Now London yesterday
afternoon, but remained there only a very short
time.
through the draw of the NewtoSn Creek Bridge
between Manhattan avenue. Greenpoint. and
a Ntra a HT consiic lebf iIiaaa Ha.y' s las' b eaShtdi
At Port Jefferson last night it was reported
that a strange vessel had anchored in the bay.
Capt. Joseph smith of the life-saving station
said that he believed she was bound for Bridge
port, and owing to the severe weather had been
NFwARK; \; JI,Tsh; la;ICapt lack o9rien
not since been home. His family has no definite
knowledge OF his present whcrcabonts.
or NEW L9 3Sg &iu Conn .rrIvd Feb b; i H. Gl"Io big p Goy,
wharf shortly after noon to-day. but remained
but a few minutes. a southeast wind prevailed.
passing through Long island sound. The
that 1t was possible to see but a short distance
outside. but the MINI was seen far enough to
S SonginS ,o people oa, wSHtSfh njn her that she was
Several marines were aboard the tug and
s csda eo ashore N o t,c d6gT Tn 6er the N short o%s a intsry% wo The
give any information regarding the steam
eEs mission in these waters; This is
New London harbor since tho gunboat Nash.
Vile was tested in Long Island Sound. and her
the administering expedition for Which the Gov.
eminent has notified its several collectors OF
ports along the Connecticut coast to be on the
alert.
NEWPORT. II. l.. Feb. l4.-Orders were re-
ceived by Commander Mclean. u. $. ~, at the
torpedo station to-day to despatch a boat with
all haste to the eastern entrance of Long Island
Sound 10 intercept a tilihuster which was al.
legged to have left Bridgeport, Conn, last night
The only boat available was the tug, Leyden,
with ammunition and with a crew OF seamen
and gunners. The tug sailed at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. in command OF Lieut.; X. Niles. After.
Point, the Leyden will guard the entrance to the
Sound. and after a reasonable time will proceed
to New York, where she will leave ten mon to
be transferred to the ships at Key West.