New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-02
SENIOR .CAPOTE LANDS
v,cr .pprsrDrNr OF THE CUBAN RE-
PUBLIC IN PHILADELPHIA.

THE PARTY WAS srIPwREcKED AND NAHHo""'
EsrApED CAPTURE Ely SPANISH SOLDIERS
,,,uaa.l,h,a June 1.-The Norwegian iru'.
steamer. Kong Erode. Captain dunderseh' A.'N.
at her dock in this city to-day from Port f>", -,
having board the crew ana passehs..s .,..o ~
british stea mer Belvidere. which was wrecked vi
| tho nisht Of MAY %, on the coast or CUBS near
Cane Maysi All on hoard the Belvidere wete
saved but the passengers and most Oh Inc oie" '''
! nearly al their personal baggage
Among those on board the Beividere was 10
mingo NJ Capotc Vice-Presldant OF the 'upah N' .
public: NJ Despaigne, his private secretary anu
A Herrera his chief Of stan. They pear I'M
| portant dispatches to the Cuban Junta IN th's
country, and 1t was by mere chance that 0e''o'
Capote and his companions are NOT no" p''So'e''
OF Spanish soldiers IN CuDa. After COMING "s"''
from the Belvidere on Cape Maysl they met s","i'
body OF Spanlards with whom they coh'e'se'' w
managed to remain unrecognized
The BeIvidere left Kingston on May 20 TOT bos-
ton All went well until nearly midnight or the
same day. when the weather became thick. ana
the rain fell In torrents. Cape Maysi hs"l wac
passed in the night. and about ll5o ocioch VIC
vessel crashed into the cliffs about two miles so"'"-
west OF QuenadO Most Of the passengers were
below and for a time there was considefapie co"-
fusion IL was soon noticed however. that the
steamer was lying about six yards from the ci''fs,
and was hard and fast the rocks. line OF
long pIanks was run to the shore. and, win 'he
aid OF the first officer and the cher steward the
passengers were taken to the top OF the CHI Inc
first TO 20 were the women board. Mrs D. NJ
Da Costa and her daughter. OF jamaica. Iheh
SeNor Capote and his companions followed
After all had been safely landed. number OF
the crew returned and secured some OF the Sn'p
awnings from which tent was rugged, and all
hands huddled beneath 1t for the night IL raihed
hard all night. The next morning 1t was decided TO
rench Cape Maysi Lighthouse A NUMBER OF the
party. accompanied by the women, started out ana
after walking about seven miles reached t"e
lighthouse Iieutenants Hernandez and Estabano
and about eighteen Spanish soldiers returned 10
the scene OF the wreck Vice-President Capote ana
Senior Herrera were inside the tent ana were UNI
observed or passed unnoticed by the soha!ers' oeo
rotary Dcspaigne. however was In conversation
With the Spanish officers. but as he spoke Enghsh
well they did not suspect him They went away
after supplying liquors ana ury cio''"s ~ '"'
shpwrecked people
Chief Olcer Crowell. OF the wrecked steamer.
speaks highly OF the Spanish officers conduct ana
stated that one Of them said: We would 90 'n'S
con on Thursday night the weather cleared and on
Friday morning the Kong Erode move IN r ss nv
water was up 10 her cylinders The Norwegian
ship was hailed by captain Paine She stood stood. on
the sid. Of the Beividerc. The twsnty-four pas,
scngers first taken on board the Norweg, a
n
vIdere In all sixtyavc persons The voyage 20 ms
city was unevcntful. Captain Pane ana MS crew
succeeded in saving the greater part OF the man
I'm the relviderc. ard said that the next nara do"
would surely break the ship 10 pieces
Vice President Cnpote said that he and his party
left Cuba in an open boat. After being on me
water forty hours they reached Falmouth. Ja
maca From there they went 10 Kingston, ana
embarked on the Pelvldere 49,,
JeNcr Cnpotr refused to state his mission 10 this
country except that he carried important papers
from the Cuban capital TO the Junta In ms
country r.. said that the Cuban army s not IN
the hest OF condition FOR effective cooperation with
the American troops The Cubans are armed with
Pennington and Mauser rifles. most of Mhch nave
been captured from the Spanards. The CUBAN
army. however. short OF ammunition, but II
was accustomed 10 nght with little ammunition, ne
said and II will fight anyhow
Sehor Capotc said that at present there are ten
thousand Cuban soldiers In the Province OF San
tlago under command OF General CaliXto Garcia
They are scattered throughout the province. ana
nrc only about hNeen or twenty miles from SAN
t,ago city. As to the number Of Spanish soldiers
In the city he could not say. but Thought there
were about three thousaud of them.
Senior Cnpots and his party went TO hotel IN
this city after their baggage had been examined
There were no Cubans at the wharf 10 meet the
party, as It not known that they were coming
here. After making necessary purchases they VIII
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