Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1896-07-23

key west, va, July lO.-lne follow
ing letter has been received from Owen
Melton, young American captured on
the schooner Competitor and now con
fined in the Cabanas;
Fort Cabanas, July 0, 1S00.-Two
days ago batch of prisoners was
brought in, one of whom was beau
tlful young Cuban woman. She was in
chains, like the others, and her doth
ing was in tattcrs. AS she passed, the
Spanish soldiers made coarse remarks
about her, which made tears come to
her eyes. One soldier attempted to
touch her as she passed, but the lady
gave him such look of hate that the
brute deslsted, The lady is Mrs. Ino-
cencia Aranjo, and her story Is u sd
enc.
Three months ago she was one of
the happlest young wives near Guam
ianamo. Her family was wealthy
enc, and her husband Jose Aranjo, was
prominent. The family was intensely
Joined the insurgents, being commls-
stoned as captain. A month after her
husbands departure Mrs. Aranjo's
home was routed by Spanish guerril-
las. They found her alone, with Il
nephew, making a Cuban flag for her
husbands company,
THE Spanards tore up the flag, ar
rested The lady and boy and sent them
to Santiago de Cuba, where they were
confined with common criminals. Al
Ter Il long delay, the nephew having
died meanwhile, Mrs. Aranjo was trieI
by cOurt-martal and sentenced to de-
yortutiCn 10 Centa, the Spanish con
vict settlement in Africa. Then she
Was brought here, whence she will be
sent by the next steamer to Centa. The
only charge against her Is that she
was making Cuban flag.
THE poor lady is wasting away and
may die before she can be deportcd.
She sings nearly all the time. and sdcn
mournful notes | never heard. 1htJ
are 50 pathetic, so full of longing that
the prisoners are awed to silence, and
many listen with moist eyes. Some OF
US think that her mind has given way
under the brutalitieS of the Spaniards.
Frequently the Spanish curse her and
order her to hush, but she stares at
them vacantlythem vacantly and con-
rinues to sing"
Philadelphia, July 16.-Cable mes
sages received here today from Cuba
confirm the story of the killing of Jose
Maceo, brother of Antonio Maceo, the
Cuban insurgent leader. From a mes
sage received the killing of Maceo,
BIT would appear was nothing more or
less than cold-blooded murder 1t
would further appear that a race war
has broken out in the insurgent ranks
between whites and blacks, and that
the shooting of MaceO in the first l..,i
uvnt OF lnLs. unfortunate conflict.
Since the arrival in Cuba Of CaliXto
Garcia that leader and Maceo have not
been friendly. Maceo resented the SUI
perior authority conferred upon
Garcia by the Cuban Junta in New
York, and Garcia has been determined
to assert his superior rank. When the
last cargo from the tlllbustering
steamer Bermuda was landed Jose
Maceo seized all the arms and am
munition. Garcia protested against
this coniscation. When the last cargo
from the steamer Three Friends was
landed on the coast, near Juargua,
Maceo marched to the seaboard with
1870 men and took possession of the
arms and ammunition. AS he was re-
turning from the coast he was am
pushed and shot to death by men who,
it is asserted, were from his own
army.