The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-01

Havana, Aug. 31.-The correspondent
Ut the New York Sun at Santa CIa1a
City files under date of August 90 that
oenorita Casanova, II well.known Cuban
girl, OF one OF the best families in the Is
:ahd, ana whose uncle and head of the
lahiiy Is Dr. Juan Casanova, American
Nioe-oons"l IN Clenfuegos, has been ar
,esesu..nere ana sent to the comm on Jail
among the lowest class of Criminals
The only apparent cause for the arrast
oil Ems girl is that she was enraoed to
marry the young Cuban officer, Filomeno
Cordovas, who went to the United States
anu came from there with the expedition
OF General Rolo, distinguishing himself
later IN the revolutionary ranks,
AT the same time Senoras Carmen Ruiz
anu Carmen Gutierrez, also of very we'll
known families of Santa Clara, were ar
rested anu, III spite OF the protests of
Their relatives, carried 10 the Jail by SOL
olers. Sonora Gutierrez is the director
OF the best school for girls in Santa Clara.
ohe Is much respected in the city for her
ABILITY. 1t Is said that in n raid on a Gu
pan camp, n few miles from Santa Clara,
the spanish troops found a letter ad-
dressed to an insurgent. in which the
names OF these women were mentioned
hence their arrest
Inc recent reports published in the
United States about the outrages COM
United by the Spaniards in Cuba upon
women have aroused the wrath of Gen.
Weyler, who has issued fresh orders to
prosecute the women, both in the towns
ana country. In Havana the sensation
OF the day is the foul murder of Senior
ARIA by the Spanish police in the out
skirts OF NJ Cerro ward. Sonora Ariza's
family is one of the Oldest in Cuba.
He was driven out of his house two
Gays ago by an armed force and con-
Quoted to police station No charge
was made there against him, and few
hours later he was told that the police
was going to take him home again and
set MN Tree. What they did, upon the
orders or the chief Of police, was to shoot
MN re died Instantly, pierced by sew
eral bullets The news has aroused much
inulgnation,even among many Spaniards.
Another report of a Spanish crime in
TINS province comes from Marguito. Mic
olas RIO, son of IA rich Spanish merchant;
oil the town, who in the previous war
served the cause of Spain by paying the
expenses Of several. thousand guerrilla
forces, has been killed there contrary to
law and regardless of his fathers SER
vices. Rlo joined the insurgents some
months ago. but last week surrea,lere ed To
the Spaniards and asked his freedom. in
ny o.'''i1o Win Weyler'S last decree,
o.ering pardon to all the insurgents who
SHOULD lay down their arms.
Put he was handcuffed and locked mn
IN a cell for four days, during which time
neither food nor water was given him.
In state OF almost complete collapse he
was then taken out of his cell and exc
cuted at place half a mile from town.
The military commander of Maiguito
was present at the execution and person
ally gave all the orders.
Col. Nestor Arangueren, the Cuban
cavalry leader in Havana province, lured
large Spanish force into ambush near
the capital several days ago. When the
Spaniards surrounded Arangueren,
Cuban force in reserve fell on them.
charging with machetes, and the whole
spanish force fled, panic. stricken leaving
on the Held their dead and wounded and
a large part of their arms and ammuni-
ton