The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-15

new York, Oct. 14.-Eyangelinn Cossio
Cisneros was landed safely to-day on
An erican soil. The beautiful young Gu
ban patriot. recently rescued from the
Casa de kecojidas, in Havana, by Karl
Decker. of Washington. representing the
New York Journal, was passenger on
the ward line steamer Seneca The ship
reached quarantine at 9:35 this morning
and the now famous passenger was then
transferred to tug, where she WAS well
coined by friends, including four ladies
ann newspaper representatives.
Immediately upon landing tie parties
TOOK carriages to the Hotel Waldorf and
were assigned to rooms on the second
floor. While Senorita Cisneros was fa
tigued, she appeared to be in the very best
IT spirits and eXultant over her arrival
In America. She does not speak English.
but her face is very expressive and she
seemed intuitively to understand .the
questions put to her and answered in
spanish. Tine senorlta retired as soon rs
she reached the hotel and refused to he
seen. Among the party was Mrs. j. Ellen
roster, OF Washington, president of the
National Woman's Republican Associa
ton.
during the passage from Havana the
senorlta suffered much from seasickness
This Kept her much in her state room. On
the passenger list she WAS registered as
Miss Juana Sofa. She travelled under the
care of gentleman who accompanied
hel from Havana.
Senorita Osneros made her escape in
mans attire. Her coming aboard the
steamer was fraught with danger, but
the girl walked past the Spanish de-
tective as fearlessly az if she had never
known fear of any kind. In'order to leave
Havana by steamship it is now necessary
TO procure passport before buying a
ticket. No tickets are sold ON board the
steamers
Three days before Miss Cis1eros sailed.
that is, while she was still in prison, y
passport was procured for Senior Juan
Solai and stareroom No. 8 was reserved
for the young man.
The Seneca arrived in Havana at G
O'Clock In the morning and at once began
to unload her cargo. During the dav
several OF her passengers came on board
and went to their staterooms. As soon
as the vessel had tied up to her wharf
two Spanish detectives came on board ami
stationed themselves at the head of the
ghngplank They remained tt ere all day.
BY O'Clock all the passengers hooked
were on board. So were several visitors
A banquet was served, for which the
New York Journal paid. and the detec-
tlves were given plenty 10 eat and drink
After time the chief of police of Ha-
vana came on board.
He, too, had something to drink The
two men went back to their posts Then,
just before the vessel cast off her moor
ings, slim, well-bullt young fellow
came rushing down the wharf in an open
carriage. He carried almost no baggage
and seemed out of breath. He WAS
dressed in long frock coat, lipht trou-
sers, and huge sombrero hat. He
walked up the gangplank with a swagger
and air of bravado that set com pletely at
rest the suspicious of the Spanish spies
"Nnme?" questioned the detectives.
"Juan Sola'
The voice was as silvery as the tinkle of
bell, but the supper had been good ami
the wine better, and the steamer was In
hurry to get away. The detectives paid
little attention to this
Passport" they demanded quickly
The young fellow handed out the pass
port of Juan sofia.
"All right; go aboard" was the order
Erangelina Cisneros had passed the last
line of guards around Havana She was
safe at last under the Stars and Stripes
oil the land she had never seen. She went
at once to her stateroom and there she re-
manned until the vessel had steamed out
of the harbor past the grim walls OF
Moro Castle.
Then for the first time Juan Sola came
on deck. only it was no longer Juan Sofa
1t was .Juana Sola. In some mysterious
manner the name in the pnrser's book
was changed The Juan had been trans
formed into Juana. 1t WAS Miss, not Mr..
The young woman who appeared on
deck was slim and worn and pale look
ing, but there was the light OF great
happiness in her eyes. The young wo-
man had but one gown The bows cloth
ing she had worn had mysteriouly isau-
peared. She had thrown it overheard In
the darkness.
Capt. Stevens said that to the best of
his knowledge, the only persons who
went aboard at Havana were the Lastie
fa'nily. the Del Real family. eight China
men and man whose name appeared
upon the advance passenger list as Juan
Sofa, and who must have had a passport,
otherwise he could not have gone aboard
When 1t WAS discovered that "Juan
Sofa" was u girl the GUAM was changed
to "Juana," and Miss Cisnero came in
under that name.
| Miss Cisneros was given some articles
OF feminine apparel by the stewardess of
the Seneca. a. c. Stewart. an English
man, who embarked at Tampicu, and
who speaks Spanish, says that he sat OPP
posite Miss Cisneros at the table during
thesvovaYe, and that when she saw the
Cape Hatteras light she fell on her knees
and prayed devoutly. Mr.. Stewart says
he found the rescued Cuban most pleas
ant Com panlon. She had her hair pinned
up In coil, worn under sombero when