The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22

Killed Cuban woman" This brave a9t
q devotion so pleased the exeutioners
that they lowered their guns and left,
Without carrying out the sentence.
Among the early dramatic incidents oe
the war was a marriage ceremony per-
formed at dawn in the mountains ~
Fuerto Principe. Don Robeau. a hand
some well-educated young man. heir 10
large estate, was one of the first TO
ehhst with Gomez as private. He has
fought hravely and been advanced sten
by ster till he is now major of a regiment
recruited by himself from his own neigh
horhood, composed entirely of his person
d. IIlencs, who are all fnely-bred Voun.y
men. Robeau was in love with q vouno
girl who lived in a small village near his
ldthers estate. She was in humber cir
cuinstances than he, and the rigid rules of
OuDah etlquette kept them apart Rut
Wheh the young major first marched
through the town with his splendid com
pahy of men their horses brides were
braided with ribbons and they wore naln
ieaNeS tWlned around their hats in her
l'onoF' Iney passed. the girls home
anu saltted her as she stood on
&c DaAcony with her mother Robeau
went in and asked the parents if he might
marry their daughter and take her Win
MIN, as he feared some harm might befaU
her IN his absence. But the old folks would
not consent, and finally the Young lover
Yielded to their wishes and marched sad
ly away. Two days later when ne had
gone many miles, the girl dashed TO his
side mounted on a horse She had run
away from home TO join her sweetheart.
lhat night. Robeau sent a guard of two
men, with an extra horse and empty sad
die, TO the house of the nearest priest The
terrified padra, expecting to be killed des-
pite the assurance of his escort, mounted
and rode with them, mutterlng ave mdr.as
all the way. They reached the hills where
the regiment was halted just before day
ilght, and as dawn broke from the east
the young people were married They are
now at Santa Clara, where Maj. Robeau
has command of AGO men, operating with
Seraphine Sanchez and his band of 4OO
When Damian Hernandez was sent,
political exile, to the Isle of Pines. his wife
accompanied him, that she might liberate
him at the first opportunity. One day
when he was working with the other prs
oners cutting wood she engaged the guard,
with whom she had previously made her
self familiar, in friendly conversation.
Taking his gun, on pretense of examining
it., she suddenly leaped backward, and,
pointing it at his head, threatened him
with instant death if he moved. Then her
husband and his comrades tied The unfor-
they compelled the captain of the schooner
Margarita to sail for zapata. which they
reached in safety, and later they made
their way to the revolutionary forces,
where Mrs Hernandez acts as nurse.
Another notable woman is the wife of
DIR. Hernandez of San Cristobal. She is
young and beautiful, and is now in the
field with her husband, taking an active
part in the fighting. She had only been
married a year when her husband was
called upon TO organize a band of men.
He came to his young wife, who was
about to become a mother, and told her
that he would do just as she willed, for
he felt that his life belonged to her. She
answered that she wished him to go to
the war. In a week he had raised
band of 500 men, and as they marched out
of town they saluted Mrs. Hernandez,
passing her house and shouting: Viva
the Queen of CubaH When the baby was
few weeks old the Spaniards took pos
session of the town. One of the leuten-
ants rode into the Hernandez parlor on
horseback and subjected the young moth
er to threats and insults. That night sha
got a horse, and, with the child in her
arms went to Join her husband, riding
many miles through the Cuban hills until
she found HIM.
Perhaps the women of San Juan Mar
tineZ bear off the palm for courage. When
the Spanish troops, under Cornell, made
their way TO the city, the people met and
took a vote as to what course they
should pursue, women casting ballots
with the men. Almost without a dissent
ing vote, they decided to burn their city
rather than have the hated Spanish SOL
diers destroy 1t. The men mounted all
the horses and went to join the Cuban
army while the women set their homes
on fire took their children in their arms
and began the weary march to Guane,
town several leagues away. The Span
i7rds, reaching san Juan Martinez at
nighlfaH, found the deserted city in
flames The footsore women had hardly
arrived at Guane before they learned
that the baffled soldiers were on their
tracks, so they burned that city, as they
had their own, and again took 10 the
road. Afterward they burned Monlezula
and several other villages, effectually
cutting off the Spaniards until they
reached the protection of the Cuban
army
Among the women of Gomez's forces,
al of whom are the wives of his Off
GERS, one is an American. They dress in
masculine attire, as a pair of boomers
has not yet arrived in Cuba. They ride
on fine horses with Gomezs staff, and
carry Mauser rifles and ammunition, and,
though they have taken part in several
engagements, have never yet been
wounded.