The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
VERMONT. APRIL IS. 1898.
The April Vermonter.

! The April Vermonter, devoted to Incl
4 dents concerning the Cuban war, is q
1 splendidly illustrated and a most inter
esting number The flags of the United
States and Cuba and cut showing the
Maine entering the Havana harbor deco
rate the front cover. The frontispiece is
a splendid portrait of Senator Proctor
and long and interesting article written
! by him concerning his trip to Cuba fol
lows The article is an exhaustive one
! land contains much information concern
| ing the condition of things in Cuba, In
concluding the article Senator Proctor
says: " 70 me the strongest appeal is not
the harbarity practiced by Weylcr. nor
the loss of the Maine, terrible as are both
Of these incidents, but the spectacle of a
million and half of these people, the en-
tire native population of Cuba, struggling
/ for freedom and deliverance from the
| worst misgOvernment of which ever had
knowledge"
Another article gives briet sketch of
Nermonters in the Navy with pictures
OF several battleships. Commodore Geo.
Dewey, commanding the Asiatic squad
ron, was born in Montpelier This squad
ron is headed by the flagship Olympia.
Commander George Albert Converse of
the Montgomery, Capt Chas. b. Clark,
the former Bradford boy, of the Oregon,
and several other Vermonters are men
toned. A brief history of the Maine is
given closing with a sketch of the life of
Naval Cadet James IL. Holden, the only
Nermonter on board the ship, who re-
Ceived his education in the Burlington
High school and the University of Yer
mont. He was captains clerk and as
slstant navigator and was one of the few
who survived the terrible disaster.
There is full page portrait of the
J eautiful Cuban heroine, Evangelina Cis-
eros, with a sketch of her romantic life
md remarkable rescue from Spanish
prison. Her rescue told briefly is as fol-
lows: Her father, a Cuban patriot, be-
coming involved in some political trouble,
was arrested and sent to the Isle of Pines.
The daughter, allowed to accompany him,
was afterwards taken to Havana and con-
fined in vile prison with the vilest of
criminals and chained by her wrists to
the walls OF her dungeon. Some promi-
nent ladies in this country attempted to
intefere in her behalf, but to no avail,
The New ] IOrk journal then took the
matter in its hands and through its cor
respondents Carl Decker, rescued the
girl on the night of Oct 9th, 1897. A
passport was secured for one Juan Solo
and. also a stateloom on the steamship
Seneca. Mr. Decker rented apartments
in building near the prison. from the
top of which he gained access to the roof
of the latter. With help which he had
roTided the iron bars of Evangelina's
H. were severed, she was lifted ont, COO
TrETCtu 10 DGCh6rs 5 apartments ant, Trohi
there to safe hiding place. When her
escape was discovered detectives were
sent to watch the gangways of the
Seneca, but Decker and his aids were too
sharp for them. Just few minutes be-
fore the boat sailed slim young fellow,
fashionably dressed and smoking a cigar.
came running across the wharf, was
stopped by the detectives but gave his
name as Juan Solo, showed his passports
and was allowed to go on board. Juan
Solo was Evangelina Cisneros, short
time afterwards given an enthusiastic re-
ceptiOn in New York and who is now the
W ard of Mrs. John A. Logan, a beloved
member of one of the most charming
homes in Washington.
There are several other articles finely
illustrated in this Cuban number of the
Vermonter. 1t contains much informa-
tiOn concerning the present crisis and
what has brought it about and the num-
ber should find its way into every Yer
mont home.