Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-11
CUBAN COMMISSION
Our Members ArriVsd HaDana on
the Transport Rsso|ute'
| CALL ON CApTAIN-GENEnlL BLAHCa
SPANS Representative Receives Them
With All Due Courtesy.
FIRST SESSION TO DE HELD TODAY
All Sessions to De sccret--Americans
Decide, ON Advice of Accompaay-
ing Physicians, to Live Ashore
While ut Cuban Capital
FIRST SESSION TO DE HELD TODAY
While at Cuban Capital

HABANA, September lo.--The United
States transport Resoiute. having thc
United States Cuban Evacuation Commits
sioncrs on board, arrived in this pors
shortly after 7 O'clock this morning. .
There Were no Spanish flags up at that
time, and no salutes were fired. Inn
mediately after the Resoute. which
reached here flying some white bunting.
forward and an sdmirars dag from her
main mast. arrived. she was visited by
the commander OF the French gunboat
Fulton, who boarded the Resolu,e in full
uniform.
Shortly afterwarl. a government launch
ran alongside the Resolute. She had ON
board Or. Congosto, the Secretary-Gene~
raj Of the government; General ;olanos
the chief Of stan. representing Captains
General Blanco, and Major Garcia Be~
nito. of the general stan. Their visit
lasted fully an hour. AT the expiration
of the conference an officer of the Spanish
warship Alfonzo XIII. paid his respects
TO Rear-Admiral Sampson. This inters
view was of very formal nature.
BLANCO'S CARRIAGE IN WAITING.
Shortly afterward General solano. act-
| ing for Captain-General Blanco. placed
the latter's private carriage at the disc
| posal of the commissioners.
All the foreign and American shipping
in port displayed every available piece
of coIored bunting. and the Resoluto
| in
salute.
The Resolute is moored to a buoy close
alongside the steel dock. She was sur
rounded ali the morning by hundreds OK
small boats. which clrced the vessel
while their occupants waved their hats
and handkerchiefs.
Al n ouarter past Q the American COM
missloners. accompanied by the spanish
officers representing Captaln-Gehe'si
Rlanco. landed at La Machna wharf ana
arrived at 9:l0 at the palace where INC
Coptain-Generars body-guard preseh'eo
arms as they appeared
RECEPTION BY BLANCO.
Contain- General Blanco, dressed In tuii
| uniform. received the commissioners III
the reception-room. where, AFTER the io'
mai presentations had taken place anu
official courteses mad been eAchdhseu'
they conferred for about twenty minutes.
,rhe spanlsh commander sat in the centre,
uIth General Butler on his right anu
Admiral Sampson on bis lett. Next "
General Butler sat General PARADE anu
next TO him was General wade. On Al
n,irat samnson's left sat Colonel Clouse
and contain Hart the Official interpreters
orr OF PRACTICE WITH ENGihoh-
The Captain-General addressed tne
commissioners In English. He asked them
10 excuse any mistakes which ne m'spc
make explaining that IL was long umo
since ne had used that language
The United States commissioners leie
| the noIace shortly after 10 o'clock, ac-
companied By General Solano ana Dr-
! Congosto They were driven 20 the Ma
china wharf, opposite the wreck Oh .''
Maine. where they took lunch before re-
turning TO the Resolute for breaki's''
Colonel Ciouse and Captain Hart ac-
connanied by a Spanish officer. then paid
, visit 10 Admiral Manterola and TO me
captain Of the port. after which they re-
turned on board the Resolute.
CROWDS on THE WHARF.
The general public crowded the wharf
when the arrival Of the Resolute became
known. but there was no demonstration.
Everybody behaved quietly and respects
fully.
Late this afternoon the American CON-
mlssioners. on the advice of the accon-
panylng physician, decided 10 live ashore
while here. but they have not yet chosen
places OF residence. They viii probably
remain on board the Resolute this ewes
ming, and make the change tomorrow.
FIRST SESSION THIS MORNING.
, The first session Of the commission will
! take place tomorrow morning az O'clock
M the Colonial Government Offices Judg-
ing from conversation with the commis-
: sloners ali the sessions will be behind
| closed doors
Al noon to-day Lieutenant c. Q. Morse
/ representing Rear-Admiral Sampson paid
his respects 70 the British Consul, who
returned tho visit an hour later. when a
salute was fred.
The Spanish steamer Ciud8d de Cadi1
left this afternoon FOR Spain. with 600 sicr
, soldiers, two generals, and their stafs.
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