The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-11
A RICH FLASH OF COLOR
FOREIGN AND AMERICAN SHIP
PING FLING OUT BUNTING.
HAVANA POPULACE QUIET, RESPECTFUL
A Conference With Banco. The First Session
Of the Commissioners Will be Held at
the Colonial Government
Office Today.

Havana, Sept. 10-The United States
transport Resolute. having the United
States Cuban evacuation commission on
board, entered the port shortly after {
o'clock
Immediately afterward she was visited
by the commander of the French gum
boat Fulton.
Shortly afterward, Government
launch ran alongside the Resoute. She
had on board for. Congosto, the Secre-
tary General of the Governments Gen
eral Solano the chief of staff, represent
ing Captain General Blanco, and Major
Garcia Benitz. of the General staff.
Their visit lasted fully an hour.
At the expiration of the conference
an officer of the Spanish warship Alton
so MI paid his respects to Rear Adj
miral Sampson. This interview was of
Il very formal nature.
Shortly afterward General Solano, ac-
ting for Captain General Blanco, placed
the atter's private carriage at the dis
position of the commissioners.
All the foreign and American shipping
in port displayed every available piece
of colored bunting, and the Resolute
dipped her colors in answer to every
salute.
The Resolute is moored to buoy
close alongside the steel dock. She was
surrounded all the morning by hundreds
of small boats, which circled the vessel
while their occupants waved their hats
and handkerchiefs.
At a quarter past nine the American
commissioners, accompanied by the
Spanish officers representing Captain
General Blanco landed at La Cachina
wharf, and arrived at the palace at $40,
where the Captain Generals body-guard
presented arms as they appeared
Captain General Blanco, dressed in
full uniform, received the commissioners
in the reception room, where, after the
formal presentations had taken place,
and the official courtesies had been ex-
changed, they sat down and conferred
for about twenty minutes.
The Captain General addressed the
commissioners in English. He asked
them to excuse any mistakes which he
might make, explaining that it was a
long time since he had used that Ian
guage.
The United States commissioners left
the palace shortly after 10 o'clock, ac-
companied by General Solano, and DR..
Congosto They were driven to the
Machine wharf opposite the wreck of
the Maine, where they took lunch, be-
fore returning to the Resolute for
breakfast.
Colonel Clous and Captain Hart, ac-
companied by a Spanish officer, then
paid visit to Admiral Manterola and
to the captain of the port, after which
they returned on board the Resolute.
The general public crowded the wharf
when the arrival of the Resolute be-
came known, but everybody behaved
quietly and respectfully.
Late this afternoon the American COM
missioners. on the advice of the accom-
panying physicians, decided to live
ashore while here, but they have not yet
chosen places of residence.
The first session of the commission will
take place tomorrow morning at 3
o'clock at the Colonial Government
office.
At noon to-day Lieutenant G. G.
Morse, representing Rear Admiral
Sampson, paid his respects TO the Brit
ish Consul, who returned the visit an
hour later, when Il salute was fired.
The Spanish steamer Ciudad de Cadiz
left this afternoon for Spain with 600
sick soldiers, two generals and their
staff