Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-03
TO BE INnucTED INTO OFFICE.
Ceremonies by which the Cuban Autono.
mist Cabinet WIN Assume Empty Honors.

New York. May s.-The Cuban auton-
omist cabinet, chosen week ago. Will
be tremendously conducted in office
Wednesday by Gen. Blanco, who has
Just published his proclamation. saws
the Havana correspondent of the Her
aid.
The captain general, accompanied
by a squadron of dragons. win go ff1m
the palace through Obispo street. and
Cabal Cotisba park, to the building in
Ursulinus square which Is to be occu-
pied by the parliament.
FIFTEEN cannon shots will announce
that the captain general has left the
palace. An equal number viii be fired
when he reaches the cabinet building.
He VIII be met by committee from
the cabinet and when he enters the hall
OF meeting he Will be escorted by the
secretary of dlspatches-commonly
known as the censor-and the secre-
tary of the general government. In ad-
vance Will be the Cuban cabinet COM
mittee.
1t Is ordered that when the governor
enters the hall, every person present
shall stand up. Captain General Blanco
Will occupy the chair of state. The Sec
rotary OF dispatches and the secretary
of the general government will be on
either side. Behind him will be men
chosen by him.
As soon as the captain general sits
down the members of the cabinet will
do the same thing in their respective
places, .he order says. The secretary of
dispatches and the secretary of the
general government must remain
standing up.
Next the president of the council Of
secretaries will deliver to Gen. Blnnco
| the address for the opening of the ses-
| sion and will then withdraw to his seat.
| The governor viii read the address and
VIII hand it to the secretary of grace
! and Justice and government. who will
send authorized copies to both insular
cabinets.
Immediately the president of the cab
met will declare the. opening of the
session in these words:
His excellency. the governor gener-
al. orders me to declare the insular
cabinets are legally opened"
This act being finished, the attend
ants will. by order, stand up again and
the captain general will leave the hall
with the same escort he had when he
entered The escort will go with him
as far as the outer door and when Is
more cannon shots have been fired
they will leave him. His arrival at the
palace will be recognized by another
salvo.
Gen. Blanco has ordered troops to
line the streets through which he will
pass and has directed that the Span
ish flag be run up on the palace and
throughout the city.
According to officials at the palace.
no shots fired by the United States
ships at Cienfuegos, April 20. fell in the
city It is stated that three war ves-
sells fired at Jagua Castle in the after
noon and that their missiles fell five
kilometers from the wbarves.
Firing was kept up for an hour. Three
small gunboats followed the American
ships out OF the bay when they with
drew.
The captain OF the Clenfuegos gar
rison arrested three men who left the
city and went down the bay to witness
the bombardment because they vio-
lated orders by leaving their posts.
During the bombardment several wo-
men asked Blanco by telegraph for au-
thorlty to form company of volun-
teers.
From Cardenas comes the report that
American warships have been there.
Committees have been formed to organ
ize volunteers.