The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-18
MARTYRS OF THE MAINE
TWENTY-SEHEN VICTIMS OF THE DIS
ASTER BURiEO AT HAYARA

FInSs on All the Public BuiIdiurx
"t Hnif-Mast, and Many RuiIdinrr
Draped in MournIng-AII CIasse.
Represented ia the Crowds That
ThroRged the Streets.
HAVANA, Feb. 1.-THE interment NJ
the marys of the Maine took nraca
this afternoon about o'clock ShortIy
pe1ore the hour, all Havana was in
movement. The flags on the public
ot-llclngs We're at half mast and MANY
OF the houses were draped in mourning.
Az GdSSeS were represented in the
IntonSs that filed the streets along
which the funeral procession passed tn
the cemetery. "
The order of the procession was as
fellows: %
Ell, Inc municipal guards, on horseback. in
Ill uht0rm the city fire brigade; the
nunlelPal employees; the aldermen i'm seven
spIendidly decorated fremen's cars. sbsciai
cars bearing the remaics; nine bodies heine.
carried on splendidIv decorated care w.
ctSlSy; populations consisting OF the cbieP
oIhcers OF the army navy and ths voIin
tels; representatives of various official
TOE rarsoa.l. anu OF the custom house a commit
iSpI Itseutlhg the GrOcers; the council Of
4- dulhl lnlstration; representatives Of the treas
u[y, the press and various political organI
ZGtonS; then the chief officers of tbe NaiDa.
the representatives of foreign governments.
the city magistrates with their mace bsaT'
eIsi provincial deputies; employees OF tbs
seneraI ana regional autonomic govern
ments; the municipal mace bearer thsp
cen. Parrado. with four aides de camp
representlng Capt Gen. Blanco whose
personal presence was not allowable under
@ tne Iawl having on his right United States
Scnsul General Lee, and on his left me
mayor mayor OF Havana, the Marquis Larrinaga:
AGmiraI Monteroa, Gen. Colano and otbsr
fantry. anu Iu-
Inc funeral music was furnished bv
the bands of the Isabella la Catholics
ana Porto Rico battalions, which ac-
companled the bodies.
Funeral Cortege.
The funeral cortege started from the
principal entrance of the city hall on
"eyler street, then turned to the right
on Mercadores street, then UP O'Reillv
street along the right side of Central
park, and finally to the right along San
Rafael street to the cemetery.
The population that lined the route
gave every indication of the Profound
est respect
Elaborate preparations were made for
the funeral. This morn ng twenty-seven
bodies had been brought to the citv
hall, where they rested in cofins COW
cred With beautiful crowns of silk rib
J449' Will dppibpIldIG INSCRIPTIONS.
The crown from the city council bears
the inscription:
The People of Havana to the Victims
OF the Maine" There is a han6n sne
crown of silk ribbons in the Spanish
national colors, with the inscription:
The Navy Department at Havana
to the Victims of the Maine"
crowns were received from the can
tain of the port, the mayor of Havana
and the officers of the port These were
In the Spanish national colOrs and were
inscribed: ITO the Victims OF the
Maine other funeral tokens were the
offerings of La Discussion. joseph
Pulitzer Senior Belisario Marinez
Robert Merry and Sonora MagdaIena
Dolores Marines
The correspondent of the Associated
Press visited the hospitals of San Am
brosio and the Alfonso XII. yesterday.
and again today, and met Miss Clara
Rarton and John ElweIl, Of the Red
Cross society. The scene was heart
breaking.
Some of the men. however, are al
ready much better and they are care
fully attended by DR.. Bernardo Mas.
whose treatment Is kindness itself. Two
are near death, Carl A. Smith whose.
leg and Jaw were broken and who is,
badly burned, and &. Anderson. who
has burns all over his body Both have
received the sacraments.