The Portland daily press., 1898-10-08

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that the formal evacuation was, there
| fore, postponed.
The l,ited States troops remain in the
barracks hy permission OF Col. paEron.
| Considerable alarm was experienced. by
the civilians who understood the call to
Parron, daughter Of the Spanish COM
mander and a very beautiful girl, was
greatly distressed and in tears. Her
| father is fine looking, dignitied man,
about So So far as duty Permits, Col.
Ray will ie1tend> every possible courtesy
| to Col. Pa1fron and his officers, with their
families in the eyacut'on.
COL. RAYS ARRIVAL.
| His First Interview With the Spanish
Commander.
| Manzaniilo, Province Of Santiago de
Cuba, OctlJber 7.-Ones battalion of Col.
! Rays thirds immunes, arrived last night
at Calicite on board the Reina dc los
Angeles, en- route for Manzanillo.
Calcite Is small port belonging to the
Cubans and surrounded by sugar p1anta-
tions, few miles south Of Mnnzanallo.
The troops were received with enthusi-
| astto cheers by the insurgents who are
apparently Fat and hearty. The insur-
gent rhajor In commandapromptly called
upon Col. Ray and reported conditions
that are no. '.bly better tthnn those pre-
valling in illost other. portions of the
province. He said he had on hand
quantity of corn and vegetables. Col
Ray visited the Rameros plantation,
which is used as Cuban camp and found
there some valuable machinery, undam-
aged.
This morning the battalion reached
Manzanillo, 70 the evident astonishment
of the Spanish authorities who claimed
that they had not expected the United
tates troops for the next ten days.
Col. Ray, accompanied by Collector Don
aldson OF Santiago and an interpreter.
visited the Spanish colonel Parron, In
command of the local garrison. number
ing 800. He i'aformed Col. Parron that
he had arrived to take charge Of the gov
ernlnent buildings and to assume military
command of the city in accordance with
the agreement Reached between the United
States and Spanish evacuation COM
missioners at Havana. Col Parron, who
was exceedinglv courteous, welcomed
the American officer, who said he had
received q teldgraphie communication
from Gen. Btlanco informing him that
the date for the American occupation
had been changed to October 10 and re-
ouested Col. Rhy to cable Gen. Lawton
at Santiago for further instructions.
Col. Ray offered to take over the GUS
toms house and Ito allow the other build
ings to wait h formal surrender until
next Tuesday, Col. Parron oSjso ed to
this. saying that all or none should be
delivered. It Twas finally arranged that
both com mander|s should telegraph their
superiors. but !if Col. Ray does not re-
oeive a reply bY tomorrow ne Will carry
out his original orders.
The next question that arose was re-
garding the landing OF troops Col.
Parron wanted Col. Kay to pltcn ms
camp two miles off. for fear Of a clash.
Col Ray objected to this, saying that he
wanted his men ius the city and moreover
to have them lalnd tomorrow in order
that they might det cooked provisions
He pledged his Wdord that there would
no clash 80 far as his men were ooncePr
Col Parron replIied that he also &C
answer for his owt1 garrison. but he fl
the Cuban element. The Spanish
mander courteouslIy offered Col. Ray
his commissariat supplies If neces
Col. Raw thanked him for the offer
declined to take advantage of it.
While the interview was in pro-
Spanish aunboat in the harbo'
saluts of nine efuns in honor (
mains of Capt. Bustamente, Iof
of staff of Admiral Cervera
killsd In the entrerlchments at
The body arrived don the steaJ
EN- route for Havana, from
it will be reshipped to Spain.
Col. Ray sent the necessar
Reina de Los Angeles, a.
can flag was dipped ss.
Col. Ray will iIHmedls
work of inauguratins ~
tutions here. Mr.. Donaldt
begin the collection of :
Kenpner, who is supervising
lishment of post offices, and VINO
by the Josoflte, en- route for Washing.-
has arranged with the postal alcalde and
the chief of police to continue in office |
for the present. Most of the other local
officials will also be continued tempol arl- |
ly. Most of the inhabitants of Manzanillo
look healthy. Many people are arriving
from various parts of this richest sec
Los Angeles was docking the crowds
American troops ever on view at Man
zanillo. There were no cheers, but neith-
er was there any antagonism displayed.
There was one amusing incident. The
captain of the port called upon Col. Ray
to produce a bill of health. The Ameri-
can officer replied that he represented
every body on board himself and would be
personally answerable for all.
Last night the Spanish gunboat Cuba
Espanola was set on fire, presumably un-
der orders from Havana. She was Of no
GREAT value. She ran ashore when chased
by the u. S. cruiser Marblehead and was
never hauled off, though she might have
| been.
nQN EPEn To MOVE,