The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-26
Wonderful Change of Sentiment
Towards Americans.
THE NAMES ARRIVAL
FRIENDLY INTERCHANGE OF
CoURTESIES ALL AROUND.
Jack Tar Will Be Kept Aboard to
Prevent Him Getting Into Mis-
chief With Belligerent Rowdies-
Gen. Lees Expressions On the
Change of Affairs-Cuban News.

Washington, Jan. 25.-Two dispatches
arrived at the state department this
afternoon One was from Consul Cen
eral Lee and said that the Maine had
arrived at Il o'clock. and that all was
quiet in Havana. The other was from
Captain Sigbee and merely said, Maine
arrived"
The cabinet met at the usual hour,
but gave only a short notice of the sub
ject of the Cuban situation. and that
was confined to expressions of salts
faction at the manner IN which the
American press and people received the
news of the action in sending the Maine
to Havana. There was no news from
General Lee of later date than yester-
day. Two cables came from him last
night, but they were not significant
1t was said they were in answer to
questions put previously by the state
department, and it is presumed one at
least had reference TO the reported
presence of German ships in Havana
harbor. The other report that he was
able to feed 1000 persons daily in the
city. 1t was stated positively that in
neither cablegram was there any re-
quest for warship or reference to the
Names movements. The consul gen
eral. however, has been advised of the
ed to report the Names arrival to the
state department
A message came to the navy depart
ment from Admiral Sicard this morn
ing. He wired that he had received and
executed Secretary Longs order re-
specting the Maine, and that she would
sail at once. The order was probably
received by the admiral about o'clock
last night, when off Tortugas harbor,
and the answer came back to Key West
on the torpedo boat Dupont, which car
ried over the order.
NAMES PROCEDURE.
The procedure to be followed by the
Maine upon her arrival off Havana is
laid down at the navy department as
follows:
Being daylight Cor no craft is per-
mitted to enter the harbor during dark
nesS), at the entrance to the harbor, the
Maine will begin to fire a salute of q
guns. AS soon as the last gun mas been
fired the guns of Moro castle will begin
q return salute of the same number of
guns. Then, as there is a Spanish ad-
miral in the harbor the salute must
be fired by the Maine in his honor.
There will be Is guns if he be a vice
admiral, and Is guns if a rear-admiral.
This salute Will be returned in kind.
and probably the Spanish will send a
staff officer aboard the Maine, to greet
Captain SiSSbee. This call must be re-
turned, and then there may be a vista
ton from port officials, health officers
and other officers. Meanwhile. pre-
Stunning that Consul General Lee has
not appeared Captain Sigsbee Will send
one of his officers ashore to the United
States consulate with a message TO
General Lee. stating that the Maine is
waiting his orders, and indicating that
he would be pleased TO receive the con-
sui general aboard, or to call upon him
ashore, at his pleasure. These calls hav-
ing been exchanged, the next thing in
order Will be a reception to the acting
general, IS General Blanco has gone
east as far as Catabano. With this the
ceremonies will conclude, so far as Gus
tom prescribes. though there may be
some entertainment extended to the
Names officers by officials in Havana.
JACK TAR CONFINED.
It is likely the ships crew will be
kept closely aboard the ship. In this
way the probabilities of an unfriendly
encounter between convivial parties of
sailors ard rowdies will be reduced.
The second telegram from Consul
General Lee received at the state de-
partment today came at o'clock, and
was carried by Assistant Secretary Day
to the White House, for the infOrma-
ton of the president In this telegram
General Lee said that the Maine had
been received with every courtesy. The
commanders of the German and Span
ish warships in the harbor had called
upon the commander of the Maine, who
had returned their calls; the Spanish
forts had fired salutes and all the cere-
monies called for by naval etiquette
had been observed.