The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-19

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SPANIAEDS SURRENDER.
Lay Down Their Arms to General
EWer's at Guantanamo.
Guantanamo Wia Santiago de Cuba)
-Special-The final arrangements for
the surrender of Guantanamo were
completed, when the Spanish regulars
under General Parejo were ordered to
withdraw from the block houses along
the trocha and deliver over their arms
to Brigadier General Ewers, the mill
tary governor of the two. The trenches
at Caimanera n The block houses on
the railway were evacuated by the
Spaniards quietly.
The town of Guantanamo was throng-
ed with troops and excitement was
caused by the constant arrival Of small
details of soldiers from outlying posts.
There were no formalities and few
incidents to mark the proceedings. The
Spanish colonies, with pale, thin and
pinched features, marched through the
streets to the regimental barracks, ap-
parently glad Of the opportunity to pile
their arms on the parade grounds and
leave Cuba for Spain. When all the de-
tails are gathered in more than 5000
regular troons will forrol11y c,,rropdor
their arms and equipment in accord
ance with General Toral's agreement.
There was a sensational rumor in the
town last night that the Spanish off,
GERS had determined to resist the dis
armament and refuse to recognize Gen
eral Torals authority to concede their
surrender. This was reported to Cen
eral Ewers, who was told the Spaniards
had planned to seize the town and at
tack Caimanera, where two companies
Of he Second immunes had been land
ed. The Cubans in town were credu-
ton to the report. Much alarm was
caused.
General EWers Gale. on General Pa
rajo and informed him of what he had
heard. General Ewers, although he
did not believe the report, thought it
his duty to inform the Spanish com
mander. General Parejo gave strong
assurances of the absolute inaccuracy
Of the report.
The Spanish officers, he said, were dis
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cluded in the surrender, but would 10y
ally carry out it's terms.
One of the first acts of General Ew-
ers when he demanded the surrender
on July Is was to ask the immediate
disarmament of the guerrillas and VOL
unteers. This demand was compiled
with. He found at Guantanamo 1000, 900
rounds of ammunition and 5000 rifles.
General Ewers' act in demanding the
surrender Of Guantanamo was one of
the best examples of heroism in the
war. He was landed above Guantan-
amo from the steamer Saratoga and
proceeded to Guantanamo by rail, and
there, face to face with II, LOCO Spanish
@OO41' LIZ Sdp1luldIlOuH IN
accordance with the terms of General
Torals agreement. He Immediately
took possession of the government
houses n issued a proclamation de-
string the people to return to their or
binary business. He visited neighbour
ing sugar plantations to ascertain the
condition of affairs and informed their
owners that measures would be taken
to protect their property.
The public prison was found to con-
tain fourteen political prisoners, who
were confined under long sentences for
trivial offences. These were released.
The cases Of those charged with crim-
inal offences will be inquired into.
Detroit Journal: 49," concluded the
advanced woman. after expounding for
thirty minutes her objections to men
In general for the benefit Of the pen-
tieman next her at dinner, ''you see I
am quite plain"