Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-11
TREATY IS SIGNED
Memorable Event in a Great
Nations History. a."
ALL IS coNsUmmA7tD.
>pani"rds Come TO Tho Conference Ch.m-
ber 1" sn,nbre Garb, Americans at.
tend In Gni-ty's Ks,mene.
Scramble for Souvenirs.
ALL is C0NSUMMATED
(By Telepra nh
Noy I0IeprdHh.J - |---7T-
rAHlS, Dec. 10.-The treaty of neaco

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treaty tonight would have afforded !,
suoJee' FOR great historical painting
| he group gathered about the table in
| s'e stately chamber OF the Foreign or
| nee was impressive itself. while the fact
! .ha' ehe sense OF the momentousncss Of
| ie issues which the act decided was
| ueeplF fe!t by all the participants rayc
| an impressive and solemn tone tn tba
| scene w e'ie
| around the great mahogany table the
zen aroiters Of the destinles OF an old
ahu young nation ranged Standing
pei!i,Iu tneH were numerous attaches OF
the american Commission.
| The Jets from the crystal Chandeliers
ABOVE the heads Of those present. may
h1hec the brilliant green and scarlet or
tne upholsteTins into gaudiness
DRAMATIC SPECTACLE.
mere was theatrical contrast be-
| tween the black clothed actors and tho
scenery To the Americans It was a
aafpS ending OF the epilogue OF war:
| i"r me Spanlards ii WAS plainly n hit
ter tragedy. none the less painful be-
cause long forcseen. They sat silently
as though almost crushed. and none
could Withhold sympathy from Sennr
aiontero Rios. the president Of tho
| spanish Commission. who. coming from
ms bed. was bundled in a great over
coat. although logs We're burning in the
! fireplace near by.
SoMHRE CARR. GAY ATTIRE.
me SPIRITS of the two bodies were
| members OF the commissions for the
| .Aiherlcans were attired in evening dress
ior the dinner given them immediatelv
| "fter the meeting by the Due de Lou,
pat and the Spaniards wore black rrock
coats. - w y
| although the commissions met at half
| ''aSt o'clock. expecting to finish their
| "or!1 in half an hour. the enrrossino or
,he treaty on parchment was found to
| DC SO troublesome that 1t DELAYED tho
Slsnihg or the document until $50.
o!erk Martin. of the American Commits
SION. worried all day without even stop
ping to eat
! FoU,N-0-."h!Eef rheaFf:sS:> &c. !, -. =
w men he came into the chamber at
':ao with the document he found the
commissioners waiting The Spanish
s|py had arrived half an hour earlier
Mr. Arthur Ferguson then proceeded to
read. first the English and after th5t
the Spanish version OF the treaty Th INC
Finished, two copies We're passed orouna
she table, the commissioners signlne
| mem IN the order of their rank.
VIM. Il. Day. Senator Cushman K
LAWS. Sen.to VIM. P. Frye. Whitelaw
, .tlo ana Senator George Gray; Senior
i.."...e.o .tos. senor Abrazura Senior
.arnlca. Senior Villaurutia and General
.ereroy Saons, each commission sign
ing its opponents treaty. Both were
tied with the Spanish and Amerlcan
colors. Cd
TRI-coLoR OF FRANCE ...
men the seals we're prepared to be
athHed, attendants were sent scurry~
lng for ribbons OF the French tri-cn1o,
with which the documents were sealed
! as compliment to the French hosts ~
| the commissions.
Many officials interestedly watched
| every detail Of the proceedings.
ne iast seal being impressed. the
| commissioners rose and without formal.
NY each member shook the hands OF all
| nus antagonists and exchanged assur
| anccs or sincere personal esteem The
| opaniards afterward commented acr,,3
! y upon what they termed the bad ia STE
OF the Americans in mastering 2 crowd
" atlaches to gioat over the consumma-
tion OF their downfall and to scramble
| for relics.
| ." ALL IS OVER"
The signing was finished at s:45. AZ
mat Tune the door OF the chamber
ape ne ana senior Villaurutia appeared
ana exclaimed to a group OF CORES
pondents who were waiting In the cor
| rider: "C'est fini."
| The other members of the Spanish
Commission followed Senior Villaurut,a
and passed silently through the vesti-
| "'e - eheiI waiting carriages The
american Commission strolled ON
chatting complacently and as they de-
| scended the stairs the lights in the
chamber were darkened
| The treaty as signed consists of sew
enteen articles. it having been found ad-
visabe To subdivide two or three OF the
articles in the draft agreed upon at the
last meeting.
| SIGNED TWICE.
! The commissioners Of the two nations
| wrote theiS signatures on two copies of
the treaty. one copy being for the arch
| ives
! The document was prepared by Sec
Setary Moore. In behalf OF the United
states Commission, and by Senior vii
'aurutia for Spain. on account OF the
| continued illness OF Secretary Ojeda. Of
| the Spanish Commission
! zach copy contained the English and
Spanish texts Of the treaty in paraleled
columns. The wording had been ap-
proved previously by the commissions
| without joint meeting, so there was
no controversy on this subject
| SCRAMBLE FOR SOUVENIRS.
| There has been great contest among
the families and friends OF the Amer:-
can Commissioners for possession of
! the pens With which the signatures to
the treaty were written. Some of the
Americans were provided with hand
some pens purchased for the purpose.
The Spaniards appeared to be unarrect-
ed by the souvenir craze and contented
themselves with ordinary Quill pens
| strewn on the table
| Just prior to the final reading of the
| treaty the commissioners were photo
! graphed.
| WASHINGTON HEARS THE NEWS.
| WASHINGTON. Dec. 1o-The official
| news of the signing OF the treaty Of
peace was received in Washington lit
tie later than the press reports It was
| in cipher form, as usual from Judge
Day 1t was at once transmitted to
the President who was alone at the
time, but within comparatively short
time all the members Of the cabinet
ad either called or sent their congrat-
| alatons. The Presidents congratula-
tons were promptly cabled to the COM
mission. but the news Of the signing