Evening star., 1898-09-21
OLD GLORY RAISED AGAIN
Now Floats Over American Commission g
Hotel in Havana.
The Commissioners Say They Have
Made No Protest at Delay
Over Evacuation.

A dispatch from Havana last night says:
At 10 o'clock this morning the first Amer
lean flag In Havana was hoisted on the
Flagstaff OF the Trotcha Hotel. the head
quarters of the American evacuation COM
mission. A guard of marines was posted at
the entrance to the grounds.
Col Clous and Capt Payne stood on the
roof of the hotel at either side of the flag
staff. AT 10 O'Clock sharp a quartermaster
of the steamer Resolute ho!sted the flag.
which uEfur,ed and f1uttered proudly in the
breeze.
All the members of the commission raised
their hats and cheered the stars and stripes.
This morning a widow and two children,
evidently persons of refinement, but in alb
Ject want, approached Gen. Wade, the pres
ident of the commission, and pleaded for
relief. The widow and children were seat
ed in the dining room of the hotel and
given & hearty meal. Others in need were
equally well treated. all who applied re-
ce!Ving relief of some sort.
The commissioners had nothing to cay
concerning the report of a protest at the
length of time asked by the Spanish COM
mission for evacuation, denying all knowl-
edge of such action. They maintain a strict
reserve
The Spanish mail steamer Alfonso XIII
sailed fer Spain this afternoon, carrying,
besides the 200 passengers, mostly women
ard children, LOCO sick soldiers.
Marquis Cervera, military governor of
Marianao, has issued an order providing
fer the return of refugees from the country
t-reconcentrados-to their farms and fields,
Offering absolute protection to all those go
ing Rack TO their homes and lands. To this
end he has arranged for three Gfnnibuses
to run twice a week from Maranao to diff
ferent interior points in the vicinity, tax
ing, free of charge, the families and bag
gage OF those who wish to return to their
homes. The civil governor, besides issuing
n a
to cooperate with the mayor of Marianao,
has to the same end set aside tie sum of
5000 to be distributed among those families
who return to labor the farms.
Advices from MatanZas continue to report
great distress and spread of sickness. to
remedy which. it is asserted, the city Off
Gals do absolutely nothing.
bishop SaEtander of this diocese this
morning had a long interview with Capt
Gen. Blanco supposedly for the purpose of
considering the position of the clergy after
tie evacuation of the island. DR.. Jose Con-
goSto, secretary general of Cuba. who is
accredited to the Spanish commission at
Paris, will sail ON Saturday, via New York
and Europe
Advices from Puerto Principe report that
the Cuban troops are not observing the re-
quirements of the armistice, but are steal
ing cattle and making raids in that district
even forbidding the entrance of provisions
from the fields into the city. Senor Emilio
March, the military governor, has been
forced to take strict measures to prevent a
repetition of former abuses
The meat ring continues corneri,g the
market. and the slaughter house tax. ine
richest income of the city, is materially re-
duced. The average number of cattle
slaughtered daily used to exceed 400 head,
but today it is below 25O owing TO the
pfohibitive price at which meat is sold. the
monopoists depriving the city's treasury
or over 5000 day. This is ono Of the
chief reasons for the deficit Of the munich
panty. put no steps are taken to remedy
leading business house to import, kill and
put on the market meat at 25 cents a
pound AT the present prices the consump-
tlon OF meat Is restricted to tn. t,ctter
classes of hotels and restaurants.