The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-18
ELABORATE FUNERAL MARCH

! Participated in by Civil, Political and
Municipal Organizations. Survivors OF
hhc Maine and Representatives Of
| Foreign Governments.
Havana, Feb. 17.-'rhe interment of
! the martyrs of the Maine took place
| this afternoon about five o'clock. Short
| " before the hour all Havana was in
movement. The flags ON the public
buildings were at halt mast, and many
of the houses were draped in mourning.
An classes were represented in the
tha0ligs that filed the streets along
which the funeral procession passed 10
! the cemetery.
The order of the procession was as fol-
lows:
The municipal guards on horseback.
i'll full uniform; the city brigade, the
municipal employees, the aldermen in
seven splendidly decorated firemen'S cars;
special ears bearing the remains: nine
, bodies being carried on e splendid de-
corated car. the clergy. deputations con-
sisting of the chief officers of the army,
navy and the volunteers, representatives
of various civil bureaus and of the Gus
tom house. q committee representing the
Chamber of Commerce; a delegation rep
administration, representatives of the
treasury, the press and various political
organizations; then the chief officers Of
the Maine, the representatives of foreign
governments, the city magistrates. with
their mace bearers, provincial deputies.
employees of the general and regional
automatic governments; the municipal
mace bearers; them General Parade.
Il {aY,e,
Captain General Blanco, (whose person.
al presence was not allowable under the
law), having on his right United States
Consul General Lee and on his left the
Mayor of Havana. the Marquis Lar
rinaga, Admiral Monterola. General
Alamo and other officers, two companies
of marine and infantry. The funeral
music was furnished by the bands of the
isabella La Catolica and Porto Rico bat
talions, which accompanied the bodies.
The population that lined the route
gave every indication of the profoundest
respect.
THE NORTH CAROLINA DEAD. r
Washington, ID. c.. Feb. 1.-THE
Navy Department tonight made up from
it's latest cable advices n list of the
dead. wounded and rescued from the
Maine.
Among the list Of the dead are four
from North Carolina as follows: Tru-
bic Finch. of Raleigh: John II. Moss,
of Oxford Henry Williams, of Eliza
beth City, and John Warren, of Ran
dolph.
Key West. Fla, Feb. 17-Admiral
Mant1rola has summoned Captain SigS-
bee TO appear before Military Judge
Peral to make the necessary dispositions.
PRESIDENT THANKS SPAIN.
Madrid, Feb. 1.-THE government has
cabled instructions to the commander of
the warship Vizcaya, leaving to his dis
erection when to quit New York.
Orders have also been issued to Cap
tain Pearl to open an inquiry into the
cause of the disaster to the Maine.
The government has received cable
message from the Washington govern
ment thanking Spain for the assistance
| rendered by the Spanish authorities at
Havana after the disaster.
HONORING THE DEAD.
Havana, Feb 1.-THE correspondent
OF the Associated Press visited the hos
pitfalls of San Ambrosio and the Alfonso
MI yesterday and again today. and met
| Miss Clara Barton and John Elwell, of
| the Red Cross Society.
The scene was heart breaking. and
| the dressing of the wounds Of the vic
Tins was horrible spectacle.
Some of them. however, are already
| much better. and they are carefully at
| tended by DIR. Bernardo Mas, whose
treatment is Kindness itself. Two are
near death. Carl A. Smith, whose leg
and jaw Were broken, and who is bad
ly burned, and A. Anderson, who has
| burns all over his body. Both have re-
eeiyed the sacraments.
| Elaborate preparations are being made
| for the interment of the dead. Already
| twenty-five bodies have been brought to
the City Hall, whore they rest III collins
| covered with beautiful crowns of silk
ribbons, with appropriate Inscriptions.
| There is Il handsome crown, of SILK
ribbons in the Spanish national colors,
with the inscription: THE Navy De
partment of Havana to the victims OF
the Maine
Among other tokens are one from
Lawton Childs, with the inscription;
40 Our Brave Dead Sailors" flower
cross from the New York Morning Jour
nal and Advertiser, an emblem from the
Havana Yacht Club and floral or other
tributes from NJ. Garranza, sonora
Emilia Miaas, Lucia Lacoste, Mrs. l.
| Gonzalez, Miss Catalina Casa. Charies
| and George Barnett and a crown IRON 1
the firm of DaImon Brothers, WIN tlc
Inscription: ITO the victims OF thc
Maine"
HARBOR FULL OF TORPEDobo.
Detroit, Mich, Feb. IA specH'i 10