The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-01-03
Spanish Flag Hauled Down in
Havana and the Stars
and Stripes Raised.
sLIU1Es FIXED From HEAVY GUNS
zRaisiEg ef the Anericaa Flag Greeted
VITA Cheers by the People
On the HousetoDs.


HAVANA, Jan. s.--The sovereignty Of
Gnba passed FROM Spain 70 the United
states At noon Sunday.
The form Of transfer YVES simple, son-
ssting only Of an exchange of speeches
In the salon of the palace, the hauling
down Of the Spanish dag and the rais'
Ing in it's stead Of the nag of the United
States on the dagstaf Of the palace
roof. Statutes were Rred from the
heavy guns of the forts and the was
ships before and sftsr the change Of
Gags
The raising sf the stars and Stripes
was greeted VITA cheers by the people
who covered ths reofs of the buildings
around the palace aAd plaza
No crowd was permitted to gather In
ths Streets in the vicinity of the palace
70 witness tAs spesh-naking functions.
At . o'eiesk y guard of the I'd bat
TALON of tho ieth infAntry marched in
10 the Plaza Dc Armas under command
ct Capt Van vlist and formed around
the square. Capt. Gen. Castellanos
watched Thorn with interest from the
balcony of his apartments as they en-
tered the square and were stationed at
al ths streets approaching the plaza.
NO enc was allowed to enter without y
pass, snd all the doors OF the palace fac
ing the square were ordered 70 be
saosed Only those who could get ON
the reofs and balconies of houses in
the neighborheod saw what was going
ca before the palace.
With the guard was the band of the
ID Illinois regiment, which had been
selected for tho occasion as the best
band in the Yth army corps. With the
band wore the buglers OF the 9th and
10th infantry.
The weather was warm, the sun
bursting at intervals through the light
clouds. and the soldisrsss blue who
were forced 70 stand In the sun found
the heat oppressive The troops were
formed in extended order around the
square, three PAGES apart, and the band
was maAsed in front of the palace en-
\ trance across the street at the edge OF
che park.
Brig. Gen. Cious, the master of eers-
monies of the day. at 1850 o'clock IN
sued instructions to the officers who
were to take charge of the various de-
partmonts of the government at II
o'clock. Col Dudley was assigned to
the department Of justice, Office Of the
secretary of the captain general; Maj.
+. W. v. Kennon, adjutant general OF
the department., TO tho department OF
sommerce and agricalture; Col. T. U.
Bliss, of the oommissioparYd department.,
70 the treasury; Capt. Frank B. Hanna,
AssistAnt adjut&nt general to the do
partmont of public instruction and
Col. Dunwoody, of the signal corps, to
the public works department. Each
of these officers was instructed thus
ION the firing Of the last gun Of the
first d at noon, you are to 60 to the
place assigned you and demand posses.
sion of the office in the name OF the
United States"
These orders were given under the
arcade of tho palace. Each officer had
with him Cuban interpreter, a group
of whom stood by clad In dark clothes
and wearing silk hats.
In carriage nearby were the Amer.
lean fags which were to be raised a,
various points.
At lilo Maj. Gen. Wade and Maj
Gen. Butler, of the American evacua.
ton commission, arrived from FL We
dado on horseback, accompanied by
their stats. They were met by Brig
Gen. Clous and Maj L. Bentley Mott,
of Gen. Ludlow's staff. About the
same moment Lucien j. Jerome, Brit
ish vice consul, arrived He was warm
ly greeted by the American officers.
Mai. Gen. John R. Brooke, governo,
of Cuba, and Maj. Gen. Ludlow, gov
ernor of the city of Havana. accom-
1. panied by their stats, arrived at half
I, past II in carriages, Gen. Brooke ant
Gen. Adna z. Chaffee, Gen. Brooke''
chief of staff, in the first carriage
In each of the other carriages rode
Cuban general with American Off
GERS.
The Cubans were Gems. Mario Memo
cal, Mayia Rodriguez, Serafin Sanchez
Jose Migdel Gomez, Nodarte, Rafel d,
Cardenas, Agramonte and Vidal, and
Col. Valiente. As the carriages drove
up, the second company of the SSH
Spanish infantry, under command o.
Col Don Rafael Salamanca, presented
arms and the American band stated
up with "The Stars and Stripes For
ever" the Spanish colonel saluting
At HAS, Maj. Gen. Lee, military gov
ernor Of the province of Havana, with
his staff, Joined Gen. Brooke. The lat
ter then crossed the street to the pal
ace, Gen. Lee ON one side of him ant
Gen. Chafee on the other, followed b,
the other American generals and thu
Cuban officers. The Cubans wore dark