Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-06
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After the Ckas4e Of Flags. ~ -
HAVANA, Jan. s.-The sovereignty
81; Cuba: passed FROM Spain to the Unit
ed States at noon The form of'tl1e
transfer was simple, consisting only Of
an exchange Of speeches in the salon Of
the palace, the hauling down of the
Spanish flag and the raising in its stead
of the flag of the United States on tho
flagstaff on the palace roof. Statutes
were fired from the heavy guns Of the
forts and the warships before and after
the change Of flags. The raising Of the
Stars and Stripes was greeted by cheers
Of the people, who covered the roofs of
the buildings around the palace and the
plaza. No crowd was permitted to
gather IL the streets in the vicinity of
the palace to witness the
Epncll- Making Function.
At 8 o'clock /, guard composed of the
Second battalion of the Tenth infantry
marched into the Plaza t!c Armas under
command of Captain Van Vhet and
formed around the square. Captain
General Castell&nos watched them with
interest from the balcony of his apart
ments as they entered the square and
were stationed at all the streets az
preaching the plaza. No one was al
lowed to enter without a pass and all
the doors Of the palace facing The square
were ordered TO lie closed Only those
W no could get OH the roofs anu balcu-
MES Of the houses in the neighborhood
saw what was going On before the pal
ace. With the guard was the band Of
the Second Illinois regiment. which
had been selected for the occasion as the
Fest Band in the Seventh Army Corps.
With the band were the buglers of the
Eighth and Tenth infantry. At 11:1O a.
I'll. Major General Wade and General
Butler Of the American evacuation COM
mission arrived from Elvadado on
horseback, accompanied by their staffs
Major General Brooke, governor general
of Cuba, and Major General Ludlow,
governor Of the city Of Havana, accom-
panied by their statfs. arrived at 1880
in carriages; General Brooke and Gen.
eral Chaffee, General Brooke's chief of
staff, in the first carriage. In each Of
the 9th carriages rode Cuban gen.
eral with American officers. AS the
carriages drove up the Second company
of the Thirty-eighth Spanish infantry
presented arms, and the American band
started up with
"The Stars and Stripes Forever"
the Spanish colonel saluting. At 1145
Major General Lee. military governor
Of the province Of Havana, with his
staif, joined General Brooke. The lat
ter general then crossed the street to
the palaee, General Lee on one side of
him and General Chaffee on the other,
followed by the other American gener-
ais and the Cuban officers. On enter
ing the palace the American generals
went to the salon facing the plaza. It
is a lofty chamber Here We're gath
cred the members of the captain gen.
erals staff. Suddenly Captain General
Castel!anos entered the salon without
ct'onony from the left and greeted
General Brooke and Others After
shaking hand General Brooke sat upon
a sofa while General Castellanos
Moved Toward the Cuban Generals
British Vice Consul Jerome introduced
him to General Maya Rodriguez.
Shaking both the hands OF the Cuban
officer in the usual Spanish fashion,
General Castellanos said: we have
been enemies, but respect you for your
correct attitudes and opinions. I have
pleasure i'll shaking your hand"
Captain General Castellanos then took
his position before General Brooke.
The buzz of conversation ON the Amer
lean side of the chamber contrasted
with the silence on the Spanish side.
4iCiE " dS o. htu LOO, DS-
tween Americans and Spaniards, the
former tall, heavy and wearing much
gold cord. the latter small and slight in
blue striped cambria Informs. The
Spaniards were depre the Amer.
leans We're correspo,, y buoyant.
At the
Last Stroke OF Twelve
the boom Of gun announced that the
American flag was being raised on the
staff ON the roof of the palace and that
the Stars and Stripes were going up on
all the other official stats in Havana.
The band on the plaza played 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner" while the guns
OF the feet and fortresses began to roar
out the national salute Of 81 guns.
General Castellanos, in brief address,
surrendered Spanish sovereignty, and
General Brooke accepted on behalf of
the United States. The Spanish cap
tain general at once proceeded to the
wharf, accompanied by Generals Clous
and Chatfee, and went aboard the trans
port Rabat for Matanzas. He gave a
last look at the city and with tears in