New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-01-04
Old GLORY RAISED
SPANS Red and Yellow Ensign
Replaced by the Stars and
Stripes at Havana.
Ceremonies Occur in the Cap
tain Generals Palace and
Are Simple in Form.
NO DISORDER TAKES PLACE
Crowds, Not Allowed to Gather
in the Vicinity to Witness
the Proceedings. .
SaluteS From Forts and War;
ships Before and After the
Change OF Flags.

HAVANA, Jan. 3.-The sovereignty
Of Cuba passed from Spain to the Unit
ed States at noon The form of the
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 it's stead
Of the flag of the United States on the
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 in the streets in the vicinity Of
the palace to witness the
Epoch Making Function.
At o'clock guard composed of the
Second battalion of the Tenth infantry
marched into the Plaza de Arlnas under
command of Captain Van Vliet and
formed around the square. Captain
General Castellanos watched them with
interest from the balcony Of his apart
ments as they entered the square and
were stationed at all the streets ap-
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 be closed. Only those
who could get on the roofs and balco-
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
Best Band in the Seventh Army Corps:
With the band were the buglers Of the
Eighth and Tenth infantry. At 11:10 a.
m. Major General Wade and General
Butler Of the American evacuation COM
mission arrived from Elvadado . on
horseback, accompanied by their stats.
Major General Brooke, governor general
of Cuba, and Major General Ludlow,
governor Of the city of Havana, accom-
panied by their staffs, 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 other 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
s"The Stars and Stripes Forever"
the Spanish colonel saluting. At 1876
Major General Lee. military governor
Of the province of Havana, with his
staff, joined General Brooke. The lat
ter general then crossed the street to
the palace, 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 lofty chamber Here were gath
cred the members Of the captain gen
erals staff. Suddenly Captain General
Castellanos entered the salon without
ceremony from the left and greeted
General Brooke and others. After
shaking hands 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: 1--WE have
been enemies, but respect you for your
correct attitudes and opinions. I have
pleasure in 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
There was marked difference, too, be
tween Americans and Spaniards, the
former tall heavy and wearing much
gold cord, the latter small and slight il
blue striped cambria uniforms. The
Spaniards were depressed, the Amer
leans We're correspondingly buoyant
At the
Last Stroke of Twelve
the boom of a gun announced that thu
American flag was being raised on s,ttl.l,
staff on the roof of the palace and tia
the Stars and Stripes were going up y,
sll the other official stats in Havana
The band on the plaza played Il,
!. Star Spaniel Banner" while the gun
Of the flee. and fortresses began to roa:
aut the national salute of 81 guns
General Castellanos, in brief address
surrendered Spanish sovereignty, ant
General Brooke accepted on behalf o
the United States. The Spanish cap
tain general at once proceeded to thl
wharf, acc panied by Generals C1ou
and Chaffae and went hoard the trans
Ia,eft Z a lisl Tor Matanzas. He gave
lksslast look at the city ard with tears il