The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1899-01-07
'OLD GLORY ISaRAISED
ePAlN'S RED AND YELLOW ENSIGN
REPLACED At HAVANA


After the Change Of Flags.
HAVANA, Jan. 2.-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 its stead
Of the flag of the United States on the
Flagstaff on the palace roof. salutes
were fred from the hesyygun Of the
forts and the warships before and after
the change Msdags. Tho 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
Epoeh.Makinr Function.
At 9 o'clock guard composed Of the
Second battalion of the Tenth infantry
marched into the Plaza de Armas 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 aud
were stationed at all the streets ap-
preaching the plaza. No one was al
lowed to enter without 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-
nies 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 I'm the Seventh Army Corps.
With the band were the buglers of the
Eighth and Tenth infantry. At 11:l0 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 stats, arrived at 1880
in carriages; General Brooke and Cen
eral Chaffee, General Brooke's chief of
staff, in the first carriage. In each of
the other carriages rode a 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 11:%5
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 a lofty chamber. Here were gath
cred the members of the captain gen.
erals staff. Suddenly Captain General
Castsllanos entered the salon without
ceremony from the left and greeted
General Brooke and others. After
shaking hands General Brooke sat upon
q 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 tho usual Spanish fashion,
General Castellanos said: "We have
been enemies, but I 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
ican side Of the chamber contrasted
with the silence on the Spanish side.
There was Q marked difference, too, be-
tween Americans and Spaniards, the
former tall, heavy and wearing much
gold cord, the latter small and slight in
blue striped cambria uniforms. The
Spaniards were depressed, the Amer
leans were correspondingly 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 an, Stripes were going up on
all the other official staffs in Havana.
The band on tho plaza played "The
Star Spanglt 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 Chaffee, and went aboard the trans.
port Rabat for Matanzas. He gave q
last look at the citv and with tears in