Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-03-02
GOMEZ OWNED THE TOWN.
Ea;husiaStic Reception Of the Aged
lieera,or b. the Popuiaee
q. Havana.
soTalss Ike n EVER SEEN BtFoaf
% vas The tsarth AaRis~r.ary st the tie
Zoe rss-siss~ trsaa she >g.at.h Ns4..
set So sss.s. ossdsa rs.m..;,-. IN
the 1sffai Collaboration

the tsffai tsl.hr.iisa-
Havana. rrh. So ten. MaNiao Uo-
E.ss. thc Cuban commander -in-chief.
entered iia,aas Yesterday afternoon.
escorted by Cen. Ludlow snd his siaa.
and truop J. 81 th~ Sesrnth Unit-l
states 'atalry. lie marvhsi a. the
head ot feSo armed Cuban horscu,ru
a''d ioo,uaru. Tie popalation oi she
ri's Was Mild with cufhusiasu,. ihrry
ans thrmsvists IN front ~ th. ,neg
ais horsc. impeding ,ie pngrr~-, an,i
P-iiirs him with flowers.
The cvn.ral reviewed the troop> At
tls ra'ace.
t.~ess~s ~ Aa~ri~.a rss4s..
Gen. Gur4fx arrived on the edge "a
the ioe.n. fr.m Mar,an"s. al is.lo 3.
a. escorted rs the Sevvnd ILLINOIS
ieud ard three tattalions. Th~.s tet.
'sii,r> then rrturusd 20 their ranp,
aasl did rot eater the city.
The fesiiviii-- ~ the day ia honor
81 The fourth anni,rrsary ~ the u---
ginning oi thr Cui-.n struggle frr o.
slsfen,ierrr wsrr most spoutsnsous
and wiidly enilusias'ic- havana bad
never seen ans thing lii~ u b-forr. 1hr
Whole town was Decorated. anil ~
streets WEIR f-'ctc'i with g crusi ,wic.
a. large ~ that which turned out a.
IA ''arcia funeral
The v.rsh tn u.v-ss
NJ half yssf - e'gisck ten ssurur
left ,erro. m. suburb from which ~
uarch was 10 hs uaasi--. With q pr,-crs-
~ion 90 the follow ing or,i~r of forms
ton
The baud - S-,rnth rrrinaen,.
mounted. PLAY ing the Cu;an rs snn md
national airs; Go. J. - the seventh
i-nitr,i States casaira m -t,s u ,..-n
t,omex. with eecort. ts~n. Navia E~f
tigurx and STAFF, Ten NsNiuio t.otu-
ui'on Who-~ right was Maj -si~n Luf
how; the men t~rs - Ma L-sssn. ia.i
iUw's stsa; th~n a great nusnler Fl
| Cnl-an rrnetsi~ anl ofissrs. s,'r.
niorni,d and ~su. in carriarvs. aud
finally. e.osuo ulsn cavalry ansi iufar
tFt.
TIE crasl Wat Gaa
A. ss~n. ssemes. ra--si the erows'
I went Wild With sita-- Hat. Were fau-
n the air. and wous~n shsv.rv,i sos
crs On al s'sie~. lie bcss~,i and rs4i-,si
his hat iueessantls. - thr rrasd.
Struggled io gst nsar his horse. ansl
chung 10 the animals siiiss ~ hong =.
rss~ibis.
| The procession stopped frequently
e.rntuaiiy Sling in,o the main stFsrf.
of thu city. passing Central park. ats
arriving NJ the palaee a. hslf-IaSi ;vs
O'Clock The praio aud Other averrs
wen, lined with patriotic clubs. taking
up various posiiions Of vantage. nna
then ioiniug the procession a. );
passed ON from the palace fram a bat
conv Of which it was reviewed bs
zen. Gomsz
| Welcomed at the Palace
Once at the palace. the Cuban cort
mander-in-ehief was welcomed l.,
:, nor Federico Mora. the civil gnv.
| ernor: Mavor Ia CnSts. the mcmhrr>
Of the city council; the Juntaa Pats.
o'ica; the meml-rs OF the assembly
the officials of all classes and mum. r
ous patriotic clubs.
The paiac. was beautifully tccorat.
ed, and all previous efforts Ia the dis
play of banners and bunting va,
surpassed hy th. almost endless show
ing of siik-emhroi,lcr~d standards an.
flags. hundreds of which w~r- carric.l
10y Ha,ana's drrghters.
| PstriatI. aud Popular N..l~.
Following the procession wcrr MANY
private carriages. fillsd With women
repr.Seniiug the heSi socieiy. some Al,
l.gcrically dressed and others waving
flags. The Cuhan hands played tn
Cuban national HYMN. varying ihi.
with Dixie The Star Spanglc,
BnnnrF.' The Stars and Stripes For
ever and popular American marches
Visited M.I.-G~a. Brssk-.
After ih. review It the pal:re Gen
Gcmey, accompanied hy hi, staff. pro
ce,,ed to II N.,lado To sisi; Governor
General Erooke Last evening he az
tended the charity hall 1T the TacoH
tleater. where the b.et Havana soci.>
~ was present. l,aNrs for the funefi"E
Md at a high premium. y the dark
ness approached the streets wrrr stil
crowded. fireworks werreNPlosied. ans
the returning hands played over and
over again the Haiinnsl hymn.
The theaters last night gave ratri
oiic performance. and there were tr'.
works ard music in Central park. N
tee the hall Gen. t;omez went To Quin
To- de Molincs. the former residence 1i
the Spanish captain general, where he
will reside. with his staff and escort
The foreign eonsuls raised their r.
spectiye flags in honor OF the day. Tn
crowds throughout were orderly.
An Eccentric Oaioan Dead
kenton. O.. Feb. 25.--James NJ
| White the capifaliSf As dead De-