Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-03
OLD GLORY. RAISED
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Spain's Red and Yellow Ensign
Replaced by the Stars and
Stripes at Havana. i
Ceremonies Occur in the Cap
tain Generals Palace and
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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, JAM S.-4uo 6OVoIoASuIy
of Cuba passe<; 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 heavy guns of the
forts and the warships before and aftsr
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 a 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 and
were stationed at all the streets ap1,
preaching the plaza. No one was al
lowed to enter without pass and I'LL
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:lO q.
m. 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 Cen
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
"Tha Stars and Stripes Forever"
the Spanish colonel saluting. At 11:45
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. 1t
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
sofa while General Castellanos
Moved Toward tho 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: I'VE have
been enemies, but 1 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 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 a 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
,.Lthe other official staffs in Havana.
1he band on the plaza played The
Star Spangled Banner. while the guns