Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-01-02
SPANISH EVACUATION
OCCURRED YESTER-
DAY.
Peace Reigns, and Old Glory
Floats Proudly Over
Havana.
Transfer of Sovereignties Ac.
complished According to
Program. and Without
Disorder.

HAVANA, Cuba, January | The
sovereignty of Cuba passed from Spai O
to the United States today. The
change of Fl igs and authority was eff
fscied according to program. There
were no serions disturbances. The
parade of United States troops was
witnessed by many people, but il
evoked no great enthusiasm, except
once, when company g, of the l61st
Indiana volunteers waved some small
Cuban flags. Then bedlam broke
loose. The Cub tn spectators cheered
wildly and the excitement became 40
gre II that General Lee sent an officer
TO tell the men to put away the flags
The excitement then rapidly subsidized.
Members OF company G say tn flags
we're given them by Cuban women ar
that they had no intention of creating
excitement. Whether the men will be
punished beyond a repremand is not
known. Tonight, however, lit was said
their arrest had been ordered.
The form of the transfer Of SOW
ereignty today wac very simple, con-
Q sting only of an exchange of speeches
in the salon of the palace, the hauling
down of the Spanish flag and the rails
ing in its stead OF the flag of the United
States on the palace roof. Salutes
were fired from the heavy guns of the
forts and the war ships before and
after the change of flags. The raising
of the stars and stripes was greeted
with cheers by the people who covered
the roofs OF the buildings around the
palace and plaza. No crowd was per
mitted to gather in the streets n the
vicinity of the palace to witness the
epoch making function.
WATCHED BY CAsTELLANos.
At 8 o'clock guard composed of
the second battalion of the Tenth in
fantry marched into the Plaza de
Armas. under command of Captain
Van Vliet. and formed around the
squire. Captain General Castellanos
watched them with interest from, the
balcony of his apartments as they en-
tered the square and were stationed at
all the streets approaching the plaza.
No one was allowed to enter without a
pass, and all the doors of the palace
facing the square wsre ordcred TO co'
closed. Only those who could get on
the roofs and balconies of houses in
the ueighborl oed saw what was
going on before the palace. With the
guard was the band of the second Illi-
nois regiment, which had been selected
for the occasion as the best ban in the
seventh army chorps. With the band
were the buglers of the eighth and
tenth infantry.
The weather was warm, the sun
bursting at intervals through the light
clouds, and the soldiers in blue who
were forced to stand in the sun found
the heat oppressive. The troops were
formt in extended order around the
SO iare, three PAGES apart, and the
band was massed in front of the palace
entrance across the street at the edge
Of the park.
HAVANA, Cuba, January 2.-lt de-
veloped today that the company of the
l6lst Indiana regiment which waved
Cuban flags in the parade yesterday.
was not arrested as eabled last night.
The fl ,gs were given TO them by the
Cubans and the act of waving them
was thoughtless, not prearranged
Twenty five Cuban horsemen armed
joined the parade yesterday for con
siderable distance. American flag
was raised on the wreck of the Maine
and was saluted by the shipping IN the
harbor.