The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
THE BIRTH OF
 A NEW NATION Flag of Cuban Republic HOiSted. UNITED STATES GETS OUT Palma and His Government
 Now in Charge. General Wood Hauled Down the
 Stars and Stripes, and in its Place Now Floats the Gu ban Emblem.
UNITED STATES GETS OUT

Havana, May 20, -1n quaint old Havana
 today new nation was bern. Promptly
 at 12:a0 p. m. the Stars and Stripes were
 hauled down and in Old Glory's place
 was hoisted the emblem of the Cuban
 republic.
 ] Senor Palma attached his signature to
 a document as President of the Cuban
 Republic, after an exchange of congratu-
 lations, and the veteran general. Gomez.
 ascended to the roof of the palace. where
 he was accorded great reception.
 General Wood personally lowered the
 American colors. which were saluted. and
 with his own hands hoisted the Cuban
 flag. as an act of the United States. Co.,
 meg assisting.
 At the time the transfer took place in
 Havana. General Whitcside. at Santiago.
 turned over bis, authority to his Cuban
 successor and sailed away with the
 American cavalry which had been in gar
 rison there. .s
 General Wood and his staff and the
 American troops embarked immediately
 after the hoisting of the Cuban flag, and the American ships steamed out of the harbor.
 The natal day of Cuba found Havana arrayed like queen to await the coming of her lord. She seemed reinvested for the occasion with the dignity of the pros porous days of her power and wealth. Decorations Universal. The decorations were universal. There was not a residence pretentious or hum ble. that did not bear upon it's quaint facade. some emblem in honor of the event. The many arches erected at tho entrance of plazas by political societies. fraternal clubs. residences and business orEanizationg had an air of real gram Ideur. Bunting. spread on venetian masts. l canopied the deep. narrow streets from | the rays of the sun. Beneath these canopies the Cuban colors and palms graced the open doorway. Nature seem- ed in harmony with the spirit of the fes- ! tivities The parks were literally afame with tropical flowers and the vaulted sky above might have been chiselled out of turquoise. Above every red tiled roof | rose a Cuban flag. The whole city seemed suddenly buried beneath forest of waving banners. f1r The decorations along the water front were exceedingly lavish and all the ship 1 ping in the harbor was dressed in gala attire. The majority of the ships flew | the American ensign at the main and ! the Cuban colors at the fore or mizzen. The United States armored cruisor Brook | lyn. which was to take General Wood away. and the steamer Moro Castle of | the Ward line. on which the troops were to embark. as well as the foreign war ships which had been sent by their gov
 ernments to be present at the birth or | the new republic. were dressed with streams of signal flags fore and aft. man of war fashion. The American colors, which were to be hauled down in a few hours. still foated above the grim walls of the fortresses which guard the en- trance of the harbor. Not another bit | of color showed upon them.
 Crowds Swarm the Streets. The early morning was cool and delight | full and the entire population. reinforced by thougsrds of visitors. were abroad soon after daylight. The streets were swarming with people. and were hlled l with a ceaseless din. There are lour l thousand public carriages in Havana. and | this morning each one of them seemed | racing somewhere on life or death mis- sion.
 Much curiosity was aroused by statue | of freedom which had been raised during 1 the night in Central Park, upon the pe- destal where, for centuries. a statue Of | Queen Isabella had stood. During the | morning. bountiful breakfast was given l to several thousand poor children by Mrs | Paine of Boston, who has passed the
 winter in Havana for many years. l Among those invited to witness the ceremony besides the American officers | and the members of President-elect Pal mas cabinet. were the members of Con- 1 gress, the Supreme Court Judges. the Governors of the provinces, the officers
 of the visiting warships. the foreign con
 suls, William Jennings Bryap, the other
 visiting American statesmen. several of | renor Palma's Central Valley (N. Y0 | n neighbors, Horatio Rubens, counsel for the former Cuban Junta; Colonel William
 Astor Chanler and few other specially
 invited guests.
 Ship Under Cuban Flag. | Mobile, May 30-Captain w. L. Finder.
 whose home is in Mobile, UAs in the city | command of the bark Mabel that Is now | at Pascagoula, Miss, loading lumber for ] Havana. Cuba. The Mabel is the first | vessel in the United States to fly the | flag of the Cuban republic that began | life this morning In honor of the occa- | sion Captain Finder has the vessel deco | rated from stem to stern with nags ana | buntirg and held a reception Tor hls l friends this morning. The Mabel was pur- | chased in Havana, Cuba, two months | ago, and the registry was taken out Tn | that port. At the time she was under | the Danish flag and previous to that flew | the flag of the British empire.
 A-ousao,. Euorlr in Cnha