The Daily soliphone., 1902-05-21


and the members OF President-elect
Palma's cabinet, the members of
congress, the supreme court Judges,
the governors of The provinces, the
officers of the visiting warships, the
foreign conssils, William Jennings
Bryan, other visiting American states
men, several of Senior Palma S Central
Valley (N ~ nrighbors; Horatio
Rubens, counsel for the former Gu
ban iunta; Col. VIM. Aston ChanIer,
and few other specially invited
guests
The palace is an imposing, yellow
stone structure, the upper stories OF
it's front being built over a stone col
onnade. giving it fine architectural
effect. For centuries it was the res
ilenoe of the captains-general of
Spain Since tbs american occupa-
tion it has been the official head
quarters of the military governor. 1t
fronts an exquisite park the Place
De Arnnas, with its stateley royal
palms and species of banyan trees,
called ''laurels of India" In the cen
Ter rs fine marble statue of FelrGG-
nand Will Through the center Of
the building an archway leads, as in
all Spanish palaces, to the patton or
court. uisere q statue Of Columbus
rises from mass of palms and flow
e1ing plants On either side of the
entrance. maT4lie stairWays ascend
To the audielce room, which opens
through balcuried windows upon the
plaza In this chamber the actual
transfy ercursed- It is an imposing
doom, ob4ong, with lofty ceiling and
IIst44,le fhaGr. It formed Il fine setting
for the historic OCCASION The cham
Der . to-day exactly as tt WAS when
<he Spansasyls Departed except that
the PORTRAITS u the oaptains-gen
which hung 91uyn It's wells are gone
They Were taken back til Spain, but
oats-ofAsria of Spain, with their
royol 1ssarte1fngss stdll hang atoye
The windows, which ARE screened by
the same szBraet curtains thai
were lEsgng DURING the Span
ism ree41sA The decorations,
white aud grsh with the superb n1ia-
rofrs- have also been preserved, with
gold csrUn h1nve it's back, wlricl,
Wss reserved fDr the SWrrrish nSuas-
arch herself, Was visible IN On tsar
.iDkr,AnH aHts-fnan$A
Osy4ng to the limited space. the peep
pie Ht.le to fn4Ne rpo sight of the ceFe~
rflosay 30 tst easscted here which was
to ntslsttfslts thepl @ nation before
THE world. f9gN outside they were to
witness y fqnses.h.te which would Stir
S1teir ps1sess fsr they were 70 sea the
f-eNzAed tise-}seexed and si1agle-starred
flag which Csspale9 fitss tlire9N 10
the hvesae tn tssfs, ait the opening OF
the tenryeassy Varz raised by the act
ri the tsnited Sf4<ea allo~e tAye lsala.f.
THIS thing which was TO happen had
I4en the dra1,a Of tbeiq lives, and Of
tlteis a1,ssxtoss for generations.
THEIR gsa,s.ssty. t,a~thers and friends
had gsoain to Shetr dfa.ais tao accom-
plisas H. ID strtItge wonder then
thai hnurs ts.fox~ thf, sfme set thay
began fhuaising here from adj qlas
ters- 81 the city, Many were already
f'e1tfs'' the ioatiaeA With td'e rising sun,
ma some even Ssfl,p ~ .Ae patN ."
o's 1ryaln IftH 10 nhss th's s7gh'
= PORTION ~ me plaza was sep,
caeaf pp the ponce very early Ane
rf'fnasnaer vas i'ae4fen win people
80. nick mat the gII2tt}a seea H. ave
Sspoal al1 rfp, si(tA STREETS running in
70 tlss plaza wf.fe chokea anto soma
l lIss;ass & h.In2nity and every deoF and
!si9dc# frohtfng sih.es., su4are' 1E4aa
aiiI~le..l IL ...vsi,Sl t4}GeS, white Anl olack
ITI AND Ss9nng, male aQd 1e4A,a1le'