The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-29
CUBA AGAIN
F2EED TODAY.
President Gomez lOauguTa'sd
in Havana.
CUR GOVERNMENT CEASES,
With the Sailing Of Magoon This Aft
ernoon Authority Of United States in
Islands Ends, Although Some Troops
Remain Until April I.

Islands Ends, Although Some Troops
Remain Until April /.
Havana, Jan. 2S.-With the admin
istration of the oath of office at noon
today to Jose Miguel Gomez, the new
president of the republic of Cuba,
American occupation of the Island
ceased and the history of this country
entered on a new era. This afternoon
Charles e. Magoon, until today pro
visional governor of Cuba, will embark
for the United States, leaving the gov
eminent entirely in the hands OF Pres
ident Gomez and his advisers. Most
of the 5000 American soldiers who
have occupied the island since 1906
have been sent home, and the remain.
der will leave by April /.
The oath of Office was administered
to President Gomez and Vice Presi.
dent Zayas by President Barreiro OF
the supreme court of Cuba In the pres
ence of a great throng of Cubans and
Americans and other foreigners To
day is a general holiday throughout
Cuba. and from all the six states men
prominent in the political, commercial
and social life of the island have gath
cred to attend the Inauguration. The
principal officers of the American
troops still in Cuba, REINFORCED by the
officers of the American warships in
the harbor, made a brave showing in
their dress uniforms. The Inaugural.
ton ceremonies were preceded by a
parade of the rura! guards and other
Cuban troops, in which the American
soldiers did not participate, as it was
thought that their presence in the pro.
cession might recall too strongly the
fact that tor more than two years the
island has been under foreign domino.
ton. At the close of the ceremonies
President Gomez was warmly congrat.
ulated by the foreign ENJOYS, who eX.
tended to him the good wishes of their
respective governments for the vel.
fare of his country A conspicuous fig
ure was Mgr. Aversa, representing the
Vatican Many messages of congratu.
lation were received, notably from
President Roosevelt and William H
States. He has many friends among
prominent Cubans.
Batteships Salute Gomez.
Word OF the taking of the oath OF
Office by President Gomez was sent to
the American battleshlps Maine and
Massachusetts, lying in the harbor as
| representatives of the United States
| government. Immediately the shores
of the harbOr began to echo with the
reports of a presidential salute fired
in honor of the new president by the
two vessels. The booming of the
guns was greeted with applause by the
| crowds of Cubans, who hailed it as the
sealing of the official recognition by the
| United States OF the new government
The second American occupation of
| Cuba by the United States began In
| September, 1906, when the resignation
| of President Tomas Estrada Palma,
since deceased, was followed by a
! short period of disorder in the island
| Under the Plat amendment the Unit
ed States interviewed and established
a provisional government in the isl
and, with William H. Taft as pro.
visional governor. Judge Taft was sue.
ceeded in October, 1906, by Mr., Magoon
Find Mans Leg in Whales Stomach.
| Messina, Jan. 2S.-The work OF ex.
cavating among the ruins of Messina
goes on without cessation. Many bod
les are discovered daily, but all are un.
recognizable. Slight earth shocks
continue here and at Reggie, An enor.
nous whale has been captured on the