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VOL. XXXI. NO. 2
rain OFFICIALLY INFORMED
OF THE OCCUPATION OF SANTIAGO
Cable Message Reaches ihe White House Just as the President
Starts to Church.
STORY OF THE DM IS GRAPHICALLY RELATED BY WIRE I
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Plans for Carrying the Spanish Prisoners Across the Atlantic
Have Been Perfected and Approved By the Ad
ministration—Early Peace Is Now
Anxiously Expected.
BY JOS: OHL.
--m Julv 17 —(Special > The glorious nows of the hoisting of the stars
8 ,„1 , r . PS ,■ 1 th- formal occupation of Santiago by th,. American forces reached
h-re I» Toro in T. When General Shafter's telegram, giving details, was bulle
tined by Adjutant General Corbin. It brought much comfort to everybody, for
tIr.TC- have !„ en many hP.-i.e-and d.-lays that the final cosummation of the
American victory was watched for with anxiety
The first message conveying t’.ie news of the formal surrender was
received T. the white house shortly before 11 o’clock, just as the presi
dent was preparing to go to church.
About 5 o’clock In the at' im,rm Gen. ral Shafter forwarded a dispatch that
graphically told the story of the day and port r- yd a situation entirely satlsfac-
■ first m< lid not con
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for vital ev< ts. The first w-a-s brief, that the surrender had
been ac.-m-ili-S-l; that the S-t-antsh troops ninreiK 1 out of the trench's, one
regiment at a time, • .-citing .rms for delivery to the American forces, and that
the Spar, sm flag h -I "> ■■n 1. üb-4 down. S< eretary Alger and Adjutant. General
Corbin w •- st -lo war p rtrimt-t at the t rm, and were soon appri.-od of the
r ws, but ... it did not c me in the usual form as a report from General Shafter.
t:,< fact was not bulk .ned.
Ixtte In the afterr- nan . 'lleial dispatch camo from General Shafter giving In I
b-- -- c i, pHta ry * - , ~ n u ii- <s u. 111 y , .-a r stat emt nt fr on the general of tile ,
It was r. ■ r'y satisfactory from every point of view, showing that
th. i'.: 1< r.;■ ' army’ was in complete control of a city that it would have
co: ' 5.000 lives to capture by storm.
r ,'v.as vencouraging from a medical point of view In that It show-
. nt; vt . what had been expected, that there was little sickness, and scarcely
am • . f>\er in Santiago, but a great deal of suffering and distress.
i ■ ; , . a < nferenee with Secretaries .
A’ • t ■ II - I ''ipt ’in < ve . • i-1. cli'- sos th. burea uof n i vigatiim, and
a nieml ■ r <,f the mu -.1 war board. It «as stated after tho meeting that plans
l.i i i, c! cu<— I f-r an a ;gt' s.-ive movement In which both army and navy
v-.l t mi part, ag• ' I’orto It:. •. Ili-f.-r.’ going to the white bouse. Secretary
Alg- r had been In confer.-n*-- wii’i Gen er." I I.ro-.ko for two hours. They had be
; - • <>f I’m o It! > s; d the plans of campaign were
<i:_ . i -d from every point of vl- w.
It is expected that General miles will go direct from Santiago to Porto
Biio, ’tii'i timt General Stone find Colonel Michler, of his staff, will leave
. yr, ~v y O rk j n a j a y 01 two, on the Resolute, to join the general at
I . . ; Ito day tl’.n so r> he,.' ol war in.bir.-.d tho plan of t'-'lonel Hecker for 1
1 ’ ' t ■ ■ ; •■■■’ ia of t’l' S i a f •: •■ • ; nt Santiago back to Spain, approving a
:;l r I IP,her had prop; r, d ealliag for l-lds for transporting the Span- I
i h. ; ■ Jt ; (■'■ ■■ ~n .ma;',-:::i to of l r ""0 Spau..’i oflli -rs with first-class I
c.. n ■ -'ll ■ ' ~r..t ■.?’.■ <ri soldier s with third-clas‘s or “tel-rage passage. 'l'lie
e.ieul i . th hi ani.'h 'ori'.s w ill be delivered mi board at Santiago lor
t: i i'.i.H'., Spain, or . ~ n otlnr port ns may be designated. The
trans .•■■r'.-- •- io v-■■■' io tl. eldef ipi iirtormas.ter at. Santiago between July 80 I
ai.4 ■ i t ■ ft Is pr.-.lded mat the accommodations are to be up to the
stand : >■ ~ -I 1- t Cnltcd States army regulations, as to officers and men,
in r< gnrd f ■ ■ . v< util.-,thn, etc.
The rill .itenct furnished is to be equal to the prescribed United
StAtes army ic.'.o:-which is set forth in details as a guide to bidders as
to what they must furnish. ,
IV :’ p I'ion v.-- (-■ five them Cuban rations, which Is more than they ■
:•i; at Sai •{'».: but " was decided to make specifications on the ba- •’
si <:f f : army ra' I .;»« so aa to i<ino\, every possibility of criticism.
Ii I; : v- i th.:i -om--; of th'- mips of the eastern squadron will act i.s con-
:■ . tl" f o;-ports, t -'mi ii no definite statement to that effect can
be S'ci:.- : from th- navy department. fi’lia-t squadron is, however, being hold
back for : mn-pose and in'iniarlon l.s that it is to furnish transports for Spanish
pri - nets 1: ■ i,. < ir,ie' in Teasing that squadron 4iavo not yet been Is-
sued, b.' If it a.--- is tp, vi v.s of Admiral Sampson, all of the armored battle
ships now . t i- oi’ ::;o will go. It Is ex. pe.-i.-,l that, tin squadron or most of it will
get under way this « <■ k
Tho ,i re I'm inn. Amphitrite and Mi.,ntonomoli are mi their way from I
gtation at K"y W. to San Juan to str cm; tdicn th-- blockade of that port. In ad
vance of the arrival of the bombarding force and troopshfns
Detdls -.' this I’orto 1. • expedition are being rapidly completed. The land
force to be taken is placed at llii.ou 1 ) and the invading army will be made up almost
entirely of t o volant ~rmy. I ex p.-dPimi will • mliark fi' in several points—
Newport N'-w.g Charleston and Tampa principally.
Hoping' Now for an Early Peace.
The 1,.-a.! f all p-i l nu-nt s i. '.,1 today in antieip.it on of the busiest
kind of a W' -k ahead. While the state departim-nt reiterates its declaration that
• 1,,... peon -.bsolutoly nothin;; (lire . t or in-liri t that coiil,l be construed ns a
C, . ~n the part Sp :in tov.iril peace, th-- f' hug is pr< valent among the of-
liere are to be peace efforts at thia
<c of the war Th- <■ -s a wd” dllTe mice of opinion among them, some bellev
j., tc it Spain 1 .i to m ilt ’io first move toward pease within it,' m-xt few
, , j v ii]. otli. i ■ mao strongly n . ilnrd t > the belli f that tin- end is a longer
v tlrin H v mu- time mo So m- of those who thought the tall of Santi
ago v ouhl e.-i ' -i' inin- ■in end are u nolous about it now. The presiih nt is.
how vor. ver.v : .op.-i ul liat Uim . will be peace propositions toon ami many others
in public 1 f'-' belli v-j tiny re al hand.
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-New York World.
THE AMERICAN FLAG NOW PRO
OVER THE GOVERNOR’S PALACE IN SANTIAGO
I BY ROBERT B. CRAMER.
Santiago de Cuba. July 17. G’.y I'lble to I'm Constitution ' -The running tip m the American flag ever the palace
at no n today was an inipn . ne equ ' Spaniard ar..! t-> Am -a- n.
Th- American fleet, < uid-.-d by a Span,.-, ■ ‘"t. ro<b- by flu mnken M-rr:m ■ into th" h,arbor.
When, umb r a specl.'il permit, J entered the cltj- thre - day-- ,< :o. I found .irnong tin- peopl. a suppressed feeling in
favor ■ f Am ra an ..< ■ upa I lon. b.'-ausi. that would bring '< cn 'ml o the military exactions under which they
1.11(1 boon living 4"r months past. li--:.-o, it was mH surprising to.-ee, when Captain M-Kittrl.-R pull, <1 the American
flag’ up to full in.‘.st ov<T the phi *o» * h'*! hundreds of Sjc.n .u » <lp•r- Ith j t with as mu h ••nthusla. in a,s did tho
Americans. In f . ’t, Mnoe the news g’Ot out that the s.u*r<'n<h r was to be a certainty, there vs a general letting up on
the < <(ksor.<h:p which <•<»:,trol: 1 th.* jtopb anil then i • ing of Ilf- which told of the ; ch.ingo that was cun •
Th’< m-»rn'm: the Ah ■r: .'.n tr <>ps f an i ir :r--nwateh-O with the groatfct • ! :f?’-*>t tin < f cni.r •rs
to and from the Sp.-ini-h s, ;nd the S; ni.'.:-l S" med t-, -■ ( qmdiy int.-'-sted \Vh< nat la-t r ■ fill, nt .-for rei-.iimnt
marched out of the city and out of the int: enchments and stack' 1 thdr arms In the presence ot the Atnerb an fare.-s.
notwit lisposltion to cheer it was largely re trained, for then was after all a feeling ot sympathy for tho
men whose mi-ley ■ ir- r bl ginedown in <1 feat. A pretty iml-l'-iit w < that in wliidi G'-neral T0r.,1 strongly re
straining his .motion, liande I the hilt of hi - sword to General Shaft.-r. The American commander accepted It for a mo
ment examined its bright blade with admiration, and handing It back to General Toral, assured film that he was too
brave a man to be dir.i rm--1. Toral acknowledged the courtesy with miltt.-irj .jlgnity and r. turned the swor-l to its scab
bard. The arrangements for the formal surrender inside the city were necessarily delayed by the time taken up by
the Spanish troo-ps In st.-mkirig tin Ir arm.-, but finally a guard < c valry and Infantry accompanied General Shafter and
his staff on their entrap-?-- into tim city. General Toral m.-t the party, mounted on a mettlesome charger, and rode back
Into the surrendered town on equal terms >il.h his conqueror. The streets were lined with thousands of people, who look
ed with respectful awe upon the entrance of the American force. All the pre limlnaries having been arranged at tli e pal
ace. the striking ol 12 o\ loek from the catlie-lral bells was the signal of Captain 7J< l< 11' rl-’k to hoist the stars and stripes
In triumph over tin- Spanish scat of power, and then began the elieei'lng already referred to.Jn which Spaniard and Amer
ican joined alike. There w- • a little coolness on tlie part of tlie Cubans, who .io not like Um id'a ot tho Spanish munic
ipal government b-ing c'-ntlnu.-d until the ncee-.-ary ■ flanges > m be m ule. They were anxious for a revolutionary run
ning out of everybody in sight, but General Shafter ch.,-- the more conservative course, and instructed the existing
municipal authorities to pre ervo l.i w and order iin.l r the military governorship of G.-n- ra! McKlbbon.
The military occupation of Santiago being now an a- complished fact and the Spa.nlsh forces b.-Ing simply In waiting
for transportation abroad, Intereeit .-enters In the popular feclln ras to waat should he done. I find here that the people
of business and experience are Spaniards or Cubans who have been loyal to Spanish rule. If these people were to be driven
out of the country their energy and Intelligence would be sorely missed and would bad to much trouble and anarchy. The
safety of Cuba d.-pends upon making these people feel that they are welcome to remain, and that they have a part to
play in th- regoneratlon of-the island. The action of General Sli.iftrr m retaining the local municipal control in Santiago
Is on this I'ne, and if It Is persevered in throughout the Island It will secure to Cuba an intelligent and neo-ssiry element in
tlie building up of the Island. Hitherto they have, been loyal to Spain more because they were afraid of the revolutionary
element than because they courted foreign control, but now -/nat the Americans, wlho have assumed the sponsorship of tho
country, have indicated that these people are to be protected and that their services ar. to he called for. they feel justified
1n pledging their allegiance to the new order of things. In talking this evening with Senor Alcareza, a. strong Spaniard, but
witih large property interests here, he said;
“I appreciate the action of your military commander today In being conservative. Tim people of Cuba cam build up a
coiheslve community if they will cease to draw the line between those who have been loyal to tim peninsula and those
who have been in ,-ontiiniation. I feel encouraged to resume my place as a citizen and to work in tlie Interests of the land
in which 1 live.”
It Is in View c.f these facts that I think the most remaikable Incident of the day. the one equaling the raising of the
flag it.-elf, w-. . Ihe . lion of Gem r.il S: ift. r in r--.-.-t»i.g the unreasonable .-.ill of the Cubans for ■ revolutionary loot
ing of the olli-.-s mil insetting the ex .tuple th.r t-lie servie. sos the int-lligent, tho conservati v-. and the property owning
people are needed, il gives an assurance to the better classes of Cuba that they have no need of being afraid of the change
of government, and that wh.-n tim Spanish foiees shall have f-tirod from the Island all will be under tlie equal protec
tion of the law, with equal rights. i
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY IS, 1898.
TOMI’S SWORD RETURNED TO HIM
BY SHAFTER AFTER THE SURRENDER
As Hie Chimes of Ihe Old Cathednl* Ring Out Ihe Hour of
Twelve the Anreiican Flaj is Hoisted,
THE AMERICANS STOOD UNCOVERED AS IT WENT HP
As the Breezes Caught the Stars and Stripes Capron’s
Battery Opened a Salute of Twenty-One Guns, and the
Soldiers in the Trendies and Camps About the Town
Yelled Themselves Hoarse with Delight.
Santiago de Cuba. July 17. 1 p. m.—The Ame-iean flag la floating In triumph
over the governor’s palace at Santiago <:■• <’u
General McKil iun has be.-n appointed temporary military governor.
It was amid impressive ceremonies that the Spanish troops laid down their
arms between the linos of the Spanish and American forces at 9 o'clock this
morning. General Shafter and tlie Amcri- hi di\ s.on and brigade commanders
and their staffs w'-r,- escorted by a troop of cavalry', ami General Toral and his
staff by 100 picked men. Trumpeters on both sides saluted with flourishes.
General Shafter returned 1o G, neral Toral the latter's sword after It
had been handed to the American commander.
Our troops, lined up at tho trenches, were -ye-wltnqsses ot the ceremony.
General Shafter and his escort, accompanied by General Toral, rode through tho
city, taking formal po.-s' t-slon.
The ceremony of hoisting tho stars am.;, stripes was worth all the
blood and treasure it cost,
A concourse of 12,000 people witnessed the stirring and thrilling ecen® that
will live forever in tho minds of all the Americans present.
A finer > ;tlng for a dramatic epl.-.'-l- it w-ndd bo difficult to linaglno. The
I palace, a picturesque old dwelling in the moorish style of architecture, faces the
I’laz.a de I-i Reir.a, the principal public sqiar-- Opposite rises the imposing
t . , ri vl , ‘ i,. i., ; L <rn ~,1. painted bud-lh-g. v ■•h
broad verandas-the club of San Carlos-on the other a building of much the
same <lc»scrir>tlon--the Case de La. V« :ius.
Troops Lined L’p With Drawn Swords.
Across the plaza was drawn up th- Ninth infantry—headed by the Sixth cav-
I airy band. In the street facing the pala.-c stood a picked troop ot the Second
cavalry, with drawn sabers, under command of Captain Brett. Massed on the
stone flagglnc between the band and th lint of horsemen woro tho brigade com
manders zf General Shafter'i division, with th.-lr st • fls.
On the r. billed ro'Jf of 'he j lace ,:to-I 'G.-’.-.-.n M-’Klttrlck, T.leutenant
Mil-y an.! 1.1- ’i - rant \Vh< ■ l--r, itn.’i.e.l: :h < ■ tl.-in, upon the flagstaff, tlie
il-cn in tc ISi ini h arms and the legend. "Viva Mfonso XIII.” All about,
As the chimes of the old cathedral rang out the hour of 'weive the
infantry and cavalry presented arms. Every Am-’
head and Captain McKittrick, ho?’,to 1 the stars .
, , r , ir! (J ... - lf .,. n ti e breeze against a fleckloss sky tho
crvalry band broke Into the - trains of ‘ The Star S; tiglc I Banner." making t..a
I. . ,i,. . i .. wi a tho music ceased,
I- .tn ry, firing a ''l l . - f ■
, from -
of the r.-i im.-n al bands awl mm! .1. !- - ■ .- of ,-ur n.eu.
try . -me out. t. ' rdcr arm 'a r. ’ it. " - the flag was u- io
band played "It .Uy 'Round tin I".
Instantly G. n-ral M-KU'-'.n e .11- 1 f -■ th re cheers for General Sh a f
( . )„ nd p ‘The Stars and St
ci er." Th- ceremony over. General Sha
lean lines. 1. aving the
SHAFTER OFFICIALLY INFORMS ftDMINISTRATSOF
OF THE SURRENDER OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
Wa 'hington. July 17 The war <h P i rtm ' ; Jp "
"Santiago d< Cuba, July 17,-Adjutant General Uni.t< ISt . Army, '
ton. D. C. Ih ive th< ho tor to
Instant, 12 no »n, hoisted ovet the h< use ot tin
tiago. An Immense coneourso ot’ p. oplc pre;
of infantry presenting arms and bind playing n’t
s -hit.- of twenty-one g mt. Perfect o
ment.
"Distress Is very great: but little slckm-ss In town. Se-.rc y any yellow sex or,
A small gunboat ai 1 I s * imen 1 oft
Obstruct; uis are being removed from mouth of harl.-f
■ Ullon ■ -- tl - ity I -I: -■ >v ered , : • ■ defenses.
Fighting -is the Spaniards did the first day it won I 1i.c.0
taken it. Battalions of Spanish troops hav.- b. -n l. (.os| l mg arms since .1-? ight
in armory, >ver whie > I have guard. General Toral foi
and all stores nt 9 a nn_ V RSB TT' R M -J tU.
SHAFTER'S ORDNANCE OFFICER FINDS
RIFLES, CARTRIDGES AND CANNON
Washington. July 17. At 11:05 tonight Adjutant General Corbin mad< public the fol
lowing d( p.ii-'h fl m sh-n.-r.-j Su.itl-i
• •11, |.|( l ii: l rt. is. I'nlted Si -1 s Army Santiago. July 17 Adjutant G-neral
United Stat* Army, Washing in My ordnance ffitcers report bout rifles
turned in toilav and '-o.i-ni ( ii r I;.- -.
“At the mouth of the harbor then are quite a number of fine modern guns,
about six-inch: also two batteries of mountain guns, together with a saluting
liattery of fill--n oil br.eiz.- gun lis at Tiling and turning in "-’I vm mi i .mor
row . last of prisoners not yet taken.
'SB AFTER, Major General Commanding.”
/ We Give the . ..
< WAR NEWS
S Promptly,
> Regularly,
C Accurately,
\ And have reached tho
C !'■
X liable newH no fur <!ur-
J in*' the progress of the
WAR WITH SPAIN
‘ No extrafl, no fake
/ scares, I it the whole
HW» ep of ev' ntfl lor R
\\e» i. i r cn.-li issue.
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