Show CUBAS CAPITAL iUE Wonderful Change of Sentiment Towards Americans THE MAINES ARRIVAL FRIENDLY INTERCHANGE OF IERCHGE COURTESIES ALL AROUND Jack Tar Will Be Kept Aboard to Prevent Him Getting Into Mischief Mis-chief With Belligerent Rowdies Gen Leas Expressions On the Change of Affairs Cuban News Washington Jan 25Two dispatches arrived at the state department this afternoon One was from Consul General Gen-eral Lee and said that the Maine had arrived at 1 oclock and that all was quiet in Havana The other was from Captain Slgbee and merely said Maine arrived The cabinet met at the usual hour but gave only a short notice of the subject sub-ject of the Cuban situation and that was confined to expressions of satisfaction satis-faction at the manner in which the American press and people received the news of the action in sending the Maine to Havana There 3 no news from General Lee of later date than yesterday yester-day Two cables came from him last night but they were not significant I was said they were In answer to questions put previously by the state department and i is presumed one at least had reference to the reported presence of German ships in Havana harbor The other report that he was able to feed 2000 persons daily in the city I was stated positively that In neither cablegram was there any request re-quest for a warship or reference to the Maines movements The consul general gen-eral however has been advised of the governments intentions and is expected expect-ed to report the Maines arrival to the state department A messae came to the navy department depart-ment from Admiral Sicard this morning morn-ing He wired that he had received and executed Secretary Longs order respecting re-specting the Maine and that she would sail at once The order was probably I received by the admiral about 1 oclock last night when off Tortugas harbor and the answer came back to Key Weston West-on the torpedo boat Dupont which carried i oo J ned over the order MAINES PROCEDURE I The procedure to be followed by the Maine upon her arrival off Havana is laid down at the navy department a follows Being daylight for no craft is permitted per-mitted to enter the harbor during darkness dark-ness at the entrance to the harbor the Maine will begin tQ fire a salute of 21 j I guns As soon as the last gun has been i fired the guns of Moro castle will begin a return salute of the same number of guns Then as there is a Spanish admiral miral in the harbor the salute must be fired by the Maine in his honor There will be 15 guns if he be a vice admiral and 13 gns if a rearadmiral This salute will bereturned in kind and probably the Spanish will send a staff officer aboard the Maine to greet Captain Sig > bee This call must be returned turned and then there may be a visitation visita-tion from port officials health officers and other officers Meanwhile presuming pre-suming that Consul General Lee has not appeared Captain Slgsbee will send one of his officers ashore to the United States consulate with a message to i General Lee stating that the Maine is waiting his orders and indicating that he would be pleased to receive the consul con-sul general aboard or to call upon him ashore at his pleasure These calls hayIng hay-ing been exchanged the next thing in order will be a reception to the acting general as General Blanco has gone east a far as Catabano With this the ceremonies will conclude so far as custom cus-tom prescribes though there may bee be-e entertainment extended to the entctain1eut I I Maines officers by officials in Havana JACK TAR CONFINED I is likely the ships crew will be kept closely aboard the ship In this way the probabilities of an unfriendly encounter between convivial parties of sailors and rowdies will be reduced The second telegram from Consul General Lee received at the state department de-partment today came at 2 oclock and was carried by Assistant Secretary Day to the White House for the information informa-tion of the pIesident In this telegram General Lee said that the Maine had been received with every courtesy The commanders of the German and Spanish Span-ish warships In the harbor had called upon the commander of the Maine who had returned their calls the Spanish forts had fired salutes and all the ceremonies cere-monies called for by naval etiquette had been observed I EXCITED INTEREST Maines Arrival the Occasion of International ternational Courtesies Havana Jan 25The United States battleship Maine commanded by Charles D Sigsbee which left Key West Fla Jan 24 arrived here at 11 1 oclock this morning and was saluted by the forts and war vessels Shortly after the arrival of the Maine Lieutenant Albert Medreto representing represent-ing the captain of the port Vice Admiral Ad-miral Jose Patoro visited the UniteI States battleship and extended ths Customary Cus-tomary courtesies The arrival of the warship caused absolute ab-solute surprise as indicated by the curiosity cu-riosity A lieutenant of the Spanish cruiser crui-ser Alfonso the Spanish flagship visited I visit-ed the Maine early in the afternoon a did also officers of the German cruiser Gneisenau the school ship Both VIStS were returned by Captain Sigsbee who at 5 oclock called upon Rear Admiral Vincente Manterola at the admiralty office and Vice Admiral Postor after which he had a prolonged coni rene with Consul General Lee Tha consul general will return Captain Sigsbees visit tomorrow afternoon Ha is arranging ar-ranging for a visit by Captain Sigsbee to Acting Captain General Parrado The officers and sailors of the Ma ne will not go ashore at present in order to avoid possible friction Captain Sigsbeo has expressed him i 1el as much gratified by the reception tendered him and the coarresy and cordiality cor-diality shown The American newspaper correno ents will give a bqnquet t3 apfam igsbee Consul General Lee and a number j num-ber of Spanish ofHcers I is reported the palace tNt Jon i eral Maximo Gomez has tali a lark across the Moron Jucaro trocha into I the Canvisuev dlsrict THIS SOUNDS PACIFIC Feeling Towards Americans In Havana Ha-vana Reported Friendly I New York Jan 25Th governor general leaves Havana without any misgiving as to the maintaining of order The inflammatory antiAmerican circulars I cir-culars scattered about the city were so alpably written by insurgent sympathizers sym-pathizers that the volunteers took no notice of them Yesterday was a fa arable time for the display of ultra Spanish feeling it being the young ings saint day or name day the inniversaoy of his christening but there was nota ripple of trouble Speaking of the report of an impending impend-ing attack on Americans General Lee said I never knew Americans so well thought of since I haVe been in Havana as now The rumor was nmW ably of th Key West brand |