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Show CUBA IN MOURNING FOR ITS DEAD LEADER HAVANA, June .19. In mourning for Gen. Maximo Gomes, the flags of every nation represented in Havana are at half mast over the legations and consulates, and from Cabannass fortress a gun booms every half hour. In every street there are long rows of Cuban flags draped In mourning, and even the" poorest tenements have crepe tied to the windows. The Spanish club Joined In the mourning by hoisting the Castilllan flag at half mast. The body of Gen. Gomez was taken to the palace, where it now lies in state in the principal salon, surrounded by great masses of flowers and guarded by rural guards. Several of the General's friends slso are acting as a guard of honor. There was a procession of visitors to the palace today, but the face of the General was not exposed after It was finally looked upon by the members of his family. Band concerts and performances in the theaters, as well as all social gaieties, were wholly suspended today. Congress st a special .session today decided de-cided that the period of mourning shall continue for three days, during which time public business will be suspended. Tloth houses appropriated $15,000 for the funeral, which will take place next Tuesday. |