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Show on'Eur roiiTOiuco. SPANISH SOVnllBlONTY ENDED KortEvnii. Tli.aut. nn.l aiilprIUUr.ll,lllieCpllal Cllf AmhUI Hi lliwmla "I Oanwm ami thren of a Fee feople. WaahlngUin, OcL 19. The United rltatrt la now formally In powMlon of the laland of I'orto llleo a aorerelgn. The war department haa rteelred tho followlngi "Han Jun. I'orlo llleo, OeL 18. Heerelary of War, Waeliliigtom l'lga hare been ralMnl on publle building nnd forla In thl elty and nalutcd with national salute. The oevupallou ot the leland I now complete. (ttlgnnl) "IIhookc.'' NanJmnile I'orto llleu, (let. I'J. 1'roiiiplly aliiixin the Amerlcnn flag una rataeil orer Han Junn. Tho cere mony wat jnltt ami dlgnlllcil, un-innrrl un-innrrl by dlMirdrrof any kind. The Hletenlh regular Infantry, with two iMtlerlea of the fifth artillery, landed in the morning The latter proereded lit the fort, while the In-fanlry In-fanlry llnwl upon Iho doek. It waa a hiilllday for Hun Juan, and there were many enple In thcatrreta. Hear Admiral Heliler and (leueral (lonlon, neeoinpanlcd by their atalTa, pniceeilrd to the Ktlaro In carrlagi-a. Tho liter rnlh Infnnlry regiment and band, with Iroop II of the Slxtli Unltcil Htatca raralry, then marched through the alrccta and formed In tho square op-KH.lte op-KH.lte the palace. At U.tUn. m , (H-uera llrnokc, Admiral Ad-miral Schley and (Icncral (lordnii, tho United Matra cracuatlon coiumUtilon-era, coiumUtilon-era, ouuiooutof the palace, with many natal ollkera, and fitrmril on tho right Ida of the square. The atrrcta behind the Mdiller w ere thningnl with lowna people, who aloud waiting In dead ellriice. At laalthe cltycloelc alruck the hour of 13, and Iho crowds, almost breath- !k. H.t.l ...1,1. HH. 1.1 k..u... !. 1...- polr, watchnl for derclopinenla. At the sound of the first gun from Fort Morro, Major Dean and Lieutenant Cutlo of (leueral llrouke'a stair holatnl Hie stars and stripes, wlillo the baud played "1 he Hlnr Spangled llanner." Alt hrada were bared and Iho crowd cheered. Fort Morro, Fort Sn Cristobal Cris-tobal and the United States rercnuo cutter Msnnlng, lying In tho harbor, fired twenty-one guns each. Scnor Manox Itlrera, who was president of the recent autonomous council of tea-retarlcs, tea-retarlcs, and other oMclala of the lalo Insular gorvrnment, were prraent at Ibe proceedings. Congratulations and handshaking among the American olllcere followed, i:natgu King hoisted the star and stripe In thelntcndencln, but allother llsgs on the earlous public building were hoisted by military onlccr. Simultaneously Sim-ultaneously with tho raising of the flag orer the captaln-general'a palace, many others were hoisted In different parts of Hie ctly. The work of the United Statra ctsc-uatlou ctsc-uatlou commission Is now orer, and all the report will lx) forwarded to Wash. Ington on Thursday. |