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Show siFTieeiranjiiTiiiGO, Last Somblanco of Spanish Power Disappears. 8TAIIS AND BTP.IPBS WAVE OVEn TUB PALAOB. Imprlta (rrnony Attrivltn lbrlg llalilnc-tVnntin lloouxl tml Mm ll,.r.t-hflr Chntd 11 UU .trmr. Hantlafo, July M.-The latt e-n-bit nee of HpaaUh aoraralgnty In Santiago San-tiago ha dlaappaared. The atara ami trixi naraoter the former goref nor getieral'a otBee. and CapUIn MeKlblwn It In ehtrge of tb otty with n tinall numlicrof toldler. The gorernment of the city hat been turned orer to the clrtl authorlllea and eacc It being preerrcl. At noon Sunday, July IT, the formal turrrnder of the elty occurred. At 0 o'clock tho Himulth trim-M laid down their armt between American line. (Irncrat Hhafter and th American dlritlon ami brigade eoniniandert and their ttaffa were eteortol by a troop of ra-alry, and (leneral 'lor a I and lilt ttalT by 100 picked men. Truinpelcre on both tldet tinted wllh iloiirlthe. (leneral Hhafter retumetl to (leneral Toral the latler'a auonl. after It had Wen handed to the American com-mtnder. com-mtnder. Our truort, line,! up at the I trenehrt, were eyo wltnettet of tho ceremony, (leneral Hhafler and hit eacort, to-I to-I eoinptnled by (leneril Toral, roilo through the city, talniig fot-mal o-aettlon. o-aettlon. The city had been taeked by the SpanltnU before they arrived. At the palare elaborate rercinonlet took place. Kxactly at noun the American Ameri-can (tag wat railed orer the palace and wat talutcd by twruty-one gum by Captain Capron't buttery. At the tamo time all the regimental bandt in our line played "The Htnr HiHingled Manner," Man-ner," after which I'realdtutMoKlnlcy'a congratulatory telegram wat read to etch regiment. A nit cf eoiirte of 10,000 people wltneitrd the ttlrrlng and thrilling icciit that will lire forever In tho mlntlt of all the Americana pretcnt On the red-tiled roof of tho pulai-o atood Captain McKlttrlck, I.teutcnaut Mlley and Lieutenant Wheeler. Immediately a bore them, upon the llagttaff, wat tho Illuminated Hpanlth armt and tho legend, "Viva Alfonan XI II," Aa the chlmta of the old cathedral fang the hour of 19. the. Infantry and j cavalry pretentrd armt. I.very American Ameri-can uncovered aud Captain McKlttrlck holtted the atara and ttrlpra. At the I brilliant foldt unfurled In a gentle brctie agalntt afleckte'it aky, tho car-airy car-airy baud broke Into the atralnt of "ThoHtar Hpangled llanner." making tho American pule trap aud thu American Ameri-can heart thrill with Joy. At the aame Inttant the aound of the dlitaul lioomlng of Captain Capron'a battery, firing a taluto of twcuty-uiio gum, drifted In. When tho mutlo cetied, from alt dlrrctlont around our line came floating aont the plaia the atraluaof tho regimental bandt mid tho muffled, hoarte cheera of our troop. The Infantry came to "order armt" a moment later, after tho Hag wat tip, and tho baud played "Itatly Hound tho l'ltg, Iloya." Inttantly Captain Mc-Klbben Mc-Klbben called for thicochccrt forden eral hhafter, which were glron with great ciilhuilatui, tho band playing i Mouia'a "Tho Htart and Htrlpct Tor-ever." Tho oeremony orrr, (leneral Hhafter and hit itttT returned to tho American llnet, leaving the elty In tho poMctitou of tho municipal authorltlea, anbject to tho control of (leneral McKlbWn. The Thirteenth and Ninth reglmenta ot Infantry will remain In tha city to enforce order and cxrrelie municipal authorltr. Tho Spanltli forcea lire to encamp outtlde of our Dura, (leneral Toral, thowhltc-halrcd commander com-mander of the Hpunlati forces, appeared to bo utterly heartbroken, lie tpoke bitterly of tho fale which compelled him to aue for peace but had no wonl totay agalntt tho gallant men who had coniuered hit army. Ho declared virw or niiAn and iNTrmion op iioimn pAHTt.i; nNTino. ItMlured la Klxltliiiih San tlago do Cuba, J uly 1 8. A ttrcain of refugee ha been pouring Into the city, aomo naked and all hungry and foot-tore. Tho town of Santiago It a dltmat tight Mott of tho houie have been tacked and the tturo have all been looted and nothing to eat can bo had for lava nor inouey. In tho ttrcett of tho city thlt morning, at tho en-trenclimcntt, en-trenclimcntt, r-t the breattworkt and at every hundred feet or to of tho barb-ed barb-ed wire fcuco were the living tkoletoua ot tipaDiih aoldltra. that he had little chance to win. j "I would not detlro to tee my wort ! enemy play with the card I held," hi aald to one of the cofflinlttlonert. "Kvery one of my generals were klUoc; or wounded. I hare not a ttnglt col-onel col-onel left, and am aurrounded by t powerful enemy. We have counted alxty-aeven thlpa off thl iort. And betide," hecoooludetl, wearily wavlog hi handi towantt tha elty, "I have teerct troublM there." Hpaaklog of the battle ot the 31th of June, In which the rough rldcra tad part of (leneral Young' command par tlclrmted, Oeneral Toral aald that tear than 3,000 Hnanltli troopt Wert tn gaged, hla Iota being MS. He woolit not eay how many Hpanlard were killed at III Caiiey and liofore Hantltgo. "Heavy, heavy," ho tald dejectedly. In retponto to an Inquiry, lie laid that trantportallon would bo required for between ",000and 13,000 men, then (ILNTIIAL. TO UAL. being that many In tho capitulated dlt trtct. He Informed tho ofllccrt Hut Hantlago harlxir had again bcenmlocj tlnce Admiral Cervern left. |