The times., 1898-09-28
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD.

|
Evans. of the Iowa, on the deck of the
| big American battleship the morning that
| Cervera's fleet was destroyed near Santi-
! ago harbor, was the most pathetic scene
| of the whole fight" said First Glass Gun
ner's Mate James Matthews, of the Iowa,
| who is In the city. 'Eulate did not leave
| his ship until the last possible moment,
and when he did so he entered small
launch with several of his inferior officers
| and men. When he reached the Iowa's
| side one of his lieutenants announced
from under the rail that the launch con-
| tanned Capt Eulate, and in honor to the
distinguished Spaniard. a chair was
| rigged up on a crane and lowered from
| the deck to the boat. When Eulate ap-
| peared on deck he was attired in full uni
| form. His face, however, was hardy dls-
/ tinguishable, for he had been wounded in
| several places around the head and was
covered with bandages. When he stepped
| upon the deck of the Iowa his head was
bowed and his hands were clasped, and
the manner In which he acted won him
the sympathy of every American jackie
on board the ship. Eulate cried outright
and the tears fairly streamed over his
| face.
Just as he stepped upon the deck he
turned around and looking toward his
ship, which was then beached, and which
was a veritable volcano from the eXplos-
ion of the powder and ammunition maga-
zines, and with a wild cry he exclaimed:
| OH Vizcaya, my beautiful ship. My
love; my pride, adieu, adieu forever. No
| sooner had the words escaped him when
there was a terrific explosion in the for
ward 11-inch magazines of the Spanish
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work and portions of human bodies flew
into the air thousand feet and fell with
continual splash around our ship. Eu-
late had broken down, and it was neces-
sary for one of his officers TO support
him.
"At that moment however, Capt
Evans arrived on the scene. and going
up 10 Eulate offered him his hand When
told by an interpreter that Evans, who
by the way, everyone on board the Iowa
has nicknamed 'Gimpey,' on account Of
his lameness, was the captain of the ship,
Eulate threw back his shoulders, expand
ed his chest, raised his head, and
brought his right hand up in salute. He
then unfixed his sword at his side, and
after he had kissed the hiit of the
weapon several times he made motion
TO hand it 10 Capt. Evans. Fighting
Bob however, stepped back step or
two and throwing up his hands declared:
No, no, captain, you have made too gal
liant fight for any man TO accept that
sword as a token of surrender. Let ii
remain at your side Eulate at this re-
mark, again burst into tears, and was es-
corted to the cabin by two of his officers
But when Capt. Evans refused 10 accept
that sword he performed an act which
met with a hearty response from every
man on the deck All the boys had crowd
ed around the principals or the scene, and
when Evans stepped back and delivered
his speech there was a howl OF delight
and three cheers for the fighting man OF
the Iowa were proposed and given in
such a tone as to arouse the hills OF
Cuba"
Soldier stories are not yet out of date,
and the following contains the elements
of wit for which brevity is usually given
the credit One of the young men who
! volunteered to go with the District regi-
ment, and who successfully withstood
the hardships which ended only few
days ago when the regiment returned 10
Washington. TO receive welcome such
as was given TO few in other cities, was
responsible for the wit. He went TO the
front leaving the comforts Of home and
the convival comradeship of a great
many young Washingtonians, and the
, latter took frequent occasion TO remind
him that a memory of his genial self still
fingered with them.
While the regiment was in Tampa a
few days before their departure for San
tiago. several of the young soldiers
| friends sent him a box, which, by the
| way, had been preceded by several sim
: liar packages. The principal things in
this package were quantity of canned
/ meats. a Bible and a bottle of whisky of
ample proportions. The next day one of
the senders received the following tele-
gram of acknowledgment:
Nice Bible; very good canned meat;
unusually good whisky. Send another
box"
The Emergency Hospital and Central
Dispensary is an institution established
some time ago for the surgical and medi-
cal relief of those who are unfortunate
enough TO have become afflicted or to
have met with a serious accident and who
have not the means TO defray the ex-
penses attendant upon the services of a
private physician. but there are perhaps.
. fewer public enterprises in the city which
are more generally misunderstood. Last
, night, while DR.. Fife, the resident physi-
clan, was sitting on the operating table
in the Emergency room, chatting with
I a couple of police reporters the gong al
one end of the wire which connects with
the push button outside the door set
up a terrific noise. The ringing kept uI
until Lewis, one of the agile hospital at
tendants, went TO the door and found an
r extremely aged. very ragged and some
what intoxicated colored man leaning
; against the button.
, Age is one of the few things which in
spires reverent cordialty in Lewis. so in
, stead of heaving the intruder through q
window of the storm doors, he inquired:
well uncle, what can we do for you?'
Deed, boss, Is sick" the old fellow
announced plaintively.
well, come in and see the doctor
said Lewis, and he escorted the old Afri
r can into the emergency room.
Whats the matter, old MANI" asked
! ! DR.. Fife.
IT'S sick, boss"
Where are you sick?"
: For mute answer the old fellow PLACED
= his hands across his stomach and lOoket
he;f[enward impIoringly.
II amt had nothin' eat sence Sat
= dy," he said. "A policeman tof me Il
n come here
d DR.. Fife smiled and after he and the re
I porters had made up enough for a mea
d they directed the old man to a place
= where he would receive the attention hi
4 particular ailment needed.
: Another and even more picturesau,
n vagrant appeared at the hospital few
t days ago and happened to strike tn,
superintendent. He doffed the shattere,
relic of what was once a hat and boweS
with reverent grace.
Lady, he said, is dis de 'Mergenc!