The times., 1898-07-19
MIR. pooIEY's ACCOUNT.
The story of Cervern's Disaster as
Told by One Careful Reader.

(Fron the Ghic1go Joefnsi.l
'T get tn news straight Twas this
way. Tn Spanish feet was bottled up
in Sandago harbor an they dhrew tn
cork. That's a joke. I see it in tn
pa-apers. tn gallant boys iv tn navy
was settin' out on tn deck defndin' their
country an dhrawin' three ca-ards
apiece whin tn Spanish admiral con-
cluded 'twOGid be better fr him to be
destroyed on tn ragin' sea, him bein' a
sailor. thin TO have his fleet captured be
vaflry. Annyhow ne was willin' TO take
a chance. an he says TO his sailors,
'Spanyards.' he says. Castles ne says
we have et tn last bed tick. he says.
an if we stay here much longer ne says
I'll have to have a steak of III armor
plate fried f'r ye' he says. Lave Us go
out where we can have F-run f'r our
money he says. An away they wint
I'll say this much fr him he's a brave
man. a dam brave man. don't like a
Spanyard no more tnan ye do. Hinnessy
l niver see wan. But If this here man
was a-was a Boohlgaryan. I'd say he
was a brave man. If l was aboard wan
iy thin yachts that was converted. I'd
go to this here Cervera an I'd say:
Manuel I'd say. yer all right, me boy
Ye ought to go to 4 doctor an have ye'er
eyes reset. but yer good fellow Go
downstairs I'd say, into til basemint
" the ship. I'd say. an open tn cup
board jus mex TO III head " tn bed an
find the bottle marked 'Fi0ridy water
an threat ye'erself kindly That's what
I'd say 70 Ceryera. He's all right
We'll. whin our boys see the SDanish
feet comm out iv tn harbor. they ga tn
cred on tn deck an sang tn naytional
anthem. They'll be a hot time in tn OF
town tonight 4 lift-nant come up TO
where Adm AZ Sampson was settin' play
in sivin-up with Admiral Schley. Bill
he says, IN Spanish fleet is comm out
he says. What talk have YEP says Samp-
son. Sind out some rowboats an
yacht an desthroy thin. Clubs is
thrumps, he says, an he wint on pIayin'
Tn Spanish fleet was attacked on all
sides be our br-rave la'ads. nobly assisted
be tn dispatch boats iv tn newspapers
Wan be wan they were DESTROYED. Three
battleships attacked tn convarted yacht
Gloucester. TIL Gloucester used to he
owned be Pierpont Morgan but twas
convarted. an is now leadin' 4 dacfnt Life
In Gloucester sunk them all. tn Christie
bell Comma, the Yiseera an tn Admiral
. Quinn. 1t thin wint up to two Spanish
torpedo boats an give thin wan puncb
an away they wint. Be this time tn So
Jers had heard of the victhry, an they
gathered on tn shore. Singin' tn nav
tional anthem. They'll be a hot time in
tn OF town tonight, me Dabby' Til glOr-
ious OF ehune to which Washin'ton an
Grant an Lincoln marched, was took up
be tn sailors on tn ships an Admiral
Cervera r-run wan " his boats ashore an
Jumped into tn sea. At last accounts III
foiloWln dispatches had been received:
To William Mckinley: Congratulations
on ye'er noble victhory. (Signed) William
Mckinley. To Russell A. Aiger: Ye done
splendid. (Signed Russell \. Alger.' TO
James Wilson, Sicrety ia Agriculture:
This is gr-reat day fr Ioway Ar-re We
much hurried? (Signed) James VIII
SON. "
Where did ye hear all this?' asked
Mr.. HenneSsy in great amazement.
1 r-read it," said Mr.. Dooley, impress
sively, lin the Stats Zeitung."