The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-08-17
THE SPANISH
PRISONERS
Graphic Pen Picture of Admiral Cervera and Mys-
terious Captain Eulate--The Former Wins
Favor With Everybody.
Officers jolly Fellows Are Great Buying New
ClotheThey Freely the Naval Battle of Santago-
Sampson Acted Wisely n Forcing tiarbor

Only step from Santiago to the sea,
and yet in taking that step Cervera stum-
bled and fell-and great was the fall.
Today Cervera strolls along the slopes OF
the Severn very silent man. He Is. not
morose He does not murmur. He is
proud prisoner.
In his daily walks about Annapolis he
seems a at liberty. He, at least.
knows better. He feels about him the
strong keenness of an unseen silken thread
checking him If he would walk abroad be-
yond the appointed time. Like Josephine
at MalmaisOn Napoleon on his iron-bound
island Hortense within the prison walls OF
the Alps, Jefferson Davis within the case
ment OF Fortress Monroe, Lee under the
lindens of Lexington; like the leaders of all
lost causes in all times, Cervera keeps his
smile for men who come and go-and his
desOlatiOn for himself He moves in an
envelope Of pathos. About him is armor
as invisible as it is impenetrable-like that
of Brunhilde's knight-not, happily, like th5
armor of his own cherished Cr4stobal Colon.
The American feels kind of close to what
is called a fair and square man. So it Is
that the good folk of Annapolis. with the
echoes Of the voice Of Washington still
heard from the state house on the hill, look
fOrsooth with some sort of kindness upon
this stricken man Of Santiago, who bade
HObSOn indeed, be of good cheer, but
spared not himself in the sea fight.
Cervera Is full six feet tall. His legs arc
long and heavy and struggling. They do
not look II they were used to walking.
A man not over fat. though he weighs cas-
lily over 200 pounds. His waist seems girdled
with muscle, and the body develops pom
derously and with a suggestion Of great
power up to and about the shoulders. He
must wear as much II collar around
a neck that looks hard and stubborn and
not too short. The back Of his head comes
more straight down than otherwise, with
out leaving the impression Of the intense
end extravagant passions that seem to
abound in the abnormally developed cere-
bellum of Eulate.
They were walking together, Cervera and
Eulate, when I saw them, Cervera with
FIR. Cook Of st. Mary's. and Eulate with
Lieut.. Cervera, the son of the distinguished
prisoner.
Cervera was dressed in citizens sack
suit, an inexpensive suit Of blue and walked
with umbrella, the morning 1 saw him.
1t was an interesting four. Lieut.. Cer-
vera, who by report saved his fathers life
and who by report Is an athlete does not
look the athlete. He is trim figure small
by the side of his father; man of much
bonhommie, with reddish brown hair and
beard, worn Van Dyke. The priest father
walked along in long alpaca sack suit
and was duly shaven, but not shorn of his
whittish hair. This very priest it is to
whom Cervera speaks more freely, perhaps
than to any other person in Annapolis. The
good father respects the confidence. But
he said to me, with look of pride entirely
just:
1.-The first voluntary act done by Admiral
Cervera after his arrival in Annapolis was
to attend mass. He arrived in Annapolis
Saturday night, and attended early mass
Sunday morning."
Admiral Cervera spends much of his
time with FIR. Cook, and sometimes when
the crowds begin to get too curious at
early mass he slips out unobserved from
the academy about 1890 or H. and has a
special mass said for him. Fr. Cook has
had some opportunity to get at the men,
tai quality of Admiral Cervera, as well
Lieutenant-Commander Moore. Off
Ger in charge Of the buildings and
grounds Of the naval academy. Cervera
Is not a raconteur he is not philosophic
He may be both, but he has not evinced
either quality to Mr.. Moore or to FIR
Cook. He has impressed both as being
observant, we'll read and tactful, with
sincere dignity.
But one must meet the man; must lool
at him straight Almost filmy blue eyes
which are large; coloring toward the
dark. but not dark; perfectly white
bushy beard, with thin auburn hair be-
low the hat: heavy, crumpled face-a
German face-with a cultural voice tha
deals antithetically with the sibilants anG
liquids and labials and denals Of his Ian
guage. His sentences seem like a Spaniart
making his escape from Germany.
Like the Grand Duke Nicholas when h,
was in this country, Cervera is an earl,
riser. He is up every morning at $50. Hi.
room is on the second floor front, but hi
suite extends to the rear Of his residence
looking out upon the Severn. During hi
dressing hour he spends much time LOOKING
out upon this river with thoughts that ar
his own. At 6 O'Clock or a little after h
goes. to early mass at St. Marys. Whel
he does not go to mass he strolls in tn
grounds. When Cervera first came tn
hours were from until sundOwn. Lieut.
Commander Moore told me they had beel
changed from until sundown. in deferenc
to the devotional desires of Cervera. TIL
Spanish admiral spends much time in de
votion, and fights his Battles upon tn
troubled waters of his own heart, an
looks like a man who has won the fight.
After mass and breakfast, which
taken about o'clock, Cervera nearly ever,
morning goes up into the little town to d
his little shopping, or to visit, or to wal
and talk with the priests. One Of tn
mornings 1 was In Annapolis to see him h
called at the hotel to see Mrs Sturdy, tn
widow of Lieutenant Commander Sturdy
who died not long ago on his way to Ke
West from a Uniteds~Seates port AS h
passed through the great iron barred gat
of the academy grounds woman stoo