The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

to go to dinner. Then I set to work the
nremen and coal beavers, those noble, silent.
eHectlve workers, upon whose efforts we were
10 depend; stood on the bridge and heard
coming 1i through the hatchways the song OF
old Johns Body" while those Sterling
fellows were shoveing coal, and we bounded
forward. After thirty minutes of good feed
ing ing we gained so much on the Colon that
slgnaled Capt. Clarke, of the Oregon to let
go one OF his railway trains. One Of b HE
thirteen-inch guns fired, and the projectile
fell Just astern.
Then the Brooklyn fred an eight-Inch shell
which fell about an equal distance ahead
Clarke wigwagged to me- "A little ahead /"
and wigwagged back, A little astern" Then
came the query from Clarke If she were
not an Italian ship, and l replied that /
thought she wore other colors now Those
were the pleasantries of the battle The third
shot struck; Then the Brooklyn fred an
elght-lnch shell which struck on her quar-
ter and wrecked the cabin and everything in
IL We were then coming up with n range
Seeing the dangerous ground he fred gun
to leeWard and then ran his ship ashore
Capt Cook, flag captain. was sent to demand
an unconditional surrender, which was grant
ed. Some time after the eommander-in-chi1.
and substantial report turned in Com
mander Eaton. at this juncture, reported that
the Pelayo had been seen on the coast ar
Admiral Sampson said 'Schley take the
oregon ana go east and finish up the job"
NEUTRAL CRAFT.
bore all the marks Of a Span ard and we
felt that any Spaniard was on dangerous
ground that day. A second report came from
the Vixen that she had been examined from
close range and that she was the PeIayo.
and | signalled the commander that | would
go west and engage her she turned SOUTH
vest Then we thought we had a fight sure
Then we saw it was a turretted ship not a
battlesnp such as the Pelayo.
Our men were go educated by having pic
lures Of SnQDfSh Shfpe hpu
that one OF our men came up and said, "AG-
mirsl, that is not the Pelayo, but the Card
nal Cisneros." and sad that was easy We
approached within $500 yards and / saw sig
nal go up and | wondered what the Spanish
meant BY signaling to u.s. Cook suggested
that she wanted 10 know what had happentd
upon the beach. Then we made her out the
Marie Teresa an Austrian bat leship Hzr COM
mander visited us and said he wanted to go
into Santiago to carry out German refugees
We told him to see the commander-in-chief
the next morning. He asked what was safe
distance to remain on shore. / told him ten
miles, and he said "Ill make it twenty to be
sure, and he did. Next day he sent steam
launch into the haTbor. -
1t ought to be said Of the men of our navy
that our gunners without peers War
shortens hfe but there is no doubt that it
broadens 1t. 1t has been said that every gem
Grafton Of men should defend the spurs they
inherited. The same authority also said {: 4
Point me nation that two general ons have
passed without war and you Will point TO one
whose decadenee has begun" War is a neees-
sary evil. 1t is to the modern body polite,
medicine, the same as the natural and cor
pora body has to take.
Admiral Schley then referred to his
work IN Porto Rico as commissioner,
and said that the people were gentle,
and that the rule of Spanish oppres-
sion removed renewed their confidence
and he believed that they would be
valuable addition to the United States.
What their position was, he said. he
would leave to congress.