Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27

vcrn'a fleets were IN want Of food. rest
less from inactivity ard apprehension.
ana worn with nervous anxiety.
ono chance remained 20 Admiral ccr-
vera. Ito had received positive orders
/ from his government 90 put 60 sea and,
" possible, 90 sail 10 the rescue q ils-
vann. II was supposed that with his
swim cruisers, he could a. an oppor-
tune moment. leave behind all the
American WnfrhipH except the New
York and brooklyn. which were almost
equally swift. These his ncot should
self had protested against these orders;
but az this crisis he determined 10 take
the awful risk. Coal was stored, pro.
visions and live cattle taken on board,
the decks cleared. the guns loaded, ana
ail was made ready Tor the dash from
the hnrbur. brandy was freely served
10 the men o. nerve them 40 o. the Of
deaf ~ \ O'Clock that morning the
news was brought 90 the admiral that
the New York and the Massachusetts
had lett the American hlockndinR line,
had steamed far eastward and were
now out ~ sight. uood ncwn' only
the brooklyn was left which was fast
enough ~ race with HIM The hour
had come. The ndmiral'r flagship. tho
Maria Theresa, was 10 speed forth ana
engage the brooklyn. the NlHcnyn was
10 follow ana ram that vessel, aud then
ulN hNhll fffNIlfH EltNfN WIN IAlNfus
and the ships moved quickly toward the
entrance Of the bay.
THE AMERICAN FLEET.
out az sea lay the brooklyn at the
extreme west. the littir Vixen under TIDE
ellis, while the battieahipa Texas. Iowa,
oregon aud Indiana, and tho steel
yacht Gloucester formed the line " the
east, between the brooklyn ana the
shore ON the vast was an open space
through which the Spanish iioet might
pass.
schey was seated In his chair under
meath the awning Of the brooklyn. The
men were In their sunday clothes, ON
an the American ships the boilers and
furnaces we're being cleaned out, and
the fires We're banked.
There came from tho man on the
lookout OF the brooklyn a signal that
sent thrill through every man on the
ships The ships are coming outi"
Every lookout saw the same thing. and
the same signal new 10 every masthead.
on the brooklyn at the next moment up
went tho signal. Close In and engage
the enemy"
There arr moments In battle when the
soul 80 hnrdona a man, when his inter-
csi In the conflict 10 nbsorbH his entire
being, that he forgeta an elise. 80 II
was On board the American ships at
ihlH crisis, Every man felt thrill like
an electric shock. A moment 81 SUR
prise ana wonder was followed by
lew minutes ~ breathless anxiety,
lest the long delayed. long hoped Tor
battle should even now fail 10 como Ia
an Issue; but the doubt was quickly
dlsnelled, Black smoke was seen arts.
ing from other veaSela In the hay. An
We're ready and moving. A fuelng OF
terrible determination seized every
Anlerican-"the stern Joy which war
fiorn feel In focmen worthy OF their
steel Commands came quickly fol-
lowed by immediate execution for flls-
cipline was perfect. Al the nrcs were
burning hard beneath the boilers In
few minutes,
THE BATTLE.
Al sia5 a. m. the prov OF the spanish
Narahip, the Maria Teresa. showed
outside OF the entrance, ~ she came
plowiny the foam towards the llrook-
lyn, her great runs speaking rapidly as
she sped forward. In a minute the guns
Of four battleshipH We're trained upon
The daring Spanlard as she now quick
~ turned westward, aud tho additional
roar OF the American guns sounded
across the hay. one shell shattered the
Tefehn'H water supply pipe; another