Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

key to Ell Moro dungeon which he took
from the lock with his own hands; a num-
Der of sandals left by the terrified troops
retreating from the battlefield of Santiago,
the Spanish flag left upon the outer in
trenchments of San Juan Hill and the flag
of truce used by Lieut.. Brainerd while ne
gotiating for the release of the captured
newspaper correspondents and the Robson
crew.
An Interesting Story.
In connection with his flag of truce, Lieut..
Brairerd eonfided to Mr.. Beckwith an in
teresting story. When he was negotiating
for the release of Hobson and his men he
entered Santiago harbCr in his launch and
was after some time met by Spanish
launch, which appeared with curtains
drawn. After he was taken aboard he was
forced to sit between two Spanish officers
with revolvers leveled at his head. In spite
of this unusual environment the plucky
lieutenant was seized with a desire to
smoke. His cigarette case was in the hip
pocket of his pantaloons. AS he reached for
II ne reit the cold muZZleS of the two re-
volvers pressed hard against his temples.
He calmly offered each of his guardians a
cigarette, bat he was the only member of
the party who smoked during the negotia-
tons.
BagIey and Hobson.
A conspicuous relic to be installed with
the collection Is the portion of the hand
railing of the Winslow which received the
death clutch of Ensign Bagley, the first
American victim of the campaign. Ac-
companying this will be the part of the
deck plate which was perforated by the
fatal shell. Lieut.. Hob.on has promised the
museum his famous raft, and raft of
other things, as he expressed it. Eight
feet of the manmast of the Merrmac will
be given space near these as well as the
original model of the vessel, which, by the
way was built in Norway, afterward gut
tod ty.
Dor, later recovered, repaired and sold to
parties in the United States, and finally
purchased by cur government collier
at the outbreak of tie war. The model is
the gift Of the original owner, Mr.. Chris
tan Nicholson Of Bergen, Norway. The
pinnacle stand, connections and compass OF
the Spanish gunboat Sandoyal, sunk by her
commander 10 avoid surrender. are to be
added TO the naval relies of the war: also
Spanish submarine mi..e raked up from
Guantanamo harbor by the Marblehead.
The Inflated Viscaya win be represented
by a rope bolt. Samples Of the cables cut
in Santa Clara and Santiago harbors will
also be exhibited. The great Dewey will
be represented by the original shell which
he flred into the governors palace, Manila,
anu which, upon exploding, demolished five
Spaniards and a portion of the building.
The most conspicuous of the naval relics
already within the museum building is the
immense shield, crown and scroll stem or
nament of the Cristobal Colon, wrought en-
t'hSiS u ing 1OOr space
twenty-four feet wide and weighing LOO
pounds. This will doubtless be mounted
upon the wall of the historical department
The Maine relies already include two
powder tanks, samples of shells and cube
powder, the silver service and various
sundries recovered by the divers What
Mr. Beckwith prizes very highly is the orig
NAL press copy of the famous poem Re
member the Maine" presented by it's au-
thor, j. Lucas Scott. Scotch resident of
San Juan, Porto Rico whose name was not
signed to the poem when published because
of his fear that death would he awarded
him for the literary effort by the Spanish
authorities. The relics mentioned form but
the nucleus of the exhibit
j. ELFRETH WATKINS, Jr