Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31

| passed into position. We had some Diff
fculty in getting out a boat on account
cranes having been struck They were
more or less jammed. We steamed into a
Der distinctly Capt. Cook asking If we
should slow VI. / said: NO, continue
in" We arrived in the vicinity of the
Colon. certainly at 100. At the time she
hauled her colors down / did not think
she was over four miles from us. we
f MsFe rpIn nofsgs tR Mh1 m thf n sufrender took *
place I naturally felt Interested In the
| on the bridge, and with glasses I saw
three vessels astern. l could. see tne
masts of two. I could see only the smoke
and Capt. Cook went aboard. He said TO
me: "~Commodore. what are the terms
! said to him unconditional. Those are
matters that he commander-in-chlef
must ond;t aoTannge s, we ean only receive an uh-
At two O'Clock and % minutes, about,
the New York came up. l mad mace sig
nails to her. 1 think she was quite hal1 an
hour in answering one of them. OF course,
there was not very mucn breeze unuer
the land. When she came up | made the
for our country, and as soon as l could l
went on board to pay my Eespsee eG hem I'm
detained some little time, started OF to
make his report, and went on board the
flagship. When he returned l took the
boat and went on board myself. There L
reported substantially what had occurred,
the incidents and events OF the oa5tie. IN
to the commander-in-chief a group or
officers who were standing on the oppo-
of course every body was interested-for
the details of this battle, and I rehearsed
the New York, came up and said: Com
modore, your work is not. over yet. Inc
Resolute has just arrived; Capt. Eaton
ship on the coast and the admiral wants
to see you went over n tnere
the commander-in-ehief. made some
suggestion to him about hosting the flag
on the fo no ba ana ne eai9 coma Jna' m. T ta h -
sent a force of fifty or sixty men, mechan-
les and marines; ON beard to take pos
preston is that I used the words mon
keying with her" I said that because
which afterward proved to be breech
blocks. and / thought that there might
be some possibility OF in3ur1ng ner pipIng
as he mentioned to me to take the Ore
gon and GO eastward and meet this ship;
must say 1 felt some little delight. be-
cause 1 thought that after the admirab!e
t work n. Of the that s9 4ba Rroo on 1ha and da Sre ana
had in it. there was nothing that car
ried Spanish colors that we should have
After this story of the battle. told by
the senior officer who had participated in
for an hour in almost breathless quiet.
appeared to shift about slightly, and then
TO settle down for the remainder of the
narrative.
strange vessel, how he had met the Vixen
and been informed it was the battleship
Pelayo and how, when it was ultimately
run down. it proved to be the Austrian
cruiser Maria Teresa, which was bound
for Santiago to carry away neutrals be-
fore the city was attacked by the Ameri-
can forces.
Returning from this chase Admiral
Schlcy told of passing the Iowa, when he
was hailed by Capt. Evans, who informed
him that Admiral Cervera was on board
miral Schley said that he then went. on
board the Iowa, having in the meantime
directed his men not to cheer, as he did
NOT think it would be proper to eXult
over a foe who had fought and behaved
so gallantly.
I found the Spanish admiral greatly de-
iected, said the witness. I said to him ]
knew he had lost everything, clothinp as
well as money, and ] informed him that
my wardrobe as well as my purse, as far
Admiral CerVera, the witness said,
thanked him for his courtesy, aging he
had never met q sailor who was not a
gentleman, but declined the proffer, only
asking to be allowed to send a dispatch
to his government announcing the fate of
his squadron.
I told him there would be no objection
to that whatever, said the witness, and
that. the admiral said, closing his narra-
tive impressively, ended the battle of the
third day of uly 1898.
l wish to add, he continued, that l was
very much impressed IN that day with
the fact that the officers and the men who
were engaged in that struggle fulfilled in
the very highest and in the very noblest
degree the traditions of the American