The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-11-01

she would be obliged to come out. then
. %n1,i l wo. al ,s sstt w VIZ e r.. ,Ss came g, s.e out into
but a few mlnutcs before we knocked her
on there were ms's various. sisnsis between
the Oregon and myself 81 Z pIea avg
SSiiss is.inch guns Capt. CLARKE ha. tssti.
ned that he did not receive VI ana ~
wmys had been S,r snd o,be !nS ,hs, thai,
order had been transmitisd' mowsseA
we continued to advance, the oregon ano
,ns i fupsksr as,er 1'p Than 80. ysfds. loo
not believe the ~prolongnation Of her
course at any time would have pasSed
were practically and relatively at The
sama distances; perhaps the Broosiyn
was z little nes ,run, W. eos nssS "a. J" r .si.
LED that we were within range Of the
vessel and we tried the is-inch and "
Inch gun On esr; seye ina, O. one ' u ,ifS.s
over the Colon, and that one Of the $:
lei OF water beyond. I thought, a, nrst
had gone through her, but y npp.,s, a
Of the Colon being directly under the IRE
q The two ship. there was 70 ,bs colon
,ssa,, M n Would be- .ne fa SipI.''Y' ,ibbink he AID
exactly right 4 sacrifice Of ne would
have been unnecessary: 80 he hreo tsun
e. ,hn . ,ed ~ on 10 the ' bar at the mouth
Of rio Tarauino. I signniled a, once TO
ccnse nringi that. the enemy had SUI,
r r,.sed into po"i,ion. We had some an:
nculty In gettlnr. out q boat on hc,o..hhss
o. the steam bseinr ,vrunceaa "TTh"y were
more or Icss inmmed. We steamed into a
position OF q thousand yards, remem.
.houid sinv IN 4 said! mo, coutinus
IN" we arrived in the vicinity, OF m
Colon. certainly at i:9o. ~ ne mms sns
.be was over four miles from rs. We
werc running then In the neighbo,hooa %
nitecn knots; When ,h,s a,nrrr,sa in the
vcsseis that were following, wa, then
on tho bridge. and with glasses saw
mm,sss " yfs,swsos could sec only. the smoke
of the third one. wo lowered, the b2nt
and Capt. Cook wen, aboard. is raia 20
mci "Commodorc. whnt arc '"' '''"'
7 said to him "un%condl,Ional Those ar.
matters that !ns can e ANN reseiye an IN.
a, Two O'Clock and % minutes. about.
, uni. lay 10 TSc ro'f ! think sic was quite half an
hour in answering one OF them. Oi course.
there was not very much of.ea. u, ,ha
-ignni 20 her Tint y was q sior,ous IVY
Tor our country. and as soon as ! eo"'u !,
ysn, m ON n9Srd Can't sp pe Coon who had been
detained some little time. started on 20
make hts report. and went Or, board INC
nn os, mPd WEN, on board myself. There !
reported substantially what hnd occurren.
tho Incidents and events q the pai',; "
TO tho commander.in.chiof group OF
officers who were standing on tho oppo-
ste Slds esms ug o q % MAS am ,n,s Sssss
tho details Of this battle, and ! rehearsed
them In n hasty way, chaplain noyss: OF
modore. your work is not. over yet. The
Rcroiutc has lust arrived. Cart Eaton
REPORTS that there y, : span,rn wants want.
10 see you" went over and there
found capt. Clarke IN. the presence Of
s"gres,pom I" him about hois,ins the Mas
on the Colon. and naid that I was pre-
nnrci. ~ he Ind not come UP. 70 have
les and marines, on board e take pos
n~easlon. to avoid. ANYTHING KEN I'M
precision L. that used a.: word, mon.
they werc throwing something overheard.
which. nfterwari proved 70 BIO breech
S e SOME % pnoa.-ib,ilIn,Sy" s * inyurins her pipins
as as'ih s mmen,ionea to me- to take The ore.
!, Which had been seen by the Resolutc. I
must say I felt some little delight, be.
,huso I. thought that after tho ndmirsbi,
The par, that the brooklyn and Oregon
J had In n, there was nothing thnt car.
, RED Spanish colors that We should ave
After this story Of the. battle. told. BY
the rcnior onicer who had participated y
, Tor an hour in almost brcathless quiet,
/ appeared 10 shift about slightly, and then
TO settle down for the remainder OF the
, INC admire, told @ :. n, The p ss 4. Q, ,ss
a pelnyo and how. when IT, was ultimately
/ trrHissr Maria rercsa. which was bount
, ioro tho city was attacked by the Amori'
/ can forces.
/. Returning from this, chase Adml,aI
/ was hni,cd hy Capt Evans. who Informed
him that Admiral ceryeIa was On bosst
mirni schlcy said that he then went. OF
o board tho Iowa. having IN the eantim
d,recied hi, men net to cheer, hs no aiS
over q. Zoe who had fought and behaved
I 80 ffenma ne Fl ,n,sh admiral greatly de.
q ,cc,sd, said tho witness, ! said TO him
know he had lost everything CLOTHING. Al
well NJ money. and | Informed him tina
my wardrobe MS well as my purse, as ia
as that would 80. was at his service. !,
y ADMIRAL Csryeia, the witness said
.nSSns nsvc nun met TOR a ~" ss, SSSr wsS' w sSs'n NO, y
gentleman. but declined tho prorer. onll
{, asking to he allowed to send q dispatch
I 10 hiA government announcing the fate o
~ his squadron.
y told him there would he no obIectio,
to that whatever. said tho witness. an
y that the admiral said. closing his narrn
= tive imprcssively. ended the battle OF tn
y ,hiid day OF July. 1895.
!. l wish to add. he continued. that 7 wa
very much impressed on that day wit
~ tho fact that tho officers and the men VIII
" were engaged In that struggle fuihlled !
W tho very highest and In the. very mobiles
'. degree tho traditions OF the America
20 navy"