The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-10-31

and always had 1een Under the fmpreo-
that the order had been transmittsd.
oregon and the Broo.siyn; i don't thirk
ysras var 90 NOT NOT BELIEVE nc saT prolensatoS %
Of her course Ct any time could have
ssrs wsn @ ana G az al yb
a little nearer at timss and then the ore
Eos EEostion un,ii Ress about ac whe we res
and and We trisd The 1s-inch and s-ipch guns
remember that one. Of the oregon's ~
inch balls passed entirely, over the Colon
y own Tsnse eyes pSf he JET JET Of Tvs Water bsyond
thought at drst II had gone through her,
Tbe aposno POSITION % of ths a Colon S ' icing ndI al
there was no question in the mind q }he,
fatal. think that he did exactly right.
A sacrifice of life would have been un"
necessary, SO he fired the gun to lee;
ran into the bar at the mouth Of Rio
Iarauino. slgnaled at once to cease
We hauled & @ up and ens'g immediateIy ned passed
in. getting out boat, the steam being
They were more or less jammed We
eto ds,nsy Ssop capt Of SS COOK kyards ass
Continue "s we n0ua Capt s0w cooR ok chansea saS & NJ
course. We were ali in fighting rig We
ssriSSv srrSGa n A. Tbs Vicinity ;Ss 1s iS sS Ssa
her colors down did not think she was
over four miles from us. We were
When hs the SsS Sads Sf Is
! naturally felt interested in the vessels
that were following. was then on the
sells astern. 1 could sec ne IN masts OF two.
one. We lowered the boat AMI Capt.
modore, what are the terms of surren-
y said to him. Unconditional; Those are
must arrange. We can. only receive an
unconditional surrender,
nodore Simpsons nag shipl came up.
/ had made signals to her I think she
was quite half an, hour in answering one
signal to her that It was a glorious day
for our country; and az soon as could
went on board to pay my respects, In
detained some little time. started off to
iassh.p When Se s% ressrneS @ e. 0s"ps the Tie
I reported substantially what had rc-
Cured. the incidents and events Of the
Oa1s1s cSaplan Ia Royce sSrred of T"y the New York
work Is not over yet The Resolute has
hsre Rs, arrived IS spanish GnR fsn 1sPors on tho S
coast. and the admiral wants TO see YOU
! went over and there found Capt. CLARKE
chief made some suggestion 10 him
about hoisting the flag on the Colon, and
sad Il, Saye he If had q ~ ao s
anythlng like-my Impression & ,tha!
i hnnltICa hAs t,ar thrnN fs,fs
pTSSyed Dr9ysS SrSssa ;Ssas blocks
piping below. woundlng her and and SO i' on. "''
"As soon as he mentioned to me TO take
his hp wReh h had bsen seen and BY is Ss
Resolute l must say | felt some little
delight because | Thought that after tho
day and the part that the Brooklyn and
Oregon had In 1t there was nothing that
carried Spanish colors that we should
"The admiral told Of the pursuit of the
strange snT n..v vessel how he had met met the Vixen
ne'n and SnW When t VIE fhe
cruiser Maria Teresa. which was bound
@ jects II tie city e Was aM attscked By the
American forces. Returning from this
chase Adm, schley told of passing the
who informed him that Adm. Cervera
was on board and would like very much
to see him. Adm. 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 n foe who had fought
and behaved so gallantly
II found the Spanish admiral greatly
detected said to him l knew he had
lost everything. clothing as well ss
robe, as wei as my purse. as far as that
would go, was at his service.
adm. Cervera. the witness said thank
ed him for his courtesy. saying he had
never met sailor who was not gen.
tleman. but declined the proffer, only ask
Ing 20 be allowed to send dispatch to
his government announcing the fate OF
his squadron. I told him there would
be no objection to that whatever.
"'And that the admiral said, closing
his narrative. impressiyely, ended the
wish to add, he continued. that
was very much impressed on that day
men who were engaged In that struggle
fulfilled IN the very highest and In the
very noblest gree the traditions of the
American navy