Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-06


Austrian Has Hair.ereadth Escape.
So I Immediately went on board my
ship. stopping on the way, l think, to
get the chaplain of the Texas In order
to bury our man who had been killed.
I made signal to the Oregon to fol.
low the flag. and started eastward at
pretty high speed. After | had been
gone some little time | saw that the
Oregon did not follow. and l naturally
assumed that the commander In chief
had detained her for other work
hich he needed done.
After I had gotten about an hour
away, perhaps little less, ] saw com.
ing from the eastward what afterward
proved to be the Vixen. with the flag
lieutenant. Stanton, on board. He
came up alongside Of me and hailed
me, and said that the smoke which ]
saw on the eastern horizon was that
of the PelayO; that he had gone close
enough to distinguish her and make
out her colors. and that he was sure
It was the Pelayo.
told him to go west and inform
the commander in chief, and stated
that the Brooklyn would go east and
meet the Pelayo. As we approached
what was supposed to be the Pelayo
4 I confess that I was O good deal con.
fused in attempting to distinguish the
difference In the two cOlOrs. She had
both at her mastheads. and that only
impressed me with the idea that she
was cleared and in battle array--the
difference In the color being red. white
and red for the Austrian flag. and red,
yellow and red for the Spanish nag.
In horizontal stripes.
We kept our battery trained upon
the ship and had reached position OF
about 1900 yards. and l mad just given
the order to Captain Cook to stand BY.
Perceiving. however, that We were o
little too close inshOre to maneuvre.
and that our starboard battery was al.
most entirely disabled. I ported the
helm to get little more room and to
engage her on the port side. the bat.
terry Of which was complete and en-.
tire.
| As I ported the helm she did the
same, and that only convinced me
there was no question that she was
looking for us or We were looking for
her.
It was toward dusk, and she had
turned her searchlights upon her
aags, In order to call our attention
to them, which. OF course, confused
us: and that signal. by the code, was
Interpreted to mean that she was an
Austrian.
We Immediately trained our guns
OF of her, and passed under her stern
and stopped. Her commanding OH.
Ger came on board.
He was looking for some one to give
him authority to go into Santiago de
Cuba for the purpose OF carrying
away refugees and other persons who
would desire to leave the port before
the operations of the army were en-.
tirely completed. l said to him that
did not believe he would be permit
ted to go into the harbor; that It was
mined. advised him to keep outside
OF the line of the blockade that night,
inasmuch as, not having the night let.
ter. he might be mistaken and fired
into. g.
Shaking Hands with cervera.
When ! returned. captain Evans
hailed me and said tina. Admiral Ger
vera was on board and would like very
much to see me. went over to sea
him, and found him on the afterpart
OF the ship; but, before approaching
him, ! directed that there should be
no cheering. as ! did not think Il
would be proper to exul, over a foe
who had fought and behaved SO gal.
lantly, and that we ought to omit that.
which was done.
| went over to see the Admiral
whom found, OF course very greatly
detected. | said to him that l knew
he had Inst ayarythinp rlnthiuu nc