. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. orks or hug close to the fighters whenthe action is on, confident that no Spaniardcan hit anything at which he shoots. But all the time a close watch is kept onthe harbor entrance. Admiral Cervera is in-side, and he may make a desperate fight toget out. Every day the little steam tug Co-lon, belonging to a Boston man and seized inthe harbor of Santiago when war was de-clared, steams out toward the fleet with awhite flag at her house staff and the colors ofSpain aft. She carries communications be-
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. orks or hug close to the fighters whenthe action is on, confident that no Spaniardcan hit anything at which he shoots. But all the time a close watch is kept onthe harbor entrance. Admiral Cervera is in-side, and he may make a desperate fight toget out. Every day the little steam tug Co-lon, belonging to a Boston man and seized inthe harbor of Santiago when war was de-clared, steams out toward the fleet with awhite flag at her house staff and the colors ofSpain aft. She carries communications be-tween Admirals Cervera and Sampson relat-ing to the exchange of the eight men whowent into the harbor on the Merrimac. Theother day she steamed out with a bulky doc-ument in which the Spanish admiral in-formed the commander in chief of the Amer-ican fleet that he could make no terms of ex-change, as the entire matter had been re-ferred to Gen. Blanco at Havana for his de-cision. When the Colon first came out of the har-bor the day after the Merrimac was blown THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES Ob. WATCHING THE FLAGSHIP NEW YORK FOR ORDERS TO THE FLEET.[From a photograph taken by William Sehmedtgen.] up it was the good fortune of the Herculesto be close in toward shore and to discoverher before she was noticed by the Records dispatch boat started for herand hailed her before the Vixen went tomeet the flag of truce. Admiral Cerveraschief of staff was on board and replied to themegaphone salutation in excellent English,but before conversation had progressed veryfar the rapid and spiteful Vixen came up ata twenty-knot clip and prevented furthercommunication in a manner more emphaticthan polite. It appears to be the policy of the government to attend to its own businessin these waters and to resent the kindly of-fers of assistance which more wide-awakepeople proffer. Yesterday the Herculesstarted for the Colon, racing with the bat-tleship Massachusetts for the honor of fir
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