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V ffsp"-n BHPlT "" ("" f P"jjjf WA VJ v rrW"fTmJr"rs?1g$Tp' s s THE MOBNING OKEGONIaSCPESDAY, OCTJ3BEB !, 1901. OFFICERS KILLED ALSO r 1MSCREPAXCY IX THE REPORT OP THE SAMAR DISASTER. lieve Brancli ofra Society Which, la Pledged fo SlauRhtet White Has Been Discovered. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. In addition to the enlisted men, three commissioned offi cers of Company C, Jflnth Infantry, -were lililed in the action at Samar, Philippine Islands, last Saturday. The officers are: CAPTAIN THOilAS TV. CONNELL. first lieutenant edward a uumpus. - . surgeon-ma2tor r. s. griswold. A question having arisen as- to the ac curacy St the cablegram received at the "War Department! from General Chaffee, the cable company -was directed to repeat it. The repetition disclosed some Inaccu racies that materially change the message. As corrected, the dispatch reads: "Manila, Sept ' 29. Adjutknt-General, WashingtonHughes reports following from Bassey. Southern Samar: " 'Twenty-four men. Company C, Ninth Regiment, "United States Infantry, 11 wounded, have just .arrived from Balan glga; remainder company killed. Insur gents secured all company supplies and all -rifles except three? Company was at tacked during breakfast, morning Septem ber 58, company 72 strong; officers, Thom as W. Connell. Captain: Edward A. Bum pus, First Lieutenant; Dr. B. S. Griswold, Major-Surgeon.' -CHAFFEE." As corrected, the dispatch shows that Company C, of the Ninth Infantry, suf fered the disaster. No company was men tioned in the dispatch made public yes terday. The serious discrepancy between the original and the corrected dispatches, however, is that the latter indicates tfhat the commissioned officers of the company are missing, perhaps kllled,"whlle the for mer indicated that they had escaped. CONFIRMED BY HUGHES. Two Soldiers From the Fight Report the Death of the Officers. MANILA, Sept. 30. General Hughes, from the Island of Samar, reports the ar rival of Sergeant Markley and one pri vate at Tannan from the fight at Balan triga, where over 40 men of Company C, Ninth Infantry, were killed by insurgents, "who attacked the troops while at break last Saturday last The men who have reached Tannan say that the officers of the company, who -were at first reported to have escaped, svere killed with the ma jority of the company. The troops were attacked while unprepared by 400 bolo men, of whom the Americans killed about J40. Many of the soldiers -were killed in their quarters before they had time to grasp their rifles. General Hughes is going to the scene of the disaster and will personally command the troops. A new branch of the Katlpunan has "been discovered at Tarlac, capital of the province of that name. The object of the society is the slaughter of the whites. Marcellno Mariville, president of Bano ang. is the chief of the new branch, which includes numbers of the native constabulary, who were recently armed. One policeman admits that he was taxed a dollar and was ordered to make bolos. A regular collection has been made by the organization from the natives, either by persuasion or threats, and an uprising had been planned for an early date. The conditions in Tayanbas and Batan gas are not reassuring. The worst form of guerrilla warfare prevails there. The insurgent forces are -distributed under cover along every road and trail, and wait for travelers In ambush. The insur gent leader Caballos (who formerly be longed tto General Callles' command, but who refused to surrender with Cailles) is retreating to "the mountains. The main forces of the Insurgents are scattered in bands over the province, where they dig up rifles when, there is an opportunity to use them. - " Record of Cnptaln. Connell. NEW YORK, Sept. 30 Captain Joseph W. Connell, who commanded the unfor tunate company of the United States In fantry which wag almost annihilated on the Island of Samar, Saturday, was a New York man and a "brother of Assistant Dis trict Attorney J. J. Connell. He was 28 years old, graduated from "West Point in ISM, and was appointed to the Ninth In fantry immediately on graduation. In 1B98 the regiment was sent to Cuba, where Lieutenant Connell was made brevet Cap tain. After the war with Spain the Ninth Regiment was sent to Manila, and on the outbreak of hostilities in China was sent there. Young Connell distinguished him self at the storming of Pekin. and in last February was made Captain of Company C The regiment was moved back from -China to the Philippines several months ago. Captain Connell's most recent letter to fcls parents was dated August 14, from Samar. Connell's Parents Informed. NEW YORK. Sept 30. Two dispatches were received today at the residence in this city of David J. Connell, the father of Captain Thomas "W. Connell. of the Jsinth Infantry. One was from the "War Department at Washington, saying that Captain Connell had been killed in action. The other was from Quartermaster Ram say, of Captain Connell's regiment, un der a Manila date, and contained the came Information. The news of Captain Connell's death following the first report that he was safe came as a heavy blow to his family, and his mother was com pletely prostrated "by it. FIRED ON BY NONUNION MAN He "Was Attacked by Union Team sters at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCoTsept. 30. A number of union teamsters attacked a nonunion driver this afternoon at Seventh and Minna streets and a fusillade of shots was fired, with disastrous results to two of the attacking party, Charles and John Ryan. Charles Ryan is lying In the Cen tral Emergency Hospital, suffering from a bullet wound in his groin, while his brother John is at St. Mary's Hospital with a bullet wound through his thigh. The surgeons say "both men will live, al though their wounds are very serious. The man who did the shooting is E. W. Gentry, a driver in the employ of the Western Transfer & Stage Company. He surrendered himself to the police after the shooting and was premitted to go on his way bjf order of the Chief of Polace. His team became stalled and on the advice of Special Officer C F. Bray, who was protecting him, he went to a corner to telephone for aid. He was attacked just after leaving this place, and in defend ing himself emptied his revolver into the crowd. The Ryans said they had nothing to do with the assault, but this is con tradicted by Gentry. Thirty-five machinists returned to work today, most of them in the National Iron "Works, having accepted, so the employes assert, the old 10-bour schedule, but dur ing the Jay the pickets got in their work, and at 5 o'clock this evening, after work ing nine hours, the greater number of the men ceased work, with the announce ment that they would not return again until the demands of the strikers -outlined on May 9 had been granted. A gain of 10 machinists was made by the Risdon Iron Works and eight by the Union Iron Works. These men worked the full 10 hours, according to the old schedule, and when they quit work it was the under standing that they would return tomor row morning. Conditions along the water fropt are unchanged today. Panic in Southern Africa. LONDON, Sept 30. The Odessa corre spondent of the Times says that the Te cent bank failures in South .Russia were caused by the general feeling of insecu rity among, comperclal circles in the south. The collapse of the Kharkoff Land Bank, with liabilities of 7,000,000 rubles $3,570,000.), and almost no assets, had- a specially injurious effect. Kharkoff busi ness concerns have lost their reputation to such an extent that Odessa traders have told them openly" that if they want goods they must pay cash down. i ROYAL COUPLE AT VIENNA. "" Kins and Queen of Italy's First Visit Since Their Accession. NEW ' YORK, Sept" 30. A Ndispatch fo the Herald dated at Venice, Italy, says: For the first time since their accession to the throrie, the King and Queen of Italy have paid a visit to Venice, arriv ing last night. A plctxrresque reception was given by the Queen of the Adriatic to the. young sovereigns. The palaces lining the grand canal from Papadopoll Garden, just above and on the opposite "bank of the railway station, ddwn to the Rlva Degli Schiavoni, were bright with flags and burning. Gondolas, three and four deep, made a living lane of spec tators along the route of the royal pro cession to the Palazz Real. The terrace and the steps before the churches of San ta Maria Delia Salute, San Eustachio and San Simeone Piccolo, the windows and gardens of the Hotel Britannia, the Grand Hotel, the Hotel Baur, and, in faet, eyery point overlooking the Grand Canal, either in public or private palaces, were black with people. The King and Queen were received at the station by the SIndIc, with the munici pal authorities, the Prefect, the Director of the Arsenal, ette., military .honors being rendered by the troops. They then en tered the royal gondola, rowed by gondo liers In the livery of the house of Savoy. They were escorted by eight or ten gor geously decorated galleys, manned by rowers clad in the richest costumes that even the imagination of tSie Renaissance could devise. The spectacle was strangely effective in its curious mingling of symbolical im agery, bewildering flood of rich color and contagious enthusiasm. Last night there was a gigantic loyalist demonstration on the Palazzo di San Marco, In which over 50 associations of various kinds took part. ASQ,UITH TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. He Considers the Irish Problem ns Serlons as Ever. LONDON, Sept. 30 The Times "reports an important speech delivered by the Right Hon. H. H. Asquith to his con stituents at Ladybank. East Fife, Scot land. Mr. Asqulth's remarks were most ly devoted to the Irish question. He said Mr. Redmond, the National leader, made no secret of the aggressive intentions of his reconstructed party and Mr. Cham berlaln had threatened at the Unionist gathering at Blenheim Palace on August 10 to retaliate upon the Irish by punitive redistribution of their "representation in the House of Commons. Mr. Asquith said the Liberals must re sist such a tep as ludicrously ineffect ive, petulant and unfair. He went'on to attack Mr. Chamberlain's statement that the Liberals were willing to sell the in terests of the country for Irish votes. He declared that the Liberals must be able to rely on an independent Liberal majority in the House of Commons. This is the only practical alternative to the Tory Government. The ex-Home Sec retary added that the Irish problem is as serious as ever, but he believed in the necessity of maintaining unimpaired the universal supremacy" of the imperial par liament. Subject to that condition his policy is for a large and liberal revolu tion of local powers. Bitter Debate in Parliament. LONDON, Sept. 30. Then Melbourne cor respondent of the Times repot ts another bitter debate la the Commonwealth Par liament. An amendment to the immigra tion restriction bill, proposed by Mr. Isaacs, and providing that prohibited im migrants be specified by joint resolution or the federal houses, was opposed by the government and defeated without a di vision. A renewed attack was made by Mr. Reid on Premier Barton's minute to the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, accepting the prln. clple laid down In Mr. Chamberlain's dis. patch. This attack waa answered by Mr. Kingston, who vehemently denounced Mr. Reid's changed attitude, and urged that the minute was only courteous Intimation of the recognition of the commonwealth of the Increasing burdens of the empire, and a response to the favors poured out on the commonwealth by the home gov ernment in the most sympathetic spirit. To Ratify Amalgamation. NEW YORK, Sept. 30. The directors of the Phoenix and Atlas Assurance Com panies have fixed October 23 as the date upon which the shareholders of both com panies will meet for the ratification of the amalgamation of the concerns, ays the London correspondent of the Journal of Commerce. The details of the plan will then be made public, but It is known that those controlling the stock will ap prove the scheme, so the meeting is really only a legal formality. The life Insurance business of the Atlas, as arranged In the provisional agreement, will so to the Pelican Life, which will then be styled the Pelican & Atlas office. The Phoenix and the Pelican Life have the same directors, and are most Inti mately allied, which is evidenced by the naming of the subsidiary company of the Phoenix in New York. The funds of the Pelican are about 1,400.000, and the life funds of the Atlas approximate 1,600,000. Edict for Free Trade With Morocco. LONDON, Sept 30. The correspondent of the Times at Tangier says a Shereefian edict has been received permitting free trade between all the coast ports of Mor occo and cancelling the former "ridiculous restrictions." This action, says the dis patch, will increase the popularity of Sul- j tan Abdul El-Azlz by lowering the price of wheat througthout Northern Morocco. The Sultan also promises the speedy pro mulgation of measures improving the prison administration. TALK OF LYNCHING. Ex-Convict Charged With Assaulting a Five-Yenr-Old Girl. HELENA, Mont, Sept. 30. James E. Grady, alias A. J. Lilly, an ex-convlct, who served a term in the penitentiary some years ago for horse-stealing, was arrested today, charged with enticing away and assaulting Hazel Pugsley, aged a years. The child was missing for five hours, and when she returned, told her mother a ternble story of suffering. The man took the child riding on a street-car to the country, and returned to town with her after the lapse of several hours, and then sent her home. Grady, or Lilly, is about 45 years old, and has been employed as a section foreman In this vicinity. He has been Identified by street-car employes and otheTs who saw him with the child. When asked by some of these people, he said the child was his daughter. The Sheriff is taking unusual precautions to guard the prisoner, as there was g.ome talk of lynching, but no considerable dem onstration was made. The child was bad ly, but not fatally, Injured. Will Talce a Week to Decide. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. SO Governor DuTbln this afternoon informed Uhe Ken tucky officials here with a requisition foi Governor Taylor and William S. Finley that he would not render a decision for a week. To Cnre a .Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it falls to cure E. "W. Grove's signature is on each box. 20c EVANS WAS CALLED (Continued from First Pace.) made a turn and stood out again. That is the only thing 'I know' of." "Was any attack made upon the enemy, or by the enemy at that time?" "No, they all got up and stood on the breastworks and looked at us. We steamed out again. There was no firing on either side." "Were you then within range of the batteries in the vicinity of Cienfuegos with the heavier guns of your ship?" "I did not see any batteries. There was a work they were completing there." "Were you within range of this?" "Quite easy range, yes." "The battery of the Iowa consisted of what?" "Four 12-inch, eight 8-inch and 12 4 lnch guns." "Were these embryo batteries .within range of your 8-inch guns when you steamed In?" "They were within easy range." "Were they within range of the four inch guns?" T should think so, yes." "Did the Iowa coal ship while in Clen fue,gos, and If. so, how, much did she take?" "We took in 250 tons of coal on the 23d. We began about 7 in the morning, and stopped at j6 in the afternoon. We took coal from the collier along side the Merrimac, I think." Coaled Iowa From Merrimac. Admiral Evans said he had coaled the Iowa from the Merrimac on May 23, while off Cienfuegos, and he had had no diffi culty In doingso. Speaking of the report of the condition of the weather made by the Iowa on May 24 and 25, the- witness said that on the evening of- the 24tn It was squally; that on the morning of the 25th the sky was overcast and the weather was again squally; in the afternoon,-it .was worse, there being considerable-rain with a long sea. He said, after leaving Cienfuegos, the vessel had-steamed to a point about 30 miles south of Santiago, arriving there on the-evening of the 26th, and at that time the spuadron-was headed to .the east. The weather at that time, he said, was not such as to prevent the coaling of ships at that date. The Iowat at that time, had about 825 tons of coal aboard, or sufficient for steaming 3000 miles. On blockade the ship -used 30 'to 40 tons of coal a day. "Why was the- retrograde movement made?" asked Judge-Advocate Lemly. "I do not know," was the reply. The witness said he could have coaled at sea on the 27th, as the sea was smooth. "Was any effort made by the flying squadron on May 28, 29 or 30 to commu nicate with the insurgents on shore near Santiago?" "None to my knowledge." Testifying that he had first seen the Colon on May 29, Admiral Evans said that vessel was not -Inside the harbor at all, but was about 1500 yards inside the Morro. He then detailed the particulars of the bombardment of the Colon on May 31, saying that on the forenoon of that day Commodore Schley had signalled to transfer the flag to the Massachusetts, as he was going to engage the Colon. Describing that engagement, the witness said: First Shot From Massachusetts. "About five minutes to 1, I saw the first shot from fhe Massachusetts fall short a long distance, and supposing she was fir ing at 7000 yards, I gave the range to my guns at 8000 yaVds. I saw these shots fall short, and then increased the range to 9000 yards, then 10.000 yards. The shots again fell short, and I then increased the range to 11,000 yards, and fired two sholta from the forward 12-inch turret. The first one was fired by Lieutenant Vandeuser at 11,000 yaTds. I saw that it fell short. Lleu tenant'HIll had the other gun in' that tur ret. I gave him the range at 11,500 yards. Ihat rhot struck very near the stern of the Colon. Both 12-Inch guns were dis abled by the fire from that ext'reme eleva tion. After that, -we stood a mile and a haif, possibly two miles, to our blockad ing station again. That was all I saw done to injure the Colon." Blockade off Santiago. The witness was then asked about the blockade off Santtago, under Commodore Schley. He said the squadTon stood seven or eight miles out during the day, and a little further out at night, with the Vixen and Marblehead on the Inside at night. Describing the battle off Santiago, Ad miral Evans said: "When Cervera's fleet came out of San tiago harbor the Iowa was in the center, with the Brooklyn to the left, and the Texas between." "Did you have an opportunity of observ ing the movement's of the Brooklyn on this occasion?" "You mean during the battle?" "I mean the beginning of the battle." "I saw the Brooklyn when the fight be gan. When I Teached the bridge of the Iowa, the Brooklyn was still off to the westward, headed, I should say, north west. That was just as the fight began. I saw her again possibly five minutes aft erward, when she was steaming westward very fast, firing her port battery, headed northwest, toward the head of the Spanish column. I did not see the Brooklyn again until my attention was directed to her by the nrvigator calling to me: 'Look out. Captain, for the Texas.' I went on the port bridge, where the navigator was standing, and I said: 'Where the devlLis I'he Texas?' The navigator said: 'Here she la. sir. in the smoke.' I said to my self: 'Captain Philip will look after the Texas.' and went below. In a few min utes, the navigator called out again: 'Look out. Captain, you will run into the Texas.' I walked over to the port side of the bridge and saw the Brooklyn's smokest'ack and military masts. She was lying directly across the bows of the Tex as. The Texas was apparently backing and dangerously close to the Iowa. The Broo'k lyn seemed to be 500 yards directly in front of the Texas. I eased the helnv of the Iowa a little, ported her helm a little, and just at that moment the Oregon came through my lee and passed between me and the Texas, and the three boats were bunched together. At the time, the Brooklyn was shut out in the smoke, and I saw no more of her until the Colon had passed well to the westward of me; when some one-on the bridge said: 'The Brook lyn Is knocked out' I went on the bridge to see what had happened, and she was then about a mile and a half forward of the port beam of the Iowa, with the Colon seven or eight miles ahead, and on her starboard bow. From that time on, the firing was light, and I could see the Brooklyn occasionally. The Colon wa3 on our starboard bow; on the port quarter of the Colon.well astern of her, was the Oregon, and astern of her and well off to the southward was the Brooklyn, with tne Vixen off shore of the Brooklyn, 'l1 ho Iowa, at that time, was directly In the wake of the Colon, with the Vixen a lit tle on her starboard bow." "How was the Iowa headed by the com pass?" "To the westward, heading for the ene my's i-hips." Cross-Examination. On his cross-examination by Mr. Ray nor. Admiral Evans said he had left Key West, with the Iowa, for Cienfuegos, on May 20. and that he' knew before leav ing that port that a secret code had been arranged for communicating with the In surgents on shore at Cienfuegos, as Cap tain Chadwick had given him this in formation. "He came on board the Iowa," said the witness, "to deliver dispatches to me be fore we got under way. To my best knowledge and belief he gave me a writ ten memorandum containing the secret code, but notwithstanding I have made diligent search among my papers -for, this document I have failed to find, ijt." Mr. Raynor Can you refresh your mem ory about this memorandum? There is no doubt about one thing and that is that the Iowa carried dispatches? "None whatever." a "When- were those dispatches delivered to Commodore Schley?" "They were delivered between half past 12 o'clockvand 1 o'clock on the afternoon of the 22d." "Did you read the memorandum about signals given to you by Captain Chad wick? "Certainly I did. but not the dispatches to Commodore Schley." Mr. Raynor here exhibited tofcthe wit ness two memoranda from the official re ports, but Admiral Evans said that neither of these was the documents to which he had reference. That, he said, was the code of signals with the insurgents. "What became of that memorandum?' Lost the Memorandum. "As I told you, I lost it I searched every paper and everywhere, and' tried to find it. In fact, I am not sure it was a memorandum." "When did you search for this, memor andum?" "I searched within the last month for it. ever since the question has been raised in the newspapers about my not having given Commodore Schley this In formation." "Then, did you inform Commodore Schley that-this' system of signals had been arranged?" "I did not. It never entered my mind that he did not know It." "The Marblehead being the vessel that established 'this code, and Commodore Schley's squadron having arrived at Key Wesr before the Marblehead got there, how did It get into your mind that Com modore Schley must have known of the signal code?" "You make the mistake of supposing that I knew this was done by the Marble head. I had no knowledge that the Mar blehead had arranged these signals. They were simply given to me by the chief of staff as a system of signals." "Upon what ground did you suppose that Commodore Schley knew it?" "Ho was the commanding officer of the squadron.",, "From what sources did you suppose he got this Information?" "I did not suppose anything about it. It never entered my head. If it had, -I should have said, of course, that the commanding officer of a naval force would not expect one of his junior Captains to give him information about his signals. It was given to me as a piece of Informa tion, which I thought every Captain of the fleet had. I never thought of Com modore Schley In connection wit.. -.. If I had supposed for a moment that Com modore Schley did not have it I would have given it to him the first thing on my arrival there. I did not Intend to say that Commodore Schley had this signal code." At this point Mr. Raynor produced Ad miral Evans' book, "A Sailor's Log," and began to quote a passage from It on the subject of the code, when the Judge-Advocate Interrupted with an objection, which was sustained by the court, Ad miral Dewey remarking: "I would rather you would get the statement from the witness here." Quoted From Admiral Evans' Boole. Mr. Raynor then, while reading from the book, put the question: "Have you ever stated quoting from Admiral Evans' book 'I of course tooi it for granted that the Commodore under stood those signals as well as I did. other wise I should have Informed him of their significance'?" "That is absolutely a fact," replied the witness. "Therefore, you did take It for granted that the Commodore understood the sig nal?" "I did." "He could never have understood the signals unless he knew something about it. could he?" "I took it for granted he understood It" "Well, you found out that he did not understand It, did you not?'" "No." Mr. Raynor- questioned AdmlraV Evans at some length concerning the signals as displayed on the coast near Cienfuegos, which the Admiral said the officer of the deck had. told him had been seen on May 22 and 23. but the witness said he had hqd no conversation with Admiral Schley about these lights, and had made no re port to him of their appearance or sig nificance. Mr. Ravnor then changed the base of his examination from Cienfuegos td San tiago, and began by asking Admiral Ev ans If he had seen the official chart show ing the positions of the Brooklyn and other battle-ships on the day of the bat tle of Santiago, July 3, 189S. The Admiral replied that he had seen the chart, but that it was wrong. Mr. Raynor When did you first know about the turn of the Brooklyn, as you say. a short distance from the Texas? "When .1 saw her cross the bow of the Texas." "Do you recollect the conversation, you had with Commodore Schley the 5th of July, the second day after the battle, re garding the loop of the Brooklyn." "No. sir; I do not remember mentioning the subject at all." "You do not recollect that Commodore Schley first told you on July 5 that it was the Brooklyn, and not the Texas, that made the turn?" "I never imagined anything of the sort."' "Give briefly the purport of -your con versation othat date with Commodore Schley?" v Conversation With. Schley. "Briefly, as I recollect the conversation, he was talking to a person named Gra ham. He was sitting at his desk writing. 1 walked intto his cabin to make a report. He put his hand on my shoulder and said: 'Bobby, I am just -writing my report of the battle of the 3d of July.' He said: T have said of you that you handled your ship with consummate skill.' He then in troduced me to Mr. Graham. Captain Cook came in and asked me if I would tell him whether the position of certain Spanish ships was correct, which came out first, etc. ; that he had been "a little confused in his mind. We talked a few minutes, and I then went into Captain Cook's cabin." "You do not recollect the conversation going over the particulars, the turn the Brooklyn made, and tho remark Commo dore Schley made at that time about Cap tain Philip, when you said you thought it wa Captain Philip, of tho Texas, who made the turn?" '"I never said that. Absolutely, I never said such a thing, because the Texas was right under my eye all the time. She did not turn at all." t Concerning the position of the Brooklyn and the Texas on the day of the battle, the witness said: "The Brooklyn was dan gerously near the Texas. I should say within 100 yards of her." "What was your position, ju3tt at that time when she crossed the course of the Texas, relative to the Brooklyn and Tex as?" "The Iowa was heading straight in for the Spanish fleet to Intercept the Vizcaya at that time. She was heading more to the northward than the Texas. The Texas, was headed off more to the west. When I saw the Brpoklyn the third time, she was across the bow of the Texas heading south." "When did. you see her next, if at all?" "After the Oquendo went ashore my at tention was called to the Brooklyn by some one on the bridge, who remarked: 'The Brooklyn Is knocked out' She was then wholly engaged with her starboard battery. She was headed parallel with the course of the Colon, I should say.'" Mr. Raynor questioned the witness again with reference to statements in his (Ad miral Evans') book, asking him whether he had ever said he felt reasonably sure that the Spanish fleet was in the harbor at' Santiago. The witness said that he had made that statement, but that it was a doncluslon based on the fact that the Spaniards were not at Cienfuegos; that they had not gone westward, and that, from a military point of view, Santiago was the place where they were most apt to be." 'That was simply your opinion, then, and not a matter of information?" sug gested Mr. Raynor, to which the witness replied In. the affirmative. Mr. Raynor then remarked that he had never before understood upon what the Admiral had based his statements. "I think you did," said the Admiral. "I assure you I had never read it be fore," responded Mr. Raynor. "You have read it three times to me, so that jou cannot? say that you never Tead the statement before." Admiral Devrey Takes a Hand. v Admiral Dewey Remarks will be con fined to questions and answers Admiral Evans then. In response to a question from Mr. Raynor, said he had been called to the deck of the Iowa on the evening of July 2 by Lieutenant Hill, who was t'ne aeck officer, and who had called his attention to columns of smoke rising from the entrance to the harbor. The Lieutenant had remarked that it was his opinion that the Spaniards were pre paring to come out', but he (Admiral Ev ans) expressed the opinion that they were only' shifting their berths, as they had done on previous occasions. However, the signal at that time had been prepared, and was kept in readiness all night, say ing tfhat the enemy was escaping. Mr. Raynor then surrendered the wit ness temporarily, saying he would have further questions to ask, but that he de sired some time to prepare them. It was Arranged that these questions could be de ferred until tomorrow, and in the mean time. Captain Lemly made some Interro gations before the redirect examination. He asked: "Under what instructions, verbal, writ ten or ''by signal fire, from the flagship Brooklyn, did jou maneuver the Brook lyn during the naval battle of Santiago harbor on July 3. 1S9S?" "I never saw any signal from her. I did not maneuver in obedience to any signal from the Brooklyn. I did hot see any signals aboard her." "Or any written or verbal Instructions?" "None, whatever." "What Instruction, oral or written, did you havo from Commodore Schley rela tive to the order of blockade or order of battle while a part of the flying squad ron?" "The order of blockade was to form column double-distance, and to cruise in that formation." "Was there any prescribed order of bat tle by which you would have been guided if the enemy's ships should come out of Santiago prior to Juno 1, 1S9S?" "There was none." Returning to the departure of the flying squadron from Cienfuegos, Mr. Hanna asked : "What steps were taken, if any, to mask the movements of that squadron in ac cordance with orders?" Xo Lights Were Shown. "There were no lights shown on the fly ing squadron on blockade, except, I be lieve, we did have a light in the stern of each ship." By the Court Was any further effort made by the flying squadron to destroy the Colon?" "None, If by 'further' you mean the action of May 31." "Was the fire of the enemy's batteries on the 31st heavy enough to seriously endanger the attacking ship?" "No, sir; it was not heavy at all. The projectiles mostly fell a long way short of us. Two, I think, passed over my ship." " "In the attack on the Colon on May 31, did any of the enemy's shells fall near the squadron?" "Two, I think, fell near the Iowa." "Would It have been possible for, the Iowa to coal from the Merrimac on the afternoon of May 26?" "It would have been." "Do you know of any reason why the ships could not get nearer the Colon on May 31?" "I know of no reason why they could not" v"Do you know whether there is good anchorage under the lee of Jardlnalfa's bank, where large vessels would be shel tered from westerly winds?" "I do not." "Are you famiUar with the southern coast of Cuba between Cienfuegos and Santiago?" "Fairly familiar with It; yes, sir." "Are there any positions between Cien fuegos and the neighborhood of Santiago where vessels can coal in rough weather?" "Between Cienfuegos and Santiago, I know of no place where they could coal in rough weather." "Was there any period between May 24 and May 26 when the" Iowa could not haye coaled from the collier Merrimac?" "She could not have coaled from 8 o'clock in the morning of the 25th until S or 9 o'clock In the morning of the 26th, when It moderated." The court adjourned at 3:55 P. M. until tomorrow morning. GUARD'S STORY DISCREDITED Friends of McKinley Do Not Thinlc Intruders Were at Tomb. CHICAGO, Sept 20 Friends of the family of the late President McKlnley em phatically discredit belief in the idea that the shot reported fired by the guard, Deprend, at Westlawn cemetery last night, was on account of any attempt to desecrate the tomb. They do not at tempt to explain the strange story of the guards or account for the firing of the shot, which the cemetery officials and other residents near by say they heard, and they do not believe two men would undertake to make an attack upon the vault, with 70 soldiers on guard or near at hand. It is believed the military authorities will make a thorough Investigation of the stories told by the soldiers on guard Sun day nigh't. There are unconfirmed ru mors that the shot was fired on account of an accidental fall, and also that It was the result of personal differences. The officers in charge early instructed soldiers not to talk of the affair. The statements of the guard made Sunday night could not be obtained until tho officers had ob tained their reports from them, and while the officers declined to be quoted, they were made with their knowledge and in tbeir presence. None of the officers would express an opinion as to what the object of the Intruders may have been, and they also Instructed the men not to discuss the oc currence with outsiders. A few persons who succeeded. In getting admission to the cemetery were directed to the officers of the guard for information, and guards were told not to talk of the incident among themselves while outsiders were present. This Is said to be In accordance with military regulations. In, Yokohama When News Came. YOKOHAMA, Sept. 14, via Victoria, B. C, Sept 30. (Correspondence of the As sociated Press.) The dispatch announcing the attempt on the life of-Prcsident Mc Klnley reached here early Sunday morn ing, creating Intense excitement and sor row, not only In the American commu nity, but among the entire population. The native papers and public bodies have been most eager and sincere In their ex pressions of sympathy. Almost precisely coincident with the attack has been the sentence pronounced upon the assassin of HoshI Torn, cohdemning him to life imprisonment. . Riot in Madrid. MADRID, Sept. 30. The anniversary of the revolution of 1868 was celebrated at Madrid and other towns yesterday. At a meeting of 20,000 Republicans and So cialists at Barcelona, the crowds proceed ed to lay a wreath upon the monument of General Prim, the once famous insur gent leader in Spain. The mobs collided with the police, who fired in response to a volley of stones. Three of the persons participating in the demonstrations and two police officers were wounded. "GARLAND" STOVES AND RANGES Awarded first prize. Paris Exposition, 1S00 SENTINEL WAS DECEIVED THERE WERE NO PROWLERS ABOUT THE TOMB OF M'KIXLEY. , Gnnrd Was Overwrought by the Loneliness of His Position Xo Evidence of a Struggle. CANTON; O., Sept 30. The officers and men of Company C, of the Fourteenth United States Infantry, on duty at West lawn cemetery, guarding the resting place of President McKlnley, worked diligently today Investigating the strange story in which Private Deprend, who was on duty at the top of the vault Sunday night, fig ured sO prominently. The military regu lations which prevent the officers and men from making detailed statements, which were enforced last .night, were aa rigidly observed today. The representative of the ' Associated Press saw all of the command- I ing officers, several non-commi3s!oned of- I fleers and a number of privates, and learned the following: All the commanding officers and the men of the company In general last night accepted fully the story related by Pri vate Deprend, and really believed the prowlers were about the vault with no good purpose. Today only one of the commanding officers adhered to the be lief that an attempt had been made upon, the sentinel for ghouljsh purposes. He said: "It was the real thing; it was prompted by tho pure cussedness of some people, who thought to bring reproach upon the Nation by doing damage to the resting place of the dead President" All the men who were seen today ex pressed the belief that Private Deprend acted in goo4 faith, and that he related only what he believed to be the real fact3. With the Captain and others he went over the details of the whole affair at least a dozen times, and It is said never varied in a matter of importance. Particular Inquiry was made as to his sobriety at the time, and it is said that it Is estab lished beyond all reasonable doubt that he had not been, drinking, and that he was In his normal condition! The most common belief Is that the sentinel was overwrought by the loneliness of his po sition; that his nerves were overtaxed, and that Imagination contributed some of the details related In, good faith. Tho post was regarded by all as particularly isolated and depressing to the man guard ing It at night, and it is said more sen tinels will be, stationed at the point in the fixture. Captain BIddle thanked the reporters for what he called the fair manner In which the incident had been described in the morning papers, saying they gave a full and complete statement of facts so far as revealed last night. He wns fully con vinced last night of the truth of tho story as related, but, after Investigation, entertained doubts, not of the sincerity of Private Deprend. but of the correctness of the conclusions. Captain BIddle auth orized this statement: "I think the sentinel deceived himself on the occurrence. I do not think an ac tual attack as related by him occurred. When daylight came there was no evi dence found of a struggle." Tho matter had been reported In full to General Otis, at Chicago, commanding the department to which the guard is at tached. Whether there will be a formal Inquiry Into the matter remains for Gen eral Otis to determine. Officers at the cemetery express the hope that, inasmuch as no actual harm hs been done, no formal action would be taken. Sergeant Cook, who was reported to have heard remarks Sunday afternoon among visitors, further explained as fol lows: "I was on duty at the guard tent near the vault Sunday afternoon. There were three funerajs at the cemetery, and many people passing all the time. Three men, representative looking men, such as come by scores every day, spoke to me. One man said he did not see the use of alL this fuss; that no one would try to do any harm now. The third man said he was mistaken; that there were lots of people who would like to see the whole thing blown up. I had not then, nor have I now any suspicion that any of these men would have any interest In, or would sympathize with any act of violence. I think they were speaking of the disposi tion of other classes who might be prompt ed to such acts." McKinley's Will in Probate. CANTON. O., Sept 30. The will of President McKinley was admitted to pro bate today by Probate Judge August. In pursuance of the wishes of Mrs. Mc Klnley, and upon her signed recommen dation, the court appointed Judge Will lam R. Day and Secrtary eGorge B. Cortelyou administrators. A joint ad ministrator's bond of $100,000 was filed. 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