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1MSCREPAXCY IX THE REPORT OP
THE SAMAR DISASTER.
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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.
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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.
In their applications for letters testa
mentary Judge Day and Secretary Cortel
you said 'that the amount of personal
property left by the Jate President will
be -about $140,000 and of real estate about
$70,000, aggregating about $210,000.
McKinley Memorial Service.
CHICAGO. Sept 30. Memorial exercises
In honor of President McKlnley were heid
In the United States Court today. Prom
inent members of the bar were present.
Young: Girl Burned to Death.
LTJNDA, Utah. Sept. 30. Yesterday
morning, while the 7-year-old daughter
of Lorenzo Davis, of Qultchapa, Utah,
was trying to make a cup of coffee on the
kitchen stove, her dress caught fire. Her
little brother, after vainly endeavoring to
quench the flames, ran to the barn for
his mother. When the mother reached
the house the little girl's clothes had all
been, burned frcm her body and the fleh
burnt in a terrible manner. The little
girl asked her mother to pray for death,
and while the mother prayed the child
died In great agony.
Reqnest of Assam Ten Planter.
LONDON. Sept. 30. The Simla corre
spondent of the Times reports that the
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the appointment of a commission to con
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to be no chance of anything definite evolv
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