THE MOBHIH.G .QREGOlHAy,, TPESPAY, OCTOBEBv 8, 1901,
MORE TIME FOR RANSOM
anSS STONE'S CAPTORS TVILIi WAIT
ANOTHER 3IONTH.
United States Consul Dickinson Is
Follorrlns the Missionary to. Give
Brigands Some Money.
LONDON. Oct 8. "It is reported- from
Sofia," says a dispatch from Vienna to
the Dally Express, "that "United States
Consul Dickinson and an envoy of the
missionary society arrived there Satur
day, intending to follow up Miss Stone,
the abducted missionary, and deposit a
portion of the ransom. The brigands have
extended 'the time for payment one
month."
The Daily Telegraph publishes the fol
lowing dispatch from Vienna:
"Mr. Dickinson and the director of the
American mission held a long audience
with Prince Ferdinand, at Sofia. There
Is no doubt that Miss Stone was abducted
under orders from the Macedonian com
mittee." NEARLY HALF THE 3IONEV RAISED.
Extension of Time "Will Not Delay
the Forwarding of the Ransom.
BOSTON, Oct. 7. Nearly . halt the
money needed to ransom Miss Ellen M.
Stone, the missionary, from the Bulgarian
brigands, has been placed in the hands
of Kidder, Peabody & Co. The exact
figures at midnight were ?45,M3 40 cash,
and $7500 in pledges. Of this amount, the
firm this afternoon sent $33,000 to the
State Department to be forwarded to ita
Consular Agent at the place -where it
can be -used most expeditiously. Mem
bers of the firm, when informed of. the
Associated Press cablegram from London
to the effect that the Vienna advices in
dicated there would be a month's exten
sion of time in which to pay the ran
som, said the forwarding of money would
not be delayed in the least.
During the afternoon, the officials of
the Amercan Board of Congregational
Missions met informally. Nothing was
talked of except Miss Stone, and the mat
ter of the ransom. The officials personally
contributed to the ransom, Tmt as ofllcJals
they took the position they have main
tained all along, that it would be inad
visable for them, as a missionary board,
to pay a ransom this for the reason
that it would be putting a premium on
brigandage that must in the end make
missionary work in wild and rough
countries more difficult and possibly im
practicable. After this meeting, it was
officially given out that the State De
partment at Washington has agreed to
take full charge of the delivery of the
ransom to the brigands. If news comes
that Miss Stone still lives, or until the
newa of her death is received, collections
for the ransom will continue to be made.
STATE DEPARTMENT BUSY
1 Is Believed Negotiations Are In
Progress With the Brigronds.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. It Is not prob
able that the kidnapers of Miss Stone
will enforce their ultimatum tomorrow,
although that was the date named as
the last day of grace in her case. The
danger is by no means averted, however,
and the most that can be said now is
that there is a likelihood of securing a
short extension by the brigands of the
time allowed for the payment of the ran
som. The State Department is busying
itself earnestly In this direction, evidently
acting under the belief that in the course
of two or three days the charitable peo
ple of the United States will make up the
fund necessary to secure Miss Stone's re
lease. Mr. Adee, the acting Secretary of
State, was again at the White House to
day in consultation with the President
touching MisgStone's case, and it is be
lieved that negotiations are in progress
directly with her captors. Meanwhile the
"White House and State Department are
being flooded by letters and telegrams
imploring the officials to save Miss Stone,
At noon the fund had grown to $43,559.
Political Purposes in Kidnaping.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 7. "If the ransom
of Miss Stone is not paid, I firmly believe
her head will be set upon a pike pole in
the nearest village," said F. T. Sweeney,
of Columbus, Ind., ex-Consul-General to
Turkey, today. Continuing, Mr. Sweeney
said:
"I think the kidnaping of Miss Stone
was done for political purposes. Her cap
tors wish the United States to seek re
venge upon Turkey. True to their prom
ise, the brigands will release Miss Stone
if her ransom is paid. If it is not, they
will cut a finger off and send it to her
friends; then an ear, and finally her head
will be put -upon a pike pole in some lit
tle village of Turkey. I know them, know
their methods of operating, and know
their history. I have had numerous ex
periences with them, and whatever maj
be their faults, they are honorable men
as far as their words go."
A HALF A MILLION FIRE.
Immense Yard at Arkansas City "Was
Completely Destroyed.
ARKANSAS CITY, Ark., Oct. 7. A de
structive fire occurred in this city this
afternoon, completely consuming the Pae-lcke-Lelcht
Lumber Company's Immense
yard, containing 4,000,000 feet of seasoned
cottonwood lumber ready for the market
and. frlx cars" belonging to the Missouri
Pacific Railway Company. Loss, $500,000.
i?50,000 Fire In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct 7. Fire swept through
half a block of frame and brick build
ings in South Chicago early today, caus
ing a loss of about $50,000. The rapid
spread of the flames was due largely to
the delay to a number of fire engines by
oroken bridges over the Calumet River.
Nine buildings were burned. In the num
ber was a ihree-story brick and six resi
dences, the occupants of which were
driven into the streets in night attire.
33,000 Fire in a Wisconsin City.
MARINETTE, Wis., Oct 7. The Gram
building, the largest in the city, was de
stroyed "by fire early today. Loss, $35,000.
The building was occupied hy the Dally
Star office, a tailoring establishment and
armory of Company I, Wisconsin National
Guard.
SAMPSON IS IMPROVING.
His Condition Is Not to Be Consid
ered as Dangerous.
WASHINGTON, Oct 7. Rear-Admiral
Sampson, who is now sojourning in Wash
ington, Is profiting by the dally care and
attention of one of the "best local physi
cians. He Teceives no callers at his pres
ent home on New Hampshire avenue, and
is directly under the personal care of Mrs.
Sampson. As to the Admiral's condition
it was stated today that he suffers at
present from an unusually prolonged at
tack of asphasla, an ailment which has
troubled him in greater or less degree
since he was chief of the Naval Bureau
of Ordnance. Save for this, and a feeble
condition resulting from a close applica
tion to work, it can be stated that Ad
miral Sampson has no affliction, and that
his condition is not serious to a degree
wherein his life would be considered as
in danger. He has been for a great many
years a sufferer from the most painful
headaches, and these, among other
things, are held responsible for his pres.
ent mental condition. He is able to take
short walks and other light exercise, but
nothing more. Admiral SampEon will re
tire next February at 62 years of age.
Alleged Dcfanlter Located in Cubn.
SANDUSKY, O., Oct 7. A. W. Millerj
formerly city clerk, who left here last
February, and who was alleged to have
made away with nearly 5100,000 of the
city's funds, has been located at Havana,
Cuba, and Chief 'of Police A. C. Wein-gates-and
City Solicitor Henry Hart have
gone after him. A telegram was received
from Havana saying Miller was there,
and asking -what would be paid for his
surrender. A reward of $500 was voted by
the Council, and a reply was received
that Miller would he turned over for
that amount. A Cuban who made the
oeal says Miller Is poor, friendless and
In a" pitiable condition.
A
HOT SAMPSON'S WORK.
His Secretary Corrected That Part of
Ma clay's History Scoring: Schley.
NEW YORK, Oct 7.-Colonel Robert
M. Thompson, of' this city, president pf
the United Stites Academy Alumni Asso
ciation, makes the following statement to
the Associated Press in connection with
the Schley inquiry:
"After Maclays book was published,
Maclay stated that the prooofs liad been
submitted to the commanding officers,
including Admiral Sampson, and that they
approved Ills statements. A reporter call
ing upon Admiral Sampson when he was
ill in his bed obtained from the Admiral,
what appears to be a confirmation of this
statement. The Admiral was asked if he
had seen and read the proofs of Maclay's
book, and he said 'Yes.' But unfor
tunately, he was too III to go Into the
jnatter at any length and explain every
thing, and so the public was so Informed,
and today believes that Admiral Samp
son entirely approved the statement that
Schley was a coward and a caitiff, whicn
was the gist of Maclay's charges 'against
Schley. ,
"1 am In a position to state the facts,
and you may absolutely rely upon them
as the truth. The proofs were sent by
Mr. Maclay to Admiral Sampson, with a
request that they should be Tead arid
corrected. The Admiral, at that time,
was not in good health and did not "wish
to undertake the labor, but his secretary
pointed out that the Maclay history was
a standard one and used at the Naval
Academy as a text-book. This volume
brought the history down through the
period of the Spanish War, and it wa$
desirable that there should be no inaoj
curacies in it. The Admiral tnereiore
consented to correct them, and he did
correct a certain part of them, but as
soon as he arrived at the part which con
tained the statement that Schley was a
coward, he was very angry, and said the
statement was one the author had no
right to make; that It was unjust and un
fair to speak of any naval officer in such
terms, and declined to have anything fur
ther to do with the proofs. His secre
tary. Impressed with the great desira
bility of having the statements of. facts
accurate, and believing that he was not
in any way responsible for the statements
of opinions did, on his own account, com
pare the book with the records and make
on the margins a number of corrections.
As these were In the same handwriting as
those made when Admiral Sampson was
giving his personal attention to the cor
rections, Mr. Maclay was perfectly justi
fied in his statement. The Drder of the
Secretary of the Navy forbidding naval
officials to make any statement for pub
lication regarding this controversy Is
sued Immediately after this interview,
prevented the foregoing correction being
officially made."
g
SHEPARD ACCEPTS.
He Tells Whnt He' Will Do if Elected
Mayor of Greater New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Howard M. Shep
ard, of Brooklyn, the Dempcratlc nominee
for Mayor of Greater New York, today
returned from Lake George. A commitee
formally notified him tonight of his nom
ination, and Mr. Shepard accepted. Mr.
Shepard, in accepting the nomination,
said, among other things: .
"I promise you and the Democratic par
ty of this city, and its entire people, If
my nomination be. ratified at the polls,
that from the 1st of January, 1902, until
the end of 1903, the Police Commission of
the City of New York, if I shall live so
long, will, barring interference from Al
bany, in effect, be the man who Is Mayor
of the city, acting through a competent,
honest, resolute citizen, who shall at all
times, both in season and out of season,
by day and night, practically enforce the
standard which the Mayor himself, upon
his whole conscience, and in view of hla
own undoubted power and responsibility,
sets up for police administration."
For himself, Mr. Shepard said he be
lieved that a competition for the Mayor
alty between Seth Low and himself will
not, on the whole, be calamitous to any
real interest of the American metropolis
or its people. Nevertheless, he thought
It clear that the best Interest of the city
and of good government required Mr.
Low's defeat. The evils and wrongs of
administration have all been charged
upon the Democratic party, he said, not
withstanding It had, In large part, been
created by Republicans and a Repub
lican Legislature. The Democratic par
ty, speaking for the masses of the people,
has made it clear to its candidates beyond
peradventure that It proposes that the
administration of the city shall be effi
cient, honest and incorruptible, and that
if evils exist they shall be reformed." In
closing, he said:
"I am a Democrat, through and through,
and, therefore, I believe 4n personal lib
erty, not license for crime or vice."
For a Constitutional Convention.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Oct. 7. The peo
ple of Connecticut today voted for a
constitutional convention, the majority
being over 21,000. They also voted in fa
vor of two specific constitutional amend
ments, deciding to elect state officers by
a plurality vote Instead of a majority, and
in favor of an Increase in Senatorial rep
resentation. In the little town elections,
in 1S2 of the 1GS towns, the Republicans
carried 112 towns, the Democrats 43, seven
towns being missing.
Fisrh-t on Rev. John Keller.
SEW YORK, Oct. 7. Before the Rev.
John Keller resumed charge of Trinity
Episcopal Mission, in Arlington, N. J., the
Thomas G. Barker Defense Association
announced that if he did so before legal
action 'was taken to establish the truth
of Mrs. Barker's allegations the organiza
tion would request Bishop Starkey to sus
pend -him. John Sumner, president of the
organization, now announces that in a few
days it will forward a letter to the bishop.
Just what the contents of this letter will
be Mr. Sumner declines to say. Bishop
Starkey, who has just returned to East
Orange, N. J., from a vacation trip, de
clines to discuss the qupstlon whether Mr.
Keller will take any legal action against
Mrs. Barker. Archdeacon Alexander
Mann, of Orange, who has been interested
actively in the case, says:
"I think it would be a good deal better
to keep quiet, at least for the present,
Tvhen there is nothing to say. When there
is, it will be time enough to discuss it."
Hay Will Retnrn Next Week.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. The Secretary
of State is expected to return next week
from his much-Interrupted vacation, great
ly improved In health, and ready for the
Winter's work. He Is to receive the de
gree of doctor of laws at New Haven
on the occasion of the Yale bicentenary.
"When aeked if there was any truth In
the Vatement attributed to Secretary
Gage that Mr. Hay was soon to retire
from the Cabinet, he replied that he was
sure Mr. Gage had said nothing of the
sort.
OH Inspector of Chicago Resigns.
CHICAGO. Oct 7. Robert E. "Burke,
after furnishing a $25,000 bond to stand
trial for embezzlement today, resigned
the office of OH Inspector. Mayor Har
rison announced that the resignation
would be accepted. The Mayor ordered
Controller McGann to make a thorough
inspection jof the City Oil Inspector's of
fice and check up any deficits that might
appear in the four years and five months
of the Burke administration.
FLEET COULD GO OUT
(Continued from First Page.)
CaRtain Cook might have.given the order
to the man at the wheel.
Mr. Raynor Did Commodore Schley
give the order to port the helmt
"He did," was the reply.
"Was the helm already aport?"
"I guess so; Captain Cook says so."
Objection was made by Captain Xiemly
to the use of the word ''guess" by the
witness, hut Admiral Dewey said the form
of expression was immaterial, and asked
that counsel should notf interrupt.
Continuing his statement in response to
Mr. Raynor's question, the -witness said
that when his conversation with Com
modore Schley had occurred on the Brook
lyn, the Commodore 'was standing on the
platform around the" conning tower and
two or three feet from himself (the wit
ness), and that Captain Cook, a part or
the time, stood in tne door or tne conning
tower, four or- five- f eet distant. He said
-o" -
FIRST LIEUTENANT
pLiiB'-ylKWHi -"gTy-aC 'yWTvmTiriih.M! i inn. i) 1 i' li .n riM lt
PERCY WILLIS.
SALEM, Oct. 7. Percy Willis has been appointed First Lieutenant of Artil
lery In the regular Army. He be pan military duty la tho Orepon National
Guard, .and at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war was commissioned a
Major In the Second Oregon Beglment. He served with distinction, and was
mustered out at San Francisco. Under tho policy of the War Department, each
Governor wai permitted to recommend men for commissions In the volunteer
Service, and upon recommendation of Governor Geer Willis was commissioned a
Captain In the Forty-fifth Regiment, Volunteer Infantry. He served In this po
sition until tho regiment was mustered out last Summer. He was then notified
that be would be tendered a Lieutenancy if he should successfully pass the re
quired examination. He stood the examination berore the military board at San
Francisco last August, and his success Is evidenced by his appointment to a
First Lieutenancy, the highest position open to him under the provisions of the
Army reorganization till!. He applied for appointment In the artillery arm of
the service. His commission and assignment to duty will be received In tho
regular course of War Department business. The members of the Second Oregon
Regiment speak highly of Major WHns' service in the Philippines. For deeds of
heroism at San Isidro he was recommended for a brevet. y
-0 --' -: - ------4--------------o
that Captain Cook had taken part In the
conversation.
Mr. Raynor then questioned the witness
very closely in regard to the. language
in which this colloquy was reported by
the newspapers and the language used by
Mr. Hodgson in his correspondence with
Schley. He said the newspaper versions
of Commander Hodgson's statement of the
colloquy was as follows:
Schley Hard aport.
Hodgson You mean starboard.
Schley No, I don't. We are near
enough to them (the Spaniards) already.
Hodgson But we will cut down the Tex
as. .
Schley Damn the Texas; let her look
out for herself,
Mr. Raynor then had the witness scruti
nize the letter which he had written to
Admiral Schley October 8, and drew from
him the statement that he had not in
formed the Admiral that he had not used
the expression "Damn the Texas."
Then the witness was asked if he
thought there was any suggestion of such
an expression. He replied:
"When I suggested to Commodore
Schley that there was danger of colliding
with the Texas, he said: 'Damn the Tex
as.' He used the expression as not In any
way condemning the Texas for being
there, but as if he were irritated, as one
might be at anything."
Mr. Raynor then asked about the ex
pression attributed, to the witness: "She
will cut down the' Texas." Commapaer
Hodgson replied that there was no such
expression in the letter, and said he had
never said the Brooklyn would cut down
the Texas.
"There Is a good deal in that reported
collpquy that I did not say," he added,
"but the Commodore did say 'Damn the
Texas.' "
Continuing, he said the dialogue as re
ported was fictitious, and that he had de
nied Its verbal accuracy, while not de
nying the truth of a part of lt. He said
he had told Admiral Schley that he need
not repudiate the entire statement; that
he had not understood him to request
that he should do more than deny Its
verbal accuracy. He already, before writ
ing his explicit denial, told the Admiral
that he could not deny the whole story.
He had given the newspaper reporter au
thority originally to quote him as au
thority for the gist of the statement.
At thlls point Mr. Raynor introduced as
evidence the official report made' by Cap
tain Chadwlck of his examination of the
witness with regard to the colloquy for
the purpose, as he said, of showing dis
crepancies between the statement made
In that examination and the statement
now. The introduction of this report
caused Captain Lemly to offer .a state
ment made by Lieutenant-Commander
Hellner on the same subject, but Mr.
Raynor "objected to this statement as
not pertinent, and the court, after con
sultation, sustained the objection. Other
statements were put In as evidence with
out objection, and Captain Lemly offered
a letter from Captain Chadwlck to the
Secretary of the Navy in regard to an
explanation contained in a letter from
Commander Hodgson, which had just
been read and offered as evidence. Mr.
Raynor called attention to the fact that
this letter contained an expression of
opinion, thereupon Admiral Dewey said:
"We don't want it. We have not taken
opinions here."
Captain Lemly said he had only offered
these documents for the purpose of mak
ing the record complete. The court at
this point adjourned for luncheon.
The Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session of tlje ..court be
gan with a question put to Lieutenant
Commander Hodgson by Mr. Hanna. He
asked why he had written his categorical
denial of the newspaper report of the
colloquy between himself and Commodore
Schley. The question was ohjected to, and
Admiral Dewey said: ,
"We have the facts. The letters were
written. That Is all the court wants. We
want facts facts. People are informed by
different kinds of things. We want the
facts. Draw out the facts."
Mr. Hanha then chaneed his question.
Iand the witness said he had written his
explicit denial In a. response to a request
from Admiral Schley.
"He wanted me to write a denial of
the controversy," he continued. "I had
previously written that I could not deny
the statement. A letter followed asking
for a denial of the colloquy. I gave him
this, at the same time explaining that I
had admitted the gist of 'the report."
""Have you anywhere denied the sub
stantial accuracy of the facts as set
forth In the report of that colloquy?"
"On the contrary, I have admitted it."
Changing thp line of - examination, Mr.
Hanha then asked:
"When the Brooklyn, turned Tvith port
helm, did she blanket the fire of the Tex
as? Did she go between the Texas and
the enemy?"
"I didn't think she did. I thought, how
ever she was going to do it."
"Had she turned the other way was
there space enough for her to have made I
such turn without endangering tne Tex
as?" "Perfectly, perfectly clear enough
space."
"How much would she have gained to
tho northward and "westward had she
turned with starboard helm?"
- --------
OF ARTILLERY.
"She would have, gained .a position of
about 600 or 700 yards nearer the Spanish
line."
"Would that distance have been reduced
by reversing the port engine?"
"If you turned the port engine, the tac
tical diameter would have been short
ened, but the speed of turning would have
been reduced." '
"I understand you to say you suggested
the reversal of the starboard engine at
the time this turn was made, but that
was rejected by Commodore Schley al
ter consideration and discussion. Are
you sure the starboard engine was not
reversed?"
"I am very clear on that fact."
A number of questions were then asked
by the couit as follows:
"What was the distance of the Brook
lyn from the nearest Spanish vessel when
Commodore Schley said to Captain Cook:
'Look out, Cook, they're going to ram
you'?"
' "I should say the distance was about
2000 or 2200 yards."
"Did you observe the whole movement
of the Brooklyn from the time Commo
dore Schley gave the order, 'Hard aport.
Cook.' until the Brooklyn was steadied
on her course tq the westward parallel to
tho Vlzcaya?"
"I did."
"Did you hear any order given while
the Brooklyn was making the turn to
ease or steady the helm?"
"Not until It was eased to parallel the
course of the leading Spanish vessel."
"In making the turn did the Brooklyn
turn rapidly and continually, or did she
have her head longer on some heading
than on others?"
"She turned rapidly and continually."
"Did any of the Spanish ships attempt
to ram the Brooklyn In the early part of
the battle on July 3?"
"The Maria Theresa evidently made a
rank sheer to port toward the Brooklyn
With the evident Intention of getting into
close quarters for ramming."
"What orders were signalled by the
I Brooklyn to the fleet on July 3, 1S0S?"
"I can ony say from recollection that
my orders were, 'Clear ship for action and
close up. or close in.' "
"Did you know of any plan of battle
having been promulgated by Commodbre
Schley In case of falling In with the
Spanish squadron?'1 v
"I did not."
Captain Folger Called.
Commander Hodgson was then excused,
and'Captaln"W. M. Folger, who command
ed the cruiser New Orleans during the
Spanish War, was called. He detailed
his part In the campaign, beginning with
the New Orleans' arrival at Santiago, as
the convoy of the collier Sterling. He
also related that on May 31 the New Or
leans had participated In the bombard
ment of the Colon, then lying In Santi
ago harbor.
"What damage was done to the enemy
on that occasion?" asked Captain Lem
ly. "I don't think there was any," replied
the witness. The court asked Captain
Folger whether Commodore Schley's
blockade of the harbor of Santiago had
been sufficiently effective to prevent the
escape of the Spanish fleet. His reply
was:
"Had the weather been perfectly clear,
yea; if rainy or misty, no,"
He "said in reply to another question
that the weather was generally rainy.
"What was developed as to the shore
batteries?"
"That they had not strength enough to
do any material damage."
Captain Lemly asked in regard to the
developments concerning the bombard
ment of June 14, but Mr. Raynor object
ed. The court ruled that the question
was aamlsslble, a similar question by
Admiral Schley's counsel having been ad
mitted on a former occasion. "We can
not blow hot one time and blow cold the
next." said Admiral Dewey, on admit
ting the question.
Replying to the last question, Captain
Folger said the reconnclssance had failed
to develop that the batteries had any ma
terial strength, as a single vessel had
silenced them.
Recurring to the bombardment of May
31, Captain Folger expressed the opinion
that the shots which had fallen near the
fleet on that date were Eom Spanish ships
in the harbor, fired over tho hill, and; not
from' the shore "batteries. For this rea
son, he had'directed all the New Orleans'
Are on that occasion at thB Colon,- in
"stead of the land batteries. .. '
Describing the blockade of Santiago
harbor maintained by Commodore Schley,
the witness said the distance during the
day was from five to eight miles, and at
night the vessels steamed In column back
and forth across the harbor somewhat
nearer In. He added that even though the
log of the New Orleans had placed the
vessels nearer the shore, he T7ould not
chanare his nosltlon. "He did not helleve
I the vessels were more than four miles
-from the Morro on May 31.
Strength, of the Batteries.
Mr. Raynor asked: "What do you know
J about the strength of the batteries, the
numoer or tne Dattenes, or tne sirens
of the guns before the reconnolssance .on
May- 31? What actual knowledge did you
have." "
Witness replied: "I had no knowledge
whatever before the reconnolssance."
"Then on May 31, when this reconnols
sance or bombardment took place, so far
as you (were concerned, you were abso
lutely In. Ignorance of the number pf
batteries or the strength of the.guns?T
"Prior to the Are by the batteries 1
had no knowledge."
"What knowledge did you acquire as
the result of that reconnolssance or bom
bardment?" "By the number of shots that were
fired; by the character of the discharge,
the smoke, etc., as indicating the cali
ber of the guns; by the fall of the pro
jectiles, the amount of water they would
throw up and the evident direction of
the fall, as Indicating whether the pro
jectiles were moving with great velocity
or slow. In that way I judged alone."
"Those things were developed as tho
result of the reconno!s"sance, were they
not?"
"I consider the reconnolssance In that
particular to have been, successful."
"The reconnolssance was successful for
the purpose of developing the number
and strength of the batteries?"
"Eminently so."
When the Judge-Advocate again took
the witness, he asked:
"Referring to your answer that the,
firing of the 31st was eminently success
ful In developing the strength of the San
tiago batteries, what, as a matter of
fact, -was developed as to the strength
of such batteries; were they as strong
or otherwise?"
Guns of the Colon.
"They were weak."
"Can you state whether the engagement
of May 31 developed the fact "that the
Colon had anything larger than six-Inch
guns on board at that time?"
"It did not occur to us that she fired
heavy guns. The caliber I cannot specify.
It did not appear she fired the U-inch
guns for which we knew she had been
designed."
The court asked questions of Cap
tain Foleer. as follows:
"For what length of time was the New
Orleans able to Are at the Colon and the
batteries on May 31, on each run?"
"I think it was between Ave and 10
minutes."
"Did you have any conversation with
Commodore Schley as to his purpose In
attacking the Colon, May 31?"
"I did not. The Information I received
was by signal only."
, "By what method did you obtain the
range for your guns on May 31, while
firing at the Colon?"
"We obtained the necessity for a change
of range by the fall of projectiles."
"Were you furnished any plan of battle
hy Commodore Schley to be followed In
case the Spanish squadron should come
out?"
"No, sir." i
Admiral Dewey You referred to a signal
from the flagship. The court would like
to know what that signal was.
"The signal was, 'New Orleans, clear
ship for action,' and I think It was fol
lowed by the signal, "The New Orleans,
Iowa, Massaphusetts, will engage the
forts,' indicating that there was to be a
reconnolssance or bombardment. I do not
remember any conversation with the
Cqmmodore that forenoon on tte sub
ject." Admiral Dewey The court would like to
know from the signal-book exactly what
signals were made by the Massachusetts.
The witness (reading) "At 12:48, In obe
dience to flagship Massachusetts, signaled
to the New Orleans and Iowa to clear
ship for action; sounded the general quar
ters and cleared ship for action. At 1
started ahead both engines, Massachu
setts leading." There were no other sig
nals In that watch. That Is all that ap
pears to be In the log. I do not remem
ber discussing the subject with the Com
modore. By the Court Where the blockading ves
sels near enpugh to the entrance of the
harbor at night to prevent the escape of
the enemy, had such an attempt been
made?
"Had the weather been persistently
clear, yes; If the weather had been thick,
rainy or foggy, no."
Captain Parker Were not the Vixen
and Marblehead Inside the line?
"They wqre."
"Was the weather good or bad during
these nights?"
"The weathej was generally bad; rainy."
Lieutenant C. W. Dyson was recalled.
He testified concerning the coal supply
of the scout boats on May 26, the day the
retrograde movement toward Key West
was begun. He said In reply to questions
that no battle-ship could travel for more
than eight or 12 hours on forced draught,
and that on the day of the battle off San
tiago the flagship New York had all her
boilers on and was making 17 knots, but
that neither the Brooklyn nor the Oregon
mado full speed on that occasion, their
maximum for tl:.i day being 14 or 15 knots.
At 3:55 o'clock the court adjourned until
tomorrow.
BURGOMASTER TURNED DOWN
Knuffrann's Xame Will Not Go to the
Emperor for His Snnctlon.
BERLIN, Oct. 7. The Chief Burgomas
ter, Herr Klrschner, has sent a letter to
the Common Council, decljnlng to submit
for the Emperor's sanction the name of
Herr Kauffmann, recently re-elected Sec
ond Burgomaster of Berlin. Herr Kauff
man, a few months ago, was elected Sec
ond Burgomaster of Berlin by a majority
of the Common Council,, consisting of
Radicals and Socialists. Emperor Will
iam declined to confirm hlfi election, which
Is the privilege of the crown, which also
has the right, If the vacancy is not Ailed
vlthln a certain time, to appoint a gov
ernment ofllctal to act as Second Burgo
master until another election takes place.
FINANCES OF FRANCE.
Decrease ia te Revenues Outlook
Is Fnr From Bright.
.PARIS, Oct. 7. Official returns for Sep
tember show that the decrease In the rev
enue a 22.03G.700 francs. Compared with
the total deflclt for the Arst nine months
of 1901, it will amount tb 137,000,000 francs
compared with 88,000,000 francs during the
same period of 1900. Under the estimates
sugar Is responsible for a deflclt of 40,
000,000 francs.
The Temps today takes a gloomy view
of the prospects. It says lt la impossible
to face such a situation without serious
anxiety with no particular circumstances
or unusual expenditure to justify it, add
ing: .
"If we are thus ruined in peace time
what would happen if we had war?"
The Temps demands rigid economy in
the budget of 1902.
English Channel Very Rough.
NEW YORK, Oct.7. The London rep
resentative of the Herald cables the fol
lowing details concerning the European
storm:
"The Calais boat had a fearful experi
ence crossing to Calais, being caught In
a cyclone, a most unusual experience In
the Channel. The sea was In a boll and
the waves rose to an Immense height.
USE SOME-COMMON
SENSE
r
I.uUC''.
That Is
to Effect
fto NOT B
They Are Dropping by the Way While the
Great Work- of Paine's Celery Com
pound Goes Steadily On.
If ever a person needs, to exercise the
God-given quality,, of common sense lt is
when he begins to be sick.
One can afford to be stupid or freakish,
or careless and frivolous when well.
There Is no man so poor, It he has his
health, and his nerves are In good order,
hln miicrlpc smmr! nnr? V1 stnmich nor
mal, who cannot correct his mistakes. I
1 But the moment one falls sick when
as sure as fate, disease with Its mild be
ginnings,, if not promptly checked, Is
bound to develop Into serious illness
there is no longer time to experiment or
blunder.
The experience of the world has shown
that In every case of sickness resulting
from Impaired nerves and impure blood.
Paine's celery compound does immediate
and effective good! For tho la3t ten yeara
the thousands of authentic reports of in
dividual cases have multiplied, until it
can be absolutely said that in no one
case does this great remedy ever fall to
benefit, and If taken promptly,' to cure!
And yet during that time a hundred
worthless nostrums under patented
catchy names have been foisted upon the
public, and some of them for a brief
period have had large sales. But every
one of them having been tried has been
found sadly wanting, and after their un
scrupulous proprietors have made all the
money they could in defrauding the well
and ser!ou3ly harming the sick, these
quack medicines and their catchy, silly
names have disappeared from view. There
Is a concoction being sold In this state
today, where its speculative advertising
was begun a year later than In other
states, a year or two ago, which has gone
the way of Its predecessors so rapidly
that In every section of the country where
lt was Arst" exploited, the sales have
dropped off as rapidly as they begun,
and the obscurfc company behind It Ands
it no longer possible, even by the most
sensational methods, to create any de
mand whatever for It.
"Unlike all these and other such prep-
L aratlons, Pa.lne'8 celery compound v has
stood the test or. time ana experience, it
Is not a patent medicine';' it is the dis
covery of one of the greatest physicians
the world has had, probably the most
successful practitioner In this country,
whose reputation was already established
as a specialist in nervous diseases, and
who was and Is the foremost authority
in the world on the diseases of the blood
and nerves, Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M.
D., LL. D. As distinguished In his way
.as his kinsman, that other great Ver
monter of the family of Phelps, who as
our recent minister to the Court of St.
James so ably earned the title of diplo
mat and statesman.
In the last ten years, the proprietors
of Paine's celery compound havebeen
The boat had to be stopped for 10 minutes
till the qyclone swept past. Nobody was
able to Etand on deck. The ship behaved
splendidly and little damage was done,
but most of the passengers were terrified.
Later a waterspout was reported oft Do
ver, traveling to France."
Eighty People Killed in Church Rotv
LONDON, Oct. S. In Pavlouka, a town
of 4000 Inhabitants, 120 miles from Khar
koff, says a dispatch to the Standard
from MoscoWf a quarrel between Stun
dists and Orthodox church people led to
a free flght. The Russian Church was
wrecked. Eighty people were killed. The
police 'were powerless, and troops were
sent from Kharkoff to restore order. The
Russian priests escaped with the more
valuable sacred Images and altar vest
ments. AmeriqunB After RuMinn Railway.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 7. William E.
Heldeker, representing James A Murray,
of Plttspurg, has presented to the Munic
ipal council a memorial offering to' take
over the entire surface traction of this
city and form a company under Russian
laws with a capital of 100,000,000 rubles.
The lines will be largely extended and
electrified. The prospects of a favorable
answer are excellent.
German 'Exports to United States.
BERLIN, Oct. 7. The final figures a3
to exports from all Germany to the United
States during the trade quarter of the
year, show a total of $24,422,757, or an In
crease of ?S8,St2.
Famous Scout at the Point of Death.
DENVER, Oct. 7. "Tom" Horn, famous
throughout the West as a detective and
Nothing
Tastes Good
And eating is simply perfunc
tory done because it must be.
This is the common complaint of
the dyspeptic.
If eating sparingly would cure
dyspepsia, few would suffer from
it long.
The only way to cure dyspepsia,
which is difficult digestion, is to
give vigor and tone to the stomach
and the whole digestive system.
Hood's Saraaparilla cured the niece of
Prank Pay, 100 N. St.. South Boston, Mass.,
who writes that she had been a great sufferer
from dyspepsia for six years: had hoen with
out appetite and had been troubled with sour
stomach and headache. , She had tried many
other medicines in vain. Two bottles of
Hood's Sarsaparilla mode her well.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Promises to cure and keeps the
promise. Don't wait till you are
worse, but buy a bottle today.
SICKNESS.
.rantee
a Cure!
sending this greatest of all prepared
remedies to the four quarters of the earth.
In larger'and larger shipments, relieving
and curing the sick, restoring the weak
and depressed to health tt:u: strength
making It possible for many mid man
a person to live, who could find no relief
In well-intended prescriptions or anti
quated and worthless sarsapnrillas and
nervines.
In these years that have seen so many
quacks come and go, one so-called medi
cine was put up by no more cxperlencel
a hand than a pushing Philadelphia real
estate dealer; another has been and Is
now run In part by a group of sharp
newspaper men; another which originated
as a pleasant thing for colds, ha3 addd
not to its virtues, but to Its sclKmea
of advertising, until lt has become In th&
minds of Its projectors a cure for all tho
ailments under the sun and such In
stances might be multiplied. Don't touch
them I
All these have had, or are having their
day, while the demand for America's
greatest family remedy a real remedy
for real ills an effective tonic and hon
est lnvigorator, has not suffered from the
attempted substitution of other prepara
tions. Paine's celery compound Is a med
icine that cures the sick, and no high
class druggist ever attempts to induce a
I customer o take anything In Its stead.
steadily gaining In fame these years be
cause those who have tried It have grate
fully sung Its praises, and In every com
munity In the country have by word of
mouth spread its fame.
According to the well-known ethics of
reputable physicians, this prescription was
at the very outset freely presented to
physicians in good standing, and the
formula Is gladly given them today.
For that reason Paine's celery com
pound has never been Included among the
patent medicines. Coming from so high
a source, and so scnrchlngly tried and
recommended, physlclms have long en
ployed lt as unhestitatlngly as they havo
used their official preparations.
It drives the- poison; germs of dcep
soated disease from the blood
It brings buoyancy of spirit In place
of lassitude and despondency.
It allows the overtaxed system to start
fairly on the road to health.
It procures the sleep so necessary to
brain and nerve centers.
It strengthens.
Invigorates.
Gives new tone to the system.
Makes the blood healthy.
Is food for the nerves.
It makes people well!
Thousands have been benefited, thou
sands have been cured by Paine's cel
ery compound, when everything else has
failed.
Government scout. Is at St. Luke's Hos
pital, and Is reported to be at the point
of death, as the result of an assault dur
ing a row In a saloon. In which two or
three well-known local prizefighters were
involved. No arrests have as yet been
made.
Huxlmncl of Hetty Green Very Low.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 7. Edward H.
Green, husband of Hetty Green, who Is
111 with a severe attack of Inflammation
of the kidneys at his home at Bellows
Falls, cannot recover. His physicians say
he may linger several days. Mrs. Green,
her son and daughter have been In con
stant attendance. The son goes to his
home In Texas on account of pressing
business, but will return soon.
Emperor WlllIam'M Luclc an a Hunter
BERLIN, Oct. 7. Emperor William left
Romlnton, having killed 21 stags during
the fortnight he spent there. He went
to Hubertusstock. the Imperial hunting
lodge near Ebcrswalde, where he will con
tinue deer-stalking for several days.
SICK HEABACH
Positively cured by these
Little Pills.
They also relieve Distress from. Dyspep
sia. Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating.
A perfect remedy for Dizziness. Nausea.
Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth,
Coated Tongue, Pain In the Side, TOR
PID LiTVER. Thy Regulate the Bow
els. Purely Vegetable.
Small Pi!!. Small Dose.
Small Price
t FOOLED BY QUACKS!
5 notices; 1
I Observe this blue signature j
j on every jar of
COKIPAHY'S EXTRACT of Bee?
j For KITCHEN For Sick Room J
jPuiu'MRlS HBnf rrV w tew i wArftHlt
wtfiriati Jftttil C? IwrK fl It