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Sears, who was Admiral Schley's Flag Lieutenant during the Spanish War. He gave a de tailed account of the entire Cuban en gagement, including the brief siege off Cienfuegos, the retrograde movement of the flying squadron in search of coal, the blockade of Santiago, the reconnolssance 'of the Santiago shore batteries, the bom bardment of the Cristobal Colon May i, and the battle of Santiago, July 3, when Cervera's fleet was destroyed. He placed the distance out of the blockading line at Cienfuegos at from-one to four miles, and at Santiago at from three to six miles. He expressed the opinion that in the bat tle of July 3 it had been the Viscaya's intention to ram the Brooklyn. Sir. Haynor sought to secure the intro duction of a brief report of the battle of July 3. which Commodore Schley prepared for transmission to the Secretary of the Navy, but which had never reached that official. The dispatch was ruled out on the ground that as it was not received it was not an official communication. It was not read in the courtroom, but the follow ing is a copy of it: "The Secretary of the Navy, Washing ton: Spanish squadron came out of San tiago harbor this morning, July 3, at 9:30, and were all captured or destroyed In a running fight to the westward of about three and one-half hours. Very few casualties in our fleet. Allls, chief yeo man, killed, and one man wounded on the Brooklyn. Reports from other ships not yet in. The Commander-in-Chief now superintending transfer of prisoners from the Cristobal Colon, which surrendered to the Brooklyn and Oregon at 1:15 P. M. About 1000 prisoners in all, including Span ish Admiral. Victory complete; details later. SCHLEY." Captain Cook was recalled during the day, and in response to a question by Captain Lemly, made an additional state ment concerning the retrograde move ment of May 26 to May 28. He also said in answer to a question by the court that Commodore Schley, during the battle 'Of July. 3. was "cool, brave and enthusiastic. I cannot imagine any conduct in battle more admirable." ( '' Admiral Schley thinks it probable that the presentation of the testimony in his behalf can be completed this week and TiBVt-.TTo -will Ya tKtt'lnaf nf fho -luitripRrirxi 'to be-htsard,-'andwlll make-a reJtSwiot.itie . enure campaign, coverings tne poinvo in controversy. The Proceedings. , Eduardo Nunez, the Cuban pilot, , was among those who were called to correct former testimony. He added to his state ment of yesterday that he had seen the Brooklyn firing -May 31, the, day of the bombardment of the Colon, whereas the records show that that vessel was at that time coaling and did not participate In the engagement. He also made a correction in his former statement concerning his conversation with Commodore Schley on first meeting him. His corrected state ment of that incident was presented by his interpreter in written form and reads as follows: "During the conversation I had with Commodore Schley I said, not that the water was not deep enough, but that in accordance with the Information I had in Kingston, Jamaica, In regard to the di mensions of the Spanish ships, they were of such a large size that they could not get in the harbor in consideration -of the narrowness of. the channel and the quick turn they had to make at the diamond shoal in front of the entrance, and 1 still believe that vessels of such size cannot enter Santiago, except under the most favorable conditions of weather. I also was asked by Admiral Schley if I thougnt his flagship could enter the harbor, and I answered him that I did not consider It advisable, for the reason before men tioned and because there were not buoys to mark the channel, for the Spaniards had picked them up to prevent the Amer icans from coming in the harbor, and besides they, had , many torpedo lines across the entrance!" Lieutenant-Commander Sears followed Nunez. Mr. Raynor questioned .him, say ing at the beginning of the examination that he 'would ask him concerning the points of the precept, and requesting that replies should be as concise as possible. Mr. Sears said that when the flying squad ron arrived oft Cienfuegos he knew noth ing of a code -of signals for communicat ing with the Cuban insurgents. Ques tioned concerning the McCalla memoranda, he said that it had been brought to Com modore Schley by the Hawk, and by no other vessel to his knowledge. Commander Sears gave "a detailed ac count of the encounter w.ith the British steamship Adula, the examination on that point being as follows: 'Now, coming to Cienfuegos, give us the principal incidents that took place while the fleet lay off Cienfuegos, and especially an incident with which you are familiar, the coming in of the Adula." "The Adula arrived off the port there and was boarded at first under orders from Commodore Schley by the Castlne, and after Captain Berry, of the, Castlne, had made his report to the Commodore, the Commodore sent one of the officers ot the Brooklyn aboard her. After he had returned and made his report the Commo dore directed me to go aboard the Adula and see if I could contrive some manner of Inducing the captain "of the Adula, an Englishman, to put himself out a little and tell us something about what was going on Inside of Cienfuegos. The cap tain said, of course, he would be very glad to do it, as he was coming under some authority from our fleet in Jamaica. He suggested that when he came out on the next day we should bring him to with a shot that anybody observing it from shore would see that he was acting undr force, and that anybody who could speak Spanish could find out all they pleased from the refugees she had on board." "With what understanding did they go Into port?" "That he was to come out the next day, and Jt, would be possible for us to get that information; in fact, that it would be very easy to do so." i "Did he come out the nextday?" "He did not" The witness also stated that Commo. dore Schley had" told hlm-.that ' Captain McCalla had brought a code of .-signals for communication with ""the insurgents on shore near Cienfuegos. Describing the blockade oft Cienfuegos, Commander Sears stated that It had been maintained from one to four miles out, and that the Dupont was stationed In side with Instructions to keep close into the mouth of the harbor and maintain careful watch, reporting any suspicious Incidents. The witness In giving the de tails of the cruise from Cienfuegos to Santiago, said the weafher was boister ous, with a heavy sea, and that coaling at sea would not have been safe before May 27, when it was undertaken. He also said that on this voyage the squadron had been delayed by the small boats, and that the ships had also been slowed up on one occasion when a merchant vessel was sighted; also that the collier had to stop several times to make repairs to her machinery. . With reference to the blockade at .San tiago the witness said that It had been maintained at varying distances of from three to six miles. In thick weather and at night the distance was less than In fair weather and In the day time. The witness said the reconnolssance of May 31, when the Colon was fired upon, devel oped the strength of the land batteries, and they had proved to be stronger than he had supposed. Commodore Schley had, he- said, told him that his purpose was to ascertain what the batteries were. He said he had been with Lieutenant Potts, on the Massachusetts, on that day, and had not heard any conversation between that officer and Commodore Schley. The witness described the engagement H M M H --- PROMINENT MEN James R. Branch, Secretary. -$ -------$ 9 of July 3. After stating the preliminary incidents, he said: . "I was In my room when I heard the cry of the executive officer, 'Clear ship for action.' . I knew what that meant, and ran to the quarter-deck. I looked to see, if the prescribed signal, 'Enemy is escaping,-' was up, and saw that It was, I met the Commodore on the quar- Jer-deck. . irom. my position J. -had a soodj'vlew-of.. the-entcan.ee. Our Tsmp -was "heading at tliat'4lme, I should1 say, tothe westward of north, not on her reg ular heading, which was about northeast by north. The engines had been, started by the time I got on deck, and she was gaining way and was" swinging toward the enemy. The first vessel, which proved to be the flagship Maria Teresa, came out. She was directly on our bearing from the entrance to the port. "As the shlp'swung toward the Teresa, she swung slowly around. To me the Teresa appeared not to hold exactly a steady course, and the helm of our ship was eased one way or the other to keep our ram pointing toward the Teresa. The Teresa shortly turned squarely toward the westward, and as she did so I got a -view of the next ship following. ,It was my observation that " the Brooklyn was then held up to meet the second ship approaching. Of course we ported helm. "The second ship passed in the wake of the first one, and I said to the Commo dore that It looked as If the second one was going to, try and ram us. He, I think, assented. At any rate the Brook lyn was held toward her, and she ap peared to me to be -uncertain In her course. The Brooklyn was handled by the Captain and Quartermaster. She turned after she had passed to the south ward of the Teresa's wake and followed her, and then it was generally remarked on the tower bridge that they were all going to "try and escape -to the west ward." i Turning the Brooklyn. Just about the time the Viscaya turned, Toeman Ellis, who was a trained observer with the stadimeter, came to me on the platform and said that his stadimeter showed 900 yards to the Viscaya. I im mediately took a special look at the Vis caya with that in mind and my judgment confirmed the stadimeter. I said to the commodore: 'I think we are about our tactical diameter from tha ship now,' and lie said , 'I thing so too,' or 'we are.' Then the order was 'hard aport.' I am not positive who gave that order. I think the Commodore sald-'hard .aport' and Cap tain Cook said 'It Js hard aport. The hem was kept hard aport, and the ship swung rapidly in her turning circle. When the order was given 'hard aport,' I looked at the next vessel In our fleet the Texas and In my judgment we were complete ly clear of her and as we turned we passed well clear of her. After the turn was completed, we found ourselves abreast or perhaps a little abaft the beam of the leading Spanish ship, with a slowly converging course toward the leading ship. It is myrimpress!on we held a very straight course. The , navigator was try ing to maintain this course to keep our guns to bear to the best range. The Ore gon was astern of us and the Texas astern of her. The 'Viscaya began to blaze away and' she turned in toward shore. The Commodore spoke of the ad visability of signaling the Oregon or Texas to stay by the Viscaya when she turned In and insure her surrender, but after a moment's thought he said, 'Philip will know enough to look out for that,' and then we proceeded. We were increas ing our speed as rapidly as the fires could be forced, and after the Viscaya had gone in, we continued the chase after the Co lon. After we began to gain upon the Colon the Commodore directed the Oregon to try her guns at her. Then the Oregon and the Brooklyn fired deliberately at the Colon. After our fire, she began to waver in toward the shore. Her course was unsettled and the Commodore said he thought she had enough of it and was looking for a soft spot to He upon, which proved to be the case. "When Mr. Sears had concluded his de scription of the 'battle, Mr. Raynor asked him If Commodore Schley had given him a dispatch to be sent to the Navy Depart ment making a, report of the battle. The witness replied in the affirmative. Admir al Dewey then asked If this dispatch had been sent and was Informed by Mr. Ray nor that It had not been forwarded to the (Concluded on Second Page.) ANKERS IN SESSION Arfnual Convention of the American Association. PROCEEDINGS OF FIRST DAY Addresses of Welcome and Reports of the Several Officers Confi dence Expressed in Presi dent Roosevelt. MILWAUKEE, Oct. 15. The 27th annual convention of the Bankers' Association began a three days' session here today. Bankers from nearly every state are present. The members of the association represent a combined capital of over ?8,C00.000.0O0. The convention was called to order by the president. Alvah Trowbridge, of iiew York City. Alexander J. Burrowes.presl- $. OF THE AMERICAN BANKERS' ASSOCIATION. Alvuh Trowbridge, President. dent of Marquette College, delivered the Invocation. Addresses of welcome were made by Mayor David S. Rose, on behalf of the city, and J. W. P. Lombard, presi dent of the Milwaukee Bankers' Club, on behalf of the local bankers. The reply to addresses of welcome and the annual" address ot President Trowbridge followed. President Trowbridge eulogized the -late President McKlnlev. and expressed the confidence eff sJhi'rfsspcla,tes In ?BreaTdefc r Kooseveu;- .. ,. "-i . James R Branch, secretary of the as sociation, then presented his annual re port, showing the membership and the resources of the association to have in creased as follows: September 1, 1900, paid membership, 43U1; annual dues, $59,700. October 10, 1901, paid membership, 5504; annual dues, ?60,850. The roll now embraces 5504 members, whose capital, surplus and undivided profits ag gregate 51,718,727,441; combined deposits, ?6,288,955,209; total, $8,007,682,641. Treasurer George M. Reynolds reported receipts of $67,791 and expenditures of $66, 938, the balance, on hand August 31, 1901, being $63,'0S4. The disbursements on pro tecting account were $29,956. Caldwell Hardy then read the report of the executive council. It stated tthat the membership, had grown from ..about 1500 in 1895 to 4500 in 1900, an increase of 200 per cent in five years. The report allud ed to the work of the protective commit tee as one of the most important features of the association, and the committee Is credited with( accomplishing decided re sults In the line of the "ceaseless warfare which 'we- have declared and carried on against professional criminals, and lrf se curing immunity ,for our members from these deft and light-fingered gentry." On the subject of uniform laws, the report stated that the negotiable-Instrument law has been enacted in 17 states. The coun cil promises renewed efforts of the coming session of Congress toward securing re peal of the tax on capital and surplus of banks. The report declared that "the question of a suitable currency system, adapted tQ our needs and our banking sys tem, Is one of the living Issues of the day, and will so continue until it has been intelligently solved." Report on Uniform Laws. Frank W. Tracy, chairman of the com mittee on uniform laws, submitted Its report. It sets forth that the negotiable instrument law had been considered in many Legislatures last Winter, but was successful in only one state Pennsyl vania. The lawyers from the smaller towns are opposing It, as one of them said, "because it would probably take away my bread and butter." The law has been adopted in 17 states, and the committee recommended that the work of educating the people be continued. A. P. Hepburn presented the report of, the committee on internal revenue taxa tion, "appointed for the purpose of "having" a reduction made In internal revenue laws. The statements set forth that the resulting-legislation is not all that the com mittee desired, but the association may well congratulate itself on the results ac complished. . Colonel Robert J. Lowry reported for the committee on bureau of education, the substance of which was an indorse ment of the correspondence school of tne American Institute of Banking Clerics. A..C. Anderson, chairman of the com mittee on fidelity insurance, submitted the report of that committee. It was stated that a standard form of bond has been provided, and nine insurance com panies are now prepared to furnish it. The report contained the following: ."Numerous and heavy as were the de falcations for the year 1900, yet for each bonded man that strayed from the path of rectitude, there were over 900 that re mained faithful. It is to be noted that the heavy defalcations last year were mostly by men not covered by surety bond. Without intimating that the com panies do not, as a rule, .pay their losses, we regret to report that, during the year 1900, 61 per cent of the losses reported to us were resisted, contested or otherwise unpaid by the companies who had accept ed the premiums and Issued therefor something that was called fidelity insur ance, the losses to our members from this source being in a single year several times the average loss .sustained by our mem- i bers from the depredations of burglars, 1 robbers and 'hold-ups' since 1S34. P. W. Hayes, the chairman, read the report of the committee on taxation of express companies. The committee stat ed that it was unable to report any suo stantial progress as the result of Its ef forts to "compel the express companies and their numerous agencies to pay a llcenss tax for the privilege ot conducting a banking and brokerage business." The principal object in the way had been the opinion of the Attorney-General, holding tnat tne express companies are not trans acting either a banking or a brokerage business within the meaning of the war revenue law. The committee recommend ed Nactlon with a view of arranging for a. suit to be brought, which may, If neces sary, be carried to the Supreme Court of the United States. At the conclusion of the reading of the reports, several resolutions were received and referred to the executive council, among which are the following: Asking Congress to re-establish the charters of 1700 National banks which will expire next year; asking Congress to leg islate for the return of checks on wmch revenue stamps have not been canceled; requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to change the contract now existing be tween Itself and express companies In such manner that the owners of unsigned certificates shall be indemnified in case such certificates are lost In transit; re questing Congress to repeal paragraph 1, section 2. ot the war-revenue act of 189S. thereby removing the special tax on cap- 0 Robert J. Lovrry, ex-President. ital and surplus of banks, also other forms of certificates. By unanimous consent, a resolution re lating to the punishment of anarchists, presented by James A. Willock, of Pitts burg, w'as adopted. The resolution re cites that there exists 'an imperative necessity for the enacting of laws by Congress to punish assassins and for the suppresslbn, of anarchy by providing "cap- ic&jpirrtishment for fBolse convicted of murder or attempted- murder of officers in liigh nubile position; adequate punlJhment by imprisonment of all parties counseling violence to those In authority; laws to prevent anarqhlsts from entering into this country; that, we urge upon Congress and the State Legislature action that shall keep our land free from the charge of fostering conspiracies against rulers of foreign lands." Secretary Branch, of the executive coun cil, was authorized to send a message of greeting to President Roosevelt. President Trowbridge appointed Messrs. Kauffman, Herrfck, Whiting, Rugsley and Mulvalne a committee to prepare a me morial on tire late President McKlnley. Adjourned until tomorrow. The committee on nominations held a meeting tonight and decided upon the fol lowing list of officers for the ensuing year: President, Myron T. Herrlck, Cleveland; vice-president, Caldwell Hardy, Norfolk, Va.; chairman of executive council, Frank G. BIgelow, Milwaukee; secretary, James R. Branch, New York City; treasurer, George M. Reynolds, Chicago; new mem. ;ber executive council, Ralpi Vanvechten, Iowa; J. J. Sullivan, Ohio; John L. Ham ilton, Illinois; James R. McAllister, Penn sylvania; ,Frank G. BIgelow, Wisconsin; E. E. Sweeney, Missouri; F. H. Fries, North Carolina; J. M. Donald, New York; P. C. Kauffman, Washington. SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS. Schley Court of Inquiry. Schley's report of the Santiago battle, which did not reach Secretary Long, was ruled out. Page 1. Lieutenant James H. Sears was the only new witness. Page 1. Captain Cook, of the Brooklyn, was recalled. Page 1. Foreign. Revolutionary outbreaks occurred at Sevillo and other Spanish cities. Page 2. De la Vaulx balloon trip was a failure. Page 2. Colombia Is willing to accept the mediation of the United States. Page 3. ' Domestic. The convention of the American Bankers As sociation opened at Milwaukee. Page 1. Ofllcials of the Harriman system held a con ference at-Salt Lake. Page 2. Mollneux has been granted another new trial. Page 3. Sport. Tacoma won the exhibition game from Port land, 2 to 0. Page 3. Peter Stirling won the Louisville prize at Lex ington. Page 3. ' The Cartef-Wolcott flght was a fiasco. Page 3. Pacific Coast. Episcopalian deputies voted down both mar riage canon and a substitute for it. Page 5. Colfax. Wash., wheat sales aggregated 350,000 bushels, at 40 cents. Page 4. Salem warehouseman charged with larceny by bailee. Page 4. Several Eastern capitalists send representatives to the Malheur County, Oregon, oil district. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Manipulation falls to hold up prices In New York stock market. Page 11. "Wheat markets were steady yesterday. Page 11. Long-range ship chartering. Page 10. Steamship Alberta diverted to San Francisco by strike trouble. Page 10. Low freights on the Atlantic. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. First steps toward extending Bull Run water Into Alblna. Page 12. New trial asked for Polygamlst Durphy be cause Jurors abused him In their delibera tions. Page 12. J. H. Aitken elected grand chancellor of the Knights ot Pythias. Page 8. Longshoremen demand union recognition from stevedores. Page 8. President "W. D. Fenton announced standing committees of East Side Improvement As sociation. Page 12., Charter Commission considered assessments for sewers. " Page 7, RUSSIA WILL ASSIST Its Offer to Help in Rescuing Miss Stone. WILL BRING PRESSURE TO BEAR Negotiations "With the Brlsnnds Xo Yet Opened Letters Received. From the Abducted Mission ary and Her Companion. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. la. The Rus sian Government has repeated Its ex pression of a desire to assist the United States Government by all prictical means In rescuing Miss Stone. The other powers are equally solicitous, but Russia is tho best able to bring tho necessary pressure to bear. Messrs. Baird and Haskell, the mission aries, have not yet succeeded In getting into touch with the brigands or opening negotiations. RANSOM MUST BE REFUNDED. Bulgaria Held Responsible for the - Retention of Miss Stone. LONDON, Oct. 15. "The United States Government will Insist thit Turkey im mediately make good any deficit in the subscriptions for the ransom of Miss Stone." says the Constantinople corres pondent of the Dally Telegrapht "and also refund the full amount subscribed." "Pastors Dlmltroft and Zirkoff, with three female mission workers," says a dispatch from Vienna to the Dally Ex press, "hive been killed by the band that kidnaped Miss Stone." The Daily News. In an editorial upon thecase of Miss Stone, while sympathiz ing with the efforts In her behalf, ex presses the opinion that the payment of such a large ransom Is a very question able proceeding. "Turkey could easily stamp out brigandage' says the Djily News, "but so long as benevolent for eigners will pay high ransoms, why should the Turks trouble?" It suggests that Miss Stone's letter Is "just such a document as a clever brigand chief would drop Into an American letter-box at the present moment," and concludes by remarking, "an army of brigands" en dowed by American subscriptions will not add to the tranquillity of Eastern Europe." "The belief is growing here,' says a dispatch to the Standard from Constan tinople, "that the Bulgarian and not the Turkish Government is responsible for the retention of Miss Stone, whose cap ture was committed with the connlvmce of Macedonian agitators, if not with that of the higher authorities. The attitude of the latter toward brigand bands Is most' suspicious and very different from what it was during the time of Stam bouloff." The Times has this from Its Vienna correspondent: "Tho Sofia correspondent of the Pester Lloyd says that'Todaroff, the driver who accompanied Miss Stone when she was kidnaped, has been arrested op suspicion of connivance. He is a Bulgarian, Prot estant from a Macedonian village, and his statements are regarded-as authentic. Todaroff asserts that Miss Stone, ac companied by Zerikoff and his wife and Dimltroff and three women teachers, all Bulgarians, was stopped by brigands Sep tember 6 towards 6 o'clock in the even ing in a narrow pass In the road leading from the village ot Bankso to Dlnmal In Turkey. The brigands took Miss Stone and Mme. Zerikoff away and left men to guard the others. This guard however, disappeared the following morning,. Ieav. ihg all the luggage and horses behind. Todaroff's attempt to represent the brig ands as Turks is considered suspicious. The fact that the brigands left the lug gage untouched Is held to confirm the belief that their sole object was .to fill the empty pockets of Macedonian adventur ers. Todaroff declares that the closing of the frontier In those districts is quite Il lusory, as he crossed without a passport and declares that he did not meet any frontier guards." LETTER FR03I MISS STONE. Urges That No Time Be Lost in Pay ing the Ransom. NEW YORK, Oct. 15. According to a dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Sofia, further word has come from Miss Stone, In the following letter, writ ten to Wf W. Piet, president ot the Turk ish Mission in Constantinople: "My Honored Friend: I write to Inform you that on the 3d of September I was captured by a great number of armed men ome 40 as I traveled from Bansko to Dlamaala with about 12 teachers, stu dents and others. They took with me for my companion Mrs. Catherine Tsllka. The reason why they captured us Is for ran som. The price which they demand for us is 25,000 Turkish, which must be paid in gold, and this entirely without the knowl edge of the Turkish and Bulgarian Gov ernments, within the term ot 18 days from, today. The condition of Mrs. Tsllka de cided the limit, as she is to give birth, to a child In three months. "We are pursued by a Turkish army. 1 beg Dr. Haskell himself to go to Con stantinople and exert himself for the pay ment of the ransom' at Samakov, whero men will receive It on presenting an or der from me. '.'The men who captured U3 at first showed courtesy and consideration to ward us, but now since Turkish soldiers and Bashi Bazouks have begun to pur sue us and the ransom Is delayed our condition Is altogether changed. There fore I beg you to hasten sending the ran som de'manded and that tfs energetically a3 possible you will present to thr Turk ish Government that it stop pursuit of us by soldiers and Bashl Bazouks, other wise we shall be killed by the people la whose hands we are. I pray you to com municate without delay the contents of this letter to the representative of the United States at the porte and request his most serious co-operation. - "Pray for us, we are at peace with God. "With hearty salutations. Your friend, "ELLEN M. STONE." Mme. Tsllka Heard From. SOFIA, Oct. 15. The parents ot Mme. Tsllka, the Bulgarian teacher who wa3 captured by brigands with Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary, have re ceived another letter from their daughter urging the step already taken, namely, stopping the military pursuit, because tho brigands threaten the prisoners, with im mediate death in the event of danger to themselves. The writer says that she and Miss Stone are hidden In a subterranean, retreat and are treated courteously". Sho also says the only meUns. of obtaining their release Is to pay the ransom de manded. ?. ... . . A- . 1 te .-S7J-