Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 290, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 October 1901 — Page 4

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Co., ZJA Fourth avenue. fcT- LOUIS Union News Company. Union Depot. WASHINGTON. I). C KifcKS House. Ebbltt Jluuse, Fairfax Hotel. WiKar.l Uottl. If the fiscal, who appears to be the prosecuting officer in Cuba, has influence with the court Mr. Necly and his associates will get life engagement?. It is denied that Henry Watterson thinks of being a candidate for Governor and then for President. Mr. Watterson does not wish to burn the files of the Louisville Courier-Journal. It is well that the Democratic state committee in Ohio did not urge Mr. Bryan to take part in the campaign, since his services are needed to fight the battles of his fusion in Nebraska. A very few year3 ago a bank outside of four large cities which carried gross deposits of over $000. 0") was a phenomenon. Now there are 12') such banks. Thus is the great prosperity of the country shown. It is expected that Secretary Long will recommend liberal appropriations for and material additions to our naval equipment. Compared with the navies of other first class powers ours is not equal to that position at present. The latest reports from travelers in China ore that foreigners are treated in a friendly spirit, both by officials and people, which indicates that they have learned a salutary lesson from their rough experience with the troops and the treatment of the powers. The Doato Journal, among other Eastern papers, declares that scarcely a man could be named for civil-service commissioner "who would so completely command the confidence of all tho friend3 of the merit eyptem as William Dudley Foulke, of Indiana." Unfavorable reports concerning Kins Edward's health have brought out tho curious fact that a syndicate of London tradesmen who would lo?e largely in the event of the coronation not occurring have effected a heavy insurance on the life of the King for one year at an exceptionally heavy rate. Thrift, thrift, Horatio! Thirty-six years ago William IT. Seward prophesied that within a comparatively brief period "the Pacific ocean, It3 Islands, lis shores and the vast regions beyond will be the chief theater of events in the world's jrreat hereafter." Thirty-six years Is not a long time in the hlstorj' of the nations, and the prophecy Js nearing fulfillment. No paper has yet come to the defense of Herr Most, who ha3 been sent to prison for one year because of his anarchistic speeches, yet he bad a right to expect defense from those who demand absolute freedom of speech. Do they fail to defend him because he is unpopular, or because they cannot defend their theory of free speech? The Jury which Is now trying Towers, In Georgetown, Ky., Is composed entirely of Goebel Democrats. The defense made a Motion to disqualify the entire panel on the ground of political bias and prejudice, tut It was overruled. Yet the men who came hero with a requisition for Mr. Taylor declared that party feeling over the affair had subsided. A prominent ex-Confedcrate officer suggests to the Navy Department that the battleships Kearsarge and Alabama be selected to represent the United States navy at the time of the coronation of King Edward. Doth names are familiar to foreigners, and the fact that they were oprosed in the civil war might give special Interest to their appearance as the representatives of a united nation. Mr. A. IL Dugan, who is at the head of a JW.000.000 cotton spinners' trust in England, is now visiting the United States. He says trusts are not as numerous in that country as they are here, but they are multiplying rapidly. They are unpopular, but thus far there his been no attempt to legislate against them in England. The people distrust them, but public sentiment has not yet crystallized to a sufficient extent to bring action by the lawmakers. The revenues of France during the last r.lne months were J1SV0 hss than the estimates and J-S.iv),.) j..5s than during the corresponding months of last year. The receipts for September were $l.r(') than during September. I'm). .s France has the largest public lebt that any nation ever carried, and as about everything is taxed that can yield revenues, the nation is approaching a most serious crisis. In uch a critical position France cannot talk of war. The remarks of the mayor and the chairman of the Board of Safety tu the police cause Inquiry as to why there should bo any politics in the police and fire departments more than in the management of the school.-, or even in the control of a large corporation. The law governing the force in both branches tf thi city's service may tiot hive ben delkrn 1 to t.'.ke politics out

of them, but such is the logical inference. L'ach party Is to have half of the force, eo that one party may not dominate it, and the half-and-half plan Is to neutralize political Influence in those important branches of service. In the direction of the police, after officers are appointed, the political opinions of the men should not be regarded. If men are favored because they are of one party, and others are discriminated against because they are of another party, high efficiency and discipline are impossible. Once on the force, each man should stand on his record, and each should understand that he la not to be favored because of his party affiliations. In the discharge of their duties the police should be nonpartisan. THE CASE OF MISS STONE. The repeated appeals for contribution to the ransom fund for Miss Stone Indicate an unusual degree of apathy in the matter on the part of the public. The last appeal showed that up to date only a little more than half of the requisite sum had been subscribed $00,000 of a necessary 1110,000 and the contributions seemed to have ceased. The sum is nothing to the American people. There are hundreds of persons who could contribute the whole amount without feeling it. A really great causo or an appeul that reaches the heart cf the people never falls to bring forth a quick and liberal response. The slowness of action in this case 13 unusual, and may be due to several causes. An appeal for the rescue of an individual Is not as strong as one for the relief of a mass of people, as in the case of flood, fire or famine. It is not based on as broad grounds and does not carry with it the same obligation of humanity. Again, some persons doubtless feel that our missionaries in foreign countries who put themselves in exposed positions, on the firing line as it were, without any call to do so except emotional zeal, should do so at their own risk. Many persons feel that there is missionary and charitable work enough to do at home, and that as long as the followers of Mahomet, Buddha and Confucius are happy and contented in their religions we are not called upon to try and proselyte them to curs. This aggressiveness on the part of our missionaries had much to do with the recent outbreak in China. Without questioning the motives of our foreign missionaries who thus expose themselves many .persons question their wisdom and do not recognize any personal obligation to come to their rescue when they get in trouble. Without defending or indorsing this view it can be stated as a fact. Again, many persons who take a practical, business view of the case doubt the wisdom of paying a large ransom for the return of Miss Stone. They think it will establish a dangerous precedent and encourage the seizure of other missionaries for ransom, causing perhaps a frequent repetition of appeals like the present one. The American Board of Foreign Missions has already expressed this view, and if It Is a correct position for the board, why not for the public? Every self-respecting person revolts against the Idea of blackmail or enforced tribute of any kind, and everybody knows that a single concession in such cases is always followed by other demands. Therefore, many persons feel that by contributing to Miss Stone's release in the present circumstances they would help to establish a dangerous precedent. All this is matter of conjecture, but it may account, in part at least, for the remarkable slowness of the public In responding to the repeated appeals for contributions. It is very evident that for some reason the case of Mi?3 Stone does not appeal to the Nation or touch the popular heart as have many other appeals in cases of lire, flood or famine. Meanwhile there is every reason why the government should continue to use Its best efforts for the protection of one of Its citizens.

A SUC.AIt UKFINERS FICJHT. There 13 a wide difference of opinion regarding the controversy which has already Leen begun by the sugar interests respecting the application of the reciprocal theory to the products of Cuba, The Philadelphia Record, which has been a free-trade paper for years, must have surprised If not shocked its readers when it declared that the purpose of the sugar trust In advocating modification of the duty on sugar has in view the strangling of the beet-sugar industry in this country, evidently forgetting that the men of the sugar trust the Ilavemeyer and Spreckels combinationsare the largest manufacturers of beet sugar in the country. The Record urges that the duties must be retained on Cuban and all sugars in order to prevent the destruction of the beet-sugar Industry. This Is a remarkable attitude for one of the leading advocates of the survival of the cheapest. The llavemeyer-Spreckels combination has powerful competitors in the business of buying raw sugars and refining them, and it Is difficult to see what adrnntage a lower duty on Cuban sugars would be to the trust that would not be equally shared by its competitors. The Minneapolis Tribune discloses the animus of this controversy when it says that it Is a war between sugar refiners. The refiners do not care how much raw beet sugar is made in the United States the more the better. What thej' object to is the building of small independent refineries in connection with beet-sugar plants. In the midst of a country in which the culture of sugar beets may be established the Tribune tells farmers that it has not been ascertained whether it will be as profitable for them to cultivate beets as it is to raise other crops. It suggests that lower prices lor sugar and the expansion of the canning and preserving industries, which always follows a decline in sugar, may be of more advantage to all farmers than the raising of beets can be to a limited number. The Tribune suggests that it will not be wise for farmers to permit themselves to be arrayed against a proposition to admit Cuban raw sugars at a lower duty than is now imposed simply to enable bet-sr.gar makers and refiners to (To a small but profitable business. In other words, the Tribune Is one of the papers which fails to see any prospect that the beet-sugar interest will be able to supply any considerable portion of the home mark(t within a period warranting the maintenance of high duties and the consequent high price of sugar. If the beet-sugar industry afforded promise that it could supply the American market in five cr ton years the people could afford to pay the higher prices. The history of the Industry affords no such promise. Tito Journal has commented on the importance of the office of city engineer, and no doubt Mayor Bookwalter, who has made u clc.se study of municipal affairs, appreciate it quite as well anybody, be

sides having the responsibility of filling It. It 13 the furthest removed from politics of any office In tho city government, and should be filled with primary reference to professional and technical qualifications. If the present incumbent were the only competent engineer in . the city or was confessedly superior to all others the Journal would say that on business and civil service principles ho ought to be retained in office. It would be poor politics and an indefensible act'to remove a competent engineer and appoint an Incompetent one for political reasons. Hut the Journal does not understand that the present incumbent of the office is a phenomenal engineer, and It ought not to be difficult to find as good or a better one who is a Republican. The mayor's Inquiry should be directed primarily and mainly to professional qualifications, and unless these come up to the standard which his own Intelligence and Judgment fix, politics should not turn the scale. The Journal would be sorry to have to admit that there is not an engineer in the city of Republican politics superior or at least fully equal professionally to the present incumbent. The fact that the Massachusetts Republican convention urged the adoption of a constitutional amendment which would give Congress the power to fix the hours of labor was at the time thought to be based upon tho further fact that the laws of Massachusetts are In advance of those of most States respecting the hours of labor and the regulation of child labor. Some later statistics respecting child labor in the cotton mills of Alabama, which have been obtained by Irene M. Ashby through personal investigation, may have influenced the Massachusetts Republicans. In the cot-

. ton mills which this woman visited she found white children from six to seven years of age working twelve hours a day. many working by night. The wages of these children vary from ten to thirty cents a day. Most of the countries of Europe, including Russia, have laws prohibiting children of tender years working in factories, and in twenty-one States, including all of the Northern manufacturing States, such laws exist and are enforced. It is complained that Northern men who are interested In Southern cotton mills are responsible for child labor in Southern factories. In Alabama such men secured the repeal of a law limiting the employment of children to eight hours a day. One of the Indiana delegation in the House remarks that the only defaulter and thief who is held up to public execration is the federal appointee who waä so fortunate as to have the backing of prominent Republicans. The discovery of a defaulting county officer attracts very little attention. The stealing of over $100,000 of fees by three successive oil inspectors in Chicago receives but casual mention, but let a federal, officer be short a few thousand dollars and a howl of detraction goes up. The representative is quite right. Neely's crime has been more denounced In Indiana than the defalcations of a dozen county officers In the past three years. THE HUMORISTS. lli. Jllatnke. Chicago Post. "Why do you say he ia a man of no Judgment?" "Because when he finds a dialect ftory that amuses him he tries to read it aloud to hia friends." Out of Practice. Judga. Mrs. Van Dauber (critically) Focr thing! This picture of Mrs. Smith looks as If she hadn't a particle of spirit left. Van Dauber She hasn't. Her husband lets her have her own way in everything without an argument. In III Line. Catholic Standard. "So glad you found my sermon interesting," said the Rev. Mr. Gasaway. "Indeed, it wa Interesting to me," replied Mr. Rlghter; "I've been making a study recently of the powers of endurance of the human voice." How He Won Her. Cleveland Tlain Dealer. "Yes, it suddenly dawned on her that sha loved me." "When did th revelation coma to her?" "When she noticed that I refrained from smiling the first time I saw her on the street in her n.w automobil coat." Evidence. Washington Star. "Does Mr. Blimmins know much about horse "No." answered the ma,n with a faded and experienced look. "How can you tell?" "By the fact that he is willing to bet on them." Hotv They Can Say It Though. Tld-BUs. "I have a great mind to go to the political club to-night," said Mr. J. to his wife. "What?" she replied, v. 1th surprise. "I have a great mind to go to the club tonight." "Whose?" she asked. "Whose what?" "Whose great mind?" "Why, my own, of course, madarae." "Oh!" and the rising Inflection she gave the ejaculation was very provoking to a man of fine feeling. HARASSED BY INDIANS. Venezuelan Troop on Hie Colombian Frontier Are Demoralized. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Oct. 16. Advices received from Maracaibo, Venezuela, under date of yesterday, say that the Venezuelan troops on the Guajira peninsula are in a condition of utter confusion. Robberies and outrages by Indians continue. The entire Indian population is against the Venezuelans, and the latter dre not leave their camps. The Indians are ambushing and killing small parties. Demoralization is spreading among the Venezuelan troops, and there is increasing sickness among them. Four deserters from the Venezuelan ranks were recently caught and shot. The Venezuelans at (Juajira are In no condition to assume the aggressive against Colombia, hence there is little likelihood of fighting. The Tachira frontier is still quiet, rains in the mountains preventing active operations if any were contemplated. Situation on the Intlmin. COLON, Colombia, Oct. M. The situation on the Isthmus of Panama is unchanged. ! News has been received here that the government forces defeated the insurgents recently at Panoneme. killing a large number. 'Panoneme is now in the hands of the government. The government loss in the engagement was forty killed and wounded, among the latter being Colonel Navia. By a recent decree all import duties In this department were doubled, ad valorem duties now being 3) per cent. All liquor duties have also been doubled. Suit for tin Island. IIONOhl'Ll. Oct. 15 Suit has been beun against the United States by George R. Mc Clellan for possession of Quarantine island, in Honolulu harbor. AlcCieliin claims the island under a title that was at one time recognized by the Hawaiian government, but which was afterwards, by the same government, declared to be a mere fishing title. The island Is ai out thirty-six acres in i extent ami has long been -used for quarantine puruosts.

TOT SCHLEY SAID

HOW HE EXCOlUAflEIl THE MEN BE. iuxn his siiiis gis. Told Them Several Time During the Course of the Santiago Battle to 'C;ive 'Em Hell, Bullies." TESTIMONY OF HIS OFFICERS COOK, SEARS. MASON, M'CAl'LEV AND W EBSTER ON THE STAND. Signals from the Cruiser Brooklyn Duriiijg the Memorable Engagement Schley's Bearing. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The officers of Admiral Schley's flagship, the Brooklyn, occupied the attention of the Schley court of inquiry to-day. The proceedings began with the recall of Captain Cook and Lieutenant Commander Sears, both of whom made material additions to their former testimony, and they were followed in succession by Commander Newton E. Mason, who was tho executive officer of the Brooklyn, Lieut. Edward McCauley, jr., who wa3 signal officer, and Lieut. Charles Webster, who had charge of tho forward gun-deck battery of the Brooklyn during the battle eff Santiago and was a watch officer on board that ship. Captain Cook's new testimony related to tho uncoupling of the Brooklyn's engines and to the voyage of the flying squadron from Cienfuegos- to Santiago, explaining in some detail the cause of the slow progress made on that occasion. Commander Sears spoke again of the conversation reported as having taken place between himself and officers of the Massachusetts In the wardroom of that vessel on May CI, In which he was alleged to have said that It had been difficult to get Commodore Schley up to the point of undertaking the bombardment of the Colon, and he again denied that he had said anything reflecting on his superior officer. Commander Mason and Lieutenants McCauley and Webster all gave accounts of the engagement of July 3. Mr. McCauley recited in detail the signals made In cor.nection with that historical event at the instance of Commodore Schley. When asked if Commodore Schley had said anything during the battle for the encouragement of the men this witness replied that he several times had said: "Give 'em hell, bullies!" All these witnesses testiued that the conduct of tho commodore when under fire was cool and courageous. COOK AND SEARS RE-EXAMINED. When the court opened this morning Captain Cook took the stand to correct his previous testimony. He was followed by Commander Sears for the same purpose. The court questioned Commander Sears on various points covered by his testimony of yesterday, lie said In reply to these questions that on the morning of July 3 the Brooklyn had begun turning to starboard immediately after the engines were starteu; that the helm of the Brooklyn had been put aport, when the helm of the Viscaya had been put aport. "It was," he said, "a practically simultaneous movement." He also said thai when he had said to Commodore Schley during the battle that ho thought the BrooKlyn was about its tactical diameter from the Viscaya, he uid not mean that the distance was less than had been reported by Veoman Ellis. The tactical diameter of the Brooklyn had not then been determined, ai d he supposed it to be about TöO yards. The Viscaya had been passed long after the Brooklyn's turn and they ran along together lor some time. After the driver had passed the Viscaya he had outfooted the Brooklyn, and it was then that she was 12.UO0 yards from the Brooklyn, as indicated by the stadimeter, which the witness said he did not consider an accurate instrument. After that time the Colon, having exhausted her best coal, lost her speed and the Brooklyn gained upon her. Asked how much time had been consumed in the Brooklyn's turn Commander Sears said he had never been able to reach a satisfactory conclusion on that point. Thü time had seemed very short to him; it might have been fifteen or twenty minutes. On the morning of July 3, but previous to the battle, he had, he said, noticed that all the ships were near the positions assigned to them except the Texas. That ship was outside her assigned place and was at the time headed to the eastward about as much as the Brooklyn was to the northward. The official chart putting the Texas well inside the Brooklyn and the Iowa, he said, was contrary to his observations. The last of the court's questions was concerning the relative positions of the BrookIvn and the Oregon during chase of the S'panish ships up the Cuban coast. The Oregon was ahead, he said, so near the Viscaya as was the Brooklyn, but might have been nearer the Oquendo. "We were always nearer the Colon during the chase," he said, "nearer during the chase and at the surrender." Lieutenant Commander Scars was then excused. MASON'S TESTIMONY. Commander Mason was next called as the first new witness of the day. Detailing the siege of Cienfuegos, he said that on the first day of their arrivel the vessels were kept In column and about sundown steamed in slowly to within 2,000 or 3.000 yard's of the entrance and then sheared out. After that the blockade was between three and seven miles. He said the squadron was kept steaming slowly at all times, but that it occasionally drifted in at night. The torpedo boat Dupont arrived the morning of the first day and that night performed picket duty inside the squadron. The Castlne was on picket duty the next night. Referring to the blockade of Santiago, the witness stated that the vessels were in column, steaming slowly, perpendicular to the north and south line of the harbor at a distance of from four to six miles. "The custom was," he said, "to steam a certain distance to the eastward, turning in toward the shore or out, and then to the westward, flie total run being about two hours. As the Brooklyn could not steam slower than three knots, I should say that the length of the line would be from six to six and a half miles, that is, three miles each side of the entrance." Rayner asked the witness how many times he had seen Commodore Schley under lire, to which he replied: "During all the engagements." "What was his general conduct, manner and bearing on these occasions?" Mr. Rayner asked. "Excellent In every particular. He was calm, collected and brave." Asked to give a brief account of the battle of July 3, Commander Mason after giving the preliminaries, said: "When I saw the leading ship of the enemy coming out I gave the order, 'Clear ship for action.' What was dope to the engines I do not know, although my impression is they were started at once. As soon as I reported the battery to Captain Cook In the conning tower I asked him. if wo should commence tiring. He repMed: i'ire as soon as you are rady.' I immediately gnve the order to Lieutenant Simpson, the senior ofucer of the forward turret, to fire as soon as he could, giving him a range of 3..V0 yards. I think the first gun was fired within live minutes or very close to live minutes after the first alarm. The rest of the battery took up the fire at once and continued "to fire on the port bow until the range commenced to get down to I) and 1,'Xfl yards. I asked Captain Cook as to which way he was going round, it being necessary for me to know on account of changing the battery below, shifting from one tide to the other. He answered that he was going with port helm. I gave the necessary orders on deck and went below. WHEN THE TURN AVAS MADE. "As I arrived in the after cabin the after eight-Inch gun was fired for the last time on the port side and the starboard gun took up the fire Immediately. The starboard battery then was engaged for the

rest of the action. The range at the time we turned as far as I rmember was 1.400 yarris. altlioueh I have a recollection of l.i"U yards being sent to me once. I will say here, by way of explanation, that the range was cent to me If I was not near at and; if not they were sent direct to the officers of the divisions. After swinging around the range went from 2.400 to 2.Soü an.i a.'.oo yards. I saw none of our vessels after the first signal alarm. As to the position of the enemy, thev were on the port bow outside of the harbor when we made the turn, with the port helm. At the end o'c the turn they were on our starboard beam, and quarter with one of them a little ahead. The Maria Teresa very shortly afterward or about the end of the turn dropped astern and sheered for the shore, the Oquendo following along some short time later, leaving the Viscaya and Colon. "I made a statement a moment ago about not seeing any of the vessels of the squadron. It was just about this time I saw the Oregon coming out of the smoke. After the Oquendo got ashore we had a running fight with the Viscaya for some time, the Colon going head of her and on the inside. The Viscaya finally, when well forward on the beam, put her helm hard starboard. It looked as if she was going to turn and go for us. or cross our path, then, immediately shifted to hard aport, went clear around the circle and started ashore. After that we had a chase of some time with the Colon, in which for a time she made better speed than we did. when gradually we managed to overhaul her." Mr. Rayner What time was it when the Colon ran ashore? "I took no time. I onlv know bv the report at the time that it was about 1:13 p. m." "What did the Brooklvn do immediately after the surrender of the Colon?" "She stopped about a mile or a mile and a half from the Colon and started at once to send officers in to receive her surrender. We had trouble in getting a boat out, many of them being disabled." "After the surrender was accomplished where did the Brooklyn go?" "When Captain Cook returned on board wo were sent to the eastward at once by the commodore to intercept a Spanish man-of-war, that was reported first by the Resolute and then by the Vixen." "Did you intercept any Spanish man-of-war?" "About dusk we met the Austrian cruiser Maria Teresa." "Was that the vessel yöu were ordered to intercept?" "I imagine that it was the vessel, because we had some difficulty in distinguishing the difference between the Austrian and Spanish flafs when they were not holding out straight, so much so that the commanding officer of the Austrian cruiser hoisted an international signal 'We are Austrian.' " After cross-examination and the submission of a few questions by the court Commander Mason was excused and the court took a recess. SCHLEY'S SIGNAL OFFICER. The first witness at the afternoon session was Lieutenant Edward McCauley, jr., who. as an ensign on the Brooklyn during the Cuban campaign, served as Commodore Schley's signal officer. He had a diary, in which he had made notes of the progress tt the events during the war, and frequently consulted it to refresh his memory. He said that on May 23 the British steamer Adula had reported that thej Spaniards had left Santiago. lie also spoke of the weather on the cruise from Cienfuegos to Santiago, saying that It was bad; that both the Eagle and Yiven "made bad weather" on that trip. He gave a number of signals made from and to the BrooKlyn on the voyage, most of them relating to the condition of the collier Merrimac, which was somewhat disabled on May iö; also to the slow speed of the smaller vessels. It was at 6 p. m. on that date that the engines and valves of the Merrimac became incapacitated. Tho signal book of the Brooklyn, which the witness consulted, showed that both the Minneapolis and the Yale had reported short supplies of coal, the Minneapolis saying that she had just enough to take her to Key West. The witness then read a list of the signals to and from the Brooklyn on July o, the list being as follows: July 3, ljS, li a. m., flagship to fleet: "Disregard motions of the chief." y:13, Brooklyn to Texas: "What Is your theory about burning of blockhouses on the hill last night?" t:3i a. m., Iowa to Brooklyn: "Enemy is escaping." 9:Co a. m., Brooklyn to fleet: "Enemy is escaping." t:öö a. m., Brooklyn to fleet: "Clear for action." i:43 a. m.. Brooklyn to fleet: "Close up." 11:3S a. m., Brooklyn to Oregon: "Well done." 12:30 p. m., Oregon to Brooklyn: "Flag of a strange vessel seen is Italian." 12:33 p. m., Brooklyn to Oregon: "She was built in Italy." While chasing the Colon the Oregon fired a number of shots. We wigwagged her when each one struck, and a number of unimportant messages were exchanged." "tJive us these unimportant messages as well as you can recollect." "When the Oregon came up on our quarter we wigwagged to her, 'God bless the Oregon.' Later on during the chase of the Colon we wigwagged to the Oregon to try her th'.rteen-inch guns, or something to that effect. " "Was that the signal that has been spoken of as 'Try one of your railroad trains?' " "I have heard it spoken of outside the court, but do not remember." "Have you given all the signals on the day of the battle?'f OTHER SIGNALS. "No, sir (reading); 1:15 p. m.; this is not a signal, just a note of when the Colon surrendered: 'Colon fired her lee gun and hauled elown her flag." i:3 p. m., Brooklyn to Oregon: 'Enemy has surrendered.' T:2G p. m., Brooklyn to Oregon: 'Cease firing.' "1:2$, Brooklyn to Oregon: 'Keep your guns loaded and trained on the enemv. "1:30 p. m., Brooklyn to Oregon: ''Congratulations on the grand victory. Thanks for splendid assistance. "1:33 p. m., Oregon to Brooklyn: 'Thank you more than words can express.' "1:43 p. m., Brooklyn to flagship New York: 'We have gained a great victory. Details will be communicated.' '1:& p. m.. New York to Brooklyn: 'Report your casualties." "1:50 p. m., Brooklyn to New York: 'Killed, one.' "1:33 p. m., Brooklyn to New York: 'This is a great day for our country.' "2:30 p. m.. New York to Brooklyn: 'Ascertain as far as possible position and strength of the enemy's forces and report without delay. "2:3u p. m.. New York to Brooklyn: 'Hoist out all boats.' "2:40 p. m., New York to Brooklyn: 'Do you want services of chaplain to bury dead?' "2:43 p. m., Brooklyn to New York: 'Would like to have services of chaplain. Will signal time later.' "2:30 p. m., New York to Brooklyn: 'Send for chaplain when you want him.' "3:30 p. m.. New York to Brooklyn: 'Send both steam cutters and strongest tow line.' "3:13 p. m., Brooklyn to New York: 'Both steam cutters entirely disabled bv shot. Will use such pulling boats as we can Will send tow line." "4:20 p. m., Brooklyn to Oregon: 'Follow flag.' "4:25 p. m., Brooklyn to Oregon: 'Close up.' "4:23 p. m.. New York to Brooklyn: 'Will remain In charge of prize.' " "Do you remember any Incidents con nected with the signal from the Brooklyn to the Oregon at 4:20, 'follow flag,' and at 4:25 p. m., from the Brooklyn to the Oresron 'close up?' " ' "There was a report that there was one or two Spanish ships to the eastward, and I understood that the Brooklyn and Oregon were to go after these shins. We started off and signaled the Oregon to follow us She did not get under way immediately as I remember it, so we signaled to her to 'clo.se up.' " Going back to May 2S, when tho fleet reached Santiago after the retrograde movement. Lieutenant McCauley said that the Spanish flag was flying on Morro Castle. The next morning he had seen the Cristobal Colon and another Spanish vessel lying in the harbor. Lieutenant McCaulVv also gave a list of the signals made from the Massachusetts while that vessel was being used as commodore flagship Mav 31 and when askd whether any signals "had been sent to the fleet to "not go in any ckver." replied, "No. sir." He said he had had charge of the signals and did not remember such a signal. SCHLEY'S BEARING. Leading up to the battle of July 3, Mr. Rayner asked: "What was the conduct and bearing of Commodore Schley on the day of battle?" "Perfectly cool and steady." "Where was the commodore? What was hi3 position when you saw him?" "On the platform outside the conning tower." "Did he make any encouraging remarks on that day to the officers of the ship that vou heard?" "He- said. 'Give them hell, bullies.'" "Did he say that more than once?" "Ye, sir: several timet." "Can you Elve us any incident io show

that he was not laboring under great mental excitement on that day?" ""When Kljis was killed, another officer and myself picked up his body and started

to inrow it overboard, commodore aw us and said: 'Don't throw him overboard. Cover him up with something. " "Were you present whon L'llis was killed?" "Yes, sir." "How near wps Ellis to the commodore when he was killed, and to you?" "He was standing rij;ht next to me. He was about fifteen feet from the commodore, I should think." Lieutenant McCauley described the incidents of the battle of July saying that he had "on his own hook." hoisted the signal "clear ship for action." and that when he had reported this action to the commodore; the latter had told him to heist "close up." The Spanish tdiips were, he said, at that time, headed southward and westward and standing out, the Viscaya apparently heading directly toward the Brooklyn. He t-aid that when the Brooklyn started to turn with port helm Yeoman Ellis had given the range at f) yards. He said that not until after the Brooklyn's signal to the Oregon had the latter begun to use her thirteen-inch guns and that then the Brooklyn also opened with her eight-inch guns. Recurring to the bombardment of the Colon, Mav 31. the witness said that Commodore Schley's bearing on that occasion had not been different from what it had been on other occasions. The cross-examination was conducted by Mr. Hanna. who questioned the witness in detail concerning the signal to the Oregon to use her thirteen-inch guns, asking the witness whv he remembered it especially. "Because I sent it myself," was the reply"Did you also send the others on which you have refreshed your memory by reference to your book?" The witness said that he had made them. He did not recall that the Oregon had made any response to the signals to that vessel. Mr. llama also called attention to an entry in the signal books of the Brooklyn and the St. Paul of a message for Admiral Sampson. It appeared that as received by the St. Paul, the signal was as follows: "if Sampson comes here, tell him that half the squadron is out of coal and that the enirine of the collier is broke down." Upon reading the entry of this signal Lieutenant McCauley said that it ran: "If Sampson comes here, tell him that half of the squadron is short of coal." He said, however, that the word "short" was very indistinct. The signal to "close up" had. the witness said, remained flying "until we discovered the Oregon on our quarter." Several of the ships had their answering pennants flying, he remembered, especially that the Oregon had, but could not recall the shins that made no response. Lieutenant McCauley was then excused. SMOKE IN SANTIAGO HARBOR. Lieutenant Charles Webster was then called. He said he had beer, a watch ofucer on the Brooklyn during the campaign of ISPS, and began his testimony by describing the blockade of Cienfuegos. Asked if he had seen any suspicious movements on shore at Santiago during the evening of July 2 the witness replied: "I remember being on deck on July 2 and seeing columns of smoke rising and apparently moving, as though vessels were steaming in the harbor. Also I remember the burning of blockhouses to the west of Santiago, which I reported to the commanding officer." "What was the conduct and bearing of Commodore Schley in the different engagements and on July 3?" "I never saw Commodore Schley during the engagement. 1 saw him immediately after the battle of July 3, and he was perfectly cool and collected." Speaking of the bombardment of the Colon May 31, the witness said he had observed it from the Brooklyn and that while he had noticed that the first shots fell short, he had seen one later which he thought had fallen under the Colon's counter. He had got the impression from this engagement that the shore batteries were stronger than they were previously supposed to be. He thought after that time that those batteries were manned with eight-inch guns. On cross-examination Capt. Lemly had the witness read from the log of the Brooklyn an entry to the effect that the Brooklyn had steamed out at night. The judge advocate asked only a few questions on his own account, but put two or three at the Instance of the court as follows: "AY hen the flying squadron was blockading Cienfuegos did the column of vessels nt night keep on a line nearly perpendicular to the shore line or on a line nearly parallel to the shore line?" "My recollection is that tho line was perpendicular to the shore line." "How did the Spanish ships bear from the Brooklyn when the Brooklyn helm was put hard aport July 3?" "It seems that the Teresa was very nearly broad on the port bow, the Viscaya perhaps three points on the port bow. The helm had been eased aport before that, so it had changed their bearings somewhat. It was hard to tell at the very beginning of the turn how they bore." "What were the relative positions of the Brooklyn and the Colon when the Colon passed the Viscaya?" "How was the Brooklyn heading at this time?" "The Colon passed inside the Viscaya at a distance of about 2,eJ yards, 1 think. So that at that time her range would probably have been 4."X0 yards. She bore the same bearing as the Colon at that time lorward of the starboard beam about two points. The Brooklyn was heading probably nearly west." The court then adjourned for the day. PROGRAMME AT YALE. Plan for Conferring? the Decree of LL. I), on President Roosevelt. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 16. An official statement was given out to-night by the Yale authorities as to the plans for President Roosevelt's arrival and reception in New Haven during the bicentennial. It is as follows. President Roosevelt will arrive on a special car from Farmlngton, Conn., at 9:20 o'clock Wednesday morning, Oct. 23. He will be met at the railway station by President A. T. Hadley, of Yale, and Hon. John P. Studley, mayor of New Haven. The President will be accompanied by George B. Cortelyou, secretary to the President, and by Col. Theodore A. Bingham, who will act as grand marshal at the commemoration exercises on Wednesday. Mrs. Roosevelt will not accompany the President. The Second Regiment will escort the President to the campus, where the presidential party will be met by the memLers of the Yale corporation. The President will be conducted across the campus, where thousands of graduates will be assembled for the procession to Dwight Hall. There he will put on the academic robes to signify his appearing in an academic capacity. Soon after 10 o'clock the procession will proceed to the Hyperion Theater, where the commemorative exercises will be held. President Roosevelt will occupy a seat to the right of President Hadley. the other seats of honor being occupied by the Governor of the State. George P. McLean, a number of state officials, city officials and members of the President's Cabinet, representatives of the leading universities and colleges and learned societies. After conferring of the honorary degree the ceremonies will close, and the President will proceed to the house of his host, Mr. W. W. Farnum, where he will lunch. The President will again be the guest of President Hadley, of Yale, at the reception given by him to the guests and alumni of Y'ale in the art school. In the evening a dinner will be given in President Roosevelt's honor, which will be followed by a reception at his house. The President will leave for Washington on a late train. HIS SOUVENIRS HELD UP. Vicnr of Wrexlmm Mint Pay Duty on rillt for Yalemdnn. NEW YORK, Oct. 1C Among the passengers who arrived here to-night on the Teutonic was Canon W. H. Fletcher, vicar of Wrexham. The canon brought with him from Wales a box filled with souvenir pamphlets which he Intends to distribute to the graduates of Yale College when 1 e attends the bicentennial anniversary. To his astonishment the customs inspectors n fused to allow him to brirg the pamphlets ashore until h bad oaid duty on thni. The Vicar of Wrexham is the rector of St. Giles Church, which is properly known us "One tf the several wond-.Ts of Wales." It was built near the close of the fifteenth century and within the shadow ol its square tower is the final resting place of Ellhu Yale, the founder of Yale College. He was buried in 172. in the same tomb with his father. The souvenir pamphlets which Cannon Fletcher will give uwj.y contain beautiful engravings of St. Giles Church and Ellhu Yale's tomb and a copy of the epitaph on the gravestone in the ancient churchyard.

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0 no svi:i:n; ounr.ii i the posiorrn i: m:r tin mi. i . Many lullifntlon Excluded front re-roiHl-Clnh Mall Vrl liege, e-c-orIill(C to v llrKiilalliina. NAVAL ESTIMATES FOR 1902-3 SECRETARY LONG W ILL AMv I Oil APPROPRI ATION OF 5ts, lu.tis I. Senator Morgnn Informed ly Prel dent Roosevelt flint Netv Cnunl Treaty Will II Submitted. WASHINGTON, Oct. IG.-Assistar.t Postmaster General Madden to-day issued erders providing for the first exclusions of publications from tho rccond-clas mail Privileges under the recent amendments to the regulations governing hecond-e las matter. This first list of publications is sweeping and embraces a number tf wellknown social Issue. The order, which has been communicated to all postmasters; authorizes Postmaster Van Cott, ot New York city, to cancel the certificate of entry to the second-class of mall matter of the publications named, which are held not to come within the requirements of Amended Section 276, of the postal laws and regulations for acceptance as second-class matter. Back numbers of these publications, although bearing a statement of entry to the class, as well as those of future Issues, when presented for mailing at any postoffice. whether by publisher, news agents or others, will be subject to the third-cl.iss rate, which is 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. AVAL ESTIMATES. Secretary I.onjr Ak $ns.oiO,t)N I for the Year Ending June .".O, JIM).:. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The estimates for the navy for the fiscal year ending June 30, were made public at the Navy Department to-day. The total amount is $'jS.?10,'JS4, against $77.921.535 appropriated for the current year. Tho chief Increases are $2.5X,000 for construction, $2,0u0.Xk) for armor, and $2:r,3r5 In the appropriation for yards and docks. Secretary Long, in speaking of the estimates, said that they were made with a due regard for the needs of the navy, and intimated that they had the approval ot the Army Department. He spoke of the. cost of the navy, and said that the building of a battleship costing $3,uoO,ifcH) was not the end of its expense, as its maintenance was very costly. These estimates, he said, did not cover any recommendations for increase of tho navy over that already authorized, but it is more than likely the secretary will recommend three new battleships tend two iirmor-i cruisers and a number of small gunboats. Representatives Dayton of West Virginia and Meyer of Louisiana, who are rie-m-bers of the naval affairs committee ef the House, had a talk with the President today about the work of Congress with respect to the navy. The President was vigorous in his expressions of a desire O see a strong navy built up. PAIIDONKD II V THE Pit i:SIDET. CretluloiiM eRroeii "Who Were IuitoaMl On ly n Slmrper. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Preside tit Roosevelt to-day granted pardons in the following cases: Eliza Chapman. James Wainwright and Andrew J. Winters, who were sentenced April IS, 1101, at Nashville, Tenn., each to serve a year and ten days in prison for a pension fraud, are pardoned upon recommendation of the district attorney who prosecuted them so that their sentences will expire on Nov. 1 of tho pre scnt year. The prisoners are all negroes. Ignorant and credulous, and, according to the testimony at the trial, were imposed upon by a man named Braden, who was the chief beneficiary of the fraud. The Chapman woman is nearly nintty years old and Winters is seventy-six. Upon the recommendation of the attorney general the President has pardoned John Harris, a Kentucky perjurer, who served out a two years' term In the Indiana penitentiary in order that his civil rights ba restored to him. Since Harris's return from the penitentiary he has been sober, industrious an honest. Felis Osborne, who is now serving a fiveyear term in the Fort Leavenworth prison for stealing a horse in the Indian Territory in l.yjy, is pardoned so that his sentence will expire on Dec 1 of the present year. The prisoner belongs to a good family, is only nineteen years of age, and the attorney general believes was led astray by evil companions. Judge John R. Thomas, of the Indian Territory, who sentenced Elder Joyce to five years' imprisonment in April, for taking a horse that belonged to some one else, recommended that he le pardoned at the end of three years in order that he may begin life anew. The President and the attorney general also believe that clemency should be accorded in Joyce's behalf, so the order has been made in accordance with Judge Thomas's recommendation. THE PANAMA CAN' AI. M. Hntln In Washington Ith n Proposition in Sell Out. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Mr. Maurice Hutln. the president of the board of directors of the Tanama Canal Company, vho arrived in New York yesterday, reached Washington to-day. This afternoon he paid a social and Informal call on Admiral Walker, chairman of the United States isthmian canal commission, and to-morrow, it is said, he will pay a business call on tho admiral for the purpose ejf bringing forward the question of the disposition of the Panama Canal Company's interest in that partly-constructed waterway. The isthmian canal commission has endeavored te obtain a positive and definite statement of exactly what the Panama Company would accept for its rights, and Mr. Rutin's return to France this summer was for the purpose of obtaining information en that point. It is understood that he has now a proposition to make the United States commission, but along what lines it 1 impossible to ascertain, as Mr. Hutln declines to be interviewed regarding it before acquainting th commission with the results of his mission. Mr. Jules Eoenfve, the chancellor of the French embassy, earn over on tb- t anu r with Mr. Hutin and reached Washington to-day. Lottery Cime Argued. WASHINGTON. Oct. 16 Th" Supreme Court of the United States to-day hard argument in the lottery cases. There were two ef them one from Chicago, known as "John F. Champion, a; pcilant. against John C. Ames. United States marshal." and the Cineinuati ta.v, knon as "John Francis and others agUn-t the- United States." Messrs. William D. Guthrie of New York: Oorge F. Edmunds, of Vermont, ar.d Mr. tjutcault. of Cincinnati, appeared for the lottery company anu Assistant Attorney General Beek for tht government. Attendance at the School. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 About 21 per cent, of the total population of the United States attend public j-chools aiel - I r out. of the rest attend private sch oI.. according to the annual report of the commissioner of education. The grand total In all schools, elementary, tecondary and h!;ht r. put be and private, for the year ended July 1. 1 '."), was I7.e-V.7M pupils, an lucre .! of 2s2.31i over the previous year. Of thin number the enrollment In public lnatlt utioni supported by general and local tuxes wu

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