Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 30, 1901, Page 4

YARN OF HIS OLD CRUISE Adm'ral Zchley Baile Again from Gienfuegos o Bantinge Narber SEA FIGHTER PATIENT DURING THE INQUIRY Judge Advocate, How Wits with Keen —fire Shows Calm Fro (Continued from First Page.) memory had been at fault when he stated that the flest was closer In at night than during the da; The admiral d also testified that the set of the current was toward the shore. The log showed that at various times the squadron had steamed in well as out, Captain Lemly called his attention to the log on the following day, May 24, and then asked him whether these entries In the logs did not show that the ships steamed both in and out. “Yer replied the witness, ‘‘but as the entries do not show the speed, it is impos- sible to tell the distance. We usually steamed as slow as possible ;simply kept steerage way. Tells What Would Be Done. ““Had Cervera's fleet appeared during the night you Clenfuegos, elther com- ing out or coming in m seaward, what under your instructions would your fleet have done?"’ “Knocked them out.” court.) “'What were your Instructions?"’ “Follow the flag instructions given &t Hampton Roads.” ““What were your instruction “There were none. I do not consider that the regulations or customs required writ- ten instructions.” “Is not it the un pavy that the (A stir in the tten law at sea in the ls in squadron shall follow the fla except under certaln cireum- circumstances ?"* ‘Well, a vessel might see one of the enemy's ships drop out and follow to attack it. That might be one of the eircum- stances.” “‘But the rule is to follow the flag?" questions Admiral Schley sald there were three or four boats stretchod across the harbor at Clenfuegos. Captain Lemly called the attention of the witnees to the fact that in his former testimony he had sald that Lieutenant Wood had reported him as speaking dis- respectfully of Admiral Sampson, calling him captain. The admiral replied that he might have gotten Wood confused with Hood, and, upon referring to the court record, he sald it was so that Wood had not 8o testified. “Why did you, on the day lowa coaled from the Merrimac, May 23, Inform Ad- miral Sampson that coaling off Clenfuegos Was very uncertala? “‘Simply on account of the weather.”" "Voll culod one of the battleships?" you in the same dispatcd inform | Sampson that one of the battle- ships had been coaled on that day?" “'I reported that fact to him on May 30." Referring to tl blockade of Santiago. Jadtain Lemly ed the witn why he had sent a dispatch to Admiral Sampson that “on account of short coal supply can- not blockade them (the Spaniards) in San- tiago.” meant that if we could not have coalsd off Santlago we could not have stayed there “DId you state that condition?” that condition. That n my mind." ‘'What did you mean by the report, ‘I shall not be able to remain off that port (Santiago) on account of general short coal supply? " All More or Less Short of Coal. “I think all the vessels were more or less short of their complement and considering the fact that they ought to be fit tor any service and for every service, that in ai riving oft the port we ought to be more than half or three-quarters full.” “‘How about Brooklyn. It had plenty of coal, did It not?" “I do not think Ihere ‘Was ever any ques- “‘Massachusetts and Texas constantly solicitous about coal.” were con- Captain Lemly asked the admiral te point out the signals of Massachusetts and Texas showing solicitude about coal and also to include Iowa. In response Admiral Schley sald that when Iowa arrived at Cienfuegos it had only about half its coal supply aboard and almost its first request was for a coal- ing colller. ptain Lemly again went back to the “The log of Bmklyn says that on May the sea was smooth,”” he observed. “Why then, on that day,” he asked, “did you your report to Admiral Sampson ex- ng apprehension of difficulty in coal- ing oft Santiago?"' “As 1 stated before, a sea that would be smegth for Brooklyn would be rough for smaller vessels." When He Moved. “At what time did you learn definitely that the Spanish fleet was not in Clentue- goat s return, about 4 Vhat time did you sail for Santiago?" y impression is that we formed column betw 6 and 6 p. m. and stood off on a course south by east and then stopped, leaving Castine before the harbor. About 8 o'clock we got under way, laying our course southwest by south. ““When you left Clentuegos where did you think the Spanish squadron was?"' asked Captain Lemly. I did not, of course, know exactly where it was. If I had I would bave gone straight for it. According to the information which came to me I supposed t 1t it was not at Santiago It was somewhere in the neigh- borhod, but my Impression was that it had come out, as this Intormation ti e had indicated, but just wl ourse, I could not decide. “Did you give any special instructions to your captains while making this passage from Clenfuegos to Santlago in regard to leuhing out for the Spuaish fleet?’ "'l did not glve pecial Instructions, Tbey had thelr general instructions.” “DId Southerland not signal to you he- fore leaving Clenfuegos that it had five days’' coal aboard but that in six hours it could take on enough to da; to Brooklyn, but in Brooklyn's log the an- swer was recorded In reply to Brooklyn's question as to how much coal Eagle bad t ten knots: “Nine days at Lemly then read the cosl report of the fleet for May 26, showing that Eagle on that day reported to Brooklyn that it had twenty-eight tons. Merrimac Recoumts Its A In reply to a question wit sald that Merrimac had signaled regarding its acet- dent on May 26 at 1:15 and at that time it was heading toward Santiago. Referring to the beginning of the west- wArd movement at that time, Captain Lem. ly called Admiral Schley's attention to the mz that he (Admiral Schiey) had said in #ea had calmed down he had consldering himself better able to judge than any other officer. Captain Lemly then had the witness examine the log on Brook- lyn for the purpose of bringing out the fact that during the day of May 27 t barometer was rising, the breeze dying down and the sea becoming calm. improved condi- m two or three miles westward that day before attempt- ing to coal?" After looking at the log the admiral sald that, according to that memorandum, he ha amed hteen miles, Further, the admiral stated that they had been obliged to steam three or four knots further than they needed to overtake Yale which had not returned Brooklyn's eignal. “In your testimony you say that you did not disobey orders when you started be. cause you returned to your station with- out further direction. Am I right?” “Yes." “Upon receipt of the Instructions did you not rtheless leave your station?" ‘es, 1 did, for the reasons: First, be. cause Captain Sigsbee, & scout placed in tront of Santiago harbor, Informed me that he did not belleve the Spanish fleet was Second, beca Nunez, the pllot, told me he did not belleve the enemy's fleet could enter the harbor. Third, in order No. 76 with the accompanylng memorandum I was authorized to move as far west as Cape Crulse, provided coaling had been found possible there.” Ll ned Friends Are Enemien. “In regard to the landing place, five or #ix miles west of the harbor, you sald you ascertained, subsequently, that the Span- fards were there, not Cubans.” ‘80 Nunez stated at fi and at the time predicted that if we had landed in that po- sition probably we would have been gobbled up.” “You did not try to land there?" *“No, thank God, I did not.” “‘You did not follow up that cue and find out at that timc whether insurgents were there, did you?" “Perhaps It s lucky I did not.” “Don’t you think perhaps it might have been lucky If you had?" “No, I do not think so." “You did not know really who was pres. ent thero at that time?" ‘Personally I did not know, only in the it of what I subsequently heard.” “Did you not accept the order of the de- partment as requiring you to return and remain off Santlago?” “After coaling, finding that the sufficlency of the squadron was established nearer on & basis of equality, and as we were not a great distance from Santiago, I returned in view of the suggestion of the department to that port to ascertain definitely whether the enemy was In port before proceeding to the westward. Upon our return we discov- ered the Spanish fleet.” Captaln Lemly then asked: “If, having brought the flylng squadron to the vicinity of Santiago and having in your possession atch from the Navy department dated Washington, May 25, 1898, which directed Harvard to proceed at once and inform you and also your senlor officer present oft San- tiago ‘all department's information indi- cates Spanish division s still at Santiago,’ did you not with ithis dispatch in your pos- session from the department signal ‘Des- tination Key West' without consulting the commanding officers of the several vessels composing your “I dfd not get that dispatch until May 27, although dated May 26 at Washington. I hoisted the signal for the reason, as I ated a little while ago, that the informa- of Respons! “Supported by the testimony of Nunez that they could not get in on account of certain difficulties of draught and narrow- ness of channel, I considered then that I had to act on my own responsibility. I did not call tne commanding officers on board, for, as I stated In my direct testimony, I ready to assume the respon- any movement that might in- volve censure rather than throwing my- self back upon anybody else. That was the motive and reason for this action."” The admiral sald that he had in his pos- lon the department's communication of 26 on May 27, when he had again s paled indicating that they were going to Key West. He sald that he probably con- fided to Captain Cook his purpose in re- turning to Key West, but he could not re. call certainly that he had done so. ‘'Where could you have coaled if you had gone to Key West?" asked Captain Lemly. My purpose was to coal at the first op- portunity whene it was possible to do #0. If I had gone to Key West I should have collod on the outside—just outside the lighthous At this point Admiral Schley complained nsitiven in his throat and the court adjourned, ten minutes in advance of the usual time, untll 11 o'clock tomorrow. HYMENEAL. Moorehead-Hirst. CHICAGO, Oct. 20.—(Special Telegram.)-- Marguerite May Hirst, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Augustine C. Hirst of Omaha, was married tonight to Dr. Frederick Brown Moorehead of this city, the bride's father officlating at t| ceremony. Centenary Methodist Episcopal church was the scene of the wedding, which is the culmination of & series of entertalnments in honor of the contracting parties. Willlam H. Burnett brother of the bride, gave her in ma and Miss Mary Clara Rayliss of Evanston Assisted as mald of honor. Dr. J. Russell Wickey walted upon the bridegroom. The bridemaids were Esther Danforth, Mabel Arvilla Le The ushers were Thomas D, Huff, Willlam C. Danforth, Bertram C. Culp and Dr. J. F. Wals. The mald of honer was attired in Nile green, Roman crepe over taffeta, and car- ried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums ros. The bride's costume was of crape meteor, trimmed with lace and applique. Lilles of the Valley formed the bridal bouquet. White silk muslin over tat- feta, set off with girdies of panne green velvet, was worn by t who carried bunches of asparagus ferns tled with white ribbon. A vested choir of sev- onty volces, singing the bridal chorus from “Lohengri led the procession. After the ceremony a ption took place in the church parlors, following which a L for the bridal party and relatives wae served at Kinsley's. Dr. and Mrs. Moorehead will take a trip through the west and after December 1 will be at home 8% 170 Ashland boulevaid. . Schmoler-Higgl OSCEOLA, Neb., Oct. 20,—(Special)— Robert Schmoler and Lena Higgler were married by Judge Ball Saturd: Grant is Recover ‘rlll No‘ron Oct. %.~The condition Julla D. Grant, the widow of Gen: ol UL B Grant who has been sick for bly improved today. b continues uu o Ahove Par, ‘W YORK, Oct -—Conlroll'r Coler NE opened bids today for §ent “corparate: stock v, S of W pet 0 3 IM‘ bids were received, the high- | tent and through the church as the negroes THE OMAHA DAILY WORSHIP ENDSIN BLOODSHED Uskaewn Namber of Dead and Dying in Oampmeeting Oarnage. CASUALTIES ARE MOSTLY AMONG NEGROES Nine Blacks Are Killed and Dosen or More May Die as Resnlt of Wot s and N ect In the Swamps. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20.—A special to the Plcayune from Balltown A race war between whites and blacki rted at A negro campmeeting at Duncan's chapel | Sunday afternoon, has left a carnival ot | blood up the Pearl river valley unequaled In the history of the country. One white man s dead, another is now dylng with a bullet hole through his stom- ach and a third white man s badly wound- ed. Nine negroes were killed In the bloody affray—five men, three women and one small child. A dosen or perhaps more ne- groes escaped to the woods and swamps with wounds that are beljeved to be certain death in the brush away from medical care, The dead: White— JOSEPH SEAL, son of Willls Seal, aged 32 years; residence at Varando, La. Wounded: White— Charles Thomas Elliott, aged 36; fatally wounded, now dying; residence Varando, Edward Thompson, aged 45; shot through thigh and fleshy portion of leg: residence | G Dead: Colored— REV. ALEXANDER CONNOLLY, aged | 60, pastor Duncan chapel. MARY DAVIS, aged 30, his daughter, CREAR LOTT, aged 65. --—— PETERS, his daughter, aged 24. MELLON PETERS, her child, aged 4. AMY TONY, aged 75, mother-in-law of Crear Lott. LEWIS DUNCAN, aged 18, son of Helen | Duncan; living in Poplarville. THOMAS PARKER, aged 24. KID BEVERLY, aged 15, a turpentine worker from Georg Many Wounded Escape. No one is able to estimate the number | of wounded negroes who escaped the car- nage behind the church. They scattered | to the four winds. Some are known to have been shot, but they have mot been | tound. The flerce conflict raged for half an hour. Those at a distance say the firing sounded !lke a pitched battle between troops. To the campmeeting negroes had come from 200 miles all up and down the valley. Elder Stephen Duncan of New Orleans, for whom the chapei was named, was present. On last Thursday the meeting opened with several hundred negroes encamped around the church in tents and in rudely constructed shanties. The sessions were to continue one week. There they ate and slept and held services in the chapel. One day previous to the opening of the campruecting the negro, Bill Morris, had been burned at the stake near Balltown. Public feeling was at a high pitch. Under those conditions the negroes gathered at Live Oak. There was troubl er a license and Crear Lott's tent became the center | of contention. Some trouble occurred Saturday evening, but no bloodshed. It came up again Sunday afternoon, when Constable Boon and a posse rode up io Lott's tent with a warrant. Lott came out and {s reportxd to have shouted with an oath “One nigger has been burned, but some white man will be next!" Negro Strikes First Blow. ‘Wade Walker, one of the constable's pos: was struck on the head with a rifie and then tho slaughter began. The blacks fled from the frall wooden church, for it was no shelter from the rain of bullets. Joe Seal recelvéd his death wound. A tor- rent of lead was sent whizzing through the fled. Preacher Connolly was shot while standing in his yard. His daughtei fell just inside the ho It was death and blood and the shrieks of the wounded and dying wei heard on every side. Lott's old mother-in-law, his two daugh- ters and the little boy fell in a heap In- ide the shelter. Sophie Lott saved her lifo by concealing herself beside the stove. Then she escaped and the men did not harm her. They were after Crear Lott. He was barricaded and the place was fired. The fire forced him from cover and he appeared in the doorway and twenty rifle balls went crashing through him. He fell in a heap, head foremost on the ground. Parker and Beverly, hoth blacks, fell with him. Washington Parish has never seen such & slaughter. Joseph Seal and Charles El- liott and Edward Thompson, the wounded whites, were carried away to the home of F. P. Sones, about three-quartera of & mile through the pine woods, which was hastily converted into a hospital. There Beal dleq yesterday. He was burled today from his home in Varando, six miles away, ani there In the Sones emergency hospital Blliott now lles dying. & Threatened. For twenty-four hours it looked like a | uprising to wipe out the black rae Iike wildfire and yesterday over 1,000 armed men had reached the scene of battle. They came for miles and miles, some as far away as Monticello, Sherift Norman H. S8immons and J. K Johnson, clerk of the court of the Parish, arrived from Franklin yesterday morning and the feeling subsided. Governor Longino of Mississippl and Gov- ernor Heard of Louisiana were notified and e that troops would be hurried Yesterday afternoon the nine negroes who were left in & heap where they had dled were plled into three unmarked graves, dug the charred remains of Lot There was no ceremony. The min- fster and his daughter filled one of the holes, the woman and child another aund the men & third. At the same time prom- Inent citizens held a conference, which was nded by Sheriff Simm and a mes- was sent to the negr Do you want any more “No," came the reply. This had a quicting effect and peace n relgned. The negroes left the country. They car- ried all the personal effects possible. All who could rode on horssback. waa the query. IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, that Posttively Kills the Dandruff Germ. 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