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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1901 I CAPTINE'S GASE blES NEW HOPE Miss Stone Still Lives, Though the Ransom Is Not Paid. Flans by Turkish Troops to Surround Abductors Are Stopped. RS Spe Dispatch to The Call. | BUREAU, 146 G STREET,! WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—Official | 1 is finding summe encourage- | the fact that aithough 2 week »sed since the expiration of the| CALL w, N. time rans f Miss Stone, she is still alive. | From Mr. Eddy, Secretary of the Lega- | tion in Constantinople, and Mr. Dickin- Consul General at Sofia, dispatches ved yesterday and to-day by ine cpartment. Assistant Secretary ., who has just returned from his va- now-Acting as secretary in place | A ant Secretary Adee and | oting special attention to the The department is unwiliing the cablegrams in its posses- ! it is known that Miss Stone 18 he Stone vulge bu nson is not i e prigands ana M S rou- n confmunicating with them. As soon | as the full amount of ransom is Teceived | Constar vey it to them in such manner that simul- | y its delivery ihe American | communicati will be released. In view of nces given by the Turkish and | Bulgarian authorities the officials here »m confident that they will not direct attack by their troops upon the bri- | Stone Is consequently re- | danger whi would ac- ! h a move. All the money for release has not 3 large sum has be nstantinople. The State Department | hopeful that the balance will be | promptly d and in the meantime its | sgents will endeavor to induce the bri- | gands to sccept a smaller ransom than they demanded. “ONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 14.—It trans- | es that the Turkish commander had | reparations to surround Miss at noon last Saturda Seccretary of the Unlited | received advices that| would result in the . and at 3 o'clock Sat- proceeded 1o the resi- nd Minister of Foreign Affairs, | Tewilk Pasha, and demanded the immedi z2te retirement of the Turkish troops. This | was carried out and the Bulgarian' forces | followed suk. Eddy = action has the unani- . m=ial of the members of the | Ay convinced that | 1 infal- | { ais ation, ity L RIAL {URDER Judge Cant:ill! T fotion Dismise the Jury on tne Ground of Bias. N, Ky.. Oct rs was completed this afternod the trial of ex-Secrctary of State Caleb Powers, charged with being ac the murder of Governor Goebel, fense chailenged the whole jur: with political bi: and the officers of court with packing the jury for the | purpose of conviction. Both sides pre-| gented affidavits and arguments, after | which Judge Cantrill Genied the motion he defense to disqualify the jury and | iso overruled a demurrer to the indic nent to h the defense took excep- tions. es were then sworn and a list of attorneys on_both sides was fur- | nished the court. Prosecutor Frahklin read the indiciment against Powers and Colonel T. C. Campbell stated what the | commonwealth expected to prove | GEORGETOV the SUSPECTED MUBD;RES IS FORMALLY CHARGED Complaint Based on Circumstantial | Evidence Is Sworn to by Chief | of Detectives. | DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 14—The formal| charge of murder in the first degree was | to-day preferred against Mrs. Mary Belle | ‘Witmer, the suspected wholesale murder- | ess. The affidavit was sworn to by Chief | of Detectives Bridge and is based on the | death of Mrs. Arna C. Pugh, a s r the accused. It ged that death was tc the adm ion of ars vill- | and purposely by Mrs, Witmer. The | rt chemist, in whose hands have been | | the intestines of several supposed ms, including Mrs. Pugh, has not yet | made his report' to the Coroner and to- | day’'s affid is based wholly on circum- | dence. | mer was arraigned in the Po- | lice Court this afternoon on the charge of | murder. She pleaded not guilty and lhn‘ case was continued until Friday. RATLROAD MAGNATES | TO CONFER AT OMAHA | They Will Probably Take Action on ‘ the Proposed New Continental Line. OMAHA. Oct. 14.—President Burt, Gen- | eral Trafic Manager Stubbs and all the | department heads of the Union Pacific have gone tc Salt' Lake, where they will | to-morrow meet Harriman and heads of | the Southern Pacific. The meeting s con- | sidered an important one and will include | discassion of traffic, operating and new | lines. The matter of a new transconti- | nental limited which will reduce the run-| | | | ng time between Chicago and San Fran- cisco nearly a day will also come up and probably be acted u e e TG Cudahy Withdraws Offer of Reward. | OMAHA, Oct. 14—Edward A. Cudshy | to-day withdrew the reward of $25,000 | which he offered ten months ago for the | capture of the abduetors of his son. The reward is withdrawn unconditionally. At the suggestion of Cudahy and at the re- quest of Chief of Police Donahue, the City Council will take up the matter to-mor- row night at its regular meeting and it is expected will withdraw the offer of | $25,000 for the arrest of the kidnapers. Burglars Set Fire to a Mill. BLUFFTON, Ohio, Oct. 14—Burglars to-day blew open the safe in the office | of the Biuffton Milling Company here with a Jarge charge of dynamite. The | building caught fire and the entire plant was destroyed, causing a loss of $25,000. It is sald the burglars secured nothing. They fired two shots at Night Operator Greer, who attempted to turn in a fire alarm. IR AT Accidentally Kills His Brother. ALBERT LEA, Minn., Oct. 14—While hunting Sunday afternoon August Paul- son, cashier of the First National Bank, ws accidentally shot by a younger broth- er. The top of his head was blown away, Wth sugar i o coffee CALIFORNIA CHUTNEY AUCE s to chops game, fish Steaks etc. . 15%ag28¢ ALl oROCERS mit fixed by the brigands for the | inople he will arrange to con- | s | the Cuban pilot I | Admiral Schley’s list of witnesses, CAPTAIN COOK SAYS HE ORDERED " THE LOOP MADE BY THE BROOKLYN Officer Who Commanded Schley’s Flagship Testifies That the Com- modore’s Expectation Was to Meet and Vanquish the ASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—To- day, in the Schley court of inquiry, Judge Advocate \) Lemly concluded the pre- sentation of - testimony inment, and the first of Admiral ley’s witnesses was introduced. Cap- tain Francis A. Cook, who commanded Acmiral (then Commodore) Schley’s flage, the Brocklyn, during the Santiago acted, though unoffi- cially, In the capacity of chief of staff for the commodore, was on the witness stand the greater part of the day, He was fol- lowed by Lieutenant Commander Willlam iullham, who was senior watch officer on the New Orleans during the Spamsh war, and former Lieutenant Joseph Beale who was an officer on the Harvard, trans lated the cipher dispatches betwceen Com- modare Schley and the Navy Department carried by that vessel, Among tho dis- tches was that sent by Commodore hley May 28 cxpressing regret at not having been able to cbey the orders of the department and explaining the reason hy he could not do so. There are some verbal discrepancies between the origi- nal draft ot this dispatch and the official print of it, and these Beale explained. Licuten Beale was the last of the Government witnesses, although Captain Lemly expiained that he wouid reserve the right to call others if occasion ghould demaid that he do so. He had no sooner s for Aamiral provea to’ be uardo Nunez, who told Schle May 25, 158, that he did not believe the Spanish fleet under Cervera was in the harbor. at Santiago. Captain Cook's testimony wus a review of the entire campalgn after Cervera's fleet, beginning with the departure of the ilying squadron from Key West on May Schie 19 and concluding w the battle off Santiago July 3. He id that first it had been believed by both apson and Schley that the Spanish fleet was in the harbor at Cienfuegos and that no infor- mation to the contrary had been conveyed to Commodore Schley until the arrival of Captain McCalla on May 24; that it was Commodore Schley's expectation to meel the Spantfirds in the open sea and his con- ant care was to have coal enough for such enfergency. He gave particulars con- cerning the retrograde movement, and ex- ned the Brooklyn's loop in connection with the graphic account of the engage- ment of July 8. Asked for an opinion as ‘ldb aring as a commanding offi- a regarded him as an enthu- brave and patriotic officer.” Fex iy RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOOP. Brooklyn’s Captain Declares He Or- dered the Famous Turn, WASHINGTON, Oect. 14.—Captain Francis A. Cook was the first new witness called before the Schiley court of Inquiry to-da He was called the Navy Department, but as he also is on he was considered, like Lieutenant-Commander Hodg- son and Lieutenant Doyle, as a witness for both sides of the controversy. During the war with Spain Captain Cook was commander of the flegship Brooklyn and also Admiral Schley's chief of staff, thus occupying the same rela- lon to Admiral Schley that Captain Chadwick occupled to Admiral Sampson. His appearance on the stand therefore created con- siderable interest and his testimony was listen- el to attentively. Other witnesses summon- ed by the department for the day were Lieu- tenant-Commander Willlam F. Fullam, who was on the New Orleans during the Santiago campaign, and Lieutenant Joseph Beale, wno was on the scout ship Harvard and who vol- unteered to go ashore and ascertain whether the Spanish fleet under Cervera was in the harbor of Santiago. The first of the witnesses recalled for the correction of testimony was Lieutenant-Com- mander Staunton, formerly of the New York, who made an addition to his statement as to the first news he r ed from Captain Allen at Key West on May 20 concerning the pres- ence of the Spanish-fleet at Bantiago. The addition was as follows: “The information obtained at that time from Captain Allen and reported to the commander- in-chief some time near noon was mot con. sindered sufficient at that time to cause & s | change- in the plan that bad already been adopted.” Captain F. E. Chadwick also returned to the | stand for the purpose of correcting his former evidence. Captain Cook Is Called. After previous witnesses had corrected their testimony Captain Cook was called. He was questioned by Hanna. He sald he had been at Key West on May 19. “What information did you have ‘at that timc concarning the whereabouts of Cervera’s fleet”" asked Hanva. “My impressions now are eimply from ru- mor, that they had left the Canary isiands and a part of them had been sighted at Martinique and from consular !nformation, or, perhaps, information sent by the Harvard that they had gohe to Curacao. That 1s all from impression.” Giving the Teasons for the departure of the fiying “squadron for Cienfuegos, Captain Cook said the squadron had been sent to that port “to ‘ntercept and meet the Spanish squadron, it having been determined, as we believed at that time, to‘make Clenfuegos their objective port.”” He had understood that the Spanish fleet carried munitions of war for Havana and it was belleved that they would go to Cienfue- Bos because of its accessibility to Havana. Captain Cook detailed a conversation between Commodore Schley ard Captain Chester while the squadron was en route to Clenfuegos, He saild there had been talk between them about Coaling on the southern coast of Cuba. ““The only thing I recollect,” he said, ‘“‘was that Commodore Schley questioned Captain Chester very closely as to the facllities for coaling ships on the south side of Cuba.” "D‘; you know what information was re- ved 2" I think they consulted a chart at the time, and something was said about Cape Cruz. { recollect afterward looking at the chart there &nd it did not seem to be a favorable place. I know the subject of coaling was early con- sidered even before leaving Key West.'" Not a Favorable Place. Admiral Dewey—Was your arswer that Cape Cruz aid or did not look like a favorable place? T did not quite understand that. I said T recollect very well my impressions at that time were that Cape Cruz did not seem li favorable place for coaling ships from col- liers.” Hanna—Perhaps the court would like to hear why you thought so. “I could not well see how the larger ships could get far enough in there so that the col- llers would be smooth enough to go alongside and coal ships.”” Captain Cook recalled the meeting of o the Marbiehead with the flylng squadron en route | to Clenfuegos, but could recall only very in- distinctly the fact that the Scorpion had de. livered to the Brooklyn any information from the Eagle at that time, “I did not recelve any information,” he said, ““and did not consider the Incident important.’ Captain Cook said that upon arriving off Cienfuegos on the morning of May 22 a block- ade was immedlately established as the firing of guns was heard and it was belleved that Cervera had arrived and a fete of honor of his appearance was on. Karthworks on the shore algo were seen, but they were not fired upon because it was consldered desirable not to un- necessarily expend ammunition. “T think between that time and the arrival of the Adula it was presumed that the whole beach was occupled,” he sald., ““We saw cav- alry and others on the beach. The possibility of a boat landing was talked of. The idea was that we would have to go in prefty well to the westward and at night.- I may have had some conversation with the commodore about it, but I do not recollect. On the arrival of the Adula we fully expected to get all infor- mation."” *‘Did you see any signal lights on shore while you_were there?”’ “’Yes, the first thing after we arrived, on May 23 ““Where were those signal lights and what were they?”" “I judged them to have been about six or seven miles to the westward, three lights, one ahead of the other, very distinct. There was some discussion on the ship whether these were signals that the Epanish ships were go- ing there or whether they were already there.” No Doubt as to Signals. ““There could not have been any doubt what- ever, from the arrangements of these lights, that they were intended as signals “Oh, mo; their appearing at the time they @id and remaining so long, but we could not getermine from or to whom they were Hanna questioned the witness concerning the arrival of the Iowa end the Dupont off Clen- fuegos. Captain Cook sald they had brought for Spanish Fleet in the Open Sea. s dispatches and he had gathered from conver- sation with Commodore Schley after thelr re- ceipt that it was the idea both of Sampson and Schley that they should continue to hold Clenfuegos. He did nct, he sald, recall the re- ceipt of the McCalla memorandum concerning a landing place near Cienfuegos. After read- ing the dispatch he sald: “I never saw or heard of it. It may have been referred to, but if T had seen it I would certalnly remember it.'" In this connection, he eaid, that while he was not formally appointed as chlef of staft to Commodore Sghley he had often acted in that capacity, and the commodore had, he fuid, always commuricated very freely ‘with tm! Hanna asked: “‘Were you present at any in- terview hetween Captain MeCalia and the com- modare?"' 1 was in consultation.’ “Briefly and exactly as you can give It, what occurred?” “‘We talked on various subjects at first. I think Captain McCalla informed him he had mining materjals for the insurgents and that he was goiug to communicate with the insur- gent camp. We brought up the question about the camp and where jt yas, and then the commodore said to him: ‘We have seen three peculiar lights, .one ahead of the other here, but we cannot make out what they ure and I believe it is something in connection with the Spanish fleet.’ Captain McCalla gave a start, threw up his hands and sald: ‘That is the 'Insurgents from the insurgent camp. They. to_communicate with you,’ and added, ‘Well, I can go there and find out at once.”’ The commodore told him to go, to get off as soon as possible, and added, ‘You can send a boat across and-let me know as soon as possible.” Then the subject of coaling came up again about the great difficulty we were going to have in coallng from colliers, and Capialn McCalla said: ‘You need not be at all concerned about me. I wHI get coal If there iz any coai to be obtained.’ He was always checrful about everything. He started from the ship almost immediately and sald, ‘I must get off.’ In the meantime, closely con- nected with that, was the arrival of the Adula. This steamer came in from Jamaica and re- ported that the Spanish fleet had gone Into Santiago and bad left on the 18th. I recol- lect that particularly, because that seemed to confirm the commodore’s idea that they had reached Clenfuegos. It was a suspicious craft. They did not give any clear reason for going in except they wanted to communicate with their subjects, and in my conversation with the ‘commodore my impressions were that he coked upon that as entirely suspiclous. Not understanding the matter and not knowing exactly object 1 sald something to him g the steamer go in. He sald: 'T don’t care anything about that steamer, but I am bound to get information from her. If the captain does not give it I will certainly get it out of some of the passengers. It was ar- ranged that when she came out an officer should go aboard and get information from them. She did not come out. That confirmed him still more that they were there. Then the Eagle came down in the evening and reported that they had communicated with the insur- gents and that Bhe Spanish squadron was not in_Clenfuegos.” ““That information was gfven In positive in_Clenfuegos.” V'Positive.’ Concerning Coal Supply. Speaking of the coal supply of the vessels of the flylng squadron while at Cienfuegos Cap- tain Cook sald that his only anxiety was con- cerning the Texas, whose supply was light. It had been found difficult to coal that ship op secount of its sponsons. He sald In this con- nection that Commodore Schiey had always Dbeen persistent. In keeping the ships as full of coal as possible, availing himself of every opportunity to take cn fresh supplies. In re- ¥ to questions he said he bad never been ¢ pecially anxious about the coal supply of the Brooklyn, ‘although there were times when he should have been glad to have more.' Captaln Cook recalled the arrival of the dis- patch boat Hawk on May 24 with dispatches. He was told that the information was to the effect_that the Spanish fleet was in Santlago, “but,” he sald, "I was not especially im- pressed with that fact, as I had heard it be- fore.” He was, however, told that this infcrma- tion was more positive than any which had vet been brought. The commodore, he said, had toid him that the Hawk had brought orders to the effect that the squadron should proceed to Santiago if he (the commodore) was satisfled that the Spaniards were not at Clentucgos, but he sald Commodore Schley had £aid: -1 am_ not satisfled that they aro not here, I still belleve they are here.” “If satisfied that the Spanlards were at Cienfuegos why did you leave there”? asked Hanna. “‘Because of McCalla's report from the in- surgents on shore. ““That, then, made it clear that the Span- lards were not there”? “‘Entlrely.” Deseribing the departure of the fiying squad- ron for Santlago the witness said that it was made after dark In order to conceal its in- tentlons and that the lights were darkened for the same purpose. The run on the night of the 24th was, he sald, fairly good. Ships in Fighting Trim. The next day the weather was squally and stormy, with a sea Wwhich was ‘‘moderate to rough, On the 26th the weather moderated, but there was a ‘’long, nasty sea,” with the ships rolling & good deal. They had been com- pelied_to slow up in order to accommodate ihe Eagle, the commodore desiring to keep the fleet intact, as it was in column forma- tion. There was then, he sald, considerable talk on the part of the commodore concerning the coal supply, he feeling that if the then pres- ent expenditure was to continue it would not continue long. He was still especially cor- cerned about the Texas and had sald to him (Captain Cook) that ‘‘we must keep the ships in fighting trim.”” They had consulted charts and talked over the case, looking for a place fit for coaling. Finally, he sald, they had hit upon Gonaives Bay and had decided to lay a course for that point. “The idea,’” he said, *was that we should roceed in the direction of Santiago and that t we found the sea such that we could coal we would immedlately institute the blockade, but if not practicable to do that we would proceed to Gonalves Bay and coal there.” “What, if anything, did you say to the com- modore after he started toward Santiago’’? “‘He started as soon as he found the Texas had enough coal. My impression is that he eaid he should go to Santiago; that if he found it practicable to coal from colliers there he should stay. If they got too short of coal to Gonaives ‘Bay to try some- Piles Cured Without the Knife. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding: Plles. No Cure, No Pay. All dru::flb are author- jzed by the manufacturers of Pazo Ointment to ‘refund money where it falls to cure any case of piles, no matter of how long standing. 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Speaking of Captain Sigsbee's visit he told of his bringing the pilot Nunez Aboard, but Captain Cook, said that he had not at’ first been| inspired, with confidence in that Individual, ‘Withough he afterward found that ke wes a reliable man. Retrograde Movement. ’ The witness then in response to questions detailed the retrograde movement of the fly- ing squadron toward Key West, beginning May 2. He said his first information that such a movement was to be undertaken was when he received orders to' move. He had, he said, informed Commodore Schley on the evening of the 27th that he found the sea had Lecome calm enough to coal and had found that the commodore had also reached the same conclusion. Replylng to questions concerning the block- ade of Santlago, Captain Cook said that Com- modore Schley's constant ldea was that the vessels should be kept well supplied with coal and kept moving constantly, as his theory was that the Spanish fleet would come out of th: harbor. “Why was the circular blockade adopted” ? Hanne asked. “There arc many forms of blockade, and I have nothing but pralse for the circular blockade,” replied the witness, “but the idea was to get the Spaniards to come out and t have our ships moving and ready for actio ““‘What were your orders of battle from May 19 to June 1”7 'We did not have any. The fleet was al- ways in condition for action.” Do you call that a battle order’? “It fs possible to have an order fdr battle if you know just what conditions you. are Bolng to meet. The idea with us was o be able to fight the Spanish fleet whenever we should meet it. I think that was understood by all. I so understoed it."” “It the fleet had come out of the harbor previous to June 1, what would you have one’" ? ““‘We would have obeyed the orders of the commanding officer.’” ‘‘Were the fighting ships always in order for battle” ? “I always supposed they were; the Brook- Iyn was always in excellent order.” General interest was manifested throughout the courtroom when Hanna began his in- quiries about the battle of July 8. He asked: ““Were you on deck when the fleet came out of Santiago harbor on July 3, when they were first sighted?” The reply was in the negative; he had at that time been in the cabin. ‘“How did you first learn the fleet Was com- ing_out?” “'I heard the executive officer call out: ‘Clear the ship for action,’ and as I had.given di- rections to have the ship ready for inspection I knew at once something was happening. I went on deck immediately.” “Had you had any Intimation the night be- fore that the fleet was coming out?” “No. T turned in the night before about midnight, feeling rather the other way, all hope of their coming out having been given up. ““When vou came on deck where were the Spanish ships?" ““When I first arrived on the forecastle there were two In sight. The third one was just in- side the entrance and the fourth appeared afterward.’” ‘When Spaniards Came Out. {What did they, do when they came out, which way did they head?’ ‘“We were to the westward. The entrance to us was about northeast by north. The fleet came out south and turned as they left the en- trance to four points southwest, so that they turned in our direction. When I first got on deck the helm had been starboarded, heading a little to the northward. When I saw the fleet they were heading southwest and seemed to be coming straight for the interval between the Texas and the Brooklyn. I went in the conning tower and directed the helmsman. I told him what I wanted to do was to keep straight for the fleet. They wavered a little. Sometimes they turned one way and then an- other. We shifted helm once or twice, but very little indeed, and finally when we were getfing up fairly close, say between 1500 and 2000 yards, it scemed to me clear that they wanted to pass between the Texas and the Brooklyn. The Texas was well on our starboard and she was headed to the northward and westward, All ships were carrying out the instructions of the commander in chief, and that was to head in for the entrance, We were well to the west- ward and headed to the northeast. When I saw that I ported the helm perhaps halfway gver. ‘Sho was swinging starhoacd very rap. idly. The Spanish fleet was coming stralght for this interval. I stepped out of the tower on the port side to get a good look at the spot, to see just what they were going to do as to our relative positions, and 1 saw they evi- dently put helms hard aport and were turning to the westward. We were then turning very rapidly to starboard with port helm, and we had turned, I think, almost to the east. The Texas was well on our starboard side. I then gave the order ‘hard aport' to the helmsman, ran through the opening betwen the shield and conning tower on purpose to see our own fleet and our relative positions. Quicker than T could tell it the commodore called to me: ‘Cook, hard aport! Or is your helm aport? I answered: ‘The helm is hard aport, turning as rapidly as possible’ As I watched the Texas the bow of the Brooklyn seemed first to nt to her port bow. I never saw the star- rd bow of the Texas, and changing our bearing very rapidly the bow of the Brooklyn passed along the port side of the Texas until there was a clear opening between us and the stern of the Texas. I made a complete turn, & very quick turn, with helm hard aport until Wwe came around and paralleled the fleet on the not . As’we paralleled the Spanish fleet the Viscaya— Admiral Dewey—May I Interrupt? How near did you pass to the Texas? No Danger of Collision. I never thought of a collision. It never en- tered my head. I never for a moment had one idea or vicissitude in that respect. We passed, I judge, about 400 yards. I had handled the ship under all circumstances and 1 got so I could judge pretty correctly, and my im- pression Was that we were about the distance we salled in squadron. But a collision I never thought of. She turned perfectly clear of the Texas, came around and then we had the Vis- caya on our starboard bow and about abeam was the Oquendo and then the Colon. At the time 1 thought it ‘was the Teresa, but I soon discovered this vessel was dropping out and heading for the beach. That was about the hottest time of the actlon. It was a critical time. There was not any time: for indiscretion and I do not think there was any. I have ways felt In my mind, In studying the posi- tlons, that the chances would have been for a disaster had we shifted helm at such a time. However, we got around and we had those three vessels. " I looked and could see nothing but smoke astern and the vessels seemed enveloped in this smoke. I could not understand it. I could not understand exactly how we got there. They were all three firing on the Brooklyn, when almost immediately, faster than I could tell it. I saw a large white boat in the water and through this smoke I saw the bow of a vessel. 1 exclaimed at the time, ‘What was that? The navigator, who was near me, said it was the Massachusetts or something to that effect. I sald she was away, and he then sald that it was the Oregon. I felt perfectly as- sured from that moment. She came up very rapidly. She was making more speed than we were at that time. She had all her boilers on, had shifted bollers that morning from forward to aft. She had steam and hot water on. ““Where was the Oregon Wwith respect fo the Brooklyn at that time?” “I estimated 600 yards. She passed in be- tween the Texas and the Jowa. She got in be- tween that opening, came to the northward of the Texas and came out about 300 yards from us, I mean a perpendicular course, and that would account for just what we made to the southward in turning, We made more than the tactical dlameter because we passed part of that distance with helm half aport.’ 1y What is the tactical dlameter of the Brook- e ‘About 650 yards.” ‘“Was it easy to handle the ship under such circumstances ?” “I never have seen one equal to her.” ““Was the starboard engine of the Brooklyn reyersed during that turn?’ “It was not. There was some question about that. The reason I feel positive of that is in recalling the circumstances. My impression is it may have been the commodore or the navi- gator, one of the two, sald something about backing the starboard engine, My reply, I remember very well, was I did not want to lose the speed of the ship. That she was turning all right and rapidly and I wanted to keep the speed of the ship.” “'At the time you saw the Oregon comirg out of the smoke was she on your starboard?’ “‘Starboard quarter.” “‘And between you and the Spanish ships?'’ “Never between us and the Spanish ships.” yhere were the Spanish ships at that me 7" “There never was anything between us and the Spanish ships. She was on our starboard quarter.” “‘Nearer In-shore?" “Yes. Cook Ordered the Turn. “‘Referring back now to certain points in the story, as I did not care to interrupt you, you state’ you heard the commodore say at one time, “Hard avort’ That was after you had begun to make the turn and the helm was hard aort?” ‘‘Yes_ the helm was aport, but not hard aport, There was perfect understanding between the commodore and myself.”" “I will ask if your recollection is clear as to whether the helm was put hard aport by yourself first or that you did It in obedience to an order from the commodore ?" I gave the order on my own responsibility. No question about that. It was not after hav- ing heard the commodore. He called out to me as I have stated, which 1 now think was simply to confirm himself in the idea that she was turning with a hard aport helm.” ‘At that time did you hear any conversa. tion between the commodore and the navi- gator?” “I did not.” “Did you see any torpedo-boats?’ “I did not.” ““Were you afrald of being rammed at the time the turn was made?” “No. There was something sald about It, but I did not give it a second thought from the fact that I knew they could not ram unless they got within my turning circle.” ‘“Were {ou afrald of blanketing the fire of our fleet by turning one way or the other?" e might have done it by turning the other way ‘‘Had you turned with a starboard instead of a port helm, would such action have advanced you o far as to bring you within the line of movement of the enemy’s ships?” “Provided they had taken advantage of it: that is to say, if they had continued on their course southwest straight for us, and we had turned so as to bring them within our turning circle, it would have made ramming possible, certainly."” “‘How were they heading when this order hard aport was given? ““They were heading southwest.” ‘‘Were they then headed =0 had you gone the other way—'" Schley Always Brave. “‘And they discovered the movement? Yes, I think they would. The chart distance given at the time was 1100 vards. I estimated 1300 yards and so made it in my report. In the first place we must have lost by shifting helm at such a time. Then if we had turned the other way We must have gone 700 yards, They would not have had much distance to run to get entirely within our turning circle. That is_all conjecture.” Hanna—What was the conduct and bearing of Commodore Schley while under fire on such occaslons that you had the opportunity of ob- erving? always regarded him as an enthusiastically bflv,. and patriotic officer. Never in any other way. At this point the court took its usual recess for luncheon, g At the afternoon session of the court, Cap- tain Cook continued his testimony in response to, Interrogatories by Hanna, who_asked: “‘At the time the turn of the Brooklyn wak made were you in such a position that you could observe whether or not the engines of the Texas were backed, or reversed ‘Had Reason to Bless the Texas. “I think I ought to have seen It at the dis- tance she was from us.” “Did you see any such?’ “I did not.” “In reference to Lieutenant Commander Hodgson's conversation with the commodore, you say vou did not hear the conversation be- tween them?* “Not.one word of it.”" L e e e e e ] To Cure a Cold in One Day Take tive Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al refund the money if it fails to ture. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 2c. * “Did Hodgson make any suggestions to you or have any conversation with you during the battle?” -3 Quite a_number of times. | “Did he have that conversation or the sub- stance of it with you?” - ““The only thing 1 recollect, which T recollect clearly, is that this summer when I met him at Newport he asked it I recalled it, and I recalled at the time we were .turning, after we had been turning some time, and after the PLAN TO STUDY MAGNETIG FORCE Observatories.;' to Be Es- tablished at Sitka and Honolulu. Geodetic Survey to Co-op- erate With the Foreign Expeditions. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—The Coast and Geodetic Survey has establis a mag- netic observatory at Sitka, Alaska, and is tructing another at Honolulu. l"LL- to co-operate with. the British and governments invest! con wa Gerr in ating c forces and nee- helm ort, he came across to | Problems of the magnetic I meln;n:ul:l%‘:"‘g::tial’:l.pdn you see the Texas? | dle variations throughout the world. lln;s She was the nearest ship at that time. I was | is in connection with one German and two looking directly at her, and just about then | Hritish expeditions for the south pole on we were pretty well clear of her. I sald: ‘Oh. | pians long ago formulated. The co-opera- yes,” and he told me that entirely reassured | tion of tnis and other governments was R g i PP |asked by Germany and the movement “Fle Gid not make any suggestion to you | Y er way, So far as the pre- or you to him respecting going in any nearer | to be rammed; the danger from torpedo boats or, anything of that Kind? “Did you use any expression or language which could have been understood -by him as meaning ‘damn the Texas? *“No, 1 had every reason to bless her, not to | damnher.” “How in the log? “So far as I know, with port helm. observed the erasure, which I suppose you are | coming to, until it was shown to me here in | Washington, ard I did not understand it then. I could not recall anything in connection with it. It was the custom on board the Brooklyn for the smooth log, when it was written, to be read by the officers and signed by them. afterward by the navigator, when it was sub- mitted to me. 1 sometimes had time to look at it and sometimes did not. I do not believe I locked at it within three or four days after that battle. I may have looked at it, but the first real recollection 1 have of it was when my at- tention was called to the fact that the navi- | gator wanted to make it more full and com- plete. I said: ‘Write It up as you recollect it and submit it to me, but no changes are to be made under any circumstances in_the log as it stands now. It can be added to, but not any changes in the criginal log.’ So he wrote this, | and I signed it. I have since read It and do | not_know which is the best account.’ | “You refer now to the addendum | “Yes, At that time there was no question | about the way the ship turned. I suppose I would have noticed it had it been done, but I probably did not see it until after that change | was made. I certainly would have seen it be- fore."” Letter Is Not Admitted. . *“Do you recollect a visit of Mr. Sharp to the Brooklyn and an Interview, at which the com- modore and yourself were present, about the direction in whicll the Brooklyn turned on that morning?" the turn of the Brooklyn written | I never | ate I was not present at any h interview. | 1t the court please, I should like to hand to the witness a letter, apparently signed by him- self and dated September 26, 1565, the letter which was referred to by Admiral Evans when he was giving his testimony and which he de- sired to read at that time. An objection was made then, counsel suggesting that the proper | course would be when Captain Cook went on the stand.”” Captain Cook was handed the letter by Hanna to identify. ‘Admiral Dewey—FHas the letter anything to do with any of these specifications? Judge Advocate—Not specifically. ‘Admiral Dewey—Then it better not be read. Captain Cook—Mr. President, I would like to have it read for this reason: It has been re- | ferred to, and seems to convey the idea that | there was an ssue between Captain Evans and myself. I think, as it is on the record that such a letter has passed, there should not be | any doubt about the matter. Admiral Dewey—I do not think it has any- thing to do with the case. Captain Cook—It is my letter and my signa- ture. Admiral Dewey—Admiral Evans trial; Captain Cook Is mot on tria Captain Cook sald there was tween himself and Admiral Evans. was not read. The court asked a number of questions of Captain Cook, which, with the answers, were | as follows: “How did you become aware of the orders 1s mot on 0 issue be- The letter under which the flying squadron sailed, May | 19, to Cienfuegos?"* | “Conversation with Commodore Schley.” ‘“What_general orders were issued y Com- modore Schley regarding the blockade of Clen- fuegos?’ Schley Was Enthusiastic. | “I cannot recall that there were any written orders. I think it was (of course, I understood, | being in command of his flagship) understood in consultation with the captains In a general way.” “Was any effort made by boats of the fiying | squadron to find a landing place near Clenfue- gos_prior to the arrival of the Marblehead > “'None that 1 know of.”" | “Did any conversation take place between you | and Commodore Schley in regard to obtaining | information from Captain McCalla when the | Marblehead passed the Brookiyn while the last- named vessel was en route to Clenfuegos? “‘None that I can recall.”” | “What reasons did Commodore Schley give | you for his belief that Cervera's squadron was in Cienfuegos?"’ “‘In the first place, upon leaving Key West, he was quite enthusiastic at having been given the command of the south side of Cuba and he said he expected to catch that fleet; that both he and Commander in Chief Sampson believed Cienfuegos was the objective point. I think I have already stated that he believed he would find them there. On Saturday night he heard, or some officers had reported to him, what sounded like a salute in the afternoon. I never have known what that was. Certainly some- thing of the kind occurred, and he said it | sounded as if they were having some kind of jubilee. When we arrived at Clenfuegos there were the signal lights that misled us all. We thought that they had something to do with | the Spanish squadron either coming or being | there. And again, the arrival of the Adula and | her strange action. I belleved at that time | they were there, and I thought this was a ruse to get some communication to them. That is | all I gan recollect.” 1o.Did the Brookiyn have a fleet night-order | I am not able to answer that question. the Brooklyn I received my instructions, of course, direct from the flag officer. I had my own night-order book and what orders I re- ceived I put in that.” “Did you examine the salling directions for information regarding the possibility of coaling ship near Cape Cruz?’ “Yes.”” ‘“What orders were given by Commodore Schley to the ships of the flying squadron for their guidance in the event of Cervera's squad- ron arriving at the harbor of Clenfuegos, in the event of Cervera’s squadron being sighted at sea and In the event of ifs coming out of the harbor of Santiago?"* Governed by Circumstances. “I know of no written order that would cover the case, but in consultation with the com- manding officers it was understood that at night time we would be in column and ready. During the day time we had our assigned posi- tions: that we should attack wherever wa found them and I presume be governed by cire cumstances." ‘‘Had any vessel taken coal at Clenfuegos prior to the time when Commodore Schley ais- gussed the coal supply with Commander Me- alla? w1 g0 not knaw. T hink not” “’At what distance from the entrance of Clen- fuegos did the large ships lie while both by day and by night?” Npnibe “From four six miles, I shoul Closer at night.” =g “Does the chart show that there - ghoraze n{ ega?e Cruz where large lh‘i.pl.:o:x?d e protected from easterly and VinbioNbi comme y southeasterly ~- ression Is it not. That was obsgiu::z‘:zk‘l‘( n.e;uu:‘.‘fi“ e “Do you know why the squadron for a point twenty or thirty mu.:"f',.,':.‘.“lfi‘lw entrance to Santlago instead of near the | shore?"” “‘Because. as T understood at the time, if the | such that we could | 'el‘h:.l m;d!slzfill: ‘were not coal off Santiago we should cont; Geraives Bay, but upon arrival off Samtis.. | that we could coal on it the conditions were so from the colller, we would go Up off the en- trance.”” ‘“Were, you ordered by Cox shape the course of the nm%:czlg\;: off Ys;nthgo May 247" “What was the direct! wind Trom May 22 to Jué?r?" “It was southeast and southw | I think the wind on the 2th was :‘o:‘thwn'l‘i is all & matter of log. ' The fresh s wers | from the northeast. The other winds were | from the southeast to southwest.” | ““Was the Brooklyn using full power during the fight of July 37" full power until the the prevailing | “No. We did not have end of e action, unf end of the Jantil just about when the “Why not?’ *“The order required us u;nv;ng elgnt or nine knots, of the engines uncoupled. We useq mes. In the early part of the aomior ch steam enough to make twelve knots and | we kept on increasing the steam until we had | all the steam we could use with the two en. | Eines. We continued to_ ket sieam w11 | dea that If the Colon should go beyond the | &‘,”‘“ we would lose time in coupltng up ail e engines. It would have taken twenty-five to keep steam for I think, with some | time | largely | in | that 1 | and defective. now m ary work is concerned, centemplates ic observations at fixed observa- tories throughout the world simultaneous- ly with the actual entific researches in the south polar regions. Both the Amer- jcan observatories will be ready to as- sume their part of the co-operation at the designated in February next. The work (of -the expeditions is Ikely to oc cupy two or three years, and its value is dependent on the observations similarly and simultaneously made in dif- ferent parts of the world. It expected to determine the question vihether all magnetic disturbances. and $henomena are subject to a common and Wworld-wids cause instead of being of a local charac- ter. B e e e e e el minutes to couple up. We had all the steam we cotld use in the after engines. ‘What orders were given by Commodore Schley to the fleet by signal or otherwise dur- | ing the battle of July 37 First Signal to Close In. “‘Quite a number of signals were made, but 1 only recollect a few of them. The first si; ral made was the formulated signal to clo Afterward there were signals made; a great many wig-wags were made to the Ore- n. There is a record, I belleve, In the log book. I did not pay any atiention to the sig- nals during the action, except such as & fected me.’ Admiral Dewey—The witness has spoken of the order requiring them to keep steam up for moving with some of the engines uncoupled. Was that order by Comumodore Schiey? It was the order of the commander in chief while lying on blockade."” “Did the Spanish ships head to the west- ward of southwest before the Brooklyn made the turn with port helm?” “They did not.”* “Was the helm of the Brooklyn steadled or eased at any time during the turn after the order ‘bard aport? * “No; not until she was around and parallel with the Spanish fleet.”” “What Ships wouid have had their fire blanketed had the Brooklyn turned with star- Boara nelm “[t 1s possible 1t might have blanksted the Tt is possible it might have fire of the Texa: interfered with the movements of the Oregon, as they were both coming up in that direction in the space in which we turned. I will say never considered for one moment any other thing but turning that ship to star- board."* ‘How far were the vessels of the flying squadron off the entrance of the port of San- tiago while on blockade, first by day and sec- ondly by night?" ““The blockade was closer and closer all the time. The first night I should say that it wi between five and six_miles off and about seve: miles off at day. They steamed in a circle | from five to six miles from the entrance and from four to five miles each side, so as to cover the entrance.” “Pilot,” Not a “Guide.” Edward Nunez, the Cuban pilot, was called as the first of Admiral Schley’s witnesses. An Interpreter was introduced, as Nunez camnot speak English. He said he had been a pilot for, twenty-one years in all the Southern Cu- ban ports. The interpreter used the word ‘guide” in interpreting his statement 3s above, and Admiral Dewey corrected him, saying the word should be “pilot.” Nunez sald he first met Commodore Schley on May 26, having been taken to him by the St. Paul. The commodore, he sald, asked him if he knew of the presence of the Spanish fleet at Santiago. He replied that he doubted it, as he did not think the water was deep enough for vessels of such size. On June 1 he had gone on the Vixen to the Cuban coast with a message for General Calixto which he had delivered to Colonel creco. Commodore Schiey had sent him on this mission and he had been told then by Cebereco that the Spanish fleet wasin the harbor. This information, Nunez said, he had carried to Admiral Sampson, under the direc- | tion of Commodore Schley. Captain Parker then read a copy of the let- ter which the pilot sald he had carried from Comemodore Schley to the Cubans, in which he suggested a code of signals similar to the code arranged by Captain McCalla at Clenfue- | gos, Ot cross-examination the witness said that Cetereco had given him the names of the Spanish vessels inside the harbor. He gave the names of those vessels, saying that they were given to him at that time by Cebereco. The witness also said that prior to going aspore June 1 he had not seen the Colon. He hajl not seen that vessel, indeed, until July 3. He said that his reason for thinking the ves- sels could not get into the harbor of Santlago waa that such large vessels as those of the Spanish fleet had never before been seen there: he thought the harbor both too narrow and too shallow. He had expressed the opinion that unless they had ‘“double machinery” (twin screws) they could not get in without the as- sistance of tugs. 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