The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 25, 1901, Page 1

! i ta n from et g " VOLUME XC—NO. 147. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. / ADMIRAL SCHLEY BEGINS THE THRILLING STORY OF HIS SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN IN CUBAN WATERS WOB BURNS NEGRO BRUTE | 0T A STKE Assailant of a Woman | Dies in Agony in Louisiana. — Body Is Plastered With Pitch to Make the Human | Fuel. | | | | | $ilent Men Apply the Torch and Then Have to Turn Their Faces From the Frightful Spectacle. e her back was roat Mrs. John , La., dragged her from lly assaulted her, head with a bludgeon | v the roadside last | clock, was overtaken by a ome, four miles from Ball the night, kept under | &, brought back after freely and committed the had been charged, ne of the assault, g and burn- | | ad sup- | consciousness | ing her father-in- m was promptly | ors gathered and | the negro. He was | s home and while attempting | d in the hip by a| the t om he h ecovered Accuses Innocent Persons. Morris implicated two e of his, in the earn the whole truth, o Yold Morris until sroes who £ Morris. this morning at the two negroes were absent from assault was com- case was estab- ors mac ely th Mo e s was proven Morris confessed | tbat and he alone, had done the deed., | He pleaded in defense that he needed the | money. and that, knowing Ball was ab- he had entered the ed his victi accompanied by his captors, ed the details of his act. Town, the captors took to the scene of the crime made ready to burn him at the stake. to a sapling near the was plastered with ots and pine straw feet and around his Tom head to heels was 4 with coal oil Silent in His Agony. torch was applied to the pile He replied in the negative, had already confessed his necessary to talk. to the stake he was and even when the | y he refrained from | e men who were & scarcely spoke to another w ore e preparations for the burning were g made. The silence everywhers was oppressive and impres- was burning the men stood speechless, with om the scene. When | flames had died down the crowd | sletly dispersed. | —_— —_— IDISCOVERY OF A PLOT | AGAINST SHAH'S LIFE Two of His Brothers and His Son-in- Law Lead the Conspir- { acy. LONDON, Oct News has been re- ceived from Teheran,” says a dis. | paich from St Petersburg to the Daily | Mall, “of the discovery of a serious plot | of the Shah. The leaders | were s s two | and Vizier, Sadr Aasam, | in-law. The two d for life to| w was sentenced | on the scaffold his sentence hah's firman to revealed all the | Gavame, who s pardoned on the equently in prison. party, together riests, were in the plot e beheaded or imprisoned for a veritable panic among of Teheran, onary the people Harriman and Tweed Elected. D, Oct. 24.—At the ad- or. gon & California Railroad Company held here to-day E. H. Harriman and Crarles H. Tweed were elected directors in place of C. P. Huntington, deceased, and T. H. Hubbard. The other nine direc- tors were re-elected. PRELIMINARY WORK IS DONE IN PLACING FLYING SQUADRON READY TO FIGHT THE ENEMY Ships Under the Commodore Engage in Effectiv> Target Practice While on the Way to Key West, Where S mpson Was Met and Loyal, Unreserved Fealty [s Promised to Him and the Cause Hero of the Battle Off San iago Also Relates the lficidents of the Blockade of Cienfuegos and Tells Why It Appeared Certain to Him That Cervera’s Fleet Was in the Harbor There P — | | S - -+ REAR ADMIRAL WINFIELD SCOTT SCHLEY, UNITED STATES NAVY, RETIRED. { i — = | “Winfleld Scott Schley, rear admiral, | over-water torpedoes was thoroughly dis- | Charleston. The squadron arrived on the | Among them was one which stated that a United States navy, retired, at present on | cussed, and I am frank to say I found no |15th and the commodore found orders | division of th: two. squadrons had been de- | | service in this court of inquiry.” one of the commanding officers who seem- | from the Secretary directing him to pro-| ¢ided upon, one for the north and the other | Events of the Campaign. ed to agree with.the others as to. what | ceed to Key West and report to’ Commo- S‘r_F;hi;fi*"{tf::xiizrC\:'l'u:‘.mTr:»hl;:eh:';:x The admiral then, in answer to a ques- | Use should be made of them. I, therefore, | dore Remey for further instructions. He | FVeR 0 proference of commend. e orton tlon from his counsel, proceeded %o give | determined, as happens upon all such oc-|| went to the Florida port at a twelve-knot | & [ReRer “eriectie S TRt HEEE { a careful and detailed narrative of all the | ¢asions, to take the helm myself, and de-|speed, that being the highest all the ves- SRt “ahd T sk l;lm R ot the Vo | events of the campaign up to the battle | cided that, as they were menaces to the|sels of the squadron. could make.” Thef i = 50 50 S R R B | of Santiago. He had not reached the [Squadron, we .should simply. keep ‘them S“““d.ro" at the, time - cc ted, of - the posed to hold the Havana, or north one. He | stage of his. testimony where he will tell | charged, with their warheads below ths [ Brookiyn, Massachusetts, ‘Texas, SCOI-| 4150 (013 me, which ever side I went on, to | of the battle when the court adjourned |protected decks. I put the squadron im- | pion and Sterling, the latter being a col- | romamper that they were very heavily forti- for the day. The audience which listened | mediately on a war footing, established | lier. fled and his confidential instructions, which he to his recital was by far the largest which | pickets and patrols and also the.masking| The admiral said the Sterling was lost | delivered to me verbally, were that we were | has gathered in the gunners’ workshop, | of lights.” sight of the first night out in a dense fog | not to risk our battleships against the fortl- where the court sits, All the reserved | Admiral Schley plunged -immediately | and he rever saw her again until he met | fled places of the coast until after the Span- seats were occupied, as were the seats|into the campalgn by outlining the plan|her off the south side of Cuba. The fiy»\ ish squadron had been disposed of. My recol- < ++ | set apart for the public at large. In the | which he had indicated to his command- | ing squadron arrived at Kéy West on the ‘C;‘;*q"_rgzwl: th-rlor: ;:r‘:d ume 1t was:t C\::a; ASHINGTON, 'Oct. 24—Ad- | 72r Of the room stood probably as many |ing officers before leaving Hampton|1jth, the admiral thought, and on the| fao. The imoression left wpon me g miral Schley took the stanil more people as found seats, scores.of men | Roads, saying: next day he went ashore to pay his re- e to-day in his own behalf in the court of inquiry which is invest:gating his conduct as commander in chief of the fly- ing squadron during the Santiago cam- paign. He was summoned a few minutes after the court convened at 2 o'clock for the afternoon session, and when the court adjourned at 4 o'clock he apparently hai only got well under way in his testimon.. Captain Charles E. Clark of the Oregon had just concluded his statement when Raynor, rising from his seat, said: “I should like to have Rear Admiral Schley called.” The admiral accordingly was asked to take the stand. It was a turn in the proceedings, for which apparently neither the members of the court, its officers nor the spectators were prepared, and a mur. mur of surprise was heard on all sides. It had been expected that the witness' name would be reached toward the close of the afternoon session. There were stiil two witnesses on his list who had not been heard, and it was understood to be his purpose ngt to take the stand until the entire list had been exhausted. He, however, responded immediately to the call, and before the audience was well aware of the fact he had begun his na:- rative of the campaign which terminated in the destruction of Cervera's fleet. Ray- nor introduced the testimony of his dis- tinguished witness by saying: ““Will you give the court your name and rank?” end women standing upon tables, chairs and in the windows; in fact, everywhere from which they could see the court. There was no appearance of demonstra- tion of any kind during the admiral’s re- cital.. On, the contrary, the silence was almost unbroken except for the sound o: the witness’ own voice. Only once was there. a stir in the room which indicated any feeling on the part of the listeners. That was when the admiral, detailing his conversation with Admiral Sampson 1a the cabin of the New York at Key West, told how he had assured the commander in chief of fealty to him. When the court adjourned for the day many of the spec- tators pressed ‘orward and shook the ad- miral's hand. “I was a commodore,” the witness be- gan, in response to Raynor's request for a connected narrative of the campaign. “under orders to command the flying squadron on the 28th of March, 1898, and served until the 20th day of June of the same year in that capacity.” Schley Takes Command. He had taken command of the squadron at Hampton Roads, hoisting his flag on the cruiser Brooklyn. After relating the origin of the squadron at the Virginia port he said that he had called the com- manding officers of the vessels constitut- ing that squadron together, and then he added: “The plan of campaign was threshed over. The disposition to be made of the “During this time I explained to all the commanding officers that, as it would be impossible to contrive a plan of battle that would meet unforeseen contingencies, the general plan of the squadron would be to cruise In line of battle and its gen- eral principle would be to attack the head and leading vessels, concentrating upon them the fire, in order, first, to obtain the moral effect, and second, to throw them into confusion, making a victory over them probably much more successful and complete. I did that for the reason that the older plans of battle had all been to attack center and rear, resulting in the escape usually of a part of each squad- ron. I felt that the attack of the head of the squadron, which was to some ex- tent new, would involve the destruction of the whole, and that was the genera! plan of action as explained to them en that occasion.” Result of Target Practis The admiral then detailed the target practice the squadron Indulged .in daily, saying that no day was bad enough to prevent it. Sub-caliber was used entirely This practice; sald the admiral, resulted in accuracy of fire which was fully dem- onstrated In the action six weeks or two months later. He also sald that the squadron was kept in readiness, so far as coal, water and supplies were concerned. On May 12 or 13 he received orders from the Secretary of the Navy to proceed to spects to Commodore Remey, after hav- ing saluted his flag. Swarming With Spanish Troops. Continuing his narrative, the admiral said: “While there the commodore showed me a telegraphi¢ order from the Honorable Secretary of the Navy, directing me to proceed with all dispatch to the blockade oft Havana. ber of other dispatches, the purgort of which I remember; but the contents I do not. During the time I was on shore, after having had my conference with him, there were several of the Cuban pen- ple resident there who informed me that | the province in which Cienfuegos was sit- uated and from that to the westward was all most thoroughly occupied by Spanish troops and we had: better be careful in any attempt at intercourse. I hastencd off, and on my way to the ship in the aft- erncon I thought I saw the New York ap- proaching. ¥ “At all events, when I got on board, de- termining to go at once off Santiago, the flag- chip had arrived and salutes were exchanged. I went on board to pay my respects and also to talk over the situation with Admiral Samp- son. I found that the admiral was very: much worn and necessarily so, because his respon- sibility had been very great. He had had great trouble in, keeping his squadron together and he appeared to mé as if he was in a good deal of anxiety, which I could readily appre- clate. He showed me a number of orders. He also showed me a num- | that . it was supplied with ‘ammunition and stores destined for Havana and that that was undoubtedly the point it was to reach. He sald his information was that the orders of the Spanish fleet to reach Havana or some point in railroad communication with it were imperative and that he believed and thought that nfuegos would: be the point, as that came under the acceptation of the order more directly. We looked over maps and I must say I-agreed with him. I could mot imagine that any one who had studied the military situation of the island at all could have Sup- posed that Santlago would have fulfilled any of the conditions of this instruction. We had a talk together. I said that I had been ordered to report for duty to Admiral Remey and that I.imagined it necessarily meant himself, and that I wanted to assure him at the outset that I should be loyal, absolutely and unre- servedly, to the cause we were both repre- senting. Captain Chadwick, who was present— I don’t remember whether all the time or not— said: = ‘Of course, commodore, any one who has known yeur character would know that it would be impossible for you to be otherwise than loval’ I asked the admiral if there had been established any means of communicating with the insurgents, whether there were any pilots or whether any locality was known where they were to be found. He told me that he did not know, that when he got the situation better in hand he would communicate with me, but that he thought it would be bet- ter for me to start as early as we could get away and blockade Clenfuegos. I sald very well, that I was prepared, of course, to g0 Continued on Page Three. -+ COIN FAILS TOINVEIBLE THE BANDITS Miss Stone’'s Captors Suspected of Politi- cal Scheme. Evidences of a Purpose to Provoke a War With Turkey. Missionaries in Bulgaria Are Report= ed to Have Come in Touch With the Brigand Party in the Hills. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—If political mo- tives were behind the abduction of Miss Stone, the American missionary held pris- oner by Bulgarian brigands, her liberation may be effected without the payment of the ransom originally demanded by her captors. Beyond the brief dispatch received by the State Department yesterday from Consul General Dickinson at Sofla, an- nouncing that the party holding Miss Stone is reported to be still in Turkish territory, the administration has no news concerning the woman or Mrs. Tsilka, her companion. Apparently neither Dickinson nor Eddy, Secretary of the American Le- gation in Constantinople, is in communi~ cation with the brigands and the lack of interest taken by the latter in the ransom which Eddy is prepared to pay tends to confirm the suspicion which has been en- tertained for some weeks that political and not mercenary motives are responsi- ble for the abduction. ‘Will Deal With Brigands. The authorities still believe it desirable, however, to appeal to the cupidity of the 1-brigunds; and Eddy will use a favorable opportunity to acquaint them with the amount of money which Miss Stone's friends have raised and which he will be willing to hand over to them upon the safe production of the captive. The authorities have satisfled thém- selves that Turkey is in no wise involved in the seizure of the American woman and all of the reports received by the State Department have accentuated the original suspicion that Bulgaria, as well as the Macedonian Committee, notwith- standing explicit denials from the reign- | ing prince, was'in sympathy with tde ac- tion of the brigands and hoped that as a consequence of the crime Turkey would become involved in trouble with this coun- try. Until Miss Stone has been liberated the United States wiil devote its efforts to effecting her rescue. In the meantime it is getting all the information available establishing Bulgarian complicity and re- ponsibility in connection with her abduc- tion. Uncle Sam Is Determined. At the proper time the United States will make vigorous representations for the purpose of securing adequate reparatio: which will include an indemnity for Miss Stone or, in case of her death, for her heirs. As Bulgaria is situated in the in- terior of Europe it will be impossible for the United States to enforce its demands by a naval military demonstration. Russia has been so courteous in endeav- oring to secure the liberation of Miss Stone that the authorities feel that they can rely upon her to support her claim that Bulgaria shall repair the wrong her subjects have done an American citizen. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 4.—The mis- sionaries who are operating from Sama- kov, Bulgaria, are at last in touch with the brigands who abducted Miss Ellen M. Stone and her companion, Madame Tsilka, according to dispatches received here to- day, though whether negotiations for the ransom have actually been opened is not disclosed. The missionaries on the spot are expected to conclude the business with the utmost dispatch. or COLOMBIAN INSURGENTS TAXE TOWN OF TUMACO CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Advices were received to-day from Colombia to the effect that the revorutionists have ta- ken the town of Tumaco, on the Pacific coast, near the Ecuadorian frontier, and are now marching toward Guapi, which is near Buena Ventura. The cablegram also says that yellow fever is epidemic in Bueéna Ventura. An island has been used by the Colom- bian insurgents to blockade the Colom- bian port of Tumaco. This novel method of enforcing the blockade was officiall brought to the notice of the Navy De- partment to-day in a report dated Octo- ber 14 from Captain Thomas Perry, com- manding the battleship Iowa, which is at Panama. Captain Perry in his report tells of the firing upon the British steamship Quito by an insurgent battery and the subsequent apology by the revolutionary leader to tne commander of the British warship Icarus. If the blockade of Tumaco is not raised by the time the battleship Iowa is re- lieved at Panama she will probably be sent to Tumaco to show that the block- ade is not effective for several reasons, one is that the belligerency of the insur- gents has not been recognized and an- other is that there has been given no pub- | lic notification of the blockade.