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"We |were likely ' to be on the safe side in
such matters," said the witness, "and to have
chucked'in the memorandum, but the Marble
head had not been relied upon to carry the
dispatch." . ' —•
; Mr. Raynor questioned the witness at some
length on this point, saying: '\u25a0
"I want to call your' attention to this: Dis
patch No. .8 was received en May 23 by the
Hawk, el Now it is in evidence here that the
Hawk carried No. 8 to Commodore Schley, and
this letter commences 'In reply to your letter
No. 8, I would state," and so on. Then it says:
'Regarding inclosed information from McCalla.'
Now, doesn't that refresh your memory upon
the point that when he received No. 8 from
the Hawk he received with it the inclosed in
formation from Captain McCalla, which is the
memorandum?"
"He probably did. He might have received it
half a dozen times. That was not the first" time
it was sent."
"Does no.t that settle it that he got it from
the Hawk?"
"I do not know that it necessarily, does."
Lieutenant Marsh was then excused.
The last witness of the day . was Captain
French E. Chadwick, at present in command
of the Newport naval station.' . He went on the
stand at 3:30 and had not concluded his tes
timony when the court adjourned. He was.
questioned by Mr. Hanna concerning the code
signals arranged by Captain' McCalla of the
Marblehead with the -insurgent Cubans near
Cienfuegos. He replied: ; \u25a0"'
"Captain McCalla arrived off the reefed
Key West -at noon on the 19th of May. He
came on board- and" was there some time .with
Admiral Sampson and myself. After coming
on deck he spoke. to me and eaid he had made
an arrangement with the ' Cubans oft Cien
fuegos by which they could communicate with
the ships. He said he did not. care to havs
anything said about.lt, as he was going back
the next day and his would probably be the
first ship there. He was accidentally delayed
at Key West by his\ inability to get coal and
water until the next day, so that instead of
leaving on the 20th he left on the 21st." : *
"Was this system of signals reduced to writ
ing?" , ; • . •\u25a0'-. . ' \u25a0' , - .
i"Ko." - ".' - .
; "What was said, . if anything, about reduc
ing them to writing?" - — ' .
"He was anxious about them. He did not
want the code to get out publicly. He seemed
to have an idea that the .Spaniards might set
hold of it and get the Cubans . into trouble
thereby." ' / \u25a0'• '• y :
"To whom, if you recollect,; did you com
municate this system of signals or information
respecting it?" ' : '' ' • \u25a0 ' \u25a0 ' »
"My memory is. entirely at fault . regarding
that. I cannot' say positively that I communi r
cated it to anybody." - . . •\u25a0
"Did you communicate it to Commodore
Schley? If- nqt, why not?"
i '.'The signals were not communicated to Com
modore Schley because Captain McCalla said
he Was going back the next day at once. and
would give them to all the ships off Cienfuegos
himself." • . \u25a0-..-. \u25a0 ,
"Was Commodore Schley then in Key West?"
"He had left on .the. morning of the 19th for
Cienfuegos." - 1
. "Some hours before McCalla . arrived with
this system of signals?" "\u25a0 ' '-.
"About three hous§ before."
"Do you remember communicating this sys
tem yourself to Captain Evans?"
"I have no recollection of It." '
"Do you remember whether Commodore
Schley was advised at that time that Captain
McCa'lla was operating off Cienfuegos or
not ?' '
Schley on the New York.
"He had been informed that Captain Mc-
Calla' s ships would form a part of his squad
ron. I do not remember any part of the con
versation. Commodore Schley was on board
the New York on the afternoon Of the 18th un-.
til 4 o'clock and as he was going to Cienfue-
Kos the next day we supposed he would be
given the information."
"You have referred to a visit by Commodore
Schley at Key 'West. Can you state anything
that occurred there in Commodore Schley's
presence bearing upon, the subject of this in
quiry?" _
"My only distinct recollection in regard to
a conversation was Commodore Schley's state
ment to the admiral that he desired to be per
fectly loyal. Ho said that he was pleased to
be under, his command and that he could be
assured that he should be entirely loyal in
all his conduct." f \u25a0
"At what time did you fall In with the fly
ing squadron?"
"We anchored at Key .-West, a little before
4 o'clock on the afternoon* of the 18th of May
and found Commodore Schley's squadron
there." . ' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 .
\u25a0 , \u25a0.. a
Mr. Hanna— Would it have been possible that
the "Dear Schley" letter could have been sent
on an earlier date than this letter of May 19,
transmitting the McCalla memorandum?
"I should say not; the McCalla memorandum
being press-copied in the book on a prior page."
\n cross-examining the witness, Mr. Raynor
said that counsel for Admiral Schley would
admit the receipt of one copy of the McCalla
memoranda but that there was dispute as to
the Other copies. He tried to get the witness
to say that the Iowa had carried a duplicate
That "Dear Schley" Letter.
ish shore batteries had not given the American
ships much trouble on that occasion:
"None from the Colon came near," he said,
"but two or three shots from the batteries fell
about the Massachusetts at the time, one pass
ing over it." .• \u25a0 .
"What conclusion did you arrive at as to the
caliber of the shore guns?"
"I did not think they were of very large cali
ber, not over six-inch." • - -
Marbleh.ead Officer Testifies.
Lieutenant Francis Boughter, who was a
watch and division officer on board the Mar
blehead during Commodore Schley's blockade
of Santiago, was then called. He said that
during that time the Marblehead and the Vixen
were on picket duty between the snore line and
the line of blockade, the Marblehead being
stationed three miles from the shore and to
the westward, six miles from the Morro. Ho
would not attempt to say how far outside the
squadron was, but he could not see the ships
after nightfall. •
The court asked:
"Was the Marblehead in such position at
night while on picket duty off Santiago that
the enemy's vessels would have been seen had
they attempted to leave the harbor?"
The witness replied: "That would depend on
a great many circumstances — the state of the
weather, the course they took and their suc
cess in keeping their ships dark and quiet."
Admiral Dewey— The Marblehead was on
picket duty. Could she have seen the enemy
coming?"
"If the enemy kept too close to the shore
and we were three miles off during most of the
time we could not have seen them; if the ene
my had stood south from the entrance, which
would have placed them about four miles off,
we could not have seen them, provided they
kept reasonably dark and quiet.".
Mr. Raynor— What was the purpose of the
picket boats being theresif they could not see
the enemy? . \u25a0 . • \u25a0 '
"They were supposed to be- there, I pre
sume, for that purpose."
"Then, if they were there, for that purpose,
what was it that would have prevented them
from accomplishing this object?"
"The fact that they could not see a vessel
if it ran a distance of from two to three
miles off at night."
At the afternoon session of the court Lieu
tenant Boughter said he had received no gen
eral orders as to the distance out from San
tiago harbor for the Marblehead, the captain
of the vessel fixing the distance from time to
time. \u25a0 ,
Lieutenant Ernest Bennett, ' flag lieutenant
on the New York in 1898, was called. He said
that when the North Atlantic squadron .ar
rived off Santiago they found the flying squad
ron there. Captain Lemly then said that he
had called Lieutenant Bennett . not only for
his direct examination, but for full cross-ex
amination in accordance with the precept. Mr.
Raynor stated, however, that he had no ques
tions to ask, and the witness was excused,
being succeeded by . Lieutenant Charles C
Marsh, who was flag secretary to Admiral'
Sampson during the Spanish war.
Lieutenant Marsh testified concerning the for
warding of dispatches by the Dupont and the
Iowa from Key West on May 20. These mes
sages were from Admiral Sampson to Commo
dore Schley, and one of them was the mem
orandum by . Captain McCalla concerning the
insurgents at Cienfuegos. Questioned as to
the correctness of his memory, the witness
said that his mind was refreshed by the rec
ords of the commander-in-chief as to his cor
respondence. Every letter was, he said, press-
copied as soon as written, and he therefore
considered the order in which the letters were
copied as a certain record of what had tran
spired in the way of letter-writing. Other rec
ords were produced which, he said, were cor
roborative of this. From these records he
found that the "Dear Schley" letter had been
sent on the Dupont May 20. He also found
from the record that a dispatch of May 21
saying the Spanish squadron was "probably
at Santiago" had been forwarded by the Mar
blehead. This is the dispatch dated at Key
West in which Admiral Sampson said to Com
modore Schley: "If you are satisfied that they
<the enemy) are not at Cienfuegos, proceed to
Santiago." etc. He also identified a dispatch
of May 21. dated at Havana, and urging the
commodore to get away from Cienfuegos be
fore daylight of May 23, as the "Spanish would
probably be still at Santiago." The latter-dis
patch, he said, had been written after the dis
patch from Key West of the same date.
WASHINGTON, Oct ll.-Cap
tain F. E. Chadwick. who was
in command of Admiral Samp
son's flagship, the New York,
and who alro was chief of the
admiral's staff during the war with Spain,
testified before the Schley naval court for
a short time this afternoon. He was the
last witness called and when court ad
journed was still under cross-examination
by Mr. Raynor, who stated that he had
only a few more questions to ask him.
There was considerable interest in Cap
tain Chadwicli's appearance because of
his close relationship to the commander
in chief of the North Atlantic squadron.
Captain Chadwick's testimony related
very largely to dispatches sent by Ad
miral Sampson to Commodore Schley
while the latter lay off Cienfuegos, in
May, 189S. and to the code of signals
agreed upon between Captain McCalla of
the Marblehead and the Cuban forces
operating near Cienfuegos.
Chadwick said the code had not been
sent to Commodore Schley by dispatch be
cause Captain McCalla had expected to
join the commodore immediately and
communicate the "code to him. He also
told of being present at an interview be
tween Admiral Sampson and Commodore
Schley, in which the latter had expressed
his intention to be loyal to the command
er in chief. H-3 related in detail the
change of opinion concerning the where
abouts of Cervera'e fleet by Admiral
Sampson on May 21, between the sending
of the two dispatches of that date by
Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schley,
one of which was dated at Key West and
the other at Havana. Captain Chadwick
gaid he had not approved Admiral Samp
son's dispatch of May 28 congratulating
Commodore Schley on his accomplish
ments to that o'ate.
Five other new -witnesses were heard
during the day, two of them being officers
of the New York. One of these was Lieu
tenant C. C. Marsh, the flag secretary of
Admiral Sampson, who testified concern
ing dispatches to Commodore Schley, and
the other was the ship's flag lieutenant.
Lieutenant E. L. Bennett. Lieutenant
Tl^odore G. Dewey, a nephew of Admiral
Dewey, who served on the Massachu
setts;" Lieutenant Althouse. also of the
Massachusetts, and Lieutenant Francis
Bough ter, who served on the Marblenead,
were the other new witnesses of the day.
was Admiral H. C. Taylor. While he was on
the stand he was asked by Captain Lemly
whether he had received information that the
Spaniards were coming out of the harbor at
Santiago before they made their appearance on
the -morning of July 3. His answer was:
"None whatever." \u25a0\u25a0 •
Mr. Raynor— You did not get a message from
the Vixen in reference to smoke coming out of
the harbor?
"None."
Captain Parker— Your attention was not
called to smoke? >
"Not at all, sir."
"Do you remember anybody on your vessel
who did observe smoke and report it to you?"
"I dod not remember."
Captain Lemly read a report from Capt. Mer
rill Miller, formerly of the Raleigh, concerning
the accuracy of the stadimeter. This report was
dated in 1895 and stated that the stadimeter
had been found to give accurate results in
measurements of less than 800 yards, but not
so ' when the distance was greater. In one
case -the writer noticed an error of 200 yards
in a 1600 yards measurement.
Movements of Massachusetts.
Lieutenant Adelbert Althouse. formerly watch
and division officer on the battleship Massachu
setts, was then called. He detailed the move
ments of that vessel in connection with the
flying squadron. He said that at Cienfuegos
the vessels lay to ten miles out at night,
going nearer in the daytime. Lieutenant Alt
house said that on the day of the bombardment
of the Cristobal Colon he had been in charge
of the 8-inch turret of the Massachusetts. He
said that the ship had not taken tc exceed
three minutes in passing the entrance to the
harbor on the first passage, and that only two
shots were then fired. The iflBtructions were to
make the range 7000 yards, but the shots fell
short and the range was increased on the re
turn trip to 8500 and then to 10.000 yards.
Asked what was developed as to the strength
of the land batteries by this reconnoissance, he
said that to his mind it was shown they were
very weak. In reply to a question as to whether
he had made any notes concerning the engage
ment he replied: "No, we went in under in
structions to sink the Colon." His orders had
been to direct his fire at that vessel.
When Lieutenant Althouse was excused Cap
tain Lemly introduced as evidence the reports
made by Commodore Schley to the Secretary of
the Navy of the engagement of May 31. In one
of these dated June 3 Commodore Schcley said:
"Reconnoissance was intended principally to
injure and destroy Colon. The fire was returned
without delay, by the heavy batteries to the
east and to -the west of the entrance, large
caliber, long range; reconnoissance developing
satisfactorily \ the presence of the Spanish
equadron lying behind island near inner fort,
as they fired over hill at random. Quite satis
fied Spanish fleet is there."
Lieutenant P. G. Dewey. nephew of Admiral
Dewey, who was a watch officer on the Mas
sachusetts was the next witness. He placed
the distance of the blockading line Under
Commodore Schley from the mouth of the har
bor at from five to eight miles, the distance
being about the same day and night. There
was he said, no particular formation of the
vessels. The examination on this point was
as follows: . • .
Captain Lemly- When you were at the west
ern end of the blockade with the leading ves
sel making the turn, what orders were there
for attacking if you saw the enemy coming
out of the entrance?
"I do not believe we could have seen the
enemy coming out. There were no orders I
hav«^ any knowledge of."
"Why do you think you would not have seen
the en'eray coming out if such had been the
case?" -\u25a0 -^
"Owing to darkness* and the distance from
the harbor. For instance, when we were at the
western end of the line<the ships could have
come cut and stood to the eastward without our
being any the wiser unless they showed lights."
"How about the reverse of that proposition?"
"I think it would have been the same in
either case." r ". ' •
Captain Lemly then asked: .
"Did you have any conversation with 'the
commanding officer of the flying squadron or
any one in his presence in relation to the fire
on the Colon or otherwise?"
Lieutenant Dewey replied:
"I was told shortly before we started into
the entrance that the commodore wished to st>e
the turret officers in the pilot house. I went
to the pilot house and the commodore said that
he intended to go In a few moments and take
a \u25a0try' at the colon and that he hoped we
would sink her. I asked what speed we would
make, and was told 'about ten knots." I re
marked that I thought that that was giving
us very little chance at the Colon, as she
would be in sight between the head lines only
a couple of minutes and that the smoke from
the guns would probably make our fire very
slow. To the best of my recollection the com
modore stated we would have to do the best
w«i could, that the speed would be ten knots."
He eald in reply to questions that the Span-
OFFICEBS GIVE TESTIMONY.
Questions About Schley's Operartions
Off Cienfuegos Answered in Court.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11.— After the witnesses
cf yesterday had been recalled to-day in the
Schley court for the purpose of correcting their
testimony Lieutenant J. H. Kolden was re
introduced to continue his examination. Other
witnesses called for the day were Captain
Chadwick. who was Admiral Sampson's chief
cf staff during the war with Spain; Commander
M. C. Mareh and Lieutenant E. L. Bennett,
both of whom eerved on the flagship New
York; Lieutenant Adelbert Althouse of the
Massachusetts, Lieutenant Francis Boughter of
the Marblehead and Lieutenant W. H. Rey
nolds, who was signal officer on board the
Texas. ....
Captain Lemly had supposed that he would
be able to conclude the presentation of the Gov
ernment'6 side of the case by the close of this
\u25a0n-eek, but he now finds that he will still have
several witnesses on his list when the court ad
journs to-morrow. In all probability he will
consume the greater part of the first half of
rest week. Mr. Raynor estimates that the
court will not be able to conclude its work be
fore the middle of November.
When the court was called to order Captain
Lemly made a brief explanation of one of his
statements of yesterday concerning the state
ment received Jrom Commander Marix. He had
said that the statement was "unsworn."
"I would like it to appear." he said, "that
although these are sworn to they are not, be
ing in the shape of depositions and ex-parte
Etatements, such sworn evidence as is usually
admitted before the court, but came in with
their full value merely because there was ' no
objection on either side."
Among the witnesses called early in the day
for the purpose of correcting early testimony
. "Yes."
"You have stated that he became certain
on this subject?"
"He became assured, or at least my Im
pression is that he felt assured after the re
ceipt of the second word- from Captain Allen
in regard to the matter; that was on the even
ing of the 20th." .
"Was that- an assurance, may I ask you. of
whether the 1 Spanish fleet was at Santiago
or whether it had gone into Santiago?"
"At 'Santiago." '" '• ••' *" T
\u25a0 T - "Does it sta'te anything about 'having gone
in and come out?"
"No, that they were there."
At this • point in Captain Chadwick's testi
mony the court adjourned for the day.
"This dispatch and the telegram to the de
partment paraphrasing it were prepared on
the night of the 19th and were sent .that night,
I think. 1 - At noon of the 20th Lieutenant Staun
ton saw Capain Allen in Key West and Staun
ton was again sent to Key West and came
back with the assurance . from "Captain •Allen
that the Spanish fleet was there. Then the
doubt in Admiral Sampson's mind was re
moved, and he then wrote a dispatch to be sent
by the Marblehead, which we were expecting
to get off hourly. She. however, was delayed
and the flagship got under way at 4 o'clock in
the morning of the 21st and went over to Ha
vana. . From there, as there was more possi
bility of delay in the Marblehead's departure
than was expected, he sent the Eagle and the
Hawk with a copy, of this dispatch and a sup
plementary dispatch to Commodore ! Schley,
also with verbal instructions to the command
ing officer of the Hawk to move at once to
ward Santiago."
"Is this the dispatch you refer to. No. 8?
On the 21st the \u25a0 following Instructions were
written at Key West for Commodore Schley
and sent at 3 a. m. to the Marblehead to be
delivered with all dispatch: 'Spanish squad
ron probably. at Santiago, four ships and three
torpedo-boat destroyers. If you are satisfied
they are not at Cienfuegos proceed with al!
dispatch, but cautiously, to Santiago de
Cuba, etc.' Is that the dispatch that was sent
to Commodore Schley after the doubt was re
moved in the mind of Admiral Sampson of
where the Spanish fleet was?"
"No, sir. 'What caused the belief was th«
information received from Captain Allen of
the signal corps, who was in . charge of the
telegraph office' in Key West. He informed
Lieutenant Staunton, who was in Key West,
at noon on the 20th that this information, had
come overnight from Havana-"
"Could I interrupt you just a minute? "Waa
number 7. the dispatch referred to (the 'Dear
Schley' dispatch), being 'sent in answer to this
inclosure?" \u25a0\u25a0 • - - .
"Yes. that was sent after receiving this dis
patch." . ' ' * ' " '
"The admiral then telegraphed the depart
ment practlcaly a paraphrase of this letter
number 7?" • -
Questions Over Telegrams.
rival of the Spanish squadron at Santiago. Will
you kindly give t U8 the information and from
W "The first intimation we had was by a tele
gram from the Navy Department mentioning
that "The information may well be correct-
Next day Lieutenant Commander Staunton waa
in Key West and saw Captain Allen, who saui
that the evening before he had received com
munication from Havana that the Spanish
squadron had' gone into Santiago, and he was
only waiting until the evening of the 20th to
have it corroborated, as the operator who sent
the information put himself in communication
with our office in Key West only once a day,
about 6 o'clock in the evening. Staunton came
with that information and then went up in the
evening to wait a second telegram, which cor
roborated the first, and which .caused Admiral
Sampson to believe "that the Spanish fleet was
in Santiago and also caused, him to write the
second dispatch directing the movement toward
Santiago." '
Mr. Raynor— Is this the telegram you refer
to: "The report .of the Spanish fleet being at
Santiago de.Cuba might very well be correct.
So that the department strongly advised that
you send word . immediately by the Iowa to
Schley to proceed off Santiago de Cuba with
his whole command, etc?"
"That is the telegram I refer to."
"Did I understand you to • say that that
caused : the belief that the Spanish fleet was
in' Santiago?" . , .
"You say that after the arrival of Captain
McCalla information was received of the ar-
A. — I don't remember speaking of if to Cap
tain Evans, nor that I told him to communi
cate it to Schley., When McCalla came in it
was expected that his ship would reach Cien
fuegos about the same time as the Iowa and
the Dupont, and McCalla said he would carry
the signal agreement back with him". ! That,
signal was really for the benefit of the Cubans
and the McCalla memorandum was for Com
modore Schley. The memorandum was full and
explicit in that regard. If I may explain it a
little farther, by the afternoon of the next or
the afternoon of the day after McCalla came
in. Information was received of the arrival of
the Spanish squadron in Santiago. So that any
question of the insurgent Cubans about Cien
fuegos dropped out of sight.
Q.— Captain Evans has testified here that he
knew it. Could you give me the source from
which he derived his information?
The witness admitted that this was so;
. Mr. . Hanna — We have not asked oninions of
officers commanding ships regarding that. We
have carefully abstained from so doing.
Mr. Raynor— Then 1'will ask you in reference
to the leaving of these vessels. You have
stated, and it has been in testimony here, that
this signal code with the Cuban insurgents was
not made known to Commodore Schley. Have
you not fallen into a slight error in point of
time? Did not the flying squadron leave Key
West before McCalla got to. Key West, and have
you not inadvertently fallen into error in point
of time? You could not have given Commo
dore Schley the information because you did
rot have it until Captain McCalla got there. Is
that not the reason? •.
. Mr. Raynor — Did you at any< time approve of
the blockade which Commodore Schley main
tained before June 1? What was your opinion?
Judge advocate— I object.
Admiral Dewey— The court does not want that
opinion.
, Judge advocate— No > objection was made to
conversations after June 1 relating to the block
ade as maintained prior thereto.
Admiral Dewey— Of course it ought not. You
ought to have been watching.
"I. aid ob'ject to it twice, and then when- it
was stated that it was. something in reference
to - something that occurred before I did not
want to disagree with the court."
H"o Opinions "Wanted.
"Did Commodore Schley . go on ' board the
flagship?"
. "He came on board."
"Were you present at an interview?"
"I was present there the whole time he wa£
there.; In the 'cabin the only persons, who
were present permanently, so to speak, were
Admiral Sampson, Commodore Schley and my
self.' \u25a0 There were several different persons
coming" and going." *
: "Did Commodore Schley come aboard Admi
ral Sampson's flagship on June 1 oft Santiago
when the latter reached there?" \u25a0 V
"Yes, sir; he came aboard in the Vixen."
. "Will 'you please tell the court what occur
red during that interview. Was there anything
said with regard to the feasibility of conduct
ing a blockade oft Santiago?"
"Yes. I remember Commodore Schley spoke
in ;my .presence, and I think to myself, as he
was leaving the ship, saying, 'You cannot
blockade those ships in there if they want to
come out.' I remember that."
The Judge Advocate — Did you have any in
formation whatever from any source that Cer
vera's fleet was going to make a sortie from
the harbor of Santiago on July 3?" . .
"None whatever, within my recollection."
. Taking the witness for cross-examination,
Mr. Raynor asked:
"Do you recollect the dispatch which will be
found in the official report of Admiral Samp
son, dated May. 29, which congratulates Com
modore Schley upon his success? I will read
the dispatch. Following telegram was sent
te/ Commodore Schley -*» boCh Port Antonio,
Jamaica, and Mole St., Nicholas:
" 'I congratulate you on success. Maintain
close blockade at all hazards, especially at
night. Very little fear from torpedo boat
destroyers. Coal in open sea whenever condi
tions permit. Send a ship to examine Guanta
namo with a view to occupying it as a base,
coaling heavy ships one at a time. Appraise
captured coal, use it if desired, and after
ward send ship in as prize." "
"I remember that very well, because I pro
tested against his congratulations. I asked
him why he persisted and he said: 'I want
to encourage him.' "
. "You recollect that because you protested
against putting that in the dispatch?"
"I said that under the circumstances I
thought it was improper." ,
"Did you meet Admiral Watson at any time
and have a conversation with him?"
Admiral Dewey— I don't think that has any
thing to do with it. You know what .we want.
We want all the facts relating to these speci
fications and -we don't want anything about
conversations with Admiral Watson, commo
dores or anybody else on other subjects.
Mr. Raynor— This testimony has all gone in.
It ought not to have gone in.
Nephew of Dewey
Takes a Part in the
interesting Session
Objection Made to the
Praise Sent to :; the
Cruiser Brooklyn
Ghadwickof the- New
York a Witness at
the Court of Inquiry
Commander: Knew
Nothing of the Code
With the Cubans
CAPTAIN OF ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S FLAGSHIP TALKS
OF THE DISPATCHES SENT TO COMMODORE SCHLEY
J. -Pierpont Morgan's record. Read the 'arti
cle to to-day' e WaiFi". .. ' \u25a0 " ..-,•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
SAN RAFAEL,.. Oct. 11.'— Dr. Ludlum
Hill, the; San -Francisco dentist," who .was'
arrested yesterday at Larkspur oh com
plaint of his wife, on a charge of insanity,
was .examined by physicians- here to-day
and ; pronounced insane. Judge Angellotti
committed him to the Ukiah asylum.
Dr? Hill Goes to an Asylum.
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• . SAN : JOSE, Oct. ; 11.— The Garden City
Bowling Club team of this city has broken
the coast record for a five-man team In
practice. Its performance was not offi
cial, * however, and the old record will
stand. -For a five-man team the official
record is 914 pins In one game, now held
by the Echo Club of San Francisco. The
Garden City Club team scored 922 pins.
Ed -Arnold, -F. C. Sherrer, Dr.- Schu
macher (captain). Dr. Bangs and "Bunt"
Smith comprise the team. A number of
challenges will shortly be issued and the
team will make an effort to capture the
record.' \u25a0 : • \u25a0 •- \u25a0 : \u25a0 .- • • • . -
Breaks a' Bowling Record.
E. Corrigan's Seaflower, ridden by Char
ley Thorpe, the American jockey, won the
Middlesex gelling plate, distance one mile
Ard Patrick (Maner) won the Imperial
Produce stakes, distance six furlongs.
Russel Brown (J. Reiff). won the Wands
worth plate, distance one^ mile. Poxhall
Keene's Noonday II (Maher) won the Oc
tober plate, distance one mile and a quar
ter. \u25a0 •;•.',•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 , '
LONDON, Oct. 11.— Epsom Lad won the
Kempton Park stakes of £500,- added to a
sweepstakes of £100 each, for three-year
olds and upward, distance one mile and a
half, at Kempton Park to-day. Santoi
r.as second and William C. Whitney's
Voiodjovski (J. Reiff) finished third. Great
t interest was taken in the race, owing to
th/» meeting of Volodyovski and Leopold
de Rothschild's Doricles. The latter's vic
tory in the St. Leger stakes over the win
ner of the Derby (Volodyovski) was held
by many to be due to the poor riding <jf
Lester . Kelff , who allowed himself to be
shut in.
Hcsults at Kempton Park.
SACRAMENTO; Oct. 11.— Because he
believed that life j would be unbearable
among his fellow convicts should he give
testimony for the prosecution in the Klein
murder case, convict Thomas Jones de
clined to tell* his story before a jury this
\u25a0 afternoon and was committed to the
County Jail for contempt of court. . ,
Klein killed a fellow convict named
Henry Miller in Folsom Prison on May
17 by hitting him upon the head with a
piece of iron pipe. Klein was brought to
Sacramento for trial, along with several
witnesses, one of the most important of
whom is Thomas Jones, who has eight
more years to serve on a charge of arson.
When placed on the stand Jones asked to
be excused, saying he had good reasons.
Given permission to confer in the lobby
with Assistant District Attorney Wach
horst. he told that officer that the hint
had been given him that he 'would better
not testify against Klein, "and he said
that should he do so he -would be insulted
and abused by the other convicts during
the remaining eight years of his term.
On being recalled to the stand and com
manded by Judge Hart to answer the
questions put to him he said: .
"Judge, I guess you had better commit
me for contempt."
.This was the only recourse, and the con
vict was consigned to a cell, while the
court on its own motion stood adjourned.
CONVICT PEOFITS BY
CONTEMPT OF COURT
PANAMA, Oct. 11.— The revolutionists
are still at Point Morro, and the Govern
ment troops in Tumaco, on the Pacific
Coast, are blockaded. The gunboat Boy
aca has returned to Buena Ventura. The
British warship Icarus, which went to
Tumaco , to investigate the firing of th»
British steamship Quito, has returned
here. : , , , . .
CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct. 11, . via
Haytlen cable.— Venezuela, on the surface
is -inclining to the attitude expressed in
these dispatches yesterday, of favorin"
a friendly and conclusive arrangement be
tween Venezuela and Colombia of the ex
isting trouble, principally because the
Venezuelans were defeated at Guajira.
They see small chance of vanquishing the
Colombians . on . the Tachira frontier.
President Castro fears the vivifying effect
upon nationalism of another military dis
aster.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
LONDON, Oct. 12.— "According to official
intelligence from the Ameer of Bokhara,"
says a' dispatch | from St. Petersburg to
the Daily Telegraph, "the brothers of
Habib Ullah Kahn left Cabul secretly
with their partisans the moment their
father died, and therefore cannot be said
to have acquiesced in the accession of
their brother.
"Habib Ullah, indignant 'at their flight,
has taken measures -to defend the capital
and sent -strong detachments to prevent
their return or to endeavor to capture
them as rebels. He has further resolved
to ask assistance of Emperor,. Nicholas
and the Ameer of Bokhara." \u25a0
As bearing upon y the advices to the
Daily Telegraph from St. Petersburg, it
is pointed out that Habib Ullah, in his let
ter to Lord Curzon announcing his acces
sion, asserted that- his younger brother
had- publicly sworn allegiance- to him on
the day the old ' Ameer died. -
SIMLA, Oct. ll.-Habib Ullah Kahn, the
new'Ameer of Afghanistan,' has officially
informed Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India,
that he will "follow in his father's foot-
Steps, hoping that the friendship existing
between the Afghan and British Govern
ments will continue to increase. , '. ''..". . l . \u25a0'
CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N.
W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.— If Germany
pursues the policy she has elsewhere ob
served Venezuela will be. required to make
prompt reparation for the assault' made
by her police upon j German sailors" at
Puerto Cabello. No information concern
ing the incident has been received by the
State Department, and v this fact causes
the officials to express the belief that the
affair was not important. American sail
ors have been treated in the same manner,
and { t has been necessary in the past to
make representations upon the subject to
the Caracas Government. Following the
usual course, it is believed here that the
commander of the German cruiser Vineta,
lying at Puerto Cabello, made an investi
gation of and has reported the facts to
his Government. If the investigation
should show that the blame rests upon
the Venezuelan police, then Germany will
undoubtedly demand an apology and per
haps an indemnity for the men injured.
The United States would prefer that the
incident be disposed of as promptly as
possible. - . \u25a0 • •\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0'•
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Likely to Seek Repara
tion for Assault Upon
Her Sailors.
Colombian Revolution
ists Still at Point
Morro.
New Ruler of Afghan
". istan Not 'Anxious
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AMEER WANTS
ENGLAND'S LOVE
GERMANY MAY
MAKE DEMANDS
FEDERAL FORCE
IS BLOCKADED
When the police found Lisle's body there
were four bullet wounds in it and the
throat was cut. Dolinsky was arrested,
but declared he had quarreled with Lisle
about money matters and that he had
been compelled to shoot his brother-in
law in -selt-defense. The evidence against
Dolinsky.' while mainly circumstantial,
was T=urficient -to convince the jury "that
murder had been done in order that Do
linsky might marry Mrs. Lisle.
Meanwhile Mrs. Dolinsky, # in Europe,
heard that her husband had been arrested
for murdering her brother-in-law. Mrs.
Dolinsky, with her infant, hurried back
across the Atlantic and did not discover
the real state of affairs .until she arrived
in Chicago. She did not abandon her"hus
band, however, but did ail in her power
to aid him. She visited him in Jail yes
terday and when she learned that the'Su
preme Court had refused to grant a su
persedeas she fell in a fainting fit.'
. Dolinsky made his last confession to
\u25a0Father Rapouz yesterday and spent the
r.ight in a barber chair, alternately dozing
and gazing at his image in a mirror.
Dolinsky became infatuated with Mrs.
Lisle, who was his wife's sister. That
clandestine wooing might not be inter
fered with Dolinsky sent his wife on a
visit to her parents in the old country.
Lisle, however, became suspicious. On
November 27 the two men met in -a pas
ture north of Irving Park.
CHICAGO. Oct. 11.— George Dollnsky
was hanged here to-day for the murder of
his brother-in-law, Anton Lisle, a year
ago. He spent the night before execution
sitting in a barber's chair and surveying
his features with a mirror.
The President and the Cabinet were
convinced by the verbal report that no
executive action is called for at this, time.
.The President will go over the subject
more in detail with the Attorney General
to-morrow and will review the whole mat
ter in his message to Congress.
The law of lSbfi is the same law under
which the Postal Telegraph Company
claimed it had the power to land a cable
at Havana, but the claim was disregarded
at the time by the Secretary of War.
Five members of the Cabinet, Secre
taries Long. Hitchcock and Wilson, At
torney General Knox and Postmaster
General Smith, were present at to-day's
meeting-, which was devoted largely to the
consideration of appointments under the
various departments. The question of
Southern appointments generally again
came up ana the President reiterated his
policy of appointing Republicans, if suit
able applicants could be found, and if not,
appointing Gold Democrats. His policy in
this respect meets the approval of the
Cabinet.
\u25a0WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.— Attorney Gen
eral Knox made a verbal report to the
President and Cabinet to-day regarding
the result of his investigations into the
Pacific cable question. His conclusion was
tnat under, the law of 1886 any domestic
company could land any cable on the
shores of the United States or its posses
sions.
Chicago Murderer Has
Last Rest in a Bar
ber's Chair.
Attorney General Re
ports to the Cabinet
Officers.
CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET,, N. W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. — President
Roosevelt has decided that the official, designation of the President's residence during
his administration shall be ''White House." During the period of mourning stationery
with a black border will continue to be used, on which are printed the words "Executive Man
sion, Washington." At the end of that time personal and official stationery will bear the words,
"White House, Washington." • X
American citizens have called the President's official residence White -House' for nearly
a century. Some Presidents have chosen to have it designated Executive Mansion on their
personal as well as official correspondence.
USES MIRROR
BEFORE HANGING
"WHITE HOUSE" IS OFFICIAL
NAME OF PRESIDENTS ABODE
CABLE PLANS
ARE PROMISING
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 2, 1901.
I WAS told ' shortly before we started into the entrance that the commodore wished to see the \u25a0 .turret officers in the pilot
house. I went to the pilot-house and the commodore said that he intended to go in a few minutes and have a 'try', at the
Colon, and that he hoped he would sink her. I asked what speed we would make and was told 'about ten knots.' I re
marked that I thought that that was giving us very little chance at the Colon, as she would be in fight between the head lines
only a couple of minutes, and that the smoke from the guns would probably make our fire very slow. To the best of my recollec
tion the cqmmodore stated we would have to do the best-we could— that the speed would be ten knots." — -From the testi
mony of Lieutenant Dewey regarding Schley's failure to destroy the Spanish cruiser Colon. , '.
LIEUT. DEWEY TELLS OF ATTACK ON THE COLON
General Moore has left for Marseilles.
CEBERE, Oct. 11.— The Herald corre
spondent is in a* position to maintain what
has been said about the agitation in the
Cabinet with regard to the probability of
a Carlist rising, notwithstanding the de
nial made through. the Havas Agency.
Carlist agents are overrunning the pro
vince of Lerida. At a meeting of Carliat
chiefs held in the -house in Rue Fusterie
at Perpignon, under the presidency of
General Moore, it was resolved to enter
Spain by way of Lerida and begin an In
surrection. .... ... . -:. ... :.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Decide to Enter Spain
and Commence an
Insurrection.
CARLIST AGENTS
RENEW ACTIVITY
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.— Medical reports In
dicate that Admiral Sampson is recovering from
the fatig-ue of his journey south and that the
more favorable surroundings of his present
home are working for his betterment Beyond
a little added brightness In his bearing how
ever, it is stated that his condition remains
practically unchanged. ..The Intense headaches
from which he suffers .recur less frequently
than heretofore, and- this in Itself is a sreat
relief to him. The admiral continues to take
short . walks accompanied . usually by Mrs
Sampson. \u25a0 . • .
Sampson in Poor Health.
of the "Dear Schley** letter, but he would not
do so. He held, however, to the statement
that- the McCalla ' memorandum had been car
ried in duplicate by; both' the' Dupont and the
Iowa.' He had, however, no written evidence
that either the Hawk or the " Marblehead had
carried ; the memorandum: \u25a0 * .
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When, recently, in the most learned
medical review in London, the orgah of
the great English college of physicians "
and surgeons, it was proved by exhaus-
tive statistics that, despite the drain upon
nerves and blood incident to the modern,
strenuous life— despite the fact that dig-
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than formerly, nevertheless within tha
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country, and was beinff used more and |
more generany as a family remedy.
One of the physicians, a member th^ y
and now of the royal staff, in forward^; >
a copy of the article to the proprietors of
Paine's celery compound, inclosed a long
and somewhat technical letter, in which f
he said: '
"We are thoroughly convinced that no
remedy yet known affords so certain re-'
lief from that class of disorders which %
modern conditions of working and living
now breed as your Paine's celery com-
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k. Certainly one remedy is no better £han j^'.
another unless it accomplishes more tliar*: J
another.
And Paine's celery compound is pre-em-
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from Impaired nerves and consequent im-
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sleeplessness, indigestion, lack of strength
that a bottle of Paine's celery compound
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fords is properly given.
Mr. F. G. Crowell, a regent of the State
University of Kansas, a typical exampla \u25a0,
of the strenuous life of to-day, a college
graduate with a later master's degree
from Columbia, who resigned from the
Prosecuting Attorneyship of Atchison
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grain business with the famous Green- '
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thousands of such young men who o»*a (
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