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* GLOBES TELEPHONE CALLS. THE NORTHWESTERN. Bum in ess Office .":... lOGS Main Editorial Rooms .... 7S Mr.iv ; Composing Boon .... io:!4 Main MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. Itu«in<>NK Oiliee lUUS Editorial Koams ....... 7S ©he §*♦ Dtattl ©iorbe OFFICIAL PAPER, CITY OF ST. PAUL. THE GLOBE CO., PUBLISHERS. Entered at Post office at St. Paul, Minn., as Second-Class Matter. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. Uy Carrier. I 1 mo | 6 mos 1 12 mos Ba7Ty~cnly . 77j !<n~s2^s $4.03 Ii l.v and Sunday. .50 2.75 5.03 Sunday I .15 .75 LOO COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Mail. I 1 mo ; 6 mos | 12 mos Daily only .25 ! $1,50 1 $3.00 Daily and Sunday.| .35 | 2.00 I 4.00 Sunday I -.. | .75 | 1.00 BRANCH offices. New York. 10 Spruce St., Chas. H. Eddy in Charge. Chicago. No. S7 Washington St., Wil liams & Lawrence in Charge. SATURDAY, OCT. 5, 1901. THK COLUMBIA'S VICTORY. American naval architecture and Amer ican seamanship have once, more . as serted their superiority over those of Great Britain. That is th* meaning of the three consecutive victories of the Columbia over the Shamrock 11., no mailer how hard the English press tries to ignore such a conclusion It is not only that the Columbia is a better boat and mure successfully, it not more skill fully, operated; it means that after an nual trials extending over the' lifetime of a single generation, British ship de signers and builders have remained un able to produce, and British seamen have remained unable to operate, a ves sel capable of beating the best boat available among Americans. The vic tory of the old America has been so ■ ■ ■• steadily and so frequently repeated that no conclusian any less creditable to Americans can be drawn rom the event. In common with the majorty of ob server.*, the Globe was disposed to be lieye that victory would at last rest with the British sailors. The work of the Shamrock throughout seemed to sus tain such a view. In a stiff breeze it : was universally believed, as the result of the liist race and of the ineffectual attempt at a race, that the Shamrock, would b. it her American competitor. The b;iting on the race shows this much. While heavy odds could be had at the outset, after the first trial and, indeed, after the first and even the second race, the betting was on even terms as to the The event has proven the miscalculation. Jhe must thoroughly complete victory won by the Columbia In any of the races was in that throughout which the con ditions were those most eagerly sought after by the owners of the Shamrock. Jn a half gale the Columbia beat the British boat more decisively by far than I in any of the others in which the condi tions sought by Americans were present. in common with ail Americans the Globe rejoices in the victory which has been won. We would have been bet ter pleased had the last race been more | in favor of the American boat, and we I v...i be glad to unite in a demand that I tV-at nice be sailed off again, were it not th:ii the other two races taken together have removed all question as to which is i:k- bettt-r boat. The Columbia will go down in the an nals of international yachting with the America, Cor the double victory which she ' ls wrought over British stamen an.l shipbuilders. She is a grand ves sel, fuliilling more than the expectations oi her builders and operators, as well as of the American people. The wisdom of her selection for the task which she has just completed was doubted by most- Americans. But she has vindicated her ' claims to be the best beat of her kind afloat, and she has giver, every patriotic American additional reason for pride in his country and his countrymen. I Itl.Vl till* t\ TRICK. W< have an amusing, although not a sur. to the magnanimity of • Press and its patty friends : tlon with the election of a sue- R pubfican official abscond- B Wfcitehorne. That sequel •1 iv the casting of their the election of Mr. Walther publican members of the as \Yha( a wonderful outburst of local civ was ih. r. : The Republican ■ council only insisted on was that the Democrats - led the best man available. ••,<-^:s would, of course, as our con tenip. ;■•■;,■ assured the world with that thou echo to its words which is so familiar to thus- Democrats who i it. vote ;:( one* ;■< r the '' ■ chosen. Whereupon, the J:' '■■■■•'■■ brethren-in the council pro ce° ' '•' elect al.. jut one of 11 ""' >*<• bitterly partisan Re publicans in the community, as liis entire cmer on the fire board as their candidate. Our con temporary will applaud, of course, if it lias nol don., go already, [fa a way it has; ami it will doubtless save its face by accepting the belief, which it has al ready by inference expressed, :hat no Democrat remained on earth good eno gfh t.> meet the requirements of the local Republican machine. What should Democrats do in the !i;rht of such a display of Republican trickery? They should proceed at once to meet in joint session and elect some man ac ceptable to them. Brother Hunt, who has apparently about the same ideas of Dem ocratic acceptability which nur contem porary expresses from time to time, may Baf< l> be allowed to flock by himself or else go over where he belongs. There are eleven Democratic members of the council. They constitute a ma jority. They are a quorum of the coun cil, and they can proceed to transact bus iness. When they have selected their candidate the pure-minded Republican politicians of the board of county com missioners will doubtless regard that can didate as morally not up to their high standard, and will refuse to recognize him. The courts are then open to have the question effectively settled. The Democratic members of the council have the obligation cast on them by law to elect Whitehorne'e successor. If the opinion of the law department is cor rect it will become practically impossible to select a candidate unless the Repub licans withdraw Mr. Walther's name, which, judging from the bitter par tisanship with which they seized the oc casion presented by that opinion, seems quite unlikely, or unless the Democrats cast their votes for ihat gentleman, which it would be folly to expect them to do. They might much better for the public service leave the vacancy unfilled. The sooner the Democratic aldermen and assemblymen get together and in joint session elect their candidate the better all around. —: IX< HFASE THEIR PAY. No class of public servants are paid as little in proportion to the value or their service, or with reference to the arduous character of that service or the risks attending it, as the firemen. The firemen of St. Paul aro paid less than those of any other large city in the country. This latter fact is owing to their accepting silently a reduction which when it was made was tacitly under stood to be temporary in character. We had hard times in 1595. Many local philosophers were telling us around that time that we should retrench on mu nicipal outlay. We did retrench—on the pay of the firemen. The pay in every other line of city service remains what it was before that time unless it happens to have been raised since. The firemen alone are the victims of the cry for re trenchment at that time—a cry, by the way. which was attended by as many and as cheap exhibitions of demagogism by certain city officials as ever were offered to a gullible public. These men's pay has* not been raised to its original standard simply because they have not demanded it. This- is the world where a man usually gets what he goes after; and if he don't go after what he wants, he invariably goes with out. The firemen should have done be fore what they are doing now. Considering the confinement attached to the fireman's life, the actual labor in volved, and the greater risks attending his employment, as well as the standard of intelligence required, there is no rea son whatever why firemen should not in point of compensation be put on the same plane with the police. As it is, the men get little more than the pay of com mon laborers in private employment. As one advances up the grades the pay does not advance in the same propor tion by any means. The public is prompt to recognize the picturesque features o? the fireman's calling and his bravery when he shows it, as he invariably does when the occasion arises; but the pub lic, as represented by the local city pay roll, seems to have a very practical side to its sympathy and admiration, by see ing to it that neither costs too much. The least that can be done is to put the firemen's pay back where it was be fore it was reduced. This ought to be done as quickly as possible. The charter prescribes that the board of five commis sioners "shall regulate and prescribe the sum to be paid to the firemen and the other employes of the said department, except as in this charter otherwise pre scribed."' The charter does not "other wise prescribe." It provides that no greater sum than $215,000 shall be ex pended for all purposes in the adminis tration of the department. The majority of the fire board may be relied on to put the old schedule into operation as early as it is at all possible consistently with the other financial obligations of the de partment. Even if they have not the funds at their disposal the Globe be lieves that the public will sustain them in passing the necessary resolution and afterwards securing the necessary change. in the charter through the legislature. Whatever course is pursued it is right and proper that these men shall receive the increased pay as soon as it is at all possible. will it rA r? For two years the military events of South Africa have fixed the attention of the world. A war that at the outset the world thought might last six months has continued with intermittent lulls for two long years, and the end today seems farther off than it did when the Boers were besieging Ladysmith and Kimberly. Waving aside all considera tions of right and wrong involved in the controversy, the question that confronts the British public today is "Will the sub jjgation of the Eoers in South Africa pay?" In every national contest, either economical or military, the question of ultimate profit is sure to dominate in the end. Nations go to war for principle, to maintain the national honor, to avenge national wrongs. But even wounded honor has its price, and to de plete the national treasury and sacrifice the flower of a nation's manhood for a principle, is not regarded as good statesmanship. Like a certain charge that was said to be magnificent but not war, these exhibitions of a national de votion to a principle are magnificent but, they do not pay. After two years of victory and defeat the British general-in-chief is calling for 25,000 more troops to subdue the inhabi tants of a region, that, measured by the ordinary standard of territory, is not worth one-half the money already spent to gain military control. As an invest ment, the Boer war, if it should be com pletely successful wittfiln the next thirty days, would be a monstrous failure. To a nation which, like England, establishes colonies in the various corners of the earth for the purpose of trade and not exploitation, the Dutch republics have little or no intrinsic value. Without a seaport their commercial possibilities are infinitesimal. The face of the country is rugged and comparatively non-pro ductive. The inhabitants have become by tradition and experience haters of England and all things English. The THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1901. gold and diamond mines are the only assets worth fighting for, and they will be exhausted before the present genera tion is removed from the scene. England, after having vindicated her national honor, finds herself today fight ing for the possession of an arid plateau, wind-swept.and desolate; a region where Englishmen will not live—a region which, if it is ever to be occupied, must be left to the race which is now stubbornly defending it. The Boers are a product of the veldt, the natural children of this almost limitless solitude, and should they be annihilated, as it now' se-ems they will be, England might as well possess the desert of Sahara. With the passing of the Boer, South Africa will revert to the Kaffir. This may seem a strong statement, but the history of colonization warrants it. Africa, the cradle of civilization, is now the only continent open to coloni zation; the balance of the world has been appropriated. Why has Africa been lwft to the last? Because the geographical and climatic conditions are not conducive to what we call civiliza tion, it lacks the means of internal ravigation. We are wont to marvel at the almost miraculous subjugation of the North American continent by Euro pean civilization, and are inclined to a.scribe the cause to the energy and genius of the Anglo-Saxon. But the secret lies not in the character of the American .colonists, but in the lakes and rivers which afforded inter-communica tion before the days of steam, and to the leng and deeply indented sea coast line. Commerce—the exchange of products—is the key which unlocks the dark conti nents. In the natural conditions neces sary to this Africa is unusually de licient. That the English are in South Africa only temporarily is shown by the fact that of the workmen in the mines where the English predominate, only 13 per cent are there with their families, 33 per cent are married men, whose fami lies remain behind, the other 54 per cent being single men, mostly adventurers. Joseph Chamberlain recognized this handicap when he advocated the prop osition of sending English young wom en to South Africa to become wives of these voluntary exiles with the hope of making of them permanent settlers. With the inducements offered by the older colonies of Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many of the smaller crown possessions, few will seek South Africa, especially now when the country is torn by a race war which a half century will not obliterate. Should England win in • this contest she will lose. Should she lose she win win. Never has a nation been con fronted with so difficult a problem. British honor has been vindicated. The invasion of British territory has been avenged by laying waste the territory of the offenders. It is now a question not of war or honor or vengeance, but of practical politics. Will a further prosecution of the war—the complete subjugation of the Boers—pay? PARAGRAPHS AXD CARTOOXS. In teaching the gospel to the heathen the good missionary finds it necessary to resort to every possible means of mental communication. The thought must be clothed in a garb which the heathen will comprehend or the effort will be lost. To this end sign language as well as articu late sounds must be employed. The Illus trations used to enforce the truths of the new faith must be such as appeal to the experience of the hearers. The ethic tenets must be clothed with material vesture, extravagant and gaudy, per chance ridiculous to catch the ear of the understanding. Even the modern preach er, the platform orator, the stump speaker and the jury advocate must resort to all the verbal ingenuity of which they are possessed as well as figures of rhetoric in order to be able to meet on their own intellectual ground the various minds which they desire to influence. The modern newspaper is missionary, preacher, lecturer, political orator and lawyer combined. Its audience embraces all manner and conditions of men with all possible shades of intelligence To bring the thought of the world to these minds is its province. The refined and learned must be given mental food, the curious must be satisfied, the fun-loving must be pleased, the ignorant must be instructed and the doings of the world must be chronicled. All this must be pre sented in such guise that he who runs may read, and he who reads may under stand. To accomplish this every known human vehicle for the conveyance of thought must be employed. The closed carriage of argument, the omnibus of illustration as well as the bicycle paragraph and the open drag of cartoon must be brought into requisition. Many a man who has not the time to read an argumentative editorial of half a column is caught by a paragraph stat ing in five lines the conclusions of the argument. Many who from lack of in clination or lack of time fail to keep up with the procession of thought as it passes through the public print catch a bird'seye view of the entire procession through the agency of the cartoon. In this era of hurry and push the'para grapher and the cartoonist ha-ve become necessary factors in this public education. There are sermons in stones and songs in running brooks. There are whole lec tures in cartoons and whole chapters in paragraphs. There are cartoons and cartoons. Some are bad, very bad, others may contain a whole history. As humor and wit ap peals to the average man as nothing else will, the successful cartoonist is a humorist and «. wit. He appreciates the incongruity of human situations and with his pencil depicts the foibles and Incon sistencies of men and policies. He exag gerates, not because he is vicious and wishes to misrepresent but to catch the eye of the multitude. The cartoonist is cosmopolitan in his views and democratic in his expressions. He talks to all men through the universal sense of sight and their no less universal sense of the ridlc- ulous. The pajag ra ~ her designs to reach the same end yco Sensing thought and delivering $'.[[] ha neo pathlc doses. He enforces his pq lt n( tby log i c but by con trasts and s&f asm He is a juggler of words. a aifcess sful paragraph is a verbal cartoon! Nothing can Ibe more ridiculous than the recent wholesale condemnation of cartoons. They constitute the historical picture writing o£ fc is a ge. «#f the theaters. William Collier in Augustus Thomas' successful comedy, "On the Quiet," will close a successful engagement at the Metropolitan with two performances to day. Otis Skinner begins a week's engage ment Monday night in an elaborate pro duction of "Francesca Da Rimini." The advance sale of scats insures large audi ences for every performance. Performances this afternoon and even ing will conclude the engagement at the Grand opera house of "Across --ie Pa cific," which has been holding forth at that playhouse during the current week. "On the Suwanee River" will be seen at the Grand opera house the coming week, commencing tomorrow night. Rose Sydell's London Belles company, which met with well deserved success at the Star theater this week, will con clude its engagement with a matinee this afternoon and the regular perform ance tonight. Tomorrow afternoon the Bon Ton Burlesquers will begin a week's engagement. Of J'ocial interest. The Ladies' Social Circle of Park Congregational Church gave a reception last evening in the parlors of the church for the .: pastor and his wife, Mr. ana Mrs. Alexander McGregor. The rooms ■were prettily, decorated with autumn leaves and tlowers. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Gregor received with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dyer, Mr, and Mrs. W. G. White and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. During the even ing a musical programme was given. Miss Betz sang, Mrs. Russsll R. Dorr gave some piano numbers and her son, Harry Dorr, played several violin num bers. The ioilowing women assisted during the evening: Mrs. W. B. Ciow, Mrs. Abbie Clapp, Mrs. Birch, Mrs. C. H. Palmer, Mrs. H. H. Bigelow, Mrs. W. P. Allen, Mrs. Cudworth, Mis. Burr, Mrs. Gate, Mrs. Jewett and Mrs. Clayton Bmith. * * * The .Ladies' Work Society of the Peo ple's Church gave a reception last even ing in the parlors of the cnurch for tn«a pastor and wife, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel G. smith. Autumn Haves, ferns, cv- flow ers and hooded lights transiormed the parlors into charming reception rooms. The young women of the church served refreshments. Dr. and Mrs. Smith were assisted in receiving last evening by Dr. and Mrs. O. S. Arnold, Mr. and Mrs John A. Swenson, Dr. and Mrs. Asa P. Good rich, the Misses Smith, Miss Bassett, Mr and Mrs. Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. Rob inson.. , - -$ „ -T- — * * * '• The Misses De Bruyn Kops, Miss Mark and Miss Estes entertained at an infor mal at home last evening at the resi dence of the Misses Kops, on Scudder avenue, St. Anthony Park,. in honor of Miss,Braiton and Royden V. Wright, of Pittsburg. -' * t-" * * * The Misses Cora and Ida Bohn gave a dinner party last evening at their home in the Waldorf-Astoria, in honor of the .tf ischbein-Bohn br.dal party. Miss Jen nie Larkin. of Selby avenue, will enter tain this afternoon in honor of Miss .t'iscnDetn. .;::„•- ■ : ■ .:•■-. . * * V Miss Daisy McGrath, St. Albans street, entertained informally Monday evening for Albert W. Lancaster,. who left for Cincinnati last evening. Miss McTirath was assisted, by Mrs. Heffelflnger, of Minneapolis. " ''' ■ ■ ■■.:■.-■•■ i v * The Somerset W. C. T. U. will meet Monday, Oct. 7, at 3 p. m., with Mrs A. B. Upham, in the Genesee. Mrs. G. T. Johnson will read a paper on "Purity In Literature and ,Art." .- . • * * *' Mr. and Mrs. William Dampier will be at home for the winter at 135 Summit avenue. ... • * ♦ ■■. ■ Miss Louise Burr, of Hague avenue, is visiting in Duluth. Mr. ami Mrs. A. B. Driscoll. of Summit avenue, have closed their summer home at White Bear and returned to the city. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stickney and Miss Jean Stickney, of Summit avenue, have gone east. Mr. and Mrs. Stickney will spend the winter in the East, and Miss Stickney will attend school in New York. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. White and Miss White, of Summit avenue, have taken the C. B. Gibson house, on Portland avenue. Miss Senkler, v of Virginia avenue, will return today from Vancouver, B. C. Mrs. Dousmanand Miss Violet Dous man, of the Aberdeen, are at Prairie dv Chien for a week. Miss Cavanaugh, of Goodrich avenue, is entertaining .Miss Quigley, of Kalis pell, Mont. ;•<; ,; - Mrs. D. S. Sparry, of Holly avenue, and her guest, Miss.Waddy; Miss Lillian Mil lard, of Holly avenue; Miss Lillian De Coster, of Summit avenue, and Mrs. J. ■ M. Schwartz, of Laurel avenue, have gone to Chicago. Mrs. E. B. Hause,-; of Lincoln avenue, has returned from Michigan. Dr. and Mrs. Cleaver, of the Newport, had as their guest last week Miss Shan non, of Ann Arbor. E Mrs. D. H. Hersey, of the Aberdeen, and Miss Murphy will leave Tuesday for Europe. They will spend the winter in Egypt.. ■ ",, Mrs. S. Westby, of East Fourth street, is visiting in Red Wing. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Wilkes, of the Aber deen, have returned from a visit to Vir ginia and other Eastern cities. Mr. and Mrs. Howard James and fami ly, of the Aberdeen, have returned from the seashore. • ■ = Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Thatcher, of Yl'l nona. are at the Aberdeen for a few weeks. Mrs. Eastman and Miss Eastman^ of Lake Charles, lowa, are the guests of Mrs. William Aubott, of Laurel avenue.- Mrs. Caroline Bancroft, of Western avenue, will return next week from a month's visit in the East. Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Brooks, of Holly avenue, are entertaining- Mr. and Mrs. Maupan, of St. Joseph, Mo. DIISCIPLIXE AT SHATTUCK. To the Editor of the Globe: Will you kindly give me space to reas sure the public in regard to the attitude of the authorities of Shattuck school to wards, the custom common in schools and colleges, of maltreating new boys and lower classmen. Much has been said and printed that is grossly exaggerated, or wholly untrue, of its prevalence at Shattuck. It has never taken on thu brutal form here that prevails in some places, but it is true that the custom of "fagging" and a mild form of hazing hag gained a foothold of late. It is also true that the necessary' reforms .in the disci pline, especially! in the determination to root out all semblance of this cowardly and brutal imposition on boys when they come to the school, developed a spirit of opposition which led many of the boys into a most fdolish '• demonstration, of which most of them 'Were very soon pro foundly ashamed: •'■''' The public ought to know that all In authority are i a unit' in the desire and effort to break up this custom, and that the rector has laid on, the new headmas ter and commandant, the responsibility of accomplishing this 1,.' and ample power In administering the needed discipline.. The. headmaster is a - masterful man with boys, and the reforms already dawn ing, together with the dismissals of some of the leaders, ( and the very severe dis cipline meted out to others, leave no doubt as to the" final outcome. The friends of the school need have no -fear that the faculty will shrink from any re sponsibility necessary in putting a stop to this. —James Dobbin, Rector. Farlbault, Minn., Oct. V -<»~ Happy Man. Harper's Bazar. Mrs. Honk—'Pears to me that our new neighbor, Mr. Sawney, is pretty indo lent. ' Farmer 7 Honk— <he ts so blamed lazy that he actually'den*t-worry about anything.- • ': ; ■ T^ •'.;. r.;> %'!-j'\ ■ - ; SCHLEY WAS IN A HURRY Continued Front First Page. putting an Interlineation in this log be cause an erasure was made of that word 'starboard' and I suggested putting in the explanatory words that we 'cleared the Texas.' " "Do you remember whether any change was made in the log book in the record ing of the direction in which the helm was originally put?" "I think I remember that erasure. The word 'starboard' was erased and the word 'port' substituted." "Do you remember discussing that with anyone in the presence of Commodore Schley and Capt. Cook?' "I do not." "How was this first brought to your attention that it was entered In the body of the log that the helm was put to starboard?" "Very likely by the watch officer de siring to make an erasure in tue log after I had examined it." "Do you remember when, if at all, you undertook to check the log as writ ten to show whether these points were correctly entered in the log book or not?" "No, I do not, except that it is more probable this was all done before noon of the succeeding day, beoause the 103 was generally given to the captain by noon." "Do you regard that as a correct entry in the log book that the helm was put to port in order to bring the star board battery to bear?" ERROR OF JUDGMENT. "No, that was not the reason for which the helm was put to port. it •was put to port to bring the Brooklyn around as quickly as possible to head off the Spanish vessels." "Would not the Brooklyn have been brought around quickly if the helm had been put to starboard, as it was record ed in the log book originally?" "I think she would. "These words, 'sw... D ing clear of the fire of the Texas,' are they righ-. ' "That is right. That is a point that impressed me. Fortuna -- we got around without having one of the Tex as' guns fired over us." '"me words, 'dear of the lire of the Texas' are the interlined words, are they not?" "Miiey are." "Did you give any specific instructions or make any specific suggestions to the officer who wrote the log with regard to putting in those words-?" "1 think it is very possible I did. I think more than probable that I did, because was the fact v..— impress ed me as the result of swinging with the port helm. I was very thankful we cleared the Texas and her fire." "When were those words put in rela tive to the change in the log book from, 'starboard' to 'port?' " "I cannot say. I was not at that *me contemplating any such searching in vestigation as this and consequently 1 thought that the log was written with the idea of giving a general account and fair account of the bat tle without being brought up under searching scrutiny, or I might have been much more particular as to exact times and dates." With Commanuer Hodgson s. .on the stand the court adjourned until tomor row. It is understood that Commander Hodgson will be examined tomorrow about a series of letters which have passed between himself and Admiral Schley and which were shown to a num ber of persons in the court room to day. WITNESSES RECALLED. The Schley court of inquiry began its proceedir.g.s today with the recall of wit nesses who were on the stand yesterday, and after they had corrected their pre vious testimony and made such additions thei'eto as suggested themselves they were excused and new witnesses were in troduced. The list of witnesses for the day included Capt. Raymond P. Rodgers, who was executive officer of the lowa during the Santiago campaign: Ensign (now Lieut.) M. L. Dristol, who was watch and division officer on the Texas and officer on the deck of that vessel when the Spanish ships came out of the Santiago harbor; Lieutenant Commander Albin C. Hodgson, who was navigator on the Brooklyn, and whose testimony has been looked forward to with much inter est because of his correspondence with Admiral Schley, and Lieut. C. W. Dyson, of the bureau of navigation. Capt. Lemly has still quite a long list of witnesses before him, and when court began business today it was said on his behalf that he probably would not be able to conclude his presentation of the case for the department before the mid dle of next waek. Capt. Dawson, of the marine corps, who was on the stand yesterday, was called to correct the official copy of his testimony. He said that while he had not seen the Brooklyn rwing with star board helm he was sure she did swing. Lieut. Dyson, who was on the stand yesterday as the court adjourned, Was then recalled. He had added to his coal history of the fleet Information as to how long the supply of coal on hand May 26 would have held out under forced draft. The information was contained in a chart which was read by Judge Ad vocate Lemly. The witness also read the same information from a tabular statement. The chart covered the period from May 18 to June 1. It showed that on May 26 the Brooklyn's supply of coal was 952 tons; the lowa's, 784 tons; the Texas', 40 Btons, and the Marblehead's, 122 tons. COAL SUPPLY. He said that on May 24 the Brooklyn had coal enough aboard to have remain ed on blockade duty off Santiago har bor for twenty-five days and then to have returned to Key West; the Massa chusetts enough to remain seventeen days and then go to Key West; the lowa enough for eleven days; Texas seven days, and the Marblehead one day. This was assuming that they would have gone by the Yucatan channel. He also gave an estimate of the length of time they could have remained and gone to Gonaives' channel, Cape Cruz, Mole St. Nicholas, Kingston, Port Antonio. Jamaica, Guantanamo bay, the time of remaining on blockade being increased es the distancse to the various points diminished. Mr. Rayner brought out the informa tion concerning the time the coal on each of the vessels would have lasted on forced draft, in chasing the enemy's ves sels, taking the amount of coal on each on May 26, and leaving sufficient coal to return to Key West. Mr. Rayner read the information from Mr. Dyson's tab ulated statement showing that the lowa would have consumed 243 tons of coal a day, the Texas 160 tons a day, and the Marblehead 77 tons. This estimate would, he said, give the Brooklyn 2.3 days' chase, returning by way of the Yucatan channel, and 2.35 days' chase returning by the Windward passage, the lowa a chase of 1.2 days. The Texas would have a chase of three-fourths of a day, and returning by way of the Windward pas sage nine-tenths of a day. The Marble head would have a chase of two-tenths of a day by the Yucatan channel, and four-tenths by the Windward passage The statement showed that the Massa chusetts could not have steamed more than fifteen knots an hour, and that in doing so she would have consumed 180 tons per day. At this rate she could have chased the enemy for 1.8 days, re turning via Yucatan channel, or for two days returning via the Windward pas sage. The witness said in reply to questions that his statement contemplated average conditions of weather and of the yes ' sels. Mr. Rayner—You have taken as a base for coaling a number of ports. You took Gonaives, the Mole and Kingston. Those are ports that have just been given you from which to make the cal culations. "These ports were Just mentioned to me here today." "You, of course, know nothing about our right to coal In those ports?" "I do not." Lieut. Dyson was followed on the stand by Commander Raymond P. Rod gers, who was executive officer of the battleship lowa during the summer of 1898. He testified to leaving Key West on May 20 for Cienfuegos to join the flying squadron. Before leaving he had, as a representative of Capt. Kvans, he said, a conference with Commander-in. Chief Sampson, at which Captains Tay lor and Chadwiek were present. At that time he was told by Admiral Samp son that he ha* received Information from the department at Washington that the Spanish fleet under Cervera probably was in the harbor at Santiago. He had, however not been informed of any secret code for communication with the Cuban insurgents near Cientuegos. He had, he said, taken dispatches Tor Commodore Schley, and while not cer tain whether there was more than one package, he was under the Impression there was more. One of the dispatches carried at this time was, the witness thought, that signed by Secretary Long and dated Washington, 12:30 o'clock. May 20, and beginning: "The report of the Spanish fleet being at Santiago de Cuba might very well be correct, so the department strongly a;I --vises that you send word immediately by the lowa to Schley to proceed off Santiago with his whole command, lead ing one small vessel at Cienfuegos." Capt. Rodgers was examined at length concerning the coaling of the Hying squadron." "Could you have coaled the lowa on the afternoon of May 26?" Mr. Hanna asked. "In the late afternoon, the time 1 speak of, the weather being fine and smooth, I think there would have been no trouble at all." "When the collier can deliver coal can a battleship like the lowa take it?" "With a ship like the lowa, with no broadside guns, the danger in coaling at sea is entirely to the collier." "Is there any more danger to a collier with a battleship on either side?" "There would be very great danger to a collier in coaling battleships with a battleship on either side." Capt. Rodgers related two or three in stances in which the ships of the flying squadron were cleared for action upon signal from the flagship Brooklyn be fore May 31, when vessels were discern ed in the distance. In each case the vessels proved to be American ships. Each time the signal was to clear for action and make speed of twelve knots an hour. He also told of the bombard ment or reconnaisance of the Cristobal Colon on May 31, in which the lowa par ticipated. He said the vessels were all in formation and following the flagship, which in that instance was the Massa chusetts. The range was at first given at 7,000 yards for this engagement, but the shots fell so far short that the range was Increased to 11,000 yards. These latter shots fell into the channel in which the Colon lay. Some of them must have fallen within 2,500 yards of the Spanish ship. SCHLEY'S BLOCKADE. Describing Commodore Schley's block ade of the harbor at Santiago, witness said that the fleet maintained a position of seven or eight miles out with the Marblehead and the Vixen inside the line. He remembered that the Marble head was on the inside from the fact that some of the vessels in the squadron had fired at her. He could not say whether the fleet was further out in the day than at night or vice versa. He thought Vixen and the Marblehead CGUId have been seen by moonlight, but it was after the moon had set. Capt. Rodgers had concluded" his tes timony in chief when the court ad journed for luncheon. The afternoon session of the court began with Capt. Rodgers still on the stand. He stated in reply to ques tions that he was the senior member of the naval board of survey appointed by Admiral Sampson to examine the wrecked Spanish vessels. The purpose of this line of examina tion was to bring out the witness' knowl edge concerning the effect of the Brook lyn's gunnery in the battery off Santiago, July 3. Capt. Rodgers stated that the Brooklyn was the only vessel that fired five-inch shells, and Mr. Rayner said that a careful computation based upon the re port of the board of survey showed that twelve five-inch shells had been tired on the four Spanish vesssels. Mr. Rayner presented a statement showing the number of shells found on the vessels of the Spanish fleet, and the witness was asked to state the per centage of five-inch shells, assuming the statement to be correct. Capt. Kodgers replied that the total number of hits was twenty-five and that therefore the five inch shell hits constituted 34 per cent of all the hits. Mr. Rayner said the state ment had been prepared by Admiral Schley. The witness also said he knew that the Brooklyn had eight-inch guns, but Mr. Ra-yner said the admiral's computa tion was not intended to cover that feature. His only purpose was to make the showing for five-inoh guns, these be ing unmistakably the Brooklyn's. Cross-examined on the dispatches car ried by the lowa, Capt. Rodgers wa3 asked if the "dear Schley" letter dated at Key West, May 20 ,1898, written by Ad miral Sampson, in which the statement was made that "I am of the opinion that our best chance of success in capturing the enemy's ships will be to hold Cienfue gos and Havana," was included In th< se j dispatches. The witness replied that he had no knowledge what the envelope con tained. While the examination was on this po'nt was in progress, Mr. Raynex read the letter including the following ex tract: "If later It should develop that these vessels are at Santiago, we could then assemble off that port the ships best suited for the purpose and completely blockade it. Unless, then, we receive more positive information, we shall con tinue to hold Havana and Santiago." QUESTION OF ACCURACY. Mr. Rayner remarked that he supposed it would be conceded that the word "San tiago" as given above was a mistake and that it should be "Cienfuegos." Capt. Lemly replied that he would make no such concession and a tilt followed be tween counsel concerning the accuracy of government publications. It closed with an understanding that the original document should be supplied tomorrow. In reply to a question by Mr. Rayner as to the condition of the weather from May U to May 26, Capt. Rodgers re plied: "I do not recollect the events of the night of May 24. My recollection is on the morning and throughout the day of the 25th, the wind was generally fresh from a direction generally ahead. The sea depends entirely upon the size of the ship. It was what I should call a moderate sea. I recollect the wind continued fresh that evening. Next morning we must have got around the cape, headed eastward. The weather had moderated considerably, and in the late afternoon the wind, I should say, fell, with a smooth sea." "How are the sea and weather for small ships like the Vixen and Eagle?" "I should say that on Thursday the weather for small ships would have been considered fresh, and certainly my recollection of seeing the Eagle on that day was that she was making what you might call 'heavy weather.' I should say on that occasion the sea was what one finds in that neighborhood when there is a fresh wind." The court asked a aumber of ques tions, among others being one as to whether the Brooklyn and -io 'iexas had been in danger of a collision on July 3. The witness replied that If there had been any such danger lie had not seen the two ships at the time. He had seen the two ships early in the engagement, but they were then about half a mile apart. i-.ater he was called below and if there had been such dan ger it was at that time. "SUMMON SAMPSON." At this point Capt. Rogers was excused and the judge advocate, after stating that Lieut. Commander Albon C. Hodgson would be the next witness, tending his appearance, again brought up the ques tion as to whether the word "Santi.iso" had been substituted by mistake for the word "Cienfuegos" In the letter written by Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schley, on May 20, beginning" "Dear Schley." Capt Lemly said: "The word was originally 'Santiago ' as ? it is printed in the senate document' The difference appears to be a matter -of punctuation, and the letter as it ap pears copied in Admiral, Sampson's copy book reads, 'Until we then receive more positive information we shall continue to hold Havana and Santiago,' whereas as ' printed as an appendix to Rear Admiral Schley's letter to the senate it is 'until we, then, receive more positive informa tion we shall continue to hold Havana and Santiago.' And, 'thea,' in the letter as printed refers back to other matters relating to Santiago, and the punctua tion would appear to give it the moan ing of therefore—'Until we therefore re ceive/ which is not intended, but it ■ means really 'until we then,' after the arrival of Cervera at Santiago, 'receive further information,' etc. "ir "The original, however, will still b« forthcoming." Mr. Rayner, after securing Capt. Lera- Iy s permission, read two or three sen tences from Admiral Sampson's letter -« follows: ' "Please send Scorpion to communicate with those vessels at Santiago and di rect one of them to report to the depart ment from St. Nicholas Mole or Cap* Haitien, the change which I have made in the plans strongly advised by the department. As soon as this vessel has communicated with the department, <:a her return to the vicinity of Santiago, learn the condition of affairs and immedi ately report to Havana ,or Cienfuegos, as he may think most advantageous." "This, said he, I want to call to the attention of the judge advocate, Mr. Ray ner continued: "I cannot take that word 'Santiago' to mean anything else except 'Cienfuegos.' It cannot possibly htoan anything else. It is an imputation upon Commodore Schley and I cannot permit that imputation to rest without summon ing the author of that request." Judge Advocate—l have told you once before you can summon anyone you please. Mr. Rayner—Well, then, summon Ad miral Sampson. With this remark the colloquy in regard to Admiral Sampson's dispatch closed for the time, and Commander Hodgson took the oath. HODGSOX-SCHLEY LETTERS. Correspondence to Be Submitted to ♦lie Sebley Court of Inquiry. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—Copies of cor respondence between Lieut. Hodgson and Admiral Schley during the period from June 6, 18S9, to Aug. 25, 1901, were given to the press today, with the statement that the correspondence will be submitted to the Schley court of inquiry by Lieut. Hodgson while on the witness stand. Most of it already has been published in the newspapers, although a part of it has not been published heretofore. On June 6, 1899, Admiral Schley wrote Lieut. Hodgson, inclosing an editorial from the New York Sun, alleging that a colloquy had occurred between Schley and Hodg son on the bridge of the Brooklyn at the battle of Santiago, in the course of which the admiral is represented to have said: "Damn the Texas; let her look ou: for herself," in reply to Lieut. Hodgson's ' remonstrance to turning the ship to star board. Characterizing this as a "grotesque lie," the admiral asks Hodgson to write ' your denial of this oft repeated calum ny. ' June 8 Hodgson responded in a very long letter, dated at the New York navy yard, denying he authorized the publication of any conversation, and making a long explanation of whit he says occurred during the battle. He ad ded that what was printed "as a part of a conversation between you and* me is substantially correct, though not as to the manner in which it look place " Hodgson then tells of tho rase with which the Brooklyn peoplo heard of the sinister construction placed on her move ment on her return to Guanr.an.amo Bay, and how he gave his explanation of her j loop to the officers of the ileet, none of t whom failed to agree with him. They considered it a wise move looking to the part the Brooklyn was to play in that great battle, rather than effort to avoid, interfering with the fire of the other vessels of the fleet. — ■«»■ . SCHLEY RETIRES OCT. 9. Capt. Willis and Capt. Glass to Be* come Rear Admirals. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Next Wednes day, Oct. 9, Rear Admiral Schley will re tire from the active list of the navy by age limit, and by present prospects this ! will take place while the court of in ! quiry is still in session. His retirement i will promote two captains to be r\ir ad mirals. Capt. Frank Willis, who was in command of the Boston during the battle of Manila Bay, now heads the list of captains. He was promoted for war service, and under the law oi ad vancement must not retard the regular I course of promotions. Therefore Capt. i Henry Glass, who stands next to him on the list of captains, also will enter the list of rear admirals of the navy. Other promotions resulting from .VI- I miral Schley's, retirement will be those , of Commander H. P. Gil more and Eu gene H. C. Leutze. who become cap tains, and Lieut. Commander Henry A. Staunton and Charles W. Bartle:t. "v!:o become commanders. —^^^ THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. Day's Proceedings Were Devoted to the Missionary Field. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 4.-Today's de liberations of the triennial convention or the Episcopal church in America were de voted mainly to the missionary field, and were of much interest. Neither the house of bishops nor the house of deputies re mained in separate session long this morning. A resolution was adopted to adjourn the convention sine die on Thurs day, Oct. 17. Petitions from represent ative cities anxious to secure the next triennial meeting were presented in behalf of Pittsburg, Boston, Cincinnati, Louis ville and New Orleans. No action was taken, but on motion of J. Plerpont Mor gan a committee was appointed to decide where the next convention shall be held. The house of bishops decided to take up the consideration of the constitution as soon as it shall be acted upon by the house of deputies. The house of depu ties decided to take up the matter of mar. ginal readings, which yesterday was pass ed on by the bishops, as soon as it had finished the constitution, which it is now tonsidering. The proposed canon on marriage and divorce will be considered next. When the time came for calling to order the board of missions, there was scarcely standing room in the auditorium of the church. The deputies remained standing while the bishops marched down the cen ter aisle and were given seats of honor. President Lindsey relinquished the gavel to the venerable Bishop Tuttle, of Mis souri, and the order of business was read by Bishop Brewster. Bishop Doane, of Albany, presented the annual report of managers, signed by himself, W. R. Huntington, 11. R. Nel son, A. T. Mahan, W. W. Frazier, and general secretary A. S. Lloyd. It proved to be an exhaustive review of the mis sionary work, domestic and foreign, ac complished in the last three years, and shows that much had been accomplish ed in every field of labor. Although the financial statement revealed a deficit of $102,719. this has temporarily been covered by drawing on the reserve fund. The statement that provision must be made for accruing liabilities, work in China, • Cuba, and the new possessions of the United States. Porto Rico and the Philip pines, was given special prominence in the report, which was referred to a. special committee. The reports of tho women's auxiliary and other missionary boards were also referred, after which General Secretary Lloyd delivered a mis sionary address, which was Impressive In its earnest eloquence. , • The afternoon session was devoted to addresses by prominent missionary work ers and attracted a larger attendance than has been present at any meeting of the convention since Its opening. During the day services were held in St. Luke's church by the Daughters of the King, and tonight at St. Stephens church the Brotherhood of St. Andrew had a quiet, hour and preparation for holy communion. A Natural Inference. Harper's Bazar. "Her first name is Lily." ->-.v' "Good gracious! Is she as fat as all that?" «^». - A Possible Incident. Chicago-Record Herald. First Horse—What's wrong with -old Grey? He's shaking 1 his head as if a hornet had stung him. . . ■ . Second-Horse—Perhaps he has a bee in his bonnet. . _ ; . . .-■.-,. .