Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-09-27

5&5 AT this point Captain Wise. was ex-l
cused and Admiral / Cotton was re-.
called to make verbal corrections int
the estimony prev ously given BY
him. 4 ssSs
dmiral Cotton was questi TONED con
eerning some points Of the Santiago
campaign. He said that on the morn
ing Of ay 81 fter$ arriving from
he had II gone aboard the 4
Brooklyn with dispatches for Admiral
Schley. Asked BY Captain Lemly to
relate his conversat ion with Admiral
Schiey on the occasion Of that visit he
said gs
sTIe informed me that 1t had been
ascertained that some, at least, of Ad-
miral Cervera's s squadron were within
the harbo of Santiago; that they had
been seen and were In sight and, as a
matter Of fact, one Of them was then
In sight at the entrance to the $harbor.
In language as nearly as I can remem- 4
Der, he said !: a fter dinner am going
to hoist my flag On board the Massa-
schusetts and take her and the low
and have q pot shot at those; fellows, s.
ZZ ZZ Mr.. LemIy - Anyt thing furthe
There was OF course some further
lion. cannot recall the
words nor aside from W hat + have
mentioned, the parti uiar subj its.
N achinist Gray called.
William 6. Gray, who was chief ma.
Schinist On the & exas during the battle
off Santiago on July 8, testified that
on that date he had been on duty at
the throttle of the starboard engine
of the battlesh hip. He said that when
he went to the vessel the engine was
going ahead. 5l$E3ss B!
The next#sig igna1 h Il he said, twas to
stop, and a minute afterwards to re-
verse. The engines5 We're then re- re-.
syersed ,,s
/ The witness said that the reversal
was very brief, the revolutions not exss
Eceeding 100 and time being short. He
had, he said, heard afterWards IS that
the reverse was because they were,
passing the Brook lyn
Lieutenant Spencer S. u. w God, who
commanded the disp Itch boat Dupont.
during the SPANS war was the next
witness.
Lieutenant WOO related the partic.
ulars Of his mission as q dispatch car
rier from Admiral Sampson lying at
Key West, to- admiral Sehley who.
was off gienfue He had left Key
West on May 18th, carrying a dispatch
lof which the Iowa carried dupl ates'
and had reached Cienfuegos several
hours N advance of the Iowa,
on my arriv !, .sSSS n he witness said,
| went aboard and personally deliY--
Tered the dispatch hes which carried
from Admiral Sampson TO Commodore
lSchley in his cabin att 8 so,e clock 1e.
asked me Admiral Samps idea
about where the Spanish sauadron was
told him II lid d not know them Iie
/ told me he thnng hit he Spanish squad
ron was there. He had heard firing
, and was almost convinced that they
Were there. ssEE he eseonYersation was on
/ the line to end deavor ito find out from
/ me what Admiral Samp sons lans
were could give him no forrna,i
ltion 81
Says Schley Was Nervous
] Have you any thing to state with re-
Ispeet to this nterYieW which will bear
upon the subject Of this nquiry ?,'ss
he coInmodnre shesitated some
iIabolIt giving me coal. He did not think
i Ihe could spare coal at first said Il
was abso1utel ly necessary hat we
Were almost out Of coal having made
4 4 the I'll d from Key est. He said,
Il Very well, go below and will think
i Il Iiit over went below ito the ward
A room and was afterwards called ND
4 ! and Horned that they would give me
i coal. had never before met the adj
Il miraI He Il impressed me as being
4 very nervous. He would get up and
Il walk around come back and sit down
and ID number of que stions he asked
sG&about Admiral sSampspn's s intentions
was unable to answer 81
Asked by kfr yner AdnaiTal
ST #fSampson or any one else had informed
Il him before he left Key West for Glen
q q Ifuegos that q code of signals had been
a agreed upon between the American
II forces ana HE Cuba d insurg rents, 14ieu
Il tenant Nv nod replied III the negative
81 He he'd not be said received such IN
q q formal lion ON cially but he added
.SEsWas current talk ait Key Nv est that the
u darbfehead on the previous trip ha6
Z eIestabl blished commit tinn with the
CIbans. however, q code had Deer
81 arranged he d I'd not know 0f he tact
u IlSsss Before Lieut tenant Wood had con
si ckIdad Ills test timoa he court 81
.45. adjourned for the ID lay to permi
q attendance at Ju dga sSssT lsbns faineral
4 PRINTS Sc IN Att ION Al s ToHY.s
!, s4ostilities Break Ont RetWssn Gres
Britain and rrrur,
4 Paris, Sept III The Patrie PRINT
ysfa sensationa story To tht effect tha
conflict has broken out betWeel
81 lGreat Britain and E key, = say Ing ha
a three British war Vessels have beef
4 ord cred to the Persian gsilf 70 suppress