The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-25

and much beloved friend. I am shock | ed beyond measure at the news, and
 find myself almost unable to accept the | report"
 I Rear Admiral Schley announced after | the adjournment that he would employ
 no additional counsel, being satisfied to 1 let the case remain in the hands of lsi- l dor Rayner and Captain Parker The | admiral and his remaining counsel this | afternoon called on Charles Wilson, the son of the deceased, to express their sorrow and offer their sympathy and | services.
 Admiral Dewey said that he did not think the proceedings of the court would be interfered with greatly by Judge Wilson's death. There would be, he
 added, another adjournment on account
 of the funeral, but beyond that he did
 not anticipate there would be further
 cessa tion of the proceedings.
 Judge Wilson's death," he added, is
 a severe loss. It is a loss not only to
 the community at large, but especially to the court at this time. His amiabil- ity, conservatism and long experience in public affairs rendered his presence
 
 I have suffered a severe bereavement
 in his death. We had been friends for
 twenty-fi five years, and I had come to
 both love and respect him for his many
 excellent qualities of head and heart. Y
 The witnesses who were to testify to-
 day were those who would give the
 facts concerning Rear Admiral Schey's
 knowledge of the conditions at Cienfue-
 gos before the arrival of the Marble
 head, under command of Captain Mc-
 Calla, and at Santiago when the Fly
 ing Squadron first reached the vicinity of that port, before making it's retro grade movements toward Key West The friends of the rear admiral have asserted that he had no intimation that he was expected to communicate With the Cuban insurgents on the shore, put the government had called Lieutenant Spencer s. Wood who was in command of the dispatch boat Dupont, with the view of showing that the commander in-chief had the information previous to McCalla's arrival. The commanders of the scout ships Yale, St. Paul and Minneapolis had also been called With the expectation on the part of the de- partment of showing that Rear Admiral Schey was notified upon his\ first arri- val off Santiago of the presence of Ger vera's fleet inside of the harbor at that port.
 When the court opened to-day Lieu tenant Commander Schroeder and En- gineer Bates were recalled to listen to the reading of the official report of their testimony as given yesterday. and First-Class Machinist A. B. Claxton, of the city, who had charge of the port engine of the Texas on the day of the battle off Santiago, had just taken the stand when the announcement of Judge Wilson's death was received. It had been expected by the government that MT. Claxton would confirm the state | ment of Engineer Bates concerning the i reversal of the engines of the Texas. During the short time that he was on | the stand Engineer Bates was asked a | few questions One of these was by . Captain Parker and was in regard to | the steam log of the Texas.
 In reply to the first inquiry Engineer Bates said that the log had been writ ten up the day after the battle. The other questions were by the court and -elated first to the coal supply of the Texas on May 26, 1898, and the second 70 the condition of the machinery of the Texas onJ the 31st of that month. The 1uestions of the court and the responses Q them were as follows:
 Are you positive that the quantity ,f coal reported on hand May 26 was 
 "Yes, sir, as nearly as anybody can be positive There was no accurate means if weighing what was sent us, and gen. ,rally there is no absolutely accurate means by which coal is weighed coming lboard ship. All naval officers say is hat coal is weighed to the best of our lbility, and an accurate account kept to he best of our ability. and it is gener- lily good estimate. It is weighed out n the same way.'
 Was the machinery of the Texas in