The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-10-12

. the General Public, Al
ID w.ary over the Entire AZ
air, Takes But Very Little In
terest'
r~,.hipgton, Oct. ~9.-Notwith
,;nr Wednesday marked an i'm
a"nt turning point in the career
E~,nr.Admiral Schley, being moth
".s. than the date of his transfer
the active to the retired list
En-, navy. he was in his accustomed
4, within the railing of the Schley
y. If inquiry, and gave his usual
zion to the proceedings of the
The retirement of Admiral
s,or is in accordance with law, he
%nr reached the age of 81 years.
cenrally remarked that he did
n look his age.
|rso formal proceedings of the day
an with the reintroduction of
M N. L. Bristol, formerly watch
s.o, m the Texas, as a witness. He
,rder cross-eXamination when
+. court adjourned Tuesday night,
n Mr.. Rayner continued his ques-
obs to-day.
|n,bor Witnesses on the list for the
+. included Lieut. Commander Tenn
n. NJ Potts, who was navigator on
Massachusetts, during the war
[,A snoin; Lieut.. A.. w. Grant, who
n also on the Massachusetts,; Rear
imiral H. C. Taylor, who, as cap
4, commanded the ~battleship In
ina. Commander VIM. fl. SchuetZe,
NJ was navigator on the Iowa, and
B,nt Jonas II. Holden, who, is an
Nicer on the Scorpion, made the log
|eord of the communication of Com
,pder Switzerland to Commodore
lhev concerning the condition off
Intiago.
Nj. Ravner began his examination
Lieut.. Bristol with questions con-
|rning the accuracy of the stadime-
n for the measurement of distances
sea. He asked if he would rather
INST his W visual observation for
1000 Yards range than the instru-
mi, The witness stated that the
sdimeter was nor accurate for dis
noes below 1000 yards than above
at distance. At that distance he
prld make several observations for
tnfrmation of visual observation,
he error" he said, becomes great
the greater the distance"
Could you give me-" asked Mr.,
Ener, "a point from which it is en-.
Fsy reliable?"
Yes" was the reply, "at zero it Is
bsOlutely accurate
Lieut.. Bristol declined TO modif,
elements made in his testimony
Rslay, even when confronted by
|fcal reports, and in %venturing ar
|pnion, at one point was told by Ad
fial Dewey that opinions were no
an,ed.
At the request of Mr.. Rayner, thu
Fitness made measurements from hi
bart to show the distance the Brook
p was from the Spanish ships dur
g the fight off Santiago. The repl,
)s:
The distance of the Qquendo fror
be Brooklyn, taken from the char
Et before the turn, is 1900 yards, tn
aria Teresa 3,7O0 yards. Taken from
be chart when the Maria Teresa an
euendo were about to run ashore
Fhich is practically the nearest poin'
pc Oquendo was $500 yards from III
fOoklyn, and the Maria Teresa 3,
yards"
Vloting Lieut. Commander Hodg
PMS statement that the shortes
Hnse of the Brooklyn's guns in tn
A''e was 1,4O0 yards, and her great
y $500 yards, and referring to tn
vet that a number of the Brooklyn
'e'lnch shells had struck the SpaI
~ ships, Mr.. Rayner asked a numbe
questions for the purpose of show
W mat, If the distance was as gres
rlhe chart shows, and the guns wei
ior the range given, it would ha,
ven impossible for the shots to g
! The mark. Isn't it certain"
sAed' If the shots struck. that til
mart is incorrectly"
Inc witness replied that the Mar
'e'esa and the Oquendo could hay
Fen hit with tive-inch guns"
WIN guns set at that range?"
les, she could do it. | have Sc,
"y wild fire when a ship has al
notion on
'ap'' lemly then took the witnes
p'eioping the fact that he had be,
six months in the coast surve
'Ar'e he daily had used the sextar
m
me JeRries-Ruhlin Fight.
Gan francisco, Oct. 9.-Novemb
mas been agreed upon as the da
'he Jeffries-Ruhlin fight in I'll
1~eifries has posted his $2,5
m'e,t IN cash and nothing renal
:" out the selection of a referee.
indian Contract Frauds.