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the shots from the vessels ahead were
falling"
BY the Court-what- conversation. If
any. had you with Commodore Schley
relating TO the object of the lombard
ment on May Il, while you were taking
him to the Massachusetts
he only conversa lion remember
was that relative 10 what should be-
come Of the Vixen after the Commodore
LETT. have no other recollection about
that"
BY the Court-How near were the
Spanish vessels to the Brooklyn at the
time you saw her go south on July 80
could not give correct esti-
mate"
BY the Court-what signals. if any,
were made by the Brooklyn from the
commencement TO the end OF the battle
Of July 8?
The Brooklyn had hoisted the sig
nal Enemy attempting to escape
That is in the notes. There may have
been others but I do not find any
here"
When he Got Orders.
BY the Court-At the time the Brook
lyn commenced to make the turn you
have referred to. how near to her was
the nearest vessel of the enemy?
4 could not state with any definite
By the Court-state the orders un-
der which you acted when on blockade
off Santiago
My impression is that I received my
instructions from Commander McCalla
TO go inside the line OF vessels and TO
the seward OF Santiago about two
31st of May"
Captain Sigsbee was then recalled to
correct the official copy of his testi-
mony of yesterday. but before he pro-
ceeded Mr.. RaynOr asked him whether
In view of IL rf
and the sea on May 26, ships could
have coaled with safety to them?''
captain Sigsbee replied: Possibly.
yes. on the evening of the 26th, but
at risk of danger to the ships. The
weather had somewhat abated. and 1
cannot say that it would have been i'm
possible"
Captain Sigsbee also made an addi-
ton to his statement of yesterday con-
corning any statement that he might
nave made to Admiral Sampson or any
one else. to the effect that Commodore
Schley- was blockading Santiago har-
said:
Il did not and never have stated
that Admiral Schley was blockading
twenty-five miles out at sea-
Meetings Off Santiago.
The. court asked questions of Cap
tain Sigsbee as follows:
You have stated there were two
meetings off Santiago while you were
blockading there, have you not?'
stated that to the best Of my
recollection there were. 1 am not too
firm in the belief. / am positive of
one"
Upon what ship or ships were these
meetings or this meeting held?''
Either the Yale or the Harvard
One l think was held aboard the Har-
vord. If another was held at all it was
aboard the Yale
Were the meetings accidental or by
order of the senior officer PRESENT.
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said. had been made on the 5th of
July, Two days after the action. Asked
why he changed il. Mr.. Doyle said:
Il changed il after 1 had had a dis
cussion with Sharp. 1 had been I'M
der the Impression. as 7 have stated.
that we had turned with a starboard
HEINZ Sharp was aboard the Brooklyn
on July TO lunch with US and 7 had
q discussion with him that day on that
subject. I think that is the time
changed it
DO you know whether the naviga-
tor had then signed the log as cor
I do not. sir
Why We're the interlined words put
How Ship Was Heading.
They were put in, think. in fact 1
know, at the suggestion of some per-
son. probably the navigator. They
were put in evidently after the log
was written up because thew are inter-
lined"
About how was the ship heading at
that time-within the quadrant of a
circle southwark to westward, north
ward to eastward2''
We were heading at the beginning
OF the battle in shore: that is to saw.
the head of our ship was probably
about north, and as soon as the Span
ish ships came out and got on TOP
moving ahead and turning with the
port helm. because the Spanish ships
were little on our starboard bow, but
we were making the port battery and
started TO swing first and brought the
port battery into action Now. then.
we must have continued around there.
as L know now. but when I was in
the starboard turret we lost sight of
the ships because they were on our
port bow"
he Of
aport. emitting the interlined words. in
order to bring the starboard battery to
bear would be to send the vessel
through more than $50 degrees, would
it not, in turning?'
Certainly, yes; we were headed
about north and east and that would
mean more than $50 degrees"
me cheaper way would have been
to put the helm to starboard, would it
Il am not prepared TO say"
II the ship was headed northeast
and the chase was going nearly west,
or on a westward course?''
that way
do you of your own knowledge know
OF anything TO prevent your turning?''
Looked Like a Mix-up.
When I was on top of the starboard
turret 1t looked very much to me as
eral melee or mix-up with the Spanish
ships"
How far were they from you at that
time?"
when we took them up on the star
board quarter, after we made part of
the turn, as 1 remember the range. it
was !. 400 yards"
How do you verify that ranger"
Il have no way of verifying that.
us
What L mean by verifying Is as
to whether or not shots were fired at
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orders given to the man at the wheel
What did you Observer
I observed while in the port tur-
ret that we had an opportunity of FIR
ing at the Spanish ships and the turret
was trained nearly ahead. The Span
ISM ships were then a little bit on our
port bow and we lost sight OF them
by our ship turning with starboard
helm Then it was that the order was
given % man the starboard battery
ana as / crossed from one tUrret 10
the other observed the Spanish ships
little bit on our starboard bow.
View obscured by Smoke.
As soon as I got in that turret I
swung the gun sharp on the starhoard
DOW In the meantime some Of our
own guns had fred. probably in the
forward eight-inch turret. so I could
see nothing at all for the dense smoke
While IN that position and while the
tuffet was being trained. Mr.. Mason.
the executive officer. passed down the
stafDoard gangway, calling. sharp on
the staTboard Quarterr and I accord
ingiy trained the tUrret around and
PICKED the Spanish up on our star
beard quarter, and from then on it
was constant train of the turret until
we had the Spanish ships about
abeam."
What do you mean exactly when
you say the vessel turned the star
board heIm?r
She was then turning with a star
board helm. because that is the req
son we lost sight of the Spanish ships.
But you do not mean. if 7 under
stand you. she made the fun turn with
starboard helm?''
Oh, no; at that time I was under
the impression that 1T had, yes
How did you come to enter in the
snlp's log that the vessel turned with
a starboard helm? Do you recognize
that Logo" .Chanding him the log of the
Brooklyn).
II do
The witness then. in response to a
question. read to the court that part
Of the log book which relates to the
turning of the port helm. as follows:
Spaniards Come Out.
AT $3.50 went to quarters for nousta,.
and inspection. and immediately after
ward the Spanish squadron was noticed
coming outfof the harbor. The leading
snip; the Maria Teresa, flagship, opened
IRE at once This ship (the BrookIvn)
ana the other vessels, namely. Texas.
oregon. Indiana, Iowa, Vixen and
ST5IIIo ucester' engaged the enemy at once
me enemy stood towards us at first.
then put helm aport and stood along
shore close in to the westward We
engaged with port battery at first.
standing in for the Maria Teresa. the
Colon and the Vizcaya, all three of
which we engaged, but just as soon
as the enemy stood to the westward
put helm to port, swinging Ga little
interline here) clear of the fire of the
Texas. so as to bring the starboard
battery to bear, and stood parallel to
the enemy
The witness then stated that the
original entry in the log had made it
appear that the helm was put to star
board instead of to port as it appears
in the permanent log. The change. he
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ent."
What was the object Of these meet
inGs of commanding officers of San
tiago?'
'.They were informal meetings to
talk over the situation. I remember 1
objected to one because the Spaniards
might come out and catch US out of
our ships at any time. and wanted to
go aboard my ship. The meeting was
broken up on my account. II was
referred to by Captain Wise and. of
course. it shows a meeting with Cap
tain Wise
Orders From Department.
Were any orders of the navy de-
partment read or discussed at these
meetings?
7 cannot now recall distinctly. I
presume they were
State as nearly as possible the sub
stance of each of these dispatches so
discussed and their dates"
My recollection fails me. 1 cannot
do it"
''Ca,4 you designate the dispatches or
reports published in the appendix of
the report of the bureau of naviga-
ton, that you handed or exhibited to
Commodore Schley on May 26?''
I can show one. That is the one 1
read yesterday, to the Minneapolis. 1t
is in my testimony. 1 cannot remem-
Der specifically handing him the writ
ten dispatch
Mr.. Hanna then handed to Captain
Sigsbee a press copy book containing
the order TO himself in response to
which he had proceeded to Santiago
to meet the flying squadron. The dis
patch read: Proceed at once oft San
tlago. The Spanish fleet is reported
there; communicate occasionally"
Captain Sigsbee said the dispatch was
correct He was then excused.
Schley's Watch Officer.
When Captain Sigsbee left the stand
ne was succeeded by Lieutenant James
j. Doyle. who was watch officer on
Doard Commodore Schley's flagship. the
brooklyn, during the Spanish war
There was much interest in his an
pearance. as he is the first of the
Brooklyn's officers to be called since
the inquiry began. He was called by
the department. but when Captain
Lemly had concluded his examination
Mr. Raynor announced that it had
been Admiral Schley's intention 10
have Lieutenant Doyle summoned as a
witness in his behalf. He, therefore.
with the consent of the court ques-
toned the witness as if his examina-
ton had been in chief and did not con-
fine himself to cross-examination.
In response to questions by Captain
Lemly. Lieutenant Doyle said that dur
ING lile bdtAle OF odulldSO ne naQ mad
charge of the two waist turrets He
had. he said written the log giving the
account of the battle as there record
ed. but afterward an addenda had been
made by the navigator. When the
Brooklyn steamed westward, witness
was first in the port turret and then in
the starboard turret.
Did you have an opportunity Of OBJ
serving which way the vessel turned ?"
Captain Iemly asked
Witness responded in the Affirmative
He said. however, that he did not hear
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Trial of Criminal Cases

Judge Stewart will not resume the
trial Of criminal cases until Tuesday
morning, when a jury viii be called
for the trial of the case against Jo-
seph Bridge, accused of assault upon
a little girl.
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yachts to keep UP.

yachts to keep Up.
Lieutenant Doyle placed the distance
of the American fleet of Santiago from
the mouth of the harbor at from three
70 four miles. and said there were
picket boats on the inside of the line
Speaking of the bOmbardment of the
Colon on The 5lst OF May he and Mr..
Raynor designating IL as a recounois-
S2nce. Lieutenant Doyle said that its
eject had been 20 develop the fact that
me Spaniards had two guns in their
land batteries.
sir haynOr asked. When was the
CIRCULAR form OF blockade commenced ''
" nile no mention was made of the
name or Admiral sampson, this QUes-
lon was evidently regarded as an at
tempt 70 bring his blockade f,1tO the case
Tor purposes Of comparison. ana Captain
Leinly was prompt in noting a sharp
ana vigorous objection.
Without waiting for any argument
on the point the court immediately an
nounced a brief recess.
The members retired for a minute or
two, and when they returned, Admiral
Dewey said: The court decides that
all questions relating TO the blockade
Off Santiago must be confined to the
time prior TO the ARRIVAL OF the COM
mander-in-C chief"
The court then adjourned for the day.
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Changed the Entry.

And then when you learned YOU had
learned you had been mistaken vc1l
made thre changer
1 changed the entry and think if
you had the rough copy here you would
md it was changed in my own hand
writing"
Mr.. Raynor then stated to the court
that 1t was his desire TO treat Lieuten-
ant Doyle as a witness for Admiral
Schiey. To this the court assented,
and Mr. RaynOr asked the witness a
series OF questions calculated TO bring
out a brief history of the Brooklyn
part IN the Santiago campaign ard a
Iull statement of his observations while
an officer on board that vessel.
Mr.. Doyle said in response to these
questions that while at Key West
which port the Brooklyn had left at
the head of the flying squadron on May
10, 1898. he had heard nothing of the
Spanish fleet nor had he then been in
formed OF a secret code of signals ar
ranged by Captain McCalla for cou1mr-
nicating with the Cuban INSURGENTS.
Relating the particulars of the block
ade of CienfuegOs by the lying SQUAD
ron from the 2iSt 10 the oath of Nav.
Lieutenant Doyle said he recalled the
arrival Of the Iowa and the Dupont off
CientuegOS on May p of the Hawk on
the 23rd and of the Marblahead on the
18th He said that he had observed
three lights which looked like bonfires
on the shore. each night that the squad
ron lay of Cienfuegos, but that neither
he nor any one else on board, so far as
ne knew. understood their purport.
He also told of a reconnaissance of
the harbor at CienfuegOs on the even
ing of the 22nd of May; of the CONVEX
sation with the officers of the British
ship Adula and of the arrival Of the
Marblehead and the departure of the
entire squadron for Santiago after the
last named vessel had made COmmuni-
cation with the Cubans ashore.
Then. he said, on the night Of the
24th. ships formed in squadron and
started eastward, the speed at first be-
ing nine knots an hour. but afterwards
being reduced to accommodate the
small vessels. the Vixen and the Eagle.
When they made their start there was
quite surf, Tong swell of the sea.
and on the 25th the weather was still
worse, making it very difficult for the
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that range and how they fell
I did not see the shots. I fired at
that range I fired one. I know"
Mr.. Raynor then took the witness
and asked him IL it were not true that
the change in the log was due 10
an error en- the part of the witness
and to no desire on the part of any
body TO falsify the facts.
Absolutely. was the response.
And the error" continued Mr. Ray
nor occurred, as I understand YOU TO
say, IN this way, That during the
action you could not see on account
of the smoke. and thought the ship
did turn with the starboard helm and
was so entered upon the Iog?''
Yes. was the reply I'VE lost track
OF the enemy IL the first instance with
the port battery by our own bow shut
ting the enemy out and showing that
at that time we must have had our
helm a little 10 starbOard or that the
enemy was going with the starboard
helm
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NOTICE OF sHER1EFs EAEcuT1oN

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That
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and State of Minnesota, on the 9Th day Of
June. 1901. upon Judgment rendered and
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Of the Clerk Of said District Court, on TIE
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81 Sherif' g office IL the County Court House.
and State, on Monday. the 22nd day Of
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and each Of them. as Of date the 28th day
Of May, 1894, and all the right. title. in.
terest and estate which said judgment
quired in and to the following described
real property, situate in Hennepin County,
State of Minnesota, to-wit:
Commencing at the southwesterly corner
Of Lot 10 in Block 220 in Brown & Jack
ms Addition to Minneapolis, Minnesota;
thence southeasterly along the center Of
said block toward Second Avenue South,
and between Lots 8 and 10, and Lots 1
and 2 in said block lis feet; thence north
easterly at right angles u feet; thence
northwesterly at right angles 115 feet, to
First Avenue South; thence southwesterly
to the place Of beginning, being the rear
II feet Of said Lot 10, and the rear u feet
Of the northwesterly 40 feet of said Lot 9
In said Block 22O, all according to the re-
corded plat of said addition on file or Of
record In the office of the Register Of
Deeds In and for said County.
Dated Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 9Th,
~ PHIL. T. MEGAARDEN,
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CHARLES Nj. DREW.
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NoT1cD OF PARr1TIoN SALE,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That I'M
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In and for the County Of Hennepin and
State of Minnesota. and filed in the office
Of the Clerk of said Court, on the Bird day
Of real property hereinafter described
wherein Nicholas Melchisedech and Annie
Melchisedech, his wife, are the plaintiffs,
and Simon Melchisedech and Maggie Mel
chisedech, his wife, Hubert Melchisedech
and Maggie Melchisedech, his wife, Annie
thinner and Edward s. thinner, her hus-
band, Lizzie Kammerer and Edward Kam-
merer, her husband, Maggie Melchisedech,
unmarried, and Peter Melchisedech are the
defendants, directing sale Of said proper
ty by public auction, which property is sit
uated in the County Of Hennepin and State
Of Minnesota, and described US follows, viz:
sixty-six 1857 feet front on Marshall street
by one hundred sixty-five (165) feet deep
Of the part of Government Lot one q in
Section fifteen (15) in Township twenty nine
C29) North Of Range twenty.four West, be-
ing bounded on the South by line three
and twenty-five hundredths 1929 chains
North Of and parallel with the South line
Of said lot one ~; Easterly by line one
hundred sixty-fve (165) feet East of and
parallel with Marshall street, Northerly by
line sIxty-six (68 feet North Of and par
allel with said first described line, and
Westerly by said Marshall street, being the
South sixty-slx (G6) feet of a certain piece
or parcel of land conveyed by Urban Bontin
and wife by warranty deed recorded In the
Office of the Register of Deeds Of said Coun-
ty on August 18, 1851, in Book ''2" Of
Deeds, on page 1854, to Isaiah Gagne, and
afterwards conveyed to Joseph famine by
warranty deed recorded In said Office Of
Register Of deeds October II, 1854, in Book
':3'' Of Deeds. on page 80. and afterwards
conveyed to Nicholas Rosch by warranty
deed recorded December 5, 1865, in Book
''9'' Of Deeds, on page 12O. in said Office
Of Register Of Deeds. Said premises are
also known and designated as No. 1901
Northeast Marshall street, Minneapolis,
MINI.
NOW, THEREFORE,, I, the undersigned
referee, duly appointed and authorized by
virtue Of said order and in pursuance there
Of and the statute In such case made and
provided, will sell the above described prop
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Entertainments and appurtenances thereunto
belonging, in one tract or parcel, at public
auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at
the Fourth street entrance Of the Court
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Of Hennepin and State Of Minnesota, on
Monday, the 10th day Of August, A. D.
1901, at ten o'clock In the forenoon, which
sale will be subject to the confirmation Of
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Dated at Minneapolis, MIMI, July 8, 1901.
A. d. POLK,
Referee.
JOHN ]. McHALE, =.
Attorney for Plaintiffs,
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