The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-01

1hRCA fal el0 i &1,.
range TO Q Ooo varSs Ate, tba Nfassa-
chusetts had passed the entrance to
the harbor she turned with port helm
and steamed back. the New Orleans
and the Iowa following. On the run
back across the harbor 1 again fired at
10000 yards. The shots still
fell short and as the
Massachusetts and New Orleans
slowed down and stopped after they
got across, / slowed my engines, then
increased the range to IL 600 yards and
fired two shots from the forward 12-
inch turret. The first one was fired by
Lieut.. VanDeuser at Il, 900 yards. l saw
that it fell short Lieut.. Hill had the
other gun In that turret l gave him
and tbst sbot Str,,cIr o. 10, ~,-0 e, ~
stern Of thsa C,oIos, Teo.t, 80 ;aoto r,,as
We're disabled az the ere fror, that az
treme eIevation Aftar nat we Stood
mile ana hale ,eossthI1, two ,,oiIes
to onr hIocla ding stetio, s,ai,, Thet
was all sarv dara ! - i, 3,,.a 3ha coi,,s ;,
the hlocEade or Santiaao ,,,da,. Co,,aN
modore SchIav ne saI5 tha saua adron
stood seyen ~, a;aht s,ailas o,,t d,,rioa. No.
tha da1, and a l4t.1a e. rtt.a, ,,,t ~ ,,ifrl,,
with tba Iyivo,, ar,,5 ~, Ngo,.h1ohaad -
the inside 81 ntoht
Spahish ENiaehce HeJected.
The Judge advocate asked the wit
ness concerning a statement by a
lieutenant of the Spanish navy, print
ed by the Navy Department. to the
effect that at dark the American
ships withdrew to the southwark, dis
appearing. The Introduction of this
book was objected to and Admiral
Dewey said:
THE witness has already told what
distance was maintained by the fleet.
we don't care for that kind OF lnfor-
NATION Aomlral EVANS was lhere ana
can answer Tor hlmseH. we want
lacts; not newspaper aftlcles.
The Brooklyn mt Santiago.
no,s 49,, 49, ,+,,,,;.,, 20 ~
tp. 90 tIla
@ Ine ol .,ie ~ :, Il
'a ~ iils ent y" % ~ al.
90" W. tlie nI 4I ~ iae ns lle
an. nen lSaclIeu eiie ~, ss - -
t,i t,ie I've las .le Di ~ Se,,i oil y.
ehc , VS. al ~, -, ~ oiio1iu .1
~ ,ioI eil"e1'' ma Mas Jue' do siiS is i' "A.
's.s'aI az. S1 90" lel "e"lh po9SiS ~ ~
IliIllutes - allel Mdiu MIell sne Mos %
steahilIs WestWaru very ias., nriils me-
poIl battery heaueu Iol lnwesI l, eoM az 4. u u
the neao OIL lne opanlsh coiuiiin. l @ uiu
iot see tne brooAiyh AGAIN Until my
atIenllon was ulrecteu TO nei Wy ele
navigator cailing 10 me, LooAoul l.
captain. 1or the Ie&as! 1 Went on llle
port Drldge' Where tne navigator was was
stanulhg anu l sala, Where lhe ueHli
-. - Ine 8, IS, ,ssI, oeoi ss.it, a;S
llei ,e aiiE .c ths ,i,, e..
~, iis I .a9 - lo,,, VII T., e.,
,n;,,toA ~, o,,o ,,,i"t,. aI,a5 o,,t asroiv,
'nc s.son al
1OOhOulB SdpldiliI yO0 Will iAli AtitO bAAC
n.n..rous s,.n.t,on
L walked over 70 tne Porl sue ol ~ tile
prloge ana saw tne bfooKlyhs SMOKE
STACK ana hnlhtdry inasss. one was y
ING olleCIly ACROSS tlla 3. ppMs - ti,e ny
LeAas. me eAas was appale enIiS ~ !
packlng anu udnssrously ciose 70 siae ae
IOWA. me DIoohlyn seei.ieu I, ~ ~ pe Ivy
yaIus uiIeosly III - IN ~ VI .ne 1...,.
edseu 'Ie hsiiii VI tne ,it4,d Ao"a 80
POI teu neI netli a tleeie o.lu 1use a. a.
VIC. ~ .sot5 ta+r,-oa,, ,,a 80
the Texas and the three boats were
punched together. At that time the
Brooklyn was shut out in the smoke,
and l saw nc more of her until the
Colon had pasesd well to the westward
of me, when some one on the bridge
said The Brooklyn is knocked out.
l went on the bridge to see what had
happened and she was then ABOUT q
mile and half forward or the port
beam of the Iowa with the Colon sew
en- or elgnt miles aneao anu on Her
starboard DOW.
On his cross-examination by Mr..
Rayner, Admiral Evans said that he
had left Key West with the Iowa for
Cienfuegos on May 20. and that he
knew before leaving that port that a
h ex<ad for
municating with the insurgents on
shore at Cienfuegos, as Capt. Chadwick
had given him this information.
He came on board the Iowa." said
the witness, ITO deliver dispatches to
me before we got under way. To my
best knowledge and belief he gave me
a written memorandum containing the
secret code but Notwithstanding | have
made diligent search among my papers
for this document l have failed to find
it,"
Never Entered His Head.
-,
men olu you INFORM Co1nnnooore
ochiey tha' ..is system VI sishdis hau
peen asraLseu
4 qio not. II never entereu my mlho
tnaI ne oid NOT Know IL;
opoIi VIVA. srounI uiu you suppose
'naI ssI oolnlIiodore ocniey Knew II!
ne was tne commanding onlcer OF
tne squadron.
FROM What source did you suppose
ne got TINS information
did not suppose anything about
haa nSe',ia haYe sa;a 90 oo,,usa - -
that the commanding officer of 6. naval
force would not expect one of his Jun
ior captains to give him information
about his signals. 1t was given to me
as a piece of information which I