Evening star., 1901-09-23

over the room shutting out the great space
under the rafters- 1t has shut off the
telegraph room and lessened the noise from
the telegraph instruments, and is a great
Improvement in the general acoustic prop
critics of the court room.
The members OF the court were prompt as
usual, m reaching the navy yard, but when
they arrived they found Capt. Lemly and
his assistant, Mr.. Hanna, already there,
days work.
morning were Admiral c. g. Cotton, Com
manders James Madison Miller A. B. Bates
and s. c. Heilner. Captains B. II. McCalla
and VIM c. Wise and Lieuts. John Hood
and Spencer 8. Wood
Admiral Schley and his counsel arrived at
1915 o'clock 1t was authoritatively stated
today that the Navy Department has no In
tention at present of bringing Admiral
Sampson to Washington as a witness or to
participate in any other manner at the In
Quiry.
The hands OF the old-fashioned hall clock
standing back OF the seats occupied by the
court pointed directly to the hour of II
o'clock when Admiral Dewey with sharp
rap OF his gavel called the court to order
There was at that time a somewhat larger
attendance on the part of the general pub
lie than there had heretofore been at the
sittings but there were fewer distinguished
personages occupying the reserved seats.
Logs offered.
The first business was the Offering In
evidence of deck log books Of the Brooklyn
Texas, Iowa, Marblehead Castine, Massa-
chusetts. Minneapolis. New Orleans, Ore
gon, st. Paul. Scorpion, Yale, Vixen, Eagle
Dupont. Hawk and Merrimac by Judge Ad-
yocate Lemly.
How about the log OF the New York;"
inquired Mr.. Wilson. as these logs had been
recounted by the Judge advocate
The judge advocate said he had no objec-
tion 10 having that log. He then proceeded
rha dates Of the logs of hes Chi
that he had had copied to be printed in the
record. At first counsel for Admiral Schley
made no objection to this proceeding, but
as soon as the judge advocate had read
the Oates of the logs he proposed to print
in the record Mr.. Wilson was on his feet
and insisting that the entire log should be
printed
The Judge advocate is proposing to print
only that part of the logs he Is going to
rely on In making up his case said Mr..
Wilson.
should be printed from May Is to July g.
from the day the feet left Key West until
the battle was over.
This proposition was agreed to by the
judge advocate, who also offered In evil
dence the steam logs of the Brooklyn,
Texas, Massachusetts, Iowa. Marblehead,
and: at the request of counsel for Admiral
Schley the New York
Cornmander Schroeder was then recalled
to the stand to certify to the official re-
port OF his testimony given before the
court last Saturday. After Indicating his
approval of the report OF his testimony Mr.
Hanna asked the witness If he knew how
much coal there was board the Massa-
chusetts. of which he was executive officer,
on May 20, 1898. He replied he did not
and Mr.. Hanna wanted him to refresh his
memory from the log OF the Massachusetts.
which was objected to by counsel on the
ground that the log was in evidence before
the court, and that the witness could not
refresh his memory by examining a record
he had not made.
Coal on the Maasac usetts.
Commander Schroeder was then asked
concerning the coal supply of the Massa-
chusettS, and when he replied that he had
no information OIL that point he was asked
TO read the log to secure this Information.
Counsel for Admiral Schiey- objected. but
Assistant Judge Avocate Hanna insisted
saying that Admiral Schley's counsel were
merely creating delay by their objections
Il propose to develop the facts in this
case, and technical objections will not avail
to prevent" he said.
The purpose OF this inquiry was to de-
velop what Messrs. Lemly and Hanna con-
sidered an error in Admiral Higginson's 8
testimony. He had said that the Massa-
chusetts could not have remained on block
ade for more than twelve days. and that
then the vessel would be without coal and
powerleSS to proceed to coal.
The objection TO the question was not
pressed, and upon reading from the log
Commander Schroeder said IL showed that
the Massachusetts had S42 tons 1S pounds
of coal aboard when 1T arrived at Santiago.
Mr.. Misunderstanding that the Massa-