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 The challenge, of course. was expected. but it created no little commotion. com ing as 1t did. with no preliminary an nouncement beyond the question on the part of Captain Lemley ns to whether the applicant had any objection to tue court to urge. Admiral Schley responded promptly Rising from his seat. he said.
 Il have to state with extreme regret miral HoWfson as E. member of the
 He then read his formal objection.
 Dewey Gets Busy.
 Admiral Dewey turned to Admiral Ben, ham. then stepped around the table and engaged Captain Lemly in conversation He afterwards spoke to Admiral ho"i- Gaptain I.emly then asked if there was any evidence in support of the statements which Mr Raynor,. speaking for Rear Admiral Schley, said there was.
 Admiral Dewey announced that this would be heard 1.u. Record, who had reported conversa- tion with Rear Admiral Howison, in which the latter was alleged to have made reflections upon Admiral Schley' The witness explained the nature of | his duties in securing news rom the Charlestown navy yard. He then oe- | tailed the conversation he Is said to l have had with Admiral Howison This | occurred he said, in the commandant s office and while it had not been given with the distinct understanding that II should be published there was no injunc- | tion of secrecy.
 Publications had begun to appear con | corning the credit for the victory These had been referred to during the witness | conversation with Admiral Howison, ana | in reply the Admiral stated. so the wit | ness testified, that Sampson was entitled to the credit of the victory at Santiago. | Admiral Howison described the duties | which had devolved upon Sampson; how vessels had been placed off the entrance of the harbor to guard against the es-
 cape of the Spanish fleet. The witness said Admiral Howison stated that if the | American fleet had been defeated Admi- ral Sampson would have been asked
 why 1t had occurred.
 Howison's Prejudice.
 Mir Frost said he had suggested that the public seemed disposed to give the credit to Schley. In response he testi- fled, Admiral Howison went on to say
 that Sampsons standing as an officer
 and as q man was greatly superior tc
 that of Schley.
 What he said, pursued the witness
 inclined me to the belief that he hat
 no use for Admiral Schley."
 The witness also gave in detail the CIT
 cumstances leading up to the publica
 tion. On cross-examination he was showr
 the precept and was asked by Solicitor
 Hanna if Admiral Howison had express
 ed his opinion on the points in the pre-
 cept. The witness thought he had not
 as many points in the precept were no
 involved in the conversation. The wit
 ness adhered strictly to his first state
 nor asked:
 What was Admiral Howison's nanne
 during his conversation with you?"
 He spoke of Schley in what 1 woul | call a snt ering manner" replied the wit
 ness. Occasionally durins the examina
 ton of this witness there was slight Is
 there was little or no objection to tn
 lines on which the evidence was devel
 oped.
 Spon's Testimony.
 There had been no announcement Of tn
 name of witnesses who would be 1T
 troduced to substantiatt MT. Frosts test mony as to Admiral Howison's attitud { toward Admiral Schley and considerab
 interest was manifested when the ne' witness. William E. Spon of the fri publishers in New York, and Londo made his appearance. MT. Spon testift that he was passenger on the steam Minneapolis which had sailed from l.oi don for New York on the Huh Of Get Der, 1900, and that Admiral Howison al' ! had been passenger on the same We l sel on this voyage. The witness relatt { that one day during the voyage tl Sampson-S Schiey controversy came up ar { one gentleman expressed himself ! favorable to Admiral Sampson. M ] Spon had taken the opposite side. and his effort to show that Admiral Ea'aps' } was not fit man for that positi Jn, h, } remarked that the Admiral had been Il } last member of the Board ot Ordin1n } to agree to the use of 3moleless PoWd H by the navy. Continuing, MT. Spon ga 2 that Admiral Howlson came within lea ing of this conversation at th;s point ;'l walking up to the group said T cor c , | th f- t- ,Af what you are talking about: Yon dor know anything about it. Sampson very much respected and looked Np especially, by the younger meml cIs ! The witness said that some colloqr \ had followed after which Admiral How son said Anyhow. Schley should la been court martialed. He vas tae ma cause of all this controversy in the new \ papers,"
 \ NIT. Spon added that Admiral l1oY'ls H had seemed much excited during his co < versation and that the other members ' the party had listened in silence to wh = he had to say. Prom his whole manne the witness went on. "I infer that he W
 correspondingly prejudic"d again
 Schley. He was not content to core t me as to Admiral Sampson, but seen
 willing to say bitter things. alr Iost Vi
 dictively. against Admiral Schley." 'i Nicholls's Evidence. n MT ODOH was SuSSCSN n by Foster Nichols of Yonkers, \. Q which is Admiral Howison's place r residence. MT. Nichols is interested naval publications and in this capaci ia called upon Admiral Howison July lst ls c- for the purpose of securing from h 10 notes for a Geography of the Admiral. no stated that the day on which the call W
 made was very hot and that on this { m count the Admiral had asked to be { In cused from granting an interview , ,n Mir. Nichols said that after this ct :, versation he had produced a copy of ,a work which his house was getting Q ,o containing sketches Of the leaders in a. Spanish-American war and contain n,a pictures of Sampson and Schley. I o witness said that at the sight of :'chle ,r picture Howison said Schley mad nc bu ,,a1 ness in the navy and added that .n Schley were in the English navy ; would have been put out ,Cr less Cal ii than there is in his case.
 n "I asked" the witness continued. "t 7, | reason why Schley should have been r " out Admiral Howison replia d, 'Fcl 0is
 bedience of orders. asked why If n disobeyed orders he was. permitted to l 'tf main. The Admiral replied:
 'a "'Because he gave the excuse that - had to go to port to coal; yet every Do knows that coaling at sea is possible. q The witness said that he eXpresShd St d prise at Admiral HOwison' attitude q ,a that in reply the Admiral had said: " n would not be surprised If you were