The sun., 1901-10-08

the boat and boarded the Colon. |
think he probably had mile and a
half pull.
"At any rate, we had our guns train ,
ed on the Colon all this time in case
of treachery or any act of that kind
on her part. Although saw her
throwing breech locks overheard, did
not suspect anything of that kind"
"IIow far was the Oregon from the
BrooklynW
"From 1000 to 1900 yards on the
starboard quarter"
The witness, in reply to questions,
continued his report of the battle. He
said that at the beginning OF the fight
he had given the range at 1,400 yards,
but that after the loop 1t was about
2,I00 OF $500 yards.
Commodore schley's Manner.
Mr. Rayner-What was the bearing
Of Commodore Schley during this en-
gagement or any engagement in which
you saw him?
Ills bearing and manner with re-
spect to an officer of his rank and sta
ton in the naval service were naturally
those of a commander in chief of a ma
val force on that OCCASION"
The witness said that the commodore
had occupied place on a platform
around the coming tower during the
engagement. This, lie said, was IL po-
Sition of danger, as the commodore
was there always IN full view of the
enemy's ships.
1T has been stated here" said Mr..
Rayner, that the Brooklyn ran 1000
yards away from the cncmy's ships in
making her loop"
The witness replied. "Any witness
who made that statement. although he
may have stated what he thought had
occurred WAS absolutely mistaken"
How far did She go from the enc
my's vcssels?'
"She must have gone about GEO yards
20 the soutllwnrd, as that is about the
tactical diameter of the Brooklyn at
that speed"
"Did ths turn Interfere with the
Erooklyn's ability TO keep up her tircF'
1T did not. She continued to fire
from her aft turrcts."
"Did you ever SEQ the Indiana dur
ing the engagement"
Il did not. The smoke was very
dense in the direction Of the Indiana
At this point Mr.. RaNncr questioned
the witness At length concerning his
reported eolloquy with Admiral Schlcy
during tile battle Off Santiago in which
thc commodore was reported to have
said. "D-n the Texas"
Mr.. Rayilcr asked the witness if il
was net Captain Cook who had given
the order to port helm," The reply
WAS that Captain Cook might have
given the order TO the man at the
wheel
Schicy Ordered Helm Aport.
Mr.. Raynrr then asked. Did Com,
nodorc Sclley give the order to port
thc heinz
He did" was the reply.
WAS the helm already aport?"
q guess SO. Captain cook says so"
Objection was made by Captain Lem.
Il TO the use of the word "guess' b.
the witness. but Admiral Dewey said
that the form of expression was i'm.
material and asked that counsel should
not interrupt.
Continuing His statement in response
70 Mr., Rayner's question. the witness
said that when his conversation wits
Commodore Schley had occurred on
he brooklyn the commodore wa'
iandlng on the platform around tllt
coming tower and two or three feet
from himself (thc witnrSSl and thai
Captain Cook Il part of the time stooC
in the door of the coming tower foul
u five feet distant. lie said that Cap
ain Cook had taken part III tile convcr
alton
Mr., Rayncr then questioned the wit
, u"SS Very closely in regard 10 the Ian
s.,agc in which this colloquy was 70
ported hy the newspapers and the Ian
:.ltagc used by MI llodgson in his cor
rcSpondrnrr With Admiral Schlcy. III
'rad the newspaper version of Com
mo,lorc IludgSou'S statement Of til,
colloquN, rs follows
'Sehlry Hard aport"
"iludgson You mean Starhoard.'
Schley No, | don't. We are neaI
crough 10 them Gle Spaniarlsl al
ready"
'IiodgSou Rut we viii cut down iii,
1cNas.'
Srhley y IL the Texas. l4ct he
iuli out for herself"
Mr. Rayner then had the witness
ecrutiniAc thr letter which he had writ
,, trn to ADMIRAL Schley on June an,
,, rcw from him the statement that h
tad not thcn Informed thc admiral tia
he had used The expression. ID il III
Texas.
When the witness was asked If H.
thought there was any suggestion :
such I'M eNnrcSsion he replied: "Whrl
suggested TO Commodore Sch!py tha
there WAS danger uf collision with th
Texas. hr said. 'Dn tho Texas III
used the expression as not in any wa,
condemumG The Texas for being there
int as if ~ wer2 irritatcd. aS on
! might he about anything"
The court ut this point took an ad
iaurnmrnt.
Half n Block burned.
chicago. Oct q Fire swept through
half Il block Of frame and brick build
ngS i'll South Chicago, causing los
!, in the ncighhorhood Of $4,000 I'll
rapid spread Of the flames was du
largely to the delay to number OF fir
engines by broken bridges over tn
=, Calumet river. Nine buildings wer
, burned. OF these one was thro
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