The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-09

{ RAISED anu armed w tlr lAfrFi manner. lNNI
element Of possible danger lies tn the char
meter Of The new Hmecr. who may lend ,nI
ear 90 the Russian temptcr and conuiyr al
Invasion wth n interior purpose These
possibilities have always caused fears when
ever the recent reports Of the amccrs fail
Ing health have reached England
'ssesossssSsssssssssssssssssss
inside but could only bc seen at ccrtnin
/ TIMES even when tle weather conditions
! werr hN"uhlr. Frequently. n fact only
ihe ,esrel ncNt usicad could Zee seen.
Mr. uauua hcic asked the witness. 'lf
the ves7cie 90 thc Spanish squadron had
Suudchly JrpcHtvd. what orders had ynd
I &" met sneh q contingency g.
so orders were tutncl over tN nae In
( Ng00i % q contingency "f that kint
/ rs, watch oGIccr sbould YOU have had
II Should have had
I Lieutenant Bristol stated thar the ucot
/ las outside OF Nurro from sis ga eight
I 5'ss4,2 ,.;;t,fss ;..s. sssy H. then. dsscrlhrd
I tHr Spanish shore batteries
The witness described the engagement of
JWy g, saying thHt tar spanish hrrt had
I tuuir ont rul sufficiently tar in clear ttr
/ ~hoai u.ur thr mouth of zoe uarhot before
/ turning COB thc westward Tie dh uot
/ think this was to oNcccd llun y9rls FROM
/ tNv smith which q, inside The harbur.
/ Lieutenant Bristol ~id thot after Che en-
z
/ tlr-o shots from tho T. urh guns When
/ De- cumr on deck che first Of tue Spanish
/ shlQS was going ashore
! I'VE Wrlr thcu hc said ''hc1dcl 20 the
/ westward with the cucmys ship, running
s."y nions point seven MILES west col
Mr Hanna pu yuu SEQ the BrnotIyu
! when Won canc ou dcok}
| 81 did."
Where was She 90, that timer
"Sbe Wns about ms far ont uu our porl
. bow. FHiU|I&tlE k.uE tNN spanish
! rbips were uu our ~tlrboarl bow.
"Ila, she completed the turn at thar
II dc not know She ala NOT make any
turu uftcr Tint and always kept ON tu the
westward Az that time l did not know
l,u dld not See What is known as ths
I did not
Lieutenant bristol then detailed tbr part
The les ts pisyol iu the ta,ue. giving 'ue
I tUnil- ot the chHsr Iip ttN tlo11 -Hlst
Icsu'hiug he close ~ ''ta, pursuit. u'
said. we continued 90 5hc chase a. the
C'iou which wnS then ah@ OF the VS.
CIyO iu the somc relative post '1ls tut 'Lg
I Brooklyn oregon uul Texts were. aut
UftCrwmd, &C the euB of ao oIt3-e. tu'
Nm York Joined Ia No. ; forgot lo mention
turlGs this time and along d, the t'nr
tha Njscdva sheercd inside and Gep' ct,ut
went ahead until thu Colon finally turned
lnshore and hauled down her dag Tho
Texas then Joined the reSt OF the ships at
tire prize and remained there that night
Mir Hanna inquired. prom tho-pOsition
you occupied during the chase could you
not determine which Of our yes~is was
Tue witness replied 81 gould That
was 10y observation Of ships. The distinction
With which you could see the ships. not
What iid YOU estimate as to their r-a
tive po-ifiousT
"Tblt was obtliucd comparativply The
Z distance the Colon RANGED from about
three aud half or four mites M TO- ave or
STA miles at the end or the chase Sb"
and Oregon were considerably closer to-
us than the Colon. The oregon WAS closer
than The Brooklyn SO THAT The Rrookrn
was leading regards the distance from
Us that she was out on our bow
There was a discussion between the Wit
ness ana Mir. R0yuor over the fact that
Lieutenant Bristol had estimated the els
lance OF the nearest spanish ship from the
fght nj $500 yards, while I,Icutcuaut HoIs
yards. Lieutenant Bristol thought The
dong Il range as $500 ylrds
NJ RoynCr then 9geStti y,s, toG Tltnrs.
SIepfncsnSgs The latter we sai5 b by bnJ pof
considered that they maintained block
ndr there 1--WE We're merely lying on the
port he said, and 90 Di.ht anything
coult have passed In far as we were cou.
cerned without being seen
| CasHpc hsd Ecrn Lenf Inside IN. fira m
! nirbt but thnt he md moi baen ahln 10
sSS tbem
AIR Havpar thrn uplertooE ia rntnp,fn
thn estitnatr ~ m, iistnnrps which Yam
, n,rinrr S,iiay.s a.,t t,ent n, ma ,1st ma
Wrst ~ saWtinrn horhnr vlth mar IN Call
taip Tst-..f
. M, lt5uu, s,,,ygrst,l l,,t ,b, rr,,ti., no
o,o,iu's frcr ms frstin,oov ~ ihr f.ri, a
TiursS ,,hitn moi nhiartlcnnliS grc1,
legal point OF view WAS calculated 90 pra-
InSe DELAY aud 'R'fyIttg n@{ Igs.ra9,r.
Rnrror RENTED refsrripg to Mr. Hanna s
hI, "lparucd nud sulemu friend"