Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-15

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whatever, from tn 6 arrangement OF
these lights that hey were intended
as signals r $ AS f#3s5
ssssss;sO Oh no, their appearing ngs at the. time
they did and remaining SO long, but
we could not determine from whom or
to vi hom they were sem. = ;S5i
Hanna Questioned Witness con-
cerning the arrival of the Iowa and the
Dupont off Cienfuegos. Captain Cook
said they had sbrought dispatches and
he had gathered from conversation
with Commod lore Schley after they
were received that 1t was the idea of5
both Sampson and Schley that they
should continue to hold Cienfuegos.3
He did not, he said, recall the receipt
of the Met Calla nnemorand UNI convey
ing information of a. landing place
near Gienfuegos. After reading the
dispatch he said !:
~ .I never saw or heard Of 1t. 1t may.
have been received, but If I had seen;
It, certainly would remember it,
IN this come ction he said that while
he was not Formally appointed as chief
of staff to Commodore Schley he had
often acted in that capacity and the
scommo odore had, he said, always COM
smunicated very freely with him. !. $sa
Sss Mr.. Ham na---,' Were you present at
any interview between Captain Nc
Gala and the Commo odore?'
s$&sas We, talked on various subjects at
first think Captain McCalla In
formed him he had mining materials
for the insurgents and that he was
going to communicate with the In
surgent camp. We brought up the
question about the camp and where
it was and then the commodore said
to him: $s5Ss4 {, 3$& 5 III; .s :s$
MccaIla ExpI Iains the Lights
81 eve have seen three peculiar
lights, one ahead of the other here, but
we cannot make out what they are
and /. believe it is something in com
5nection with the Spanish fleet. Cap
tain McCalla gave q start, threw up
nal from the insurgent camp. They
want to commune cate with you,' he
added, I, well can go there and find
out at once .t3 NJ $ss
he comnlod lore told him to 60, to
get off as soon as possible and added.
8'sY ou can send a boat across and let
me know as soon as possible. Then
the subject Of coaling came up again
concerning the great diff Rculty We were
going to have in coaling from colliers
and Captain McC Calla said: ]: Yousneed
not be at all concerned about me. III
Z will get coal if there Is any to be OBJ
tanned He was always S cheerful
about eyerythin g. He started from
S the ship almost imme lately and said,
5S4I must get offff e. '3 In the meantime,
closely connected with that, was the
arrival OF the Ad ula. This steamer
came in from Jamaica and reported
that the Spanish fleet had gone into
Santiago and had left on the 4 9th.
reeollect that particularly, because
that seemed to confirm the commo-
dore'sS idea that they had reached
*Cienfuegos Tt was a spicious craft,
They did not give any clear reason for
going in except to communicate with
their subj jects and in8nay conversation
with the commodo my imp pressfons
were that he looked u pon th at as en-.
tireIy suspicious. Not understanding
the matter, and not knowing exactly
his object, / said something to him
about letting that steamer go in.
don't care anything about that steam
er but ID am ound 10 get Information
from her. III the captain does not give
lit will certainly get it ont Of some
of the passengers. IT was arranged
that when she. came out the officers
should go abroad and question the pas
ssengeFs and get Information from
them. She did not come out. That
I#confirmed him still more that they
were there Then the Eagle came
down III the evening and reported that
they had cnmmunic cated with the in.
surgent camp and that the Spanish
squadron was not in Cienfuego
That nformat ion was given in pos;
|itive form, was 1T ~ ~
PositiYes''
Question Of Goal Suppl
Speaking of the coal supply of the
/ vessels of the q lying squadron while
at Cienfuegos Captain Cook sal ID al
Issl,is only anxiety III as conee eefning tlls
Texas whose supp was igsht. tt 5hfla
Ebeen found diff cult to caal that shiT
on account of her spans oas fIeS sal
4 in this connecIIaa th at Common Tore
Schley always b ad been pelsistent in
1skeeping The ships as fu II Of 8sc cal jas
possible Yailin g him sci of every op
| poftuni ito tai lSe On fresh sli plies
IN repl to ions he sal 4 81 llfll
not been espe iall II u aus about lse
local supp offs he Broaklyyn d and 4 sFEel
had been, ali aoiIs '';6 Ii a5 sal sthere
were times VIII leIt should have beer
glad to- MOI 81
Captain Cook sal d q Tecal led 81 hi
arrival of the dis sl 5at JI s1f
May 2A with tc;a ii t5lf
that the irf ion tll q tfssesei
that he Sna Iiish Heet Was
.bllt 81 he sa lid e ri as not n
pressed th hat fact as had ea5s
/ iii before: III hpWev ttssla'
this inforna ation was s more ppsitiEs
than any had Yet cen sl,roug1ss
i / The comm odors, he sai III, Ira q told I,iIs
that the Hawk b adj hrpsig ois lers Il
the effect that th y squa adroa hs,asiaS