Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-03

with the Cuban insurgents near Oien-
fuegos.
The Admiral said that when Capt.
Chadwick communicated this code to
him he did not instruct him to give the
Information to Commodore Schley.
Mr.. Rayner then questioned the wit
ness especially as to his interviews with
Commodore Sohloy aftet the battle oil
Santiago Yesterday" said MIR.
kayner, II was speaking Of converse.
tion which thought you had at
Guantanamo July 9th. | lind | have
made a mistake about that, and it Is
necessary for me to repeat my question.
| suppose you will answer In the same
way" He then asked: Ibid you have
conversation with Commodore Schley
July 9TH, some time during the morning
between s and 8 O'Clock, on his flagship
! Mt Santiago, in the course OF which you
used language as follows: Did you
| know that Jack Philip started to run
away at the beginning of the battle,
| and to which Commodore Schley re-
FLIED: you are mistaken about that,
| Evans, j saw nothin of the kind. The
| Brooklyn made turn, and you must
see the tactical situation that made 1t
| necessary.
| 81 do not remember being on board
the Brooklyn on the Fourth of July. /
think it was the 9Th. ut Guantanamo.
As to that conversation, never said
that Capt. Philip had run away or at
tempted to run away. | think Commo-
dore Schley and discussed the position
OF the Texas when the fight began. The
Texas was lying with her hsad to the
east when the engagement began, and
she turned with starboard helm and
headed off in the same direction rs the
rest of us. She fired first with her
port battery, and then put her helm to
starhonrd and headed In the same
direction with the rest of the ships.
"Did you have conversation with
him on the same day in which you used
substantially the following language.
Il shot the bow oil the Pluton and the
etern Off the Furore, put my helm to
starboard and raked the Teresa and
knocked out the Vizcaya. -
"To the best of my knowledge and
belief | never used such language. |"
, "Were not the commanding officers
called on board the flagship Brooklyn
/ by signal on the morning OF May 29th
/ after the Colon was discoveredy"
"They were"
Can you tell me or do you recollect
. what took place at the conference OF
4 the commanding officers at that timer"
' Commodore Schey was in the cabin
a Of the BROOKLYN when we assembled,
I and there was general talk about the
n Spanish fleet having been located at
last at Santiago. do not recollect any
n special conference. | don't think it
a was in the nature Of conference. do
!. not recollect now that the officers were
!. asked to express any opinion. ] remem'
n her having conversation with Commo-
n dore Schiey about the effect Of the
II fighting batteries on the ships, in which
| told him OF tho experiences we had
"a had at San Juan and expressed the
ia opinion that it was not worth while to
ia risk ships fighting shore batteries
- alone; that did not think anything
), would BIO gained by it. | remember
I. Commodore Schley remarking before
a. we left that no felt that the countr,
M hold him responsible; that the shipt
IN would not be risked under the fire o.
"a the shore batteries until the Spanish
,e feet was destroyed"
~ There's a story of a farmer and his
10 son driving load to market. or th,
y, team they were driving one was 1
* steady, reliable, old, gray mare. thu
IN other a fractions, balky black horse
.. On the way the wagon was stalled anS
er the black horse sulked and refused t.
a pull. "What'll we do iather?" said tn
younger man. well, " said the father
ne ~ guess we'll have to lay the CAD o
N the old gray" That homely compll
~ ea ment to women 1.-THE gray mare'sth
y, better horse" suggests how often whe
as there's an extra strain to be b0rneit
w w laid on the woman's back. How oftt
w she breaks down at last under th
~ added weight of some last straw.
~ Women who are dragging along wearil
through life can gain real strength b
D' the use of DR.. Pieroe's Golden Medic,
~; Discovery. ID Futs back in concer
~ trated form the strength making mi
81 -terial which working women use y
,@i more rapidly than 1t can be restored
p T.. Nature in the ordinary processes
~ ~ nourishment and rest. DIR. Pierce
~ Pleasant Pellets are universal favoritl
's with women because they are easy
"a take and thoroughly effective 10 curir
" the consequences Of constipation.