Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-11-04

until Monday. when Admiral Schley
will again go on the stand for the pur
pose OF correcting his testimony.
Lemley announced that he had one
more witness to call, but said the lat
ter was too ill to appear
Rayner said the defense would eX-
anime no more witnesses. except pos
sibly Schley himself
Two witnesses. Lieutenant John
Hood. who commanded the dispatch
boat Hawk during the Cuban cam
paign, and Sylvester Scovill. the news.
paper correspondent, We're called by
the department this morning Hood
was summoned for the purpose of
relating his version of his interview
with Admiral Schley off Cienfugos,
ando Scovill TO answer questions con-
cerning the morning when Captain
Sigsbee of the st. Paul is said to have
megaphoned the press boat on May
2S. Photographer Hare testified
that Sigsbee megaphoned that the
Spaniards We're not at Santiago.
Scovill said he did not hear any such
message and he though if it had been
sent ne would have heard of it,
The closing arguments will be be
gun on Monday or Tuesday. and they
promise to be warm and spirited
The counsel settled upon the lines of
argument this morning and the
court agreed to their plans. Con
siderable license is to be given both
sides. Rayner stated that he propos-
ed to call spade spade at all
times
YARMOUTH. England. Oct. 3l7.-
The royal yacht Ophir with the Duke
and Duchess of Cornwall on board is
anchored off this port this afternoon.
WASHINGTON. Oct 31.-Counsel
Rayner at 11:15 this morning made
the announcement that the case so
far as Schley was concerned was clos
ed.
Hanna for the navy department
then announced that he would have
considerable rebutting testimony. but
1t is quite likely the defense will OBJ
ject to the most of ii being introduc-
ed.
Captain Borden was the last witness
for Schley this morning His testi-
mony was very favorable to the admi-
raj. Hanna attempted to have a con
versation between two navy strip
lings introduced which seriously re-
Elected on Schley's moral courage at
the battle of Santiago. The court
promptly sustained the objection of
Attorney Rayner to the admission of
this testimony.
Just before recess Rayner and Han
ma had spirited tilt regarding the
use of the word prosecution" which
Rayner had used in characterizing the
inquiry. Hanna said it was unfair
and unwarranted and that he wished
to enter a protest. He asserted that
Schley had been most leniently dealt
with all through the inquiry and that
all legal rules had been permitted to
be violated for his benefit. Rayner
emphatically denied that any special
favors had been shown the admiral.
He defended the use of the word
prosecution" by citing prcedeents.
MATLOCK. Iowa. Oct 31.-The
safe in the bank here was blown open
and the contents carried away last
night The bank officials refuse to
state the amount of the loss, but 1t
is believed to be large.
WASHINGTON, Oct 31.-General
Chaffee cables the war department
that the natives of the island of Ce,
bu have lain down their arms and sur,
rendered. Four hundred and seven
ty men and 60 officers were involved
This settles the trouble in that sec
ton of the archipelago.
WASHINGTON. Oct 31.-The state
department dlscredits the sensational
story of the Russian press that Miss
Stone is dead.
DENVER, Oct. 31.-The jury in the
Richard case this morning found Roy,
Charles and George Brume and Casey
Gaul guilty of assault and battery.
Ray Pool. Chester Johns and II 'nry
Johns will be tried next week on the
charge of murder. The state re-
CARDS today's verdict as a victory an
claims that II is equivalent to finding
the boys accessories to the murder.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Richard
Harding Davis and Casper Whitner.
correspondents during the Spanish
American war, threaten to sue the
firm of Harper Brothers for libel, be.
cause in the new book of ex-SecretaIv
of War Alger the statement is made
TO the effect that some OF the news
paper men as soon as the first
shots at Las Guasymas were fired
retreated to Siboney and there wrote
Imaginary accounts of the fight"
rom the decks of the transports.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. l-Bryan's l.
Commoner today has the following to
say today regarding the entertainment
of Booker T. Washington by Presi-
dent Roosevelt:
1T is to be hoped the incident will
have no bearing on the race question.
Washington's work as an educator
will be greatly impaired If he attempts
to initiate his race into the social
circles of the whites
Bryan's solution of the race ques
tion is not rendered any easier by the
White House incident.
In speaking of the Schley court of
inquiry, the Commoner attacks the