Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-25

r,ssDopdence Of the AlexsDdris Gazette. }
Washington. September 20.

Judge Wilson's death, although q severe
shock TO all connected with the case,
will probably not delay the proceedings.
There will be an adjournment on the
day of the funeral but 1t is expected that
otherwise the sessions will be held as
usual. Judge Rayner has assumed the
burden that was carried by his colleague
| and will keep up the fight. Anoth'
or attorney may be engaged to sssist
in the defense but the question has not
vet been determined blythe SchleY forc's.
A new series of charts we're seut Ia
THE morning for the information OF the
court. One of them devoted to the
shore line and sea near Santiago, was
about Is feet long and three feet wide.
There were half dozen on large
scat to illumine the testimony. Ad-
miral Dewey called the court to order
At II O'Clock. A b. Claxton. chief ma
chiplst of the Texas, who was on the
stand Yesterday when the death OF
Judge Wilson was announced, again
testified. He sad that on the morning
of July 3, when Cervers's fleet was de-
stroyed De was sanding watch IRON 0
a. m. to noon, OF be port engine oil the
Texas. He gavs the various signals re-
ceiyed by him including one important
order for full speed astern which was
given In the first hour of the engage
ment. The port engine was reversed
for "about couple of minutes only"
| Chief Engineer Bates testified the o'her
day that the siarbosrd engine OF the
Texas was reversed to avoid a collision
with the Brooklyn. The object 10 call
ing Claxtou was TO prove that the port
engine, of which he had charge, was al
so reversed.
Admiral Charles S Cotton, who com
manded the cruiser Harvard, employed
"a a scout ship on the Cuban coast, was
called to the stand. TIE department
hoped to prove b yhim and the oommsn-
ders OF the other ecouts that nothing
was said by them to Admiral SehleY TO
Indicate a belief hat the Spanish d act
was not 10 Santiago harbor. Admiral
! Cotton identified the original OF the dis
match which he delivered to Schley on
Nav 9th. II is read in part as follows:
"All departments information Indicates
Snanish division is still at Santiago.
The department looks to you to ascer-
tain facts, aud that the enemy, II there,
does not leave without decisive &C.
tiop." Admiral Cotton testified concern.
Ii q Scbley's dispatch to the department
ipwhich he'stated bis inability TO carry
out the orders. Witoess also described
the NOV .menis of the feet in obtaining
coal. He said he had no knowledge OF
any attempt on the part OF Scbley 10
locate Cervers's fleet.
Captain Lemly read the order Of the
department, "s,rongly advising" Schley
to proceed from Cienfuegos to Santiago
in view of the information that the
Spanish fleet was in the latter port. he
also read the letter from Sampson to
schley urging him to bold his squadron
off Cienfuegos. He said the informa.
ton that the feet was in Santiago was
of doubtful value. Captain Parker, OF
scbley's counsel, ssrcastically remarked
that Sampsan's letter telling Schley to
remain at Cenfuegos had not been
printed 10 the records. There was con
siderable discussion between counsel
for both sides as to the date OF the re.
ceipt by Schley OF SIMPSONS letter.
Admiral Cotton stated that that dis
patch was given to Schley May 81.
Scbley's counsel asserted that 1t was
received by him May 81.
| Judge Advocate Lemly has mapped
line OF testimony 10 the Schley Court
of Inquiry that may settle the much
disputed question az to the manner 10
which Cervera's presence In Santiago
was discovered. 1t has been vsriously
stated that the Signal Corps ofthe army,
Pilot Nunez and British official in
Santiago deserve credit for having been
first to notify the Navy department OF
the whereabouts of the Spanish fleet.
The special point aimed at by Capt.
Lemly, however, Is to prove, II he can,
that Schley did not make proper eff
fort to locate the Spanisrds when he
arrived at Santiago May &c, 1898, aud
that he was not justified in ordering the
flying squadron to Key West for coal.
Capt. Lemly's attack will be directed
al the statement made by Sehley In
letter to the Senate naval committee,
that he turned toward Key West, after
having been Informed by the captains
of the scout ships, commanded by such
officers as Sigsbee, Jewell, and Wise,
that although they had all been off
Santiago for a week, they had seen
nothing OF the Spanish feet, and by the
empha ic declaration of the pilot NuneZ
Il is expected by the Judge Advocate
that Sigsbee and NuDez will deny that
they assured Schley that the Spanish
feet was not In Santiago and that Wise
and jewell will say they believed the
Spauiards to be 10 hsTbor.
The President today made the follow
log army appointments To be lieu
tenant colonies ia the artillery corps.
Benjamin K. Roberts and James O.
Hsrs. To be- majors in the artillery
corps, Leverett II. w lker, William p.
Duvall, Henry NJ. Andrews, Charles ID.
Parkhurst and Benjamin II. Randolph.
Also a number of other minor appoint
msnts in the artillery and the cavalry.
1t lie possible that a regiment of Bull
gariau soldiers, co-opers ting with de.
tachm OF Turks sent by the Sultan,
will be ordered to try and eff, ct the re-
lease of Miss Ellen II. Stone, the Ameri.
can missionary, who is held for raBsom
by brigands.
Adjutaut General Corbip, who re-
turned from the Philippines last night.
was at The Office for the first time to.
day. His most important suggestion is
that within year the army in the Phil
lippines can be reduced TO 10000 OF 25,-
900 men. He said he could not say that
the archipelago is freeze from disorder
or apt to be entirely so within the next
FIVE or six years. But these disorders
are not of serious character. The Isl
and of Luzon is today just as orderly