Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-10-10
ISIDOR RAYNER.


court of inquiry.
Washington, Sept. 3O.-In the
Schley court of inquiry Saturday
Capt. McCalla. of the Marblehcad,
concluded his testimony which was
begun Friday, and the court heard
the testimony of Lieut.. Commander
w. II. Southerand, who commanded
the Eagle during the Spanish war and
also that of Lieut.. Cassius B. Barnes.
The latter is a cipher expert in the
navy department, and his evidence
was devoted to showing that the dis
patch from Commodore Schley to the
navy department of May 2S 1898, say
ing that he could not, much to his
regret, obey the orders of the depart
ment, as r.inted in the official reports
was a correct translation Of the mes
sage as forwarded from the Harvard
al Kingston.
Washington, Oct. Rear Admiral
Evans, who as captain commanded
the battleship Iowa during the Santi-
ago campaign, was witness before
the Schley naval court of inquiry yes
terday. His testimony covered the
entire period from the time the Iowa
left the port of Key West on the goth
of May, 1898. until the 5th of July,
when Admiral Evans testified he had
conversation with Admiral Schley
concerning the battle of the 3rd. He
described in detail the principal bat
tie off Santiago, and also gave par
ticyulars concerning the lombard
ment of the Colon on May 81.
Other witnesses of the day were
Capt. Theodore f. Jewell, who was
commander of the cruiser Minneap-
oils during the Spanish war and Com
mander James NJ. Miller, who was in
command of the Collier Merrimac un-
til that vessel was turned over to
Lieut.. Hobson to be sunk in the
mouth of the harbor at Santiago.
Washington, Oct. 2.-The Schley
court of inquiry made good headway
yesterday, concluding with Admiral
Evans and hearing three new wit
nesscs. ADMIRAL Evans testimony
was along the same general lines as
was his statement of Monday. The
new witnesses were Capt. Sigsbee,
who commanded the st. Paul during
the Santiago campaign; Thomas NJ.
Dienaide, a newspaper correspondent
who was on the Texas during the bat
tie of July 3, and Chief Yeoman Beck
er, who was clerk to Admiral Samp-
son during the war.
Washington, Oct. 3.-An interesting
turn was given to the Schley court of
inquiry yesterday by the Introduction
OF the first witness in Schley's behalf.
This was Lieut.. j. j. Doyle, who was
a watch officer on board the flagship
Brooklyn during the war with Spain.
The fact that Lieut.. Doyle was put on
the stand does not mean that the
navy department has concluded the
presentation of its side of the case.
Mr.. Doyle was called by the depart
ment, but as it also had been the
purpose of Admiral Schley to sum-
mon him, advantage was taken of his
presence on the stand to question him
as an original witness for "the appli-
cant" He was under examination
by Mr.. Rayner in the interest of Ad-
miral Schley when the court ad-
journed for the day.
Before undergoing examination at
Mr.. Rayner's hands Lieut. Doyle, at
Capt. Lemly's request, explained his
part in the battle of July and his
original entry in the ships log con-
corning the famous loop and his alter
alton of that entry because he dis
covered that his first entry had been
erroneous.
Washington, Oct. AFTER Lieut.
Doyle, formerly of Commodore
schley's ship, the Brooklyn, had COM
pleted his testimony before the
Schley court of inquiry yesterday,
Capt. Dawson, of the marine corps,
was called, and was followed by Lieut.
Dyson. Capt. Dawson was signal Of
frer on board the battleship Indiana
during the naval engagement off San
tiago and he gave an account of the
behavior of the various ships of the
American fleet during that battle. He
said the Brooklyn had gone about o.
600 yards to the southward before
joining in the pursuit of Cervera's
ships.