North Carolina Newspapers

II 7A :Cr VOL. 17. NO. 79. v v iiiti w .to-ni ay; c,-. .; qoHAEli6TTE,sN. C, MONDAY JOTOBEB' 2' 1911. "J PRICE ONE CENT - On Trains S Cents NEWS FROESMT to f REAR ADMIRAL W. S. ' WAS IS M) I BOOSTS d JMMOUNIOF; THE GINNING f.. 7UI f? t' 1 -"...jjr. -. ...... i - -,r.l m I . . , i . ' ii ' f- J. :,- 'fV.-'i..l.JIJ"i.'V.!'"..' i- -ti r. . J - - E " .. r 0F . .1 . ' . ST- i , 2 SCHLEY DROPS DEAD itTTE ContradidoryortsmeS&Md. Being-.PMejnjffirtMitiaQek PICTURESQUE STORY foreign Residents and Traders Turkish Soldiers Appear Indifferent arirfAd'as if NotH- Bjt- Associated Press. ; , tiOXDON. Oct. 2.-?A: maze 4f '.con tradictory reports continue ? tq shrd wtmtever history has Tee enacted In the first two days of th,e Turfco-ltallan ,-ar. in the east Mefritetjranean, !, Whether the city -oft. Tripoli has " been invested by Italian troops can nbtJbe definitely determined" T - There is just one thlngr eertain. Th Italians had not attackedthe north African city , up 3 to f njdnlght Sunday. It-there had been an attack. and sub seqnent occupati.6n7"lPorts of r the bombardment would nave been- heard jijn' th'e steamer' Cie artb :wh leftiTripoli , iatef Sa.turd3n -arrived at Malta this,, inorniiig fj4 - Italian censorship of the rirea out of Tripoli is held responsible for ;ladk of deflnite news.i.. Reports ,firHWt2 i lying sources are hopelessly. conflict ing. ' Difference of OiaWptLi;;rwft 3 Turkish officials tn ndonf6bnftrrii a news dispatch- saying 'that , tnei f orta at Prevesa had beenidestroed jtld l,60flF troops landed ;;.whlle"lta3yglVs an emphatla, denial "pf;:tb-N paying that the Italiani govepxnent dhas no "intention jT f ttttegtb'afcts, against the territorial uflLjof fn? key in Europe; It Js believed that shat: afctuallx happened ;was' ,tnat jeJTurk'ives eels in . the vicinity of eyesai:wee; scattered ttnd:.tivft. mUeyea- .prevents v,taldupo-iiI!ftni Msjti 'hipping. Probably this, -.vras . sual iclent alarm for the population," as one cable says that Uie talegraph '.ep ierators deserted the place as. soon as 4he bombardment began. , Greece Xot to bo Molested. Europe is greatly relieved at the receipt of news that Turkey has as-; cured Greece she has ir . : of attacking her as had been rum ored. ' ' Success of the Italian blockade of the Tripolitan coast, which -'extent from Tunis to Egypt, is shown in the arrival of two captured transports at Tarranto and Brididi. ' r-- '. Taikj of German Meditation. f ' Reports of the capture of Turkish torpedo' boats come from several sources. Probably,- they all refer to those engaged off Prevesa. -The im pression prevails that the hostilities will be of brief duration. , , It is believed that Turkey' finding herself paf e unable to despatch troops probably' will accept the medir tation of Germany . - X Mohammedans Are Active. CALCUTTA, Oct. 2. A cablegram was -forwarded from here to-day in the .name otf the Mohammedans of i India, urging Great Britain as the '"greatest Mohammedan power in ;the world" to check Italy's career of ag gression. "'',. ' Another message from the same source went forward to the Grand Vizer at Constantinople, urging that Turkey, defend the honor-of, Islam. That the Mohammedans. -' of Indra are thoroughly aroused is indicate by organization in Calcutta of ; a strong committee styled "The .Indian F.ed Crescent Society," which pror poses : to take such steps as seem ad visable to prevent war. On the Eve of -Occnpatlon. . ROME, Oct 2. Dispatches from Tripoli picturesquely describe the apf , pearance of the America city "on the eve of Italian occupation.". - The native population, it appears, ,ia taking the course of" events with stolid indifference although the for eign"? "ulation has largely fled. Mps' -'f the business section df the city ij closed in' view of the dan ger, o 4. serious damage from, bam' bardn it. " t The lispatch says: . ' ' ', t Turks Indifferent. ; Sj "Th., landscape' is serene.' One sees a party of big Turks polling on the r imparts, half hidden by the shade cf thick palms. They have hoisted a red flag, whict flaunts with a half-hearted air of - defiance over the red fortifications. , ". . - r - "Close by the flag is a sentry, whilet behind the parapets" one sees a group of soldiers watching from the summit of the castle. , They are not; worried or nervous. Their air is one of pro found indifference. For; .''tiiemv this' day ts no different from any other day. ' - - '. ; : traders Are Frightened. A ... & 'Over in the barracks fflcerfl and gendarmes idle in the doorwalfS, ob serving with characteristic Oriental carelessness the passing of huddled , v ' frighteneJ foreign .traders. w nuea wlth parcels. 1 y. Wme4, carrying -tefantsare OF SCENE INl TRIPOLI 'in Q7 jn State of Chaos 'But ing Unnsial Was Happening i ' the..heola'.of the rpen.. . Patrols'of soldiers . pass gravely alon the near, ly deserted streets. fV , J-s '..aops,.And .Houses heaped. ; . : ' " i1? are closed and tite- win atw$arr-'.;HundrdB. t.hpljMi'' have'been yacated, j ' v.-. J'Terrpr has' selaed- theinhabita&t All the';, terraces. : are . empty : oxcepfe that at, the Italian consulate which is 00016' by correspondents, r - ' 4 ? Monks Hoist German Flag. 7 Italian "nuns' waves a red cross .fla; A j bold v tn'ohk disUngulshed " by J hfsr 'pifMof- to the' top of the b,ll tor lon tho Ital ian ; catholic monastery- and hoisted the. GeiTnah fi&g. fl-. : ' :.. ,s ; f JJfThV fe-wr Remaining Italians await Impatiently the-, first firing. The lo cal batteries are ' deserted.' ; Alt Isea 1 a fjefc f; frlightened .calling boats la 1 ecuixying ouj,oi .tn& harbor. "This evening- the eofTee houses in the ' Arab T quarter? re-orened l and priests . .appearing on- the-. baieonie9 of the minarets Invited the people to J ati he different rpclnts and toad - the Pasted 'noacestn Turkish which srsi Th"lallan government made an unjust demand ' an .Turkey. - asking ftyC npiC; Turkish v,cLiw ethe pop ulation to-, remain .iulet and,! respect thue-Italians. . - . a,t ' ' - f is .-te tJ1' message ' received- by the local authorises from Constan tinople. ;It had been:' expected that to-day would be filled with the scenes of war but the conWitry was thjfe. case and the impenetrable Afri can; night settled down on" a town that was outwardly serene." STEPHENSON OF , WISCONSIN FACES BRIBERY CHARGES By Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis... Oct. 2.-v-United States Senator. Isaac Ste-. phenson, of Wisconsin, took the-witness St&nri fin r Tv tn.rlsv tn ' anawAt charged that bribery "and other cor-! rupt use of money contributed to his election nrt Marn -'A 1 QftQ TTa on. - . - peared as a witness at the .opening ; of the investigation begun by a sub - committee of the committee on priv- ilcgesand elections of r the United -tnthe third time ' since the campaign which resulted In his elec-i t ion to the United States Senate on j March 4. 1909. that Senator Stenhftn- son ' was called upon to defend him: self against charges of bribery. Under a resolution adopted last August 15, when the . investigation of Senator William Lorimer. nf Illinois. ! was still under way in- Washington, the sub-committee was authorized to inquire 'into these charges preferred by a Senate committee of the Wisconsin-Legislature.-': : , . That Senators Stephenson kept se cret many of his disbursements ln the pprimary campaign for nomination in 1908; that whereas he admitted hav- funil nraa ImnTOtieriT usefl." - That fraud connected with his pri mary - campaign contributed 1 directly to" his election. - . . . . ' ..r " ' That he '" distributed . money fto State officials to further his campaign- j-V-.i - '-- .- - That he spent money in - legisla tive districts to strengthen his sup port in the legislature. .: ... . PRESIDENT IiOWELIi' BREAKS . " AN CLir-IIAItVARD CUSTOM By Associated Press.' - " , , CAMBRIDGE;; - Mass., Oct ; 2. President L.owell will break an old Harvard custom wexrhe dhanges his residehce from the - old ' brick 'Presi dents' .house In College Tard new home about; to be built on-' Qufn cv street: adjoining W 'y:::, . , For .more ,tKan, fifty years, this little i house has sheltered the i?resiaenwox HarVard 'TJtov.':rProeftilio.t made his home under its roof for the fnrtv'veaW'he was head of te great u a ant TrAsIdents Felton' and J Hilli Preceded ; ThA nrt u's a was, erected . in . ISol ing expended 11 1,385 his campaign ! placed wnere neeaea, ine &i shiomv managers accounted for only $107,- Gf the upper edge of-the dam gradu--793 and-that a- large part of his ' .nffT,f ,,oi instead of V 4 ; t mr? guest oftcluVnd-therCtylbales. kJ:.v-V-1 ' --at 1 and -cost- $lo.000.;,.:i-s 'i-n'n.1' -r' :' .' AS V -i',--U -' Esttriates-X)rDgad:)irPfcns , lvamaisaster Are fxobi: ly. Reduced TWO HUNDRED HAY COVBR-CASUALHES Work; tf Rescue Progresses 111 District Swept by the, Flood Whenisam Broke Saturday' Carrying -thf- Toym of Austm; PeSylvaulzt, to DieBtrub tion First Estimate - Of ; pveral - Hundreds Killed, It A is Saida 'Greaily OvWateO, ad S Pp'ssibllliy ' Exists That ybtHf ore than 200 .Pcr- isiieoi. . - ' By Assoclajbed Press. . AUSTIN, Pa., Oct. 2. With the1 ar rival ot a .carload ' of coffl'ns herethis, morning- the grimness of the tragedy that practically, obliterated this town i - was Impressed upon" the ''surrivbri ahd: r workers 'who to-day- began arew1 theiV efforts to mine : deeply into the haro- hiiis'of rUsZ 'i . n-e? i "T'wehty1 'vtctfans' iItidlng' Costello,. hag been ' placed in! aHempxjr- ary .mbrgue a Odd Fallows !hail!. one of tfie few. buildings standing .In ;the ruined "district .The identified bpdies s ,tweB.'.:.;--. ;-''v;,: . Plans "f orN the ; f ijnerals " werebeing made to-day. The most. .essential . mat-: ter jn and hers, aside from ;the piTf. aistent wo.ru oi clearing Tawa.y more accessible i ruins ,i the.cpmper. uon or a census ox. tne nving,4gua?, VIfthej death lfit .aggregates ;ny thing like, the enormoui,nurnber o' have , estimated, v the.health : T offlolls, realize : tbat :90d4Uona f. demaneing; preempt . attention .. will- arise within: a. f ewdays anrrtht-fnlns. ;:r(a ; ft TW4nostr hivestigaters,' honHrever,' ur& unr6par--ed to learn that more than two hon4 dred' have perished . There Is Indeed; a' possibility that 150 will be the tb; tal. ' : -...-y " ' ' ' ; The", policing; conditions tp-day are practically perfect A twelve-hour down pour of; rain served; to material ly reduce : the " number of - incoming" sightseers and to this extent the po lice were relieved- . The State constabulajry. State, sani tary engineers and chief officials, of the State health department are , co operating in the measures for protec tion and .relief. , - ' I . , .. . ... .. .. -1- Property Loss $8,000,000. - Ruined Austin, costello and .the vat ley beyond . to-day present pictures of desolation. No reliable ' estimate '"of the property loss can be made soon, but it Is safe 'to say it will not be less, than '$8,000.000.-- v v 7' - t The paper and lumber interests are utterly . destroyed. The timber su1 : indeed was rapidly nearlng ex. , nausuuu ; 1 . thought mat nve -years irowayjr (..ww. romitil nrnr.tienllv at fl.n '"""""J - . " In ct' about 20J moved from Austin th4By Jiv hundred more would have gone f wlth- ln th" next year or two unless some industrial development cameVln to- hold them. - " T ! ' - J. : I QnesUon as to the Cause of 'Pailure. . Questioned .as'" to the cause of the. i-iiriaTi fnflnre of the Bavless Pulo & ; , aa Aam rtW .ii.k ''""-7 " - thAfr - heads ominously. They ; recall t, orA . vear aeo last January when a -considerable leak was discov vitv v - ered in' the immense cement struc ture. -Although two reet 01 tne ,rim of the dam was removed to relieve nr.omrA and a 14 foot natch was ally became a slight straight line. ."'.This bulge caused. wor ry on the part 'of the citizens and led. to a somewhat recent inspectlon...Cer--tain protective measures were deter mined upon but -the" delay was, fatal. Foresaw Inevitable Disaster, ' . ,X never went, to sleep .in the bo te! on Main street here," said a visit- ' Ing rallroadofficlal. to-day, ;witbout , mighty fervent . prayer that the ap-; parently inevitable -might be delayed. I always felt that we might be swept away during the night"; .,; " Vay of destruction; V:, -Below the torn dam to-day the vai-.' ley -for a mile' or more is swept t prae-1 tically blean to the bed rock and Tee- man's Run, the1 reservoir feedeV. sWbl-ri len'by" last night's rains; is - sweeping through "hew;- cbahnslf wetha' main business . portion of thetown? onc,e -stood.---K;-v;. ; ;;,,. '?v-.-i.i ' .'. Costello, thre tmlles ' away.ls ;: prb p'ortionatelyas. .:atterdva.iistH and the timely rwarhing given; .by .-tle-j j phone operators who . risked' tneir:uves Trade: Excurgfon Promoted By Hmes-Disptch;To Arrive "WILIEEGEIVE 5ARM HERE r ,5 ins1 x Offlcdals bfi City rand Commercdal Or- ganiatioAs. and iOO Busine&s Men "of .J -"OsjlWSi Old Poinlnlbn 'Are : in 5 Party rWhi afadft First stop This Morping, atPrankllnton Several b: Hoom at lleb Will . Meet TrahMeeti'and Reception WKhrpanamuslb nd ' the sound Of posting' ?; tntoel ;ai the Virginia boosters rfrom'f Richmond! are, due to arrive inrthe-- eityt? tha after- 1, nobni: Ver th ? Seaboard fAir Line, completing thelr'first ; day out; the programmf or' to-day having includ ed' it doieh orn of Norlh Caroli SeaboaSfgS 'CEarlottb boosters. t&cidmpanied- by ffh.xShlbltte be at the iSeabbard ":depbt f aLead'of ' time, and 'will he ready 'feb 'ext : nd jthe' right 4 hand 'of gbodrfeliowi ::lp and' of - wel- come, w i .ivnpuii. 4 ho . sujii u theyafetitobf?o:nC ! tTberf -ateOJethcIlc Rich mond boosters in; the party which will arrive, thlf v,nin and every man of the? r.bli vOu4 1 r : ths purpose qU isihJt nf praises ofJchmond a'ms'isfew dasf tourjof NhCarolilist; 645: atrill, make. Npr-jPsrUnMl'f'8 tbk frienda from th. sister 'ate, are meo there "WJJI n an inrormai recepuon.to the r Visitors aFtiie ? Selwyn Hotel. Tvhere ofllciai ' headquarters wjlfc be, and at 8:30" thb party, will gather" in the as sembly room where" piere will be held a Dusixiess meeting,' - at Which f both. Richmond boosters and Chaflotte. boosters' will "niake short,' well-poised talks, bn the mutual relations' between the two cities and sections tributary. The social features of the evening wll b resumed, at the; Southern Manu facturers Club, following, the adjourn- jnerit of the business, session and the Virginia . boosters wlll be given a .taste of real North Carolina, hospitality; . The party ,wlll resume Nits' itinerary .through. North Carolina to-morrow mornjtag. early. ; . .." . N - A feature of " the receiving of the boosters this afternoon will ' be . the.; meeting of the mayor of' ;Richmond and -.the mayor of .Charlotte. . Mayor Bland will be at the Seaboard depot when the special train arrives and will" formally welcome the, mayor of; Richmond, and wlir accompany that . - 'w Bland's automobile.' " - ' Tm ; To-DaraProgj amme. ! - indicating some of the. plans of the 'Richmond ; boosters, in their designs, upon North CaVollha towns,- to-day's programme of the party may be tak- en as a fair, sample. .. The speciar train on wmcn s iao boosters are traveling makes its first stop at Henderson. ' Here the boosters spent three hours,, and had their; first formal reception tendered them ; on North Carolina soiL The next Nstop oh the programme was Franklinton, and- then Raleigh where several hours were spent The tram , upon ieavins; Raleigh makes stops at Sanford, Ham- let, yvaoestwru uu ... v .. - ternoon, reaching Charlotte . Phortly, after 1 6; p.." ... '. i The Greater Charlotte Club will be the hosts to, the visitors while they are at the Selwyn and during the business meetingand will see that the Rich mond guests are raccorded a reception that they will rememDer. ior years to come. ' '" ' ' -The ? procession of the visitors and- the local committee - from, the Sea board depot .the elwyn -up North Tryon streel will' be an imposing: spec J N -. , . vThe' druni' corps "and the spe- claVic4hd: accompanying the boosters will supply the marching time for the party, whol lave signified their desire to'walk frpm the depot to theSeIwyn, thus gaining opportunity to gain - a better acqualntan-ce ; with that,- part, or the- city ' -traversed .:bys the 1 j,Hn: . of A lOnnai inHiu mbcu. c.- j tended "by President Kuester, 'bf.the ". Greater Charlotte -Club, ,not phly to Mayor Bland; but to ; other city, offl- J cials tbiJje: ;ajt;.tha-lBeabparflsdepotat 6;l2 !ishls. evening t welcome ; the Richmond boosters who.; como as the wmmmmm Census Report Off Cotton Gbr ned To DateMuchLarger Than Iii Recent Tears -rS- HOFE TErVN A MILLION " MORE : THAN LAST YEAR Early ilaturity of the Staple ; Causes , a Xarge Amount of Present Year's Crop . to be Ginned at This Early v . Bate rAmountv Ginned by . States . Glveh With a Comparison With Amount at a Similar Time in For ' mer Years.' ' By 'Associated Press.' WASHINGTON, : Oct - 2.-The . sec ond of the - census ; bureau's ten periodical cotton ginning reports is sued tp-day at' 1 0 o'clock shows : the number of , bales of cotton ginned from: the ' growth of 4 1 911 prior to September 25. ' " The -report; giving amounts In run ning bales, counting, round as half bales,- wih comparative statistics to corresponding dates .for. the past three years and . the percentage . of the total crops : of, these, year's gin ned to SeTtember 25 ; Is as follows: ' "" United "State's. 8,e$S,0ed bales' com pared, with 3,312.074 bales in, 1910, when ' 20, per cent of the crop was ginned to September, 25 2,568,150. bales In 1909 when 25.5 per bent was ginned and 2,590,630 . bales in.1908 when 19.8 per . cent was ginned. Round bales . included this ' year . were 27,948 . compared with; 88.026. bales in .'-M10; '48.070 bales 'n 1909 ,and 57407 bales in 1 9 6 . Sea .Island cot ton, ginned was 11,51 2 .bales compar-. edwlW; 7,004 Dales lit 1 910" 18,852 ina 9andilIt457 "IWg.j By-States: the gjn'hhig,-waa.-a:1-loU ?Alahams0,TrhsJBs nipmdj nth "2 "01;i23 -; baies Hi 4ISJ0. ; - when 6.0. per: cent .of .the State's crop , was ginned.: ,to : September: 2S;. .187,882 hales Jn 1909 ,wh.en :18.L per . cent . was ginned "and ,816,349 bales in 1908 when .23.7 per cent was. ginned. . ; ' ' y "' . 'ArkansaBV ' - Arkansas ; 43,551' compared . with '22,819 in 1910 when 1.8 per cent was ginned; 88,926 in 1909 when 12 .per cent was; ginned and 80,465 ;!n 1908 when 8.1 per cent was ginned. Florida.-' 1 Florida. 21,272 compared with' II, 252 in 1910, when 16.8 per cent was ginned; 19,581 in 1909 when 81,6 .per cent was ginned and 16,657 In; 1908; when 23.6 per cent was ginned. Georgia. " .7 Georgia ,763,666 compared with S65,407f in 1910 when 20'2 per cent' was ginned; 536,212 in- 1909 when 29 per cent ..- W ginned and 614,898 in 1908 when '26 per cent was ginned. .' : .' ' " ' " Louisiana.: , Louisiana 88,322 compared with 45,799 in" IdiO when r18 .' per cent was ginned; .62.616 in 1909 when 24.2 per cent was ginned, arid 79.042 in 190.8 when 16.9 per cent was ginned. ' ' Mississippi; ..Mississippi 96,340 compared with 'SS,.768TiB-19lb. when 6.9 per cent was ginned.. 96,825: In 1909 when 9 per cent was ginned and 199,001 ln 1908 when 12.3 per cent was ginned. : ; , : V ,"." North Carolina. r - North Carolina 153,841 : compared with 4 6. 0 5 1 in 1 9 1 0 when 6.1 per cent was ginned; 80.498 in O09 when. 12. 7 per cent wasginned and S9.063 IrX 908 wlien 13 per cent was ginned. ; ; Oklahoma..-' .' . y ;. Oklahoma. 115756 compared with 110,530 in 1910 when 12 per cent was ginned; 134,877 In -190,9 when 24.3 per cent was xginned And. 5,705 In 1908 when 0.8 'per cent was ginned ' A - ' South Carolina. South Carolina, 389,111 compared with ,160,521, in 1910 when 13.3 per cent was, ginned; 285.401 in 1909 when 25.1 per :cent was .ginned -and : 2g9 969 ln 1908 when 23.8 per cent was ginried.';--. f :-" '- ;;.;' ' . "v Tennesseei Tennessee' 15.48V compared with 1.602 In 1910 ' when 0.5 per cent - was ginned; 17,152 In 1909 when-7.1 per cent was 'ginned ' and .2.8 ,1 0 5 si 1908 when . 8.4 . per cen . was ginned. . . ; . '':-'---:C&:r '' " "; Texas.:'-' "; fi Texas.Ti, 6 59,8 Ifi compared with 1, 26 3121 2 1 in 110 when 4 2,8 per ; cent was,ginnedvl.06 15.6 8 Jn J 9 09 when 43; per cent Wa ginned an.d 9 6 6.6Q7 in 1908 -when 26.6 per cent was gin hedd. Other StatesC t- a it fttiTv ' fitatP4t- S.l 8 0 " comDared wjtn .x9 n 4xv wni pet;, cent was ginned " 2,l7f 'in 1909 when - 8.8 perlcentrindand:! 19O8 when :645V per.cnt was.ginnedi The -; corrected statistics ; of ; the auantity of cotton; ginned Jthls :. sea son prior, to September 1 are 77i;2 97 Hero. Of ThNajaI Battle; Of. Santiago: Answers -,' Stid3etfSammonsOf:Dath WAS WALKING ALON G Had Seen Notable Service In United States Navy During .The Past Half Centqry Brilliant ' Work In ' Rescue - Of ; Greeley ; Polar -, NEW YORK, Oct 2. Admiral Winfield Scott Schley dropped dead to-day near the 1 corner of Forty fourth street and Fifth avenuei while on his way. down ;town. He had been out of town over Sunday and on his return herej-had gone to the New York Yacht Club on West Forty-Fourth street After la short stay at 1 the club Admiral Schley. -started . to walk along Forty Fourth: street toward Fifth avenue when-he was taken suddenly ill. , A hurry call was. sent for' "physicians, but before aid could reach him, the admiral was deack ' SketoHislafe. .. " Winfield ScoU Schley-Was born ln Frederick county Maryland, : Octobpr 9,- 1889, the. son of John Thomas and Gebrgiaha Virginia Schley: ' He en tered the Naval Academy " at Annap olis September 20, "1856. and gradu ated in . I860; - During the following year he served oh the frigate Nia gara. Irt 1861 he' was promoted to the- rank of -"master" and attached; to the fiigate Potomac, .which was Servt Ihi4a storeshlb ; kt: Shin - Taland. -;" Tn f4l'?4 heliwaa. j0iherteani;igunJ mslimmjujoti.the- GulfocKadln with- a,Jfi ehf bartery. near . Part Httroiu La7 ' Pecember. t 'i 1 4ti .1 862.. From Marchl 6 to July 19, 1863, he took part In .itntsy of the engagements preceding theVapture of, Port Hud son,:.psrt of the time on. the Winona; and again : on -the Monongahoia ' and tbe .Richmond. , . -;" . - On July 16, . 1862, - he was com missioned f lieutenant During .. the years from- 1864 to 1866 he served on the Waterloo, a. steam gunboat of the Pacific - squadron and ' distinguished himself in . 186 5, during the insurrec tion of the Chinese epoiles'on Middle Chincha Islands. . m the same year he: was at La "UuKmT)San Salvador,1 to protect the A.merican -" interests dur ing the revolution in tbat country. He- became- lieutenant-commander July 26,. 18,66, and acted as Instructor In, language at Annapolis from 1867 to 1869. In 1870 he was assigned to the JBenicia, third rate, and wltn that ship "spent three years at the China -station. He saw some sharp fighting in June, .1871, during, the capture Jof the Corcean forts. on the Sulee river, landing the assaulting column. . ' From 1873 to ;. 1876- he was again at the' Naval Academy, being . ap-' pointed commander June 10. 1876. ; In 1 877 he "commanded the Essex, . third Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley Who Died Suddenly This Afternoon "Sv I " . t . .. . .. . ... . SOTETIN KEW YoiRK Expedition : - rate, at the -South -American station. From 1880 'to 1883 he was llghthonse j Inspecpr at Boston, became attached j to , the - bureau , of equipment In- 1888 and in,' if 84 , was placed -In command of a relief expedition sentto ..the Arctic regions to search for Lieu ten- ant Greely and - his Companions. Two . former, expeditloxls sent out for- that purpose bad failed. Commander Schley's .expedition sailed- from7 St John's, ' Newfoiihdiand, May 13, 1584. with . the". -three ."steam .whalers jThetls, , Bear and 'Alerit. After "a dangerous Schley 'andr his" men reached ..the , camp t of ; the survfvors of ' the ' .Greely j ex- , pedltlon, ; They, found seven .survivors I wo were pn tre verge or starvation and I brought them and the ' bodies of nine" victims, whQ had. perished be fore the 'arrival of the rescuing "par-' tv. safelv back to the shins.' The' ex- ' pedltlon .returned' to St. - John's on! Julyr'l6 of tbtf same-year.- The "Leg- ' islatuce' of Maryland erave' Command er Schley a vote' of thanks and pre-" seated chim; with a 'gold,' chronometer ' watch. ' The1 Massachusetts Humane ' Society -awarded him a gold . medal of J thej first ' class. " 1 To further hon or the v gallant comman-der the large terri- tory 'west f .Ca'pe ;8abine; was named ' Scjphley ' "Cand:";'; . :-; ; ' ' ' : ; . 1 : From ii885:i,ta.l889Mr. 'Schley was.- - - L: -fi k- L ' "J " "i "' m - K OV4 UU4440, . IbUU .j'WO. VI f 4M' v tam,in. marcn, 1 ass. . xn isssrto lusi; Ihe commanded' thes iunarmojre'd brols- 1 af . Baltimore i 1 flunncr true- mvui- tlesf with Chin. y .hs " wast aiatf 00m ' missioned to " carry . the remains of: Johni" Ericsson;-the' famous ; Swedish Inventor, ; tb Sweden, - for which ser- " vice he Was ' decorated by the ' Ring C of Swederi; . He was ma!de lighthouse : inspector4n.l892 and from 1895 com- ' manded ' the f armof ed ' cruiser "New ' York," the flagship of the North At lonfli cnnaifrnn until HTirK' ; 1 ftfkilS when 'he becoihe chairman - of v the ligiithouse boards He as i made1 commodore in -FebruarV,. 1 89?. 1 ' : Previous'-" to. - thei-Jtbreak : of the Spanish-American IT war,; ' Commodore Schley waa-ordered i on - the ."Brook-; lyn" and- given command': of ; the "flying squadroni" It .was'this squad ron Vwhlch- located the - Spanish "fleet -at Santiago .on . May 29, ; 1898. and,' PlocKea tne.,: narDor. un- tne morn- ing of July 2, 1898, Admiral Samp-, son. who . was the superior - in" com-' mand, departed fbr Sibohey, leaving Schley in' full command 'of ; the fleet on, board of the "flagship. Scarcely; one hour after -the Admiral's - depar- ture the Spanish fleet " emerged from its sheltering ' harbor. . Commodore'' Continued on page; 9.) f- r . 'i, '-r.' ' . - I; 1 ' ' ' " " ' 1 !