MORNISG JFOST.
- -r
i ' .
VOL. VI I.
RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBEI 1901
No. 745
Iff- II
E
D
Th-
Commodore .Retained His G
While Others .Were Ducking
HE SlflllEII MOM 18 III GOUR
Big Shells From the Viscaya Sounded Like Railroad Trains dore'Sch,ey's liead never ent- .
J --! f Tlie witness spoke very dramatically,
Flying Over the -Brooklyn Schley Declared He Would M he deciare.nnat schieyv heaa
J J . J - ; never bent the eir.r? siudioiiee burst
Have the Colon If He Had to Follow Her to Spain-A'n "iTtS
Press Correspondent Proves Sigsbee's Recollection STX.Sia A
, r If '",-''' '.::'"".''. tajje wjtli. his gavel. ,
21 rHUIt ' 1 "Witness (resuming after the applause
- ' had subsided). He was as calm, cool,
and collected as he is at this moment
Washington. Oct. 23. When the A. I should say about three or four ' (the witness turned around and facing
S( hlev d-ourt reassembled today James miles in the day time and closer at Schley, -'at the same time- making a
. Vi night. There were small boats inside slight gesture toward him). His flnly
II. Hare, a roprcntaftive of Colliei the line ; j j thought was for hi men. He called
Weekly, was called. In answer to pre- Q. Leaving Cieufuegos, in - reference mf to him time and again during the
iitt'.ninary questions the witness said to the voyage to Santiago, can you state battle and said: "Do the bullies below
.!..! t,o nc ..w.r.1 tho nres boat Sum- anything ns to the condition of the know this? Do they know that this
ncrs X. .Smith during t'be naval cam-
paign. nnd that this boat was off San-
tiago May 2. The boat met the Scout
S;. Paul 'that day.
Mr. Ravner Did' you have any con-
vtM-satiou with Captain SigbeC
megaphone-', at --that tame:
by
- A. Yes, sir. !
i. State to the court what it was.
A. Wo asktd the St. Paul alwut the
Spanish fleet ami - Captain Sigsbee told
us that it was not there: that Cervera
v.a not in Santiago and that Schley
'had gone away.
( .!: there any particular mciuent-
thit impresses your mind;
A. Yes sir. We mtemleu to go to,
t . .. ' ...i l... : e g.m.il,
,in';wl' lu lnu" "
Sigsbee's statement that Cervera was
lint there
apr,am l.enny luierruiueu -u..
"-itn an
objection as to the purpose of this part
of the testimony., the Texas and Marblehead with reTer-
Mr. Kayner read from Captain Sigs- ence" to their projecting sponsons. lie
Lee's evidence; denying that he had had seen them coal, j The Texas, be
liit 'jiyhoned to a pivss boat that Cer- .c.-rase of her siKusonsi was a h.rd ship
i . ' A. - '
vci.i was not hi &auTiago. captain
Sigs bee did. not recollect making any
srch statement, but he' did recollect
talking with some press boat.
Xv -TTnTiTifl U till -itfifr oUippI if
tin. purpose was to impeach the credi-
Liliiv of a witness; oihnvis- he did.
ins oojeci in maKing in;s oeciarauon
was. to have counsel state that he in-
tended impeaching Sigsbee's testimony.
Mr Hnrnpr renlied tb:lt everv tim-3
he contradicted a witness he did not
in-pugn his credibility or impeach his
veiacity. Admiral Dev.ey said that he
s;i in i. objection to- th?. . qutfstio-n.
' r. UaynT. Then you may st.ite
what it w;h lat impressed th;s Mes-
s.i' upon ; our mind at that time and
Muiii your lii-vmory uov.
A. The fact that on Captain Sigs-
I.eVs st.it -iiient that Cervera was not and then swing around the entire feor.
in Santiae-i we went back to Key West, leaving the : harbor mouth unprotected.
to coal instead of going to Jamaica, Just at the time of; the besrinnin of
an 1 the first news we got when we ar- the battle, the witnes said, he had no
; rlvnl there was.' that Cervera was hot- regular station and the executive of-
tl'fl v.i in Santiago. ficer asked him -to look after one of the
Cr-xs exaviiina-inn by Captain Lorn- decks, as he (the officeiO had to look af
' y. How" near did you go to the St. ' ter the gun deck. j
,';m!"' j Q. (iive a description of the battle
A Within 100 yards; we drifted of the events which; you saw.
p-tty close. Part-of the conversation j A. There was a signal gun fired
v.:s with ni.gaphr.'-v and p.irt without, from the Iowa that the Spanish ships
(J Who else was presen? (were coming out. The alarm -was at
A Sylvester Scovel. of the Ncat ' once sounded for "quarters" and the
Ynrk World: Stephen Crane, also of men went to their stations. Then we
the 'World; Mr. Pepper don't know started in toward the' entrance of the
what paper he represented; Mr. Shoe- harbor.
bfiiu xf the New York Tlpi-iirl- AI i n Vln
u ilsoi:. r.n artist from the
, . j, v . , . M I "
a fid n Mr. Iynch, of the London! A We lay to the south of the Mor-
hvoiiicle. I r0- it was .probably north by east of
Q.- Who canif-d on this conversation 1 us, because we were at the westward
with Cupiain Mgsbee? ; of the blockading line. The Brooklyn
A. Scovel. opened the conversation ' was headed lightly to the west, I be
w;ih Captain Sigsbee. Captain Sigibee lieve, as we started jn with the nort
sa.d. Aho c!-e of my friends are on helm. About fifteen minutes after we
board?" Topper jumped up and' said started the Spanish ships had near!
that h? ws tbf 'C: Crane said he was gotten out and I stood near enough to
tnere, a-m I declaimed that I was there. Commodore Schley at that time to touch
Mr. Itayner. Do yon know any- him within five feet.! I saw that we
thing about tho oilier men who were on were going into a pocket. The Span
bo.i'd the press boat with y'ouH ' ish ships had gotten out, the Viscaya
A Stephen Crane is dead. I have had turned toward us and we were
heard that Mr. Sheelian is dead. Scovel about to cross the line of fire of or
w.is j , iiiivar.a the last I heard of him. own ships. I aid at-! the time not to
Iy the' court. Who used the mega-
t.lt.l'lfi Mi lo,..J .-Vi (.'f T 1 .1 r "
n . - V" I-T urag yie
n .nation to which you have testi-
A'-faptain Sigsbee.
AV.'iiu.v. t TTiii r.i,;0' i,,t; ,
t llliam Ij.--H.i11, ClllCi. boatswain of
tb,. -o- ha it..
, , . f , iriuc. iuc vrucr s guru tu iuil i'"- l,ipiitmnnt Edward V . Kbei'le Of
.-veil to be one of the most int.-ivsr- helm F heard the Commodore .'' sv. L, ' ' ,' ii i tr
. . .. . . "rim. x ; nearq tne Lommmiore. sa . . u rvron-nn wns npxr csillp.fi. TTo urn
g, witnesses .to.wttora the court has "Port," ,and the ship j started to swing ! "Vo st-We what he saw of the bat
Ktvmd. In --answer to pre hmr.iary. . to starboard, iahd the helm was - PU , Jir
the service and i years at sea. He and the fire from our batteries never; The Wltness- said he saw. shlDS com
vms examined .by Mr. Rayner. w ;. ; ceased from the time we started 'to turn ing ont of the harbor and Tery rtly
1 On the voyage from Key West until the end of the battle. The Texas two of them iened fire- .The Oregon
t Cieufuegos. state to the "court j.was on onr starboard how. She was a 1 replied with her forward 8-inch gain, tp
whfther you heard any guns fired. third of a mile from us There was' sether with one of her forward 13-inch.
Ml did. On Saturday during the i never any. question in mv mind nhmit The Oregon closed in with the 'Mari'a
first dorr watch we beard suns to the :
eastward.
. ...
Admiral Dewey. You heard them?
A. Yes sir; I heard them.
Mr. Rayner Can you tell me any
thing about the blockade at Cieufuegos?
Anything within your personal obser
vation as to its character? . :
A. T?je vessels steamed -about the
mouth of the harbor slowly, and on one
-f-asion there was an -alarm of a tor
j''do boat coming out, ind we steaniad.
i-ifo about one-half a mile of the harbor.
Q- How far : was . the fleet off Cieu
fuegos 1
p W W !
OmpOSlire
1
,Bl.i
weather and the sea V j
A. The weilther' vti mn "-h It xcua
WOrse than that; I should say it was
blowing a reef topsail breeze,
Continuing, the witness said that the
sea was oer the Massachusetts on the
nay arter leaving Cieufuegos and that
the smaller vessels made bad weather
Of it. ! i
Q. What can you say about the mat-
ter of coaling? I
A. The immediate ; part of coaling
came Under my direction, There never
was a ton of coal taken on the Brook-
lyn while on the blockade that I did
pot look after. The Brooklyn was the
nest snip in tne ticet to coal, but it wr-.s -.
only with constant watchfulucss in the
calmest weather that j we could
n.;tliAnt kimi.
CO:ll
u ...y,..-.... .Uther ships hi sight at that time.
Cortinuing. the witness described the q .When Ufi tnc Color, go t'sUor?
manner in which the vessel was coaled! A. AYhen th VM:va viit on -the
from a collier ana saiU that lie also Had.
personal knowledge of the condition of
to coal, and on more than one occasion
off Santiago she had asked permission
to go to (Juantanamo to coal, simply
because she cotild not: coal in the oneii
. w;i.-4- . ' rti t " nUrt
Marblehead was uiffieult to coal Ijut
not so bad as the. Texas. He said the
sjonsous or the Texas projected so far
out bevond the sides! of the vessel as
to prevent a ship coining alongside her
witliont tniinhincr her. mtlnn V..il
was not big enough to keep the collier
clear of her sponsons.l
Describing the blockade at Sajitiago
the witness said that! the flying "sauad-
ron steamed in front j of the mout'i of
the harbor in the form of an elHose or
circle. There was always one sli:; di-
rectlv in front of the mouth of the
harbor. Thev did not go to one end
Commodore Schley, or any one in par-j
a.; i j.1 i. AZA t . rt
uciuar- LK.i ,u utu ui u,.SB l"c testimonv. The evidence of these wit-
position, of our jchipjj-J. " I neSR,es d-d wot differ materially from the
m W.
' t t - . Admiral Schley may take the stand
The Tvifnoaa fmnt nn nAt ttint'.
.. . ."r v
a collision with her. I T r,Q -i
.... " i 1 luuugui
oi mai lur a moment. There never was
any danger. 'We turned entirely clear -
of her. After , swinging around we
linedup parallel with the Spanish fleet, 1
and m a ;few minutes the Maria Teresa j
went ashore on fire. Soon after the
Oouendo follwed her. and then we ;
sighted the Viscaya and kept up with'
her for ten or twelve miles. At thntj
time there was no ship looking astern-
0f us-except the Oregon, l did not see :
any other shii. -,. 4
Q
A.
How close was-the Oregon?
-Probably half a mile. In that run
With iho. Vicnarn TCllia woe Ir'nia! TPViArA
was a group of fourteen " or fifteen of
us standing together, and Commodore
Schley asked in a matter of fact tone
of voice: "What is, the range?" Ellin,
who had a stadiineter in his hand, held
it up and looked. As he -did so a shell
took his head off, and he fell to the
throw him overboard." Commodore
Schley said "No; don't throw the body
overboard; He died a brave man and
we will give ills body a decent burial."
I helped to wrap it up and took it be
low and it was fixed and gotten re?.dy
-,'for burial. The Viscaya was putting up
the best fight of any of the ships then.
She fought well and big shells were so
iug over us. A good many - people
ducked they sounded like a. railroad
train passing over us. The heads of
mnnv of the men dronned. but Coninio-
ship has gone ashore, or that ship is on
caV iru i ;.i onmn.i 1
that he wanted-the men below to know
as much about what was going on as
.those who ' were on d"ck. After a
tjme the Viscaya made a turn- to ram
us I said, "the- ship is coming this
way." Some one said: "No it is gaing
iha i-tP-itv wAv" Slio tnrnpil ont for n
snort tim' swinging iow$iu us, anu
then turned in toward the shore.
i . . . . ... ,
Q. Could you see the Oregon?
A. Yes you could always see the
Oregon. She was further in shore than
we. but she followed us up closely.
Q Who fired at the Colon what
vt.wSeis
A. The Oregon and the Brooklyn
wi-ic the only onv?. There were no
Kf.!1(,u ,nn it r.(iOO mrA
ahead of us. The commodore and Cap
tain Cook 1 talked a Knit stopping to
couple up. They decided that it would
take an !hour. and that they would not
do it. During the run after the Colon
Captain Cook put his head out of the
conning tower and said to the commo
dore: "Don't: you think you had better
dose in a littie? And I thought so my
r .thehimodore said: "Xd;
-k: f" e that point aHiead? Jus.
L . ,t
out I am gomg to head him off. It was
i"5t as, clear to me as day and every-
body else.
Mr. ltqyner. is Tnere anyiumg eise
that you wish to say? '
A. In addition I want to recite an
other incident. Just ifs the commodore
said that he was going to "head1 that
fellow off" when he turned out, he
stamped his foot and said "d n him',
I'll follow him to- Spain if I have to.
to set n!,u-
Another outburst of applause follow
ed this statement. Admiral Dewey
again hammered vigorously with his
gavel and looked very stern.
When the outburst had subsided Ad
miral Dewey turned to the witness and.
and raid: "State the facts and nothing
else"
The witness replied ''That's what I'm
doing. I've stated nothing but the
fact- That is what Commodore Schley
did."
The witness was cross examined. by
Captain Lemly, but was handled very
delicately and j nothing material was;
broMgiht out by the judge advocate.
Lieutenant Alfred Ackerman, second
watch officer of the Oregon, was nexlt
called. -
Mr. " Itayner. Where were yon sta
tioned during the battle of July 3?
A. I was attached to. what was.
known as the second division, or in
charge. of the after 13-inch turret.
Q Give as best you can an account
of the battle.
The witness gave a description of t!he
engagement. '
Lieutenant It. G. Johnson was the
next witness called. He served on the
Oregon during the battle of July 3. In
addition to the Johnson testimony
Major Murphy, who commanded the
marine corps on the Brooklyn, and
Lieutenant Commander Harlow, ex
ecutive officer of the Vixen, . presented
.-tomorrow arieruoou
Teresa and the latter vessel finally
- , . , a . .i:
nrst mio names, nurreuiivu eapium
Clark called out: "Look out, she's On
nre; look out for the next." Captain
Clark next turned his guns on the
Oepiendo and kept on firing upon her
""til she ran ashore. The Oregon, he
nid, J then took up the chase of the
Colon. After 'the surrender of the
Colon, he said, the senior officers went
aft to see if any other vessels of . the
s-quadron had an-n-ed, but none were
in sight. Lieutenant Eberle said the
New i ork and Iowa'-- arrived fully , an
hour after the surrender of the Colon.
0
Root Hopeful Concerning the
; Philippines i-
HE IS NOFSURPRISED
Gen. Young . Has a Pictur
esquely Poor Opinion of the
Filipino Character Corbfri
. Th i n ks the Force Can Be
Reduced, I t. . ,
Washington; Oct. 23. Secretary Root
rc'Sumed his 'duties at; the War Depart
ment today, after an absence of seTer&H
weeks. He has been unable as yet to
reach any decision as ; to the number
of tiroops to be main tained in the Philip
pines during th? coming winter and
spring. A mass, of ; accumulated work
was pre-scDited to him ; for his comsidera
tbtn today - and the chDefs of various
bn.f aus of the War Department called
upon him to pay their redirects, but theixs
was no serious discussion of the Philip
pine situation. ;?i Y'.-? -
Secret a it Root is hot sm'p-'id at the
recent disturbances in the Philippines,
and has always had in mind th-a knowa
disposition of the Filitino to practice de
ceit. He was not astonished, therefore,
at the1 reports tc Uing of; native treachery
and . of difficulties encoiTCitered by- the
Philippine Commission in securing na
tive officials who! can be , trusted and
whose loyalty is beyond questica. On
the contrary he fels (that tj much
shotdd not be expected of the Philippine
Commission in vipw of the great diffi
culties rn the way of carrying on civil
government i-aniong a ipecnje who have
never known any other jgpvernmen't than
the iron hand of military power. He is
of the opiflcn that ft could hardly be
expected that civil1, government wouild
proceed smoothly: and quietly without
some obstacles inthe way of disloyalty.
Whether It f will .-require" a: renewal of
active military operatdons to restore an
absolutely ix'.icef ul condition remains to
be decided after, a careful consideration
of the subject. f .
Before 'arriving at any decision as to
increasing the military force under Gen
eral Chaff a. Secretary Root will have
pesonal talks with those ofllceo-s of the
War Iepariment .who have but recently
returned from the Inhoincs nd are
kiwwn.to hare eiren he"sitnatici3 there
careful, study-; lu) view of General Oor
bin's knowA sentiments in favor of a
reduction ofj the force an the Philippines,
it, isr v'cry probable that he will present
to Secretary Root infonnaticm which led
him to that conclusicn. Other officers
who , have but recently returned from
Manilla are penerals Steamberg and Wes
rca, neitherj of whom is believed to have
received very favorable impresions of
the conditions in the islands.
Another officer; who is known to have
very, little confidence in ''the Filipino's
aluli'ty to govern himself is Gen! S. B. M.
Young,' s, now commanding the Depart
ment of California. In a statement
cnade some! time! ago in regard to his
pursuit of Agninaldi he s:iid:
"Our pUTfuit of Agr.naldo rr-sembled
a march ofj triumph- through the north
in the manner of our l'eception. Brass
bands met us at every town, the chuirc-h
bells raing. i and the alcades and presi
dentes amd prinHpal, Flipinos greeted
us with bows ajid smiles and effusive
hospitality, f They were effusive in hos
pitable speeches, j They yearned for the
Aroaric-ans ;-J they j longed for peace; they
hated war trad insurrection; they were
our mosit huanblt servants to command.
But as to the enemy they did not know;
they had not see'n him. Meanwhile the
enemy was hiding in their own houses,
or lying neair byj in i ambush fully in
formed by these lovers of peace whether
we could be pafejy; attacked or not. Did
any peasant shdw us a road, he was
murdered as soOii as we were out of
sight. The' money we paid them for
ferage ami food was ftraightway sent
ifo the nearest
insurgent; cotmniander
The Filipino is
expert in deceit. He
is the most cheerful and unnecessary
liar you ever yjiw. Truth is his last
:.i?sort, only to Ibe used when all else
fails." '. 'i i !
It is thought at: the War Department
thivt even though Judge ! Ta ft le dis
couraged in his jivork in the Philippines
he will yield to 4 patriotic duty and not
resign as predicted in a letter attributed
to General Chaffee. He will be given
every asstancej by the War Depart
inieait, and there1 i wJil be no hesitaraoy
about increasing the milctary farce should
such .a .step" be .-jonsidered nee-essary to
uphoM thei civil huthorities in the pctfe'
formance of the' r duties,
-. It is now practically admitted at the
War llepair'tmontj that it will take about
2.000 troops a month fr&m the United
States to replaqe the short-term mem
coming home. j I !
A corrected statement of the piroposed
sailing of transports was prepared today
for the information of Secretary Root.
It shows that the Kilpatrick will leave
Sari Francisco the first; of November,
the Grant November 12, the Meade No
vember 16, the j Sheridan December 1,
the Warren December 16, the Hancock
January 1, the Thomas January 16, th
Crook, from . New York, December 1,
and the Bufoid,! from New Y'ork, Jan
uary 15. Each ! of these vessels, with
the exception of the Kilpatrick, wEi take
troops ..to Manila! i and bring back short
term men who. will be'discharged at San
Francisco.'!;- : ' - ! ( ; . i-
Pike lyionument Unveiled
4 Washington, Oct. 23. The climax-of
the centennial celebration of the found
ing of the; Supreme Council of the An
cient and Accepted Order of the Scot
tish Rite, Southern jurisdiction, mother
council ofi the j world, i at Charleston,
S. C, in 1801, was michied today when
the monument to General Aldert Pike
was unveiled and formally transferred
to the Federal government. The statue
is of heroic size and of bronze, made
!
I
A!
I
by Trentanove. Symbolic dedicatory Ex
ercises followed a procession of Master
j Masons. The presentation ddrness was
made by Frederick Webblr, secretary
general and the oldest thity-third degree
Aiason in point of service in-the South.
Hon. Henry B F. McFaii-land, president
of, the board of district commissioners,
accepted the monument for the govern
ment. -- '
Emphatic Denial
Paris, Oct. 23. The Temps, prints a
letter from M. Saradoff, ex-president of
the - Macedonian Committee, - emphati
cally denyiaj any complicity on the part
of the Khmfttee in the. abdnetiGn of
Miss Stone. He declares that the: com
mittee had no relations with her can
tors and does, not know who. they are.
M. Sardoff is now in Paris-, where ho
has been for a month. V
s Japan Lends to Corea
St. Petersburg,' Oct. 23. The First
Japanese bank has loaned the Corean
government ?35,000,000 at 10 per cent.
It is stipulated that a certain propor
tion of the loan shall be spent for guns,
rifles and ammunition in Japan.
-?-
RURAL FREE DELIVERY
An Inspector to Bb Sent to
the Fifth District
Washington, Oct. 23. Special Con
gressman W. W, Kitchin has been here
several times and written often", urging
that am inspector, be sent into his dis
trict to locate' rural five delivery routes.
His persistence will be rewarded this
week, according to post office officials,
who state that Inspector Baar will viit
the district this week and examine the
routes for which applications are now on
file. Several new routes are expected
to result from Mr. Barr's recommenda
tion. The annual iTeport of Commissioner
Evans shows that the number of pen
sioners carried om the rolls as from
North Carolina is 4.011, and the amount
of money paid them last year was
$523,231.30.
Pensions granted: Haywood Johnson,
Windsor, $8 per month.
Postmasters appointed: J. A. Bridges,
at Clifford. Ruthcrforid county, Vice S. D.
Green, resigned; L. Robinson, at Dobog,
Yaiacey county, vice S. A. Robinson;
M. G. Farmer, at Friezeland. Madison
county, vice A, J. Farmer, resigned.
New offices established: Bunn, Frank
lin county. .Tames H. Weathers, post
master: Santutalah, Graham county,
Wade W. Hampton, postmaster.
NOW LOOK OUT
FOR A HOT TIME
Guns and Ammunition for
the Colombian Liberals
San Juan, P. R., Oct. 23. Steamship
advices from Yenezuela. dated October
21, assert that the first consignment of
arms and mmun'iti'n, consisting of
1,700 rifles and 400.000 cartridges, on
board a schooner towed by a Venezuelan
gunboat and in charge of the Venezuelan
generals Pedro Rodriguez and Francisco
Lieya, left Laguayra October 18, bound
for the upper Orinoco. It is said that the
aims and ammunition will be turned over
to the Colombian liberals at Llanos De
Casanavie for re against the conserva
tive governurent in the Colombian de
partment of Boyaca. The expedition is
said to have been openly organized by
the Venezuelan governlmcnt.
General Uribe Uribe. with a force of
2,000 men, is reported to have passed
from Venezuela into the Colombian dis
trict of Las Gras last Saturday. It is
not known whether they are all Colom
bians or partly Venezuelans. It is be
lieved that General Uribe Uribe will try
to join the detachnnent commanded by
Marin, the Colombian liberal leader, at
Garcia Rovira. - " :
(ieneral Uribe Uribe wishes to evade
acticin with the conservatives jiear the
frontier and af tack them at some dis
tance lieyond the border. In the mean
time the' Venezuelan troops stationed at
Tachira have been manoeuvering tar the
puapose of 'distracting the Colombians'
attention f roni General Uribe Uribe's
movements.
The Venezuelaai' revolutionists last
week cut the telegraph lines between,
Caracas and the Tachira frontier, but
telegraphic communication has been re
established. S
DROUGHT IN HAMAIKU
Food and Water Scarce and
- Cattle Dying by Hundreds
Honolulu, Oct. 16, via San Francisco.
'Oct. 23. The drought in Hamaik'u and
Kolah continues. Slight showers have
fallen, but not enough to do any ood.
This is the most severe drought known
for fifteen years. In Haniaiku all cane
long enough to yield sugar has been
: cut, which will affect next year's crop,
and no planting has been done.
; In addition to drought forest fires
'have continued. It has been impossible
to raise anything to eat, and bananas
have been devoured by birds unless pro
tected by netting. Water for drinking
has to be carried from six to twenty
miles. All school children . are allowed
to go home at noon to help in carrying
water. Many cases of typhoid fever
and other diseases have resulted from
drinking bad water. Cattle on the big
ranches are beginning to die by . hun
dreds. All stock that could be driven
away has been sent to other islands. On
Sam Parker's big ranch the loss of cat
tle has already been heavy. A part of
the population is always watching for
est fires to prevent them from spreading
beyond the trenches dug around the
district on fire. v
IB I
- - . . ........ n
Numerous'Notables Honored at Yale's Bi
Centennial Celebration ; '
Ill III!
Degree of Doctor of Laws Conferred Upon Numerous CoK
lege Presidents and Professors, Church Dignitaries;
and Men Prominent in Public Life Distinguished
Writers Made Doctors of Literature
New Haven, Oct. 23. President Roose
velt arrived at the union depot at 0:20
o'clock this morning to participate in
the exercises of the laiSt amd greatesit
lay of Yale's bi-centeunial. The escort
foa- the I'resident was , in readiness at
the union depot. He was escorted to
the Xhelps gateway. Here the officers
and invited guests of Yale University
joined the procession 'at 10 a. m. It then
proceeded through, tha campus to the
Hj inerioiii Theatre, , where tlie honoiiary
degrees were conferred.
President Roosevelt took his seat in
the Hyperion at 1:30 o'clock. :
The entire .trip over the campus and
the city streets had taken place without
-special incident. Roaring cheers and
salutes greeted the presidential party
at every step and he doffed his -hat in
response. The President appeared in
perfect health, even more vigorous than
in the previous times he has visited
Yule. -
The police precautions were elaborate,
fifteen detectives being assigned to con
stantly guard the presidential party in
addition to an unknown number of se
eret service men from Washington and
New York.
The exercises in the Hrnerion Theatre
wen-e very impressive. They included
a commemorative address Ky Hon. David
J. Brewer. LL. D.. justice of the United
States Supreme Court, and the presenta
tion to President Hadley, and feilows of
the University of candidates foXhonorary
degrees, with the conferring of
the tie -
grees by the president, and the investing
of the recipients with academic hoods.
The following members of the faculty
of the university presented the Oandi
dates: George .farvis Brush, LL. I.,
Director of the Sheftield'Scicntic School
from 1872 to 180l, iand Professor Emeri
tus of ilineralogy; Bernadote lVrrin,
Ph. D., Lampson Irofessor -; of Greek
Language and 1 Literature Rev, George
B. Stevens. Ph. D., D. D., Dwight Pro
fessor of Systematic Theology i r'Theodore
Salisbury Woolsey, M. A., , Prof essoar ;-of
International Law.
Yale's full list of honorary degrees
was announced at tne commemorative
exercises. The list had many surprises.
In addition to President Roosevelt, tho
list of those receiving the degree of
doctor of laws follows: Prof. J. H. Biles
and Dr.-J. S. Billings. President C. W.
Dabney and Prof. D. W. Finlay, Princi
pal H. B. Frissel and Prof. Jacques
Hadamard. Secretary S. P. Langley nad
Prof. A. A. Mlchelson, Mairqui-s Hiro
boumi Ito. of Japan, Prof. William Osier
and President H. S. Pritchett, President
Ira Remsen and Prof. O. N. Rood. Prof.
WRhelm Wal&ycr and President Frank
lin Carter. Mr: H. H. Furne.s and Prof.
B. L. G'ildersleeve, Prof. W-- W. Good
win and Prof. C. It. Gregory, President
W. R. Harper and Provost C. C. Harri
son, Secretary John Hay and Archbishop
John Ireland. Mr. John LaFarge and
Prof. Charles Eliot .Norton. President
F L. Pattern and Bishop II. C. Potter,
T' - . . Tit' IT (V
Mr. ). r lviioties anu risuii xv. xi. t
Vou Scheel, Iesident B. I. Wheeler amT
-r. rr T bUir.b Mnivina i Hun
Peterson and President. C. C. Hall.
President George Harris and Dr. John
Massey, Prof. S. D. F. Salmond and
President J. B. Angel'l, Hon. J. C. Carter
and Hon. J. II. Choate, Chief Justice
Fuller and Prof. Rozuo Hatoyama, Mr.
H. L. Higginson and President 5cth
I)w, Prof. F. F. Martens and Prof.
J. B. Moore, Hon. Richard Ohwy cull
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, Rra-r Admiral
W. T. Samuson a:nd President J, G.
Schurman. lVof. J. B. Thayer.
The following received the d?greo of
dootm- of literature: Mr. G. W. Cable
and Mr. S. L. Clemens, Mr. R. W. Gil
der and Mr. W. D. Howells, Mr. Brandw
Matthews and Mr. T. X. Page,, Prof. W.
Wilson and Alex V. G. Allen, D. D.,
.Tames Williams, LL. D., and President
Bradford P. Raymond. Prof. S. D. Fcr
dice and President George W. Smith.
The Doctor of Laws degrees were pre
sented by Prof. George J. Brush, Prof.
T. S. Woolsey and Prof. Beraadotte PeT
rin. The latter presented the degree to
President Roosevelt. Secretary Hay,
Marquis Ito, Richard Olut-y. Whitelaw
Reid and Rear Admiral Sampson.
The degrees of Doctor wf-Iiteraturc
were presented by Prof. George B. Ste
vens. Professor Woolsey presented the
degree to J. H. Choate, Amei-ican am
bassador to England.
Many of the names which are given
BUFFALO SHOW A BIG BUST
The Shortage Will Exceed Four Millions
of Dollar3
Buffalo, Oct. 23. The decision of the
directors to close the exposition on the
night of November 2 enables the ac
countants to make a fairly accurate
estimate of the loss which . the Pan
American will suffer. It will exceed
$4,000100. The stockholders will re
ceive back nothing for the 2,500,000
which they put in. Contractors Avho
built the exposition will lie stuck f ot
$1,000,000, and the issue of $500,000
siecond mortgage bonds will be defaulted
as well as twenty per cent of the first
mortgage.
IfKII
ill! I
In the list had been mentioned hi ru
mors which were current before the ex
ercises were held, but .the majority of
them had been kept m profound secret.
For instance there' had beetif no'.intima
tion given that the distinguished writers ;
"Mark Twain" 'and George W. Cable
were to be made doctors of Sliteratui' "
here today. Mr. Clemens and Mr. Cable
walked side by side this morning in the
commemorative procession.
President Roosevelt is not included In
the list of awards, because he received
the special honoir of being invited by -President
Hadley to "walk with him 'at
rhe head of the procession, instead .'of
President Hadley walking with.ex
Tresident Dwight, as lias been usual
since President Hadley was inaugurated.
No such wide range in the award of
degrees has ever represented a celebra
tion by an American university. Mathe
matics is i-epresented by the distinguished
Professor Hademard; medicine by Pro-fesso-r
Osier; science by Professor Pritch
ard, the hew head of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology ; Greek by. Pro
fessor Goodwin of Harvard; the West
bv Presidnt Harper; the Department of.
State bv Mr. Hay; the Episcopal Church
bv Bishop Potter; " letters by ' Miark
Twain, Brander Matthews. George - W .
Cable, W. R. Gilder and William Dean
Howells; history ' by W. Wiilson, . of
Princeton; the Methodist Church by
President Brad'foTd Kaymono. or v ea-
lleyan; the Supi-eme Court bemch by Chief
: Justice Fuller; Harvard by unanes sui-
liott Norton and Henry L. Higginson;
Russia by Prof. F. FT Maantens; tbo
navy by Rear Admiral Sampson; Prince
ton by President Patton r the , Catholic
Church by Archbishop Ireland, ami Ja
pan by Marquis Ito and Kazao Hato
yama, speaker of the national house of
representatives. , , v - .
ELIZABETH CITY FAIR
Fine Weather and Big Crowds
on Opening'Day
Elizabeth City, N. C, Oct. 23. Spe
cial. The twentieth century fair open
ed . "with splendid weather " and big
crowds. - The first day's racing resulted
as follows.
Three niinfute road race First heat
won by Little Jack, owned by E. Mc
Newby, time 2:30 J; Yazoo, owned by
C. C. Thompson, second; Fern leaf, 1
owned by , M. H. White, third; Frixy,
owned by R. B. Western, ? fourth;
three other heats same' as above.
2:18 trotting and 2:20 pacing race
First heat won by General Coxey, own--
ed by Bell, time 2:23J; Rara Avis,
owned by-M. H. White, second; Dr. ,'S.
K. tlistanced. Second heat won . by
Avis, time 2:231; General Coxet
i r ' A
second;, third hear won by Rata Avia,
time 2:33; General - Coxey, second
Race given to Rara Avis. General Cos
cy was sick. ' .-'
Accident Defers a Wedding
Henderson, N. C, Oct. 23. -Special.
T telegram has been, received fj-ora
Graystone stating that : Mi9s Anni
Wedding was to have ' been man-ie.!
this morning, but prevloasly. her sister.
Miss Lizzie, accidentally shot herself.
Physicians from Henderson have been
summoned to the bedside ; of the
wounded young lady. : No further par
ticulars. " ;'..-' ",
Base Ball in Porto Rico
New Orleans, Oct. 23. Billy. Hack, '
well-known amateur ball player, just re
turned from Ponce, says that 'Porto Rico
has sone wild over base ball. There r ".
a league of seven clubs in the island and
games are piayea cwutumays and Sun
days. The games rnne well patronized,
the attendance ranging from -1,500 to '
2.000. with a general admission of os '
cents. The professionals among the play- ;
ens tire- vviy jjcvv. - .
The banks acting as trustees for the
'first mortgage bonds have paid fifty per
ceait to the holders ont of h en t a rn-
CeiptS, 4nd - have on hand enough to
pay thirty per cent more. -
The contractors mean to' fight the di
vision of the moneys in court and -wiH
endeavor to establish liability for the
debts on the present directors and stock
holders. The act incorporating the fan
American Exposition Company specifi
cally states that the directors and stock
holders shall not bo liable, and this itJ
is claimed, unconstitutional. '