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VOL. XII. PLYMOUTH, N. 0., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1901. , NO.' 42.
ON TWELVE COUNTS
Admiral Schley Convicted By Court
of Inquiry.
MINORITY REPORT BY DEWEY.
Majority Report Finds Twelve Counts
Against Schley, But Praises His
Conduct,
Washington. Special. The most pro
longed, interesting and important na
val tribunal ever held in this country
came to a close Friday having in open
and secret session lasted three months
-short of ono week, when Secretary
Long was handed the finding cf the
-court of inquiry which examined into
the conduct of Rear Admiral Schley
during the Santiago, campaign. Fcr
-seven weeks the court heard testimony
and for fully a month it deliberated
upon the mass of evidence, Anally
reaching the conclusion announced
Friday. The result was a comrVLe sur
prise and it is probable that no proph
esy has approached the truth. Instead
of one report there are two. Both arr
signed by George Dewey, president,
and by Sam. S. Lemly. as judge advo
cate. This is a form to be recognized
in all courts of inquiry, the signatures
cf the other members not being neces
sary, but it is explained that Admiral
Dewey signed the second report, a mi
nority report, to express his qualifica
tion of. or "dissent from the views ex
pressed by the court, comprising beside
himself Admirals Benham and Ram
say, in the first report. It is said at the
Navy Department that there will be no
further proceedings in this celebrated
case on the Departments initiative.
Secretary Long and Judge Advocate
Lemly positively decline to discuss the
finds in any phase. The Secretary re
ceived the reports at 5 o'clock-Friday
evening and he has not yet, acted upon
them. It is probable that he will simply
append his signature with the word
"Approved"' to the whole record. The
court itself recommends no further
proceedings, owing to the lapse of
time.
After reviewing the conduct of Schley
during the whole campaign, the court
gives the-following
"OPINION:
"Commodore Schley, in command of
the flying squadron, should have pro
ceeded with the utmost dispatch off
Cienfuegos and should have maintain
ed a close blockade of that port.
"He should have endeavored on May
23, at Cienfuegos. to obtain informa
tion rpca.rdinz the Snanish snuadron
by communicating with the insurgents
at the place designated in the memo
randum delivered to him at 8:15 a. ni.
of that date.
4 "He should have promptly obeyed
Cienfuegos to Santiago de Cuba with
ail dispatch, and should have disposed
of his vescsls with a view of intercept
ing the enemy in any attempt to "pass
the flying squadron.
"He should not have delayed the
squadron for the Eagle.
"He should not have made the retro
grade turn westward with his squad
ron. "He should have promptly oveyed
the Xavy Department's orders of May
25.
"lie should have endeavored to -,ap-ture
or destroy the Spanish vessels at
anchor near the entrance of Santiago
harbor on May 29 and 30.
"He did not do his utmost with the
force under his command, to capture
or destroy the Colon and other vessels
of the enemy which he attacked on May
31.
"By commencing th3 engagement on
July 3 with' the port battery, and turn
ing the Brooklyn around witn port
helm. Commodore Schl?y caused her to
lose distance and position with the
Spanish vessels, especially with the
Viscaya and Colon.-
"The turn of the Brooklyn to star
board was made to avoid gettiiv.; her
into dan&erous proximity to tha Span
ish vessels. The turn was made to
ward the Texas and caused that vessel
to stop and to back her engines to
avoid possible collision.
"Admiral Schley did injustice to
Lieutenant Commander A. C. Hodgson
in publishing only a portion of the cor
respondence which passed between
them.
"Commodore Schley's conduct in
connection with the events of the San
tiago campaign prior to June 1. 1S08,.
was characterized by a vacillation, di
latcriness and lack of enterprise.
"His official reports regarding the
coal supply and the coaling facilities
of the flying squadron were inaccurate
and misleading.
"His conduct during the battle of
July 3 was self-possessed and he en
couraged, in his own person, his sub-
V
ordinate officers and men to fight cour
ageously. GEORGE DEWEY.
"Admiral U. S. N.. Fresident.
"SAM C. LEMLETY,
"Judge Advocate General U. 8. N.,
Judge Advocate."
"In the opinion of the undersigned
the passage from Key West to Cien
fuegos wa3 mads by the flying squad
ron with all possible dispatch, Com
modore Schley having in view the im
portance of arriving off Cienfuegos
with as much coal as possible in the
ship's bunkers.
"The blockade of Cienfuegos was ef
fective. "Commodore Schley, in permitting
the steamer Adula to enter the port of
Cienfuegos expected to obtain infor
mation concerning the Spanish squad
ron from her when she came out.
"The passage from Cienfuegos to a
point about 22 miles south of Santiago
was made with as much dispatch as
was possible while keeping the squad
ron a unit.
"The blockade of Santiago was ef
fective. "Commodore Schley was the senior
officer of our squadron off Santiago
when the Spanish squadron attempted
to escape on the morning of July 3rd,
1898. He was in absolute command and
is entitled to the credit due to such
commanding officer for the glorious
victory which resulted in the total de
struction of the Spanish ships.
"GEORGE DEWEY.
"Admiral U. S. N., President.
"SAM LEMLY,
"Judge Advocate General, U. S. N..
Judge Advocate."
"RECOMMENDATION.
"In view of the length of time which
has elapsed since the occurrence of the
events of the Santiago campaign, the
court recommends no further proceed
ings be had in the premises.
"GEORGE DEWEY.
"Admiral U. S. N., President.
"SAM LEMLY,
"Judge Advocate General, U. S. N.,
Judge Advocate."
Will Protect Germans.
Be-rlin, By Cable. The Polish griev
ance growang out of the punishment of
parents at Wresdhen, who refused to
oblige their children to learn their
catechism and prayers in the German
language, was the subject of an inter
pellation by Prince RodziwiTI. in the
Reichstag. The imperial chancellor,
Count Von Buelow, replied that the
question pertained to the Prussian
Diet and that therefore he must re
fuse to discuss it in the Reichstag. He
could say, however, the prestige of the
Empire had not in any way suffered
through the attitude of the Wreschen
authorities, and that the relations with
Austria and Russia were entirely un
affected. Boers Killed and Wounded.
London., By Cable Lord Kitchener,
in a dispatch from Standerton, Trans
vaal Colony, dated Tuesday, December
10. announces that General Bruce
Hamilton, after a night marched, sur
prised and captured practically the
whole of the Boer Bethel command at
Trichardsfontein. early that morning.
Seven Boers were killed and 131 were
made prisoners.
A Prospective Coal Famine.
Knoxville, Tcnn., Special. The coal
car shortage, together with a notice
from the Southern Railway that it will
confiscate coal for its use, threitrns
grave danger to industries of four
States which depend on Coal Creek and
Jellico for their supplies. So serious is
the coal shortage becoming that textile
industries in Tennessee, Georgia and
North and South Carolina may be com
pelled to shut clown. Coal operators of
this section are said to be losing
thousands of dollars through their in
ability to get cars to move their out
put. Preparing to Mourn For the Empress.
A high mandarin recently sent to ;
draper's shop in Shanghai to buy clotl
for a mourning suit. The cloth wa:
rich black satin and was very costly
When asked why he required such J
suit he replied in a dignified tone: "i
am going: to Ilsian-fu, and will probab
ly stay there for some time. We ex
pect the Empress Dowager to die a'
any moment and when her sad death ii
auneuncccl every one of us mandarin!
is obliged to wear it, and any failinj
to carry out the command means heav;
punishment." China Times.
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M. Santos-Duinont threatens to fly
across the Atlantic Ocean. He wiW
find nlcntv of soft places on wtiich to
light, anyway. . . .
STARTLING WORDS.
1,000 Soldiers Said to Have Died On
Account of Neglect.
CHARGES AGAINST ARMY OFFICER
A Cincinnati Physician Claims That
Many Lives Have Been Sacrificed
Needlessly.
Marion. O., Special. Dr. Charles A.
L. Reed, of Cincinnati, the retiring
president of the American Medical As
sociation, was given a banquet here
Tuesday night by the medical profes
sion of northern Ohio. In the course of
his remarks on pending congressional
topics, viewed from a medical stand
point, he said:
"It seems, from evidence that has
recently come from within the army
itself, that the medical department has
not only been degraded, but that it is
practically without authority. This was
strikingly, indeed tragically, illustrated
during the recent war. A commandant
was in charge of a quarter of the en
tire army. His command was made
up of the flower of American man
hood, and was encamped at a health
resort. He, however, in violation of
the precedent of the usually cultivated
and competent gentlemen of the line,
but acting under the permission of ex
isting army regulations, not only set
aside recommendations of his sanitary
officers, but by personal example in
cited his men to violate the most fun
damental sanitary laws. The result was
what might have been expected. Of
the more than 50,000 men in his com
mand 12,000 were invalids, nearly ? ,000
died from preventable causes. If in an
active campaign the commandant had
ignored the advice of his scout and
had led his command into ambush with
similarly disastrous result, 12,000
wounded and 1,000 killed, he would
have been court-martialed, and, doubt
less, dismissed from the service.
"The resolution, however, I. am in
formed, fix no responsibility for this
parallel calamity, the enormity of
which is only beginning to be under
stood. It is not surprising that efforts
have been made to suppress knowledge
of it. I am advised that the army in
vestigation committee, in the interest
of public decency, omitted from its
public report much testimony on this
phase of the conduct of the war. An
officer in the service who today agi
tates this unsavory subject is banished
to the Philippines. No wonder the
Surgeon General cannot fill the 60 and
more vacancies now existing In his
corps; self-respecting medical mea are
not offering themselves for a service
that is dominated by gag law and
tyranny. But such methods must foil.
The agitation cannot stop until the re
sponsibility is fixed for the enforcement
of a regulation under the present terms
of which the bumptiousness of an ac
cidental and incapable commandant,
with impunity to himself, may deprive
an entire army of the benefactions cf
science."
Large Canal Appropriation.
Washington, Special. Senator Morgan
introduced a bill providing for the con
struction of the Nicaragua Canal. The
bill provides an aggregate of $180,000,
000. of which $5,000,000 is made imme
diately available, and of which aggre
gate sum such amounts as are neces
sary are to be appropriated by Con
gress from time to time. The control
of the canal and the canal belt is vest
ed in a board of eight citizens of the
United States in addition to the Secre
tary of War, who is to be president.
The members of the board are to be
paid, a salary of S,000 a year each, and
they are to be chosen regardless jJ po
litical, affiliation. There is a provision
authorizing the establishment of a reg
iment from the regular army on the
canal belt to properly guard it, and
courts also are authorized conformable
to the powers granted by the govern
ments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
There also is a provision making tnree
divisions of the canal during the con
struction and there is to be a chief en
gineer and two assistants on each ai
vlsion. the chief to receive a salary of
$6,000 and the assistants $3,000.
To Be Deported.
Manila, By Cable. The Supreme
Court Tuesday dismissed the writ of
habeas corpus in tho case of Patterson,
the Englishman, private secretary to
Sixto Lopez, whoso deportation is
sought by the authorities, as he refus
ed to take the oath of allegiance to
the United States when he landed at
Manila. Justice Cooper dissented. Pat
terson will be deported on the first
steamer bound for I long Kong.
CONGRESS AT WORK.
Doings of Our National Lavmakers
Day By Day.
THE HOUSE.
Sixth Day Chairman Payne, of the
ways and means committee, presented
to his Republican colleagues of the
committee a revenue tariff bill for the
Philippines, which he had drawn to
meet the conditions of the recent Su
preme Court decision.
The Payne bill is quite brief, with
two main features, viz: applying the
Digley law as against Philippine ex
ports to this country, and applying the
Philippine commissions tariff schedule
to goods entering the Philippines. A
further section grants a rebate of cus
toms tax on goods which have paid an
internal revenue tax in this country.
There is no proviso in the measure that
it shall be temporary, so that the rates
if imposed, would be applicable untd
Congress otherwise acted.
During the discussion on the bill it
developed that Mr. Russell, of Connec
ticut, and some other Republican mem
bers, strongly favored a proviso to the
bill offered by Mr. Payne, by which
the tariff rates would be scaled down
from 15 to 20 per cent on goods passing
between the United States and the
Philippines.
This was urged on the ground that
Great Britain now had 40 per cent of
the trade of the Philippines, and Ger
many and other European countries
held a considerable percentage, while
the United States had but 8 per cent
of the trade.
Seventh Day: Speaker Henderson,
at the session of the House, announced
the appointment of , the committees.
Unusually the committees are not ap
pointed until after the holiday recess,
but Speaker Henderson had the situa
tion well in hand when Con
gress met and having com
pleted the lists he announced them.
The early appointment of the commit
tees will facilitate legislation consid
erably, as the committees can now or
ganize and ge their work under ay
before the holiday adjournment.
A resolution for the distribution of
the President's message was made the
occasion of a general speech on the
Philippines by the venerable ex
Speaker G. A. Grow, of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Burke, of South Dakota, formal
ly announced the death of Senator
Kyle and as a mark of respect the
House immediately adjourned. The ad
journment was until Friday. The re
cess for the holidays will be from De
cember 19 to January 6.
Eighth Day: The session of the
House was brief and devoid of interest.
Nothing will be done now until after
the holidays.
Ninth Day Chairman Payne, of the
ways and means committee, and Mr.
Richardson, of Tennessee, the ranking
Democrat of the committee, -were en
gaged in preparing the majority and
minority reports, respectively, on the
Philippine tariff bill.
Mr. Payne's report will not be of an
argumentative character, and will be
confined to an explanation of the new
bill. The need of revenue for the is
lands, because of the extensive work of
development and the establishment of
schools, is set forth.
The minority report promises to be
quite extensive, taking up the general
subjects of colonial policy, imperialism
and protection.
SENATE.
Sixth Day. In the Senate Mr. De
pew, of New York, reported a joint res
olution appropriating $75,000 in aid of
the South Carolina Inter-State and
West Indian Exposition at Charleston.
Tho resolution was passed.
By the terms of the resolution the ap
propriation is to be used for the trans
portation and installation of a govern
ment exhibit at Charleston.
Senator Hoar introduced a bill giv
ing the United States jurisdiction in
cases of lynching and making the crime
of participation in lynchings punish
able by death.
Other bills were introduced by Pen
rose, authorizing the use cf $10.,000 oi
the unclaimed funds of the Fivedman't
Bureau for the establishment cf a hor.v.
for ascd and infirm colored people
By Mr. Mooney, appropriating 15
000 "annually from the sale of the pub
lic lands for the support of an insti
tution for the industrial education ol
women.
Seventh Day: After the Senate went
into executive session Senator Hoar
presented the report of the committee
on the judiciary recommending the
confirmation of Attorney Gensral
Knox. Ha made a brief statement re
ferring to the protests against confir
mation as made by the Anti-Trust
League, but said that after giving
careful attention to this representa
tion the committee had decided to rec
ommend confirmation. No opposition
was voiced but action on the nomina
tion was postponed by common con
sent. The Senate, then before taking up
the isthmian canal treaty, proceeded to
pass upon other nominations, of which
there are an exceptionally large num
ber before the Senate. After a number
of nominations had been confirmed
Senator Lodge called up the Hay
Pauncefote treaty and made a brief
statement regarding that convention.
The Senate then adjourned in order to
give the Democratic caucus committer
an opportunity to hold a meeting.
Eighth Day: For twenty minutes
the Senate was occupied with routine
business and then went into executive
session to consider the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty.
Ninth Day In the Senate Mr. Alison
favorably reported the concurrent res
olution adopted by the House provid
ing for a holiday recess from Decem
ber 19 to January C, 1902, and it was
agreed to.
Mr. Hoar introduced a resolution,
directing the committee on printing to
consider the expediency of provid
ing free distribution of the Congress
ional Record to libraries throughout
the country.
Mr. Mason, from the committee ou
manufacturers, submitted a favorable
report on a bill relating to the adulter
ation of food products and addressed,
the Senate, briefly criticising certain
products which had come tinder the
observation of the committee.
The Senate at 1 p. m., went into ex
ecutive session and at 4:40 adjourned
until Monday.
A Heavy Shortage.
Wilson, N. C, Special. E. L. Powell,
manager of the brokerage business of
Murphy & Company, of New York, has
disappeared from Wilson $40,000 short
in his accounts. He left a note saying
he would commit 6uicide and mailed
it in Rocky Mount. It is supposed he is
in New York. Wilsonians lose heavily
on his deal. He claims in his note that
he lost the amount on Union Pacific
and cotton deals.
Boston Goes Democratic.
Boston, Special. The Democrats
completely overwhelmed the Republi
cans ia the city election Tuesday, Gea
eral Patrick A. Collins being eleeted
over Mayor Thoma3 N. Hart by tho
largest plurality in a quarter of a cerl
tury. The Democrats likewise obtain
ed control of both branches Of the city,
government, elected their streeet com
missioner, Salem D. Charles, and prac
tically all their candidates for tho
school commission. As usual the city
voted strongly in favor of license.
Articles Eiled.
Trenton, N. J., Special. Articles of
incorporation of the Southern Securi
ties Company, capital $100,000, wera
filed here Thursday The company is
authorized to purchase, hold, sell, ex
change and deal in stocks, obligations
or securities of any corporation, gov
ernment or municipality. The incorpor
ators are: C. F. Smith, John R. Turner,
E. B. Hawkins, E. R. Mogoffin and W.
R. Bond, all of East Orange.
Fighting in Philippines.
Manila, By Cable. Thousands of
people are leaving Bataugas province
for places of safety. General James M.
Boll reports an important engagement
between a force of insurgents at
Labo, province of Camarines, and a
detachment of the Twentieth Infantry.
Three Americans were killed. The
loss of the enemy is not known, but is
believed to have been heavy- General
Bell anticipated a speedy extermina
tion of the irrecoiieilables.
Pleading in Bonine Case.
Washington, Special. The first argu
ments of counsel were begun Wednes
day afternoon in the trial of Mrs. Bo
nine. charged with the killing of Ce-a-siis
Clerk Ayres, Assistant District At
torney Taggart opened for the govern
ment." The entire morning session was
devoted to the submission of the pray
ers for the government and the de
fense, followed Assistant District At
torney Taggart. The arguments prob
ably will be finished Thursday and t'na
case may go to the jury late in the af
ternoon. Between Life and Death.
Washington, D. C, Special. Mrs.
Ada Gilbert Dennis, tho fashionable
dress-maker, found mysteriously as
saulted in her apartments Tuesday
morning, is hovering between life and,
death. She showed some improvement
Wednesday morning but the chance for
recovery is very slight. "It's a woman."
"It's a book," and "I'll tell you all
about it," are the only coherent worda
that the detectives sitting by her sido
have been able to distinguish. Thera
is no tangible clue to the perpetraUC
of the crime. , . ..