SCHLEY COW REPORTS
Majority Findings Against Him
in Eleven Points.
ADMIRAL DEWEY SUSTAINS HIM
Majority Report Says Famous "Loop"
Caused Vessels to Lose Position
With Enemy—Second Report Gives
Schley Credit For Santiago Victory.
Washington, Dec. 14. —The most
prolonged, interesting and important
naval tribunal' ever held in this coun
try came to a close yesterday, when
Secretary Long was handed the find
ings of the court of inquiry which in
quired into the conduct of Rear Ad
miral Schley during the Santiago
< ampaign. The result was a complete
surprise, and it is probable that no
prophecy lias approached the truth.
Instead of one report there are two.
lioi.h are signed by George Dewey,
president, and by Samuel C. Leinly. as
jr.jge advocate. This is a form said
to he recognized in all courts of in
cii'iry, the signatures of the other
members not being necessary. But it
is explained that Admiral Dewey
signed' the second report, a minority
report, to express his qualifications
i.; 1 or dissent from the views expressed
by the court, comprising beside bim
i; Admirals Benham and Ramsay in
u' j first report.
Majority Report.
The majority report condemns Ad
miral Schley on eleven points, while
Admiral Dewey sustains him in
r.ost particulars. The majority opin
ion finds that Commodore Schley,
iii command of the flying squadron,
should have proceeded with the ptniost
dispatch off Cienfuegos and should
have maintained a close blockade of
that port.
He should have endeavored on May
at Cienfuegos to obtain information
regarding the Spanish squadron by
communicating with the insurgents at
the place designated in the memoran
dum delivered to him at 8.15 a. m.of
that date.
He should have proceeded from Cien
fuegos to Santiago de Cuba with all
dispatch, and should have disposed his
ve sols with a view of intercepting the
cccir yin any atempt 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 squadron.
lie should have promptly obeyed the
navy department's order of May 25.
He should have endeavored to cap
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
de t roy the Colon and other vessels of
the enemy which he attacked May 31.
By commencing the engagement on
July 3 with the port battery and turn
ing the Brooklyn around with port
holm, Commodore Schley caused her to
lose distance and position with the
Spanish vessels, especially with the
Viscaya and Colon,
Tiio turn of the Brooklyn to star
board was made to avoid getting her
into dangerous proximity to the Span
ish vessels. The turn was made
towards the Texas, and caused that
vessel to stop and to back her engines
to avoid possible collision.
Admiral Schley did injustice to Lieu
tenant Commander A. C. Hodgson in
publishing only a portion of the cor
respondence which passed between
them.
Commodore Schley's conduct in con
nection with the events of the Santiago
campaign prior to June 1, 1898, was
characterized by vaccilation. dilatori
ness and lack of enterprise.
His official reports regarding the coal
supply and the coaling facilities of the
flying squadron were inaccurate and
Liisleading.
His conduct during the battle of
July was self-possessed, and he encour
aged, in his own person, his subordi
nate ofllcers and men to fight courage
ously. GEORGE DEWEY,
SAMUEL C. LEMLY,
Minority Report.
In the opinion of the undersigned,
the passage from Key West to Cien
fuegos was made by the flying squad
ron with all possible dispatch. Commo
dore Schley having in view the im
portance of arriving off Cienfuegos
with as much coal as possible in the
ships' bunkers.
The blockade of Cienfuegos was ef
fective.
Commander Schley in permitting the
steamer Adula to enter the port of
Cienfuegos expected to obtain informa
tion concerning the Spanish squadron
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 effec
tive.
Commodore Schley was the senior
officer of our squadron off Santiago
when the Spanish squadron attempted
to escape on the morning of July 3,
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,
SAMUEL C. LEMLY,
Recommendation—ln view of the
length of time which has elapsed since
the occurrence of the events of the
Santiago campaign, the court recom
mends no further proceedings be had
in the premises.
GEORGE DEWEY.
SAMUEL C. LEMLY.
EIGHT KILLED JIN COLLISION. |
Illinois Central Train# Running at 1
Full Speed Wrecked.
Rockford, 111., Dse. 16.—Failure on !
the part of a conductor to obey orders
Is supposed to have been the cause of
a head-end collision on the Illinois
Central railroad between Irene and
Perryville yesterday morning. The
two trains were the eastbouml passen-;
ger train and a through freight tvo.n
Chicago going west. As a result, e.g t
people are dead or missing and eleven
Injured.
The trains met In a slight bend in
the track, both running at full speed.
An oil tank car in the freight train
exploded, throwing burning oilover the
wreck, and in an instant the wreckage
•wan in flames. The smoking, express
and baggage cars were plied on the
locomotives, penning in the occupants
of the smoker. Only three of the half
dozen passengers in that car escaped.
The others were penned in, and if
not instantly killed were roasted to,
death. All efforts of the survivors to
reach the victims were unavailing.
The temperature was 20 degrees be
low zero, and an Icy wind was blow
ing. the point where the wreck oc
curred being in a shallow cut, afford
ing no protection. The injured were
without hats and wraps and suffered
terribly. By the united efforts of the
survivors, one car was pushed back
from the wreckage to escape the;
flames and the wounded were placed j
on the bunks inside. Two . hours;
elapsed before any relief was at hand. |
Then an engine arrived from the east
and pulled the car to Irene, three miles j
distant.
A relief train was started from
Rockford with medicai aid. It arrived
at the scene of the wreck 20 minutes
later. In the meantime the injured
had been brought back from Irene and
were transferred to the relief train
and brought to Rockford. Six bodies
were recovered from the debris, but
were charred beyond recognition.
SIGNALLED ACROSS OCEAN
Marconi Claims He Sent Wireless
Message to England.
St. Johns. N. P., Dec. 16—SIgnor
Marconi announced on Saturday night
that he had received electric signals
acrosss the Atlantic ocean at his sta
tion here from Poldhu, near ■
Cornwall, England. Signor Marconi
said that before leaving England ho
made plans to accomplish this result,!
although his primary object was to
communicate with ocean liners. Sig
nor Marconi elevated a kite with an
aerial wire, by means of which signals
were received. These signals consist
ed of repeating at intervals the letter
"s." which in Marconi's code is made
by three dots or quick strokes. This
was repeated frequently to avoid the
possibility of a mistake.
London, Dec. 16. —Major Flood-Page
Page, of the Marconi Wireless Tele
graph company, in an interview con
firmed the report that Mr. Marconi
at St. Johns, N. F.. had received sig
nals from the experimental station at
Poldhu, Penzance. Major Flood-Page
said that the severe weather made
continuous tests very difficult, but
that there was no doubt that the wire
less signals had been successfully
transmitted across the Atlantic.
Eight Killed In Montana Wreck.
Helena, Mon., Dec. 16.—A wreck oc
curred on the Great Northern railway
near Essex, in the Rocky mountains,
yesterday morning. The engine, mail
car and smoker remained on the
track, but all the other cars w re de
railed. Some or the cars were over
turned and all were more or less
wrecked. The accident was due to
the rails spreading. Eight persons
were killled, but their names have not
been learned. Sixteen persons were
more or less seriously injured. The
train was going at a rato of 25 miles
an hour, when it broke in two, and
the air brakes were set Immediately,
preventing a more serious accident.
No Clue to Dennis Assassin.
Washington, Dec. 16.—There was a
slight change for the worse last night
t in the condition of Mrs. Ada Gilbert
Dennis, the fashionable dressmaker,
who was so murderously asssaulted
last Monday night while in her bed
at her residence on K street. There
has been no improvement in her men
tal condition, and the detectives have
not been able to obtain from her any
thing that would lead to the discovery
of the identity of the assassin. Ef
forts to obtain information regarding
the assailant from other sources hare
been equally unsuccesssful.
Jersey Veterans Elect Officers.
Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 14. —The
annual meetirg of the Second HiH
talic.n. Twenty-fll'th New Jersey Ch 11
War Volunteers, hold hero, yesterday
elected the following officers: Presi
dent, Major J. Kelly Brown, of Cam
den: recording secretary, James M.
Trenchard, of Bridgeton; finance sec
retary, William F. Smith, of Cold
Spring; treasurer, Simon L. Westcott,
of Atlantic City. Cape May was se
lected as the next place of masting.
Carnegie Speaks of Gift.
New York. ec. 16.—Andrew Carne
gie, on being asked about the $10,000,-
000 gift which ho has offered to the
government for a national uniTersitv,
said: "That Washington matter will
come out all right. If I had to sell
those bonds myself I would have no
trouble In getting the money for them.
There will be no trouble about that
Washington matter, mark my words."'
Big Barn Burned.
Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 14 —A big barn,
tobacco shed and carriage house on
the farm of John H. Miller, in Manor
township, were destroyed by lire yes
terday, together with 1.000 b'ishels of
wheat, 1,500 busbela of corn, six acres
of tobacco, two mules, eight hogs and
farming implements. The fire waa
lncoudiary. LOBS, FL.OOO.
1 WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
Tuesday, December 10.
The Northwest breaker of the Tem
ple Iron company, at Vandling, Pa.,
was destroyed by fire.
A special session of the Knights of
Golden Eagle of Pennsylvania was
held in Reading last night.
The Wabash Screen Door company's
plant, at Rhinelander, Wis., was de
stroyed by fire. Loss, $220,000.
Several fatalities and much damage
was dor.p V severe gales and snow
storms iu i(. >ut Great Britain.
Dtiri v; .- t >oting affray between
Italian hi Brooklyn, a »-year-old
school'. . y a mortally wounded.
Wednesday, December 11.
Ex-Judge Robert W. Hughes, aged
81 years, died in Washington county,
Va
G. L. Powell and J. S. Overstreet
shot and killed each other in a duel
at Zolo, Fl;v
The elm: of Indiana will ob
serve tfcr t; d "unday of January as
"McKinlry c :.y.
Alonzu P Dr glass, a Philadelphia
lawyer, committed suicide by firing a
bullet through his brain.
The safe ot the Citizens State Bank
of Peckham, Okla., was blown open
by thieves and $2,900 stolen.
Rev. John Kinnunen, minister of the
Finnish Evangelic al Lutheran Church
at Copper Falls, Mich., killed his wife
and two children and then committed
suicide.
Thursday, December 12.
General Funston will sail from Ma
nila for the United States on Decem
ber 10.
Railroad yards at. El Paso. Tex.,
are blocked with cars ol east-bound
oranges.
Dr. 1.. M. Sweetman. u well-known
surveyor, died in John Hopkins Hos
pital at Baltimore.
Harold H. Weeks was elected cap
tain of the Columbia University foot
ball team for 1902.
Wlllliam K. Potter was appointed
receiver for the Omaha Loan and
Trust company yesterday.
The submarine boat Fulton, which
sank at New Suffolk, L. 1., on Mon
day, was raised yesterday.
Frank Dundy, who shot and killed
his wife last August, was convicted of
manslaughter at Johnstown, Pa.
Friday, December 13.
The carpet house of I.owery & Goe
bel, in Cincinnati, was burned. Loss,
SIOO,OOO.
Roger O'Mara, ex-superintendent of
detectives ol* Pittsburg, declined re
instatement.
The American Window Glass Trust
will close its factory at Muncie, Ind.,
because of scarcity of workmen.
The reports of the serious illness
of Count Von Waldersee, who com
manded the allied troops in China, is
denied.
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The worst earthquake shock since
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Right Rev. Thomas Matthias Leni--
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