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THE NEWS AND FARMER.
J. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XX.
BLOODSHED IN SPAIN
Engage
In Fearfnl Conflicts.
FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE SLAIN
Government Soldiers Sweep Streets of
Barcelona With Deadly and Dis
astrous Volleys of Shot
and Shelly
A message to the Exchange Tele
graph Company ia London from Bar
celona, Spain, via Perpignan, France,
says a fierce battle has been fought
between the troops and the rioters in
the suburbs of Barcelona known as
Sano. Before the engagement the cav
alry and infantry had been posted at
the most dangerous points and a field
battery had been located on the plaza,
from which vantage point the guns
could sweep the surrounding streets.
When the final clash with the troops
Iccurred, continues the dispatch, the
idillery was brought into action and
fced street after the street. The riot
rs engaged the batteries at close
range, but were finally driven off. It
i.~ reported that 500 persons were kill
ed and wounded on both sides.. The
entire neighborhood was wrecked by
the shells. The ruins caught fire and
this completed the destruction.
Further fighting is reported at Ma
taro, fifteen miles from Barcelona,
where a quantity of arms have been
discovered. Fighting is also reported
at Tortosa and Tarragona, respec
tively 150 miles southwest of Barce
lona.
Workmen Are Murdered.
A special direct from Barcelona says:
The strikers murdered three workmen
who wished to resume work. The pro
prietor cf a bakery, who raised the
price of bread, was also killed.
It is hourly becoming apparent that
anarchists are the prime movers in the
incipient revolution. The markets are
without provisions and the strikers are
preventing the slaughter of animals.
Additional reinforcements of troops
are arriving.
A mob stormed the arsenal at Sada
dcll, not far from Barcelona, and se
cured forty rifles, but they were sub
sequently i ccovered-d>y--tho~treep£:: - -—■
Most of the ships in the harbor have
been forced to leave without discharg
ing their cargoes-.
Incendiary posters have appeared in
the city, which threaten the orderly
classes with terrible reprisals, saying
that dynamite will bo used to offset
the Mausers of the troops.
The strikers are looting numerous
shops and private houses.
The. best known anarchists have dis
appeared and the authorities are
hunting for them.
The railroad officials have announc
ed the suspension cf service on the
lines, owing to the attacks which the
rioters have made on the trains.
Trade unions throughout-Spain have
declared their adhesion to the cause
of the Barcelona strikers.
The foreign consuls in Barcelona
held a meeting Thursday afternoon.
To Decree Martial Law.
A cable dispatch from Madrid says:
Premier Sagasta is preparing a decree
establishing martial law throughout
Spain. The signature of the decree,
it is believed, will be followed by an
extreme national crisis.
It was persistently said when the
chamber of deputies closed Thursday
afternoon that the minister of war,
General Weyler, had a long conference
with the queen regent the day before
followed by a conference with the mil
itary authorities. Afterwards, it is
asserted, arms and ball cartridges
were served out to the troops in Mad
rid, who are in readiness to start at
a moment’s notice.
Kansas Populists Hold Meeting.
The populists of Kansas held a con
vention in Topeka Friday for the pur
pose of considering whether or not
the popultet-sparty.pf the state will af
filiate with the democrats in the next
general election.
ENGLAND NEEDS MILLIONS.
Naval Estimates Compiled By Admi
ralty Calls for Enormous Sum.
A London special says: The secre
tary of the admiralty, Arnold-Forsster,
introduced the naval estimaes for
1902 03 in the house of commons Fri
day. The estimates show a total of
31,,255,000 pounds as compared with
30,875,000 pounds last year. Mr. Ar
nold Forsster remarked that no think
ing man could have anticipated any re
duction from the estimate of last year,
in view of the fact that the army was
engaged in a difficult conflict 7,000
miles away.
DR. TALMAGE IN MACON.
Tha Noted Divine Delivers Interesting
Lecture In Central City.
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage lectured in
Macon, Ga., Tuesday night. His audi
ence was enthusiastic. He showed
that his seventy years of age have not
diminished his power as a platform
speaker. He went from Macon to New
Orleans, and from there be will go to
the City of Mexico.
railroads are in no hurry.
They Want to See Plana For New
Depot In Atlanta Before
Giving Answer.
Members of the Georgia state depot
commission and representatives of the
railroads entering Atlanta held two
conferences in Governor Candler’s of
fice Wednesday. The sum total re
sult of the conference was the decis
ion on the part of the depot commis
sion to employ a competent architect
or civil engineer of national reputa
tion to investigate the state’s terminal
property in Atlanta and prepare
ground plans for a suitable and ade
quate union passenger station.
The discussion between the railroad
officials and the commission lasted
all the morning, and it was at the
meeting of the commission in the af
ternoon that this action was taken.
Under the resolution adopted, Gov
ernor Candler will enter into corre
spondence at once with various ar
chitects and civil engineers of nation
al prominence, asking them to submit
proposals for preliminary work such
as is desired, and when their replies
are received another meeting of the
commission will be called.
The resolution adopted contemplates
the preparation simply of ground
plans, or plans designed to show
whether or not sufficient track room
for a union station can be secured on
the present site. When an engineer
or architect has been secured, which
will probably be within the next ten
days or two weeks at latest, he wilt
be asked to prepare these preliminary
plans as speedily as possible, and
when they are ready it is contemplat
ed to have another conference with
the railroad officials, at which the
matter can be properly discussed, and,
perhaps, a definite conclusion reached.
The necessity for the employment of
such an architect grows out of the
fact that several of the railroads do
not believe an adequate station can bo
constructed on the state's property.
They said they must be satisfied that
this can he done before they are will
ing to give their assent to the propo
sition made by the state. Brincipal
among those taking this stand are the
Southern and the Central of Georgia.
SALE OF RAILROAD.
The Nashville and Knoxville Secured
By Tennessee Central.
The sate or the Nashville amTKuux
vilie railroad to the Tennessee Cen
tral has been consummated, according
to a telegram received at Nashville
from President Shepley, of the Union
Trust Company, of St. Louis.
The message says that a payment of
SOO,OOO has been made, and that all
the Nashville and Knoxville securities
have passed into the hands of Tennes
see Central trustees.
The Nashville and Knoxville runs
from Monterey to Lebanon, a distance
of 110 miles, and is the essential link
in the proposed Tennessee Central sys
tem.
WRECKED BY BROKEN RAIL.
One Man Killed and Five Hurt In Sub
urbs of Coj.umbus, Ohio.
As the result of a broken rail at 3:21
Wednesday morning one man was kill
ed and five injured on the Columbus,
Sandusky and Hocking railroad near
the Nelson avenue crossing at Shep
ards, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio.
William Smith, the man killed, was
the engineer on one of the locomotives
of a double-header that left the city
about 3 a. m., and his watch stopped
at 3:21, showing the time when the
fatal crash came.
STICKS TO HIS ESTIMATE.
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture
On State’s Cotton Crop.
The Georgia department of agricul
ture sticks to its estimate of 1,300,000
bales for the state’s cotton crop, de
spite the assertion in many quarters
that it will reach 1,500,000 or 1,-
600,000 bales, or thereabouts.
It was last August that Commission
er O. B. Stevens, gave out an estimate
that the. Georgia crop would not go
over 1,300,000 bales.
TO RAISE INSURANCE RATES.
Managers of Fire Insurance Companies
Held Important Meeting.
At a meeting of fire insurance mana
gers in New York Wednesday it was
decided that fire insurance rates
should go up 25 per cent.
The meeting was largely attended,
representatives from nearly every
prominent company now doing busi
ness in the United States being pres
ent.
The increased rates are to take ef
fect at an early date and will apply on
all mercantile and manufacturing
properties, but not on dwellings and
household goods.
REPORT TRUE, SAYS LONG.
Naval Secretary Will Leave Cabinet,
But Names No Date.
After the cabinet meeting in Wash
ington Friday, Secretary Long stated
that the report that he intended leav
ing the cabinet was quite true. He
said he had fixed upon no specific date
for his leaving and he had not yet for
mally sent his resignation to the pres
ident and might net do so for some
lima.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Material aad Intellectual Advancement of the County
LOUISVILLE. GA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. HMh>
FISTICUFF IN SENATE
Tillman and McLaurin Engage In
Lively Slugging Match.
LIE PASSED AND BLOWS FOLLOW
Scrap Caused Greatest Excitement
Among Staid Scions —Belligerents
Are Adjudged In Contempt
By Vote of the. Body.
A Washington special says: The
Tillman-SlcLßur’ji ■ fendcreailied the
most sensational possible climax in
the United States senate Saturday af
ternoon when McLaurin passed the
lie to his colleague and Tillman, quick
as a flash, jumped over intervening
chairs and struck McLaurin a stinging
blow with his fist. There was a rapid
exchange of blows at short range, the
two men clinched, and senators rush
ed toward the combatants from every
quarter. Senate employes joined the
melee and during two or three min
utes there was one of the most dis
graceful scenes ever enacted in any
legislative body.
Origin of the “Scrap.”
It all started over Tillman’s bitter
attack upon the republicans in his
speech on the Philippines. He charg
ed that the republicans had only been
able to ratify the peace treaty be se
curing the vote of a senator through
improper influences. This led to a
heated colloquy between Tillman and
Spooner, the upshot of it being the
charge that McLaurin had, through
the potency of patronage, been won
over by the republicans.
McLaurin Gives the Lie.
Here the matter dropped and Tiil
man went on with his argument. In
the meantime, somebody sent for Mc-
Laurin. He was much excited when
he entered the chamber, but he wait
ed until Tillman finished. Then he
secured recognition.
“I desire to rise to a question of
personal privilege,” said he.
“During my absence a few minutes
ago from the senate chamber in at
tendance upon the committee on In
dian affairs, the gentleman who has
just taken .his seat —the senator who
has just taken his seat —said that im
proper means had been used in chang
ing the vote of somebody on the treaty,
all 4 it-—nrnrt.ft-1 JntrcT.-..- -1 Said tllat
it applied to the senator from South
Carolina, who had been given the pat
ronage in that state. I think I got
the sense of the controversy. I desire
to state, Mr. President, I would not
use as strong language as I intended
to do, had I not, soon after the senate
met replied to these insinuations, and
said they were untrue. I now say that
statement is a wilful, malicious, delib
erate lie.”
McLaurin’s seat is. or, the same row
with Tillman’s; there are three desks
between them. Senator Teller sat in
the middle. Before he could realize
what had happened, Tillman jumped
over him, had struck McLaurin and
they had clinched.
Of course neither man suffered phy
sical injuries in the personal encoun
ter.
Must Remain Silent.
In the meantime the status of sena
tors Tillman and McLaurin is that
they are in contempt of the senate,
and only by a vote of the senate can
either be recognized either to speak
or to vote on any question whatever.
The senate adopted a resolution de
claring both Tillman and McLaurin
in contempt. By a vote in executive
session both were allowed to make
statements, in which both apologized
for their actions. But the senate took
no further action, and the resolution
referring the matter to the committee
on privileges and elections is still in
operation and, until the committee is
discharged or the senate relieves the
South Carolina senators of the con
tempt, they must remain silent in
the senate. This is the judgment of
all senators who have considered the
question, and the presiding officer, it
is said, will refuse to recognize their
right to participate in the proceedings
until the order of contempt is va
cated.
GEN. LEE’S DAUGHTER HONORED.
Grand Reception Is Tendered Miss
Mary By Citizens of New Orleans.
A grand reception was given Miss
Mary Lee, daughter of General Rob
ert E. Lee, Saturday night in the palm
room of the St. Charles hotel, New Or
leans.
Miss Lee was assisted in receiving
by the Confederate Memorial Associa
tion, the Daughters of the Confedera
cy and several thousand people of New
Orleans. Nearly all the element prom
inent took the occasion to pay their
respects to Miss Lee.
KENTUCKY OUTLAW COMES IN.
Turner Says He Was Not in Recent
Battle With Officers.
Lee Turner, proprietor of the “Quar
terhouse” saloon, near Middleshoro,
Ky., which was burned last week dur
ing the fight between the officers and
mountaineers in which five men were
killed, has given himself up. Turner
disclaims any part, in the battle with
the officers last week,
MAY BE BREACH OF FAITH.
Notwithstanding Press Reports, Miss
Stone Has Not et Been
Liberated.
A Washington special says: It is
estimated at the state department
that fifteen days have now elapsed
since the money for Miss Stone’s ran
som was paid over to the agents of the
brigands.
At least five days have elapsed be
yond the time fixed in the stipulation
to place her in the hands of her
friends. There is no explanation for
the delay. It is hoped that physical
conditions, such as heavy snows and
adverse weather, may account for the
failure to secure The of
ficials are loath to believe that there
has been a breach of faith on the part
of the brigands, but even if this were
so, they do not regard themselves as
blameworthy for having trusted them.
From the first the United States gov
ernment has been adverse to paying
ransom, but in response to appeals
from every quarter reluctantly author
ized Mr. Leishman to deal with the
brigands.
However, if it turns out that the
brigands have broken faith and that
they have either taken the ransom
money and spirited the captives away
again, or that they have killed them,
then there will he no further attempt
to deal with the brigands on the part
of the United States government, but
its entire power will be directed upon
Turkey and upon Bulgaria to procure
the swift and certain extermination of
the brigands, regardless of cost or ef
fort.
Tsilka Not Arrested.
The authorities at Constantinople
deny that Rev. Mr. Tsilka, the husband
of Miss Ellen Stone's companion in
captivity, has been arrested for com
plicity in the kidnaping of the latter.
They say that, according to last re
ports, Rev. Mr. Tsilka is in Sofia, Bul
garia.
SPIT IN HIS SON’S FACE.
South Carolina Representative Makes
Unique Appeal For Protection.
There was a comedy enacted in the
South Carolila house of representa
tives Friday. A. C. Lyles, for ten years
a member of the body, one of the origi
nal Tillman supporters, appealed to
the house for protection. His voice
trembled with emotion and his face
was pale.
“I ask the house, I beg you, gentle
men, Uc said, ’'to gr v ’* 1 i.e protection
from the governor’s son—Miles B. Mc-
Sweeney, Jr.”
There was immediately the keenest
interest. Every member turned to
ward Mr. Lyles and the galleries be
came hushed. Representative Lyles
drew toward him a boy of 14 and con
tinued:
“This is my boy. and on the floor
of this house the governor's son has
spit on his face, not once only today,
but repeatedly. This thing must stop.
I beg protection from the son of the
governor of South Carolina.”
Young McSweeney is about 1G and
of a sportive disposition. It was re
ported that he ran away with a circus
some time ago, but was brought back
in a few days.
The house authorized the speaker
to issue cards to visitors and exclude
the governor’s son from the floor.
BIG BATCH OF CONVICTS.
Seventy-One New Guests Arrive at
Federal Prison In Atlanta.
Seventy-one United States prisoners
were added to the inmates of the At
lanta, Ga., federal prison Friday after
noon. Twenty-six were from West
Virginia and forty-five from Columbus,
Ohio.
Notable among the convicts are two
Georgia men, one from Atlanta and
one from Macon. The Atlanta man is
W. L. Goodwin, sent up for nine years
for counterfeiting. The Macon man is
named Charles Clements, and is
unique as being the sole remaining
prisoner connected with the famous
Forsyth case, when Captain John C.
Forsyth was killed. Clements is up
for life under the charge of conspiracy.
Five Indians from the Indian Terri
tory, transferred on account of tuber
culosis, formed a conspicuous part of
the group.
HCT TIMES IN SPAIN.
Strikers In Continuous Bloody Conflict
With the Troops.
The city of Barcelona, Spain, is in
control of the troops, but isolated
bands of strikers are still doing consid
erable damage. Rioters Tuesday at
tacked a prison van and attempted to
release a number of strikers who had
been made prisoners. A striker fired
on the guard, who in return shot and
Billed the man who fired on him.
A large lumber yard has been burn
ed by incendiaries and several stores
have been pillaged.
Shortage In “Hen Fruit.”
Eggs are being sent to Chicago from
California to supply local demands.
Brices have reached 33 1-2 cents, the
highest since 1889, when they sold
at 35 cents a dozen.
Crumpacker I* Renominated.
The Tenth Indiana district congres
sional convention held at Monticello
Wednesday renominated Congressman
E. B. Crumpacker, republican, without
opposition.
HOLOCAUST IN HOTEL
Fifty Lives Reported Lost In Big
Fire In New York.
ARMORY AND HOSTELRY GUTTED
Powder and Ammunition in Armory
Exploded and Aided Conflagra
tion—Bodies of Many Vic
times Recovered.
Fire that broke out early Friday
morning in the armory of the Seventy
first regiment, New York national
guard, at Park avenue, Thirty-third
and Thirty-fourth streets, New York
city, spread to the Park avenue hotel,
and over a score lives were lost, while
the damage is roughly estimated at
over $1,000,01)0. One woman, a guest
the hotel, jumped from the fifth story
and is believed to be fatally injured.
Four bodies had been taken out up
to 3:30 Saturday morning, but the only
one so far identified is said to be that
of Colonel l’epper, of Louisville, Ky.
The Park Avenue hotel will, it is be
lieved, he a total loss. The Seventy
first regiment armory, a magnificent
granite structure and one of the fin
est in the city, was destroyed.
The car barns of the Metropolitan
street railway, on an adjoining corner,
were threatened with destruction, but
the good work cf the firemen succeed
ed in saving them.
The armory occupied an entire block
and was occupied also by the Second
battery and the First signal corps.
The fire was discovered burning
from a window of the armory on the
Thirty-fourth street side and by the
time the firemen arrived the flames
had completely enveloped the building
and appeared through the roof. Short
ly' after, the cartridges and ammuni
tion exploded.
Shortly after 2 o’clock a thousand
pounds of powder in the cellar explod
ed and the walls of the building were
thrown outward. By this time the peo
ple living in the neighborhood had
j been driven from their homes by the
[ heat.
The guests of the Park avenue hotel,
numbering about six hundred, were
, aroused as quickly as possible, but not
without panic amcii"; the women and
children poured eleven
; streams upon the side of the hotel
nearest the armory, but in spite of this
the third floor caught fire and the
flames eating along the walls of the
hotel spread to the roof. The firemen
ran ladders up on every side and were
driven back by the dense volumes of
smoke again and again.
A little after 3 o’clock the four up
per floors of the hotel were a mass of
flames and the fire was spreading rap
idly down through the structure. It
was then apparent that the hotel was
doomed.
Notwithstanding the fact that ev
erybody in the hotel had ample time
to get out, a large number of women
were carried down the ladders by fire
men, until it was thought everybody
had been taken out.
Just at this time a woman in her
night clothes appeared at a window in
the fifth floor and before warning
could reach her flung herself headlong
to a portico over the main entrance.
It is believed that she will die. Two
bodies were found on the fifth floor
by the firemen and two more in an
other part of the building.
At 4 o'clock Saturday morning Fire
Chief Croker announced that he believ
ed there were fifty dead in the corri
dors and stairways of the Park Ave
nue hotel.
FINAL ACTION ON TREATY.
Ratifications of Hay-Pauncefote Con
vention Formally Exchanged.
A Washington special says: Final
ratifications of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, giving England’s assent to the
construction of a canal across Central
America by the United States were
exchanged at the state department, at
3 o’clock Friday afternoon. There was
very little the ex-
ratificat^^B
PRO BOER ELD.
Large and Enthusiastic Audience of
Sympathizers Gather In Washington.
An enthusiastic meeting of Boer
sympathizers was held in Washington
Sunday, and resolutions were adopted
calling on President Roosevelt and
congress to use all means, in their pow
er to prevent the further exportation
of horses and mules to the English in
South Africa. In addition to this a
collection was taken up for the bene
fit of the Boer widows and orphans.
TORRENCE LAUDS C.ONFEDS.
Head of Grand Army Pays Eloquent
Tribute In Banquet Speech.
The annual banquet of the Depart
ment of the Potomac commandery of
the Grand Army of the Republic was
given in Washington Wednesday night.
President Roosevelt, Secretary Wilson
and General Torrence, the command
er in chief of the Grand Army, were
among the guests. General Torrence
paid an eloquent tribute to the confed
erate soldier as a citizen of the re
public.
LONG CHUCKLES IN HIS SLEEVE.
Now that Schley Is Robbed, Naval
Secretary May Retire—Attorney
Raynor Is Silent.
A special from Washington says:
Now that the Schley matter has been
settled officially, it is understood that
Secretary Long feels that he is at lib
erty to carry out the project cherished
by him in the last year of President
McKinley’s administration, to retire
to private life. However, this is not
expected to ensue at once, for there is
no certain knowledge of what may
follow in congress, notwithstanding a
strong belief by the administration
that the case is settled beyond revival.
Therefore, it is understood that the
change in the cabinet circle will not
take place before the adjournment of
the presen session of congress, and
perhaps not until next utumn.
Members of the Maryland delegation
in congress had a consultation Thurs
day regarding the latest phase of the
Schley case, but reached no conclusion
as to whether any move will be made
or can be made.
What Long Says.
Secretary Long, referring to the
president’s statement upon the appeal
of Admiral Schley, said:
“I have no comment to make on
the president's ruling upon the appeal
of Admiral Schley, except to express
my appreciation of its thorough, con
scientious, straightforward character.
It is, of course, gratifying that the
navy department is sustained. The de
cision will be read as no other docu
ment would be. and I believe will di
rect public opinion and tend to close
the whole matter.”
Secretary Long has received the fol
lowing personal note from the white
house, announcing the president's ac
tion in the case of Admiral Schley:
“White House, Washington, Febru
ary 19, 1902.—My Dear Sir: The pres
ident requests me to state that, after
a full and most careful consideration
of the appeal of Admiral Schley and
of the answer submitted thereto by
the navy department through you, he
has made the inclosed memorandum
of the case, which he directs be filed
therewith, and the ease treated as
closed. Very truly yours,
“GEORGE B. CORTELYOU,
“Secretary to the President.”
No Comment From Raynor.
A Baltimore dispatch says: Isidor
Raynor, counsel for Rear Admiral
Schley, left for Washington Thursday
morning. He declined to comment
upon President Roosevelt’s decision in
the matter of Admiral Schley’s appeal
from the findings of the court of in
quiry.
MANY WANT THE PLUM.
Six Applications Are So Far on File
For Postmaster at Atlanta.
A Washington special says: So far
there are six applications on file for
the postpastership at Atlanta, Ga.,
made vacant by the death of Postmas
ter Smyth.
The latest to try for the plum arc
Major Charles Watson, a Grand Army
man of Atlanta, and A. R. Bryan, a
lawyer once nominated for congress
by the republicans, but defeated by
Livingston.
Besides these two, E. P. Blodgett,
J. C. Jenkins and Jerry McCall want
the office. The friends of ex-Governor
Bullock have placed his name on the
list.
CONSOLIDATION RUMOR DENIED.
Story Affecting New Railway System
Comes From Selma.
From Selma, Ala., comes the story
of a projected railroad consolidation,
embracing the lines of the Georgia
railroad between Atlanta and Augusta,
the Atlanta and West Point, the West
ern of Alabama and the Birmingham,
. Selma and New Orleans branch of the
Louisville and Nashville. The report
makes T. H. Scott, now connected
with the Georgia railroad, the general
manager of the new system and Presi
dent F. M. Abbott, of Selma, at the
head of the Birmingham, Selma and
New Orleans road, as general superin
tendent. The rumor has been denied
In toto.
TALKS ON GOOD) ROADS.
Convention at Charleston Well Attend
ed gy Exposition Patrons.
The National Good Roads Conven
tion began its sessions in Chatieston
Thursday.
The exposition patrons listened to
addresses on highway building and
relative subjects by Martin Dodge, of
the department of agriculture at
Washington; M. A. Hayes, of the
Southern railway; E. L. Tessier, of the
Charleston exposition, and W. W.
Croshv. of Baltimore.
G. A. R. Will Meet In Washington,
The annual encampment of the G. A.
R., under an agreement between the
executive committee and a committee
of business men, will be held in
Washington during the week com
mencing October G.
Stick to the Middle of the Road.
The populists of Kansas In session
at Topeka decided, after a stubborn
fight, that there would be no affilia
tion between the populist and demo
crtlc forces Ip Kansas this yfar.
Subscription: si.oo in Advance.
NUMBER 12
REAL “HERO” FOUND
Roosevelt Renders His Decision
In Schley Appeal Case.
SAYS WAINWRIGHT WAS “IT”
According to President Neither Schley
or Sampson Deserves Any Spe
cial Credit for the Battle
of Santiago.
The decision of President Roosevelt
on the appeal of Rear Admiral Schley
was given to the press Wednesday
night. The salient features of the de
cision are as follows:
All the accusations against Schley,
based on his conduct prior to the bat
tle off Santiago, are thrown out. The
president holds that if Admiral Schley
erred during that period his offenses
were condoned by his retention as sec
ond in command.
On the question of command the
president says:
“Technically Sampson commanded
the fleet, and Schley, as usual, the
western division. The actual fact is,
that after the battle was joined not a
helm was shifted, not a gun was fired,
not a pound of steam was put on in the
engine room aboard any ship actively
engaged in obedience to the order of
either Sampson or Schley, save on
their own two vessels. It was a cap
tain's fight.”
Sampson was hardly more than
technically in the fight. His only claim
for credit rests upon his work as com
mander in chief in planning to meet
the Spanish ships when they should
come out.
Schley is entitled, as is Captain
Cook, to the credit for what the
Brooklyn did in the fight. On the
whole, the president finds that the
Brooklyn did well, though he consid
ers the vessel’s "loop" the “one grave
mistake” made by any American ship
during the battle.
The president considers that the
most striking act of the battle was
that of the Gloucester, whose com
mander, Wainwright, pushed into the
fight through a hail of projectiles in
order that he might do his part in de
stroying the two torpedo boats. For
this conduct Wainwright was entitled
to receive more than any other com
mander with the possible exception of
C!ajrk,of the Oregon.
It was jus: to Admiral Sampson- that—
he should receive a greater advance
in numbers than Admiral Schley.
There was nothing defne in the battle
that warranted any unusual reward
for either.
There is no excuse whatever from
either side for any further agitation
of this unhappy controversy. To keep
alive would merely do damage to the
navy and to the country.
In the first paragraph of the decis
ion the says: I have receiv
ed the appeal of Admiral Schley and
the answer thereto from the navy de
partment. I have examined both with
the utmost care, as well as the preced
ing appeal to the secretary of the
navy. I have read through all the tes
timony taken before the court and the
statements of the counsel for Admi
rals Sampson and Schley; have exam
ined all the official reports of every
kind in reference to the Santiago na
val campaign, copies of the log books
and signal books, and the testimony
before the court of claims, and have
also personally had before me the four
surviving captains of the five ships,
aside from those of the two admirals,
which were actively engaged at San
tiago.
The closing paragraph is as follows:
“Both Admiral Sampson and Admi
ral Schley are now on the retired list.
In concluding their report the mem
bers of the court of inquiry, Admirals
Dewey, Benham and Ramsay, unite in
stating that they recommend that no
further action be had in the matter.
With this recommendation I most
heartily concur. There is no excuse
whatever from either side for any fur
ther agitation of this unhappy contro
versy. To keep it alive would merely
do damage to the navy and to the
country.
“THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
HOUSE DISCUSSES INDIANS.
Charges Made Against Superintendent
of Indian School In Michigan.
The house spent the day Thursday
working on the Indian appropriation
bill. Several amendments were adopt
ed, none, however, 4jf much moment.
Just before the clos3"oL.the sesc’ ,
Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York, made an
attack upon the superintendent of the
school at Mount Pleasant, Mich., who,
he said, was charged with permitting
tho debauching of Indian girls. Mr.
Sherman, chairman of the Indian com
mittee, promised to make an investi
gation.
JUSTICE GRAY PARALYZED.
His Family Says, However, That At
tack is Not Serious.
A Washington special says: Jus
tice Horace Gray, of the supreme
court, has suffered an attack of para
lysis-, but it is stated that there is
every reason to expect his recovery,
The attack occurred Tuesday night,
His mind is clear, but he has lost the
muscular control of a part of bis body.