8AOIJACIIE C ESCEI T,
ILAGUAOH~ - - OOI,0RADO.
Never a magnanimity fell to the
&'round but there is some heart to
greet and accept it unexpectedly.
A* man's growth is seen in the suc-
cessive choirs of his friends. For
every friend whom he loses for truth,
he gains a better.
It is no proof of a man's understand-
ing to be able to confirm whatever he
pleases; but to be able to discern
what is true is true, and that what is
false is false, this is the mark and
character of iutelligence.
According to the return prepared by
the Ministry of Agriculture the num-
ber of wolves killed in France last
year was 115, and the amount paid in
premiums for their destruction was
£314• Since the passing of the law
of 1882 instituting these premiums
8,981 wolves of all sorts have been
killed, and a sum of £26,128 has been
paid in rewards'.
One of the curiosities of an English
residence of nobility is a weeping wil-
low made of copper, and so dexter-
ously fashioned that at a distance it
resembles a real tree. It is actually
a shower bath, for, by pressing a secret
button, a tiny spray of water can be
made to burst forth from every branch
and twig, to the discomfort of any
who may be under it.
A penitent burglar has just made
restitution of Jewels to the amount of
$8,000, which he had stolen two months
ago frorh the jewelry house of William
Washburn & Co., in Anderson, Ind.
They were returned through Father E.
A. Murphy of St. Mary's Church, Chi-
cago. As the admission of guilt was
made under the seal of confession, the
clergyman, of course, did not reveal
the burglar's name.
.In ttungary, where dueling is very
frequent, a duel between two school-
boys has just taken place, with serious
results. Ludwig Krusecz, 15 years old,
a scholar of the Zborow grammar
"school, was in love with a girl one
,year younger than himself, but had a
rival in her affections tn his school-
!fellow, Nicholas Litka, a boy of 16,
One day they quarreled in the girl's
presence, and Litka struck the other
in the face. Krusecz sent two seconds,
chosen from his schoolfellows, with a
challenge to his rival, and a duel with
.revolvers in regular form took place.
:Krusecz was shot in the abdomen, and
is now lying between life and death.
One of the most remarkable sermons
~cver heard In Covington, Ky., was
'preached at the First Baptist church,
Sunday, by Metz Joiner, a boy preacher
Just nine years of age, who held one
of the largest congregations ever seen
In this town enraptured for thirty
minutes, while tie delivered a wonder-
ful sermon. People flocked from the
country all around to hear this won-
derful little preacher. The church was
packed and many people lied to leave,
as they could find no room. The littlq
preacher entered the pulpit in a calm
and deliberate manner, and before be-
ginning asked the ladies to kindly re-
move their hats so that people in the
back of the church could see. Then he
requested the undivided attention oi
the congregation.
To familiarize the people of India
with the features of King Edward, and
to impress upon them that all author-
ity is exercised in his name, the gov-
ernment of India has decided to have
portraits of the King, three-quarters
length, in oils, costing from £50 tc
£75 each, placed in the official resi-
dences of the heads of government~
and local administrations, the chiel
courts of justice of the different prov-
inces, and all largo buildings in which
durbars are held. Portraits costing
from £30 to£50 will be placed in the
official residences of political agents
and residents in native states and in
the durbar rooms of such states. All
the ordinary courts throughout the
emplr~ will be provided with colored
lithographs or engravings of the King.
Some people predict that the day is
not far off when the peasantry of
France will rise up in a mass against
scorching motorists• In certain dis-
tricts whole villages have already
• united in anti-automobile campaigns~
th~ method of warfare employed ,.~,~-
zisting in strewing roads with nails
end broken bottles. This has been
,done in Normandy, but the glass and
~bits of iron were found to damage
horses' feet as much as automobile
tires, and, moreover, rendered cycling
an impossibility for the many coun-
try laborers in France who ride to and
from their work~ So that plan of cam-
,paisa had to be given up. Now peas-
ants in some parts contemplate resort-
ing to nothing less than lynch law.
In certain districts villagers seriously
talk of going about, fowling pieces in
hand, and winging motorists who tear
arough hamlets and small towns at 50
.aileB an hour.
An extraordinary case of smuggling
"was detected at Dover recently. On
the passengers' landing from the Os-
tend boat the custom house officers
noticed that a lady looked suspiciously
bulky about the skirts. Upon being
qeestloned it was found that she had
concealed under her dress a fox ter-
rier, which she was endeavoring to
smuggle into the country to evade .he
prohibition law in regard to dogs. The
Incident caused much amusement, the
dol~ being taken po~e~sion of and
Nat back to Ostend.
SHOOTING OF THREE BOYS
BY A LEADVILLE RANCHMAN
Leadville, Colo., Oct. 13.--Following
is the result of a tr'lgedy near this city:
Killed, Edward Dorrtngton, aged
seventeen; fatally wounded, Edward
Earl King, agcd seventeen, shot
through the back and lungs; seriously
injured, James Considine, aged thir-
teen years, shot through the left hip.
Jesse Sherman, one of th~ best-
known citizens of the camp, Is in jail
on a charge of murder• IIe gave him-
self up to the officers immediately after
the shooting of three boys to-day.
Sheraton still claims the shooting was
accidental, and he ts completely pros-
trated over the affair. Owing to the
prominence of the persons concerned,
the tragedy is being discussed ~1 over
the city.
The shooting was done with a shot-
gun loaded with buckshot. Edward
Dorringtou wqs shot through tim
breast and about the neck, and died
before he could be given medical at-
tention.
Earl King ~vas shot through the
buck, the. sh~)t piercing his hmgs and
coming out at tim front.
James Considin(~ was shot In the
right hip, and his wound is not now
considered serious. All of the boys
were i'nnnin~ qt the time the shot was
fired. Only one shot was fired by Sher-
mail.
For many years Jesse Sherman, Jr.,
has lived on the Sherman ranch, about
two miles from Leadville, where a
dairy was qlso conducted. A few
years ago the father, who was becom-
Ing quite aged, retired from the busi-
ness and it was taken in charge by his
sons. The Sherman brothers continued
the business until recently, when they
sold out, and Jesse Sherman and hi~
wife expected to leave to-morrow, in-
tending to locate in the West.
Shortly after dinner to-day, Jesse
suggested to his wife that they go out.
and shoot a few pigeons and also get a
few rabbits from the ranch, which
they had been asked to do by the new
owner of the plac(,, who has other prop-
erty here. and who has not yet takeu
up his residence on the Sberman farm.
This gentleman, Frank Bochaty, asked
Sherman to bring in a few pigeons for
him also. Jesse thereupon loaded his
double-barreled shotgun and placed it
in the buggy to take with him. He
made the renmrk as he passed out that
they had been having lots of trouble
from boys of the city going out ~,ud
stealing pigeons and rabbits.
When Mr. and Mrs. Sherman arrived
at the ranch they saw a number of
boys about the place, several of whom
had guns and were apparently hunting
on the property.
Sherman's story from thin point is
that when he saw the boys he conclud-
ed he would catch them and gtve them
a good scare. He said it was his idea
to get them all together, get their
names and report them to the new
owner of the property. As he Jumped
from the buggy with his gun in his
hands, the boys saw ham and started
to run in different directions. 2~aere
were eight boys In the lmrty. One of
the boys, a lad named Adams, he
caught. He told him to stand by the
barn until he got the others, and Sher.
man then started tn pursuit of them.
A moment later tile boy at tile barn
heard a shot, and running to the end
of the burn he saw his companions fall
but lie did not see the shot fired. Sher-
man says that as he ~ntarted running
aft0r the boys, who were about 100
yards ahead of him, he shouted to them
to st~p, but they ~n all the faster, and
that while he w=s in pursuit he stum-
bled and in some manner the gun was
accidentally discharged, three lads
Dorrington, King and Considine being
laid low by the one shot.
Sherman ran up to the boys, and, see-
lag their condition, shouted to his wife
to bring up the buggy, which she did.
Leaving him wife to walk home, he put
the three boys into the vehicle and
started for the city on a dead run.
The trip was made in such short time
that the horse dropped dead after ar-
riving in Leadville. Sherman sum-
nloned surgeons for all of the boys, and
then called at the jail and gave himself
np.
PAT CROWE ANNOUNCES TERMS
ON WHICH HE WILL SURRENDER
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 14.--Chief of Po-
lice John J. I)onahue yesterday receiv-
ed a letter from Pat Crowe, naming
the terms on which he will surrender.
l'he letter came in care of an Omaha
newspaper, in which it is published,
and covers fifteen closely written
pages of manuscript. The postmark is
Illegible, but the letter was mailed at
o'clock in the morning and reached
Ithis city at 8 in the evening of the
same day, indicating that it had not
traveled a long distance.
In the letter Crowe ag'rees to give
himself up at once and stand trial for
the kidnaping of Eddie Cudahy, pro-
! vidcd he is not locked up until a jury
~lshall adjudge him guilty. He says he
is unable to furnish bond in excess of
$500 and demands that bail be fixed in
that sum.
Chief Donahue expresses hbnself as
satisfied that tbe letter ease from
Crowe. l)onahue hqs known Crowe
for several years, is acquainted with
his manner, handwriting and style of
speech. The chief has also received a
letter from Crowe's uncle at Manches-
ter, Iowa, submitting similar terms
for Crowe's surrender, which leads the
police to believe lhat they are dealing
with ~he right nmn.
• Crowe, in his letter, takes the de-
tective agencies to task, defying them
to attempt his arrest, and continues:
"Now, Mr. Donahue, let me tell you
all I ask is justice, a fair trtal by
twelve men, citizens of Douglas coun-
ty, Nebraska. Not by Herod or any
of his kind. Their God is gold, and
with that power tlmy rule the world.
"Mr. I)onahue, I want you to under-
stand that I am not afraid of the
combined wealth of all the Oudahys
on earth and the efforts of all the
scrub detectives tlmt their money can
hire. The man that tries to pinch me
will bite the dust. for i am ready to
die in thc mix. I will not be kangu-
r0o~l."
Crowe says that he has been in
South Africa figl}ting with the Boers,
recites reminiscences of the war and
discusses the contest• He directs that
Chief Donahue's reply be - made
through a local paper, and says if his
offer is not accepted lie will return to
,-t foreign country, from which he will
probably never return.
Edward A. Cudahy said last night:
"I am opposed to entering into any
special negotiations for the return of
Crowe. It is only a matter of time
when he will be apprehended. How-
ever, I will withdraw the reward of-
fered for his arrest and conviction."
St. Joseph, Me., Oct. 14.--Several
months ago a prominent attorney of
this city, who had formerly been em-
ployed by Pat Crowe, received a draft
from Crowe from South Africa for le-
gal services rendered.
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MURDER AND SUICIDE ]shots ran quickly to the scene• Mrs.
Taylor was carried into her house, and
IN BOULDER COUNTYI although doctors soon arrived, nothing
could be done to save her.
Denver, Oct. 13.--The Repnbllcan unDdenT~he;~i~?:t ?i~l;~t@;:ii~
this morning prints the following dis-
patch from Louisville, Colorado, dated . that
October 12tll: This afternoon between late
8 and 4 o'clock John Taylor of thts lGe°'ge ~,V. Clayton sought to gratify
place twice shot his wife Jeanette. one I his ambition to keep his name ever be-
ball passing tiwough the back and theI fore the public at the personal loss of
other through the back of the bead.[ those who should benefit by his accu-
tie then turned the weapon on him-I mulations during his lifetime, the Su.
self and sent a bullet crashing through t preme Court vas on Saturday asked
his own brain, dying instantly. Mrs. by the attorneys for Thomas S. Clay-
• i
raylor lived about fifteen minutes and i ton to set aside Mr. Clayton's will be-
died without sl)eaking. I queathtng to the City of Denver prop-
The eonlJle were divorced abont six erty worth $2,000,000 tobe held in
months ago, ,Mrs. Taylor having se-
cured a decree on the grounds of
~trunkenness and abuse. Since then
,-~£aylor has tried a number of times to
become reconciled with his wife. It is
stated that Taylor has several times
.threatened to kill her if she did not
come back to hlha. The couple had one
son, a boy named Ambrose, twelve
or fifteen years old, and Mrs. Taylor,,
wire runs a livery at this place, has[
been living with her son on Plrst[
street, t
Taylor, who has been weigh boss at
the Rex No. 2 coal mine for several
months, has been annoying her ever'
since their separation. Mrs. Taylor,
who wus about thirty years old, was
quite successful in the livery business,
and held the good will and respect of
the people generally. Taylor was a
drinking man and when under the in-
fluence of liquor frequently abused his
wife, who was finally compelled to sue
for her freedom.
At 3a30 this afternoon, Mrs. Taylor,
with her son, was in the yard In front
of the livery barn. At this time Tay-
lor came out of a nearby saloon, where
he had been drl~ldng, and, according
td the best report obtainable, walked
into the yard and up to his wife, and,
without saying a word, drew a re-
volver and shot twice at her, who, see-
ing hlxn draw the weapon, had turned
and started to run for her life. The
first bullet struck Mrs. Taylor in the
back, passing clear through the body.
She staggered another step or two, and
Taylor quickly sent a second bullet
into the back of the head, and the mur-
dered woman fell unconscious. With
oneglance at his dying wife, Taylor
plae'ed the revolver at his right tem-
ple, and, pulling the trigger, fell dead
In ~ tracks. P~onl~ ~t~.nated by the
trust for the erection and maintenance
of the George W. Clayton College, to
which school, according to the terms
of the will, "as many poor white or-
phans between the ages of six and ten
years born of relmtable parents shall
be admitt@l hs the income shall be ad-
equate to maintain."
The brief of the 91aintiff, which was
filed by Attorneys Carlon, Skelton &
Morrow yesterday, is a bitter and scur-
rilous attack on George W. Clayton. It
sets up several grounds on which the
validity of the will is attacked, but
the paramount issue is that it was not
a spirit of charity which moved George
W. Clayton to .make the bequest, but
a desire simply to perpetuate his name.
The suit is in the Supreme Court on
appeal from the District Court, where
)
Judge t elmer decided against T. S.
• Clayton and held that the city could
accept the trust4 Some of the points
urged in the original case are also cov-
ered in the brief filed tn the Supreme
Court yesterday. Several new polnts
are brought out, however.
Dr. Leyds Predlct~ Boer ktuecesses,
New York. Oct. 14.--Dr. Leyds, tn an
Interview with the correspondent of
the Paris Eclair, quoted In a dispatch
~o the Times from Parls, says that the
British have kindly provided the Boers
with rifles, ammunition, horses and
food• He declares that thousands of
i Afrikanders have been driven to take
i the field by British Informers, and
adds that a series of decisive suecesse~
on the part of the Boers in Cape Col-i
ony Is expected.
Dr. Leyds says the Boers have bur.
led nearly all their own rifles and will
not dig them up again until the Brit,
lah supply falls short.
T
"'CLEAN OUF THE" COURT
HOUSE."
The wqy it looks in Arapahoe count3t
this f'lll is well expressed in a recent
editorial nnder the above caption
in which tim l)enver Ilepublican says:
What kind of government do the peo-
ple of Arapqhoe county really want?
It is a question which will be answered
by the way tlmy vote on ele(.tion day.
for it is a truth of which we should
never lose sight tlmt the peol)le get
jnst the kind of govermnent they them-
selves order. Do they want good gov-
erument, economy and honesty in the
administration of county affairs, and
decency and efficiency in the way each
office is conducted?
It is for the pe()ple themselves to say
whether they will have such a govern-
meat or whether they will let the old
gang continue to rule. The only way
thqt they cqn get good govermncnt is
ta clean out the court house. No goC~
can come from that building so long
as the Democrats and Fusionists con-
trol it. They qre not eapalfle of giv-
ing this county a good governnlent,
and they would not if they could. Ev-
erybody knows this to be true. Ther(~
is not a wcll-inforlned I)einocrat ill
Aragahoe county who, down in hi~
heart, does not rc~:~ognize and admit it
to be a fact.
The peolde of I)enver dhl good work
hlst spring when they (!leaned out the
city hall. There has been a better at-
mosI)here down there ever since. It
was a great reform nlovenlcnt, and in
its effect upon public sentiment all
over the country it was worth millions
to both the city and the state. But
the reform cannot stop at the renova-
tion of the city hall if the greatest
good is to be soldered. It must go
further and embrqce 1)oth Arapahoe
county and the state• Both the court
house and the state house nmst be
cleaned out, disinfect~l and fumigai-
ed. The condition of affairs in the
state house cannot be changed this
year. The work there must await the
Ol)l)ortunity which the next state elec-
tiou will pr(,sent. But the cleansing
out of the court bouse ean be atlcnded
to this fall. and it must be done or
ntattcrs will go from bad to worse.
An End to leualon.
The tickets in a large nmnber of lhe
counties of the state have now beeu
nominated, and the voters of the vari-
ous counties are to exercise their
choice. Siuce 1892, there have been
very few Republican counties in the
state. Most of them have gone for
fusion, simply from a feeling of loyalty
to silver.
What the result has been, is a mat-
ter of record. We do not suppose there
has been a period of history of the state
when there has b(m as much extraw/-
gance and misgovernment as tlmre was
in the last five years• Taxes have 1)een
higher, discrimination has been great-
er, more money lms been spent on
"rake-offs" and commissions, and no-
body nor no party in particular has
been responsible.
More than this, the state at lar~ htu~
suffered from the reputation it has
made. Sotde of the counties have r¢~
pudiated their just debts, the state
has been advertised as bankrupt and
unable to pay the expenses of its in,
stitutions, and eastern investors have
told Colorado promoters quite uniform-
ly that m) more of their money was
coming to a state wifich managed its
affairs in such a manner, and whose
people held such standards of anaheim
honesty.
Here in E1 Pus) county, we have suf-
fered less than in any other county lit
the state of a large size. We have had
pretty go,x1 officials, and they have not
run us into any great anmunt of debt,
and our taxes lave been low as com-
pared with other counties:' But we owe
something to tile other counties In tile
state, and it will help them: if we give
a Republican majority this fall. It will
help for the reason that fusion has
come to stand for extravagance and
bad government; and while nobody
can allege that Republicans ahvays
are honest and capable, it has been the
fact tn this state that Republican gov-
ernment for the most part has been
more efficient and economical than the
fusion sort.
This is probably the very last year In
which fusion is likely to cut any figure
in Colorado politics. It has run a long
course, and the people have had a good
dose of it, and they are growing weary.
The fiction that it is necessary for the
cause of silver to vote "t fusion ticket
is 'worn thin, and no longer has any in-
fluence. Even the fusion platforms this
year fail to recur to the issue which
was all-powerful so short a time ago.
The fact of the matter is, that that is-
sue has been dead ever since 1896, and
since then the fusion forces have stay-
ed together simply for the purpose of
getting office. They have met together
in three pieces, and have parcelled out
the offices, sometimes by lot, as was
done in i"he state campaign cf 1898, and
each alleged party has filled in its
share of the candidates, and after they
were elected each ham appointed its
share of~officeholders, and we have had
such a ~regime of extravagance and
such a system of grafting in the state
government as was never seen be-
fore and we hope will not be seen
again.--Colorado Springs Mail.
CAPTAIN COOK OF THE BROOKLYN
TELLS STORY OF THE BATTLE
Yfashil]gton• Oct. 15.--Ycsterday, in
the Schley (.curt of inquiry, Judge Ad-
vocate Lemly concluded lu'esentation
of testimony for the governnmnt and
the first of Admiral Sclfley's witnesses
was introduced. CalmIin Francis A.
Cook, who conmmn(led Schley's flag-
ship, the Brooklyn, during the Santi-
ago campaign, and who acted, though
unofficially, in the cal)aeity of chief of
~t'lff for the comnlodore, was on the
witness stand the greater part of the
day.
He was followed by Lieutenant
Commander Wiliam F. IIullain, who
was senior watch officer on the New
Orleans during the Spanish war, and
1,'ormer Lieutenqnt Joscl)h Beale, who,
as an officer on 1he ttarvard, trans-
lated the cipher dispatches between
Commodore Sehley and the N'lvy l)e-
1)artment cqrried by that vessel.
Among those dispatches wqs that sent
by Commodore Schley, May 28th, ex-
pressing regret at not lmving been able
(o obey the orders of the department
and explaii~ing 1he reason why he
conhl not (to so. There are some ver-
bal discrel)ancies l)etween the original
dra, ft of this dispatch and t]lC ol-licial
prit~t of it, and these Mr. Beale ex-
plained.
Lieutenant Beale was the last of ~he
government ",vitn(~ses, qlthough ('al)-
Cain Lemly explained thqt he would re-
serve the right to call others if occas-
ion shouhl denmnd, lie had no sooner
retired than the first witness for Ad-
miral Scldey was called. This proved
to be the (?ul)an pilot Edunrdo Nunez,
who toM Schlcy May 2(;, 1898, that he
did not believe the Spanish fleet under
Cervera ~,vqs in the harbor at Santiago.
Captqin Cook's testimony was a re-
view of the entire (~lml)qigu after Cer-
vera's fleet, beginning with the depart-
are of the flying squadron from Key
~Vest May 19th and conchnling with
the battle off Santiago July 3d. Ile
thing was haI)I)ening.
"When I first arrived on the forecas-
tle there were two in sight. The third
one was just inside the entrance and
the fourth appeared immediately after-
ward."
"What did they do wimn they ease
out? ~Vhich way did they head?"
"~Ve were to the westward. Tim en-
trance to US vvas alx)ut northeast by
north. The fleeL calne out sonth and
turned as they hfft lhe entrance to
four points southwest, so that they
turned in our direction. When I first
got on deck the hchu had been star-
boardc~l, heading a little to the north-
ward. When I saw the fleet 1hey were,
heading southwest and seenled to be
coming straight for the interval 1x,-
tween the Texqs and the Brooklyn.
I went into the conning tower and di-
rected the lmhnsnrln. I told him what
I wanted to do was to keel) straigh~
for the fleet. They ~x~vered a little.
Sometimes thcy turn(,.(] one way and
theu another. We shifted hehn once
or twice, lmt very little indeed, and ti-
lmlly, when we were getting np fairly
close, sqy between 1.500 aud 2,000
y'trds, it seemed to me clear that they
wanted to pass betw~=en the Texas
qnd the Brooklyn. The Texas was well
on out" starboard and she Was headed
to the northward and westward. All
shil)s were carrying out the instruc-
tions of the commander-in-chief, and
that was to head fn for the entrance.
~Ve were well to the westward aml
headed to the northeast.
"When I saw that, I ported the helm
perlr~ps hqlf way over. She was
swinging starboqrd very rapidly. The
Spqnish fleet was coming straight for
this interval. I stepped out of the
tower on the port side to get a good
look at ibis fleet, to see just w]mt they
were goin~z to do qs to our relative po-
sitions, and I saw they evidently put
said tlmt at first it had 1)een believed hehns hard a-port and were turning ta
by both Sami)son and Sch]ey that the[the westward. ~\'e were theu turn-
Spanish fleet was in the harbor of Cien- ] ins very rapi(lly to starl)o'~rd witll .port
fuegos and that no infol-mqtion to the ] hehn, aInt we h'td turned. I thinli, al=
contrary, had been convevc~ • 1 to Conlnlo-~ nlost, to the .... ( 1st Tile ~ ']txas" ~as well
doro, ehley until the arrival of (>aptam [ on our starl)oard side. i then gave the
McCalla May ">4th' that it was Corns)- r ler It's 1 'mort' h 1
• ' ' " " ~ - ' ' ' , , • • t0 t e lel nslnan,
dore.Schlev's. '. exl)eetations. , ~ to meet. the ],qnd ~an, throu ~'h t he open'n~ g, betwee~
Spanlar(~s m the open sea, and his con- ] the shiehl and the conning towel" on
stqnt care was to have coal enough for lmrI)ose to scc oar own fleet and our
such lln eluergen('y. He gave i)articu-
tars concerni~g tim retrograde move-
sent, and expl'lined the Brooklyn's
loop In com~ection with "t graphic ac-
") 1
count of the. cng:lgen]ent of July o(.
Asked for an ol)inion as to Admir'd
Schley's 1)earing as "t commanding offi-
cer, he said:
"I ahvays regqrded him as an en-
thusiastically brave and patriotic offi-
cer."
Replying to questionsconcerning the
blockade of Sautiago, Cai)tain Cook
said Comodore Schley's eonst'mt ldea
was that the vessels shouhl be kept
well supplied with coal and kept mov-
Ing constantly, as his theory was th'tt
the Spanish fleet would come out of the
harbor.
"\Vhy was the circular l>lockade not
adopted?" Mr. tIanna asked.
"There are ninny fornts of l)lockade,
and I have nothing but l)raise for the
) - ,,
circular bhckade, rcIflied the witness,
"but the idea .was to get the S1)aniards
to come ont find to have our ships lUOV-
lng and ready for action."
"~Vhat were yonr orders of battle
from May 19th to June 1st?"
"We (lid not have any. The lleet was
always in condition for a(~tlon."
"Do you call that a battle order?"
"It is possible to have an order for
battle if you know jffdt what condition
you are going to meet• The idea with
us was to be attic to fight the Spanish
fleet whenever we shouhl meet It. 1
think that was understood by all. I so I
understood itY
"If the fleet had come out of the har-
bor previous to June 1st, what would
yOU have done "
"We wouM have obeyed the orders of
tile eommandin~ officer."
"Were the fighting ships always tn
order for battle?"
"I always supposed they were; the
Brooklyn was always in excellent or-
der."
"VVere you on deck when the fleet
came ant of Santiago harbor July 3rd?
When were they first sighted?"
The reply was in the negative. Cap-
tain Cook said he had at that time
been in the cabin. The next question,
was:
"How did you first learn the fleet was
coming out?"
The reply to this brought Captain
Cook's story o'f the engagement as fol-
lows:
"I heard the executive officer call out
'Clear ship for action!' and as I had
given directions to have the ship ready
for Inspection, I knew at om:~ some-
relative I)ositions. Quieker than I
could tell it the commodore ealled to
ale: 'C~)ok, hqr(I aport' or 'Is your helm
I al)ort?' I answere(l: •The hehn is hard
, aport; tnrning as r'~pidly as possible.'
As I watched the Texas the llow ot
the Brooklyn seemed first to point to
her port bow. I never saw the star-
l>oard side of the Texas. and changing
her bearing very rapidly, the bow of
the Brooklyn passed along the port
side of the Texas until there was a
clear opening between us and the steru
of the Texas. We m'~(le a complete
turn, a very quick turn, with helm
hard a.port until we came around and
i)aralleled the tleet on the other side.
As we paralleled the Si)anish fleet the
Vizeaya--"
Admiral Dewey: "May I interrupt?
IIow near did yOU pass to the Texas?"
"I never thought of a collision. It
never entered Iny llead. I never for
a moment had one idea of vicissitude
in ~hat respect. ~,Vc passed, I judge,
about 400 yards. I had han(lli~d the
ship under "dl circumstances and got
so I couhl judge pretty eorrectly and
my irni)ression was thqt we were
about the distance we sqiled from the
squadron.
"But a collision I never thought of.
She turned perfectly clear of the
Texas, turned around, and then we
had the Vizeaya on ore" starboard bow
• ,nd almut abeam was the Oquendo
and then the ~olon. At the time I
thought it was the Teresa, but I noon
discovered this vessel was dropping
out and headin~ for the beach. That
was about the hottest time of the ac-
tion. It was a critical time. There
was not any time for indiscretion
and I do not think there was any. I
hqve ahvays felt iu my mind, in study-
ins the I)o~itions, that the ch-tnees
would have beeu for a disaster had
we shifted helm at such a time.
"However, we got around and we.
had those three vessels. I looked an4
could see nothing but smoke astern
and vessels seemed enveloped in thls.
srooke. I could not understand it. I
could not undeI~tqnd exactly how we
got there. They were all three firing
,on the Brooklyn, when nlm(;.~t immedi-
ately, faster than I could tell it, I saw
a large white bone in the water and
through this smoke I saw the bow of
a vessel. I exclaimed at the time:
'What was that?' The navigator, who
was near me, said it was tbe Mass'l-
ehusetts, or somctlflng ~o that effect.
I said ~l~e was qway, and be then said
thqt it was the Oregon. I felt perfect-
!ly assm'ed from thqt moment."
++++÷+++++++++++++++++÷+++÷+++++÷++++ +++÷+÷+÷+~ ~-~
GEORGE GOULD WILL
INSPECT COLORADO
Denver, Oct. :15.--George J. Gould ar-
rived in Denver at 9:30 last night, tie
is on a tour of inspection of the Denver
& Rio Grande railway, in which he
owns a controlling interest. He will
attend a meeting of the board of direct-
ors of the road to-day, and will spend
about two weeks in this part of the
country, going from here to Salt Lake.
He is in a special train, composed of
[more demand than we e~n suI)ply, a:n~
lit it continues, we shall have to take
measures to supply it.
"This demand is conclusive evidence
of the prosperity of the state. Every-
where I find the same story, endless
prosperity. The development of Pueb-
lo is so'mething remarkable. The great
Minnequa steel works Is something*
that has caused me pleasure and Won-
der. My father always said that P~leb-
lo would become some day the Pitts-
burg of the West, and I now see that
the prediction has come true. But there
five cars. II~ his own private car are is no r(ason for singling 1 ueblo out as
himself, his wife and two sons, John a plaee of prosperity. The whole state
Cowden and Mr. and Ml~s. J. M. Wa-i seems to enjoy the same blessing.
terbury of New York. In other cars of i There is not a more prosperous state in
the special train are C. J. Warner and i the Union than Colorado, and there are
~ussell IIarding, second and third vice] very fe,,w, I think, that are as pros-
presidents of the Missouri Pacific, W. IPer°us'
C Stith, freight traffic nmnager, J.C. ' ....
Lincoln, general freight agent, and Al- I Yukoa Fur Huaters.
exmader G. Cochrau, the general soloe- ] ----
itor all of the same road President E .............
, " " , ~" " I wasnlng~on, ~C~. ±O.~A lnnusanfl
T Jeffery of the Denver & Rio Grande ] mon oYoh,~i~o nf Indiqns nrn ,~nc, n,~adl
met the train, and at once was admit-
• ...... tin hunting and trapping in the vast
ted to the pmvate ear or ~ur scum , o n
, ~ • • I extent of fur-beari~ g c untry o the
They remained iu conference for half l upper Yukon, aces'din,- to a report
an hour. Mr. Jeffery said that no mat- 1 received at the State Department from
ters of great importance were discuss- f Consul Cook, at Dawson C, ity, dated
ed, and that his visit was chiefly one] September 9th. Dawson City is the
of eourtes3. [central market for this fur country,
In an interview Mr. Gould said:
"Mine is a progressive policy, and I
expect to do all I can for the good of
the road. I do not think that there are
any needs for great changes, but that
is a matter that remains to be seen. I
find that the road is short in many
things, in cars, in rolling stock In gen-
eral, in te~mainals. There is at present l
and sends fully 4,000 peltries annually
to the great fur markets of London
and New Xork. The industry yields
an annual revenue of about $130,000.
The present rates compared with last
year's prices show an increase on boar,
beaver, otter and mtnk, and a decrease
on silver grey fox, marten, wolf and
wolverine.
