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VOL. XXXI. NO. 19.
VICTORIOUS DEWEY CABLI IT T
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COMMODORE DEWEY, ONE OF BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE-
MADr AN ADMIRAL BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT. . _ ■
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STORY Os
SPANISH ROUT ;
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Dewev’s Gunners Did l
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state Work.
SPANIARDSWEfIEB
They Fought to the Last and
Went Down With Their
Colors Flying.
Hong Kong, May B.—Among naval men, \
military men and civilians, Europeans and
natives here today there Is only one sub- ;
>■( t of discussion, the brilliant, dashing, ■
annihilating victory of the American fleet!
tinder Commodore Dewey over the Spanish j
fleet commanded by Admiral Montejo in ;
.Manila bay on Sunday last.
Owing to th* fact that the cable between i
thi port and the Philippine, islands was
n<>' In working order, having been cut, it
Is said, some distance from the capital of
th. islands, there has been delay in ob
•• inlng a detailed account of the battle and
facts in the case were only available when
tl.e I’nlted States gunboat Hugh McCulloch
arrived here yesterday and even then the
tremendous pressure of business, suddenly
thrown upon the cable company, nocessatl
ly made the earlier accounts of the en
gagements somewhat brief. *
Commodore Dew- y s orders were to cap- *
:r destroy the S fleet and
were instructions executed In so complete ,
. a fashion At the <nd of seven hours there :
was absolutely nothing left of the Span- i
ish fleet but a few relics.
The American commander had most |
skillfully arranged every detail of the
action and ev> ti the apparently most In
significant features were carried out with
perfect punctuality and in railroad time
table order.
At the end of the action Commodore
Hew y anchored his fleet in the bay, before
Manila, and sent a. message to Governor .
General Augusti announcing the inaugura- j
lion of the blockade and adding that if a. j
shot was tired against his ships he would -
destroy every battery about M inila.
The position occupied by the Spaniards,
•he support which their ships received;
from the land batteries and the big guns
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LL m wreived several dispatches this morning front Hong > i
S Washington. May 7.-- Ihe state am. nave cep 1t .* rTr.dioch and subsequently two reports direct from |
/ Kong announcing the arrival there oi Dewey s dispatch boat, the icLu.locn, ana ... .
) Commodore I)< wey . translation of the first report, written last Sunday immediately after the > I
/ Secretary Long gave the newspaper men at 10:50 o clock t e k-f ■ t, * • , \ ;
; great battle. . . d., v hro n k this mornine. Immediately engaged the enemy )
z Manila, May !.<== Lhe squadron arrived a* narihdaid*-* LM ... ... iclo de Cuba General Lezo, the Duero, \
: ing Spanish vessels: Reina Christina, asm. . The squadron is uninjured and only a few C
one transport and the water tetW at «te. in q CO nsui at Hot I shall com-?
\ men were slit htly wounded. Ihe only means oi icK.’iapnt g, - - DEWEY. / [
S m unicate with him, . , f .« /[
epor t-from C mmodore Denrey was e iven to the public an hour later. rea as » J e royed th e > |
( Cavite, M have taken possession of naval station at te t „ ke city at any time . The?
\ fortifications at bay entrance, paroling garrison. I tv f-L.L -* W v'-rv heavy; 150 killed, including captain >
< squadron in excellent health and spirits. Spanish im - not ju ‘Y . ' ■ 7 !wo hundred and fifty sick and wounded ?
. . Chris na. lam assisting in protecting Spanish sick and wounded, iwo»nunureu ■ <
) Mtal wtthiq our lines. Much excitement a! Mar la. ' Vi ;'1
they had ashore gave them an enormous j
advantage.
Therefore, when it is considered that the
Spaniards lost over 600 men in killed ami ,
wounded, that all their ships amounting
■,. : »ut fourtc-i ■■■-.■■’ troyed am
their naval ut.- m*l at C.-ivitc was also de
stroyed with its defenses, it. will become
apparent that the victory of the American •
commodore Is one of the niot-l complete
end wonderful achievements in the history
of naval warfare.
Not One American Killed.
Not a man. on !• ->ard the American fleet
was killed, not a ship was damaged to
any extent and only six men w*-re injured
slightly on board the Baltimore.
This grand achievement is quite as much
due to the generalship of Commodore
Dewvv to th- fact that tie- American
gunners, shins and gnus are superior to
anything in the same line ailoat anywhere.
Credit must, also be gi ' : -■ ft lll '1
extent to the officers under Commodore
Dewey, for, to man, they : --c.mued heir I
galiant commander In every way possible *
and thus h< ipi d h m earn th< laur. 1 whi :h ,
i arc so justly his. The order of battle |
j taken up by the Spaniards was with all the
■ * craft in tone and timber |
I breakwaters of Cavite harbor. The larger |
I ships of Spain cruised off Cavite and Ma- |
I nila-
The American fleet entered Manila bay
' on Saturday night with the gr*-it. t ot
• ease. The Spaniards had not established
a patrol and there were no searchlights at
the entrance of the bay. In fact, the Amer
ican ships would probably have passed
Inside the bay without any challenge had
It not been that some sparks flew up from
the McCulloch's funnels. Thereupon a few
shots were exchanged with the batteries
on Corregidor island, but the fleet did not
' slow down and soon took up a position
. near Cavite, awaiting dawn to commence
I hostilities.
I Early hours of the morning revealed the
| opposition ships to <-u h other and the
I Spanish flag hip op* ur-d fir*'. Her a*-'ioll
■ was fol !o wed by so tn
Ua: ■ , - vlte forts opened |
r Span 1 essels brought i
their guns Into play.
Tim American .-quadron, which had been |
: led into til*' bay and through the channels
■ by tb.e tlagslp Olympia, did not reply,
■ c ough th-' shells of the Spaniards began to
strike the water around them, but moved
majestically onward.
Submarine Mines Prove Harmless..
Mina n* -ring liak-r bay a sudden up
heaval of waler a short distance ahead of
tiuj Olympia showed that the Spantar<i»
had exploded a mim: or torpeilo. This was
followed by a second ami similar explosion.
Ta.-y weri* both utterly unsuccessful
The American fleet was then drawing
near* r to tho Spaniards, whoso gunnery
was very poor, the shots from the f atlte
batteries and from the Spanish ships being
equally b .rlly ahned, either falling short or
going wide of the mark.
• ntered the t
| coming through the southern channel be- j
I twci-11 Cahaalo FTIle inlets, the following 1
i was their order:
• The flagship Olympia, the Baltimore, the :
' Bah i -’U 'Ord, Boston, Petrel and Me- |
j Culloch. with two store ships, the Nanshan ,
• and Zaflro, bringing up the rear. And m ,
I that order fury swept grandly before the 1
I city and faced the en*-:ny in column line. j
Though the Spaniards had opened fire ut
I C.bf'O yards, the Americans reserved their
* fi.e until within 4,tXiO yar.ds of the enemy,
; when the real battle began.
Tee Reina Christina. Castilla, Don An
i fonio de Glloa, l.sla de Cuba, Jsla de Luzon
: and the Mindanao were in line of battle
I outside of Cavite at that time with four
| gunboats and the torpedo boats Inside the
. harbor.
Tl.e American ships then passed back
l ward and forward six times across the
* front of the Spaniards, pouring in upon the
latter a perfect hail of shell. Every Ameri
can shot seem*-d to land while almost
every Spanish shot missed the mark.
Aft'-r having thus scattered death and
demoralization among the Spanish fleet and
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In t Span batt ■ ies, t m American fleet . -
retired t'or breakfast and, incidental.}, a ,
! council of war was held on board the ;
Olympia.
By this time the Spanish ships were In a I (
desperate condition. The flagship Reina ,
Christina w-.i. riddled with shot ami sb* 11. !
one of her si-am pipes had burst and sim ;
was believed to* be on lire. The I'astlh-a * 1
was certainly on hr ami soon aftvrwar*!.-
tbeir , uuditi’- i Lecamn woe. , ai'-a woe- .
until they wen* burned to the v it- r ■ edge. ,
Went Down with Guns Shoo ting
The Don Antonio «]*• ITloa made a most
m.ignlli'-en: show of desp--: :.: te bravery.
When her commander found she was s- *
* torn by the American shells bat he ecu i
not keep her afloat lie nailed her colors t*>
the mast and she sank with all ha ids Jig'it- ’
ing. Her hulls were completely riddled ard '
her upper deck had been swept • h-.tn
tile awful tire of the main guns, but the
Spaniards, though their vessels were sink- '
Ing beneath them, continued working <>■
! guns on her ower deck until rhe sank b*-
[ neath tho waters.
During the engagement a Spanish torpedo .
> boat er* pt along the shore and round the .
i oiling in an attempt to attack the Am*--lean I
' Store ships, but She was promptly discoy- ■
!erc*l. was driven ashore and was actually |
I sho*t to pie* - s.
j The Mindanao had in the meantime been j
run as-hore to save her from sinking, ami
the Spm -h small craft had sought shelt*-r J
from the steel storm behind the break- j
water.
The battle, which was started at about 1
5:30 ami adjourned at 8:30 a. m.. was re- ,
surni-d about noon, when Commodore Dew ,
ey started in to put the finishing touches ■
on his glorious work.
Thtr-. was not mm h fight left in the Span- j
I lards by that time, and at. 2 a. ni. the I’etrel
ami Concord had shot the Cavite batteries *
to silence, leaving them heaps of ruins ami
1 floating the white flag. The Spani.-li gmi-
* boats w. r- then scutti* *l. th* ai-'-n il was
I on lire ami the explosion of a Spanish tnaga-
I zine caused further mortality among the
defenders of Spain on shore.
On tne water the burning, sunk-n or d<-
I stroyed Spanish vessels could be seen while
only the cruiser Baltimore had sulf,-red in
any way by th* lire from the Spanish. The
first shot s nr k her exploded some ammu- |
übion mar one of her guns ami slightly I
injund half a dozen of the crew.
Shots Pass Close to Dewey.
Sever ' shots passed dangerously close |
to Commodore Dewey, but littl*- or no dam- |
was .lone on board the flagship. |
<*n the other band about l.'A men are said ,
to have been killed on board the Spanish
ip. v, hich was totally dt ' royed. Ad
miral Montejo. the Spanish commander,
’: .*n *f* rred iii- ll.’g to the Isle. *.f < üba when
his ship caught fire, but the latter was do
st rov*-d in course of time.
. ! I-.* ina ost 1 ■ ■ ■ ptnin. lieu
tenant. her chaplain and ft midshipman by
one shot which struck her bridg*-. ;
Abmr 100 men were kill-*1 and ' s ;
w ,*-,r.d *1 on boar.) tho Castilla. Imked. .
.son’.- estimates place the numb-r 01 Span- I
j M l, wournl*-*! during the eng gement at over 1
t thousand men. , .
T OAmpi-a w m struck five times about
he: upp.’-r works, and a Whale boat was
SnKLShtti. ncmla-
\lthouerh the Krupp ennis <-i- th * •
„ f Manila w-r* lit* d continuously ou -
. -r, . ngagem -nt. Comm idor* Dewey am
1 ,t reply to tht m, and the battery atti r
wards hoisted a white flag tn token o.
I surrender. ....
; The. terms of the capitulation were still
I unsett l'd when tie- Me* Mllocli l- *i **mm.
i ami it was said t'omnio*lore D wcy ‘ '
rio nj upon tHe part of the Insiltge.i .
| he attempted a. l-.oinb edm.-nt of the remain-
| ing fortifications at Manila.
i Th*, forts at th* entrance of th-? bay W
dismantled on V. *-In.-.-*'-- y. 'Her they h.u
; t jpitiilate<L . rir .
It is said the American commodore o -
'. dertd th*- • ' '
I Sards refused to permit him to as* .1 p-
1 ing a comp I ,
; it is Slid that the Spanii
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nun w. re willing enough to light ami die. ,
■ Spanish Commander a Fighter. ;
I Ev.ir. when the Spanish flagship was shot j
I h- ls awav h' r commun'L r. though wound
' p.L refu -I ; ' leave : ' 1 "
' - , burning at <1 inkim her st *rn
simile*-*i by a, common shell ami her st*-am '
pipe burst.
As yet there, are no further details of
the lighting. Aft- r it was over Commo- I
dore Dewey ent ultimatum to tm- e.t *
battery, ordering it to c* s. firing or h >
wouiu bombard tv tn.
Tin- Petrel chased * gunboat up the river (
p.sig ami tin- Spanish captain came in a
boMto negotmt* conditions of surrender.
The Aim-ric.-n captain replied:
••Unconditional or fight.
To this th.- Sl'.tniard am w- r'-d
“We ar P willing to tight. Please ah*"''
U 8 to sond lot ammunit ton, beeaust
store is exhausted.”
<.., a proposal to the <xi ding aut ' '
to continue temporarily time r ;.*■ Am tl- *-' i
flag pending the t- rmir. ition • 1 B'*' " •
the Spaniards delay-1 their -lee . 0:1 t d ,
k* pt w ■ ng t*> \1 idrid. 'I l>- Am*-
rt qu* sted the prh 11* g '
Mid w:.*n tins was refused, '.hey ent the
Tiie 1-:--—><--rlando, from Hong h<W-
r iv< d right in the middle of the battit
; .... adjournment for breakia u in
. „ „nr«er was detached to meet
American cru.set v.u «.
her. as it was believed .m mm it be a
e-,;.n..ird. Win nit was round tl*-t - '
■ . « ‘arrival was a British vessel, she w■ ■
- warned keep away. The Esm-rl.mdo
therefore moved up to the bay, ten or li
1 iri- still two or three Spanish gun
m .1 ■ about the Philippines, but no-resls
lame Horn th.m is pjbabl. . One recent
ly captured, an Ametie.in balk.
DEWEY 15 PROMOTED.
V/.ul lngton. m'*:-' " Formal ammun* *-
. . , brilliant ac.bb vin nt nt M«-
nlla was made to the presidi nt at 11 o .
lhP.v by the Secretary ot -xavy Ixrli,..
1 . . , numb* rof vi
ing <ll*. day. and to all the pre.-i.lent mth.r
~- d or announced the substance of th*
( . rams . There were mutual congratu
la,ions on the great victory which a.l de-
I dared the must rumarkable th*- h imo. \
i ~r naval warfare. S. * rotary Long. I*-' * *
‘ re*’ion of th*- president, sent the following
I vi-'ilv to Dewey;
-yVas ington Muy L 1898. To D'
I m i*; , Tim president, ti the name ot th*
: American peoplo. thanks you and your of
' fleers and rm n foi your Bidendid a* ■ * - -
m. in ami ov* rwhelming v.cto.y. tn ung
nition he bt ppo nt d you a* ting
and wiil recommend a vote to >Ol l „
gross.
C War >
News.... s
C You nerd the news, the X
i movements "f tmop-i. f
j th" naval operations \
L tli<* evolutions of the
J blockading ’•quadron, X
J tl • taking of Havana f
I and the evacuation of
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i•. jier H . ix every j
j week all the war news. I
Only Ono Dollar for
u tt liole Year of It.’ X
PBICE FIVE ( ENTS
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It V . Jived at the Navy
Department Early Sat
urday Morning.
By Jos; Ohl.
Washington, May 7. -(Sp< cialj-W
ton has been next to delirtqus wjtf
the wonderful story from lA>we
delayed offh-til report began
navy departim-iit early this •
. thmi th*- • it.v has e >.*•'
j enthn -f mrlc ri-joiemg.
I Til.’ lir- d -i-A'-li was (he ’
i report written by Admiral Di
Ih*. bv'.l*’. Th. information it c n
* of the condition of the squadron am
i nn-n «*-cmed almost too'goml to 'bet true.
The fact that such a bottle could
I occur without serious injury to the
! ships of out- squadron and without
-.ome loss of life had never entered
anybody's head.
At the navy deparment It. was confidently
expected that tin re would necessarily be a
li -t of ofllc.rs and men who had died doing
; , b . tbmr country, .nd iv tmetned al
„, .*!>. *ml b. lbs Um. * ’ li <•’ L-'HI men
■ n ■ ‘..1. to a gre per or 1c .- extent ex-
, " '"a n fl..- fire of th*- enemy's -”lps and
I r < u | snore batierier. v.o: one war. kill-
I'T ,r nmi. 'w.:* seriously injur, d Often
... ps there are
1 nv Ls II I’l a dozen men G'ghtly in
' b without r Hous . unities
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No North. No South ?-*< .Mor*s .{"
The day Ims b< * a glxen ° ’'yneL'l
- L nthusim-m by wlm h the iu. k ■ . ,
~i ling . tn, north from 'h* sout.- has . *n
oblit* rated iof all time. thM ‘V' 1 b ugl)
wero bft iftef Jo< M heffi r m Mtzhugfl
L *W* r* liani -f major general the army
Ot' the l tiled Stales.
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