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any better evidence ih.it war has obliterated
state lines and sectional and party differ
ences could be imagined, it requires a more
vivid imagination than mine.
Dewey is more of a. hero than ever, if
that be possible. The plan of his campaign
with the magnificent handling of his ships
by the men in charge of them is entirely
resisansible for the results. Dewey deserves
to the full extent all the praise which is
being showered upon him. in many re
spects this, battle of Manila is bound to go
down in history as perhaps the roost re
markable in the history of the world.
she news that there were no serious inju
ries to anybody will be especially welcome
to the families and friends of three Geor
gians who were in the light. They were
Lieutenant Brumby, flag lieutenant of the
commodore; Ensign Casey M"rg n, of Sa
vannah, and Randolph Ridgley, of Au
gusta--
A close study of Dewey’s two telegrams
during the day only increased the wonder
early in tne any by the naval experts at the
extraordinary results achieved by the ad
miral almost without injury. The reports
that came before the cutting of the table
were of a cl rac ter to indicate that I >ew< y
was going to make quick and thorough work
of the seizure of -Manila, but It was feared
that in so fierce an engagemint against
a Spanish fleet combined witli the shore
fort < s the American fl ■ t must surely have
sustained i good deal of damage, loss ol
life and m her injuries.
Heavy Loss Was Expected.
That was regard* d as inevitable In a corn
bat between two navies, for even tlio Chi
nese. in the gn at battle of Yulu, managed
to inflict a considerable amount of damage
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this Hattie of Manila, lasting two hours, at
least, according to the accounts first rr-
• iv d, and resulting In the destruction of
entire Spanish fleet and the silencing
h- ir forts, as 1 have said, not an Amer
life war. lost, and not an Ajnerh an ship
~s injured. A few men, it is true, wore
itly w< inded, but that is fr< qu< ntly the
ease when vessels indulged in target prac
tice.
There are all sorts of theories among the
ofllciils to account for tills, but u> tin* aii
h nee o f f cts it is hard to term areas >nablo
hypothesis.
' ■ -• gunnery, target practice, cool-
treducss, are the factors that
in such astounding fashion In
of one of the highest of. out
An older head, and a man
o, a strategist, thought that
ut the Spaniards unawares.
He had I
m.-A vexed. and al >l.r- a- ak was
oadside after Vto M.-ide. into the
w hich was taken unawares,
,dy at quarters, with most of the
ip and gi tefally in i -stat< utterly
d to'resist an attack. Ono officer
.he Spaniards had not thought to
ip ,1 ; , t ...’ (Ley hoi no
.1 and could not move, lying lielp
while Dewey’s ships cir< ■ d around
in, firing from one side and tie n an
her. Pr r the true <
not be forthcoming until mail adv' cs are
at hand but the Spanlsa naval pr.-tig- has
received' -a. blo-v from the l.att’. ■ >' Manil’i
from which it cannot r* > over in many
y,
No Interference.
Admiral Dewey cut the • ib'- himself
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so doing, it thought bs marp.s uas
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general from communh ate .th Ms own
government, but also to pr. vent the for
eign consuls at Manila Inti rn-rrng
wit li his. .plan ■ ■ ' rot to the>r
governments. H< made ■ ■■ ■■
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force the protest they Wi-ro . xpeeted t'
make ".gainst t ! • sutg.; o' It
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-is./- ho'y th ''"- ,’ti t ■ : w. nail."
di--’ > >« of two Spanish yes-
fr m . ■ -It t:’..' .
r.e' ,tiu I>.m .Ivan de
d.j 1 :z ■ 'l'll' Am -
it knots, carry■
,i u. machine gn us.
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veil Spanish ships
ay DeWey in the short space
xtfurs.
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commi.nieate to the public; he had
n . !'■■ icy all of the mws that th.'
lullo • i brought save a trifling detail
.- not of general interest and of Importance
only to the d- -..i-.irtnn a it. The receipt ol’
advices at the ■ ta:e department, however,
from < ommert ial sources Indk that fur
ther t ■ ■ • '
If '-.ingress does not prematurely act as
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u actual admiral in a. few days,
of July I.x. I'g-g. provides that nava.l
'. l>6, upon tile recommendation of
d mt, r< celve the t ~ ■■ on
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will do this in Dewey’s case.
•>ut sl,llO additional in his pocket
lien over thia e commodores as
'riling Admiral Sampson.
partm-nt today bought an
e big am vaeht Dorothv,
. ■ yard at Ip! ... she
■' 1 join Admiral Sampson’s
or to Havana, on aloekado duty.
xoTeigneis Discuss the Battle.
'! tic embosses and I<s. tloi’.s t'ommo
tore Dewey's r< pot "s w< r.- fad with gr<-at
i scr tot ■ .
ut.es of t'im foreign authorities to tin? gal
lant American < ommand. r. The remark-
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irking and that per- , y 7
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utovn under tin- strain . A 7 .*‘4’
and bi coining weak and / h.c- .'-/yj
sicklv; in c -ible of u.' jA'.' XZ sV
ii ■; th f niiy work 7 '<777 fc . y
looking' after the C V7'«w
.oil,! ;
It is just :e much
t!:i health of his family : ~7 |’k
from day to day as it
moment of shipwreck or v '
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It does not cost any- » •'i. 'o-'-ii
ti.ing more than i f<■ **’“7a
minutis of time to write
to in. R. V. Pierce, chiet - . e _
consulting physician of ''*ir s s3
the lie alids’ iloti l and *
ptirgieal Institute of Buffalo, N. V . who
■ ii i.,*-.- with suggestions tor inexpensive
who ire. weak and ill may be put on their
feet again well at
I'or thirty year- Dr. Pierce has success
fully treated many of the most obstinate
and apparently hopeless cases of severe
chronic disc .<<?. ili•- medicines are known
throughout ‘he whole world for their as
tonishing efficacy. Mis ’‘Golden Medical
Discovery” is the most perfect remedy for
all weak and debilitated conditions of the
system. It gives power to the digestive
■ ■ ism to transmute the food into ua
cular flesh a*
vorite Prescription " is the most successful
medicine ever devised for the delicate ail
ments peculiar towomen. <,
’ r is ‘"'Peasant Pellets ’■’ ate the best mild
' xati ye sot constjpat ion.
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(Manila Harbor, and City, and Ca-
\ . . C* I vite, the Fort Which Dewey
- -os'-sfGo VO.'s C>E . — — TiOW Holds
, l —., ~ . ...... ,-f i.i lri ra] MontHo, was burned during :' <• battle. Tlw Don Ju.m
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r ' Tin Isla de Cuba, .-: b- snip of .••>la d. Luzot was Admiral .Monujos flag ~ . er tn Keina < rmtina ">s burned.
Among the Ahips of the Spanish tl>. : were too lollowim’ -• , P .|i >■ mid fire rifles, six 1.1-tnch ami two machine guns.
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Velae-co, 1,152 tot . batterv, three 5.!»-incb Armstrong i 1 ■ ’ 77. "- . > .■, 3 2-lncl •' 1 fire, two 1.5-lnch tnd two ma hirm guns.
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Marquee del Duero. dVpatch boat. sWtons; one smoothbore I ■ j . two small gum 1 two machine guns.
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! The Revenue Cutter McCulloch, of ( omniodore Dewey’s 2\siatic Squadron, ;
that brought the report from the Philippines. •
s able disparity l.>-iwe. ,-n *h« casualties on j
the American and Spanish - hi;., as shown j
by the Dewey re,ports, was a source of i
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. of .one of the embassies said such a dis- !
parity probabiy -w;: ; without i parallel in '
history.
How the Spaniard.- < old have b,s' ,
killed and L’.'O wounded while the Anwrli'.'ri :
loss was confined to a few men slightly
t injured Is regarded by the foreign ob
‘ serv rs a 3 clearly <1 . closing the utter
worthlessness of Spanish arms. Tito ambas
sador of one of tin great powers .-aid it .
showed that Hie guns of the SpiUi'sh forts
as well as those on their ships were worth- j
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at least some mortaiitj upon the American)
sailors. i
“It ree.iHs S,.lf. rirm." sail! lie. At ti nt !
time I-'rmw. i;l d Austria .-iv at ’war,
but the range, of the Fr<meh guns was
longer than taut of the Am trim,s. That
brought them together on unequal terms
and the sirnplt difference in the length of
range of the l-’r- -: -!i guns determined tho
■ outcome of that ! it He. So .1 e with
■ lie.SeV. He list Old.V bad the p > ill - , Illi f tile/
* had the modern strength and d strili-tive-
ness. while tit'.- Span', -i guns evidently were
antiquated and gut., only in n rm. Il
Servos to show that u the warfare of to
day a nation must h. vr- weapons of the
most modern pattern, else it is at a. terri
ble d sadvautag. and hs men arc left pru—l
tie.illy at the nv-rcj of in eii my having
all tlie la t. .•. ■
' are. ]t Sol'erino over
again, and this time Spain learns it.”
It was thought the Hi .- ; s!i embassy would
receive direct advi-c.- but non.- came. Th-
French, Herman mid other foreign estab
lishments were also licking for direct ad
vices.
in all foreign quarters much concern was
shown ns to the eff> et of these reports upon
Hie temper of tin -,. .mi- o: Madrid. It
was believed that wmuld add fuel to th<
flame aiteadi < \ tb-ri and tn.it hub-
more was m i-d.-d to overthrow, the gov
ernment.
< Ifir. i1 i■•’ i. ■ w. i ■the stale di
part men t today to n.mb is-idors and |
mini-ier. that Jud;..- I'm md a- 'tm d tile
dui’i s of secretary of slave and tin foreign I
officials will take e.'ir'ly occasion io pay a
formal • -.11 of re.-'.pect to tile neW s. ere- I
tare-.
Dewey’s Son Receives the News. '
New York, .May 7. George G. biv.-. . I
only son of Admiral Ue.wev. lives .it -110 j
West Fifty event) treet, ■ and !
in employed at 108 Worth street. When :
inform d of the re-n ipt of th,- report of the |
mini ral, 'I org.- w. elated.
“Tlie ne.es of the vietory of tin Am- !- -
can fleet ’ -ases me beyond . xpn-. :--i-m,” :
he said, “but o.i'y e.onlirm.s the < pinion I
I have had all along of what would ban- ;
pen to the Spanish licet if my father .-ver ;
met it. It is a me.it victor}- lor us. and '.
1 am proud to be th< sun of the man who j
is such an honor to the country..”
Mr. Dewey express d surprise that nene i
of tin- men of the American fleet J
killed.
■THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONPAY, MAY 9, 1898.
BUT FEW AMERICzXNS WOUNDED.
Newspaper Correspondent with Dewey '
Sends a Message Home.
i 1... favetli . - Joi F. Ml Cut- ;
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| elii on. of fb.is city, tile newspaper man on
, board the McCulloch, today cabled ins fain |
I ily from Hong Kong as follow.-:
Great victory and greatest experience
on earth. Am perfectly safe myself and
but few Americans wotmded. Many Span
iur-lr Kill- d iiid eleven ships sti: k. Manila
ami fort, bombarded, .lint bai l- ITnni Mn
-1 nila on Mei'ulloeh. Ever} American boat
I and man did great work. Dewey is mag
nificent.”
I Another of Dewey’s Men Heard From.
■ Greenville, S. M.-p 7.—(Special.)—An ,
; anxious mother and fattier are happy to- f
night, Tod.i.v Mr. J. if. Janies, of Green- '.
v He, I'-ee V'-'l a eabb mam Hum his son. .
on board tie Boston, in Dewey's fleet. It |
lead: V ietiii'ious; unhurt." For weeks I
Air. James h ■ . heard nothing from his son
and since the greal fight at Manila he
h.iS been v-r un.-asy. S. I’. Janies grad
uated from Hi iuntil academy in 18U-I, and
is now assisi mt engineer on the Boston,
which is in tin- Asiatic squadron, the fleet
whi'-h <1 d such noble work at Manila. The
cablegram wa,s sent from Hong Kong, and
| thougn I'l ief. it toid Worlds of gladm ,-s, of
vieloty and a safe escape from the bat
tle's dangers.
DEWEY NEEDS NO SUPERVISION
Rear Admit al Belknap Speaks at a
Club Dinner.
Ili>.:ti n. May 7 —AI the banquet of the !
M eiiusetts Club tonight Rear Admiral I
Belnap :■ lid rhe brill uney of Commo- j
dor..- J i. we} < victory filled him with glad
m-ss ami lie di-clared that the Spanish navy
would lie, or .should be, the objective
I' point of the United States navy. Hi depre
gated the unwillingness of congress in time
of peace to make any appropriations for
j the navy. He highly prd.se,i Dewey and
| said that if the otlb al .-lory of his doings
I at. Manila confirms the report of liis victory
j it will show that Farragut's mantle of
I braveiy has fallen upon a must worth and
I intrepid pi-r-on. Continuing. Im said:
i "We are told tnat he has quick tempi r,
I that li- r,u.s intcifereiK-e with al.- , .in
i' < option of dut} and his prerogatives as a
; eumm.itiding officer, but what man of as-
I fairs wii > amounts to anything nas not a
j temper and mind of his own’.' Timr-- is, .-is
■ you know, a naval strategy board in Wash
i iiig'nli to dir.-et naval niovemeii'.s at this
l june.tur- . Soin- of its memb-rs nev -r had '
■ a minim's es peril nee in war. Heaven save I
| tlie mark! How , oil'd tin y plan the move.
incuts for the gtmlane.- of old officers woo j
: are suppose.] to know their business of i
; handling and fighting ships and fleets with- |
I oil- adt i‘-i-. Hut I is .'.lid that Captain •
I Mahan has bi- n ordered horn- to lake a i
seat on the strategy hoard. Fancy Dewey,
hr i ( d, able ami d i.'hing, splendid seaman
I and brill'ant commander, who has won one
of the most unique, complete and greatest
ll,> 111 of 1 -on v, I. ■ .-i .oiv ee • ’
. f'ltn ’’f"'' o,’
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, “Mahan is •' forceful and m-. umplished
l writer, but there >s no Farragut or D-we}
I sea genius in hi ' male-up.
“Now. in my Judgment. th« naval “tint
< . . ■ ■ ■ ’> a'
destruction of the S,>ani-b th . T: a! ac
eompli.-l”‘d, tl: war sfm-.ild -on com-- to
an end.”
.
Bidknap pointed -mt t'm pro-ability that
tin- German emt>< r-'f. when In- ri.-- bis m-w
1 fleet built, would wat - to m< - ire words
I with the Atm-rb .in r.-publi.’, ftmsmti •!> :n
' the commercia! instin, of- • German ped
' pl,, m ule it i I -■ ,-id lie '*>< Unit'd
Stai-- shoo'd l»e ra id}' to mt-c- -'i .
Admiral Kimborly attributed tlie v!< or
i l Manila to the I’ -.-t of jmlgtm nt 'he Iwst
j of ptuclt and most .iron ’i ■ imans'itp.
; H. mad,- a plea for a a iner.--i 1 mivy.
' SPAIN ADMITS LARGE LOSS.
; OFFICIAL DISPATCH GIVES THE
EXACT FIGURES.
; Governor Genet tl Augusti Informs
His Government of the Seizure
of Cavite.
Madrid, Maj '• An oflle tl patch from
| G neral Augusti. goveim.or general of the
| Philippines, sent by w o of 1 Haan, says:
; “1 he , my seized tfavit and the
arsenal owimo to tie- ilestr. -lion if the
S]>ani 1 squadron. mid tablished a
close blockade. 1> .. said that at th<
request of tile ee .sms. the m- iny will
not bombard Manila for the present, pro
vided I do not open fir, upon Ihe i :m
--my's .-quadrom wlm.-li is o.;t ol range
of our guns. Therefore, I cannot tire
umtil tiny come mare:.
••A thousand sailors arrived here
1 yesterday evening from our destroyed
squadron, the loss of which number
i 618.”
| A conference of the authoHt’.es i-as been
i held, at which it was d< < idi d to semi in
fluent 'll emissaries to the provinces to
rai.se the spirits of the people and probably
endeavor to induce those provided with
arms to abandon the insurrection.
Tie- ehamb.-r has today wilnesse.l the
most uproarious seems in th.- annals of
the eortes. S'-nor M, Ila. a i arli.-t deputy,
in a siiei eli, made u.s<, of a scriptural quo
tation referring to "an unfortunate nation
whose kings are boys,” adding that women
were always the cause of the fall of
thrones.
Setior Sagasta, tlie premier, sup]iorted by
a majority ot the ehambi r. proi.-stt'd jrnid
tin- gri ate.-t confusion against ri -nor Mel
ia’s language. Tb-.- republicans s.ded with
j the carlists. The speaker reqw sted Senor
i Melia to withdraw his words, but this the
i deputy ri fused to do, saying that they were
I scriptural.
"'lie president named Senor Melia thrice,
deel.iring that his refusal to withdraw the
language lie had Used was disrespectful
to the reigning dynasty, mid then submit-
ii d the question! of the expulsion jrem the
chamber of the offending m- nib. i. A divi
sion was taken amid a terrible uproar,
resulting in the expulsion ot Senor Melia
by a vote of It'll to HI, til. re|iiibliemis vot
ing with the earlists, t'pon ilie a rnomiee
ment of the result both the republi.-ans
and i.-irlists walked from tin- eliambcr.
The eariists declare the}- will not return
unless Senor Melia be readmitt .I. The
president of t h<> chamber explains that the
expulsion applies only to today's silting
The incident created intimae excitement,
both inside ami outside tin chamber.
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Rushing War in Cuba.
Madrid. May 7 An official dispatch from
j Havana says:
Since April 30th hostilities have been pur
i sued against Gomez with the gr.-atest ac
tivity and vigor. Several engagements
| have- taken plm-e. Thirty-two rebels have
' been k He.l mid o-nc Spanish officer and
thirty-three soldiers have been killed.
iPKE UPOF THETWO HOSTILE FLEETS
i THAT ARE APPROACHIHG EACH OTHER
Now that a battle between tin North Atlantic squadron under Acting Admiral Sampson
and t) *St nm-h flotilla, kno was the Cape Verde fleet, is inevitable if it lias not already taken
place—the make-up of the oppoiiiig naval lorccs is presented.
: ’ 1 lie lull value ot the Anierii an ..d. under Sampson is presented, but it is impossible to
| give the worth of the Spani h warships further than the class to which they belong. rhe
i Spanish government .o far has been able to prevent any leakage as to the armament of her
I boat-.
AMERICAN SHIPS.
New York, armored c.u:.t r, 2 2 guns; tag- I
• ship S 200 tons, Captain 1 . K ( had- i
I wu k.
■ lowa, first-class battleship, 32 guns, 11,4101
| tons.
' Indiana, tirst-ciass battleship, 34 guns, .
10,288 tons.
I I'error. double turrted monitor (coast de-
| fender) r 2 gun.-, 3,990 tons.
1 t .ist ne, gunboat, 14 gun.-, 1,177 tons.
■ilarblelH-i.il. cruiser, to guns, 2,0X0 tons. ;
Detroit, cruiser, 18 guns, 2,0.89 ton-.
Mavflowcr, torpedo boat destroyer, used as
J disp.m h boat.
I .'.lontgomcry, erui cr, 18 guns, 2,cSt) tons.
SPANIARDS STEAL A MARCH
But Our Brave Sailors Will Meet Them
With Full Force.
By Robert B. Cramer.
Cap, Haytiem Hayti, May p. m.—(By
Frene.lt Gable to Th e Constitution.)-Ths
big th'•! Is on the sea 01 action with Bor
to Rico as Its ultimate point and the Capo
Verde fleet as Its foe.
So swift does tin arm of gowrum-nt
power Strike that perhaps even by the time
you r'Colvc this the fleets will have en
gaged each other. As this is being writt-n
rumors are thick hero that the scouting
silips have met and opened tile.
When Admiral Sampson so hurriedly
sem.-.pl’ot’id his fleet to follow him out of
Havana harbor—l aving only a mosquito
fleet to hold down Moro castle—he had th.'
newspaper men at sea in a double sensi .
Wh- n he lilted ancnor at Key West and
steamed out of sight with secret orders,
giving the newspaper m<»n no invit it.on to
go along, it was felt that time for business
had arrived. The newspaper fleet, there
fore, hurriedly laid in a stock of coal and
started to run down Sampson and his ships.
Sailing south of the Florida keys, crossing
the straits of Florida, and pushing toward
th • old Bahamas channel, we found that
the fleet was either bound to turn f’.,pe
Maysi to retch Smtiago de Cuba, or to
nu. k. a. direct trip to Borto Rico. Wlai: I
the tlags’mp kept out of sight of ta, cape ,
and made tor the windward pass i.gc, <-x- '
clteim nt, snppi'i’S". <l. grew intense, because'
It was now -t‘.« to Porto Rfco. whirl’.
' KF* KS SJW MAP showing in enlarged form ( I BA, HAVANA,
1 W pH fi® fsl ESOI CHINA, the PHILIPPINE ISI \.\HS, me., etc. You
I WB HU Ip bmM M*B can keep up with each battle as it occurs. Already we
1 WK WBSi Sn EjflL<gy have fought and won our first battle and have taken the
| Dt| wh Philippine Islands. Eor 50 cents we will send post paid
iVw IraH N™ wl Wmk Band-McNally’s War Xtlas—-16 page- -o large Maps,
laW WW M H printed in colors, and the Sunny South three months,
h t-i Ve” ’“Sj Address, IHE SI NN\ SOI I'll, Atlanta, < la.
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SPANISH SHIPS.
Infanta Maila i ere a, first-class armored
i cruiser.
Vizcava, first class atnfbt td ert >et
Alniirante t iquendo, first-'la-- armored
i cruiser.
< ristobal Colon, first-cla.-s armored erui-cr. j
Alfonso XIII, second-clas , ruiser.
Krina Mercedes, unarniored steel ■ rui
\iiele, torpodo boat.
Karo, torpedo boat.
Azor, torpedo boat.
I could be g lined by hugging tin northern .
coast of Hayti. At the first sight of Hay-'
tian land the fleet put 011 its greatest spied
and dlsappeart d, while we put into port I
at this place to get off the first d..-patch I
which it has been found possible to file ■
in this long waste of w iter and barren ■
little islets,
Porto Rico is still about ■’i" r > miles distant, I
or a day's Journey for the lb t. When
we left Key West the Cape \ . rde fleet'
hod been out long enough to re-aeh San 1
Juan m xt Wednesday, and Admiral Samp
son’.- plan was to riach it the day leTore ■
so as to give it battle. As far as new- can
l>e gathered here, the Impression is that j
the Cape Verde fleet has beaten the record, ,
; and not only made Borto Rico, but advanc- j
I ing westward, is now In hiding in -ome of i
■ the deep San Domingan harbors. Escocesa |
Bay is one point mentioned, while many !
i hold tiiat it Is this side of Cape Francis. I
I I can hardly believe all this, though it Is I
possible that some small gunboat r may be
i at the points mentioned. At any rale, Ad-
I miral Sampson does not propose to bother
' about small g’ame, lint will keep straight
I on to the front of San Juan.
It it should be possible that the Span
i lards had stolen a march upon us. and
1 were really off the San Domingan coast
I at the points stated, news of battle may
' be expected at any- moment. Sampson’s
1 men had heard just enough of the Manila
prqj <7>, wuAU
Uncle W
Sam M
This ls
America’s V VvttDj
Greatest
Medicine. /.Nk 7\\ ftl iiii If k si
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victory to put them in high feather. 1 tie
fleet Is !n admirable trim, every ship stanch
and every man alive to the fact that
America expects him to do bls duty.
A couple of tramp schooners Just in poit
from the eastern coast report heavy firing
out to sea. which may mark the beginning
of the big battle. Hence must put to
water again and get in the Make ol what
Is going on.
The latest Is that the Spanish fleet ts
certainly ip Porto Ri< an waters, ami that
the battle is imminent.
u. S. SHOULD KEEP THE ISLANDS.
English Papers Advises American
Government To Hold On.
I.ondon. May B. The Spectator. In «n
article today, urges America to keep the
.Phi.»; one islands, to raise a colored army
of 20.0t'*» men, "and with tills • ft■ live Se
poy army hold the Philippines. Hawaii and
Porte Kieo, paying the arm.’, of o-'‘ upatlon
out «»f 1“ re’. fiDi’
Continuing. The Spectator says: With
risen the; lam
safe as a drawing room ami -i- full of busi
ness as Broadway or the s * md.
Referring to the outcome of tlio war, The
Spectator remarks
"The Americaiis will emerge from the
war wiiu new id. as unit lar; r . ah!., I
'l'hey will have defeated a ■ieeoe.d-M.i.-s
European state an I will feel acute.y that,
(US matter.- stand, thev veil!,l have been
| , f ea tcd by i llrst-elass one. They cou’.d
I not have fought France, to say lo’hi g of
! Great Britain, without .suffering gr; oe-
.. . at n< a and - • 1 ' ■ •*’ *
and land.
"That is not the portion which stilts
' American temper, ami Washingt w; will ; -i.
I itself to construct a. firs’ ■ tss -roll lb < -.
That om.e built, t •" de-are lor a po.-.t;on
in the world eqiie’ to tluar pos.iion among
nations will compel llu-in to abandon t io
; H1..;, Ot nm...r.!.'r\cnlm,, ,u .1 . hange ’he
| Monroe doctrine ito a direct ami cilia live
I prnteetora:for Hi" t" •• Aim
' Philippine Islam'- nun bast : ■ • ai Io ■|>
I lo put the 'ruth in 1..- inost brutal form,
i catrnot attack them without our permls-
PORTO RICO P.EAD'Z TO REVOLT.
! Revolutionary Junta Says Islands Ate
Anxious To Refute Spain.
... . v.. ' - •
I will say:
Mt mbet >f tie I’ma.i Ri ■r< volution .ry
| jm'ta In Ihi- city have rec'i .'d advices
: ■ rent the \V. st 1 ■i ■ I. . tin ■. th: I
the United BtaUs Am . ■ ■ ■:. will t ike
| the field against Spain.
i NEW ORLEANS JOINS THE ELEET.
| Lighthouse Authoilu - Di . Net Know
How To Report Warship.
w; ■ News. May -1" . tnDer New
. Orle.ui 'ined tin fly im; .-■!'■ non al «'ld
1 Point Comfort .■borl.y alter 7 o’e..>ek tiis
| evening.
I it is stat'd that tin tg ii'aousi euthori
tj..s ,H C tpe He. ry wi-r. i:i a qnaii.lai ••
a.s to how to report the warship whii It
w;m porch ised recently of the Brazil ■ ■
: , . , 1 '
tne New Orleans, md report, d that ’’big
I white ship, witit yellow luum-Ls,’ had
passtil in.
H . • x;_. • ted that t Nev < •
coal hen . and wh ]<• In r nnik-i .- .ire j'ih:
I-. |>! rush' d. sh«* will r< reive her coat ul v\.ir
l»a J. _
Spy Captured at Cadisi.
Cadiz, May 7. A man H inn d Boyer h.»t»
been arrostd ami imp. is<.nv*i i-»r al-
I tcmjniiiL. ■> r»’i« uraph aiis < i lie m«»v? -
1 mer.ts of Spanish warships. lh - ays !>»• is
i an Knglisl’mir .. H» is h« .a by Lin- ;.i.liiai\-
! auil-. r.l a s as a spy.
! Captain Mahan Reaches Washington.
.X ew York, May 7. i ’ ‘pt .1 in .'J. d ’l'
i Mahan, ot the United S’utes navy, retired,
io was recently called from Europe to
I take a posit on with to b >ard of strata-
I gists at W.'islrmgti.n. a \ d here today on
the Cumird 1-1 m r Etrur >
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