II right :m. by . ,ated Press.)
mong naval
i dvilians,luro-
natives today, there is
tilt. Wold 'i' on—the bril-
htg, annihlI log victory of
can fleet u- der Commodore
Iaver th'e Span ‘1 fleet command—
Astaire: Mon .1 in Manila.
IIngtothe factt at thecabiebe-
' this port. and . Philippine ls«
. was not in w-' ing'oider, hav-
I‘ been cut, it is w , some distance
lion the capital of e islands, there
been delay in ob iniug a detailed
but of the battle, and facts in the
case were only avails s when the Uni-
:teit States gunboat ii a McCulloch or-
i I
one executed in
At the end of
‘ The position scooped by the Span-
;i‘ - iards, the support wh their ships re-
ceived from the land tterles. and the
big guns they had e gave them an
anortnous advantage. , Therefore, when
it is considered that a Spaniards lost
over six hundred in it lied and wounded
ed, that all their sh . amounting to
about fourteen. were. destroyed. with
”an defences. it will ‘ me apparent
that the victory of tile American com-
modore is one oi the not complete and
wonderfulachlevemeti+ts in the history
of naval warfare. I
Not a man on hoaiid the American
host was billed. not ship was damag-
ed to any extent. and iy six men were
iniured slightly on the Baltimore.
This grand sell out is quite as
much due to the lship of Com-
modore Dewey ss to‘the fact that lhe
hi“- and guns are
Americas gunners.
«prior to snythiagin the same line
fit anywhere. C
given to the fullest
gone under Commodo
1; Cm. lilo! mended
' lander in every way‘
i
it must alone be
tent to the oil'i~
Dewey. for. to
heir gallant com-
poaalblo and thus
I“ hint earn the . surois which are Wm“. "a,
“lastly his. The Spanish guuboatd were then
. . scuttled, the usual was on llro. and
”cum. mm” a it- tho osploslon of a Spanish muasine
use was with all to stash craft in bk- :"";”d “a,“ mm:':,’,“°“ m" a”
flloas and timber awalors of 41- ‘31:“): cm“; burning sunken or
“harbor. Thole or ships of lit in '
ol Caviie I Manila ”I he «betrayed lipanlab vessels mold be seen
I“ while the cruiser Baltimore had not
”ll“: itsniia n" " suffered in any way from the tire of the
“in" “ the greatest M enemy. A allot which struck her es-
M Them l" "”01““ ' tlloiibti some ammunition near one of
I M ii“ "i W m" ' her son. and slightly iaiursd half a do-
h am‘m , M “L?" to ten of her plow.
s l! m
- inside the bar .mmw' ‘
had it not been iioveroi shots naedod dsagstvmsiy
W m m. u... Mild! to Commodore M0,, Iii“ little
. few ornodstasgdwadddaeonboardths
uaatoehuaa
titles. “leash
‘ heater and nearer to the dpsnlards.
, . Spanish'shins were badly aimed, either
falling short or going wide of the mark.
i bay, coming through the southern chan-
' the following was their order: The
' Oath-otherssadmhoatlidatsaare
toast-it flagship. wbtshwasiataliydss-
trored. Admiral Wasteland-o
mmsuoer. treasidrredhislegteiits
«mus-momma“
Mdsouphoavalofwateradhortdik
' ' Mmammmmm
.‘thelipgniarcshscssnlodcdamm '
, ‘ 5W0. Thiams'followedbya‘
- “ and. and similar explosion. They were
both utterly unsuwesstul
The American fleet was then draiviog
whose gunnery was very poor, tfielshois
from the Cavite battery and from the
1,. worshotsncswt
Whoo-theAmerlean bootenwredthe
pol. between Caballo and Write islets,
flagship Olympia, the Baltimore, the
Raleigh, Concord, Boston. Petrol and
McCulloch, with the two store ships,
the Nanshan and Sondra, bringing up
the rear An in that ordér they swept
grandly before the city and faced the
enemy in column line. —
Though the Spaniards—had opened
lire at six thousand yards, the Ameri-
cans reserved their fire until within
four yards of the enemy. when the real
batle began. The Deina Christina,
Castillo, Don .Antonio de Ulloa, Isla de
Cuba, lslp de Luzon and Mindanao
were in line of battle outside of Cavlte
at the time, with the four “abouts and
the torpedo boats inside the harbor.
The American ships then passed
backwards and forwards six times ac-
ross the front of the Spaniards, pouring
in upon the latter a perfect hall of shot
and shell. Fiver-y American'shot seem-
shot missed the mark. .
After-having thus scattered death and
demoralidation among the Spanish
fleet and in the Spanish batteries, the
American fleet retired for breakfast,
and, incidentally, a council of war was
held on board the Olympia. By this
time the Spanish ships were in a des-
peraie condition. The flagship' Reina
Christina was riddled with shot and
shell. one of her steamplpes had burst
and she was believed to be on tire. The
Castillo-was certainly on fire, and, soon
afterwards. their 'condltlon became
worse and worse, until they were even-
tually burned to the waters' edge.
Desperado Spanish Bravery.
The Don Antonio de Uiloa made a
most magnificent showing of desperate
bravery. When her commander found
shewassotornbytheAmerlcanahells
that he could not keep her allost, he.
nailed her colors to the mast, and she
sank with all hands lighting to the last.
Her hull was complewa riddled. and
her upper deck had been swept clean by
the awful lire of the American guns, but
the Spaniards, though their v . l was
sinking beneath them. continued work-
ing'tho guns on her lower dock tlutil
she sunk beneath the waters.
During the engagement. a Spanish
torpedo boat crept along the shore and'
round the oiling. in an attempt to at-
tack the American store ships, but she
was promptly discovered, was driven
ashore. and was actually to pieces.
The Mindanao had. in a mean-
while. been run ashore to save her from
sinking, and the S lsh small craft
had sought shelter from the steel storm
behind the breakwater.
The battle. which was started at
about 5:30 a. m. and adjourned at 8:30
was resumed about noon. when Commo-
doro Howey started in to pill the finish-
lug tom-hoe upon his glorious worit.
'l‘lu-ru was not much light loft in the
Spaniards by that time. and at 2 p. m.
the l’a-trel and the Concord had shot the
i‘nvite batteries into silence. leaving
ibom twups of ruins and floating the
ills-hip.
said to have been billed on board the
fold mania. whoa attests est-st Ire.
initthoiatiorwaoaisohiimladas
soureeofti-s. ‘l‘loflsiaaChrluiaa
lostltor am sad mas-at. liar
ed to tell, while almost every Spanish" .
squadron is engaging the Spanish Cape Verde fleet.
The firing began "about 9 o’clock this meming and was
The American fleet was due to arrive in Porto
Glade lair“ left Caps iiayiiea
Squadron has Met
. ‘ Spanish Cape
New York, ‘May 8.—
following copyrighted
Plato, San Domingo, May 8:
about fifty miles from here.
“It is‘believed here that
temfic.
and reduce it.
capture Porto Nico."
which any news might come.
The In
containment!”
ghee sadism mailed
Port as Prince. Haiti. lily d—‘l‘he
i‘nitsti aisles cruiser linoleum".
tom-adder (l. A. Converse. is wepoud
to have been engaged with a much lacs»
or Spanish cruiser. last sight. sorilt-
wsst of Cape liayilen. s seaport lows
of iiayti. us its aerth toast. ninety
tailed north of Port au Friars.
While the French steamer mince
lodrigasa from item on April is for
iiaytisa aorta. was at Cape lisytlra.
s Iaaaish warship is said to have itssa
waishiag her. stietaititu the mom
for as American rams/i When the
Rican waters yesterday afternoon.
was expected at about the same time. .
"Sampson came here with orders to find the fleet
it is Believed that Rear Admiral Sampson s
and Engaged the
Verde Fleet.
HEAVY CANNONADING TO
NORTH OF SAN DOMINGO.
it Began About INinc O'clock this Morning and is Reported from
Monte Cristi as Being Terriiic—Thc United, States Cruiser
Montgomery Supposed to Have Been Eogsgcddnst Night with it
Much Larger Spanish Cruiser Northwest of Cape Haylien.
The World has received the
cablegram dated' Puetto
”Dominican oflicials re-
port heavy cannonading off the north of Monte Cristi,
it
Rear Admiral Sampson's
The LSpanish fleet
“He will, after destroying the Spanish ships, begin
astrict blockade and if necessary he will bombard and
No Fighting Off Porto Rico.
St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, May 8,-«Tlte Am-
erican fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Samp-
son has uetyet arrived 01! Porto Rico, and no fighting
as yet occurred in that ‘quarter.
Waiting to Hear From Dewey.
Washington, May 8—It is said at the navy (lepurt-
ment that there is the bent reason to'believe that nothing
will be heard from either Sampson or Dewey today or
tonight and that midnight is the very earliest hour at
lean undetected oralssroimaotoasd Ibo
speedof loom Iheearrissataeoiachrapiddre
loopyrlgbt ill. by Annotated Press.) were below at supper while this oscil-
lag episode was scouring. but elders of
the steamer which arrived here today
any they are random the mono?!
was overmmhod add that her only
loans oi damping was to run close to
shore la' the darttasdd.
The Iaaaiard. accordion to the star
taidbythodvewaftboii‘rsadhstsalor.
gaiaed in tits a’avsoit. which was wii'
ae-odireat lholriflosftaoousds
lisdrigaaahyifieflemettitatves-
sol. Tsstwewsldimmysarmest
laihessmeesasrsicireotlsamltaihs
DodaDecidodeon.
. gBy Assoc. iated Press)
Tamils. Fla, diay' S-Ueutsnant Colo-
nel Lawton, ivho wont to Key West
Thurdiay to confer with Admiral
Sampson ,has returned and reported at
'once to General Shafter. It is almost
certain that the exact point of land on
the Cuban coast has decided upon, and
probably also the date of sailing; but
the oincials absolutely refuse to give
out any information on the subject,
merely saying that notice will be given
twenty-four hours before the time set‘
for departure.
Captain .1. it. Doret, side to General
lilies, is expected to arrive in Tampa
in a day or two from Cuba, where he
has been in communication with Gen-
eral Gomez. it is believed that upon
sure the number of troops to be sent
into Cuba by the United States gov-
ernment.
The‘worlt of making alteration on
the transport hosts is being pushed
with the utmost vigor, and by Monday
everything will be in readiness for
loading. General Nunez. who left for
Washington last night. is not expected
back before" Wednesday, and no move-
that time.
Divine services were held in the var-
ious camps at Tampa and Port Tampa
today. All drills were suspended, as
is customary on Sunday. anda large
majority of the soldiers attended ser-
vices on what may brove to be the last
Sunday they will spend outside of Cuba
for many 'months. Excursion trains
were run. to Tampa today on all the
roads ccnt ng here. and thousands of
slghtseers ronged the camps and the
big wharves at Port Tampa.
The entire Twenty-fifth infantry, two
companies from Dry Tortmas and six
companies from Chickamuags. in com-
mand of Brigadier General Andrew S.
Burt, went into camp at Tampa today.
I0 Immune 1' man.
A Proclamation Calling upon'tha roo-
plo to Domain
Milan. May 8. 8: 30 a. m.—The night
has passed without any further ser-
iousfiriotlng. though the city was in
partial darkness owing to the destruc-
tion of the electric light wires.
A proclamatioryhas ban , cali-
ing upon the people to remain tranquil,
to arrive here. They will guard the
outskirts of the city.
At blonds, nine miles from here,
there was Is demtgtstration yesterday
against calling out the reserves. The
troops charged three times and three
people were killed and sixteen were
wounded.
The queen and the queen regent of
Holland who were upectrod here have
. hem advised by in government not to
proceed to Milan.
monuwame.
A Germs-Welsh» m It. Thomas
Delay. Dan“ for Iowa-a.
(By Associated Press.)
St. Thomas. liay 8-The British steao
mor Arbbough. having 8,000 tons of rial
on board. has arrived here from Scot-
land. bound for San Juan. l’orio Rico.
She called here for orders and to see if
it was safe for her to proceed.
The German warship Gicr left here
today for Gullah waters.
WWW.
A Guard of laeiaes Placed on the
Norwegian Idea-es Ion.
Lilly Associated Pressl‘
Rotterdam. iiay i-'i‘he Norwegian
steamer Pram arrived here mostly to
load ttmdoi saitpstre for Bayonne.
Franco. near the Spanish frontier but
the authorities of this port forbade her
to do so and placed a guard of marines
on board.
dean-a avaeoaea mama.
unannounced-nuns
Alma. Mead-am.
(Is Associated Prose.)
lurid. lay I. ii a. w-li is claimed
last a measles has base received here
frost iiaalls «modes that the less-
isa treads have retired from iiaalla.
taking with theta all their arms. so-
witaitioa and stores.
IAl‘l'lAl. MW AT ”ADAM
his report will depend lrrs‘ great mea- m
ment of the troops is looked for before
and reinforcements of troops eontinne'
m.—....I....
THE BRISIS IN SPAIN
at the Cabinet Session Today.
ATTITUDE or lEillEiiS;H
(By Associated Press.)
Madrid, May 8, 10:30 a. m..-The
pets and political circles this
ng openly discuss the‘ Spanish
cabinet crisis, and it is expected that
some definite decision will he arrived
at during the cabinet council which is
to be held today.
Opinion; are divided will! the
solution, but the friends of Senor Dam-
aso and others think the time has or-
rived for the formation of a strong mil-
itary cabinet. this may turn out to be
correct.
On the other hand, the most able of
the Liberal and Conservative statesmen
icondlder such action to be premature.
The real reasons for the supposed de-
sire of the present cabinet to resign are,
it is understood, that Senor Moret, the
minister for the colonies, in his recent
speech, asked the Cortes to aid and
emotion tip executives' solution of the
present problems. But Senor Silveias'
speech of yesterday destroyed the hopes
of the Sagasta ministry that the Cortes
might not be converted into a enven-
tion, to screen tnemselves from respon-
sibility. Besides, Senor Silvela almi-
ed that the granting of autonomy to
Cuba had virtually lost Cuba to Spain.
Senor Canoleias also said be consid-
ered Senor Moret's colonial and foreign
policy to be fatal to Spain.
This attitude of the leading authors
of the camber has so discouraged the
ministry, still smarting under recent
disasters and stnlggling with the ap-
palling provisional Mblems, that it is
considered impossible to stave off the
crisis, even by the most earnest appeals
to the leaders of all parties for support.
Donal-them.
Madrid, May 8, i p. m.—Tho upshot
of the cabinet council held today, it is
understood, is that there will be no
change in the ministry for the present
and that the cabinet had resolved to
"energetically push the campaign. es-
pecially in the Philippine islands."
Premier Sagasta is now conferring
with the queen regent. who summoned
him to her presence. .
in the Cortes all the measures pend-
Ing solutio will. it is said. be rapidly
voted. th leaving the government a
ftlll hand to cope with national prob-
lems. .
onaelivsn up to Iritifi Consul.“
Otwin Boyer. the Soglishrnsa who
was arrested at Cadls on Friday even-
ing. under susplclon that he was a spy
because he attempted to telegraph de-
tails of the movements of the Stmnlsb
warships. has been given up to thc
liritlsh consul there. The man is re-
ported to be insane and will be sent to
Gibraltar.
.-.—..—m.
“lawyeibai'owlflloiw
as Isosotary of War.
lily Associated Press.)
Washington. lisy d-«lt can be stated
with authority that Iscretary Alger
will coatiaue to serve as secretary of
war and that all reports of a pauses
on his part to restart train the cabinet
are absolutely without foundation.
With equal positiveasss it can be said
that it is the earnest wish of the presiu
deal that lecretary Alger should re-
state with him. The seculary of war
is pttshlsg the sraty end with vigor
and is perform. Ills dsilss intelli-
aoatiy sad patriatlosiiy to the satire
on the fact that the secretary‘s health
f
SoImc Definite Decision Expected.
was impaired last winter by as stieelt
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