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WlAf TO DO WITHTHE ISLANDS
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that Question Is fijpnV Puzzling the Officials
at Washington
COLONIAL POLICY MAY BE ATTEMPTED
By the Administration and It May Be Successful
Though Opposed by the Democrats Owing
to Exigencies of the Situation
How Kong May 8 Copyrighted JS1S
by tho Associated Press Among tho
naval men military men and civilians
Europeans and natives here to lay thero
Is only one subject of dlscuislon the biU
llant dashing and annihilating victory of
the American licet of Commodore Dowey
over the Spanish fleet commanded by
Admiral Montejo In Manila b ay on Sunday
last Owing to the facl that the cable be-
tween this portend the Philippines wart
not lit working order having been cut
it Is said from the dlstanco of the capital
of the island there bus been delay In tho
detailed account of the baltloaud thu factB
were only available when the United States
gunboat Hugh Mclulloch nnlved hero
yesterday and even then tho tr mrndouj
pressure of business thrown upon the eablo
company necosssrlly made tho early ac-
counts of tho engagement romewhal brief
Coiuuiodolo Deweys ordeia vvera to cap-
ture or destroy the Spanish Oeet and never
weio Instructions executed In so com loin
a fashion At the end of seven hours llie o
wax absolutely nothing left of tho BiniiWn
fleet but a few rclks
The Apierlean commander had moat
skillfully iiirnngrd oveiy detail of the
action and even the apparently most In
significant featurra wctc tarried mil with
Manll a bay pft S n > f < l y April 30 ani
Hr ftJm9 nfl Cflncofd to je5oa
J f P fJ > R ft tho bay and e5
Washington May S Speclal lo The Ppst Tho tiny here lias been spent
Indoors by members of official and congressional circles und much discussion in-
to the final disposition of the Jhlllpilne Islands linn been Indulged In Tho
president and congress tire now faro lo fare with thli question Admiral Deweys
rlctory thero lius completely broken Spains potter over her former eolony mid
this country Is now rciK > nlble for thu government of the Islands permanently
or until they are turned over lo some power capable of cstnbllshliiB nnd main-
taining actable government Until actually tonfroulod with the problem fow
public men had given much thought to Its solution and consequently few of
them are n6w prepared to express any decided opinions its lo what tho policy of
lijo government ought to be Tho ltitrnal questions mixed by tho taking of
the Philippines may prove difficult or solution and many of the public men With
whom The Tost correspondent has lit ked arc of the opinion that It might ba
more difficult for the United Slates to let go of the Itlniid than to rctalu
Ihcm Tbere Is a growing feeling lure that wo have changed our policy nnd ca-
tered upon n career of colonial acquirements width will necessitate n much
larger standing army nnd a great big navj The dempcracy will oppose this but
It may be forced Upon tho tnunlry by llio exigencies and questions arising out of
this war Olio thing Is certain however and that Is the events of the past ten
days assure tho building of tho Xlciiatm canal
BATTLE OF MANILA DESCRIBED
A Connected Account of the Great Victory Won by
Commodore Dewey
harbor The larger nhlps nf Spain cruised
off Cavlte nnd Manila Tho American fleet
intcicil Manila my on Saturday night with
tho greatest ot ease Tho Spaniards had
not established a patiol nnd thero wcie no
rranihllghti nt tho enlranee of the hiy
In fact the American shtt > would have
probably passed lusldo tho bt > ivlthout
any challenge had It not boen thit tou
sparks flew up from the Mcliillncha fun-
nel Thereupon a few shots wore cx
changed with thu Imtrrlcs of Corrljado
Island but tho licit did not slow down
anil soon took up a position uear Cavlto
awaiting dawn lo commence hostilities
Tho enily hours of the morning rovcnled
tho oppoilng Khlpi lo each other and the
Spanish flagship openel fire Iter action
was followed by tho larger Spanish war-
ships and then tho Javlte forts
opened up
and thosmaller Spanish vessels brought
their Bmia Into play The vmarkin
Miundrou which had been toil Into tho tny
and through the channel by the flagship
fllympla did not icply tliuugh the shells of
tho Spaniard begin to strllco i o water
aiound thom bin movt d nnjettlcilly on-
ward When ncarlug llakcr bay n sul
ilcn uphiuvjl of water a Murt distance
ahead of the Oljmpki showed that ths
Spanlaids hid exploded a mine or torpedo
This wat followed by a voond and s
nilltr
perfect punctuality and In r llruad late ovploslou The weie bolh utterly un ttc
tablo mder At the end of the action Tom j cuasful Th Ameilcan fleet wiu then
irodoio Prwry nnchoicd hla licet In tliu J Iriwlnn nearer nud neaicr to the apau
bay before ilunlln
and s < nt a uiwsagn lo lards uhusu gunnery was veiy poor the
tlpVcrnor Ocneial Auguitl announcing tho
Inauguration of the blockade and addliu
that If a shot was fired against hli shlpi
he would destroy overv battery about
Manila
The loiltlon occupied by the Spanish
tlip support which the lr ship received
from the Ian batteries nnd tho big guns
they had ashore gave them an onoituouu
advantage Therefore when It ts considered
that ho Spaniards lost over 600 mca In
shols ftom the
Cavlto htttcilos
am from
the Spanish ships being equally badly
aimed cither falling
sboU or KB wldo
of the mark
When Iho Ameilcin fleet entered thu
bay wming throurhlhu southern ohauuel
between Ciballii eYIlo islets tho follow
lug weie their order
Tho flagship ll > mpi the Baltimore the
Raleigh Concoid Boston Petrel and Mo
Culloch with the two star jhliw
the Xaa
kllled nnd wouudod
that all of their ships sen ami Sallro going up the
rear i > h t
amounting o aDUl foullcen onI
> wrrp llJ
stroyed and tiat their naval arjcnal at and ° rl y
Cavlte yusnlso destroyid with lt d >
fentes it will become nppaient that the
victory of the Ameilcan commodore is
olio ot the most complete and wonderful
achlovcmeiitu In tho history of naval war
Xot a man pa board tho American tint
killed not a thlp wai danuggd to nny
ejtent and only six meii eiq injured
sMghtly on boaid the Haltlmore jhs
grand achievement 9 quite as uuiih di
to the gpueralshlp lf Admiral Dewey as to
tho fact that the American kuuucm ships
aq guns au superior to anything In tk
mc lino afloat anywhere Cedlt mint
hjo bB given Ip the fumitetEUt u m
otflcers under Cerom9dorfi Dewey for ta
a man they sanded thrlr gallant l0m
mander In every posilblc
way and thus
WwkI hm ear tha lau ts which rs t0
justly ti v
When the squadron left here u ouched
Hut at a point lu tho Philippine 1Mr
Bolauo as Ojiumotjprp Hiw ey lied uta
In
urgtnls a ls to ilscuibaritv jo
tho cm my In eoluniu line
rhough tho Spaniards had
opened lire ut
CUOO Mirds lhe Amerleaus roKnjl taolr
lire until within 1000 yaids of iho 09m
when the rwl battle bqau Tho Kelu
OhrLtltn tastliia Don Antoilo do tuiu
Ilsa de Cuba Ula do Luzon and tho mi
daiwwer lu the line ot battle ontsbio of
Cavlte at Ultimo with fdur gunbats ami
tho torpedo bolts Inside thu harbor
The American ships then passed bieU
wards aud forwards
sit
ttjuej acou the
fiont of thu
Spanhrde pom
ran In upon
tho latter a perfect hill or shjt aM shll
Uvery American shot seemed to teu Wn
almost every Spanish shot mliid ltl0
mark Aftir having thus scattertM death
and demoralisation among < > Spuish
fleet aud In the Siunuh bitteries the
Ameilcan fleut retired for brnalifsst and
Incidentally a council of war wu held oa
biuid tho Ul > mpla
lly th ji time the Spmlsh weie n a de4
ixrate eoadltioa Tho llaR hli m > iua
CUrlstltm
was iltidled wlih shot mid shell
the strength portion at IhV Kreu 111 T aJ 1uwt a1
forpes so as L m hclined to bo n flro The aistHU
prevent atcdlesa blood
sbpl and Inform the lusurgents of Ida in
mention to change Jho g crnment of tho
Tljlllrplne ijiauds th tpramodpre strongly
obJectlaB to el ln the rebels a chance l0
> rpral f xcc e Tho Insurgent Jcalewi
jtT Wen < fufi P l Mk under any
d rateu
cof anl tjso American ihlps
4tc4 i4 q < tj k tho mlnei
> Hi4UWe lgUt
crelark > ntci
was certainly firo
on and soon afterwards
Ihclr eoipiltlon became
wose atd worse
until tiny were eventually burned to the
waterq edge The Dan Antonio Ulloa made
a most luasolilsenl khow of desperatp bn v-
ery Vhqn her commander found is shl >
ts u torn by ho American shells that
ho could not kotp Iter apat h nallul her
colors to tlpi masthead and sho sank with
al bands lEhtrng lo w t Her hull
waswpplstuy r Mud aid hpr upper
hart beon vven t clean by the avvf tr w J
t
American guna but tho
Spat ds
bough their iriwh vern sluKlng beneath
Item
coQUiUf4 working jcms onher
or r
Heck until hc asnk bc tj h h Matira
During thu cncaBtmetit a Spanish tor
podq bpat prept alpiigtho shore and found
IH ViH J lVnUm pt p atuck h5
iVisertcrfnst w but ultft va harltr dts
HOUSTON DAILY POST MONDAY MOKNlKa MAY 9 1898
sought shelter from tho steel stream from
behind the water
Tho battle which m started about C 0
a m and adjourned at 830 n tn was re-
sumed about noon wheu Commodore Dcwoy
started In to put tho finishing touches on
hit glorious work
There was not much fight lrft In the
Spanlaids by that time and at 2 1 > m tha
Baltimore and Concord had shot the Oavito
batteries Into silence leaving them In
heaps of ruins and floating the white flag
Tho Spanish gunboats wjre then ctittled
the arsenal was on fire and the explosion
of if Spaiiah magazine caused further mor-
tality among tho defenders of Spain on
onshore
On the voter the burning sunken or de-
stroyed Spanish vosiels could be seen
while only the cruiser Ualtlmoro bad suf-
fered in any way A shot which struck
htr exploded some ammunition ntar ono
of her guni und slightly Injured half a
to7tn of the crew Several shots passed
dangerously tlose to Commodore Dewey
but little or no damogo was done oi Iioanl
tho llogihlp On tho other hand nbcut
ISO men were mid to have been killed
on beard tho Spanlih shlpa which wero
totally destroyed Admiral Montejo tho
Spanish commander transferred his i1a < to
tho Isln tl Cuba when his ship taugit
fire but tho latter wad destroyed In duo
course of time
The Relna Christina lost her
lieutenant her chaplain and a nldthloinin
by nnu shot which otruck her find
About nuo hundred men wero kill an I
sixty wounded on board the Cosillu Snuo
stlmntea plate the number o SpiDlih
wounded duilng tho engagement at ctr
a thousand men
Thu Olympla was struck five times pI out
her upper works
Mthough tho Krupp guns on the V
plnnode of Manila were fired coir luously
during hc cngogemrnt Commodi > e Inwey
did not reply lo them und far bauory
afterwards hoisted n white fits In okon
of surrender
The Urnis of capitulation wore Mill nr
settled when the McCiilloch let Mlnln
and It was bald Commodoic Do v y f iifd
ilotlng upon tho part of the nisurit iiH
If he attempted a bomlxiidmcnt o be
remaining fortlflcotloiis ut laiii I bo
forts at tho entrance of the biy wr dle
mnntlcd on Wednesday ntier ilny bad
capitulated It Is mid the Aineii in < oii
inodoro onleicd tho tnblo to nit Lt
causo the Kianlsh rt fused lo priint him
to uso It until complete surren lr t f tho
llv
It Is said Halt the Spanish ships did not
get undtr strain until after the alnrpi wjs
given It Is said also that the ship com-
mander Informed tho governor general lo
sunrodcr In Hie iutcicst of hmnanity a
It vas itniiossiblii to leslst siiice iifully
but thai ho nnd his men v ru willing
enough to light and die
i ven when the Spanish lligshlp waa sunk
half way her coiumuader killed the nra
modme refuted to Ireive I he nidge mul
the rhlp was burning nnd aliiKlnf tut utau
sleittertd by a common bhell und her steam
Pipe burnt
As vet llieru nrc no further dcinlls tf
tho lighting After It was over Com-
modore Dowey sent on ultimatum to tho
clly hot I try onlorlng it lo wme ninv t > r
he wculil bombard
The lVtrel chased u unljcvit up Hi ri > t
lnslg and th > Spanlih captain eamo < u n
boat to negotiate tondltloiiH of surmdtr
Tho Aineilenn Kiptiln repllerl tJitcon
dltltinal sutrender or light
To tbb tho Spaniard nuwerrJ i >
ore willing lo light 1lneje allow vis to
stiitl fur nmuiunltlon bcenuse our stiuc V
txhnusii d-
On n propoml to the txltliK nnihoilrles
to otitliiuo teiniioiaflj uiibj ihjj Anieit
ein Hag pcndiuij tto tcjiiilriition nf the
war thu Sprilardn dLwl their < le < 1 i
and kept wlilnij tn ladill The AmerlAfa
ruuicsteil the trlvlliitc of ung tbo v e
and whn this was tttteel they < ut tb
able j
Th Usuieritlda from Jling Kong f ved
right In thr > intddlo of tho hiflu lliiriic
the adlmjrnmcnt for lucikfnat an Anivikan
cruiser wan dulaqhijd to mvt her < u It
was hcllovtd Mio mfght bo n Spaulnnl
When fouifli th new airlvtl was a Hrltiii
vesfel Hhe wasvearnei to Jvjep avvtiv Tho
Ksint t jldn therefore tnoel i tin < i
tm or llfleen mile s Thiro niv sltll t so
or thven Spsnlsh Bqoboiil nptu tb > Philip
Pine UUndi but n ie > sian e iCnm Ilem
Is pinbable One lrcently cnili te l an
Amerlinu bark
Washington tny S Xinfnrlunatelv for
lb i hlMoiljn the leeouls of the row de
1 iilnieut do not nffuij jnmh < ita ps to
the rhiiarter of the officers aud nioti of
tho United StatrB navy or ileptiiunenjal
purposes It cufflcis tit kevii an nuurdto
nriount of only u fe > w of the farts con-
nected wlih the dote or appointment ot
an olfitvr or the enlistment of a sailor
and ti collodion of datiu to iudleUo bis
tuosichs In tlii naval svrvle TThus It is
oat posslblo to Bnure tiom 6ltlclil bourns
anyintqrinatliiji us tq bho pefaipial quuli
IkJ or piculltirltles of the men who ate
rcpoilid to have been wouudud on tlo
lialtlinoto In tho engagement vlth tho
Spanish lint ami ions at Unite Tho
fat is distilled by tho teeord aa to iheso
men viio about no follows
Lieutenant TianK Woodruff Kellogg was
boin In Waterbury Conn July JO IV7
lit was appointed a iidct tnltlshlpiian ul
leclly bv iho scctelaty ct ih nny and
KiMduated from tie naval academy in >
His hist scrWu was on thu IMrtsmoun
li Jamiari IhM und tn August of iiui
year ho w a atutcbod to the toast uuny
on tho minor lrltt He was made mi
ensign Juulor tirade Vanh 3 ISftJ and rf
full ensign In U > S1 In IS r he wis ut
t ichtd t > the Yantlc nnd tn i he < mu <
to Washlugion for srrvlco In the na > nl
ubsrrvatori Then after a few uili k
dutv in tlse Imrtau of cquiptrent he was
onlerisl to the Richmond and n yoar luir
tt > tho Moncngnbela Ho became ti < u
ttiint Junior giatl in ltpy JSU2 He
went to tho larljlo roa Jvinuarv tr < v3
and s rved a rtfar on the San lirutvb o
returninK In 1SUI to Washington and goini
on dutv at the naval observatory ind In
the Washington navy yard He lock a
couikf In the war cpllege In May m
Vprll ISHfi he
received his commission
as full lleuteuvint and was tittaeh1 to
the Marlon two months latrr ile was
ordered to the tiiltlmoro Icbnmry 1S trT
and wis Eonlng under that nrdtr durvig
thf engagement of Inst Sunday
Hnslgn Noblo ndwufd Irwin was a tyul
c yciinn American itix ortlcer of stll
wart build and full cf dsrliir tempend
with cool
Judgment Hp l very populi
In Wnshlagton where he only rcccu
senpd In the navigation hureau as one
Admiral Uemsnys tisrUtants jv nnH
born In flrcsiifleld Ohio Septeinhir 2
JSjO and was appointed In the navy fro1
tho Twelfth eoimresslonal district by Ho
J 1 lugsloy SctuembPr 29 1SS7 Wn
n cadet ho undo erulso
n on tho
Tranclsro lu ISM and graduited i lu
as n raldshjpnian He received his tvppom
ment as cnslitn Inly 1 < 3 and wis ii
mediately flttsehed to tb NVwark
remained mi dut on the South Atlantic
that vessel nnd on tho Niantlr aaJ an J
lanen ter until March S5 when ho cui
lo Washington a an ado in the tMVlrriti
bureau Las August in mado
a it
thrcurh lb West a for as Dedrolt r
erultliiK sailors for th ne > y and it
happened thu me c tho men enlist
by him on that trip von > anions tho
lured in the Initio of Manila Hn 1
nsbn > toii Mrch i list point dlnet
to tho italtlmoro which was then ibj
< tart fqr loaitiu to lnlri Uowrjr t
VUL ipplv of tmmunltlop brought
tbs ionor < iry fropv Pan Krvtolsi > o wh
> Vti lTime < h Anirlrsm Aeot
Michael John lPiddlnper is ene of ha
coxswaUia of the
naltlmorcj bfing im
ho
Indcpepdgi
jMarti Wand October 20 last He
A SUMMARY OF TODAYS IMPORTANT NEWS
THU WAII
Iteporlcd that seventoen Spanish fight-
ing ships have appeared off Haytl and
that Sampsons squadron has teen sighted
to the north A battle Is expected by
Tuesday
Question of what lo do with the Philip-
pines is now worrying the officials at
Washington believed that an attempt
will be made to foist a colonial policy
on the country
Minister Woodford arrives aud whllo
ho Is very conservative It Is plain that
tho feeling against the United States Is
Intense among Spaniards
The Vlrkeburg and Morrill drew the flro
of Havana and Its auxiliary batteries and
after a hot engagement cccaped and got
the better of the engagement
Tho Montgomery was chased by a Span-
ish war vessel which Is supposed to havp
ben a member of the Cape Verde fleet
Assot Inltd lrcss sends out a detailed
and fontlnuous etory of tho battle ot
Manila
Anicrlrans and Cubans arc to bo taken
from eicnfmgos where tluyarc lu dan-
ger outbreak may ntrcady bavo occurred
SMnlaids from Havini say thcra is
plenty of food thcr but ll Is held by
spoeutators and tverjbody Is suuVring
the recoiucntrados starving
Arifrlcnf fleet Is still blockading Hn
vann loth sides are chafing for a fight
A Key Wi < bt special Javs It U bellevtd
that French gnniurs nro manning the
batteries ot Santa Clara
Nlivy department lu paid to have re
rrlvrd word that trveral Spanish war-
ships are waiting for the Oregon nnd
Marietta
It Is Imposslblo to longer stovo oft tho
Spanish cabinet crisis which will lcsult
probably In a military tablnet for Spain
Department heads and elcrks weie very
busy at Washington
It Is expected Unit Sampson will bo
lunid from promptly
A thangn In tho piau of occupying Cuba
has been made but It Is not ready for
publication
London Malls account says a Spanish
captain attempted treachery and that hlj
rhlp was torn to plccrs
lortti Kltans have risen and are ready
tr oopcrnto with the Americans In tak-
ing the Island
Manila Is helpless and at tho merer of
Dewey
listed in the wivy August 31 lust at Chi-
cago He was born at Mauitowoa Wf
and is a native Aiueilenn His next of Mi
is Johu U Uuddliigor ot IS DelCalb titot
Chicago
Ucbert L Banow a landsnwn on tho
Haltlmore diluting August 10 bVJ in
Ctleagu He is i jea rs ot age and was
born at Hnrlnvv Mlas whole his next ot
Kin lives In tho person ot 11 H Darluv
kletud 1 Cowl ordinary aeauian on
tho lialtlinoto wvis enlisted at Milwaukee
Wis AuKtm 2i > last He was norn at
Karlne Wis twenty years ago and 11s
next cf kin Is George H Covert in Wis-
consin strrt4 Kuclite
William OKccfc enlisted Jlay 20 1M0
nnd ho aho Is oue of the Ualtlmoro s ros
swains to which ship ho was transferred
frcni tht lhUeidedphla nt Sail briaeisro
Ho Is 30 years old and w s born at Novvrrk
N J and his next of klu Is n eoiulo J
U Irfary H llrennan ftrcet San Fran-
cisco
Hosarlo Iticcardilli as his naino In
dicates was born In Italy 21 jears ngo
In the city of Mes3lna but he is a natur
allzed citlten nnd Is now seaman on tha
tjaltlraore lip also was transfcrtel from
the ltiladelphU when sho went out of
ocmmlsslcn to the IWUmore He was ea
luted Hatch SI U9fi and his next nf kin
U Francisco Hnccardilll uvlng lu ralormo
Italv
Kdward Suell rjrovc was born In Elcns
burg
Wash 2j years ago and unlisted Do
ceniber H iss1 on tho Philadelphia n0
wjs a coxswain aud was trapsferrcd to ihe
Haltlmore at Mare Island last fan Ho Uir
listed at Tcoma it ml his father W SnelV
drove live at 21 York street
Vroiu Admiral Ueveya slatemont
taken
from lite preai reports tto offlrlkls of
jhe fiavy departmfnt ar satsned that none
Pf his men arc fcriously Injured
s
ranvia
The bread riots In tho provinces ot
Italy cause trouble and a battlo occurs
between the jnob and the soldiers
TXYAS TllOOP
Strict physical examinations aro causing
much III feeling at Camp Mabry It Is
said tho Clcburno Ttlfles propose to make
n test of the matter
Of the Light Guard 1 tvero examined
nnd 19 rejected of tho Kt Dnimets exam-
ined 5 wero turned down Commissioned
oftlccrs of both companies wero accepted
All the men in camp attended dlvlno
sen Ices
All tho Infantry and all except two
troops of cavrliy tiro now In camp
Mneh dissatisfaction expressed because
of the rejection ct Captains Uobcrdcau
and McAdoo
Dxpllclt statement as to what expenses
tho government will pay
Tho Jalvestou leglmcnt Is still hopeful
of Eeelog actlvo service
Friends of the Governors Guard and of
tho llelknap Hltlcs are urging thoae com-
panies to take no hasty action
iTUYAI POLITICS
McLennan county Is now conceded to
Soyers
lolk county primaries at Corrlgan and
Liggett Instructed for Saycrs
Nolonger opposition at Galveston to
ltobson for congress
Mr Jester will now stump Dills coun-
ty
STATUS
Workman was killed by a pile driver
near tjueen City
lTocds in tho Indian Territory are tho
mckt dlsastiuiu ever known
Man was held up and lobbed near Don
ton A woman wus killed near Wharton
II1CAI
The beer war doe tared off nnd beer goes
up trom 1 to 200 per keg
Delegates to leave today for tho iiks
convention at New Orleans
Thu body tif tho other Kclsey boy re
coveicd fi oni the bajou
Meeting of the Ulkor Chollm boilcty
rurthir tctuins fiom tin ptlniarlcs
Iho Joint Jewish picnic at Dickinson
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SCENE OF THE FIRST SEA FIGHT
o
o Cavlto is a fortified seaport town of the nland of Luzon on which Mnnlli the-
o capital of llie Philippine Islands s tlluaUd Uivlto Is In tho bay ot M inlla and
J nbuttt ten miles southweit of 4ho Clly of Manila The town ot Cavlte hao a pop
o ulatlon of more than 5900 ami tho populalicn of the port Is Ioa3 than tilM
o Tlieiu is un arsenal at Cavlto
° The bay of Manila U landlotk d sra tho ciitranto to which Is twelve mllcj
wlde Ioutracteit by numeroiis Islands Into two rlianitcls One ot these Is Iloca
t Orande three mllC3 wide tho other Is lloca Chlla two miles wide The bay I
thirty miles long from ndrtli to south nnd twentyfive fromoast to west
it is on this bay th it tho fortd defending tho capital aro situated
Manila is situated on Mallna bay at the mouth of the river laslg The city
tortus the segment of u circle bttvuu tho river und the soa and lti bilhmbs ex-
tend over miirerous Islets formed by the liver nud Its branches The river Paslg
Is prolonged liio tho bay by two plcra At IheS end of on o of them Ha small fort
and ti llghtnotue is bituatutl at tho eld of tho iler Vessels of small tannage can
go up as fur us tho bridga twhluli croasos jhc ilvcr The town Btnnds on Iho
south side with tv dllaiidaled look but it l tufUubs itiongly foitilled
On tjio north bide ii thli Dinondos taiburb vvhlch is the rcilelenco of foreign
merchants and the ectterqf trail It is uioiyi popiiloiiB than the city Itself
Manila hab both a Spanish aud in oilental cippearance There are Jong lines
vof heivll mouutcnl liiltoiita dark looking eihuicbit strange looking towers and
J masctive boutca of olid muoury Thjae mingle with light littlo houso3 or eot
o augrs in grovo ot tiopiuil ticca irs d from tho ground by pobts In order to
S pc riuit the frto jiacstetn of thu vvalos lu the rainy bca > n The btrecis are
btralght mo ily unpavcsil nnd they aro almost Impassable during tho rainy season
o In iho crili houses aro two htorle3 htglj nnd each has its central courtyard
o Tlirre risleb the heals of tho slatu tho church and army and all thqe who claim
Jlo belong lo tho aiiiiticracy
o jlio bildgo across the liver icadj from the city proper Into Ilinondoo submb
o where a strcci called Toscalti runs to tho right and to the left It Is lined with
2 Innumerable bhapy stores and stall3 aud is usually crowded with poople of va
rlous raves
n llejond tho Tcscalti it a colony of Chlnose Indians nnd biltbrceds who do
5 buslne r its goldsmiths and Jewelers painters and enamclers oil and paint mer
J chants confectioners and kecpeis of gambling houses and cock shops The othsr
o Kubmbs have each its special Industry For instance San IVrnando Is tho seac
e > cf the gicat cigar manufacturers nnd Santo Mea la the center of tho cordage
g manufactory At the Alalcorfa suburb the Chinese ktimpans discharge their cir
cs goes Tho ilshutmon and vvcivcih Inhabit tho buburb of Tonlo and its gutlens
o supply the matkets wlih fiultb aud vegetables Tha submb ot Malate Is famous
for Its embroiderers lMco la where the artisans and artists live nnd health
ECLkcrs flock to Satua Ana and San lcdro Macatl
Go The principal buildings of MnnKu are the cathedral the palnco of tha goV
o crnor the palnco of the archbishop tho town hall a beautiful bulldlug the
J ctmrthM several monasteiles a numboi ot convents three colleges for oung
men two colleges for jouug womca the suptEiiio court building iho prison the
u civil hospital Iho universlt the inawne school tho commercial school the the
J aters a large bulldlatj thp custom huse and the barracks
J > There nro several large tquarts in Manila the largest ot which is the Irado
u In whlcti a Sltuatcil the bronze statue of Chailes IV Manila municipality dates
2 from the year 1571 whn the clt > was founded by Legasple It Is u splendid
o natural trade center and ranks with Calcutta Doing the ehief port in the-
e Philippine Islandi all the pioJuetlois tlow there und its haibor Is vsitid by a
2 gicit number of vessels ot all sorts ana sUes
aMOgilOIOOIISDIIII9 IMI9 < OMIIMI < 9 Oteeo < IO ottXM
1 er > Comiilluuntiirv lo lie nier
leiiiiH
London May 9 The comment on the
Manila battlo as the news comes in Is
flattering to Commodore Dewey aud tha
American navy
Tho Times sa > s The destruction of
the Spanish fleet
was complete as com-
plete as any achievement recorded in naval
annals Commodore Ucwey showing himself
worthy alike of the great traditions ot the
tnltcd States navy and of his kinship with
the race that produced Nelson
Tho Standard says Commodoro Dewey
has evidently taken as his model for dls
patch writing that laconic tlrlttsh sailor o
famous memory who reported a declslvo
naval battlo thus Engaged enemy yes
tereUy Captured bhips aa per margin
nIJ UUn y HS says Commodore
LiU sraclw > n the conciseness
ami modesty tire In areordanco with the
iuhLMVal lltloni Tbo battle estab
1 TV 11 amo K contP of the kind
fnr one of the topibitsn s destroyed the
other without losing single man or ship
XiJLu worh otlclns that the
discipline of the nierlcan ships is repori
authorm bee rerfecl fr man > sI nlsh
autborlCio
and some Independent critics
aTS1 la be a weSk point of the
S b °
uet eiCn i T of th American
ln ° superiority of
hi h e marUsmap
in tins vvar I Fiu chief lesson cnforeel
Is what everybody knew Jie JnK
i SaJ m 0llCr0 < > n1 o of warv are
amount of personal
hravory can pps
llrw mcta Vp dcflclea leht and
INVASION OF CUBA
This Will It Is Said He Undertaken
at Once
BEWEEN 60000 AND 80000 MEN
Wi
lie Landed in Cuba in a Short
Time
TO STAY UNTIL THEY SUCCEED
When Old Glorv IMnats Over Havana
They May Kcturn
ME REGULARS ARE TO BE USED
llrteeii or KIkIiIcvii TIicviihiiiiiI Sol
iIIcts Are Vnv nt Illmini unci > csv
Orlrniis Itently to Mote
Washington May 8 Tlio Washington
IJost tomorrow will say Between 00000
ami 80000 men will be landed on Cuban soil
at once
They will wear thouniform ot tho Unit-
ed States and they will not return until
they havo defeated the Spanish forces of
the Island and the American flag floats as
proudly over Havana as It docs over the
luins of tho Cavlte fortress in Manila har-
bor
Tlilb Is tho Idea of the military advlseta
ot tho administration nnd the president has
approved the plans Tho first section ot
tho at my lo invade will bo the 15000 or
18000 tioops that aro now ibseiubled at
New Orleans and Tampa They are all reg
ulars and most of them arc men who havo
seen nctilul fighting on tho plains They
arc seasoned disciplined effcrtlve
They will bo followed by another army of
00000 volunteers who will be concentritfl
at Southern ports as quickly as trains cin
carry them nndwlll bo
transported as fast os
tho necessary ships tap be seemed
It is estimated that It will tako at least
S00 vessels to carry thli Immense army to
Cuba Nearly everything that floats has
aheady been secured by tho government
and the wires ore kept hot in all directions
directing tontracts to be rioted at once in
all tho principal seaport towns All otlW
details of the great cxpetlitloi have been
cnansecl
Within forlveight hoins there will be
2000 wagons at Tampa and U 000 mules
eveiTl hundred ambilanccs will alh0 lie
huiried to Tampa They mey be necdol
Battles aro not all like tho ono which lias
Jttt bcon fought at Manila
cmisi in nAij i > ikht
llniij Hnw i > i i < j trom u IneU
i > r Ptxiii
Key West Kla May ytSpecial to The
rostTho New York Worlds commls
slon which was sent to Interview Gome
has returiieid safely and report that the
Cubans aro ready to at once > coopcrnto
with the American forces but they are
very anxious in have something definite as
to the probiblo time ot tho invasion of the
Island
Tho Culnns aro said to bo In a very
bad way for provisions especially they are
said to be now living on small gome end
hunger is widespread throughout tho is
island
It Is alleged that this condition praetit
lv amounts to a fciralno and that J00
revolutionists havo died in tho last four
months leaving but 20000 Cubans who
are now capable of really energetic move
ments against tho Spanish
Thcso are In good shape albeit without
sjfflclent amrauultloii but they may not
be for long unless the tnltcd States lui
rics troops to tho island
to Moiiiifi voiuvniits
rifly IIhmimiiiiI of Tliem He Mnveil
nt Once
Chlckamauga Tcnn May S Sped il to
The Pot General Brookes forces will
very eoon recelvo very largo additions Ho
has been officially notified
by the var e
pariment that volunteers aro to bo moved
ot onco to this place n3 a point ot mobiliza
tiun tho number of men sent here bcipg
placed at from 45000 to 50000 Thes oI
tinteers will bo divided Into ihtee atuy
corps to bo placed under tho romimittd
of Majors General Fitzhugh I eo j03 ph
AVheeler and Jameb H Williams
KHUNCII AHH IMQIKIJ
Tho Irem lllHcMjitited l tie vmer
Ic iii Victory
Jxindon May According lo a dispatch
frorr Paris Admiral Deweys dispatches
ant iho completeness of the Amorlcan vie
tbry have greatly chagrined tho French
press which has been assuring France that
the Ajuerlean fleet was locked up in Ma-
nila bay
Thc < Russian papers are full of criticisms
of the Spanish fighting They accuse the
Spanlarda of losing the arsenal at Cavito
through cowardice
MONTGOjfmtY CIIASUI
Shi Unit lo on tMiTor tin vUT very
Quickly
Port an Prince Haytl May S Copy
righted 1S9S by thp Associated Tress
The United States cruiser Montgomery
commanded by Captain Converse is sup
pojtd td have been encaged with a much
larger Spanish cruiser last night north
cs < of Cape Haytlan a seaport of Haytl
on its north o t ninety mlcs north pf
tv i
Port au Prince The French i
UodrigUez from Havre on ijj
Haytlan ports was at Cap
Spanish warship Is said to
watching her mistaking the 4I
an American vessel When tie
left Capo Haytlan the Sp al
approached her and alloVej
continue on to this port on ret
French las
Tho United States crus
left Cape Haytlan soon after J
Spaulaid which is presume ftt
watching for her I said to ft
tho American cruiser both of q
ting on full steam The Spmfo
Ing to the slory told by the sa
Flench steamer gained ja fa
which wub witnessed from tin
tho Hodrlgucz by the offlcerteii
sel The two warships weftt i
direction with tho Spaniard hi
latter appealed to bo a form lj
and much larger nud faster tfaiii
gomcry By nightfall It j it
discharges of cannon wera tw
were believed to be the resulted
lard firing on the American vrim
ncss It 1 = 1 further said preta
further observations being ml
thu French ofliccrs say the l
bright that the battle could 1
continued especially as hewn
tlfully calm only a mild Inta
Ing from tho land Strange to s
pears that alt tho passengers ctB
Rodriguez were below at itjj
this exciting Incident wasto
tho ofliccrs of the steamer irtji
lieto today say that they areceS
the Montgomery was oventtti
thai her only means of tscaplMi
clcte
into shore during tho j
Port Au Prince Haytl li
Trcjellas an Englttflinfrn wl i
porllng for an American ueVip
siibpeeted of being a spy jui
take refugo on a foreign veseU
Ills way to New York it te
Madam Hermancc AaTreti
reildltig In Martinique aM tii
who is accused of having iasoljei
of President Simon Sam Jstbi
during tho Raster scrvico in a
tho occupancy of aseat wlllfe
from tho country Tho decree < ki
will bo published tomorrow
grow out of an old feud TB > I
thoritic3 attempted to intervene
out result
run cm itcn wabw
Jei fiet IK Priiiirrly tint of
of iSimln
London Moy S Thej VIeniiao
cnt of tho Standard sa > s Tt1
the Vatican organ advises tiji
trators of church properly la Spi
measures with all speed wherffer
to that property nnd tho mill
will bo secured by timely transfer1
worthy prlvato individuals
Nobody knows what is goinf1
in Spain and not only aro f I
to learn that n conquest of He
Is to bo followed by tho abolltw
vents and monasteries but
formed of an Intention in SpahV15
further reverses to close all I
and sell their estates to the
All OK
AViii n
tiu i > sinct
VecuMMiiry i °
Ilillliipliie
London May n Special to TO
I2vcn after tho Americans nave
session of Manila nnd of the SP
and works near there they Wf
an exceedingly hard task belcwi
take tho rest of the Islands j
them
This can not be done except jw
of tho insurgents unless B icrf
Is sent there It Is believed MJj
Insurgents will aid the Amerle
the Interior will be pacified
lo He W
IllliiulMittiN
Sprtngfield 111 May S 0
ner received word from the
today that the first two regto
fan try and one regiment of
National Guard now In casjPJ
be as P
sent to Chlckumauga
can bti equipped Tho KOrer
regimenU
that tho Infantry
readiness except for equlp
will be furnUhed bythe gvjr
The United States Oovrf
WroU
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