The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1898, Page 2

2, THE 3AN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 1898. SCHIEY WitL .~ . SCORE THE NEXT GREAT VICTORY, TO GUARD THE ~ PRESIDENT FROM - BEING POISONED 7, When the Spanish Fleet Arrives From the Cape Verde Islands It Will Be Conquered. quhlhgton Police Watch the - Spring That Supplies Water to the White House. U7 T P 11y, .NEW. YORK, May L—A W Copypighted, 153, by James Gordon Bennett s drinking water is guarded closely. S 2 : taken from_ the Upper Potomac at Great Falls, eight- above the city, - The water is piped to a distributing reser- voir directly beyond fhe city limits, whence it is ved to inhabi- & tants: " President M¢Kinley does not drink this water. He uses spring ushington special to the Herald says: The water supply KEY WEST, Fla, May l.—Announcement that the Spanish fleet has started on a direct course from Cape Verde to Rorto Rico caused no surprise among naval officers at Key West. It is what they have expected. Only a few naval officers are now here. ' Most of them are those commanding the prize crews that have béen- brought * recently LA\ from Admiral Sampson’s fleet at the proper time. 0000000000000 00C0CC000C0000000000000T0 past 7 o’clock the bow of the Reina Ma- | fact explains the statément sént from ria Cristina took fire and soon after | Madrid that the Spaniards.forced Com- the poop was also burned. At 8 o’clock | modore Dewey's fleet to keéep constant- Thi; r contingency has been for from the spot. hold. man ra en, and the eye of a park police- [ g‘ 0000000000 00000000 00C00CO000C00000000 | y wand 3 ° o [ o o o © b 9 o 2 0 O wate ;d~the spring is under police guard. This water has been used © ° (x) ©.in the White' Honge ever since that building was put up., The spring © | © imto port and have not yet rejoined-the ships. Noné of them -can be ® O bubbled in Colonial times, and 1ts water was renowned in the surround- © 7 © quoted by name, but a senior lieutenant expressed -the views of. a group © G ing couritry for its purity and .clear ness. When city was surveyed © [ © of five officers, and told me the views also of all the officers of the fléét © Q- ‘and-laid out a:Sple public park was reserved around this spring. © < © when he sail have no doubt that the Spanish fleet is bound for Potts © © The podl was arched .over with rough stones, and a line of pipes was © | = © Rican waters, and it seems reasonable to suppose that Cémmodore © ©-. 14id ‘to thée Whife House, and this spring has been bubbling ever since. © | o= © Schley’s flying squadron is held at Hampton Roads for ‘:the’ express. @ [+ flow . pipe laid to one of the old-time hotels, arrd this © | B~ [} purrjnse.nf meeting t_he Cape Verde fleet -just a§ soon as: the latter's O ) independent of the Potomac. Even in the dryest © | / = [+] fiestmuu/‘m is established beyond a doubt. Omn the arrival of the Span- & o her-this spring flows lavishly. ‘The park around the spring Is © 5 > © ish fleet in Porto Rican waters it will be handicapred by being short of : © © Franklin: Square;- bounded by I and K, Thirteenth and Fourteenth © | = ‘X"}_— © coal. It would seem to be a good strategy to éncountér and dispose of'.Q S ts..The underground fountain is in the northeast corner, oppos o < S8 © it before giving it time to recoal. It is generally lelieved that the © © Franklin School building, and at the foot of a giant elm tree. It wo 3] = > | © Columbia «nd Minneapolis will either join Schley’s command-in’ tatme. O © be possible by puncturing the sod and breaking through the stone cov- © 7 | © to sail with it, or will meet it at sea, and proceed in company. Many © © ering to poison this spri nate the President and his house- © | O officers believe. moreover, that Commodore Schley will be.reinforced” O o o ;-0 [ o 4 e | news received here that Spanish fleet | g et 2 panish fleet 8 & vessel was completely | e e Heteaten oo Caite | with my staff I went on board the Isla |V TERRNEHRE, L0 burned. ! |de Cuba The Reina Marla Cristina|only two miles from the north shore( Jj and the Castilla were then entirely en- | cf the mainland. As the water Is | SUFFERED veloped in flames. deep—from thirty to forty. fathoms— In the interval between the | two engagements Commo- dore Montijo moved his flag from the Cristina: to smaller cruiser Isla de Cuba. To the fact that he made this change he doubtless owes his life. The cruiser Castilla, next to the flagship the largest and most powerful of the| Spanish squadron,: was also burned. ~ The cruiser Don Antonio. de Ulloa and Mindanao were also badly damaged in the encounter. That the American squad- ron received severe damage in the encounter cannot be doubted. - Early reports had | it that five. of Commodore Dewey’s fleet had been sunk. | Later “advices from Madrid | put the number:at two. 1 the | the | | Commodore Dewey’s squadron is able A CRUSHING DEFEAT AT SEA. LONDON, May 1—While it is quite clear that the Spanish squadron has | suffered a crushing defeat, the dis- | patches leave unclear the intensely in- ! teresting question whether the Ameri- | can squadron has suffered material | damage. | All news thus far comes from Spanish sources, but it seems evident that Com- modore Dewey has not captured Ma- nila. Unless he is able to make an- other attack and capture the town he will be in an awkward position, hav- ing no base upon which to retire and to refit. Probably, therefore, the United States 5 ron” will be obliged to make for i 1s the entrance to Ma- heavily mined with tor- pedoes. Commodore Dewey pluck and daring in ma hibited great ng for the in- ner harbor. According to private ad- ces rec ed from Madrid, the United States cruisers Olympia, Raleigh and two other els, the names of which are . entered the harbor. No d give details as to the vessels actually engaged on either side. It appears to be incorrect that the ships anchored behind the merchant- | men on the east side of the bay. It| ould be the west side. The probab es point in the direction of the s ond engagement having occurred, | through the Spaniards trying to pre- vent the landing of the American wounded. Reliable details cannot be had until Three of the Spanish Skhips ¢ REINA CHRISTINA. Destroyed by Dewey’s Fleet. have been able to ascertain nothing more definite than this,‘but ‘I consider it highly significant that the latest ad- “vices 1 hdve received from . Madrid and Lisbon make no mention of an American be- ing destroyed. There were, undaubtedly,* Heavy losses in men_.on-both sides. One apparently trust- worthy report states that the Spanish hed 200 killed and 400 wounded. Trustworthy details of the American loss- of life will hardly’ be obtainable until Commodore Dewey = has taken Manila- or has sent a _vessel with dispatches to ‘Hongkong. Completely Defeated. . LISBON, May 1, 11 p. m.—Reliable to communicate with Hongkong. There is, however, a suspicious frankness in the Spanish dispatches that savors of the intention to break unwelcome news to the Spaniards. It is not likely, however, that Commodore Dewey will renew the attack. WILL SOON SEIZE THE PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON, May 1.—So confident are the officials of the seizure of the Philippines by Commodore Dewey's squadron that they are talking to- night of the disposition to be made of the islands. There is no desire on the part of the administration to permanently retain the islands, but it is appreciated that they will he valuable as a base of sup- plies for the American ships, at least until the close of the war. It is possible that when a treaty of peace is signed the Philippines will be an excellent thing to trade for some other concession. The insurgents in the islands would naturally object to again being governed by Spain. The withdrawal by the United States from the Philippines would mean their im- mediate seizure by Japan or one of the great European powers, and it is pos- sible that the insurgents may prefer to live under the stars and stripes. The final disposition of the Philip- pines, however, has not been deter- mined. For the present Commodore & ) . L) M3 BER % NRAUTICAL MILES ©€0sce0ecvcoco s CHBLEHND LHNDTEAEGRHP”L/NE — o o = o= COURSE 0F THELIMERICAN - FLEET Map of the central part of the Island of Luzon (Philippines). showing Manila Bay, the City of*Manila, Cavite and cther important points, with the course of the American tleet from Cape Bolinas, where it was first seen approaching the island, to Manila Bay, where the battle was fought. Also the telegraph line from Manila via Bacolor and La Paz to Lingayen, whence a cable runs to Hongkong. Dewey will use them as a base of sup- plies.” At Manila there 1s a large coal pile, dry docks and arsenals and the fleet will be able to make such repairs as the battle which occurred to-day may necessitate. AS REPORTED BY A SPANISH OFFICIAL MADRID, May 1, 8 p. m.—The fol- lowing is the text of the o..cial dis- patch from the Governor General of the Philippines to the Minister of War, General Correa, as to the engagement off Manila: “Last night, April 30, the batteries at the entrance to the fort announced the arrival of the enemy, forcing a passage under the obscurity of the night. At daybreak the enemy took up positions, opening with a strong fire against Fort Cavite and the arsenal. Our fleet en- gaged the enemy in a brilliant combdlt, protected by the Cavite and Manila forts. They obliged the enemy, with heavy loss, to maneuver repeatedly. At 9 o’clock the Americans took refuge behind the foreign merchant shipping on the east side of the bay. Our fleet, considering the enemy's superiority, naturally suffered a severe loss. The Maria Cristina is on fire and another ship, believed to be the Don Juan de Austria, was blown up. There was con- siderable loss of life. Captain Cadarzo, commanding the Maria Cristina, is among the killed. I can not now give surther details. The spirit of the army, navy and volunteers is excellent.” ALL IS NOW LOST TO SPAIN «SAVE HONOR’ Copyrighted, 18%, by James Gordon Bennett. MADRID, May 1.—The people here find it impossible to believe that the Spanish squadron off Cavite has su: tained if not a defeat at least a severe check, and yet it is easy to see every one believed some such news is con- cealed behind the guarded dispatches received this afternoon by the Min- ister of War from Captain-General Augusti. It needs little experience of telegrams to arrive at the same conclu- sion. No one doubts that the Spanish fought heroically. As said, the dis- patch affirms that they fell like heroes at Trafalgar, but there is a growing impression that now as then all is lost save honor. It was late this afternoon that the news began to go around that the two fleets had at last engaged in battle. At first it was said Spain had won a de- cided victory. On every side and on every corner small groups formed dis- cussing these reports with a satisfac- tion easily comprehensible. Then doubts began to creep into the minds of the people as the papers brought out supplémentary fly-sheets, each later one giving a few more details, meager enough in all conscience, but still enough to show that victory, if victory it was, had indeed been dearly bought. Then the official cablegram to the Minister of War became generally known. It says that the American squadron deployed before Cavite at daybreak, that the Spanish ships main- tained a brilliant fight with the enemy which suffered serious damage, and finally had withdrawn to a western portion of the bay, where it anchored behind foreign merchant vessels. From the conversations with a great many people and Deputies it would ap- pear to be this last detail that caused a fear in the Spanish minds that in real- ity the American force had been left master of the situation. It hardly ap- pears probable that the enemy would have been allowed to take up a position quietly in the bay had the Spanish ships been able to make any opposition. The details that followed in a tele- gram only confirmed these fears. It says the Spanish squadron being heav- {ly overmatched. suffered heavily, two | vessels being lost, one of them, the | Cristina, the flagship, whose command- | ing officer, Captain Louis Cadaro, was | killed. | MOUNTED GUARDS | ARE PATROLLING MADRID’S STREETS LONDON, May 2.—Dispatches from Madrid dated 2:20 a. m., say the city | is now tranquil, although the mounted guards are patrolling all the main streets. ‘At the theaters, cafes and in frent of the newspaper offices last evening the people loudly lamented the unpreparedness of Manila to re- sist the American warships, whose at- tack had long been expected. The Ma- tions. MADRID, May 1, 11:30 p. m.—The town is greatly excited by the serious news from the Philippines, and there is an immense crowd gathering in the Calle de Sevilla. The civil guards on herseback were called out to preserve taken. There is much muttering, but up to the present nothing more serious has occurred. y STORY OF THE DEFEAT AS TOLD BY MONTIJO. MADRID (via Paris), May 1—The time of the retreat of the American merchantmen was 11:30 a. m. The na- val bureau at Manila sends the follow- ing report, signed ‘“Montijo, Admiral”: “In the middle of the night the Amer- ican squadron forced the forts and be- fore daybreak appeared off Cavite. The night was completely dark. At half- L P L L R B P PR R L PR R LR R R here to-night. ticulars of the first engagemen Lincoln during the War of the EEE R R R R R AR AR R AR AR R AR R AR R A R SR A R R R the telephone and bulletins sent from the newspaper offices. and Secretary Alger, after a call at the State, War and Navy building, went to his home. midnight no official confirmation of the Madrid dispatch had been received, but this is not looked for under forty-eight hours unless Admiral Dewey secures control of the cable at Manila, which is supposed to be still in the hands of the Spanish. No doubt is expressed as to the accuracy of the reports via Madrid, however, and it is thought that when official advices are received the American victory will appear even more complete than !now stated. Si8888888888‘83838388888888!883388&8838&88885“888838388!883838888888889!38888888 COMPLETE TRIUMPH FOR AMERICAN TARS WASHINGTON, May 1.—The news from Manila, which is rendered even more significant of a conclusive American victory because it came from Madrid, created the greatest excitement Crowds surrounded the bulletin boards, and foreign Embassadors and ladies in evening dress jostled negro cab-drivers and street arabs in their eagerness to learn the full par- At the White House the President and Secretary Alger read the news as it came in short bulletins over the private executive wire, taken off by the skillful hand of veteran Opzrator Moatgrmzry, who p2rform=1 asimilar service for President Secretary Long received the news at his house over At 11 o’clock the President retired, ts of the war. Rebelljon. Up to HRBURRAUAVIIIRNRIULUIRININRLS drid authorities are determined vigor- | ously to suppress all street demonstra- | order and all precautions have been | aged retired into Baker Day. zo, & priest and nine other persons.” | graphs this morning as follow | Spanish Ministry of Marine cla | cans were forced to retire behind the merchantmen. Captain Cardarzo, in command of the Reina Maria Cris- tina, went down with the ship. The Spaniards fought splendidly. There is D OBSTACLES WHICH DEWEY’S SQUADRON HAD TO OVERCOME. Commodore Dewey found the Span- | ish Asiatic squadron inside the bay of | Manila under the guns of Cavite. This | fortress is situated on the eastern shore iof Manila Bay. It was the military post and marine arsenal of Manila and of the Spanish Orient, and it was the | objective of our squadron. Vessels | were built and repaired there. There is a slip with a cradle 270 feet long and | hydraulic power capable of drawing 2000 tons, also workshops containing | appliances of all kinds for repairs. | There is a dock for gunboats and & | large private dock. The town is well fortified and stands on a low piece of ground which forms Cavite was a regularly constructed fortress, mounting many guns, mostly of an ancient type. A few pieces had recently been emplaced—at least four— some of them taken from armaments of the Spanish fleet. There were also some mortar batteries, mounting, per- haps, twenty of these guns. These de- fensive works caused our ships little | apprehension. From a distance of four miles shots could be dropped into Ca- vite, and our squadron under way was a target difficult to hit. Manila lies about seven miles distant from Cavite by water and fifteen by land. It is surrounded by a cordon of | land batteries to prevent attacks by insurgent forces, which have been hov- ering near, ready to capture the city when the opportunity offered. The fleet | of Spain mounted altogether thirty | guns of a caliber greater than four and a half inches, if no pieces had been re- moved, and the largest of these guns was of six inches caliber. There were | thirteen of them. The largest caliber | mounted on board the United States | ships was eight inches, and there were | ten of them, and there were besides forty-seven other pieces of four and six inch caliber. The battery power of our ships greatly outclassed that of | the Spanish ships. Further, only two of the Spanish ships were protected— the Isla de Cuba and the Isla de Lu- | zon.” All of ours were. Again, our ships | have all been built since 1888, of steel. Some of Spain’s ships. the Castilla, for instance, were launched in 1881, and were built of wood and of iron. There are two islands at the en- trance of the Bay of Manila—Corre- gidor, or Meriveles, and Caballo—di- | viding the entrance into two channels, known respectively as the north and south ehannels. The wings of the en- trance of the bay are fresh and the | water very deep and free cf dangers. To blockade the bay or to bombard the forts at the entrance the squadron would have to keep under way. This “The other ships having been dam- Some had to be sunk to prevent their falling into the hands of the enemy The losses are numerous, notably Captain Cardar- LONDON, May 1.—The Madrid corre- spondent of the Financial News tele- | The ns a | victory for Spain, because the Ameri- the greatest anxiety for further details. | a good harbor. | strong. The south- allo Island ern entrance, betw | | | | the tides run pretty | | and the mainland,.is ACross and about twonty fathoms p.- The channel between the two islands is about 2400 feet wide. and more than seven fathoms deep. In them all the tide is strong, so our sguadron proba- bly was not bothered by submarime mines. Corregidor is 640 feef high and Ca- ballo 420 feet. Neither place, however, nor the salient points on the mainland opposite, had any mq ifi tions. At least two ni perhaps four, have been | Corregidor and €aballo. After forcing the entrance.to the bay the squadron had its hard work before it. Cavite must be taken. Manila is now at the. mercy of our | fleet. While the entrance of the bay is high and covered with vegetation, the | shores at its head are low, | | | | intersected by numerous sm | The city lies about: twenty-five -miles | from the entrance, Cavite being on the | southeast side. ~ Admiral Dewey’s | fleet steamed slowly so as to reach the | fighting grounds in condition to carry | on the contest for a couple of weeks. Upon his arrival on Saturday night it made a reconnaisance and was ready | to begin the attack this morning. 'REAR-ADMIRAL DEWEY HAS A GALLANT RECORD. Rear Admiral George Dewey, the gal- lant commander of the Asiatic squad- ron which has added juster to Ameri- | ca’s glorious naval history by its bril- | liant victory over the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Manila, is a son of the Green Mountain State, whence he was | appomted to the United States Naval Academy in 1854. He participated in many of the most important naval en- gagements during 1861-65, being com- | missioned as lieutenant Avril 19; 1861, | lieutenant commander four years later | and commander April 13, 1872. He was promoted to acaptaincy in 1884, and for three years, ‘beginning in 1885, com- manded the Pensacola, the flagship of the European station. In 1889 he be- came chief of the Bureau of Equip- ment and Recruiting, with the rank of commodore, and in 1893 was made a | member of the Lighthouse Board... His last important duty prior to his ap- pointment to the Chjna - station was | that of chiet of the Bureau of Yards | and Docks.. It _is but a ‘few months since he succeeded to the command of | the Asiatic squadron. To-day his praise | is sung wherever the starry banner kisses the free winds. - He has achieved enduring fame by his signal triumph at | Manila, which means. the downfall of Castilian powef in.the, rich Philippine | Tslands and a most crushing blow te | Spain at the outset of a war in which the buccaneer monarchy of Europe is doomed to speedy and terrible defeat | at the hands of the giant young repub- | Jie, which will thus sweep the last ves- tige of old-world despotism from the ‘Western Hemisphere. 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