The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1898, Page 1

i. to be takén fron l the Library.++++ o R e o VOLUME ] SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1898. ‘ PRICE FIVE CENTS. MANILA HAS SURRENDERED TO DEWEY’S VICTO THE ULTIMATUM AMERICA'S CHlCnuf) May 3.—A special to the| Record from Washington says: The| Pre x dent received the news of the cap-| ture of Manila last night from the Brit- ish embassy. , Sir Julian Pauncefote tried all day to get into communication with the British authorities at Hongkong and the | Consul at Manila, without success un- til evening, when he received a cable- gram announcing that the city had| surrendered, but giving no details. A copy was at once made and sent to| the White House by. an attache. . ghted. 1508, by James Cordon Bemnett. | fore (Cavite, the ships took | ML\MLA, May 2,8;52‘up their positions in line of A.” M.— Commo- battle. dore Dewey’s squad- The forts on shore at once ron completely de- opened fire on our ships at stroyed tliev S ok long range and the Spanish ticet In Mani panis |fleet anchored off Cavite, im- cet in Manila harbor | . gistely followed with its earlyyesterday morn= heavy guns. ing. Thrce of Ad- 1a £ o 2 Commodore Dewey’s flag- miral Montijo’s ships |ship, the Olympia, then sig- naled the rest of the Amer- ican fleet to draw closer in, and soon afterward our ships opened a terrific cannonade. After half an hour’s hot fighting Dewey’s ships moved were burned, one'was sunk and the rest of the Spanish warships rendered horsde com- bat by the American g'un"s.v Our.. fleet entered Manila Bay - yesterday morning at g o’clock. and, anchoring be- |out of range of the lighter Spanish guns and continued the bombardment with- big |guns with terrible effect. i 1 1 i 10US FLEET EXPIRES, CORREGIDOR BOMBARDED, GLORIOUS VICTORY IN THE HARBOR OF MARTIAL LAW IN MADRID Ft0. Gt MANILA | DEWEY’S FLEETS SHELLING FORTS ON CORREGIDOR Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. HONGKONG, May 2.—2:45 p. m.—A telegram has been received | here saying that the American ships are bombarding Corregidor, an 1 island in the harbor of Manila. There is no news of the Spanish squadron, but according to the lat- est advices it could not take the o.fensive in n.ny case. The cable to Ma- nila is now interrupted. The steamer Esmeralda, chartered by the banking companies here to bring away specie from Manila, reached there, and it is believed that she has been bBoarded by the Americans. MADRID, May 2.—After he had beaten the Spanish ships Dewey sent an ultimatum to Captain-General Augusti, demanding all the stores and coal and the surrender of every Spanish ship, and giving twenty- four hours to comply. It is believed the Government has cabled Augusti to comply. It is said here that American petroleum bombs set fire to a number of native huts at Manila during the engagement. Twenty minutes later the Olympia again signaled the other American ships to draw in at close quarters, and once more rapid and incessant cannonading began. This terrific bombardment soon ended the fight. One after another the Spanish ves- | sels were silenced, and three of them caught fire, including Admiral Montijo’s flagship, the Reina Maria Cristina, from an explosion caused by a shell from one of our ves- sels. The admiral at once transferred his flag to the Isla de Cuba. One Spanish vessel escape capture., Commodore Dewey’s at-| tention was now directed to the land batteries, which he silenced after a brief and en- ergetic bombardment. The battle lasted an hour and a half, and it was a great and terrible spectacle. The Spaniards fought bravely against superior force and suffered heavy losses. Four hundred Span- iards are reported killed, including two commanders, Their losses by fire are also was sunk and several | were run ashore to probably very - great. ?Thel Spaniards would not gMe in, I |and when the American! fleet | returned to Cavite some shots were still fired from the forts on shore, but our ships pgured in such a terrible canngnade that further rexlxtance,was impossible. The American ships | lwere apparently uninjured. Com- modore Dewey’s attack was well carried out. Thei ma- neuvering of his squadroh was a beautiful sight, and the nav- igation of the bay by our ships was a remarkable; feat of seamanship, avoldmg as they did successfully the nu- merous shallows. All is now over at Cavnte | Commodore Dewey awaits the decision of the Governor- General of the Philippines before commencing thg bom- | pardment of Manila. Unless a favorable reply is. received | from the Governor-General to the United Statec't terms the bombardment will! com- ‘mence to-morrow afi half it LONDON May ;l—The Madrid correspondent ¢ 'of the Times, describing the en- gagement at Manila, says: “The Olympia, the Boston, the Raleigh, the Concord, the MARTIAL LAW IS NOW PROCLAIMED IN OLD MADRID- LONDON, May 3.—The Madrid correspondent of the Standard, tele- graphing at midnight, says: “Senor Aguilera, the civil governor of Madrid, has just polted on the walls of the Home Office the customary proclamation intimating that the civil authorities consider the circumstances justify the handing over to the military authorities the mission of keeping order. “Tieutenant-General Daban, captain-general of Madrid, has assumed charge and the first military patrols have just appeared in the Puerto del Sol. The measure has been taken in consequence of the attitude of certain political parties since yesterday. The whole garrison is ready in barracks.” 3 MADRID, May 3.—2 a. m.—The mob to-night tried to break into the Apollo Theater and hold a manifestation. The police prevented the ° attempt being successful, but the crowd broke all the windows before they were dispersed. Immediately after the declaration of martial law a large number of * ° police and civil guards occupied the principal streets. The Puerto del Sol is held by a squadron of the Princess Hussars, while the Pava Hussars, dismounted, are in the Pontejas square near the telegraph office. The Princess Hussars are a fine sight, their white uniforms gieam- ing in the bright moonlight, as they sit on horseback, immovable, in close order, in the court of the Puerto del Sol while the patrol of civil guards is mechanically moving through the square which is nearly deserted. Considering the extraordinary precautions that have been taken, there are remarkably few pecple about. but learning that they were vastly superior, had prudently . returned and placed his ships forts of Corregidor Island gave the alarm by firing on the intruders, but they seem Petrel and the McCullach en- tered the bay under cover of darkness by the smaller and safer Bocachica Chann! . The to have inflicted no serious damage. The American squadron moved up the bay, and at 3 o’clock in the morn- ing appeared before Cavite. Here, lying under the shelter of the forts, was the Spanish squadron. “Admiral Montijo, a few days before, went to Subic Bay to look for the enemy,! under the protection of the forts. This was his only chance of meeting the enemy on something like equal terms, and it did not suffice. “Soon the Americans open- ed fire. The Spaniards re- plied vigorously and the com- bat continued without inter- ruption for four hours, dur- ing which the Don Antonio ]