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K THE HERO OF MANILA 'By This Name Admiral Dewey Will Ever Live in History. llrlef Account of the lint tit of Atny 1, tbSIIow the Olymnln, the Ail- jitlriil nml the ."Men Who Kought with lllm AV111 lie IleecUeil Upon Their Ilcturn Sept. iSH. DMIKAL. GKOKGK DKWEY, the hero par excellence of the Spanish American war, is expected to arrive at New York Thursday, September 28. lie -rvill be accorded a reception surp.iKsinj? in spontaneity and grandeur anything recorded in American histoiy. He will be received, officially, by the government of the United States, by the state of New York and the city of Greater New York, and by repre sentatives from every state in the union; and millions of bin fcllow-citiens will be present to cxpicsa by voice and action the esteem in which the victor of Manila is held by the common people of AmeiiiM. After the New York reception is over, the admiral will visit Washington, where the president and ids cabinet will tender llini n reception and present him with a sword of honor, voted by the congress. TI1IJ IIATTM3 OK MAMI.A. It AVnn AVon Without the I.onh of n Slnuli Aiuerlomi I.lf;. The story of the battle of Manila icads almost like u piece of fiction. On the morn ing of May 1, 1898, Commodore Dewey steamed into the harbor. His squadron consisted of the cruiser Olympia (llagshtp), llalcigh, Haltimoie and Itoston, and gun boats Concord and l'otrel, und the rcvcniu cutter McCulloch, with two transports. Here he met the Spcinish (led, consisting of the Keina Cristina, Castilla, Don Antonio dc Ulloa, lain de Luzon, lsla dc Cuba, (!eu. ' Lezo, Marquis de Duero, (Juno, Vclasco, lsla de Mindanao, some small gunboats and a transport. The total tonnage of the Amer ican licet was 10,008 tons and that of the Spanish real fighting ships was 8,722 tons, but the latter had the support of heav and well-mounted shore batteries. The result of the battle was the entire destruction of all the Spanish vessels and the silencing of the land batteries. Commodore Dewey did not lose a ship nor a miui, while the Spanish lo.st A. a -v-o -"- . 'H-" w Tl.'l.''ilr1'"! DEWJ3V LOVING CUP. (Mado from 50,000 Dimes Contributed by C0,000 Admirers.) their entire fleet, commanded by Admiral Montojo y Trillo, and from (100 to 700 men. STORY on tui: iiatti.i:. To 111 In n Vew Word liy Cnjit. CorJi- llin, of the KuIvIkIi. Capt. Joseph H. Cogblan, who commanded the cruiser Kaleigh during the battle, has fui uishcd what is pet haps the best shoit ac count of the famous eugugement. Hosas "The 01mpi.i, nt about 11.50 of April 30, passed HI Fiailo rock, a small islet near the southern bide of the entrance, upon which a three-gun battery of 4. 7-ineh Hon tona guns had been elected. Next pas&ed the Knltnnore in its line. "The ltaleigh ame next and was abreast of the lock at 12:10 a. m. nt May 1. As it swung into the wake of the Oljmpia at 12:13 a. m. the fitst gun of the operations in the cast was filed by the Spaniards fiom El 1'raile rock, the projectile passing over and between the Raleigh and Petrel. About a minute after a second shot was fired from El Fraile in about the same duection. "The Kaleigh then, at 12:15 a m, at a distance of about 800 yards, fired the hist shot on the Ameucan side in the Philippine campaign. HI Kiaile battety continued in tug us inc sepiaenon pnssen, cue uoucoiu aim V15ostoii hung as they came by. "In all about six s shots weie fucd at the main body of the (leet, nnd nusweied b about the saine uiiiuber. As the McCulloch came into hue it also fired several shots from its tin ce inch field guns, with which it had been supplied b the Kaleigh nnd the Haiti moie. Signal was then miide tor the reaetvo squadiou to come up on the pot t hide of the mum squadiou, also asking if eveij thing was all nght. The McCulloch niiswctcd 'O. K.' The lleet being by the battel les and over the mines a spied o four knots was signaled. "The whole squadron passed up the bav at this speed, steering to avoid the shoals on the southern side of the bay and expecting to be about eight miles fiom Manila at da light. It was a night of the most strained mspense. Signal lights weie being shown from nil along the southern side of the ha), showing that the stpindi oil's movements were being obsctved nnd lepnrted "The ciews of the various vessels weto ordered to lie down alongside the guns nnd get w lint i est was possible. M s tug slow 1 up the bay the fqttadion was in fiont of Manila at five a. in., daybreak. 1 1 w as injine ,-diately seen that none of the Spanish fleet 'war" u that vicnnt. "A signal gun far off to the right disclosed - .the Spanish vessels moored in Cnnacoa bay, close to Cavite, the naval arsenal. "It was immediately noted by the firing of tr "psscjA nnd the movements of the boats monB them that they were takta,by wir- Jii. tffiiz&A. J.c'ji T,' C"--ss I iiiiim mi.iHiiimMiiii.iii.il prise. The Olympia signaled: 'Prepare to engage the cncinv,' nnd turned toward Ca vite. As the Baltimore, following the 01 m Iila, mado its turn the battery of 0.2-inch Krupu guns on the lunette of Manila opened fire. "The first shot passed over nnd beyond the flagship Oljinpia. This file was kept up during the whole of the battle. As the Con cord swung past Mnnila it fired two shells nt the lunette battety. These weie the only shots fired tow aid the city. Our squadron kept moving, the speed increased to eight knots, to tlie Spanish fleet nt Cavite, six miles distant. When the Ol.vmpin reached a point about 5,(100 Jnrds frotit the Spanish position it opened with its foiwnrd turret guns, the only guns which could be brought to bcir. ' "The Olympia kept up this fire until a point was leached where our squadron could at h r j Tim LATEST POItTKAIT OP ADMIRAL DEWKT. (Taken at Naples, on tho Crulsur Olympia, for JJLuck. and White.) turn and pass parallel to the Spanmrds, at n distance of about 11,000 aids. The Oljmpia wns some 20 minute under fire from the lunette batter, the fleet nt Cavite, and the battel les on Sangle Point befoie it reached a position from which its fire could ccrtniul be effective. "As the Olympia turned to run parallel to the Spntiiiuds at a distance of about 3,000 yards (nearly two miles fiom the enemy' the 11 iltuuore, following in its wake, opened with its forwaid cight-iuch guns, and the ships following opened as they l cached the same point and could bring their guns to bear. "The Kaleigh was about .10 minutes under fire befoie it could fue in leturn. Kach of the vessels of our squadron opened with all guns, following the example of the Oljmpia, as they came into position to do so. "We swept b.v the Spanish fleet, heading to the westward, until we passed them and exchanged fire with the batteries on Sangley Point, tinning in succession, with our heads to the noitliwaid, to avoid run ning on the shoal in fiont of the latter bat teries. "We then steamed aetoss the front of the Spiuish fleet, heading eastwnid, tinned with our heads to the southward, nnd repeated the first maueuvci of going to the westwaid, passing five tunes in front of the Spminids, three times heading to the w ebt und twice to ; I ja&i& ' ; di:wi:y tahlht in iiuiint wood. (To Ho Prosonted to tho Admiral by thu C'!t!zunn of Now Yarlt.) the east, at each tut n gradually edging near er to the Spinixh vessels. On the last run the Kaleigh filed with its guns elevated to 1,400 j.uili?, at which distanco nil ot the sec ondary battery win. also hi ought into play. "Dm tug the second iuii to the westward two explosions took place in the watci about 1500 jiiid to the noitliwaid nf the Spanish fleet. These explosions weie supposed b all hands, fiom the general oppeaiance of them, to be powetful mines. , "Dtiting the second run to the westward the Spiuish flagship, Kein.i Custiun, got under way und steamed about the anchor Ige, evident!) to avoid punishment. The vmuoum Spanish gunboats oi smaller vessels followed its example. .The Kenin had lieen under way but a slioit time when steam was observed Issuing from its main ccapo pipes, Bhovving that it was badly injured. "Soon nftcr it apparently lost control of itself, nnd one of the gunboats was seen to shove its bow around and point it to the westward, showing that its steering gear must have been injured also. "It continued to maneuver, being turned by a gunboat for nbout half an hour, when it became stationary, nnd it wns nftcrward found it had touched bottom ami stuck. It nnd the various gunboats being under way and maneuvering without any order often bunched themselves m a way most satisfactory to the Americans, as with the ptoper distance all our guns could fairly hail piojectilcs aboard them without miss ing a shot. Several of the Spanish gunboats had lighters helped with stone lashed on onu side, with the idea of protecting the bides of the vessels from our projectiles. "Keeping up a terrible anil well-directed fire our squadron swept five tunc in fiont of the Spaniard;, and then, under signal from the flagship, withdrew from action, going to breakfast as we got out from under fire of the tlcet nod the batteries of Saugley Point and Manila city. A toiifcicncc wns immediately held on board the flagship, .vheie reports of expenditures nf ammuni tion and casualties were verbally mxde to Admiral Dcwev. "It wna with a feeling of the greatest astonishment, as well ns of intense gratifica tion, that we learned the. squadiou had ex pended only about one-thiid of its ammiini tion and had not lost a single man or re ccivcil injuiics worth speaking of. It was so inci edible that the commanding officers stated at each other in astonishment. "About ten o'clock it wns seen that all the Spanish gunboats had run behind the arsenal of Cavite for protection; that the Keinii Crist ma was aground and in llmncri; that the Don Antonio Ulloa's and the Caslilla's f-tetn moorings had been cut; that they were swinging to the wind, and that the Cunt ill i was on tiro beyond control. "A little after 11 o'clock a strange sail wa seen coming up the bay, the 11 itlimorc being sent to ominimirate with it. It proved to be an English vessel. "Signal was made to go, in and destroy the battel ics. The Kjltiuioro, from its posi tion being nearest in, was ordetod to lead. The Coucotd w.ii ducctcd to k in ami limn the transput t steamer Isla do Mindanao Tho Haltnnote, being some distance from the main Mpiadton, was able to get into uctiun some tune befoie the other icmcIh of the squadiou could gel up. It cttackrd in the most gillnnt manner, stopping at rno ttiuo directly uiidci the batter at Saei'cy l'oim and pouting in a teriihe file. "The ().inpia, Kaleigh and Uoston fol lowed in as fast ns the puMihly cuu'd, opening on the batteries as their gun-i uu!d be hi ought to bear, dining the hpauiyh tioops out of the fortifications and m-ikiui', cveiyilnng in that vicinity. Durirg the bee ond part of the engagement the liiUti'iirn at' .Manila remained quiet. A boon as the bat teries on Sangley Point wck rilcnccd signal wan made for the vessels to go in ns close as possible and destrov all the .Spanish men of war that cuu'd be found. "l'he Petiel, b its light draft, wus en nblcd to get n mile or so closer tu than nny of the other vessels. The Kaleigh, having a clear field, fired a durcu six inch shells into the Ulloa, sinking it at its moorings, and then filing into the arsenal and the town of Cavite wherever a Spanish flag could be seen. Shortl after one p. m. the Petrel sig naled: 'The enemy surrenders.' "At this time troop front the batteries on Sangley Point could be fecn getting out of the hutlarirs and running up the beach a fast as possible. While our squadron was sweeping down to the westwaid the fitat or second time a small steam vscl wna seen to come out from behind Sangley Point nnd at tempt to pass at full speed uheud of the squadron, apparently heading for our re set v os. "The Olympia immediately opened on it Tvitlt its secondary battery and the Kaleigh, which had been ordered to leave the main line of battle and attack anything which might attempt the ilcsti uction of the reserve squadron, sheered out of line and opened with its secondary battery. In n few tum ulus the small vessel turned toward the laud, ran on the bench, and wan deserted by it-s crew-, sinking just as it struck the shoal water. "While the destittction of the sninllcr ves sels was going oil by a bunt's eicw sent in front the l'otrel, the Olympin got unilcrwny and steamed over for Mnniln, stalling with no vessels to aid it. The llnleigh, Ituxtoti and Italtimori' followed ns soon ns they could get their engines going, leaving the Concotd, which luitl just joined the lleet nftcr tho destruction of the lsla de Mindanao and the Petrel to entry out the destiuction of tho remaining vessels. "The Olvtupia succeeded in rcnchincMii nil and anchoring in fiont of the eity be foie any of the other vessels of the sqund run could catch up to it. "One of the bravest thing nnd prettiest sights that one could well imagine wns the reset vt squadron, by order of thu iidnural, ittuniug in nnd anchoring inshore of the OIiupm. Communication was established with the shore by lauding some of our peo ple on board n neutral vessel, wheio our acting ronstil, Mr. Walker, the Uritish con sill, eoufetictl with them and cat tied into Manila the admiral's ultimatum." On Mny2Comiuodoio Dewey cut the cable commiinientinu between Manila and llong Kong, destroyed the fortifications nt the entrance' of Manila bay nnd touk M)session of the naval station at Cavite. He demand cd the sun endur of the ctt of Manila, w Inch was icfused, but granted later on. Till ADMIUAI.'S CAitr.mi. lie Cmc Irnnilne Knrly In I.lfp of Ilc-t-oniliit; ti Hero. Genrgu Dewey is a veteran among the naval otliccis of the United Slates. He re ceived hut first cxpctteuce under Admiral Olt Till: OLVMI'fA. ffo He ProKontctl by tho INMirUci uf tho KLilo of Wu!ihIiu,ton.) Farragut. and aboard the o'd steam hloop Missthsippi, to which he was assigned for duty April 10, 1801, eight da bcfoiu Kbit Sututkr was tired upon. He i't uuvv li"- car old nnd n nitive nf Veuuuul. lie was iippouitul to thu naval academy from that btate in Septemlicr, 1857. When he was graduated four iara liter he wat sent aboard the steam fngute Wallash, Mild went on n cimseiu the Mcditciiaueau. He reoeived Ins commission as a lieutenant when hu was assigned to duty on the Mis sisxippi, which joined the West Gulf squid dron. When 1'arr.igul's (Lot foncd nu m trance- to tho Mississippi I, nut. Dewey nan in the thickest of tin fta upon the old steam Hloop. Thu most spirited fight in which the Mis tdssippi ver took part outml in Match, ISO!), when the fleet tried to pi"s by thecuii federate li.ittcrn s at Poit Hudson. Some of the ships managed to pass up to the nar row pail of the chuiiitcl, wheie t lit weie find upon by tho shotc batteries, being faucd tu retted. Hut tho Mcsiippi did not attempt to gi'l up into the channel. It wa a fogg d.i, made mole obfiuio b tho smoke ot battle, 'l'he sloop lost its lnaiu.gs nnd rait ushoie. Ilefoii! its (dlueis who .-ware of it it had struck dm ctl under the gnus of batlet wlmh i- one of the biinugcht of the lot tii'ualioiis. ft was on. a btiel breathing sjicil befoio 2.r(l shots strut k the Mississippi and iiddlcd it fiom (lid to cud. The oiistuiit made it possible fni its ciow to take to then boats after set ting it on lire. Dewo got his fir-l cnniiiiind in 1H70, win n ho pei formed sp"oial hciviro with the Xni lagauselt. Ho mado miivc of the Pacific coast until 187(1, when ho became 't light house iiiHsoc ten. nfttiwnuU bung the see lotai.v of the lighthnuse board. Dining 1HS2 '8.'( he couiiiiaudcd the Juniata on the Atlantic station. In September, 1881, l.icut. Dowry wns made n captain, nndp.accd in c haige of the Dolphin, one of the foui voso'n which fin mid the original "White Squadtoii " lie vas p'accd in coium.ind of the Piiisu(o'i, ol the 1-utoptan Mpiadiou, in the fidlowtug car, iciuamiugas its lolimnudi r until Ibbit, when I if! hi came tho chief of tho hiucau of equiptiKiit and rcctuittLg, Willi the rank of cjuiiiioiloio. The dutici and rank of Capt. De"ey re m uned vine hanged then until IS'!, when he lvcami! n member of tho lighthouse bojuL He lecci.id his commission ax com iBudnie lViiuary 28, 1800, being about tho -uiitf t ioe mndo prcnidcnL of, tbc ho.iid of inspection .and -sittvov, which poiitiou lie iKctipicil until .lamui, lfeOS, when ho was idicd m uiiuiu iud of the ARutw fqtmdiau. 3 "" Ml if I "" i hum. Ifl'ff ut.' ,.. M'l( a uiu I tahli:t.i -x On May 7, 1803, Commander Dewey wan promoted to be icar admiral nnd given the thanks of congtrss. Still later he was lundc full ndmtral by act of congress. l'icK.sr.M'H roit tiiu iikko. Sonic of Itir TronMiiren to Itr Clicn tip Ilevvey li- tho People. lloside the sword that is to be ptescutcd to him by the nation, Admiral Dewey will on his return be made the tecipicitt of many costly presents, mining them a liniidsomc piecc of work for Ins Itngship, to be present ed by tho ctli7cns of 01tupin nnd the s tutor of Wnshmgtou. It is n bronro panel, which will be placed on the fot ward turret of tin; ship, between the two big guns. It weigh HOI) pounds, is four foot high, while its gtcnU est breadth is IJ fiet. Paul W. Morim de signed tho panel, under tho direction of 1). G. l'rciuti. 'I he panel will contain the historic legend: "Gndlcy, ou may flic when read," the words with which tho battle of Manila wiih opened. Another is n decorative tab let, designed by Kaphnel A. Weed. The tab let, which moastiies about three by four feet, in siro, is something unique, the design be ing burned into prepaied nnd polished white basswood by the application of hented irons, pi mincing an elFeet of itch brown tones. mutinied with u slightly modeled surface that suggests wood cnivtng. Still another in the Intgesl loving cup cv ci produced by the silversmith's ntt. It will In of sottd silver, six' feet high, or 1J inches tall er than the admiral. Fifty thousand dime, raised by popular subset iptiuti, have been used in its constt uction. T1IIJ M:V YOIIIC UKCni'TION. Three Alltlluii Ieoile Are Kxpeeteil ! rnrtleliuite In II. Tlc 01titiia, her admiral, captain ami crow will be received September 28 by Kcar Admiral Sampson, on behalf of the govern ment, by the governor of New Yoik, the mayor of tho city, nnd other dignitntie. There will be a great naval parade up this Hudson liver, banquets and reccptiuus, ami on September 20 theie will be tigieat land parade, and governors by the tcoie, ft out the east mid thu west, and the north and tho south, surrounded by gaudily dtossod stairs, will vie with each other to tell Dcwcjr what the people of the laud think of him. And they will tell him pleasant thing,. They will tell him that hu is the central hg uie of the Spanish Ameucan war; that hit was the only victory not tainted by chniae let destroying jealousy; Hint his diplomacy vvnsns ttiuiuphatit us Ins fighting. They will tell him Hint in spite of sensational iickb papcr correspondents, who would make n. monkey of the lion, the people have an abid ing faith in his common si use and hm judg ment of men and alums. And all this hom age will not turn his head, for Dewey in a true American who believes m the people; und who knows that chat latanihin nnd offen sive jingoism are not Ameucan and that al low journalism docH not teptcscnt nil thing' Hint is ennobling or commendable in our na tional life. Preparations have been inndc for the en tertainment of 11,000,000 visitots during Hie Dewey festival. JIKWKV Tltlll.MIMlAI, Aitcir. The tirniiileNt I'leee ufArt Wnrklhcr Coiicelteil In America. The coiitribulioit of the National Scul luro hociety to the Dewey celebration is the most notable of all. It will consist of an at eh nnd colonnade, to be elected nt Madison scptaro, free of cost, although the ptofes sionnl services of the artists engaged in the vvmk represent nu equivalent of fiom !$ 150,000 to $200,000. The arch is to be supplemented by a line of columns, enriched with sculptutes. The? aieh itself is similar in general design to the gicat Komiin memorial niches, put ticuliuljr the arch of Titus. Its four great piers will have bas-relief decorations, nnd at their base ate to be Luge allcgotical groups, per sonifying Patriotism, War, The Ketiiin unit Poucc. The fiuinls of the columns, on either side of the allegorical groups mentioned, arc to bo portrait figures, from eight to twelve feet high, of famous Ameucan admirals and naval officers. I he committee of the Sculp ture society wtote to Scctetnry of Nuvy Ixiug to suggest the mimes of eight heroes who lie thought would most fittingly top resent the nnvy. In reply ho suggested John Paul Jones, icpicsciitiug the war of the I ev olution; Decatur, Hull, Petry and Muc Douough, rcpicsculiug the war of 1812, anil Fariagut, Porter and dishing, tepicscutiiig, the civil war. The fpnudrcls over the main entrance, on the north and south sides, are to have lias it'ltcfrt h.viiiholiuig the Atlantic and Pacifies ch cutis on one side and the Notth and Kant. rivers on the other, "thus," to quote fionv. tho committee's repot t, "to cmphnsi7c New York's position as the most important com mercial city of tho couiitr ." Thu two Loj ston.es of the arch are to bo surmounted by gieat Aiuoticaii eagles, winch will probably, lit gilded. Anovo tho wing of the eagles shall, it is: suggislrd, be placed iiihcitptiotts, to Ise tliot.cn by the celebration committee; in no ogiiiiiou of thu set vices of Admiral Dovvr. A novel feature of the design is u qiuidtifui of sea horses, drawing a ship, sin moiiutinc, the apex nf the tire li. At the pinw of tlitrn hhtp stands a figure, smholi.iug Tiiumphal ictoi, with otitstiotchcd wings. Tin i otiu of the most sinking portions of the en tile i.tiuotute. The lntge surfntos above tho minor nrche on thu .vest null oast sides of the edifice nrct to he covered with designs in high tebef, tint subjects of which have not ct boon definite 1 chosen, but for which allegories of "Tin; Piotoetiou of Our Countty" and "The Ad vunrenieitt nf Civilization" nte hiiggeste el. As for the largo sculptuird gioiips tn bo p'need nt cither onel of thu colonnade, four in nil, the committee suggests some such sub jects as "The- Army" nnd "Tho Navy" for one end and "The West Inches" and "The-, ivist 1 tidies" for the other. A suggestion has been marie thai ntrangu meut should be prcfiotcd with one uf I hit" gai companies to have the columiw of 'the" cbltiuuadi topped with (lambftiii lights, ami' tiuuat light affixed to the corners of Tin i oi nice of tho'itreh, while the in eh itjylf should be illuminated with oleitrinjights. Thu Jieh is to bo built of Jhe same taa tenil ds that used in thuJ gorgeous dicot-.i turn uf tho ('hlcnuo exnositioii. which. aVi. Iiciicztcu'hiis imivoij, is capable of witlistaud luithcj eleiuents for ut Icubyu car. V V I ,