The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, May 13, 1898, Page 6, Image 6
'T V I IA THE UtiD CLOUD CILLtiF. i r OFFICIAL REPORT FROM DEWEY SPAIN LOST TWELVE HUNDRED. TROOPS ORDERED TO TAMPA. Not One American Life Lost-Mas- Loss at Manila UnderestimatedOn General Miles to Go to the Front at ter of the Situation. the Verge of Revolt. Once. The Enemy's Loss Was Over 150 Killed 250 Wounded The Spanish Residents Threaten to Depose the Governor Soaniards Held as Prisoners-Complete Victory Over the General of the PhilioDines-Accordintr to the British Officers and Men of the Regular Army Rushing as They Have Not Been Called Upon to do Since the Days of Spaniards -The United States Commander Says He Needs consul the City Has Provisions for Only a Few Days1 Civil War-Will be on Cuban Soil Within a Week noininK ananas man in ui nia mciLy American aoiaiers bUTTerea win ine tieai vv - ianwi ja.iuis m caiiieai. A- .J-sV" Wvniixniox. M.iv 'i Secretary Long ;it lui.f past loo cluck this morn lin; road tho following dispatch to newspapermen ast oiuuio.luro Dewey's tvport: '.Ma mi v. M.iy 1 -The squadron ar rived at Manila at daybreak litis morning. I iniiii'il lately engaged the enemy und destroyed tin following spiinisli war vessel.- Kolnu Christum, asltlki. I -In.). Isle du ( iib.i. iiiu'i-at l.co, tlio Duoro, Corroo, olusco. Mindanao, one transport and tho w.itiT battery at Cavito "'riu squadron Is uninjured and only a fou men wore slightly wounded ' The only means of telegraphing is to tliu American consul at Hong Kong. 1 sliull communicato with liiin. Dewey " Tlic net dispatch finm Commodore Dcwov says: 'Cum:, .May !. I hnvo taken pos session of the naval htatlon at Cavite, on the 1'hlltpplno Islands. Have de ployed the fortifications at bay eu tr.inec, paroling garrison ' I control tint hay completely and ean tnke the city at any time "Tho hrpiadron Is In excellent health und spirits. Spanl-di loss not fully known, but ery heavy l.Mi hilled, including the captain of Keiim Chris tina. I am assisting in protecting Spanish sick and wounded. "Two hundred and lifty sick and wounded in hospital within one lines, .Much excitement at Manila. Will protect foreign residents. Dun cy." Washing i on, May 'J Notwith standing tho fact that everybody for several davs has been in momentary epctation of eablo advices from Commodore Dewey, tho town was thrown into the wildest excitement at breakfast tlmn this morning by the issue of extra papers announcing thn arrival of tho McCulloch at llong Kong with dispatches for the govern ment from Commodore. Dowev. The state department hat the honor of ncelvlng tho first news. It came in the shapo of a cablegram of threo vtoid from United Mates Consul Wildman at Hong Kong, ami was as follows: "Hong Kong. McCulloch. Wlldinnn" That is tho usual form In which na val movements aro reported by eab'o. This dlspiteh was jeeeivcd by Mr. Cridler. third assistant secretary of state, who was turned out of his cot by a messenger boy nt I. in o'clock The naval officials wern promptly no- tilled and awaited with Intense inter est the dispatch which was expected i 'o surely follow from Commodore. Dewey. The experience of tho navy depart-, meni is that a cipher message from Hong Kong takes about sis hunts in transmission to this city. As it came In tho department cipher, tho trans lation of the report took .some time Tlio cablegram from Commodoro Dewey reached tlio navy department at 4:11) n. m. Allowing six hours for transmission nnd an hour for trans lation, the full report from Dewey wns hardly expected to be made pub lie much before noon to-day. At li. 10 o'clock Manager Marenu of tho Western I'nlon Telegraph com pany appeared at tho department bringing with hiin n sheet comprising four lines of tho mysterious jargon which makes up tho naval cipher. He handed this directly to Secretary Long, who gazed at It for a moment and then turned it over to Lieutenant Whittlesey, one of tho cipher experts of tho navigation bureau, for transla tion into Rnglish Then tlio secretary made a pretense of sitting down at his desk to transact other business, but It was plain to b. hccu that in spirit ho had jumed the anxious thro lg of newspaper men and Hnoi Cunnt It Open to Hot I Nr.vv Yoiik, May 0. A dispatch to tho New York Horald from Washing ton says: "If Spain desires to Baud a flout to w Philippines to attack Commodore, Vvvey's forces she Is at perfect liberty send It through tho Sue, canal," S tho statement made by a high 'Jul of thCState (Upartmcut. 'here is a great deal of popular inco on tills point. Ah a matter .the bum canal is open to bel ts. IT " it 'i '' v A s &dm ' ii ' mwm i &gM3MflHMHtf ; I oflleials. who thronged the reception room and tho corridors waiting for the news. The naval cipher is ono of the most complex In the world. Tho messages conic In words of strange formation, taken from all languages. These words are turned by tho translating clerks into groups of flgu.'cs and theso in turn aro resolved into ttiulr equiva lent words in English. All this takei tlmo A Mi HAD TO WAIT. Meanwhile, Secretary Alger, hear ing of the receipt of news, had eomo over from tlio war denartmc'it to seo lils eolleaguo, but he also was obliged to wait patiently for tlio translation. Senator llo.ir, a n her of the for- eign relations committee, also joined Secretary Long anil waited upon tlio eablo experts. About 10 o'clock a leading ollleial, in tho kindness of his heart, as ho expressed it, came to tlteir relief ami gave them a short abstract of tho cablegram so far us unraveled. Til UN CAMH Till: NUWS. This only whetted the interest of the crowd in waiting. Half an hour later Secretary Long appeared with a copy of tlio translated cipher in his hand. There was a great rush to wards him, but tho secretary good naturedly mado allowance for the ex citement of tho crowd nnd .smilingly rend from tho corner of tho room luto which ho had been forced, tho cable gram. WAS ONLY FIRST DISPATCH. It was immediately noticed that tho rablegrain, as olllclally promulgated, did not entirely agree with tlio brief summary of its points which had been previously given out. nnd the immedi ate presumption was that in tho short time accorded for consideration tho ofllelals had concluded tiiat it was public policy to expurgate the dis patch. Thus, as mado public, it con tallied no reference to the cutting of I the cable by Admiral Dewey; to tho fact that ho lacked men to take pos session of the place, and dually that ' he had the entire bay of Manila at hh mercy. It was also noticed that tho dis- i patcli bore date of May 1. The Me Culloch could not have occupied more I than si days in innking the short run ncross to Hong Kong. Therefore, it was immediately assumed thaT. tlio uboe dispatch was only tho first of two more that had been brought over to llong Kong by the McCullocli. DY'S WORK IN A WAV WOKDS. In other words, Commodoro Davvey had written Sunday night; stating in Ids message tho brief account of tho day's work, instead of sending it im mediately by the McCullocli to Hong Kong, ho had delayed that vessel for two or three days at least, probably to use her in tho subsequent bombard ment of tlu town and forts. The events of these last few days, without doubt, were madu the subject critical The Hritish consul report1 of ono or moro olllc'ial dispatches that the city has been entirely cut of) which are to follow tlio original ines- i from outside communication both l sage. W oiun m.v, May 0. Assistant Sec retary Vanderllp hns received a eablo from a friend who was on tho McCul locli during tlio great naval engage ment in Manila, in which ho says: "The Spanish lleot of eleven warships was destroyed totally. Host of all no American ship was lost or even dam aged. No American was killed and only six Americans wore Injuicd.'' Cnrtet In Komi of llralm. London, May U Tho Madrid en-re tpondont of tlio Morning Post srys i uero was never sucn a collection ol unknown, brainless and serviio hull vlduals as the present majority in tl i lower house of tho Spanish purlin incut, Senor Siigasta has many hard ships to contend against, but tlu worst is tho stupidity of his following, Equally broken Istl-o second reed, tho fl lelity of tho urmy. Tlio urury is faithful, but its fidelity is to Spain, not lo the incapihlo who has hnuiM her over powencss to her cucmi. 1 A I'rlt itn KIIU a Hoi-Koint ut Mnlilln 'Jim h Wl'tZ1' " r' Vv ' '' . - r Monnr, Ala., May u -Sergeant vf J ,, ' itti WM';) . , ' V jjjtf --';, jjlfc , Crowley of Company A. Third in- '7ii Wl&Xifdl , yJt&&J'fflp3 fantry, was shot ami killed last night tM ' wP?i' ' Si'-'' 1 ut tho army camp by a private of the - f , '' 'Yjftfcffi ' 'SMt'i &Sll . . , Nineteenth, whom he was trying to ,' PV" W' wLV'''llli i ariest for drunkenness. II' ' V. x?T rx a , HlVT' MONITOR MONADNCCK. C1??aU. ? J New Vomc. May ID - disp-ii.'i to the New York Herald from Manil.i, May ., by way of Hong Kong, ester day In a follows: Having learned that the governor of Manila had refused to let tlio etblo company transmit our messages, torn modore Dewey hont tlio tucuh'Mit steamer X.tflro a short distune.; down the bay and had her out the cable. As soon as tho natives ashore learned that the Spaniards had been driven out of Cavito they began com ing in crowds to pillage. I'inally they became so bold as to attack the hoi pltal, audit was necessary either to send a guard of American .seamen to protect the wounded or transfer them Manila. The latter was dono Wod- lesduy, Commodoiv Dowey utlll.'.ing captured steumers for tills mrH),o. All tho houses of Spaniards In tho own of Sail Roquc, near Cavite, wero i absolutely gutted by the natives, who , even ventured into the arsenal and carried olT niuny boat loads of furni ! lure and stores before the marine guard was posted at the gates ' I 'I'lio Spanish defeat was advertised for miles away by tho ships burning in Cavite bay. The Castllla, which m ' set a lire In Sunday morning's batt..', I was a magnificent mass of flamci i twelve hours later, and continued to burn all night with brilliant inton I Mtv. I boarded the Don Juan do Auitt-ir.. I Idn do l.u.'ou and Marquis del Oncro while they wero still burning. 1 , found them tltted up with lino Canut rapid-tire guns and must of the mo J- I eru Improvements . I did not discover until after wo had spent the afternoon In their vicinity that all their largo guns had been loft loaded with powder and shell, making them peculiarly dangerous to small boats, j The guns generally lay level juot above tho surface of tho water. As , several of them wero pointed at the arsenal, their charges wero tirst drawn, then "drowned," ns tho lire rihjh reach them at any moment. All our men suffered greatly from the heat during tho action, for they were shut up below, with furnace blaitig and tho tropical sun pouring down its heat rays Probably so .'oral of tlio men woutd have succumbed out for the excitement of battle. 1 find that in my previous dlsp-itchcs I underestimated tho losses of tho Spaniards in Sunday's battle. Tho surgeon of tho Castllla tell-, jrc that Admiral Montejo was wounded; tho captain, chaplain and ninety others were hilled and ninety wound ed on tho Castllla; l.Vi were killed a id ninety wounded on tho Ileina tris'ria, Admiral Montejo's flagship: five were hilled and twenty-nine wounded on the Dor. Juan do Austria; four wero killed and fifty wounded on the Den Antonio tie llloi. As 1 am leaving the ha.-bor tlu s, u ntlon In the city of Manila is very sea and laud and lias only euou provisions left to last a few days. ROWAN SAFE OUT OF CUBA lliirrltt ArrunEeil Willi thn hnorrt Srr tlm nnionr tu Cn-Oprrntn Willi V. Nassm;, llahama islands, M.iy 10. A S, Rowan, Nlnotountli infantry, U. S. A attached to tlio secret service dopartmoiit, arrived hero last night from tho north sido of Cuba in an open boat with a party of nix Cubans. Rowan savy twolvo warships moving eastward. Ho brought maps' "tfW plans, saw (Jarcla und arranged for Ills co-operatiuU In the landing of troop. . . . . -i hSk ... rH Hi. , uW&,. ... , -. :jS$ i .f ' -' -v ..'.a ftrt-s mmmmmiimmmmmmiimmmim ! - i i mttm: ni:us i'uom snorr:. It is Impossible to open communica tion between tho shore and the Joel: therefore news about events usher" h ery sciree nboird the American ves sels The little that has !'il: through indicates the probability that tho insurgents will soon attack the city Spanish tesidents of Manila are very hitter 'igainst the governor gen eral and are threatening to depoje him. The more I recall the events of last Sunday's battle the more mlraculnus it seems that no American lost his life. The shell that entered the I'.oiton's wardroom was going straight for Paymaster Martin when It exploded within live feet of him, yet ho was not touched. Aboard the Olympia tho surgeot ' operating table was placed in tlu wardroom Chaplain I'V.i.ler, who was assisting tho surgeon, had his head out of one of the (i-pouiider gun ports when a shell struck the ship's sido loss than a yard away. Tlio chaplain pulled his head in just in time to escape having it blown otl", as the shell Instantly burst. dkwijy's NAitiiow i:scapi: Three fragments of one shell struck the Olympian within a radius of fifteen feet from Commodoro Dewey. Tlio armor piercing projectile that ex ploded the box of 3-poundcr ammuni tion on board the Italtlmore passed between two groups of men so eloso to each other that it is ditlicult to see how all escaped. liighty Spanish bodies wero found uiiburied Monday night, and wo gave them burial Tuesday uioru'iiiL', calling a Komaii Catholic priest to read the burial service. a chuonicm: or tiik work. Hero is a summary of Commodore DoweyV work up to date: Monday. Anril -' Received news of the declaration of war. Quitted Hrit ish waters. Wednesday Sailed for Manila aft tlio fastest sp'cd that could be mado with the c al supply of the ships Saturday night Passed tho batter ies at the entrance of Manila bay. Sunday Sauk-, burned or captured all tlio ships of tho Spanish squad- ! ron. Silenced and destroyed three batteriei Monday Occupied navy yard, lilew up six batteries nt the entrance to tlio bay. Cut tho cable Iittabllshoil blockade of Manila. Drove the Span ish forces out of Cavito Tuesday and Wednesday Swept the lower bay and entrance for torpedoes, liavo crews well earned rest. Pro pared official dispatches. Tho losses of tho Spaniards include ten war ships, several torpedo boats, two transports, navy yard and nine batteries. Including the losses ashore, about 1,'JUJ Spaniards wero killed or wound ed. Tlio estimated vaiuo of the Span ish property destroyed or captured Is 51,000, 00'X O-; tlio Air.sriean sido the total losi is eight men wounded und S5,OU3 dam-V-1 to thn ships. Sliistn't Curry Hull I'vlrtk Kottkhdaji, May 10. Tho Norwe gian steamer Fraiii arrived liero re cently to load (500 tons of salt potro for Hayonna, Franco, near tln Span isli frontier, but tho authorities- of this port forbado her to do o and placed a guard of marines onboard. Hlililln i Ciiptntu. Toi'KiCA, Kan., May 10. Taylor Riddle, chairman of tho Topullst 's'tato cetriral ebrl!Vtee,Mvai cleetcil captain of tho company of Kansas volunteers organized In Marlou und McPhersoa entnt'es. I riiirvoon. Tenn . May ll t Chlekamaiiga park to-day oflleers and men of the regular army legitnenls i are rushing as they have uol been called upon to do since tho days of Un civil war. The order for the entire army to pack up and go to the front at once was announced at ti o'clock, and since then things hae been turn ing at a tremendous pace. The rail road men have been running all avail able ears to the park and as rapidly as they artive they are loaded with the camp equipment, horses und sup plies. Tho work of moving the big com mand during the next few days as they aro expected to do, is an Immense job for the railroads. They had re ceived no intimation of the sudden orders nnd hud made no adequate pre .. ....(, ...... MM. It ,.. 'I' i"'" ';' -- i" u,e .sDiuicri. a... McsM-rn a mnwe. . are doing everything possible but the i indications are now that the first 1 1 oops will not trot out befoie to-mor- i row morning. The first out will prob ably bo the infantry division, com posed of the Second, Sjvenlh, Kighth, sixteenth and Twelfth regiments. Five hundred passenger coaches to carry the men to Tampa will be avail able to-night Colonel Sheridan of (ieneral llrookc's stalT, speaking for the general, at noon to-day, said: "The order does not say rush to the front; it simply instructs us to get there as soon as we conveniently can. of course wo will move as rapidly as nosdble, but it will probably bo several days before all are out. There aro li.ooo men, with hundreds of horses and a huge amount of equipment in the pari;, and the whole business cannot be moved with in a few hours " Colonel Sheridan refused to ghe unv opinion about what the order meant. The majority of the ollleers, however. I 0mi by the former, who will have do not hesitate in saying that it means tiu. asiistunee of tho powerful fortill they will land in Cubans soon as they eations of the harbor, can get there. i Considerable comment is baing made Resides the infantry division, the , ollleial and diplomatic circles upon Third und Sixth cavalry go to Tampa. u,L. failure of Vcnc.iiehi to declare Tho Second cavalry will go to Mobile ( neutiality. and tills failure is regarded and the l'irst and Tenth cavalry to as the more noticeable, because of the New Orleans. All Ji.o u.tillcry was inmnrtnnt serilce rendeied Venezuela. sent out several days ago. It is announced that deneral Rrooke will remain at Chicknm.tugu park in command of the volunteers Chieka- manga will continue to be tlio Ileal- quarters ol tlio department, tionerals l'ithugh Lee, Wheeler and ilson are expected to arrive the latter part of the week, Wasiii.mjiov, .May 3 1 I'y 1'riday the commanding geuer.il of the 1'nitcd States army, Major ltoncr.il Miles, will have assembled his stalV around him at Tampa, 1'ln. lie will leave Washington to-morrow night, faking with him Colonel Miehler, Colonel Mails, Colonel (iroonlonf, Major Os good, Major Humphries, ( aptain Soy- burn and Captain Scott. I nless pros ont plans aro changed the general will go with the first military expe li tlonary force to Cuba. It is expected here that within a week tho first troops will be on their way from the L'nlted States to Cuba. GREAT DROP IN WHEAT. Decline of 10 Ont't rotliiiTol Ujr Vptnrn In tin- .Inly I'rlco Chicago, May 11. Thern were somo very violent aim sonsnuonni price changes in tho grain markets to-day. May wheat hi Chicago advanced Ifle farther, to SI. 83. The July pr.ee, soon after tho market opened, went from SI IS to 81.25 in a few inomants Then thoro was a spasmodic decline to 51. lii, and In tho last twenty minutes the price dropped to Sl.Oii, and locovered toSl.U. No such violent fluctuations wore ever soon before in Chicago. tATr0 ' KhvS iSMTCCTVv''C,& o- V -a t t.o'tS'. . IsajvcH I MAP OP HAVANA VHOVINl'i:, 8IIOWINO WAYS OP LANDING TROOrW DEWEY OBEYED ORDERS. Wm Tnlil What tu On, but Not How lo Do It. WASiiiNfiTorf, May II. Tho follow ing is tho text of tho order to Dewey: "Wasiiinotom, April 21 Dewey, Hong Kong, China. War has com menced between Spain nnd tho United States. Proceed at ouco to Philippine Islands. Commence operations at once, particularly against tho Spanish fleet. You must enpture vessels ot destroy them. Use utmost ondonvor.1, "Lo.sa." HAVE GONE DACK AGAIN. 'I lie spanNli I lei-t I'm-. In nil nil "sniii- ini; I'iiimi '.iiiiiiiii. W.iiMU(iv,May II The newi has Jnsi reached the navy that the Span ish ( ape Verde Heel has in rived at i mil. .Niw Yoiiic. May II A dispatch from London says that, a cipher dis patch reeehed theie from Cadi, re ports the letnrii to the place last tunned of four cruisers, onu torpedo bo.it and three torpedo ho it destroy ers, comprising, It is alleged, a part of the C.ipe Vim do island licet. H A-qiiMiios, May 1 - Nothing has vet been heard from Sampson's licet, und the public is permitted only to guess ut what is otlieiallv known us to its destination The oilleials at the I.. Nuvy department maintain silence touehii.;; the known inoveu.cn ts of the , Itfuli U1 nUI1H,rl no lllom,f..llcll has been received fiom Admiral Samp son since his deparlur.i from Key West on Thursday last, it is plain from thn presence of ollieei-s at the naval in telligence bureau all day that intelli gence is expected. It is not believed, however, that Sampson will make an attack on San hiati until he has met tho SanWh fleet, which is believed to be on tho way to Porto Rico, and which, accord ing to tho calculation of naval ofll cl.iK should be in the vicinity of that place to-day. Assuming that SampJ son's orders aro to watch for tho com ing of the Spanish fleet, and that tho spanlanU are now in tlio vicinity of Porto Rico, It is leasoiiably certain that an engagement between tho two tleets will take place tilth in a duy or two. If the Spanish fleet should roach San Juan before Sampson arrives lucre, a great advantage will oo se- by the I lilted States in the contention of the former with tireat Rrltaiu over the boundary question. There are inllmut'.oiis that Vetieu- el a has supposedly withheld a deelar- mion of noutra'itv in order that the .s)Unisli fleet mny use her seaports to secure supplies and to make repairs in the event of being forced into them in consequence of an engagement with the forces of tho I'nited State-i. TRIED TO BETRAY DEWEY. spinlnriti iti-piilil tlm Iliinmnlly if Aumrli'iiiM With rreicliorj. Hiisn Komi, May 1 1. A fresh ex ample of Spanish treachery seems to have eomo to light. It is said hero that the priests and Sisters of Charity of the Cavito hospital, in u procession, bearing crosses, petitioned Rear Admiral Dewey not to massacre the sick and wounded, which, naturally, lie dhl not do. Tho Spaniards, it is asserted, thereupon thanked tlm Americans for their humanity und re paid them by informing them of a narrow channel which, they said, was not mined, while the broad channel, thev explained, was fully mined. An mvustigatiou upon tho part of tlm Americans, however, io voided tho contrary to be the ease anil tlio mines wero blown up by tho sailors of tho American fleet, i Rear Admiral Dewey, it Is said hero, l finds the Insurgents growing dnnger- .ins It is added that he cannot eon- ( tr()l t)u11( m)r cm ht) y,,. t!l0 iSp.m. j .inls t(J lJo M) There is ono Japanese warship at Manila. S. .wTi it-'jioMO"- i vCr J .-""ciio. IlticUory Wnnti it ICitihi Wasiii.soio.v, May II Representa tive Dorkory, of Missouri, has intro duced u concurrent resolution declar ing that when tho two houses adjourn on Monday, Juno ii, they stand ad lourned until 12 o'clock in. on Tues duy, July IV, IMii l'rt'pirlus fur lllook.xln. Ki.vo.sni.s, Janialca, Mny Ik Tho Hpaulards am trying lo provision the forts of Uasteru Cuba before tlm blockade begins. To-day shipping mcrehauti-iiere received enlijo requests from Santiago and Maiuuiiillo for I cargoes of food. y-Wl So i -R,rrtA., i AX yVl 13 )n X f 1 ' 4 M J i. I ire-