Show I N RN W Of RE A I I State Department Will Give Out Any Instantly Upon Receipt I INDIGNANT AT FALSE REPORTS I I San Francisco Stories oft Authentic I AccountsIst Are Without Foundation j 4 hJ k NEWS NOT EXPECTED 10 COME TODAY t U Lt Ward WI the Notl nr IIomhor utUllet ht 8110ard I cut tb cable IXerai J Washington May 51he 1 omlah of the navy departmbnt from the ecro tar down are thoroughly Indignant at the stories coming from San Francis co is authentic accounts of the engagement en-gagement of Commodore Dewey at Manila One In particular excited indignation in-dignation that ascribing to Admiral Klrkland at Mare Island the receipt of n telegram from Commodore Dewey escribing the terrible mortality of tile nn fleet resultingfrom tlie battle of Manila Captain Crownluihleld chief of the navigation bureau declared It < was utterly Impossible for news tom the lee to come In any Such fashion and added that as the departments facilities for the receipt of Information from Commodore Dewey squadron were superior to those of any Individual Individ-ual It was utterly Improbable that they could receive news before the department depart-ment Itself ho dispatches as that complained of were cruel and senseless I and Inflicted great misery upon the I wives mothers daughters and other relatives ot the brave sailors ot this fleet I who are anxiously welting to hear from them The officials have about concluded that there Is I little prospect of receiving news from Commodore Dewey directly during the day though there Is a possibility pos-sibility that a merchant vessel may reach Hongkong from the Philippines bringing some news of the battle and subsequent events at Manila I Is I practically settltjjtlmt the cable cannot be relied upon as a means of communication as I Is I believed to be cut In shore somewhere between Its landing place In the Island of Luzon Point Donna and Manila and beyond the reach of Commodore Dewey at this time The uncial calculation Is about as follows The latest authentic and direct news from Man Ua showed that Dewey oub dued the Spanish fleet and made his demand for the surrender of Manila 1anla through the British consul some time Sunday He at the same time gave no lice of bombardment to begin Monday afternoon Presuming that a dispatch boat sailed at the earliest mumnt after the afer bombardment Monday even Ing and allowing three day for passage pas-sage the ship Is I not due at Hongkong or Mir Bay until tonight I is already al-ready tonight by our time in either place and possibly the McCulloch or some dispatch boat S Just entering the harbor Other delays would occur be tore receipt of a cable here I through the many relay stations so that It U I thought there Is little chance of official news coming In during the daylight hour There need be no apprehension on the part of the public that any new that Is I received from Commodore Dew er will be withheld from It Secretary Long has stated in the most positive manner that he regards I as his duty to make the people acquainted with tho facts as soon as he knows them He believes this Is I only Just to them relatives and friends of the sailor ot alore Deweys Heel Therefore the many rumors that constantly circulate to the effect that the navy department has received mysterious cablegrams train Hongkong which I has concealed may be set down no pure moonshine TELEGRAPH COMPANYS STATEMENT STATE-MeNT New York May 5Tbe officials ot the eastern Telegraph company when questioned today said Neither President McKlnley or anon an-on elee has received a message from Commodore Dewey Such a message must necessarily be transmitted over the lines of the East ern Telegraph company either from Manila or Hongkong The company know of no communication emanating from lnnla nine the cable was cut The companv has wen watching Cutill points for Manila Intelligence being anxious regarding the safety of the staff and property TO RCPAIR DCWKTS SHIPS Washington May GTh secretary of the navy today ordered Naval Constructor Con-structor William L Capps now at the Union Iron Works San Francisco Sai to I proceed ut the earliest moment on the steamer City of Pekln Just charter by the navy department to meet Com modore Deweys squadron at Manila Mr Capps will select from the Mare Island force a number ot experienced and intelligent workmen to take with him In addition he will place on the Ickln n full supply of machine toe Ill steel plate and all of the materials that are likely to be needed to make the temporary repairs to a ship In distress The purpose of the department In mak Ing this order Is I to put Commodore Deweyn fleet at the earliest Possible < moment Into first class condition re palling all the damage sustained In the engagement and In addition to this to raise and repair any of the Spanish ships either surrendered or sunk In the engagement that are capable of being navigated again FINDING THE BR1IAK IN THE CABLE TIE Chlgaco May Charles Summer electrician of the Western Union Telegraph Tele-graph company was Interviewed today concerning the Interruption to the cable between Hongkong and Manila Mr Summers said that the Uongkong Manna cable In direct line would be J8 miles long but as there Is I undoubtedly undoubt-edly some slack I Is I doubtless 700 mills long With delicate Instruments uch n cah lie companies have the bink In the cable could located within half a nil The left would undoubtedly be nadc from Hongkong where th lng Ish gornnt is I supposed to have al the frTffuf ror build Ing and rewiring re-wiring cables To Illustrate how dost t he > e tests can be made by delicate Intromnt Summers referred to n test m site on tile Western Union cattle In he Straits of Mackinaw The Mack tI I nan cable Is I about five miles long Tom the Southern shore a test was md some time ago and a break wa IS I seated within three feet I Is I Mr Sumtnen opinion that tests have been made been made consequently Ellt I ocntlng I within fifty miles of Manila he t break In the Hongkong cable The delay In repair may be caused by not laving the necessary gnppllng I machinery ma-chinery for pulling I tip the cable which may lie laid I nt a very treat depth at that particular point Once the faults I fault-s brought to the Surface I In I comparatively compar-atively nn ewy milter to make a new splice I and cut out any Injuries that may haVe hen made to the cable Whether there has been n able steamer at Hongkong prepared for 0 ueh work lisp not been definitelyas 0C defoltelas C rtlned I not It mal he near to bring n teamer from romp Point dIstant delalng for some time the real tme pair of the e ole Although imtuially nnxloui to hear fd rom Commodore Dewey the I met dent and the members of the cabinet Oe not at all alormr at the non ar Ival of news of the Manila fleet I t I s pointed out that thf Cable ole Is I about ten mllet I or more distant fiom the city and that the ciy connecting land 11 Spanish tip Is I undoubtedly in the hands of the |