Show A dewey sends word that not A man was lost american squadron sunk the spanish armada destroyed in forts and took possession of manila without injury one hundred and fifty spaniards killed americans caring for two hundred and fifty wounded and the foreigners on shore f i washington may 7 owing to the complicated names of the spanish ebina destroyed by dewey the following ie taken direct from te list given by secretary loop reina christina castilla don antonio isia de ulloa isia de luzon 11 de cona gen lezo marquia del duero el cariso velasco one transport lala de mindanao isia de cuna probably means isia dp cuba the el cariso probably means pi cano the don antonio is the don antonio de ulloa the lela de ulloa ie not given in accessible data of spanish eaise and is confounding wilsdon wilh Don antonio de ulla aest secretary received a cablegram from a friend who was on the during the great naval engagement ga at manila in which ho says the spanish fleet 0 eleven war vessels has been destroyed totally best of all no american loss or even damage no americans killed and only air americans injured another cablegram received by from the commander 0 the elates that chief engineer F B rendall died ast 1st cause not known new york may 7 perry Balna ont eaid today that the manila was I 1 a brilliant triumph and a marvelous marve loui undertaking der taking washington may 7 secretary lone eaid tonight dewena Dew eya in my opinion is ond of the most brilliant ever earned by man on sea and reflects the greatest credit on our officers and men the fire from the chipe must have been EO rapid and effective that the spaniards were in a manner stunned secretary pay said tonight deweye Dewe wonderful exploit will batee our prestige all over the world had dewey done 1 what be has with ie loss of j fleet bd would still have done notwithstanding the tact that everybody fir several days past has been in a momentary expectation cf cable advices from commodore dewey the town was thrown into the wildest excitement at breakfast time this morning by the issue of extra papers announcing the arrival of the mcculloch at hongtong Hong kong with die pitches for the government from commodore dewey tle publication of newspaper dispatches telling of terrible mortality among the spanish and the escape of the american forces men and ships from serious injury added to the excitement and to the intense satisfaction with which the lone expected news was received there was an instant rush of newspaper men to the navy department to escure farther information arora official source and perhaps dismayed by the number and impetuosity ot the newspaper the officials of the navigation bureau where cipher dispatches are and translated promptly closed anil locked their dyora against invasion one of the officers of the borean had been on duty every moment of the 24 hours for beveryl weeks past waiting to receive cablegrams of importance A detate of affairs baa prevailed at the state department where one of the secretaries aad the chief clerk have been upon the watches of the night sleeping on temporary cots set up in the anteroom ante room abo betat department has the honor of receiving the first news it camo in the ebare of a telegram of three words from united state consul wildman at and was as follows may 7 wildman 1 that is the usual form in which naval movements are reported by cable the dispatch was received by third assistant secretary cridler who was turned out of bis cot by a messenger boy at this morning the naval officials were promptly notified and awaited with intense interest the dispatch which wax expected to purely follow from commodore dewey abolt manager marean of the western union telegraph company appeared at the department bringing a baet comprising four lines of the mys tenons jargon makes op the naval he handed this directly to secretary loncz who gazed as it for a ewt and turned it over to libat one of the cipher experts of afe a bureau for imo then the secretary inide a pretence of sitting down at hia desk to trace act other business bat it was plainly to be acrin that in spirit he bad joined the anxious throng of newspaper men and officials who thronged the reception room and the corridors batting for the news the naval cipher is one of the most complex in the world the mee come in words of strange formation taken from all languages these words are turned by the trans latine clerke into garoupa of figures and these in turn are solved resolved re into their equivalent words in english all this takes time mean while secretary alger hearing of the receipt of the news had come over from the war department to see his colleagues and he waited patiently for the translation senator hoar a member of the foreign relations committee also joined secretary long and waited upon the cable experts about 10 a prominent officer gaye the newspaper men ehan abstract ot the cablegram so far as received this only whetted the interest of the crowd in wailing half an hour later secretary long appeared with a copy of the translated cipher in hia hand a great rush towards him but tho secretary good made allowance for the excitement of the crowd and smilingly read from the corner of the room into which he had been forced the following cablegrams manila may 1 squadron arrived at manila at daybreak this morning immediately engaged the enemy and destroyed les troyed the following spanish vessels aksina chri tina bastilla Oa stilla don antonio tie ulloa islade luzon lela de cuba geo lezo marques de duero correo velasco isia de mindanao a transport and water battery at cavite the squadron is uninjured and oaly a few men are slightly wounded only meana ol 01 telegraphing is to amerian cousal at I 1 hall communicate with him it was immediately noticed that the cablegram as officially promulgated did not entirely agree with the brief summary of its points which had been previously given out and the immediate presumption was that in the short time accorded lor consideration the officials had concluded that it was public policy to expurgate the dispatch thus as made public it contained no reference to the cutting of the cable by admiral dewey to the fact that he lacked men to take possession oi the place and finally that he bad the entire bay at manila at his mercy it was also noted that the dispatch dis ratch bore date of may 1 the could not hare occupied more than six days in making the chort run acroca to hongtong Hong kong therefore it was immediately assumed that the above die pitch wae only the first of two or more that bad been brought over to hong kong by the mccullock cb in other words commodore dewey had written sunday night stating in bis message that brief account of the days work of sending it immediately by the McCullo cli to hongtong Hong kong be had delayed that beetel for two or three daye at least probably to use her in the subsequent bombardment of the town and fortifications last two days were without doubt made the subject of one or more official dispatches which were to follow the original message the department at 10 after the first in caage wab at band was till receiving rec eiting sheets of the ciper code from the telegraph company bile the cipher experts were detill at work beyond a closed doors of the navigation bureau washington D 0 may 7 shortly before noon secretary long left the navy department for the white house and official confirmation was made that a second dispatch from commodore dewey bad been received the secretary carried this to the white house and pending the conference with the president there was intense eagerness among the waiting crowd to learn the contents of the second die patch senator who baw the president secured a brief intimation that deweye victory was overwhelming and that bo bad large number of spanish prisoners in his at 1230 p secretary leng came irom the presidente Preside ote private room car crying the copy of the second message rom dewey bot hi order to give equal facilities to tho great crowd of people waiting to gain information he held it until he reached hie private office then his secretary mr pinney brought the to the large reception room where a bundred or more anxious newspaper correspondents and curious ob took down the dispatch as mr finbey read it it was as follows cavite may 1 long secretary kavy I 1 have taken ot the naval X 1 A station a cavite philippine islands aal destroyed its fortifications I 1 have destroyed the fortifications at the bay entrance pal rolline the garrison I 1 control abe bay completely and can take the city at any time the squadron is in excellent and spirits epi rits the spanish josd not tally known but very heavy billed including the captain of the feinn christina I 1 am in protective protect ine abe eick and wounded sick and wounded are in the hospital within our lines much excitement cit ement ul manila will protect foreign residents DEWEY i following this secretary lone gave out his reply to dewey which has been cabled by direction of the president follows may 7 1898 dewey manila the president in abe name ot the american people thank you and your officers and men for bour splendid achievement and victory in be appointed you action admiral and will recommend a vote of thanks to you by congress dosu As abe last word of the dispatch was uttered several of abe onlookers called for three cheers for dewey they were civen with a will and the usual official serenity of the department for abe moment was broken by around of cheers which faily shook the building san francisco may 7 the official report of commodore dewena triumph at manila published this mornin g created abe wildest enthusiasm here it ie now regarded certain that troops will be sent from here to aid dewey and preparations will go on with a rush the first regiment of volunteers ha already been sworn in and is in camp at abe presidio the seventh regiment will arrive from LOB angeles this afternoon flaking in all 2000 volunteers immediately available the steamer city of pekin which has been chartered to take abe troops to manila is due here today but baa not yet been sighted immediately upon her arrival mhd will land her passengers passe in quarantine at aneel island and her cargo at the dock this probably will take two days then she will a to mare island navy yard where she will be loaded with ammunition and supplies for deweye fleet and temporary quarters of the troops will be erected it is hardly probable that abe pekin will sail for manila before may letb washington D C may 7 arrangements are under way to send troops soon from the pacific elope and idaho to enable abe commodore to take control of it having been decided to send a transport with troops and supplies to commodore dewey at manila the city of pekin will ba aeed for this purpose and will be escorted by the charleston it is abe purpose to start abe expedition on the letb a week from tomorrow the troops wilt u taken from abe west mainly may 7 the elate department part ment today received the following dispatch dated new york noon secretary of state washington D C have cable from baying spanish fleet entirely destroyed manila in hands of americans the latest news is all quiet we have a line of steamers gunnine between manila and it is possible that this news may be of interest to yuu we believe it thoroughly reliable MATESON co |