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Manila Can Hold Out
But a Few Days,
'INSURGENTS IN THE SUBURBS
Food Hai Given Out and the 8oldlers
Are Starvlne City. Will Not Be
Taken at Present, But Its Surrender
la Expected. i
Manila, via Hong Kong, June 20.
.''Spanish power is crumbling In the
Philippine islandB. General Pena and
a thousand Spanish soldiers have sur
rendered at Santa Oruz. Similar sur
renders have taken plaoo at Laguna
and at Pampanaa, and in each oase
hardly anybody was killed.
It is reported that Bear-Admiral
Dewey is unable to restrain the insnr
i gents, but their conduct is satisfac
tory. There is no necessity for inter
ference, as no excesaes whatever have
been committed.
The insnigents proposed to form a
republic under Anglo-American tutel
age, and threatened to visit with se
vere penalties the insurgents who have
become turncoats, especially Paterno, a
prominent native protege of the Span
iards. There was desultory firing today in
every quarter on the outskirts of the
town, with no material result, although
there were several artillery attacks and
one explosion, whioh killed six Span
iards and wounded many others.
The ammunition of the Spaniards is
HOW SAMPSON BATTERED THE
From a photograph taken after the bombardment. This stows much of the
damage done by the shells of the American fleet Old Castle Macro was the
greatest sufferer, so tar as visible effects are concerned, but autnj of the mora
modern fortifications were hammered with equal effect.
utterly untrustworthy, beoause it is
old, rotten and has never been tested.
The Spaniards are impotent with
. tage, bewilderment and despair. The
cafes tonight are crowded with officers
with their hands in their pockets, gap
ing vacantly, while an intermittent
fusilade is audible in all directions.
Carloads of food have been stored in
akltf the walled citadel, with the inten
tion of standing a siege and defying
the American warships. But the idea
is ridiculously preposterous, for the
citadel, so-called, is totally untenable
against the fire of a modern fleet of
warships.
There was a concerted attack last
evening in every direction. The Span
iards were informed of the insurgents'
intention to capture two magazines
outside the fortifications. Therefore,
they concentrated their forces for a sn
prems effort in their defense, and bom
barded the jungle all night long. In
the meantime the insurgents captured
Alalabon and Calloocan, in the northern
suburbs. The Spaniards were thus out
witted, outgeneraled and harassed to
death.
During the previous night, owing to
a misunderstanding, a squad of Span
ish artillerymen stampeded from
Malate into Manila, causing immense
consternation, it being believed that
the insurgents were storming the city.
A Spanish officer commanding an
outpost at' San Juan left his men in
charge of a sergeant, came to. town and
was found helplessly drunk. It is re
ported that he was sentenced to death.
A 6-inch gun at Malate, while being
fired into the woods over the Spaniards'
beads, struck a tree and killed several
Spaniards.
There is a story current here this
evening to the effect that the captain
and officers of the German warship
Irene went to a pionic on horseback to
the further outposts of San Juan, ac
companied by the highest Spanish
officers of the staff. They had a cham
pagne lunch, and the captain of the
Irene is said to have made a speech,
daring which he declared the Ameri
cans "will never annpz the Philippine
islands while 'William remains em
peror." The Germans, it is further
said, with their Spanish hosts, might
have been killed by the insurgents,
who had the road to San Juan strongly
ambushed, but it is further asserted
the insurgents had orders to avoid giv
ing a pretext for German intervention.
Ran the Blockade.
Kingston, Jamaica, June 20. A dis
patch from Manzanillo, province of
Santiago de Cuba, received here today,
announced the ariival there of the
steamer Purisiraa Concepcion, which
sailed from Kingston about 3 o'clock
Thursday morning with food supplies
(or the Spaniards, and carrying, it is
aid. f 100,000 in gold.
IT HAS SAILED.
Spanish Ronerre Fleet Leave Cadis for
Unknown Destination.
Washington, June 20. The state
department has received the following
dispatch frqm its agent at Gibraltar:
"The Carlos V. Pelayo, Rapirto, Pa
triot, Audaz, Osada, Proaperina, Gir
alda, Prelejo Colon (with the minister
of marine on board), Alfonzo Doco,
Canondong, Atnonio Lopez, Isla Panoe,
Buenos Ayres and San Francisco, left
Cadiz yesterday. The first 11 passed
the rock bound for Carthagena for or
ders; the last three had troops on
board. This is Admiral Camera's
Cadiz squadron and appears to be in
the Mediterranean, bound for African
shores."
The army officials were satisfied, on
learning today that the Cadiz fleet had
sailed, that the ships would go to
Porto Rico rather than to Cuba, if they
crossed to this side. It was pointed
out that this move would be the natur
al strategic one for the Spanish com.
mander to take, as there was still
something left for them to save in Porto
Rico.
The naval view is not similar to that
taken by the army officers. The former
do not attach as much importance to
the fleet as the latter, and few officers
can be fonnd to believe that the ships
will ever venture far from the Spanish
coast, much less attempt to cross the
Atlantic or go to the Philippines. The
list of vessels in this fleet is rather
formidable in sound, but as a matter
of fact it includes not more than two
up-to-date war vessels, excepting the
small torpedo gunboats. It ie certainly
the opinion of naval officers here that
if Dewey had the Monterey with him
he would have no trouble in repulsing
the whole Spanish force, while the
Cadiz fleet could not afford pastime for
Sampson's steel bulldogs.
Spanish Hopes Are liaised.
Madrid, June 20. There are a num
ber of rumors in circulation as to the
ANCIENT FQRTS OF SAN JUAN.
destination of Admiral Camera's fleet,
one that the warships are heading fot
Boston with the intention of bombard
ing New England towns, and another
that the fleet is going to the Philip
pines.
There is a feeling of great optimism
in official circles here and in the lob
bies of the oortes, owing to the depar
Hire of Camera's fleet. It is said it
consists of over 20 ships, including aux
lhary cruisers, and it is added that it
has an enormous quantity of war ma
terial on board, including a mysterious
new oxplosiva It is also whispered
that the squadron, when at sea, is to
bo divided and proceed to different
destinations.
Admiral Dewey's Advloes.
wasnington, June au. i'ne navy
department has received the following
from Admiral Dewey:
"Cavite, June 15, via Hong Kong.
There is little ohange in the situation
since my telegram on June 3. The in
surgents continue hostilities and have
praotically surrounded Manila. They
have taken 2,500 Spanish piieoners,
whom they treat most humanely,
They do not intend to take the oitv at
the present time. Twolve merchant
vessels are anohored in the bay, with
refugees, -under guard of neutral men
of-war; this with my permission. The
health of the squad ion continues exoel
lent. The German commander-in-chief
arrived today. Three German, two
British, one French and one Japanese
men-of-war are now in port. Anotho
German man-of-war is expected
"DE W E Y. "
Sierra Leone Uprising.
Liverpool, June 20. Steamers which
have arrived here from Sierra Leone
report that 1,000 people were killed Id
the recent uprising in that district,
One Hundred and twenty inhabitants
of Freetown, most of them traders, are
known to have been massacred, and
other colonists were carried into the
bush by the "war boys" and undoubt
edly met a worse fate. Three hun
dered friendly natives were killed. Be
sides the white missionaries, six col
ored missionaries of the United Bteth
ren in Christ weie murdered atManoh
barrgru. The English missionaries are
at the meroy of the "war boys," but
have not been molested.
Madrid Is Depressed.
London, June 20. A Madrid dig.
patch to the Daily Mail Bays: Senor
Sagasta, replying in the cor tea to
question as to whether Manila had
fallen, replied in the negative, but
added that the situation there was of
the gravest character.
me aispatcnes irom Madrid agree
that this statement, together with the
report that the rebels are attacking the
city, nava caused intense depression.
GENERALS COMMANDING
GEN. JOHN J. COPPINGEB.
WERE SWEPT TO THEIR DOOM
Water Submerged a Stage Which Was
Crowded Hundreds of People ImmersedThirty-Four
Bodies Have
Been Recovered.
London, June 23. .During the
launching of the British first-cla3S
battle-ship Albion, at Blackwell, to
day, by tho Duchess of York, at which
ceremony the United States ambassa
dor, Colonel John Hay, and Mrs. Hay,
and Lieutenant-Commander Wells,
United States naval attache, assisted,
the displacement of water oaused an
mmense mass of water to rise on all
sides, completely submerging one of
the lower stages of the yard, and im
mersing hundreds of people. It is es
timated that 50 persons were drowned.
The Duchess of York, Colonel and
Mrs. Hay and the remainder of the dis
tinguished guests, did not see the ac
cident, which occurred at the moment
when threecheers were given for the
successful launching, and the ories and
screams of the victims were drowned
by the hurrahs.
The bodies of five men, 18 women
and 11 children have been recovered.
The Duke and Duohess of York have
telegraphed assurances of their pro
found regret and sympathy.
Ihousands who witnessed the
launching left the soene ignorant of the
disaster.
The staging that was destroyed had
been erected for workmen near the
stern of a Japanese cruiser in course of
construction. It was a light struo-
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Washington, June 23. Colonel
Young, of the Second regiment en
gineers, left for San Francisco today, to
organize the third battalion of hia reg
iment, which was the engineering con
tingent of the Philippine expedition.
The other two battalions, which are
recruiting in. the Middle West, will be
assembled at Fort Sheridan before the
end of this week by Major Richard
Henry Savage, the novelist and former
army engineer, and Major Pinckard, of
Alabama.
ARfllES INVADING CUBA.
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ture, about 50 feet long, and notices
had been posted warning the pubiio
that it was dangerous.
Despite the efforts of the polioe,
some 200, mostly working people on a
holiday, invaded the staging, whioh
commanded a good view of the launch
ing. Two great waves completely de
molished it, and on receding, carried
most of its ocoupants into deep water.
The water was alive with struggling
people and floating debris. It was a
scene of terrible confusion. The
shrieks of the unfortunate people, min'
gled with the cheers of enthusiasm
over the launching. Fortunately,
there was plenty of help near in the
shape of police boats and other craft
The shipbuilders, with drags, and the
firemen, who participated, were all
prompt in affording succor, A nurn
ber of nurses who had come to witness
the launching were among those en
guiieu. Some of these and many
others were revived by artificial respl
ration. Some were injured by collid-
nig with the debris. About 60 of the
spectators were injured and had to re
ccive surgical treatment.
Many plucky rescues of drowning
persons were made by onlookers.
Heartrending scenes were witnessed
when the bodies of children and other
relatives of those who escaped the dis
aster were recovered and brought to
land.
The Albion is a first-class steel bat
tie-ship, of 12,950 tons, 390 feet long,
74 feet broad, and draws 25 feet 5
inohes of water. She is to have 13,
500 indicated horsepower, has two pro
pellers and cost about $4,000,000.
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Sultitn't Muter Abducted,
London, June 23. A band of bri
gands, according to a dispatch from
Constantinople, has abducted a sister
of the sultan. The princess was
seized while she was walking at Kis-
lletoprakk, a few miles from Constan
tinople, where she resided.
Madrid, Jnne 23. It is believed that
Anguatici will ask foreign warships to
land detaobmenta to occupy Manila, on
the ground that he is unable to resist
the insurgents.
BLOWN TO DUST
Sampson Again Bat
tered the Forts of
Santiago.
MORRO ALONE WAS SPARED
Vesuvine Hurled Charges of Dynamite
Imo the Bay Aim of the American
Gunners Was Unsurpassed Thou
sands of Projectiles Thrown.
Off Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston,
June 18. Rear-Admiral Sampson's
fleet bombarded the batteries at Santi
ago de Cuba for the third time at day
light this morning. For hours the
ships pounded the batteries at the right
and left of the entrance, only sparing
El Morro, where Lieutenant Hobson
and his companions are in prison.
The western batteries, against which
the main assault was directed, were
badly wrecked. One was utterly de
stroyed. In others, many guns were
dismounted. At first the Spaniards
replied passionately and wildly. Most
of the guns were deserted.
Not a ship was struck nor a man in
jured on the American side.
It is believed the Spanish loss of life
was heavy.
As a preliminary to the hammering
given the batteries, the dynamite
BIRIVS-EYE YEV OF
sruiser Vesuvius last night at midnight
was given another chance. Three 250
pound charges of guncotton were sent
over the fortifications at the entrance
The design was to drop them In the
bay around the angle back of the emi
nence on which El Morro is situated,
where it wua known that the destroyers
were lying.
The charges went true, as no reports
were heard a peculiarity of the explo
sion of guncotton In water. Whether
the destroyers were demolished is not
known, bnt tire destructive area of gun-
cotton is large, and it would hot be
surprising if one or both torpedo-boats
were destroyed.
The third charge exploded with ter-
riflo force on Cayo Smith, From
where the fleet lay, the entrance to the
harbor looked, in the black night, like
a door opening into the fire of a titanic
furnace. A crater big enough to hold
a church was blown out of the side-of
the Cayo Smith, and was clearly seen
from-the ships this morning.
Admiral Sampson issued orders for
the bombardment last night Coffee
was served to the men at 8:80 thi
morning, and with the first blush of
dawn the men were called to quarters.
The ships steamed at five knots to a
8,000-yard range, when they closed up,
broadside on, until a. distance of three
cables' lengths separated them. Tbey
Were strung out in the form of a cres
cent, the heavy fighting ships in the
center, the flagship on the right and
the Massachusetts on the left flank.
The line remained stationary through'
oat the bombardment The Vixen and
Scorpion took up positions on the op
posite flanks closo inshoro, for the pur
pose of enfilading any infantry that
might fire upon tho ships.
When the ships got into position It
was still too daik for any firing. The
admiral signalled the ships not to fire
nntil the muzzles of the enemy's guns
Ilanged at FoImjdi Frlion.
Sacramento, Cal.i June 18. Frank
Bollew, the Dixon poisoner, was
banged at Folsom prison at 10 o'clock
this morning. He was dead exactly
11)4 minutes after the trap was
sprung. He made no confession or
statement on the scaffold. The crime
lor which Frank Bellew suffered the
death penalty was the poisoning of bis
brother Louis and sister Susie at Dix
on, Solano county, November 7, last
rear
in the embrasures could be seen by the
gun captains.
Fifteen minutes later, at 6:25 A.
M., the New York opened with a
broadside from her main batterv at the
works east of the entrance to the hai
bor. The fleet, enveloped in smoke,
pelted the hills and kicked up dirt and
masonry.
It was a magnificent spectacle.
Though the gun captains had been cau
tioned not to waste ammunition, but
to fire with deliberation, the fire was
so rapid that there was an almost con
tinuous report. The measured crash
of the big 13-inch guns of the battle
ships sounded above the rattle of the
guns of the secondary batteries like
thunder claps above the din of a hurri
cane. 1
A strong land breeze off the shore
carried the smoke of the ships seaward,
while it let down a thick curtain in
front of the Spanish gunners. Their
guns responded spiritedly at first, but
their frenzied, half-crazed fire could not
match the cool nerve, trained eyes and
skilled gunnery of the Ameioans. Our
fire was much more effective than in
preceding bombardments.
The admiral's ordnance expert had
given explioit directions to reduce the
powder charges and to elevate the guns
so as to shorten the trajectory and thus
secure a plunging fire. As the shells
io the preoeding bombardment dropped
with the almost straight trajectories of
projeotiles with full charges, it was
almost impossible to plant them. They
would shoot into the air, encircling the
batteries, owing to the high elevation,
and fall far ovei the fortifications. The
effect of the reduced charges was mar
velous In 15 minutes, one western battery
was completely wrecked. The Massa
chusetts tore a gaping hole in the em-
SANTIAGO HARBOR,
placement with a 1,000 pound projec
tile, and the Texas dropped a shell into
the powder magazine. The explosion
wrought terrible havoc. The frame
was lifted, the sides were blown out.
and a shower of debris Dew in every
direction. One timber carried out of
the side of the battery went tumbling
down the hill. The loss of life must
have been great.
The butteries to the east of Morro
were harder to get at, but the New Or
leans crossed the bows of the New York
to within 1,600 yards of the shore and
played a tattoo with her long 10-inch
rifle, hitting them repeatedly, striking
a gun squarely in the muzzlo, lifting it
off its foundations and sending it
sweeping somersaults into the air.
After awhile Admiral Sampson sig
nalled the ships to temporarily cease
firing, in order to allow the smoke to
clear from the batteries.
When the order came at 6:30 to cease
firing, every gun of the enemy had been
silenced tot 10 minutes, but as the
ships drew off some of the Spanish'
courage returned and a half dozen shots
were fired spitefully at the Massachu
setts and Oregon, falling in their wake.
Throughout the boinbarduiont tlx
Vesuvius and the Porter, by the direc
tion of the admiral, lay outside of the
right flank.
The steam launch of the flngshit
curried among the ships, carrying mes
sages. At the close of the action a stream
of multi-colored flags floated from tbo
New York, gonerally complimenting
the Bhlps, and especially commending
the work of the Texas and Aew Or
leans. The men of the New Orleans raised a
cheer, which was passed quickly from
ship to ship nntil every juckie in the
fleet was howling himself hoarse.
The destruction and death at the
western batteries must have boon appal
ling. Many of the guns had been
mounted during the lost few days.
From this it is inferred that Admiral
Ccrvera had given up all hope of ex
tricatiog himself from the trap in
which he is caught, and had moved the
gnus from some of his ships to strength
en the land defenses.
Admiral Sampflon is highly gratified
at the result of the bombardment.
He thinks the western batteries prac
tically demolished. Ai some of the
guna on the eastern batteries did not
fire be thinks it ii probable tbey wen
only dummies.
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