The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-05-11
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ger boy at 4:4o a m. The naval ofTi-
Gals were promptly notified and await
ed with intense interest the dispatch.
which was expected to surely follow
; from Commodore Dewey.
About $3.50 Manager Marean of the
Western Union Telegraph company
appeared at the department, bringing
with him sheet comprising four lines
of the mysterious jargon which makes
up the cipher.
He handed this directly to Secretary
] Long, who gaZed at it for a moment
AM 9Ii tur NED it oyer to Lieutenant Whit
navigation bureau, for translation into
English.
Then the secretary made a pretense
of sitting down at his desk to transact
other business but it was plain to be
seen that in spirit he had Joined the
anxious throng of newspapermen and
oncials, who thronged the reception
room and the corridors waiting for the
news
The naval cipher is one of the most
complex in the world. The messages
come in words of strange formation,
taken from all languages. These words
are turned by the translating clerks
into groups of figures, and these in turn
are resolved into their equivalent
words in English.
Anxious to Learn the News.
Meanwhile Secretary Alger, hearing
of the receipt of news, had come over
from the war department to see his
colleague, but he also was obliged to
wait patiently for the translation.
Senator Hoar, a member of the for
eign relations committee. also joined
Secretary Long and waited upon the
cable experts.
Secretary Long finally appeared with
copy of the translated cipher in his
hand. There was great rush towards
him, but the secretary, good naturally,
made advance for the excitement of
the crowd and smilingly read from the
corner of the room into which he had
been forced the cablegram from Dewey
given elsewhere.
1t was Immediately noticed that the
cablegram as officially promulgated did
not entirely agree with the brief sum-
mary of it's points which had been pre-
viously given out, and the immediate
presumption was that in the short time
accorded for consideration, the officials
had concluded that it was public policy
to expurgate the dispatch.
Some Discrepancies Noted.
Thus, as made public, 1t contained
no reference to the cutting of the cable
by Admiral Dewey; to the effect that
he lacked men to take possession of
the place. and. finally, that he had the
entire bay OF Manila at his mercy.
1t was also noticed that the dlspaIcn
bore date of May 1. The Mccullough
A., .,E,r
days in making the short run across
to Hongkong.
Therefore, it was Immediately as
sumed that the above dispatch was
only the first of two more that had
been brought over to Hongkong by the
Mccullough. In other words, Commo-
dore Dewey had written Sunday night
sitting in his cabin brief account of
the days work Instead of sending it
Immediately by the Mccullough to
Hongkong. he had delayed that vessel
for two or three days at least, probably
to use her in the subsequent lombard
ment of the town and forts.
The events of these last days without
doubt were made the subject of one or
more official dispatches, which are to
foIIow the original message.
The department, after he first mes
sage was at hand, was still receiving
slips of the cipher code from the te1e-
graph company, while the cipher ex-
perts were still at work behind the
heavy closed doors of the navigation
bureau.
Shortly before noon Secretary Long
left the navy department for the White
House and an official confirmation WIS
made that a second dispatch from
Commodore Dewey had been received.
The secretary carried this with him
to. the White House, and pending the
conference with the president there
was intense eagerness among the wait
ing crowd to learn the contents of the
second dispatch.
Senators who saw the president Sc
cured brie1 intimation that Dewey's
victory was overwhelming, and that he
had a large number of Spanish pris-
oners in his possession.
At 12:5v Secretary Long came from
the presidents private room carrying
the copy of the second message from
Dewey, but in order to give equal facil-
tiles to the great crowd of people wait
ing to gain information he held 1T until
he reached his private Office.
Then his secretary, Mr.. Finney,
brought the message to the large recepe
ton room, where hundred or more
anxious newspaper correspondents and
curious observers took the dispatch,
which appears elsewhere.
Three cheers For Dewey.
Following this. Secretary Long gave
out his reply to Dewey, which had been
cabled by direction OF the president,
thanking him and promoting him to
admiral.
AS the last word of the dispatch was
uttered. several of the onlookers, in
GLIDING Senator Hanna, called for three
cheers for Dewey They were given
with will, ana the usual official seren-
ity of the navy department for the mo-
ment was broken by round of cheers,
which fairly shook the building