Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
MANY CONFLICTING RUMORS
Reached the Department at Washing
ton Yesterday,

| pOrtance or Authentic An En-
couraging Message from Admiral
Dewey, Which Shows That He
is Doing Very Well at Manila,
With the Assistance of the In
surgent Natives-Tne Cadiz Fleet
Causing No Alarm.
Washington, June 6.-After a lot of
conflicting rumors of naval engage
ments, the landing OF troops and such
matters at the Navy Department, there
came at the close of the day one import
ant bit of news embodied in report
from Admiral Dewey, of important sue
cesses achieved by the insurgents at
Manila
| The officials have been more anxious
than they care to betray as to Admiral
Dewey's condition. They were not SER
iously apprehensive Of personal danger
to the fleet, but an impression was gain
ing ground that the admiral had not
maintained the same measures of sue
cess in his operations in Manila bay
that rewarded his first effort. Now the
report received goes to show that his
plans are working out admirably; that
he has succeeded in placing upon the
insurgents the burden of conducting
military operations against the Span
iards while he himself is lying in en-
forced idleness awaiting the arrival of
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venting the corruption of insurgent
leaders by the Spaniards, which APP
peared at one time to be threatening.
There is some speculation here by anx-
icus minds as to how the insurgents
will treat the prisoners they have taken,
! who are more numerous, it is said, than
all the captures made by the Cuban in
surgents since their war begun. 1t was
reported by cable, soon after he had Sc
cured the cooperation of the insurgent
chief. Aguinaldo, that Admiral Dewey
would see to it that the Insurgents OBJ
served the rules of civilized warfare.
This caution was made necessary by
THE TERRIBLE TALES
that had been circulated of the barbar-
Gus treatment Of prisoners captured by
the insurgents. 1t is sincerely hoped
that Aguinaldo will see to it that this
agreement is observed in the case of the
1900 prisoners he now Xnlds, for it is
believed in official circles that the ma
tons of the civilized world VIII hold
the United States morally responsible
for any great excuses that may be COM
mitted in the Philippines as a result of
our action there. The Navy Depart
ment officials declare that Dewey is not
responsible for the safe keeping and
maintenance of these prisoners, which
is most fortunate considering the limit
ed resources of the admiral in the mat
ter Of provisions.
The Navy Department gave orders
to-day that the double turreted mont
tor Monadnock, now at Mare Island,
Gala, should be made ready to sail for
Manila within ten days, and the neces-
sary orders were hurriedly telegraphed
The Monterey will not wait for the
company of the Monadnock, but should
be off in the course of a few hours I'M
der convoy of the Brutus The Navy
Department will Immediately procure
another merchant ship to accompany
the Monadnock on her 5000 miles voy-
age. The Monadnock is most power
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screws and 5000 horse power engines,
she is easily able to make 1872 knots
an hour. Built on the general lines of
the Amphitrite, she has better engines
and more power than that monitor
She carries four 1O-inch guns in two
turrets besides two 4-inch rapid fire
guns in easement, and a numerous
secondary battery. Her coal capacity
is $50 tons in bunkers, and almost as
much more storage room can be found
on the decks. Consequently the Mon
adnock has the ability to make lon
ger cruise than the Monterey without
REPLENISHING HER COAL
| supply, yet uci capacity ID ollil IOO
small to permit her to make the pas
sage from Honolulu to the Philippines
unaided. With these two monitors Ad-
miral Dewey will be fully able to take
care of himself even should the much
talked-of Cadiz feet undertake to at
tack him in Manila harbor
The monitors at their maximum
draw only 141a feet of water, or ten
feet less than the Spanish battleship
Pelayo, and therefore would be able
to pick their position in the shallow
water where the Spanish battleship
could not possibly reach them, and
hammer away at the latter to their
I hearts content, presuming themselves
50 small a mark as to render it very
! difficult for the Spanish gunners to re-