The record-union., 1898-07-05
The Spanish Gunboat Leyte Sur
renders to the Rear Admiral.
The zafIrO Carries Report to Hongkong
That When the Ship Left Manila
Dewey Was Planning to Attack
City on the 4th Of July.

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4.-The United States troops on the
transports City of Sydney, City Of
Peking, and Australia, conveyed by
| the United States Steamship Charles
| ton, arrived off Cavite at o'clock yes
| terday afternoon, after an eventful
voyage On the way here the Charles
ton called at Guahan, the largest of
the Ladrone Islands, the group in the
Pacific which belonged to Spain, took
possession of the whole group, made
prisoners of Governor General Marina,
his staff and the entire military force,
and raised the Stars and Stripes over
the ruins of Santa Cruz Fort in the
harbor of San Luis Dapra.
The troops are in good condition. and
our only loss was Private Hutchinson
of the First Oregon, who died on the
| City of Sydney on June 20, and was
| buried at sea on June II.
WORD FROM DEWEY.
| WASHINGTON, July admiral
| Dewey's telegram to the Navy Depart
| ment is given ont as follows:
"HONGKONG, July 4, Cavite, July l.
Three transports and the Charleston
arrived yesterday. The Charleston cap
tured Guahan, Ladrone Islands, June
II. No resistance. Brought Spanish
officers from the garrison, six officers
and fifty-four men to Manila. On June
% the Spanish gun vessel Leyte came
out of a river and surrendered to me,
having exhausted ammunition and food
in repelling attacks by insurgents. She
had on board fifty-two officers and
nirety-four men, naval and military.
DEWEY
Adjutant General Corbin has received
the following, via Hongkong, July 3,
from General Anderson, who command
ed the first military expedition to the
Philippines:
Cavalry, artillery and riding horses
desirable; can get limited number
draught animals here.
ANDERSON.
MANILA MAY ALREADY HAVE
BEEN ATTACKED.
HONGKONG, July 4.-The United
States dispatch boat Zafiro, which ar
rived here early this morning from Ca
vite with the report that the American
troops arrived on June 30th, reports
also that Admiral Dewey, when the
Zafiro left on July 1st, was planning to
attack Manila with the fleet and troops
on July 4th.
In addition to the Spanish Governor
of the Ladrones the Charleston brought
forty officers as prisoners of war to
Cavite.
SCORING THE SPANIARDS.
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July IA prominent resident of the
Philippine Islands. Senior Buencamino,
recently arrived arrived at Cavite, os-
tensibly to intercede with Senior Aguin-
aldo in behalf of the Spaniards, but he
has been made a prisoner under sus-
picion that he intended to kill Gen.
aral Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader,
and claim the reward of 5000 Of
fered for his life by the Spanish Gov
ernment The prisoner has written q
remarkable letter to Captain-G General
August explaining that he had always
been an ardent supporter of Spain;
that he raised a corps of volunteers,
and that he had made various sacri-
fees for the Spanish cause, only to find
that his efforts We're wasted He
added:
willing to perform their share of de-
fense and the native volunteers bore
the brunt of the fighting, the Span
iards shirking their duty like towards,
bunglers and a perjured, priest-ridden,
inferior race God DEGREES that they
have no right to govern, and it would
be better to surrender and avoid the
massacre which will inevitably follow
a protracted struggle"
The writer concludes with advising
Captain General August in the mean
while to guarantee the safe conduct
of all who wish to leave the country
and the protection of those who remain
after July 4th.
The British employees of the railroad
have paid a visit by a steamship TO the
Dagupan terminus. They found the
town in the possession of the Span
iards and the country around 1t in the
hands of the insurgents, who are using
the railroad extensively. The Span
iards are demolshing the celebrated
botanical gardens of Manila, and dam
age has been done to the Church OF
Santa Ana 1t is alleged that is was
shelled by the insurgents. but in reality
the damage was caused by the shells
of a Spanish battery at San Juan,
which bombarded an intervening insur-
gent outpost at Inandaioyan.
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