The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-05-13
FIRED BY REBELS.
Insurgents Said to Have Started q
conflagration In the City -
H.. Of 5Mantta.

- 81 fN5AUstAs
Madrid. May B.-Hong Kong advices
say the Americans are reported to have
landed at Cayjte after q fresh lombard
ment. sH...+-s r.. 49, -
Madrid, May 6.-The impartial says
the officials of the German embassy here
have received dispatch from Hong
Kong saying that the American commo-
dore In Manila bay is reported to have
Effected q landing at Cavite, after fresh
bOmbar dment of that place.
London, May Ga special dispatch
from Shanghai, published today, gives
what purports to be the Japanese report
IF the fighting at Manila, received via the
island of Formosa.
1t says that after disposing of the
Spanish feet and Cayite, Commodore
Dewey bombarded Manila itself.
many parts, the work, it Is added, chiefly
reported to have occurred among the
Spanish residents of the city.
Cable Net Working.
London, May 6.-The officials here of
the Eastern Telegraph company, which
controls the Hong Kong Manila cable, de-
clare there is absolutely no truth in the
statement that the cable to Manila is
working.
Report from Singapore.
New York, May 6.-The Suns Singa-
pore dispatch says: 'The Americans are
now holding Manila and are conducting
the government of the town. Alexandria,
the i1surgeht leader, has landed.in Manila
bay from an American transport.
"A dispatch from Manila by way of
Singapore is taken by steamer to La
Bauna on the north coast of Borneo, re-
quiring from two and half to three days
on the way. From La Bauna it is for
warded to Singapore by cable
New York, May GA dispatch to the
Dewey has followed up his FIRST victory
with = second: The Americans are in
control Of the Philippines. Manila is cap
tured by the American feet. The govern
ment is now being carried on by Commo-
dore Dewey.
This news reached London in private
dispatch from Hong Kong. 1t Is the first
news from Manila that does not bear the
stamp Of Spanish authorship. How the
news reached there is not stated, but it is
possible that it came over in some swift
merchantmah which was lying in the
harbor during the engagement and which
set sail before Dewey started the dis
patch boat.
| This private telegram confirms the news
of the destruction Of the Spanish feet
and the sinking Of the flagship Reina
Christina;
From the same source it is learned that
Gen. Alejardrin0; the rebel leader who
was taken over from Hong Kong by the
American commander, landed on the
coast from one of the American trans.
ports, taking with him quantity of am
munition and arms for the insurgent
forces that lowered about the city. 1,
&C. %h11> &1nA $nrS -$c
brave hand when Dewey attacked the
defenses of the city and helped to bring
about speedy end.
A Spanish Yarn.
Montreal, May Ga special to La
Presse from Madrid states that Commo-
dore Dewey's squadron could only get
an entrance into Manila bay by first sew
ering the wires connecting the submarine
torpedo system with the forts This
having been done, Dewey had no diff.
Guilty whatever in doing what he did
high seas.
The special then goes on to. say that
he engaged the Spanish squadron with
the result as told. But it appears that
during the, fight the Spanish authorities
set to work reconstructing the wires un.
der the fire of the American warships
The several wires were patched SC
quickly tHat DeIOre the ngnt was over
no ships could move any more in the
bay without the greatest danger of being
blown up. :
La Presse says this news reached Mad
rid in the form of cipher dispatch.
Troops for Manila.
Port Said, May 6.-The Spanish steam
er Leo Kill, with troops from Manila
| has sailed for Barcelona.
Hong Kong, May 6.-Inquiries made al
the Offices of the Eastern Telegraph com
pany show that cable communication be
tween Hong Kong and Manila has moi
yet been restored.