Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-05-19
DEWEY HEARD FROM.
The Victorious Admiral Still Has
Manila at His Mercy.
Tho Governor May Surrender SooD--Adm
Dewey Captures Another spanish Gum
boat Whose Captain Had Not
Heard About the War

patches from Hong Kong brought wei.
come news yesterday from Adm.
Dewey to the president and particu'
iarly to Secretary Long and the naval
officials, who are watching the admir-
ais movements with so much interest.
While no apprehension existed us to
his security, nevertheless reinsurance
of safety is always pleasant, The tele-
grams indicate that Dewey has lost
none of the prestige gained in
his memorable fight of two weeks
ago, and that while he refrains
from taking the city of Manila,
he has it practically at his mercy. The
admiral expresses the belief that the
rebels are hemming the city in by land,
but the fact that he says explicitly
that they have made no demonstrations
seems to disprove thoroughly the pub
lished reports that they have already
entered Manila and begun career Of
bloodshed and rapine. The best evil
dence of the effectiveness of the block
ade maintained by the American adj
miral, and also OF the work Of the i'm
surgents in surrounding the city, is
shown in the statement in the
dispatches that provisions are
scarce in the city of Manila, which
seems to indicate to Adm. Dewey
an early surrender by the Spanish au-
thorities, Another published report
seems also to be refuted by the adj
miral's advices, and that is that the
rebels had raided Cavite, where the
Spanish naval station was located, and
where, presumably, large supplies Of
ammunition were kept, If the rebels
have been supplying themselves with
arms It must have been with the adj
miraPs consent, as his dispatch is orig
inally dated from Cavite, indicating
that he is still in possession. The
greatest satisfaction prevails here over
the good work being done and the eff
fectiveness of the blockade main
tanned by him. The dispatch as given
out by Secretary Long is as follows:
CAvITE May 49, via Hong Kong, May l5-
| Maintaining strict blockade Reason TO believe
that the rebels are hemming in the city by land
but have made no demonstration Scarcity OF
provisions In Manila Probable that the Span
ish governor will be obliged to surrender soon
Can take Manila at any moment Climate hot
and moist On May IL captured gunboat Callao
attempting to run blockade, Have plenty of
coal One British, one French, two German,
one Japanese vessel here observing. DEWEY,
The officials are making all possible
haste to rush troops to supplement
Adm. Dewey's forces, so that If the
Spanish governor does surrender the
former will not be dependent upon the
small number of marines which he can
i'll spare from his ships, but will have
the assistance OF soldiers in holding
his position and main tanning order. 1t
is confidently hoped here that the
City of PelIin, chartered as a transport
vessel, will be able to clear from San
Francisco in u very short time, to be
followed in rapid succession by the
other three ships engaged for "a
similar purpose. The Pekin can
carry 1000 men, which, with the ma
rines aboard the Charleston, Just
about to SAIL will be of considerable
assistance to the admiral, but far from
the number which he will need. The
total number of men to be sent will
aggregate probably $1,000, as Maj.
Gen. Wesley Merritt, who is to COM
mand the expedition and subsequent
ly to be made military governor, re-
CARDS that as the least which can
maintain order in city like Manila,
made up of many discordant elements.
Over ten regiments of infantry and
four batteries of artillery from the
volunteers have been ordered to con-
centrate at San Francisco and from
these and the regulars now in the ex-
treme west will be taken the men for
the Philippine expedition. 1t is ex-
pected that practically all the volun-
teers will go.
DEWEY CAPTURES ANOTHER GUNBoAT.
Hone KoNG, May IS. The United
States dispatch boat Hugh McCulloch
arrived here yesterday from Manila
with dispatches for the United States
government. She reports that the
Spanish gunboat Callao, from the Car
oline islands, recently entered the port
of Manila, being ignorant of the out
break of hostilities between Spain
and the United States. An American
warship fred across her bows
and signaled her demand for
her surrender. The demand being
disregarded, the American ship
fred direct at the Spanish gunboat
and the latter surrendered. The popu-
lace of Manila is reduced to eating
horsehesh, and the prospect of relief
seems far distant The Hugh McCul-
loch also reports that the Philippine
insurgents applied to Rear Admiral
Dewey for his approval of an at
tack by them upon the city.
The admiral, it appears, APP
proved the plan, provided no ex-
cesses were committed. The insurgents
then pleaded that they had no arms
with the exception of machetes, to
which the admiral replied: ''Help
yourselves at the Cavite arsenal" The
city of Manila, however, has not yet
been attacked. About 5000 Spanish
troops are guarding the road leading
from Cavite to Manila. There is no
truth in the reported massacre of
number of Americans.
Earthquake In Sicily.
ROME, May i5-There was violent