The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-09
HIRD EDITION--6:oo am.


night, sending up into the midnight mir a
ici'u glare, beside which all other confa-
sraticns, With the exception OF the arsenal,
seemed puny giittering rushlights
Inc gradual destruction of the arsenal
was long drawn out SERIES OF oyroteohniss
About o'clock tremendous explosion
occurred, the flames shooting up into the
air about 100 feet, and for many seconds
aiterSdrd loud, thundcrous roar Travelled
across the bay. II was tine specta lie,
terrible in its exempliiieation of the disas
trous effects Of modern warfare.
The Maine disaster had been terribly
avenged
The Spanish admiral when the Reina
Christina caught fire. transferred his nag
10 the lsla de Cuba Finding the Amer
ioan fire t-o hot, he considered 1t useless 10
further expose the lives OF his men. and
gave the signal. "Scuttle ana abandon"
None OF the Spanish vessels struck their
colors All went down with the proud flag
CT CASTLE flying at the main. Commodore
Dewey had not even the satisfaction OF
capturing his brave adversarios
Admiral Montejo was In the arsenal when
the bomburdment of Cavite occurred. With
the remainder of his officers and men. the
admiral, who had been slightly wounded in
the left thigh by an iron splinter, escaped
by the road to Manila.
a survey of the remnant Of the Spanish
fleet, after their surrender. revealed a
sight of desolation. Three large cruisers,
eight gunboats and two torpedo boats rad
been sunk. In the smoking huks OF the
remainder Of the flotilia floating every
thing was in the greatest confusion, a large
number of the crews having deserted and
left articles of great value behind, Dead
bodies and wounded men were also strewn
about the decks. and bodies were floating
in the water a large number of Amer
leans sustained slight injuries from splin-
tiers. but nothing OF u serious consequence.
The naval arsenal ut Cavite. contrary to
prey cus reports Is we'll equipped with the
latest types OF munitions of war. and the
stores are well filled with coal. The min-
ing Of the channels in Manila harbor was
cen; idered by officers Il regular farce. The
channel was five Mills wide and too deep
for many MINIS or tcrpcGoes to be laid.
After the cessation of hostilities, the Bal
tlnore and Raleigh sailed down the chan-
rel between CorregiGor and the main
land and the officers were soon after
waras told that the Spaniards in the forts
which had ceased to modest the Americans,
had been holding up their hands in horror
and fear at the result.
IF the channel had been mined said
one of the officers, sit had not been mined
by experts"
The sight of another man-of-war in the
offing raised the prospects of another fight.
| but she was discovered TO be French vs.
! sci which had gone down to Manila to
| look after the welfare of the French ma
| ton.
Very little damage was done to the
| American feet. Four or five shots struck
the Baltimore and some Of them haa taken
| very crratic courses
sad incident occurred on board the
.eyenue cutter Hugh MoCulloch, as TIE
| squadron was making its way through tic
south channel between Core gidor is ami
and the mainland into Mania bay. TIE
ships were steaming in linz up the channel,
and every ligh: was out, when the Hugh
| McCulloch signalied that the chef en-
ginaer was seriously i'll and asked fer
f! consultation OF doctors, This was, of
! course, impossible, and the warships pro-
ceeded on their voyage through the chan
mel. A signal was given from the McCul
loch shortly afterwards that the chief en-
! gineer had died from apoplexy.
A Spanish revenue cruiser sailed right
into the jaws OF the enemy few days
| after the battle. For sevsral months she
had been on duty in the south and she was
ignorant Of events OF the last few months.
She knew nothing about the Ameri, aus
being in possession of the bay ami came
along unconcernediy, flying the Spanish
flag and asking for the admiral OF the
! Spanish feet. Several shots from American
| ships we're sent over her, which she at
first thought had been fred by Spaniar1s
at target practice AS they began 10 come
uncomfortably near, she soon found her
mistake. and, discovering that the enemy
was in strong force. she hauled down the
Spanish flag and hoisted a white one,
whereupon boats crew from the Raleigh
boarded her and informed her Of the sta o
of affairs and took possession of the yes
sci. the crew being landed on parole
Shortly afterwards, flying Old Glory and
in company with the Concord she was
paraded in front of the city so that the
spaniards could learn her fate.
When Consul Williams landed in Cavie
he was given an enthusiastic reception az
he made his way through the two long
lines OF people.
Men, women and children struggled to
shake him by the hand and the British
consul. Mr.. Rawson Walker, who was with
him. said he had never before witnessed
such q display OF friendship.
/ The captain of the British ship Esmer-
aide. when in Hong Kong on May IA, ridi-
culed the idea that he piloted the Amer
can feet into Manila bay.
"As a matter OF fact" he said. the
| Americans needed no one to show them the
way into the bay 1t was all plain sailing
for them. When we left Manila all was
quiet. For Two or three days after the
lgh, the Spaniaris in the city were vsry
much down in the mouth and in the evcn-
ings all thoioughfares were in darkness,
but by the time We left they had picked
up somewhat and in the evening the elec-
tic light yas In full blast. Ne hal no
contact with the shore. We simply cori-
piled with the orders of the American adj
rniral and the commander OF the lmmor-
tele and were guided by them
The Pacific mail steamer Aztec. which
entered Yokohama under the Hawaiian
flag on Monday. Nay IL. had twenty one
cases Of gunpowder TO be sent to the gun
boat Peuel. one of the United States Ash
attic squadron. Official application fur
landing them was made by the United
States authorities 10 the customs After a
conference between customs officials and
the Kencho and Yokohama naval stations.
the goods were ordered to be sent to the
Naka nwura gunpowdfr magazine under
care OF the police II Is the usual Gus ON
for warshps OF Great Britain and America
to land their ammunition at Yoxohami
aud reoafya n whenever called for The