Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-08
NEWS FROM DEWEY
He Tells How the Enemy Was
& Annihilated.
WAITING FOR MORE TROOPS
He Can Take Manila at any
FIT Fine. ..
MANY SPANIAADS SLAIN
Bu, Not au American Loses His Life and
Very Few Wounded joy in wash
r snsten. President Mckinley
Promotes the Gallant &c.,.
MANY sPANIAADs SLAIN

! 49,. CoIimo,iurc.
GBy Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON. May IA day Of
excitement such as today has not been
| when the reports csr1ae I'M OF greet VIC
tories during the civil WAR. Official
and unofficial Washington WAS in a fer
| inent and few Of the employees in any
or the departments t0uld maintain
| their conppsure SuffieiAntly to 60 on
with their routine work They We're in
an explosive state and ar the great
State. War uiiu Navy Department
building the least sign of dispatches or
the gathering OF Il crowd of reporters
We're sufficient to cause them to drop
! their work and swarm i'm the culri-
doris cfarnorins fo1.- news.
The excitement was stonta gious and
Senator's and Represe Wtatives mixed in
| The. crowds that gathered around thu
| navy .hea dsluaq'1ersSaald gaze,l wistfully
ct the many doors Of the navigation
bureau behind which the cipher ex-
| peits under lock and key We're slowly
decrhering the words that conveyed
Dew-ys glorious MESA ge ro the Amer
ican people. --4- - ~
Senator Hanna aroused! the crowd
at ONE stme by leading wifi. a Hip hip
hurralE for Dewey and la,lt4r a roar Of
sten1or ffoR1sa ,he6afdr,s R6G:ss-
vset's room gathered everybody in the
vast building in the easl, Wing in ,i4ne
10 witness che depart IF ,esof fl 3 eastern
contingent Of the mot.ntett rtinmen.
Mr. koosevelt had sia'di good bye TO
the boys before they started at 2:4O
this aftHSnaOn forI eSaii-s-As.lnT, =, !. AMI
the cheer, was the means by which they
took their leave. Mr.. Roosevelt him
self will follow Monday or Tuesday. - X
The State Depart nlullt has the honor
OF receiving the first news from the
fleet. 1t came in "a cablegrum OF three
words from limited States Consul
WiAman. at Hong Kong, and is as FOL-
low: .ggs W. lgiF 5I l3t1 s3:t4'i
Hong Kong -McCollreh. Willm.,n.'
| That is the usual form in Which the
naval movements are reported by ca
bic. THIS dispatch was received by
THIRD Assistant Secretary Crdler. who
had been$on duty all night. al 40 This
\ morning.
| The naval officials We're, promptly no
! titled and awaited with intense interest
the dispatch wh ich was expected to sure
! ly follow from Admiral Dewey. About
half pas r5nine, Manager MORGAN. OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
a pepared at the department, bringing
with him a dispatch comprising four
lines of the mysterious jargon which
makes up the government cipher. He
handed this directly4to SecrettlryfsLong
who sazed at it for a:mo1lent i and
one OF the cipher experts Of: the IlaWl-
CATION bureau.S for trans Ia tit1nS In
10 English. Then the secretary made
q pretense of sitting down al his desk
ID transact other husfness, but IT was
plain TO see that in spirit he had Joined
| .ne anxious throGg of newspaper men
and officials Who .rhrongsd y1he. reception.
room and'tia corridors, waiting for the
| news. The. telegraph cipher is one of
| the most compl exsin the world: = a 1efss1-
ges come in words Of strange. fyrma--.
words are turned by 1.-The I. trans la1ing
clerks into groups OF figures. and thess.
in turn are restored into pheirs equjya-
lent words in English S LAM this takes
time.
In about half am aiour Secretary TONS
appeared with a copy sof the translated
cypher in his hand There was a great
| rush rd' him. but the secreta rys
good naturedly 1nada allowance the
excitement OF the crowd "a nd sgni4ing!y
read from she corner Of the room into
which h.ss g lad been farced tae following
cabegraTn: s5 - ,t:g.. So /.
.H &si MANILA. May T..
| Squadron arrived AT Manila n;t day
break thus morning., Immediatelyi en-
gagged the enemy and d d The fol II
lowing Vess els: - '-'-N' Y - - - - ~ ~ .
| REINA CHRISTINA.
Bon, Bon 4A M DE uILoA. y
IsLA DE L'U2oN.a NJ &Asss Il
/ lSLA DE CUBA
II GENERAL LEGO 20 +
| MARC UESE DIE DITEDO.
! CORREO.
| VFIL.ASCO, ra. 1880
! 1sL!A DE MINDANO, a transport.
DON JUAN AUSTRIA. vi -55sf+,,3
WATER BATTERY at Csavite.g<,.s +
! The squadron is uniniured and only
a few rnen are Slightly wounded. Only
means Of telegl,aphing rs TO American
cons al Ssrt Hong Kong. 4 shall comTnu-
nicates With .llin. U.s.
! (signed.l 5-,,. .5, DEWEY. .
Before this brief summary OF the ca
Telegram. as far as received. had been
given out by prominent officials, it was
stated that Dewey cut the cable Aim-
lseif; but was unable to take possession
of the town Of Manila for lack Of men;
also that he had the bay and everything
completely at his mercy. s.
] 1t was immediately noticed that the
4 cablegralm as officially promulgated did
not agree With this summary, and the
presumption was That the short time ac-
corded for considera ton the Officials
he'd concluded that it was pubic policy
TO expurgate the dispatch:
| The second dispatch :, was received
from Commodore Dewey before noon.
i It WaSsas follows:
| I have taken POSSESSION Of the naval
| station at Waite. Philippine Islands.
and destroyed it's fUrtitications. Have
4 destroyed Notifications at bay entrance,
patroliing the garrison: Scontf1t taie
lbay completely and can take the city
at any time. Squadron IN ~ excellent
health and spirits The Spanish loss
NOT fully known, 81 ut very hehvy--150
killed, including captain OF Retna. AAffafnss
1 Lam assisting in protecting the Spanish
Ssick and Wonnst ~ y