The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-07

Washington, May Z 1890 Dewey's TO-
port has been handed to the president.
1t was cabled from Hong Kong by Dew
ey's flag lieutenant, who arrived there on
the cutter Mccullough.
The report will be given to the public In
few minutes.
Great satisfaction is shown in official cir
Giles.
The truth Of the fight WAS much better
than was expected.
The report contains but four lines Com.
modole Dewey says: Il have SNcnccl
Manila Cut cable myself Cannot hold
Manila on account of Insufficient land
force. Three hundred Spanish killed. Four
hundred Spanish wounded. Six Alncri-
cans wounded None killed. No pariicu-
lar damage to American ships.
1t is understood from the message that
while Dewey cannot hold Manila without
sland forco that he will DO practically IN
possession of 1t on account of the batteries
having been sienced.
Dewey will bs ordered to remain IN tbs
vicinity until help can be sent him.
IL will take but short time to send re.
lief and it is beloved that he can hold out.
There Is nothing left in the way OF a
Spanish feet in the Pacific to oppose Dew
ey remaining in the vicinity until he can
receive as .istance.
The insurgents there may also cooper
ste with him in the meantime.
Great relief is felt on account OF no
Americans having boon killed IN tho en-.
gageinent
Madrid May There. was. furthcr..riot-
ing at Murcia yesterday A mob Of strikers
ont the telegraph wires and sot lire to the
Town Hall
Tho flremcn and gondarlnes sx;ingush-
ed the flames, but the mob meanwhile at
knntr a6 and nj l1a unI the Inv after
which they set the building on fire and
destroyed the archives.
Then tho rioters proceeded to the jail,
which they successfully stOrmed, and &c.
leased the prisoners.
A dynamite storch0use was looted and
the expcsive distributed among the mob
A mob OF women has sacked the bakers
shops in Ciulad Real, capital of the prov
ince Of that name. Martial law has been
proclaimed in tho city.
At SUr,a -four wagons have been plrn-
derud. There have been bread riots also
at Bursos, Olmedo, Lorca, and Waldo.
Ienus. In some instances where the mobs
were unable to aciHJ grain they set fire to
the granarirs
The Chamber Of Deputies passed the
bill snsp.nding ne duties on grain and
fprbiIding the export Of cereals. Senior
Puigcerva, Minister Of Finance, immedi-
RAely lUilLtN tlG CllblullIb blIIttIS " plc
vent the svndinx OF grain out Of the coun.
try, thus virtually locking the door after
thc steed has bcdn s}oon. The people arc
90 Jealous Of their grain that they will mot
silow 1t To- DO removed from one district tC
another
The Budget Committee has approved
the voluntary conversion Of the foreign
debt. The Government, from October, will
only pay abroad the coupons of foreign
t,,1I L. hat, tptl .I al "a
for the previous six months The COM
fpittce authorized that renuWU! of the float
ing debt by the way, was increased IL
April by IL, p ,3lI pcstlas. II also adopt
Cd prQDosahl 20 increase the export duties
New York lay Ga despatch received
by the WD.ld4Fom Tampa says that the
Spanlards have captured and beheaded
Major " ID, Smith. who recently landed
IN CuDa with correspondents and bearing
dispatches to General Gomez,
Don. ARE SIGHTED
New York, May :.
A despatch to the journal" from st
Thomas says that five warahips were seen
ea"ly yesterday mOrniNgupparDntly bound
west. They were south of the lSlaud
showed no flag and tho American vosse
That sighted them, fearing they were span
lEh, fed without investigating A despatch
boat is now out looking for the grim visi.
tors, and news is hourly expected from
her.
1t seems certain that this must bo tn
Spanish feet, as only America and SpaiI
would be likely to have such II squadron
n these waters and Captain Sampson
ships cannot be So far eastward yet, &C
cordng to aiviCes of their depal ture from
of Havana
Porto Rico is in panic There arc riot
going on all over the island and famine
making the natives wild Nevertheless
bvery possible preparation is being mad
10 resist an attack by the America
squadron.