New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-08
RECEPTION OF THE REPORT
Continued from irst Pnge.

Manila. May l-Squadron arrived at Manila
at daybreak this morning. Immediately en-
gagged the enemy and DESTROYED me nn5
Antonio de Uloa. Isla de Luzon. lsla dc Cupa'
General LEO. Marques de Duero. Correo, .e-
lasco. Isla De Mlndana" a transport. ana Wm,ei
battery at Cavte The squadron Is unlnlureu
and only few men were slightly wounded
only means Of te,cgraphing Is 70 American .0 ,,
sui at Hong Kong. l shall COMMUNICATE WI"
! him
As he finished reading cheers resoundeo
through the room and echoed into the corri-
dors OF tho vast structure summoning 1.'p)
clerks from their desks bockading the passage
wovs and creating n scene OF indescrihable con-
fusion and enthusiasm. The rush OF newspaper
mon 10 Hle their DISPATCHES far surpassed IN
energv and "reminiscences Of personal safety
that which had marked their flight with Mr..
RoosoveIts bulletin T. was Immediately evident
70 them that discrepancies existed between tho
bulletin and the dispatch. but for little while
this was ignored IN the supreme SATISFACTION
Of securing part at least Of the first words whi'h
had been secured from Dewey after such pa
tient and tedious waiting. 1t was evident that
Secretary Long had exercised hls prerogative
and expurgatcd from the message such inforna-
ton ms h construed T. be ~ purely military
character and. which, might establish an UNI
fortunate PRECEDENT IN giving news to the pub
lie
\ little later copy Of tho modified cable
dispatch was secured from he Navigation Bu-
roau and fron, this It appeared that Secretary
Long. quit. naturally and cXcusably. consldeF-
Ing the excitement under which every one was
laboring had inadvertently read destroyer
instead ~ disabled" IN referring - the Span
ish vessels. This. IN tho opinion Of naval or
Acsrs. materially affects the result indicat-
q
onragemcnt 70 tho extremity u determination,
ard that perhaps several ~ the Spanish vessels
may boz repaired and added to the effective force
Of the American squadron az the first units OF
It's colonial navy.
The differences between the names II the SHIPS
given IN Dewey's dispatch and their real names
rs furnished 10y tn Bureau If Navigation 70
Mr. Roosevelt and announced ~ him Ia re-
rardad as unimpprtant. It is rCtic"atl". now
ever from the context that Don Antonio ana
Isla de Iloa. represent one vessel. the Don
Antonio q" U-loa Tn" fact that Dew"y's us
patch was written Immediately after sHenc'ng
the forts probably explains why he was unable
70 determine more accurately the precise names
- the Vessels as ins'anccd IN his mention n
me Isla d. I.uzon. which the naval authorities
believe - have been mistaken for the Don Juan
DE- Austria
CROWD EAGER FOR FURTHER NEWS
rh. excitement oyer the receipt ~ the first
aispafch had scarcely subsidized when II was no.
flcod that 4 horo date - MAY |. and it could
not be- for an instant supposed that the Mc'ul-
loch had occupied more than SIX days In making
we S'''' '''' ~ .,,' ,,so,,c, r.,s only the
fir, ~ two or NOR" that had beon brought over
,,o... -. -. NcCuroch In other
..,s ro,,,,,,o-e Dewey had written SUNDAY
Nth, sitting IN his cabin brief accoun; o'
he days work Instead q sending II ithtn"d'-
aicly hy tho McCuiloch to Hong Kong NJ ""'
delayed thai vessel for two or thr'" days at
least. probably 20 use h"r III '"'
b'tnhardin"ni ~ me ''"h ana '''
II was evident. therefore. 'h'' IRE M', "'''' %
had brought ''n,' "Si'''' ,,aa 49,,
snhJe'' 70 s"f" ''''y III ""''S''''S,.',' ,''',
~" accuracy - inns r"''.'N'
shortly after II O'Clock hy me "rr'''' ol ''''
'engor boy rom 'h' i"''' '"''
with The nr-t sheet q another message adj
dressed - .srcnay Washington" and dated
.r.,r. NAV 4" Tho. translation ~ this was
~ '' . , u......
c'n'p'''H lN ""'"' ""' u" nun ...'
Long carried u 'ir''NH I'D '' VIM "''
whore during m incredibly long and tedious
bal, b,.~ as n seemed IN tho eager newspaper
,... ..,,h en-. ;,rosl1.n,
men u" hr'd conference WIZ" '"' ''H'''"''
Nj this rn" the crowd around IN" W h''
rr,r.. ,,1 IN. Navy Department multiplied
-, - , 49,. ,. $3.50, ,,,,us,,a ,none
"'''' '"''' ''''' ~ ,i
Thorn cabinet 'ih''r'' '''f'''S"''"' ''''''D' "''
relatives - ON D"rs aboard ne ~hiiH lH''u"'"N
the mother - ouc and the wives 81 s'N"IA
anxious 10 e. a 'lri - those admitted % nave
h..u injured This us, however. commodore
Dcv.., has 40 far failed T. send and II Is be.
unworthy Of mention.