The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-05

"uS expressed by others Sur
"ny ,,y hlSht. 1t is regarded by some .
MY mat the decisive victor rainc
- No'h' DcWeya squadron MAJ ono
.,'c eyes OF 81 ain TO the scriou.n,s. n
'"e conflict upon which She has On
: tered In official circles II i. r,,,o.I,
- almost certain that trouble Of
most critical kind viii confro,
'''e Hagasta government within Sn,;r.
oNh borders 1t is pointed out tba,
inc Spanish people have been led >,
He'e 'hat their navy was invincibl .
ana the bitter disappointment tba,
VIII cnsuc over the result Of ,bn fire.
engagement OF the war +, lI..l. -
a revolution.
another result Of Adm. Dcvcv';
victory 1t IS thought may be action ON
inc part OF the powers Of Eurorc IN
'hauce spain TO abandon what i, r..
garded as hopeless comics. for bc~
representations may be made to Stain.
'hat she would better r.l;n.
guiSh her hold upon Cuba
tnan to risk losing all her
west Indian possessions and the Phil.
ippincs as well. 1t is believed to bo
not unlikely that the rcarcs .nta,io,s
VIII indicate that. since Spanisl honor
mas been satisfied by conflict. Spain
can now yield to the inevitable ard ac,
cept the good Offices Of the powers to
bring about an adjustment.
LONDON, May 3.-Thc Madrid cor
respondent of the Times, dcscrihin.
the engagement at Manila. SAYS:
The Olympic, the Eo,;on. tbe
Raleigh, the Concord, the Petrol and
the Monocacy entered the bay under
cover OF darkness by the smaller and |
safer Bocachica channel The for OF |
Corregidor island gave the alarm bv fir.
ing on the lntruderS, but they seem To
nave inflicted no serious damavc. TIN,
American squadron moved up the bav
and at o'clock in the morning an
pcarcd before Cavite Here. ly.ng un.
der the shelter of the forts. wa, the
Spanish squadron
Adm MOntejo, few days before.
went TO Subic bay to look for the
enemy. but learning that they wer.
vastly superior in force. had pru lent
~ returned and placed his ships und,
the protection of the forts. This was
his only chance of meeting the enemy ;
On something like equal term; and il ,
lid not suffice.
Soon the Americans opened fire. ,
The Spaniards replied vigorously and
me combat continued without inter =
upton for four hours during waich >,
he Don Antonio dc Ulloa was sum-, -
the Castillo and Mindanao wcr, set on ;.
ire and the Rcina Maria Christina and II
he Don Juan dc Austria were seriously -,
One or two of the smaller =,
raft were scuttled by their crev, to !.
scare capture. Others tool; refuy. I'm -,
small ncighboring creek, cmytyinr =,
nto Baker bay, where, prcsumi ib,v. y
ne American ships were unable to fol- -,
NV them But not one surrendered" "
LONDON. May 3.-Thc Madrid corre. re
'ondcnt of the Standard says: Con II
derable surprise and disappointment ,h
aS been caused 10y the destruction HI
one by the American fleet. as il had to
zen officially stated that the author.- 60
eS at Manila had received 90 tcrrcGots Er
ld heavy guns to strengthen tlc II
'aet defcnseS, particularly tie Cc- in
n>cS commanding the two channel,
! the right and left of Corr eiior i,- ia.
nd f.,
1T is noticeable among all classes. An
pccially among politicians that there la,
a strong hope of an Intervention by it,
power, especially Ger ito
my and Russia"
Little additional news has arrived
'rn Manila, but the cardinal fact is
at Commodore Dewey is now In POS
sion OF Manila bay and can certain
take possession Of CorrcgidOr islam
n if he finds difficulty in eff ,ctuA.l.
,turing Manila itself owing to the
'ence of necessary landing fore.
wing thus secured naval base. a.
l have nc Citliculty in securing SID
es of coal
IS the Times remarked Moldar:
his Is mere question of moncy and =
aniza,ion. The bclli ycrent rno is -
'ng in certain waters viii genera ly 4
able TO obtain coal. TO declare "
co1traband is no obstacle 10 p..- r
? entcrpris, if the risks of transport
moderate and the pccuniary in
en- mt sufficient" (Cha
ASnINGTON. May 3.-Nayal officials
inclined to discreGit the statement -
dispatches from Madrid Mon av n
1t that Adm. D,wcy employed pc high
cum OOmbs in reduction of the spor
of Manila In fact no definite in ish
latiOn could be obtained tiat tn, righ
rican squadron was supplied with not
instruments of destruction. have
Is regarded as quite like gove
that in the event Of Il at II
barimcnt of the city. the bursting resel
clls would start serious fires and stan,
APPS result in IA conhagration: hut Span
Adm Dewey used bombs with the Il cor
ess idea of firing the city IS Mi
Ied utterly improbable unless he Pa
pressed to extreme measures, Unit,
II IS not thought TO be likely. The from
+ Is prevalent in official circles for y
II fire occurred the Spaniards. he sa
onted by the incvita bic fall Of the ONLY
themselves applied the torch, muni
By carrying into effect the threat Spain
l they have made concerning both ed. IN
Ia and Havana, that the cities ~,,,,,