Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-03

London May 2The British governor of the Straits settle
ment, Lieut.. Col Sir c. H. B. Mitchell, has cable dis
patch colonial office here saying the United States feet
"annhiIated the Spanish fleet in hours engagement
The dispatch Commodore Dewey night de-
of all the orpedoes and guns Manila
and the control of the cables under pain Of bombdment
Agust correc the Spanish general refused to
surrender them and it supposed the bombarmen Of Manila
is proceeding.
details Manila received
british colonial office They in cable
ceved yesterday evening the substance Of which has been fur
nhed the Associated Press by the officials of the colonial
office to-day.
The cable dispatch that the United
feet entered Manila han Dor dabrek yesterday stonng
itself opposite the city. fort opened fire the American
ships wherein they shifted their position Cavie,
in Manila bay engaging in fierce fight against both the forts
and the Spanish fleet
The engagement hours
annhiation of the Spanish fleet
This dispatch adds that the American withdrew
their magazine vessel in the center of the lOadstead
FOR THE PURPOSE OF COALING.
American vessel the name Of which is mentioned,
is said to have been disabled.
Commodore Dewey requested the British consul, f. H.
Walker convey message Spanish governor
general demanding orpedoes guns
Manila and the possession the cable Offices saying that
unless these terms complied with he would proceed
lombard the city The first of the cable ends with
the statement that the Spanish officials comforting with
the British and the tee graph ompnys agent and
that pending decision being arrived the cables
permitted to handle messages.
The cable dispatch received by the colonial Office
nounced that the Spanish governor general
surrender the torpedoes and cable Offices and that he
had prevented the agent Of the telegraph from
ferring with Commodore Dewey.
The message ended with the that the British
governor the Straits Settlement expected that
bardment of Manila would be begun Monday morning,
when the Spanards would the cable
The first of these cable received o'clock
yesterday evening and the second received mid
night They have not yet been given the here
No other the subject have been received in
don although the foreign office expected from the
British consul at Manila Therefore it is supposed that the
expectation governor Settlement
fulfilled and that the Spaniards have cut the cable
Hong Kong, May Gable communication with Manila is
interrupted.
New York, May "a Hong Kong dispatch says:
The bombardment of Manila begun. The inhabitants
are fleeing to the country The operators in the cable
station midst have fled lives
New York, May "A dispatch to The Herald from London
says Te Asatic squadron Of the United States Commodore
Dewey commanding Sunday engaged completely
ed the Asiatic squadron of Spain the harbor Of Manila
the Philippine stands All the of the great naval bat
tie thus far received is coming from Spanish This
shows concusve that Manila has been taken by the
American and that the cable lines still under the
control of Spain
From that the received from Madrid
show that the American warsnps Jared the best there
hardly doubt that when complete details obtanabe
it will be learned that crushing defeat for Spain.
Reports of the battle thus far coming in pecemeal
There heavy loss Of life among the Spanish Capt.
Cadarso. commanding the Rena Christina killed. Com
modore Monejo commanding the fleet shifted his flag from
Reina Christina Isla de Cuba smaller steel
cruiser just before the Christina sank The blow
ing up of the Don Juan de Austria attended
BY 4 GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AMONG THE CREW,
her commander also being killed
All the time during the first engagement the American
ships were under way their manevering being
render workmanship of the Spanish less effect
i've.
The squadron about o'clock drew off TO the west
of the bay aud took refuge behind foreign shipping
evidently suffered considerable damage After
repairs they returned the conflict During the
engagement the guns of Cayte maintained seaoy and
stronger upon Commodore Dewe ships than in the first