Evening star., 1898-05-02
BIC VICTORY FOR DEWEY
American Admiral Utterly Destroys the
Spanish Fleet at Manila.
THE Fight BEGAN SUNDAY MORNING
Loss on Spanish Side Was Heavy, Including One
Captain
The NEWS COMES THROUGH MADRID
THE. NEWS COMES THROUGH MADRID
Our Fleet Now Engaged i'm a Blockade of
the Port.
THE PRESIDENT is VERY nUCH GRATIFIED

cruiser Don Juan de Austria, a vessel OF
eleven hundred tons. A terrific exn,os,o,
Followed, and the ship was blown up.
All the time during the first engagement
the American ships Were under WAY. their
maneuvering being intended to render ,bs
craftsmanship Of the Spanish gunners less
effective.
Renewal of the Battle,
The American squadron about o O'Clock
ufe" OH 10 the east side of the bay ana
took refuge behind some foreign shining
The ships had evidently suffered consider
able damage. After some hasty repa,rs
they returned to the conflict.
During this engagement the guns NJ "a.
we maintained steadier and stronger
iie upon Commodore Deweys ships than
In the first encounter, but the American
guns were being used with telling effect.
AS the smoke lifted it was seen that the
flagship Reina Maria Cristina was ON fire
Ihe vessel was completely burned Tn tbo
'h'ei'ai between the two engagements
commodore Montojo moved his flag from
the Cristina to the smaller cruiser Isla de-
Cuba. To the fact that he made this
Change he doubtless owes his life
The cruiser Castillo, next to tb. fiapshin
the largest and most powerful of the Span
ism squadron, was also burned. Tho
cruiser Don Antonio de Ulloa and the Min
danao We're also badly damaged in this
encounter
That the American squadron received Sc
we're damage in the engagement cannot he
doubted. Early reports had il thar five
OF Commodore Dewey's ships had been
sunk Later advices from Madrid put the
number at two. L have been able to ascer-
tain nothing more definite than this. but I
consider 1t highly significant that the latest
advices L have received from Madrid and
Lisbon make no mention of any American
ship being destroyed.
Heavy LOsA of Life,
There were undoubtedly heavy losses I'm
men on both sides. One apparently trust
worthy report states that the Spanish had
two hundred killed and four hundred
wounded.
Trustworthy details Of the American loss
Of life will hardly be obtainable until Com
modore Dewey has taken Manila or has
sent a vessel with dispatches to Hong
Kong.
No Spaniard Surrendered.
PARIS. May 2.-Madrid advices say no
Spanish warship sure rendered, and that tho
majority of the sailors perished.
A dispatch from Madrid estimates the
Spanish loss at four hundred men killed.
Spanish Fleet AnnihiIated.
LONDON, May "A cable message has
been received at the foreign office here
from the British consul at Manila, f. H.
Rawson-Walker. announcing that the bonn
bardment lasted an hour and a half and
that the Spanish fleet was practically an
initiated by the feet Of the United States
Satisfaction Expressed fn Congress-
Without joy being demonstrative, a great
deal Of satisfaction was expressed among
senators and representatives in Congress
over the dispatches from the Philippines
Commodore Dewey is SO well known to
most of the older men of prominence in
Congress that personal considerations
heightened their pleasure at his great sue
cess. There was no demonstration in
either house Of Congress. and great mod
Grafton was shown even in the private ex-
pressions of the great satisfaction that
was felt
The most eloquent expression was the
very prompt action OF the House in pass
Ing the $S5.00o,000 deficiency bill for the
army ard navy. which will be speedily
passed by the Senate There was also a
prompt agreement in conferences over The
naval appropriation bill, which the two
houses had split over last week, the Sem
ate this time yielding the amendment with
respect to the claims OF officers for inven-
lions and discoveries. which the House OBJ
jected 10. There is very great hope that
the war revenue bill viii be passed by the
Senate without a great amount of debate
The Senate win adjourn over until w.d-
nesday to give the committee on finance
time to act, and at the same time TO avoid
the talk that an idle intervening day ocfeu
, ten ptstion for.