The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-10

sunk. In the smoking hulks of the remain
der OF the fleet floating everything was in
| the greatest confusion a large number of
the crews having deserted and left articles
OF great value behind Dead bodies and
decks, and bodies were floating in the water.
A large number of Americans suffered slight
INJURIES from splinters, but nothing of seri-
| Gus consequence.
The naval arsenal at Cavite. contrary to
| previous reports, is well equipped with the
| latest types OF munitions of war and the
stores are well filled with coal The mining
| OF the channels in Manila harbor was con-
sidered by officers a regular farce. One of
the channels was five miles wide and too
deep for any mines or torpedoes to be laid
AFTER the cessation of hostilities the Bal
! timore and Raleigh sailed down the chan
mel between Corregidor bay and the main
land, and the officers were afterwards told
ceased to modest the Americans. had been
holding up their hands in horror and fear of
the result. If the channel had been mined,
said one of the officers, it had not been
| mined by experts The sight of another man
of war in the offing raised the prospects of
ANOTHER fight, but she was discovered to be
4 Frenchman, which had gone down to Ma
Mia to look after the welfare of the French
natives. Very little damage was done 10 the
American fleet. Four or five shots struck
the Baltimore and some of them had taken
very erratic courses.
DIED AT HIS POST
"a sad incident occurred on board the
| revenue cruiser Hugh McCulloch. AS the
| squadron was making its way through the
south channel, between Corregdor island
and the main land, into Manila bay, with
| lights out the Hugh McCulloch5k signaled
that the chief engineer was seriously i'll and
asked for consultation of doctors. This
was, of course, impossible, and the war
ships proceeded on their voyage through the
channel. A signal was given from the Nc
Culloch shortly afterwards that the chief
| engineer had died from apoplexy yea
| "A Spanish revenue cutter sailed right
into the jaws of the enemy few days after
| the battle. For several months she had
! been on duty in the SOUTH and she was ig-
| norant of the events of the last few months.
| She knew nothing about the war or about
| the Americans being in possession of the
bay, and came along unconcernedly, flying
the Spanish flag and asking for the. admiral
| American ships she at first thought had
| been fired by SpaniardS at target practice.
AS they began to come uncomfortabiy near
| she soon found her mistake, and, discover
| ing that the enemy was in strong force, she
hauled down the Spanish flag and hoisted a
| white one, whereupon boats crew from
the Raleigh boarded her informed her of
| the state of affairs and took possession of
| the vessel, the crew being landed on parole.
| in company with the Concord, she was pa
! raded in front of the city, so the Span
| iards could learn her fate.
| when Consul Williams landed in Cavite
| he had a most enthusiastic reception. The
place was crowded with Philippines, who
made the welkin ring with their cries of
| through two long lines of people. Men,
women and children struggled to shake him
| by the hand, and the British consul. Mr..
Rawson Walker, who was with him, said
he had never before witnessed such dis
! play Of friendship.
The captain of the British ship Esmeral-
| da, when in Hong Kong on May Is, ridi-
culed the idea that he piloted the American
| fleet into Manila bay AS a matter of fact, :
he said the Americans needed no one to
show them the way into the bay, it was all
plain sailing for them. When we left Ma
after the fight the Spaniards in the city
were very much down in the mouth and in
the evening all thoroughfares were in dark.
picked up somewhat, and in the evening
the electric light was,in full blast: We had
no contact with the shore. We simply COM
piled with the orders of the American adj
mira and the commander of the Immor-
talite, and We're guided by them
THE Pacific Mail Steamship Companys
steamer Aztec. which entered Yokohama
under the Hawaiian flag on Monday May
II, had twenty-one cases of gunpoEdef to
be sent to the gunboat Petrol, one of the
United States. eastern squadron, Applica-
ton for landing them was made by the
United States officials to the customs.
After a conference between customs Of
ficials and the Kencho and Yokohama naval
stations the goods were ordered to be sent
to the NakamWura gunpoWder magazine
under care of the police. IT. iStthe usual
custom for war ships of Great Britain and
America to land their ammunition lat Yoko-
hama and receive it whenever called for:
The Aztec pursued the usual course and had
no intention of eVadlng the laws. 1t Is said
that this is the first arrest of contraband
of war al Yokohama.
mo information can be obtained with ref
erence to the re-esta blishment of commune
cation between HOng-Kong and Manila.
The cable is, of course, a neutral enterprise,
and therefore, the company owning it can
not repair it for the exclusive use of one of
the combatants only. Admiral Dewey de-
clineS to sanction it's use by the Spanish
government and thus a deadlock is set
up The injury to business caused by the
existing state of things is of course, only
a mere incident of war as to which there
is nothing to be said. but there is another
aspect of the interruption of Geographic
communication which is worthy of men,
ton. and that is the danger to shipping
caused by the cessation of storm warnings
from Manila.