The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-13

officials. who ,hronged the reception
room and the corridors waiting for
the news.
The naval cipher IL one OF the most
complex in the world. Tho messages
come in words of strange formation,
taken from all languages. These
words are turned by the translating
clerks into groups of 6gu;cs and these
in turn are resolved into their cquiga-
lent words in English. All this takes
time
ALL HAD TO WAIT.
Meanwhile, Secretary Algcr, hear
ing of the receipt OF news, had come
over from the war departmert to see
his colleague, but he also was obliged
To wait patiently for the translation.
Senator Hoar, u member OF the for
cign relations committee, also Joined
Secretary Long and waited upon the
cable experts. About 10 o'clock n
leading official, in the kindness of his
heart, rs he expressed it, came to
their relief and gave them a short
abstract Of the cablcgram SO far AZ
unravclcd.
THEN CAME THE NEWS.
This only whetted the interest OF
the crowd in waiting. Halt an hour
later Secretary Long appeared with n
copy Of the translated cipher in his
hand. There was n great rush to-
wards him, but the secretary good
naturcdly made allowance for the cx.
element of the crowd and smilingly
read from the corner Of the roo into
gram.
WAS ONLY FIRST DISPATCH.
II was Immediately noticed hat the
%rablcgram, as officially promulgated.
did not entirely agree with the brief
summary Of its points which hnd been
previously given out. and the immedi.
ate presumption was hat in the short
time accorded for consideration the
officials had concluded that it was
public policy to c%Xpurgate the dis
patch. Thus, as made public, it con
tanned no reference To- the cutting Of
the cable by Admiral Dewey; to the
fact that he lacked men to take pos
session OF the place, and finally tina
he had the entire bay of Manila at hi
mercy.
II was also noticed that tho dis
patch bore date Of May /. The Me
Culloch could not have occupied NOR,
than six days in making the short rur
across To Hong Kong, Therefore, i
was Immediately assumed thar tn
above dispatch was only the first o
two more that had been brought owe,
to Hong Kong by the McCulloch.
DAYS WORK IN A FEW WORDS
In other words, Commodore Dewe,
had written sunday night; stating il
his message the brief account Of tn
days work. Instead of sending it i'm
mcdiatcly by the McCulloch to HON.
Kong, he had delayed that vessel 70
two or three days at least, probabl
to use her in the subsequent lombard
mcnt of the town and forts.
The events of these last few DAYS
without doubt, were made the subiec
, of one or more official dispatche
+. which are to follow the original mes
sage.
WASHINGTON, May Assistant Sc,
: rotary Nandcrlip has received a cabl
I from n friend who was on the McCu
/, loch during the great naval cngag,
a mcnt in Manila, in which he say
e THE Spanish tleot OF eleven varsity
Y was destroyed totally. Best of all n
American ship was lost or even dan
I aged. No American was killed an
; only six Americans were injured
A Private Kills u Sergeant ut Mobil
MOBILE, Ala, May 4-Scrgear
e Crowley OF Company A., Third il
fantry, was shot and killed last nigl
. mt the army camp by n private of IL
q Nineteenth. whom he was trying
4 arrest for drunkenness.