Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-18

.,,rirtncd as far as possible.
The question Of transporting the
fr5ops 10 Spain % BE- referred TO the
T.rIsfon Of the Washington govern
'',,, and that of returning their arms
\. ~ s1ldlors 20 be left 20 the discrc-
/ lion ~ Den. Merritt.
| ,,,,,tinun operations under oxiatiug
| .,t,,isfisna. unless these are changed
iy No limited states authorltles
Perfect order prevails tonight on
/ t,ib silra " the raslg, the civil guard
,.ytaiuiur armed and ON duty. Cu-uu.
I er,tpr with the American sentrlrs 90
,r.aerve guiet. About 1000 soldiers
/ iaid down their arms tonight ln the
pnIlce vrstlhule.
Tbs sthfies ~ starvation IN the town
arc exaggerated. The spanish tr0luE
| arpoar 10 be- In excellent condition. and
! fhfre are only iiG sick
grsat credit must be given 10 Con.
| Nrrritt Tor his plan OF attack. which
I VAS aucct ssfuliy ctrrlgd out in cNHfy
drian under unusually complicated
I rnrdriona Nor can rnmmc ndatl1n nn
] viihoid ffum chief 81 stan Gen. BABE
/ cock for hla expert cooperation lh thc
/ admirably conceived ftta. hy' ituht
9riinn and strictly following fully de-
failed orders resulted IN every case ln
I ~ settlement q every difficulty, how
mo conduct n the spanlrh was ln q
/ few cases rrprUhrnHihlc, such 100 Their
/ setting nrc 10 the Eunh1at Cehu.
| md the destruction of several armed
tjs1t Rrpmhy lowered the spanish
nne In Fort Santiago and raised me
I stars and Stripes, many SptulnfiH
woerinr, while tho American band
played the star. spanrl,l Tanner;
and company of Infantry presented
arms. .-
I M humanity u Admiral Dewey and
/ grn. Merritt. Tor bombarimcni "
/ the walled city would have inflicted
] rFvrre los u lie upon women and
children. Tho conduct Of thu Amerl-
can officers and men toward nll U
highly orrlitlhlc. u II dinlcult 70 roal-
] ~ that thry arc lnNadnE troops ucs
cupylng u hostile town.
Tho OLYMPIA. Raleigh and
prtrsi dred about seventy rounds
/ rlrh Of srinfh and f.luch shells, % q
distance VI from a.o0o 20 5000 yards.
Tho Manila correspondent " the
Times. tclcrrnphlng August iith. 20
noon. says. "rhe lnsutEentl mao, N't-
oraur hut unsuccessful EFFORTS t1 hfe1k
the spanish line at San Pnloa last
rIrht Tho curious situation remains
ufrhHrnI i. Although the spanish
army haH rurrrndfrf1 and r. laying
f1wn a. arms, 10 Ftill continues "a
l.nid the rltrs nf tho citadel and other
remote positions ngalnat the lnHur.
rrnis Tho latter have been Informed
that they viii not be permitted 10 enter
Tho town under any circumstances.
sThr latest reports show that nix
Americans were Killed and thlriy-nlnc
wounded. Tho Ar,ur battery, under
CAPT. March. ala excellent service on
Inc rlrht ~ tho line ycHicrd1y shelling
fha hiorthnunc with iir linichklt1
mountain guns. and an charging the
. position With revolvcra u lost three
"'' MERRITT IN CONTROL
. rongkonE. Aug. i1.-Tho American
, collier Zanro from Manila, which ar
\ rived herr yesterday. 10 anchored IN
d. Junk hay. She loft Manila ON the 18th
). iyphoon 10 raging and u II impoasl'
a BE to land mails with details Of tho
Il battle NJ Manila. II " learned. how
ll ever. frum an American naval officer
: that when Admiral Dewey on August
* en-. demanded the surrender Of Manila
h within fnriy.rirht hours, the Spanish
commander replied that the insurgents
e being outside the walls, he had no safe
4 place Tor the women nnd childrrn who
{ were In the city. and ash "A Tor twenty.
I. four hours delay. This Admiral Dewey
: granted. AZ the expiration ~ the rpe'
! cited time Admiral Dewey and Gen
Merritt consulted ana decided 10 post
! pune the attack.
ON August 18th, the American squad
ron formed IN line on Manila. Tn,
olympia fired the first shot at IN,
Mhlntr fort. The shots OF the Ameri
cans fcll short and some time was oc'
rupled IN nudlng the range. Then th'
Cnllnn, one ~ tho HunhoatH cap
turrd hy Admiral Dewey from thi
SplnlardH got under the fort and sem
IN "a hot firc, Great destruction wal
done with the rapid nrc guns. Thl
fort failed 20 reply, but fired ON thi
American troops that were storminl
The spanish trenches. The large Ameri
can ships were ordered 90 cease hrlnf
after an hours work, owing TO TN
failure of the fort Ia respond.
The lighting In thr trenches wal
most norcc. f1ftcen minutes after IN
NpnnlnrdH were driven 10 the rec0nt
line ~ defense they formed 90 retrra
10 the walled city. at which seeing tn
uselessnorH resistance they Hurren
drrcd ana FOon aftprward u white flui
was hulsted over Manila.
The liolglan consul az Manila. NJ
Andre, boarded the olympia and 70
turned with an American lleutenan
T. "" NNN' fNNNNNh NlNNAAAN hNNNNANNn WIN
nFrpd Ia surrender,
Gen. Merritt proceeded TO the palace
nt $3.50 o'clock. ana then the spanlsl
formed In line and formally Hurrcn
b dered. hut the officers were permittc,
20 retain their swords
THE American loss IL reported TO N
Z ok or eight killed and forty wounded
The spanish loss was considerable
but the exact numbers arr not obtain
nh|n. The trenches were allied will
! hudy wounded spnniarda.
Manila IN now under martial law
{ With General Merritt an military GOV
trnur.
+ The California Red Cross society ron
derd valuable aid 10 the sick an,
wounded Perfect order prevailed II
Manila ON the evening of August 18Th
~ the Americans marched In, guard
were placed around the houses OF al
iorrlgncr, In order 10 prevent thoi
hulng looted.
The INSURGENTS were not allowed I,
iake part IN the attack upon the city
hui were Kept In the rear Of the Amori
cans In order 60 prevent bloodshod
ihoy Were forbidden To enter the clt,
after the surrender unless they wer
unarmcd.
Before the surrender the spanlard
burned the transport cebu In tn
iaHig river
! IL Is supposed that Admiral Dewo,
was unaware OF the departure OF Gov
! Gen. August The Znnro's onieer
iirst heard the news of the roverno
generals hight on their arrival Nero
Gen. Augustus escape II considered I,
have been pre-arranged,a he brouuh
with him his family and suite.