The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-05-12
SPANISH LOSSES AT MA
Mia UNDERESTIMATED.
ON THE VERGE OF REVOLT.
The Spanish Resldents ThFeaten to Do.
pose the Governor General OF the
Philipplnes- to the
British Consul the City Has
Provisions for Only
Few Days

New YORK. May io.-A dispatch to
the New York Herald from Manila,
May 5, by way of Hong Kong, yester.
day is as follows:
Having learned that the governor OF
Manila had refused to let the cable
company transmit our messages. Com
modore Dewey sent the merchant
steamer cairo q short distance down
the bay and had her cut the cable.
As soon as the natives ashore
learned that the Spaniards had been
driven out of Cavite they began COM
ing in crowds to pillage. Finally they
became so bold as to attack the hos
pital, andi it was necessary either to
send guard of American seamen to
protect the wounded or transfer them
to Manila The latter was done We'd
nesday. Commodore Dewey utilizing
captured steamers for this purpose
NATIVES BEGIN TO PILLAGE
All the houses of Spaniards in the
town of San Rogue. near Cavite. were
absolutely Quilted by the natives, who
even ventured into the arsenal and
carried off many boat loads of furni.
ture and stores before the marine
guard was posted at the gates.
The Spanish defeat was advertised
for miles away by the ships burning
in Cavite bay. The Castillo, which was
set afire in Sunday mornings battle,
was a magnificent mass of flames
twelve hours later, and continued to
burn all night with brilliant inten-
sity.
boarded the Don Juan de Austria,
Isla de Luzon and Marquis del Onero
while they were still burning.
found them fitted up with fine Canet
rapid fire guns and most Of the mod
ern improvements
did not discover until after we had
spent the afternoon in their vicinity
that all their large guns had been left
loaded with powder and shell, making
them peculiarly dangerous to small
boats.
The guns generally lay level just
above the surface of the water. As
several of them were pointed at the
arsenal. their charges were first drawn,
then drowned" as the fire might
reach them at any moment
SUFFERED FROM HEAT
All our men suffered greatly from
the heat during the action. Tor they
were shut up below, with furnaces
blazing and the tropical sun pouring
down its heat rays Probably several
of the men would have succumbed ont
for the excitement of battle
find that in my previous dispatches
| uuderestimated the losses of the
Spaniards in Sundays battle.
The surgeon of the Castillo tells me
that Admiral Montejo was wounded;
the captain, chaplain and ninety
others were killed and ninety wound
ed on the Castillo; $50 were killed aud
ninety wounded on the Reina CrIst;na,
Admiral MonteJo's flagship; five were
killed and twenty-nine wounded on
the Doe Juan de Austria; four were
killed and fifty wounded on the Don
Antonio de Ulloa-
As am leaving the harbor the stu
alton in the city of Manila is very
critical The British consul reports
that the city has been entirely cut of
from outside communication both by
sea and land and has only enough
provisions left to last few days
LITTLE NEWS FROM SHORE
1t is impossible to open cornmunica'
| tion between the shore and the fleet;
| therefore news about events ashore is
! very scarce aboard the American YES
sells. The little that has leaked
through indicates the probability that
the insurgents will soon attack the
city. Spanish residents Of Manila are
very bitter against the governor gen.
eraI and are threatening to depose
him.
The more I recall the events of last
Sundays battle the more miraculous
it seems that no American lost his
life
The she'll that entered the Boston S
wardroom was going straight for
Paymaster Martin when it exploded
within five feet Of him. yet ne was not
touched
Aboard the Olympia the surgeons
operating table was placed in the
wardroom Chaplain Frazier, who
was assisting the surgeon. had his
head out of one of the 6-pounder gun
ports when a shell struck the ships
side less than . yard away. The
chaplain pulled his head in Just in