Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-17

.ud the Spanish trenches anu Nul.il-
M t,ro hour. There was no r'Hpoi,.
cn fleet. but heavy hte on ~
troopa rushing along the hne VI ,,,' ,,
Aftsr me formal aurrCuucr INC SPIN
~ d.e vas replaced hy the American
40 We captured 200 prisoners ~
XII ,inas and unlimited ammunition
81 Merritt has assumed commani'
..5,rfn~ mo clvll laws. Eight Amhr-
t,,s ugTre Killed aud nfiy wounded
IN" spanish loss was much gr.ii.r.
Tbe nhips were not struck, Inc pl'ek-
ado has been raised ana the ,n'p9 At'
rsipening. The people are pleased
TROUBLE Is ONLY RUMoRED'
New York. Aug IA dispatch 90
thr Herald from ilongkong says.
10 u rumlrcd here shat me uhipee
fr,uhie with the rebel forces unuer
f;rn. Aauln1ldo. According 50 one ac-
count ihe Insurgents, upon whom
various restrictions had been placed by
gar. Merritt mu.lnlci at nos being
permitted 10 have any share in the sur
render ~ the city.
a. Dr. rtp3rtfd that thcy attacked inc
Americans IN the trenches. the oih-
Gers 0f the German warAhip kallefln
Augusta are under instructions 90 give
hi information about the lombard
m.nt, hut ID is freely at1icd that there
WAS great loss ~ ne on both sldcs.
Tharc are a grcht number of steam
rrs here preparing 60 leave Tor Manila
wi'h provisions.
WHEN AuGusTG LEFT.
Madrid. Aug. Il. 10 a.m.-ft IL now
asserted that Gen. August lee Manila
after iho surrender.
The government mas received his re-
port giving details A. 90 the surrender
a.. s.afN.INah
n n asserted nat Cen August on
August refused AN propositions 90
surrender.
Article i39-An armlatice II bind
Ing upon the belllgercntH from the day
u the agreed commencement. but the
officers OF the army are responsible
from the day only when they receive
Official notice OF ~ existence"
Under this rule Admiral Dewey and
Gen. Merritt would be- bound by the
afmstcc only from the time tho notice
| Of II reached them at Manila. This
could not have occurred on Saturday,
! prior 10 the bomhardment. az the cable
WIS not working and no dispatch boat
could have got through with the mo-
lice before Monday or Tuesday. In
short Il II agreed In an official quar-
tcfa that the furciblc taking OF Manila
was entirely rgulnJ and that the city
and bay are now held on the basis Of
thla military enforced taking rather
than on tn basis ~ the mutual ar
| fangomcnt between the two countries
THIS may become material when IN,
question arises as 90 tho future ~ the
Philippines, for Il IN likely to proceed
from The American standpoint that
Manila was taken by forcs " arms and
u DO occupied.
There has been no tinlo ta c1naider
what viii be done with the 1909 Span
hh prisoners tnkcr, but IN, fact that
AN amicnhlc understanding has been
reached with Spain an O. the occutn-
uon NJ Manila viii probable operate
TO hghtfn tie ,o1. ton - ihrr, ptis-
0n,fH
DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING.
New York. Aug ia special dir
nalch from Manila August 18th Via
llnnHhong' 10 the New York journal
Five American soldiers were killed
ana about f0rty-fvo wounded In the
capture Of Manila this afternoon, The
stars and stripes were raised over tho
H,y az o't1 o'clock In the afternoon.
m tho bay Admiral Dcwoy'a neet
Numbered a national salute.
inc combined land and naval forces
'HFfHa'A W ifl' capture OF Inc
Hlihlrh Htronghuldn of the PHILIPPINES.
~ o'clock In the morning, the sig
Iu To begin firing was set on Admiral
neweyH flagship. The authorities In
lh thc city ana conhuls OF foreign pow
~ hnd previously been notified of the
intended humbnrdmcnt. For two hours
k'.it shells were thrown into tho city.
AFTER the bomhnrdmrnt the troops
moved forward 10 attack the spanlards
!h lhe trenches. There had been NO
!,pl TO Dewey'H bombardment, but
W. hhd forces met with a hot rocrp.
.eh' hut the onward rush OF tho
.''i',lohns could not be stayed. with
"a lnaH ot i've killed and over two score
wounded. they drove back tho snnn.
'"iuH ana captured the trenches.
ia 70 short time the white nnr was
',,l.ba ny the spnniards, and 1000 vol.
,'l.' 1000 fiilen ana a great quantity
~ ammunition WIS surrendered M
'pHhihh LOSS has not yet been nsest-
lAlnod' II Is probably several tlmes
y. lalge as that OF the American
HtN' MERRITT REPORTS.
Mgthlngton, Aug. iI.--secrotary Al.
~ hls received a dispatch from gen
az w. announcing the surrender of
''"hla ANA asking FOR Instructions
JONES WAS MISTAKEN.
san Francisco. Aug. lZ.-Advic.s
ION, rom u Langley Jones, the AssocIated
, KS. correspondent al MANILA. dntr1
lu'y " ana received hero today by H. I
ssluined transport Australia, contains
~, ptcdietlsn that the capital OF th-
hl,lpplne Islands would be- dellyor"l /
~ IN. United staten whenever lts ren'
~. ~, hlatiNeH called upon Tho spantth !
quo lals 10 surrender themselves. vgiih
IVY the formula of naval demongir,
.l9n on the firing Of a single shot.
r, ng neWa OF the disaster 10 Admiral /
-tlierAh squadron ana tho nirninH
IGN OF Admiral Camarus neet COM /
liietrly demoralizod the garrlson ",
vanilla, ana the entire spanish coiony I
ll,heNlng that peace negotiation w. |
llleany under way, was anxious ond |
.'Ady TO accept the Inevitable and 49,
.hier the city whenever Ad,,trat /
pswey should see NJ 20 demand n '"'
NJ. abatement was backed up by the |
act that not a single shot ma ule
ired upon the United States troops ~
houHh they Were landed withln
MICS AI Fort AInIuN. .hftNN TWO |