VOL. LXXL__\\
THE MAINE AVENGED
SPANISH FLEET AT MANILA ANNI
HILATED BY OUR VESSELS.
Commodore Dewey Engages the Spanish
Vessels and Destroys Almost the En.
tire Fleet,
Tne Asiatic squadron under com-
mand of Commodore Dewey engaged
the Spanish fleet in battle at Manila,
in the Philippine islands, and almost
entirely destroyed the fleet of the
treacherous country.
The details of the battle of Manila
have been received at the British Colo-
pial Office. They came in two cable
messages, the substance of which has |
been furnished to the Associated Press
by the officials of the Colonial Office.
The first cable dispalch announces
that the fleet entered Manila harbor at
daybreak Sunday, stationing itself op-
Aguinaldo could undertake
maintenance of public order. Span-
iards have committed horrible massa-
cre of defenseless population, Cebua
City was almost entirely destroyed.
pn
TTLE WAS FOUGHT,
HOW THE BA
The Brave Dewey Smashes Everyih vg Be.
fore Him that was Spanish,
The first decisive blow in the Span-
ish-American war has been struck
and Commodore Dewey and his blue-
jackets are happy in the consciousness
of work well done,
under Admiral
what remains of it,
rather
the
or
keenly
Montelo,
feels
ed in Manila harbor. No news has
come from the commodore direct, and
heard from before Wednesday or
Thursday, but enough is known of the
battle of Maniln to
doubt the fact that he has administer-
ed a crushing blow to the Spaniards,
piace
posite the city. A fort opened fire on |
ish gunners less effective.
The American squadron about nin
bay, behind some foreign shipping.
The ships had evidently suflered dam-
age. After some hasty repairs they
returned to the conflict. During the
engagement the guns of Cavite main-
tained a steadier and stronger fire up-
on Commodore Dewey’s ships than in
the American
guns were being used with telling ef-
fect.
flagship the largest and most powerful
the first encounter, but
The cruiser Castilla, next to the
{of the Spanish squadron, was burned,
| The cruiser Don Anwonio de Ulloa and
| the Mindavoa were also badly damag-
{ed in this enconnter.
{| The Spaniards sank maby of their
{own fighting ships in order to prevent
{them falling into Dewey's hands, The
{burning of the flagship Maria
{ Cristina which occurred en ly in the
Reins
1
engagement, was a thrilling spectacie,
| The Spanish admial
let
{ship and made the Isla de Cuba his
hastily the
temporary flagship. #8 he was leav-
ing the doomed vessel Captain Cadarse,
who ecammanded the Beina Cristioa,
WASHINGTON LETTERN
ALL INTEREST CENTERS IN THE
WAR WITH SPAIN
No Information Will be Given in Advance
of Movements. —The Revenue Bil
Approved by Lhe Democrats,
WasHinGTON, May 2,—The publica-
tion of the plans to invade Cuba this
week to the extent of capturing a port
and landing six thousand men from
the regular army, to make a junction
with the Cuban mimy and operate
against the Spaniards, a few hours aft-
er it had been determined upon by the
authorities, administra
aroused the
tion to the necessity of taking some
steps to prevent the publication of in-
tended war movements in of
the there
isn’t the slightest doubt thatsuch pub-
advance
movements themselves, as
licalions are cabled to Spain as 8000 as
they appear. The result is an order
that no military information shall be
given out by subordinates of the de-
Vest, who said he would vote to strike |
out the bond clause of the bill, but |
would afterwards vote for the bill |
whether the bond clause was struck |
out or not, The Populists and silver
Republican Benators will to a man
vote against the bonds, but it is ex-|
pected that the whole bill, bonds and
all, will pass,
Senator Gorman said he retired from |
the chairmanship of the Democratic |
caucus, which he held for so many |
|
years, for personal reasons and because |
his term will expire next March, and |
he certainly ought to know better than |
those who are giving other reasons for
the change. Senator Turpie, of Ind,,|
succeeded Mr. Gorman as chairman of |
the Democratic caucus, |
fy og
Notes of the Wor,
Gen. Blanco reported to Madrid that
our warships blockading Clenfuegos
captured the Bpanish steamer Argo- |
nauta and meade eleven Spanish mili-
tary officers
prisoners. Americans
Upillaging'’ the steamers were alleged
to have been driven off by three gun-
boats. ®
NO. 18
LOCAL ITEMS,
Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest
from Everywhere,
Hats off !
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, ruffle of drums,
A flash of color beneath the sky ;
The flag is passing by !
Over the steel-tipped ordered lines,
Hats oft !
The colors before us fly ;
and save the state ;
Weary marches and sinking ships ;
I. H. Beupet!
May-day, Sunday, was lovely.
3 Ys Yi 3
the
Comp
Roeciable in Lutheran church,
this evening.
Potato planting and gardening, all
the go now.
Bell
Erastus Both, Hefonte, was giant
2d a pension, $12.
belle-
fonte, were granted a pension, §10.
Mr. Hemphill is
The minors of Edwaid Swab,
o
giving his pretty
vite in the Manila Bay, engaging in a | eral baving refused to surrender, but
fierce fight against both the forts and | this statement cannot be taken as defi-|
the Spanish fleet. i nite. It is known that cable commu-|
The engagement lasted two hours, | nication with Manila is interrupted,
home home a fresh coat of paint.
partment, and Jest the argus-eyed hom : Lf
Attache |
Spain's commerce
Gireat Britain's Commercial
at Madrid
and industries
was shot dead by his side.
A
port places the number of our inj red
The Span- ' . ; ‘a3
newspaper men might see some scrap The hotel Bhekillemy, opposite Bun-
of writing that would
ish loss was enormous, Londen re-
report “
give them a bury, was burned on Wednesday.
fo be prostrate,
Spanish fleet.
The dispatch adds that the Ameri- |
can ships withdrew to their magazine |
vessel in the centre of the roadstead for |
the purpose of coaling.
One American vessel, the name of
which is not mentioned, is said tp have
been disabled. Commodore Deéfvey re-
quested the British Consul, E. H. Raw- |
Spanish Governor-General, demanding
the surrender of all the torpedoes and |
guns at Manila and the possession of
the cable offices, saying that unless
these terms were complied with he
would proceed to bombard Lhe city.
A despatch to the Daily Mail receiv-
ed from Madrid this morning says:
“The Americans are now moving on |
Manila, but there has been no capitula- |
tion yet. |
“‘General Augusti will probably def-
end the plaza of Manila.
“I'he Spanish Ministers admit that
the battle ended in the utter rout of the |
Spanish fleei, but they are resolved not |
to spare any efforts in the defense of the |
country. |
“The Spanish warships Reina Maria
Christina and Castilla have been total-
ly burned. One vessel was purposely
sunk and the rest were damaged.
The British governor of Lhe Straits
Bettlements, Lieutenant-Colouel Sir C.
B. H. Mitchell, has sent dis- |
patch to the Colonial Office here, say- |
ing the United States fleet “anaihilat-|
ed” the Spanish fleet ina two hours’!
engagement.
A from Madrid the |
Temps says that according to the lat-|
est dispatches the British Consul at)
Muila, in his visit to Commodore Dew- |
ey, made representations, in behalf of
the Consular corps, against the bom- |
bardment of the town. i
i
a cable
dispatch to
the cable or no is uncertain,
Nothing is known as yet
exact amount of loss Commodore Dew- |
ey sustained in the battle, but
the fact Lhat no allusion is made to his
have been!
received is taken to mean that it was
insignificant. A dispatch to Le Temps |
of Paris from Madrid places the Span-|
as to the
loss in such dispatches as
natives, This is believed Lo be the us-
ual Spanish underestimation of a de-
feat aud as such is significant.
The first authentic details of the na-
val engazement came on Tuesday from
the Bri Loudon.
T wo cable dispatch were received there
ish colonial office in
from Manila and have been made pub
lie. The first cable dispateh announe-|
Manila harbor at daybreak Monday, |
A
fort opened fire on the American ships,
stationing itself opposite the city.
whereupon they shifted their position
to one near Cavile, in Manila bay, en-
both
gaging in a flerce fight against
the forts and the Spanish fleet,
The engazement lasted two hours
and resulted in the annihilation of the
T
that the American ships withdrew to]
Spanish fleet, his dispaleh adds
their magazine vessel in the center of
the roadstead for the purpose of coal
One vessel whose
inz. American
said to have
name is not mentioned is
been disabled, Commodore Dewey
landed his wounded on shove,
Commodore Dewey
Mi
Lo convey
requested the
KE. H.
message
Rawson
Walker, a to the
Spanish governor general demanding
the sucrender of all the torpedoes and
guns at Manila and the possession of |
offices, saying that
these terms were complied with
the cable
would proceed to bombard the
at 500. None of Montejo's ships it is
it is thought all of Commodore Dew-
ey's vessels are still in fighting trum,
The American fleet entered Manila
jay on Bunday at 5 o'clock the
On ther an-
in
arriviog al
$
chorage the Cavite fort opened fire at
The Spanish fleet anchor-
The
can ships then drew close in and open-
long ranae,
ed off Cavite followed. Ameri-
Alter hall an
the Ameiw moved out of
As
v 31
(54 idl
end of
fleet
“
effect
the
again drew fale close quarters, the can-
At
American
with terrible the
twenty minutes
nonade beiog rapid and incessant
The Spanish fleet was destroyed,
three vessels bavnragz, one suak and
the others silenced. The land
were also silenced. fight
an hour and a half,
fought bravely against & supe: jor |
- w
Their loss was probably gieat.
‘he Americans were apparent ly
will not
injured, The Spaniards
to
in, and the Anericans expect
bard Manila tomorrow at hall-p
o'clock,
The Americans relurnmed Lo
Some shols were still
Americs
cannonade that [arther
ns poured in
such a terriud
&
resistance wes impossible,
The spectacle was greal, bat terrible,
The American attack was well carried
out. their mapetuveis beauliful and
their navigation od toe bay surprising,
all
They
goverpor-
avoiding the pume shallows
rods
{
avile,
the
over the channel at
await the decision of
general before commencing the bom-
7
bardmeat of Maniia.
SPAIN MUST FAY INDE
SMNITY
and the majority perished. Two]
resisting to the last moment,
statement that the Spanish officials
Porto Eico.
A member of McKinley's cabinet
many natives, |
“The American squadron attacked |
furiously both the Bpanish squadron
aud Cavite, where it caused great dam-
¥
age.
to handle messages,
The second cable dispatch received
Just what this gov-
ernment will ask by way of indemni-
are a very valuable posses-
an see no reason why we
clew to lutended movements they are
to be barred out of all the offices in the
war and navy departments.
Every scrap of news from our war-
ships, whether relating to the capture
of Spanish
Spanish forts or the
prizes, the silencing of
1
galla
t
ut action of
our Asiatic squadron, increases public
confidence in the fighting qualities of
our navy, and the hope that the order
will soon be issued to
give Bampson a
i the
chance to batter down fortifica-
tions at Havauna,
{
to allow the acti
Vi
h
a
nele Srm has (00 many recources
iy in
branches of his establishment
fere with the orderly conduct
ness in the far more important AOE
f
feit
Pp
i
ful branches, The war will not
to auy marked extent in the industri-
the
and Uncle Bam will ecoutinue
al and commercial progress of
country,
pos-
tal system, public lands, grauting pal-
to do his part by looking after our
ents to inventors, etc, without neg-
lecting the war
It is not creditable, but it is never-
theless true that many politicians of
his party are showing much more anx-
or
BP
iety to succeed in their efforts to
Mr. McKinley to appoint their favor-
ites officers in the volunteer army than
¥
ei to
they are in makiog orts to help
rush the war t« In ad-
dition to
that will be
der
army, there
ed by hit
twelve
Pa speedy close,
a number of appoinlments
» made at his disposal une
the
law reorganizing the regular
are 554 officers be appoint.
the volunteer
A
Wing
n in army
generals, brigadier
1
major
generals and the foll stall offi
21 lieutenant colonels, 100 ma-
COTS;
jors, 147 captains, and 68 first lieuten-
ants, The scramble for the stafl posi-
tions especially is being participated
in by men who make no pretence of
1
having any other cl
fill the places than their political pull,
In the appointments so far announec-
ed Mr. McKinley has not yielded
much to political influence, and he has
told a number of Democratic Senators
and Representatives that he did not
aim or ability to
a single one of these appointments,
but it is greaily feared that he will not
be able to stand the when it
comes to the siall appointments.
The Democrats who voled against
pressure
Spain's gunboat which
was to have “‘destroyed’”’ the Oregon,
is laid up for repairs on the River Pla-
ta and will
Temerario,
for a week.
the
be called from
Oppose the Mpa sish fl
not sail
The prospect that blockading
Cuba to
eet from SL
tquadroon map
Via-
f
cent may change the plaos for invad-
ing Cuba.
Our baltle-sh Pp
— rr i ¥ y ai i 3
cruiser Nichtheroy and gunboat Mari-
i
ME OO 4
ella are said to ning
Rio de Janeir wether,
The Mascolle
into Key West a prize of
north from
H
OO U4
schooner was towed
the torpedo
boat Foole,
The Navy Department has decided
to make two divisions of the North At-
iron, to be commanded re.
bs Watson
and Ramey, Admiral Sampson ree
tain superior command of the whole,
t
lantic Bqua ti
speciively y Commodores
to
Proclamation was made at St. John's
N.F
warships to enable them to attack an
.. forbidding the sale of coal to
enemy.
i
Rome reporis that Spain may yield
¥
to Italy's request and exclude sulphur
from the list of coniraband articles.
Comptroller of the Cuirency Dawes
largely to the proposed war loan,
A relief ship will surely be sent to
1 Cuba this week.
orks and mazazines in the
Vicinily of =.
Steel Works
Powder w
Louis and Carpenter's
at Reading, Pa, have
spies
Petersbu
the Muenchener
quotes a high Russian official es say-
look with favor
The St. rg correspondent of
Allgemeine Zeilung
ing that Rassia won't
| on intervention.
| lomatist, says he does not think that
| the American victory in the Philip-
| pines will involve the European pow-
{ ers, but he does believe that the su-
| premacy of American arms will lead
| to the establishment and maintenance
lof a formidable standing army
{| America
in
{ deo have
| Minister W. R. Finch
{ tion has been guarded.
| Itis reported in Madrid that the
| British channel squadron is going to
and the lega-
Read the Reporter's supplement
i ng matter.
bright
wo weeks
ve ad’s and other interesti
first
day had in over t
Hatal day WAS
ithe
and lovely
previous,
On Thursday forenoon, last week,
we had quite a snowsquall, reminding
one of
winte,.
Rearick’s appointments for
At Centre Hall,
(;e0r1-
7p.
atl
week's
the kind-
one of
i
neys, 03
the firm ofl ¥
Honora J.
Hon, John
died Baturday
Lakewood, N. J.,
an illness of but
A son of Mr. Delle
who has been in the regular
eral wears, is in camp al
and may shortly be ordered
invade Cuba with the rest
lars,
¢
Recent
i Mifflinb
i wanty deaths: At
he wife of Martin Rudy,
aged 82 years. Near Black run
house, Wm. Beck, aged
Baffalo twp., John Waller, in 1}
At Montandon, Fisher,
in his 50 year.
John a
Bartges, was working at
11 :
hand
feed rollers of a p
4
i
Uurg
school
In
1is 82
year. (ieorge
15 year old son of A. IL.
Schwenk’'s
in Sugar valley, where his
the
and
| the hand and arm were mashed to the
was caught between
laning machine
| elbow.
In a recent trip through some of the
{ country districts we were struck wilh
ithe The grain
fields, never more promising, and gay
tin light green ; the acres of grass,
{mantled in dark green, promising
{ abundance ; the fruit trees in blossom,
| dot the landscape with additional love-
“Why, ah why my heart this sad-
ness,
Why, mid scenes like these decline ;
Where all, tho' strange, is joy and
gladness,
Say, what wish can yet be thine ?
Oh say, what wish can yet be thine 27’
beauties of nature:
cs CA
Commenting editorially on the bat.
tle, the Temps says:
“Thre United States put into the bal-
ance a too crushing superiority of re-
|and cable offices and that he had pre- should hold them ex cept for markela-
| vented the agent of Lhe telegraph com- { ble purposes. Beiog couliguous to Ja
{ pany from conferring with Commo-| pan, I believe that nasvion would pay
i dore Dewey,
| ¥.ity Years Scoce They Met.
hil : , . | the Canary Islands. .
the Republican war revenue bill, which . 3 ¥ " « | George Reiber and James Runkle,
a | The American steamer Cherokee, of | £ Pot ‘oxy
passed the House by a vote of 181 to | ‘ : . {two of Potter township, Cenire coun-
4 . the Clyde line, leaving Macoris for | |
131—only six Democrats voted for the | " | ty's oldest and most popular gentle-
a big priee for them. Porio Rico, too,
sources and forces to leave a doubt as |
to the result.
As details of the splendid victory
| is desirable.
“] can see no sigoificanece in the
not the moment have come for Europe
to say its word, and take as a basis for |
its mediatory aclion the wise advice of
the Duke of Devonshire in his speech
of Batuiday evening?"
A copyrighted cablegram from Sing-
apore to the World says:
Upon his arrival at Hong Kong Gen-
eral Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader of
the Philippines, will probably be trans-
ferred on an American dispatch boat
to join Commodore Dewey at Manila,
Aguinaldo’s policy, afier the Philip-
pines have been captured, embraces
the independence of the islands, and
the internal affairs to be controlled un-
der European and American advisers,
The insurgents desire American pro-
tection, temporarily at least, on the
same lines as proposed after the Cuban
campaign,
The scheme includes free trade to the
world, safeguards enacted against ao
influx of Chinese aliens, a complete
reformation in the corrupt judicature,
under experienced European officials;
the entire freedom of the press and
public utterance, a general réligious
toleration, the abolition and expulsion
of religious fraternities, the charch be-
ing represented by secular priesthood;
provision for facilities to exploit re
sources, the building of railways, the
removal of the restrictions on enter-
ish admiral was evidently completely
surprised at the daring of the Ameri
can commander, Commodore Dewey
sent a part of his fleet right into the
harbor of Manila under cover of dark-
ness. The vessels slipped past the
mines at the entrance to the harbor
without accident, The American
squadron engaged both the vessels and
forts of the enemy. The Spaniards
did not believe that Commodore Dew-
ey would enter the harbor. They ex-
pected an engagement in the open sea,
Both fleets lined up for batile about
daybreak. The guns of the American
warships began firing on the foitiess
of Caviwe and the arsenal of Manila.
Under the protection of the guns of
these fortifications the Spanish war
ships opened fire on the American
fleet. For several hours the harbor re-
sounded with the roar of guns, the
crashing of steel and timbers, the
shrieks and groans of the wounded,
Thick clouds of smoke at times almost
obscured the opposing fleets from each
other.
A well directed s.10t reached the iron
cruiser Don Juan de Austria, a vessel
of 1,100 tons. A terrific explosion fol
lowed, and the ship was blown up. All
the time during the first engagement
the American ships were under way,
their maneuvering being intended to
prise and the investment of capital.
render the marksmanship of the Span.
It is not
sential that nation should declare
its neutrality in cider to be neutral
A man does not have to formally de-
| clare his honesty in order to be honest,
| This Government did pot formally de-
clare neu.rality in the contest between
Spain and Cuba, yet we enforced the
neutialivy laws with strict vigilance.
“If we have a sharp and decisive bai-
tle with Spain on the high seas and
cripple her fleet, this will hasten the
hoisting of the white flag. Without a
navy to combat us Spain would be ut
terly powerless. Bhe has some good
fighting ships but she cannot afford to
lose any one of them. The same, how-
ever, might apply with equal force to
the United Swates. A Bull Run wi
hasten a trealy of peace.
Fo ————— —— i
A deserter from the Spanish army
has just landed at Key West, and he
gives some glimpses into conditions
obtaining at Havana.
He says that the Spaoiacds are work-
ing like beasts forming new intrench-
ments, and that the storming of the
works about the city will be no chiid’s
play.
A famine at Havana he believes to
be imminent, as there is no means of
getting supplies through the blockade,
and the condition of the reconcentra-
dou, be says, is something awful to be-
—
€e8~
a
-
bill--did not do so because they did not
believe in providing the goveraoment
with all the money that it will need
an pation that attempts to meddle
with the thrashing process, but to
show their disapproval, not only of
the method by which this bill pro-
vides for « raising money but of the
method resorted to by Mr. Dingley
and his Bepublican associates of ihe
Ways and Means committee in pre.
paring the bill. The Democratic mem-
bers of the committee were not asked
to help prepare the bill, but an at
tempt was made to cram it down their
throats after it was prepared, although
it is undemocratic all the way through
because all the taxes it imposes will
fall heaviest upon the poorest of our
people, and the richest and most fa-
vored classes and corporations will not
be made to bear their share of the bur-
den. The Democrats also believe that
the authorization of the issue of $600,
000,000 in bonds was unnecessary at
this early stage of the war, and that all
of the money needed could be other
wise provided for anyway. A caucus
of Democratic Senators was held to
discuss the bill, now in the Benate
committee on finance. More than
three-fourthe of those present indicat
ed their intention to take the same
stand the Democrats did against the
bill, but in defference to those who
said they intended to vote for the bill
#8 A WAT measure no caucus action was
taken, One of the latter was Senator
San Domingo was chased last Tuesday |
% i i
night by a Spanish ship.
i
i
crate c——————
REVOLUTION IN SPAIN,
Spain is in an uproar with riots in
the capital and other large cities. Mar- |
tial law has been declared. There is|
an uprising, headed by Weyler, to put
Don Carlos on the throne, It is re
ported the queen regent and her son,
the boy king, have fled.
The pretext for the revolution is the
disaster at Manila, which at first was
epresented as a Spanish victory.
i
‘ommodore Deway. has been heard
from. His dispatch boat got to Hong
Kong last night, and shows he has
got possession of Manila.
Latest intelligence says there is a
bad state of affairs in Spain.
A battle between Sampson's ficet and
the Spanish may be looked for any
day.
lt sess
Turning Out Wheels,
Boob's shops are the busiest places
in town the last couple weeks. He has
orders ahend for weeks yet to run on,
and the men will put in full time. In
his bicycle department he is rushing
things and has four or five new wheels
almost completed and ready for the
market. The factory in Centre Hall is
the only one in Central Pennsylvania
outside of Williamsport where wheels
are built. The bicycles give satisfac.
tion and are spoken highly of by those
men, says the Clearfield Spirit, came
days with Ex-Commissioner James
it, at his home on Pine street. More
than fifty years ago these three now
very old citizens were companions and
close friends and doring all this hsif
century they bad not seen each other.
The visitors cane unexpectedly to Mr.
Savage but were most welcome and
their coming in this way only proves
how the friendship formed in youth
clings to the memory and with un-
yielding foree impels men together
when in the evening of life they talk
over the long but seemingly brief past
together with what it holds worth re-
membering. Mr, Savage urged them
to remain over to see Mr. Bryan, but
business called them home the day be-
fore he was here,
The Difference of Time,
Many inquiries have been made as
to the difference of time between this
nation and the countries invelved in
the present war, we herewith publish
the facts: Havana's time, is thirty
minutes earlier thax our; Madrid, is
four hours and forty-two minutes ear-
lier; the Canaries, are about four hours
earlier, the Philippines, are eleven
hours and fifty-one minutes earlier.
Children like it, it saves their lives
We mean One Minute Cough Care, the
infallible
who have ridden them.
3
for coughs,
croup, bronehith, : Bog
thread and lung trie! fo sale by