The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-25
AMERICANS MOST HUMANE.
Had Every Advantage Over the Span

Il
correspondent of the Daily rele
graph SAYS:
Nothing could be more humane
than was the capture OF Manila by
the Americans. Gen. Merritt's and
ADMIRAL Dewey's plan was to spare
agery object but the armed defensss
4lzd the trenches.
1.-The Spanish intrenchments varl
ed IN point of distance from two to
four miles from the center Of Old
Manila. Defending this long line
OF at least ten miles were not over
5000 Spanish troops. The attack
ing forces numbered from 10000 to
10000 native and 10000 Americans
On shsre and aboard the feet In
every respect the advantage was en-
Che side OF the attack. It was a
hopeless struggle.
The foreign fleets arranged them
selves according to their sympash-
ies-the English and Japanese near
the Americans and the Germans and
Egsnoh on the opposite side OF the
Aay, north of the Pssig River.
-'The Olympia fred the first shot
1t $40, and a continuous cannonads
was kept up until 1920. BY that
tine the Malate fort was silenced,
aad the American troops storm
sd the intrenchments.
THE First Colorado Regiment
was the first to charge the Spaniards
whe retired to the second line, but
we're soon forced into the old city.
"The Spanish commander hoisted
a white flag at 1890, and the order
to cease FREEING was Immediately is
sued in the center OF the fight, but
IN the outskirts street fighting con
tinued for some time afterward be-
tween the rebels and Spaniards.
After the bombardment Dewey
dispatched cruisers for Iioio and
'Cebu, either to accept the surrend-
or of those places or to bombard
them.
The Raleigh was to start on Sun
day for La Buan. there to pick up
three Spanish steamers that haYe
been running between that port and
Iloilo. The Concord and Bost-
on were dispatched to Porto Royal.
ist to sink five small gunboats that
have been hiding at that place. At
forwards the warships will raise the
American flag at the capital of each
of the islands. 1t is expected it will
take the warships three weeks to &C
>complish these missions.
Manila, Aug. 13. To Hong Kong
10Y steamer Zsiro, Aug. II, Ma
Mia surrendered TO day. Four ships
of Admirals Dewey squadron bonn.
barded Malate for one hour, firing
400 shots, when the Spaniards run
up the white flag. Later the Amer
team flag was raised over the Philip
pines and the formal surrender of
the Spaniards was completed. The
surrender includes $500 men, II. 600 |
stands of arms and an immense
amount of ammunition. The Spani- |
iards were all allowed the honors of
war.
Five American soldiers were killed |
and about As wounded in the cap
ture of Manila.
The Stars and Stripes were raised
over the city at $40 o'clock in the
afternoon. In the bay Admiral
Deweys ieet thundered q national
salute.
The combined naval and land
forces were employed in the capture
OF the Spanish stronghold. At 8
o clock IN the morning the signal to
begin hiring was set on Admiral
Dewey's flagship,
The authorities in the city and the
foreign powers had previously been
notified of the intended lombard
ment. For two hours shells were
thrown into the city.
After the bonn bariment the troops
moved toward to attack the Spani-
ards in the trenches. There had been
40 reply to Dewey's bombardment.
but the land forces met with hot