The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 7, 1898, Page 1

> th hig & ad 2a at 54 2 i 3 2] BiIETLER, MISSOURI, THI Gf SANTIAGO HARBOR. Showing Location of the Spanish and American Fleets, before Admiral Cervera Concluded to go out and be Gobbled up. | | ae oo a | ce) aaa PRESENT CHANNEL 100 Fr WIDE Be } up in Santiago har- as applied to the Spanish ships, seemed a very happy cne when the situation was under The harbor, with mouth or neck, was the bottle, and Commodore Schley’s fleet was the cork. In times of peace the ship some places is but 800 feet wide. This channel has been partly filled with obstructions, and at present the annel is but 100 fect wide. Is depth it ranges from 30 to 60 feet. Maneuvering a battleship 343 feet long and 69 feet broad, like the Massachusetts, or a 400 by 64 foot cruiser, like the Brooklyn, in a well mined channel 100 feet wide under the fire of several forts i. a most difficult feat. _—__ een DS OL LCL JRSDAY JULY 7.1898 CERVERA’S FLEET ANNIHELATED. Dewey’s Wonderful Victory Duplicated, Four Armored Cruisers and Two Torpedo Boat Destroyers Beached and Burned. Only One Killed and Two Wounded on Our Ships. Schley and not Sampson Given the Credit. is news that the people of ‘ It was wondertu United States rece ly. ter this al day of the Rey si ce came the goo liser Charles ac She ~swes int ‘al Cervera was 1 ith his full fleet of four boats. and were being en hed and on were prisoners, be 1 one man was killed two an dwounded on « ever such 2 victory in the worlds history recorded. Then came the inspiring w rd from Gen. Shafter t city of Santiago lay at his mercy, and it was only 1 of time when it would have to surre nder. General Shafter. landed at The American Baiquiri, east of Santiago. without casualties last week, the Spaniards making but feeble resistance, and at once began its march upon the doomed city. The 7 1 for two days, the e: army under last Friday morning and continue: falling steadily back before our victorious inch of the ground was stubbornly contested and our army lostzheavily in killed and wounded. It is estimate: the two days fight our loss was 2,000 General Shafter now has his army He had about 16,000 men with he 25.000 troops. men wounded. ‘around the doomed city. 15.000 Cubans. The Spaniards are |strong and with Pando’s reinforcements would make | It is believed that Gen. Shafter will wait for, reinforcements & make his army equal in strength before believed to 31.000. attacking the city. | JOSEPH LEITER'S LOSSES July 1.—Levi Z, pleted negotietions Life Insur ance Company for a loan of $3,000,- 000 for ten years ut 4 per cent. The security courists of a number of the most valuable pieces of business property in the city. In completing the details of the loan Mr. Leiter informed the agents of the Northwestern that he would probably require further advances of about $3,500,000 or $4,000,¢ 00. The money obtained by Mr. Leiter will go toward the liquidation of the debt incurred by bis son, Joseph Laiter has with the N stern Leiter, in wh culation. The share of Jose; Leiter in the im- mense estate 3s father will be nearly if not er consumed by his speculation. Mr. Leiter's notice that he wou'd probably re re be tween $6,000, and $7,0 ir b y ie t t ses kL 8 k x Zz ‘ 4 if re pr f 4 € at 31,06 bs 0 t he | 5 TViade over @ year ag Too True to be Rea The weexiy tewspaper Royal makes the food pure, wholesome and delicious. | plows the of you w tep into oe : / i ne