Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-01

| as safe by Secretary Long.
May 49, SPANS Cape Verde fleet was
| reported to have reached Santiago
| de Cuba. Commodore Schlcy's feet,
which reached Key West Wednes-
| day, was expected to leave for Sec
| ret destination.
May 22-The cruiser Charleston sailed
| from San Francisco for Manila, via
| Honolulu.
May 24.-Admiral Cervera's feet was
reported bottled up in Santiago har-
Dor by the American fleets. The
Oregon arrived at Jupiter, Fla
May 25.-The President called fer 75.-
600 more volunteers. The transports
Australia, City of Peking ani City
of Sydney, with $500 soldiers, left
San Francisco for Manila.
May Commodore schley reported
sighting the Spanish fleet il Saa-
tiago harbor.
May 3O-General Shafter was ordered
to embark $4,000 or more troops at
Tampa. Santiago was thought to be
their destination.
| May 31.-Spanish reports were receiv-
ed of the bombardment Of Santiago
forts by Commodore Schley.
June "details were received Of the
boMbardment of the Santiago forts
by Commodore Schley on May 81,
with the Massachusetts, Iowa ana
New Orleans.
June 2.-The House of Representatives
passed an urgent deficiency bill, car
4, rying nearly $1S,000,000 for war ex-
! penses.
June Admiral Sampson reported
that Naval Constructor R. P. Hob
| son, with a volunteer crew OF seven
men, had On June sunk the collier
Merrimac in the Santiago harbor
channel, shutting in Cervera's feet
Hobson and his men were made
prisoners. The Senate passed the
war revenue bill by vote of As to
| %.
June 6.-Further bombardment of San
tiago reported. The House sent the
| war revenue bill to conference, non
| cOncurring In Senate ameldmets.
June 7.-Admiral Sampson reported
having silenced, on June 6, the San
| tiago notifications without injury to
American ships. The monitor Mcl-
terey and collier Brutus left San
Francisco for Manila.
June 9.-The House agreed to the con-
ference report en- the war revenue
June 10.-The Senate agreed to the
conference report on the war reve-
nue. bill by vote of 43 to 2z.
June 11.-Six hundred marines from
| the Panther, who had landed at
| no TO mo II
June 10, under protection from the
Marblehead, were attacked by Span
iards, four Americans being kille1
and several wounded CT missing.
The Spaniards retreated.
June 13.-The President signed the
war revenue bill. The Santiago ex-
petition, OF over $4,000 troops, lett
hey West, conveyed 10y warships.
June 14-Continued fighting at Cal
manera was reported, two Amerl-
cans and seventeen Spanlards being
killed.
June 15-The second expedition to
Manila, on four transports, sailed
from San Francisco. The Vesuvius
fred her dynamite guns at Santiago
forts for the first time, with destruc-
tive results.
June 16.-News came of third bonn
bardment of Santiago by Admii al
SIMPSONS squadron. The Caimanera
fort was reduced by the Texas, SUI
vance and Marblehead.
June 17.-Admiral Dewey reported from
Manila under date June II that the
insurgents had practically surround
ed Manila, and had taken $500 Span
ish prisoners The Cladiz squadron
sailed, and the vessels were seen
passing Gibraltar, bound east.
June 18-News was received OF fur
Their shelling of Spaniards at Cal
manera ON June II.
| June 21.-News came Of the arrival OH
Santiago de Cuba of General Shat
ter's transports with $4,000 troops
on June 20. General Shafter and
Rear Admiral Sampson landed at
Acerraderos, Cuba, fifteen miles
from Santiago. and conferred with
General Garcia.
| June 22.-Ofticial reports by cable from
a station On the Cuban shore, near
Caimanera, told Of the landing of
part of General Skaters troops at
Daiquiri, near Santiago de Cuba,
| with little resistance.
| June 23-Landing shifted to Siboney
and continued during the night by
aid of ST. Louiss search lights. Ad-
miral Camara's Cadiz fleet was re-
ported off the island of Pantellaria,
| half way from Cadiz to Suez.
June 24.-Sixteen American soldiers
were killed and about forty wounded
in driving back q. Spanish force near
Santiago Six of the killed were
| Roosevelts Rough Riders
June 26-Admiral Camara's Cadiz fleet
reached Port Said, Egypt, and await
ed orders Successful conclusion Of
| the landing of the army by the navy
in surf at DaiQuiri and Siboney
| without less or injury Of a single
man.
June Pit was officially announced
that Commodore Watson, with a
| strong fleet, would attack Spain S
coasts.
| June 2S.-The President proclaimed a
blockade of Southern Cuba from
| Cape Frances to Cape Cruz, also OF
| Porto Rico General Shafter report
| ed that he was within three miles
of Santiago. Captain Sigsbee, of the
St. Paul, reported disabling the
Terror at San Juan on June %.
June so. - Further advances toward
| Santiago of General Skaters Amy
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