Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-12-28

1S-Ninety thousand troops ordered to mobIl.
ize in Chickamauga
2O-Spanish fleet arrives at Santiago de
Cuba.
22-Cruiser Charleston sails for Manila.
@5-Iroops A and G arrive at Camp Alger,
Falls Church, Va
2Ifhe Spanish fleet is bottled up at San
| tiago
/ 25-Three transports with Q aee man sta,E
Tor Manila. President ssres a csii for
io,oo0 more volunteers.
| 2o-oregon arrives In Key West. One of
Spains cabinet ministers said the coun-
try was willing to accept IAN honorable
peace. -. Commodore Schley is In touch
| with the insurgent leaders. Florida
expedition landed without opposition
| near Guantanamo, Cuba.
| 2f-Spanish scout ships chased by American
/ warships near Key West
| 29-Ccmmodore Schley reports tie trapping
OF Ceryera In the harbor of Santiago de
| Cuba. =. Cruiser Columbia arrives at
New York, having been In collision with
1 the British steamship Foscolia, which
/ sank.
ss9-proops pro embark at Tampa for, Havana.
Iorfs or Santiago de Cuba.
| june.
| transports Tor Manila arrive at Homo
/ lulu, Hawaii and the Boys In Rlue h..
| come the guests Of the city,. Monitor
| Monadnock ordered to Manila from San
] Francisco.
| ESpain again appeals to the Powers to
| Intervene.
/ 3-American squadron bombarded Santiago
| de Cuba.
| 4-Lleut. Hobson sinks cruiser Merrimac
In the mouth of the harbor of Santiago
/ de Cuba.
| 6-Fortiications of Santiago de Cuba re-
| duced
! 7-American squadron bombards and ST.
lences batteries at Santiago. ;. Monitor
| Monterey and collier Brutus sail for
Manila.
s-Assault on Notifications of Guantanamo
Bay.
| 9-House agrees on war revenue conference
| report.
| 10-Admiral Sampson reports he has held
| Guantanamo harbor since the 7th -.
Senate agrees on conference report on
war revenue bill.
| 11-Four Americans at Caimanera are killed
In fight with the Spanards.
l5-Thirty-two transports with Skaters
| troops sail for Santiago. :. President
Mckinley signs the war tax BILL
| 1.-Two Americans and several hundred
Spaniards killed In battle at Cal
manera.
| 15-Second expedition sailed from San Fran
cisco for Manila. Great destruction
results to Santiago forts through the use
of the dyne1.lite guns on the Vesuyius.
| lT-Spanish squadron sailed from Cadiz and
passed Gibraltar.
| 2o-Transports with Gen. Skaters troops
arrive off Santiago
22-Part of Shafter's troops landed.
23-Balance Of troops landed without acci-
dent. Admiral Camara's Cadiz feet
arrives ct Island of Pantelaria.
24-Sixteen American soldiers killed and
forty wounded in driving back Spanish
soldiers at Santiago.
27-CommodOre Watson to command fleet to
attack Spanish home territory. :. Presi-
dent Mckinley recommends thanks of
Congress for Lieut. Hobson, and that he
be transferred TO the line.
2S-President procaims blockade OF South
ern Chba from Cape Frances to Cape
| 29-Gen. Shafter reports he can take San
tiago IN forty eight hours The Senate
thanks Lieut.. Hobson and his men, nam
Ing each one personally.
| 30-Egy ptian Government refused to let
Camara coal his fleet at Port Said
July.
1-Shafter's army began the assault upon
Santiago de Cuba, capturing the enemy's
outer works.
2-Shafter renewed the attack upon San
tiago, losing about 1000 in killed and
wounded, and making 1000 Spanish
prisoners. The Spanish casualties prob
ably exceeded those of the Americans.
3-Cervera's fleet destroyed at Santiago,
with great loss of life.
6-Spanish transport Alfonso XII blown
up off Murlel by American gunboats
Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac, and
his comrades exchanged for Spanish
prisoners outside Santiago.
| 7-President signs Hawaiian annexation
resolution Admiral Dewey took Subig
and 1,300 prisoners.
! t1-Cruiser st. Louis brings Admiral Ger
| vera and 746 prisoners to Portsmouth.
n. f Admiral SIMPSONS feet bonn
barded Santiago
! 13-.Shnounced that yellow fever has broken
| out in Gen. Skaters army.
| 14-Gen. Toral and the Spanish army sur
rendered Santiago at D. IN.
| 17-"Old Glory" raised over Santiago at
| 20 pnsiaon+ ,ssras n ,roo,o,,o.t ,,
ing for the government of Santiago
Seven American vessels bomaard Man
zanilo and destroy seven Spanish ships
21-Gen. Miles, with 3,415 men on trans
ports, conveyed by warshps, starts to
take Porto Rico. American gunboats
capture Nipe and sink the Spanish cruis-
er Jorge Juan. Gen. Caixto Garcia,
commander of the Cuban army of East
ern Cuba, owing to discomfort because
the American Government has ignored
him and his troops In the surrender of
Santiago, withdrew. News reached this
country that the second expedition to re-
enforce Admiral Dewey had arrived at
Cavite
22-Aguinaldo declared himself dictator of
the Philippines.
23-Another expedition for the Philippine
Islands sailed from San Francisco.
25-Gen Miles and $500 men reach Guam
leo, Porto RicO and effect a landing.
26-Secretary Day, NJ. Cambon, French am
bassador, and his first secretary, NJ
Thiebaut, confer with President McKin-
ley in regard to terms of peace.
27-The port of Ponce, Porto Rico, surrend-
ers to Capt. Davis, of gunboat Dixie
30-News of Gen. Merritt's arrival at Cavite
received at Washington. :. Dewey in
forms the President that Aguinaldo, the
Philippine insurgent chief, assumed a
defiant attitude.
31-The Spanish forces at Cayite made a
sortie during fierce storm on the Amer
lean troops In the Malate trenches. They
were repused with heavy loss. Ten of
Gen. Merritt's men were killed and for
ty-eight wounded.
August
2-President Mckinley makes public the
terms of peace offered to Spain by the
United States.
4-The monitor Monterey and Its cOnsort
Brutus. arrive at Manila. Gen. Shat
ter and his subordinates ask that the
fever-strlcken army at Santiago de Cuba
be removed north
5-Formal orders issued for the removal of
Gen. Shafter's army to this country.
6-Spain accepts the terms OF peace offered |
by the United States. .Guayamo, Porto |
Rico, captured by Gen. Haines' forces. |
Three Americans cornered.
s-Spai. accepts President McKinley's |
peace terms. Certain representations |
were made regarding Cuba which were |
not accepted, however. .Spaniards at |
Guantanamo lay down their arms and |
surrender to Brig Gen. Ewers.
9-Gen. Ernst's brigade captured Coamo, |
Porto Rico, after lively hight, in which |
seven Pennsylvania volunteers were |
wounded. Two hundred Spanlards were |
taken prisoners. :. .Spaniards attempt to |
retake the lighthouse at Cape San Juan, |
but are repulsed with heavy loss
1O-A protocol covering the peace terms of |
the United States has been agreed upon |
by NJ. Cambon, representing Spain, and |
President Mckinley. =. Gen. Schwans |
forces defeat Spanish TROOPS at Maya |
guez, Porto Rico. Loss on cur side two |
killed and one wounded.
11-Spain's cabinet formally approved Pres |
ident McKinley's peace protocol and |
cablegram was sent to NJ. Cambon au- |
thorizIng him to sign In behalf of Spain. |
12-M Cambon, French ambassador TO the |
United States, signs the protocol and a |
cessation of hostiities Is ordered.
13-Surrender of the city of Manila, after |
stiff bombardment by Dewey.
3O-Cien. Merritt leaves Manila for Paris TO ]
aid the Peace Commission.
September.
b-Spanish Cortes conyenes to consider |
peace proposals.
9-Gen. Otis. Untel States commander at |
Manila, demanded the removal of the |
insurgents from that city.
10-Spanlsh Senate adopts the peace proto- /
col
12-The situation at Manila reported crit |
icai