Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-08-06
THE WAR In BRIEF.

ordered TO Havana.
February 9-The De LONE letter pub
lished.
February lode LONE resigns and bis
resignation accepted at Madrid.
February 15-Destruction OF the Maine
in the harbor OF Havana.
March 5-Spsin seeks to have Consul
General Lee recalled.
March S-Congress votes unanimously
and without debate for q defense fund OF
$50. 200. 900.
March 2s-United States Board Of In
quiry reports that the Maine was blown
up by an external mine.
April 11-President Mckinley sends his
Cuban message TO Congress.
April 20-The Government sends Its ui-
timasum TO Spain, and The Queen kesent
opens the Oortes with 9 warlike speech.
The Spanish minister at Washington ASKS
for his passports.
his passports 81 Madrid, and leaves ior
Paris.
April 22-war opens with the Nash.
yille's capture of the Buena Ventura and
the New York's capture OF the Pedro.
Havana harbor declared in q state OF
April 23-president's call for 1875, 900
volunteers.
April "a Capture Of the Catalina by
the Detroit. the Candida by the Whining
ton and the Saturnina by the Winona.
April 24-spain declares war.
April 25-Congress declares that war
began on April 81 by act Of Spain. States
called upon for their quota Of troops.
April 26-Chairman Dingley reports
war revenue bill to the House. The Presi-
dent adheres to the notwithstanding
agreement Of the Declaration OF Paris.
New Yorh's militia called out. England
proclaims her neutrality aud contends
that war began when Spain gave Woodford
his passports on April 81. Spain appeals
TO the powers.
April 27-Matanzas esrthworks shelled
and silenced by New York, Puritan and
CINCINNATI. Steamer Guido made . prize
by monitor Terror. Dewey's Asistic
squadron sails from Mrs Bay to Manila,
and the Spanish fleet leaves Manila to
meet him. i.
April 28-Congress agrees to q naval
appropriation bill Of nearly SAT, DOC, 900.
Tampa made the point for massing troops
for the invasion of Cuba. SPANS tor
pedo boat Temerario leaves the harbor OF
Buenos Ayres.
April achievement Of troops from
Chattanooga TO the seaboard. American
fleet sighted off the Philippines. House
passes bill for popular bond issue OF $780,
O00, 900. Naval bill passes the Senate.
Spanish fleet leaves Cape Verde Islands.
Cruiser New York silences the forts at
Port Csbanas, Cuba.
April 30-The Paris reaches New York
In safety and the Oregon and Marietta
anchor at Rio.
NAV spanish fleet demolished by
Dewey in the Bay Of Manila. Three
Spanish cruisers, the Castillo. San Juan
de Austria and the Reina Cristina CON-
pletely destroyed and two gunbosts dis
abled. Three Spanish commanders and
400 seamen lost, while American casualties
were trifing.
May.2-ComL,odore Dewey orders Cap
tain General OF she Philippines to sur
render all his forts. This was refused.
Manila cable cut az 6 P. M, when Dewey
was bombsrding Manila.
May 4-The fighting ships Of Admiral
Simpsons fleet sailed from Key West, after
preparing for q long stay ct sea. The
Oregon and Marietta left Rio Jansiro.
May 5-Arms for the CubAns were
landed by the tug Leyden, the gunbost
Wilmington assisting in repelling the
Spanish.
MAY 6-The French steamer Lafayette. OF
the Compsgnie Generalle Transstlantique,
tried 10 run the Havana blockade after
being warned not to do 30. She was cap
tured by the Annapolis and taken to Key
West, but her release was afterwsrd or
dered by the State Department.
May 7-Commodore Dewey reported via
dispatch boat to Hong Kong that he had
taken Cavite fortress in Manila Bay, after
destroying eleven Spanish vessels. He
reported the Asistic squadron uninjured,
and that while the Spanish loss was very
heavy, no Americans were killed and only
. few men were slightly wounded. Riots
were reported in Madrid and throughout
Spain.
May 9-The President asked Congress
TO give Rear Admiral Dewey Q vote OF
thanks and communication, which was
made unanimous.
May 1O-The Spanish Cortes voted the
war credits.
May 1l-Major General Merritt was or
dered to the Philippine Islands as Mill
tsry Governor.
May l2-News was received OF the ar
rival Of the spanish Cape Verde squadron
al Martinique, West Indies. The gunbost
Wilmington, the torpedo boat Winslow
and the auxiliary gunbost Hudson, while
10 Csrdenss Bay, were attacked by Span
ish batteries and gunboats. Ensign Bag
ley and four Of the Winslow's crew were
killed. and the own Of CsrdenAs was
shelled. An engagement was reported at
Cienfuegos. in which fourteen Spaniards
were wounded and the Americans were
said to have been repulsed.
May 13-Rear Admiral Sampson re-
ported that he had bombarded the forts
ct San Juan, Porto Rico. with q loss OF
two men killed n six wounded, the
American squadron being uninjured. The
Flying Squadron. under Commodore
Schley, sailed under secret orders from
Hampton Roads.
May 1.-THE Spanish fleet was reported
81 Curacao, of the Venezuelan coast. and
Admiral Sampson was of Pusrta Plata.
Haiti. The first American report Of the
Cienfuegos affair reached Key West. and
told of the killing of Reagan, a marine OIL
the Marblehesd, and the wounding Of five
others, while outing the cable in Glen
fuegos Bay. In small open boats. under
hos Spanish fire. The Marblehesd, Nash
willie and Window took part. razing the
Spanish defenses there.