Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-07-30
THE WAR In BRIEF.

1 Jeuu.Ey As Aoto-A
| ordered 20 Havana.
February 9-The De LONE letter pub
Iished.
February i0-Ds LONE resigns and his
| resignation accepted at Madrid.
February I5-Destruction Of tie Maine
| in she hsrbor Of Havana.
March 5-Spain seeks TO have Consul
General Lee recalled.
March S-Congress votes unanimously
and without debate for q defense fund Of
$50, 600. 900.
March 2s-Unised States Board Of In
q uiry reports that the Maine was blown
up by an external mine.
April l1-President Mckinley sends his
Cuban message 10 Congress.
April 20-The Government sends Its ul-
.imatum to Spain, and the Queen Regent
opens the Cortes with Q variike speech.
The Spanish minister at Washington asks
FOR his passports.
April Administer woodford asks for
his passports ct Madrid, and leaves for
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 hsr Dor declared in a state OF
blockade.
April 2s-President's call for 1850 o
volunteers.
April "a Capture OF the Catalina by
the Denoit. the Candida BY the Whining
ton and the Saiurnins By the Winona.
April 24-Spain declares war.
April 25-Congress declares that war
began on April 81 by sct Of Spain. States
called upon for their quota Of troops.
April 26-Chsirmsn Dingley reports
var revenue bill to the House. The Presi-
dent sdheres to the notwithstanding
agreement OF the Declaration Of Paris.
New Yorh's militia called out. England
proclaims her neutrality and contends
tina. war began when Spain gave Woodford
his passports on April Il. Spain appeals
TO the powers.
April 27-Matanzas earthworks shelled
and silenced By New York, Puritan and
Cincinnati. Steamer Guido made Q prize
By mopitor Terror. Dewey's Asistic
squadron sails from Mrs Bay TO Manila,
and the Spanish fleet leaves Manila to
meet him.
April 2~s-Congress agrees 10 a naval
| appropriation bill OF nearly S47, OOO, 900.
| Tampa made the point for msssing 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 seabosrd. American
| deet sighted of the Philippines. House
passes bill for popular bond issue OF $780,.
/ OOO, 900. Naval bill passes the Senate.
| spanish feet leaves Cape Verde Islands.
| Cruiser New York silences the forts at
| Port Cabsnss, Cuba.
April 30-The Paris reaches New York
u safety and the Oregon and Marietta
anchor at Bio
May spanish feet demolished by
| Dewey in the Bay Of Manila. Three
| spanish cruisers, the Castillo. San Juan
lie Austria and the Reina Cristina COM
pletsly destroyed and two %gunboats dis
.bled. Three Spanish commanders and
400 seamen lost, while American casualties
we're trifing.
May 2-Commodore Dewey orders Cap
tain General OF the Philippines TO sur
render all his forts. This was refused.
Manila cable cut at 6 P. M, when Dewey
was bombarding Manila.
May 4-The fighting ships OF Admiral
SIMPSONS feet sailed from Key West, after
preparing for Q long stay at sea. The
Oregon and Marietta left Rio Janeiro.
May 5-Arms for the Cubans were
landed by the tug Leyden, the gunboat
Wilmington assisting in repelling the
Spanish.
Nav e-The French steamer Lafayette. OF
the Oompagnie Gsneralle Transatlantique,
tried 10 run the Havana blockade after
being warned not to do so. She was cap
,ured by the Annapolis and taken to Key
West, but her release was afterwsrd or
dered by the State Department.
NAV 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
a few men were slightly wounded. Riots
we're 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 10-The Spanish Cortes voted the
Nav 1i-Major General Merritt was or
dered to the Philippine Islands as Mill
tary Governor.
May I2-News was received OF the ar
rival Of the spanish Cape Verde squadron
at Martinique, West Indies. The gunboat
Wilmington, the torpedo boat Winslow
and The auxiliary gunboat Hudson, while
10 Cardeuas Bay, we're attacked by Span
ish batteries and gunbosts. Ensign Bag
lev and four of the Winslow's crew were
killed, and the town of Cardenas was
shelled. An engagement was reported ct
Cisnfuegos. in which fourteen Spanisrds
we're wounded and the Americans were
said to have been repulsed.
May 13-Rear Admiral Sampson re-
ported that he had bombArded the forts
at San Juan, Porto Rico, with 9 loss OF
two men killed and six wounded, the
American squadron being uninjured. The
Flying Squadron. under Commodore
Schley, sailed under secret orders from
Hampton Roads.
May 1.-THE Spanish feet was reported
at Curacao, off the Venezuelan coast. and
Admiral Sampson was off Pusrta Plata.
Haiti. The first American report Of the
Cienfuegos affair reached Key West. and
told Of the killing Of Reagan. q marine on
the M%arblehesd. and the wounding OF five
others, while cutting the cable 10 Glen
fuegos Bay. In small open boats. under
hot Spanish fire. The Msrblehesd, Nash
VILE and Window took part. rszing the
Spanish defenses there.