The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

war revenue bill by a vote of AS to IS.
June 6.-Further bombardment of
Santiago reported. The house sent
the a revenue bill to conference,
nonconcurring in senate amend,
ments.
June 7.-Admiral Sampson reported
having silenced, on June 6, the Santi-
ago Notifications without injury to
the American ships. The monitor
Monterey and collier Brutus left
San Francisco for Manila.
June 9.-The house agreed TO the con-
ference report on the war revenue
bill by a vote of IS to %.
June 11.-SiX hundred marines from
the Panther. who had landed at Cal
manera, Guatanamo bay, Cuba, June
10, under protection from the Mar
blehead, were attacked by Spaniards,
four Americans being killed and sew
eral wounded or missing. The Span
iarGs retreated.
June 13.-The president signed the
war revenue bill. The Santiago ex-
/ petition, of over $4,000 troops, left
Key West, conveyed by warships.
June 14.-Continued fighting at Cal
manera was reported, two Ameri-
cans and II Spaniards being killed.
June 15.-The second expedition to
Manila, on four Transports, sailed
i from San Francisco. The Vesuvius
fired her dynamite guns at Santiago
forts, for the first time, with de-
structive results.
June 16.-NewS came of a third bonn
bardment of Santiago by Admiral
SIMPSONS squadron. The Caimanera
fort was reduced by the Texas, Su-
vance and M%arblehead.
June 17.-Admiral Dewey reported
from Manila under date of June 12
that the insurgents had practically
surrounded Manila and had taken
$500 Spanish prisoners. The Cadiz
squadron sailed, and the vessels were
seen passing Gibraltar, bound east.
June 1S.-News was received of fur
Their Smelling of Spaniards at Cal
manera on June II.
June 21.-News came of the arrival off
Santiago de Cuba of Gen. Skaters
transports with $4,000 troops on
June 20. Gen. Shafter and Rear Ad-
miral Sampson landed at Acerra-
deros, Cuba, Is miles from Santiago,
and conferred with Gen. Garcia.
June 22.-Oficial reports by cable
from a station on the Cuban shore.
near Caimanera. told of the landing
of part of Gen. Skaters troops at
Baiquiri, near Santiago de Cuba,
with little resistance.
June 23.-Land;ng shifted to Siboney
and continued during the night by
aid of ST. Louis searchlights. Adj
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 40 wounded
in driving back a Spanish force near
Santiago. Six of the killed were
Roosevelt's rough riders.
June ~26.-Admiral Canara's Cadiz
fleet reached Port Said, Egypt, and
awaited orders. Successful ~conclu-
sion of the landing of the army by
the navy in a surf at Baiquiri and
Siboney without loss or injury of a
single man.
June Eft 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
Puerto Rico. Gen. Shafter reported
that he was within three miles of
Santiago. Capt. Sigsbee, of the St.
Paul. reported disabling the Terror
at San Juan on June %.
June 3O.-Further advances toward
Santiago of Gen. Skaters army
were reported.
July 1.-Gen. Shafter reported the be-
ginning of a general assault on San
tiago. Gen. Lawton's division car
ried FL Caney. a suburb of the city,
and the Roosevelt rough riders,
with the First and Tenth infantry,
tok San Juan. another suburb, after
desperate fighting. with heavy losses.
July 2.-The S%paniards made unsuc-
NSoSluI " lCNdNC Jan udh'
Admiral SIMPSONS feet continued
Smelling Moro castle and other
forts, doing great damage.
July 3.-Admiral Cervera's squadron
made a dash for liberty from San
tiago harbor, but being headed off
by SIMPSONS ships ran ashore, and
all were destroyed. The first Ma
Mia expedition was reported by Adj
miral Dewey to have joined him,
after stopping at the Ladrone islands
and capturing the Spanish officers
there.
July 4.-Rear Admiral Sampson re-
ported the destruction of Admiral
Cervera's entire fleet, the Vizcaya,
Cristobal Colon, Oquendo, Maria Te-
resa. Pluton and Furor. in an effor,
to leave Santiago harbor. Gen.
Shafter reported that he bad de-
manded the surrender of Santiago.
which had been refased.
July 5.-Camara's fleet entered the
Suez canal. His three torpedo-boat
~destroyers. however. started from
Port Said back to Spain.
July 6.-The senate voted to annex
Hawaii. The president issued 4