Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-08-20
THE WAR IN BRIEF.

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ordered 70 Havana.
February 9-The De LONE letter pub
lished.
February 10-Ds LONE resigns and ms
resignation accepted at Madrid.
February 15-Destruction OF me hAine
in the harbor Of Havana.
March 5-Spsin seeks TO have Consul
General Lee recalled.
March s-Congress votes unanimously
and without debate for . defense fund OF
March 2s-Uni.ed States Board Of To-
quiry reports that the Maine was pio"n
up By an external mine.
April l1-President Mckinley SENDS ms
Cuban message 10 Congress.
April 20-The Government sends us u.
timatum to Spain, and The Queen hesen'
opens the Cortes with Q wsrlike speech.
The Spanish minister ct Washington ASS
for his passports. ~.
April Administer woodford asks Tor
his passports ct Madrid. and leaves ior
Paris.
vilie's capture Of the Buena 'enturs sna
the New York's capture OF the PEDRO:
Havana harbor declared In . state OF
April 2s-President's call for i25,Ooo
volunteers.
April 24-Capture of the Catalina BY
the Detroit, the Candida by the Whining
ton and The Sasurnina BY the Winons.
April 24-Spsin declares war.
April 25-Copgress declares that wal
began on April 81 by act OF Spain. States
called upon for their quota OF troops.
April &c -Chairman Dingley reports
war 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
proclsims her neutrality and contends
that war began when Spain gave Woodford
his passports on April 81. Spain appeals
70 the powers.
April 27-Matanzas earthworks shelled
and silenced BY New York, Puritan and
CINCINNATI. Steamer Guido made . prize
by monitor Terror. Dewey's Asiatic
squadron sails from Mrs Bay TO Manila,
aud the Spanish fleet leaves Manila TO
meet him.
April 2~s-Congress agrees to 3 naval
appropriation bill Of nearly S47,0O0,OOo
Tampa made the point for msssing troops
for the invasion Of Cuba. Spain's tor
pedo boat Temersrio leaves the hsrbor Of
Buenos Ayres.
April achievement Of troops from
Chattanooga to the sesboard. American
fleet sighted off The Philippines. House
passes bill for popular bond issue OF s50O,'
OOO, 900. Naval bill passes the Senate.
Spanish fleet leaves Cape Verde Islands.
Cruiser New York silences the forts al
Port Cabanas. Cuba. :,
April 30-The Paris reaches New iors
In safety and the Oregon and Marietta
anchor at Bio.
May I-Spanish feet demolished BY
Dewey in the Bay of Manila. Three
Spanish cruisers, the Castillo, San Juan
de Austria and the Reina Cristina com
pletely DESTROYED and two gunboats dis
abled. Three Spanish commanders and
400 seamen lost, while American casualties
were triiing.
May 2-Commodore Dewey orders Gap
tain General OF the Philippines 10 sur
render all his forts. lbs was teruseu'
Manila cable cut a. 8 ~. M when Dewey
was DomDardine MAMMA. -
May 4-The fighting ships OF Admiral
SIMPSONS feet sailed from Key vest a,ael
preparing Tor siong stay .. ser. Ane
oregon q matietsA 'eis my
May ior ~ 49,
landea oy sne ,us HeJuoA a.
wilmington assis'ins IN ''pei"'e "'
spanish r.o,.h s.a.mar I.,.vetta. n,
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snreo Dy tne Ann.po.is a"m.ra ~
wess. u ner rsleSse We
dered py 'ne osA'e Dep1 namen ,or,aa ii.
may %nne 49, he bad
sssen 0.vita fortress in Manila Bsy. after
Sas,.o1;rg sieven spapish vessels. He
.snor,sd tha As;stio souadron uninjured,
~ ,h.t vhiia the spsnish loss was very
hasvv No Americans were killed and only
60 M we're Iiob Wounded. Riots
a.s ranorssJ IN Madrid and throughout
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