Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-06-25
THE WAR In BRIEF.

January "A. 1s95-The bastleship Maine
ordered TO Havana.
February s-Ths De LONE letter pub
lished.
February IO-Ds LONE resigns and his
resignation accepted sf Madrid.
February I5-Destruction OF Tie Maine
In she hsrbor Of Havana.
March 5-Spxin seeks 20 have Consul
General Lee recalled.
March s-Congrsss votes unsninoasiJ
and without debate for . defense fund o.
100000
March 2s-United States Board Of In
quiry reports that the Maine vH olo"h
up By an external mine.
April il-President Mckinley senas ms
Cuban message 70 Congress
April 20-The Government ssnds I've Vi
timstum to spain, ND The Qaesn hssen'
opens the Cortes with . wsrlike speec1.
The Spanish ministsr 81 Washington ssAs
for his passports. r..
his passports 81 Msdrid, and leaves ioi
Paris.
April 22-wr opens with the Nash,
ville's capture Of the Buens 'enturs sna
the New York's capture Of The Pedro.
Havana harbor declared 10 . STATE OF
blockade.
April 23-Prsiisnt's call for l25,ooO
volunteers.
tbe De,roi,. the Candida BY the Whining
ton and the safnrnina By the WinonA-
April 24-Spsin declares var.
April 25-C0ngress declares that wAr
began on April II By act Of Spain. States
called upon for their quota Of troops
April a6-Chairnan Dingley reports
var revenue bill 10 the House. The Presi-
dent sdheres 10 the MISUNDERSTANDING
agreement Of the Declaration CT Paris.
Ne. Yorh's militia called q England
proclaius her neutrality and contends
that var began when Spain gave WOodford
his passports on April Il. Spain appeals
70 the powers.
April 27-Mstsnzas ~eArthvorks shelled
and siIencsd By New York. Puritan and
Cincinnati. Steamer Guido made . prize
BIZ monitor Terror. Devey's Asisiie
squadron sails from Mrs Bay 20 Manila,
and the Spanish feet leaves Manila 20
meet him.
April 2s-Congress agrees TO = naval
appropriations bill Of nearly S41,OOO,OOO-
Tampa made the point for mAssing troops
for she invasion Of Caba. SPANS tor
pedo boat Temersrio leaves the hkrbor OF
Buenos Ayres.
April 29-Moyement Of troops from
Chsttanoogs 10 the sesboard. American
feet sighted of 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 forte Of
Port Csbanas. Cuba.
April 30-The Paris reaches New York
IN safety and the Oregon and Marietta
anchor at Bio.
May spanish feet demolished by
Dewey ir The Bay Of Manila Three
spanish cruisers, the Castillo. San Juan
de Austria and the Reina Cristins com
pletsly destroyed and two g%unbosis dis
abled. Three Spanish commanders and
400 seamen lost, while American casualties
were trifing.
Nav 2-Commodore Dewey orders Cap
tain General of she Philippines to sur
render all his forts. This was refused.
Manila cable cut al 6 P. NJ, when Dewey
WAS bombarding Manils.
May 4-The fighting ships OF Admiral
Gampson's feet sailed from Key West, after
preparing for . long stay st sea. The
Oregon and Marietta left Rio Janeiro.
NAV 5-Arms for the Cubans were
landed BY the tug Leyden, the gunboat
Wilmington assisting in repelling the
Spanish.
May 6-Ths French steamer Lafayette. Of
the Compagnie Gsneralle Transatlantique.
tried 10 run the Havana blockade after
being warned not TO do 20. She was cap
tured by the Annapolis and taken TO Key
West, but her release was afterward or
dered BY the State Department.
May 7-Commodore Dewey reported via
dispatch boat 70 Hong Kong that he had
taken Cavite fortress in Manila Bay, after
DESTROYING eleven Spanish vessels. He
reported the Asiatic squadron uninjured,
and that while the Spanish loss was very
heavy, no Americans were killed and only
q few men were slightly wounded. Riots
we're reported in Madrid and throughout
Spain.
MAY e-The President asked Congress
TO give Rear Admiral Dewey . vote Of
thanks and COMMUNICATION, which was
made unanimous.
May IO-The Spanish oorses voted the
war credits.
NAV Ii-Major General Merritt Was or
dered 10 the Philippine Islands As Mill
tary Governor.
MAY l7-News was received OF the ar
rival Of the spanish Cape Verde squadron
81 Martinique, West Indies. The gunboat
Wilmington, the torpedo boat Winslow
and the auxiliary gunbost Hudson. while
In CardenAs Bay, we're attacked BY Span
ish batteries and g~unboats. Ensign Bag
ley and four OF the Winslow's crew were
killed, and the Town Of Csrdenas Was
shelled. An engagement was reported at
C~ienfuegos. In which fourteen Spanisrds
were wounded and the Americans were
said TO have been repulsed.
May 13-Rear Admiral Sampson re-
ported that he had bombarded the forts
81 San Juan. Porto Rico. with . 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
81 Curacao, of the Venezuelan coast. and
Admiral Sampson was of Pusrta Plata,
Haiti. The irst American report Of the
Cienfuegos affair reached Key West. and
told OF the killing Of Reagan, q marine on
the Marblehsad, and the wounding OF i've
others, while cutting the cable in Glen
fuegos Bay. In small open boats. under
hot Spanish fire. The M~arblehead. Nash
willie and Window took part, razing the
Spanish defenses there.