The San Francisco call., 1898-12-21
FALL OF SANTIAGO.

JULY 5-The Navy Department tele- graphed to Admiral Sampson that the President had issued the following order: General Shafter and Admiral Sampson should confer at once for cooperation in taking Santiago" General Shafter imme- diately requested Admiral Sampson to come to him for conference.
 Shafter again demanded the surrender of Santiago, and again Toral reIlsed. The Spanish officers declared they would burn the city to the ground first, although the Archbishop and many of the citizens were in favor of a surrender.
 Secretary Long notified Admiral Samp- son to send Admiral Cervera and the oth- CT captives north as prisoners of war
 The transport Iroquois reached Key West with RIP patients, 192 suffering from gunshot wounds.
 sent his chief of staff. who had confer ence with General Shafter, in which It was arranged that in case the spanish render a continued bombardment O. San tiago should be begun by the fleet.
 Spanish prisoners on the Haryard; h-bound, mutinled, ana several or them were shot
 It was reported from Gibraltar that Ad- miral Camara had been ordered to return
 Slavey Island, Portsmouth Navy. Yard. N. H., was selected as prison for the Spanish prisoners or war.
 The Senate passed the resolution for the
 JULY 7-Major General Nelson A Miles, commanding the United States army, left Washington for Santiago.
 President Mckinley signed tie Hawaii an annexation resolution.
 Lieutenant Hobson and his men were exchanged for Spanish prisoners, Colonel John Jacob Astor making the transfer.
 The War Board telegraphed orders de- taching Commodore Watson's Eastern snuadron from Admiral Sampsons com, mand, in readiness to start in pursuit of Camara.
 JULY S-The truce between the Spanish and American forces at Santiago was ex- tended to noon of July 10. Six batteries of Randolphs light artillery on the scene. The Spaniards were reported to be dig ging trenches in the streets of Santiago.
 The Yale sailed from Charleston for Santiago with troops and ammunition.
 The Red Cross Society opened relief depot at Caney.
 JTLY 9~General Toral. in a note to General Shafter, communica ted the results of his consultations with his Government at Madrid and General Blanco at Havana. He offered to evacuate santiago If permit ted to depart unmolested with all his
 JULY 1o-General Shafter replied to To- no terms but unconditional surrender. To- ral replied that he could not so yield. The o'clock. aE At 5 o'clock the Brooklyn. Pt 'o the Texas and the Indiana. lying oIL Agua- dores, began to lombard the city. The vessels were five tra4 miles away and santiq 
 from the shore told them that their shells were falling short. The Spanish defenses outside the city were fired upon by our land forces. Captain Charles W. Powell and one priv"te were killed, and eleven were wounded.
 Admiral Cervera, 54 officers and 692 men, prisoners of war. arrived at Portsmouth N. H., on the St. Louis. The Admiral stated that he had positive orders to leave Santiago. no matter what .Le conse- quences might be.
 JULY 1.-The attack on Santiago was resumed at S o'clock. The fleet found the range and began to throw shells into the city. The distance was $500 yards. and the bombardment was not particu- larly effective. The town of Dos Ca minos, to the northwest of the city, was occupied by our troops.
 Advices from Spain were to the effect that the Sagasta Cabinet had resigned, and that Camara's fleet was returning to Spain with all haste.
 The Board of Survey reported that of all Cervera's ships the Infanta Maria Te- resa alone could be saved
 JULY 12-General Linares, although sorely wounded and confined to his bed.