Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-01-03

stoEy # a lImpOrtant period in
tue History Of the World
Briefly 1eiSS
ASACCOgNTO Or Oga EaR VITIlSPAIS.
Brtcs Mention al risaneiai FaIIares,
startllnG catastro3hes and
CffRes--Neersiegy 81 Year
Politics end sport. ID
rHE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. wan.


rHE sPAnIsFI-A WAX.
Feo. GU s. demands recall Of Spanisl
minister Dupuy DC Lone tor vulgar critl
cisms OF Pres. Mckinley
40 Battleship Maine gcosting S2.4Si,OO0
blown UP Ia Havana harboi 265 men anC
otleeIs perished.
IL Pies. Mckinley appoints naval boarc
TO investigate Name disaster
Mar. 5-4pres. Mckinley refuses Spaint re
quest for recall Of ConsulIien. Lee Al
Havana.
spres signs bill appropriating $4,000,
0oG for national defense which congress
had unanimously passed !. IT, S. cruiser
Montgomery replaces Maine at Havana.
I4-U. S buys at London 2 Brazilian war
ships.
q Maine court Of inquiry .eports explosion
was from outside,
2 25--SchleS ordered to command flying
squadron at Hampton Roads
2 29-Spain notified hostilties in Cuba must
Apr. ! Pres declNss French offer Of medi-
alton
SConsulGen Lee~leavcs Havana
ll-President's message on Cuban question
sent to congress
Is Senate by a vote Of AZ TO IS, and house,
$40 to 9, adopt joint resolution for Cuban
independence, demanding withdrawal Of
SPANS forces from Cuba, and authoriz-
ing pres. TO use land and naval forces to
carry resolution into effect
20-Pres. signs war resolutions. Ultima
s.S tum issued to Spain TO eyacuate Cuba
Spanish minister demands and receives
}s his passports aud leaves Washington
q Minister Woodford given his transports
without being allowed to present U. $.
ultimatup
22-Sampson's feet arrives of coast of Cuba,
and blockading proclamation issued .
L,..rs - L., ~
Nashville in capturing the prize Bueua
Ventura. .Armstice in Cuba ended.
% Pres calls for l25,000 two. year volun-
tners
rs War with Spain is declared by congress
10 have existed since Apr. ~.
2o--Cervera's feet sails for Cuba
May l-Commodore Dewey destroys entire
Spanish fleet in Manila bay
- Pres appoints Dewey acting admiral.
ii Fort at CaTdenas, Cuba, destroyed; En-
sign Bagicy Of the Winsow and others
To- SIMPSONS fleet bonbards and reduces
San Juan Porto Rico) Notifications.
lirFhst relief expedition TO Philippines
teaves San Francisco under Maj. Gen.
is Battleship Oregon arrives after long trip
q around Cape Horn.
z arvera's lleet enters Santiago harbdr
Pres. calls Tor 5000 more volunteers.
l1<u--tteL. NleTFlLl tdkGk command OF Dlilp-
~ PING forces and expeditions.
sJnnf g. Hobson sinks Merrimac in Santiago
" hg,bor and is taken prisoner with other
Nolunt eers
10. Near Guantanamo eco marines landed
dhderCol Huntington.
rs am4fas feet sails eastward from
etss( adiz
% Shslier's army lands near Santiago
% spahiagds driven back from Baiquiri.
u SNafirf captures .Juragua . .Roose-
velt's rough riders and l9th cavalry sus-
tam heavy loss, being caught in ambush.
Jui, LawtOn, Kent and rough riders take
y San Juan hill and III Cansy. losing 23l
e. men, with 1864 wounded; fleet boGmbards
si'1ulf aneousy Moro WAR balloons
make observations Of Santiago.
Il 34s eivet4s heet sunk IN attempting es-
CAPE from Santiago harbor.
: 81 Watson ssquadrou ordered detached to
sal for Spanish coast
- lieut. i1phson and Z companions eI-
u %hanErd apdeiven freedom
S4e,amars'sf fleet after passing through
3 SsSdez cana ordered back To Spain.
1T+ ad suUynIers To Shafter Santiago
A and Eastern Tuba Total loss in Cuban
eaqii isp reported to be 2d7 Killed. 1873
u tserss Mood appointed military gov, OF
Is NjIss4aptIs near Ponce, PorteReot
20 SpgT proposes psace Though French
AnlISs4y.stot Camb9ns
81 BdftRa of Aaiatt near Manila.
Ape ~ Peace protocol slgped at Washing
1s Fleet sshog.hards and army assaults
NJ Mshpa and i suneuders
rs Z 5 psaue commissign named; to be
Ste a., State Day, SeAators Davis and
Fryes ai,8d9 sSHiteIaw Reid and Justice
Sep. % 9srts appoints war Investigation