

EVENTS OP 1898. 



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16-18. Spain: Admiral Camera's fleet leaves Cadiz 

 and reaches Cartagena. 



20-21. Gen. Shafter's army arrives off Santiago, 

 and begins landing at Baiquira, 17 miles east of 

 Santiago. Ladrone Islands: Spanish officials sur- 

 render to United States steamship Charleston. 



22. Engagement off San Juan, Puerto Rico; 

 United States steamship St. Paul disables the Span- 

 ish destroyer Terror. 



23. Gen. Shafter's entire army lands with only 

 two casualties. Cornell wins the intercollegiate 

 boat race over Yale and Harvard. 



24. Sharp action near Sevilla ; Americans under 

 Gen. Wheeler lose 16 killed and 41 wounded, but 

 carry all positions. 



27. San Francisco : Third expedition to Manila 

 sail? with Gen. Arthur MacArthur in command. 

 Japan : Resignation of the Cabinet. 



28. The President extends the blockade to in- 

 clude the southern coast of Cuba and Puerto Rico. 

 Wisconsin : Celebration of the State semi-centen- 

 nial. 



29. San Francisco : Gen. Wesley Merritt sails for 

 Manila. Re-enforcements for Gen. Shatter, 8,000 

 strong, sail for Santiago, Gen. Snyder in command. 



30. Manila: Arrival of the first detachment of 

 United States troops. 



July 1. Heights of El Caney and San Juan near 

 Santiago carried by Gen. LaWton's division of the 

 American army ; loss in two days' fighting, 22 offi- 

 cers, 208 enlisted men killed, 81 officers, 1,203 en- 

 listed men wounded, missing 79. 



2-5. Chicago: Strike among stereotypers ; news- 

 papers suspend publication. 



2. Chinese rebels capture nine towns and defeat 

 imperial troops. 



3. Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera attempts 

 to escape from Santiago, but is destroyed by the 

 United States blockading squadron under Admiral 

 Sampson; American loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded; 

 Spanish loss about 600 killed, 1,200 prisoners.- 



6-8. Spanish squadron of Admiral Camera passes 

 through the Suez Canal, but is ordered back to 

 Spain because of Cervera's defeat. 



10. Bombardment of Santiago begins after re- 

 peated demands for surrender and a truce of sev- 

 eral days. 



13. Philippine Islands : German cruiser Irene in- 

 terferes to protect Spaniards against insurgents ; she 

 withdraws on the appearance of United States gun- 

 boats. British Columbia : General election results 

 in 19 for the Opposition, 15 for the Government, 4 

 independent and scattering. Paris : Arrest of Count 

 Esterhazy for forging telegrams. London : Anglo- 

 American League organized. 



14. Surrender of Santiago to the United States 

 forces under Gen. Shafter. Paris : Celebration of 

 the fall of the Bastile. Great Britain consents to 

 act as arbitrator in the boundary dispute between 

 Chili and the Argentine Republic. 



15. United States steamship Harvard reaches 

 Portsmouth with over 1,000 Spanish prisoners, 

 mostly sailors from Cervera's fleet. Spain : The 

 Government suspends individual rights through- 

 out the peninsula. 



16. Washington : The President appoints com- 

 missioners to adjust differences between the United 

 States and Canada. 



17. United States forces take formal possession 

 of Santiago. The War Department advertises for 

 bids to carry Spanish prisoners back to Spain. 



18. Expedition to Puerto Rico sails with Gen. 

 Miles in command. Paris : Conclusion of the trial 

 of Zola and Perreaux. They are sentenced to one 

 year's imprisonment and fine of 3,000 francs. 



19. Cuban troops restrained from entering San- 

 tiago. 



20. Washington : Government awards the con- 

 tract for taking Spanish prisoners home to a Span- 

 ish steamship company. Charleston, S. C. : Three 

 transports with 4,000 troops sail for Puerto Rico 

 under Gen. J. H. Wilson. Atlanta, Ga. : Reunion 

 of 10,000 Confederate veterans, Gen. John B. Gor- 

 don presiding. Bergen: The International Fish- 

 eries Congress decides that six marine miles is the 

 limit of territorial waters. Ecuador : General am- 

 nesty granted to political offenders. 



21. Gen. Leonard Wood, late colonel of the Rough 

 Riders, designated military commander of Santiago. 

 Admiral Sampson's squadron engages the forts at 

 Nipe and sinks a Spanish gunboat. Gen. Garcia 

 withdraws the Cuban forces from the vicinity of 

 Santiago, having taken offense at alleged want of 

 official courtesy. 



22. Harmony re-established with the Cuban forces 

 under Gen. Garcia. Washington : Preliminary 

 meeting of the Canadian Commission. F. W. Peck, 

 of Chicago, appointed United States commissioner 

 to the Paris Exposition in place of Major Handy, 

 deceased. Great Britain : New naval programme 

 announced calling for 4 . battle ships, 4 cruisers, 

 and 12 destroyers, cost 15,000,000. Philippine Is- 

 lands: Aguinaldo declares dictatorship and pro- 

 claims martial law in the islands. 



23. San Francisco : Transport City of Rio sails 

 for Manila with 900 men under Gen. H. G. Otis. 

 Niagara Falls: Meeting of the New York State 

 Bankers' Convention. 



25. Puerto Rico : United States forces under Gen. 

 Miles land near Ponce. Seven thousand Spaniards 

 surrender near Guantanamo. Canada : The Earl of 

 Minto appointed Governor General to succeed the 

 Earl of Aberdeen. 



26. Washington : Peace negotiations opened on 

 behalf of Spain by the French minister, M. Cambon, 

 Paris : The Legion of Honor drops M. Zola's name 

 from its roll. 



27. London : Startling revelations in the case of 

 Ernest Terah Tooley, the promotor; many titled 

 persons implicated. Organization of the Anglo- 

 American League with James Brice as chairman 

 and the Duke of Sutherland as treasurer. 



28. Puerto Rico : The city of Ponce surrenders to 

 Commander Davis of the United States gunboat 

 Dixie. The American army shortly takes posses- 

 sion of the place and Gen. Miles issues a reassuring 

 proclamation to the inhabitants. 



30. San Francisco : United States transport, St. 

 Paul sails for Manila with the First South Dakota 

 Volunteers and recruits. Gen. Merritt arrives at 

 Manila. New England : Several cotton mills close 

 on account of reduced prices. 



31. Spaniards in force attack the American posi- 

 tion at Manila, but are repulsed ; American loss, 9 

 killed, 47 wounded. 



August 1. Detroit, Mich. : League of American 

 Municipalities addressed by Gov. Pingree. 



2. Washington: Official announcement that the 

 terms of peace as proposed are accepted by Spain. 

 Germany : Marriage of the Duke of Schleswig- 

 Holstein to the Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Co- 

 burg. 



3. Puerto Rico : American forces within 30 miles 

 of San Juan. Colombia, South America: Agrees 

 under pressure of the Italian fleet to pay the Cer- 

 ruti claim of $300,000. 



4. Puerto Rico: Col. San Martin shot by the 

 Spaniards for having abandoned Ponce. American 

 forces in the suburbs of San Juan. 



6. Great Britain : General orders to the British 

 fleet to be in readiness for war. Sir Thomas Lipton 

 challenges for the America's cup. 



7. Tampa : Insubordinate action of colored cav- 

 alry regiment ; several arrests made. Turkey re- 



