when the enemy are dying Philip, Captain, of the Texas tells his men not to cheer Polo, Señor, minister from Spain... 377 181 Ponce, city of, surrenders to General Miles. 374 Porter, Commodore, attacking the buccaneers of the West Indies.... 349 Potter, Lieutenant, one of the Board of Inquiry to in- Sampson, Capt. W. T., chairman of the Court of Inquiry to examine into the Maine disaster 196 Sampson's fleet at Dry Tortugas. 200 San Lorenzo, Cespedes, surprised and slain 103 102 106 Toral, General, in command of the Spanish at Santiago.. 311 Wildman, Roundsville, consul-general to Hongkong.... 232 Wildman, Consul-General, urges Dewey to accept serv- ices of Aguinaldo... 233 Wood, Colonel 288 Woodford, American minister at Madrid, given his pass- ports 202 Yauco surrenders to the Americans 390 CHRONOLOGY. 1893. GROVER CLEVELAND inaugurated President, -March 4. PARIS ARBITRATION decided that Bering Sea be open and seals protected,-August 15. WORLD'S PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS at Chicago,- CARTER H. HARRISON, mayor of Chicago, assassi- 1894. LEXOW COMMITTEE, for investigating Police Department in New York, began its work,-January 30. COXEY'S "INDUSTRIAL ARMY" marched from Ohio to Washington. REPUBLIC OF SANDWICH ISLANDS established,-July 4. car works, affects all the United States. Put down Wilson Tariff (Democratic) became law,—August 27. Oliver Wendell Holmes (poet) died,—October 7. 1895. STREET-CAR STRIKERS IN BROOKLYN dispersed by soldiers,-January 19. AMERICAN CONGRESS suppressed lotteries,-March 3. NELSON APPLETON MILES made senior major-general,-October 5. 1896. UTAH admitted to Union,-January 4. WILLIAM MCKINLEY ELECTED PRESIDENT and Garret A. Hobart Vice-President,-November 4. 1897. WILLIAM MCKINLEY INAUGURATED PRESIDENT and Garret A. Hobart Vice-President,-March 4. AMBASSADOR BAYARD obtained the log of the Mayflower,-March 29. GREATER NEW YORK incorporated,-May 4. DINGLEY TARIFF BILL (Republican) became a law,—— During the last half of the year a great rush was made for the KLONDIKE, the Alaskan gold-fields. CHARLES A. DANA died,-September 17. ROBERT VAN WYCK elected first mayor of Greater 1898. UNITED STATES BATTLE-SHIP MAINE blown up in Havana harbor while on a friendly visit and 270 lives lost,-February 15. BOARD OF INQUIRY appointed to investigate cause of blowing up of Maine reports that it was from external cause. SPAIN ADDRESSES AN APPEAL to the powers against the aggression of the United States,-April 18. CONGRESS AUTHORIZES THE PRESIDENT to intervene in Cuba, using the United States army and navy. Spanish minister left Washington,—April 20. PRESIDENT ISSUES PROCLAMATION blockading the principal ports of Cuba,-April 22. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ISSUES A CALL for SPANISH FLEET, UNDER ADMIRAL Cervera, Cristobal COMMODORE DEWEY, of the United States Asiatic ENSIGN BAGLEY and four men of the torpedo-boat Winslow killed and the Winslow wrecked in an attack on Cardenas,--May 11. GEN. WESLEY MERRITT ordered to Philippines as military governor,-May 11. FLEET OF ADMIRAL SAMPSON bombarded the fortif cations of San Juan, Puerto Rico,-May 12. ADMIRAL CERVERA'S FLEET reached Santiago de Cuba, and a few days later was "bottled up" by Commodore Schley,-May 19. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY CALLED for 75,000 more troops. Twenty-five hundred United States troops sailed from San Francisco for Manila,-May 25. UNITED STATES WAR-SHIPS Massachusetts, Iowa, and New Orleans begin bombardment of Morro Castle and fortications at Santiago,-May 31. ASSISTANT NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR HOBSON and seven men ran the Merrimac into Santiago harbor and sank her in the channel and were taken captives by Spaniards, June 3. SIX HUNDRED MARINES LANDED at Caimanera, Guantanamo Bay; sharp skirmishing, and several killed and wounded,―June 10. FIFTH UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS, commanded by Brigadier-General Shafter, sailed from Tampa on twenty-nine transports for Santiago,-June 12. THE WAR REVENUE BILL became a law, raising revenues by stamp tax and providing for a popular loan, June 13. General ShaftTER'S ARMY ARRIVED off Santiago,— June 20. ROOSEVELT'S ROUGH RIDERS ATTACKED while advancing on Santiago; 16 Americans killed and 4C wounded; Spanish repulsed,-June 24. AMERICAN ARMY under Generals Lawton and Kent take El Caney and San Juan Hill after hard fighting,-July 1 and 2. CERVERA'S FLEET made a dash out of Santiago harbor, |