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EVENTS IN 1899. 



4. State Legislatures meet in Colorado, Connec- 

 ticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, 

 Missouri, New Hampshire. New York, North 

 Carolina, and Rhode Island. Washington: Both 

 branches of Congress reassemble after the holiday 

 recess. Consideration of the treaty of peace with 

 Spain begins at once in the Senate. 



5 E^vpt: The corner stone of the Gordon Me- 

 morial College laid at Khartoum by Lord Cromer. 

 State Legislatures meet in Idaho and Indiana. 



(i. India: Lord Curzon installed as Viceroy. 



7. Philippine Islands: Aguinaldo summons his 

 countrymen to resist American occupation. 



9. State Legislatures meet in Arkansas, Ore- 

 gon. South Dakota, Utah, and Washington. 



10. Washington: Charlemagne Tower nomi- 

 nated ambassador to Russia and Addison C. Har- 

 ris minister to Austria-Hungary; both were duly 

 confirmed by the Senate. 



11. Washington: Joseph H. Choate nominated 

 ambassador to the court of St. James. West 

 Virginia: Meeting of the State Legislature. Ver- 

 mont: The Governor appoints Chief- Judge Jona- 

 than Ross for the unexpired senatorial term of 

 Mr. Morrill. deceased. Connecticut: Renomina- 

 tion of Senator Hawley. 



12. Washington: Commissary-General Eagan 

 charges Gen. Miles with falsehood before the War 

 Investigating Committee. 



14. England: Launch of the White Star steam- 

 er Oceanic at Belfast, the largest ship now afloat. 

 Washington: Senator Hoar offers a resolution 

 favoring the independence of the Philippine 

 Islands. 



15. New York: Organization of the General 

 Federated Union, a powerful labor organization, 

 comprising two societies that are now dis- 

 solved. 



16. Brooklyn, N. Y.: The Rev. Newell Dwight 

 Hillis, of Chicago, invited to assume the pastor- 

 ate of Plymouth Church. 



17. A court-martial ordered for the trial of 

 Commissary-General Eagan for insubordination 

 and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gen- 

 tleman. Washington: The President appoints a 

 commission to visit the Philippine Islands and 

 report upon the situation there. Election to the 

 United States Senate of Chauncey M. Depew 

 (Republican), New York; Albert J. Beveridge 

 (Republican), Indiana; Joseph Hawley (Repub- 

 lican), Connecticut; Eugene Hale (Republican), 

 Maine; Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican), Massa- 

 chusetts; C. K. Davis (Republican), Minnesota; 

 and F. M. Cockrell (Democrat), Missouri. 



18. Pennsylvania: Beginning of a protracted 

 contest over the re-election of United States Sen- 

 ator Quay, John Wanamaker being the leader of 

 the opposition. 



19. New York: United States transport Grant 

 sails for Manila with the Fourth Infantry and 

 part of the Seventeenth Infantry. 



20. France: Proceedings in the Chamber of 

 Deputies looking to the reopening of the Dreyfus 

 case. Hungary: An attempt made in the Cham- 

 IKT of Magnates to demand the intervention of 

 the Crown in a political crisis. 



21. Egypt: Lord Kitchener, of Khartoum, ap- 

 pointed Governor of the Soudan. 



!. Belgium: A Cabinet crisis occurs between 

 the King and some of his ministers on questions 

 connected with the electoral system. 



. Texas: Charles A. Culbersqn (Democrat) 

 elected United States Senator. New Jersey: John 

 Kean elected United States Senator. The Legis- 

 latures of Wyoming and Nevada re-elect their 

 spective Senators, Messrs. Clark and Stewart 

 . \\est Virginia: Nathan B. Scott (Repub- 



lican) elected United States Senator. Washing- 

 ton: Beginning of the court-martial of Gen. 

 Eagan. 



20. San Francisco : The Twentieth Infantry sails 

 for Manila. 



28. Montana: William A. Clark (Democrat) 

 elected United States Senator. 



30. Spain: Arrival at Barcelona of a military 

 transport with 1,250 Spanish soldiers, 350 of 

 whom are seriously ill, while 56 died on the 

 voyage. 



31. Wisconsin: Joseph V. Quarles (Repub- 

 lican) elected United States Senator. 



February 1. The American flag raised at the 

 island of Guam, in the Ladrone archipelago, Com- 

 mander Tausig of the gunboat Bennington as- 

 suming the temporary governorship. 

 2. Cuba: Gen. Gomez agrees to co-operate with 

 the United States authorities to secure the dis- 

 banding of the Cuban army. 



4. Philippine Islands: First encounter between 

 Filipinos and Americans. 



5. Manila: Filipinos attack the American out- 

 posts and are repulsed with heavy loss. 



7. Army: The Eagan court-martial, having con- 

 victed him on Jan. 27, and recommended his dis- 

 missal from the service, the sentence is mitigated 

 by the President to suspension from duty for 

 six years. (Subsequently he was "retired" at 

 his own request.) 



10. Washington: The President signs the treaty 

 of peace with Spain. 



11. Washington: The President nominates Hor- 

 ace A Taylor, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant 

 Secretary of the Treasury. 



15. Washington: The President nominates 

 George W. Wilson, of Ohio, to be Commissioner 

 of Internal Revenue. 



16. France: Sudden death of President Faure. 

 18. France: Simile Loubet elected President of 



the republic. 



20. Russia: By order of the Czar the inhabit- 

 ants of Finland are deprived of certain time-hon- 

 ored privileges as regards home government. 

 Spain: The Cortes meets in Madrid to consider 

 the peace treaty and other questions of national 

 importance. Washington: A bill is passed ap- 

 propriating $20,000,000 to pay Spain under the 

 terms of the treaty of peace. The vote stood 219 

 to 34. 



21. Manila: Attempt of the insurgents to burn 

 the city. 



22. Spain: In the Cortes the ministry is bit- 

 terly attacked on account of its policy regarding 

 the Philippines. 



28. Spain: A measure rejecting the cession of 

 the Philippines is defeated by a close vote. 



March 1. Spain: Resignation of the Sagasta 

 ministry on the question of ceding the Philip- 

 pines. 



2. Army: Six regiments of regular troops or- 

 dered to re-enforce Gen. Otis at Manila. 



3. Navy: Rear- Admiral George Dewey pro- 

 moted Admiral. Spain: Seilor Silvela undertakes 

 to form a new ministry. 



4. Manila : Arrival of the members of the Amer- 

 ican Commission. The United States troops land 

 on the island of Negros. 



11. Cuba: The Assembly impeaches Gen. Gomez 

 and degrades him from. the army. 



13. Washington: The President appoints Mr. 

 Herbert Putnam, of the Boston Public Library, 

 to be Librarian of Congress. Delaware: Adjourn- 

 ment of the Legislature without electing a United 

 States Senator. 



15. Spain: The Cabinet decides to ratify the 

 treaty of peace with the United States. 





