May 19—William Ewart Gladstone died at Hawarden. He was England’s greatest parliamentarian and a leader for many years. He was acknowledged throughout the world as one of the ablest men of modern times. He was born in 1809. May 19—Arrival of Admiral Cervera’s fleet in the harbor of Santiago, Cuba. May 25—Second call for 75,000 volunteers issued by the President. June 3—Merrimac sunk in the harbor of Santiago by Lieutenant Hobson. June 20—United States Army of Invasion landed in Cuba under General Shafter. July 1 and 2—El Caney and San Juan, Cuba, captured by United States troops with heavy loss. July 3—Admiral Cervera’s fleet attempted to escape and was entirely destroyed by United States fleet under command of Commodore Schley. July 3–6—No newspapers were published in Chicago in these days of great events on sea and land, owing to a strike of the stereotypers. New men were secured July 6 and publication resumed. The newspaper owners formed a trust to fight the workers. Bulletin boards throughout the city were used to convey the latest news to the citizens. July 4—The French line steamer La Bourgogne collided with the British ship Cromartyshire sixty miles south of Sable Island, near Newfoundland, and sunk. Five hundred and sixty of the 725 persons on board were drowned. July—Agitation of the Dreyfus case in France followed by anti-Semitic riots. July 26—Spanish government, through French Ambassador Cambon, asked for terms of peace. July 30—Prince Otto Leopold von Bismarck died at Friedrichsruh. He had been chancellor of the German Empire and for thirty years was the greatest figure in European politics. He was born in 1815. August 12—Peace protocol signed and armistice proclaimed. Cuban blockade raised. September 18—Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jefferson Davis and known as the “Daughter of the Confederacy,” died at Narragansett Pier, R. I. She was born in Richmond, Va., in 1864. Her efforts to cement the union between the North and the South in recent years received high praise. October 17—University of Chicago conferred the degree of LL. D. on President McKinley. October 18—United States takes formal possession of Porto Rico. December 10—Peace treaty signed at Paris. The year 1899 witnessed the closing acts of the Spanish war proper, but in the meantime the troops left in the Philippine Islands came in conflict with Aguinaldo’s forces, and the friction soon lead to the Filipino outbreak. Hostilities were opened February 4, when the American lines just without Manila were attacked by 20,000 insurgents. The attack was repulsed with great loss, and the American troops under General Otis then took the aggressive. Several fierce engagements resulted, in which the Americans were invariably victorious.