THE COAL STRIKE ARBITRATORS CHOSEN BY THE PRESIDENT. (Copyright, 1902, by George Grantham Bain). JOHN HAY, SECRETARY OF STATE. (Copyright, 1904, by Pach Bros., N. Y.). ELIHU ROOT, SECRETARY OF WAR. (Copyright, 1903, by Clinedinst, Washington). GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR. (Photograph by Rice). THE ISTHMIAN CANAL COMMISSION, TAKEN MARCH 22,1904. THE AMERICAN ISTHMUS, SHOWING ROUTES INVESTIGATED FOR A SHIP-CANAL. M. BUNAU-VARILLA, MINISTER FROM PANAMA. (Photograph by Clinedinst). GREAT HEAPS OF WRECKAGE PILED HIGH BY THE GALVESTON DISASTER. (Copyright, 1900, by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.). THE BOULEVARD AND SEA-WALL, GALVESTON. BUILT AFTER THE FLOOD. (Photograph by H. H. Morris). TOMASO ESTRADA Y PALMA, FIRST PRESIDENT OF CUBA, IN THE PALACE, HAVANA. (Copyright, 1902, by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.). LOWERING THE STARS AND STRIPES ON THE PALACE, MAY 20, 1902, FOR THE FLAG OF THE CUBAN REPUBLIC. (Copyright, 1901, by Underwood & Underwood). GOV. WILLIAM H. TAFT. THE BALTIMORE FIRE. (Lombard and Calvert Streets, showing Continental and Equitable Buildings). THE BALTIMORE FIRE. (Hopkins Place and German Street, looking east). OPENING DAY AT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION. PRESIDENT D. K. FRANCIS DELIVERING THE OPENING ADDRESS. (Copyright, 1904, by William H. Rau, Philadelphia). THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION. THE VARIED INDUSTRIES BUILDING. CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AT CHICAGO, 1904. WILLIAM R. HEARST. THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT ST. LOUIS, 1904. ALTON B. PARKER. INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, MARCH 4, 1905. (Photograph by Clinedinst, Washington, D. C.). COUNT VON WALDERSEE, ESCORTED BY OFFICERS OF THE ALLIED ARMIES BETWEEN LINES OF U. S. TROOPS TOWARD THE SACRED GATE, PEKING. (Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N, Y.). AMERICAN FLAG RAISED OVER BATTERED REMNANTS OF SOUTH GATE IMMEDIATELY AFTER CITY'S CAPTURE. BATTLE OF TIEN-TSIN CHINA. (Copyright, 1901, by Underwood & Underwood). ARRIVAL OF CHINAMEN AT MALONE, N. Y., FROM CANADA, ACCOMPANIED BY OFFICIALS. THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS, THE HAGUE, HOLLAND, WHERE THE FIRST PEACE CONFERENCE WAS HELD. PRESIDENT CASTRO OF VENEZUELA. THE NEW PEACE PALACE, THE HAGUE, HOLLAND. RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE PEACE ENVOYS IN SESSION AT PORTSMOUTH, N. H. BUILDING WHERE THE SECOND PEACE CONFERENCE WAS HELD, THE HAGUE, HOLLAND. FIRST SESSION OF THE SECOND PEACE CONFERENCE, THE HAGUE, HOLLAND. FEDERAL PALACE, WHERE THE SECOND PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS WAS HELD IN THE CITY OF MEXICO. (Courtesy of the Pan-American Union). MONROE PALACE, WHERE THE THIRD PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN RIO DE JANEIRO. (Courtesy of the Pan-American Union). ARRIVAL OF SECRETARY ROOT AT RIO DE JANEIRO. (Courtesy of the Pan-American Union). THE BUREAU OF THE PAN-AMERICAN REPUBLICS. (Photograph by Clinedinst). GRIZZLY GIANT, MARIPOSA GROVE, CALIFORNIA, WITH A SQUAD OF CAVALRY AT ITS BASE.