1898. Feb. 17. Annual meeting of the Society at the San Remo, New York city, following the meeting of the Council. Gen. James R. O’Beirne, of New York, presides. Edward A. Moseley, Washington D. C., is reëlected president-general. 1898. Feb. 17. Annual banquet of the Society at the San Remo, immediately following the annual meeting. General O’Beirne also presided at the banquet. Resolutions of sorrow adopted on the loss of the U. S. battleship _Maine_, in Havana harbor, and copies of the resolutions ordered transmitted to the president of the United States, and to the secretary of the navy. 1898. Feb. 17. At this annual banquet, Joseph Smith, of Lowell, Mass., a member of the Council of the Society, contributed a paper on “Some Ways in which American History is falsified.” Addresses were delivered by Hon. Thomas Dunn English, of Newark, N. J.; Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, New York city; Judge Wauhope Lynn, New York city, and other gentlemen. 1898. Feb. 18. Hon. John D. Crimmins, of New York city, gives a reception to the Society and entertains the latter at lunch at his residence, 40 East 68th street. 1898. Feb. 24. John Goodwin, New York city, forwards check for $50 in payment of life membership fee. 1898. Feb. 25. The navy department, Washington, D. C., acknowledges receipt of the resolutions of condolence on the loss of the battleship _Maine_, adopted by the Society on the 17th instant, and returns thanks “in the name of the officers and men of the navy.” 1898. March 3. Hon. Robert T. Davis, Fall River, Mass., ex-mayor of Fall River, and ex-member of congress, becomes a member of the Society. 1898. March 5. Andrew Athy, Worcester, Mass., joins the Society as a life member. 1898. March 13. Edward Fitzpatrick, Louisville, Ky., a member of the Society, contributes an article to the _Louisville_ (Ky.) _Courier-Journal_, on “The Lost State of Clark.” He mentions Thomas Connolly, who was a fifer in Clark’s regiment. 1898. March 14. Hon. Patrick J. Boyle, mayor of Newport, R. I., admitted to the Society. 1898. March 17. Secretary-General Murray and Treasurer-General Linehan are guests at a banquet of the Irish Society of Lowell, Mass. Joseph Smith of that city presides.