Ex-Secretary William R. Day, Peace Commissioner.. Senator Cushman K. Davis, Peace Commissioner. Senator W. P. Frye, Peace Commissioner... Senator George Gray, Peace Commissioner. Whitelaw Reid, Peace Commissioner.. OUR CALENDAR OF GLORY. TWELVE EVENTFUL MONTHS IN THE HISTORY OF THE OLLOWING are the most important events of the Spanish-American war, told chronologically, from the sending of the Maine to Havana to the close of the year 1898: JANUARY. 24-The battleship Maine ordered to Havana. FEBRUARY. 9-Spanish Minister de Lome resigns because of the publication of his letter to Canalejas. 14-Louis Polo y Bernabe appointed Spanish Minister to the United States. lost. 15-The battleship Maine blown up in Havana harbor; 266 lives MARCH. 4-Informal requests of Spain for recall of Consul General Lee nd against shipment of Cuban relief supplies in warships refused by President McKinley. 8-The House passes the $50,000,000 national defense bill; passed by the Senate and becomes a law next day. 10-Minister Polo arrives in Washington. 24-The report of the Maine court of inquiry reaches Washington. 9 |