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OF WILLIAM McKINLEY
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June 16. United States Minister Bellamy Storer arrived in Spain.
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July 7. President called for 10 regiments to quell Filipino insurrection.
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July 24. Reciprocity treaty with France signed.
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July 29. Final sitting of International Peace Conference.
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October 12. Alaska boundary dispute temporarily arranged by Great Britain and the United States.
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November 21. Vice-President Hobart died at Paterson, N.J.
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| 1900. | March 14. The President signed the "gold standard act."
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June 19. Legation in Pekin attacked by Boxers.
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American troops sent to China to take part in rescuing those in the legations at Pekin. Movement was a complete success on August 14.
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June 21. The Republican national convention at Philadelphia unanimously renominates William McKinley for the Presidency.
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June 21. The President's amnesty proclamation to the Filipinos was published in Manila.
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September 10. McKinley issued a letter accepting the Presidential nomination and discussed the issues of the campaign.
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November 6. In the Presidential election, McKinley carried 28 states, which have an aggregate of 292 votes in the electoral college, his Democratic opponent carrying 17 states, having 155 electoral votes. McKinley's popular plurality was also larger than in the election of 1896.
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| 1901. | March 4. Inaugurated President for a second time.
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April 9. Aguinaldo, having been captured March issued a Peace Manifesto at Manila, P. I.
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April 29. The President's trip to the West begun. Abandoned at San Francisco middle of May because of illness of Mrs. McKinley.
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