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Grover Cleveland Frontispiece
Henry Wilson.—From a photograph by Hardy 5
Benjamin Franklin Wade.—From a photograph by Loomis 12
Andrew Johnson.—From a photograph by Gardner 15
Edwin McMasters Stanton.—From an engraving by H. W. Smith after a photograph 19
Thaddeus Stevens.—From a photograph 25
Ulysses Simpson Grant, about 1867.—From a photograph by Guerney & Son 27
The Fenian raid in Canada. Ruins of Fort Erie.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 30
British flag captured by the Fenians.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 31
U. S. Grant.—From a photograph by Fredericks Facing p. 32
The riot in New Orleans. Siege and assault on the convention.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 35
The riot in New Orleans. Struggle for the flag.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 37
Archduke Maximilian.—From an old German print 39
Napoleon III.—From Harper’s Monthly Magazine 41
Map of Alaska showing the gold-bearing region.—From Adney’s The Klondike Stampede 43
Sluice-washing for gold in the Klondike.—From Adney’s The Klondike Stampede 45
Benjamin Franklin Butler.—From Harper’s Monthly Magazine 48
An exciting day in the Board of Brokers, “on the rise,” New York City, 1862.—From an old lithograph 51
Horatio Seymour.—From a steel engraving 56
Two members of the Ku Klux Klan.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 61
Charles Sumner.—From a photograph by Soule. Facing p. 64
Scene in the Gold Room, New York City, on “Black Friday.”—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 65
Charles Francis Adams.—From Harper’s Weekly 68
The burning of the Jacob Bell by the Alabama.—From Harper’s Weekly 70
Hôtel Beau-Rivage, Geneva, headquarters of the American arbitrators.—From a photograph taken for Harper’s Weekly 71
The final award. The last sitting of the Geneva conference.—From a sketch by a French artist 73
Robert Toombs.—From Harper’s Weekly 77
Horace Greeley.—From a photograph 81
Carl Schurz.—From a photograph 83
Benjamin Gratz Brown.—From a photograph 85
Schuyler Colfax.—From Harper’s Weekly 91
Jay Cooke.—Redrawn from a steel engraving 94
William Worth Belknap.—From Harper’s Weekly 96
Sitting Bull.—From Harper’s Weekly 101
George Armstrong Custer.—From a crayon drawing in possession of Mrs. Custer 103
Rutherford Birchard Hayes.—From a photograph by Pach 105
Samuel Jones Tilden.—From Harper’s Weekly 107
Wade Hampton.—From a photograph 109
Joseph P. Bradley.—From Harper’s Weekly 111
A typical scene in the Appalachian Mountains.—From a painting by Julian Rix 117
Interior of the main building at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 119
Horticultural Hall at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 123
In Yellowstone Park. Grand Cañon, Point Lookout, and Great Falls.—From a photograph 125
Logging in the Minnesota pines.—From a photograph 127
George William Curtis.—From a photograph. Facing p. 128
Galusha Aaron Grow.—From a photograph by Stokes 135
Elbridge Gerry.—From Higginson’s History of the United States 138
Blockade of engines at Martinsburg, Virginia.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 141
Burning of the round house at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 142
Richard P. Bland.—From a photograph 147
William B. Allison.—From a photograph by Bell 148
Chester Alan Arthur.—From a photograph 150
Winfield Scott Hancock.—From an engraving after a daguerrotype 152
William H. English.—From a photograph by Judkins 153
James Abram Garfield.—From a photograph by Bell 155
Thomas Collier Platt.—From a photograph 157
Charles Jules Guiteau.—From a photograph by Bell 159
Roscoe Conkling.—From a photograph by Bell 161
An observation car on the Pacific Railroad.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 165
James Gillespie Blaine.—From a photograph 173
Thomas Andrews Hendricks.—From a photograph by Gutekunst 183
The anarchist riot in Chicago, Illinois . A dynamite bomb exploding among the police.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 188
Samuel Jackson Randall.—From a photograph by Bell 190
Benjamin Harrison.—From a photograph by Kitchell 193
A prairie stock farm.—From a photograph 201
John Sherman.—From a photograph 207
The rush of settlers into Oklahoma.—From Harper’s Encyclopaedia of United States History 211
Oklahoma on the day of opening.—From Harper’s Encyclopaedia of United States History 213
Oklahoma four weeks after the opening.—From Harper’s Encyclopaedia of United States History 215
San Francisco from the bay.—From Harper’s Encyclopaedia of United States History 217
Inside a treasury vault at Washington. Taking bags of silver out to be weighed.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 219
Mr. Cleveland and his cabinet.—From a painting by Louis Loeb 221
A silver mining town, Georgetown, Colorado.—From a photograph 223
Bullion at the American smelter, Leadville, Colorado.—From a photograph 225
Don M. Dickinson.—From Harper’s Weekly 229
Thomas Francis Bayard.—From Harper’s Weekly 231
William Freeman Vilas.—From a photograph 233
L. Q. C. Lamar.—From Harper’s Monthly Magazine 235
Coxey and his army approaching Washington.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 237
Coxey being escorted from the Capitol.—From a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 238
George M. Pullman.—From Harper’s Monthly Magazine 239
Thomas B. Reed.—From a photograph by Chickering Facing p. 240
Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaiian Islands.—From a photograph 241
Government Buildings, Honolulu.—From a photograph 243
Setting out for a day’s fishing, Hawaii.—From a photograph 244
The Earl of Salisbury.—From a photograph by Weston & Son 246
Walter Quinton Gresham.—From Harper’s Weekly 249
Don Valeriano Weyler.—From a photograph 251
William Jennings Bryan.—From a photograph 259
William McKinley.—From a photograph by Sarony Facing p. 264
The United States battleship Maine at anchor in Havana harbor.—From a painting by Carlton T. Chapman 271
City of San Juan, Porto Rico.—From a photograph 277
Pascual Cervera.—From a photograph 279
William R. Shafter.—From a photograph 281
The capture of the block house at San Juan.—From a painting by Howard Chandler Christy 283
The capture of El Caney.—From a painting by Howard Chandler Christy 285
William T. Sampson.—From a photograph 287
Winfield Scott Schley.—From a photograph 288
George Dewey.—From a photograph taken by Frank D. Millet, in the cabin of the U. S. S. Olympia while lying in Manila Bay 289
Wesley Merritt.—From a photograph 291
The bombardment of San Juan, Porto Rico.—From a painting by Carlton T. Chapman 293
Fort and earthworks, Cavité, silenced and captured by Admiral Dewey.—From a photograph 294
Emilio Aguinaldo.—From a photograph 295
Two-story tent of Colorado Troops, Camp Dewey, Luzon, Philippine Islands.—From a photograph 297
The U. S. S. Olympia on the morning she left Manila with Admiral Dewey on board.—From a photograph taken by a staff correspondent of Harper’s Weekly 298
LIST OF MAPS
Physical Features of the United States Facing p. 96
West Indies, 1902 Facing p. 274
Philippine Islands Facing p. 288
The United States, 1902 Facing p. 296