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Adams, Robert, Jr.,
Legislator; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 26, 1849; was. graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1869.
He entered Congress in 1893 as representative from the 2d Pennsylvania District, and in 1898 was acting chairman of the committee on foreign affairs which reported the Cuban resolutions and the declaration of war against Spain.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , William Vincent , 1847 - (search)
Allen, William Vincent, 1847-
Politician: born in Midway, O., Jan. 28, 1847; was educated in the common schools and Upper Iowa University; served as a private soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. In 1869 he was admitted to the bar. In 1891 he was elected judge of the Ninth Judicial District Court of Nebraska, and in 1892. United States Senator from Nebraska, as a Populist.
In the special session of Congress in 1893 he held the floor with a speech for fifteen consecutive hours, and in 1896 was chairman of the Populist National Convention.
See people's party: Populists.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Altgeld , John Peter , 1847 - (search)
Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-
Lawyer; born in Germany, in December, 1847; was brought to the United States in infancy by his parents, who settled near Mansfield, O.; received a public school education; entered the Union army in 1863, and served till the close of the war. In 1869 he was admitted to the Missouri bar; in 1874 was elected State attorney of Andrew county, Mo.; in the following year removed to Chicago; in 1886-91 was judge of the superior court of that city; and in 1893-97 was governor of Illinois.
His action in pardoning (June 27, 1893) Fielden, Schwab, and Neebe, who had been imprisoned for complicity in the Haymarket atrocity by alleged anarchists, excited strong and general criticism (see anarchists; Chicago). His publications include Our penal machinery and its victims; Lice questions; Oratory; Its requirements and its rewards (1901); etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alvey , Richard Henry , 1826 - (search)
Alvey, Richard Henry, 1826-
Jurist; born in St. Mary's county, Md., in March. 1826; was educated in St. Mary's College: admitted to the bar in 1849.
He was elected a Pierce Presidential elector in 1852, and a member of the Michigan State Constitutional Convention in 1867.
He served as chief judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, and as a justice of the Michigan Court of Appeals in 1867-83, and as chief-justice of that court in 1883-93.
On Jan. 1, 1896. President Cleveland appointed him a member of the Venezuelan Boundary Commission (see Venezuela question).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), American protective Association , (search)
America's cup,
The popular name of a yachting trophy originally called the Queen's Cup, which was offered by the Royal Yacht Squadron of England in a
America's cup. competition open to the yachts of all nations in 1851.
The cup was won by the Boston-built schooner-yacht America.
Since then there were challenge contests in 1870, 1871, 1876, 1881, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1893, 1895, and 1899, and in each instance the cup was defended by American yachts, with success.
In 1895 Lord Dunraven's yacht, Valkyrie, after having been defeated in one race, won the second, but was deprived of the victory because of a foul.
The Englishman claimed that he had been cheated, and refused to race again.
He charged the American yachtsmen with unsportsmanlike conduct, and visited this country to press his charges.
His complaints were dismissed and he was dropped from the list of members of the New York Yacht Club, under whose auspices the races had been held.
One of the most notable of the several
Anderson, Larz, 1866-
Diplomatist; born in Paris, France, Aug. 15, 1866; was graduated at Harvard College in 1888; spent two years in foreign travel: was second secretary of the United States legation and embassy in London in 1891-93, and first secretary of the embassy in Rome in 1893-97.
During the war with Spain he served as a captain and adjutant-general of United States volunteers.
Anderson, Larz, 1866-
Diplomatist; born in Paris, France, Aug. 15, 1866; was graduated at Harvard College in 1888; spent two years in foreign travel: was second secretary of the United States legation and embassy in London in 1891-93, and first secretary of the embassy in Rome in 1893-97.
During the war with Spain he served as a captain and adjutant-general of United States volunteers.