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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862- (search)
Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862- Lawyer; born in Highland county, O., Oct. 6, 1862; was graduated at De Pauw University, and began the practice of law in Indianapolis. In 183 he became a politician, and soon stood in the front rank of effective orators. He was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican, Jan. 17, 1899. After his election he went to the Philippine Islands to study their material and political conditions. Returning, he delivered a most thrilling address in favor of the administration's policy towards these new possessions at the December session of Congress.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Philippine Islands, (search)
rs in the provinces, but with little or no success. The government then notified the depositors in the Public Savings Bank (a branch of the treasury department similar to the postal savings bureaus in other countries) that their deposits would no longer be redeemed in cash, but only in Series B bonds. Some depositors were frightened and took bonds; others declined to do so. Then came the blockade of Manila, and all business was practically suspended. Americanizing the Islands. On Jan. 17, 1899, President McKinley announced to his Cabinet the appointment of the following commission to visit and report on the affairs of the archipelago: Messrs. Jacob G. Schurman, president of Cornell University; Admiral George Dewey, U. S. N.; Maj.-Gen. Elwell S. Otis, U. S. A.; Col. Charles Denby, ex-minister to China; and Prof. Dean C. Worcester, of the University of Michigan. The report of this commission was sent to Congress in February, 1900. After reviewing the situation the commission
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
898 David A. Wells dies at Norwich, Conn.......Nov. 5, 1898 General elections result in a small Republican majority in the next House of Representatives......Nov. 8, 1898 Gen. Don Carlos Buell dies at Louisville, Ky.......Nov. 19, 1898 Provision made for a national exposition of American products in the city of Philadelphia......Dec. 21, 1898 General Woods succeeds General Brooke in Cuba......1899 John Russell Young, librarian of Congress, dies at Washington, D. C.......Jan. 17, 1899 The American flag raised at Guam, Commander Taussig, of the Bennington, first governor......Feb. 1, 1899 James A. Sexton, commander-in-chief Grand Army of the Republic, dies at Washington, D. C.......Feb. 5, 1899 Commissary-General Eagan suspended for six years from the army......Feb. 7, 1899 [The court-martial had recommended his dismissal from the army.] Fire in Brooklyn navy-yard, loss $1,000,000......Feb. 15, 1899 The Vicksburg National Military Park authorized.....
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wake Island, (search)
ort the United States government determined to take formal possession of the island, which was not known to have been inhabited for more than sixty years. Instructions were, accordingly, given to Commander Taussig, of the Bennington, and on Jan. 17, 1899, that officer and his crew made a landing and erected a flagstaff. When this was in place the sailors were formed in two ranks, facing seaward, and, having called all to witness that the island was not in the possession of any other nation, ption was screwed to the base of the flag-staff: United States of America. William McKinley, President; John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy; Commander Edward D. Taussig, U. S. N., commanding the United States steamship Bennington, this 17th day of January, 1899, took possession of the atoll known as Wake Island, for the United States of America. Wake Island is supposed to be the Desierta—that is, the desert, and La Mira, take care —of the charts of the Spanish galleon taken by Anson in 1743.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Young, John Russell 1841-1899 (search)
n to Philadelphia. After his recovery he was managing editor of the Press; again went to the war in 1864, and served under General Banks in the Red River campaign; then returned to Philadelphia and resumed editorial charge of the Press. He joined the editorial staff of the New York Tribune in 1865, and was its managing editor in 1866-69, during which time he established the Morning post in Philadelphia, and the Standard in New York; was correspondent for the New York Herald in Europe in 1871-77, when he accompanied ex-President Grant on his journey round the world. He resumed editorial work on the Herald in 1879-82, and was then appointed minister to China, which office he resigned in 1885; and was appointed librarian of Congress in 1897. He was author of Around the world with General Grant; editor of Memoral history of the City of Philadelphia, from its first settlement to the year 1895; and Narrative and critical history, 1681-1895. He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 17, 1899.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Joseph Wheeler. (search)
O'B. Cowardin, Colonel Tennant, Colonel Skelton, and Colonel Carrington; Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. C. O'B. Cowardin, Mrs. Tennant, Mrs. J. Taylor Ellyson, Mrs. A. J. Montague. After the reception General Wheeler dined with Governor Tyler and the members of his family, others present being Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Montague, Mr. and Mrs. J. Taylor Ellyson, Congressmen De Armond, Jones, and Lamb; Captain Cussons, Major N. V. Randolph, Mr. Robert Lecky, Jr., Mr. E. P. Cox, and Mr. E. L. Spence, Jr. January 17, 1899. General Wheeler in person is small and slight, about the size of the late and lamented Judge F. R. Farrar (Johnny Reb), about five feet six inches in height; but, as has been signally evinced, he is a little bundle of steel nerves, and as it were electrically charged. Although General Wheeler did not retire Monday night until some time after the midnight hour, he sprang from his bed like a school-boy yesterday morning when Colonel John Murphy went to his room at 8:30 o'clock, lo