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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Angell, James Burrill, 1829- (search)
Angell, James Burrill, 1829- Educator and diplomatist; born in Scituate, R. I., Jan. 7, 1829; was graduated at Brown University; in 1849; Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at Brown University in 1853-60; president of the University of Vermont in 1866-71; and since 1871 president of the University of Michigan. In 1880-81 he was United States minister to China; in 1887 a member of the Anglo-American Commission on Canadian Fisheries: in 1896 chairman of the Canadian-American Commission on Deep Waterways from the Great Lakes to the Sea: and in 1897-98 United States minister to Turkey. He is author of numerous addresses, and magazine articles.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 (search)
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 Scientist; born in Reading, Pa., Feb. 3, 1823; was graduated at Dickinson College in 1840. In 1850 he was appointed assistant secretary to the Smithsonian Institution. He held that office until the death of Prof. Joseph Henry (q. v.) in 1878, when he succeeded to the office of secretary, which he held until his death, on Aug. 19, 1887, Professor Baird published several works on natural history. In 1871 he was placed at the head of the United States Fish Commission. He died in Wood's Holl, Mass., Aug. 19, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ballot reform. (search)
Ballot reform. The agitation in favor of a system of election laws which should prevent corruption, bribery, and intimidation at the polls began in the United States in 1887. Four years thereafter twenty-eight out of the forty-eight State and Territorial legislatures had enacted laws providing for ballot reform. The method of voting prescribed by most of these enactments was essentially that known as the Australian system, from the fact of its having originated in South Australia some thirty-five years previously. It was adopted in England in 1872. Its primary object is to secure absolute secrecy in voting. Its peculiar and essential features are, first, an official ballot, and, second, privacy in voting. By an official ballot is meant a ticket which has been printed and furnished by State or local authorities, and is given to the voter by a special official. Privacy in voting is secured by different means, such as voting booths, enclosed stalls. and other devices for conce
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beaver, James Addams, 1837- (search)
Beaver, James Addams, 1837- Military officer; born in Millerstown, Pa., Oct. 21, 1837; was graduated at Jefferson College in 1856; entered the army in 1831; was shot through the body at Chancellorsville, in the side at Petersburg, and lost a leg at Ream's Station; brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers; was elected governor of Pennsylvania as a Republican in 1887; and was a member of President McKinley's commission to investigate the conduct of the War Department during the American-Spanish War.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bering sea arbitration. (search)
s of the Secretary of the Treasury by the revenue vessels in 1886, and other seizures followed in 1887. Suits were instituted in the federal court at Sitka under the act cited, and the vessels were can. they were against the legality or wisdom of the policy. The complaint of Great Britain in 1887 was followed by a diplomatic correspondence, in which Secretary Bayard, without discussing or yieitain, had conducted the negotiations with Lord Salisbury growing out of the seizures of 1886 and 1887, in a lengthy despatch to Secretary Bayard. reviewing the conduct of Canada which had prevented . of the treaty will be found to cover accurately the grounds upon which the Attorney-General in 1887 asked for. and the federal judge based, the condemnation of the British vessels. It is a singula leading, if not the only, defence of the seizures — was not advanced in the legal proceedings of 1887, and was not mooted until a late stage of Mr. Blaine's controversy with Lord Salisbury. The chie
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blackburn, Luke Pryor, 1816-1887 (search)
Blackburn, Luke Pryor, 1816-1887 Physician; born in Fayette county, Ky., June 16, 1816; was graduated at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1834, and settled in that city. He removed to Natchez, Miss., in 1846, and when yellow fever broke out in New Orleans in 1848, as health-officer of Natchez he ordered the first quarantine against New Orleans that had ever been established in the Mississippi Valley. He was a surgeon on the staff of the Confederate General Price during the Civil War. When yellow fever appeared in Memphis, he hastened to that city. and organized corps of physicians and nurses, and later went to Hickman. Ky., and gave aid to the yellow fever sufferers there. In 1879 he was elected governor of Kentucky. Dr. Blackburn established the Blackburn Sanitarium for Nervous and Mental Diseases in 1884. He died in Frankfort. Ky., Sept. 14, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Booth, Ballington, 1859- (search)
Booth, Ballington, 1859- Reformer; born in Brighouse, England, July 28, 1859; son of Gen. William Booth, the founder of the salvation army (q. v.). In 1885-87 he was the commander of the Salvation Army in Australia, and from 1887 till 1896 in the United States, when he withdrew and founded the volunteers of America (q. v.). In August, 1896, he was ordained a minister in Chicago. He has had in his wife Maud, who is a strong, popular lecturer, an able supporter. Booth, Ballington, 1859- Reformer; born in Brighouse, England, July 28, 1859; son of Gen. William Booth, the founder of the salvation army (q. v.). In 1885-87 he was the commander of the Salvation Army in Australia, and from 1887 till 1896 in the United States, when he withdrew and founded the volunteers of America (q. v.). In August, 1896, he was ordained a minister in Chicago. He has had in his wife Maud, who is a strong, popular lecturer, an able supporter.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brinton, Daniel garrison, 1837-1899 (search)
Brinton, Daniel garrison, 1837-1899 Surgeon and archaeologist : born in Thornbury, Pa., May 13, 1837: was graduated at Jefferson Medical College in 1861, and successively became assistant surgeon, surgeon, and medical director in the 11th Army Corps in 1862-65. He was editor of the Medical and surgical reporter in 1867-87; became Professor of Ethnology in the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia, and Professor of American Linguistics and Archaeology in the University of Pennsylvania. His writings include Notes on the Floridian Peninsula; American hero myths; Aboriginal American Anthology; Primer of Mayan Hicroglyphics; Religion of primitive peoples, etc. He died in Atlantic City, N. J., July 31, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bryan, William Jennings, 1860- (search)
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860- Politician; born in Salem, Ill., March 19, 1860; was graduated at Illinois College in 1881, and at Union College of Law, Chicago, in 1883. He practised in Jacksonville, Ill., from 1883 till 1887, then removed to Lincoln, Neb., and was elected to Congress as a Democrat, serving in 1891-95. In 1894-96 he was editor of the Omaha World-Herald, and in the latter year a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Chicago. He there made a notable speech advocating the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The free-silver element in the convention was far stronger than the leaders of the party imagined, and there was as munch surprise in the convention as out of it when its prize, the Presidential nomination, was awarded to him. The Sound-money Democrats repudiated the nomination, organized the National Democratic party, and put forth a separate platform and national ticket. The Populists, however, adopted the Democratic no
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bryce, Lloyd, 1851- (search)
Bryce, Lloyd, 1851- Author; born in Flushing, Long Island, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1851: was graduated at Oxford University and studied law in the Columbia Law School, New York: was a Democratic member of Congress in 1887-89. In the latter year he received a large interest in the North American review, which he edited till 1896.
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