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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Melville, George Wallace 1841- (search)
Melville, George Wallace 1841- Naval engineer; born in New York, Jan. 10, 1841; was educated in the public schools and at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; entered the U. S. N. as third assistant engineer on July 29, 1861; was promoted second assistant engineer, Dec. 18, 1862; first assistant engineer, Jan. 30, 1865; passed assistant engineer, Feb. 24, 1874; and chief engineer, March 4, 1881. On Jan. 16, 1888, Captain Melville was appointed chief of the bureau of steam engineering in the navy, with the relative rank of commodore, a post he has since retained. On the abolition of the grade of commodore by the Navy Personnel act in 1899 he was given the rank of rear-admiral during his occupancy of the office of chief engineer. In 1879 he joined the Jeannette polar expedition under the command of Lieut. George W. De Long, and sailed from San Francisco July 8. The vessel was crushed by the ice and sunk June 12, 1881. Melville and De Long succeeded in reaching land 150 miles apar
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wisconsin, (search)
.....Dec. 20, 1881 Milwaukee day school for the deaf at Milwaukee opened......1883 Science Hall of the State University destroyed by fire; loss $200,000......Dec. 1, 1884 William F. Vilas appointed Postmaster-General......March 6, 1885 Women empowered to vote at school elections......1885 Legislature appropriates $5,000 yearly to hold farmers' institutes......1885 Anarchist riots in Milwaukee......May 5, 1886 William F. Vilas appointed Secretary of the Interior......Jan. 16, 1888 Jeremiah M. Rusk appointed Secretary of Agriculture ......March 5, 1889 Annual meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic held at Milwaukee......Aug. 27, 1889 Acts passed to secure a secret ballot at elections......1889 Local option law passed, providing for a vote on the question of license on petition of 10 per cent. of the voters in any town or village......1889 Ex-Secretary Vilas chosen United States Senator......Jan. 27, 1891 Bennett school law of 1889, requiring sc