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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Apia, (search)
Apia, The principal town and commercial port of the Samoan Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, situated on the north coast of the island of Upolu. The harbor is small, but, ordinarily, a safe one. In March, 1889, the island and harbor were swept by a terrific hurricane, which wrecked the United States ships Trenton (flag-ship) and Vandalia, and the German men-of-war EbZZZr, Adler, and Olga, and drove ashore the United States steamer Nipsic. the Calliope (British) was the only man-of-war in the harbor that succeeded in escaping to sea. The town and its vicinity were the scene, in 1890, of a series of fatal riots, growing out of the claims of Mataafa and Malietoa. Tanus to the king-ship. Several American and British naval officers were killed or wounded, April 1, in subduing the native mob.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
ion; result of a county seat contest......July, 1887 National farmers' congress and farmers' trust association at Topeka; delegates from all sections of Union......Nov. 4, 1887 Explosion of dynamite bomb at Coffeyville in an express package. The object has remained a mystery, though supposed by some to have been political......Oct. 18, 1888 Legislature appropriates $9,700 for the establishment and maintenance of a silk station and to promote the culture of silk in the State......March, 1889 Convention of delegates from fifteen States and Territories at Topeka to devise means for securing a deep harbor on the coast of Texas......Oct. 1, 1889 State Re-submission Republican League in convention at Wichita demand a resubmission of the prohibitory amendment......Jan. 15, 1890 State convention of over 3,000 delegates at Topeka to protest against the Missouri whiskey invasion and the original package shops ......June 23, 1890 Wilson bill, overruling the original package
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Minnesota, (search)
children at Owatonna founded......1885 State insane hospital located at Fergus Falls......1886 Acts passed: For a State reformatory at St. Cloud; a municipal government for Duluth; a high-license law where local option does not prohibit, and to abolish the State board of immigration, created in 1878......1887 Soldiers' home opened at Minnehaha Falls......November, 1887 State normal school at Moorhead opened......Aug. 29, 1888 William Windom again Secretary of Treasury......March, 1889 Secret (Australian) ballot law, established in cities of over 10,000 inhabitants, by act......1889 State reformatory at St. Cloud opened......September, 1889 Memorial Day (May 30) made a legal holiday......1889 Nearly 100 lives lost by a tornado on Lake Pepin......July 13, 1890 State insane hospital at Fergus Falls opened......July 29, 1890 William Windom, Secretary of Treasury, dies suddenly after responding to a toast at a banquet given by the New York board of trade a