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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, (search)
withdrew the protectorate established by Mr. Stevens, who had been recalled in May, and remained in Hawaii until August. In September Albert S. Willis, of Kentucky, was appointed minister to the islands. Public attention, which had been somewhat diverted from Hawaiian affairs, was recalled to them by the publication, Nov. 10, of Secretary Gresham's report, in which he dwelt upon the proof of a conspiracy which had overturned the queen's government in January. This report was followed, Nov. 21, 1893, by Commissioner Blount's report, which displayed the results of his investigations in Hawaii, and had served as the basis for President Cleveland's policy. This policy was announced by message to Congress on Dec. 18 in the following language: By an act of war, committed with the participation of a diplomatic representative of the United States and without authority of Congress, the government of a feeble but friendly and confiding people has been overthrown. A substantial wrong
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rusk, Jeremiah McLain 1830-1893 (search)
Rusk, Jeremiah McLain 1830-1893 Legislator, born in Morgan county, O., June 17, 1830; removed to Wisconsin in 1853; entered the National army in 1862 as major of the 25th Wisconsin Volunteers; elected to Congress in 1870, serving six years; elected governor of Wisconsin in 1882; appointed Secretary of Agriculture in 1889. He died in Virginia, Wis., Nov. 21, 1893.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
, American historian, born 1823, dies at Jamaica Plains, near Boston......Nov. 8, 1893 Extradition treaty with Norway ratified Nov. 8, and proclaimed......Nov. 9, 1893 The cruiser Columbia makes a record of 25 knots......Nov. 16, 1893 Supreme Court decides that the Great Lakes of this country and their connecting waters are included in the term high seas ......Nov. 20, 1893 Jeremiah M. Rusk, ex-Secretary of Agriculture, dies at his home in Viroqua, Wis., aged fifty-three......Nov. 21, 1893 Pauline Cushman (Fryer), actress, scout, and spy in the Federal army during the Civil War, dies at San Francisco, Cal., aged sixty......Dec. 2, 1893 Supreme Court declares the alien contract labor law constitutional......Dec. 4, 1893 Second session assembles. President's message received and read......Dec. 4, 1893 President's message to Congress defining his position in the Hawaiian controversy......Dec. 18, 1893 Wilson tariff bill reported in the House from the ways and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wisconsin, (search)
..June 17, 1891 Charles Kendall Adams, ex-president of Cornell University, accepts the presidency of the University of Wisconsin......July 30, 1892 Legislature in special session to reapportion the State......Oct. 17, 1892 Destructive fire in Milwaukee; over 300 buildings destroyed and ten lives lost; loss of property over $5,000,000......Oct. 28, 1892 R. L. D. Potter, author of Potter railroad law, dies......Nov. 9, 1893 Ex-Gov. J. M. Rusk dies at his home in Viroqua......Nov. 21, 1893 War history of Wisconsin completed......1893 Panic resulting by failure of Plankinton and other banks in Milwaukee......1893 Experience Estabrook, one of the framers of the Wisconsin constitution, dies......March 26, 1894 Disastrous forest fires in northern Wisconsin......1894 Peter Parkinson, last survivor of Black Hawk War, dies......March 30, 1895 Chief-Justice Harlow S. Orton dies......July 4, 1895 Milwaukee celebrates its semi-centennial......Oct. 16, 1895 St