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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Henry, Guy Vernor 1839-1899 (search)
Cavalry he made a notable march in December, 1890, to the relief of the Pine Ridge Agency after the sanguinary conflict between the Sioux and the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek. He became lieutenant-colonel of the 7th Cavalry, Jan. 30, 1892; was given command of Fort Myer, Va.; was commissioned colonel of the 10th Cavalry, June 1, 1897; appointed a brigadier-general of volunteers, May 4, 1898; in October of the latter year was promoted to brigadier-general in the regular army; and on Dec. 7, 1898, was promoted to major-general of volunteers. He participated in the final actions around Santiago and then went to Porto Rico with General Miles. In December, 1898, he was transferred from the command of the district of Ponce to the post of governor-general of Porto Rico. In April, 1899, he relinquished his last command on account of ill-health and returned to the United States, where, on Oct. 18, he was given command of the Department of Missouri. He died in New York City, Oct. 27,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Missouri, (search)
convention, with delegates from twenty-five or more States, meets at St. Louis......June 2, 1892 Southeast Missouri land commission created......1893 Cyclone at St. Louis, great loss of lives and property......May 27, 1896 Republican National Convention meets at St. Louis. Platform adopted......June 18, 1896 The People's Party National Convention meets at St. Louis......July 24, 1896 The street-railroad system of St. Louis sold to a New York syndicate for $8,500,000......Dec. 7, 1898 Tornado in northern part of the State (forty-two persons killed, over 100 injured)......April 27, 1899 Richard P. Bland dies at Lebanon, Mo.......June 15, 1899 Louisiana purchase exposition to receive $5,000,000 in bonds from St. Louis; $1,000,000 from the State; $5,000,000 from the United States after the committee has raised $10,000,000......1900 Department-store taxation law declared unconstitutional......Feb. 20, 1900 The great trolley-car strike settled......July 2, 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Waterman, Thomas Whitney 1821-1898 (search)
Waterman, Thomas Whitney 1821-1898 Lawyer; born in Binghamton, N. Y., June 28, 1821; studied at Yale University; admitted to the bar in 1848; practised in New York City in 1848-70; removed to Binghamton in the latter year. He was the editor of New system of criminal procedure; Murray Hoffman's Chancery reports, etc., and author of Treatise on the Civil and criminal jurisdiction of Justices of the peace for the States of Wisconsin and Iowa: containing practical forms; Digest of the reported decisions of the Superior Court and of the Supreme Court of errors of the State of Connecticut, from the organization of said courts to the present time, etc. He died in Binghamton, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1898.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.11 (search)
To the Confederacy's soldiers and sailors. Monument Unveiled on Capitol Hill, Montgomery, Alabama, with impressive ceremony, December 7, 1898. Instructive and eloquent speeches by prominent men. Southland Moans for its heroes. Reverence and patriotism guiding spirits of the occasion. Splendid oration by Ex-Governor Thomas G. Jones, with inspiring addresses by Colonel W. J. Sanford, Colonel J. W. A. Sanford, Captain Ben. H. Screws, and Hon. Hilary A. Herbert. Historic tribute of Alabama women. Five thousand earnest persons yesterday witnessed the unveiling of the Confederate monument on Capitol Hill. Close to the historic structure in which the Lost Cause was born, a marble shaft now rears aloft its figured crest in impressive tribute to those who died under the Stars and Bars. Cradle and tombstone stand side by side. And around them, their leafless branches murmuring a requiem mass in the autumn breezes, tremble a hundred trees transplanted from battle-fields wh