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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Standards, National Bureau of (search)
Standards, National Bureau of
A bureau organized under an act of Congress in 1901, and consisting of Dr. H. S. Pritchett, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Ira Remsen, of Johns Hopkins University; Elihu Thomson, of Boston; Edwin L. Nichols, of Cornell University, and Albert L. Colby, of Pennsylvania.
Under the law the bureau is to make all comparisons, calibrations, tests, or investigations for the government or for the State governments free of charge, but for others a fee is to be charged.
Few of the States give any attention to the matter of standards, and the trouble everywhere is that every city and town has standards secured from private concerns.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stock exchange, the New York (search)
Stock exchange, the New York
Grew out of an informal organization by the
Interior of New York's historic stock exchange (torn down in 1901).
A Prairie stock-farm. stock-brokers, May 17, 1792, and was formally instituted in 1817.
Its sessions were held in various rented rooms till 1827, when it occupied part of the first Merchants' exchange, then completed.
This was burned, Dec. 16, 1835.
It then removed to Jauncey Court (now 43 Wall Street) ; in 1842 to the new Merchants' Exchange,ssions were held in various rented rooms till 1827, when it occupied part of the first Merchants' exchange, then completed.
This was burned, Dec. 16, 1835.
It then removed to Jauncey Court (now 43 Wall Street) ; in 1842 to the new Merchants' Exchange, now the Custom-house; in 1854 to the Old Corn Exchange Bank building; in 1856 to Lord's Court in William Street, and in 1865 to its own fine building in Broad, near Wall Street, which was replaced in 1901 by a larger and more commodious building.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Strikes, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sub-Treasury, the (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Supreme Court , United States (search)
Supreme Court, United States
In 1901 the highest judicial tribunal in the United States comprised the following justices:
Chief-Justice.Born.Appointed.
Melville W. Fuller, of Illinois18331888
Associate Justices.
John M. Harland. Kentucky18331877
Horace Gray, Massachusetts18281881
David J. Brewer, Kansas18371889
Henry B. Brown, Michigan18361890
Associate Justices—Continued.Born.Appointed.
George Shiras, Jr., Pennsylvania18321892
Edward D. White. Louisiana18451894
Rufus W. Peckham New York18371895
Joseph McKenna, California18431898
Reporter.
J. C. Bancroft Davis, New York.
Clerk.
J. H. McKenney, District of Columbia.
Marshal.
John M. Wright, Kentucky.
The salary of the chief-justice of the United States is $10,500; associate justices, $10,000 each; of the reporter, $1,500; marshal, $3,500; clerk of the Supreme Court, $6,000.
The country was divided into nine circuits, to each of which a justice of the Supreme Court was assigned.
The circuits a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Technology, Institutes of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Territories of the United States (search)
Territories of the United States
All the States of the Republic have been first organized by acts of Congress as Territories, excepting the original thirteen States; Texas, which was received into the Union by annexation; California, which was admitted immediately as a State; and West Virginia, which was formed from a part of Virginia.
There were in 1901 three organized Territories, as shown in the following table:
Name.Date of Creation.Area in Square Miles.Population in 1900
Arizona.1863113,000122,212
New Mexico1850122,580195,310
Oklahoma189039,030 398,331
The Territory of Alaska, with an area of 531,000 square miles, had been partially organized; the Indian Territory was still without a central organization; Hawaii was governed by the terms of the joint resolution passed by Congress June 17, 1898; and the District of Columbia was governed by three commissioners under the direct legislation of Congress.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trades unions. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Treason. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
United States of America.
The name given to the thirteen English-American colonies in the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
In 1901 their number had increased to forty-five States (see table on opposite page) and seven Territories (Alaska, Arizona, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Indian Territory, New Mexico, and Oklahoma) with the Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, Guam, Wake, Samoa, and Isle of Pines, etc. For details of population in 1900 see census.
Progress in population.
Cens who shall not be placed on the retired list except upon his own application, and when the admiral dies the office ceases to exist.]
The navy and marine corps reorganized (the navy personnel act)......March 3, 1899
Pan-American Exposition of 1901 authorized......March 3, 1899
The Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition at Toledo, O., authorized......March 3, 1899
Attack on British and American sailors at Samoa, by Mataafa's followers......April 1, 1899
Stephen J. Field,