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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 48 0 Browse Search
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Farquhar, Norman von Heldreich 1840- (search)
Farquhar, Norman von Heldreich 1840- Naval officer; born in Pottsville, Pa., April 11, 1840; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1859; served throughout the Civil War, and was present at both attacks on Fort Fisher; was promoted rear-admiral, Dec. 25, 1898; appointed commander of the North Atlantic Station, Oct. 14, 1899. In 1889 he was in command of the frigate Trenton, flag-ship of the Pacific Station, which had been suddenly ordered to Samoa. On March 16, a terrible hurricane swept over the harbor of Apia, where war-ships of the United States, Great Britain, and Germany were at anchor. Several American and German ships were wrecked at the beginning of the hurricane. The British corvette Calliope succeeded in steaming out of danger. As the Calliope passed the Trenton a great shout went up from over 400 men aboard the American flagship, and three cheers were given for the Calliope. Immediately three cheers for the Trenton and the American flag were wafted acr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ide, Henry Clay 1844- (search)
Ide, Henry Clay 1844- Jurist; born in Barnet, Vt., Sept. 18, 1844; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1866. He was a member of the Vermont State Senate in 1882-85; president of the Republican State Convention in 1884; and a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1888. In 1891 he was appointed United States commissioner to Samoa; and in 1893-97 was chief-justice of the islands under the joint apportionment of England, Germany, and the United States. On returning to the United States he engaged in banking and manufacturing.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kautz, Albert 1839- (search)
tenant-commander in 1865; commander in 1872; captain in 1885; commodore in 1897: and rear-admiral in 1898; and in the latter year was placed in command of the Pacific station. In 1899 Admiral Kautz figured prominently in settling the troubles at Samoa. In March of that year, after he arrived at the scene of the trouble, on board the Philadelphia, he spent two days in making inquiries, and then called a meeting of all the consuls and the senior officers of the English and German war-ships in to more recognize the provisional government, composed of Mataafa and the thirteen chiefs. I, therefore, make known to you that this proclamation is quite false. I, the German consul-general, continue to recognize the provisional government of Samoa until I receive contrary instructions from my government. rose, German Consul-General. Apia, March 13, 1899. This notice resulted in hostilities which lasted for several days. About 175 sailors were landed from the American and British war
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Leary, Richard Phillips 1860- (search)
Leary, Richard Phillips 1860- Naval officer; born in Baltimore, Md.; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1860; became ensign in October, 1863; master in May, 1866; lieutenant in February, 1867; lieutenant-commander in March, 1868; commander in June, 1882; and captain in April, 1897. During 1863-65 he served on the blockading squadron off Charleston, S. C. In 1888 he was senior naval officer at Samoa during the revolution in which the Tamasese government was overthrown. In recognition of his meritorious services at that time, the Maryland legislature voted him a gold medal. In 1897-98 he was in command of the cruiser San Francisco, which convoyed to the United States the New Orleans, the American name of one of two vessels built for the Brazilian government in London and purchased by the United States immediately before the declaration of war against Spain. At the close of the war with Spain he was appointed the first American governor of the island of Guam. He wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McKinley, William 1843- (search)
voidable Congress placed $50,000,000 at the disposal of the President, upon his simple request, a response of confidence and faith in the President which seemed natural to Americans, but which created amazement abroad. During the war the public acts of the President resulted in the burying forever of all sectional feeling throughout the country. The complications that followed victory, the problems met and overcome in the extension of our territory in the Philippines, the West Indies, and Samoa could not be foreseen, but the President met them one by one, acting always within the law, and under the authority of Congress whenever possible, and solved them to the satisfaction of the people of the United States, and with the respect of other nations. Long before the meeting of the Republican convention in 1900, McKinley's renomination was assured, and his re-election was as certain as almost any future event in politics. In the campaign of 1900 there were eight Presidential tick
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Militia, United States (search)
00 250,000 6,000 North Dakota North Dakota National Guard 9 51 56 557 933 37,000 11,000 Ohio Ohio National Guard 21 49 200 4,171 9,486 650,000 191,000 OklahomaOklahoma National Guard5 498 2,164 62,000 None. Oregon Oregon National Guard 7 47 74 925 1,585 62,000 30,000 Pennsylvania National Guard Pennsylvania178 240 284 9,334 11,103900,000 350,000 Porto Rico Porto Rico Battalion 6001,000170,000 Unknown. Rhode Island Brigade of Rhode Island Militia 19 111 98 786 1,030 69,00037,500 Samoa Samoan Volunteers 68 400 Unknown. South Carolina South Carolina Volunteer State Troops. 9 865 96 2,058 5,000 110,000 8,000 South Dakota South Dakota National Guard 3 46 52 1,000 53,000 6,700 Tennessee National Guard State of Tennessee 2 1,480 3,000 165,000 14,000 Texas Texas Volunteer Guard 50 191 210 2,793 No limit. 350,000 5,000 Utah National Guard of Utah 15 21 286 1,000 40,000 10,000 Vermont National Guard of Vermont 1876 617 No limit. 45,000 9,500 Virginia Virginia Volun
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
d); Island of Guam, Ladrones; Havana, Cuba; Honolulu, Hawaii; Key West, Fla.; Indian Head, Md.; Mare Island, Cal. (navy-yard); Newport, R. I. (training station, naval war college, and torpedo station); New York, N. Y. (navy-yard); Norfolk, Va (navy-yard); Pensacola, Fla. (navyyard); Philadelphia, Pa. (navy-yard); Cavite, Philippine Islands; Port Royal, S. C.; Portsmouth, N. H. (navy-yard); Puget Sound, Wash. (navy-yard); San Francisco, Cal. (training station); San Juan, Porto Rico; Tutuila, Samoa; Washington, D. C. (navy-yard); and Yokohama, Japan (naval hospital). Naval officers were also employed on the lighthouse board, the board of light-house inspectors, the commission of fish and fisheries, the nautical school-ships, and as attaches of embassies and legations in foreign countries. The following shows the pay of officers of the navy and marine corps: Rank.At Sea. Or shore duty beyond sea.On Shore Duty.On Leave or Waiting Orders. Admiral$13,500$13,500 Rear-Admirals, fi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Phelps, William Walter 1839-1894 (search)
Phelps, William Walter 1839-1894 Diplomatist; born in New York City, Aug. 24, 1839; graduated at Yale in 1860; elected to Congress in 1872; appointed United States minister to Austria in 1881; re-elected to Congress in 1882. In the same year he was appointed a commissioner of the United States to the international conference on Samoa in Berlin, and also appointed minister to Germany, retiring in 1893 and being appointed a judge of the court of errors and appeals of New Jersey. He died in Teaneck, N. J., June 17, 1894.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Samoan, (search)
ie in an almost direct line between San A native village, Samoa. Francisco and Australia and slightly south of the direct ssequently Malietoa became sole king. In Apia, capital of Samoa. 1887 he was deposed by the German government upon the clai against the protest of the British and American consuls at Samoa. Mataafa, a near relative of Malietoa, made war upon Tamaslished, consisting of one judge styled the chief-justice of Samoa. To this court were referred: First, all civil suits concerning real property situated in Samoa: second, all civil suits between natives and foreigners or between foreigners of diffe previous treaties, conventions, and agreements relating to Samoa are annulled. Art. II. Germany renounces in favor of thted to cover the provisions for the settlement of claims in Samoa. It sets forth that the three governments are desirous of or January last and the arrival of the joint commission in Samoa, shall be decided by arbitration in conformity with the gr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steinberger, Albert Barnes 1840-1894 (search)
, 1874, he was again sent to the islands. Shortly after his arrival a new constitution was adopted, Malietoa, a powerful chief, was made king, and Mr. Steinberger prime minister and chief-justice. In October, 1875, a special agent was sent from Samoa to the United States with the draft of a treaty. Meanwhile complications arose involving the new government, the United States, England, and Germany. On Feb. 8, 1876, after charges had been preferred against Mr. Steinberger, he was placed on bo 29. Later he reached the United States and sought damages for his deportation, and also for the part in the affair taken by Mr. Foster, the United States consul at Apia. Foster was recalled and Captain Stevens of the Barracouta was summoned to England for trial. Although Mr. Steinberger was praised for his conduct at Samoa in the reports of Mr. Griffin, the United States consul who succeeded Foster at Apia, nothing was ever done to vindicate him. He died in Dorchester, Mass., May 2, 1894.
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