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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacALISTERlister, James 1840- (search)
MacALISTERlister, James 1840- Educator; born in Glasgow, Scotland, April 26, 1840; was educated at Brown University and at the University of New York. In 1874-81 he was superintendent of public schools in Milwaukee, Wis., and in 1883-91 held the same office in Philadelphia, Pa. He then became president of the Drexel Institute in the latter city. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society, and has published Drexel Institute; Philadelphia; and many addresses, reports, and papers on education.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Milwaukee, (search)
founded by Solomon Juneau, who arrived there Sept. 14, 1818. The place and name were known as early as Nov. 10, 1699, as John Buisson de St. Comes mentions being storm-bound at Milwarck on that date. The east side was first platted and named Milwaukee by Messrs. Juneau and Martin in 1835, the first sale of lots taking place in August of that year. In 1838 the population of Milwaukee was 700; 1840, 1,700; and by decades since, 1850, 20,061; 1860, 45,246; 1870, 71,440; 1880, 115,587; 1890, 2as Nov. 10, 1699, as John Buisson de St. Comes mentions being storm-bound at Milwarck on that date. The east side was first platted and named Milwaukee by Messrs. Juneau and Martin in 1835, the first sale of lots taking place in August of that year. In 1838 the population of Milwaukee was 700; 1840, 1,700; and by decades since, 1850, 20,061; 1860, 45,246; 1870, 71,440; 1880, 115,587; 1890, 204,468; 1900, 285,315; by this census the fourteenth city in the United States in point of population.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Music and musicians in the United States. (search)
Md.Oratorio Society1880 Boston, Mass.Handel and Haydn Society1816 Apollo Club1871 Boylston Club1872 The Cecilia1876 Boston Symphony Orchestra.1880 Brooklyn, N. Y.Brooklyn Philharmonic Society1857 Apollo Club1877 Apollo Club1877 Amphion Musical Society1879 Caecilia Ladies' Vocal Society.1883 Buffalo, N. Y.Liedertafel1848 Orpheus Singing Society1869 Chicago, Ill.Apollo Musical Club1871 Cincinnati, O.Apollo Club1881 Cleveland, O.Cleveland Vocal Society1872 Bach Society1878 Milwaukee, Wis.Musik-Verein1849 Minneapolis, Minn.Gounod Club1883 Newark, N. J.Schubert Vocal Society1880 New York CityPhilharmonic Society1842 Deutscher Liederkranz1847 Mendelssohn Glee Club1865 Oratorio Society1873 Symphony Society1878 Philadelphia, Pa.Orpheus Club1871 The Cecilian1874 Pittsburg, Pa.The Mozart Club1877 Rhode IslandRhode Island Choral Associationn1885 Salem, Mass.Salem Oratorio Society1867 San Francisco, Cal.The Loring Club1876 Springfield, Mass.Hampden County Music Asso
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Olmsted, Frederick law 1822- (search)
Olmsted, Frederick law 1822- Landscape architect; born in Hartford, Conn., April 26, 1822; chief designer (with Calvert Vaux) of Central Park, New York City, 1857; and, with others, of many public parks in Brooklyn, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago (including World's Fair) Milwaukee, Louisville, Washington, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Roman Catholic Church. (search)
es comes an increase of warlike perils, not only from commercial rivalry, but from that root of ambition and domination which grows in every heart, unless checked and subdued in time, and which in the past has been too often the source of violent injustice on the greatest scale. Apostolic delegation to the United States.—Sebastian Martinelli, Archbishop of Ephesus, Papal Delegate, Washington, D. C. Archbishops.—Baltimore, Md., James Gibbons, Cardinal, consecrated 1868; Boston, Mass., John J. Williams, 1866; Chicago, Ill., Patrick A. Feehan, 1865; Cincinnati, O., William H. Elder, 1857; Dubuque, Ia., John J. Keane, 1878: Milwaukee, Wis., Frederick Katzer, 1886; New Orleans, La., P. L. Chapelle, 1897; New York, N. Y., M. A. Corrigan, 1873; Portland, Ore., Alexander Christie, 1898; Philadelphia, Pa., Patrick J. Ryan, 1872; St. Louis, Mo., John J. Kain, 1875; St. Paul, Minn., John Ireland, 1875; San Francisco, Cal., Patrick W. Reardon, 1883; Santa Fe, New Mexico, Peter Bourgade, 18
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schurz, Carl (search)
Kinkel from the fortress of Spandau, escaped to the sea, and took passage in a schooner for Leith. Thence Schurz went to Paris; thence to London, in 1851, where he was a teacher until the summer of 1852, when he came to the United States, landing at Philadelphia. There he remained three years, and then settled at Madison, Wis. In the Presidential campaign of 1856 he became a noted German orator, and in 1858 began to make public speeches in English. He soon afterwards became a lawyer at Milwaukee, and, in the winter of 1859-60 was recognized as a popular lecturer. He took a leading part in the Republican National Convention in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was nominated for President, and made effective speeches during the campaign. After his inauguration Mr. Lincoln appointed him minister to Spain, but he returned to the United States in December, resigned the office of Carl Schurz. minister, became a brigadier-general of volunteers in April, 1862, and majorgeneral in March, 18
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sewell, May 1844- (search)
Sewell, May 1844- Educator; born in Milwaukee, Wis., May 27, 1844; graduated at Northwestern University in 1866; taught school for several years; prominent in woman suffrage movements and the education of women; actively connected with the National Woman Suffrage Association; and principal of a girls' classical school, founded by her husband. She has lectured on social, educational, literary, and reform topics; contributed to periodicals; and edited The Historical Resume of the world's Congress of Representative women.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ship-building. (search)
h did not exist when the convention was agreed to, and could hardly have been anticipated by its framers. In the first place, it debars the shipbuilders on the lakes from competing for the construction of such government warvessels as can pass the Canadian canals. This is a discrimination against a large and important industry which should not be tolerated except for the most urgent reasons. The American Ship-building Company now has nine plants on the lakes, located at West Superior, Milwaukee, Chicago, Bay City, Detroit, Wyandotte, Buffalo, Cleveland, and Lorraine. There are three other yards on the lakes, at Bay City, Port Huron, and Toledo. Owing to their proximity to the coal and iron deposits, all these lake ship-yards can compete successfully with any of the yards in this country or elsewhere. They have built several light-ships and other vessels for the Treasury Department, and have been, as we have seen, the lowest bidders for some of the naval vessels. The governmen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Soldiers and sailors homes, (search)
Soldiers and sailors homes, Institutions provided by national and State governments for the care of sick and disabled soldiers and sailors. The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers has branches at Dayton, O.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Togus, Me.; Hampton, Va.; Leavenworth, Kan.; Santa Monica, Cal.; Marion, Ind., and Danville, Ill. The aggregate number of inmates is about 27,000. The requirements for admission are: 1. An honorable discharge from the United States service. 2. Disability which prevents the applicant from earning his living by labor. 3. Applicants for admission will be required to stipulate and agree to abide by all the rules and regulations made by the board of managers, or by its order; to perform all duties required of them, and to obey all the lawful orders of the officers of the home. Attention is called to the fact that by the law establishing the home the members are made subject to the rules and articles of war, and will be governed thereby in t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
00 to his Southern education fund, and leaves for London......Sept. 30, 1869 Northwestern branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, near Milwaukee, Wis., dedicated......October, 1869 Franklin Pierce, ex-President, born 1804, dies at Concord, N. H......Oct. 8. 1869 Commercial Convention held at Louisville investigation of the whiskey ring by Secretary Bristow, aided by Myron Colony, leads to seizure of sixteen distilleries and many rectifying-houses in St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Chicago......May 10, 1875 George H. Williams, Attorney-General, resigns, April 22, to take effect......May 15, 1875 John C. Breckinridge, born 1821, d...Dec. 4, 1882 Tariff commission submits an exhaustive report......Dec. 4, 1882 New trial of star-route case begins......Dec. 4, 1882 Newhall House, Milwaukee, Wis., burned; nearly one hundred lives lost......Jan. 10, 1883 Lot M. Morrill, born 1813, dies at Augusta, Me.......Jan. 10, 1883 Act to regulate and improve
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