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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bayard, Thomas Francis, 1828-1898 (search)
Bayard, Thomas Francis, 1828-1898 Diplomatist; born in Wilmington, Del., Oct. 29, 1828; grandson of James A. Bayard; was admitted to the bar at Wilmington in 1851, and served as United States District Attorney. From 1869 to 1885 he was United States Senator from Delaware, and foremost among the leaders of the Democratic side. He was a member of the Electoral Commission in 1877, and was for a while president pro tem. of the Senate. In 1880 and 1884 Senator Bayard's prominence in the party brought his name before the National Democratic Convention, but he failed of securing the prize, though receiving many votes. President Cleveland called him in 1885 to the office of Secretary of State, where he remained until 1889, and in President Cleveland's second administration he was first minister and then ambassador (q. v.) to Great Britain. He died in Dedham, Mass., Sept. 28, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898 (search)
Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898 Author; born in Chicopee Falls, Mass., March 26, 1850; was educated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., and also studied in Germany. Returning home he read law, and was admitted to the bar, but never practised. he became an editorial writer on the New York Evening post, but soon afterwards retired from journalism to devote himself to fiction. His works include Six to one; A Nantucket Idyl; Dr. Heidenhoff's process; Miss Ludington's sister; his greatest effort. Looking backward, or 2000-1887, a work treating of government socialism; and lastly, Equality (1897). Several communities were established on his ideal in the United States and Mexico, but all were short-lived. He died in Chicopee Falls, Mass., May 22, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bible Society, American. (search)
in the United States was formed in Philadelphia in 1802. When, in 1816, the American Bible Society was organized, there were between fifty and sixty societies in the Union. Delegates from these met in New York in May, 1816, and founded the American Bible Society. Elias BO<*>INOT (q. v.) was chosen president, and thirty-six managers were appointed, all of whom were laymen of seven different denominations. The avowed object of the society was to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Seriptures without note or comment. In the first year of its existence it issued 6,410 copies of the Seriptures. In 1898-99 the issues aggregated 1,380,892 copies, and, in the eighty-three years of its existence then closed, 65,962,505 copies. In 1836 the Baptists seceded from the American Bible Society, and founded the American and foreign Bible Society, conducted entirely by that denomination. A secession from this Baptist Bible Society occurred in 1850, when the American Bible Union was formed.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bird, Charles, 1838- (search)
Bird, Charles, 1838- Military officer: born in Delaware, June 17, 1838 entered the volunteer service in 1861: appointed to the regular army in 1866; promoted major in 1895: colonel of volunteers throughout the war with Spain, in 1898, serving in the quartermaster-general's office.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blind, education of the, (search)
Chapin, Williams, Wait, Little, Lord, Huntoon, Morrison, and Anagnos. The United States government has extended large aid to promote the education of the blind. In March, 1876, Congress passed an act appropriating $250,000 for a perpetual fund, the interest of which was to be used to purchase suitable books and apparatus for distribution among the various schools for the blind. The following is an official summary of the statistics of schools for the blind at the close of the school year 1898-99: The total number of schools reported was 36. The total number of instructors was 393--male, 137; female, 256; in music, 127; and in the industrial departments, 122. The total number of pupils reported was 3,665--male, 1,898; female, 1,767; in kindergarten departments, 417; in vocal music, 1,738; in instrumental music, 1,797. In the industrial department the total number of pupils was 1,924. The total number of volumes in the libraries was 93,262. The value of scientific apparatus was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Board of strategy, (search)
Board of strategy, In the United States, a body of expert officers in the army and navy who, in co-operation with the bureaus of information of those branches of the public service, planned the operations on land and sea during the American-Spanish War of 1898. These boards were especially appointed as advisors of the President, and the duties they performed were similar to those devolving upon what is known as the general staff in Europe. With large, detailed maps covering every inch of land or water likely to be involved in any way in the war, the boards first located with markers the initial positions of armies, squadrons, and minor forces, both American and Spanish, and the moment the slightest change in any of these locations was made the change was indicated by the shifting of the markers. Hence the boards could determine at any time the positive or approximate location of any force. If the change by the enemy was one of vital moment, warnings or fresh instructions were
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brooke, John Rutter, 1838- (search)
Brooke, John Rutter, 1838- Military officer; born in Pottsville, Pa., July 21, 1838. When the Civil War began he joined the Union army as a captain of a volunteer regiment, and resigned from the volunteer army with the rank of brevet major-general in 1866. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 37th United States Infantry in July, 1866; and promoted to colonel in 1879, brigadier-general in 1888, and major-general in 1897. In 1898, on the declaration of war against Spain, he was appointed commander of the 1st Provisional Army Corps. After serving in the Porto Rico campaign, he was appointed a member of the joint military commission to arrange the cession of that island to the United States. He was military and civil governor of Cuba from December, 1898, till April, 1900; was then succeeded by Gen. Leonard Wood; and on May 10, 1900. succeeded Maj.-Gen. Wesley Merritt as commander of the Military Department of the East, with headquarters in New York City.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bryan, William Jennings, 1860- (search)
however, adopted the Democratic nominee as their own, but with a different candidate for the Vice-Presidency. During the campaign that ensued, Mr. Bryan made a speaking tour more than 18,000 miles in extent. With virtually seven Presidential tickets in the field, Mr. Bryan as the Democratic and Populist candidate received 6,502,925 popular and 176 electoral votes, while Mr. McKinley, the Republican candidate, received 7,104,779 popular and 271 electoral votes. In 1897 and the early part of 1898 Mr. Bryan delivered a number of lectures on bimetallism (q. v.). On the declaration of war against Spain he offered his services to the governor of his State, and in May was commissioned colonel of the 3d Nebraska Volunteer Infantry. Neither he nor his regiment saw fighting during the war, both William Jennings Bryan. being held in reserve in the United States, with other regiments, at Camp Onward, where he brought his regiment to a state of discipline and efficiency that was highly comme
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Caimanera (search)
Caimanera A town on the Bay of Guantanamo, in the district of the same name, and the province of Santiago, Cuba; about 35 miles east of the entrance of the harbor of Santiago. At the beginning of the war with Spain in 1898, the town and vicinity were the scene of important military and naval operations. On June 10 the bay was seized for a base of supplies by Captain McCalla, with the Marblehead, Yankee, and St. Louis, and the last vessel, supported by the others, cut the cable at Caimanera, which was connected with Santiago. The town was garrisoned by 3,000 Spanish soldiers, and protected by several gunboats and a fort. When the American vessels opened fire at 800 yards, forcing the Spaniards to withdraw from the block-house and the town, the Alfonso Pinzon appeared at the entrance of the bay, and at a range of 4,000 yards fired on the American vessels. The latter soon found the range; but the Spanish vessel refused to withdraw until the Marblehead gave chase, when she retire
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Callahan, James Morton 1864- (search)
Callahan, James Morton 1864- Historian; born in Bedford, Ind., Nov. 4, 1864; was graduated at the University of Indiana in 1894; acting Professor of American History and Constitutional Law at Hamilton College in 1897-98; became lecturer on American Diplomatic History at the Johns Hopkins University in the latter year. His publications include Neutrality of the American Lakes; Cuba and international relations, etc.
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