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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andrews , Elisha Benjamin 1844 - (search)
Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-
Educator: born in Hinsdale, N. H., Jan. 10,) 1844; graduated at Brown University in 1870, and at Newton Theological Institute in 1874; was president of Brown University in 1889-98; superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools in 1898-1900; and in the last year became chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
He is author of History of the United States; An honest dollar, a plea for bimetallism, etc.
Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 1844-
Educator: born in Hinsdale, N. H., Jan. 10,) 1844; graduated at Brown University in 1870, and at Newton Theological Institute in 1874; was president of Brown University in 1889-98; superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools in 1898-1900; and in the last year became chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
He is author of History of the United States; An honest dollar, a plea for bimetallism, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andrews , John Newman 1838 - (search)
Andrews, John Newman, 1838-
Military officer; born in Wilmington, Del., Sept. 16, 1838; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1860; promoted first lieutenant in 1861; colonel, in 1895; and was retired April 1, 1899.
From June 3, 1898, to Feb. 24, 1899, be was a brigadier-general of volunteers.
After the Civil War he served in a number of Indian campaigns, and in 1898 through the war with Spain.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Angell , James Burrill 1829 - (search)
Angell, James Burrill, 1829-
Educator and diplomatist; born in Scituate, R. I., Jan. 7, 1829; was graduated at Brown University; in 1849; Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at Brown University in 1853-60; president of the University of Vermont in 1866-71; and since 1871 president of the University of Michigan.
In 1880-81 he was United States minister to China; in 1887 a member of the Anglo-American Commission on Canadian Fisheries: in 1896 chairman of the Canadian-American Commission on Deep Waterways from the Great Lakes to the Sea: and in 1897-98 United States minister to Turkey.
He is author of numerous addresses, and magazine articles.
Anti-Expansionists,
An old phrase in American political history which was resurrected during the Presidential campaign of 1900, and applied to those who were opposed to the extension of American territory which had been brought about during the first administration of President McKinley, principally as a result of the war with Spain in 1898.
The administration was charged not only by its Democratic opponents, but by many able men in the Republican party, with expansionist or imperialist tendencies considered foreign to the national policy of the country.
While those who opposed the territorial expansion which had been accomplished, anti also was pending, in the matter of the future of the Philippine Islands, were not sufficiently strong to organize an independent political party, the large number of them within and without the Republican party created a sharp complication in the Presidential campaign.
The position of the two great parties on this issue is shown in the followin
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Appropriations by Congress. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Armour , Philip Danforth 1832 - (search)
Armour, Philip Danforth, 1832-
Philanthropist; born in Stockbridge, N. Y., May 16, 1832; received a public school education.
In 1852-56 he was a miner in California; in 1856-63 engaged in the commission business in Milwaukee, Wis., and then became a member of the firm of Plankinton, Armour & Company, meat packers.
Mr. Armour was a man of large benevolence.
In 1892 he built the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago at a cost of $1,500,000, and in the same year endowed it with $1,400,000; in 1898 he increased this endowment by $500,000; and in 1899 made another addition of $750,000. He died in Chicago, Jan. 6, 1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Auger , Christorpher Colon 1821 -1898 (search)
Auger, Christorpher Colon, 1821-1898
Military officer; born in New York July 10, 1821; was graduated at West Point in 1843.
He served as aide-de-camp to Generals Hopping and Cushing in the war with Mexico, and in 1861 was made a brigadiergeneral of volunteers, after serving under McDowell.
He took command of a division under Banks.
and was wounded at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862; the same month he was made major-general of volunteers.
In November, 1862, he. reported to General Banks for service in a Southern expedition, and was very active in the siege and capture of Port Hudson.
From October, 1863, to August, 1866, he had command of the Department of Washington.
and in 1867 he was assigned to the Department of the Platte.
In 1869 he was made brigadier-general U. S. A., and in 188,5 was retired.
He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 16. 1898.
Babuyan Islands,
A group of small islands in the Balintang Channel, between Formosa and the northern extremity of the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
The principal one is Claro Babuyan.
These islands are also known as Madjicosima Islands, and administratively were connected in the past with the Loo-Choo Islands.
The population in 1898 was supposed to be about 12,000.
See Luzon; Philippine Islands.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bacon , John Mosby 1844 - (search)
Bacon, John Mosby, 1844-
Military officer; born in Kentucky, April 17, 1844; enlisted as a private Sept. 22, 1862: was commissioned a brigadier-general of volunteers May 4. 1898; subdued the Chippewas during the outbreak of 1898; and served in Cuba during the American-Spanish War.
Baler,
A town in the eastern part of Luzon.
Philippine Islands, nearly midway between Balintang Channel and Bernardino Strait, and directly north of a notable mountain of the same name.
In 1898-99 the Filipino insurgents besieged a Spanish garrison here for nearly a year.
the Spanish commander declining to surrender the place even when directed to do so by orders from Madrid.
The garrison took possession of the native church, fortified it. and held possession till their supplies gave out, when they surrendered, and. in recognition of their exceptional heroism.
were allowed to march out of the place with all the honors of war, July 2. 1899.
The town was occupied and garrisoned by United States troops in March, 1900.