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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indians, American (search)
d States. The expensive and complicated machinery for the management of Indian affairs has been much in the way of the elevation of the race in the scale of civilization, and has produced much evil by creating irritation, jealousy, and universal lack of faith in the white race. These irritations for a long time kept a large portion of the Indians in a state of chronic hostility, and whole tribes utterly refused all overtures of the government to accept its protection and fostering care. In 1880 it was estimated that the number of potentially hostile Indians was fully 60,000. In 1891 the condition of affairs had been much improved. Among many tribes the introduction of agriculture, schools, and churches had been attended with the happiest results. There were 17,926 pupils enrolled in the schools conducted for the education and training of Indian youth, and these schools were supported at an expense of $1,842,770. Under the influence of better treatment there was a marked tendenc
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ingersoll, Ernest 1852- (search)
Ingersoll, Ernest 1852- Naturalist; born in Monroe, Mich., March 13, 1852; was educated at Oberlin College and the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. He became connected with the Hayden Survey in 1873, and later was made a member of the United States Fish Commission. In 1880 he was a special agent of the census to report on the oyster industry. He went to California in 1883 to write special articles for Harper's magazine. Later he was editor of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's publications in Montreal. He is author of Nests and eggs of American birds; The Oyster industries of the United States; Friends worth knowing; Knocking round the Rockies; The crest of the continent; Western Canada; The book of the Ocean, etc. He is also editor and part author of a series of guide-books to the Eastern States and cities.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ingersoll, Robert Green 1833- (search)
torney-general of Illinois. In 1876, at the Republican National Convention, he nominated James G. Blaine for the Presidency in a speech which contained the following memorable sentence: Like an armed warrior, like a plumed knight, James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the American Congress and threw his shining lances full and fair against the brazen forehead of every defamer of his country and maligner of its honor. He was conspicuously active in the Presidential campaigns of 1876 and 1880, and had it not been for his Robert Green Ingersoll. pronounced agnostic views he would have been honored with high official preferment. In 1882 he settled in New York City, and engaged in law practice till his death, July 21, 1899. He was a man of rare personal attractions; an orator of exceptional brilliancy. His generosity was unbounded. Among his lectures, which had gained him wide popularity, the most characteristic were: Some mistakes of Moses; The family; The liberty of man, woma
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Internal revenue. (search)
hire, Maine, and Vermont 1,309,361.06 New Jersey 8,828,895.04 New Mexico and Arizona 131,256.67 New York 46,475,135.22 North Carolina 6,331,933.36 Ohio 21,345,489.63 Oregon, Washington, and Alaska 1,248,743.91 Pennsylvania 25,923,506.35 South Carolina 312,911.22 Tennessee 2,295,606.01 Texas 1,541,474.47 Virginia 5,433,820.05 West Virginia 1,552,826.40 Wisconsin 10,502.994.09 —————— Total$295,31,107.57 The table on opposite page gives a summary of such receipts in the period 1880-1900, both inclusive, with principal sources. The re-imposition of adhesive stamps in 1898 was provided for in the War Revenue Act of that year. The war revenue and the receipts of the national treasury from other sources having been much larger than was anticipated, and having produced a surplus largely in excess of the actual financial needs of the country, Congress adopted a conference report on a bill to reduce the war revenue on Feb. 28, 1901, to go into effect on July 1 next en
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), International law, (search)
International law, The name now given to what was formerly known as the Law of Nations. It is believed to have originated in the Middle Ages, and to have been first applied for the purpose of regulating commercial transactions. From this fact it took the name of commercial law, and subsequently was extended to transactions other than commercial of an international character. Today the aim of international law is to prevent war. The distinctive features of Summary of receipts in 1880-1900 Fiscal Years. Spirits. Tobacco. Fermented Liquors. Banks and Banker. Miscellaneous. Adhesive Stamps. Collections Under Repealed Laws 1880$61,185,509 $38,870,149 $12,829,803 $3,350,985 $383,755 $7,668,394 188167,153,975 42,854,991 13,700,241 3,762,208 231,078 7,924,708 $152,163 188269,873,408 47,391,989 16,153,920 5,253,458 199,830 7,570,109 78,559 188374,368,775 42,104,250 16,900,616 3,748,995 305,803 7,053,053 71,852 1884 76,905,385 26,062,400 18,084,954 289,144265,068 1885 67,511,2
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Iron and steel. (search)
the United States the total output was 24,683,173 long tons, an increase of 5,249,457 long tens over the aggregate of the preceding year. The nearest approach to the total of the United States in 1898 and 1899 was the output of Great Britain in 1880, which reached 18,026,049 long tons. The output of the United States in 1899 aggregated in value $34,999,077. The chief ore-producing States in their order and with their respective outputs were: Michigan, 9,146,157 long tons; Minnesota, 8,161,28 steel trade with foreign countries, in the twenty years preceding 1900, the position of the United States was exactly reversed; and within the last five years of that period the United States changed from an importing to an exporting country. In 1880 five times as much in value of iron and steel was imported into the United States as was exported therefrom. At the close of this period the country exported six times the value of its iron and steel imports. These exports, in the fiscal year 18
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jackson, Charles Thomas 1805-1880 (search)
Jackson, Charles Thomas 1805-1880 Geologist; born in Plymouth, Mass., June 21, 1805; graduated at Harvard in 1829, and afterwards studied in Paris. He was appointed State geologist of Maine and surveyor of public lands in 1836, and of Rhode Island in 1839; and subsequently was engaged on the geological survey of New Hampshire; explored the southern shore of Lake Superior in 1844; and was appointed to survey the mineral lands of Michigan in 1847. He is author of a large number of reports on the geology of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, etc. He claimed to be the discoverer of etherization, and received the Montyon prize from the French Academy of Sciences. He died in Somerville, Mass., Aug. 28, 1880.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), James, Henry Ammon 1854- (search)
James, Henry Ammon 1854- Lawyer; born in Baltimore, Md., April 24, 1854; graduated at Yale College in 1874, and at its law school in 1878; began practice in New York City in 1880. He is the author of Communism in America.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Janney, Samuel MacPHERSONherson 1801-1880 (search)
Janney, Samuel MacPHERSONherson 1801-1880 Author; born in Loudon county, Va., Jan. 11, 1801; became a Quaker preacher; was appointed a superintendent of Indian affairs in 1869. His publications include An Historical sketch of the Christian Church during the Middle ages; Life of William Penn; History of the religious Society of friends from its rise to the year 1828, etc. He died in Loudon county, Va., April 30, 1880.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jews. (search)
estimated the Jewish population at 3,000. In 1826 Isaac C. Harby placed the figures at 6,000, and in 1840 these were further increased by the estimate published in the American almanac to 15,000. In 1848 M. A. Berk made their number 50,000. In 1880 William B. Hackenburg put the figures at 230,257; in 1888 Isaac Markens put them at 400,000, and in 1897 David Sulzberger estimated the total at 937,800. The following figures are then given: Jewish immigration into the United States, 1885-963 ———————————— Total417,01036,39020,140 Immigration for 1881-8474,310 New York, 1885-99417,010 Philadelphia, 1885-9936,390 Baltimore, 1885-9920,140 ——— Total547,850 If we add this immigration to the estimate of Mr. Hackenburg made in 1880, says Mr. Adler, we can secure a total of 778,107, without making any allowance for the natural increase in twenty years, nor for the immigration through Canada and other ports of the United States than New York, Philadelphi
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