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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
n Rio de Janeiro by the insurgents. Admiral Benham returned the fire and exacted prompt satisfaction......Jan. 30, 1894 Income-tax clause attached to the tariff bill in the House by 175 to 56, Jan. 31, and the bill amended passed by 204 to 140; not voting, eight......Feb. 1, 1894 Old corvette Kearsarge, which fought and sank the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, during the Civil War, is wrecked on Roncardo Reef, about 200 miles northeast from Bluefields, Nicaragua; no lives lost......Feb. 2, 1894 Bland silver bill, providing for the coinage of seigniorage to the amount of $55,000,000, introduced in the House......Feb. 7, 1894 McCreary resolutions on Hawaii, upholding the administration policy, pass the House by 177 to 76; not voting, ninety-eight......Feb. 7, 1894 Federal election laws repeal bill passes the Senate by 39 to 28, Feb. 7; approved......Feb. 8, 1894 Wheeler H. Peckham, of New York, nominated associate justice of the Supreme Court, Jan. 22; nomination rejec
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wrecks. (search)
om New York to Havana, run into by schooner Cornelius Hargraves near Barnegat light, N. J.; both vessels sink within seven minutes; about seventy lives lost......Oct. 29, 1890 Ward line steamer City of Alexandria, from Havana to New York, burned at sea; thirty lives lost......Nov. 2, 1893 Steamer Jason wrecked off Cape Cod, Mass.; twenty lives lost......Dec. 6, 1893 United States corvette Kearsarge wrecked on Roncardo reef, about 200 miles northeast from Bluefield, Nicaragua......Feb. 2, 1894 United States battle-ship Maine blown up in Havana Harbor, Cuba......Feb. 15, 1898 United States torpedo-boat Winslow disabled by shore batteries off Cardenas, Cuba; rescued by other vessels......May 11, 1898 United States blockading fleet destroys Spanish fleet off Santiago, Cuba......July 3, 1898 Spanish battle-ship Maria Teresa, sunk in battle off Santiago and afterwards raised, abandoned in a gale off San Salvador while en route to New York......Nov. 1, 1898 Steamers P