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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), Census, United States (search)
nd schools. The returns made show the products of mines, manufactures, number of bushels of grain of every kind, of potatoes, tons of hay and hemp, pounds of tobacco and cotton and sugar, the value of dairy products, etc. The census of 1850 was placed under the charge of the newly created Department of the Interior. The first superintendent was Joseph C. G. Kennedy, of Pennsylvania. In the following table are given the comparative rank of all the States and Territories, exclusive of Porto Rico and the Philippines: Comparative rank of States and Territories. PopulationRank each Decade. State.at FirstPopulation 1900. Census.179018001810182018301840185018601870188018901900 Alabama127,901......1915121213161717181,828,697 Alaska............................5163,592 Arizona9,658................46444849122,931 Arkansas14,273......2628252625262524251,311,564 California92,597............2926242422211,485,053 Colorado34,277..............3841353131539,700 Connecticut237,9468891
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chapelle, Placide Louis 1842- (search)
Chapelle, Placide Louis 1842- Clergyman; born in Mende, France, Aug. 28, 1842. He came to the United States in 1859; and was graduated at St. Mary's College, and ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1865. For five years he was a missionary, and from 1870 to 1891 held pastorates in Baltimore and Washington. He was made coadjutor archbishop of Santa Fe in 1891; archbishop in 1894; and archbishop of New Orleans in 1897. The following years he was appointed by the Pope Apostolic Delegate to Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, and after a brief service in Cuba he went to the Philippines. where in 1901 he greatly aided the American authorities in establishing civil governments.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil service, United States colonial. (search)
imple form of growth which has expanded the United States from the Alleghanies to the Pacific cannot be extended to our recent acquisitions. Neither Cuba nor Porto Rico is likely ever to be populated by English-speaking Americans. Our ideas, no doubt, will pervade these islands to some extent, but that their civilization will ixth of the native whites of the State cannot speak the English language. In view of this experience how remote is the possibility that the dense population of Porto Rico will ever lose its Spanish character! Turning to the Philippines we find a task still more widely different from any that we have ever undertaken, and far mopublicity. The most energetic and ambitious powers of Europe will be our neighbors and critics. To expect that the problem of the Philippines or of Cuba and Porto Rico can be dealt with by our ordinary methods of administration and of appointment to office is to live in a fool's paradise. Only a blind national pride can belie
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Columbus, Christopher 1435-1536 (search)
ecious metals, beautiful birds, and other products of the newly found regions. There he was received with great honors; all his dignities were reaffirmed, and on Sept. 25, 1493, he sailed from Cadiz with a fleet of seventeen ships and 1,500 men. Most of these were merely adventurers, and by quarrels and mutinies gave the admiral a great deal of trouble. After discovering the Windward Islands, Ja- Landing of Columbus (from an ancient manuscript). Banner of the expedition. maica, and Porto Rico, founding a colony on Hispaniola, and leaving his brother Bartholomew lieutenant-governor of the island, he returned to Spain, reaching Cadiz July 11, 1494. Jealousy had promulgated many slanders concerning him; these were all swept away in his presence. The nobles were jealous of him, and used every means in their power to thwart his grand purposes and to bring him into disrepute. He calmly met their opposition by reason, and often confused them by simple illustrations. He had already
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), U. S. S. Constitution, or old Ironsides, (search)
s on the coast of Surinam, and, on the 14th, captured the British war-schooner Picton, sixteen guns, together with a letter-of-marque which was under her convoy. On her way homeward she chased the British frigate La Pique, thirty-six guns, off Porto Rico, but she escaped under cover of the night. Early on Sunday morning, April 3, when off Cape Ann, she fell in with two heavy British frigates (the Junon and La Nymphe); and she was compelled to seek safety in the harbor of Marblehead. She was ihom Stewart had paroled there, seized a battery, and opened upon the Levant, which, receiving the fire of the pursuers at the same time, was compelled to surrender. Stewart crossed the Atlantic, landed many of his prisoners in Brazil, and at Porto Rico heard of the proclamation of peace. Then he returned home, taking with him the news of the capture of the Cyane and Levant. The Constitution was hailed with delight, and Stewart received public honors. The Common Council of New York gave him
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cuba (search)
hat he had been sent by the home government to begin reforms and to establish self-government. The full text of the decree granting autonomy to both Cuba and Porto Rico was published in the Official gazette of Madrid, on Nov. 27, of which the following is a synopsis: Article I: explains the principles of the future governmene peace: Article I: Spain will relinquish all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. Art. II. Spain will cede to the United States the island of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and also an island in the Ladrones, to be selected by the United States. Art. III. The Usion of a treaty of peace, which shall determine the control, disposition, and government of the Philippines. Art. IV. Spain will immediately evacuate Cuba, Porto Rico, and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and to this end each government will, within ten days after the signing of this protocol, a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Danish West Indies, (search)
Danish West Indies, A group of islands lying east by southeast of Porto Rico, and consisting of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John. St. Croix is the largest, being about 20 miles long and 5 miles wide, with an area of 110 square miles. It is generally flat, well watered, and fertile. Two-fifths of the surface is in sugar plantations, and the principal crops are sugar, cotton, coffee, indigo, and rum. The climate is unhealthful at all seasons, and hurricanes and earthquakes occur frequently. The population is about 18,000. St. Thomas is about 17 miles long by 4 miles wide. Its surface is rugged and elevated, reaching its greatest height towards the centre. The soil is sandy, and mostly uncultivated. Charlotte Amalie, which is the principal town and the seat of government for the Danish West Indies, has an excellent harbor and large trade. The population of the island is about 14,000. St. John has an area of 42 square miles. The chief exports are cattle and bay-rum, and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis, George Whitefield, 1839- (search)
termaster in May, 1865; and was mustered out of the service, April 20, 1866. On Jan. 22, 1867, he was appointed captain in the 14th United States Infantry; in 1894 was promoted to major of the 11th Infantry; in 1897 transferred to the 9th Infantry; and in 1898 promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the 14th Infantry. At the beginning of the war with Spain he was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers; was honorably discharged under that commission and reappointed to the same rank, April 14, 1899. On Oct. 19, 1899, he was Brig.-Gen. George Whitefield Davis. promoted to colonel of the 23d United States Infantry; and on the reorganization of the regular army, in February, 1901, he was appointed one of the new brigadier-generals. He was for several years a member of the board on Public War Records; commanded a division in the early part of the war with Spain; subsequently was on detached service in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, and in May, 1899, was appointed governorgeneral of Porto Rico.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Drake, Sir Francis, -1595 (search)
ape of Good Hope, reached England in November, 1580. The delighted Queen knighted Drake, who afterwards plundered Spanish towns on the Atlantic coasts of America; and, returning, took a distressed English colony from Roanoke Island and carried them to England. In command of a fleet of thirty vessels, in 1587, he destroyed 100 Spanish vessels in the harbor of Cadiz; and from a captured vessel in the East India trade the English learned the immense value of that trade and how to carry it on. As vice-admiral, Drake materially assisted in defeating the Spanish Armada in 1588; and the next year he ravaged the coasts of the Spanish peninsula. After various other exploits of a similar kind, he accompanied Hawkins to the West Indies in 1595. Hawkins died at Porto Rico, and Drake, in supreme command, gained victory after Part of map of Drake's voyages, published at close of sixteenth century. victory over the Spaniards. He died near Puerto Bello, Dec. 27, 1595, and was buried at sea.
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