Official Congressional Directory, Volume 55U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - Directories, Governmental Includes maps of the U.S. Congressional districts. |
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... farm , and one year in a wholesale mer- cantile establishment at Shreveport , La . , and one year in a retail store at Falcon , Ark .; received a full course of instruction at Soulé Business College , New Orleans , La . , in 1870 ...
... farm , and one year in a wholesale mer- cantile establishment at Shreveport , La . , and one year in a retail store at Falcon , Ark .; received a full course of instruction at Soulé Business College , New Orleans , La . , in 1870 ...
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... farm in Santa Cruz County , Cal .; was educated in private and common schools , and at St. Ignatius College , in San Francisco , and Santa Clara College , Santa Clara County , Cal . , from which latter institution he graduated in 1871 ...
... farm in Santa Cruz County , Cal .; was educated in private and common schools , and at St. Ignatius College , in San Francisco , and Santa Clara College , Santa Clara County , Cal . , from which latter institution he graduated in 1871 ...
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... farm , with limited educational advantages ; at the age of 12 went to sea as a cabin boy ; followed this calling and that of a sailor for several years ; in 1855 shipped " before the mast " on a sailing vessel bound for San Fran- cisco ...
... farm , with limited educational advantages ; at the age of 12 went to sea as a cabin boy ; followed this calling and that of a sailor for several years ; in 1855 shipped " before the mast " on a sailing vessel bound for San Fran- cisco ...
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... interests in Ventura , he removed to San Luis Obispo County , where he acquired land and engaged in wheat farming ; he was State lecturer of the Farmers ' Alliance one term , and was 22 [ CALIFORNIA . Congressional Directory .
... interests in Ventura , he removed to San Luis Obispo County , where he acquired land and engaged in wheat farming ; he was State lecturer of the Farmers ' Alliance one term , and was 22 [ CALIFORNIA . Congressional Directory .
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... farm and in the mill ; taught school for several years ; learned the trade of a house builder ; com- menced business on his own account in 1847 ; was elected a member of the common council in 1853 ; in 1854 was elected an alderman of ...
... farm and in the mill ; taught school for several years ; learned the trade of a house builder ; com- menced business on his own account in 1847 ; was elected a member of the common council in 1853 ; in 1854 was elected an alderman of ...
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Page 225 - Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with Agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate and distribute among the people, new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 229 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 79 - It is evident that if the opportunity for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 had still existed, there would have been another sudden change in the actual monetary standard.
Page 229 - States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place in the United States through a foreign country to any other place in the United States, and also to the transportation in like manner of property shipped from any place in the United States to a foreign country and carried from such place to a port of transshipment, or shipped from a foreign country to any place in the United States and carried to such place from a port of entry either in the United States or an adjacent foreign country...
Page 229 - That the commission hereby created shall have authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted...
Page 225 - The Bureau of Labor Statistics is charged with the duty of acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relations to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity.
Page 225 - Commission to aid the President, as he may request, in preparing suitable rules for carrying the act into effect. It is further made " the duty of all officers of the United States...
Page 59 - Massachusetts delegation in 1880, 1884, and 1888; was one of the managers on the part of the House of Representatives of the Belknap impeachment trial in 1876; was a member of the Electoral Commission in 1876; was regent of the Smithsonian Institution in 1880; has been president and is now vice-president of the American Antiquarian Society...
Page 227 - All claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States, or for damages, liquidated or unliquidated, in cases not sounding in tort, in respect of which claims the party would be entitled to redress against the United States either in a court of law, equity, or admiralty if the United States were suable...
Page 227 - It has general jurisdiction of all "claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation- of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the Government of the United States...