Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 14; Volume 29D. Appleton & Company, 1890 |
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... killing five per- sons and wounding as many more . Some one inside then displayed a white flag , and the Rus- sian colors were hauled down . The Frenchmen landed and took the whole Russian party . The ecclesiastics , as well as the ...
... killing five per- sons and wounding as many more . Some one inside then displayed a white flag , and the Rus- sian colors were hauled down . The Frenchmen landed and took the whole Russian party . The ecclesiastics , as well as the ...
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... killed in the late war , and the manner of its distribution was pre- scribed . Other acts of the session were as follows : Providing for a commission of lunacy of three members which shall have control of the criminal in- sane , and ...
... killed in the late war , and the manner of its distribution was pre- scribed . Other acts of the session were as follows : Providing for a commission of lunacy of three members which shall have control of the criminal in- sane , and ...
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... killed . This was sufficient to bring together an excited mob of white citizens , who seized Neely and put him to death , although it was not probable that he was himself guilty of the shooting . Governor Eagle soon arrived on the ...
... killed . This was sufficient to bring together an excited mob of white citizens , who seized Neely and put him to death , although it was not probable that he was himself guilty of the shooting . Governor Eagle soon arrived on the ...
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... killed . With these exceptions , the country seems to have accepted the revolution very quietly . The banks were closed and business suspended for only twenty - four hours . The principal cause that led to the revolution was a universal ...
... killed . With these exceptions , the country seems to have accepted the revolution very quietly . The banks were closed and business suspended for only twenty - four hours . The principal cause that led to the revolution was a universal ...
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... kill adulterous wives , yet ' scape The customary forfeit . This book , giving the whole history of the case the evidence , the lawyers ' pleas , an account of the murderer's execution , " the instrument of the definitive sentence ...
... kill adulterous wives , yet ' scape The customary forfeit . This book , giving the whole history of the case the evidence , the lawyers ' pleas , an account of the murderer's execution , " the instrument of the definitive sentence ...
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Page 232 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 231 - ... rates, fares, or charges will go into effect; and the proposed changes shall be shown by printing new schedules, or shall be plainly indicated upon the schedules in force at the time and kept...
Page 236 - When committed upon the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State...
Page 231 - That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing in this Act prohibited or declared to be unlawful...
Page 232 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 233 - ... that the lawful order or requirement of said board drawn in question has been violated or disobeyed, it shall be lawful for such court to issue a writ of injunction or other proper process mandatory or otherwise, to restrain such common carrier from further continuing such violation or disobedience of such order or requirement of said board, and enjoining obedience to the same...
Page 99 - One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake.
Page 207 - ... act. The schools, colleges, and universities provided for in this act shall forever remain under the exclusive control of the said states, respectively, and no part of the proceeds arising from the sale or disposal of any lands herein granted for educational purposes shall be used for the support of any sectarian or denominational school, college, or university.
Page 232 - ... hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction within the district in which such offense was committed, be subject for each offense to a fine of not exceeding five thousand dollars or imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Page 206 - State on lands or property therein belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by, the United States...