Word: 50th
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...There are special reasons for the interest of the U. S. in the seal fisheries in Behring Sea. - (a) Immediate action by U. S. is necessary to prevent extermination of seals: U. S. Doc. House Report p. 3883, 2nd Ses. 50th Cong.; Bancroft's Alaska, ch. XXI; Behring Sea, 93; Am, Hist L'f't, 16, 17. - (b) A nation's first duty is to maintain the existence of its inhabitants, and a large number of the inhabitants would starve if Gov. did not protect seal fisheries: Hall, 42; Fur Seal Fisheries of Alaska...
...good for a country any more than it is for a great university and I am glad that the President of the university has not acted on that plan. Parsimony ought not to be the rule. Appropriation should be made in a broad and business like way. The 50th Congress approached too near the starvation limit, when they let the lights go out in government buildings and let the army and navy officers go unpaid. I take it that there are a few sons of Harvard who are not loyal to civil service reform. The only contention on that point...
Best general references: Charles F. Dunbar, "The Direct Tax of 1861," Quart. Jour. Economics, III, 436; Cleveland's veto message, Mar. 2, 1889, Senate Journal, 50th Cong., 2d Sess...
...Boston Museum Company gives the 50th performance of "The Solicitor" and "Betty's Finish" to-night. "Sunlight and Shadows," the New York success, is in rehearsal...
...double bill, "The Solicitor" and "Betty's" Finish will be played for some time yet at the Boston Museum, and on Tuesday, February 10, the 50th performance will be given. The combination is meeting with great favor and draws crowded houses...