Word: arthur
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Rutherford B. Hayes was a quiet, unobtrusive man, who has been greatly misunderstood. While President Garfield was dying at Elberon, Mr. Wise went to Mr. Arthur's house to tell him of the President's condition. He was a man of great ability, with a thorough knowledge of the duties of this office. Grover Cleveland was a Democrat whose power lay in his conservatism. Whatever he did, he took the consequences for. Mr. Harrison, who was our next President, was a clear-minded, clever lawyer, but narrow and bigoted in religious matters. Mr. Wise first met William McKinley in Congress...
...second concert in Mr. Arthur Whiting's series of expositions of classic and modern chamber music will be given in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Art Museum this evening at 8 o'clock. The concert is open only to officers and students of the University and there will be no charge for admission. The following program will be rendered by Mr. Whiting on the harpsichord and the pianoforte...
...lieutenant until General Lee's surrender. He was the bearer of the last despatch from the general to Jefferson Davis. In 1867 he received his degree from the University of Virginia; fourteen years later he was appointed United States district attorney for the Eastern district of Virginia, by President Arthur, and was also elected to Congress from Virginia on the Republican ticket as representative at large. After his defeat in the election for governor of the state in 1885, he moved to New York to practice law. Mr. Wise has written several books on different subjects...
...EXPOSITION OF CHAMBER MUSIC. Mr. Arthur Whiting. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum, 8 P. M. Open only to officers and students of the University...
...EXPOSITION OF CHAMBER MUSIC. Mr. Arthur Whiting. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum, 8 P. M. Open only to officers and students of the University...