Word: parliament
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...Norwegian Parliament yesterday conferred the Nobel Peace Prize upon Theodore Roosevelt '80, in recognition of his services in bringing about the peace between Japan and Russia. The prize was founded by the will of Alfred Nobel, of Sweden, in 1896. The value of the prize is estimated at $40,000. President Roosevelt has signified his intention to devote the fund to the foundation of a permanent industrial peace committee at Washington...
...words, was one of utmost misery: By hard work and perseverance he won considerable personal distinction, and acquired many close friends, through whose influence was opened to him the political career which he then took up. Despite influential opposition at Galway he was elected in 1880 member of Parliament for that constituency. In 1885 he returned for Galway and Liverpool and has since returned...
Besides being an active force in Parliament, Mr. O'Connor is president of the United Irish League, Ireland's great nationalist organization, both at home and abroad, in the interest of which he is now visiting the United States...
Major Darwin is a son of the late Charles Darwin. He is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich and a retired officer of the Royal Engineers. From 1892 to 1895 he was a Member of Parliament. He has published works on Bimetallism and Municipal Trade...
...Library has lately received word from the Hon. Bellamy Storer '67, American Ambassador to Austria, that the Austrian Government is to present to the Library a set of the Debates of the Austrian Parliament; those of the House of Representatives extending from 1873 down to the beginning of the present Parliament, and those of the House of Lords from 1891. This set of books will be a valuable companion to the Proceedings of the German Reichsrath, which were received from the German Government early in the fall...