History for ready reference, Volume 7 : $b Recent history (1901 to 1910)Larned, J. N. (Josephus Nelson)
History
History for ready reference, Volume 7 : $b Recent history (1901 to 1910)
Larned, J. N. (Josephus Nelson)
History -- Dictionaries
CARNEGIE FOUNDATION, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TEACHING.
See (in this Volume)
EDUCATION: UNITED STATES: A. D. 1905-1908.
CARNEGIE HERO FUNDS.
April 15, 1904, a letter from Andrew Carnegie was made public
announcing that he had set apart a fund of $5,000,000 to be
known as "The Hero Fund." In this letter Mr. Carnegie said:
"We live in an heroic age. Not seldom are we thrilled by deeds
of heroism where men or women are injured or lose their lives
in attempting to preserve or rescue their fellows; such are
the heroes of civilization.
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The heroes of barbarism maimed or killed. I have long felt
that the heroes and those dependent upon them should be freed
from pecuniary cares resulting from their heroism and as a
fund for this purpose I have transferred to a commission
$5,000,000 of collateral 5 per cent bonds of the United States
Steel Corporation." Only such as follow peaceful vocations on
sea or land in the United States or Canada are eligible to
receive money or medals for heroic deeds. The commission which
has charge of the fund has its headquarters in Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania. A similar fund in Great Britain was created soon
afterward by Mr. Carnegie, and in May, 1909, he placed, for
the same purpose, $1,000,000 of the bonds of the United States
Steel Corporation in the hands of trustees in France, under
the sanction of the French Government.
CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, The, at Pittsburg:
Its enlargement and re-dedication.
See (in this Volume)
EDUCATION: UNITED STATES: A. D. 1907.
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON.
See (in this Volume)
SCIENCE AND INVENTION: CARNEGIE INSTITUTION.
CARTAGO, COSTA RICA:
Institution of the Central American Court of Justice.
Gift of a building by Mr. Carnegie.
See (in this Volume)
Central America: A. D. 1908.
CARTELS.
See (in this Volume)
COMBINATIONS, INDUSTRIAL (IN GERMANY).
CASABLANCA:
Bombardment by French and Spanish fleets.
The Casablanca incident.
See (in this Volume)
MOROCCO: A. D. 1907-1909.
CASEMENT, ROGER: British consul in the Congo State.
His reports.
See (in this Volume)
CONGO STATE: A. D. 1903-1905.
CASTRO, CIPRIANO:
President of Venezuela.
See in this Volume)
VENEZUELA,
also COLOMBIA: 1898-1902.
CASTRO, Luciano de.
See (in this Volume)
PORTUGAL: A. D. 1906-1909.
CATALONIA: A. D. 1902.
Disorders.
See (in this Volume)
SPAIN: A. D. 1905-1906, and 1907-1909.
CATHOLIC DISABILITIES, IN ENGLAND:
Majority vote in Commons for removing.
See (in this Volume)
ENGLAND: A. D. 1909 (May).
CATHOLIC PEOPLE’S PARTY.
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AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: A. D. 1904.
CATSKILL AQUEDUCT.
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NEW YORK CITY: A. D. 1905-1909.
CATTLE DRIVING.
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IRELAND: A. D. 1902-1908.
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