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APPLETONS' 



ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA 



AND REGISTER OF IMPORTANT EVENTS 

 \ OF THE YEAR 



1899 



EMBRACING POLITICAL, MILITARY, AND ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS; 



PUBLIC DOCUMENTS; BIOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, COMMERCE, 



FINANCE, LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, 



AND MECHANICAL INDUSTRY 



THIRD SERIES, VOL. IV 



WHOLE SERIES, VOL. XXXIX 



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