When the slaves of Zanzibar were freed in 1897, it was by compensation since the prevailing opinion was that the slave owners suffered the loss of an asset whenever a slave was freed.

When he was six years old his mother married Alexander " Sasha " Walden ( born in Ufa, Russia in 1897 ), a double-bass player in the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra.

Putnam ’ s activities with the American Library Association led him to join with Justin Winsor and Melvil Dewey as official delegates to the International Conference of Librarians in London in 1897 When Winsor died shortly thereafter, Putnam served the remainder of his term as President of the ALA.

When he learned that his wife was dying, Porter returned to Austin in February 1897 and surrendered to the court, pending an appeal.

When a Post Office was established here in 1897, the name of the town was changed to Aristes, a contraction of the name Aristides, a Greek statesman.

When Enrique Luis Ventosa, a 29-year old Catalan, arrived in Puebla in 1897, there were just six workshops left.

When, on Peter Studebaker's death, Fish became chairman of the executive committee in 1897, the firm had an engineer working on a motor vehicle.

When he returned to his home country in 1897, he greatly influenced his colleagues by exhibiting what one newspaper called photographs that could be " mistaken for works of art.

When in 1897 King Oscar celebrated his jubilee of twenty-five years as king, the exhibition (" Konst-och Industriutställningen ") which had been organized in Stockholm offered a convincing proof of the progress the country had made in all direction.

When the first convocation was held in 1897, the group was originally known simply as the " Church of God.

When Heath's Works of Archimedes was published in 1897, the Archimedes Palimpsest had not been extensively explored.

When the panelling came up for sale in Paris in 1897, the 1st Lord Astor recognised that it would exactly fit this room at Cliveden.

When the movement revived after 1897, the ANA campaigned vigorously for the referendums to approve the proposed constitution.

When Swifts and Bees were formed in 1897, they were to be called ' A ' and ' B ' respectively, but the former's first House Master considered this dull, naming his House ' Swifts '.

When the district government was activated on April 1, 1897, Nishisoo was merged with Aira District and Higashisoo was merged with Minamimorokata District ( broke off from Morokata District in the former Hyūga Province ) to become Soo District.

When he died in 1897 the barony of Clanbrassil became extinct.

When working the action of the Model 1897 the fore end is racked and a long slide comes out of the receiver and ejects the spent shell while simultaneously cocking the external hammer.

When it was opened in 1897, the Company changed its name to the Great Central Railway.

When Zululand was annexed to Natal in 1897 he became chief magistrate of the territory.

When Susan Collumb died in 1897, the family was temporarily split up.

When the station opened in 1897, it became the first rapid transport station in the United States.

When the Afridis began to cause anxiety in 1897, Colonel Warburton was asked by the government of India if he would assist in quieting the excitement amongst them.

When the 1897 story arc started, Willie left Collinwood, where he reportedly worked at Windcliffe and another hospital, doing, one supposes, maintenance and handyman type work.

When Japan introduced the gold standard in 1897, the silver 1 yen coins, including the trade dollars, were demonetized.

When a group of 72 World War II Veterans, led by Venancio Magbanua, Post Commander of Norala had come and settled in the area, on September 7, 1950, a Kalawag root crop used as food coloring was found out abundantly growing.

When his head came down, Curt grabbed him by the hair and catapulted him head first into the wall.

`` When I came up, damnit, I thought I was going down.

When he came back to the schoolhouse, his mind was made up.

When Beckett's name came into the discussion, the priest grew loud and told me that Beckett `` hates life ''.

When fame came it changed Sandburg only slightly.

When May came the Caravan had already crossed the Equator.

When their levies came shambling into camp, they were all elbows, hair, and beard.

When he came home from his office at the end of the afternoon, Breasted never knew what gathering he should expect to find, but there almost always was one.

When I first came across Samuel Johnson's pronouncement, `` the remedy for the ills of life is palliative rather than radical '', it seemed to me to sum up the profoundest of political and social truths.

When he came to Baltimore, he was leaving a team which was supposed to win the National League pennant, and he was joining what seemed to be a second division American League club.

When the sun came out, Stevie strode proudly into Orange Square, smiling like a landlord on industrious tenants.

When he felt the side of his head, his fingers came away covered with blood.

When his arm came up I ducked away but it caught me on the side of the neck, watering my eyes, and I backed off to cough.

When he was bent over behind the wheel of the station wagon, feeling in his trouser cuffs for the ignition key which he had dropped a moment before, she came out of the house with an enormous Rumanian shawl over her head, which she had bought in that country during one of their trips abroad, and handed him a clean handkerchief through the window.

When they came to Mr. Jack's photograph, twenty by twelve inches in a curly silver frame, Miss Ada said, `` By rights I ought to leave that, seeing he won't take my clotheshorse ''.

When radio came in, it continued the misplaced modifier in its routines as a standard device.

When the therapist came to feel on sufficiently sure ground with him to ask him, `` What is that, Bill -- hello or farewell ''??

When the chance came, they first eliminated cold cereal once a week, then gradually converted to hot fresh-ground cereal every day.

When a second quake came, they dashed back to the beach, fearing that they might be buried under landslides.

When a cow came out of a corral in a crouchin' run she was said to `` come out a-stoopin' ''.

When he came to the movies -- more or less by accident -- they were still cheap entertainment capable of enthralling the unthinking for an idle few minutes.

When he snatched it up the voice that came to him was quick and urgent.

When the verdict came in against his young neighbor, Hengesbach said:

When Dr. W. A. Swim celebrated his 75th birthday at the Wilshire Country Club, guests came by chartered plane from all over the country.

`` When you came up to the majors, did you seek out Williams for advice ''??