Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . NE VICTOR, an Amer-ican socialist; born in Terre Haute, Ind.,Nov. 5, 1855. He received a commonschool education and became a locomo-tive fireman. He was elected to the In-diana Legislature in 1885 and was lateran official of the Brotherhood of Locomo-tive Firemen, and, from 1893 to 1897,president of the American RailwayUnion. He conducted the strike of 1893in Chicago, and was later sent to jailfor contempt, because of his manage-ment of the same, though he pleaded in-nocenc
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . NE VICTOR, an Amer-ican socialist; born in Terre Haute, Ind.,Nov. 5, 1855. He received a commonschool education and became a locomo-tive fireman. He was elected to the In-diana Legislature in 1885 and was lateran official of the Brotherhood of Locomo-tive Firemen, and, from 1893 to 1897,president of the American RailwayUnion. He conducted the strike of 1893in Chicago, and was later sent to jailfor contempt, because of his manage-ment of the same, though he pleaded in-nocence of any crime and requested tobe tried by a jury and be allowed to sum-mon witnesses in his defense. Since1897 he has been prominent in the So-cialist movement, and in 1900 was thecandidate of the Social Democratic party,and in 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1920 of the Socialists, for President of theUnited States. In 1915 he was appointedChancellor of the Peoples College, aworking-class institution at Fort Scott,Kan. He was convicted of violating theEspionage Law by opposing the draftlaws in 1917, and was sentenced to im-. EUGENE V. DEBS prisonment for 20 years. In spite of thishe was nominated for the presidency bythe Socialist party in 1920. DEBT, that which is due from oneperson to another; that which one per-son is bound to pay or perform to an-other; due; obligation; liability. Thatwhich any one is obliged to do or tosuffer. Debt in law is a species of contractwhereby a chose in action, or right to acertain sum of money, is mutually ac-quired and lost; usually divided intodebts of record, debts by special contract,and debts by simple contract. A debt ofrecord is a sum which apears to be dueby the evidence of a court of record;such as debt of judgment or recogni-zance. Debt by specialty is where a sumis acknowledged to be due, or becomesdue, by instrument under seal; such as acovenant, bond, etc. Both these speciesof debts, being contracted by a man forhimself and his heirs, atta
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