the fire of 1871. He returned to Philadelphia, became manager of the Germantown Passenger Railway Company, and on his father's death, in 1878, came into possession of stock of that company, which he sold for $1,500,000. Mr. Singerly in 1877 purchased "The Public Record," changed its name to The Philadelphia Record," introduced new methods, and soon made it one of the best-known newspapers of the country. He purchased and operated a large paper mill at Elkton, Md. He also purchased large tracts of real estate in the northwest section of Philadelphia, erected hundreds of houses, and practically created a new residence portion of the city. At one time he owned the Empire Theater, which was burned in 1886. In 1887 he took an active part in establishing the Chestnut Street National Bank, of which he was the second president. He was also president of the Chestnut Street Savings Fund Company. In 1894 he was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, but was defeated by Gen. Hastings. Financial misfortune overtook Mr. Singerly in 1897; the extreme shrinkage in the price of paper and the resulting depreciation in the value of his paper mills at Elkton were the primary causes of his embarrassment, and of the suspension of the bank and trust company with which he was identified. Mr. Singerly turned over all his personal assets, including his interest in "The Record," and the assignees were engaged on a plan of rehabilitating the institutions at the time of his death. Mr. Singerly owned a celebrated stock farm at Elkton, Md. Smith, Joseph Patterson, journalist, born in West Union, Adams County, Ohio, Aug. 7, 1856; died in Miami, Fla., Feb. 5, 1898. His ancestors emigrated from Argyleshire, Scotland, to the north of Ireland, and thence to America, and settled in New Hampshire as early as 1730. His grandfather, Judge David Campbell Smith, went to Ohio in 1813, and settled at Franklinton (now Columbus). His father, Judge John M. Smith, settled in West Union in 1840. Joseph received his early education in the public schools and in his father's printing office, and then went to work in a nail factory at Bellaire, Ohio. He removed to Greencastle, Ind., and obtained work on a newspaper, working at night and attending college during the day. He taught several country schools in Ohio and Illinois, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced. In 1876 he took charge of the political department of the Cincinnati "Commercial." He was successively editor of the West Union "New Era," Clermont Courier." Lebanon Star," Urbana "Citizen," and Toledo "Commercial." He was also Columbus correspondent for several winters of several dailies, and was journal clerk in the Ohio Senate. He was always an ardent supporter of Gov. McKinley, serving more than four years as State Librarian under him, resigning in May, 1896, to take an active part in the presidential campaign. He was appointed by President McKinley, on March 29, 1897, director of the Bureau of American Republics, and he prepared a comprehensive handbook on Hawaii and Alaska, and the Commercial Directory, also articles on trade relations in America in the monthly bulletin. He compiled and edited the speeches made by Gov. McKinley while Congressman and Governor, and also wrote the sketch of McKinley in the "Annual Cyclopædia" for 1896. A few weeks before his death he finished a "History of the Republican Party in Ohio." His widow died Sept. 13. Smith, Richard, journalist, born in County Wexford, Ireland, Jan. 30, 1823; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 22, 1898. He received a commonschool education, and in 1841, after the death of his father, came to the United States with his

mother, and went to Cincinnati, where an elder brother had settled. The mother bought a farm and removed to it with her seven other children, leaving Kichard in Cincinnati. Unable to procure mercantile employment, Richard learned the carpenter's trade. About the time his apprenticeship expired he secured a place as reporter in the commercial department of the "Chronicle." In 1845 he was appointed assistant superintendent of the newly established Chamber of Commerce, and four years afterward superintendent. At this time he also bought the "Price Current." On the extension of the telegraph to Cincinnati, in 1846, he became agent for the newspapers of the city, and was the first to secure the news of the New York Associated Press. During his connection with the Chamber of Commerce he wrote all the daily and weekly market reports for the Cincinnati papers, for which they paid the Chamber; wrote financial articles for the "Gazette"; and built up a high reputation for his "Price Current" by collecting and publishing statistics of the Western hog crop. In 1854 he purchased an interest in the "Gazette," and two years afterward applied himself wholly to supervising the business department and the financial and commercial columns of that paper. Subsequently he was made its managing editor. In 1881 the "Gazette" and the Commercial" were consolidated under the title of the "Commercial-Gazette," of which Mr. Smith became business manager and Murat Halstead editor. On Mr. Halstead's removal to New York, Mr. Smith assumed general control, and a reorganization in 1891 left the latter free to resume editorial work, which he kept up till within a few years of his death.

Spencer, Jesse Ames, clergyman, born in Hyde Park, N. Y., June 17, 1813; died in Passaic, N. J., Sept. 2, 1898. He was graduated at Columbia College in 1837 and at the General Theological Seminary in 1840. In the latter year he was ordained deacon, and in 1841 was advanced to the priesthood. His earliest rectorship was at Goshen, N. Y., 1840-42, and from 1863 to 1865 he was rector of St. Paul's Church, Flushing. But it was as author and classical scholar that he was best known. He was Greek Professor at the College of the City of New York from 1869 to 1879, and emeritus professor two years longer. His published books comprise "The Christian instructed in the Ways of the Gospel and the Church" (New York, 1844); "History of the English Reformation" (1846); “The New Testament in Greek with English Notes," edited (New York, 1874): "Calvin's Commentaries, with English Notes," edited (1848); "The East: Sketches of Travel in Egypt and the Holy Land (New York, 1850); "History of the United States to the Death of Lincoln " (1856-'69); Pycroft's Course of English Reading," edited; "Greek Praxis" (1870); "The Young Ruler who had Great Possessions" (1871); "Sketch of the History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States (1878); "The Five Last Things: Studies in Eschatology" (1887); and "Recollections of Sixty Years." In 1883 he was appointed by the House of Bishops custodian of the Standard Bible.

Stark, Sarah (Mrs. JAMES STARK), actress, born in New York city in 1823; died in San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 9. 1898. She was first known on the stage in New York city, where she made her appearance as the wife of John Hudson Kirby, the favorite actor, who was the subject of the saying "Wake me up when Kirby dies!" After a long term of service in the Bowery Theater Mrs. Kirby went with her husband to England, where she supported him in a very successful starring tour. On Mr. Kirby's sudden death in England, in 1848, Mrs. Kirby returned to New York, where she resumed

her place as a stock actress. In 1849 she married a New York politician named Wingart, with whom, on the news of the discovery of gold in California, she joined the members of the Argonauts. Upon her arrival in San Francisco she was immediately engaged by Thomas Maguire, the pioneer California manager, as leading lady of the Jenny Lind Theater, the first permanent playhouse of San Francisco. While waiting for the completion of the theater in San Francisco she played a short engagement at the Eagle Theater, in Sacramento, and on Nov. 4, 1850, began at the Jenny Lind Theater a prosperous career as the principal actress of "Early Days in California." There were many New Yorkers in San Francisco and Sacramento who had known and admired her as an actress at home, and from the opening night her place as a favorite was assured. On Nov. 17, 1850, Mr. Wingart was killed by an accident, and on June 4, 1851, the actress married James Stark, an actor of high reputation, the leading man of Maguire's company. On her marriage to Mr. Stark she ceased to use the name of her first husband (Kirby), by which she had been professionally known up to that time, and was always known thereafter as Mrs. James Stark. In 1852-53 Mr. and Mrs. Stark, who had gained great favor in the theaters of San Francisco and Sacramento, began to play as stars. They traveled to all the interior towns and mining camps of the State, taking with them a company of capable actors and playing the Shakesperean and standard plays in the public halls, courthouses, and hotel dining-rooms. In the summer of 1854 Mr. and Mrs. Stark went to Australia, where they were so successful as tragic stars that they remained in that country three years and returned to California with a comfortable fortune, most of which was invested in real estate in San Francisco and carefully improved. On April 5, 1858, Mrs. Stark and her husband began an engagement at Wallack's Theater, New York city, which lasted several weeks with great success. The opening play was The Gamester," and this was followed with "The Lady of Lyons," Richelieu," "Othello," Hamlet,' and "The Stranger." After a few short engagements in other cities they returned to the Pacific coast, and for about ten years occupied the theaters of its new cities. Mr. Stark died in San Francisco, Oct. 12, 1875, both he and his wife having been for some years retired and living in that city. Mrs. Stark was again married, Sept. 18, 1883, to the well-known actor Charles Thorne, Sr.

Stockton, Robert Field, lawyer, born in Princeton, N. J., Jan. 22, 1832; died in Trenton, N. J., May 5, 1898. He was the great-grandson of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a son of Commodore Robert F. Stockton. He was graduated in 1851, and admitted to the bar in 1854. He was made brigadier general, Jan. 30, 1858, and became adjutant general of New Jersey, which office he held during the civil war. In 1867 he resigned, and was brevetted major general. He was elected Comptroller of New Jersey in 1877, and held the office three years. He was president of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company from 1866 till 1872, when it was merged into the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company, of which he was president till his death. He was an incorporator of the Mercer and Somerset Railway Company.

Stranahan, James Samuel Thomas, "first citizen of Brooklyn," born in Peterborough, N. Y., April 25, 1808; died in Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1898. He spent his early years on his father's farm, studied in winter, and at the age of seventeen taught in the village school, at the same time studying civil engineering. In 1827-28 he visited the upper lake

region of the Northwest, with a view of opening trade with the Indians. Unable to enlist others in his scheme, he abandoned it, to embark in the wool business in Albany. In 1832 he was induced to take charge of a township of land in Oneida County for the purpose of founding a manufacturing village; and developed the town of Florence, which he rep resented in the State Assembly in 1838-40. He removed in 1840 to Newark, N. J., where he engaged in the building of railroads, and in February, 1845, went to Brooklyn, where he remained the rest of his life. At first he undertook the business of a railroad contractor, and later began a scheme for developing the water front of Brooklyn, and succeeded in making one of the most perfect and systematic basins in the world, the Atlantic dock. He was elected alderman in 1848, defeated for mayor in 1851, and elected to Congress in 1854. He was appointed a member of the newly organized Metropolitan Police Board in 1857, and was reappointed in 1858. He became a Republican in 1860, was a delegate to the national conventions of 1860 and 1864, and was president of the War Fund Committee of Brooklyn during the civil war. He was president of the Park Board from 1860 till 1882, during which time Prospect Park was developed into the second in size in the country. A bronze statue of Mr. Stranahan was erected in Prospect Park, and unveiled June 6, 1891. Mr. Stranahan was at the head of a company of capitalists organized in 1869 to build the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, and presided at its opening ceremonies May 24, 1883. He was one of the earliest advocates of the Greater New York, his first public utterance in favor of it being made at a dinner of the Chamber of Commerce May 8, 1883, and he was a member of the original commission appointed to bring about the consolidation. He was at different times a member of the Board of Directors of the Polytechnic Institute, the Academy of Music, and the Brooklyn Institute.

Sturtevant, Edward Lewis, agriculturist, born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 23, 1842; died in Framingham, Mass., July 30, 1898. He was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1863, and at the medical department of Harvard in 1866, spending one of the intervening years as captain in the 24th Maine Volunteers. On leaving Harvard he engaged in scientific agriculture and the breeding of choice dairy cattle at South Framingham. During 1881-'87 he was director of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva. He was once president of the Society for the Promotion of Agricul tural Science, and a fellow of the American Associ ation for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Sturte vant was a frequent contributor to the periodical press and a lecturer on subjects relating to his life work. He edited the "Scientific Farmer" in 1876'79; the" North American Ayrshire Register"; and the annual Reports of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station" (1882-'87); and, with Joseph N. Sturtevant, published a monograph on the Ayrshire breed of cattle under the title "The Dairy Cow" (Boston, 1875).

Sutro, Adolph Heinrich Joseph, mining engi neer, born in Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia, April 29, 1830; died in San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 8, 1898. He came with his mother, six brothers, and four sis ters to New York city in 1850; went to Baltimore; and, having established the family in that place, went to San Francisco, arriving there Nov. 21, 1850. For nine years he conducted a small business there, till in 1860 he saw his great opportunity in the condition of the Comstock and other mines. He visited Nevada, learned of the unfavorable state of the mines, and conceived the plan of the great Sutro Tunnel, through the mountains where lay the

Comstock lode. He interested capitalists in the project, and obtained a charter from the Nevada Legislature, Feb. 4. 1865, and the authorization of Congress, July 25, 1866. Actual work was begun on the tunnel. Oct. 19, 1869; it proceeded rapidly, and by 1871 four vertical shafts had been opened along its line; and when it was completed, in 1879, it had cost nearly $4,000,000. The inain tunnel is 1,650 feet below the surface, is 20,000 feet long, and has lateral branches amounting to nearly 4,000 feet. It is 12 feet wide and 10 feet high. Mr. Sutro's contract with the mine owners called for $2 royalty on every ton taken from the mines, and when the work was completed he had about $5,000,000. He sold out his interest in the tunnel, went to San Francisco, invested largely in real estate in all sections of the city, and was soon numbered among the richest men of the Pacific slope. He created and opened to the public a beautiful park, which was a sand waste in 1880; gave to the city statues and fountains; and built an aquarium and saltwater baths. He formed a collection of books, known as the Sutro Library, containing more than 200,000 volumes, particularly rich in early Americana, and documents relating to the Pacific coast. It also contains many Japanese and Sanskrit manuscripts. He was elected Mayor of San Francisco in 1894 on the Populist ticket. In February, 1894, he was adjudged incompetent, and a guardian of his person and estate was appointed. (See GIFTS AND BEQUESTS.)

Taliaferro, William Booth, military officer, born in Belleville, Gloucester County, Va., Dec. 28, 1822; died in the same house in which he was born, Feb. 27, 1898. He was educated at Harvard and at William and Mary Colleges, being graduated at the latter in 1841, and afterward studied law. In April, 1847, he entered the army as captain in the 11th United States Infantry; in August following he was promoted to major of the 9th Infantry; and in August, 1848, after a creditable service, he was mustered out and engaged in law practice. At the beginning of the civil war he was commissioned a colonel in the Provisional Army of Virginia and placed in command of the forces at Gloucester Point. On the organization of the Confederate army he was transferred to it and became a brigadier general on March 4, 1862, and a major general on Jan. 1, 1865. He was engaged in most of the bat tles of the Army of Northwestern Virginia till March, 1863, when he assumed command of the district of Savannah, Ga. In July following he commanded the defenses on Morris Island, S. C., and in August the forces on James Island. During the first half of 1864 he was in command of a division in Florida and of the 7th Military District of South Carolina, and toward the close of the year his command was extended over the entire State. His most distinguished service was his defense of Fort Wagner from July 10 to Sept. 6, 1863, against the assaults of Gen. Gillmore by land and Admiral Dahlgren by water. After the war he resumed law practice, but was soon elected to the House of Delegates, where he served till the days of readjustment. He became judge of Gloucester County in 1892, and held the place till within a few months of his death. Thayer, William Makepeace, author, born in Franklin, Mass., Feb. 23, 1820: died there, April 7, 1898. He was graduated at Brown University in 1843 and began the study of theology. From 1849 till 1857 he was in charge of the Orthodox Congregational Church of Ashland, Mass., but in consequence of a throat trouble he gave up the ministry and devoted himself to literary work. He went back to Franklin in 1858, and served two terms in the Legislature, in 1857 and in 1863. He was secretary of the Massachusetts Temperance Alliance from 1860 till 1876. Mr. Thayer was a prolific

writer. His published works include "Hints for the Household" (1853);. Life at the Fireside (1854); "Spots in our Feasts of Charity" (1854); Pastor's Wedding Gift" (1854); "The Morning Star" (1856); "The Poor Boy and the Merchant Prince" (1857); "Doing and Not Doing"; "From Poorhouse to Pulpit" (1858); "The Poor Girl and True Woman' (1858): The Bobbin Boy (1860); "Tales from the Bible for the Young (1867); "The Printer Boy (1860); "Working and Winning (1862); "The Pioneer Boy and how he became President" (1863): "The Old Horseshoe (1863); "Tales from Genesis for the Young" (1863); The Farmer Boy and how he became Commander in Chief" (1863); "Soldiers of the Bible, for the Young" (1864); " Character and Public Service of Abraham Lincoln " (1864); "Youth's History of the Rebellion" (1864-'66); Communion Wine and Bible Temperance" (1869); "Nelson" (1878); "Charles Jewett" (1879); "Tact, Push, and Principle" (1880); " From the Log Cabin to the White House" (1881); "In the Meshes" (1881); Our French Visitors" (1882); "From Pioneer Home to the White House" (1882); "From the Tannery to the White House" (1885); “From Farmhouse to White House" (1890); "Success and its Achievers" (1891); "Ethics of Success" (1893); Aim High" (1895); Around the Hearthstone (1896); Men who Win" (1896); and "Women who Win " (1896).

Todd, Sereno Edwards, journalist, born in Lansingville, Tompkins County, N. Y., June 3, 1820; died in Orange, N. J., Dec, 26, 1898. For several years he was a scientific and practical farmer and he was subsequently agricultural editor of the New York "Times." His writings include "The Young Farmer's Manual" (1860); The American Wheat Culturist" (1868); "Todd's Country Homes and how to save Money" (1868); "The Apple Culturist" (1871)-works which enjoyed a wide sale. He left unpublished Rural Poetry and Country Lyrics." He was a lineal descendant of Jonathan Edwards.

Tome, Jacob, philanthropist, born in Manheim Township, York County, Pa., Aug. 13, 1810; died in Port Deposit, Md., March 16, 1898. His parents, who were German Lutherans, instilled into their son's mind the cardinal principles of honesty, industry, economy, and self-reliance. The struggles in which his early life abounded tended to develop his strong character. Farming, fishing, merchandise, one year's teaching, were the stepping-stones that led to his rich business experience. In 1833 he went to Port Deposit and began the dealings in lumber and grain which were the foundation of his wealth. His operations soon extended to the manipulation of banks, railways, and steamboat lines. To his enterprise and generosity Port Deposit owes much of its present success. The Methodist Episcopal church in the town, erected at a cost of $60,000, stands as a memorial to him. In 1864 Mr. Tome, as chairman of the Finance Committee of the Maryland Senate, relieved the seemingly hopeless financial condition of the State and reduced its indebtedness to less than $1,000,000. Public offices

among them the secretaryship of the Treasury under President Grant-were declined by him. Presidents Lincoln, Grant, Hayes. Arthur, Garfield, placed high estimates upon his judgment and often solicited his counsel. His lack of early educational advantages led him to covet such advantages for others, and throughout life his interest in the establishment of schools was great. In 1884 he presented to Dickinson College, of which institution he was a trustee, a handsome building for scientific The Jacob Tome Institute, at Port Deposit, Md., is the recipient of the largest share of his

uses.

munificence, its trustees having received prior to his death $1,600,000, which has been increased by his will to more than $3,500,000. This school, opened in the autumn of 1894, is coeducational and comprises a whole school system in miniature. Its courses extend from the kindergarten through the high school, and, in addition to the usual branches, include instruction in art and several kinds of manual work, as well as science and modern and ancient languages.

Toucey, John M., railroad manager, born in Newtown, Conn., in 1828; died in Fishkill Landing, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1898. He began his career as a railroad man in Connecticut. In 1855 he entered the employ of the Hudson River Railroad, and in 1862 he was appointed assistant superintendent. From 1867 to 1881 he was superintendent of the Hudson River division of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. From 1881 to 1890 he was general superintendent of the whole system, and from 1890 to 1898 he was general manager. He retired in May of the latter year, with the unusual honor of a pension. He was considered one of the ablest railroad operators in the United States. Townsend, Franklin, soldier, born in Albany, N. Y., in 1820; died there, Sept. 11, 1898. He was adjutant general of the State of New York for three terms, the terms beginning respectively in 1867, 1875, and 1877. Under his last administration the labor riots were successfully ended without a resort to arms. During his several administrations the State recovered large sums of money from the United States in the way of war claims, the system of rifle practice was instituted, the service was supplied with a book of regulations, the military code was formulated, and the first steps were taken in uniforming and equipping the National Guard, which resulted in the adoption of the present service uniform. So great were his services in this line that he was universally known as the Father of the National Guard." He served a term in the State Assembly, and he was mayor of Albany in 1850.

Trescot, William Henry, diplomatist, born in Charleston, S. C., Nov. 10, 1822; died in Pendleton, S. C., May 4, 1898. He was graduated at Charleston College in 1840, studied at Harvard, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. He was appointed secretary of the United States legation at London in December, 1852, and Assistant Secretary of State in June, 1860, which office he held til South Carolina seceded. He served in the Legislature of that State from 1862 till 1866, and also on the staff of Gen. Roswell S. Ripley. At the close of the war he was sent to Washington in behalf of South Carolina to adjust differences growing out of the reconstruction acts He removed to Washington in 1875 and resumed his law practice. In June, 1877, he was counsel for the United States before the Fishery Commission at Halifax; in April, 1880, he was one of the commissioners appointed to revise the treaty with China; in February, 1881, was appointed to represent the United States in the negotiations with reference to its rights on the Isthmus of Panama; and in the same year was special envoy to the belligerents in Peru, Chili, and Bolivia. He was also a commissioner in 1882 with Gen. Grant to negotiate a commercial treaty with Mexico. He published works on diplomatic topics, including "A Few Thoughts on the Foreign Policy of the United States " (1849); "The Diplomacy of the Revolution" (1852); "Diplomatic System of the United States" (1853); "An American View of the Eastern Question" (1854): "The Diplomatic History of the Administrations of Washington and Adams" (1857); and “Address before the South Carolina Historical Society" (1859); and orations and political pamphlets.

Tripp, Seth D., inventor, born in Rochester, Mass., in 1826; died in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 7, 1898. When about twenty years old he invented a machine for pegging shoes, which was a pronounced success and found its way into many factories. He next invented a counter skiver, and later secured patents on rolling machines, sole molders, shank cutters, heel polishers, sole dyers, and welt-cutting and beating-out machines.

Trotter, Newbold Hough, artist, born in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 4, 1827; died in Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 21, 1898. He was graduated at Haverford College in 1845, entered a wholesale dry-goods house, and withdrew in 1858 to devote himself to art. He joined the Germantown Home Guards in 1861, and took part in the battle of Antietam. He resumed his profession in 1867. Later he was engaged by the United States Government to paint all the mammalia of North America for a publication to be issued under its auspices. He had completed about 40 of these pictures when the appropriation for the work was exhausted. His chief works are After the Combat," "Grizzly Bears," "Wounded Buffaloes," "The Last Stand," "Indian Encampment," and others painted for the War Department. Three pieces, representing the progress of travel in Pennsylvania during fifty years, are his most notable historic paintings. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Society of Artists, the Art Club of Philadelphia, and the Artists' Fund Society.

Tyng, Stephen Higginson, clergyman, born in Philadelphia, June 28, 1839: died in Paris, France, Nov. 17, 1898. He was a son of Rev. Stephen Higginson Tyng, long prominent in New York city as rector of St. George's Church, and was educated for the ministry at the Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va. After taking deacon's orders in 1861, he assisted his father at St. George's for more than two years, until his admission to the priesthood, in 1863. From 1863 to 1865 he was rector of the Church of the Mediator in New York city, and in the latter year he organized the Church of the Holy Trinity in New York and was its only rector until his resignation, in 1881. Soon after this he went to Paris and engaged in life insurance and at the time of his death he was president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris and director general of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association for the Continent of Europe. In 1867 he created a sensation by preaching in a Methodist church in New Brunswick, N. J., and was brought to trial for so doing by Bishop Potter. In 1872 he received the degree of D. D. from Williams College. He was the author of "The Square of Life,' "He Will Come," and "Our Church Work."

Underhill, Edward Fitch, stenographer, born in Wolcott, N. Y., in 1830; died in New York city, June 18, 1898. He received a common-school education, studied stenography in 1847, and became a reporter on the St. Louis "Republican" in 1849. He was a member of the Phonetic Council in 1850, came to New York city in 1853, and was connected with the "Times" and later with the "Tribune." He acted as war correspondent for the "Times," was captured, taken to Harper's Ferry, tried as a spy, and acquitted. He left the "Times" in 1862. became a law reporter, studied law, and was admitted to the New York bar. He was at various times official stenographer of the New York Supreme Court, the Legislature, the Constitutional Convention of 1867-68, and at the impeachment trial of Gov. Holden of North Carolina. For thirty years previous to his death he was chief stenographer of the Surrogate Court.

Upham, John J., soldier, born in Delaware, July 25, 1837; died in Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 21.

1898. He was graduated at West Point in 1859; was assigned to the 9th Infantry, and took part in the Indian wars till the civil war broke out. In 1861-62 he served in the defense of Washington as a captain in the 6th Infantry. He participated in the Peninsula campaign and the battle of Gettysburg. For gallant and meritorious conduct he was brevetted major in 1853. He was appointed executive officer of the infantry and cavalry school in Leavenworth, Kan., and then was put in command of Fort Gibson, Indian Territory. In 1876 he was ordered into the field in the Department of the Platte. He was with the Little Big Horn and Yellowstone expeditions. After the Indian campaigns he served at several Northwestern posts, and then was sent by the United States to witness the war between Russia and Turkey. In 1887 he witnessed the manoeuvres of the French army. After being made a colonel in 1892, he was retired at his own request, having served in the army for more than thirty years. Van Horn, James J., soldier, born in Mount Gilead, Ohio, Feb. 6, 1835; died in Fort Russell, Wyo., Aug. 30, 1898. He was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1858, and joined the 1st Infantry in garrison at Fort Columbus, N. Y., as 2d lieutenant. When the civil war broke out he was on duty at San Antonio, where he was detained as a prisoner for a year. He then became aid-de-camp in the Army of the Potomac, and was engaged in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, and Bethesda Church. He was brevetted major in 1864 for gallant services at Cold Harbor. From 1865 to 1867 he was recorder of the Board of Tactics at West Point, after which he served with his regiment in several posts at the South till 1870. After that date he commanded posts in Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, and Wyoming. He was with the Yellowstone expeditions of 1872-73. He was promoted major of the 13th Infantry, 1879; lieutenant colonel, 25th Infantry, 1885; and colonel, 8th Infantry, 1891. He commanded the latter regiment before Santiago, Cuba, in 1898.

Van Ingen, Henry, art educator, born in Holland, Nov. 12, 1833; died in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1898. He was educated at the Academy of Design at the Hague, and studied under J. B. Tom and Van de Iande Backhuysen. He came to the United States about 1861, and for a time taught in Rochester, N. Y. At the opening of Vassar College, in 1865, he became the head of its art department and he was continuously identified with its growth. Mr. Van Ingen was a member of the Tulchri Studio, the Hague, and of the American Water-Color Society, to whose exhibits, as well as others, he often contributed.

Veazey, Wheelock Graves, lawyer and soldier, born in Brentwood, N. H., Dec. 5, 1835; died in Washington, D. C., March 22, 1898. He was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1859, and at the Albany Law School in 1860, and admitted to the bar of Vermont in December, 1860. He began practice in Springfield, Vt., but when the civil war broke out he enlisted as a private in Company A, 3d Vermont Volunteers. He was elected captain of the company in May, 1861; promoted major, August, 1861; shortly afterward was made lieutenant colonel; and in October, 1862, was promoted colonel of the 16th Vermont Volunteers. His regiment formed a part of Stannard's brigade in the famous flank attack upon Pickett's division at Gettysburg. He was mustered out with the regiment in August, 1863, and returned to his law practice. He was reporter of the Supreme Court of Vermont from 1864 till 1872. publishing 9 volumes of decisions; served as register in bankruptcy a short time; was elected State Senator in 1872; appointed a member of a commission to revise the laws

of Vermont in 1878; and was made a judge of the Supreme Court of the State in 1879, serving till 1889. In 1889 he was appointed a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, but he resigned the office in 1897, because of failing health. He was one of the founders of the Grand Army of the Republic in Vermont; was department commander, 1871-'73; on the staff of the commander in chief in 1877 and 1888; and in 1890 was elected commander in chief of the national organization. He was a trustee of Dartmouth College for many years, and received the degree of LL. D. from it.

Verbeck, Guido F., missionary, born in Zeist, Holland, in 1830; died in Tokio, Japan, March 9, 1898. He was educated at the Moravian Seminary, Zeist, came to the United States in 1852, and was graduated at Auburn Theological Seminary in 1859. He was sent as a missionary to Nagasaki, Japan, remained till 1868, and then went to Tokio. He spent eleven years of work for the Japanese Government in connection with education, and as translator of judicial works. He rejoined the mission in 1879, took part in the translation of the Bible into Japanese, and taught in the theological department of the Meiji Gakuin. He received the decoration of the Rising Sun from the Japanese Government in 1877, and a special passport in 1891.

Wagner, Jacob, artist, born in Bavaria, Jan. 27, 1852; died in New York city, Nov. 5, 1898. He came to the United States when four years of age, worked from the age of twelve at picture-frame making, and learned the art of restoring pictures. In 1874 he began to study art in the evening classes at Lowell Institute; later went to work in the art store of J. Eastman Chase, taking charge of the manufacturing department and the restoring of paintings; and in 1883 devoted himself to art, first painting landscapes and later portraits. He exhibited three pictures at the World's Columbian Exposition. He was a member of the Boston Art Club and the Boston Water-Color Society.

Walcutt, Charles Carroll, soldier, born in Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1838; died in Omaha, Neb., May 2, 1898. He was graduated at the Kentucky Military Institute in 1858, and became a civil engineer. When the war broke out he raised a company; was made major in June, 1861; became colonel in 1862; and promoted brigadier general July 30, 1864, for gallantry at Atlanta. He took part in the march to the sea. He was wounded at Shiloh, at Kenesaw Mountain, and again at Griswoldville. For bravery at the last place he was brevetted major general. He was mustered out of the service in February, 1866; became warden of the Ohio Penitentiary; was a presidential elector in 1868; and was appointed internal-revenue collector in May, 1869, serving three years. He was elected mayor of Columbus in April, 1883, and re-elected in 1885. He served as a member of the School Board of Columbus several years, and as its president seven years.

Walthall, Edward Cary, lawyer, born in Richmond, Va., April 4, 1831; died in Washington, D. C., April 21, 1898. He studied law in Holly Springs, Miss.; was admitted to the bar in 1852, and began to practice in Coffeeville, Miss. He was elected district attorney in 1856, and re-elected in 1869. He resigned to enter the Confederate army as lieutenant in the 15th Mississippi Regiment. He was promoted brigadier general Dec. 13, 1862, and major general June 6, 1864, serving through the war. He resumed his law practice in Coffeeville, and in 1871 removed to Grenada. Mr. Walthall was a delegate at large to the Democratic National Conventions of 1868, 1876, 1880, and 1884. He was appointed United States Senator in 1885 to succeed Senator L. Q. C. Lamar.