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ADAMS, William H., New-York Supreme ( BRYANT, Edwin Eustis, Wisconsin sol-
Court Justice, 62, Canandaigua, N. Y.,
Oct. 12.

ALLEN, Ira R., chairman Republican State Committee of Vermont, 44, Fairhaven, Vt., Dec. 9.

ALLEN, John B., ex-United States Senator from Washington, 57, Seattle,

Jan. 28.

ANDERSON, E. Ellery, New-York City lawyer and politician, 69, New-York, Feb. 24.

ARTHUR, Peter M., head of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 71, Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 16.

BAKER, the Rev. Dr. George Danielson, Presbyterian clergyman, president Board of Education, Presbyterian Church, 63, Philadelphia, Dec. 17.

BAKER, Jehu, Illinois politician and representative in Congress, 80, Belleville, Ill., March 1. BAKER, William T., president Chicago World's Fair, ex-president Chicago Board of Trade, 62, Chicago, Oct. 7. BISSELL, Wilson S., ex-Postmaster General of the United States, 56, Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 6.

BEARDSLEE, Lester A.,

rear-admiral

U. S. N. (retired), 67, Augusta, Ga., Nov. 10.

BELKNAP, George E., Rear-Admiral U. S. N. (retired), 71, Key West, Fla., April 7.

BERNARD, Reuben F., brigadier general U. S. A. (retired), 71, Washington, D. C., Nov. 16.

BLAINE, Mrs. James G., 72, Augusta, Me., July 15.

BLOUNT, James H., ex-Representative in Congress from Georgia, 'paramount commissioner" to Hawaii in 1893, 65, Macon, Ga., March 8.

BOOTH-TUCKER, Mrs. Emma, Salvation
Army leader, Dean Lake, Kan., Oct. 29.
BOARDMAN, the Rev. Dr. George Dana,
Baptist clergyman, preacher, lecturer
and author, 74, Atlantic City, N. J.,
April 28.

BOLTON, Henry C., chemist and scien-
tific writer, 60, Washington, D. C.,
Nov. 19.
BOREING,

in

Vincent, representative Congress from Kentucky, 64, London, Ky., Sept. 16. BOYCE, Henry Harrison, soldier, politician, publisher, 61, New-York, Oct. 14. BRADLEY, the Right Rev. Dennis M., Roman Catholic Bishop, вее of New Hampshire, 57, Manchester, N. H., Dec. 13.

BRONDEL, the Right Rev. John, Roman Catholic Bishop of Helera, Helena, Mont., Nov. 3.

BROOKFIELD, William, New-York politician and business man, 58, NewYork, May 13.

BROOKS, Noah, author and journalist, 73, Pasadena, Cal., Aug. 18

dier and politician, teacher of law, 68, Toronto, Can., Aug. 10.

BURK, Henry, Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, 53, Philadelphia, Dec. 5.

CANDLER, John D., former Representative in Congress from Massachusetts, 74, Brookline, Mass., March 16. CARLIN, William P., brigadier general U. S. A. (retired), 74, Livingston, Mont., Oct. 4.

CHAMPNEY, J. Wells, painter, 59, NewYork, May 1.

CHAILLU, Paul du, explorer and author, St. Petersburg, April 30.

CLARK, John Bullock, Confederate brigadier general, Missouri politician, exClerk of the National House of Representatives, 72, Washington, D. C., Sept. 7. CLARK, Thomas March, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island, 91, Middletown, R. I., Sept. 7.

COOKE, the Rev. Dr. Samuel, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, $8, Stamford,

Conn., Oct. 28.

CORNING, the Rev. Dr. James Leonard, pulpit orator and art historian, 76, Munich, Bavaria, Sept. 1. COUDERT, Frederic R., New-York lawyer; 71, Washington, D. C., Dec. 20. CLAY, Cassius M., politician, early antislavery leader in Kentucky, 92, White Hall, Ky., July 22.

CURRY, the Rev. Dr. Jabez L. M., educator, author, ex-Minister to Spain, exRepresentative in the Confederate Congress, 77, Asheville, N. C., Feb. 12. DAGGETT, Albert, New-York politician, 60, Rumford Falls, Me., Dec. 19. DAVENPORT, John I., ex-Federal Supervisor of Elections in Now-York City, 57, Stamford, Conn., Aug. 25.

DAWES, Henry L, ex-Representative and ex-Senator from Massachusetts, 86, Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 5.

DODGE William Earl, New-York cap!talist and philanthropist, 71, Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. 9.

DOLPH, John H., painter, 68, New-York,
Sept. 28.
DOUGLAS, Henry Kyd, brigadier general,
U. S. A,. ex-Attorney General of Mary-
land and adjutant general, Maryland
National Guard, 63, Hagerstown, Md.,
Dec. 18.

DRAKE, Francis M., ex-Governor of
Iowa, goldier and banker, founder of
Drake University, 73, Centreville, Iowa,
Nov. 20.

DURAND, George H., Judge Michigan Supreme Court, Flint, Mich., June 8. EDSON, Cyrus, noted New-York physician, long Health Commissioner, 46, New-York, Dec. 2.

ELKINS, William L., Philadelphia capitalist and railroad man, 71, Philadelphia, Nov. 7.

ESTEE, Morris M., U. S. District Judge, District of Hawaii, Honolulu, Oct. 27.

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ESHELMAN, B. Frank, Pennsylvania, HALSEY, Miss Cornelia B., philanthro politician, ex-Judge Advocate General pist, 82, Newark, N. J.. Sept. 14. Pennsylvania National Guard, 56, Lancaster, Penn., Dec. 17. FAIRBANK, Nathaniel K., Chicago capitalist and Board of Trade operator, 73, Chicago, March 27.

FARWELL, Charles B., Chicago capitalist, ex-United States Senator from Illinois, 80, Lake Forest, Ill., Sept. 23. FLANDREAU, Charles E., ex-Justice Supreme Court of Minnesota, 75, St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 10.

FOERDERER, Robert H., representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, 43, Philadelphia, July 26.

FOSTER, the Rev. Dr. Randolph S., Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and religious writer, 83, Newton, Mass., May 2.

FRANKLIN, William B., major general
U. S. V., distinguished soldier and
corps commander in Civil War, presi-
dent of the Board of Managers of the
National Home for Disabled Soldiers, 80,
Hartford, Conn., March &
GATLING, Richard Jordan, inventor of
the Gatling gun, 84, New-York City,
Feb. 26.
GHERARDI,

Bancroft, rear-admiral U.
Stratford. Conn.,

S. N. (retired) 71, Dec. 10.

GIBBS, Frederick S., New-York politician, New-York member of Republican National Committee, 58, Asbury Park, N. J., Sept. 21.

GIBBS, Josiah Willard, mathematician and physicist, professor in Yale University, 64, New-Haven, April 28. GILKESON, Benjamin F., Pennsylvania politician, Bristol, Penn., Aug. 13. GILMORE, James Roberts ("Edmund Kirk'), author, 80, Glens Falls, N. Y., Nov. 16. GONZALES, N. G., editor of the Columbia, S. C., "State," shot by ex-Lieutenant-Governor James H. Tillman, of South Carolina, Columbia, Jan. 19. GOTTHEIL, the Rev. Dr. Gustav, rabbi emeritus of Temple Emanu-el, NewYork, influential Hebrew leader, 75, New-York, April 15.

GRACIE, James King, New-York charity worker and philanthropist, 63, NewYork, Nov. 23.

GREEN, Andrew H., New-York lawyer, "Father of the Greater City," 83, NewYork, Nov. 13.

GREEN, George Walton, New-York lawyer, former Aqueduct Commissioner, 49, Springfield, Mass., Dec. 14.

GREENE, Charles E., mechanical engineer, dean Department of Engineering, University of Michigan, 69, Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 17.

GREY, Sam el H., former AttorneyGeneral of New-Jersey, 87, Camden, N. J., Dec. 7.

GUERNSEY Egbert, New-York physiclan, writer, philanthropist, 80, Fishkill Landing, Sept. 19.

GUNCKEL, Lewis B., ex-Representative in Congress from Ohio, 77, Ohio, Oct. 3.

Dayton,

HAMILTON, Schuyler, grandson of Alexander Hamilton, soldier in Mexican and Civil wars, brigadier general of volunteers, 82, New-York, March 18. HARKNESS, William, rear-admiral U. S. N. (retired), astronomer, director United States Naval Observatory and editor of "The Nautical Almanac," 65, Jersey City, Feb. 28.

HASTINGS, Daniel H., ex-Governor of Pennsylvania, 53, Bellefonte, Penn., Jan. 10.

HAWORTH, Joseph, actor, 48, Willoughby, Ohio, Aug. 28.

HENDRICKS Mrs. Eliza C., wife of the late Vice-President Thomas A. Hendricks, Indianapolis, Nov. 3. HEWITT, Abram S., manufacturer, philanthropist, ex-Representative in Congress, ex-Mayor of New-York City, 80, New-York, Jan. 18.

HOGE, J. Hampton, Virginia politician and orator, Republican candidate for Governor in 1901, Roanoke, Va., Feb. 14. HOLLS, Frederick W., lawyer, writer on international law, representative of Siam in The Hague Arbitration Court, 55, New-York, July 23. HOVEY, the Rev. Dr. Alvan, ex-president Newton Theological Seminary, 83, Newton Centre, Mass.

HURST, the Rev. Dr. John F., Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Washington, D. C., May 4. INGERSOLL, Charles R., ex-Governor of Connecticut, 81, New-Haven, Jan. 25. INGLE, the Rev. Dr. J. Addison, Protestant Episcopal Bishop, missionary diocese of Hankow, China, 36, Hankow, Dec. 7.

JACKSON, William H., brigadier general, C. S. A., owner of Belle Meade stock farm, 67, Nashville, Tenn., March 30.: JOHNSON, Bradley T., Confederate brigadier general, lawyer, politician and author, 74, Rockcastle, Va.. Oct. 5. JOHNSTON, Mrs. Harriet Lane, niece of President James Buchanan, mistress of White House 1857-61, 69, Narragansett Pier, July 3.

JONES, Benjamin F., steel manufacturer, chairman Republican National Committee in 1884, 79. Pittsburg, May 19. JONES, Richard C., Alabama lawyer and professor of law, ex-president University of Alabama, 62, Camden, Ala., Sept. 12. JONES, the Rev. Dr. Thomas W., Methodist Episcopal superintendent of missions, 73, Philadelphia, Sept. 9. JORDAN, Conrad N., banker, Assistant Treasurer of the United States at NewUnited York, former Treasurer of the States, 72, New-York, Feb 26. KAIN, the Most Rev. John Joseph, Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. Louis, 62, Baltimore, Md., Oct. 13.

KATZER, the Right-Rev. Frederic Xavier, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Milwaukee, 59, Fond du Lac, Wis., July 20. KELLY, James K., ex-United States Senator from Oregon, ex-Chief Justice of Oregon, 84, Washington, D. C., Sept. 15.

KNOX, the Rev. Dr. J, H. M., ex-president of Lafayette College, 79, Baltimore, Jan. 22.

LADD, Fletcher, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, 41, Boston, Mass., Dec. 12.

LEGGETT, John A., ex-Governor of the
Territory of Montana, 71, Hot Springs,
Mont., Oct. 8.

LELAND, Charles G., author and journal-
ist, 78, Florence, Italy, March 20.
LEVY, Jules, cornetist, 65, Chicago,
Nov. 28.

LINCOLN, George F., Consul General of the United States at Antwerp, Belgium, Brussels, July 23.

LLOYD, Henry D., economic writer, 56, Winnetka, Ill., Sept. 28.

LOEB, Solomon, New-York banker, 74,
New-York, Dec. 12.

LONG, John G., Consul General of U. S.
at Cairo, Egypt, member Republican
National Committee from State of Flor-
ida, 57, Dunbar, Scotland, July 28.
LOOMIS, Dwight, ex-Justice Supreme
Court of Connecticut, Waterbury, Conn.,
Sept. 17.
MCCOLLUM, J. Brewster, Chief Justice

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 71,
Montrose, Penn., Oct. 3.

McCONNELL, the Rev. Dr. J. S. J.,
Methodist Episcopal Church official and
religious organizer, 64, Philadelphia,
Aug. 31.

MCCOOK, Alexander McDowell, brigadier general U. S. A. (retired), corps commander in Civil War, 72, Dayton, Ohio, June 12.

MCCREERY, James, New-York drygood's merchant, 78, Aiken, S. C., Feb. 26. MCKAY, Gordon, inventor of shoemaking machinery, 82, Newport, R, I., Oct. 19. MABINI, Apollonio, Filipino leader, jurist and writer, Manila, May 14. MARSHALL, the Rev. Dr. Thomas, field secretary Presbyterian Board of Missions, 72, Olney, Ind. Ter., Dec. 14. MATTICE, Burr, Justice New-York Supreme Court, 47, Oneonta, N. Y., Nov. 6. MITCHELL, Henry T., ex-Governor and Chief Justice of Florida, 69, Tampa, Fla., Oct. 14.

MOODY, James M., Representative in Congress from North Carolina, 44, Waynesville, N. C., Feb. 5,

MORSS, Samuel E., Indiana editor and politician, 51, Indianapolis, Oct. 21. MURTHA, Frank B., theatrical manager, 63, New-York, Aug. 10.

OLMSTED, Frederic Law, landscape architect, 81, Waverly, Mass., Aug. 28. OVERTON, Edward, ex-Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, 67, Towanda, Penn., Sept. 18.

PENROSE, William H., brigadier general U. S. A. (retired), Salt Lake City, Aug. 29.

PERSHING, Cyrus L, Pennsylvania Judge and Democratic party leader, 77, Pottsville, Penn., June 29.

PHILLIPS, Samuel F., ex-Solicitor General of the United States, 79, Washington, D. C., Nov. 18.

POND, James B., lecture manager, 65, New-York, June 21.

PROCTER, John R., president U. S. Civil Service Commission, 59, Washington, D. C., Dec. 12.

QUIGLEY, Monsignor D. E.,

Roman general, diocese of Charleston, 68, Charleston, S. C., Nov.

Catholic vicar

27. RALPH, Julian, war correspondent and author, 49, New-York, Jan. 20. RAMSAY, Alexander, former Secretary of War, U. S. Senator from and Governor of Minnesota, 88, St. Paul, April 22. RITCHIE, Albert, Judge Maryland Supreme Court, 69, Narragansett Pier, Sept. 14. ROBERTS, the Rev. Dr. William C. D., Presbyterian minister, secretary of Mission Board and college president, 71, Danville, Ky., Nov. 28.

ROBINSON, Lewis W., Rear-Admiral U. S. N. (retired), Philadelphia, Feb. 16. New-York, ROBSON, Stuart, actor, 67, April 29. ROEBLING, Mrs. Washington A., wife of the constructing engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge and his conspicuous assistant on that work, 59, Trenton, N. J., Feb. 28. ROMEIKE, Henry, originator of press clippings service, 47, New-York, June 3. RUMPLE, John N. W., Representative in Congress from Iowa, 61, Chicago, Jan. 31.

RUMSEY, William, ex-Justice of NewYork State Supreme Court and reviser of evidence code, 71, New-York, Jan. 16.

RUSSELL, Leslie W.. ex-Representative

in Congress, ex-Justice Supreme Court of New-York, 62, New-York, Feb. 3. RUSSELL, John E., Massachusetts political leader, Democratic candidate for Governor 1893 and 1894, 69, Leicester, Mass., Oct. 28.

SARONY, Otto, photographer, New-York, Oct. 13.

SAVAGE, Richard Henry, author, 57, New-York, Oct. 11.

SANDERSON, Sybil (Mrs. Antonio Terry), operatic singer, 38, Paris, May 16. SAXTON, Charles T., ex-Lieutenant-Governor of New-York and Judge of Court of Claims, 57, Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 23. SCHENLEY, Mrs. Mary E., Pittsburg millionaire and philanthropist, London, Eng., Nov. 5. SCHOENHOFF, Jacob, economic writer and statistician, 63, New-York, March 14. SCOTT, Irving M., shipbuilder, manager of the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, 64, San Francisco, April 28. SEIP, the Rev. Dr. Theodore L., president of Muhlenberg College, 61, Allentown, Penn., Nov. 28.

SHANKLIN, John Gilbert, Indiana editor and politician, 61, Evansville, Ind., Aug. 6. SHERWOOD, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wilson, author, 80, New-York, Sept. 12. SIMONDS, William E., Connecticut patent lawyer and politician, former Representative in Congress and Commissioner of Patents, 61, Hartford, Conn., March 14.

SMITH, Carroll E., editor, Regent University of the State of New-York, 70, Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 21.

SMITH, Charles H. ("Bill Arp"), humor-
ist, 77, Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24.
SMITH, Mark, comedian, 48, New-York
City, Sept. 21.

SMITH, Orland, brigadier general U. S.
V., railroad manager and president, 78,
Chicago, Oct. 3.

SMITH, William Farrar ("Baldy"), major general U. S.

V., distinguished

army engineer and corps commander in the Civil War, Police Commissioner of New-York, 79, Philadelphia, Feb. 28. SPRINGER, Wm. M.. ex-Representative in Congress from Illinois and Democratic leader, 67, Washington. D. C., Dec. 4. STARKEY, the Rev. Dr. Thomas A., Bishop in Protestant Episcopal Church, diocese of Newark, 83, East Orange, N. J., May 17.

STUART, George H., brigadier general C. S. A., 75, Annapolis, Md., Nov. 22. STODDARD, Richard Henry, journalist and poet, 77, New-York, May 12. SWIFT, Gustavus S., Chicago capitalist and packing operator, 62, Chicago, March 29.

TAYLOR, the Rev. Dr. Frederick William, Protestant Episcopal Bishop, diocese of Quincy, educator and religious writer, 50, Quincy, Ill., April 27. THOMAS, Samuel, soldier, railroad builder and financier, 62, New-York, Jan. 11. THOMAS, Stephen, brigadier general, U. S. V., Vermont manufacturer and politician, 94, Montpelier, Vt., Dec. 18. THURSTON, Robert Henry, mechanical engineer, dean Sibley College, Cornell University, 64, Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 25. TONGUE, Thomas H., Representative in Congress from Oregon, 58, Washington, D. C., Jan. 11.

TOWNSEND, Martin I., lawyer, ex-Representative in Congress from New-York and Regent of State University, Troy, N. Y., March 8.

93,

TRUMBULL, the Rev. Henry Clay, author and editor of "The Sunday School Times," 73, Philadelphia, Dec. 8. TURNEY, Peter, ex-Governor and Chief Justice of Tennessee, 76, Winchester, Ky., Oct. 19.

VAN -ALSTYNE, Thomas Jefferson, exMayor of Albany and ex-representative in Congress from New-York, 76, Albany.

Oct. 26. VANDERLIP, the Rev. Dr. George Mairs, religious author and worker, one of the founders of Young Men's Christian Association, 71, Brooklyn, Aug. 3. VAUGHN, Teresa, singer and actress, Worcester, Mass., Oct. 4. WARD, Frederic A., ex-Justice New-York Supreme Court, 62, Brooklyn, April 29. WARREN, the Rev. Dr. E. Walpole, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, Bad Gastein, Austria, July 24. WEEKS, Edwin Lord, painter, 54, Paris, Nov. 17.

65,

WHEATON, Frank, major general U. S. A. (retired), 70, Washington, D. C. June 18.

WHITING, Justin R., ex-Representative in Congress, Democratic leader in Michigan, 55, St. Clair, Mich., Jan. 31. WILCOX, Robert William, Hawaiian political leader, ex-Delegate in Congress from Hawaii, 48, Honolulu, Oct. 24. WILDES, Frank, rear-admiral U. S. N., captain of the Boston under Dewey at Manila, 59, San Francisco, Feb. 6. WILLIAMS, Morgan B., ex-Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, 72, Wilkesbare, Penn., Oct. 13.

WILLIS, the Rev. Jonathan S., Methodist Episcopal clergyman, ex-Representative in Congress from Delaware, 73, Milford, Del., Nov. 24.

WOODSON, Albert E., brigadier general
U. 9. A. (retired), 62, Paola, Kan.,
Aug. 7.
WORMSER, Louis, New-York banker, 76,
New-York, Dec. 6.

YOUNGSON, A. B., head of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 54, Meadville, Penn., July 30.

ZBOROWSKI, Count William Elliott, millionaire and sportsman, killed in automobile accident at Nice. France, April 1.

NOTABLE DEATHS ABROAD. ALEXANDER I., King of Servia, 26, assassinated at Belgrade, June 11. ARDITI, Luigi, musical conductor and composer, 80, Hove, England, May 1. ARMOUR, Sir John Douglass, Justice Supreme Court of Canada, 73, London, July 11.

BAIN, Alexander, philosopher and author, 85, Aberdeen, Sept. 18.

BLOWITZ, Henri G., S. A. O. de, Paris correspondent of "The London Times," 77, Paris, Jan, 18.

CECIL, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, Marquis of Salisbury, British ex-Premier and statesman, 73, Hatfield, Eng., Aug. 22.

DRAGA, Queen of Servia, 42, assassinated at Belgrade, June 11.

DUFFY, Sir Charles Gavan, Irish leader and agitator, man of letters, Prime Minister of Victoria, 86, Nice, Feb. 9. FARRAR, the Very Rev. Frederic William, dean of Westminster, Church of England, author, preacher, educator, 71, London, March 22.

HENLEY, William Ernest, author, 53, Woking, Eng., July 12.

HERBERT, Sir Michael Henry British
Ambassador to the United States, 46,
Davos Platz, Switzerland, Sept. 30.
HERRERO Y ESPINOSA, Spanish car-
dinal, 81, Valencia, Dec. 9.

KOMATSU, Prince, Japanese statesman
and soldier, Yokohama, Feb. 18.
LECKY, William E. H., historian, 65,
London, Oct. 22,

LEGOUVE, Gabriel J. B. E. W., French playwright and author, member of the Academy, 96, Paris, March 14.

LEO XIII, Roman Pontiff, 93, Rome, July 20. MACDONALD, Major General Sir Hector, commander of British forces in Ceylon, 50, by suicide in Paris, March 25,

MAY, Phil, illustrator and cartoonist, 39,
London, Aug. 5.

SHORTHOUSE Joseph Henry, English novelist, 68, London, March 4.

MOMMSEN, Theodor, historian, 86, Char- SPENCER, Herbert, English philosopher, lottenburg, Prussia, Nov. 1. 83. Brighton, Eng., Dec. 8. PARROCHI, Lucido Maria, Roman TETUAN, the Duke of, Spanish grandee and statesman, former minister for foreign affairs, 66, Madrid, Feb. 8. VAUGHN, the Very Rev. Herbert Alfred, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, Roman Catholic Primate of England, 71, London, June 20.

cardinal and sub-dean of the Sacred College, 69, Rome, Jan. 15. SAGASTA, Praxedes Mateo, Spanish statesman, Premier and parliamentary leader, Madrid, Jan. 5.

SCOTT,

Hugh Stowell ("Henry Seton Merriman"), English novelist, London, Nov. 19.

ZALDIVAR, Rafael, Salvadorian statesman, ex-President, París, March 3.

ADDENDA AND ERRATA.

On December 15 Secretary Root signed an order rearranging the military districts and commands of the army. There are to be hereafter four military divisions in the United States-the Atlantic, the Northern, the Pacific and the Southwestern-and one division in the Philippines. The Atlantic Division will include the Department of the East, excluding Louisiana and adding Tennessee, and the Department of the Gulf. The Northern Division will include the Departments of the Lakes, of the Missouri and of Dakota. The Pacific Division will include the Departments of California and the Columbia. The Division of the Southwest will include the Departments of the Colorado and Texas, with Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the Indian Territory added to the Department of Texas. The following division commanders have been decided upon: Atlantic Division, Major General Corbin; Northern Division, Major General Bates; Pacific Division, Major General MacArthur; Southwestern Division, Major General Sumner; Philippine Division, Major General Wade. The order becomes effective on January 15, 1904.

On December 17 President Roosevelt signed the Act of Congress making effective the commercial treaty with Cuba, and the treaty was proclaimed the same day.

The United States Senate, on December 18, ratified a commercial treaty with China. Its chief features are the extension of better protection to missionaries, the removal of the likin tax throughout China, the opening of Moukden and An-Tung in Manchuria as places of international residence and trade, the extension of the United States international copyright laws to China, and the promise from China to establish a patent office in which the inventions of citizens of the United States may be protected. The schedule of Chinese import duties which went into effect last year is made a part of the treaty. China agrees to revise and modernize her mining laws and to open her mineral wealth to the citizens of the United States.

The Senate, on November 17, confirmed the nomination of E. Finley Johnson to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands. Fletcher Ladd, former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, died in Boston, December 12.

At the meeting of the Republican National Committee, in Washington, December 11, 1903, it was decided to hold the next Republican national convention at Chicago, June 21, 1904. J. N. Coombes qualified as committeeman from Florida, vice John G. Long, dead, and W. S. Robinson as committeeman from North Carolina, vice Jeter C. Pritchard, resigned.

Ira R. Allen, chairman of the Republican State committee of Vermont, died December 9.

On December 16, 1903, Mrs. Daniel Manning, of Albany, N. Y., was elected presi dent of the World's Fair board of lady managers, vice Mrs. James L. Blair, resigned. The Rev. Dr. George D. Baker, president of the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church, died on December 17, 1903.

On December 17, 1903, the Pope ratified the selection of the Rev. James J. Hartley as Roman Catholic bishop of Columbus, Ohio.

On December 17 Gilbert B. Deans was nominated United States Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama to fill a vacancy.

On December 17 it was announced that an agreement had been reached by Governor Taft and the Philippine religious orders for the sale to the Philippine government of the so-called friar lands. The price agreed on was $7,250,000. The lands purchased comprise 403,000 acres.

On December 17 M. Comtesse and M. Ruchet were elected President and VicePresident, respectively, of the Swiss Republic for 1904.

On December 21 George B. McClellan, Mayor-elect of New-York City, resigned his seat in Congress as a Representative from the XIIth District of New-York.

On December 19 General John C. Black, of Illinois, announced his acceptance of a place in the Federal Civil Service Commission,

ERRATA.-On page 133 the total vote cast for William J. Bryan in 1900 should be 6,357,307 instead of 6,357,807.

On page 217, New-Jersey election tables, "Senate of 1903" and "Assembly of 1903," mean as elected in 1903, or completed by the elections of 1903.

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