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Rh increased after his re-election, and the harsh meas- ures that he employed to crush them, added to the general dissatisfaction, culminated in an insurrec- tion on 4 Aug., 1888. Salomon was besieged in his palace by the rebellious garrison, and on 10 Aug. took refuge on board a British man-of-war. Thence he went to Santiago de Cuba, and by way of New York to Paris. He was a fine-looking man, six feet four inches tall, with jet-black skin and white hair.

SCOTT, William Lawrence, congressman, b. in Washington, D. C, 2 July, 1828. He is the grandson of Gustavus Scott (vol. v., p. 436). After receiving a common-school education he became a page in the U. S. house of representatives. He settled in Erie, Pa., in 1848, as a clerk in the ship- ping business, and in 1850 entered business for himself as a coal and shipping merchant. He sub- sequently became largely interested in iron manu- facturing, coal-mining, and the construction and operation of railroads. He was a delegate to the Democratic national conventions in 1868 and in 1880, was elected mayor of Erie in 1866 and 1871, and was a member of the National Democratic com- mittee in 1876-'88. By a union of Democrats and independent Republicans he was chosen to con- gress an independent Democrat in 1884, where he was a member of the committee of ways and means, and has since served by re-election.

SCOTTOW, Joshua, colonist, b. in England in 1615 ; d. in Boston, Mass., 20 Jan., 1698. He emi- grated to Massachusetts with his family in 1634, became a captain of militia, and was the confiden- tial agent of La Tour in his negotiations with the colonial government in 1654-'7. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Thomas Savage, the ancestor of James Savage the antiquarian. He published M Old Men's Fears for their Own Declensions," a vigor- ously written presentation of the supposed degen- eracy of the author's times (Boston, 1691 ; reprinted 1749), and a " Narrative of the Planting of Massa- chusetts Colony " (1694).

SHERRED, Jacob, donor, b. in Germany, 23 Jan., 1756 ; d. in New York city. 30 March, 1821. He was a glazier and painter, and had an exten- sive business in New York city. Sherred was a vestryman of Trinity church, and a tablet to his memory has been placed in its monument-room. When it was proposed to remove the General theological seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church to New Jersey, he was induced by his wife to leave to it $60,000, provided it should locate per- manently in New York. Through his efforts and those of others St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal church was built as a place of worship for colored people, and he contributed generously toward its support. He also left a large sum to the orphan asylum in New York city. In 1883 the first of the new buildings erected on Cheshire square for the The- ological seminary was named Sherred hall (see vignette). The other build- ings of more recent erection are Pin- tard hall, named after John Pintard, and Dehon hall, so called in honor of the bishop of South Carolina, through whose ef- forts the seminary was established.

STARLING, Lyne, philanthropist, b. in Meck- lenburg county, Va,, 27 Dec, 1784; d. in Colum- bus, Ohio, 21 Nov., 1848. He removed to Ohio in early life, was a founder of Columbus, and acquir- ing large wealth, devoted much of it to benevolent objects. He left a sum to establish in Columbus the Starling medical college and hospital.

STEARNS, Joseph Barker, electrical engineer, b. in Weld, Me., 28 Feb., 1831. He received a com- mon-school education, and worked on a farm, but became a telegraph-operator, and in 1855-'67 was superintendent of the Boston fire-alarm telegraph company. During this time he made many inven- tions that were of value in developing the fire- alarm telegraph as it is now used in the United States. In 1868 he invented and patented the duplex system of telegraphy, which is now used throughout the world, and for which he obtained royalties from the British, French, Italian, Rus- sian, Spanish, and Indian governments, and from the several submarine cable companies. In 1879-'80 he was employed as engineer by the Mexican tele- graph company in making, laying, and putting into operation the cables of that company be- tween Galveston, Tex., and Vera Cruz, Mexico, and in 1881 he performed a similar service for the Central and South American telegraph company, whose cables extend from the Isthmus of Tehuan- tepec in Mexico to Callao, Peru, in all between 4,000 and 5,000 miles. This work he completed in 1882, and he has for some years resided in Cam- den, Me., where his residence contains a library of 10,000 volumes, and his collection of Chiriqui pottery, which has been on exhibition at the Smith- sonian institution in Washington, D. C. ; and his collection of carved ivories are now on exhibition at the Metropolitan museum of art in New York city. The latter is said to be the largest collection of the kind ever made in any country.

STEUART, George H., soldier, b. in Baltimore, Md., 24 Aug., 1828. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1848, became 2d lieuten- ant in the 2d dragoons, 11 Nov., 1849, 1st lieuten- ant in the 1st cavalry, 3 March, 1855, and captain, Dec, 1855. He resigned in April, 1861, and on 16 June, 1861, was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Maryland (Confederate) regiment. On July, 1861, he was promoted its colonel, and on 18 March, 1862, he became brigadier-general. In Stonewall Jackson's advance on Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, in May, 1862, he led the cavalry, and he afterward- had charge of an infantry brigade. He was badly wounded at Cross Keys, 8 June, 1862, .and his brigade suffered severely in the attack on Culp's Hill, at Gettysburg. He defended the " bloody angle " at the battle of the Wilderness against Hancock's corps, and was taken prisoner, but exchanged in the winter of 1864-'5. Since the war he has resided in Baltimore.

STURGIS, Russell, merchant, b. in Boston, Mass., 3 Aug., 1831. His father was a member of the firm of Russell and Co., Canton. The son was educated at Harvard, engaged in the China trade, and was U. S. consul at Canton, but returned to Boston, and became a merchant in that city. In 1862-3 he served as captain and major in the 45th Massachusetts regiment. He has been actively as- sociated with the Young men's Christian associa- ' tion since 1858, as president of the Boston associa- tion, chairman of the state committee, and member of the international committee, and he has pub- lished numerous religious tracts.

SULLIVAN, Alexander, lawyer, b. near Waterville. Me., 9 Aug., 1847. His parents were natives of Ireland. He acquired reputation as an