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100 1862 succeeded to the command. During the At- lanta campaign and afterward he led a brigade, and at Jonesboro' he averted defeat by a timely bayonet charge. lie was brevetted brigadier-gen- eral of volunteers, 9 Dec, 1864, and on 26 June, 1865, was given full rank. Gen. Este resigned on 4 Dec, 1865, and afterward practised his profes- sion in Washington, D. C. He was presented by his regiment with a sword with diamond-studded hilt.

ESTRADA CABRERA, Manuel (es-trah -dah), president of Guatemala, b. in Quezaltenango, 21 ov., 1857. He studied in the Colegio de San Jose and in the Instituto Nacional de Occiden- te, but had to abandon for a time his law studies and to earn a living. He was at length graduated, and admitted to practice in (Quezaltenango in 1888, soon acquiring a reputation as a successful lawyer. He was appointed, in succession, district judge in Retalhulen and Quezaltenango. Later he was ap- pointed a magistrate of the court of appeals. His leaning toward political life induced him to ac- cept a seat as representative in the national assem- bly, where his services to the public interest of the republic attracted the attention of Gen. Jose Jlaria Keyna Barrios, who in July, 1892, selected Estrada Cabrera as his secretary of state. At the death of Gen. Barrios in February, 1898, Senor Estrada Cabrera was put in charge of the government of the repubjic as its president.

ESTREES, Jean, Count d' (es-tray), French naval officer, b. in Paris in June, 1624; d. there, 19 May. 1707. He served as colonel in the cam- paigns of Flanders, entered the navy in 1668, and was sent with a fleet to the West Indies, where he defeated the English in several encounters. He was promoted vice-admiral on his return, in 1669, and given, in 1676, the command of an expedi- tion for retaking Cayenne and Tobago from the Dutch. He arrived off Cayenne, 17 Dec, and a few days later stormed the place, compelling the Dutch garrison to surrender. With re-enforce- ments from Martinique, he then sailed for Tobago, where he arrived, 19 Feb., 1677. Having landed the marines, he defeated the Dutch fleet, and bom- barded the city on S March ; but the marines were repulsed on another point with loss, and he re- tired to Martinique. In 1677 he sailed again from Brest for Tobago, where he arrived, 7 Dec, carried the city, and afterward captured the island of Curagoa. He was made marshal of France in 1681, bombarded Tunis in 1682, and in the same year was appointed viceroy of America, which office he retained till his death.

EVANS, Henry Clay, pension commissioner, b. in Juniata, Pa., 18 June, 1843. After an academic education he enlisted in a Wisconsin infantry regi- ment in May, 1804, serving until the war closed. Establishing himself in Chattanooga as an iron and railway-car manufacturer, he was twice elected mayor, and in 1889 member of congress. He was appointed assistant postmaster-general in 1889, serving for four years. In the year following he was elected governor of Tennessee on the face of the returns, but a recount by the legislature re- sulted in the rejection of certain returns for al- leged irregularities and his Democratic opponent declared elected. Mr. Evans stood second in the balloting for vice-president at the national Re- publican convention of 1896. In the following year he was appointed commissioner of pensions, in which office he has abolished numerous abuses during his two years' occupancy.

EVANS, Robley Dunglison, naval officer, b. in Floyd county. Va.. 18 Aug., 1846, and ap- pointed to the U. S. naval academv from Utah. 20 Sept., 1860. On 1 Oct., 1863, he was iiroraoted to ensign ; in 1864 he was attached to the steam-sloop "Powhatan" on the VV^est India squadron; he served on the North Atlantic blockading squad- ron, participating in both attacks on Fort Fisher: in the land attack he received two severe wounds from rifle-shots. He was commissioned lieutenant, 25 July, 1866, and was on the steam-sloop " Pis- cataqua," ftag-shi[) of the Asiatic squadron. He received his commission of lieutenant-commander, 12 March, 1868, and later was on duty at the navy-yard, Washington, and at the naval acad- emy. He served on the " Shenandoah " on the European station, also on the " Congress " on the same station from 1873 until 1876, and later com- manded the training-ship "Saratoga." He was promoted to commander, 12 July, 1878. In July, 1891, he took command of the " Yorktown," and was appointed captain, 27 June, 1893. He was ap- pointed to the command of the "New York," 23 Aug., 1894, and was later transferred to the " Iowa," which he commanded during the war with Spain, taking an active part in the destruction of Cer- vera's fleet. He was prominent in making naval arrangements for the New York reception to Ad- miral Dewey. 29 and 30 Sept., 1899.

EVANTUREL, Francis Eugene Alfred, Canadian politician, b. in Quebec, 31 Aug., 1849. He is a grandson of Fran(ois Evanturel. who served with Napoleon in most of his campaigns and af- terward settled and died in Quebec, and was edu- cated at the Quebec seminary, studied law at Laval university, and was called to the bar. He prac- tised his profession until 1873, when he entered the civil service at Ottawa. In 1H81 he resigned and resumed practice in Ontario. He is also editor of "L'Interprete," which he conducts with vigor. Mr. Evanturel has been a member of the Ontario house of assembly from 1886 up to the present time, and in 1894 was unanimously chosen speaker, being the first French Canadian to hold that office.