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124 HADDOCK, George Channing, clergyman, b. in Watertown, N. Y., 33 Jan., 18ii2; d. in Sioux City, Iowa, 3 Aug., 1886. Ho was partially edu- cated at Black river institute in his native town, learned the printer's trade, and was connected with several Republican newspa[)ers in Wisconsin. He was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal church, and from 1860 until 1882 was actively en- gaged in temperance work. He was transferred to the Iowa conference in 1882, and while en- deavoring to enforce the prohibition laws of that state was assassinated in Sioux City. He pub- lished several fugitive poems that became poi)u- lar, including " Autumn Leaves," " The Skeleton Guest," and " The Cross of Gold." See his " Life," by his son (New York, 1887).

HAGGART, John Graham, Canadian states- man, b. in Perth, Ontario, 14 Nov., 1836. He be- came a mill-owner, was mayor of Perth for several years, an unsuccessful candidate for parliament in 1867 and 1869, was chosen to that office as a Lib- eral Conservative in 1872, and afterward served for many years by re-election. In July, 1888, he be- came postmaster-general, and in January, 1892, he was transferred to the department of railways and canals, which he held for four yeare.

HAGOOD, Johnson, soldier, b. at Barnwell, S. C, 21 Feb., 1829 ; d. there, 4 Jan., 1898. He was educated at the South Carolina military academy, where he graduated in 1847. He was elected mas- ter in equity, which he held until the civil war, when he raiseil the 1st South Carolina volunteers, of which he was elected colonel. He was appointed brigadier-general in the Confederate army in May, 1862. On his appointment he wiis assigned to duty on the coast of South Carolina, and was employed in the siege of Charleston against Gen. Gillmore in 1863, and was in command of battery Wagner. He was ordered to Virginia in 1804. He was en- gaged at Walthall junction and Swift creek against Gen. Butler, and subsequently under Beauregard was engaged in the battle of Drury's BlulT and in the operations resulting in confining Gen. Butler to his fortified base in Bermuda Hundred. He was subsequently detached with Hoke's division, to which his brigade had been assigned, to Lee's army, reaching it in time to partici])ate in the bat- tle of Cold Harbor. Returning to Gen. Beaure- gard's command, he was engaged in the three days' battle preceding the siege of Petersburg, his bri- gade serving in the trenches during the siege which followed. He was afterward in the battle of Wel- don Road and in the operations north of the James following the fall of Fort Harrison. In December, 1864, he joined Gen. Bragg in North Carolina and was engaged at Fort Fisher, commanding the rear guard of Bragg's army, and in all operations follow- ing and iricluclingthe battle of Bentonville. After the war he was president of the South (larolina state agricultural societyand chairman of the board of visitors of the South Carolina military academy. HAID, Leo, K. C. bishop, b. in Latrobe, West- moreland CO., Pa., 14 July, 1849. He was edu- cated at the Benedictine abbey of St. Vincent in his native county, entered the Benedictine novi- tiate in 1872, became a profes.sed Benedictine and was ordained a priest in 1872. He then became chaplain and a professor at St. Vincent's abbey, and in June, 1885, he was elected abbot of St. Mary Hel[) abbey, and consecrated as a mitred ab- bot in November. In this position he extended his labors beyond the monastery and among the negroes, made many converts, erecting a new col- lege and the church and school of St, Benedict for the colored people of the vicinity. North C'arolina having been erected into a vicariate apostolic by Pius IX., he appointed Abbot Haid vicar apostolic and titular bishop of Mes.sene in 1888. He still fills the offices of abbot of the abbey and vicar apostolic of North Carolina. HALE, Irving, soldier, b. in North Bloomfield, N. Y., 28 Aug., 1861, and was graduated at the U. S. military academy, at the head of his class, in June, 1884. Resigning his commission in the army in 1890, he entered the service of the General electric company, and was their manager in Colo- rado when the war with Spain began. He went to the Philippine islands as colonel of the 1st regiment Colorado volunteers, and after the' cap- ture of Manila, for his distinguished services, he was promoted to brigadier-general by Presi<ient McKinley, and jilaced m command of the 2d bri- gade. In August, 1899, he returned to the LTnited States, and has since resigned his commission, and resumed his Ijusiness in Colorado.

HALE, William Thomas, journalist, b. in Liberty, Tenn., 1 Feb., 1857, receiving an academ- ic education in his native town. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised his profes- sion from 1880 until 1893, since which time he has been connected with the " Commercial Appeal " of Memphis, the "Post-Dispatch" of St. Louis, the "American" of Nashville, and the "Sentinel" of Knoxville. Mr. Hale, who has published many popular poems, is the author of " Divorce and Land Laws of Teimessee " (Liberty, 1889) ; " Show- ers and Sunshine," a volume of poems (Memphis, 1896); "The Backwoods Trail: Stories of the In- dians and Pioneers" (Nashville, 1899); and "An Autumn Lane, and other Poems" (1899).

HALIBURTON, Robert Grant, Canadian au- thor, b. in New Windsor. Nova Scotia. 3 June, 1831. He is a son of Judge Ilaliburton ("Sam Slick"), was graduated at King's college, and admitted to the bar, soon enjoying an extensive practice in Halifax. In 1877 he removed to Ottawa, where hccontinues his law practice. Mr. Ilaliburton has been a fre- quent contributor to scientific periodicals, also to " Blackwood's Magazine " and the " North Amer- ican Keview," and is a member of the American association for the advancement of science and other kindred societies. — His brother, Sir Arthur Laurence, b. in Windsor, -26 .Sept., 1832, entered the British army, and was permanent under-secre- tary of war, from which he retired, and was knighted in 1897, during the queen's jubilee.

HALL, Abraham Oakey, lawyer, b. in Albany N. Y., 26 July, 1826 (while liis mother was there on a visit); d. in New York city, 7 Oct., 1898. His father died when he was three years old ; by the efforts of his mother, and by writing for the New York city pajiers, he managed to work his way through New York university, where he was graduated in 1844. He attended the Harvard law- school for one term, ai<led by his uncle, Samuel W. Oakey, a New Orleans merchant ; on his re- turn to New York he entered an office, but soon went to New Orleans and studied with Thomas and John Slidell, He returned to New York, and was admitted to the bar in 1848, All this time he wrote for the press, and he continued to do so during many succeeding years. He won success