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of the Heathen General Plaeidus, by a Miracle while Hunting" (1885); " Live-Oak Forest in the Ojai Valley, California" (1887); "St. Paul, the First Hennit," and •' A Walk through the Pine Barrens, Florida " (1888). In 1888 she exhibited a large number of landscapes in Boston.

HILLYAR, Sir James, British admiral; b. in Portsea, Hants, 29 Oct.. 1769 ; d. at Torr Point, Devonshire, 10 July, 1843. He entered the navy in 1779 on board the " Chatham," and was in her at the capture of the " Magicienne" off Bos- ton, 2 Sept., 1781. After active service in the North American and home stations, he was in 1793 appointed to the " Bolivar." under Admiral Hot ham. When serving on the " Victory," flag- ship of Lord Hood, for energy and good conduct at Toulon, and afterward in Corsica, he was appointed lieutenant of the "Aquilon," Capt. Robert Stopford. He wa.s then removed to the " Phaeton," in which he served with Comwallis in his celebrated '" Retreat." Commanded the " Excellent " and the " Niger " in 1800, and in the following year served under Sir Sidney Smith on the coast of Kgvpt. In 1803 he continued in active cruising under the orders of Nelson, who specially recommended him for promotion. He was advanced to post-captain, and in 1809 was appointed to the "St. George" as flag-captain, when Sir James Soumarez placed him in command of the " Pha-bc." a 36-gun frigate. In her, in 1810, he was present at the reduction of Mauritius, and of Java, August, 1811. Early in 1813 he was sent to the Pacific to destroy the American fur establishments in the north, being joined by the " Raccoon " and " Cherub " sloops at Juan Fernan- dez. Hearing that the U. S. frigate " Elssex," Capt. Porter, was taking British merchantmen on that station, having gone as far as the Gallapagos islands, he sent the " Raccoon " to execute his original orders, and proceeded with the "Phtt'be " and " Cherub " to search for the American frigate, which he found at Val[Miraiso, with her consort, a prize, the " Essex, Jr." In the engagement which followed, 27 March, the " Essex," having lost her main-top-mast in a sudden squall, was obliged to strike her colors after a gallant resistance, owing to her inability to work her heavy 32-i)Ounder car- ronudes. Capt. Hillyarconwnandi'il the" Revenge," 1830-'l, "Caledonia," 1833-'3, was made rear-ad- miral in 1837. nominated K. C. II. in 18:M, and ad- vanced to K. C. B. in 1840.

HINGSTON, Sir William Hales, Canadian scientist, b. near (Quebec, 29 June, 1829, educated at the Montreal college, McGill university, and in Edinburgh, where he took his diploma as a sur- geon. In 1853 he began the j)ructice of pliysician and surgeon at Montreal, and was eminently suc- cessful. Sir William has l)een president of the Canadian medical association, or the College of physicians and surgeons, of the Medico-chirurgical society, and was vice-president of the British asso- ciation for the advancement of .science. The Vic- toria university conferred on him the honorary degree of LL. I')., and I>. C. L. was granted him by Bi.shop's college, of Lennoxville. In 1877 he was elected mayor of Montreal. Ho was an unsuccess- ful candidate for the house of commons of Canada in Decemlwr, 1895, at a by-eleclion,but in 1896 he wa.« called to the senate, sitting for Rougemont. In January, 189.5. he was knighted by the (^ucen. Sir William is the author of an important work entitleil "The Climate of Cana<laand its Relations to Life and Health" (.Moiitreal. 188,5).

HINTENACH, Andrew, R. C. prelate, b. in Scbollbrunn, Baden, Germany, 12 May, 1844. He entered St. Vincent's college, Westmoreland Co., Pa., in August, 1854, joined the Benedictine order, 11 July, 1861, and was ordained priest on 12 April, 1867. Since then he has been occupied successively as professor of the college, master of novices, and prior of the monastery until 7 Feb., 1888, when he was chosen abbot of St. Vincent's abbey.

HIPPOLYTE, Louis Mondestin Florvil, president of llavti, b. in Cape Havtien in 1827; d. in Port au Prince, 24 -March, 1896. He was the son of one of the ministers of the Haytian emperor Faustin I. by a French woman. His father, who had travelleJl extensively, and had a knowledge of several languages, sent the son to France to be educated for a military career. Upon his return to Havti he entered the army, ami distinguished himself in the defence of the fortress of Bellair in 1865. He was at the head of the insurrection of 1889 which overthrew President Legitime, and in October of that year he was confirmed in the presidency by the constituent assembly. He ruled Hayti with an iron hand, and was relentless to- ward the leaders of the rebellion of 1891, many of whom were ruthlcsslv executed.

HITCHCOCK, Ethan Allen, cabinet officer, b. in Mobile, Ala., 12 June, 1835. His grand- father married the second daughter of Col. Ethan Allen, and his father, Henry Hitchcock, early in life removed to the south, becoming chief justice of Alabama. The son was educated in New Haven, and then settled in St. Louis, pursuing a business career, when he entered the China house of Oliphant & Co., with which he remained for twelve years. Returning to St. Louis, he became president of severol manufactories, also acquiring large railway interests. Early in 1897 he was ap- i)ointcd minister at St. Petersburg, and when Russia sent her present representative here with the rank of ambassador, Sir. Hitchcock was also promoted to the higher grade. In December, 1898, on the retirement of Cornelius N. Bliss, he was made a meniljer of President McKinley's cabinet, with the portfolio of the secretary of the interior, entering upon his duties in January, 1899.

HOBAN, Michael John. R. C. prelate, b. at Waterloo. N. J., 1« June, 1853. From 1868 to 1871 he studied at Holy Cross college at Worcester, Mass.. and spent two years at home in commercial business. In 1874 he entered St. John's college at Fordham, New Vork city, and in September of that year he became an ecclesia-stical student at the Cpllege of St. Charles Borromeo, Overbrook setninary, and in October, 1875, he was sent by Bishop O'Hara of Scranton to the American col- lege at Rome. He was ordained a priest. May, 1880, in the Church of St. John Lateran by Car- dinal Valetta. After a tour of travel in Lurope he returned to Philadelphia in September, 1880. At Scranton he was appointed assistant pastor at St. Peter and St. Paul's church, thence he per- formed parochial work at Pittston, then pastor at Troy, and finally pastor at A.shley, where he erected the fine church of St. Leo in 1890, and the rectory in 1892. In 1897 he was appointed coadjutor bishop, and was consecrated under the title of bishop of Alalis by Cardinal Satolli in March, 1897, with the right'to succeed Bishop O'Hara.

'''HOBART. Garret Angustus'''. vice-president, b. in Long Branch, 3 June, 1844; d. in Paterson, N. J.. 21 Nov., 1899. He received his education in his native countv and entered the sophomore class of Rutgers colfege, being graduatetl there in June. 1863. For a brief period he taught school, anil then, in December, 1863, entered the law office of Socrates Tuttle, in Paterson, whose daughter.