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Rh tem, which kept our men-of-war constantly in prime fighting condition. It was Admiral Kenny who formulated the plan, first put into practice by Secretary Whitney, of a general storekeeper's system to control all the purchases formerly made by each naval bureau for itself. A high authority has said that " had we gone to war under the old system, there would have been confusion which might have eri[ipled our ships and brought about defeat instead of victory."

KENNEY, Richard Rolland, senator, b. in Sus.sex county, Del., 9 Sept., 1856, was graduated at Hobart college, and studied law under Willford Salisbury, of Dover. He was admitted to the bar in 1881. and has practised his profession in his na- tive state. >Ir. Kenney was delegate to the na- tional Democraticconvention which metin Chicago in 1882, and was made a member of the national committee, which position he still occupies. He was elected to the U. S. senate in January, 18U7, and took his seat in the following month. His terra of service will expire in March. 1901. In 1899 he was tried on charges affecting his integrity in connection with frauds on a Delaware bank.

'''KENT. Jacob Ford,''' soldier, b. in Pennsyl- vania about 1835. He was graduated from the U. S. military academy, and made 3d lieutenant of the 3d infantry on 6 May, 1861 ; on 31 July following he was promoted 1st lieutenant. He was appointed assistant inspector-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, on 1 Jan., 1863, and held this position until 31 Aug., 1865, when he was re- lieved. He was promoted captain of the 3<1 in- fantry 8 Jan., 1864 ; in July, 1885, major of the 4th infantry; lieutenant-colonel of the 18th infantry in 1891 ; and colonel of the 24th infantry on 25 April, 1895. During the war with Spain in 1898 he saw service in the campaign before Santiago de Cuba, where he commanded the wing of Gen. Shaffer's army that captured FA Caney in the first day's fighting. For his service on this occasion he was promoted major-general of volunteers. After Gen. Hamilton S. Hawkins {q. v.) had been retired from the rank of briga<licr-gcneral, Kent was advanced to that grade in the regular army.

KEPHART, Ezekiel Boring, bishop of the United Brethren in Christ, b. in Decatur, Pa., 6 Nov., 1834. He was licensed to preach in 1857, entered the ministry in 1859, and became princi- pal of Michigan collegiate institute, Leonti. Mich., in 1805, in which year he was gradiiate<l at Otter- bein university, Onio. He accepted a pastorate_in Pennsylvania in 1866, became president of West- ern college, Iowa, in 1868, and in 1881 was raise<l to the episcopate. Otterbein university gave him the degree of D. D. in 1881. Bishop Kephart served in thn stale senate of Iowa in 1871-'5.

'''KIIMIER. Jerome Henry''', scientist, b. in Bal- timore county, Md., 20 Oct., 1842. He was grad- uated at Harvanl in 1862, entered the National array, and served till the close of the war as a medical cadet in the military hospitals. He was graduated in me<licine at the University of Mary- land, appointed an a-ssistant surgeon in the U. S. navy, and surgeon in 1876. He was surgeon and naturalist in 1874 in the U. S. transit of Veims expedition to Kerguelen island, pref)ared the sci- entific results of that cruise for publication the next year, was on special service under the IT. S. fish commission in 1875 and 1879, and in 1882 be- came first surgeon of the fish commission steamer "Albatross." lie resigne*! from the navy in 1884, and has served on the regular staff of the com- mission since that date as a.«si.stant U.S. fish com- missioner. Dr. Kidder has attained reputation as a writer and experimeter on hygiene, and as an authority on birds and fishes. In 1879 and since 1881 he has participated in all the regular marine explorations of the fish commission on the eastern coast of the United States.

KIMBALL, Martha Gertrude, philanthro- pist, b. in Portland, Me., 11 Nov., 1840; d. in Philadelphia, 21 Apr., 1894. Her husband, Henry S. Kimball, who was connected with the treasury department, was appointed, soon after the break- ing out of the civil war, appraiser of all cotton seized by the Union forces, and, permission being given her to accompany him, she soon became oflRcially attached to Gen. Sherman's army. At Charleston, Savannah, and Atlanta, where battles were fought, she was at the front directing the hospital corps and rendering assistance. She was appointed chief inspector of hospitals, and during the war had many escapes, being twice shipwrecked while sailing from New York to southern ports. When Secretary of War Stanton proceeded to Fort Sumter to restore the Union flag, Mrs. Kimball as- sisted him in raising it. After the battle of Fisher's Hill Sheridan rode up, greatly excited at finding the command of Gen. Slolineux apparently in a demoralized condition, and upbraided that officer in the presence of the troops. Mrs. Kimball, who had nursed Molineux in a hospital, went to Sheri- dan and told him that he had done a great wrong to a brave man. " Madam," he replied, " if I have done so, I will apologize to him before his soldiers." This he did, and on his recommenda- tion Molineux was made a major-general. Mrs. Kimball was a woman of rare personal beauty, great popularity, and noted for her many acts of charity. It was through her efforts that Decora- tion day was established, she suggesting to Gen. John A. Logan, then commander of tlie Grand army of the republic, that a day be named by him as dedicated for an annual decoration of the graves of the Union soldiers, which was done.

KING, George Edwin, Canadian jurist, b. in St. John, New Brunswick, 8 Oct., 1839, educated at Mount Allison college, and at the Wesleyan university, Connecticut, and was called to the bar of New Brunswick, 1864. He was attorney-gen- eral from 1870 to 1872, and premier from 1872 to 1878. Appointed a puisne judge of the supreme court of Sew Brunswick in December, 1880, and in September, 1893, was made a judge of the su- preme court of Canada. Judge King is the author of the New Brunswick free-school law. In 1896 he was appointed a coramissioner under the treaty of 8 Feb., between Great Britain and the United States, for the hearing and settlement of claims for compensation made by the owners of the cap- tured British sealers in Bering sea.

KING, John Marlt, clergyman, b. in Yetholm, Roxburghshire, .Scotland, 25 May, 1829; d. in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 7 March, 1899. He was gratluated from the University of Edinburgh in 1854, and studied theology there and at the Univer- sity of Halle. He removed to Canada in 18.')6and held several Presbyterian pastorates, including two at Toronto. He was moderator of the general a.«semblv of the Presbyterian church in Canada in 1883. F'rom October, 1883. until his deal h Dr. King was principal of Manitoba college. The degree of doctor of uivinity was confeired upon him in 1882 by Knox college, Toronto. He was strongly op- posed to the coercion of JIanitoba on the school question in 1895-'6, and was the author of several volumes of a theological and religious character.

KINGSFORD, William, Canadian historian, b. in London, 28 Dec, 1819 ; d. in Ottawa, 29 Sept.,