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Rh liberal copyright. Mr. Kittridge is the author of " When they come marching Home." " No Night there,"' ami many other favorite melodies, and has publisheti several popular song-books.

KLINE, Jacob, soldier, b. in Lebanon, Pa., Nov., 1840. He studied at Capt. Partridge's military school on the Delaware, at Dr. Ilussel's in New' Haven, and at Pennsylvania college. At the outbreak of the civil war he was reading law, but he gave this up and entered the army as 1st lieutenant in the 16th infantry, 9 Sept., 1861. He was brevetted captain, 7 April, 1863, for service in the battle of Shiloh, and major on 1 Sept., 1864, for gallantry during the Atlanta campaign. He was promoted captain, 30 Sept., 1864; on 21 Sept.. 1866, he was transferred to the 25th infantry, and on 26 April, 1869, to the 18th infantrv. He was made major of the 24th on Oct., 1887, lieutenant-colonel in 1892, and colo- nel of the 21st infantry on 30 April, 1897. He served for a time as instructor in the art of war at the U. S. infantry and cavalry school at Fort Leavenworth. In the war with Spain in 1898 he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers.

KMUHT, Cyrus Frederic, P. E. bishop, b. in Marblehead, Mass.. 28 March. 1831 ; d. in Mil- waukee, Wis., 8 June, 1891. He studied at Har- vard, and was graduated at the General theological seminary in 1864. After being ordained a priest of the Protestant Episcopal cliurch he was rector of St. Mark's church, Boston, and later he had charge of St. James's, in Hartford, until 1877, when he was called to St. James's, in Lancaster. He was elected bishop of Milwaukee, December, 1888. The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Bethany college, and that of D. C. L. by Bishop's university. He was a delegate to the general conventions of his church from the dio- ceses in which he was living, and was dean of Hartford while a resident of that city. He pub- lished occasional stTinons and "Changes in the Communion Oflice " (New York, 1886).

KNUX, John Armoy, journalist, b. in Arraoy, Ireland, 10 Aug., 1851. He emigrated to this country in 1873, became a journalist and the editor of the "Texas Siftings." a comic newspaper which was published in I)alla.s, Tex., but subse- quently removed to New York city. He has also lectured extensively, and is the joint author of the Irish drama " Shane-na-Lawn, which was suc- ccssfully played in 1884, and of "Marcelle," which was presented in 1885. He is the author, with Alex- an<ler C. Sweet, of " Sketches from Texas Siftings " (New York, 1882); "Three Dozen Goo<l Stories" (1887); and "On a Mexican Mustang through Texas from the Gulf to the Kio Grande (18S3).

'''KUBBE. William August,''' soldier, b. in New York, 10 May, 1840. His father, William August Kobbe, a German-American, was for many years consul-general of the duchy of Nas.sau in New York ciiy. His mother, Sarah Ijord Sistare, was an American descended from a Spanish sea-cap- tain whose vessel was early in the last century lost in the " Race," off New London. The son studied mining engineering; enlisting in the war as a pri- vate in the 178th New York volunteers, and was promoted to captain. In 1866 he was commis- sioned a 2d lieutenant in the 19th U. S. infantry, and was brevetted lieutenant-colonel of volun- teers and major U. S. army for gallantry at Na.sli- ville and at the capture of Kort Blakely, Ala- bama. He was transferred in 1872 to the 3(1 U. S. artillery, commanded a batt^ilion of that regiment as majiir with distinction nt Calacoon, Cahiinpit, and 'Nfalalos, and led the Kio Grande expe<lition in the Philippines. In 1899 he was appointed colonel of the 35tb regiment, U. S. volunteers, and later promoted brigadier-general. — His brother, GustaT, author, b. in New York city, 4 March, 1857, was educated at Wiesbaden, Germany, at Columbia, and the Columbia law-school. He is a contribu- tor of short stories, criticisms on music and the drama, also articles of travel to the '• Century " and " Scribner's." Mr. Kobbe has published " Wag- ner's King of the Nibelung " (New York, 1887), which has passed through seven editions, and has also been reprinted in the several editions of his "Wagner's Life and Works" (2 vols., 1890); "Kob- be's New York and its Environs" (1891); "Plays for Amateurs " (1892) ; " My Rosarv, and other Poems" (1897); and "Miriam" (Boston. 1898).

KOHUT, Alexander, scholar, b. in Felegyhfiza, Hungary, 4 May, 1842; d. in New York city, 25 May, 1894. He attended the University of Leipzig, and was graduated with high honor at the age of twenty-two. He became a rabbi quickly, and in 1865 was chosen rabbi for Stuhlweissenbufg. After eight years he went to FUnfkirchen, and again after a period of eight years to Grosswardein ; thence in 1885 he came to New York city to succeed Rev. Dr. Adolph Ililbsch in charge of Teinple Ahawath Chesed. He was the most learned lal- mudist in America, and he had also a wide Euro- pean reputation for his knowledge of Arabic, Per- sian, Turkish. Zend, and for his learning in Aryan and Semitic religions. The work by which he will Ik; best known is his "Aruch cornpletum," a Tal- mudical dictionary based on that of K. Nathan ben Jechiel of the eleventh century; it was a life work, and he was in some measure rewarded by the praises bestowed ui>on it by Kenan, Delitzsch, and other scholars, lie wrote also many mono- graphs and other articles on Semitic and kindred subjects ; a bibliography by his son is given in the "Tributes to the Memory of Rev. Dr. Alexander Kohut, Published by Congregation Ahawath Che- sed " (New York, 1894). See also " Semitic Studies in Memory of Rev. Dr. Alexander Kohut, Edited by George Alexander Kohut" (Berlin, 1897).

KREKEL, Arnold, jurist, b. near Langenfeld, Pru.ssia, in 1815; d. in Kansas City, Mo., 15 July, 1888. He removed to this country in 1882, was educated at St. Charles college, became a surveyor, and in 1844 was admitted to the bar of St. Charles county. Mo. He was county attorney for several years, established the St. Charles "Democrat" iu 1850. was its editor for many years, and sat in the Missouri legislature in 1852. He served in the National army throughout the civil war as colonel of a regiment of Missouri volunteers, was jiresident of the state constitutional convention in 1865. and in March of that year was appointed by President Lincoln U. S. district judge, which position he oc- cupied at the time of his death.

KYLE, James Henderson, senator, b. near Xenia, Ohio. 24 Feb., 1854. He took a course of civil engineering at the Illinois university, was graduated from Oberlin college in 1878, prejiared for admission to the bar, but afterward entered the Western theological seminary, graduating in 1882. During three years Mr. Kyle was teaching mathematics and engineering, subsequently en- gaging for several years in educational and min- isterial work in Utah and South Dakota. Soon after the time of his entering politics he was elected, in 1890, to the state senate, and in the following year was elected as an Independent to the U. S. senate. Senator Kyle took his scat in March, 1891. and was re-elected in 1897. His term of service will continue till 4 March, 1903.