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LABREQUE, Michael Thomas. R. C. bishop, b. at St. Anselme, near Quebec, 30 Dec., 1849. He made his theological studies at the Seminary of Quebec and at Rome, graduating in the latter city in canon law and theology in 1883. He lias served for several years as professor of theology in the University of Laval, at Quebec, and as director of the Grand seminary, in the same city. He was appointed bishop of Chicoutimi, and consecrated as such by Cardinal Taschereau, 22 May, 1892, and he is now also administrator of the prefecture-apostolic of the Gulf of St. Law- rence. In both of these jurisdictions a very large portion of Bishop Labreque's flock are Indians.

LACASCADE, Etienne Theodore Mondésir, (lae-as-cad). West Indian statesman, b. in St. Fran- 5ois, Grande Terre, Guadeloupe, 2 Jan., 1841. His father, a poor mulatto fisherman, wrote a letter of congratulation to Napoleon III. on the birth of the prince imperial in 1854, which so pleased the emperor that he issued an order to the effect that '• the little one would pay from his ])rivate purse for the education of the son of his correspondent." Thus Lacascade went to Paris, was graduated as M. D., and entered the navy as a surgeon in 1867. He was stationed for several years in the West Indies, was elected by Guadeloupe to the national assembly of France on 4 July, 1875, and returned to the chamber of deputies in 1876 and 1877. He was instrumental in securing an electoral bill in behalf of French Guiana, and took part in the negotiations that brought about, in 1878, the ces- sion by the Swedish government of the island of St. Bartholomew in the West Indies to France. In the following year he was appointed secretary of the interior of the French establishments in India, and in 1882 became governor of the national bank of Guadeloupe, which post he still retains. M. Lacascade is the author of several valuable works on colonial administration, among them " De I'organisation du travail de la terre anx colo- nies Fran^aises des Antilles" (Paris, 1872).

LAKEY, Emily Jane, artist, b. in Quincy, N. Y., 22 June, 1837 ; d. in Crantord, N. J., 24 Oct., 1896. She was the daughter of James Jackson, was educated at home, and taught in Tennessee and Ohio. She then turned her attention to paint- ing, and exhibited her work first in Chicago, and in 1873 at the National academy of design. Later she studied in Paris under firaile Van Marcke. Her best-known paintings are " Leader of the Herd " (1882) ; " An Anxious Mother " (1882) ; " Right of Way " (1886) ; and " From Pasture to Pool " (1890). She married Charles D. Lakey in 1864. and her studio was in New York city. LALEMENT, Charles, Jesuit missionary, b. in Paris, France, 17 Nov., 1587; d. there, 18 Nov., 1674. He became a novice of the Jesuits at Rouen in 1607. studied at La Fleche, 1609-12, and for three yeai's taught at the College of Nevers. He spent four more years in study at La Fleche. and one at Paris. From 1620-'22 he was a professor at Bourges, and was later principal of a Paris boarding-school. Ijalement received the appoint- ment of superior of the Jesuit mission at Quebec in March, 1625, and in June of that year he, in company with .several others of the fraternity, ar- rived in Canada. He embarked for France for supplies in the autumn of 1627, and the next May, while returning, was captured by Admiral Kirk and sent to England, and later to France. He attempted a second time to reach Canafla in 1629, but was shipwrecked near Canso, and returned on a Basque fishing-vessel. Reaching France he be- came rector of the College of Eu, and afterward of that at Rouen. In April, 1634, he again re- ceived authority to return to Canada, where he remained until 1639, when he went home, and for some years acted as agent for the missions of Canada. Afterward he served as rector at various Jesuit colleges in France, and died while superior of the Maison Professe, Paris.

LAMBERTON, Benjamin Peffer, naval offi- cer, b. in Pennsylvania, 10 March. 1843. He was graduated from the U. S. naval academy in 1865, and saw service on various ships and stations, being promoted through the several grades until April, 1898, when he was ordered to join the Asi- atic squatlron. In the famous battle of Manila bay he served aboard the flag-ship "Olympia" as chief of staff to Commodore Dewey, and was pro- moted to the rank of captain, 17 May, 1898. When , Capt. Gridley was "invalided " to his home, Lain- berton succeeded to command of the flag-ship, and accompanied Admiral Dewey in the " Olympia " on her return to the United States, in September, 1899, being present in the famous New York parade.

LAMONT, Daniel Scott, b. in Cortlandville, Cortland co., N. Y.. 9 Feb., 1851 ; entered Union, but left liefore graduating to accept a political office. He adopted journalism as his profession, and was employed on various papers. From 1883 until 1885 he was private secretary to the governor of New York, and from the latter date to 1889 acted in the same capacity to the president of the United States. At the close of Cleveland's admin- istration Mr. Lamont settled in New York city, where he was interested in various business under- takings, and on the re-election of Mr. Cleveland to the presidency he became, in March, 1893, a mem- ber of his cabinet, filling the place of secretary of war. At the close of the administration he re- turned to New York to engage in business.

'''LAMSON. Charles Marion''', clergvman, b. in North Hadley, Mass., 16 May, 1843;" d. in St. Johnsbury, Vt., 8 Aug., 1899. He was educated at Williston seminary and Amherst college, where he was graduated in 1864. He remained at Am- herst for two years as an instructor in Latin and English, after which he went abroad and studied theology at Halle university. Returning to this country in 1868. Dr. Lamson became pastor of the Porter Congregational church in Brockton, Mass. Two years later he was called to the Salem street Congregational church. Worcester, where he remained until 1885, when he was called to the pastorate of the North Congregational church. St. Johnsbury, Vt. In that year he received the degree of D. D. from his alma mater. In 1893 Dr. Lamson became pastor of the Centre church at Hartford. In 1897 no was elected president of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, suc- ceeding the Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs. Dr. Lam- son, who had been a trustee of Amherst since 1888, was a fine type of Congregational clergyman.

LANE, George Martin, Latin scholar, b. in CJharlestown, Mass., 24 Dec. 1823 ; d. at Cambridge, JIass., 30 June, 1897. He gr.-vduated from Harvard in the class of 1846. and later gave instruction in Latin in the college. He continued his studies in Gottingen, where he received the degree of Ph. D. in 1851. His thesis, entitled " Smynueorum res