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168 afterward, upon his appointment as receiver of public moneys. In 1824-'48 he was judge of the state supreme court, and lie was then elected a delegate to the state constitutional convention, serving as ehairinan of the committee on the ex- ecutive. He removed to Jacksonville in 184'J, and from 1851 until his death was a trustee of the land department of the Illinois Central railroad. In 1820 was fought the first and last duel iu Illinois. One of the parties was mortally wounded, the other was hanged for murder, the prosecuting attorney being Judge Lockwood, who probably thus pre- vented the introduction of duelling into the state. He was also connected with benevolent interests, being one of the originators and directors of the Cayuga county Bible society in 1815, two years before the American Bible society was formed. He secured the location of Illinois college at Jack- sonville, becoming president of the board of trus- tees, and assisted in organizing in the same town asylums for the deaf and dumb, the insane, and the blind, serving as trustee on the first board of each.

LOEWENSTERN, Isidore, Austrian traveller, b. in Vienna in 1807: d.in Constantinople, 6 May, 1856. After completing his studies in Germany, he travelled extensively in the United States, Mexico, and the West Indies, and on his return to Europe published " Les fitats-Unis et la Havane, souvenirs d'un voyageur " (Paris, 1843), and " Le Mexique, souvenirs d'un voyageur" (1843).

LOMAX, Lindsay Louisford, soldier, b. at New- port, K. I., 4 Nov., 1835. He was graduated from the U. S. military academy and assigned to the 2d cavalry. He resigned from the U. S. army, and was appointed captain in the Virginia state forces. He entered the Confederate army as captain and assistant adjutant-general to Gen. J. E. Johnston, 29 April, 1861. He was promoted major and as- signed to duty with Gen. B. McCulloch and lieu- tenant-colonel and inspector-general to Gen. Earl Van Dorn in July, 1862. He was appointed colo- nel of the 11th Virginia cavalry in February, 1863; brigadier-general, July, 1863; and major- general, 10 Aug., 1864. In January, 1864, he was assigned to the command of a brigade in Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's division, cavalry corps. In Au- gust, 1864, he was assigned to the command of a division of cavalry under Gen. Early, relieving Gen. Robert Hansom. In October, 1864, he was given the command of a cavalry division in the army of the valley district, and in March, 1865, he was ordered by Gen. Robert E. Lee to the com- mand of the valley district. He participated in all of the battles of that part of the Army of northern Virginia to which he was assigned. After the surrender of Richmond he moved to Lynchburg to intercept Stoneman, and surrendered his division at Greensboro, N. C, with Gen. Joseph E. John- ston. He is at present (1899) employed in the war records office at Washington, D. C.

LOMAX, Thomas Henry, A. M. E. Zion bishop, b. in Cumberland county, N. C, 15 Jan., 1832. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church, south, in 1855, learned to read and write in a night-school, and after studying privately was licensed to preach in the African Zion church in 1864. He was or- dained deacon in 1867 and elder in 1868, and on 4 July, 1876, he was ordained a bishop of the general conference at Louisville, Ky. He has hibored chiefly in the south, though for many years he had charge of the Michigan and Canada conference.

LOME, Enrique Dupny de, Spanish diploma- tist, b. in Valencia, 23 Aug., 1851. His ancestors were of French origin, spelling their name "de Lome." At the age of eighteen he entered the diplomatic service as an unpaid attache to the de- partment of foreign affairs at Madrid. At the age of twenty-one he was graduated from the law de- partment of the University of Madrid. In 1873 he entered upon his active diplomatic career as third secretary of the Spanish legation at Japan. 'J'wo years later he was transferred to Brussels, and in 1877 he was sent to Montevideo. In 1878 he pub- lished a book, " Madrid a Madrid," descriptive of his travels round the world, in which he expressed severe reflections upon America and American women. Prom Uruguay he was sent to the Argen- tine Republic in 1880, and the next year was trans- ferred from Buenos Ayres to Paris as second secretary of legation. In 1882 he came to Wash- ington as first secretary. He then saw service in Berlin, and again in the Madrid foreign office. He attended the international sugar conference at London in 1887, and in 1888 was again sent to Montevideo, this time as minister resident. In 1891 he was recalled to Spain as chief of the com- mercial section of the foreign office. He was elected to the cortes in 1892, and in the same year was appointed commissioner-general for the re- vision of commercial treaties. In 1893 he came to Chicago as commissioner-general for the World's Columbian exposition, and in the same year was appointed minister to this country. The Cuban insurrection and the questions arising therefrom made his position one of difficulty, but his social qualities, his wide experience, with his accomplish- ments as a linguist, made him a general favorite. After the assassination of Canovas, it was expected that he was to be recalled ; but he held his position even under the ministry of Sagasta, and appar- ently was warmly in favor of the schemes of autonomy for Cuba brought forward by Canovas. On 8 Feb., 1898, there was published a letter written by De Lome to Seiior Don Jose Canalejas, proprietor of the Madrid " Heraldo," who, accord- ing to report, was sent by Spain to investigate the feeling in the United States with regard to Cuban affairs. In this letter he made caustic references to President McKinley and his recent message to congress. The publication of such statements compelled him to one course: he resigned his post on 8 Fel)., 1898, and sailed for Spain a few days later, before the arrival of his successor. Polo.

LONGLEY, James Wilberforce, Canadian statesman, b. in Paradise. Nova Scotia, 4 Jan., 1849. He was educated at Acadia college, studied law. and was enrolled a barrister in 1875. Early in lite he became a member of the editorial staff of the Halifax " Chronicle," and entered provincial poli- tics in 1882, when he was elected fjy Annapolis county for a seat in the house of assembly, and has represented that constituency ever since. He was sworn a member of the government in July, 1884, and became attorney-general in May, 1886, and still holds that position. In 1896 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the house of commons of Canada. He is presiilent of the Nova Scotia historical society of Halifax.

LOOMIS, Augustus Ward, clergyman, b. in Andover. Conn.. 4 Sept., 1816: d. in San Mateo, Cal., 26 July, 1891. He was graduated at Hamil- ton college in 1841 and at Princeton theological seminary, and was a missionary in C'hina till 1850, He labored among the Creek Indians in 1852-'8. and then supplied pulpits in St. Charles, Mo., and Edgington, III., till 1859, after which time he was a missionary among the Chinese in San Francisco, Cal. Hamilton gave him the degree of D. D, in 1873. Dr. Looniis published "Learn to Say No" (Philadelphia, 1856) ; " Scenes in Chusan " (1857) ;