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240 afterward passed under the government of Cartha- gena, and held Tarious commands there in com- bats with the natives. He then returned to Vene- zuehi and served in the expedition of Nicolas Pederman. He next took part in the expeditions of the Palenques and Sierra Nevada, and was con- queror of the Colimas and La Palnm. Sanchez Rey was noted for his daring and warlike skill, but, like many of the conquerors, "gave himself more to the sword than the pen," says the chron- icler Oeariz, " and did not know how to write."

SANDELANDS, James, merchant, b. in 1636; d. in Chester, Pa., 12 April, 1692. He was of Scottish parentage; settled in Upland (afterward Chester) about 1665, and married Anne, daughter of George Keen, founder of that ])lace. where he bought several tracts of land and resided in a large double house, in which were held the ses- sions of the first assembly of the province of Penn- sylvania. He was captain of a company of militia, and practised as attorney in Upland court. In 1681 he was appointed by Gov. Thomas Markham a justice of that court and a mendier of the first provincial council, and was visited by William Penn on the arrival of the latter on the Delaware. Prom 1688 till 1690 lie represented Chester county in the general assembly of Pennsvlvania.

SANDERS, Wilbur Fisk, senator, b. in Leon, N. Y., 2 May, 1834. He received a common-school education, and in 1854 removed to Ohio, where he taught school, and was admitted to the bar in 1856. At the outbreak of the civil war he re- cruited a company of infantry and a battery. In October, 1861, he was commissioned a 1st lieuten- ant in the 64th Ohio regiment, and was made ad- jutant. He served as acting assistant adjutant- general on the staff of Gen. James W. Forsyth ; in 1862 he assisted in the construction of defences along the railroads south of Nashville. He was compelled to resign on account of ill-health: he then settled in Montana, then part of Idaho, where he engaged in the practice of law. also in mining and stock-raising. He was active in the prosecu- tion of robbers and murderers before the popular tribunals organized to preserve order. In 1864, 1867, 1880, and 1886 he was the Republican can- didate for delegate to congress. In 1868, 1872, 1876, and 1884 he was a delegate to the Kepubli- can national conventions. From 1872 to 1880 he was a member of the legislative assembly of Mon- tana. President Grant appointed him U. S. attor- ney for Montana in 1872, but he declined the office. In 1890 Mr. Sanders was elected to the U. S. senate for the term expiring 3 March, 1893.

SANGER, William Wallace, physician, b. in Hartford, (Jonn., 10 Aug., 1819; d. in New York city, 8 May, 1872. He began the study of medi- cine at Wheeling, Va., in 1842, but soon afterward removed to New York city, and was graduated at the College of physicians and surgeons in 1846. He was then appointed assistant at Hellevue hos- pital, and subsequently was the first resident phy- sician at HlackwelTs island. He afterward re- signed and visited Europe, but in 1853 was re- appointed. During this seven years' tenure of that office he made an investigation of the " social evil," the results of which he embodied in a work char- acterized by laborious research and comprehensive classification of the facts that he obtained, entitled the " History of Prostitution " (New York, 1858). In 1860 Dr. Sanger resigned and devoted the re- mainder of his life to private practice.

SATOLLI, Francis, apostolic delegate, b. in Merciano, Perngia, Italy, 21 July, 1831. From boyhood his education for the Roman Catholic church was personally directed by Archbishop Pecci, now Pope Leo XIII. Soon after complet- ing his ecclesiastical studies he was appointed pro- fessor of dogmatic theology in the Urban college of the Propaganda in Rome, where he remained several years. In 1888 he was created titular arch- bishoj) of Lepanto, and promoted to the presidency of the academy of the noble ecclesiastics. In the following year he was deputed by the pope to rep- resent him at the celebration of the centenary of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the United States in Baltimore, and at the inauguration of the Catholic university of the United .States in Washington, D. C. In January, 1893, he was ap- poinred by the pope the first apostolic delegate in the United Stales, and graiite<l all powei-s neces- sary to execute his mission. The absoluteness of his authority is made plain in his commission: " Whatever sentence or penalty you shall declare or inflict duly against those who oppose your au- thority, we will ratify, and with the authority given us by the Lord will cause to be observed inviolably until condign satisfaction be made, not- withstanding constitutions and apostolic ordi- nances or any other to the contrary." Despite the terms of his commission his authority was ques- tioned in various quarters, and in the case of an appeal to the court of chancery of New Jersey he declared, 27 April, 1893, that he had been sent to the United States by the |)ope as his sole rep- resentative in the church with jurisdiction over Roman Catholic authorities in America; that his authority was supreme ; that his decisions or af- firmances of decisions of the bishops of the coun- try were final ; and that there was no appeal from his sentence. After coining to the United States he travelled extensively, studying the condition and needs of the church, and settling differences between its authorities and priests. One of his most noted decisions was that restoring to his full priestly functions the Rev. Edward McGlynn, D.D., who had been excommunicated by the archbishop of New York. He was created a cardinal in 1895 and returned to Rome the following year.

SAVAGE, John Houston, lawyer, b. in McMinn- ville, Tenn.. 9 Oct., 1815. He was educated in the " old field schools," studied law in a friend's office, and began the practice of his iirofession atSmith- ville, Tenn., in 1839. He took part in the Mexi- can war, winning much praise for gallantry dis- played at the attack on the Mexican stronghold of Molino del Rey, where he was severely wounded, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colo- nel. Returning to Smithville. he was elected to congress in 1849. and re-elected in 1852, but was defeated in 1853 by William B. Stokes. He com- manded the 16th Tennessee Confederate infantry from the beginning of the civil war till March, 1863, when he resigned, because Marcus J. Wright was placed in command over him. After the war he resumed the )iracticc of the law, winning dis- tinction in his state, and was elected several times to the legislature. Col. Savage has retired from practice, and resides on his farm near McMinnville.

SAVAGE, Richard Henry, author, b. in Utica, N. Y., 12 June, 1846. He was graduated from the U. S. military academy, having been appointed from California, and became a 2d lieutenant in the corps of engineers in 1868, serving on the frontiers. Resigning from the army after three years' ser- vice he entered the Egypt ian army with the rank of major. From 1874 to 1884 he was employed as an engineer on a southern railway, and later became a lawyer and author. He has also been a great traveller. In May. 1898. he was appointed senior