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248 square for tho Theological seminary was named Sherred hall (see vignette). The other buildings of more recent erection are Hintard hall, named after John Pintard, of New York, and Dehon hall, so called in honor of the bishop of South Carolina, through whose efforts the seminary was established.

SHINN, William Powell, civil engineer, b. in Burlington, N. J., 4 May, 1834. lie became resident engineer of the Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad in 1853, and in 1855 was appointed audi- tor of the freight accounts and general freight agent of the Ohio and Pennsylvania railroad. In 1861 he returned to the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad, and was successively its general passenger agent, superintendent, and gen- eral freight agent until 1865, when he became general agent of the Pennsylvania company. Me was chosen vice-president of tho Allegheny Valley railroad company in 1874. and president of the Ashtabula, Youngstown and Pittsburg company in 1873, which places he held respectively until 1878 and 1879. Since December, 1886, he has been vice-president of the New York and New England railroad company. During 1873-'9 he had charge of the construction and management of the Edgar Thompson steel-works in Pittsburg. Mr. Shinn was elected a member of the American society of civil engineers in 1869, and in 1875 of the Ameri- can institute of mining engineers, of which he was vice-president in 1877-'8, and became president in 1880. lie has contributed papers to the transac- tions of these societies, notably a series on " Rail- way Management " to the " Transactions of the American Societv of Civil Engineers."

SHIPMAN, William Davis, jurist, b. in Ches- ter, Conn., 29 Dec, 1818; d. in Astoria, Long Island, 24 Sept., 1898. His early education was obtained at the district' school ; from his four- teenth to his twenty-fourth year he worked as a farmer at his home in Chester, and continued his studies. He then taught school for six years. In 1842 he removed to East Hadden, and entered the law office of Moses Culver. He was admitted to the bar in 1850. and two years later was elected judge of the probate court. In 1853 he was sent to the state assembly, and in July of the same year was appointed United States district judge for Connecticut. He served on the bench fourteen years, during which period he often sat in the United States district court for the southern dis- trict of New York. Many important eases came before Judge Shipraan, and many of his decisions are reported verbatim in Hlatchford's lejiorts. On retiring from the bench he removed to New York and founded the important law firm of Shipnuui, Barlow. Larocque & MacKarland.

SHIRAS, George, jurist, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., 26 Jan., 1833. He was graduated from Yale in the class of 1853, attended the Yale law-school the following year, and was admitted to the Penn- sylvania bar in IS.'jG. He was among the foremost lawyers of that portion of the state, and was once a candidate for the U. S. senate, but was never prominent in politics. He practised law success- fully in Pittsburg, till his appointment by Presi- dent Harrison, 19 July, 1892, as an associate justice of the U. S. supreme court, in place of Justice Joseph P. Bradlev, deceased, of New Jersey. He took the oath of office 10 Oct., 1892. Judge Shiras received the degreeof LL. I), from Yale university.

SHOUP, George Laird, senator, b. in Kittan- ning, Pa., 15 June, 1836. He received a common- school education, and in 1852 removed with his father to Illinois, where he engaged in farming near Galesburg. In 1859 he removed to Colorado, and began mining and mercantile business. In September, 1801, he enlisted in a company of scouts, and was soon commissioned 2d lieuten- ant. He was engaged in scouting along the biise of the Rocky mountains and the Canadian, Pecos, and Red rivers, in the meantime being pro- moted 1st lieutenant. He was then ordered to the Arkansas river. In May, 1863, he was assigned to the 1st Colorado regiment of cavalry. He served, on a leave of absence, as a member of the Colorado constitutional convention in 1864. In September of that year he was commissioned colo- nel of the 3d Colorado cavalry. In 1866 he en- gaged in business at Virginia City, Mont., and at Salmon City, Idaho. He served as a member of the Idaho legLslature, as a delegate to the Republi- can national convention in 1880, and as a memljer of the Republican national committee from 1880 until 1896. In 1889 he was appointed governor of the territory of Idaho, and he was elected gov- ernor in 1890 when Idaho was admitted as a state. On 18 Dec. of the same year he was elected to the U. S. senate, and re-elected for a second term, which will expire 3 March, 1901.

SICARD, Montgromery, naval officer, b. in New York city, 30 Sept., 1836. lie was appointed to the naval academy, and, grailuating in 1855, was assigned to the frigate " Potomac," of the home squadron. He was promoted master, 4 Nov., 1858, and lieutenant, 1861, and served on the steam-sloops " Dacotah " and "Oneida" in the western squadron, 1862-'3, being engaged in the bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and Chalmette batteries, and the de- struction of the Confederate flotilla and trans- ports, 24 April, 1862. He was also present at the passage of the Vicksburg batteries in June, 1862, and engaged the Confederate ram "Arkansas" in July of the same year. He was commissioned lieutenant-commander, 16 July. 1802, and assigned to duty on the steam-sloop " Ticonderoga," of the South Atlantic blockading squadron, 1864-'5; was engaged in thetwoattackson Fort Fisherin Decem- ber, 1864, and January, 1865, and in the land and naval assault on Fort Fisher, 15 Jan., 1805. He participated in the bombardment of Fort Ander- son, February. 1865. He was assigned to duty at the naval academy in 1865, remaining until early in 1869, when he was ordered to the steam-sloop "Pensacola," of the North Atlantic squadron, and in 1869-'71 commanded the " Saginaw in the Paci- fic fleet. He was promoted comman<ler in 1870 and assigned to ordnance duty in New York city, from where he was transferred in 1872 to ordnance duty in Washington, where he served until 1878. In that year he was placed in command of the "Swatara," North Atlantic station, and was as- signed to special duty in Washington in 1879. In 1880 he was placed in command of the navy-yard at Boston, and promoted to chief of the ordnance bureau at Washington in 1881, serving there until 1890, having been previously promoted captain. He was afterward assigned to the command of the Brooklyn navy-yard, and later to the com- mand of the North Atlantic squadron, his flag-ship being the armored cruiser "New York," having been jiromoted rear-admiral, 6 April. 1897. Owing to ill-health he was relieved at his own re(]uest, 24 March, 1898, and assigned to duty as president of the luival strategy board, and was retired 30 Sept.

SIFTON, Clifford. Canadian statesman, b. in the township of London. Ontario, 10 March, 1861. He was educated at London high-school and Victoria university. He is a barrister and queen's counsel, and in 1888 he was elected a member of