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STANFORD eel governor of the territory, 2 July, 1884, and he served three years. In 1889 he was elected to the r. S. senate for the term ending in March. 1891, and was elected for a second time. Senator Squire was for four years chairman of the committee on coast defences, and was noted for his work in es- tahlishins national defences.

STANFORD, John, clergyman, b. in Wands- worth. Kngland. 20 Oct., 1754; d. in New York city. 14 Jan., 1834. He came to the United States in 1786 and opened an academy in New York city, teaching at intervals from 1789 till 1813. He was pastor of a Baptist church in Providence, R. I., for three years, and in charge of a church in New York city from 1794 to 1800. He was appointed city chaplain in 1813, and gave his entire time to the prisons, hospitals, and charitable institutions of the city till his death. Dr. Stanford was presi- dent of the Baptist theological seminary in New York city in 1824, and the "Stanford scholar- ship" wa-s founded in his honor. He originated the New York house of refuge, the first juvenile reformatory in America which separated children from hardened criminals in the penitentiary. He was one of the chief promoters of the New York a-sylum for the deaf and dumb. The first library of Bellevue hospital was suggested by him. and was named in nis honor " the Stanford library association of Bellevue hospital." By request of the common council of New York in 1825 his portrait was painted by S. F. B. Morse at the ex- pense of the city, and now hangs in the deiiart- mcnt of charities. Seventy ministers of all de- nominations attended Father Stanford's funeral. His chief works are "The Christian's Pocket Li- brary " (2 voU., New York, 1796-1800); "The Dom'estic Chaplain" (1828); and "The Aged Christian's Cabinet " (2d ed., laW).

STANTON, Thomas. Indian interpreter, b. in EngUmd alK)iit 1615; il. in .Sloningtnn. Conn., in 1678. lie siiiled from London to Virginia in 1635, and thence to New Kngland. He was one of the first settlers of Hartford, which was founded in 1636. The year following he was employed as an interj)rcter of the Indian language to accompany the English foR-es against the Pequots. Hes4'r'e<l as an interpreter for the commissioners of the imite<l colonies also in 1644 and later. He assisted Kliot in preparing his Indian catechism for the press in Ki.'iS. and in KWe aided Abrahutu Pierson (o. t'.) in the translation of his "Some Helps for the Indians." About 16.58 he removed toStoning- ton, where he resided until his death. He servetl as its representative in 1666, and in 1674 he was one of the founders of the first church in Sloning- tnn. of which the Rev. Jiimes Noyes wa.s minister.

STANWOOD, Edwardm editor, b. in Augusta, Me., 16 Sept., 1841. lie was graduated from Bowdoin in the class of IHOl, receiving from his aJma mater the degree of Litt. D., at its centennial commencement in 1894. He has followed the editorial profession since 1862, being connected with the " Kenneliec Journal." the Boston "Daily Advertiser." and since 1887 managing eilitor of the " Youth's Companion," a very successful weekly. Mr. Stanwood is the author of " History of Presi- dential Campaigns" (Boston. 1884; 4th ed., 1896); " History of the ('otton Manufacture in New Kng- land " (T'hiladel[iliia, 1H97); and " H istory of the Presidcncv" (Boston, 1898).

STARLING, LYNE. philanthropist, b. in Mecklenburg county, a.. 27 Dec, 1784; d. in Columbus, Ohio, 21 Nov., 1848. He removed to Ohio in early life, was a founder of Columbus, capital of the state, and, acquiring large wealth, devoted much of it to benevolent objects. He left a large sum to establish in Columbus the Starling medical college and hospital. It is a Gothic edifice of whitish limestone, and is among the most orna- mental buildings of the city.

STEARNS, Joseph Barker. electrical engineer, b. in Weld, Me., 28 Feb., 1831. As a youth he worked on a farm, but became a telegraph opera- tor, and in 18.5.5-'67 was superintendent of the Boston fire-alarm telegraph company. During this time he made many inventions that were of value in developing the fire-alarm telegraph as it is now used in the United States. In 1868 he in- vented and patented the duplex .system of teleg- raphy, which is now used throughout the world, and for which he obtained royalties from the Brit- ish, French. Italian, Russian, Spanish, anil Indian governments, and from the several submarine cable companies. In 1879-"80 he was employed as engineer by the Mexican telegraph comf)any in mak- ing, laying, and putting into operation the cables of that company between Galvesion, Tex., and Vera Cruz, Mexico, and in 1881 he performed a similar service for the Central and South American telegraph company, whose cables extend from the Isthmusof Tehuantepec in Mexico toCallao. Peru, in all between 4,000 and 5,000 miles. This work he completed in 1882 : and he has for some years resided in Camden, Me., where his residence con- tains a library of lO.CKM) volumes, and his collec- tion of Chiriqui pottery, which has been exhibited at the Smithsonian institution in Washington ; and his collection of carved ivories at the Metropolitan museum of art in New York. The latter is among the largest collections of the kind ever made. STEHBINS. Riinis Phiiieas, clergvman. b. at South Wilbraham, Mass.. 3 March, 1810; d. at Cambridge, Mass., 13 Aug., 1885. After graduat- ing from Amiierst in the cla.ss of 1834. he studied theology at the Harvard divinity school. He was ordained as pastor of a Unitarian church at Leo- minster, Mass., 20 Sept., 1837, where he remained until 1844. He held a pastorate at Meadville. Pa., from 1844-'9, and was president of the theological seminary there from 1844-'56. He then held vari- ous pa.storates, and at the First Unitarian church, Newton, Ma.ss., from 1877 till his death. He was the author of a history of Wilbraham, Mass. (Bos- ton. 1864): "Study of the Pentateuch" (1881); " Common-Sense iew of the Books of the Old Testament" (1885); and numerous addres.ses. Har- vard university gave him the degree of I). D.

STEINWAV, William. manufacturer, b. in Seesen, Brunswick. 5 March, 1836; d. in New York city, 30 Nov.. 18!M5. He was the fourth son of Henry Engelhard Steinway (q. v.), and came to this country with his father and brothers in 18.50. In Germany he received an elementary education, and was also given instruction in languages and music. He then became an apprentice in a piano manufactory, where he spent two years. He was associated with his father and his brothers Charles and Henry in founding in 1H.53 the firm of Steinway & S<ms, and in 1889 he became the head of the firm. He erected Steinway hall, which ho proposed making a place for the exhibition of the highest musical skill ; and ho was a conspicuous figure among the German citizens of New York, wielding great Influence for good among them. He was noted for his unostentatious philanthropy, and in this line founded the well-known and profressivc settlement of Steinway, at Astoria, Long Island, in which he erected large buildings connected with his piano manufactory, and made ample provision for the religious, educational, and