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in 1730, a position which he filled with great credit for thirteen years, when he entereil holy orders after the death of his wife. He was appointed histori- ographer of the provinces beyond the sea, and wrote " Nova relacjiio das iniportantes victorias que alcan^aram as arnias portnguezas na Brazil e India" (Lisbon, 1742) and " Fastos politicos e militares da antigua e nova Lusitania" (1745). BARBOUR, Liicieii, jurist, b. in Canton, Conn., 4 March, 1811; d. in Indianapolis, Ind., 19 July, 1880. He was graduated at Amherst, weiit to fndiana, was licensed to practise, and began his professional career in Indianapolis. He was ap- pointed U. S. district attorney by President Polk for the district of Indiana ; was commissioner to codify the laws of Indiana in 1852 ; acted several times as arbitrator between the state of Indiana and private corporations, and was elected to the 34th congress from Indiana, serving with ability and distinction from 1855 to 1857. BARDSEN, Ivor, Greenland magistrate, b. in Oster Bygd about 1300; d. there about 1350. Ele was steward or lay justice to the bishop of Gardar, and was sent, in 1339, to drive away the Esquimaux or Skrellings, who had made a descent upon the Vester Bygd, and to convey succor to the sister colony. He found on his arrival only wild cattle, which his people took on board their vessels and returned home. He wi'ote an account of his voyage, which was discovered in manuscript in the Danish archives and published by the Hak- luyt society, with original text and the English version, at the end of " The Voyages of the Ve- netian Brothers Nicolo and Antonio Zeno to the Northern Seas, in the 14th Century, compris- ing the Latest Account of the Lost Colony of Greenland, and of the Northmen in America, be- fore Columbus " (London, 1873). It confirms the voyages of the Zeno brothers, and places the date of the destruction of the colony of Vester Bygd, of which Pope Nicholas V. spoke in a letter of 1448, recently discovered, at about 1337. BARKER, Albert Smith, naval officer, b. in Hanson, Mass., 31 March, 1843. He was graduated from the U. S. naval academy in May, 1861, and served on the steam-frigate " Mississippi,"' being aboard at the bombardment and passage of Ports Jackson and St. Philip, the Chalmette batteries, and the capture of New Orleans, also at the at- tempted passage of Port Hudson, where the " Mis- sissippi " was destroyed. He then joined the " Mo- nongahela," taking part in the siege of Port Hud- son and subsequent fights, until the Mississippi was in complete control of the north. He was promoted ensign, February, 1863. lieutenant, Feb- ruary, 1864, commander, March, 1877, and captain. May, 1893. In the war with Spain he commanded the cruiser " Newark," and in the following year the celebrated battle-ship "Oregon," succeeding Admiral Dewey in command of the Asiatic squad- ron at Manila, which he retained until relieved by the arrival of Admiral Watson in July, 1899.— Hi's wife, Ellen Blackmer, b. in West" Springfield, Pa., 13 June, 1859, married in 1879 the Rev. Allen J. Maxwell, who died in Lucknow, India, in 1890. Four years later she married Capt. Barker. Among her published volumes are the stories of " The Bishop's Conversion," " Three Old Maids in Hawaii." and "The Way of Fire." BARKER, Wharton, banker, b. in Philadel- phia, 1 May, 1846. He is a son of Abraham Barker, for half a century a member of the Philadelphia stock exchange, and a grandson of Jacob Barker (?. v.), of New Orleans. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1866, previous to which he commanded a company of colored troops during the civil war. He became a member of the banking firm of Barker Bros. & Co., and in 1878 was appointed financial agent in the United States of Russia, and intrusted with the building of four cruisers for that government. In 1869 lie founded the " Penn Monthly," and in 1880 it wa.s merged into "The American," which he still owns and edits. He was a Republican until 1896, since then a Populist ; by this party he will probably be nominated for tlie next presidency. BARKER, William Morris, P. E. bishop, b in Towanda, Pa., 12 May, 1854. He was grad- uated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1873, and from the Berkeley divinity school six years later. He was ordained deacon and priest, and was successively rector of St. Paul's, Washington, St. Luke's, Baltimore, and St. Paul's, Duluth. Dr. Morris was consecrated bishop of western Colo- rado in January, 1893, and a year later was trans- lated to the .see of Olymiiia. BARNARD, George Grey, sculptor, b. in Belle- fonte. Pa., 34 May. 1803. He studied for a year at the Chicago art institute, and then for four years at the ficole nationale des beaux-arts, Paris, where he first exhibited in 1894. His studio is in New York city, and his principal works are " Brotherly Love," " Norway," " 1 wo Natures," in the Metropolitan museum of art, and " The God Pan," also in the museiun. He is engaged on " The Hewer," for the Paris exposition. BARNES, Alfred Smith, publisher, b. in New Haven, Conn., 28 Jan., 1817 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 17 Feb., 1888. He entered the book-publishing business at sixteen years of age in Hartford, Conn.. went to New York in 1835, and in 1838 formed a partnership with Prof. Charles Davies for the pub- lication of the latter's mathematical works. He re- moved to Philadelphia in 1840, but returned to New York in 1845, and continued in the active manage- ment of his business till 1880. Soon after settling in New York he formed the plan of publishing the " National Series of Standard School-Books," and the firm's principal business hsis been in educa- tional works. Mr. Barnes was interested in the es- tablishment of the elevated railroads of New York city, and was connected with the central branch of the Union Pacific railroad, and several banking and insurance institutions. He left $35,000 to be equally divided between twenty-five educational institutions, $25,000 to be equally divided between five religious societies, and $45,000 to the Young men's Christian association of Cornell university. BARNES, James, author, b. at Annapolis, Md., 19 Sept., 1866. His father is Lieut.-Coni. John T. Barnes (a son of Gen. James Barnes) and his mother, Susan Bainbridge. a granddaughter of Commodore Bainbridge. The son studied at St. Paul's school, Concord, N. H., and after a few years in the west, where in 1885-'7 he assisted as a civil engineer in the construction of the Missouri Pacific railroad, entered Princeton, where lie was griiduated in 1891. During his college course he was an editor of the " Nassau Literary Magazine." After graduation he was connected for a time with " Seribner's Magazine," and in 1894-'5 he was as- sistant editor of " Harper's Weekly." He has pub- lished " For King or Country " (New York, 1895) : "Naval Actions of the War 'of 1812" (1896); "A Princetonian," " Jlidshipman Farragut." a boy's book, " A Loyal Traitor "' (1897) ; " Conimo<lore Bainbridge." " Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors," and "The Hero of Erie" (1898). BARNSTON, George, Canadian manufacturer, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1800 ; d. in Mont-