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LEFT HILARION 14 HILL tracts of the ocean highway have been settled after much controversy by a gen- eral international law. The principle now accepted is that the jurisdiction of maritime states extends only for 3 miles, or within former cannon range of their own coasts; the remainder of the seas being high seas, accessible on equal terms to all nations. Inland seas and estu- aries, of course, are excepted. HILABION (hi-la'ri-on), reputed to be the founder of the monastic system in Palestine; born in Tabatha, near Gaza, Palestine, about 290. He was edu- cated at Alexandria, and converted to the monastic system by St. Anthony. He then lived as a hermit in the desert between Gaza and Egypt for many years, and finally died in Cyprus in 372. His memory is celebrated Oct. 21. HILDA, ST., an English abbess; born in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Eng- land, in 614. She was daughter of Hereric, a nephew of Edwin of Northum- bria, and was baptized at 14 by Pauli- nus. Recalled by Bishop Aidan from her retreat in a French monastery, she be- came abbess of Heorta or Hartlepool in 649. In the year 657 she founded the famous monastery at Streaneshalch or Whitby, a double house for nuns and monks, over which she ruled with re- markable wisdom for 22 years. Her effigy still stands on the ancient seal of Hartlepool, and churches preserve her name both there and at South Shields. She died in Whitby, England, Nov. 17, 080. HILDESHEIM (hil'des-him), a city of Prussia, province of Hanover, 16 miles S. E. of Hanover. It has a splen- did Gothic cathedral, built in the 11th century, with bronze gates 16 feet high. There are also many other splendid ex- amples of medieval architecture. It manufactures iron products, cotton and woolen goods, tobacco, sugar, etc. From S18 to 1803 it was the capital of a bishopric. Pop. about 55,000. HILDRETH, RICHARD, an Ameri- can historian; born in Deerfield, Mass., June 22, 1807. He first became known as a miscellaneous prose-writer and polit- ical journalist. The "History of the United States" is his greatest work, cov- ering the period from the discovery of America to the end of President Mon- roe's first administration (6 vols. 1849- 1856). Among his other works are: 'History of Banks"; "Theory of Mor- als"; "Theory of Politics"; etc. He went to Italy in 1861 as United States consul, and died in Florence, July 11, 1865. HILL, ALBERT ROSS, an American educator born in Nova Scotia in 1869. He graduated from Dalhousie University in 1892 and took post graduate courses at Cornell, in Germany, and at Clark University. From 1895 to 1897 he was professor of psychology and education at Wisconsin State Normal School at Osh- kosh. He was appointed assistant pro- fessor of philosophy at the University of Nebraska in 1897, and from 1898 to 1903 was professor of philosophy and director of the psychological laboratories of that institution. In the latter year he was appointed professor of educational psy- chology and dean of the Teachers Col- lege of Missouri, and was chosen presi- dent of that institution in 1908. He published many articles on psychology and philosophy in journals devoted to those subjects, and also contributed arti- cles to magazines on economic subjects. He was a member of many economic so- cieties and received many degrees from other colleges. HILL, AMBROSE POWELL, an American military officer; born in Cul- peper co., Va., Nov. 9, 1825; was gradu- ated at the United States Military Academy in 1847; served in the Mexican War; resigned from the National army in March, 1861, and was made colonel of the 13th Virginia regiment; was promoted Major-General in May, 1862; was promoted Lieutenant-General May 20, 1863, and placed in command of one of the three divisions into which the Confederate army was divided. He led his corps at Gettysburg and later at Bristow Station. He was killed in front of Petersburg, Va,, April 2, 1865. HILL, DANIEL HARVEY, an Ameri- can military officer; born in Hill's Iron Works, York district, S. C, July 12, 1821; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1842; served in the Mexican War; taught in Washing- ton College, Virginia, and in Davidson College, North Carolina ; president of the North Carolina Military Institute in Charlotte in 1859; in the Civil War en- tered the Confederate army as colonel, and was promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1863; commanded a corps at the battle of Chickamauga; became president of the Arkansas Industrial University in 1877; died in Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 24, 1889. HILL, DANIEL HARVEY, an Amer- ican educator, born in Davidson, N. C, in 1859. He graduated from Davidson Col- lege in 1880. He was professor of Eng- lish at the Georgia Military and Agri- cultural College from 1880 to 1889, and was successively professor of English,