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LEFT KENESAW MOUNTAIN 331 KENOSHA in 1885 entered the cattle business. He became one of the largest ranch men and cattle raisers of the west. He served in the Wyoming Senate from 1910 to 1914 and in 1915 was elected Governor of Wyoming. In the following year he was nominated at the primaries for United States Senator and was elected Senator in 1917. In the same year he resigned as Governor. He was a Demo- crat in politics. KENESAW MOUNTAIN, a mountain in Georgia 25 miles N. W. of Atlanta. It is famous as the scene of a battle in the Civil War between the Union troops under Sherman, and the Confederates under Johnston, which took place in June, 1864, and resulted in the repulse of Sherman with a loss of 3,000 men. KENIA, MOUNT, an isolated moun- tain mass in Eastern Africa, about 10' S. of the equator, and not far N. of Kili- ma-Njaro nearly in the center of British East Africa. It is also known as Doenyo Ebor, or White Mountain, because its summit is covered with perpetual snow. The crater wall rises up to a height of 16,000 feet, but the loftiest pinnacle tow- ers up 3,000 feet higher. KENILWORTH, a market-town of Warwickshire, England, on a small sub- affluent of the Avon. The castle, foun- ded aboTit 1120 by Geoffrey de Clinton, was defended for six months (1265- 1266) by Simon de Montfort's son, and passed by marriage (1359) to John of Gaunt, and so to his son, Henry IV. Jt continued a crown possession till in 1563 Elizabeth conferred it on Leicester. Dismantled by the Roundheads, the cas- tle has belonged since the Restoration to the Earls of Clarendon. Its noble ruins comprise "Caesar's Tower," the original Norman keep; Mervyn's Tower and the Great Hall, both built by John of Gaunt. Tanning is the chief industry. Pop. about 6,000. KENLIS, See Kells. KENNAN, GEORGE, an American traveler; born in Norwalk, 0., Feb. 16, 1845. In early life, and before the com- pletion of the Atlantic cable, he was a member of the Western Union telegraph expedition to survey a route for a Bering Strait and Siberian telegraph line to Europe. The result of this expedition was the book called "Tent Life in Si- beria" (1870). His journeys through Northern Russia and Siberia in the years 1885-1886 for the purpose of investigat- ing the condition of the Siberian exiles, resulted in the publication of "Siberia and the Exile System" (1891). He was expelled from Russia in 1901. He ex- plored Mount Pelee, Martinique (1902). Correspondent Russo-Japanese War (1904). Published "A Russian Comedy of Errors" (1915). KENNAQUHAIR, Scotch for "Don'i- know-where," equivalent to the German Weissnichtwo, nowhere ; a fabulous place. KENNEBEC, a river of Maine, rises in Moosehead Lake, in the W. of the State, and, passing Augusta, runs gen- erally S. to the Atlantic Ocean. Its length is over 150 miles. It is navigable for large vessels to Bath, 12 miles, and for steamers beyond Augusta. In its course it falls 1,000 feet, affording abun- dant water power. Except for a few miles from its mouth, the river is closed by ice for from three to four months in the year; and many companies are_ en- gaged in harvesting and storing the ice. KENNEDY, CHARLES RANN, a dramatist, born at Derby, England, in 1871. He was in turn office boy and clerk, lecturer and writer, up to the age of 26. He then went on the stage and wrote plays, articles, and poems. From 1905 he was engaged in dramatic writ- ing. His first great success was made with "The Servant in the House" pro- duced in 1908. This was followed by "The Winterfeast" (1908); "The Ter- rible Meek" (1911); "The Idol-Breaker" (1914); "The Army with Banners" (1917) ; "The Fool from the Hills" (1919). He married Edith Wynne Mat- thison in 1898. KENNETH, the name of two Kings of Scotland, who reigned in the dark ages of that country's history. Ken- neth I. (McAlpin) was the son of Alpin, who was slain by the Picts in 832 or 834. Kenneth died in 860 or 862, after a long and successful war waged with the Picts. Kenneth II. ascended the throne on the death of his father, Malcolm, and was mur- dered by his soldiers and the populace in 994. KENOSHA, a city and county-seat of Kenosha co., Wis.; on Lake Michigan and the Chicago and Northwestern rail- road; 35 miles S. of Milwaukee. It is a trade center for the county and a popu- lar health and summer resort; is princi- pally engaged in dairying, farming, and the manufacture of flour, leather, furni- ture, and carriages and wagons; and contains the University School (non- sect.) ; Kemper Hall School (P. E.), high school, public library, and a sys- tem of waterworks supplied from the lake and artesian wells. Kenosha has