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LEFT NEWBOLT 424 NEW BRUNSWICK ish-American War. In 1905 he became Assistant Secretary of the Navy and later, for a brief period at the close of Roosevelt's administration, Secretary of the Navy. In 1919 he was elected United States Senator on the Repub- lican ticket against Henry Ford, his Democratic antagonist. Charges of brib- ery were made by Mr. Ford, and in 1920 a Michigan jury convicted New- berry of having obtained his seat by unlawful methods. The verdict was re- versed, and he took his seat. NEWBOLT, SIR HENRY JOHN, English poet and author. Born at Bil- ston, Staffordshire, in 1862. Educated at Clifton College, Bristol, and Corpus Christi, Oxford. Was called to the bar in 1887, and practiced law until 1889. Edited the "London Monthly Review," 1900-1904. His most celebrated poems dealing with martial valor and the sea are to be found in "Admirals All" (1897), and "The Island Race" (1898). He has also published a novel "Taken from the Enemy" (1892) ; "Mordred," a tragedy; "Stories from Froissart" (1899) ; "Froissart in Britain" (1900) ; "The Old Country," romance (1906); "The New June" (1909) ; "Poems Old and New" (1912); "Book of Blue Seas" (1914); and "The Book of the Long Trail" (1919). NEW BRIGHTON, a borough of Pennsylvania in Beaver co., 28 miles N. W. of Pittsburgh. It is situated on the Beaver river, and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, and Pennsylvania railroads. It is an important agricultural center and has manufactures of pottery, brick, glass, wall paper, steel products, etc. It con- tains a Home for the Aged, Children's Home, a hospital, 'ibraries and a public park. Pop. (1910) 8,329; (1920) 9,361. NEW BRITAIN, a city in Hartford co., Conn.; on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad ; 10 miles S. W. of Hartford. Here are a high school, State Normal School, public library, technical school. New Britain Institute, hospital, electric lights, street railroads, water- works on the gravity system, daily and weekly newspapers, and several Na- tional banks. It has manufactories of hardware, in which it ranks first in the United States, electrical supplies, ho- siery, cutlery, gas and water motors, steam engines and boilers, bolts and hinges, malleable castings, plain and fancy locks, machine needles, brick, edge tools, wood screws, etc. The as- sessed property valuation exceeds $58,- 000,000. Pop. (1910) 43,916; (1920) 59,316. NEW TRUNSWICK, a Province of the Dominion of Canada, on the E. coast of North America; bounded W. by the State of Maine; N. W. by the Province of Quebec; N. by Chaleur Bay; E. by the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northum- berland Strait, the latter separating it from Prince Edward Island; and S. by the Bay of Fundy and part of Nova Scotia; area, 27,985 square miles; pop. (1916) 351,889. The coast line is interrupted only at the point of junction with Nova Scotia, where an isthmus of not more than 14 miles in breadth connects the two terri- tories, and separates Northumberland Strait from the Bay of Fundy. The gen- ei'al surface of the country is level, but hilly in the N. W. The principal rivers are the St. John, 450 miles in length, and navigable for vessels of 100 tons to Fredericton, 90 miles from its entrance into the Bay of Fundy; and the Mira- michi, 225 miles in length, which falls into^ the bay of the same name, and is navigable for large vessels 25 miles from the gulf. There are a number of lakes, the largest, Grand Lake, being 25 miles long by about 5 miles broad. Coal is plentiful, and iron ore abundant; the former is said to extend over 10,000 square miles or above one-third of the whole area. The climate, like that of other portions of Canada, is subject to extremes of heat and cold, but is, on the whole, healthful. After agriculture, lum- bering and fishing are the main occupa- tions of the inhabitants, though many are engaged in mining and manufactur- ing. A very large portion of the soil is adapted for agriculture, but only a small part is developed. Cereals are largely grown and the fruit industry is impor- tant. Great attention is given to the improvement of live stock. The produc- tion of the principal crops in 1918 was: wheat, 1,050,000 bushels; oats, 7,855,000 bushels; buckwheat, 1,793,000 bushels. New Brunswick is one of the most amply wooded countries in the world, and the forests supply three-fourths of the total exports. The fisheries are very valuable. In 1918 they yielded over $6,300,000. The minerals exported in- clude coal, gypsum, antimony ore, cop- per ore, manganese, plumbago, and un- wrought stone. Manufactures. — In 1917 there were 1,423 establishments, with a capital of $65,539,370, 18,668 employees, and a product valued at $62,417,466. There were 255 lumber mills with a product valued at $14,426,922. The Province is divided into 15 coun- ties, and is administered by a lieuten- ant-governor, an executive council con-