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NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSITY killed and 13 wounded. It was the last battle of the War of 1812.  NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSITY, a coeducational institution in New Orleans, La.; founded in 1873 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: professors and instructors, 17; students, 400; volumes in the library, 10,000; grounds and buildings valued at $150,000; income, $35,000; endowment, $100,000; productive funds, $93,000; president, Charles M. Melden, D. D.  NEW PHILADELPHIA, a city of Ohio, the county-seat of Tuscarawas co., 96 miles S. of Cleveland, on the Tuscarawas river, the Ohio canal, and the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania railroads. It is an important mining center and has manufactories of steel, sewer pipe, flour, brick, etc. The city contains a park, a public library, several institutions and a court house. Pop. (1910) 8,542; (1920) 10,718.  NEWPORT, a city in Campbell co., Ky.; at the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, and on the Louisville and Nashville, and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads; opposite Cincinnati, O. Two bridges here cross the Ohio, and two the Licking river, connecting Newport with Cincinnati and Covington. The city contains a United States military post, waterworks, National banks, gas and electric lights, high schools, parks, banks, municipal buildings, Masonic Temple. It has iron mills, manufactories of watch cases, nuts, bolts, carriages, pianos, rails, screens, and carriage supplies. Pop. (1910) 30,309; (1920) 29,317.  NEWPORT, a city, port of entry, county-seat of Newport co., and until 1900 one of the capitals of Rhode Island; on the island of Rhode Island, in Narragansett Bay, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; about 30 miles S. E. of Providence. Its principal importance is as a summer resort, to which the coast near by is wholly given up. The bathing facilities are unsurpassed. There are many beautiful summer residences, and during the fashionable season Newport is filled with the wealthiest society of Boston, New York, and other cities. The harbor, one of the best on the coast, is defended by Fort Adams, one of the strongest forts in the United States. The locality has many natural curiosities, including the Hanging Rocks, Spouting Cave, and the Glen, a chasm 50 feet deep. The United States Naval War College, United States Training

Station, Torpedo Station, Naval Hospital, and Marine Barracks are located here, and there are besides a public library, Newport Hospital, Hazard Memorial School, the Round Tower, or Old Stone Mill in Touro Park; the Vernon house, which was Rochambeau's headquarters, built in 1780, etc. During the World War Newport was an important naval station. Newport has manufactories of flour, cotton goods, copper, brass, oil, etc. Pop. (1910) 27,149; (1920) 30,255.  NEWPORT, a town in Monmouthshire, England, 145 miles W. of London. Being one of the principal outlets for the produce of the extensive collieries and iron and steel works in the vicinity, its shipping trade has of late years greatly increased, and with it, as a result, its dock accommodation, which now covers more than 80 acres. Newport has manufactures of india-rubber, gutta-percha, and railway and telegraph plants and wagons, and several important brass and iron foundries are in operation, as well as breweries and pottery works. On Nov. 4, 1839, the town was the center of a Chartist outbreak. Pop. (1917) 82,709.  NEWPORT NEWS, a city, port of entry, and county-seat of Warwick co., Va.; on the James river, Hampton Roads, and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad; 14 miles N. of Norfolk. Newport News was one of the most important parts of the United States during the World War. Over 275,000 American troops embarked there for overseas, together with a vast quantity of supplies. It was also a great ship-building center, and in 1918-1919 many naval and merchant vessels were constructed in its yards. The bank deposits in 1919 were over $15,000,000. The city has several important educational institutions, an excellent dock system, grain elevator, fire system for schools, and is one of the most progressive cities in the country. It has National and State banks, electric railroads, several daily and weekly periodicals, knitting mills, iron works, an extensive foreign export trade. Pop. (1910) 20,205; (1920) 35,596.  NEW PROVIDENCE, chief of the Bahama Islands. Though not the largest of the Bahama group, being 20 miles long, it contains Nassau, the seat of government. It is 170 miles from Florida, is flat, with lagoons and good harbor. Pop. about 15,000. <section end="New Providence" /> <section begin="New Rochelle" />NEW ROCHELLE, a city of New York in Westchester co., about 16 miles<section end="New Rochelle" />