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original researches on the paleontology and petroleum resources of the Pacific coast of North America. He is a member of the American association for the advancement of science. He is the author of several Mono-

graphs and Reports on the Geology, Paleontology and Petroleum Resources of California.

Arnold, Reuben, soldier, lawyer, was born 7, 1833, in Greeneville, Tenn. He served in the civil war; was promoted colonel; and was tendered recommendation for brigadier-general, which he declined. He was elected city attorney of Atlanta in 1867. Arnold, Richard, soldier, was born April 12, 1828, in Providence, R.I. He graduated from West Point in 1850. For his services through the civil war he was brevetted colonel, brigadier-general and major-general in the regular army. After the close of the war he commanded various posts; and in 1877 was made acting assistant inspector-general of the department of the east. At the time of his death he was in the fifth artillery. He died Nov. 8, 1882, on Governor's Island, New York harbor. Arnold, Richard, musician, violinist, was born Jan. 10, 1845, in Prussia. He played in public before he was seven years of age. In 1869-76 he was a member of the Theodore Thomas' orchestra; and in 1878-91 was leader and solo violinist in the New York philharmonic club. In 1889 he became concert meister in the New York philharmonic society; and in 1896 was made vice-president.

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Arnold, Samuel, business man, congress-

man, was born June 1, 1806, in Haddam, Conn. For many years he carried on one of the most extensive stone quarries in the union; was for a number of years president of the bank of East Haddam and served his native county in the legislature in 1839, 1842, 1844 and 1851. In 1857-59 he was a representative from Connecticut to the thirtyfifth congress as a democrat. He died in Connecticut. Arnold, Samuel George, journalist, publisher, government official, was bom' Feb. 15, 1806, near Utica, N.Y. In 1838 he established the News of Brooklyn, N.Y., which ultimately was merged into the Brooklyn Eagle. For several years he was editor of the Toledo Blade of Ohio. In 1869-91 he was connected with the United States treasury department in Washington, B.C. He died May 3, 1891, in Washin^on, D.C. Arnold, Samuel Greene, lieutenant-governor. United States senator, author, was born April 12, 1821, in Providence, R.I. In 1863 he was elected a second time lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island. In 1861-63 he was United States senator to fill a vacancy. He was the author of a History of Rhode Island, in seven volumes; Life of Patrick Henry; and The Spirit of Rhode Island History. He died Feb. 12, 1880, in Providence, R.I. Arnold, Solon, naval officer, was bom July 12, 1854, in Anne Arundel county, Md. He

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was educated at St. John's college; and graduated from the United States naval academy. In 1876 he became cadet engineer; in 1883 was promoted to assistant engineer; and in 1894 attained the rank of passed engineer, which rank was changed to lieutenant in 1899. In 1899-1901 he was engaged on inspection duty in the bureau of steam engineering and ordnance; and from 1901 was engaged on inspection duty in the bureau of steam engineering. He attained the rank of lieutenant-commander and commander in the United States navy, now retired. Arnold, Sarah Louise, educator, author, was born Feb. 15, 1859, in North Abington, Mass.; in 1878 she graduated from the State normal school at Bridgewater, Mass.; and in

1902 received the de-

A.M. from of Tufts college. She taught school in Massachusetts, Pennsylvangree

Vermont and New For two years she was princi-

ia,

Hampshire.

pal of the training school at Saratoga, N. Y.; for seven years she was supjrvisor of schools at Minneapolis, Minn.; in 1895-1902 was supervisor of schools at Boston, Mass.; and since 1902 has been dean of Simmons college

of Boston, Mass. She is the author of Waymarks for Teachers Stepping Stones to Literature ; Reading, How to Teach It and The



Mother Tongue. Arnold, Thomas, lawyer, jurist. In 1785-86 he was associate justice of the supreme court of Rhode Island; and in 1809-10 was chief justice.

Arnold,

Thomas

was born Dec.

H., journalist, 26, 1857, in

lecturer,

New

Orleans, La. For several years he was connected with the Chattanooga Times and later was editor of the Middleborough News, of which publication he became president and manager. In 1893 he moved to Chicago, 111.; and for several years was one of the owners and manager of the Western Golfer. His poems appeared in Poets of America and several standpoet,



ard collections. Arnold, Warren 0., manufacturer, congressman, was bom June 3, 1839, in Coventry, R.I. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits in 1857-64; in 1864-66 was engaged in cotton manufacturing; and since that time in the manufacture of woolens. In 1887-91 and 1895-97 he was a representative from Rhode Island to the fiftieth, fifty-first and fifty-fourth congresses as a republican. Arnold, Welcome, merchant, legislator, statesman, was born Feb. 5, 1745, in Smithfield, R.I. He was extensively concerned in navigation; and during the revolutionary war thirty vessels of which he was part

by

capture, despite which

owner were

lost

he was

a rich man. In 1780-95 he was

still