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ous works published by the government and himself, including Agriculture of South America and a work of International Law De;

cisions.

Barnes, Alfred Smith, publisher, was born Jan. 28, 1817, in New Haven, Conn. In 1840 he went to Philadelphia for four years and built up a profitable publishing business, which he then removed to New York City. His brother, five sons and a nephew were associated with him under the title of A. S. Barnes and company. The firm attained eminence in the publication of school books. His son, Alfred C. Barnes, now represents the house in the American book company. He died Feb. 17, 1888, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Barnes, Amos, hotel proprietor, railroad

was born Aug. 15, 1838, in East Lebanon, N.H. He established the firm of Barne> and Dunkle in 1879; and leased the president,

famous Back Bay diof Boston, Mass. The Brunswick is now known as one of the finest and most successful hotels in America. He was president of the Newport and Richf ord railway. He hotel

Brunswick

Barnes, Carl, educator, scientist, was born Feb. 19, 1856, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1895 he was professor of physics in Brown university at Providence, R.L In 1894-95 he served as a member of a congressional committee of seven for drawing up specifications for the electrical standards of the United States. He is a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science. He has published many books on experiments in physics. Barnes, Cassius McDonald, soldier, lawyer, banker, governor, Avas born Aug. 25, 1845, in New York. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the union army; was successively private secretary to General Lyons; was in the military telegraph and engineer corps; he was

deputy United marshal; and head of the United States land chief

in the

strict

died in 1906 in Boston, Mass.

Andrew Stewart, soldier, public was born Feb. 11, 1849, in ConnellsPa. During the civil war he served as

Barnes, official,

ville.

a private soldier in the Second Pennsylvania

heavy artillery; and was in numerous battles and skirmishes. He has been superintendent of water works for the H. C. Frick coke corapanj- and the American guarantee company; and for sevei-al years filled the postmaster at Connellsville, Pa. He in the railway postal service of the LTnited States government. Barnes, Annie Maria, journalist, author, was born May 28, 1857, in Columbia, S.C. For many years she edited and published a juvenile paper. She is the author of Some office of is

now engaged

Lowlj' Lives; The Life of David Livingston; Scenes in Pioneer Methodism; The Children of the Kalahari; The House of Grass; and

The Ferrymaid. Barnes, Arthur Herman, journalist, publisher, author, was born July 14, 1847, in Bristol, 111. He was educated in the public schools of his native

at Guthrie, Okla. a member of the third and fourth legislatures of Oklahoma; and was elected speaker. In 1897-1901 he was governor of Oklahoma. He Is now president of the Logan county bank; and mayor of the city of Guthrie, Okla. Barnes, Charles, soldier, was born in Ohio. In 1861 he was captain in the ninth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteoffice

He was

ers.

Barnes, Charles Montgomery, clergyman, business man, founder, was born in 1833 in Canton, 111. In 1859-69 he was a pastor in the congregational church; and during the civil war was chaplain of the ninety-third regiment Illinois volunters. In 1869 he originated and founded the firm of C. M. Barnes and company of Chicago, 111., jobbers in second-hand school books. Barnes, Charles Reid, botanist, author, was born Sept. 7, 1858, in Madison, Ind. Since 1898 he has been professor of plant physiol-

ogy at the university of Chicago. He

is

the

fairs of that city. He has been a member of the Eagle Grove city council; a member of the school board; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. He is the author of valuable con-

author of Plant Dissection; Keys to the Genera and Species of North American Mosses and Plant Life. Barnes, Clifford Webster, clergyman, educator, college president, was born in 1864 in Corry, Pa. In 1889 he graduated from Yale university with the degree of A.B.; and then attended the university of Chicago. In 189497 he filled a pastorate in Chicago, 111. In 1898-99 he was director of the student christian movement in Paris, France; and at the same time was acting president of the American art association at Paris. In 1899-1900 he was instructor in sociology and director of the university settlement work at the university of Chicago. Since 1900 he has been president and professor of sociology at the

tributions to '6urrent literature.

Illinois college of Jacksonville,

state



and graduated

from Wheaton

college of Illinois. lie entered journalistic work; he is

now

publisher of the Eagle of Eagle Grove, editor,

,

and proprietor

Iowa; and prominently identified with the business and public af-

111.