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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. He was engaged on the Chicago drainage canal; built the mammoth dredge Beta for the United States government; and in 1896-1903 was retained by the Belgian government; to prepare reports and projects for tes.

the improvement of the port of Antwerp. the Suez Canal company ; and by the Russian government and by the Queensland government; and in collaboration with leading engineers prepared a scheme for the improvement of the port of Shanghai. He maintains offices in New York City and in London, England; and in 1900 received the grand prix decoration from the French government for distinguished servic-

He was engaged by

Chancellorsville ; Condensed History of Pennsylvania; History of Green County, Pa.; and History of Crawford County, Pa. He died July 14, 1902, in Meadville, Pa. Bates, William Oscar, journalist, dramatist, author, was born Sept 19, 1852, in Harrisburg, Ind. In, 1875 he graduated from

of

Cornell university of Ithaca, N. Y. He has been successively connected with the Indianapolis Journal, the Cincinnati News-Journal, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the New York World and the

es to science.

Holmes, author, 1844, in Fremont, Ohio. She is the author of Manitou; and the Chamber Over the Gate; and six School Bates,

poet,

Oct.

6,

Speakers. Bates, Martin W., lawyer, United States senator, was born Feb. 24, 1787, in Salisbury, Conn. He served several terms in the Delaware state legislature; and was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1850. In 1858-59 he was United States senator to fill a vacancy. He died Jan. 1, 1869, in Dover, Del. Bates, Morgan, journalist, dramatist, author, was born in 1848 in New York. He was the author of Martin Brook, a novel. He died Jan. 5, 1903, in Traverse City, Mich. Bates, Robert Francis, soldier, was born in New York. He entered the civil war as private in the fifty-third regiment New York volunteer infantry. In 1862 he was transferred to the one hundred and twenty-first regiment Pennsylvania infantry; and in 1864 attained the rank of first lieutenant. In 1879-86 he was regimental adjutant; became captain in 1888 and major in 1889. He died

June

New York

Margaret

Mrs.

was born

Samuel Penniman, educator, historian, poet, was bom Jan. 29, 1827, in Mendon, Mass. In 1851 he graduated from the

Brown

university

and the following five years he was engaged in teaching

the ancient languages in Meadville, Pa. In 185760 he was superintendent of public schools of Crawford county

and deputy state superintendent of education for six years. In 1866 he was appointed the state historian; and the result of his seven .year's work was published in five volumes entitled History of Pennsylvania Volunteers. He next wrote the Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania, which was followed by Martial Deeds of Pennsylvania; The History of the Battle of Gettysburg; The History of the Battle

Commercial

Advertiser. He is the author of Our Foreign Correspondent Uncle Rodney; of The Black Bokhara; and Recitations and How to Recite. Bates, William Wallace, journalist, shipbuilder, author, was born Feb. 15, 1827, in Canada. In 1854-59 he helped to conduct the

Nautical

Magazine

and Naval Journal; in 1875 he took part in a council of shipbuilders to improve their rules; in 1881 he built a large dry dock at

Portland, Maine, and in 1889 was elected commissioner of navigation. He is the author of The Shipping Question Investigation Rules for Shipbuilding; tion;

American Marine; American Navigaand several other works.

C, physician, lecturer, was born July 25, 1854, in Iowa. He graduated from the university of New York; and has Bateson,

12, 1902.

Bates,

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John

founder, author,

attained prominence as a noted physician and surgeon. He is the founder of an organization known as the United Christians; and has lectured extensively on Christian union physical and laws. He resides at Scranton, Pa., where he has filled numerous public positions of trust. He is a member of the American medical association; and a member of various other medical associations and scientific societies.

Battelle, Gordon, clergyman, abolitionist, 14, 1814, in Newport, Ohio. His influence in western Virginia was very great; and at the beginning of the civil

was born Nov.