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science. He is the author of Elements of Trigonometry. Durfee, Zoheth Shearman, manufacturer, inventor, was born April 22, 1831, in Fall River, Mass. In 1866 the Pneumatic steel association was formed, of which he was

and treasurer until 1879. inventions in machinery for the manufacture of steel industry than any other American of his generation. He died June S, 1880, in Providence, R.I. elected secretary

He has made more

Lyle, painter, artist, was 1S50, in Wilmington, Mass. She received a thorough education in the public and private schools of

Durgin, born Feb.

Mary

3,

New

England.

She

studied art in Paris, France, where her pictures were exhibited in the French salons in 1884 and 1886. In 1890 she painted four large mural paintings for the walls of the First congregational church, Detroit, Mich. Her studio is in Boston, ]Iass. She is u

member of many years

several

art

societies;

and for

has been prominently identified with education and art in Boston, Mass. Durgin, Samuel Holmes, lecturer, physician, was born July 26, 1839, in Parsonsfield, Maine. In 1864 he was a. surgeon in the civil war; and in 1867-73 he was port physician for Boston, Mass. Since 1873 he has been health commissioner of Boston, Mass.; and since 1884 has lectured on Hygiene in the Harvard medical school. Durham, John Stephens, lawyer, diplomat, author, was born July 18, 1861, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1886 he graduated from the university of Pennsylvania with the degree of B.S. and later graduated from the engineering department of that institution with the degree of C.E. In 1887 he was associate-editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. In 1890 he was United States consul to Santo Domingo; became United States minister to Haiti and charge d' Affairs to Santo Domingo; and is now United States assistant attorney in the department of justice before the Spanish treaty claims commission at In 1900-04 he was viceHabana, Cuba. president of the Pennsylvania league of reHe is the author of Divine, publican clubs. Priestess of Haiti; and several Monographs. Durham, Milton Jamison, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 16, 1824, in Mercer county, Ky. He was a circuit judge of Kentucky in 1861-62. In 1873-79 he was a representative from Kentucky to the forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth conIn 1885 he was appointed first gresses. comptroller of the United States treasury. Durler, Antoine, missionary, bishop, was born Jan. 3, 1833, in France. In 1887 he was consecrated Roman catholic bishop of Natch;

itoches, La.

He

died in 1904 in Natchitoches,

La.

Durivage, Francis Alexander, author, was born in 1814 in Massachusetts. He was the author of The Fatal Casket; Life Scenes from the World Around Us; and Cyclopedia of History. He died in 1881 in Boston, Mass,

Durkee, Charles, merchant, congressman. United States senator, governor, was born Deo. 5, 1807, in Royalton, Vt. He was a merchant; removed to Wisconsin; and was elected to the legislature of that state in 1837 and 1838. In 1849-53 he was a representative from Wisconsin to the thirty-first and thirty-second congresses; and in 1855-61 he was a United States senator. He was a delegate to the peace congress of 1861; and in 1865-70 was governor of the territory of Utah. He died Jan. 14, 1870, In Omaha, Neb. Durkee, Charles B., merchant,

business

president, was born July 23, 1862, In BrookIn 1879 he engaged in the malyn, N.Y. rine hardware business; and in 1894 this business was incorporated as the Charles D. Durkee company, of which he is the president. He is also general manager and director of the Pneumatic manufacturing company of New York City ; and identified with other enterprises. He Is a prominent mason and a member of the royal arcanum; and also a member of the Brooklyn, the Benson-

hurst and the

Arcanum yacht

clubs.

Durkee, John, soldier, was born in 1728 In Windham, Conn. He distinguished himself at Bunker Hill; and commanded a regiment In the battles of Long Island, Germantown, Harlem, White Plains, Trenton, and Monmouth; and was in General John Sullivan's expedition against the Six Nations in 1779. He died May 29, 1782, in Norwich, Conn.

Durkee, Joseph Harvey, soldier, lawyer, was born July 16, 1837, In Oneida county, N.Y. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of captain. He took up his residence In Florida, and was subsequently elected state senator from Jacksonville. In 1885 he became master in cnancery in the United States courts. state senator,

Durland, Kellogg, lecturer, author, was born March 13, 1831, in New York City. He has made a special study of child labor abus es, mining conditions and the American Immigration question. He Is the author of Among the Fife Miners; The Red Reign, Being the Story of an Adventurous Year In •

Russia.

Durocher, Laurent, soldier, lawyer, states-

man, was born in 1786 at St. Genevieve Mission, Mo. He was a member of the first constitutional convention in 1835; was state senator in 1835-36; and was a state representative in 1839. He also held the offices of justice of the peace, probate judge, circuit clerk and clerk of the city. He died Sept. 21. 1861, in Monroe, Mo.