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Rh ale, serving as president thereof in 1901, In 1897-104 he was judge advocate-general; and since 1895 he has been one of the three Maine corumissioners on uniformity of leg islation. In 1905-08 he was attorney-en- eral of Maine.

Hamlin, Hannibal, statesman. governor. United States senator, congressman, vice- president of the United States, was born

Aug.27, 180, in Paris. Maine. He was a member of the Maine legislature in 1836-40; and speaker of the house in 1837.40. In 1843-47 he was a rep rescutative to the twenty-eighth and the twenty-ninth Congresses. He was again a member of the house of representatives in the state legislature in 1847. In 1947-81 and 1869-81 he was United States senator. In 1861-65 he was vice president. and was elected. In 1864 he was appointed collector of eustoms for the port of Boston: and in 1889 took his seat in the senate for the fourth teru: and was re- elected for the term ending in 18st. In June of that year he was appointed minister plenipotentiary to Spain, but resigned in 1892 and returned home. He died July 4, 1891, in Bangor, Maine.

Hamlin, John Austin, business president, founder, was born June 29, 1837, in Cusa- hoga Falls, Ohio. In 1859 he established fle Hanlin wizard oil company, of which he is still president. He built the Hamlin theater. now the Gram opera house of Chienge, of which he is sole proprietor.

Hamlin, Teunis Slingerland, clergyman, author, was born May 31. 1847. in Glenville. New York. He was a presbyterian elergy. man of Washington. D.C. He is the author of Denominationalism Versus Christian Union. He died April 17, 1907, in Washington. D.C.

Hamline, Leonidas Lent, clergyman, bish- op, author, was born May 10, 1797. in Bur lington. Conn. He was a methodist hishop prominent in Ohio. Ile was the author of Sermons and Works, Ile died March 23, 1865, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Hamm, Mrs. Margherita Arlina, journalist. author, was born April 29, 1871, in New Brunswick. From 1897 she was a paper reporter and author: and was wor correspondent in the Chinese Japanese war and the Spanish-American war. She was the author of Chinese Legends: Life of Dewey: Builders of the Republic; and Famous Fam- ilies in New York. She died Dec. 16. 1907. in New York City,

Hammarskold. Johan Gottfried. clergyman and author of 433 Palisade ave., Yonkers, N. Y., was born Aug. 12. 1860, in Sweden. Ie received the degrees of B.D. and D.D. from the Episcopal theological school at Cam bridge. In 1888 he founded St. Ansgarius churel in Providence; and the following year took large of St. Bartholomew's Swedish chapel in New York City. Since 1893 be has been general superintendent of Swedish nis- sions. He is the author of The Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church Among the Swedes and other works.

Hammell, George Milton, edneator, clergy- man. antler, was born July 20, 1852, in Cincinnati. Chin. He was for many years un instructor in Nelson's college. He was a member of the Cincinnati eonference; and has been literary editor of the Western Christian Advocate. He is now professor of political science and eranomies in the Amer. inn temporanee university of Tennesser. In 1899 he was a candidate for governor of Tennessee on the prohibition ticket.

Hammell, John Sweeney, soldier, was horn in Massachusetts. In 1861 he was first lien- tenant in the sixty-sixth reginent Indiana infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brig- adier general of volunteers. He died Jan. 31, 1873.

Hammer, Frederick O., stockbroker, finan cier, was born Ang. 11, 1865, in St. Paul, Minn. He was edheated at the public and private schools of St. Paul, Minn. In 1883- 98 he was secretary of the Mortgage loaning company. In 1898-1900 he was seeretary to the mayor of St. Paul; and in 1908-02 was a member and president of the St. Paul board of publie works. He is now secretary and treasurer of the Paragon mining and manufacturing company: and is a thirty- second degree mason, a knight templar, a shriner, and a member of several other se- cret societies.

Hammer, John T., painter. artist, was born Jan. 1, 1842, in Germany. He studied art in Munich and Paris: and has attained promi. uence as a landscape and portrait painter.

Hammer, William Joseph, consulting elec trival engineer. author, was born Feb. 26, 1858, in Cressana, Pa. He was educated in the grammar and high schools of New Jer sey and attended lectures in foreign uni- versities. He was assistant in the labora- tory of Thomas A. Edison; and in 1844 had charge of Mr. Edison's interests at the Franklin institute electrical exposition; and at the Paris exposition in 1889. In 1884-85 I was secretary and trustee of the Sprague electrical railroad and motor company; and in 1988-87 was manager of the Boston Edi. son electric illuminating company. In 1888 he was consulting engineer to the Cincinnati centennial exposition: and has filled various other responsible positions. Since 1800 he has been in practice as a consulting elee. trical engineer of New York City. He re- ceived the Jolin Scott legacy medal and pre- mnium from the Franklin institute for orig. inal experiments in telephone relaying and duplexing. In 1900 he was a delegate to the International electrical congress; and in 1904