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DE KAY

course of study in German literature, history, aesthetics, and kindred branches at the Royal polytechnic institute. In 1873 he accepted a call to New Orleans, La., where he became principal of a German school, and in 1879 was appointed professor of German in the University of Louisiana, afterward Tulane university. He also accepted the chair of German in the Sophie Newcomb memorial college for women. In 1882 he was chosen a director of the Society for the protection of German immigrants, and origi- nated the " German Archives for the History of the Germans in the South." In 1882 he founded the "New Orleanser Quartette Club," a German singing society, with which he visited the great " Saengerf este " in the north and the west. Tlirough his efforts the 26th National Saenger- fest of the North American singers' union was held at New Orleans in February, 1890. At this festival he was the director-general and leader of the mass-choruses. In the same year he was appointed a delegate to represent the National union at the "Vierte AUgemeine Deutsche Saengerbundesfest " at Vienna, Austria. In 1896, while attending the " fuenfte AUgemeine Deutsche Saengerf est " at Stuttgart, Wurtem- berg, as a delegate of the Saengerbund, he was elected president of the National union. North American Saengerbund, with term of office ex- piring in 1899. He published: Germany's Contri- bution to the Present Population of New Orleans (1888) ; The System of Bedemption in the State of Louisiana (1889) ; Histoi~y of the German Parishes of All Denominations in the State of Louisiana (1891) ; Louisiana, a Home for German Settlers (1898) ; European Immigration to the United' States from 1820 to 1896 (1897); and History of the German Society o/ Xew Orleans (1897). All these works, excepting the first, are written in German.

DEITZLER, George Washington, soldier, was born at Pine Grove, Pa., Nov. 30, 1826. He was edvicated in the district schools and re- moved to Kansas early in 1855, where he became one of the leaders of the conservative Free State party. In March, 1855, he was sent by Gov- ernor Robinson to Boston with a letter to Eli Thayer for 100 Sharp's rifles for the self- defence of the Kansas settlers. He obtained an order from the New England emigrant aid company for the rifles, which he procured at Hartford, Conn., and carried back to Lawrence in boxes marked "books." In May, 1856, with the other leaders of the Free State party he was arrested, having been indicted for treason. They were thrown into prison, but were set at liberty Sept. 10, 1856. In 1857 he was elected a representative in the state legislature and was made speaker. He was re-elected in 1859. In 1861 he was appointed Indian agent by Pres-

ident Lincoln but his appointment was opposed by Senator James H. Lane and his name was withdrawn by the President before the ap- pointment came before the senate for confirma- tion. He organized and became colonel of the 1st Kansas volunteers and was commissioned brigadier-general, Nov. 29, 1862, for brave conduct at the battle of Wilson's Creek, where he commanded a brigade. He resigned from the volunteer army, Aug. 22, 1863, on account of ill health. In 186-1 he was made major-gen- eral of the Kansas militia. He served as mayor of Lawrence and treasurer of the board of regents of the University of Kansas. He died at Tucson, Ariz., April 11, 1884.

DE JARNETTE, Daniel C, representative, was born near Bowling Green, Va., in 1822. He was a farmer; a representative in the Virginia legislature several years ; was elected as an anti- administration Democrat a representative in the 86th congress, serving 1859-61, and was re-elected to the 37th congress, but joined the secessionists and represented Virginia in the 1st and 2d Con- federate congresses, 1862-65. He died at White Sulphur Springs, Va., Aug. 22, 1881.

DE KAY, Charles, author, was born in Wash- ington, D.C., July 25, 1848; sou of Com. George Coleman and Janet (Drake) de Kay, and grandson of Joseph Rodman Drake. He was graduated from Yale college in 1868, and devoted his time to literary work. In 1877 he became literary and art editor of the New York Times. From 1894 to 1897 he was U.S. consul-general at Berlin, where in 1895 he founded the Berliner fecht kkib. He proposed and helped to found the following clubs in New York: Authors (1883), Fencers (1883), National sculpture society (1890), and National arts club (1899). His published writings include : The Bohemian (1878) ; Hesperus (1880) ; Vision of Nimrod (1881) ; Vision of Esther (1882) ; Love Poems of Louis Barnaval (1883) : Life and Works of Bai-ye, the Sculptor (1889); The Fam- ily Letters of Henri Heine, translation; Alphonse Daudet and My Brother and I, translation (1898); Bird Gods of Ancient Europe (1898) ; Numa Bournes- tan, by A. Daudet, translation (1899) ; and nu- merous magazine ai'ticles.

DE KAY, George Coleman, naval officer, was born in New York city in 1802; son of Capt. George and Katherine (Coleman) de Kay; grandson of Major George de Kay, and a de- scendant of William de Key, the first fiscal or treasurer of New Netherlands (1641). An orphan when very young, he was educated in his native city and at a private school in Connecticut, and at an early age ran away from his guardian to become a sailor. He rapidly rose in his work and was entrusted by Henry Eckford, the naval architect, to convov several war vessels to South