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ratus used in the last trial being an improvement on the first. He made another series of tests in the business district of Chicago and on Lake Michigan, where a message was sent out a mile aud a half.

GREEN, John Cleve, philanthropist, was born in Lawrenceville, N. J., April 1-i, 1800; a brother of Judge Henry WoodhuU Green. He attended the public schools and entered business life as a clerk in a New York city counting house. He acted as supercargo on vessels sailing to ports of South America and China, 1823-33, and while in Canton, China, during the year 1833 he entered the firm of Russell &. Co. In 1839 he returned to New York city, having acquired a fortune, and there continued trade with China. He spent much of his time and money in advancing the work undertaken b_v religious and charitable in- stitutions and acted as trustee of various homes aud hospitals. He was for several years financial agent jind trustee of Princeton theological semi- nary. His gifts and bequests to the College of New Jersey were more than those received up to that time by that college from anj' other single source, the total amounting to upwards of §2,000, - 000. Among the items were tlie endowment of the librarvwith 550,000 in 1868; Dickinson Hall

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built in 18T0; the Chancellor Green library in 1874 ; the John C. Green science building in 1873; the magnetic observatory and the dynamo liuilding in 1889; and the chemical laboratory, fully equipped, built in 1891. Besides these ben- efactions nearly a million dollars were bestowed upon the Lawrenceville preparatory school. He also gave large sums to the University of the city of New York, of which institution he was president of the council, 18.~)l-74, and a member, 1842-74. After the death of Mr. Green his widow placed a memorial alcove with his portrait in the New York Society library at a cost of §50,000. He died in New York city, April 28, 1875.

GREEN, Joseph Foster, naval officer, was born in Topshani, jMaine, Nov. 24, 1811; son of Peter Hazeltine and Margaret (Foster) Green. He was warranted a midshipman in the U.S. navy, Nov. 1. 1827. and was promoted, passed mid- shipman June 10, 1833 ; lieutenant Feb. 28, 1838 ;

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commander Sept. 14, 1855; captain July 16, 1862; commodore July 24, 1867, and rear-ad- miral July 13, 1870. He was retired from active service, Nov. 25, 1872. He served on board the sloop-ofwar Vandalia in the Brazilian squadron, 1830-33; studied at the naval school, Norfolk, Va., 1833-34; served on the frigate Potomac of the Mediterranean squadron, 1835-37; on the sloop Erie of the West In- dian squadron, 1840 ; on the fri- gate Columbus of the Brazil- ian squadron, 1843-15 ; and on the ship- of -the -line Ohio of the Pacific squadron, 1846- 50, during which time he took part on the western coast of Mexico in the operations against the Mexi- can ports, 1846-47. He was stationed at the Boston navy yard, 1850-52, on ordnance duty; vras on ord- nance duty, Washington, D.C., 1852-54; and on duty at the Naval academy, Annapolis, 1855-58. He was in command of the steam sloop Canamlaigua of the South Atlantic squadron, 1862-64, and he took part in the bombardment of Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863, taking the CanandaUjua over the bar in Cliarleston harbor himself. Admiral Dahlgren having failed to carry out the ]irevious arrange- ment for sending him a pilot. He was on ord- nance duty at Charleston navy yard, 1866-68; in command of the Southern squadron of the Atlan- tic fleet, 1870-71, and in command of the North Atlantic station, 1872-73, being retained in hia command by a special act of congress, as he had been regularly retired from active service, Nov. 25, 1872. He relinquished his last command afloat, the U.S.S. Powhatan, May 28, 1873, and lived in Brookline, Mass. Dartmouth college con- ferred upon him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1861. He died in Brookline, Mass., Dec. 9, 1897. GREEN, Lewis Warner, educator, was born near Danville, Ky. , Jan. 28, 1806; son of Willis and Sarah (Reed) Green. His parents both emigrated from Virginia. He entered Transyl- vania university in 1820, and having conii)leted his junior year entered Centre college with its first class in 1823 and was graduated in 1824. He then studied law with his lirother, pursued a course in medicine which he relinquished for theology, studied Hebrew in Yale college in 1830, and in 1831 entered the theological seminary at Princeton, N.J. The same year he declined the Greek professorship at Centre college but held the chair of rhetoric and political economy there, 1832-86. He was licensed to preach by the Tran,