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meml)er of the state assembly. Among his most important works, some of which were exhibited iu the Academy, are: The First Sabbath of the Pil- grima; Examination of a Witch; Perils of ttie Early Coloiivita; Eliot Preaching to the Indiana; First J^ayer in Congreaa; Rip Van Winkle' a Re- turn from the Mountuina; Foddering Cattle. Ue died in Sherbourne, N.Y., Feb. 2, 1884.

MATTHEWS, Albert Franklin, editor, was born in St. Joseph, Mich.,Mjiy 14, 1858; son of J. H. and Mary (Force) MattJiews. He was graduated from Cornell university, A.B., 1883, and took a post-graduate course there, 1883-84. He travelled as a lecture agent for J. B. Pond, accompanying Mark Twain, Henry Ward Beecher, Carl Schurz and others on their tours, 1883-86. He was mar- ried in 1886 to Mary Crosby. He was reporter, assistant city editor and editor of the Philadelphia Preaa, 1886-90, and became editor of the New York Sun in 1890. He is the author of Phila- delphia (1889); Our Navy in Time of Trar(1899); The Neiv-born Cuba (1899); and numerous contri- butions to perodicals.

MATTHEWS,Claude,governorof Indiana, was born in Bethel, Ky., Dec. 14, 1845; son of Thomas and Eliza A. (Fletcher) Matthews, and grandson of Thomas Fletcher, a representative from Ken- tucky in the 14th congress, 1816-17. He was graduated from Centre college, Ky., 1867, and re- moved to Indiana. He was married at Bain- bridge, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1868, to Martha, daughter of Senator James Whitcomb (q.v.), and became a practical farmer and stock raiser at Clinton, Ind. He was a member of the Farmers' Mutual Bene- fit association; a Democratic representative in the state legislature, 1877-78; was defeated for state senator in 1883; was secretary of state, 1890-92, and governor of Indiana, 1892-97. Soon after his inauguration he was obliged to call out the state militia to suppress a threatened riot caused by the coal-miners' strike, and in 1893 when the local authorities were defied by the Roby prize-fighters, he again called on tlie^ militia and suppressed the Columbian athletic Club, and when the question of paying the troops for this ser- vice came up he pledged his personal credit to the extent of $41 ,000 in order to secure the money. He was the second statesman named as a candidate for nomination for President of the United States before the Democratic national convention at Chicago, July 7, 1896, and received 37 votes on the first ballot and 36 on the fourth ballot. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 28, 1898.

MATTHEWS, Edmund Orville, naval officer, was born in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 24, 1836; son of John, Jr., and Mary Righter (Levering) Matthews. He was appointed to the U.S. Naval academy from the second district of Missouri. Oct. 2, 1851, and was graduated, June 9, 1855. He was promoted

passed midshipman, April 15, 1858, master, Nov. 4, 1858, and lieutenant, June 27, 1860. He was instructor in mathematics at the U.S. Naval academy, 1860-61; attached to the Wabash and assisted in the capture of the forts at Hatteras In- let, May to November, 1861, and was an instructor in seamanship at the Naval academy, 1862. He was promoted lieutenant-commander, July 16, 1862; was head of the department of gun- nery, 1862-64, and in 1864-65 he commanded the monitor Montauk and the Sonoma of the South Atlantic squadron, and constructed a battery on Morris Island, S.C., also commanding the naval light artillery at Honey Hill. S.C., Nov. 30, 1864, and at the battle of Tuiilinny Cross-Roads in December, 1864. He served on the sta£f of Ad- miral Dahlgren, January to July, 1865, on the apprentice-ship Savannah in August, 1865, and in the department of gunnery at the Naval acad- emy, 1865-69, being head of the department, 1866-69. As head of the torpedo corps, 1869-78, he selected and built up stations on Goat Island, Newport, R.I. He was promoted commander, April 22, 1870; commanded the Aahuelot on the Asiatic station, 1873-77. and was inspector of ordnance at the navy-yard, New York, 1878-81. He was promoted captain, Sept. 14, 1881; com- manded the Powhatan on special service, 1881-83, and the training ship New Hampshire, 1883-84; was a member of the gun foun- dry board, 1883- 85, and com- manded the Brooklyn, Asia- tic station, 18-* 85-87. He was «-».s.s brook uv/nj.

captain of the Boston navy-yard, 1887-90; com- manded the receiving ship Wabash, 1890-91; was a member of the board of inspection and survey, 1891-94, and was promoted commodore, July 21, 1894. Ha was chief of the bureau of yards and docks, navy department, March, 1894-98; was promoted rear-admiral, June 19, 1897, and was president of the examining board from March, 1898, until he was retired on Oct. 24, 1898, and was a member of board on pro- motions until end of war with Spain. He was married twice: first. May 22, 1878, to Harriet Robinson, daughter of Benjamin W. Hammond, of Newport, R. I.; she died Feb. 23, 1883; and secondly, Nov. 5, 1884, to her sister, Alzaida Roslyn Hammond.

MATTHEWS (James) Brander, author, was born in New Orleans, La., Feb. 21, 1852; son of Edward and Virginia (Brander) Matthews; grandson of James Matthews of Yarmouth, Mass., and a descendant of James Matthews, who came to Cape Cod early in the seventeenth