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NEW in 1876 to investigate the presidential election controversy. He was judge of the sixth judicial circuit of Indiana, 1882-91, and of the appellate court, 1891-92. He was nominated by his party in June, 1892, for judge of the supreme court of Indiana. He died in Vernon, Ind., July 11, 1892.

NEW, John Chalfant, editor, was born in Vernon, Ind., July 6, 1831 ; son of John B. and Maria (Chalfant) New, and a descendant of Jethro New. He graduated from Bethany college, Va., 1851 ; was admitted to the bar in 1852, and was appointed clerk of Marion county, Ind., in 1856. He was quartermaster-general of Indiana, 1861- 62 ; was state senator in 1862 and resided in In- dianapolis, Ind., where he engaged in banking; was financial secretary to Governor Morton, and became president of the First National bank. He was treasurer of the United States, 1875-76, and in 1878 became manager and editor-in-chief of the Indianapolis Daily Journal. He was as- sistant secretary of the treasury, 1882-84 ; a mem- ber of the Republician national committee, and chairman of the Republican state committee, 1880 and 1884. In 1889 President Harrison appointed him consul-general at London, England, and he served through his administration.

NEWBERRY, John Strong, geologist, was born at Windsor, Conn., Dec. 22, 1822; son of Henry and Elizabeth (Strong) Newberry. His first ancestor in America, Thomas Newberry, emigrated from England in 1630, and settled in Quincy, Mass. The family removed to Windsor, Conn., in 1636. His grandfather, Gen. Roger Newberry, was a soldier in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war and a member of the Connecticut land company, which purchased the western reserve of Ohio from the state of Con- necticut. John attended the Western Reserve academy and was graduated from Western Re- serve college, Hudson, Ohio, A.B., 1846, A.M., 1849, and from the Cleveland Medical school, M.D., 1848, continuing the study of medicine at Paris, France, 1849-50. He practised medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, 1850-55, but in May, 1855, he was appointed assistant-surgeon and geologist in Lieutenant Williamson's exploration of the coun- try between San Francisco and the Columbia river. He was geologist of the expedition under Lieut. Joseph C. Ives, which explored the lower Colorado river, 1857-58, and accompanied the ex- pedition under Capt. J. N. Macomb, wliich ex- plored the San Juan and upper Colorado rivers, in 1859. In 1861 he was assigned to duty in the war department, but in June he became con- nected with the sanitary commission and in Sep- tember was appointed secretary of the western branch of the commission. He directed the sani- tary operations in the Mississippi valley and was present at the battle of Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 23-25, 1863. He returned to Washington, D.C. 1863, and was connected with the Smithsonian Institution. He was professor of chemistry and natural history at the Columbian university, 1856-57; professor of geology and paleontology at the School of Mines, Columbia college, N. Y., 1866-92, and was made professor emeritus in 1892. He was director of the State geological survey of Ohio, 1869-82, and a member of the Illinois and New Jersey geological surveys. He was married in Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1848, to Sarah B., daughter of Erastus F. and Lucetta (Cleveland) Gay- lord. He was an incorporator of the National Academy of Science ; president of the America Association for the Advancement of Science, in 1867 ; president of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1867-91, and honorary president, 1891- 92. He was also president of the Torrey Botanical club, 1880-90 ; was an organizer and first vice-president of the Geological Society of North America, and organized the International Congress of Geologists. The Geological Society of London conferred on him the Murchison medal in 1888, in recognition of his paleontological work, and the honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Western Reserve college in 1867. He was an editor of Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia, having charge of geology and paleontology ; contributed articles to the U. S. Geological Survey, and to Reports of Explorations and Surveys, and is the author of many reports, including : Report upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857-58 (1801) ; Report of the Exploring Expedition from Santa Fe to the Junction of the Grand and Green Rivers (1876), and Final Reports of the State Geological Survey of Ohio (7 vols., 1869-82). He died in New Haven, Conn., Dec. 7, 1892.

NEWBERRY, Walter Cass, representative, was born at Waterville, N.Y., Dec. 23, 1835; son of Col. Amasa S. and Cornelia Perry (Pangburn) Newberry ; grandson of Amasa S. and Ruth (Warner) Newberry ; great-grandson of Gen. Benjamin Newberry, commander of the Connecticut militia in the King Philip war, and a descendant of Thomas and Hannah Newberry of Dorchester colony, 1630. His father was U.S. loan commissioner tinder President Polk and represented the Oneida district in the New York legislature. He attended the academies at Cazenovia and Geneva, N.Y., and removed to Detroit, Mich., where he entered the commercial house of his uncle. Oliver Newberry. He enlisted as a