Page:The New International Encyclopædia 1st ed. v. 20.djvu/360

* WARREN. 302 WARSAW. Orange, X. J. He has published church music, songs, and transcriptions for the organ. WARREN, William (1812-88). An Ameri- can actor, for many years connected with the old Boston Museum. He was born in Philadel- phia, and there after his father's death in 1832 he made his debut in the part of Young Nerval, the character in which his father, also an actor, had begun his career upon the stage. He first appeared in New York in 1841, in London in 1845, and in Boston in 184G. The next year he became a member of the company at the Boston Museiun, where he remained, with a brief ex- ception, till he retired in 1883. He died in Bos- ton. His semicentennial in 1882 brought out many deserved tributes to an admirable come- dian and representative of the best traditions of the stage. He was at his best in such roles as Dr. Pangloss, Sir Peter Teazle, and Dr. Prim- rose. Consult McKay and Wingate, Famous American Actors of To-Day (New York, 1896). WARREN, William Fairfield (1833—). A Methodist Episcopal educator. He was born at Williamsburg, Mass., graduated at Wesleyan University, Middletown. Conn. (18.53). and stud- ied at Andover Theological Seminary and the universities of Berlin and Halle. He entered the New England Conference in 1855; liecame professor of systematic theology' in the Metho- dist Episcopal Missionary Institute at Bremen, Germany (1861); professor of systematic the- ology in the Boston School of Theology (1866) ; dean of the faculty (1871) ; president of Boston University (1873), and at the same time pro- fessor of comparative theology and philosophy of religion; he resigned the presidency in 1903, but retained the professorship. He has published The True Key of Ancient Cosmology (1882); In the Footsteps of Armiiiiiis (1884) ; Paradise Found — the Cradle of the Human h'ace at the orth Pole (1885) ; The Quest of the Perfect Re- ligion (1880); The Story of Gottlieb (1890); Constitutional Questions Yoie Pending in the Methodist Episcopal Church (1894); Religions of the ^yorld and the ^Torld Religim (1900). WAR'RENSBURG. The county-seat of Johnson County, Mo., 65 miles southeast of Kansas City ; on the Missouri Pacific Railroad ( Map : Missouri, C 3 ). It is near mineral springs, which have given the city some repu- tation as a summer resort. It is the seat of a State Normal School. Other prominent features are the court-house, Masonic Temple, and opera house, and the Pertle Springs Park. The section is noted for its blue and wliite sandstone quarries, and for its hirge farming and stock-raising in- terests. Warrcnstiurg is the sliipping centre for tile j)roducts of tliis region, and lias some in- dustrial importance, having grain elevators, ilouring mills, sawmills, and manufactories of broom racks, polish, etc. The government, under the revised cliarter of 1803, is vested in a mayor, chosen biennially, and a unicameral council. Warrensburg was settled in 183.5, and was in- corjiorated in 1850. It was chartered as a city of the tliird class in 1889. Population, in 1890, 4706; in 1900. 4724. WAR'RINGTON. A county borough :ni(! iiii- prirtanl iiianufnil iiring town of Lancasliire, Eng- land, on till' rifilil bank of tlic Mersey, at the head of navigation, 10 miles equidistant from Liverpool and Manchester (Map: England, D 3). On the east are situated the Latchford locks of the Manchester Shijj Canal, wliieh is spanned by five bridges at Warrington. The town is well built. The civic spirit is active; Warrington has owned a municipal free library, museum, and art gallery since 1848. Its chief industrial impor- tance is in iron manufactures of all kinds ; it also has breweries, and leather, glass, chemical, and soap works. The ^yaUntune ot Domesday, it was a place of military importance in the fif- teenth centurv. Population, in 1891, 55,288; in 1901. 64,241. " WARRINGTON, George. A stanch friend and adviser of Arthur Pendennis in Thackeray's Pendcnnis, rough and cynical in manner, but of a gentle and .i;eni>rnus nature. WARRINGTON, Lewis (17821851). An American naval officer, born at Williamsburg, Va. He graduated at William and Mary College in 1798, and two years later became a midship- man in the navy. He served under Preble dur- ing the war with Tripoli, and in 1814 commanded the sloop Peacock when she captured the British sloop-of-war Epcrvier, off Cape Canaveral, Fla. Later he took 14 British merchantmen, mostly in Saint George's Channel and the Bay of Biscay. He was promoted to the rank of captain soon afterwards, and cruised in the Indian Ocean, capturing the English cruiser yaulilus in the Straits of Sunda on June 30, 1815, after peace had been declared, Wlien assured of this he returned the vessel to the British Government. In 1824-26 he commanded a squadron in the West Indies for the suppression of piracy, and during the following four years he was a mem- ber of the Na^•y Commission Board. He re- mained in active service until the time of his deatli. WARRNAMBOOL, w.nr'nrnubnnl. A sea- port of Victoria, Australia, 166 miles west-south- west of Melbourne, on Lady Bay (Map: Vic- toria, B 5). Among the principal features are the art gallery and museum, a fine race course. Albeit Park, and the botanical gardens. Popu- lation, ill 1901, 6410, WARSAW, war'sa (Pol. Kars^nra, var-sha'- va). A government of Russian Poland (Map: Russia, B 4). Area, 5625 square miles. It is mainly low and fiat, but somewhat hilly along the lower course of the Vistula. This river forms the northern boundary of the government and is of great importance as a waterway. Warsaw has a poor soil, but agriculture is highly devehqied owing to the prevalence of large holdings. In manufacturing. Warsaw is one of the ]irinci])al governments in the Empire. The animal value of its manufactures is about $50,000,000, of which the city of Warsaw produces three-fifths. Cotton and woolen goods, products of iron and steel, various articles of a])])arcl (especially foot- wear), and sugar (for the juoduction of which beets are extensivelv grown) form the bulk ot the manufactures. Population, in 1897, 1,933,689, of whom the Roman Catholics formed SO per cent, and the Jews alioiit 12 per cent, WARSAW, The cajiital of the Government of Warsaw, ill Russian Poland, formerly the ca|iital of the Kingdom of Poland. 11 is henii- tifuHy situated on a gentl.v undulating, fertile plain, for the most Jiart on the left bank of the