At the Presbyterian General Assembly in Portland, the Rev. Wm. C. Young, President of Center College, Danville, Ky., was chosen Moderator, over Rev. Dr. Radcliffe, of Detroit, Mich., and Rev. Dr. McPherson, of Chicago, Ill. The issues were briefly: the revision of the Westminster Confession of Faith, the "heresies" of Professor Briggs, and the relation of the Union Seminary to the Church. In the matter of creed revision, no action was taken further than to leave matters as they have been since the last Assembly, which virtually means that the majority are not in favor of any further revision than the verbal

changes suggested by the Revision Committee, which do not impair the integrity of the Calvinistic system. A Committee of Arbitration will interpret the compact of 1870, made between the Union Theological Seminary and the Church. The case of Dr. Briggs was remanded, without debate, to the New York Presbytery for trial. At a meeting of the Presbytery, June 13, it was decided to postpone the consideration until October 3, thus preventing an appeal to the Synod of New York this year. The Synod will not meet again until 1893, and the case cannot reach the General Assembly again until 1894.

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10. Rev. Dr. SAMUEL J. SPAULDING, a prominent Congregational clergyman, Newburyport, Mass., 71.

II. JOHN K. PORTER, Ex-Judge of the N. Y. Court of Appeals, who appeared for the defendant in the Beecher trial, and was the senior counsel for the people at the trial of Guiteau, the murderer of the lamented President Garfield.

13. HEINRICH NATHER, the famous Austrian sculptor, designer of the Zwingli monument at Zurich and the Haydn monument at Vienna, London, Eng.

15. Miss AMELIA B. EDWARDS, the well known novelist and Egyptologist, London, Eng. Miss Edwards was the daughter of an English officer, her mother being descended from Walpole's family. Up to 1880, her time was chiefly spent in writing novels and treatises on art, the drama, and politics. Her attention was afterwards chiefly directed to Egyptological subjects, on which she wrote numerous articles for English and American publications, among them being an account of Recent Archæological Discoveries in Egypt," for the American supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica. She was a member of various Biblical and archæological societies, and an enthusiastic advocate of woman suffrage in England. In 1887, she obtained the honorary degree of

L. H. D. at the centenary festival of Columbia College. In 1889-90, Miss Edwards visited the United States, and lectured on Egyptological subjects to over 100,000 people.

MARC EIDLITZ, leading builder, New York City, 65. Born in Bohemia, he came to America when very young, commencing business as a builder in 1852. His life was one of great activity, and numerous grand structures serve as monuments to his genius, among them being the Astor Library, Steinway Hall, and the Metropolitan Opera House. Mr. Eidlitz was greatly instrumental in effecting the organization of the National Association of builders, and held the presidential chair of the Building Trades Club.

16. Colonel TRUMAN ADAMS MERRIMAN, a prominent American politician and newspaper writer, New York City, 53.

17. Hon. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, Ex-Premier of the Dominion of Canada, Toronto, Ont., 70.

Mr. Mackenzie was born at Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland, on January 28, 1822. His father, an architect and contractor, died when Alexander was only fourteen, leaving a widow and seven sons; and the boy went to work as a builder and stonemason. Letters from friends in Canada induced him to emigrate to the Upper Province in 1842. He worked first as a journeyman builder at Kingston, where his future rival, afterwards Sir John Macdonald, was already a prominent barrister, Oliver Mowat, now the Ontario Premier, being at the same time in the office of Mr. Macdonald. In 1843, young Mackenzie was joined by his brother Hope; and for four years they worked together, making steady progress in business, but even then taking a keen interest in the struggle of the Reform party with Lord Metcalfe for responsible government, for the Mackenzies had inherited ardent

Whig principles. In 1848, the whole family came to Canada, and settled at Sarnia, in Western Ontario. Population was fast increasing, and the young builders had plenty to do. When the Lambton Shield was started to represent the Liberals in that district, Alexander Mackenzie added the editorial duties to his ordinary business for two years. In 1859, Hope Mackenzie was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the United Canadas; but he retired in 1862, and Alexander took his place. In Parliament, he at once came to the front. He had been a great reader, and showed a wide knowledge of constitutional and political history. He was described as "a living encyclopædia of Canadian statistics." His memory was exceptionally good, his mastery of details perfect. Never a great orator, he was at all times a telling speaker whose home-like sayings took root in the people's hearts. His speeches were always logical, and in a way so perfect that he is counted as one of the

few extempore speakers Canada has produced, whose speeches could stand a verbatim report. His manner, it must be said, was not genial like that of Macdonald. Modest by disposition, he nevertheless enjoyed controversy, and was quite at home in the heat of a debate, either in the House or on the hustings.

Mr. Mackenzie was a strong advocate of Canadian Confederation; but he declined to enter the coalition Government which carried out the scheme, preferring to give a generous support to the Government of the day on that issue, while remaining free on other questions. At the first Federal election in 1867, Mr. George Brown, the Liberal leader, was defeated, and withdrew from public life. Mr. Mackenzie then became leader, first of the Ontario Liberal Members and then of the whole Opposition.

reins into the hands of Mr. Mowat, who holds them still, and, with Mr. Mackenzie, gave himself up to federal politics.

In this year, 1872, a second general election gave Sir John Macdonald a new lease of power, but the Ministry resigned on the exposure of what is known as the Pacific Railway Scandal. On November 5, 1873, Mr. Mackenzie, at the request of Lord Dufferin, formed a Cabinet. The new Prime Minister assembled Parliament in 1874, and won a sweeping victory. His large majority enabled him to carry a remarkable number of important measures. These included a stringent election law, establishing vote by ballot, and giving the decision of contested elections to the courts of law; the Independence of Parliament Act; the Canada Temperance Act, or Local Option Law; the establishment of a Military College; the estab lishment of a Federal Supreme Court; the reduction of postage between Canada and

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In 1871. British Columbia entered the Confederation on condition that a railway should be built within ten years to connect her with the other provinces. Mr. Mackenzie strongly opposed these terms as promising more than the young Dominion should undertake. At the end of this year, Mr. Mackenzie consented to enter the Ontario Legislative Assembly, as well as the Federal House, the practice of sitting in two Parliaments at once having not yet been prohibited. After helping Mr. Edward Blake to turn out the Provincial Ministry, he took office in the new Cabinet, first as Secretary, and then as Treasurer, or Minister of Fiance. In October, 1872. Mr. Blake put the

the United States, and the institution of free postal delivery in cities and towns; the construction of a transcontinental telegraph line; and the judicial and administrative organization of the Great Northwest Territories. Mr. Mackenzie recog nized that the country was now committed to the Canadian Pacific Railway project, and went on with the construction of several sections of the line. The Intercolonial Railway. connecting the O Canadas with the Maritime Provinces, had been begun under Sir John Macdonald, and was completed under Mr. Mackenzie. All these and many other great undertakings were carried on under Mr. Mackenzie's personal supervision. He was not only Premier, but also Minister of Public Works; and it was not until Sir Charles Tupper's time, that the railways and canals were taken from this Department, and put in charge of a special Minister. His extreme conscientiousness too. led Mr. Mackenzie to take a very rigorous view of his duties as Premier; and he concerned himself perhaps overmuch with the work of his colleagues. On two occasions the Liberal Premier took ground in opposition to the Imperial Government. In his Royal Instructions to Lord Dufferin, Lord Kimberly had advised the Governor-General to use the prerogative of pardon according to his own discretion, whether the Privy Council for Canada con curred or otherwise. Mr. Mackenzie insisted that the prerogative should be exercised only according to the advice of the responsible Ministry. Mr. Mackenzie was success

ful in this claim; and he insisted, with a similar result, on the appointment of Canadian diplomats to deal with foreign countries when Canadian interests were involved. In 1874. his predecessor in the Liberal leadership, Mr. Brown, was made joint Plenipotentiary with Sir Edward Thornton to negotiate a commercial treaty with the United States. Three years later. Mr. Mackenzie refused to recognize the British delegate to the International Fishery Commission, who had been named by Mr. Disraeli's Administration, and claimed that the delegate should be appointed by Canada. In this case, too, the Imperial Government gave way; and the position was given to Sir A. T. Galt, a Canadian statesman.

In 1875, the Premier visited England; and, after having been the guest of her Majesty at Windsor, visited his early haunts in Scotland, where he had many evidences shown him of the high esteem in which he was held by his countrymen.

He always declared himself an earnest upholder of the existing connection with the mother country. On the ground of this, Mr. Mowat addressed his recent manifesto against the “Annexation" movement, as a letter to Mr. Mackenzie.

At the general election in 1878, Mr. Mackenzie was defeated by an overwhelming majority. The country declared emphatically for Sir John Macdonald's "National Policy," which was to remedy the depression in trade by a protective tariff. Almost the last act of Lord Dufferin before sailing, was to accept the resignation of the Mackenzie Cabinet. Since then Mr. Mackenzie has remained in Parliament-in fact he was never defeated at the polls after his first entry into public life-but only as a lieuten ant of Mr. Blake and of Mr. Laurier. He advocated unrestricted reciprocity with the United States, but would have no discrimination against the mother country.

Mr. Mackenzie was at one time an active volunteer, being Major of the 27th Battalion, which commission he resigned in 1874. In addition to his early journalistic work, Canadian literature knows him as the biographer of the Hon. George Brown. In religious belief he was a staunch Baptist, having joined that denomination when quite young. Mr. Mackenzie was married, first to Helen, daughter of the late William Neil, of Irvine, Scotland; and secondly, to Jane, eldest daughter of the late Robert Lyn of Perthshire. His only child married the Rev. John Thompson, Presbyterian minister at Sarnia. Death came to the Ex-Premier not in the zenith of his power and fame, as it did to his former opponent, the late Sir John Macdonald; for, worn with the cares of State, and infirm from the vigorous exertions of his manhood's power, he had long since been forced to withdraw from the noise of debate and the activity of public life. He died revered by his friends and honored by those who were once counted his foes.

19. FRIEDERICH MARTIN, of Bodenstedt, the well known German writer, Berlin, 73.

He was born in Hanover in 1819, and was at one time editor of the Weser-Zeitung in Bremen. In 1850, he took part in the Peace Congress at Frankfort. În 1860, he was appointed Professor of the Slavic Language and Literature at Munich, which chair he afterward exchanged for that of Ancient English Literature. In 1868, he resigned his professorship, to become Director of the Ducal Theatre at Menningen, which, under his learned and artistic management, reached its highest point of excellence. Among his best known works, are The Peoples of the Caucasus, and their Wars of Independence against Russia," "A Thousand and One Days in the East," and "The Introduction of Christianity into Armenia."

ROSWELL SMITH, President of the Century Company, New York City. He was born in Lebanon, Conn., in 1829. His father, Ascher L. Smith, who for many years lived in the historic Trumbull mansion at Lebanon, was a brother of Roswell C. Smith, the school-book author, some of whose works, as 'Smith's Arithmetic," and Smith's Grammar," won great popularity in their day. After a brief career in the publishing house of Paine & Burgess, he entered Brown University at the age of seventeen. After studying law in Hartford, he was called to the bar, and moved to Lafayette, Indiana. He practiced his profession there for some time, and in 1852 married. In 1868, he had acquired a comfortable fortune; and, closing out his business in Indiana, he went to Europe with his family. having in mind the possibility of acquiring a newspaper or some other literary property in the east on his return. An acquaint ance with Dr. J. G. Holland developed into friendship, and the two traveled together in Europe for many months, One night, standing on a bridge at Geneva, Dr. Hol· land broached a subject which developed into a project for a monthly magazine of art and literature. On their return America, as the result of this initial idea, the first number of Scribner's Magazine was given to the world in November, 1870. In 1873, at Mr. Smith's suggestion, St. Nicholas was established by the amalgamation of several juvenile magazines. In 1881, Mr. Smith bought out the entire business, and Dr. Holland went to Europe. Soon afterward the name of the magazine was altered to The Century, under which name it has become one of the most popular and successful of American periodicals.

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Of late years Mr. Smith had been greatly interested in the development and publishing of the " Century Dictionary," the most elaborate work of its kind ever published, recently completed under the supervision of Professor William Dwight Whitney, of Yale College. Mr. Smith had a strongly religious temperament, and was ever active in Christian and charitable enterprises.

20. Bishop JAMES WILLIAM WILLIAMS, of the established Church of England, Quebec. Que.

Colonel GEORGE GRAY, for many years

the general counsel of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and one of the leading members of the New York bar, East Orange, N. J., 69. He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. Colonel Gray organized the 6th Michigan Cavalry, and served as Colonel of the regiment throughout the Civil War. In the Gettysburg campaign, he was constantly in his saddle, and captured more than a mile and a-half of Lee's baggage train.

21. Rev. JOHN CURTIS BURROUGHS, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Chicago, Ill., 74. He was active in the work of founding the old Chicago University (now defunct), and was its President and Chancellor for a number of years.

The Rev. ARTEMAS R. MUZZEY, the well known Unitarian clergyman and writer, Cambridge, Mass., 90.

22. Colonel EDWIN R. GOODRICH, Boston Mass. He served during the Civil War on the staff of General Burnside, and was made Brevet Brigadier-General for his praiseworthy service. At the close of the war, he served two years on the staff of Governor Fenton, of New York, being stationed at Washington, adjusting the war accounts between the State and the Government. He was connected with the staff of the Boston Herald at the time of his death. He was President of the local association of the Sons of New Hampshire, besides being a member of several local military associations.

General Sir LEWIS PELLY, K. C. B., K. C. S. I.. Conservative M. P. for the North Division of Hackney, Eng., 67. His life was chiefly spent in India, where he occupied numerous important government positions, the first being that of Assistant Resident at the court of the Guicowar, during which office he prosecuted the Khutput Inquiries before the Commission under Sir James Outram. From 1852 to 1855, he was in the Civil Service of Sinde, and the two following years was personal assistant to the Commissioner. After this he engaged in the Persian Expedition of 1857, and three years later served in a special mission to Persia, Afghanistan, and the neighboring countries. This duty having been accomplished. Sir Lewis entered upon special duty with Lord Canning, at Calcutta; and then returned to Persia and Arabia, where he carried on negotiations for anti-slavery and telegraphic purposes. In 1873, he was Government Agent of the State of Rajpootana, and in 1874 assumed control of the State. He was a member of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Asiatic Society. Of his pamphlets, the one best known is "Our Northwest Frontier."

was then chosen to be Professor of Law in the University, and his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. For fifty years he was a member of the New York Historical Society.

6. AUGUST WILHELM HOFMANN, the well known Professor of Chemistry, Berlin, Germany. In 1848, Prof. Hofmann was appointed Superintendent of the Royal College of Chemistry in London, Eng, through Liebig's recommendation. Under his management, this institution developed into the Royal School of Mines. In 1855, he was made Warden of the Royal Mint. Accepting the chair of Chemistry at Bonn in 1864, he moved to the continent; and the following year moved to Berlin, where, as Professor of Chemistry, he passed the remainder of his life. He was a corresponding member of the Institute of France, and an officer of the French Legion of Honor. Among his writings are contributions to the "Annalen der Chemie," to the Transactions of the Chemical Society, and to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, besides his great work, Memoirs on The Molecular Constitu tion of the Organic Bases," written in 1854, for which he was awarded a Royal medal.

ORSAMUS GEORGE WARREN, senior proprietor of The Buffalo Commercial, Buffalo, N. Y., 46. He was eight years a mem

ber of the Executive Committee of the Associated Press, was a Republican, and had been prominently associated with the interests of his party.

8. Colonel W. CAPERS BIRD, Monticello, Fla., 55 He entered the Confederate Army as an officer in the first regiment raised. At Shiloh and at Perryville he received wounds, but was promoted upon the battle-field for his gallant behavior. Under the Administration of President Cleveland, he was United States Marshal for the Northern District of Florida.

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9. GEORGE WILLIAM WILSHER BRAMWELL, Baron Bramwell of Hever, in the County of Kent, Holmwood, Edenbridge, Eng.. 84 early youth he was placed in his father's counting house, where he acquired a practical knowledge of the business of banking. In 1838, he was admitted to the bar, becoming Queen's Counsel in 1851. He was a member of the commission on the law of partnership. when, at his suggestion, the word "limited" was attached to limited liability companies. In 1856, he was made Baron of the Exchequer, and received the honor of knighthood.

ALEXANDER R. BOTELER, a member of the 35th Congress, who came within a few votes of being elected Speaker, Shepherdstown, W. Va., 77.

GABRIEL VON BAROSS, Hungarian Minister of Transportation and Public Works.

Colonel JOHN WILLIAM AVERY, noted as the Commander-in-chief of the Ku Klux clan just after the Civil War, Norfolk, Va.

Civil Justice PETER MITCHELL, of the first District Court, New York City, 52. He was admitted to the bar in 1869, and built up a large criminal practice, defending many well known characters. Governor Hill appointed