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cessively the Wyandotte, the Iroquois, and the 

 Adams. On the latter ship he first attracted pub- 

 lic notice by his attitude during the Samoan 

 revolution of 1888. In September of that year 

 the commander of the German cruiser Adler 

 threatened to bombard a native fort unless it 

 was evacuated by the adherents of Mataafa. The 

 Germans were supporting Tamasese. Leary was 

 in command of the little Adams, a third-rate ves- 

 sel of antique type, and, finding the Germans 

 about to interfere forcibly in support of their 

 candidate for the Samoan chieftainship, he cleared 

 ship for action, first placing his vessel in position 

 to command the approaches to the fort, and for- 

 bade any interference. He also landed marines to 

 protect the American consulate. He remained 

 at his post until the American squadron, under 

 Admiral Kimberly, arrived, when he was sent 

 north in the Adams. For this service the Mary- 

 land Legislature voted him a gold medal. He 

 commanded the San Francisco after September, 

 1897, and in the West Indies campaign of the 

 Spanish- American War; and after the war he was 

 stationed at the Boston Navy- Yard till April, 

 1899, when he was appointed the first naval Gov- 

 ernor of Guam. On the island he was in absolute 

 authority. He carried his government in his ship, 

 the Yosemite, and had to execute as well as judge 

 of the laws. He ruled the island as he would 

 his ship, breaking up immorality by obliging the 

 natives to marry, calling upon the men for a cer- 

 tain amount of work every week, and even pre- 

 scribing the minimum number of poultry which 

 should be maintained in each family. He secured 

 the respect and affection of the natives. In the 

 spring of 1900 he was replaced by Commander 

 Seaton Schroeder. He was then assigned to the 

 League Island Navy- Yard, and on Dec. 6, 1900, 

 to the command of the receiving-ship Richmond. 

 He was relieved of the command of the Richmond, 

 at Boston, in October, 1901, on account of heart 

 trouble. About two weeks before his death he 

 made application for his retirement as a rear- 

 admiral. The application was approved by the 

 examining board and the President the day before 

 his death, but for some unknown reason the let- 

 ter of the Secretary of the Navy, announcing to 

 him his promotion and retirement, was not mailed 

 in Washington until Dec. 30. 



Leavenworth, Abel E., educator, born in 

 Charlotte, Vt., in 1828; died in Castleton, Vt., 

 June 3, 1901. He was graduated at the Uni- 

 versity of Vermont in 1852, and became principal 

 of Bolivar (Mo.) Academy. In 1855 he took 

 charge of Hinesburg ( Vt. ) Academy, and in 1859 he 

 became editor and proprietor of the State School 

 Journal, continuing as such and as principal of 

 West Brattleboro Academy till May, 1862, when 

 he enlisted as sergeant in the 9th Vermont Vol- 

 unteers. He was appointed captain in December, 

 1864, and after June, 1863, was assistant inspec- 

 tor-general of Wistar's brigade, and assistant 

 adjutant-general till early in 1865. After the war 

 he again became principal of Hinesburg Academy, 

 and later of Beam an Academy. In December, 

 1874, he took charge of the Normal school at 

 Randolph, Vt., and in 1881 of Castleton Seminary 

 and Normal School. For two years he was presi- 

 dent of the Teachers' Association of Vermont. 



Leavitt, Andrew Jackson, actor, born in Bos- 

 ton, Mass., in 1822; died in that city, Feb. 1, 

 1901. He made his first appearance with an ama- 

 teur dramatic club in Albany, N. Y., as Cool in 

 London Assurance. His first professional ap- 

 pearance was- with a minstrel company, and he 

 was a popular favorite as end-man and comedian. 

 He became proprietor and manager of a small 



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minstrel house in Motion 

 eral years, and then built 1 h. 

 Green Street, Boston, which In 

 fully for a time. Reverse, L -an 

 to active work in other theatei 

 New York and produced a dc; 

 The Happy Land of Canaan, vvt 

 his reputation as a sketch-writer, 

 engagements in Philadelphia, New Orh ; 

 other large cities, he finally settled in l;< 

 played ten years in negro farces at the ll<, 

 Athenaeum. A few years ago lie appeared jiuam 

 in legitimate drama, his last engagement being 

 in The Two Sisters. In 1891 he became the stage- 

 doorkeeper at the Hollis Street Theater, Boston, 

 where he remained up to the time of his death. 



1901. He studied architecture in the office of 

 Thomas U. Walter, and in 1842 began the prac- 

 tise of his profession in his native city, where 

 he designed the Roman Catholic cathedral, the 

 Academy of Music, and other buildings of note. 

 About 1861 he removed to New York city, where 

 with his son he designed the Masonic Temple, 

 the New York Foundling Asylum, the Metropoli- 

 tan Life Insurance building in Madison Square, 

 and other notable structures. 



Le Conte, Joseph, geologist, born in Liberty 

 County, Georgia, Feb. 26, 1823; died in Yosemite 

 valley, California, July 6, 1901. He was de- 

 scended from Guillaume Le Conte, a Huguenot, 

 who fled from Rouen after 

 the revocation of the 

 Edict of Nantes and set- 

 tled in New Rochelle, N. 

 Y., in 1698. Lewis, a 

 grandson of Guillaume, 

 after graduation at Co- 

 lumbia in 1799, settled in 

 Liberty County, Georgia, 

 where his sons John and 

 Joseph were born. Joseph 

 was graduated at Frank- 

 lin College of the Uni- 

 versity of Georgia in 1841, 

 and at the College of 

 Physicians and Surgeons 

 in 1845. He entered on the practise of medi- 

 cine in Macon, Ga., but abandoned his pro- 

 fession to enter Lawrence Scientific School of 

 Harvard, where he studied natural sciences and 

 geology under Louis Agassiz, receiving the degree 

 of B. S. in 1851, and during that year he spent 

 some time with Agassiz exploring the reefs and 

 keys of Florida. In 1852 he was chosen to the 

 chair of Natural Science in Oglethorpe College, 

 but a year later resigned to accept the professor- 

 ship of Geology and Natural Science in the Uni- 

 versity of Georgia, where his brother John was 

 Professor of Natural Philosophy. He retired 

 from this university in 1856 to become Professor 

 of Geology and Natural History in South Caro- 

 lina College, where he remained until 1862, when, 

 owing to the civil war, college work was aban- 

 doned, and he was for a time engaged as chemist in 

 the Government laboratory for the manufacture 

 of medicines, and later as chemist in the niter and 

 mining bureau in Columbia. In 1866 he returned 

 to his professorial duties in the University of 

 South Carolina, but two years later he joined the 

 original faculty of the University of California, 

 becoming Professor of Geology, Botany, and Nat- 

 ural History, which chair he then held until his 

 death. His scientific work included researches on 

 the phenomena of binocular vision and many 



