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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (LEIGHTON LITTLEJOHN.) 



important contributions to geology, especially of 

 the Pacific slope, where he was the first to deter- 

 mine the age and character of the Cascade moun- 

 tains, and their relation to the great Columbia 

 lava flood. He described the ancient glaciers of 

 the Sierra Nevada, and was among the first to 

 recognize the post-tertiary elevation of those 

 mountains, as shown by the river-beds. His 

 studies on mountain structure led him to im- 

 portant generalizations on the origin of moun- 

 tains in general, and he became one of the chief 

 exponents of the " contractional theory " of 

 mountain building. His studies on ore deposition 

 at Steamboat Springs, Nev., and Sulphur Bank, 

 Cal., led him to a discussion of vein-formation 

 in general, and his classification of ore deposits 

 is not displaced in its essential features by the 

 most recent work in the same direction. He also 

 made important contributions to the subjects of 

 seismology and coral growth in geological as- 

 pects. Prof. Le Conte was an advocate of the 

 doctrine of evolution. He was also interested in 

 art. The degree of LL. D. was conferred upon 

 him in 1879 by the University of Georgia, and 

 he was a member of many scientific societies, 

 including the National Academy of Sciences, to 

 which he was chosen in 1875. Besides being one 

 of the editors of the Journal of Geology and of 

 Science, he was a large contributor to popular 

 scientific and technical journals, as well as author 

 of the following: Religion and Science, a series 

 of Sunday lectures (New York, 1873) ; Elements 

 of Geology (1878); Sight: An Exposition of the 

 Principles of Monocular and Binocular Vision 

 (1880); Compend of Geology (1884); and Evolu- 

 tion: Its Nature, its Evidences, and its Relation 

 to Religious Thought (1887). 



Leightbn, George E., lawyer, born in Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., in 1835; died in Monadnock, N. H., 

 July 4, 1901. He removed with his father to 

 Cincinnati in 1844, where he received his educa- 

 tion, and in 1858 he began the practise of law in 

 St. Louis, Mo. When the civil war broke out he 

 became a lieutenant in the 3d Missouri Infantry. 

 He saw active service in 1861, and then became 

 major of the 5th Missouri Cavalry, but was 

 transferred to the 12th Regiment. In the sum- 

 mer of 1861 he was made provost-marshal of the 

 St. Louis division under Gen. Halleck. He served 

 under and was commended by Gens. Curtis, Scho- 

 field, Halleck, Hamilton, and Davidson. He re- 

 sumed his law practise after the war, but in 1874 

 gave it up for commercial pursuits. He was 

 afterward connected with many notable manu- 

 facturing and financial interests. He was presi- 

 dent of the Monetary Conference in Indianapolis 

 in 1897, and was appointed by the executive com- 

 mittee a member of the Monetary Commission. 

 He delivered a speech in opposition to the free 

 coinage of silver at the Trans-Missouri Confer- 

 ence, of which 150,000 copies were printed and 

 circulated. He gave much attention to public 

 education, and after 1876 was a trustee of Wash- 

 ington University. His library was the largest 

 private library in St. Louis, and was a paradise 

 for bibliophiles. It was especially rich in history 

 of the Mississippi valley. He was a founder of 

 the National Arts Society. He was president of 

 the Missouri Historical Society twelve years, and 

 a member of the Academy of Science. 



Lenihan, Thomas Mathias, Roman Catholic 

 bishop, born in Mallow, Ireland, Aug. 12, 1844; 

 died in Marshalltown, Iowa, Dec. 15, 1901.' He 

 was educated at Bardstown, Ky., the Ecclesiasti- 

 cal Seminary of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and the 

 St. Francis Seminary of Milwaukee, and was or- 

 dained Nov. 19, 1867. He was pastor of St. Bene- 



dict's Church, Decorah, Iowa, from 1868 to 1870. 

 Later he had charge of Corpus Christi Church, 

 Fort Dodge, Iowa, and adjacent missions. In 

 its vicinity he established many new churches 

 and parishes. He was made irremovable rector 

 and dean, in which capacity he served till conse- 

 crated Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 24, 1897. 



Lewis, Charles N., actor, born in Seneca Falls, 

 N. Y., Sept. 14 1819; died in Pokagon, Mich., 

 Jan. 25, 1901. He first appeared on the stage 

 in Utica, N. Y. Later he supported Edwin For- 

 rest, William Knight, Adah Isaacs Menken, and 

 others. Mr. Lewis is said to have opened the 

 first theater in Chicago, at the corner of Lake 

 and Dearborn Streets, in 1842. He retired from 

 the stage in 1868. 



Linsley, Joseph Hatch, bacteriologist, born 

 in Windsor, Vt., May 29, 1859; died in Burling- 

 ton, Vt., Feb. 17, 1901. He was graduated at the 

 University of Vermont, in the medical depart- 

 ment, in 1880, and served as lecturer on physiol- 

 ogy and instructor in microscopy and chemistry 

 in that institution. He was city physician of 

 Burlington from 1881 to 1884, and from 1885 to 

 1888 he served as health-officer. He was then 

 appointed instructor in clinical microscopy in the 

 New York Post-Graduate Medical School and 

 Hospital, and a year later he was made director 

 of the laboratories of histology, pathology, and 

 bacteriology, doing in addition the pathological 

 work of St. Luke's and the Presbyterian Hos- 

 pitals. In 1890 he went to Berlin and took a 

 course in bacteriology under Koch. Again he 

 went to Germany as representative for the New 

 York Post-Graduate School to obtain some of 

 Koch's lymph, and on his return he gave the first 

 address on the lymph treatment for tuberculosis 

 in the Academy of Medicine before the Medical 

 Society of the County of New York. Later he 

 was made Professor of Bacteriology and Pathol- 

 ogy in the University of Vermont, and in con- 

 nection with his instruction in that institution he 

 did his greatest work in the upbuilding of the 

 Vermont State Laboratory of Hygiene. In 1897 

 Dr. Linsley opened a small laboratory for the 

 examination of cultures for suspected diphtheria 

 and typhoid-fever cases, and in 1898 the State cre- 

 ated a bacteriological laboratory, and placed him 

 at its head. During his incumbency more than 

 11,300 examinations were made of specimens of 

 food products and of cases of contagious and in- 

 fectious diseases. 



Littlejohn, Abram Newkirk, clergyman, 

 born in Florida, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1824; died in 

 Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 3, 1901. He was edu-' 

 cated at Union College, studied theology, and 

 entered the Protestant Episcopal ministry, taking 

 priest's orders in 1849. After short rectorships 

 at Amsterdam, N. Y., Meriden, Conn., and Spring- 

 field, Mass., he became rector of St. Paul's 

 Church, New Haven, Conn., in 1851, remaining 

 there nine years, and for seven years of that 

 period holding the post of lecturer on pastoral 

 theology at Berkeley Divinity School, Middle- 

 town, Conn. From 1860 to 1868 he was* rector 

 of Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. In 

 the last-named year he was elected bishop of 

 the newly formed diocese of Central New York, 

 but before official notice of the event had been 

 received the first convention of the diocese of 

 Long Island elected him bishop of that diocese 

 also. He accepted the latter honor, and was 

 consecrated in January, 1869. Between 1874 and 

 1886 he was also spiritual overseer of all the 

 American Episcopal churches on the Continent of 

 Europe. The degree of D. D. was given to him 

 by the University of Pennsylvania in 1856, and 



