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large banking concession, when the newspapers 

 were let into the scheme through the ingenuous- 

 ness of the United States consul in Shanghai, 

 and, Mitkiewicz's record being shown, the con- 

 cessions were withdrawn. On his return he rep- 

 resented to Barker that the concessions had been 

 granted, and that $25,000,000 were to be put into 

 the scheme, but then Barker would have nothing 

 to do with him. Mitkiewicz sued Barker for 

 breach of contract, and though he lost in the 

 courts he succeeded in dragging in several high 

 officials of the Chinese and United States govern- 

 ments. He later, in Washington, lived in luxury 

 with " Shoe-box " Miller, an ex-convict, whom he 

 introduced to Miss Mosby. Miller was about to 

 marry Miss Mosby when the plot was discovered, 

 and in his attempt to find Miller, her brother 

 came upon Mitkiewicz and fired at him, but 

 missed his mark. The " Count " afterward eloped 

 with a Baltimore woman, lived for a time in 

 New York, and in 1894 married the twenty-two- 

 year-old daughter of a wealthy farmer. 



Monroe, Halsey H., agriculturist, born in 

 Thomaston, Me., Nov. 13, 1827; died there, 

 Jan. 17, 1901. He was educated in the public 

 schools in Thomaston and at Auburn Academy. 

 After several years in Scotland he engaged in the 

 lime business in Rockland, Me. In 1867 he was 

 elected to the Maine Legislature. In 1868 he was 

 returned and served on the Committee on Elec- 

 tions. In 1879 he was a member of Gov. Garce- 

 Iqn's council, and was chairman of the Committee 

 on County Officers. At the time of the famous 

 " State count-out," when the Governor's term ex- 

 pired in the midst of the trouble, Mr. Monroe, 

 as senior member of the council, occupied the 

 Governor's chair two weeks. In 1890 he was 

 again sent to the Legislature. He owned one of 

 the best farms in Maine, and was the inventor 

 of the rotary harrow now in almost universal 

 use. He owned large tracts of timber land in 

 Arkansas and Virginia. 



Moore, John, Roman Catholic bishop, born in 

 Castletown, Delvin, County Westmeath, Ireland, 

 June 27, 1835; died in St. Augustine, Fla., July 

 30, 1901. He removed in 1848 to Charleston, S. C., 

 and one year later entered the Collegiate Insti- 

 tute in that city. After some years of preparation 

 there he went abroad and studied philosophy and 

 the classics in France and theology in Rome. 

 He was ordained priest, April 9, 1860, and before 

 leaving Rome he received the cap of Doctor of 

 Theology. Returning to Charleston in October, 

 1860, he was made first assistant, and later pastor 

 of the cathedral in that city. During the civil 

 war he gave much time to the sick and wounded 

 of both armies. In 1865 he became pastor of 

 St. Patrick's Church in Charleston, and in 1872 

 vicar-general of the diocese of Charleston. On 

 May 13, 1877, he was consecrated Bishop of St. 

 Augustine, Fla. Under his administration the 

 Church in Florida made rapid and substantial 

 advancement^ Bishop Moore took great interest 

 in the negro race, and established several associa- 

 tions for its benefit. 



Moore, William Philip, actor, born in Nor- 

 folk County, Ontario, Canada, May 13, 1858; died 

 in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 28, 1901. He first ap- 

 peared on the stage with James H. Reilly, in 

 1877, in The Broom-maker, and later with John 

 F. Leonard in Hogan's Alley. From 1878 to 1881 

 he was engaged by Henry Jarrett to play with 

 George Topack in Fun on the Bristol. In 1882 

 he married Belle Vivian, and as Moore and Viv- 

 ian they entered upon vaudeville. In 1884 they 

 were in Robert Gratan's company in Wanted, a 

 Partner; from 1885 to 1891, with their own com- 



pany, they played Jonathan, or The [.aw of the 

 Land. In 1891 Mr. Moore originated the [ i; ut of 

 Joshua Spruceby. In l8!Ki he played .\ith ,J. .J. 

 Sullivan in The Black Show. Mr. Moore then 

 tried repertoire, playing Yankee I'lurk, Solon 

 Shingle, Joshua Night Mare, and Our Jon;! than. 

 In 1894 Moore and Vivian went had, into vaude- 

 ville and played at the Auditorium in Haiti more 

 several weeks. In 1898 Mr. Moore opened a theat- 

 rical agency. 



Moran, Edward, artist, born in Bolton, Eng- 

 land, Aug. 19, 1829; died in New York city, -June 

 9, 1901. He was the eldest son in a large family, 

 two others of whom, Thomas and Peter, also at- 

 tained eminence as artists. His parents were 

 hand-loom weavers, and as a boy Edward worked 

 at this trade. In 1841 the family removed to 

 the United States, and settled first in Maryland 

 and later in Philadelphia. Moran continued to 

 work at the loom until he was twenty-two, when 

 letters of introduction to Paul Webber and James 

 Hamilton were obtained for him. He set up a 

 studio in Philadelphia, and made rapid progress. 

 His paintings were soon admitted to important 

 exhibitions. In 1862 he studied in the Royal 

 Academy, London, for a few months. In 1869 

 he removed to New York city. He painted many 

 landscapes and pictures of animals, but was best 

 known as a marine painter. His most important 

 work consists of 13 paintings representing epochs 

 in the marine history of the United States. The 

 first of this series The Ocean, the Highway of 

 all Nations a large canvas representing a single 

 wave with two or three sea-gulls in the fore- 

 ground, is said by critics to be his masterpiece. 

 Other well-known pictures are The Statue of Lib- 

 erty on the Day of the Unveiling, New York 

 Harbor, The White Cliff's of Albion, The Launch- 

 ing of the Life-boat, and Return of the Fishers. 



Morant, Fanny, actress, born in Hampshire 

 County, England, in 1821; died in Brighton, Eng- 

 land, Nov. 1, 1901. She was educated in a con- 

 vent in Paris. At the age of sixteen she was 

 thrown upon her own resources by the death of 

 her father, and after serving as a governess for 

 a short time made her first appearance on the 

 stage as walking lady, and as understudy for 

 the leading women of the Drury Lane stock com- 

 pany. In 1856 she was brought to the United 

 States for an eight months' .tour, and at its con- 

 clusion decided not to return to England. In 

 the season of 1857-'58 she made a starring tour, 

 and on her return to New York she was engaged 

 as leading woman at the old Broadway Theater, 

 and made her first appearance there, Oct. 18, 

 1858. The following summer she played five 

 months in San Francisco. Jan. 28, 1860, she 

 married Charles Smith, a wealthy manufacturer, 

 of Warren, R. I., and in the same year was en- 

 gaged by James Wallack to play the governess 

 in The Romance of a Poor Young Man. She 

 remained with the Wallack company till the 

 spring of 1869, and in August of that year ap- 

 peared as the nurse in Romeo and Juliet at 

 Booth's Theater. She subsequently played 

 Gretchen to Joseph Jefferson's Rip Van Winkle, 

 and made notable successes as the Queen in Ham- 

 let and as Lady Macbeth with Edwin Booth. 

 In June, 1870, she became a member of Augustin 

 Daly's company at the Fifth Avenue Theater, ap- 

 pearing first as Countess Clothilde in Sardou's 

 Fernande; in the spring of 1871, with Charles 

 Mathews, in Not such a Fool as he Looks; and 

 later as Olivia Alston in Saratoga. She remained 

 at the old and new Fifth Avenue Theaters till 

 1874. She then became a member of the Union 

 Square Theater stock company, and appeared 





