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successful tests were made by the Government. 

 Congress appropriated $50,000 for the purchase 

 of the thorite invention in conjunction with the 

 Isham shell, but the negotiations never were com- 

 pleted on account of technical difficulties. 



Tuttle, Joseph Farrand, educator, born in 

 Bloomfield, N. J., March 12, 1818; died in In- 

 diana, in June, 1901. He was graduated in Mari- 

 etta College in 1841, and at Lane Theological 

 Seminary, Cincinnati, in 1844. From 1845 till 

 1847 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church 

 in Delaware, Ohio, and from 1847 till 1862 in 

 Rockaway, N. J. In 1862 lie was chosen presi- 

 dent of Wabash College, Indiana. He held the 

 office till June, 1892, when he was retired. 



Uhl, Edwin Fuller, lawyer, born in Rush, 

 N. Y., Aug. 14, 1841 ; died in Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 May 17, 1901. He removed with his parents to 

 Michigan in 1844, was graduated at the Univer- 

 sity of Michigan in 1862, studied law, and in 

 1864 was admitted to the bar. In 1871-72 he 

 was prosecuting attorney for the county of Wash- 

 tenaw. In 1876 he removed to Grand Rapids, 

 where for eleven years he was a law partner of 

 Lyman D. Norris. In 1890 he was elected mayor 

 of Grand Rapids, and in 1891 was reelected. In 

 October, 1893, he was appointed Assistant Secre- 

 tary of State by President Cleveland, and during 

 the illness of Secretary Gresham Mr. Uhl was for 

 a time the de facto Secretary of State. The most 

 important matter entrusted to him while holding 

 this office was the arbitration of the boundary 

 between Brazil and the Argentine Republic. In 

 February, 1896, he was appointed Ambassador to 

 Germany. A year later he resumed his practise. 



Van Santvoord, Cornelius, clergyman, born 

 in Belleville, N. J., April 8, 1816; died in Kings- 

 ton, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1901. He was graduated at 

 Union College in 1835, and took a theological 

 course at Rutgers and Princeton. His first charge 

 was in Canastota, N. Y., in 1838, and he con- 

 tinued in the ministry at various places till the 

 outbreak of the civil war. He was appointed 

 chaplain of the 20th New York Regiment, and 

 later was made chaplain in the regular army, 

 being stationed at Nashville and Louisville. 

 While in these cities he was war correspondent 

 for the New York Times. In 1869 he became as- 

 sociate editor of the Chicago Republican. From 

 1871 till 1876 he served as school commissioner 

 of Ulster County, New York. He was the author 

 of Discourses on Special Occasions and Miscella- 

 neous Papers (1856) ; Memoir of Eliphalet Nott 

 (1876) ; and Limitation of the Liabilities of Ship 

 Owners under the Laws of the United States 

 (1887). He received the degree of D. D. from Rut- 

 gers in 1853. 



Van Vliet, Stewart, soldier, born in Ferris- 

 burg, Vt., July 21, 1815; died in Washington, 

 D. C., March 29, 1901. He was graduated at 

 West Point in 1840 and assigned to the 3d Artil- 

 lery as 2d lieutenant; promoted 1st lieutenant, 

 Nov. 19, 1843; captain, Dec. 24, 1853. He was 

 made regimental quartermaster March 28, 1847, 

 and assistant quartermaster June 4, 1847. He 

 was appointed assistant quartermaster-general 

 with rank of colonel June 6, 1872, and retired 

 Jan. 22, 1881. His early services consisted mainly 

 of garrison duty in Louisiana, Georgia, and South 

 Carolina. In the war with Mexico he took part 

 in the battle of Monterey and the siege of Vera 

 Cruz. In 1847 he was on duty with the Missouri 

 Mounted Volunteers who protected the Oregon 

 route. Later he fitted out Gen. Johnston's expedi- 

 tion against the Mormons. In the civil war he 

 was appointed quartermaster with rank of major, 

 Aug. 3, 1861, and promoted brigadier-general of 



volunteers Sept. 23, ISlil. lie ber-ame chief quar- 

 termaster of the Army of the I'utomae ;m<l \va<* 

 present at the siege of Yorktown and t.he bullies 

 of Fair Oaks, Gaines Mill, and Malvern Hill. 

 He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, coioin 1. ;m<l 

 brigadier-general Oct. 28, 1864, and major-general 

 March 13, 1865, for distinguished service in the 

 quartermaster's department. 



Very, Lydia Louisa Anna, educator and au- 

 thor, born in Salem, Mass., Nov. 2, 182.'}; died 

 there, Sept. 10, 1901. She was a sister of the late 

 Rev. Jones Very, and for thirty- four years taught 

 in the schools of her native town. She contributed 

 both verse and prose to the Salem and Boston 

 newspapers, and possessed some skill as an artist. 

 Her writings include Poems (1856); Poems and 

 Prose Writings (1890); Sayings and Doings 

 among Insects and Flowers (1897); Sylph, the 

 Organ-Grinder's Daughter (1898) ; A Strange Dis- 

 closure (1898); A Strange Recluse (1899); and 

 An Old-fashioned Garden and Walks and Mu- 

 sings Therein (1900). 



Waite, Davis Hanson, ex-Governor of Colo- 

 rado, born in Jamestown, N. Y., April 9, 1825: 

 died in Aspen, Col., Nov. 27, 1901. He was edu- 

 cated in the village school and Jamestown Acad- 

 emy, and studied law. In 1850 he removed to- 

 Wisconsin, where he was engaged in mercantile 

 pursuits in Fond du Lac and Princeton. In 1857 

 he was elected to the Legislature. He went to- 

 Missouri in 1859, and taught school in Houston 

 two years. In 1861 he returned to Jamestown,, 

 where he edited the Chautauqua Democrat, a 

 Republican newspaper; later he purchased the 

 Jamestown Journal, which he published till 1876. 

 In 1876 he emigrated to Lamed, Kan., where he 

 practised law and conducted a ranch three years. 

 In 1879 he went to Leadville, Col., practised law 

 there two years, and then settled in Aspen. There 

 he practised law and edited the Union Era, a 

 reform paper. He was one of the organizers of 

 the People's Party and was a delegate to their 

 convention in Omaha in 1892. The same year 

 he was elected Governor of Colorado by the Popu- 

 lists. His administration was tempestuous. By 

 a spirited political utterance while Governor he 

 earned the sobriquet " Bloody Bridles Waite." 

 Twice he called out the militia, once to maintain 

 order in Cripple Creek during the miners' strike,, 

 and again to seat his appointees on the Denver 

 Fire and Police Board. He was defeated for re- 

 election in 1894. 



Walker, James Alexander, soldier, born in 

 Augusta County, Virginia, Aug. 27, 1832; died 

 in Wytheville, Va., Oct. 20, 1901. He was gradu- 

 ated at the Virginia Military Institute in 1852,. 

 studied law at the University of Virginia, and 

 was admitted to the bar in 1856. At the outbreak 

 of the civil war he entered the Confederate army 

 as captain of an infantry company known as the 

 Pulaski Guards, which became Company C of the 

 4th Virginia Infantry. In March, 1862, he was 

 made colonel of the regiment, and in May fol- 

 lowing was appointed brigadier-general and 

 assigned to the command of the " Stonewall Bri- 

 gade," which he led till wounded at -Spottsylva- 

 nia. During 1864 he was in charge of reserves 

 in Virginia. In February, 1865, he was assigned 

 to Gen. Early's division, which he commanded at 

 the surrender at Appomattox. After the war he 

 resumed the practise of law. In 1872 he was a 

 member of the Virgina Legislature, and in 1877 

 he was Lieutenant-Governor of the State. He 

 was twice elected to Congress as a Republican. 



Wallace, William Henry, jurist, born in 

 South Carolina, March 24, 1827; died in Union, 

 S. C., March 21, 1901. He was graduated at 



