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Mr. Runner was an indefatigable worker. super- 

 viMiig tin- siic<. I'uck." contributing 



il articles to it. writing stories for the i: 

 zincs, and publishing several voluines of poetry and 

 iiis publications are : " A \Voinaii of 

 Honor " (1883) ; "Airs fn.ni Arcady and Klscwl 



: "The v -The Story of a N.-w 



York Ho: ; "Zadoc Pine, and Other Si 



391); u The Runaway 15: 



I ado in France " ( ls<j3) : " Short 



y Street a: iiie " 



In collaboration 'with Brainier Matthews 



he wrote " In Partnership " (1884), and for Marie 



Wainwright ho wrote a play entitled " The Tower 



of Babel." which was produced in l v - 



< 'abol 1. Edward Carrington, military officer, 

 born in Richmond. Ya.. Feb. ."J. 1*16: died in St. 

 Louis. Mo.. 1-Y He received a classical 



and university education in his native State, read 

 law. and in 1*:J? removed to the Territory of Flor- 

 ida and became a cotton planter. In 1845-'53 he 

 was a Whig representative in Congress, and in his 

 last term he secured an appropriation for the pro- 

 tection of Key We>t and the Tortugas. During the 

 civil war he was a general officer in the Confederate 

 army, and afterward he removed to St. Louis, where 

 he passed the remainder of his life. He was author 

 of a history of Florida. 



( allaghan. Michael, clergyman, born inCounty 

 Cavan. Ireland, about 1842 ; died in Xew York city. 

 Feb. 10. 18U6. He came to the United States i'n 

 early youth : was educated in St. Francis Xavier's 

 College, Xew York city, and St. Joseph's Seminary. 

 Troy : and was ordained in the Roman Catholic 

 priesthood in 1869. After serving as a missionary 

 in Xew York city, he received the rectorship of the 

 Church of the Assumption in Peekskill. X. Y.. in 

 1 "?'.' : but his heart had been enlisted in missionary 

 work, and his happiest hour was when he was ap- 

 pointed director of the Mission of Our Lady of the 

 Rosary, founded for the protection of immigrant 

 girls landing at Xew York. Within a short time 

 he collected $43.000 in an attempt to clear the mis- 

 sion home of a mortgage of 16,000. the press and 

 wealthy people, irrespective of religious faith, pro- 

 moting his cause. In ten years more than 160,000 

 young women passed through the home, and more 

 than 4,000 girls between the ages of fifteen and 

 twenty-five found free shelter there. 



Campbell. Loomis J.. philologist, born in One- 

 onta. X. Y.. in 1831 : died there Nov. 6. 1896. He 

 was a graduate of both Hamilton and Yale Colleges; 

 was for many years at the head of the staff that. 

 under the direction of President Porter of Yale, 

 made the last revision of " Webster's International 

 Dictionary" ; and for many years was also editor of 

 the' " Farmers' Almanac." He was the author of a 

 history of the United States and of the popular 

 'Franklin Series." and edited a "Young Folks' 

 Book of Poetry " and a "Handbook of Synonyms." 

 lie received the degree of LL. D. from Hamilton 

 Coll - 



Cannon. Harriet Starr (known in religion as 

 MOTHER HARRIKTI. philanthropist, born in Charles- 

 ton. S. C., in 1822 : died in Peekskill. X. Y.. April 6, 

 1896. In early life she inherited a fortune and re- 

 moved to Xew York city to devote herself to Church 

 work. Pier first service was in the newly established 

 St. Luke's Hospital, and while there she entered the 

 Protestant Episcopal Order of Deaconesses. ()n 

 Feb. 2. ISiio. siie established the Anglican Order of St. 

 Mary, which now has a large membership, with the 

 mother house at Peekskill, and of this order she 

 became the executive head. 



Carpenter. George M.. jurist, born on the island 

 of Rhode Island. Narragansett Bay, R. I., in 1*44; 

 died in. Katwyk, Holland, July 31, 1896. He was 



graduated at Brown University in 1804: was for 

 ars a reporter on the "Frew" and the 

 "Journal." both of Providence; and then became a. 

 court stenographer, studying law in the meantime. 

 After his admission to the bar he formed a partner- 

 ship in Providence with his former preceptor. In- 



;e was appointed a member of the oomm:- 

 to revise the laws of the State, and Soon afterward 

 lie was elected a judge of the State Supreme Court. 

 On the advancement of Judge Colt to the circuit 

 court, President Arthur appointed Judge Carpen- 

 ter judge of the United States District Court of 

 Rhode Island. Among the important cases heard 

 by him were the trial of Dr. Azel Ames for alleged 

 pension frauds, the still mysterious Wilson-Moen 



and the suit of the Government against the 

 American Bell Telephone Company for annulment 

 of the Berliner patent. 



Carpenter. William, author, born in England 

 in 1830; died in Baltimore. Md.. Sept. 1. 1896. He 

 learned the printer's trade, and worked for several 

 publishers in London. He removed to Baltimore in 

 I x 7'.t, and was afterward engaged in teaching sten- 

 ography. In 1864 he first attracted attention by 

 the publication of a poem entitled " The Earth not 

 a Globe, by Common Sense." This work he soon 

 followed with a prose version of his theories, enti- 

 tled "Sir Isaac Newton's Theoretical Astronomy 

 examined and refuted by Common Sense," which 



..I through many editions. He then published 

 in rapid suoees.-ion "Water not Convex: The Earth 

 in t a Globe": " Bosh and Bunkum : Religious Argu- 

 ments why the Earth is not Round": and "Proc- 

 tor's Planet Earth," a reply to Proctor's " Lessons 

 in Elementary Astronomy." Some of his writings, 

 through inability to secure a publisher, he printed, 

 bound, and sold himself. Other publications were : 



.ething about Spiritualism": "A Reply to 

 Professor Airy's Ipswich Lectures to Working- 

 men"; "Mr. Lockyer's Logic": "The Delusion 

 of the Day ":" Carpenter's Folly." a small maga- 

 zine, of which a few numbers were issued in 

 and "Shorthand." another magazine, issued in 

 1 v ! ( o-'94. His theory, in brief, was that the earth is 

 not a globe, but has a flat (circular?) form, revohv 

 ing on a central axis with the sun stationary over 

 the center. The equator was the center of the 

 earth's surface, and the polar regions the outer edge. 

 He attempted to defend his theory both on scientific 

 and religious grounds. 



Carter. Susan Nichols, educator, born in Cam- 

 bridge. Mass.. Xov. 2<. is'o: died in Arlington 

 Heights. Mass.. Aug. 8. 1896. She was a daughter 



<>rge Xichols. the American editor of Burke's 

 works, and the second wife of Robert Carter, author 

 of " A Summer Cruise on the Coast of Xew Eng- 

 land/' She was educated in Boston : studied art 

 with William Hunt Vantine. in Boston, and Cou- 

 ture in Paris : and was principal of the Woman's 

 Art School of Cooper Union from 1872 till within a 

 few weeks of her death. Mrs. Carter edited a series 

 of art text-books: wrote articles on art and for-' 

 eign travel for "The Century." " Scribner's Maga- 

 zine," and other periodicals: and devoted her life 

 to the art education of women. 



(a<e\. Thomas Lincoln, military engineer, 

 born in Sackett's Harbor. X. Y.. May 10. 1831 : died 

 in Washington, D. C.. March 2o. IM'G. He was the 

 oldest son of Gen. Silas Casey, and was graduated 

 at the United States Military Academy in I*.j2. 

 standing first in his class. He entered the service 

 as brevet 2d lieutenant, and was assigned to 

 duty in connection with works of improvement in 

 Delaware river and bay. whence he returned to the 

 Academy as assistant instructor of practical engi- 

 neering.'and later as assistant professor of engineer- 

 ing. Ill 1860 he had command of a detachment of 



