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been known nil <IVT tin- world t'..r tlirir large opera- 

 tions. In Ih7'i it united with tin- BotfaflofiUdi :nil 

 other ^r'ut financial houses in forminir a syndicate 

 which placed nil tin- iiinrkrt Cor the United State* 



Government $:S<M>,(HM,0(IO ill -H-pcr-ccnt. bonds : ill 



1878 the same syndicate took and phi.'..! $50,000,000 



more bonds; in' 1*7'.' it I i/lit outright $16,000,000 



worth of New York Central Railroad stock ; in IM; 

 the firm heeaiiif liieinhers of t lie Aliierieiltl committee 

 of the syndicate formed for building tin- I'anama 

 Canal ; in KS ( ; also it undertook the sale of $90.000,000 

 of the honds of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad 

 Coriijianv: and in 1 s'.U, in connection with the Urnwn 

 Brothers, it negotiated the entire loan of $'.1,500,1)00 

 which the Philadelphia and Heading Railroad Com- 

 pany required to carry out its scheme of reorganiza- 

 tion. Mr. Drexcl was a man of large and studied 

 hciievoleiiec, and wasa promoter of numerous institu 

 lions in his State and city tliat appealed to his sym- 

 pathy. His most noted benefaction was the estab- 

 lishment in Philadelphia of the J)n-.\el In.-titute of 

 Art, Science, anil Industry, t'r both sexes, which was 

 dedicated Dee. IT. 1891. The hind and buildings 

 cost $650,000, and he gave the institution an endow- 

 ment fund of $1,000,000. He bequeathed $1,000,000 

 to trustees, witli directions to pay $100,000 to the 

 (iermiin Hospital in Philadelphia; to use the income 

 of the remainder for the erection of an art gallery, 

 museum, or other public institution in connection with 

 the Drexel Institute ; and, in case the projected art gal- 

 lery or museum should not require the whole income, 

 to use the surplus for the establishment of a Drexcl 

 Hospital. In connection with George W. Childs, he 

 also founded the Childs-Drexel Home for Aged 

 Printers, in Colorado Springs, Col., which was dedi- 

 cated May 12, 1892. 



DnPont, A. V., philanthropist, born in Wilmington, 

 Del., in 1833; died in Louisville, Ky., May 1(1. ISM. 

 He was engaged for many years in the manufacture 

 of paper in his native city, and in recent years held a 

 controlling interest in the street railroads of Louis- 

 ville, and a large interest in those of St. Louis and 

 New Orleans. Shortly before his death he deeded to 

 the city of Louisville a thoroughly equipped manual- 

 training school, of which the building cost $75,000. 



completed his studies for the Roman Catholic priest- 

 hood in the Seminary of Mount St Mary's of the 

 West; was ordained a priest, Sept. 4, 1859; and for 

 three years was a professor and director in the Sem- 

 inary of the Precious Blood, lie was then assigned 

 to missionary work, and for some time was connected 

 with the seminary at Carthagena. From 1867 till 

 1H7'J he labored among the mission stations in Ohio, 

 Indiana, and Kentucky. On April 14, 1872, he was 

 consecrated second Bishop of Fort Wayne, Ind., and 

 became the youngest memoer of the hierarchy in the 

 United States. In 1874 he accompanied the Amer- 

 ican pilgrims to Rome as superior; in 1883 made an 

 otlicial visit thither ; in 1H84 attended the third I'le- 

 nary Council in Baltimore; in 1885 went to Rome 

 again as the representative of the American hierarchy ; 

 and in l^vs repeated the journey on otlicial business. 

 Dwight, John Sullivan, musical critic, born in Boston. 

 Mass., May 13,1818; died there Sept. 5, 1 *'.'::. lie was 

 graduated at Harvard College in 1832; took a course 

 in the Divinity School ; was pastor of the Unitarian 

 church in Northampton, Mass., for two years; was a 

 founder and active member for five years of the Brook 

 Farm community: and in 1848 returned to Boston 

 and engaged in literature. While at Brook Farm he 

 taught Latin, Greek, German, and music. In Boston 

 he oecamc a contributor to the ''Harbinger,'' the 

 " Dial" (organ of the Transcendentaliste), the" Chris- 

 tian Hxaminer," and other periodicals, writing on 

 literary, philosophical, art, and musical topics. He 

 suggested the establishment of low-priced concerts of 

 oreln-stra and chamber music, and was a founder of 

 the Harvard Musical Association. On April 10, 1NVJ, 



lie published the first number of " Dwight's .Journal 

 of Music," which he edited m-arls thirty yeur>, the 

 hM number appearing on July !;, 1 861, and tor many 

 sears this was the only musical journal in the United 

 States. Durintr his career DOtO as editor and lee 

 turer he supported Bach, Handel, and Beethoven, 

 and opposed the music of the future as repp 

 bvr the works of Wanner. Berlioy.. and Rubinstein. 

 ifc translated the minor poems of Goethe and Schil- 

 ler; wrote, among other poems. -God save the 

 State"; and at the time of his death was completing 

 Charles C. Perkins's "History of the Handel and 

 Ila.sdn Society, 1815-1890." 



Eastman. Timothy 0., merchant, born in Croydon, N. 

 II.. Mas :;<>. iv.'l : died in Tarrytown, N. Y., Oct. 11. 

 1893. In early life he was a fanner and carpenter in 

 his native village, and in ls-i'.< r< moved to Cleveland. 

 Ohio, and began trading in ca.tle. He established 

 headquarters in Mew York city in 1859; made hi> 

 first exportation of meat to England, consisting of 

 50 carcasses of beef and a few sheep, in 1875 ; and 

 organized companies in the United States and in 

 England to carry on the business in 1889. 



Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum, lawyer, born in Chazee, 

 Vt., Feb. 16, 118; died in Boston, Mass., Aug. 25, 

 1893. He studied law in New York city, and in 1839 

 was admitted to the bar. In 1844 he removed to Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., which place was his residence until his 

 death, and there he formed a law partnership with 

 Gov. Samuel Bigger. In 1855 he was elected Presi- 

 dent of the Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, then 

 in process of construction and greatly embarrassed. 

 He proposed its consolidation with three other lines, 

 under one corporation, from Pittsburg to Chicago, 

 since known as the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chi- 

 cago Railway, and this union secured the completion 

 of the entire line and its subsequent great prosperity. 

 He was elected vice-president of tlie consolidated 

 company, and in 1857 and 1858 he was its financial 

 agent in N'ew York. In 1859 he had charge of ite 

 legal department, and in the same year was appointed 

 receiver of the company, which office, in order to com- 

 promise differences, he'later resigned in favor of Wil- 

 liam B. Ogden, of Chicago. In politics he had pre- 

 viously been a Whig, but in 1860 he entered the 

 Democratic party, and in 1862 was elected to Con- 

 gress. In 1866, on a large tract of land which he. 

 owned in Allen County, Ind., he established the 

 Woodburn Lumber and Stave Mills. In the same 

 year he became President of the Grand Rapids and 

 Indiana Railroad Company, then greatly embarrassed, 

 with a land grant liable to immediate forfeiture, and 

 without a mile of road built In 1871. after live years of 

 service, he left the company with a restored and pro- 

 tected land grant and 200 miles of road in operation. 

 Between 1860 and 1872 he traveled extensively in 

 Europe and his own country. In Is71 he a.-sisted in 

 establishing the Fort Wayne Steel Plow Works, and 

 later he became their sole owner. He was for many 

 years a member of the vestry of Trinity Episcopal 

 Church, and in 1879 was president of the board of 

 trustees of the Fort Wayne Medical College. After 

 1862 he did not resume the practice of his profession, 

 and he took no active part in politics after 1865. 



Eichberg, Julius, musical composer, born in Diissel- 

 dorf, Germany, .lune 13, 1824 ; died in Boston, Mass., 

 Jan. 19, !>'.'".' He beiran to play the violin in public 

 when seven years old ; was permitted to play before 

 the Emperor Nicholas of Russia at a court concert 

 soon afterward : was educated in Mayence and in the 

 Brussels Conservatory of Music, and took the first 

 prize of the institution for violin playing and compo- 

 sition in 1848. He was Professor of the Violin in tin- 

 Conservatory in Geneva, and closely Identified with 

 the progress of music in that city for eleven years. 

 In 1>">7 he made a trip to the United States for his 

 health, and from 1859 till 1866 was director of music 

 in the Boston Museum. In ls!7 he was appointed 

 director of the newly established C.nser\ ator\ of 

 Music in Boston, and" was also elected supervisor of 

 music in the public schools of the city. Among his 



