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olUTI AKIKS. AN. (FERRY FROTHIN 



of bfe father In I860, and during the last tern, Frank- 

 lio Mutpt^l the fin* A regiment* ni...nt 



to A national : trrui* in the Legisla- 



ifoBatorm aa Speaker * and at< 



.ti Subcommittee oompriaed 

 ll< was active in the w. 

 : urrh. wa* awn-ciated with hi* 

 .. ru> of public boooBooDoa, and indi \idu 

 ally imiMUU I t" th I- i>>>ury th,- Fuir- 



MttMNttttof Natttral Science*, with an adequate 



Pyr ' 



MI; H> Admitted 

 totfe* bar >' -..-. |nd.. in IM.%. and r; 



to WaoJtefan, in., m praotiM in ti..- t..i 



U ISM M- 



iMi aa a Fidiuuut imiifrnilal Uitfnr . in 1859 waa 



fectod .<yt of too nowlv charter. 



! 1*1 wa a member of the State Onstitu 



war, as asaiftUnt 



oo the atati -. he r. ii 



mrice in organizing, equipping, and 

 MrtoMOta to the front. Am-rthewar 



<>iio of the direct-tax commissioner* 

 fbrtoo Sukeof TonooMee, lo 1869 he wan appointed 

 ftwwor (tawral <( Washington Territory, and in 

 ,, ...,!, ton \' the u 

 irfrationofhUivcondtcrin he returned the pra.ti., 



of law in Seattle. In 18**9, on the admiaaion of the 

 Territory into the Union, he waa elooted ;.v, -rn-r of 

 too Btatr 



FW1 BafOH. journalist. Urn b 



Hi- 

 Moor. Roawell Martin Field, a native of Vermont, 

 wa* I rr.l ScottV nn4 counsel, and for many years was 

 M of too circuit court of UiMouri. As his wife 

 I wboohbaona, Eugene and Kos well Martin, were 

 *1U they were placed under the care of Mary French. 

 a relative, at Amhorat, Maaa. Owing to the , -arh 

 death of hla father, KugeneV education was eonduete<l 

 any fixed plan, for he attended W i 1 1 iai > 

 KM ColleA at Oaleaburg, III., and the In, 

 ofMiwouri. When Kugi-ne reached his ma- 

 everal months in Europe, buying rare 

 ml relic* with- . oil return 



United State, ho waa on the editorial Marl of 



ferity h aptot 



book* and anci 



aovoral nv*paper* in Kansas City an ; 



bat it w n-.t until be wrote witty paragraphs for the 



that attention was attracted to hi> 

 '. went t<* Chicago, where his 

 Mblcd "Sharps and Flats," in tin Chicago 

 and - Record, 4 won made him well 

 ho attacked Weatern provincialism or de- 

 in mock-heroic verx and humorous -;..r\ the 

 trials of a bibliomaniac and art col- 

 a in - Dear < I<1 lx>ndon - and - Flail. Trask, 

 * In that column also appeaml hi- 

 for children and his dialect verses cari- 



irh bo mingled the crude and the bar- 

 hart, with Ibo exact learning of a scholar waa very 

 It ta, porhapa, aa tl hild min-tr.l of th', 





 ,ar 



t-H-niH 



r- *idely popular. '1 

 be apoko to a IHotnl of t 



" further rvmarke<l that, while he 

 Cruelty and dishoneaty, 



of hat 



- :,: -... ! ,. 



h the public. He waa alao a 

 B*W every antiquarian bookstore 

 -Id waa 



IB -Un ; . . ..?; ,,; .;, xion, blueeyea, 

 (are, upon which might 

 f fcaomfxNBt and aensitive linen. 

 vo ohiMrpn. The complete Uat 

 Mtova: -The Denver Tribune 



Qariand,* 1 A I.itth- i; 



Went.; \ l.ittl.- I'- 



" Witli TrmnjK t iiii.l Drum. 



. me," -Ti.. 

 boea I'nun 

 iwitli KII*.UI-|| M. FiH.j . and tin- unti- 



i Hil.li-'iii..' 



Field. Matthew Diokinaon.uju-niM. )><>m 

 .lu!\ !'.. 1- 



ll<> was graduated at Willian 

 ,nd at the It. 11. -\n,- I-. 

 in 1-7'.' ; umi an a] ' -n the ln^|>itul 



aoompetitive examination, and \\:ua]>] 

 aminer in luna.-> )> tlu- Department ..1 



( ofrection.- 



jreon to the Manhattan Klcvated Railroad Coi 



and for aovoral jreara the city examiner in In' 



llrllevile ll<<*i>ital. ll< u a- all M 



Forbet, Edwin, urti-t. l...rn in S 

 1889; died in I'.i ^ .. Mar.-h ;. 18!' 



. a j'lii'il o| 

 t'inninir >t' the ; 

 tlie Army <t' tlie I' 



witneiwcd many ini)">rtant Luiili- atM 

 .\\\t-r the war a laive nmnher f his nnj.i. 

 >k-t4-hea were etched .>n edj.jM-r. and tl 

 waa awarded a medal a: the < < ntenmal K\) 



Fir-t jipHits M|' thexe j-i. -u^ht l-\ 1) 



ernmeiit ai \ ed in th- 



At^-r : I |>rincijali 



and animal i>U-tiires. His ni">t nutahle war ' 

 The Reliable ('"iitrahand " : 



the I.iiie>"; the " San-tu:ir\ 



" Keliirninir trm I'i.-ket Duty";"'!'! 



and "Lull in the FL'ht " ; and \n> ]: 



\\-Tk-: " F.urly Murniinr in :m n 



ture" i :~7'' :'" < 'n tlie Skirmish I.in- 



Man-h " : " K-.iiL'hiiiLT " ; " ( Mi the M 



and " KveniiiL' in the Sheep I'a>tun-" (1881). 



Forter. Charles Huhbs. pluywriifht. l-.r: 

 N. V., Mar.-h ::. I-:::;; die.f in New V- 



11<- ivn...\ed t.. N.-u V..rk i-itv n 



youth, and made hi- tirM ap: 



tlie lipHiklyn Atheiiu-um in 1-.".:.. Alter a > 



the Brooklyn Museum he entered the 1" 



the profession at Burton's Theat> 



with Mrs. Me.Mahfin as the "tar and I.awret, 



rett a-s leading man. in 



j'laved at the Old linwery. Purd\'- 



and liarnum's ; was st:<_ 



t'..r several vears : ami in the la>t three yc;r 



traveled with r<ad eomj.anit-. 11 



mop' than 7* mellrama-s. These in<-lu 



iirht." T\vinsot'I.r>ndin." 

 "'Henlia. the Sewing-machine <;i r l," -<>l.; 



rk Hur-la! 



1." "Th. 



Uride." -The 'Chain (.an.'." "The Turf !' 

 ." and " Saved at Se 



Frothingham Octaviua Brooks, i-ler_-\man. 



J: .lied t 



i -:.'.. He waathoaon !' the K. \. Naf 



don Fp-thintrham. a well-kn<.un Unit! 

 nd waa graduated ut llurvunl in 1848, and 



('aml.ridt'e I'ivinity School. H 

 of the North Unitarian Chureh in - 

 from 1855 to 1869 was in ehurve of at Di" 



raev <"it\. K,- 



I860, he Became pattor of the Third I i. 

 then-, at that time the m-.-t radi'-al ii 

 any <-hur<-h witliin tlie denomination. 

 aolved in 1^7'.*. and in I liinirham 



hiniM-lf wholly to literary j.ur.-i. 

 one period he wan art critic of the 

 tine. 'ami in 1^)7 he was eho-en first pre-' 



r.-f Religion* Association. Dnri- 

 terial ean-<-r he was a leader in ra 

 I mt in Iat4-r \ear-. without dej.ai' 



rmer HtandjKint. he In am<- in": 

 in expression and certainly broader in his <- 

 of the standpoint of on.- r-. !!- wax an a< 



