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Pleas. After serving two years he resigned to 

 resume his law practice. In political life he was 

 originally a Democrat, but he became a Kepub- 

 lican during the contest over slavery in the Terri- 

 tories, and again became a Democrat to support 

 Horace Greeley for the presidency. In 1885 he 

 was appointed minister to Italy, which post he 

 lilled until 1889. After retirement to private life 

 he reside'd in Italy. His published works include 

 (jeneral Principles of the Philosophy of Nature 

 (Boston, 1848) ; Concepts and Theories of Modern 

 Physics (New York, 1882) ; and Abhandlungen 

 and Briefe (1893). 



Stanton, Thaddeus H., soldier, born in Indi- 

 ana, Jan. 30, 1835; died in Omaha, Neb., Jan. 23, 

 1900. At the age of twenty-two he joined John 

 Brown and Gen. James H. Lane, and engaged in 

 nearly all the conflicts between the Free-State 

 and Proslavery parties in 1857-'58. Later he was 

 a press correspondent in the House of Representa- 

 tives at Washington. At the outbreak of the civil 

 war he enlisted as a private in the 3d Battalion, 

 District of Columbia Volunteers, and served three 

 months. He went to Iowa, and was elected to the 

 Legislature. In August, 1862, he became a captain 

 in the 19th Iowa Infantry, taking part in the cam- 

 paigns in the border States. Later he was de- 

 tailed for duty on the staff of Major-Gen. S. R. 

 Curtis, and Dec. 19, 1862, became a paymaster at- 

 tached to the Army of the Tennessee. Jan. 17, 

 1867, he was appointed major paymaster in the 

 United States army; March 15, 1890, he was made 

 lieutenant colonel in the department of the pay- 

 master general ; Jan. 22, 1893, he was promoted 

 assistant paymaster general, with the rank of 

 colonel; and March 27, 1895, was appointed pay- 

 master general with the rank of brigadier general. 

 Jan. 30, 1899, he retired. In 1871 he was a member 

 of the board that adjusted the war claims of Jan- 

 sas against the United States. In the following 

 years he saw much hard service on the Western 

 frontier. He was with Gen. Crook in the Black 

 Hills expedition in 1875, and later became his chief 

 of scouts in his operations against Sitting Bull, 

 Crazy Horse, and other chiefs. He became known 

 as the " Fighting Paymaster " on account of his 

 insistence on a place in the line in the Indian 

 outbreaks. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel 

 of volunteers, March 13, 1865, and lieutenant colo- 

 nel, United States army, Feb. 27, 1890. 



Steinitz, William, chess player, born in 

 Prague, Bohemia, May 14. 1836; died in New 

 York city, Aug. 12, 1900. He was educated in his 

 native city and at the Polytechnic School in 

 Vienna. He early attained distinction as a chess 

 player, and took prizes in tournaments in Vienna 

 in 1859, 1860, and 1861. He went to England in 

 1862 as the Austrian delegate to an international 

 tournament and won sixth prize, successfully play- 

 ing with Anderssen and Paulssen. In 1866 he de- 

 feated Anderssen in an individual match, and the 

 same year he took first prize in the handicap 

 tou v nament of the British Chess Association. In 

 1870 he won a series from Blackburn, but was in 

 turn defeated by Anderssen by half a game. In 

 the London International Tournament of 1872 he 

 won first prize and championship of the world. At 

 the Vienna International Tournament of 1873 he 

 made the greatest run on record, winning 16 

 straight games. In 1873 he settled in London, 

 and for a time devoted himself to chess literature. 

 In 1882 he removed to the United States. In 1883 

 he secured second prize at the London Interna- 

 tional Tournament; in 1886 he defeated Zukertort 

 in a 10-game match in New York city; and in 

 188J) he won a best-out-of-20 match with Tschi- 

 gorin in Havana. From 1885 till 1891 he was 



editor of the International Chess Magazine. In De- 

 cember, 1890, he played with Gunaberg for the 

 world's championship, defeating him on the 18th 

 game. In 1894 and again in 1897 he met defeat 

 at the hands of Emanuel Lasker, and from that 

 time his mind began to fail. For a time he was 

 confined in an asylum in Moscow, in which city 

 the second match was hald. He published The 

 Modern Chess Instructor (New York, 1889). 



Stembel, Boger Nelson, naval officer, born in 

 Middleton, Md., Dec. 27, 1810; died in New York 

 city, Nov. 20, 1900. He was appointed to the 

 United States Naval Academy, March 27, 1832; 

 became passed midshipman, June 23, 1838; pro- 

 moted lieutenant, Oct. 26, 1843; commander, July 

 1, 1861; captain, July 25, 1866; commodore, July 

 13, 1870; and retired, Dec. 27, 1872; he was pro- 

 moted rear-admiral retired, June 5, 1874. As mid- 

 shipman he was stationed for a time at the depot 

 of charts and instruments in Washington. From 

 1839 till 1842 he served on the frigate Brandy wine, 

 on the Mediterranean station. As lieutenant he 

 was attached to the Coast Survey for several years. 

 In 1849-'50 he served on the Germantown, and in 

 1851-'54 on the Jamestown. From 1855 till the 

 outbreak of the civil war he served in various 

 stations on the Mississippi and at the Naval Asy- 

 lum. During the civil war he was in active service 

 in the Mississippi flotilla, commanding the gun- 

 boat Lexington, and later the Cincinnati ; he took 

 part in the engagements at Lucas's Bend, Belmont, 

 Fort Henry, and Island No. 10. May 10, 1862, he 

 was severely wounded during the action with the 

 Confederate rams at Craighead's Bend, near Fort 

 Pillow, and disabled from further active service. 

 In 1864 he was stationed at the recruiting rendez- 

 vous in Philadelphia. In 1866 he was in command 

 of the sloop of war Canandaigua, attached to the 

 Mediterranean squadron. He returned to the 

 United States in 1867, and commanded the naval 

 rendezvous at Boston in 1869, and the northern 

 squadron of the Pacific fleet in 1871 and 1872. 



Stille, Alfred, physician, born in Philadelphia, 

 Pa., Oct. 30, 1813; died there, Sept. 24, 1900. He 

 was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania 

 in 1832, and at the medical department in 1836. 

 The same year he was elected resident physician 

 of the Philadelphia Hospital, but resigned to con- 

 tinue his medical studies in Europe. In 1839 he 

 returned and became resident physician of the 

 Pennsylvania Hospital, serving till 1841. From 

 1854 till 1859 he was Professor of the Theory and 

 Practice of Medicine in Pennsylvania Medical Col- 

 lege ; he occupied the same chair in the University 

 of Pennsylvania from 1864 till 1884. From 1866 

 till 1871 he was also lecturer on clinical medicine 

 in the Philadelphia Hospital. He was active in the 

 formation of the American Medical Association, 

 and was a member of various medical and scientific 

 societies. The degree of LL. D. was conferred 

 upon him by Pennsylvania College in 1876, and 

 by the University of Pennsylvania in 1889. His 

 writings include Epidemic Meningitis (Philadel- 

 phia, 1867); Cholera (1886); Epidemic or Malig- 

 nant Cholera; Therapeutics and Materia Medica: 

 Elements of General Pathology: Humboldt's Life 

 and Character; Medical Instruction in the LTnited 

 States; Unity of Medicine; War as an Element 

 of Civilization; and National Dispensatory, with 

 John M. Maisch (1879). 



Stockton, John Potter, lawyer, born in Prince- 

 ton, N. J., Aug. 2, 1826; died 'in New York city. 

 Jan. 22, 1900. He was graduated at Princeton 

 College in 1843, and was admitted to the bar in 

 1847. Soon afterward he was appointed to revise 

 and simplify the proceedings and practice in the 

 courts of the State, and later he was State re- 



