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Woodgate, Sir Edward Robert Prevost, a 

 British soldier, born in Belbroughton, Worcester- 

 shire, in 1845; died in Natal, March 2.~>, 1900. He 

 \vas the son of a clergyman, was educated at 

 Had Icy, joined the army in 1805, served in the 

 Abyssinian expedition of 1868, being present at 

 the action of Arogee and the capture of Magdala, 

 was employed on special service in 1873 and 1874 

 in the Ashanti war, taking part with gallantry in 

 the various engagements and the capture of Ku- 

 massi. Lieut. Woodgate passed through the staff' 

 college in 1877, and when the South African War 

 of 1879 broke ovit he was again selected for special 

 employment, and won fresh honors as staff officer 

 of the flying column in the Zulu campaign, being 

 brevetted a major for his conduct at Kambula 

 and Ulundi. From 1880 till 1885 he served in the 

 West Indies as brigade major. In 1898 he was 

 sent out to Sierra Leone to organize the new 

 West Indian regiment, with which he conducted 

 operations against Bai Bureh and other chiefs 

 \\ ho rebelled against the hut tax. He returned 

 home in 1899 with broken health, which was 

 scarcely restored when he was given command of 

 a brigade that was ordered to South Africa in 

 the division commanded by Sir Charles Warren. 

 Trussing the Tugela about a month after his ar- 

 rival, Gen. Woodgate occupied Spion Kop with 

 his command, and was dangerously wounded in 

 the head in the fighting that ensued on the fol- 

 lowing day, so that he was relieved of the com- 

 mand before the force was withdrawn. His 

 wound ultimately proved fatal. He was knighted 

 for liis services in Sierra Leone. 



Wright, George Robert Nicol, an English 

 antiquary, born in 1810; died in Kew, April 2, 

 1900. He was connected with the British Archaeo- 

 logical Association from its foundation in 1843, 

 and for many years arranged the congresses of 

 the association, the success of which was due 

 largely to his efforts. He wrote Local Lays and 

 Legends, Fantastic and Imaginary (1885) and 

 Arclueologic and Historic Fragments (1888), and 

 he was also a frequent contributor to the period- 

 ical press. 



Young, William, a British architect, born in 

 Paisley, Scotland, in 1843; died in Putney, Eng- 

 land, Nov. 1, 1900. He went to London in the 

 early sixties and opened an office, but was with- 

 out business connections or professional acquaint- 

 ance. By a mere chance he was employed soon 

 after his arrival by Lord Wemyss (then Lord 

 Elcho), and his rise in his profession was rapid 

 and continuous from that time. His most im- 

 portant completed work is the Municipal Build- 

 ings at Glasgow, an imposing structure in the se- 

 verely classical style, finished in 1889. It was 

 several years in building, having been begun about 

 1880, and the design submitted by Mr. Young was 

 selected from among 126. Not long before his death 

 he was appointed architect of the new War Office. 

 He had completed his designs in detail, and work 

 had been begun upon the structure, when over- 

 work resulted in the illness that caused his death. 

 He was the architect of a large number of country' 

 mansions, including Holmewood, Hampshire, and 

 Dunscombe House, as well as many costly and 

 elegant town residences. For a long series of 

 years he edited the annual volumes of Spohn's 

 Architect's Pocket Book, and he was the author 

 i of a considerable number of books, including Pic- 

 turesque Architectural Studies; Picturesque Ex- 

 amples of .Old English Churches and Cottages 

 ilS69); Town and Country Mansions and Sub- 

 urban Houses (1879); and The Glasgow Munici- 

 pal Buildings (1889). From 1891 he was a fellow 

 of the Royal Institute of British Architects. 





OHIO, a Central Western State, admitted to 

 the Union in 1803; area (according to the geo- 

 logical survey), 41,060 square miles, of which 30O 

 are water surface. The population, according 

 to each decennial census since its admission, 

 was: 230,760 in 1810; 581,295 in 1820; 937,903 in 

 1830; 1,519,467 in 1840; 1,980,329 in 1850; 2,339,- 

 511 in 1860; 2,665,260 in 1870; 3,198,062 in 1880; 

 3,672,316 in 1890; and 4,157,545 in 1900. It ranks 

 fourth among the States in point of population. 

 Capital, Columbus. 



Government. The State officers during 1900- 

 were : Governor, George K. Nash ; Lieutenant Gov- 

 ernor, John A. Caldwell; Secretary of State, 

 Charles Kinney: Auditor of State, Walter L. 

 Guilbert; Treasurer of State, Isaac B. Cameron; 

 Attorney-General, John M. Sheets; Board of Pub- 

 lic Works, Frank A. Huffman, Charles A. God- 

 dard, W. J. Johnston ; Commissioner of Common 

 Schools, Lewis D. Bonebrake; Judges of Supreme 

 Court, John A. Shauck, Thad A. Minshall, Mar- 

 shall J. Williams, Jacob F. Burket, William T. 

 Spear, William C. Davis; Clerk of Supreme Court, 

 Josiah B. Allen; Dairy and Food Commissioner, 

 Joseph E. Blackburn. 



The term of the Governor, Lieutenant Gov- 

 ernor, Treasurer of State, and Attorney-General 

 is two years, beginning in January of the even- 

 numbered years; of the Secretary of State tw r o 

 years, beginning in January of the odd-numbered 

 years; of the Dairy and Food Commissioner two 

 years, beginning in February of the odd-numbered 

 years; of members of the Board of Public Works 

 and Clerk of the Supreme Court three years, be- 

 ginning in February; of the Commissioner of 

 Common Schools three years, beginning in July; 

 of the Auditor of State four years, beginning in 

 January of even-numbered years; of Judges of 

 the Supreme Court six years, beginning in Febru- 

 ary. All are elected in November. The Legisla- 

 ture meets biennially in January; there is no 

 limit to length of the session. 



Finances. The total value of the real and per- 

 sonal property in the State, as returned for taxa- 

 tion, was $1,834.053,228, divided as follows: 

 lands, $599,678,045; real estate in cities and vil- 

 lages, $674,525,676: personal property, $550,849,- 

 507. 



At the beginning of the fiscal year, Nov. 15, 

 1899, there was in the treasury $1,179,492.88. The 

 receipts during the year were $8,031,817.72, and 

 expenditures $7,712,567.32, leaving a balance, Nov. 

 15, 1900, of $1,498,743.28, credited to the different 

 funds as follows: General revenue fund, $1,129,- 

 050.03 ; sinking fund, $207,327.63 ; common school 

 fund, $78,145.06; university fund, $84,220.56. 



During the year $300,000 of the funded debt was 

 paid, leaving the debt at the close of the year 

 $701,665, of which $300,000 is due July 1, 1901; 

 $300,000 July 1, 1902; and the remainder July 1, 

 1903. The debt bears interest at 3 per cent. 



The aggregate local debt is $96.193,513.94, of 

 which $77,606,261.40 are municipal debts, and $10,- 

 521.247.58 debts of counties. 



Canal Finances. The expenditures for the 

 State canals during the year amounted to $220.- 

 381.23 and the receipts $86,779.95. The Legislature 

 appropriated $1 34.500. At the end of the year the 

 balance on hand was $39.148.95. 



Educational. The educational statistics are 

 for the year ending Aug. 31, 1900. The number of 

 pupils enrolled in the public schools was 829,160; 

 number of teachers. 26.017 ; number of school- 

 houses, 13,073; during the year 222 new school- 

 houses were built. The value of public school 

 property is $44,017,179. Balance of school fund 

 on hand at the close of the year, $6,566,046.37. 



