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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (BAKER BAYARD.) 



the " Indiana," he became executive clerk to Capt. 

 Charles D. Sigsbee of the " Maine," and in Novem- 

 ber was detailed to the new torpedo boat " Winslow " 

 as inspector. The " Winslow v went into commis- 

 sion on Dec. 28 following, and Ensign Bagley be- 

 came her executive officer on the strong solicitation 

 of her commander, Lieut. J. B. Bernadon. In April, 



1898, the "Wins- 

 low" was assigned 

 to the fleet mobil- 

 ized for operations 

 in the waters of 

 Cuba. On May 9 

 she precipitated the 

 first naval engage- 

 ment in the war 

 with Spain during 

 a reconnoissance in 

 the harbor of Car- 

 denas, when she 

 drew the fire of 

 three Spanish coast- 

 guard vessels, but 

 escaped without a 

 scratch. The re- 

 connoissance developed valuable information con- 

 cerning the defenses of the harbor, where it was 

 then expected United States troops would be first 

 landed. On the morning of May 11 the "Wins- 

 low," " Hudson," and " Wilmington " were prepared 

 to force an entrance into the harbor of Cardenas. 

 The vessels started shortly after noon and were 

 fired on by one of the Spanish gunboats. Imme- 

 diately the action became general. Within a few 

 minutes the ' Winslow " was disabled, and her 

 larger consorts had great difficulty in hauling her 

 out of range of the Spanish guns. The " Wilming- 

 ton " silenced the enemy's fire, and just as the action 

 closed Ensign Bagley and four sailors were instantly 

 killed by a shell. See "The First Fallen Hero" 

 (Norfolk, Va., 1898). 



Baker, Charles Richard, an Episcopal clergy- 

 man, born in Medford, Mass., April 15, 1842 ; died 

 at Gratz, Austria, Aug. 8, 1898. He entered the 

 priesthood in 1873, and was rector of the Church of 

 the Messiah, Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1873 until his 

 death. He was the author of " The Apostles' Creed 

 tested by Experience "(New York, 1884) and " Prayers 

 for the Christian Year." 



Han iiran. Joseph, manufacturer, born in County 

 Monaghan, Ireland, June 7, 1839; died in Provi- 

 dence, R. I., July 28, 1898. He removed to Provi- 

 dence when eight years old, attended school for 

 about a year, served an apprenticeship in the jewel- 

 ry trade, and when twenty-one years old entered a 

 manufactory of rubber goods. He remained in the 

 last line of business throughout his life, becoming 

 known as the " American Rubber King " and ac- 

 quiring a fortune of many millions. Mr. Banigan 

 was one of the largest contributors to the building 

 fund of the new cathedral in Providence ; estab- 

 lished a Home for the Aged Poor in 1884 at a cost 

 of $50,000; and was the principal benefactor and 

 the means of establishing St. Joseph's Hospital, St. 

 Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Home for Working Girls, 

 and St. Xavier's Convent, all Roman Catholic insti- 

 tutions, but open to Protestants on equal terms. 

 For many years he deposited a handsome sum each 

 month to the credit of his private secretary for dis- 

 tribution on non-sectarian lines. (See GIFTS AND 

 BEQUESTS.) 



Barry, William, comedian, born in Ireland 

 about 1850 ; died in the borough of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 April 15, 1898. He accompanied his parents to New 

 York in early childhood, and for several years fol- 

 lowed the life of a newsboy. When the civil war 

 broke out he ran away from home with a volunteer 



regiment, but on reaching Baltimore he found that 

 he could not be mustered into the service because 

 of his youth. In seeking employment he met the 

 manager of a vaudeville theater, who was so im- 

 pressed by his fine voice and excellent dancing that 

 he put him on the stage. Subsequently he acted 

 with Col. Sinn's company for several years. In 

 1868 he played in Detroit ; in 1869-'72 in Baltimore 

 and Philadelphia; and in 1872-'78 made several 

 tours with Tony Pastor's company. From the last 

 year till his death he played principally in Brook- 

 lyn, intermitting with several tours. He was a 

 popular favorite, and was highly successful as a 

 comedian. 



Bartlett, Samuel Colcord, clergyman and col- 

 lege president, born in Salisbury, N. H., Nov. ,;.">, 

 1817; died in Hanover, N. H., Nov. 16, 1898. II. 

 was graduated at Dartmouth in 1836, and at An- 

 dover Theological Seminary in 1842. From 1*4;> 

 to 1845 he was pastor of the Congregational church 

 at Monson, Mass., and for the six years succeeding 

 was Professor of Intellectual Philosophy at \Yes- 

 tern Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio. Thence he 

 went to Manchester, N. H., where he remained four 

 or five years as pastor of the Franklin Street Church, 

 leaving there in March, 1857, to accept a call to the 

 New England Church, in Chicago. In the autumn 

 of the same year he became Professor of Biblical 

 Literature in Chicago Theological Seminary, which 

 chair he held for nineteen years, and resigned at 

 length to accept the presidency of Dartmouth Col- 

 lege in 1877. He resigned this latter office in 1893 

 and occupied the remainder of his life with literary 

 work. He was a biblical scholar of eminence, and 

 besides contributions to " The Forum," " Princeton 

 Review," and " Bibliotheca Sacra," was the author 

 of " Lectures on Modern Universalism " (Manches- 

 ter, 1856); " Life and Death Eternal " (Boston, 1866); 

 "From Egypt to Palestine" (New York, 1879); 

 " Sources of History in the Pentateuch " (New York, 

 1883) ; and " The Veracity of the Hexateuch " (New 

 York, 1897). 



Bates, Erastns Newton, military officer, born in 

 Plainfield, Mass., in 1828; died in Minneapolis, 

 Minn., May 29, 1898. He removed to Ohio in his 

 early youth, and settled in Minneapolis in 1855. In 

 that city he erected one of the first sawmills and 

 identified himself with every enterprise tending to 

 benefit the young city. He was one of the framers 

 of the State Constitution, and one of the first State 

 Senators, and one of the founders of Plymouth 

 Church. Shortly before the civil war he removed 

 to Springfield, 111., where he enlisted in the SOtli 

 Illinois Volunteers. He won promotion rapidly by 

 meritorious conduct, and reached the rank of briga- 

 dier general. In one of the fiercest battles his en- 

 tire command, excepting a large percentage killed, 

 was captured and removed to Andersonville Prison. 

 Later he was taken to Libby Prison, in Richmond, 

 where he was one of the leading organizers of the 

 prison societies. He assisted in planning the fa- 

 mous tunnel escape, but when the hour of flight 

 arrived he was too ill to join his companions therts- 

 in. At the close of the war he was exchanged, and 

 returned to Springfield. He served two terms iJ 

 State Treasurer. His last years were spent in Min- 

 neapolis. 



Bnyard, Thomas Francis, statesman, born m 

 Wilmington, Del., Oct. 29, 1828 ; died in Dedhani, 

 Mass., Sept. 28, 1898. He came of a family who 

 traced their line back to the illustrious Chevalit* 

 Bayard. The widow of his direct ancestor, Bal- 

 thazar Bayard, came to America in 1647, on tie 

 same ship with Peter Stuyvesant; and his great- 

 grandfather, Gov. Bassett, his grandfather, Jam<d 

 Asheton Bayard, his uncle, Richard H. Bayarl, 

 and his father, James A. Bayard, all represented 



