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and began writing and speaking on reform measures 

 in 1852. Her earliest concern was for the abolition 

 of slavery ; but she soon became acquainted with 

 Kli/.abeth Cady StantoH, and through her influence 

 begun lecturing in advocacy of woman suffrage. In 

 1S7-J she was elected president of the National 

 Woman Suffrage Association and of the New York 

 State Woman's Suffrage Society, and in 1878 she 

 organized the Woman's National Liberal League, 

 of which she was president till her death. She 

 edited the "National Citizen," of Syracuse, N. Y., 

 from 1878 till 1881, and was author of " Woman as 

 an Inventor" (New York, 1870); "The History of 

 Woman Suffrage," with Susan B. Anthony and 

 Elizabeth Cady Stanton (3 vols., 1881-'86) ; and 

 Woman, Church, and State" (1896). While on 

 her sick bed she prepared a speech that was read at 

 tin. 1 annual convention of the National Woman 

 Suffrage Association in Washington, D. C. 



(lurria. Calixto, insurgent, born in Holguin, 

 Cuba, Oct. 14, 1836; died in Washington, D. C., 

 Dee. 11, 1898. He studied law, and began practice, 

 but later he cast his lot with the struggling patriots 

 in Cuba, and in 1868, with Carlos Manual Cespedes 

 and Marmol, he planned the revolution that be- 

 came known as the " Ten Years' War." On Oct. 10, 

 1868, Garcia and Marmol took up arms at the head 

 of 150 men ; for a time they had great success, town 

 after town falling before them. They captured 

 Santa Rita, Baire, and Jiguani; for courage and 

 ability at the latter place Garcia was appointed a 

 brigadier general under Gomez. The Provisional 

 Government later removed Gomez, and Garcia was 

 made commander in chief of the forces of Cuba. 

 He attacked Jiguani, which had been retaken by 

 the Spanish, captured it, and then took Holguin. 

 He was also victorious at Baquano, Cupeijal, Zar- 

 sal, and Santa Maria. Sept. 3, 1873, a decided re- 

 verse came. With 20 men at San Antonio del 

 Bahar he was attacked by 500 Spaniards. When 

 called on to surrender he decided to die by his own 

 hand, and, placing his pistol in his mouth, fired up- 

 ward. The bullet came out at his forehead, and he 

 carried the scar the rest of his life. He was taken 

 to Manzanillo, recovered, and was deported to 

 Spain. After the peace of Zanjon, in 1878, he was 

 freed by Premier Canovas at the request of Gen. 

 Campos. He returned to Cuba and, not consider- 

 ing the Zanjon peace honorable or binding, took 

 part in the " little war," in which he fought side 

 by side with Maceo. He was compelled to sur- 

 render at Bayamo, and was sent to Madrid, where 

 he lived seventeen years under police surveil- 

 lance. In September, 1895, he crossed the fron- 

 tier into France, came to New York, and arranged 

 a filibustering expedition on the " Hawkins," Jan. 



26. 1896, which was unsuccessful. Then he fitted 

 out the " Bermuda," but was arrested by the United 

 States Government. He forfeited his bail, and, the 

 " Bermuda" having sailed March 15, he met her off 

 Cape Henlopen, and landed in Cuba with 62 Cubans, 

 6 field guns, and a quantity of dynamite. On Oct. 



27. he captured Guimaro ; "Jan. 13, 1897, he won a 

 brilliant victory at Gabuquito ; and Sept. 5, 1897, 

 he captured Victoria de las Yunas. The loss of 

 this place led to the recall of Gen. Weyler. Garcia 

 held the interior of Santiago de Cuba province till 

 the beginning of the Spanish-American War, when 

 he offered to co-operate with the forces of the 

 United States. Incensed because Gen. Shafter 

 would not turn over to him the command of San- 

 tiago after its capture, he withdrew from the Cuban 

 army July 17, 1898, but returned Sept. 23. In No- 

 vember he was sent to the United States at the 

 head of the commission to present the views of the 

 Cuban leaders to President McKinley. but he died 

 before accomplishing his purpose. High official 



and military honors were paid to his remains in 

 Washington. 



Gibbs, John Blair, physician, born in Rich- 

 mond, Va., about 1858: killed at Guantanamo, 

 Cuba, June 12, 1898. He was a son of the late 

 .Major Alfred Gibbs, of the 7th United States Cav- 

 alry, and was graduated at Rutgers College in 

 1878, at the University of Pennsylvania in 1881, 

 and at the New York College of Physicians and 

 Surgeons in 1882. After spending nearly two 

 \e;irs at Bellevue Hospital, New York city, he took 

 a course of post-graduate study in London and 

 Vienna. On his return he established himself in 

 practice in New York, becoming an instructor in 

 the Post-Graduate Hospital and a member of the 

 staff of Roosevelt and Lebanon Hospitals. When 

 news of the great American naval victory at Manila 

 reached New York, Dr. Gibbs determined to give 

 up his lucrative practice and enter the navy for the 

 war. He was commissioned an assistant surgeon 

 and assigned to the monitor " Miantonomoh," but 

 was soon transferred to the converted cruiser 

 " Panther," which landed 600 marines from the 

 American blockading squadron at Guantanamo. 

 The second night after the landing the Spaniards 

 made a midnight attack on the small American 

 camp, and before they were dispersed Dr. Gibbs, a 

 sergeant, and two privates were killed. Dr. Gibbs was 

 the first physician accepted as a surgeon under the 

 President's first call for volunteers, and the first 

 American officer killed on Cuban soil. 



Gilbert, Jasper Willett, jurist, born in Rome, 

 N. Y.. Jan. 15, 1812 ; died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 

 10, 1898. He received a public-school education, 

 was admitted to the bar in 1835, settled in Rochester, 

 N. Y. to practice, and in 1839 he became city at- 

 torney. From 1840 till 1845 he was district attor- 

 ney of Monroe County. In 1847 he established an 

 office in New York city and a residence in Brooklyn. 

 He was elected judge of the Supreme Court of 

 New York for the 2d Judicial District, on a unani- 

 mous nomination by both political parties, in 

 1865, and by re-elections held the office till he 

 reached the age for retirement Jan. 1, 1883. The 

 most conspicuous case before him while on the 

 bench was that of 17 aldermen of Brooklyn, who 

 violated an injunction order issued by him. He 

 adjudged them all guilty of contempt of court and 

 sent them to jail. For ten years after his retire- 

 ment from the bench he was engaged in private 

 practice. Judge Gilbert was a State Charities Com- 

 missioner, an original member of the Standing 

 Committee of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of 

 Long Island, and vice-chancellor of the Cathedral 

 at Garden City. 



Giles, William T., journalist, born in New Lis- 

 bon, Ohio, in 1824 : died in Chicago, 111.. Feb. 3, 

 1898. He was apprenticed to the printer's trade in 

 the office of the " Ohio Patriot," of New Lisbon, 

 and after his promotion to the case entered the 

 office of the " Crawford County Democrat," at Bu- 

 cyrus. Here, the owner of the paper, becoming un- 

 able to pay his wages, suggested that he take the 

 material of the office to Upper Sandusky, and there 

 establish a Democratic paper. He reluctantly under- 

 took the task, and was editor, compositor, and 

 pressman all in one. He made a success of the 

 paper and became influential in local and county 

 politics. In 1849 he sold the paper and joined a 

 party bound overland for the California gold mines. 

 After spending a year mid a half in mining and 

 trading, he went to Marysville, and established the 

 "California Express." A year later he founded 

 the "Mountain Echo," at D'ownieville, Cal.. and in 

 1853 returned to Ohio and established the " Wyan- 

 dotte County Democrat." In 1856 he purchased 

 the " Bulletin," of Freeport, 111., which he conducted 



