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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (HAXTUN HERRMANN.) 



January, 1869, till January, 1872, when they were 

 the subject of contention between the Unitod States 

 and Great Britain ; in 1888 he was made a member 

 of the Tactics Board, assisting in the compilation 

 of the military tactics which are now used by the 

 army. From 1891 till 1898 he was a member and 

 president of the Board of Examiners of officers for 

 promotion, and from July, 189:3. was instructor in 

 the Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leaven- 

 worth, Kan. In the Santiago campaign in Cuba he 

 le 1 his regiment through the succession of barbed- 

 wire fences which surrounded the blockhouses at El 

 Caney.till he was wounded. First a bullet struck 

 his right foot, soon afterward lie was shot in the 

 left shoulder, and in another instant he received a 

 bullet in the knee. Of the five soldiers who volun- 

 teered to bring him off the field three were shot. He 

 survived his wounds, was taken to Siboney, and then 

 to Fort Monroe, where he recovered rapidly, and as 

 soon as he was able returned to Columbus, where he 

 received his commission as brigadier general for gal- 

 lantry on the field. Nine days later he rode at the 

 head of his regiment on its return to Columbus, and 

 in the afternoon of the same day he died of apoplexy. 



Haxtun, Milton, naval officer, born in New 

 York city, Oct. 5, 1825 ; died in Brooklyn, N. Y.," 

 May 26, 1898. He was appointed a midshipman in 

 the United States navy, Oct. 19, 1841 ; was pro- 

 moted passed midshipman, Aug. 10, 1847 ; master, 

 Sept. 14, 1855 ; lieutenant, the day following ; lieu- 

 tenant commander, July 16, 1862; commander, 

 Jan. 12, 1867 ; and captain, Feb. 2, 1876 ; and was 

 retired Feb. 7, 1883. He was on sea service twenty- 

 one years and eight months, and on shore or other 

 duty thirteen years and eight months. After a 

 service with the Brazilian squadron he was trans- 

 ferred to the fleet operating against Mexico, and 

 after the war was on mail steamship duty two years. 

 In 1852-'54 he was attached to the " Plymouth," of 

 the East Indian squadron, in which he took part in 

 the capture and destruction of the Chinese forts 

 near Canton; and in 1860-'6l, with the "Mystic," 

 he aided in suppressing the slave trade on the 

 coast of Africa. During the civil war he was present 

 at the capture of Fort Macon, and was principally 

 engaged in blockading duty. When the United 

 States declared war against Spain he offered his 

 services to the President, though on the retired list, 

 and after hostilities began he was recalled to service, 

 but was too feeble to be informed of the -order. 



Hays, John Betts, soldier and journalist, born 

 in Meadville, Pa.. March 12, 18=39 ; died there, July 

 18, 1898. He was graduated at Allegheny College 

 in 1858 and admitted to the bar in 1861. In the 

 latter year he entered the United States army 

 as a 2d lieutenant; served in the Peninsula, 

 Maryland, and Fredericksburg campaigns, and was 

 promoted to 1st lieutenant in 1862. He was trans- 

 ferred in 1863 to the Army of the Cumberland, and 

 was then made commissary of the 1st division, 

 Reserve Army Corps. He also served as mustering 

 and disbursing officer on the staffs of Gens. Baird, 

 Steedman, and Thomas. He took part in the cam- 

 paigns of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, was 

 specially mentioned for bravery by Gen. Rosecrans, 

 and was promoted to major. He was for four years 

 assessor of Internal Revenue for the 20th District 

 of Pennsylvania. He entered upon active news- 

 paper work in Meadville in 1869. From 1874 till 

 1886 he held a place in the customhouse in New 

 York city. After 1886 and almost to the day of 

 his death he was connected with the editorial staff 

 of the " New York Tribune," his special work being 

 the political events that took place in and about the 

 City Hall. He was an authority on news from that 

 quarter, and he had an extensive acquaintance 

 among politicians of all parties. 



Hazard, Rowland, manufacturer, born in Rhodo 

 Island in 1829; died in Watkins, X. Y.. Aug. 16. 

 1898. He was the owner of a large woolen mill in 

 Peacedale, R. I., and president of several large 

 industrial companies. He introduced the manu- 

 facture of soda asli in this country and was instru- 

 mental in organizing the Spray Process Company, 

 of Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Hazard was a trustee of 

 Brown University from 1875 till 1889. ami a fellow 

 from 1889 till his death. (See GIFTS AND BEQUESTS.) 



Hendren, John Newton, jurist, born in Augusta 

 County. Va., in 1823; died near Staunton, Va., 

 March 5, 1898. He was graduated at the Univer- 

 sity of Virginia, and after being admitted to the 

 bar, served several years as commissioner in chan- 

 cery and as commonwealth attorney. On the or- 

 ganization of the Confederate States Government 

 he was summoned to Richmond to take the office 

 of Treasurer of the Confederacy. He held this 



Eost through the war, and on the evacuation of 

 lichmond he accompanied Mr. Davis in his 

 flight, taking a large amount of Government gold 

 with him. When Mr. Davis realized that the 

 capture of himself and his suite by the National 

 authorities was certain, he directed Mr. Hendren 

 to distribute the money in his possession among 

 the Confederate soldiers", to prevent it falling into 

 the hands of his pursuers. After the war Judge 

 Hendren resumed practice in Staunton, was agiiin 

 appointed commissioner in chancery, and ficm 

 1870 till 1880 was the first judge" of Augusta 

 County. 



Henley. Edward John, actor, born in Glouces- 

 tershire, England, Aug. 17, 1861; died in Lake 

 Placid, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1898. He made his first ap- 

 pearance on the stage at Middleborough, York- 

 shire, England, in 1879, as a member of a panto- 

 mime company. His first London engagement was 

 in the following year, when he played a part at I he 

 Gaiety Theater in a burlesque of "Carmen." lie 

 was then engaged by John Hare for the St. James 

 Theater. Dissatisfied with London, he came to the 

 United States- and made his first New York appear- 

 ance in a burlesque of " The C'orsican Brothers," 

 produced at the Park Theater, corner of Broadway 

 and Thirty-fifth Street. He went thence to Wai- 

 lack's Theater as a member of the stock company. 

 Mr. Henley returned to England in 1884 and pro- 

 duced a play written by his brother, William Ernest 

 Henley, and Robert Louis Stevenson, called "Dea- 

 con Brodie," playing the title role. He subsequently 

 brought the play to the United States and produced 

 it through the West for a part of one season. He 

 then became leading man with Mine. Modi 

 and on the conclusion of that engagement ivmaii ,ed 

 in New York with the intention of playing only in 

 that city. He participated in many new plays as a 

 leading man, among which were " Money Ma 1." 

 "The Ugly Duckling," "The Junior Part in r." 

 " Gloriana," " The Price of Silence," and " Pud'n- 

 head W T ilson." lie played lachimo in the pnxl.ir- 

 tion of " Cymbeline by Margaret Mather at \\al- 

 lack's Theater in the autumn of 1897. but his eyes 

 failed during the run of the play, and lie was c<'iii- 

 pelled to retire permanently from the stage. 



Herrmann, Charles W'ilhelm August, mii er- 

 alogist, born in Silesia, Germany, July ">. 1M>1: 

 died in New York city, June 20, 1898. He wa> I >ni 

 on the estates of Baron Richthofen, of which hi* 

 father was supervisor, and from an early age v vns 

 deeply interested in the study of mineralogy ami 

 conchology. After taking the full cour.-e at the 

 University of Breslau, he was appointed 1'n-t' 

 of Mineralogy there. He resigned the chair a lei 

 several years' service, spent some time in advan -e<l 

 study in Mecklenburg, and established himsell in 

 Breslau as a collector of minerals and shells fur 



