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for the greatest scientific service to the world 

 during the year. This money he promptly re- 

 turned, with a letter saying that such prizes 

 ought to go to meritorious individuals rather 

 than to governments or government institutions. 

 Many honorary degrees were conferred upon him, 

 including that of Ph. D. from the University of 

 Heidelberg, and that of LL. D. from Illinois Wes- 

 leyan, Columbian, and Harvard Universities. In 

 1880 he was elected to the National Academy of 

 Sciences, and he was president of the Anthropo- 

 logical Society of \Vashington from its organiza- 

 tion in 1879 to 1888; also of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science in 1888. 

 He was one of the founders of the Cosmos Club 

 of Washington, and was its first president in 

 1878. His publications include many scientific 

 papers and addresses, and besides the many Gov- 

 ernment reports that bear his name, including 

 those of the various geological surveys and the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology, of which he was 

 chief, he was the author of Exploration of the 

 Colorado River of the West and its Tributaries, 

 Explored in 1869-72 (Washington, 1875) ; Report 

 on the Geology of the Eastern Portion of the 

 Uinta Mountains and a Region of Country Ad- 

 jacent Thereto (1876); Report on the Lands of 

 the Arid Region of the United States (1879); 

 Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages, 

 with Words, Phrases, and Sentences to be col- 

 lected (1880); Canons of the Colorado (1895); 

 Truth and Error (1899) ; and Good and Evil. A 

 meeting in his memory was held in the National 

 Museum, Sept. 26, 1902, when his colleagues ex- 

 pressed their grief at their loss of " a loyal friend 

 and devoted public servant, a daring explorer, 

 and an original contributor to the sum of human 

 knowledge." 



Power, Maurice J., jurist and art founder, 

 born in County Cork, Ireland, Oct. 18, 1838; died 

 in New York city, Sept. 8, 1902. He came to the 

 United States with his parents in 1841 ; learned 

 the trade of stone-cutting; and in 1868 established 

 the National Fine-Art Foundry, which subse- 

 quently cast many notable pieces of bronze sculp- 

 ture, including the battle monuments at Trenton 

 and Monmouth, N. J., Newburg, Albany, and 

 Buffalo, N. Y., Manchester, N. H., and in many 

 other cities in the Middle, Southern, and West- 

 ern States. Among his other works were the 

 statue of Patriotism in Kingston, N. Y., and the 

 memorial of the capture of Major Andre at Tarry- 

 town, N. Y. Mr. Power assisted in the forma- 

 :ion of the Democratic organization that elected 

 Edward Cooper mayor of New York in 1878, and 

 was a police-court justice in 1880-'90. He was 

 one of the founders of the County Democracy 

 n opposition to Tammany, and was its leader 

 :rom 1886 till 1890. In 1893 he was appointed 

 United States shipping commissioner for the 

 sort of New York, which post he held till 1897, 

 when he was appointed an aqueduct commis- 

 sioner. He held the latter post till his death. 



Pratt, Charles, musician and composer, born 

 in Hartford, Conn., in 1841; died in New York 

 city, Aug. 11, 1902. He was a successful com- 

 poser of music in Hartford while a very young 

 man, and after some experience there as organist, 

 teacher, and leader of an orchestra, he went to 

 New York and soon made a name for himself as 

 a pianist, conductor, and composer. After a time 

 he became an organizer and manager of concert 

 companies, and was very successful. In this field 

 tie was associated at various times with Emma 

 A.bbott, Clara Louise Kellogg, Emma Thursby, 

 [Ima di Murska, and other favorite singers. At 

 ine time he was chief assistant of Patrick Sars- 



field Gilmore in the management of the celebrated 

 Gilmore's Band, and during one season he was 

 musical director for Col. Henry Mapleson, the 

 grand-opera impresario. 



Queen, John, actor and minstrel performer, 

 born in New Orleans in 1860; died in New York, 

 Feb. 23, 1902. His first appearance was early in 

 the eighties, when he was the senior member of 

 The World's Trio Queen, Stowe, and Randall 

 originators of many new short acts suitable for 

 the variety stage. His ability as a " black-face " 

 comedian was so marked that soon he had no dif- 

 ficulty in finding a place in Haverly's Minstrels, 

 Thatcher, Primrose and West's Company, and all 

 the best of the old-time negro minstrel entertain- 

 ments. He traveled with one or another of these 

 organizations for many seasons, and was consid- 

 ered one of the best " end-men " in the business. 

 He also composed numerous negro melodies and 

 what are known as " coon songs," some of which 

 gained great popularity. He had a fine voice, and 

 sang with taste and expression. 



Rafferty, William A., military officer, born 

 in New Jersey, Feb. 16, 1842; died in San Felipe, 

 Philippine Islands, Sept. 13, 1902. He was gradu- 

 ated at West Point and commissioned a 2d lieu- 

 tenant in the 6th Cavalry, June 23, 1865; was 

 promoted 1st lieutenant, May 1, 1866; captain, 

 May 14, 1868; major, 2d Cavalry, Nov. 20, 1889; 

 lieutenant-colonel, May 31, 1898; and colonel 

 of the 5th Cavalry, Oct. 18, 1899. He served with 

 distinction in the Indian wars on the frontier, 

 and was brevetted major, United States army, 

 Feb. 27, 1890. He was assistant instructor of 

 cavalry tactics at West Point in 1873-'74. 



Randall, Silas Goodyear, inventor, born in 

 Cornwall, Vt., in 1819; died in Providence, R. I., 

 Nov. 21, 1902. He was graduated at Middlebury 

 College and at Andover Theological Seminary; 

 and preached in the Congregational Church in 

 Vermont and in Green, N. Y., till his health failed 

 him, when he gave his attention to inventions, his 

 chief production being the disk harrow. 



Rawson, Albert Leighton, author and artist, 

 born in Chester, Vt., Oct. 15, 1829; died in New 

 York city in November, 1902. After studying 

 law, theology, and art, he visited the Orient four 

 times, and in 1851-'52 made a pilgrimage from 

 Cairo to Mecca. He traveled extensively in the 

 United States and Central America. His pub- 

 lications, illustrated by himself, include a Bible 

 Dictionary; History of all Religions; Statis- 

 tics of Protestantism; Antiquities of the Ori- 

 ent; Vocabulary of the Bedouin Languages of 

 Syria and Egypt; Dictionaries of Arabic. German, 

 and English; Vocabulary of Persian and Turkish 

 Languages; Chorography of Palestine; Historical 

 and Archeological Introduction to the Holy 

 Bible; The Unseen World; Stella, and Other Nov- 

 els ; Bible Handbook ; History of the Quakers ; 

 History of Mysticism; The Archaic Library; and 

 a translation of The Symposium of Basra. He 

 also executed more than 3,000 engravings. 



Reed, Thomas Brackett, statesman; born in 

 Portland, Me., Oct. 18, 1839; died in Washington, 

 D. C., Dec. 7, 1902. He was graduated at Bow- 

 doin College in 1860, taking the prize for Eng- 

 lish composition, and for the next four years was 

 a teacher, at the same time studying law. On 

 April 19, 1864, he was appointed acting assistant 

 .paymaster in the United States navy and as- 

 signed to duty on the Sybil gunboat, which pa- 

 trolled the Western rivers. He was honorably 

 discharged Nov. 4, 1865, and was then admitted 

 to the bar and began practise in Portland. In 

 1868 he was elected as a Republican to the Maine 

 Legislature, where he almost immediately became 



