(b) Includes pharmacists and apothecaries.

The chief question at issue in the Republican party of Nebraska, as in other western States, was the contest for the control between the progressive and regular wings. The Republican State Convention met at Lincoln on July 26. In spite of the strength of the insurgents throughout the State, George W. Norris, one of the most active progressive congressmen, was defeated by Senator Norris Brown, a regular. Norris lost by a vote of 551 to 268. The convention passed a resolution by a vote of 526 to 276 indorsing county option. It also declared for direct legislation. Although the naming of Senator Brown as permanent chairman was regarded as a victory for the regulars, Congressman Norris succeeded in having the convention pass a resolution indorsing his course

in congress. The convention indorsed President Taft's administration and referred in terms of high praise to Mr. Roosevelt.

The chief interest in local Democratic politics centered in the prohibition question. William J. Bryan was a strong advocate of county option prohibition, and previous to the State convention he made a strong effort to have a plank for county option included in the Democratic platform. His efforts, however, resulted in little success. Mr. Bryan was practically isolated in its support in the State convention which met at Grand Island on July 26. He made a strong fight for the adoption of the plank, however, which he presented as a minority report of the committee on resolutions and which he defended in a speech lasting two hours. The final vote on the measure stood 647 against Mr. Bryan and 195 in his favor. To add to his discomfiture, Congressman G. M. Hitchcock, whom twelve years ago Mr. Bryan prevented from being appointed United States Senator, introduced a resolution providing that no planks for the platform should be presented or argued before the convention except those indorsed by a majority or minority report of the committee on resolutions. The purpose of this resolution

was to prevent Mr. Bryan as an individual from presenting or arguing his county option plank. The resolution was adopted after an amendment by Mr. Bryan had been voted down. The convention was strongly against any measure advocated by the former leader and an attempt was apparent to eliminate his power from State politics. Every man whom he advocated for nomination was defeated. The great contest between Mr. Bryan and his opponents came in the evening of the day of the convention when the resolutions and platform were presented to the convention after Mr. Bryan and his county option plank had been turned down in the committee. In Mr. Bryan's speech of two hours, he pleaded with his old friends not to repudiate him, but at the same time offered to relinquish his leadership of the party rather than be forced to support a platform in which county option was not a plank. After the conclusion of his speech he was obliged to listen to one of the most bitter personal attacks ever heard in a Nebraska convention. Delegate after delegate arose and accused him and his measure and defended their own course in voting against it. The action of the convention was generally taken to mean that Mr. Bryan's power as political leader of the State had come to an end, at least for the time being.

Primary elections were held for the nomina: tions for Senator and Congressmen on August 16. The Republican insurgents received a ser ious setback when Senator Burkett the regular candidate for re-election received à large ma

jority of votes over C. O. Whedon the insurgent candidate. Representative Norris, who led the attack in Congress against Speaker Cannon in 1909-10, was renominated in his district without opposition, but in all other congressional districts of the State the regular candidates were nominated. In these primaries the vote was against county option in both parties. In the Democratic primaries, James C. Dahlman was nominated for governor, defeating Governor Shallenberger, who favored local option. For the senatorial nomination G. M. Hitchcock defeated Richard L. Metcalfe, editor of Mr. Bryan's newspaper, The Commoner, by a vote of 3 to 1. The Republicans nominated for governor Chester H. Aldrich. In the campaign which followed these elections, Mr. Bryan refused to support the Democratic nominee for governor because of his party's stand on the liquor question. He spoke during the campaign in favor of the other Democratic candidates. In the elections which followed these conventions, Mr. Roosevelt and Senator Cummins of Iowa made speeches in the State in the interest of Senator Burkett. In spite of these efforts, however, he was defeated by Mr. Hitchcock by about 25,000 votes. On the other hand, Mr. Aldrich, Republican candidate for governor, was elected by about 12,000 votes. The legislature remains Democratic and the congressional representatives are divided between the two parties in about the same ratio as before. The entire Republican State ticket was elected. Two of the three Republican congressmen elected, Norris and Sloan, are listed insurgents.

NECROLOGY

Hopewell; Secretary of State, Addison Wait; Treasurer, W. A. George; Auditor, Silas A. Barton; Attorney-General, Grant G. Martin; Superintendent of Education, J. C. Crabtree; Secretary of Agriculture, S. R. Mellor; Commissioner of Public Lands, E. C. Cowels-all Republicans.

SUPREME COURT Chief Justice, Manoah B. Reese;

L. Root, Jacob Fawcett, William B. Rose, John Justices, Charles B. Letton, Jesse B. Barnes, and Samuel H. Sedgwick; Clerk, H. C. Lindsay-all Republicans.

STATE LEGISLATURE, 1911. State, Republicans 14; Democrats 19; Democratic majority 5. House, Republicans 46; Democrats 54; Democratic majority 8. Joint Ballot, Republicans 60; Democrats 73; Democratic majority 13.

NEBRASKA, UNIVERSITY OF. An institution of higher learning at Lincoln, Neb., founded in 1869. The attendance in 1909-10 was 3992, of whom 2236 were men and 1756 were women. The enrollment was divided as follows: Graduate college, 154; college of arts and sciences, 1089; teachers' college, 332; college of engineering, 435; college of agriculture, 696; college of law, 192; college of medicine, 197; school of fine arts, 68; university school of music, 654; 67; university extension, 219. The faculty numsummer session, 399; school of superintendence,

bered 263.

faculties for the year 1910-11 were included the Among additions to the various names of Philo Melvyn Buck, Jr., of the St. rhetoric; Professor Herbert Brownell, to have Louis public schools, as associate professor of charge of the teachers' college training school; Joseph Alexis, as instructor of Swedish, G. Herbert Coons, adjunct professor of agricultural botany, and George Crocker, public instructor in the school of agriculture. There are about 90,000 volumes in the library. The university is supported by the State. The Chancellor is Samuel Avery.

NECROLOGY. In the following list are included the names of noteworthy persons who died during 1910. The persons to whose names asterisks are prefixed are given separate biographies in alphabetical order in the body of the work. Most of the names of persons who are not given separate biographies have added to them the dates of birth and death, but in some cases it was not possible to obtain these. * Achenbach, Andreas. German landscape painter.

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Acton, John Adams. English sculptor. Agassiz, Alexander. American scientist. # Agnew, Sir William. English publisher. Albano, Elías Fernández. Acting President of Chile. Died September 6.

Albaugh, John W. American actor and theatrical manager. Died April 7; born, 1867. * Alençon, Ferdinand Philippe Marie, Duc d', French nobleman.

* Alexander, Boyd. English explorer and naturalist. * Alexander, Eben. American educator and diplomat.

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Alexander, Samuel. Alexis, Nord, Amador, Martín. * Ames, James Barr.

educator.

*

American surgeon. Former president of

Colombian public official. American lawyer and

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Björnson, Björnstjerne. Norwegian poet. *Blackwell, Elizabeth. American physician. *Blackwell, Emily. American physician. * Blake, William Phipps. American geologist and mineralogist.

Blavet, Émile Rayner. French journalist, dramatist and author. Died, September; born, 1838.

* Blunt, Richard Frederick Lefevre. Bishop of the Anglican church.

Bluther, Julius. German piano maker. Died April; born, 1824.

Bolles, Hezekiah Eugene. American lawyer and antiquarian. Died, October 28; born, 1853. Bordier, Arthur. German anthropologist. Died May; born, 1841.

Borja, Cæsar. Ecuadorean

Died February 1; born, 1852.

public official.

Böttcher, O. German agriculturist.

February 2.

Bousfield, Sir William. Died April 7; born, 1842. *Bowers, Lloyd Wheaton.

Died

English publicist.

American lawyer.

* Bowne, Borden Parker. American Methodist Episcopal clergyman.

Bowser, Edward Albert. American mathematician and engineer.

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Bradley, Luther P. American army officer.

* Butler, Arthur John. English scholar. Butler, Sir William Francis. English solByington, Aaron Homer. American war correspondent and editor. Died December 29; born, 1826.

* Call, Wilkinson. * Cameron, John. bishop.

American public official. Canadian Roman Catholic

* Candidus, William. American singer. * Candler, Allen Daniel. American public official.

Candy, Charles. American soldier. Died October 28; born, 1832.

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Carey, Augustus C.

* Carleton, Henry Guy. * Carlisle, John Griffin. public official.

* Carney, Hugh J. clergyman.

Carr, Eugene A. general, retired.

American inventor.
American playwright.
American lawyer and

American Roman Catholic

American soldier, brigadierDied December 2; born, 1830.

Caswell, Robert C. American Protestant Episcopal clergyman.

* Chanute, Octave. scientist.

American engineer and

French musical conductor. * Comfort, George Fisk. American educator. * Comstock, Cyrus Ballou. American army officer.

NECROLOGY

Davis, William Vail Wilson. American Congregational clergyman.

Day, Charles Orrin. American theologian. Dayton, Charles W. American jurist. Died December 7; born, 1846

Deane, Margaret. American educator and philanthropist. Died December 26; born, 1831. De Hass, Wills. American physician and anthropologist.

* Delagrange, Leon. French sculptor and avia

tor.

* Delisle, Leopold Victor. and bibliographer.

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French historian

* Dennison, James. American educator. Dent, Francis. American Roman Catholic priest.

Dermehren, Johann Frederick Nikolai. Dutch artist. Died, January.

De Serrano, Carlos A. Mexican musician and educator. Died May 31; born, 1854.

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Dewing, Oliver M. American physician. Dexter, Henry. American publisher and financier. Died, July 11; born, 1813.

Dickinson, Charles Courter. American banker. Died May 24; born, 1870.

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man.

Crane, James.

American paper manufacturer.

Died July 21; born, 1847.

Crowninshield, Caspar S. American public official. Died September 26; born, 1871.

Crozer, Samuel A. American manufacturer and landowner. Died June 28; born, 1825. * Cruz, Anibal. Chilean diplomat.

* Cudahy, Michael. American merchant. Curran, Peter Francis. Irish politician. Died February 14; born, 1860.

*Curtis, Newton Martin. American soldier. * Cutter, Benjamin. American musical educator.

* Da Costa, John Chalmers, American surgeon. Daggett, William C. American physician and educator. Died September 18; born, 1860. * Dana, Sylvester. American lawyer. * Dana, William B. American editor. Dandliker, Emil. Swiss historian Died, September; born, 1849.

* Daniel, John Warwick. United States senator from Virginia.

Darley, Sir Frederick Matthew. Australian jurist.

Darling, Flora Adams. American club woman and author. Died January 6; born, 1841. *Davis, Andrew Jackson. American lecturer. *Davis, Rebecca Harding. American author.

Dill, James B. American jurist. Died December 2; born 1854.

* Dodge, Thomas H. American inventor.

* Dolbear, Amos Emerson. American educa

tor.

* Dolliver, Jonathan Prentiss. United States Senator from Iowa.

Dominguez, Florencio L. Argentine diplomat and Minister to Great Britain. Died November

29.

* Donohue, Charles. American jurist. D'Otrante, Gustave Armand, Duc. French nobleman. Died August 13; born, 1840.

Dodge, Charles Cleveland. American soldier and financier. Died November 4; born, 1841. Dodsworth, William. American editor and newspaper proprietor. Died February 7; born, 1827.

*Dowden, John A. Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.

Draper, William Franklin. American manufacturer.

* Drummond, Sir George. Canadian financier. Died February 1; born, 1829.