journalistic career, being connected with various
papers, including the editorship of the " Richmond
Inquirer," the " Philadelphia Press," and the Chi-
cago " Times-Herald." He was commissioner from
Virginia to the Centennial exhibition, chief of the
department of publicity and promotion of the Co-
lumbian exposition, and in July, 1897, President
McKinley appointed him special commissioner of
the I'nited States for the Paris exposition of 1900.
Major Handy went to France, and was successful in
his main object of obtaining a large additional grant
of space besides that alrea*ly allotted to American
exhibits. He returned to this country with fail-
ing health in the latter part of Octoljer, 1897.
HANNA, Marcus Alonzo, senator, b. in New L)sl)on (now Lisbon). Columbia co., Ohio, 24 Sept., 1837. He was graduated at the Western Reserve college, and entered the wholesale house of which his father was the senior partner. On his death, in 1862, the son represented his interest in the Brm for five years. He then formed a partnershij) in the iron and coal busincs.s. which is still carried on. Mr. Ilanna is also connected with the ship- ping on the lakes, and with many important rail- way and other corporations. He was a delegate to the national Republican conventions of 1884, 1888, and 1896, wa-s elected chairman of the latter organization in 1890, and still holds that position. In March. 18!)", he was appointed by Gov. Ilush- nell to fill the vacancy in the U. S. senate caused by John .Sherman's acceptance of the position of .sieeretary of slate in McKiidey's cabinet. The senator was elected by the Ohio legislature with a small niajoritr, to succeed himself, for the term of six years, ending in March, 1903.
HANSBROUGH. Henry Clay, senator, b. in Pniirie du Uocher, III.. 30 Jan., 1848; received a cofnmon-schiK)l educalion, and in 1867 removed with his family to California. There he learned the triwle of a printer, and later published a daily paper in San Jose, and was aftcrwar<l connected with the .San Francisco " (Chronicle." In 1882 he removed to the territory of Dakota, engaging in joutiialism and becoming prominent in politics. He was a delegate to the Chicago convention of 1888, and w^as elected as a Republican to the Slst congress. In 1891 Mr. Hansbroiigh was elected to the V. S. senate, to suceee<l Gilbert A. Pierce. His term of service will expire in March, 190:5.
HANSON, Rogrer Weightman, soldier, b. in Clark county, Ky., 27 -Aug.. 1827: d. near Mur- freesboro", Tenn., 2 Jan., 18li3. He was 1st lieu- tenant in Capt. John S. William's com|>any of Kentucky volunteers in the Mexican war. lie was a member of the general a-ssembly from Fayette county. Ky., in 18.5.'). was an elector on the Fill- more ticket, and in 1857 candidate of what was known as the Know-Nothing party for coTigres,s, bnt was ilefeateil bv James II. Clav, son of Ilenrv Clay. In 186f) he "canvas.wl Kentucky for Hell and Everett. lie was apfxiinted colonel of the 2d Kentucky regiment in the Confederate serviee, 2 Sept.. 18(61, and promoted briga<lier-general, 31 De<;., 1862. lie was killed at the battle of Mur- freesboro' or Stone's river.
HARBY, Lee Cohen, author, b. in Charleston, S. C, 7 .Sept.. 1849. anil was educated at home by her father, a graduate of Gla-sgow university, and by her aunt, an accomplished linguist. Since her marriage to Mr. Ilarby she has resided chiefly in <jalveslon and New York city, devoting her leisure to writing and contributing stories and poems, also hist'irical articles to the leading nnigazines. Mrs. Harby has read pa|iers before the American his- torical association, of which she is a member, and she is also a member of the New York historical society, the Texas historical society, and the Amer- ican and British societies of authors.
HARGER. Oscar (har-jer), paIa>ontologist, b. in Oxford, Conn., 12 Jan., 1843; d. in New Haven, Conn., 6 Nov., 1887. He was graduated at Yale in 1868, and during his college course showed a marked fondness for mathematical studies. His attention had also been directed to botany, in which he was unusually proficient, and on gradua- tion he was led to pursue zoological studies under Addison E. Verrill. He showed special aptitude for original work, and had begun important in- vestigations when in 1870 he was ajipointed as- sistant in pahcontology at Yale, uiiiler Othniel C. Marsh. Besides membership in various scientific societies, he was in 1875-'7 secretary of the Con- necticut academy of arts and sciences. The greater part of his time was given to work in ver- tebrate pala-ontology, but he also did much in invertebrate zoology, publishing papers on inyria- pods, a fossil arachnid, isopods, and the results of dredging exix-ditions. His last work was a report on the "Marine Isopoda of New England and Ad- jacent Waters " (1880) and one on "The Isopmla of the Blake Dredgings on the Eastern Coast of the United .States " (1883).
HARMON, John Haiiclictt, editor, b. in Port- age, Ohio, 21 June, 1819: d. in Detroit, Mich., 6 Aug., 1888. His father was one of the first settlers in Portage county. The s<m learned the printer's trade, edited a newspaper in Cuyahoga P'alls, Ohio, in 1836, removed to Detroit, entered the " Free Press " printing office, and became a proprietor of that journal, lie took an active part in 1837 in aid of the Canadian insurgents, and was in several skirmishes. He sered several terms in the city council, became mayor of Detroit in 1852, was col- lector of the port for several years, and territorial governor of Minnesota in 1858-'9. Mr. Harmon was an active Democrat and skilful politician, and was a delegate to all the national conventions of his i)artv from 1840 till 1884.
HARMON, Judson, lawyer, b. in Newtown, Hamilton co., Ohio, 3 Feb., 1846. He was edu- cated at Denison university, and stuilied jurispru- dence at the law-school of his native city. gra<iuat- ing in 1869. He joined the Republican .seceders who sujiported Horace Greeley for the presidency. In 1876 he was a caiulidate for the odicc of judge of the court of common pleas in Cincinnati, and he was declared elected, but the legislature un- seated him in favor of Gen. Cox. A few years later Mr. Harmon was elected judge of the suj)e- rior court. I)ut he resigned in 1887 in order to re- sume practice. He was nominated and confirmed in 1891 as attorney-general to succeed Mr. Richard Olney, who was advanced to the state department on the death of Secretary Gresham.
HARRIET, mother superior, b. in Charleston, S. C, 7 May, 1823; d. in Peekskill, N. Y., 5 April, 1896. Her name to the world was Harriet Starr Cannon, being a member of a well-known family, and she was highly educated. She early became imbued with a desire to devote her life to chari- table work, and coming to New York joined St. liuke's hospital, then recently founded by Dr. Muhlenberg. For four years "she was a member of the order of deacones.se.f. In 1865 .she founded the community of St. Mary, a religious society of the Protestant Episcopal church, purchasing land at Peekskill and estal)lishing a .school known as St. Gabriel, under the sanction of Bishop Horatio Potter. From this luideus grew, under Mother Harriet's wise administration, the large Anglican
