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rank in that special study. They include re- searches on the dehydration of organic acid an- hydrides (1877-'8); on a new mcthoil of forming aromatic sulphones (1878); on the formation of aldol from ethyl aldehyde (1879); synthetical re- searches in the glucoside group (1879-'83);'on the action of aldehydes on phenols (1883-'6) ; on the action of aromatic oxyacids on phenols (1884) ; on the action of phosphorous pentachloride on the ethers of organic acids (1886); on alloisomerism (1886-'7); and some new reactions with sodium malonic ether and analogous derivatives (1887).

MICHAUD, John Stephen, R. C. bishop, b. at Burlington, Vt., 24 Nov.. 1843. He was a sanc- tuary boy in the cathedral of Bishop dc Groes- briand, whose coadjutor bishop he now is, receiv- ing his education at Montreal college until 1868, and then at Holy Cross college, at Worcester, be- ing graduated at the latter in 1870. He began his ecclesiastical studies at St. Joseph's seminary, Troy, and was ordained a priest in 1873. In Sep- tember he was sent as missionary to Newport, Vt., and to take charge of all the Catholic missions in the northea-stern part of the state, being the first pastor at Newport, where he built the church and rectory, and he bestowed cha|)cls upon Albany, Barton, Lowell, and Well's River, and attended the Catholics of Island Pond and Ely. After five years thus spent he became chaplain of the Si.sters of Providence at Burlington, and built the Provi- dence orphan asylum and hospital. He next served as pastor at Winooski from 188:) to 1885, and built the rectory there, and later at Benning- ton, where he erected the church. whi<'li is perhaps the finest in the state. In 1892 he was appointed coadjutor bishop of Burlington, and was conse- crated under the title of bishop of Modra. He has since relieved the aged Bishop de Groesbriand of the weight of the episcopal labors.

MIOULETON, John Cararly, clergyman, b. in New London. Conn., 9 Jan., 18.33; d. in New York city, 7 Julv, 1888. He was graduated at Yale, studied at Berkeley divinity school, entered the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church and became assistant rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn. Later he was rector at Stonington and New Britain. Conn., and from 1874 until his death he was in charge of the church at Glen Cove. N. Y., and at the same time principal of St. Paul's school till 1878. and warden of the cathedral and schools in Garden City in 1877-'9. He was one of the incorjiorators of the Cathe<lral of the Incarnation of the diocese of Long Island, chairman of the dioce. san committee on Christian educaliou.eilitor for many years of the "Christian Helper" and church Sunday-school lesson leaflets for the United States, Canaila, and the West India islands. and a constant contributor to the religious press, his most popular writings being hymns and Christma.s carols, which enjoyed wide circulation. He declined the bishopric of Washington Territory.

MILKY, John David, soldier, b. in Bellevin'e, Ill., 19 August, 1862 ; d. in .Manila, 19 .Sept., 1899. He was apfKiinted from his native state to the U. S. military acmlcmy, graduating in June, 1887, when he was as.signed to the .5th artillery as an additional 2d lieutenant, and was transferred to the 4th artillery in 1887, tjocoming a 1st lieu- tenant in the 5th artillery in October, 1894. He took the evening lecture's at the Columbia law- school while stationed at Governor's island, and received the degree LL B. in 1899. At the be- ginning of the war with Spain he was aiile-de- camp on Gen. Shafter's staff, being then in the 2d artillery a't the Presidio of San Francisco, and remained on Shafter's staff throughout the war. On his return to Governor's island he published an account of the campaign, entitled " In Cuba with Shafter." He acted for some time as press censor. He was one of the commissioners named by Gen. Shafter to negotiate the terms of the surrender of Santiago. Later he was sent into the interior to receive the surrender of the Span- ish garrisons, and this mission he performed with the same judgment and tact that characterized all his work. When he saw that there was work to be done in the Philippines, he was ambi- tious for further service, and he was made in- spector-general on the staff of Gen. Otis, and collector of the port of Manila. Miley, who was among the tallest officers in the army, held the volunteer rank of major in the Cuba campaign, and for his efficient service there was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. Shafter urged his being made brigadier-general. His death was due to cerebral meningitis, attendant upon typhoid fever.

MILLER, Daniel, merchant, b. in Loudon county, Va., 7 July, 1812; d. in Baltimore, Md., 23 July, 1870. He was educated at home, and at the age of fourteen became a clerk in a country store at Harper's Ferry. A few years afterward he became the owner of a mercantile house at Lovettsville, Va. He was afterward the chief merchant of that part of Virginia, aiul in 1843 was elected to the legislature on the Whig ticket. In 1846 he went to Baltimore and embarked in the dry-g<Kxls traile. In 1861, at the beginning of the civil war, his assets lav mostly in the seceded states and were uncollectable, but, declining all sugges- tions of compromise, he notified his creditors that every dollar of his indebtedness should be paid. In less than five years he paid up $496,000 princi- pal and interest, cancelling every obligation against nim. During the war Mr. Miller was foremost in re- lieving the wants of the prisoners that were confined at various times in Baltimore. He was an active promoter of the plan, which originated in Balti- more, to make advances to the farmers of the val- ley of Virginia to restock and seed their farms, and as trea.surer of the Agricultural aid society he col- lected aW>ut if70.(M)0 which was to be distributed. Mai;ily through him banks were re-established at Winchester, Ilarrisburg, Staunton, and Charlottes- ville. On his books there stoal yet un- paid nearly half a million dollars, but he gave new credit to some of his former customers to assist them to make a new start in life. He was one of the found- ers and the first president of the National exchange bank of Baltimore, anil a member of

the board of trade.

MILLER. Joaquin. See Mii,- LKK, ClNX-ISNATLS Heink. iv., p. 32.5.

MILLER. William. A. M. E. Zion bishop, b. in (^uicn .Anne county, Md.. 23 Aug., 1775; d. in Philadelphia. Pa., 6 Dec. 184.5. He removed to New York, where he worked as a cabinet-maker, and in 1808 was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal church. He was afterward ordained