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ernments ensued, the United States insisting on a prompt settlement and Siiain making many prom- ises that were not fulfilled. Under a strong pres- sure by Secretary Olney and an agreement by Mr. Mora to waive the interest on the claim, it was finally paid by the Spanish minister in Washing- ton in September, 1895. The claimant, who had been put to enormous expense in the protracted contest, received about $1,000,000.

MORAES-BARROS, Prndeiite Jos6 de (mo- rah-es), president of Brazil, b. in Itu, state of SSo I'aulo, 10 Mav, 1841. He studied law, was gradu- ated in 1863, and soon was known as an orator. In 1866 he was elected rep- resentative to the state assembly, and when in 1870 the republican parly was organized Mo- raes-Barros was one of its leaders. Re- elected to the legis- lature of Sao Paulo, he entered the house of represent- atives of Kio Ja- neiro in 1885. He worked in behalf

of the republican

ideals, and after the revolution of 1889 was elected governor of Sao Paulo. Afterward became sena- tor, and acted as president of the senate. In 1801 he was a candidate for the presidency, but his op- ponent, Mariscal da Ponseca, was elected. Pinal- ly, in March, 1894, he was elected president of the republic, and took possession of his office 15 Nov. of the same year. He was compelled to struggle with serious difficulties, and his administration was hindered by political outbreaks, but he surmount- ed all obstacles and placed his country in the path of pi'ogress. He was succeeded bv Campos Salles.

MORELAND, William Hall, P. E. bishop, b. in Charleston, S. C, 9 April, 1861. He was educated at the University of New York, and graduated from the Berkeley divinity school. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Williams in 1884, and advanced to the priesthood V)y Bishop Howe. After serving as an assistant at Christ church, Hartford, he ac- cepted the rectorship of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Nashua, N. H., where he remained until 1893, when he was called to St. Luke's church, San Francisco. At the general convention of October, 1898, held in Washington, D. C, he was elected missionary bishop of Sacramento.

MORRELL, baiiiel Joliiisoii, manufacturer, b. in North Berwick, York co.. Me., 8 Aug., 1821 ; d. in Johnstown, Pa., 20 Aug., 1885. His parents were members of the Society of Friends. After re- ceiving a limited education he became a merchant iu Philadelphia, but in 1855 assumed the manage- ment of the Cambria iron-works at Johnstown, Pa., retaining that post till the year previous to his death. Until 1871 he manufactured iron rails solely, and at that date was one of the first in this country to manufacture Bessemer steel rails. In 1867-"71 he was a member of congress, having been chosen as a Republican. He was chairman of the standing committee on manufactures in the 40th and 41st congresses, and on 9 March, 1870, in- troduced the bill to provide for the celebration at Philadelphia of the one hundredth anniversary of American independence. Upon the organization of the Centennial commission, he was chosen chair- man of its executive committee. He was a com- missioner to the Paris exposition in 1878, anil presi- dent of the American iron and steel association. MORRIS, (wouverneiir, capitalist, b. in Mor- risania, N. Y.,in February, 1813; d. in Barton-on- the-Sound, N. Y.,21 Aug., 1888. He was the only son of Gouverneur Morris (?.t>.). He became in- terested in railroads in 1838, and was connected with these enterprises, until eight years previous to his death, as president of the New York and Harlem railroad and the Vermont valley railroad, and an originator of the Illinois Central and Iowa system of railroads and of the Union Pacific road. Mr. Morris was a Whig and subsequently an anti- slavery Republican, actively supporting the latter party until his death. His first wife was Patsey Jefferson Cary. a grandniece of Thomas Jefferson.

MORRIS, Henry, jurist, b. in Springfield, Mass., 10 June, 1814; d. there, 4 June, 1888. He was graduated at Amherst in 1832. studied law with his father. Judge Oliver B. Morris, and prac- tised in his native city. He was a member of the state legislature, and was chosen to congress in 1854, but did not take his seat, having ac- cepted the Judgeship of the court of common pleas of Berkshire county before the meeting of the house. He held that office till 1859. resumed practice, and continued in active business until a few years before his death. Judge Morris received the degree of LIj. D. from Amherst in 1869. lie was president of the Connecticut valley historical society, a prolific writer on local history, and the author of " History of the First Church in .Spring- field " (Springfield, 1875) ; two addresses entitled " Early History of Springfield," delivered on the two hundredth anniversary of the burning of the town (1870); and " Historic Address on the Two Hundredth and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Set- tlement of Springfield " (1888).

MORRISON, Henry Clay, bishop, b. in Mont- gomery county. Hiss., 30 May, 1842. The son of a farmer, he was chiefly educated at home while em- ployed on the farm. After studying for the min- istry of the Methodist church at the Wesleyan university, and having charges for many years at Knoxville, San Francisco, and Asheville, he was offered the presidency of a college, which he de- clined, and became the editor of the " Christian Advocate." Later he was a professor in Vanderbilt university, and in May, 1898, he was made bishop of the Methodist church, sout h, at the Balti- more conference. Bishop Morrison is part author of a volume entitled " Arrows from Two Quivers."

MORRISON, Theodore Nevin, P. E. bishop, b. in Ottawa, 111., 18 Feb., 1850. He was graduated from Illinois college, and in 1873 from the General theological seminary. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Whitehouse, and called to his first charge at Pekin, 111., where he remained for three years. He was then advanced to the priesthood, and called to the Church of the Epiphany, Chicago, where he remained until elected bishop of Iowa in Novem- ber, 1898. Dr. Morrison was an efficient worker as a member of the standing committee of the diocese of Chicago, and also as a member of the diocesan board of missions.

MORTON, Jnliiis Sterling, agriculturist, b. in Adams, Jefferson co., N. Y.. 22 .April, 1832, and was graduated from Union in 1854. He settled on a farm in Nebraska in the following year, and still resides there, except when absent on official duty. He is, as is well known, the originator of " Arbor day," and is an authority on agricul- tural topics, concerning which he has spoken and written much. Mr. Morton was territorial secre-