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See Antivari. Bar, Confederation of. A union of Polish patriots, led by members of the nobility, formed at Bar, 1768, against the Ru ian in- fluence and the di idents. It carried on war against the Ru ians, deposed the king (Stanislaus), was suppre ed by the Ru ians, and di olved in 1772. Bara (bä'rä), Jules. Born Aug. 31, 1835: died June 26, 1900. A Belgian liberal politician, minister of justice 1865-70 and 1878-84. Baraba (bä-rä-bä'), or Barabinska (bä-rä- ben'skä). A steppe in western Siberia, situated between the rivers Obi and Irtish, in the govern- ments of Tobolsk, Tomsk, and Akmolinsk. Bara Banki (bäʼrä bän'kē). A district in the Lucknow division, Oudh, British India, about lat. 27° N., long. 81° 30′ E. Area, 1,740 square miles. Population (1891), 1,130,906. Barabas, Barabbas (ba-rab'as). [Aram., ‘son of the father' (teacher or master).) A robber and insurrectionary leader whose release from prison instead of that of Jesus was demanded of Pilate by the Jews. Barabas. The Jew of Malta in Marlowe's play of that name. He is not only the incarnation of popular hatred of the Jew, but also of the Jew's recip- rocal hatred and revenge. He dies in the end a defiant death in a caldron of boiling oil prepared for another. This character was originally played by Alleyn. Baraboo Baraboo (bar'a-bö). The capital of Sauk County, Wisconsin, situated on the Baraboo River 35 miles northwest of Madison. Popula tion (1900), 5,751. Barabra (bä-rä brä), or Berabra. [Ar.] The collective name of the Nubians who inhabit the Nile valley from A uan to Wadi Halfa. Baracoa (bä-rä-kō'ä). A decayed seaport near the eastern end of Cuba. Pop. (1899), 4,937. Barada (bä-rä'dä). A river of Syria which rises in Anti-Libanus, flows through Damascus, and is lost in the desert: the ancient Abana. Baradas (bä-rä-dä'), Count. A conspirator against Cardinal Richelieu in Bulwer's play "Richelieu." Baradla. See Agtelek . Baraguay d'Hilliers (bä-rä-ga' de-ya'), Achille. Born at Paris, Sept. 6, 1795: died at Amélie-les-Bains, France, June 6, 1878. A French marshal, son of Louis Baraguay d'Hilliers. He became governor of the military school of Saint-Cyr 1833; was governor of Const an tine, Algeria, 1843-44; commanded the French forces in Rome in 1849; became marshal in 1854; commanded an army corps in the Italian war of 1859; and became commandant of Paris at the outbreak of the Franco-German war, but was removed