FUNK, ISAAC KAUFFMAN

(1839 1912), publisher; 6. Clifton, Ohio. H theology after graduating fror studied Wittenberg College in 1360, and fou years later became pastor of a Luther a Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. Resign in from the ministry, he traveled ex-| tensively and returned to establish publishing busine , 1877, in partnership with A. W. Wagnalls, forming the firm] of Funk & Wagnalls. He founded the Metropolitan Pulpit (now the Homiletic| Review) in 1876; the Voice, a pro hi-| bition journal, in 1880; the Mi ionary Review in 1888; and the Literary Digest in 1889. He was editor-in-chief of the| Standard Dictionary from 1890 to 1894, and in 1901 established the Jewish Encyclopedia. He was deeply interested in evolution and psychic research and was the author of books on these|the subjects. 1917), American soldier. 6. at Car lisle, O: d. at San Antonio, Texas. He was educated at the University, Kansas and was later| appointed Commi ioner by the Depart-| ment of Agriculture to explore Alaska, 1893-94. Throwing in his lot with| appointed captain and promoted Lieutenant-Colonel for bravery in action.|are Suffering from wounds and ill-health he was returning to the United States|to when captured by the Spaniards, who] at first condemned him to death, but at| last freed him. In the Spanish War he| was colonel of the 20th Kansas Volun-| teers; brigadier-general of volunteers in| the Philippines in 1899 and in 1901 he led an expedition that captured the] Filipino chief Aguinaldo, and ASA RenlreHnge tr tae eee the J.5. regular army. 1 € was appointed to command the Department of California, During ‘the earthquake, 1906, he established martial law and brought order out of confusion. In 1907-08 he commanded the troops at} Goldfield Mining district during the strike. In May 1914 he was at Vera| Cruz, Mexico, and in March 1916 was appointed commander-in-chief of the| American army on the Mexican border, and directed the effort to secure the bandit Francisco Villa in Mexico. See his Memories of Two Wars, 1911.