Myer, Albert J

(1827-1880), author of a ‘‘ Manual of Signals for the U.S. Army and Navy,” was chief of the signal service from 1863 to 1864 and from 1866 to 1870. He inaugurated the present system of meteorological observations, APPENDIX | Adama, Charles Francie, son of the diplomat of the same name, was born in Boston, May 27, 1833. Poase ing the advantage of fortune and lineage, he was educated at Harvard, from which college he graduated in 1856, and upon him was conferred the degree of LL.D. He was ad- | mitted to the bar in 1858, but entered the army in 1861, serving through | the war, and rose to the rank of Brevt. Brigadier-General. He became in- | terested in railroads whem appointed member of the board of Ma achusetts State Commi ioners, 1869, and in 1884 was chosen President of the | Union Pacific Railway. He is best known, however, by his contributions | to literature and President of the Ma achusetts Historical Society. He has written many papers on railways, also a life of Charles Francis Adams, Sr., a biography of Richard A. Dana, “‘ A College Fetich,”’ etc. Allen, Charles Herbert, was born in Lowell, Ma ., April 15, 1848.: He graduated at Amherst College, 1869, and entered the lumber busine , which he conducted with great succe . He served in both branches of the State Legislature, and was a member of Congre from 1885-1889. Nominated by the Republicans for governor, 1891, he made an energetic canva , but was defeated, and returned to his lumber busine until 1898, when, upon the resignation of Theodore Roosevelt from the position, Allen was appointed A istant Secretary of the Navy. He discharged his duties with so much satisfaction during the Spanish-American war, that he was appointed by President McKinley Governor of Porto Rico, and took his seat May 1, 1900. Resigned, Sept. 1, 1901. American Jack is the union of the flag, its name originating with the union of the English flag at the blending of St. Andrew’s Saltier with St. George’s Cro in 1606, during the reign of James the First. Its name is the abbreviation of Jacques, or James, or Jac., the abbreviated signature of King James. It contains the same number of stars as there are States. Anarchy. In its general sense anarchy is synonymous with lawle ne . Politically anarchism means the ‘abolition of government, and the constitution of society without government. The law of might would be supreme under anarchy. Armotr, Philip Dan forth, born in Stock bridge, N. Y., May 16, 1832; received a meagre education in the public schools, and went to California,.where he was a miner from 1852-1856, when he went to Milwaukee and engaged in the commi ion busine . He became a member of the firm of Plank int on, Armour & Co., pork packers, 1863, and five years later acquired an interest in the grain commi ion firm of H. O. Armour & Co., Chicago, which started a pork-packing plant that in 1870 became the firm of Armour & Co. By 1875 this house had advanced to the forefront of all the provision concerns of America, and remains much the largest dre ed-meat and pork-packing establishment in the world. Mr. Armour is popularly reputed to have a fortune above $50,000,000. He is the founder of the Armour Mi ion and the Armour Institute of Technology, to which he has contributed more than $2,500,000. 482