YAM

tuberous root of species of Dioscorea, used as food in tropics. (1838-1922), Jap. marshal and. statesman; chief of staff in imperial army during the Civil War (1868-9); commanded Ist Army Corps in China-Japan War (1894-5); prime minister (1889 and 1895); president of Privy Council (1905 and 1906); prince (1907). town, on Tunja, Bulgaria; agricultural district. Pop. 16,000. district, Upper Burma. Pop. 245,000. Capital, YamerHin. Pop. 9,200. India; area, 5 sq. miles. Pop. 5,200. | (1814-1863), political leader and orator. Born at Ogeechee Shoals, Georgia, August 10, 1814; died July 27, 1863. He studied at Williams College, graduated at the Lawrence Scientific School in 1834, and was editor of the Greenville Mountaineer which supported the Union. After an unfortunate experience as a planter he returned to law practice and was elected to the Alabama legislature 1841-1844; Congre 1844-1846, resigning after a duel with Representative Clingman of South Carolina. He removed to Montgomery, Alabama, and led a movement. which adopted the ‘Alabama Platform’ at the National Democratic |Convention, Baltimore, the delegates pledging themselves not to vote for any candidate who opposed government. protection of slavery. On the question. of sece ion in 1860 he favored it, land made speeches in the North on the |rights of slave-owners. He became the | leader of the Democratic radicals, caus- |ing a division in the party that helped elect Lincoln. He made an unsucce - |ful journey to England and France. to |obtain. recognition of the Confederacy, |res urning in 1862. He was elected |senator in the Alabama legislature, | which office he held until his: death. |22’ H.), city, on Grand Canal, Kiang-su, |45’ H.), largest river of China and chief commercial highway of the country; | rises in the mountains of Tibet; traverses |} all the central provinces of China, and |after a, tortuous course of 3,200 miles |enters the Yellow Sea above Shanghai; |receives numerous tributaries; com- \maun i cates | by the Grand Canal with Hoang-ho River; navigable to I-chang.