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Population (1886), 11,169. Segu (sā'gö), or Sego (sāgō). 1. A Negro realm Seine-et-Marne ated in the upper valley of the Niger. The inhabitants are Bambarras.-2. The capital of the state of Segu, situated on the Niger. It is in the French sphere of influence. Population, 36,000. Seguin (sā'gwin), Arthur Edward Shelden, known as Edward Seguin. Born at London, April 7, 1809: died at New York, Dec. 9, 1852. A popular English ba singer. A pupil of the Royal fully in England till 1838, when he came to New York. Academy, he appeared first in 1828, and sang succe The Seguin Opera Troupe, which he organized, was succe ful in the United States and Canada. Seguin (sé-gań'), Édouard. Born at Clamecy, France, Jan. 20, 1812: died at New York city, Oct. 28, 1880. A French-American physician, a specialist in the training of idiots, and the inventor of a physiological thermometer. Among his works are "Traitement moral, hygiène et éducat i on des idiots," "Historical Notice of the Origin and Progre of the Treatment of Idiots," etc. Ségur (sa-gür'), Comte Louis Philippe de. Born at Paris, 1753: died 1830. A French politician and author. He served in the American Revolution; was amba ador to Ru ia; was a councilor of state under the empire; and was made a peer at the Restoration. His chief work is "Mémoires, ou souvenirs et anecdotes" (1824). He also wrote a history of France, a universal history, etc. Ségur, Comte Philippe Paul de. Born Nov. 4, 1780: died Feb. 25, 1873. A French general and historian, son of L. P. de Ségur. He served in the Napoleonic campaigns. His best-known work is a "His to ire de Napoléon et de la grande armée en 1812" (1824). Segura (sā-göʻrä). A river in southeastern Spain which flows into the Mediterranean 19 miles southwest of Alicante: the ancient Tader. Length, about 150 miles. Segura, Juan Bautista. Born at Toledo, Spain, about 1542: died in Virginia, Feb. (?), 1571. A Jesuit mi ionary. He went to Florida as vice-provincial of his order in 1568. In Aug., 1570, he and several companions were sent to Chesapeake Bay to establish a mi ion. They ascended the Potomac and thence, apparently, cro ed to the Rappahannock, where all were killed by the Indians. Segusiani (sē"gū-si-ānī). [L.] In the time of Julius Cæsar, a Gallic people living in the valley of the Rhone, in the vicinity of Lyons. Seharunpoor. See Saharanpur . Seidl (zi'dl), Anton. Born at Pest, Hungary, May 7, 1850. A Hungarian conductor, especially of Wagner's works. He was a pupil of the conservatory at Leipsic, and in 1879 through Wagner's influence obtained the position of conductor at the Leipsic Opera House. In 1882 he left it for a tour through various parts of Europe as conductor of the Nibelungen Opera Troupe. In 1883 he was made conductor of the Bremen Opera House, and in 1885 of German opera in New York, since which time he has conducted the concerts of the Philharmonic Society, New York, etc.