BOWIE--KNIFE

hunting weapon named from its inventor, Col. James Bowie (c. 1790-1836); double blade about 12 in. long, curved. (1858), American naval constructor: 6b. Springfield, Ma . He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1879. Following post-graduate studies at the Naval College, Green wich, England, he | b ecame a member of the U.S. naval advisory board in 1882. Since that time he has been a notable factor in the work of naval construction and played an especially prominent part in the rehabilitation of the American navy. For many years he had e of construction at the Norfolk and Brooklyn navy yards. In 1901 he was appointed chief constructor of the navy with the rank of rear admiral. Two years later he resigned to become president of the Fore River Shipbuilding Co. American journalist; 6. Springfield, Ma . For more than thirty years he edited the Springfield Republican, which had been established by his father. His fearle and able policy made him a power in New England journalism and indeed throughout the United States. He had strong convictions and a pungent way of expre ing them that made him a friend to be desired and an enemy to be feared. In the slavery controversies he stood with the Whigs and afterward with the Republicans. movement and advocated the election of Greeley. Later the paper became and remained independent, He was among the first to urge the granting of suffrage to the negro and was an ardent friend of woman suffrage. He traveled widely over the country and the result of his observations were embodied in a volume, Our New West, which he published in 1869.