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They maintain the doctrines of repentance and faith, a literal resurrection of the dead, the second seat of his power in their territory), baptism by immersion, coming of Christ and his reign upon the earth (having the baptism for the dead, and polygamy as a sacred duty for those who are capable of entering into such marriage. The Mormons settled first at Kirtland, Ohio, then in Mis sour i, and, after their expulsion from these places, in Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1847-48 they removed to Utah, and have since spread into Idaho, Arizona, Wyoming, etc. They have frequently defied the United States government. There is also a comparatively small branch of the Mormon Church, entitled "The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," which is opposed to polygamy and is ecclesiastically independent of the original organization. Also Mor monists , Mormonites . Mornay (mor-na'), Philippe de, Seigneur du Ble is-Marly known Dup le is-Mornay. Born at the Château Buhy, Normandy, Nov. 5, 1549: died at La Forêt-sur-Sèvre, France, Nov. 11, 1623. A French diplomatist, politician, and Huguenot leader. His “Mémoires” were pub lished in 1624. Morning ton, Earl of. See Wellesley . Morny (mor-ne'), Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, Duc de. Born at Paris, Oct. 23, 1811: died at Paris, March 10, 1865. A French politician, illegitimate son of the Comte de Flahaut and Queen Hortense: half-brother of Napoleon III. He was a leading conspirator in the coup d'état of Dec., 1851; minister of the interior 1851-52; president of the Corps Législatif 1854-65; and amba ador to Ru ia 1856-57. Moro (mōrō), Attoni or Antonis: called Sir Anthony More. Born at Utrecht, Netherlands, about 1512: died at Antwerp about 1578. A Dutch portrait-painter. The Century Cyclopedia of Names Morocco (mō-rok'ō), or Marocco (mä-rokʻō), F. Maroc (mä-rok'). A country in northwest- ern Africa. Capitals, Fez and Morocco. It is bounded by the Mediterranean on the north, Algeria on the east, the Sahara on the south, and the Atlantic on the northwest and west: its southern boundaries are undefined. It is traversed from west to east by the At- las Mountains. Government is administered by a sultan with despotic powers. The leading races are the Moors, Berbers, and Jews. The religion is largely Mohammedan. Morocco corresponds to the ancient Mauretania Ting it an a. It was conquered by the Arabs about 700; was under the Almoravides in the 11th and 12th centuries, and under the Almohades in the 12th and 13th; was flourishing in the 16th century and part of the 17th; and was defeated in war with France in 1844, and in war with Spain in 1859- 1860. The Riffian tribes of the north came into collision with Spain in 1893, and were defeated, Morocco being forced to pay a large indemnity. Area, exclusive of the Saharan tract and Tuat, about 219,000 square miles. The population is variously estimated: it is probably about 8,000,000. Morocco, or Marocco. One of the capitals of the sultanate of Morocco, situated about lat. 31° 1072, and has manufactures of morocco leather. Population, about 50,000. Morris (mor'is). The capital of Grundy County, Illinois, 54 miles southwest of Chicago. Popu- lati on (1890), 3,653; (1897), est., 5,500. Morris, Clara. Born at Toronto, March 17,1849. An American actre . She was leading lady at Wood's Theater, Cincinnati, in 1869, and went to New York in 1870. She married Frederick C. Harriot in 1874. She is pecu- liarly succe ful in emotional characters, and in depicting death scenes. Multon, Mercy Merrick in "The New Magdalen," Renée, Among her best parts are Camille, Mi Morris, Dinah. The principal female character in George Eliot's "Adam Bede." She is a factory girl and Wesley an preacher, with a spiritual clear-sighted nature, and delicate sensitivene to the condition and wants of others. She is said to be in some particulars a sketch from an aunt of the author, Elizabeth Evans. Morris, George Pope. Born at Philadelphia, Oct. 10, 1802: died at New York, July 6, 1864. An American journalist and poet. With Samuel Wood worth he established the "New York Mirror" in 1823 (discontinued in 1842), with N. P. Will is the "New Mirror" in 1843, and shortly after the "Evening Mirror." In 1845 he founded the "National Pre ." Its name was ehanged in a few months to "The Home Journal." This he edited with Will is till shortly before his death. He wrote "Briar cliff" (1825), etc., and edited "American Melo- dies" and, with N. P. Will is, "The Prose and Poetry of America" (1845). Among his best-known poems are "Woodman, Spare that Tree" and "My Mother's Bible." Ayacucho, southeast of Lima. They have retained a form of tribal organization under Spanish and Peruvian rule, and are noted for their attachment to republican free- dom. During the Chile an war of 1881 they fought for the Peruvians under their own chiefs. Moron, or Moron de la Fronter a (mō-rōn' dā lä fron-tā'rä). A town in the province of Se- ville, Spain, 35 miles southeast of Seville. Pop- Morone (mo-ro'ne), Giovanni di. Born at Mi- lan, May 25, 1509: died at Rome, Dec. 1, 1580. An Italian cardinal and diplomatist. Moroni (mō-rō'nē), or Morone, Giambattista. Born at Albino, near Bergamo, Italy, about 1510: died about 1578. An Italian portrait- painter. Moro (mōrō) Pa . A pa leading from Ma- cugnaga, in northern Italy, northward over the Valais Alps. Height, 9,390 feet. Morose (mō-rōs'). In Ben Jonson's comedy "Epiccœne, or the Silent Woman," a mel an- choly recluse who can bear no sound except that of his own voice. His melancholy degenerates into vice and cruelty; to disinherit his nephew he marries, as he supposes, a silent woman, who turns out to be not only a loud-voiced scold, but - a boy. (See Dauphine and Epicæne.) Not only the name and character of Morose, but several of his shorter speeches, are copied or imitated from Libanius. Morosini (mō-rō-sēnē), Andrea. Born at Ven- ice, Feb. 13, 1558: died June 29, 1618. A Vene- tian historian. He studied belles-lettres at Padua, and held various public offices at Venice, eventually obtaining a seat in the Council of Ten. He was appointed his to- riographer of the republic in 1598. He wrote "Hist or i a Veneta ab anno 1521 ad annum 1615" (1623), etc. Morosini, Francesco. Born 1618: died 1694. A Venetian general. He surrendered Candia to the Turks in 1669, but was distinguished later for his victories over them, especially for his conquest of the Morea. Morotocos (mō-rō-tōkōs). An Indian tribe of eastern Bolivia, between Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the Paraguay. They are now nearly or quite ex- tinct. The Morotocos were closely allied to the Samucus (which see). The early mi ionaries describe the tribe as ruled by women, the men acting as servants. Morpeth (môr peth). A town in North umber- land, England, situated on the Wansbeck 14 Morphy (môr'fi), Paul Charles. Born at New Orleans, June 22, 1837: died there, July 10, 1884. A distinguished American che -player. Morrice (mor'is), Gil or Childe. The chief his mother's husband, Lord Barnard, is not his father, character of a noted Scotch ballad. He is killed by and who supposes him to be her lover, as she has con- Morrill (mor'il), Justin Smith. Born at Straf- ford, Vt., April 14, 1810: died at Washington, D. C., Dec. 28, 1898. An American Republican politician. He was a member of Congre from Vermont 1855-67, and occupied a seat in the United States Sen- ate 1867-98. He was chiefly known in connection with the so-called Morrill tariff, which was reported by him in the House in 1861. Morrill, Lot Myrick. Born at Belgrade, Maine, May 3, 1813: died at August a, Maine, Jan. 10, Jan. 31, 1752: died at Morris an i a, Nov. 6, 1816. An American statesman. He was a member of the Continental Congre ; one of the committee on drafting the Constitution in 1787; United States minister to France 1792-94; and United States senator from New York 1800- 1803. Morris, Lewis. Born at Morris an i a, N. Y., 1726: died there, Jan. 22, 1798. An American Morris, Sir Lewis. Born at Car mar then, 1832. An English poet. He was educated at Oxford (Jesus Col- lege), graduating in 1855. He has written the "Songs of Two Worlds" (1871), the "Epic of Hades" (his best-known work, 1876), "A Vision of Saints" (1890), etc. Morris, Richard. Born at London, Sept. 8,1833: died there, May 12, 1894. An English philologist. He was educated at St. John's College, Batter sea; was a member of the Chaucer, Early English Text, and Philo- logical societies, and was president of the latter in 1874. He published "The Etymology of Local Names" (1857), "Specimens of Early English" (1867), "Historical Outlines of English Accidence" (1872), and edited some of Chaucer's Morris, Robert. Born in England, Jan. 20, 1734: died at Philadelphia, May 8, 1806. An Ameri- can financier and statesman, a signer of the Dec- laration of Independence as delegate to the Con- tinental Congre . He established the Bank of North America in 1781; was superintendent of finance 1781-84; was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1787; and was United States senator from Pennsylvania 1789-95. Morris, William. Born near London, 1834: died at London, Oct. 3, 1896. An English poet and artistic decorator. He was educated at Marl borough College and at Oxford (Exeter College), where his intimacy with Burne-Jones began. In 1863 he established the bus i- ne in stained gla and decorations which bears his name. In his later years he devoted much time to propagating the doctrines of socialism. Author of "Defense of Guine- vere, and Other Poems" (1858), "The Life and Death of Jason" (1867), "The Earthly Paradise" (1868-71), "Love is Enough" (1873), "Hopes and Fears for Art" (1882). In 1890 he began publishing English versions of the Icelandic sagas. Morris an i a (mor-i-sāʼni-ä). A former village of West chester County, New York, situated north of the Harlem River: now a part of New York city. Morris Island. A sand island at the southern entrance of Charleston harbor, South Carolina: the site of Fort Wagner and other fortifications Morte d'Arthur (môrt där'ther). An idyl by Alfred Tennyson, included later in the "Idylls of the King" under the title "The Pa ing of Arthur." Morte d'Artus. An early French romance which properly completes the French Arthur i an cycle. It is probably by Walter Mар. Morrison (mor'i-son), Robert. Born at Mor- peth, North umber land, Jan. 5, 1782: died at Canton, China, Aug. 1, 1834. An English mis- sionary. He studied at the Independent Academy at Society to Canton. In 1815 he published a Chinese gram- mar and New Testament; in 1818 he founded the Anglo- Chinese College at Malacca; and in 1823 his Chinese dic- Morris town (mor'is-toun). A town, capital of Morte de Pompée, La. [F., The Death of Pom- pey.'] A tragedy by Corneille, produced in 1642. Morteira (mor-tara), Saul Levi. Died 1600. Arabbi in Amsterdam, Holland. He was one of Morris County, New Jersey, situated on the Whippany River 26 miles west by north of New York: a summer resort. It was the headquarters of the army under Washington in the winters of 1776-77 and 1779-80. Population (1900), 11,267. Morro (mor'rō), El. [Sp., 'the promontory. A picturesque rock and plateau in western New Mexico, 30 miles east of Zuñi, on the vertical walls of which numerous inscriptions, some of them belonging to the very early years of Span- ish occupation, still exist. It is a very important however, disappeared to make room for le important modern ones. On the top of the plateau or mesa are the ruins of two ancient villages. Also called Inscription Rock . Mortimer, Sir Edward. A character in Col- man the younger's "Iron Chest." He labors under a secret sorrow, finally confe es himself a murderer, and dies. He differs from Falkland in "Caleb Williams," on which the play is founded, in that his remorse proceeds from the a a ination of his victim, while Falkland's is others suffer for him. Mortimer (mort i-mer), Roger, Earl of March. Born about 1287: hanged at London, Nov. 29, Bz Mortimer, Roger 1330. An English politician. Having been thrown into prison for complicity in the conspiracy of the Earl of Lancaster, he escaped to Paris, where in 1325 he intrigued Isabella France for the deposition of her