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Population (1900), 17,248. Molinella (mo-le-nel'lä). A town in the province of Bologna, Italy, 19 miles northeast of Bologna. Population (1881), commune, 11,336. Molinists (mō'li-nists). 1. Those who hold the opinions of Luis Molina in respect to grace, free will, and predestination.-2. destination. - 2. The Quietists, or followers of Miguel Molinos, who taught the direct relationship between the soul and God. Molino del Rey (mō-lē'nō del rā′). [Sp., 'king's mill.'] A place about 4 miles west of the city of Mexico, and mile from Chapultepec Castle, which commands it. Here, in 1847, were several ma ive stone buildings used as mills and foundries. These buildings, defended by 4,000 Mexicans under Leon and Perez, were stormed by about the same number of United States troops under Worth, Sept. 8. The battle was one of the hardest fought of the war, and the lo on both sides was heavy. Molinos (mō-lē'nōs), Miguel. Born at or near Sarago a, Spain, Dec. 21, 1640: died at Rome. Dec. 29, 1696. A Spanish mystic, founder of the Quietists. He was condemned by the Inquisition in 1687. His most noted work is "Guida spirituale" ("Spiritual Guide," 1675). Molique (mō-lék'), Wilhelm Bernhard. Born at Nuremberg, Bavaria, Oct. 7, 1802: died at Molique Cannstatt, Würtemberg, May 10, 1869. A German violinist, and composer especially for the violin. Spohr gave him a few le ons, and he studied at Munich with Rovelli. He was leader of the royal band at Stuttgart 1826-49. In the latter year he went to England, where he taught and pa ed the rest of his profe ional life. In 1866 he retired to Cannstatt. Molise (mō-lē'se). A former province of the kingdom of Naples, now the province of Campo ba o, in the compart i men to of Abruzzi and Molise, Italy. Moliterno (mō-le-ter'nō). A small town in the province of Basilic at a, southern Italy. Molitor (mō-lē-tor'), Comte Gabriel Jean Joseph. Born at Hayange, Lorraine, March 7, 1770: died at Paris, July 28, 1849. A French marshal, distinguished throughout the Napoleonic wars, especially at E ling and Wagram in 1809. Moll (mol), Herman. Died Sept. 22, 1732. A Dutch-English geographer. He established himself in London in 1698. Among his works are "A System of Geography" (1701), "A History of the English Wars in France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany, etc." (1705), a "New Map of the Earth and Water according to Wright's, alias Mercat or's, Projection," "Nieuwe Kaart von noord-Amerika" (1720), and many other maps (of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America) and charts. Moll Cutpurse. See Cutpurse . Möllendorf (mėl'len-dorf), Richard Joachim He in rich von. Born in Priegnitz, Jan. 7, 1724: died at Havelberg, Pru ia, Jan. 28, 1816. A Pru ian field-marshal, distinguished in the Seven Years' War. He was victorious over the French at Kaiserslautern, May 23, 1794. He did not command in the second battle. Moller (mol'ler), Georg. Born at Diepholz, Hannover, Jan. 21, 1784: died March 13, 1852. A noted German architect. Moll Flanders (mol flan'derz), The Life of. A tale by Defoe, published in 1722. "Moll Flanders" is a sort of English version of "Manon Lescaut," but there is no comparison between them as works of art and pa ion; from this point of view Defoe is as crude as Prévost on this one occasion was subtle and exquisite. Go e, Eng. Lít. in 18th Century, p. 181. Möllhausen (mėl ́hou-zen), Balduin. Born at Bonn, Pru ia, Jan. 27, 1825. A German traveler in the United States, and writer of novels and works of travel. He has published "Tagebuch einer Reise vom Mi i ippi nach der Südsee" (1858: republished as "Wanderungen durch die Prairien und Wüsten des west lichen Nor dam erik a," 1860), "Reisen in die Felsengebirge Nor dam erik as bis zum Hochplateau von Neumexiko" (1861), etc. Mol line do y Saravia (mol-ye-nā'Thō ē sä-rävē'ä), Antonio Gonzalez, often called Antonio Gonzalez de Saravia. Born about 1745: died near Oajaca, Mexico, Dec. 2, 1812. A Spanish general. He was captain-general of Guatemala July 28, 1801, to March 14, 1811; and subsequently served against the revolutionists in Mexico. He was captured when they took Oajaca, and shot. Mölln (mėln). A town in Lauenburg, province of Schleswig-Holstein, Pru ia, 24 miles east of Hamburg. Eulenspiegel is alleged to have been buried there. Population (1890), 3,834. Mollwitz (mol'vits). A village south of Brieg, in Silesia. Here, April 10, 1741, was gained the first Pru ian victory in the Silesian wars. Frederick the Great was in nominal command, but left the battle-field, and Schwerin and Leopold of De au were the real chiefs. The Austrians were commanded by Neipperg. Each army num bered about 22,000, and lost about 4,500. Also Molwitz. Molly Maguires (mol'i ma-gwirz'). [A name a umed (from Molly , a familiar form of the name Mary , and Maguire , a common Irish surname) by the members of the Irish organization, in allusion to the woman's dre they wore as a disguise.] 1. A lawle secret a ociation in Ireland, organized with the object of defeating and terrorizing agents and proce -servers and others engaged in the busine of evicting tenants.-2. A secret organization in the mining regions of Pennsylvania, notorious for the commi ion of various crimes, including murderous attacks upon the owners, officers, or agents of mines, until their suppre ion by the execution of several of their leaders, in 1877.