Bathurst Island
on the north Australian coast, belonging to South Australia, separated from Melville Island by a narrow strait; triangular in shape, with a wooded area of about 1,000 square miles. Also an island in the Arctic Ocean, discovered by Parry, W. of Melville Island, W. 76° N., 100° W.
BATON ROUGE (-rözh), city, capital of the State of Louisiana and of East Baton Rouge parish; on the Mississippi river, and several railroads; 89 miles N.
W. of New Orleans.
It is built on a bluff on the E. bank of the river, and commands a fine view of the surrounding territory.
Architecturally, it possesses much interest, because of the mixture of French and Spanish styles. The Capitol is a structure in the Elizabethan style, showing also Gothic windows and battlemented towers . Baton Rouge contains the State University, occupying the old United States Arsenal , the State Agricultural and Mechanical College, the State Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, the State Penitentiary, an insane asylum, two orphans' homes, a collegiate institute, and other institutions. The city has National and State banks; several daily and weekly newspapers; and a large trade with the surrounding cotton on Jan. 26, 1861, that the State Convention adopted the tion adopted the ordinance of secession; the United States forces; on August 5, on May 7, 1862, the city was taken by following, a determined Confederate atcity was held war. by the Union troops till the close of the the State from 1847 to 1864, when the war. Baton Rouge was the capital of seat of government was removed to New Orleans, but on March 1, 1882, it was again located in this city, where it has since remained.
Pop. (1910) 14,897; (1920) 21,782. port on the E. coast of the Black Sea,