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Burton (THEODORE ELIJAH an American)

THEODORE ELIJAH, an American senator; born in Jefferson, O., in 1851. He was educated at Oberlin College, from which he graduated in 1872. Three years later he was admitted to the bar and practiced law at Cleveland, O. He was a member of the 51st Congress, 1889-1891, and served in successive Congresses from 1895 to 1909. In the latter year he became United States senator, serving until 1915. He has written "Financial Crises and Periods of Industrial and Commercial Depression" (1902); "Life of John Sherman" (1906); "Corporations and the State" (1911); etc.

BUSH ANTELOPE in 1788, and a bronze statue of him etc. Sir Robert Peel was born near Bury adorns the town. Pop. about 60,000.

BURY ST. EDMUND'S, or ST. EDmunicipal borough in Suffolk, England, MUNDSBURY, a parliamentary and well built and delightfully situated on the Larke, 26 miles from Ipswich. Agricultural implements are manufactured, and there is a large trade in agricultural an abbey, once the most wealthy and magnificent in Great Britain. Pop. about name buried here. It contains the remains of an abbey, once the most wealthy and ancient place, and derived its from St. Edmund, a King of the East Angles, slain by the heathen Danes and magnificent in Great Britain. Pop. about 17,000.

BUSACO (bö-sä'kō), a ridge (1,826 feet) on the N. side of the river Here Wellington, with 40,000 British and Portuguese troops, repulsed the at- tack of Masséna with 65,000 French, Beira, 16 miles N. N. E. of Coimbra.

Here Wellington, with 40,000 British and Portuguese troops, repulsed the attack of Masséna with 65,000 French, Sept. 27, 1810.

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