Duluth
a city, port of entry, and county-seat of St. Louis co., Minn.; at DULUTH, a city, port of entry, and the head of Lake Superior and the mouth of the St. Louis river. It is the terminus of several important railway systems, including the Northern Pacific, the Chicago and Northwestern, and the Great Northern. It has a splendid harbor on St. Louis bay, extending nine miles into the lake and inclosed by natural breakwaters. the lake and inclosed by natural breaktheir beauty and costliness. The Federal buildings are among the finest in the West. Other notable structures are the High School, City Hall, Chamber of Commerce, Lyceum Theater, Public Library, State Normal School, U. S. Fisheries buildings. Besides these there are over 60 churches, many of which are eries buildings. Besides these there are ment.
The port is connected by steamer lines with all important points on the Great Lakes, and has a very large commerce in coal, iron, grain, and lumber. Trade The port is connected by steamer lines Marie canal, whose traffic now exceeds that of the Suez canal. The imports in the fiscal year 1920 amounted to $17,- 082,468 and the exports to $34,360,373. manufactures, Although pre-eminently a commercial city, Duluth has important manuf The principal articles of manufacture were lumber, iron and steel. Other important industrial plants were blast furnaces, stove factories, and railroad car shops. There are valuable quarries of granite, trap, slate, and sandstone near by, and the fisheries of the vicinity are quite im important.
In 1919 Duluth had 4 National banks with a capital of $500,000, and several State and private banks, besides a considerable number of loan and trust comquite important. tions.
History. In May, 1869, the site of the DUMAS city was a forest; the old Duluth, at that time situated on Minnesota Point, consisted of a few cabins. The place is named after Captain Du Lhut, a French 1869, and was later enlarged by the annexation of the suburbs, Lake Side and West Duluth. Pop. (1910) 78,466; annexation of the suburbs, Lake Side in 1670. It was chartered as a city in and West Duluth. Pop. (1910) 78,466; (1920) 98,917.
DUMAS (dü-mä'), ALEXANDRE, the Aisne, July 24, 1802. He was grandson of a French marquis and a San Domin- Aisne, July 24, 1802. He was grandson go negress. In 1823 he went to Paris of a French marquis and a San Dominfrom the Duke of Orleans, afterward Louis Philippe. In 1829 he scored his first success with his drama "Henry
The same year appeared his Louis Philippe. In 1829 he scored his first success with his drama "Henry III:" "Christine," and in quick succession
ALEXANDRE DUMAS, THE ELDER
ALEXANDRE DUMAS, THE ELDER a noted Parisian character. The critics résa," "Le Tour de Nesle," "Catharine fought over the merits of his pieces, and Howard," etc. Dumas had now become to romance, he produced a series of historical romances. and galanteries. Turning his attention A few of the great multitude of his famous romances are: "The Count of torical romances. famous romances are: "The Count of A few of the great multitude of his DUMAS keteers" (1844); "Twenty Years After" (1845); "The Knight of Maison-Rouge" (1846); "Viscount de Bragelonne" (1847); "Queen Margot" (1847). Many of his stories were of great length, 6 to 12 volumes. Besides pure fiction he wrote a number of historical romances, as "Joan of Arc" (1842); "Michelangelo and Raffaelle" 1846); "Louis XIV. and His Age" (1847). His plays, which had extraordinary success, include: "Henri III. and His Court" (1829); "Antony” (1831); "Charles VII. with His Grand Vassals" (1831), "Mlle. de Belle- Isle" (1839); "Marriage Under Louis XV." (1841); "The Misses St. Cyr" (1843). Nearly all his novels were put on the stage also. He wrote entertaining narratives of his travels in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Spain, north Africa, Egypt, Syria, etc. The works which bear his name amount to some 1,200 volumes, including about 60 dramas. He died near Dieppe, Dec. 5, 1870.