Edmunds
GEORGE FRANKLIN, an American lawyer; born in Richmond, Vt., Feb. 1, 1828; received a common school education; began practicing law in 1849; and two years later removed to Burlington, Vt. In 1866 he was elected to the United States Senate to fill an unexpired term, and was thrice re-elected for full terms. He was the author of the act of March 22, 1882, known as the "Edmunds Act," which provided for the of practicing it. He was also the author of the "Anti-trust Law" of 1890. During the term of President Arthur he was president pro tempore of the Senate. In of the "Anti-trust Law" of 1890. Dur- ing the term of President Arthur he was EDUCATION tary Commission which had been appointed by the executive committee of to the profession of the law. He died After this service Mr. Edmunds returned to the profession of the law. He died in 1919.
Edward the Elder, succeeded to the throne on the murder of his brother, Edmund I., in May, 946. He quelled a rebellion of the Northumbrian Danes, and died in 955. teriologist; born in Albany, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1857; was graduated at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1881 and in the following year was appointed a sanitary inspector. In 1893- York. Dr. Edson discovered a new treat- 1895 he was health commissioner of New germ diseases, in 1896, which he named cal and sanitary papers, and invented many surgical instruments. He died in New York, N. Y., in 1903.