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Hitchcock (GILBERT MONELL a United States)
GILBERT MONELL, a United States Senator from Nebraska.
Born at Omaha, Neb., in 1859, and educated at Baden-Baden, Germany, and the HITCHCOCK University of Michigan. After practicing law in Omaha for a few years he entered the newspaper business in 1885 by founding the Omaha "Evening member of the National House of Rep- He served three terms as a Democratic member of the National House of Representatives before he became United States Senator in 1911. Six years later he was re-elected, his present term expiring in 1923. Senator Hitchcock was chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee during the war with Germany and when the Republicans organized the Senate in 1919 he became the minority leader.
JAMES RIPLEY HITCHCOCK, WELLMAN, an American writer on art; born in Fitchburg, Mass., July 3, 1857. He wrote: "The Western Art Movement" (1885); "A Study of George Masters" (1888), the text to photogra- Masters" (1888), the text to photogravures; "The Future of Etching"; "Some American Painters in Water Colors"; "Etching in America"; "Notable Etchings by American Artists"; etc. He ings by American Artists"; etc. He died in 1918. an American theologian; born in East HITCHCOCK, ROSWELL DWIGHT, Machias, Me., Aug. 15, 1817. He was long president of Union Theological Seminary. He wrote: "Analysis of the Bible" (1869); "Socialism" (1879); "Life of Edward Robinson"; "Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worand Songs for Social and Sabbath Worcis Brown); etc. He died in Somerset, Mass., June 16, 1887.
Mass., June 16, 1887. lection of fables and stories in Sanskrit literature, usually ascribed to the comlection of fables and stories in Sanskrit literature, usually ascribed to the com- It is a popular summary in four books of the larger work, the famous "Pancha- It is a popular summary in four books of the larger work, the famous "Panchahas been the source whence a rich stream of folk-tales has flowed over Europe. has been the source whence a rich stream of folk-tales has flowed over Europe. name of a people who waged war with Egypt and Assyria for a thousand years, and who moved on parallel lines with the people of Israel from the call of Abraham to the Captivity. When the Semitic tribe with Abraham at their head moved from Haran to Caham to the Captivity. When the Semitic tribe with Abraham (Gen. xv: 20), and 50 years later Abraham, a wandering sheikh, purchased a grave for his wife from the Hittites, who were then in possession and power at Hebron (Gen. xxiii: 4). The patriarch's family continued to live side by side with were then in possession and power at Hebron (Gen. xxiii: 4). The patriarch's sojourn in Egypt the Israelites had the promise of occupying the land of the grandson of Abraham, married two Hitthe Egyptian and Assyrian inscriptions. sojourn in Egypt the Israelites had the promise of occupying the land of the Hittites oft repeated (Exod. iii: 8).
Next in importance is the testimony of the Egyptian and Assyrian inscriptions.
In the Egyptian inscriptions the Hittites stand out as rivals of the Pharaohs in peace and war from the 12th to the 20th dynasty.
The Hittites occupy an important place in the Assyrian inscriptions. The reign tites were a formidable power, and it early as the reign of Sargon I. the Hithas been supposed occupied Mesopotatites were a formidable power, and it has been supposed occupied Mesopotamia. About 1130 в. c., the Hittites were paramount from the Euphrates to the off the Assyrian yoke, and a desperate the Hittites from his borders, and made them tributaries, but they soon threw struggle for supremacy was waged for off the Assyrian yoke, and a desperate 400 years. The reign of Assur-nasir- 20 pal (883-858 B. c.) is largely a record king's reign, and was carried on by the chiefly "in the land of the Hittites." The war continued to the close of the chiefly "in the land of the Hittites."
The war continued to the close of the king's reign, and was carried on by the kings who succeeded him; and 100 years later the Assyrians were still in deadly conflict with the Hittites. Sargon II. came to the throne in 721 B. C., and his first year was distinguished by the capture of Samaria and the captivity of the B. c.) he brought the empire of the Hitand the capture of Carchemish. Thus ended the mighty empire of the Israelites, and four years later (717 and the capture of Carchemish.
Thus ended the mighty empire of the Hittites, having maintained its exist ence, defying all enemies, longer than the empires of Babylon, or Assyria, or Greece, or Rome.
Greece, or Rome.
HIVAOA (hē-vā-ō'ä), an island in the South Pacific Ocean, the largest of the S. W. group of the Marquesas; 22 miles long E. to W.; about 10 miles greatest breadth. It is mountainous, and bears indications of volcanic eruptions. Pop. about 3,500.
Canaanitish about 3,500. people, the main body of whom lived in the region from Lebanon and Hermon HIVITES (hiv'its), a Canaanitish the region from Lebanon and Hermon to Hamath, but who had colonies, apparently isolated, in Southern Palestine, as at Gibeon.
HLASSA. See LHASSA.
HOANG-HO (hwang'hō), a great river of China, and one of the most prominent features in the geography of HOAR that empire. It rises near lat. 34° N., lon. 98° E. Though broad and rapid, it is in many places so shallow as to be unfavorable for navigation. Its length is estimated at about 2,700 miles.