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Lewis (SIR GEORGE CORNE- WALL)

SIR GEORGE CORNE- WALL, an English statesman, born in LEWISTON "Enquiry into the Credibility of Early Roman History" (2 vols. 1855). His political writings, as "On the Use and Abuse of Political Terms" (1835), "On the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion" (1849), "On the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Politics" (2 vols. 1852), are clarifying but too prolix. He died in Harpton Court, Radnorshire, April 13, 1863. LEWIS, a JAMES HAMILTON, United States Senator from Illinois, born at Danville, Va., in 1866. He was educated at Houghton College and the University of Virginia. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1884 and began practice in Seattle, Washington. He was elected to the Territorial Legislature and was several times candidate for governor of the State, and for United States Senator. He elected to Congress in 1897. After serving in several capacities, he removed to Chicago in 1903. In 1908 he was Democratic candidate for governor of the State. He was elected United States was Senator in 1912, but was defeated for re-nomination in 1918. He was the author of "Two Great Republics, Rome and the United States" (1913), and several works on international law.