Monterey
a city of California, in Monterey co. It is on Monterey Bay, and on the Southern Pacific railroad, and also on several steamship lines. While it is an important industrial and agricultural community, it is chiefly noted as a residential city. There are fine facilities for bathing, and its climate is mild and equable. The city contains many interesting specimens of Spanish architecture, including the San Carlos and Carmel missions, and the old custom house. Its leading industries are farming, cattle raising, and canning. The city figured largely in the early history of California. A mission was established here by the Spanish in 1770. From 1840 to 1845 it was the capital of the province. In 1847 Monterey became the seat of the military government of California. Pop. (1910) 4,923; (1920) 5,479.
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Montespan
(mông-tuh-spong'), FRANÇOISE ATHENAIS, MARQUISE DE, mistress of Louis XIV.; born in 1641. She was the daughter of Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duc de Mortemart, are no married in 1663 the Marquis de Montespan, and became attached to the household of the queen. Her beauty and wit captivated the heart of the king, and about 1668 she became his mistress, without, however, as yet supplanting La Vallière. Montespan reigned till 1682, and bore the king eight children, which were legitimized, but at last her influence paled before the rising star of Madame are de Maintenon, governess to her children. being In 1687 she left the court, in 1691 Paris itself and died in Bourbon-l'Archambault, May 27, 1707.
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Montessori
MARIA, an Italian doctor and educator; born in 1870, she received the degree of doctor of medicine when she was twenty-four years old, being the first woman in Italy to secure that degree. By her work as a doctor among feeble-minded children she became interested in the subject of their education. Her success in this field turned her attention to the education of normal children. In 1907 the House of Childhood was founded under her direction, and since that time others have followed.
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Montez
LOLA, the stage name of
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Montezuma
. See Cortes
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Montferrat
formerly an independent duchy of Italy, between Piedmont Piedmont,, Milan, and Genoa, now forming part of the kingdom dom of of Italy. It consisted of two separate portions, both lying between the Maritime Alps and the Po. The capital was Casale. After the downfall of the Frankish empire, Montferrat was ruled by its own marquises till the beginning of the 14th century. This house sent its most illus- MONTEZUMA trous sons to take part in the Crusades, especially Conrad, the defender of Tyre against Saladin, and Boniface, ruler of Thessalia. Iolande or Irene, sister and heiress of the last male of the house, was Empress of Constantinople. In 1631 the Dukes of Savoy obtained a portion of Montferrat, and in 1703 the remaining portion.
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Montgolfier
JO- SEPH MICHEL (1740-1810) and JAC- QUES ETIENNE (1745-1799), joint-inventors of the balloon, were born in Vidalon-lès-Annonay, in the department of Ardèche, in France. Their first balloon, inflated with rarefied atmospheric air, ascended from Annonay in 1782. Joseph was also the inventor of the water-ram.
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Montgomery
the name of a noble family, sprung from ROGER DE MONTGO-
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Montgomery (City county-seat Montgomery)
a city, county-seat Montgomery of co., and capital of the State of Alabama; on the Alabama river, and on the Louisville and Nashville, the Western of Alabama, the Plant System, the Central of Georgia, the Mobile and Ohio and the Seaboard Air Line railroads; 95 miles S. E. of Birmingham. Here are the United States Government Building, Masonic Temple, city infirmary, an orphanage, large cotton storage warehouses, electric lights, electric street railways, National banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. It has manufactories of ice, fertilizers, candy, wagons, crackers, paper boxes, etc.; large intercarriages, cigars, vinegar, soap, ests in cotton oil machinery, marble, etc.; and an assessed property valuation of nearly $30,000,000. The opening of the Panama Canal gave a great impetus to the commercial interests of Montgomery, and it is now one of the most important industrial cities of the South. Montgomery was founded in 1817, and named in honor of General Montgomery, who was It received its charter in 1837, and was killed in the action at Quebec. made the State capital in 1847. It was also the capital of the Confederate States in 1861-1862. Pop. (1910) 38,136; (1920) 43,464.
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Montgomery (JOHN KNOX clergyman born)
JOHN KNOX, clergyman; born at Belfast, Tenn., in 1861, attended Enfield College, Ill., and Indiana State University, graduating from the latter in 1884, and from Xenia Theological Seminary , O., with the degree of B. D. in 1887. In the same year he was ordained and became pastor, first at Harshaville, O., then in turn at Sparta, Ill., Cincinnati, O., Chicago, and Charlotte, N. C. Has been president of Muskingum College since June, 1904. In 1900 he was Prohibitionist candidate for secretary of state of Ohio, and from 1914 has been president of the Ohio Anti- Saloon League. Has been editor of religious papers in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Was preacher camps under National War Work Council. in army
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Montgomery (RICHARD an American military)
RICHARD, an American military officer; born in Swords, Ireland, Dec. 2. 1736. He entered the army of Great Britain and was with Wolfe at the taking of Quebec in 1759. On his return to England he resigned his commission and emigrated to America. When the Revolutionary War began he was given command of the northern Continental forces. He reduced Fort Cherokee, took Montreal and fell Dec. 31, 1775, in attack on Quebec. A monument was erected to his memory in front of St. Paul's Church, New York City.
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Montgomeryshire
a county of north Wales situated between Shropshire on the E. and Merioneth and Cardigan on the W. It has a total area of about 800 square miles, of which the larger part is mountainous. In the valleys are grown considerable quantities of wheat, oats, and barley. There are important mines in the county from which copper, lead, and zinc are obtained. There are also slate and limestone quarries. On the higher lands there is a large amount of pasturage, and cattle and sheep raising are important industries. The principal streams in the county are the Severn and Wye. The capital of the county is Montgomery, but the county business is chiefly carried on at Welshpool and Newton. Pop. about 53,000.
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