Shen-Si
a province of China; bounded on the N. by Mongolia, on the E. by the Hwang-ho and Honan, on the S. by Hupeh and Sze-chuen, and on the W. by Kansuh; area, 75,270 square miles. The Tsing-ling mountains divide the province into two distinct regions, of which the northern is the more important. Shen-Si is chiefly an agricultural province, but contains very extensive coal fields, both anthracite and bituminous, and abundant deposits of iron ore. A British syndicate obtained a concession for working the Shen-si mines. In 1901 the famine in Shen-si was so severe that cannibalism was resorted to and it was estimated that 30 per cent of the population died. From Si-ngan-foo, the provincial ncial capital. and anciently the capital of the empire, and W., and Shen-si is thus the great channel of communication between China and Central Asia. Pop. 6,725,000.
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Shenandoah (City of Iowa in It is Page co)
a city of Iowa, in It is Page co. on the ton, and Quincy, the Keokuk and Western, Chicago, Burlingand the Wabash railroads. It is the center of an important fruit-growing ( and poultryraising region. Its industries include the manufacture of wagons, plows, knit goods, etc. Its notable buildings include an Elks' Home, a Carnegie Library, the Western Normal College, and the World's Missionary Training School. Pop. (1910) 4,976; (1920) 5,255.
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Shenandoah (River of the United valley)
a river of the United valley of Virginia, and immediately below Harper's Ferry joins the Potomac of which it is the principal tributary. , Its length is 170 miles, the greater part of which is navigable for boats valley of the Shenandoah was the scene . The of numerous military operations in the American Civil War, and was devastated by General Sheridan in 1864. SHENANDOAH kill co., Pa.; on the Philadelphia and , a borough in Schuyl- Reading, the Lehigh Valley, and the Pennsylvania railroads; 13 miles N. of Pottsville. Here are a number of the largest coal mines in the rich anthracite coal section of which it is the center. It also contains a high school, street railroad and electric light plants, public library, building and loan association, National and other banks, a daily and several weekly newspapers. It and other industries. Pop. (1910) 25,has hat factories, 774; (1920) 24,726.
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Shenandoah (Ship in the Confederate)
THE, a ship in the Confederate service during the American Civil War. It was built at Glasgow in 1863 for the China trade, and in 1864 was purchased by the Confederates. Her war record included the capture of 38 Federal vessels. Lieut. J. I. Waddell was in command from 1864 to 1865, while the Shenandoah was a privateer. On Oct. 19, 1864, the vessel was commissioned and ordered on a Pacific cruise. Before reaching Melbourne she made nine captures. From Australia she sailed N., and in the whaling regions did much destruction among the New England whaling fleets. This career was continued for several months after Lee's surrender, and included the last hostile acts of the Civil War. When Commander Waddell learned of the close of the war, he sailed to Liver-radiate a number of roads going E., S., pool and surrendered to the British Government. The commander and crew were liberated and the ship was handed over to the United States consul. The Shenandoah was the only vessel that carried the Confederate flag around the world.
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Shenandoah Mountains
a range of the Alleghenies forming the W. boundary of the Shenandoah valley in Virginia.
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Shenandoah Valley
a valley in Virginia; between the Blue Ridge on the E. and the Shenandoah Mountains on the W. It is noted for its beautiful scenery, hilly and broken, with intervening fertile slopes and extents of high rolling land. It has large forests of various kinds of trees, including oak, chestnut, and hickory. Th The entire valley is of great historic interest, having been the arena of thrilling events in the American Civil War, including "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign in 1862, and that conducted by Sheridan in 1864.
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Shenango
a river in the N. W. part of Pennsylvania, joining the Mahoning near New Castle, the two rivers forming the Beaver. It is about 90 miles long.
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Sheng-King
or LIAO TUNG. See SHINGKING and LIAO TUNG.
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Sheng-Li
wild aborigines of Hainan (q. v.). They are intractable, given to feuds and, though armed only with spear and bow, have been a source of much trouble to the Chinese authorities.
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Shenoute
abbot of Atrepe (Suhag), near Akhmin, Egypt. He was the Coptic leader who, in the 4th century, organized a national church and led the forces which successfully warred on idolatry (see COPT, COPTIC). Died A. D. 451.
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Shenstone
WILLIAM, an English near Halepoet; born at the Leasowes, sowen, England, in November, 1714. His best-remembered poems are: "The School- WILLIAM SHENSTONE mistress" (1742); "The Pastoral Ballad" (1755); and "Written in an Inn at Henley." His "Works" and "Letters" were collected in three volumes (1764-1769); and his "Essays on Men and Manners" He died near were republished in 1868. Halesowen, Feb. 11, 1763.
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Shepard
FINLEY JOHNSON, an American railway official, born Saybrook, Conn in 1867. He was educated at Seabury Institute, in Saybrook, and engaged in the railroad business, becoming, in 1901, general superintendent of the Sante Fé Coast Lines, serving until 1905. He was a director of many railroads and in many important financial institutions. In 1913 he married Helen Miller Gould, daughter of Jay Gould.
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Shepherd
ERD, WILLIAM GUNN, an American writer and war correspondent, born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1878. He was educated in the high schools of St. Paul, and at the University of Michigan. 98, in He began newspaper work in 1898, St. Paul. In 1908 he removed to New York, and acted as correspondent for newspapers in Mexico during the Madero revolution. In 1912 he was in Europe as a correspondent. At the outbreak of the World War he represented newspapers in the United States and saw service in every capital and with every army of both sides of the conflict, except the Turks, Bulgars, and Rumanians. He wrote many articles on the war and the campaigns. He attended the Peace Conference, and wrote an account of its deliberations for several papers. He wrote "The Confessions of a War Correspondent" (1917); "The Scar That Tripled" (1918).
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