Thurman
ALLEN, GRANBERY, an American jurist; born in Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 13, 1813; was admitted to the bar in 1835; elected as a Democrat to Congress in 1844; chosen judge of the supreme court of Ohio in 1851; and was elected United States senator in 1869.and 1874. While in Congress he drafted and secured the adoption of the "Thurman Act"; supported the "Bland-Allison Act"; Cyc. Vol. IX took part in framing the bill providing for the Electoral Commission; and was a member of the commission and a warm defender of its constitutional authority. He served also on the International Monetary Commission in Paris in 1881; was an unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for the vice-presidency in 1876, 1880, and 1884; and in 1888 when again presented for that office was nominated by acclamation, but not elected. He died in Columbus, O., Dec. 12, 1895.
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Thurn and Taxis
PRINCES OF, formerly a princely house with high rank, hereditary dignities, and vast possessions , Prusin Austria, Bavaria, Württemberg sia, and Belgium, the heads of the two main lines being resident at Ratisbon and at Laucin in Bohemia. Descended from the Della Torre of Milan (whence the first of their name), with castle of Tasso or De Tassis (whence the second), members of this house have been distinguished in connection with posts. One established posts in Tyrol in 1460; another, ennobled in 1512, established the first post between Vienna and Brussels in 1576. His descendant became in 1595 grand-master of the posts of the Holy Roman empire, and secured the right of carrying on the posts of the empire which extended from Hamburg to Rome, and from Paris to Vienna, for himself and his heirs as a hereditary privilege. In 1681 the principality of Thurn and Taxis in the Netherlands was conferred on the head of the house; and in 1698 the princely rank and title were made hereditary, and passed to all members of the house. The postal privileges were gradually limited by the governments of the various countries; but it was not till 1867 that Prussia secured by treaty with the family the abolition of the monopoly.
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Thursday Island
a small island of Queensland, Australia, in Normanby Sound, Torres Straits. It is a government station, and the harbor-Port Kennedy-is one of the finest in this quarter. It is in the direct track of all vessels reaching Australia by Torres Straits; is the center of a large and important pearl and trepang fishery; and is a depot of trade with New Guinea.
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Thurston
KATHERINE CECIL, a British novelist; born in Cork, Ireland, in 1864. In 1901 she was married to E. Temple Thurston, an English novelist, from whom she is separated. Her first book was "The Circle," published in 1903, but her name was established mainly by her second novel, "John Chilcote, M. P.," which achieved great popularity, and was republished in the United States under the name of "The Masquerader." Her other works include: "The Gambler"; "Mystics"; "The Fly on the Wheel"; and "Max."
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Thurston (E TEMPLE an English novelist)
E. TEMPLE, an English novelist; born in 1879. He published two books of poems in 1895, and wrote "The Apple of Eden" in 1897, ultimately published in re-written form in 1905. He had a first four-act play, "Red and White Earth," produced in 1902, and dramatized "John Chilcote, M. P.," by his first wife, K. C. Thurston, in 1905. His works include: "Traffic"; "The Evolution of Katherine"; Katherine"; rine"; "The Realist"; "Sally Bishop"; "Mirage"; "The City of Beautiful Nonsense"; "The Greatest Wish in the World"; "The Patchwork Papers"; "Tares"; "Driven"; "The Cost."
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Thurston (II)
ROBERT HENRY, an American educator; born in Providence, R. I., Oct. 25, 1839; was graduated at Brown University in 1859; worked in his father's shops in 1859-1861; was an assistants engineer in the navy in 1861- 1865; assistant professor of natural philosophy at the United States Naval Academy Academy in 1865-1871; professor of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in 1875-1885; and in 1885 was made director of Sibley College at Cornell University. He was also president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; vice-president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; United States commissioner to the Vienna Exposition in 1873; a member of numerous United States and State commissions; and the inventor of several testing machines, engine governors and other devices. His publications include "Friction and Lubrication," "Materials of Engineering," "History of the Steam Engine," "Manual of the Steam Boiler," about 300 mono- in 1909, after which he remained in graphs. He died Oct. 25, 1903.
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Thurston (JOHN MELLEN an American lawyer)
JOHN MELLEN, an American lawyer; born in Montpelier, Vt., Aug. 21, 1847; was admitted to the bar in 1869; 1869; was a delegate to the National Republican Conventions in 1884, 1888, 1892, and 1896; was United States senator from Nebraska in 1895-1901, and in 1897 rose to special prominence because of his speeches in the Senate advocating prompt intervention on behalf of Cuba. He was also a United States commissioner at the St. Louis Exposition in 1901. He died in 1916.
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Thwaites
REUBEN GOLD, an American historian; born in Dorchester, Mass., May 15, 1853. After a high school training he pursued by self instruction a collegiate course and took the postgraduate studies at Yale University in 1874-1875; was managing editor of the "Wisconsin State Journal," Madison, in 1876-1886. In the latter year he became secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. His publications include "Historic Waterways" (1888); "The Story of Wisconsin" (1890); "The Colonies 1492-1750" (1891); "Stories of the Badger State" (1900). He also edited "The Wisconsin Historical Collections" (vols. ix-xv, 1888-1900); "Chronicles of Border Warfare" (1895); "History of the University of Wisconsin" (1900); and "The Jesuit Relations" (73 vols., 1896-1901); "School History of the United States" (1912); etc. He died in 1913.
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Thwing
CHARLES FRANKLIN, an American educator; born in New Sharon, Me., Nov. 9, 1853; was graduated at Harvard University in 1876, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1879; pastor of Congregational churches in 1879-1890. In the latter year he accepted the presidency of the Western Reserve University and Adelbert College. He is the author of "American Colleges: Their Students and Work"; "Within College Walls"; "The College Woman"; "The American College in American Life"; "College Administration"; "God in His World"; "Letters From a Father to His Son on Entering College" (1912); "Letters From a Father to His Daughter on Entering College" (1913); etc.
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