Westward Ho
a seaside resort on the coast of North Devon, England, 2½ miles W. of Bideford. It owes its existence to Charles Kingsley's Elizabethan romance (1855), of the same name, which attracted swarms of visitors to North Devon. For their accommodation this pretty cluster of villas and lodging houses, with its church, hotel, club house, and college, has sprung up since 1867. The bathing facilities are excellent, and it is a great resort of golfers. The village is in the parish of Northam.
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Wetmore
GEORGE PEABODY, a United States Senator from Rhode Island, born at London, England, in 1846. He graduated from Yale in 1867, and from the Columbia Law School in 1869. In the same year he was admitted to the bar. He was trustee of the Peabody Museum of Natural History of Yale, and of the Peabody Educational Fund. In 1885-1886, and again in 1886- 1887, he was governor of Rhode Island. He was defeated for a third term in the latter year, and was defeated for the United States Senate in 1889. He was, however, elected to that office in 1895, and was re-elected in 1900 and 1906.
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Wetter
a lake in Sweden; about 24 miles S. E. of Lake Wener; greatest length, 80 miles; medium breadth, about 15 miles. Its height above the level of the Baltic is nearly 300 feet, but its depth is in some parts above 400 feet. The Wetter forms parts of the canal connections betwen the Cattegat and the Baltic. The chief town on its shores is Jönköping. WETTERHORN ("peak of tempests"), one of the most striking peaks of the Bernese Oberland; has three summits-the W., called by the natives 12,147 feet high; the Hasli-Jungfrau, au, middle, known as the Mittelhorn, 12,165 feet; and the E., the Rosenhorn, 12,110 feet. These were ascended first in 1844 and frequently since, the ascent being made from Grindelwald, and the previous night spent at a club hut built among the rocks, at the foot of the main peak. The contrast between the bright fresh pastures and the black precipices and dazzling snow ridges of the Wetterhorn is particularly striking, making the valley of the Reichenbach a favorite resort of artists.
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Wetzlar
a town of Rhenish Prussia; on the Lahn; 95 miles S. E. of Köln. It has a cathedral, built at intervals during the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, and still unfinished. Protestants worship in the choir, Catholics in the There are also a gymnasium and nave. a synagogue, and glove factories, spinning, iron works, phosphorus works, etc. Wetzlar is a scene in Goethe's "Werther." It first appears in history during the 12th century. The Diet of Spires met here from 1689 to 1808. Pop. about 15,000.
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Wexford
the capital of the county of the same name, in Ireland, 93 miles S. of Dublin; at the mouth of the Slaney river, which here expands to form a harbor 6 miles long. It contains three Roman Catholic churches, two Episcopal, one of which, St. Selsker, dates from about 1,200, and meeting houses belonging to minor sects, St. Peter's College, a preparatory school for Maynooth, a diocesan Protestant school, and various others. The trade is chiefly retail, but corn, poultry, and oysters are shipped to Liverpool, with which there is regular steamboat communication. The harbor is finely situated, but a bar at its mouth prevents the entrance of any but small vessels. Parts of the old fortifications and of St. Selsker's priory remain. The town is extremely ancient, and was occupied by the Danes as one of their strongest settlements; and from the time of the invasion it became an English stronghold against the native population. During the civil wars of 1641 it was occupied by the confederate Catholics, but was taken by Cromwell in 1644. The insurgents of 1798 also had possession of it for a short time. Pop. about 15,000.
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Weyler
VALERIANO, MARQUIS OF TENERIFFE, a Spanish military officer; born in 1839 of a Prussian father and Spanish mother. He early obtained a record for excessive barbarity. He arrived at Havana, Cuba, as Captain- General of the island on Feb. 10, 1896. Here he further established his infamy by his cruel and inhuman treatment to the Cubans, and earned for himself the name of "Butcher Weyler." In his management of Cuban affairs Weyler had the support of the home government, under the control of the Conservative party. As a result of the resignation of the Conservative premier and cabinet Weyler was succeeded by General Blanco in the latter part of 1897. In 1902 he was Spanish minister of war. He was appointed Captain-General of Catalonia in 1909.
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Weyman
STANLEY JOHN (wi man), an English novelist; born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England, Aug. 7, 1855; was educated at Christ Church, Oxford; became classical instructor in the King's School, Chester, in 1878; called to the bar in 1881, and practiced till 1890. He contributed to periodicals in 1883, and published in book form the historical romances: "The House of the Wolf" (1890); "Francis Cludde" (1891); "The New Rector" (1891); "A Gentleman of France" (1893); "Under the Red Robe" (1894); and "My Lady Rotha" (1894); B Grellis FA A B Blow-hole A Upper arm FA Fore arm "Memoirs of a Minister of France"; "The Red Blockade" (1895); "The Man in Black" (1896); "Shrewsbury" (1897); "The Castle Inn" (1898); "Abbess of Vlaye" (1904); "Wild Geese" (1908), etc. Several of his stories have been dramatized.
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Weyman, Stanley John
Stanley John (1855-), an English novelist. He was born at Ludlow, Shropshire, received his education at Oxford, and studied law which he practised for nine or ten years. His literary career began in 1890 with a romance, entitled The House of the Wolf. Other tales followed, but A Gentleman of France, published in 1893, was the first to bring him fame. Later works include Under the Red Robe, The Red Cockade, The Man in Black, and The Castle Inn.
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Weymouth (Seaport and markettown)
a seaport and markettown of England, in Dorsetshire, comprising the town and chapelry of Weymouth and the town and parish of Melcombe, the former on the S. and the latter on the N. side of the Wey, 8 miles from Dorchester. Weymouth is old and pooly built. It communicates with Melcombe, to which it is united by a handsome bridge. It became a place of fashionable resort, in consequence of its being frequented by George III., and is now greatly enlarged by the addition of many new and elegant buildings. Pop. about 20,000.
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