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SANTA ROSA. 560 SANTIAGO. odist Episcopal, .South), opened in 1861, nnd of the Ursuline Academy ot tlic Sacred Heart. Among other features are the public library, city hall, and court house. The adjacent country is noted lor it^ extensive fruitgrowing and luirsery interests. The city is engaged largely in wine- making and fruit-canning and in the manufac- ture of leather, woolen goods, flour, lumber products, etc. Large basalt (|uarries are worked in the vicinity. Canned goods, fruit, wine, hops, grain, hay. cattle. Hour, wool, ami leather con- stitute the principal shipments. The government is vested in a mayor, cliosen every two years, and a unicameral council. Population, in 1890, 5220; in 1!U)II. t!li7:i. SANTA ROSA DE LOS OSOS, da 16s o'sos. A town of the i)e|)artment of . tioquia, Colom- bia, near the Cauca, 170 miles northwest of Bogota. It is in the vicinity of rich gcdd de- posits, but antiquated methods are employed in working them. Its high altitude {8.^(10 feet) gives it a genial and healthful climate. I'opula- tion. in 18112, lO.O.")'.*. SANTA ROSALIA, ro'sa-le'a. A town of the State of Cliiliiiahua, Mexico, 80 miles south- east of the State lapilai, on the Mexican Central Railwaj' (.Map: Mexico. F 4). It is celebrated for its hot sulphur baths. Population, about 8000. SANTA TECLA, tek'la, or Nueva Sax Sal- vador. A town of the Republic of Salvador, eight hiiles southwest of the capital, San Salva- dor, in a picturesque valley at the foot of the volcano of the same name (Map: Central Amer- ica, C 4 ) . The town is well built, with broad, straight streets and notable public edifices such as the hospital, municipal building, and the Con- cepcidn and Carmen churches. Its plaz<i de annas is the most beautiful in the Republic. Santa Teda was founded in 1854 after the de- struction of San Salvador by an earthquake. The attempt to make this the capital was not successful. Its population in 1890 was 13.715. SANTA YANA, san'ta-ya'na, George (1863 — ). An American poet, ediicator, and pliiloso- pher, of Spanish parentage, born in Madrid. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1886, where he became instructor and assistant profes- sor in philosophy. His first volume of verse, en- titled Sonnets ani} Other Poems, appeared in 1894, and was remarkable for the depth of thought and finished quality of the verse. In 1896 he published The Sense of lienutii, an inquiry into the physical and psychological causes for the aesthetic sense in man; in 1808 appeared Lucifer, a Theolor/ical Tragedy; in 1000 a volume of essays entitled Interpretations of Poetry and Religion: and in 1901 The Hermit's Chri.^tmasiand Other Poems. SANTEE'. The chief river of South Caro- lina. It is formed near the centre of the State by the junction of the Congaree and Wateree or Catawba, both of which rise in the Blue Ridge in North Carolina (Map: South Carolina. D 3). The combined stream flows southeast and enters the Atlantic Ocean by two arms south of Win- yah Bay. It is 1.50 miles long to the junction, and 450 miles to the source of the Catawba. Steamers can navigate to Colimhia on the Con- garee and to Camden on the Wateree. SANTERAMO IN COLLE, san't:i-r;i'mft ?n k61'la. A town in the Province of Bari, Italy, 23 miles southwest of Bari (Map: Italy, L 7). It markets cereals, wine, fruit, and cattle. Popu- lation (commune), in I'.tOl, 13,662. SANTERRE, sliN'ter', AxroixE Joseph (1752-1809). A French revolutionist, born in Paris. In 1789 he was the owner of a large brewery in the Faubourg Saint- Antoine. At the outbreak of the Revolution he commanded a battalion in the National Guard; took part in the storming of the Bastille, and became a fierce Jacobin. He stirred up the emeuie of the Champ de Mars in 1791 and led in the events of June 20 and August 10, 1792. As commander of the National (Juard he was present at the trial and execution of Louis XVI., whose last words he ordered the drums to drown. Made general of division in 1793, he led an army against the Vendeans, but was beaten. He was arrested and imprisoned till the fall of Robespierre. After the institution of the Direc- tory he lost all prominence. SANTI, siin'te, Giovakni (c.1435-94). An Italian painter and poet, father of Raphael. He was born in Colbordolo, in the Duchy of Urbino. was a petty merchant for a time, then studied imder Piero della Francesca, and seems to have been an assistant of Melozzo da Forli. He painted several altar-pieces, two now in the Ber- lin Museum: a Madonna, in the Church of San Francesco, in I'rbino ; one at Santa Croce in Fauo ; one in the National Gallery at London ; and another in the gallery at L'rbino; an An- nunciation at the Brera in Milan; and a Jerome in the Lateran. His poetry includes an epic in the honor of the Duke of Urbino and a long discourse on painting. Consult Schmarsow, Giovanni flanti (Berlin, 1887), in which quota- tions and summaries of his poems are given and a very sympathetic criticism of his simple style, chill coloring, and graceful treatment of the figure. SANTIAGO, san'te-a'g6 (Sao Thi.^go). The largest and most important of the Cape Verde Islands (q.v. ). SANTIAGO. A central province of Chile. bounded on the east by Argentina, on the west by the Pacific, on the south by the provinces of O'Higgins and C'olchagua, and on the north by Valparaiso and Aconcagua (Map: Chile, C 10). Area, 5223 square miles. It is traversed in the eastjand west by mountain ranges inclosing a central valley. It is but scantily watered and agriculture is possible only by irrigation. Min- eral deposits and springs occur in several parts of the province, and large quantities of salt are obtained from the lagoons on the coast. Popula- tion, in 1895, 415,636. Capital. Santiago. SANTIAGO, or Santiago de* Chile. The capital of Chile and of the Province of Santiago. situated on a small tributary of the ilaipo in the central valley between the coast range and the Andes. 68 miles southeast of Valparaiso (Map: Chile, C 10). The location is extremely romantic, being surrounded by mountains on all sides. On the east tower the snow-clad Andes, some of whose loftiest summits, including Acon- cagua, are in plain sight. Several hills rise with- in the city, such as the steep red porphyry crag of Santa Luefa. about 200 feet high, on which the first settlers withstood a six years' siege by the fierce Araucanian Indians. It is now laid