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MANSFIELD 109 MANSLAUGHTER vania. But the French and English sub- sidies failing, he was making his way to Venice with a few officers to raise fresh moneys when he fell sick and died, at Racowitza, near Serajevo in Bosnia, Nov. 29, 1626. MANSFIELD, town in Bristol co., Mass.. 24 miles S. W. of Boston and 20 miles N. E. of Providence. The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad runs into it, and the industrial establish- ments turn out much cutlery, cocoa ma- chine tools, and straw goods. Pop. (1910) 5,183; (1920) 6,255. MANSFIELD, a city and county-seat 'jf Richland co., O.; on the Pennsylvania, the Erie, and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads; 54 miles S. of Sandusky. 0. Here are the Ohio State Reformatory, Ivlemorial Soldiers' and Sailors' Building, a high school, business colleges. National and State banks, waterworks, street rail- road and electric light plants, and several daily and weekly newspapers. It has manufactories of boilers, threshing ma- chines, engines, brass goods, street cars, stoves, tubing, cigars, etc. Pop. (1910) 20,768; (1920) 27,824. ' MANSFIELD, a manufacturing city 14 miles N. of Nottingham, England, sit- uated in the midst of what remains of Sherwood Forest. Silk and cotton mills employ the majority of the people, but a large trade in agricultural produce is also carried on. The city owns the water and gas works, and conducts a mechanics' institute. Pop. about 40,000. MANSFIELD COLLEGE, a college devoted to the study of theology at Ox- ford, England. Founded in 1886, when the Spring Hill College of Birmingham was transferred to Oxford, it was built and is maintained by the Congregational

hurches especially for the education of

Congregational ministers. MANSFIELD, MOUNT, the highest peak of the Green Mountains, in th«  State of Vermont, 20 miles E. of Burling- ton. It has three distinct summits, the highest of which is 4,364 feet above sea- level. MANSFIELD, RICHARD, an Amer- ican actor; born on the Island of Heligo- land, North Sea, in 1857; first studied drt, but afterward prepared for the stage ; came to the United States and appeared as Dromez in "Les Manteaux Noirs" at the Standard Theater, New York. He later became very successful in many plays, and created the parts of Prince Karl, Beau Brummol, and Baron Chevrial. and the titular roles in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"; also of Cyrano de Bergerac, and Monsieur Beaucaire. He died Aug. 30, 1907. MANSHIP, PAUL, American sculp- tor; born at St. Paul, Minn., in 1885, received his art education in the St. Paul Institute of Art. the Pennsylvania Acad- emy of Fine Arts, and the American RICHARD MANSFIELD Academy in Rome. He was awarded the Helen Bamet prize in 1913 and 1917, the Greorge D. Widener memorial gold medal in 1914, and the gold medal of the San Francisco Exposition in 1915. His works are represented in the Metropolitan Museum, New York; the Pratt Institute, Brookljni; the Detroit Museum of Art, the Minneapolis Art Museum, and else- where. MANSION HOUSE, the official resi- dence of the Lord Mayor of London; built on the site of the Old Stocks Market in 1739. at a cost of $213,190. It is an ob- long building, and at its farthest end is the Egyptian Hall; 400 guests can dine in this grand banqueting room. Amonff its curiosities are a state bed, which cost about $15,000, and a kitchen and culinary utensils extraordinary for their vast size. MANSLAUGHTER, the slaughter or killing of a human being or beings; hom- icide. Vol. VI— Cyc— H