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STEWART, CHARLES 85 STETN, MARTINUS THEUNIS erations of 1804 against Tripoli and aided in the destruction of the "Philadelphia." In 1813 he took command of the "Con- stitution," and in December sailed from Boston on a cruise to the coast of Guiana and the Windward Islands, which re- sulted in the capture of the British schooner "Picton" and several merchant vessels. A year later he sailed in the same ship on a second cruise, and on Feb. 20, 1815, captured the British ship "Cyane," mounting 34 guns, and the sloop of war "Levant," mounting 21 guns. He commanded a squadron in the Mediterranean in 1816-1820, and in the Pacific in 1821-1823 ; served on the board of navy commissioners; commanded the home squadron; and had charge of the naval station at Philadelphia. In 1857 he was placed on the retired list, but re- sumed service in 1859 as commander of the Philadelphia navy yard, and on July 16, 1862, was made rear-admiral on the retired list. He died in Bordentown, N. J., Nov. 7, 1869. STEWART, DUGALD, a Scotch phil- osopher; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 22, 1753; was educated in Edin- burgh and attended the lectures of Dr. Reid in Glasgow. In 1772 he began to assist his father who was Professor of Mathematics in Edinburgh University, being appointed joint-professor three years afterward. In 1778 he agreed to lecture also as a substitute for Adam Ferguson in the chair of moral philos- ophy, and in 1785 when the latter re- signed, Dugald Stewart received the ap- pointment. Besides holding this position for a quarter of a century, from which he spread a fine intellectual and moral influence, Stewart was the author of "Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind" (1792-1827), "Outlines of Moral Philosophy" (1793), and accounts of the "Life and Writings of Adam Smith," of Dr. Robertson, and of Dr. Reid. He died in 1828. STEWART ISLAND, an island of New Zealand, S. of South Island; area, 655 square miles. STEWART, CHARLES D., an Ameri- can writer, born at Zanesville, Ohio, in 1868. He was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee and at Wayland Academy (Wis.). From 1915 to 1916 he was executive secretary to the gover- nor of Wisconsin. Besides contributing many short stories, poems, etc., to maga- zines, he also wrote "The Fugitive Black- smith" (1905) ; "Partners of Provi- dence" (1907) ; "Essays on the Spot" (1910) ; "The Wrong Woman" (1912) ; "Finerty of the Sand-house" (1913); "Prussianizing "Buck" (1919), Wisconsin" (1919) ; STEWART, SAMUEL VERNON, an American public oiRcial, born in Monroe CO., Ohio, in 1872, He was educated at the Kansas State Normal School and at the University of Kansas, and began the practice of law at Virginia City, Montana, in 1898. He was city attorney of the town for 5 years, county attorney of Madison co. for 4 years, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee from 1910 to 1912, and governor of Mon- tana for two terms (1913-1921). STEWART, WILLIAM RHINE- LANDER, an American philanthropist, born in New York City, in 1852. He was educated in private schools and at the Columbia University Law School. After practicing law for some years, he retired and devoted his attention entirely to the administration of his family's es- tates and to works of philanthropy. Ap- pointed State commissioner of charities in 1882, he served continuously with the exception of 4 years, being president of the board since 1904. He organized in 1900 the State Conference of Charities and Corrections and in 1910 the New York City Conference of Charities and Corrections. He was also prominent in the establishment of Letchworth Village, a farm colony for epileptics, of the State Agricultural and Industrial School for Boys, and of various similar institutions. He was chiefly instrumental in securing the funds for the erection of the Wash- ington Arch, Washington Square, New York. He was a member of the 7th Reg- iment, warden of Grace Church, and a member of numerous scientific and other societies. STEYN, MARTINUS THEUNIS, a Boer statesman; born in Winburg, Orange Free State, Oct. 2, 1857; worked on his father's farm till 1876, when he went to England to study. He returned to Africa in 1882 and practised law in Bloemfontein till 1889, when he was made second puisne judge and state at- torney. Later he became first puisne judge, and in 1896 was chosen presi- dent of Orange Free State. For a num- ber of years before his election to the presidency he had been in communica- tion with President Kriiger and their close relations finally resulted in the un- ion of the interests of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal in their strug- gle against Great Britain. When the Boer War broke out he took the field in person with the Free State troops. When Great Britain in 1910 federated the Orange Free State and Transvaal as