The chief changes in Europe, since the middle of the 19th century, have been the union of German states in one empire, under the headship of Prussia, and the restoration to it of Alsace and Lorraine from France; the retirement of Austria out of Germany and her reorganization as the Austro-Hungarian monarchy; the forming of the Italian kingdom; and the gradual lessening of Turkish territory by the independence of Rumania, Servia, Montenegro and Bulgaria. Other recent features of interest in Europe have been the urgent demand in the chief countries for a reduction in national expenditures on armies and navies, accompanied by a simultaneous demand for the reference of all disputes, political and industrial, to arbitration. A further matter of interest, has been the initiation of a permanent tribunal of arbitration at the Hague, Andrew Carnegie having generously offered to meet the cost of a great palace of peace to be erected there. Meanwhile, the nations have been engaged in furthering the educational, scientific, industrial and social progress of their respective peoples and in seeking to modify the socialistic trend of the times, while giving a beneficial turn to reform and the abatment of the current tendency towards revolution. See E. A. Freeman's Historical Geography of Europe and Primer of the History of Europe.
Eus′tis, James Biddle, American jurist, senator and ambassador, was born at New Orleans in August, 1834, graduated in law at Harvard (1854), and practiced in his native city. When the Civil War broke out, he entered the Confederate army and served as judge-advocate. From 1874 to 1876 he was a member of his state senate, and from 1876 to 1879 and again from 1885 to 1891 was a member of the United States senate. He also held the chair of professor of civil law in the University of Louisiana. During Mr. Cleveland's second term as president, Senator Eustis was minister and subsequently ambassador-extraordinary of the United States to France. In 1897 he resumed his legal practice at New York; but died two years later.
Evangeline, a beautiful pastoral poem published by Longfellow in 1847, deals with the loves of Evangeline and Gabriel. They are parted through the removal of the Acadians from Nova Scotia by the British government, and only meet many years later at the death-bed of Gabriel. The poem is written in hexameters; and is one of the most successful poems written in this style in English.
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Evans, Rear-Admiral Robley Dunglison, was born in Floyd County, Va., Aug. 18, 1846, and was educated at the Naval Academy. He was first attached to the West India, and subsequently to the North Atlantic, squadron, and took part in January, 1865, in the attacks on Fort Fisher, in which he was twice wounded. He subsequently served on various cruisers, and was in command of the Yorktown at Valparaiso, Chile, during diplomatic disputes between that government and the United States. He later had command of the battleships Indiana and Iowa, and in the latter did excellent service in the bombardment of the forts of San Juan, Porto Rico, and took part (July 3, 1898) in the naval battle off Santiago de Cuba. He was made rear-admiral in 1901, was placed in command of the Asiatic fleet of the American navy, and in 1904 was assigned to the command of the Atlantic fleet. He was in command of the fleet of 16 battleships which sailed from Hampton Roads in Dec. 1907, passed around South America to the Pacific, and arrived at San Francisco in April of 1908. He was familiarly known to seamen as “Fighting Bob.” He died Jan. 3, 1912.
Evanston, Ill., a rapidly progressing city in Cook County, on Lake Michigan, practically a suburb of Chicago, and lying 12 miles north of the City Hall. It is the seat of Northwestern University, connected with which is Cumnock School of Oratory. Swedish, Danish and Norwegian Theological schools and a public and a parochial system of education are maintained; also Garrett Biblical Institute. There are many attractive suburban residences of Chicago merchants, numerous churches and a delightful social life. Population 24,978.
Evansville, Indiana, capital of Vanderburg County, a railroad center and a port of entry on the Ohio, about halfway between Louisville and Cairo. It has a handsome post-office and custom-house, court-house, city-hall, public library and art-gallery, excellent schools and about 50 churches. Coal and iron ore abound in the vicinity, and the town has 400 factories, employing 11,000 workmen. These establishments produce plows, furniture, cotton and woolen goods, malt liquors, saddlery, harness, pottery, etc. Besides, the city has a large trade in tobacco, flour and other staples. Evansville is noted for its many flour-mills and large output; but especially for its extensive manufacture of the product of its great hardwood-lumber trade. Its commercial importance is aided by its central situation, which makes it the chief
