The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-14

gard TO the Papal States, but ultimately the
Government concluded not to push the matter
TO extremity and the prosecution was aban-
doned. In 1864 Montalcnbert took strong
grounds against the encyclical letter of the
rope. and he propounded the question: which
the Vatican authorities have hitherto been unable
10 answer, "Is 1t possible for me to remain in
ioyal allegiance to my sovereign and to remain
IN loyal allegiance to my spiritual sovereign the
roper Since this he has been the
acknowledged leader of the Liberal Catholic
party in France and he has written much in the
Journals to prove the impoley of the eucycllcal
letter and the Ecumencal Council. In addition
10 the works mentioned above, he was the
author of great number of others on religious,
POLITICAL and historical subjects, aud ho has
contributed largely to the Revue des Deu1
MondeS and the Encyclopedia Cdtholfque At the
time of his death he was engaged in u work eu-
titled lies Moines d'Occident depuis Saint
Benoit jusqu'a Saint Bernard" which was to
have been completed In six volumes. the two
first of which were issued in Paris In 1860.
Othor NotabilIties.
HENRY II. LEEDS, of the firm of Leeds &
Miner, died at his residence in East Forty-third
street, New York, on Friday, OF disease of the
heart He was born in New London, Conuec-
ucut in 1901. He came to New York at an
early age, aud up to 1847 was connected with
the dry goods trade. At that time he commenced
business as an auctioneer in Wall street, and in
the following year he was joined by Mr., Allen
B. Miner, and the firm has ever since held a
high rank in the mercantile community. They
made specially of selling pictures, and Mr..
Leeds was known not only as an active and
enterprising auctoneer but as a cultivated con-
noisseur. He was much respected by a large
circle of acquaintances, who will lament his
death,
ROBERT D. HOLMES, Past Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons of the State of New York, died at his
residence, No. As Barron street, New York, on
Friday evening, in the forty-ffth year of his
age. Mr.. Holmes, for many years, had been one
of the most prominent Masons in the United
States. For long time he was Grand Master
of the order in New York State and he was the
author of numerous interesting contributions on
the subject of Masonry to the New York Dis
patch, of which he was Masonic editor. He also
wrote for other newspapers, and had an excel
lent reputation as journalist.
WILLIAM h. MERRIAM, aoother prominent
Mason, died at his residence in Brooklyn, L. l.,
on Wednesday last. He was born at Merlden,
Connecticut, in 1884, but during the greater
part VI hls lie ne was engaged In business pur-
suits in New York city, where he was a member
of Crescent Lodge, No. 1902 also of Crescent
Chapter, No. 220, and of Palestine Com
mandery, No. Is, X. T.
BREvET BRIaADIER-GENERAL MORRIS s..
M1LLEE, Deputy Quartermaster-General United
States Army, died suddenly in New Orleans, on
Friday. He was born in New York State and
was appointed from it to West Point. He was
commissioned as brevet second lieutenant of
the I'd Artillery in July, 1884. In 1887 he was
appointed first lieutenant and was detailed as
assistant commissary of subsistence Afterwards
he served as aid-de-camp on the staff of Major
General McComb until 1S41 when he was ap-
pointed assistant quartermaster with the rank of
captain. In 1861 he was promoted to major
and at the close of the war he was breveted
brigadier-general. At the time of his death he
was fifty-siX years of age.