The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . of the districtasseimbly. He was then foreman in locomotiveworks. In 1877 he was elected mayor of Scran-ton, and re-elected in 1878. In 1879 the Knightslof Latoor at their convention in Chicago electedhim as General Master Workman; in 1893 he wassocceeded by James R. Sovereign. Mr. Powderiyurged mpon the Knights of Labor the abolitionof the oaths and the remo\al of the obligation ofsecrecy, which demand was finally acceded appointed Commissioner General of Immi-gration in 1897 by i^Tesident McKinley
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . of the districtasseimbly. He was then foreman in locomotiveworks. In 1877 he was elected mayor of Scran-ton, and re-elected in 1878. In 1879 the Knightslof Latoor at their convention in Chicago electedhim as General Master Workman; in 1893 he wassocceeded by James R. Sovereign. Mr. Powderiyurged mpon the Knights of Labor the abolitionof the oaths and the remo\al of the obligation ofsecrecy, which demand was finally acceded appointed Commissioner General of Immi-gration in 1897 by i^Tesident McKinley. POWELL, John Wesley, an American geolo-gist;born March 24, ^834, in Mount Morris, NewYork. He obtained his education at Oberlin andOtl)»er colleges, and during his college life en- 476 POWER—POYNTER gaged in scientific work, making collecting expe-ditions, etc. During the Civil War he served in the Union army, and at-tained the rank of lieu-tenant-colonel, losingan arm in the battle ofShiloh. At the close ofthe war, in 1865, he be-came professor of geol-ogy in the Iowa Wesleyan. W. POWELL. University, and in ashort time took a similarposition in the IllinoisNormal University. In1868, after a preliminaryexpedition the year be-fore, he explored the Col-orado River, floating through the Grand exploit placed him at the head of the Gov-ernment Survey of the West, organized at his sug-gestion. When this survey was consolidated intothe United States Geological Survey and the Bu-reau of Ethnology created, Powell was placed atthe head of the latter. Clarence King, the direc-tor of the United States Survey, resigned in 1881and Powell succeeded to the position. Poor healthcompelled his resignation in 1894 from the Geo-logical Survey, but he retained the directorship ofthe Bureau of Ethnology. His reports to thegovernment are highly valued. Among them areExploration of the Colorado River (1875); Report onthe Arid Region of the United States (1879); and In-troduction to the
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