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Hostetter, Samuel E

lawyer, jurist, was born July 19, 1860, in Newberry, Ind. He received his education in the common schools of Indiana, and in 1881 attended the state university of Nebraska.

In 1878 he moved to Nebraska, where he was bank clerk, city treasurer, deputy county clerk, teacher and law student at Central City, Neb. In 1883 he was admitted to the bar, and the same year was elected county judge. After serving two years he moved to Denver, Colo.; and in 1889 to Sioux City, Iowa, where he is counsel for the Lombard Investment company of Kansas City, Mo.; counsel for the Fidelity Loan and Trust company of Sioux City; and various other corporations.

HOTCHKISS, BENJAMIN BERKELY, inventor, was born Oct. 1, 1826, in Watertown, Conn. In 1860 he submitted to the United States government an improved system of rifling-belt and percussion fuse for projectiles, and after their adoption he engaged in their manufacture in New York. His next invention of importance was that of a magazine-rifle, devised in 1875, and followed in 1882 by a quickfiring gun. At the time of his death, Mr. Hotchkiss had the reputation of being the first artillery engineer in the world. He died Feb. 14, 1885, in Paris, France.