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publication launched, and an activity started
which continues after twenty years. When the
lenses ordered in 1910 were finished, the tele-
scope was started on its way to South Africa,
and in 1926 Hussey, accompanied by Mrs. Hus-
sey, sailed for London on his way to Bloemfon-
tein* A few evenings later, while seated at din*
ner with English friends, he died.

Hussey received the Lalande Medal of the
Paris Academy of Sciences with R. G. Aitken
in 1906. He was a foreign associate of the
Royal Astronomical Society and member of
many other societies. He was president of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 1897 afld
secretary of the American Astronomical Society
from 1908 to 1912. In 1895 he married Ethel
Fountain, who died in 1915. He was survived
by Mary McNeal (Reed) Hussey, whom he mar-
ried in 1917, and by one son and one daughter,

[R. G* Aitken, in Astron. Soc. of the Pacific Pubs.,
Dec. 1926; R. H, Curtiss, in Pop. Astron., Dec. 1926,
and another notice in the same issue; Nature (Lon-
don), Nov. 20, 1926; four. Brit. Astron. Asso>, Oct.
1926; Observatory, Nov. 1026; Who's Who in Amer-
ica, 1926-27; the Times (London), Oct. 30, 1926.]

R.S.B.

HUSTING, PAUL OSCAR (Apr. 25, 1866-
Oct 21, 1917), politician, was born in Fond du
Lac, Wis., son of Jean Pierre Husting, a native
of Luxemburg, and his wife, Mary Magdelena
Juneau, the daughter of Solomon Laurent Ju-
neau [q.v.']. His family soon moved to May-
ville, which became his established residence.
Forced to stop school to work at the age of six-
teen, he did not continue his formal education
until he entered the law school in Madison, in
January 1895, when he was in the employ of the
secretary of state. After passing the bar exami-
nations in the following December he took up
the practice of law in Mayville, where from 1902
to 1906 he held the position of district attorney
for Dodge County. For the next eight years he
represented the I3th district in the state Senate.
Although a Democrat, he worked with the La
Follette Progressives in putting through much
of the legislation fostered by that group. He was
responsible for the two-cent railroad passage
fare, advocated labor laws, worked for the state
income tax and the resolution ratifying the na-
tional income tax amendment, was prominent in
the investigation of the election of 1908 which
resulted in the enactment of the Corrupt Prac-
tices Act, and favored the popular election of
senators and the initiative and referendum. His
chief activities were in connection with measures
looking to the conservation of natural resources,
of which committee in the Senate he was chair-
man for two years. He represented the Senate
on the special committee on waterpower, for-

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estry, and drainage which carried on an investi-
gation leading to the Husting Waterpower Bill,
one of his most valuable contributions. By 1912
he had become an outstanding Democrat in Wis-
consin and was instrumental in carrying the
state for Wilson in the election of that year. He
was the first man from Wisconsin elected di-
rectly by the people to the United States Senate
(1914), and the first Democrat elected to that
position after 1893. Because of his opposition
to the Shield's Waterpower Bill he gained some
notice during his first session in Congress. He
also received publicity because of his exposure
of the propaganda plot of the American Em-
bargo Conference of Chicago. He was well
started on what might have been a noteworthy
Senatorial career when he was accidentally shot
and killed by his brother. He never married.

[Husting's private papers are preserved in the li-
brary of the State Hist Soc. of Wis. For brief bio-
graphical sketches see H. B. Hubbell, Dodge County,
Wis.> Past and Present (1913), vol. II; Who's Who in
America, 1916-17; Wisconsin Blue Books, 1907-11;
the Wis. Mag. of Hist., June 1918; and notices m the
tf. F. Times, the Wis. State Journal, the Madison
Democrat, and the Milwaukee Sentinel at the time of
his death.] 33, Qt

HUSTON, CHARLES (July 23, i822~Jaru 5,
1897), physician, iron manufacturer, was born
at Philadelphia, Pa., the son of Dr. Robert Men-
denhaU and Hannah (West) Huston. His fa-
ther was a prominent physician and later a mem-
ber of the faculty of Jefferson Medical College
in Philadelphia, His preliminary education was
received in the public schools of Philadelphia
and in 1836 he entered the University of Penn-
sylvania, graduating with the degree of A.B.
in 1840. Following his father in the medical
profession, he entered the Jefferson Medical
College where he received the degree of M.D. in
1842. He then went abroad to continue his medi-
cal training at Heidelberg and Paris and upon
his return began the practice of medicine in
Philadelphia, In April 1848 he married Isa-
bella Pennock Lufcens of Coatesville, Pa* Soon
afterward it became apparent that his health
would not stand the strain of medical practice
and he removed to the former home of his wife
and became a partner in the iron business with
his mother-in-law, Rebecca W. Lukens, and his
brother-in-law, Abraham Gibbons. Upon the
death of Mrs. Lukens and the retirement of Gib-
bons, Huston and his partner, Charles Pcnrose,
became the owners of the Lukens Iron and Sted
Mills. The company manufactured a special
brand of charcoal iron boiler-plate. Huston's
scientific tuna of mind and progressive spirit
gave the company a leading position in the trade.
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