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PORTER JAMES, United States Senator from North Dakota. Born in 1858 at Crete, Ill. Graduated in 1880 from the University of Michigan and entered the practice of law a few years later at Wahpeton , N.

D. While North Dakota was still a "The Day of the Dog" (1904); "Beverly of Graustark" (1904); "Nedra" (1905); "The Husbands of Edith" (1908); "The Rose in the Ring" (1910); "What's-His -Name" (1911); Mary Midthorne" (1911); "Her Weight in Gold" (1912); "The Hollow of Her Hand" (1912 ) ; "A Fool and His Money" (1913); "Black Is White" (1914); "The Prince of Graustark" (1914); "Mr. Bingle" (1915); "From the House Tops" (1916); "The Light That Lies" (1917); "Green Fancy" (1917); etc.

MACDONALD, ÉTIENNE JACQUES JOSEPH ALEXANDRE (mäk-do-näl), Marshal of DUC DE TARENTE, a France; born in Sancerre, Cher, France, Nov. 17, 1765. He served in the French Revolution as colonel , Brigadier-General, and General; was made governor of the Roman States in 1798, and of Naples in 1799; was given the rank of Marshal for his services at Wagram, July 6, 1809.

He commanded the left wing in the Russian invasion in 1812; and served in the campaigns of 1813-1814. He died in his château, Courcelles, near Guise, Loire, Sept. 25, 1840.

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