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GEORGE BARR, novelist; born in 1866 in Tippecanoe co., Ind., and educated at Purdue University, Was first reporter on Lafayette " Journal" (1889) and later became city editor of Lafayette "Courier" (1893). His first book was "Graustark," which appeared in 1901, and this was followed a "His Fire" (1897); etc. He also wrote many poems. He died in London, Sept. 18, 1905.
MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXAN- DER, a Canadian statesman; born in Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 11, 1815. He was educated at Kingston, Canada; admitted to the bar in 1835; entered Parliament for Kingston in 1844; and became successively a member of the executive council, receiver-general, commissioner of crown lands, and attorney-general. He was premier in 1869-1873, when he resigned over the Pacific Railway charges, but resumed the office again in 1878, and MacDONOUGH was an active promoter of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian confederation movement, and was a recognized leader of the Conservative party. He died in Earnscliffe Hall, near Ottawa, June 6, 1891.
MacDONOUGH, THOMAS, an American naval officer; born in New Castle co., Del., Dec. 23, 1783. In 1814 he commanded a squadron on Lake Champlain, and defeated the British under Commodore George Downie. For this service he was promoted captain and was given a gold medal by Congress. He died at sea, Nov. 16, 1825.
MacDOWELL, EDWARD ALEXAN- DER, American composer, born in 1861, in New York; was first instructed in music by Buitrago, Desvernine, and Teresa Carreño. At 15 entered the Paris Conservatory, two years later studying at Wiesbaden and Frankfort. At 20 was principal teacher of piano at Darmstadt.
Through Liszt his First Modern Suite for piano was given in 1882 before the Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein. In 1888 he returned to the United States and settled at Boston, where he speedily won recognition. In 1896 he was offered the professorship of the newly founded music department of Columbia University and accepted. His later works included "Hamlet and Ophelia," "Lancelot and Elaine," "Lamia," four sonatas for piano, and smaller compositions. The last three years of his life were clouded by insanity. He died in New York in 1908.