Each of these 9 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
JOHN, an American Roman Catholic prelate; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 20, 1810. In 1834 he was ordained priest; in 1844 was made coadjutor of the diocese of New York; in 1847 was transferred to the see of Albany; in 1864 was made Archbishop of New York; in 1875 was appointed cardinal-priest. The history of his life is the history of the progress of the Roman Catholic Church in New York. He died in New York City, Oct. 10, 1885.
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ALEXANDER MCDOW- ELL, an American military officer; born in Columbiana co., O., April 22, 1831; was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1853; was in command of the 1st Ohio Volunteers at the battle of Bull Run and was brevetted major; was made Brigadier-General of volunteers in September, 1861, and Major-General in 1862. He made a brilliant record in many famous battles of the Civil War, was brevetted Brigadier-General U. S. A., in 1865. In 1880 he became colonel of the 6th Infantry and subsequently was placed in charge of the military school at Fort Leavenworth; was promoted Brigadier-General, U. S. A., in 1890; Major-General in 1894; and was retired April 22, 1895. He died June 12, 1903. JOHN MCCORMACK
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JOHN, a tenor singer; born in Athlone, Ireland. Almost all his early training he received from the choirmaster of Dublin Cathedral, with whom he was associated from 1903-1905. After his successful appearance in "Cavalleria Rusticana" at Covent Garden, London, in 1907, Oscar Hammerstein brought him to America, where he achieved an enormous popular success, especially on the concert platform. In 1912 he went to Australia with the Melba Grand Opera Company. He sang with the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company in New York in 1919-1920. During the World War Mr. McCormack sung at hundreds of benefits; and by his services raised large amounts of money. He became a citizen of the United States in 1917.
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JOHN, Canadian physician and poet; born in Guelph, Ontario, in 1872, killed in the World War in 1918. Became fellow in pathology at McGill University and collaborated with Prof. Adami on a text book on that subject. He was physician at the Alexandra Hospital when the war broke out, and was among the first to offer his services, going abroad with the Canadian Field Artillery. During his active life as a physician he published ( 1903); " Brewster's poetical compositions, some of which popularity. His gained considerable " was touching poem "In Flanders Fields the most famous piece of verse written during the war.
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HUGH, an American financier; born in Kennebunk, Me., Dec. 7, 1808; received a collegiate education; settled in Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1833, and 1835; and in practiced law there till 1856 became president of the newly es- (1917); etc. tablished Indiana State Bank. In 1863 currency, he was made comptroller of the and in 1865 appointed Secretary of the financial United States Treasury. His DUC DE TARENTE, a in Sancerre, sagacity and skill had much to do with after the Civil War. adjusting conditions He was Secretary of the Treasury in 1884-1885. He wrote 1865-1869 and in "Men and Measures of Half a Century." He died near Washington, D. C., May 24, 1895. MacCULLOUGH, JOHN EDWARD, in Colan American tragedian born eraine, Ireland, Nov. 2, 1837; came to his the United States in 1853; and made Sept. 25, 1840. first appearance two years later in Philamandelphia. With Lawrence Barrett, he San
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PORTER JAMES, North Da- United States Senator from Kingsburgh, March 5, 1790. kota. Born in 1858 at Crete, Ill. Graduated in 1880 from the University of MacDONALD, GEORGE, Michigan and entered the practice of , N. law a few years later at Wahpeton North Dakota was still a D. While territory McCumber took an active part terms in the in politics, serving two Territorial House of Representatives. the United In 1898 he was elected to States Senate, and re - elected in 1904, " Annals of Steam has been chairman " Lilith a of the Committee on Manufactures, and McCumber of the Committee on Pensions. was a member of the "mild reserva- 1905. tionists" group of Republicans when the Peace Treaty with Germany came before the Senate in 1919-1920.
PORTER J., in 1922 was defeated for renomination to the Senate by ex-Governor Lynn Frazier.
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IRVIN, an American military officer; born near Columbus, O., Oct. 15, 1818; was aid-de-camp to General Wool in the Mexican War (1845); commanded the Department of Northeastern Virginia and the defenses of Washington (1861), and the Army of the Potomac at the battle of Bull Run; later commanded the Department of the Pacific (1864); of California (1866); of the East (1868); of the South (1872). He died in San Francisco, Cal., May 5, 1885.
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ARTHUR CUSHMAN, an American theologian; born in Sauquoit, N. Y., March 4, 1861; was graduated at Western Reserve College in 1882 and at the Union Theological Seminary in 1885; studied abroad till 1888; was instructor in Church history at Lane Theological Seminary in 1888-1890; professor of that branch in 1890-1893; then accepted the chair of Church history at the Union Theological Seminary. Charges January having been excommunicated by of heresy been preferred against to Rome the him, on which, however, he was never Pope. brought to trial, though he had posi- and was tively refused to change his views, he withdrew from the Presbyterian Church in March, 1900. He was the author of *Dialogue Between a Christian and a Jew" (1888); "A History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age" (1897); "Martin Luther, the Man and His Work" (1911); "The Rise of Modern Religious Ideas" (1915).
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JAMES, a Canadian philanthropist; born in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 6, 1744. He emigrated to Canada before the American Revolution, engaged for some time in the Northwest fur trade, and subsequently settling in Montreal, became a successful merchant there. He view. was for many years a member of the Lower Canada Assembly, and subsequently a member of the legislative and executive councils. He was noted for philanthropy. He bequeathed to the college of Montreal that bears his name property valued even at that time at cacao. $120,000. He died in Montreal, Canada, Dec. 19, 1813.
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