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an educational institution in Montreal, Canada, founded with an endowment of land and money by James McGill in 1821. In the university year 1919-20 there were 1,300 students enrolled and 205 members of the faculty. The endowment amounted to $12,033,120; the income to $1,158,348,
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EDWARD, an American Roman Catholic clergyman; born in New York City, Sept. 27, 1837. For 28 years he was pastor of St. Stephen's Church in New York City, and greatly endeared himself to his flock. In the mayoralty campaign of 1886 he took sides with Henry George, and worked for him with tongue and pen. For this he was condemned by his ecclesiastical superiors, and, on being summoned to Rome by the Propaganda, he refused to submit, whereupon he was deposed from his pastorate by Archbishop Corrigan, in , 1887, and, still refusing to go , was He afterward made submission readmitted to the Church. He died in Newburgh, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1900.
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FORT, a fortification at the entrance of Baltimore harbor, which was unsuccessfully bombarded by the British fleet in 1814. It was at this time that "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written by Francis Scott Key, an American citizen, who was detained on board a British vessel and witnessed the bombardment. See KEY, FRANCIS S.
FORT value of buildings and equipto about $ 9,200,000. The library contained 206,000 volumes.
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a borough in Pennsylvania, in Allegheny Co. It is on the Ohio River and on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, and the Pittsburgh, Chartiers, and Youghiogheny Railroad. It is an important industrial center, especially in iron and steel. There are also railway shops, manufactures of iron, con- The Ohio crete, railroad cars, etc. Valley General Hospital is in the city. Pop. (1910) 14,702; (1920) 16,713.
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a city in Allegheny co., Pa., at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers, and on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania railroads; 15 miles S. of Pittsburgh. It is in the center of the great bituminous coal and natural gas region of the State; business college, public a , hospital, railroad plants, daily and weekly churches; and pipe works and is the seat of a great here. The city has the sion form of government adopted in 1913. Pop. (1910) 42,694; (1920) 46,781.
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KENNETH DOUGLAS, United States Senator from Tennessee for the term 1917-1923; born in Richmond, Ala., elected to House of Representatives in 1911 to fill the unexpired Conterm of General Gordon. Re-elected gressman from the Tenth Tennessee district, serving from 1913 to 1917 when he was elected to the Senate.
KENNETH D., re-elected to the Senate 1922, for the term 1923-29.
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a coeducational institution in Lebanon, Ill.; founded in 1828 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and Presiinstructors, 15; students, 232. dent, Dr. G. E. McCammon.
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REGINALD, an English politician; born in England in 1863. , London, and Educated at King's College Trinity College, Cambridge (Scholar and Honors in mathematics, Honorary Fel low in 1916. Contested Clapham in 1892. Became a barrister in 1887 and practiced law until he entered Parliament in 1895. Was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury in 1905. President of the Board of Education in 1907-1908. 1st Lord of the Admiralty in 1908-1911, Home Secretary 1911-1915. Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1916. Chairman of the London Joint City and Midland Bank 1919.
JOSEPH, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; born in Philadelphia Aug. 10, , and admitted to the bar in 1865. 1843 Elected to the House of Representatives from the second California district in 1885 from which he resigned in 1892 to become a United States Circuit Judge. President McKinley appointed him Attorney-General in his cabinet in 1897, and later to the Supreme Court on Jan.
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GEORGE PAYNE, United States Senator from Connecticut; born in 1857 at Simsbury, Conn., and admitted to the bar in 1881 at Hartford. In 1883 he entered politics as a Republican member of the General Assembly of Connecticut. Later in 1884 he was made clerk of the Board of Pardons, a position which he held for seventeen years. In 1901-1903 he was Governor of Connecticut, and during his term a Constitutional Convention was called, which formed a new Constitution for the State. In 1910 he was elected to the United States Senate, to which body he was reelected for the term of 1917-1923.
GEORGE PAYNE, re-elected Senator, 1922, for the term 1923-29.
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SIR ARTHUR HENRY, born in 1862. Educated at the Military College, Sandhurst. Was awarded Sword of Honor in 1882. Joined the 8th a (King's) Regiment in 1883. Entered the Indian Staff Corps ps and joined the 1st Sikhs Punjab Frontier Force in 1885. A member of the Punjab Commission in 1887. He joined the Indian Political Department in 1890. Held various Indian political offices up to 1893. As British Commissioner demarcated the boundary between Beluchistan and Afghanistan in 1894-1896. Revenue and Judicial Commissioner of Beluchistan, 1901-1902. Arbitrator on boundary between Persia and Afghanistan in 1903-1905. Created a Sirdar, 1st Class, 1907. Agent to Governor-General, Beluchistan, 1905-1911. Foreign Secretary to Indian Government, 1911-1914. British Plenipotentiary for treaty between England, China, and MacMILLAN Tibet, 1913-1914. First High Commissioner of Egypt, 1914-1916.
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CHARLES LINZA, United States Senator from Oregon; born in 1874 near Salem, Ore., he was admitted to the bar in 1898. From 1913-1915 he was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon and on June 1, 1917, was appointed United States Senator for the unexpired term of 1917 to 1919. Senator McNary has played a prominent part in the Republican party, being for a time chairman of the R Republican State Committee in Oregon. While in the Senate he voted with those Republicans who desired the treaty of peace with Germany ratified with mild reservations. MacNEIL, JOHN GORDON SWIFT, a British statesman; born in Dublin, 1849. Educated at Trinity College, and Christchurch, Oxford. Admitted to the Irish bar in 1876. Professor of Constitutional and Criminal Law 1882-1888. M. P. for South Donegal 1887-1918. Queen's Counsel 1893. His constant agitation against flogging in the British navy led to the abolishment of the practice, 1906. In House of Commons he established the principle that it was incompatible for a Minister of the Crown to hold directorship in public companies. One of the seven members of the House constituting the Committee on Privileges (1908). Publications: "The Irish Parliament" (1885); "How the Union was Carried Through" (1887); "Titled Corruption" (1894); "Constitutional and Parliamentary History of Ireland" (1917).
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