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186 McLAUGHLIN, Hugh, politician, b. in Brook- lyn, N. Y., 2 April, 1827. llis parents came to this country in 181L Hugh received an education in the public school, and at an early ajre was ap- prenticed to a rope-maker in Williamsburg. He then engaged in tlie lighterage trade, and subse- quently in the fish business, in which he continued until 1857, when, having accepted the position of master mechanic, or general superintendent of all the workmen, in the Brooklyn navy-yard, he sold out his fish business. Prom this office he received the name of " Boss," which still clings to him. In 1860 he was a candidate for sheriff of Kings coun- ty and was defeated. In 1861 he was elected reg- ister of the county, and he was subsequently twice re-elected. During the civil war he served on sev- eral municipal committees, which rendered aid to the National government. For many years he has been recognized leader of the Democratic party in Brooklyn. It was largely due to Mr. JIcLaugh- lin's untiring efforts that the Brooklyn bridge and Prospect park became accomplished facts.

McLURIN, John Lowndes, senator, b. at Red Bluff, Marlboro co., S. C, 9 Jlay, 1860. He was educated at Swarthmore college, and at the University of Virginia, where he was graduated in 1881, studying law at the last institution; he was admitted to the bar in 1882. He was elected to the lower house of the South Carolina legislature in 1890, and in the same year was chosen by the legislature attorney-general of the state. Elected to congress in 1892, he served in the 52d. 53d, 54th, and 55th congresses. While in the house he served for two terms as a Democratic member of the ways and moans committee. In Way, 1897, Gov. Eilerbe appointed him to the senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of .Joseph II. Earle. His appointment was confirmed by an election at the hands of the people to fill the un- expired term ending 3 March, lUOii.

MACLEAN, Clara Dargan, author, b. near Winnsboro, Fairfield district, S. C, 11 Oct., 1841. She received her education in Charleston and at the Moravian academy in Salem, N. C. In 1871 she married Col. Joseph A. Maclean, of South Carolina, in which state her life has been chiefly devoted to teaching aiul writing. In addition to her numerous contributions in prose and verse to periodicals, Mrs. Maclean has published "River- lands" (Augusta, Ga., 1864); "Helen Howard" and " Light o' Love " (New York, 1891).

MacLEAN, George Edwin, educator, b. in Rockville, Conn., 31 Aug., 1850. He was gradu- ated at Williams college and at Yale theological seminary, and studied at the University of Berlin. He was made pastor of the Memorial Presbyterian church, Troy, N. Y., in 1881, later becoming pro- fessor of English language and literature in the University of Minnesota. lie was elected chan- cellor of the University of Nebraska in 1899, re- signing that position to accept the presidency of the University of Iowa. Dr. MacLean received the degree of LL. I), from Williams college, and is the author of "A Chart of English Literature," and has edited several works of an educational character, which have had a wide circulation.

McLEAN, John, missionary, b. in Kilmarnock. Scotland, 30 Oct., 1852. He came to Canada in 1873, and took his degree of A. B. at Victoria col- lege, receiving his A. M. from the same institution some years later. In 1874 he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, was ordained for special work among the Blackfoot Indians, and, with his wife, set out in .June, 1880, for Fort MacLeod, Northwest Territory. There were gath- ered about 700 Blood Indians, and thither soon came about 3,000 Bloods and Blackfeet from Mon- tana. McLean was an earnest worker, not only as a spiritual guide to his wards, but also as a student of their history, language, manners, customs, and traditions. He also found time to undertake a post-graduate course in history, for which he re- ceived in 1888 the degree of Ph. D. from Wesleyan university, 111. In 1889 he left the Indian work and served at various stations in the Northwest Territory, where he acted as inspector of schools and as member of the board of education and board of examiners. He has written extensively, both under his own name and under the nom de plume of "Robin Rustler." Among his articles may be mentioned "American Indian Literature." in the "Canadian Methodist Magazine" lor 1885; "The Cree language," in the "Lethbridge News" for 1 JIarch, 1888; "Indian Languages and Liter- ature," in the " Proceedings " of the Canadian in- stitute for 1888 ; " The Indians, their Manners and Customs" (Toronto, 1889) ; and "John Evans, Inventor of the Syllabic System of the Cree Language" (Toronto, 1890).

McMillan, Charles, engineer, b. in Moscow, Russia, 24 March. 1841. He studied in Hamilton, Canada, and in 1860 was graduated at Rensselaer polytechnic institute. Adopting civil engineer- ing he aided in building the new reservoir in Cen- tral park. New York, was professor of geodesy and topographical drawing in Rensselaer poly- technic institute in 1865, and later added the in- struction in road engineering to his duties. In 1875 he became professor of civil engineering and applied mathematics in Princeton, and a consult- ing engineer in Troy, N. Y., Bethlehem, Pa., and Princeton. N. J. Since 1885 Mr. McMillan has been the editor of "Smith's Topographical Drawing."

MACMONNIES, Frederick, sculptor, b. in Brooklyn, 20 Sept., 1863. He was admitted to the studio of Augustus St. Gaudens in 1880, and worked four years, studying at night in the life classes of the Academy of design and the Art students' league. In 1884 he went to Paris, but an outbreak of the cholera drove him thence to Munich, where he spent a few months in the painting-school. He returned to France after a walking trip among the Alps, but was soon re- called to New York. Afier a year in the studio of St. Gaudens he returned again to Paris, where he entered the atelier Falguiere in the ficole des beaux-arts, spending part of his time also in the private studio of Antonin Mercie. For two suc- cessive years he received the prix d'atelier, the highest prize open to foreigners, which ranks next to the ;«i> de Rome. He then left the school and established his own studio, still giving part of his time to work with Mercie. His first figure was a Diana, exhibited in the Salon of 1889, for which he received honorable mention. His success was now certain, and after this followed his three life- size bronze angels for St. Paul's church. New York city, his statues of Nathan Hale for City- hall park, and of James Samuel Thomas Stran- ahan for Prospect park, Brooklyn. Both of the last two statues were exhibited in the Salon of 1891, and for the Stranahan the sculptor received a second medal, the first and only American so to be honored. The great fountain executed by him for the Columbian exposition at Chicago in 1893 was one of the artistic features of that exposition that remains in the memory of all that saw it. In 1894 he produced his " Bacchante," designed for the fountain in the court of the Boston public library ; the French government ordered a replica