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Rh for the Luxembourg. Among his other works may be mentioned the statue of Sir Harry Vane in the Boston public lil>rary, the army anil navy groups for the soldiers' and sailors' monument at Indianapolis, the jiediments on the Bowery sav- ings bank. New ork city, the central pair of bronze doors and the statue of Shakespeare for the Library of congress, and the figure of Victory for the battle monument unveiled at West Point in 1897. In 1896 he received the decoration of the Legion of honor from the French government.

'''McMULLEN. Justus Clarke''', journalist, b. in Unionville, N. Y., 13 March, 1851 ; d. in Bradford, Pa., 31 Jan., 1888. He was graduated at Cornell in 1870, became a civil engineer, removed to the oil district of Pennsylvania, and was engaged in gathering statistics of the development of the oil industry. He was first connected with the Oil City " berriek," and subsequently with the " Pe- troleum Age," of which he became sole owner, and in 1887 he established the "Daily Oil News" both of the latter journals being published in Bradford, Pa. His writings on petroleum gave him a wide reputation, and he was regarded as an expert in the Wation of oil-wells.

'''MACOUN. John''', Canadian botanist, b. in Ma- ralin. County Down. Ireland, 17 April, 1831. He came to Canada in 1850. and was professor of bot- any and geology in Albert university, Belleville, from July, 1868. to April, 1879. From 1872 he wa.s engaged in exploring for the government of Canada in the northwest, and was api>ointed in January, 1882, botanist to the survey. In Decem- ber, 188'7, he was made assistant director, botanist, and naturalist to the geological survey. He is a fellow of the Royal society of Canada and also of the Linneau society of London.

'''McREYNOLDS. Andrew Thomas'''. soldier, b. in Dungannon, Ireland, 25 Dec, 1808; d. in Mus- kegon. Mich.. 25 Nov.. 1898. lie came to this country in 1832, and in the following year settled in Detroit. He was a niemi>er of the Michigan senate, and in the war with Mexico he received a captaincy in the 3d dragoons. For his good con- duct in the battles of Contreras and Chunibusco he was commissioned major. licsigning from the army, he l)egan the practice of law in Grand Kapids. When the civil war began he raised the Lincoln cavalry regiment, and he received the colonelcy direct from the president. After serv- ing through the war. in which for two years he commanded a brigade. Col. McReynolds returned to the practice of law. which he continued with success until he was almost fourscore.

McSHERRY, William, clergyman, b. near Charleston. Va. (now W. Va.). 19 July, 1799; d. in Georgetown, D. C, 10 May. 1839. He studied in Georgetown college, entpiwl the Jesuit order, and was sent to complete his studies in Rome in 1821. He was ordained a priest, returned to the I'nitecl States in 1828. and was appointed professor in Georgetown college in 1829. but in 1832 returned to Kuropc. In Rome he discovered in the " Do- mus professa" of the Jesuits Father Andrew White s "Relatio Itineris ad Marylandiam." " Declaratio Colonia- Domini Baronis de Balti- moro," aiul several letters of .Jesuit missionaries in Maryland written between 1635 and 16;i8. He copied these manuscripts and placed the copies in the library of Georgetown college. They were published, with translation and notes bv Nathan C. HrfM>ks (Baltimore, 1847). and by the Maryland historical society (1874). In 1833 he becanie the first Jesuit provincial of Maryland, and in 1837 president of Georgetown college.

'''McVICKAR. William Neilson''', P. E. bishop, b. in New York, 19 Oct., 1843. He was graduated at Columbia in the class of 1865. in the Divinity school, Philadelpliia, and at the General theolog- ical seminary, New York, lie was rector of Holy Trinity church, Harlem, for ten years, and then of Holy 'frinity, Philadelphia, from 1875 to 1898, when he was consecrated coadjutor bishop of Rhode Isl- land, 27 Jan. He was a deputy to the general con- vention from 1883 to 1895 (inclusive). He received the degree of D. I), from Kenyon college in 1886, and from Columbia and the University of Penn- sylvania in 1898. Bishop McVickar, who resides in Providence, has published occasional sermons.

MAWONE, Daniel, lawyer. b. in Oswegatchie, N. Y., 26 Jan,, 1829. He was admitted to the bar in 1853, and practised in Ogdensburg, N, Y„ from 1859 until 1871. He became a member of the state canal commission in 1875, and was appointed col- lector of the port of New York in 1886, Mr. Ma- gone was chairman of the New York state Demo- cratic committee in 1876. and a delegate to the national Democratic conventions in 1876 and 1884.

'''MACGRATH. Andrew Gordon''', governor of South Carolina, b. in Charleston, S. C, 8 Feb., 1813; d, there, 9 April, 1893, He was graduated from South Carolina college in 1831, studied law under Jauu>s L. Petigrn, also at Harvard law- school, aiul in 1835 was admitted to the bar. In 1840 and 1842 he was elected to the South Caro- lina house of representatives, and became distin- guished as a debater. President Pierce appointed him United States judpe for South Carolina in 1856, and upon the election of Lincoln to the pres- idency he resigned, and was immediately elected a delegate to the secession convention of December, 1860. Soon after the formation of the confed- eracy he became Confederate states' judge for South Carolina, serving as such until December. 1864, when the legislature chose him governor of the state. As governor he bent every energy to the task of rescuing his state from the gloomy conditions which enveloped her. But the con- fe<lcracy fell, and he was imprisoned at Fort Pu- laski, where he remained until December, 1865. He never aspired to public office again, but con- fined himself to the practice of the law.

MAGUIRE, Matthew, machinist, b. in New York in 1850. He received a common-school edu- cation, leaving school at the age of fourteen to enter a factory and to learn the trade of a ma- chinist. He move<l to Patcrson. N. J., and took an active iMirt in municipal, state, and national politics. In the GreenbacK movement he was one of the prominent workers; as an organizer of tratles-unions he has been very active; and with the growth of the Socialist-Labor party he has widened the sphere of his interests. Mr. Ma- gnire has served as alderman of Paterson. was nominated on 9 July, 1896. for vice-|)rpsidcnt. with Charles H. Matchett, of New York, for president, by the .Socialist-Labor party at its convention in New York city, and in 1898 was nominated by his party for governor of New Jersey.

'''MAHAN. Alfred Thayer''' (ma-h'an), naval officer, son of Dennis Hart Mahan (q. v.), was born at West Point. N. Y.. 27 .Sept.. 1840. He was educated at the U. S. naval acailemy. from which he graduated in June, 18.59, Entering the navy, he rose to the rank of captain, aiul was retired at his own request after nearly forty years of service, and was made a memlier of the boanl of strategy, Washington, in .May. 189H, In 1899 he was appointed a member of the arbitration conference which met at The Hague. He has received the following