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Rh Lyman Tremain. In 1859 he was admitted to the state bar, and later, when his father was elected to the bench, he formed a partnership with Mr. Tremain, which continued until the latter"s death. In 1868 he was elected district attorney of Albany county, and in 1883 was elected a justice of the state supreme court. While serving as such he was elected in 1886 an associate judge of the court of appeals of New York state, and while occupying a seat on that bench he was in December, 1895, appointed by President Cleveland an associate jus- tice of the supreme court of the United States.

PEFFER, William Alfred, senator, b. in Cumberland county, Pa., 10 Sept., 1831. At the age of fifteen he began teaching, working on his father's farm during the summer. In 1853 he re- moved to Indiana, six years later to a Missouri farm, and next to Illinois, where he enlisted in the 83d infantry in August, 1862. He was mus- tered out in June, 1865, as a lieutenant, having acted as adjutant and judge-advocate, as he had read law in his leisure hours. In August, 1865, he began the practice of law in Clarksville, Tenn., later removing to Kansas. There he established the "Predonia Journal" and " Coffey ville Jour- nal," and in 1874 was elected to the state senate. Six years later Mr. Pcfler was Republican presi- dential elector, in 1881 became editor of the " Kansas Parmer," and in 1890 was electetl to the U. S. senate as a member of the People's party. His term of office expired in March, 1897. In 1898 he accepted the nomination for governor of Kansas from the Prohibition party. He has pul>- lishe<l " Mvrioma," a national poem (Clarksville, 1869) ; " The Carpet-bagger in Tennessee " (1869) ; 1882), an historical story of Kansas: " Pcffer's Tariff Manual" (18H8): "TheWavOul" (1890); "The Farmer's Side" (New York, 1891).
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PELLEGRINI, Carlos (pel-yea-gri-ne), Argen- tine president, b. in Buenos Ayre.s. 11 Oct., 1846. He is the son of a Frenchman, and his mother is »n Englishwoman; studied law and was admitted to the bar. In the war with Paraguay he fought with courage and distinction, afterward engaging in parliamentary controversies, and was chosen secretary of state. In October, 1886, he was elected to the vice-presidency of the republic, and in Au- gust, 1890, by the resignation of Dr. Judrez Cel- man, assumed the national executive power. He retained the presidency until August, 1892, when he was repla(ed by Or' Luis .Saenz Pefla. Later he was elected .<ienator. His distinguished and particularly brilliant career has given him a repu- tation at home and abroad. He is an excellent writer, and Iwilongs to different European and Ar- gentine literarv and scientific societies.

'''PELLETIER. Louis Philippe''', Canadian poli- tician, b. at Triiis Pistoles, Quefjec, in 1857. He was educated at the College of St. Anne and Laval university, and was called to the bar in 1880. was crown prosecutor several years, was appointed a memlier of the legislative council of Quebec in 1887, but shortly afterward resigned, and was elected by acclamation by the county of Dor- chester for a scat in the house of assembly, and has been re-elected ever since. He l«came pro- vincial secretary in the <lc Houcherville govern- ment, and filled the same office in the Taillon administration. In the Flynn ministry he was attorney-general. On the defeat of that govern- ment in 1897. he resigned with his leader, and at present sits for Dorchester with the opposition.

'''PENMNUTUN. Alexander Cummings McWhorter''', soldier, b. in Newark, N. J., 8 Jan., I 1838. He was admitted to West Point military academy in July, 1855. His first commission was that of 2d lieutenant in the 2d artillery, 1 Feb., 1801 ; he was promoted to 1st lieutenant on 14 ( May following. In October, 1864, he entered the I volunteer service as colonel of the 3d New Jersey cavalry, and was honorably mustered out of the volunteer service in August, 18G5. He returned to the regular army with the rank of captain in the 1st artillery, dating from March, 1864, and was promoted major in the 4th artillerv in No- vember, 1882, and colonel in October, 1896. At the outbreak of the war with Spain in 1898 he was appointed brigadier-genera', and transferred from Fort Adams, Newport, where he had been com- manding officer for two years, to command Camp Black, IIeni|istead, N. Y. He was brevetted cap- tain, 9 June, 1863 ; major, 3 Julv, 1863 ; lieutenant- colonel, 19 Oct., 1864: colonel, 13 March, 1865; and brigadier-general of volunteers, 15 July, 1865, for faitliful and meritorious set vice.

PENROSE, William Henry, soldier, b. in Madison barracks, Satkett's Harbor, N. Y., 10 March, 1832. His father, Capt. James W. Pen- rose, was an officer of the regular army. The son took an irregular two years course in Dickinson college, and became a civil and mechanical engi- neer. In April, 1861, he was appointed 2d lieu- tenant in the 3d U. S. infantry, and. after his pro- motion to 1st lieutenant in May, served with the Army of the Potomac till the close of the civil war. He became colonel of the 15th New Jersey regiment in April, 1863. and thereafter had com- mand of Philip Kearny's 1st New Jersey brigade, in the 6th corps. At times he had charge of a division, and on 27 June, 1865, he was commissioned a brigadier-general of volunteers. During the war he won the brevets in the regular army, including that of brigadier-general. He has since had com- mand of various posts, and in May, 1883, he be- came major of the 12th infantry, lieutenant-colo- nel of the 16th infantrv in August, 1888, and in April, 1892, colonel o'f the20tti infantry. In Scptemlier, 1894, he was transferred to the liSth in- fantry, aiui in March, 1896, he was retired. Gen. Penrose has invented several mcelianical devices and a set of infantry eijuipments which was rec- ommended by a board of officers.

PEREZ, Andres Aznar, Mexican educator, b. in Merida, Yucatan, 5 July, 1831 ; d. there, 23 Jan., 1894. He was one of the thirteen children of Col. Benito Aznar, of I'eon, acting governor of Yuca- tan in 1837, and Dolores Perez, daughter of the governor and captain-general of Yucatan from 1800 to 1812, at that time a Spanish colony. The son received a conmon-school education, and en- gaged in agriculture and mercantile business in Laguna, Cam|>eacliy, and Merida, In 1861 he visited Cuba, Ijouisiana, and New York, return- ing to Merida in 1885. He soon left Mexico, how- ever, on account of the establishment of the em- pire, and proceeded to Europe, residing in Paris and The Hague. In 1867 he returned to Merida, and assisted Gen.Cepeda and Dr. O'Horan in their efforts to restore order. In 1868 he was elected president of the aynniamienlo. and again in 1873. In 1876 he revisited the United States, and resided here for ten years. Keturning to Yucatan in 1886, he gave himself up to the improvement of its edu- cational, charitable, and refornmtory institutions. In 1887 he was appointiMl superintendent of the state penitentiary. He was a director of the Asilo de los Mendigos i'elarain. librarian of the Hibliole- ca Cepeda, director of the Conservatorio Yucateco, and jirincipal promoter of the Uabinele de lectura