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LEFT McCOMB 56 McCORMICZ tion (1850-1854) he passed in a sledge from Barrow Strait, where his ship, the "Investigator," lay, to Melville Sound, connecting with the Arctic Ocean to the W. McClure was rescued by another ex- pedition, made K. C. B., and after serv- ing in Chinese waters, an admiral. He died in London, England, Oct. 17, 1873. McCOMB, a city of Mississippi, in Pike CO. It is situated on the Liberty- White and the Illinois Central railroads. It is the center of a productive cotton, corn, and timber region and has important in- dustries, including railway shops, cotton mills, brass foundries, lumber mills, etc. Pop. (1910) 6,237; (1920) 7,775. McCOOK, ALEXANDER McDOW- ELIi, an American military officer; born in Columbiana co., 0., 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 bre- vetted major; was made Brigadier-Gen- eral 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 Briga- dier-General U. S. A., in 1865. In 1880 he became colonel of the 6th Infantry and subsequently was placed in char?e of the military school at Fort Leavenworth; was promoted Bi-igadier-General, U. S. A., in 1890; Major-General in 1894; and was re- tired April 22, 1895. He died June 12, 1903. master 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 enor- mous popular success, especially on the concert platform. In 1912 he went to Australia with the Melba Grand Opera Company. He sang with the Metropol- itan Grand Opera Company in New York in 1919-1920. During the World War Mr, McCormack sung at hundreds of ben- efits; and by his services raised large amounts of money. He became a citizen of the United States in 1917. McCORMICK, GYRUS HALL, an American inventor; born in Walnut Grove, W. Va., Feb. 16, 1809. The reap- JOHN MCCORMACK McCOBMACK, JOHN, a tenor singer; bom in Athlone, Ireland. Almost all his early training he received from the choir- CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK ing machine invented by him won him many gold medals and distinctions. He established the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of the Northwest in Chicago, 1859. He died in Chicago, 111., May 13, 1884. McCORMICK, JOSEPH MEDILL, a U. S. Senator; born at Chicago May 16, 1877. Graduated from Yale University in 1900. He became Vice-President and publisher of the Chicago "Daily Tribune" and President of the City Press Associ- ation. He identified himself with the Progressive party and, under the leader- ship of Roosevelt, took an active part in organizing the new party. When most of the Progressives returned to the Re-