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LEFT MACMILLANITES 68 MACON the Peary North Polar Expedition and in 1910 the Cabot Labrador Party. From 1913 to 1917 he was leader of the Crocker Land Expedition. His ethnological studies of the Labrador Eskimos have been an important contribution to scien- tific knowledge. MACMILLANITES, the followers of the Rev. John Macmillan, of Balmaghie, in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, who, in the latter part of the 17th century, aided in laying the foundation of the Reformed Presbyterian or Cameronian Church. MacMILLEN, FRANCIS, American violinist; born in 1885 at Marietta, 0., he studied at Chicago and then at Ber- lin under Joachim. He was awarded 1st prize at the Brussels Conservatory at the age of 16, and made his first public appearance in Brussels in 1903. He then successfully toured Great Britain, Bel- gium, France, and Germany. His debut in New York took place in 1906, and he has since played with leading orchestras in the principal cities of America and Europe. MacMONNIES, FBEDERICK WIL- LIAM, sculptor and painter; born in 1863 in Brooklyn, entered studio of Saint Gaudens in 1880, studying at night in the life classes of the Academy of De- signs. He next studied art at Munich andi in the Ecole des Beaux Arts at Paris. His chief work was the great fountain at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago. 1893, which was adorned by 27 figures. His statue of Diana, exhibited at Paris, and his statue of Nathan Hale, now in the City Hall Park, New York, have been greatly admired. His other works include three life-size bronze angels, at St. Paul's Church, New York, statue to James S. T. Stranahan, Brooklyn, statues to Generals Slocum and McClellan, Bac- chante with infant, equestrian statuette of Theodore Roosevelt. McNARY, 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 ap- pointed 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 th:; Republican State Com- mittee in Oregon. While in the Senate he voted with those Republicans who de- sired 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 Consti- tutional and Criminal Law 1882-1888. M. P. for South Donegal 1887-1918. Queen's Counsel 1893. His constant agi- tation against flogging in the British navy led to the abolishment of the prac- tice, 1906. In House of Commons he established the principle that it was in- compatible 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 Parlia- ment" (1885); "How the Union was Carried Through" (1887); "Titled Cor- ruption" (1894); "Constitutional and Parliamentary History of Ireland" (1917). MACOMB, city in McDonough co.. 111., 60 miles N. E. of Quincy. Has a State Normal School, and three large hospitals. Industrial establishments include foun- dries and plants for the manufacture of earthenware and drainpipes. Derives its name from General Macomb, who in 1814 defended Plattsburg against an English force. Pop. (1910) 5,776; (1920) 6,714. MACOMB, ALEXANDER, an Amer- ican military officer; born in Detroit, Mich., April 3, 1782; joined the army in 1799; was lieutenant-colonel of engineers and adjutant-general in 1812. He was placed in command of the Lake Cham- plain region in the summer of 1814. On Sept. 11, he won a brilliant victory at Plattsburg, for which he was promoted Major-General and received a gold medal and a vote of thanks from Congress. In 1828 he was appointed General-in-Chief of the United States armies and held that post till his death, in Washington, D. C, June 25, 1841. He was the author of "Martial Law and Courts-Martial." MACON, a city and county-seat of Bibb CO., Ga., on the Ocmulgee river; and on the Central of Georgia, the Southern, Georgia Southern and Florida, the Ma- con, Dublin and Savannah, the Georgia, and the Macon and Birmingham rail- roads. It is connected by steamboat routes with Brunswick and Savannah; 88 miles S. of Atlanta. It is in the heart of the cotton belt, and is the manufac- turing and jobbing center for southern Georgia and neighboring States, with a population of 1,000,000, and an annual trade of $100,000,000. It contains Mercer University, St. Stanislaus College, Wes- leyan Female College, Mount de Sales Academy, Gresham High School, Ballard Normal School for Colored Pupils, and