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ual ; Future of the Colored Race in America Government and Administration; Moral Power of the Sea; Life at Home; Talks on Married Life and Things Adjacent; Heavenly Recognition; and other works. Ailes, Milton Everett, lawyer, hanker, statesman, was born Aug. 19, 1867, in Shelby county, Ohio. He graduated from the high school of Sidney, Ohio; graduated from the National university

law school

of

Washing ton, which

from institution he

received the degree of

LL.M.; and in 1890 was admitted to the District of Columbia bar. In 1887

he entered treasury department; served through the various grades of the classified service; in 1897 was appointed secretary to the secretary of the treasury; and in 1901-03 was assistant secretary of the treasury. He resigned this position to become vice-president of the Eiggs national the

bank

of Washington, D.C. Ailshie, James Franklin, educator, lawyer, jurist, was born June 19, 1868, in Green

county, Tenn. For two terms he was regent of Idaho state university. Since 1903 he has been associate justice of the state supreme court of Idaho. Ainslie, George, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 30, 1838, near Boonville, Mo. In 1862 he settled in that portion of Washington territory which now constitutes the territory of Idaho served in the territorial legislature; and was president of the council during one session. He was editor of a news;

paper in 1869-73; and was district attorney in 1874. In 1879-83 he was a delegate from Idaho to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a, democrat. Ainslie, Hew, author, poet, was born in 1792 in Scotland. He was a Scottish poet who emigrated to America in 1822 and lived mainly in Kentucky. He was the author of Pilgrimage to the Land of Bums, a prose work with lyrics interspersed; and Scottish Songs, Ballads and Poems. He died in 1878. Ainslie, James Stuart, clergyman, founder, was born May 6, 1856, in Burlington, N.Y. He was educated at Cornell university; and at Yale theological seminary. He was the founder and for eight years in 1882-90 was pastor of the First congregational church of Ogdensburg, N.Y.; and was the builder and for ten years in 1890-1900 was pastor of the Plymouth congregational church of Fort Wayne, Ind. In 1900 he organized the North shore congregational church of Chicago, 111.; and has been its pastor ever since. Alnsworth, Charles Franklin, lawyer, public official,

N.Y.

was bom Jan.

He was

3, 1853, in Lisbon, educated at the Ogdensburg in-

stitute of

New

York; in 1874 graduated with

the degree of B'.S. from the St. Lawrence university of Canton, N.Y.; and in 1876 graduated from the law department of the university of Wisconsin. In 1879-88 he was district attorney for Jackson county. Wis. In 1888 he resigned that position; and took up the practice of law in Phoenix, Ariz. In 18981903 he was attorney -general of Arizona; when he resigned. Ainsworth, Danforth E., lawyer, statesman, was born Nov. 29, 1848, in Clayton, N.Y. In 1873 he began the practice of law

Sandy Hill, N.Y.; and in 1886-89 and 1893-95 was a representative to the New York state legislature. In 1895-1904 he was deputy state superintendent of public instruction for New York. Ainsworth, Frank Beveridge, soldier, reformer, was born Aug. 11, 1841, in Lisbon, N.Y. During the civil war he was aide-decamp, quartermaster, adjutant, and finally provost marshal in the defenses of Washington. In 1870 he was a delegate from the state of Indiana to the international congress on penitentiary and reformatory discipline at Cincinnati, Ohio; and in 1867-77 was superintendent of the Indiana house of refuge. He was the author of the mark system; was a director of the United States prison congress; and participated in the international prison congress of 1870. For the past twenty years he has been engaged in insurance; is considered an authority on policy contracts; and is now secretary and general manager of the Bankers' reserve fund life insurance company of Cincinnati, Ohio. Ainsworth, Franklin, F., publisher, founder, was born Sept. 5, 1856, in Boston, Mass. In 1873 he began business with Potter, Ainsworth and company, publishers and remained with that firm until its consolidation with A. S. Barnes and company, which was later merged with the American book company. He is now with Ainsworth and company, publishers of schools books, of Chicago, 111. Ainsworth, Frederick Crayton, army surgin



was born Sept. 11, 1852, in Woodstock, Vt. He has attained the rank of brigadiergeneral. He devised and introduced the index record system, by means of which all military and medical records have been reeon,

produced in such a history of

The

mg

way

as to

make

the

full

any

soldier immediately available. adoption of this system resulted in sav-

nearly half a million dollars annually. Since 1892 he has been chief of the record and pension office at Washington, D.C; and in 1899 was given the rank of brigadier-gen-