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service; and served in the civil war a sliort time. In 1883-85 he was the ninth governor of Kansas. In 1885-93 he was United States pension agent for the Topeka agency. He was a commissioner to the Centennial, World's Columbian and St. Louis ex-

In 1874-1903 he was engaged in farming and stock raising; for thirty-two years he has been a member of the Kansas state board of agriculture; and in 1903-04 positions.

was

its president.

Glidden, Charles Jasper, promoter, tovirist, was born Aug. 39, 1857, in Lowell, Mass. He became manager of the Atlantic and pacific telegraph company; and organized telephone companies in eight states. He has made automobile tours in thirty-five countries, traveling fifty thousand, miles. Glidden, George Dana Boardman, naval ofwas born April 15, 1844, In Ellsworth, Maine. He was appointed master in 1866; lieutenant in 1867; lieutenant-commander in 1868; and commander in 1883. He died Jan. 35, 1885, in Cambridge, Mass. ficer,

Glisan, Rodney, physician, author, was born Jan. 39, 1837, in Linganore, Md. He was a physician of Portland, Ore.; and emeritus professor of obstetrics in Willamette university. He was the author of Journal of Army Life; Modern Midwifery; and Two Years in Europe. He died June 3,

1890, in Portland, Ore.

Glisson, Oliver S., naval officer, was born Jan. 18, 1809, in Ohio. In 1836 he was made a midshipman; captain in 1863; commodore in 1866; and rear-admiral in 1870; and was retired in 1871. He died Nov. 30, 1890, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Gloninger, John, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1813 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the thir.

teenth congress; and resigned before the expiration of his term. He died in Pennsylvania. Glorieux, Alphonsus Joseph, catholic bishHe op, was born Feb. 1, 1844, in Belgium. received his education at the college of Courtrai, Belgium; at the American college o f

L u V a i n, Belgium and at the university of Louvain.

In 1867 he was ordained to the priesthood; and served as a missionary in the southwestern diocese of Oregon. In 1869-71 he was rector of St. Paul's church, Oregon; and in 1871-84 he was principal of St. Michael's college at Portland, Ore. In 1885 he was consecrated catholic bishop of ApoUonia, and appointed vicar apostolic of Idaho; and in 1893 became bishop of Boise City, Idaho. The Right Rev. Glorieux is a scholastic man; and has contributed

largely church.

to

the

Glossbrenner,

literature

religious

Adam

J.,

his

of

journalist,

con-

gressman, was born Aug. 31, 1810, in Hagerstown, Md. In 1861 he was private secretary to President Buchanan; and in 1863 became one of the founders of the Philadelphia Age. In 1865-69 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses as a democrat. Glover, Charles Carroll, banker, financier, was born Nov. 34, 1846, in Macon county, He has been president of the Riggs N.C. national bank of Washington since its organization. He has helped secure Rock Creek site for Fort Reno reservoir for the District of Columbia.

and Potomac parks and a

Glover, James Nettle, banker, capitalist, founder, was born March 15, 1837, in Lincoln county. Mo. He served as marshall

and afterward as city councilman of Salem, Ore. He was the founder of Spokane, Wash, and was elected its first mayor, which office he filled with distinction for two terms. He has also been councilman of Spokane; and founded the first national bank of Spokane, of which he served as president. Glover,

Waterman,

James

educator,

mathematician, actuary, was born July 34, 1868, in Clio, Mich. He graduated from the high school of Saginaw; studied in the universities of Michigan and Harvard; and has received the degrees of B.L., A.B., A.M. and Ph.D. In 1895 he was appointed instructor

in

mathematics

at

the university

of

Michigan; became senior instructor in 1899; in 1903 became assistant professor of mathematics and lecturer on insurance; and since 1906 has been junior professor of mathematics and insurance in that institution. In 1903 he established the insurance course at the university of Michigan. In 1906 he served as expert to the royal commission on insurance in Canada; the same year was consulting actuary to the Wisconsin legislative insurance committee; and in 1907 to the Wisconsin legislative joint committee on banks and insurance. He has been a

member

of several international actuarial congresses; and is the author of numerous

Monographs and articles on mathematics, actuarial and insurance theory and on vital statistics.

Glover, John, soldier, was born Nov. 5, 1733, in Salem. Mass. He served with distinction through the revolutionary war; and was made brigadier-general in 1777. During 1780 he superintended the drafts from Massachusetts. He died Jan. 30, 1797, in

Marblehead, Mass. Glover,

John

Franklin,

lecturer, journalist, in Hartleton, Pa.

soldier,

was born

lawyer,

Sept. 16, 1845,

In 1871 and 1874 he graduated from the university of Wisconsin with the degrees of A.B. and A.M. In pioneer days in Northwestern Iowa he was an editor of weekly newspapers; was a clerk