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joined the Rock River conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, was appointed to the Ravenswood church, Chicago, and two years later was transferred to the Fulton street church. In 1889 he accepted the chair of histor- ical theology in Gammon theological seminary, Atlanta, Ga. In 1891 he visited Europe where he gave special attention to the study of church history and upon his return delivered at the sem- inary a course of lectures on " Reformers before the Reformation" repeating them at various Chautauqua assemblies, and in many lecture courses. He was elected president of Allegheny college in 1894. Northwestern university con- ferred upon him the honorary degree of D.D. in 1893.

CRAWFORD, William Thomas, representa- tive, was born in Haywood, N.C., June 1, 1856. He attended the public schools and Waynesville, N.C., academy; taught school and engaged in business at Waynesville. He was elected to the state legislature in 1884 and 1886, was a Demo- cratic elector in 1888, and engrossing clerk for the North Carolina house of representatives in 1889. He studied law at the University of North Carolina, 1889-90, and was licensed to practise in 1891. He was a Democratic representative in the 52d and 53d congresses, 1891-95, and in 1898 was elected to the 56th congress.

CRAWSHAW, William Henry, educator, was born in Newburgh, N.Y., Nov. 6, 1861; son of Charles and Mary (Lodge) Crawshaw and grandson of Samuel Crawshaw and of John Lodge. He prepared for college at Colgate acad- emy and was graduated at Colgate university, A.B., 1887, and A.M., 1889. He was instructor in English and elocution at Colgate university, 1887-89; associate professor of English, 1889-93; professor of English literature from 1893; dean of the faculty from 1897, and in charge of the work of the president's office, 1897-99. He was elected a member of the Modern language asso- ciation of America in 1893. He was married Dec. 26, 1888, to Jennie Louise, daughter of Aaron C. and Delia M. (Codman) Broughton. His published works include: The Interpretation of Litei-ature (1896); an edition of Dryden's Pala- mon and Arcite with notes, etc. (1898), and con- tributions to periodicals.

CREBS, John M., representative, was born in Middleburg, Loudoun county, Va., April 9, 1830. At the age of seven he was taken to Illinois where he was educated and in 1852 received ad- mission to the White county bar, practising in Carmi, 111. He entered the Federal arn?y in 1862 as lieutenant-colonel of the 87th Illinois volun- teers. He was promoted brigadier- general, served with distinction throughout the war, was mustered out June 16, 1865, and returned to his

law practice. He was a Democratic representa- tive in the 41st and 42d congresses, 1869-73. He died in Carmi, 111.. June 26, 1890.

CREELMAN, James, journalist, was born at Montreal, Canada, Nov. 12, 1859 ; son of Matthew and Martha (Dunwoodie) Creelman, and grand- son of John and Elizabeth Ann (Campbell) Creelman of Londonderry, Ireland, but of Scotch family. The original name of the Creelman fam- ily is Ashmore, having been changed during the Scotch border wars when the Ashmore-Creelmans removed from Scotland to Londonderry. His first Canadian ancestor, John Creelman, came at an early age from Ireland and settled in Montreal. James Creelman removed with his father's family to New York in 1872 and became a naturalized American citizen upon the attainment of his majority. He received his early education in the schools of Montreal ; later studied law super- ficially with Roscoe Conkling in New York city and skimmed through theology and medicine to be of use in his chosen profession, journalism. He entered the service of the New York Herald in 1877 and held successively several of the more important offices on the paper, — including that of editorial writer — accomplishing many diffi- cult and adventurous missions for that journal. In 1889 he went to Europe and took charge of the Paris and London editions of the New York Herald. While in Europe he went to Russia to study the Russian Jew persecution, visited Tolstoi at his home, and later had many notable journal- istic interviews, among them an audience with Pope Leo XIII. , who consented then for the first time to talk through the press. He visited Kossuth in exile in Turin and investigated the Mafia in Sicily and later visited the seat of war in Hayti, writing a series of stirring articles. He returned in 1891 and was married to Alice, daughter of Edward W. and Melissa (Barker) Buell of Marietta, Ohio. He was elected a mem- ber of the Fencers', Fellow Craft and Press clubs of New York and of the National Liberal club of England. In 1892 he became editor and man- ager of the New York Evening Telegram for a 3'ear, when he resigned to go to London as repre- sentative of the Cosmopolitan Magazine. Ajiart from his journalistic career Mr. Creelman is the author of contributions to leading magazines and was for a brief time connected with the Illustrated American, but upon the breaking out of the Japan- China war he went as war correspondent for the New York World and served through the war. His exposures of the atrocities committed at the massacre of Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, had a great influence upon the treaty then pending between the United States and Japan. His im- portant audience with the king of Corea drew the attention and sympathy of the world to that