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I^ter 1h» stiidie.l jit the Hoyal Ufadt'iny of music Riul attaiiHMl fame as a musifiaii. At about this peritKl lie wrote the music of " Kathleen Mavour- iieen"" to the wonls hy Mrs. Crawford, which be- came very itopular. He acce|)ted a iK)sition as

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the musical publica- tions of DAlniainse & Company of Lon- don. In lS4i» he re- moveil to New York city, and after con- ducting the orches- tra for a season at the Astor Phice opera hou.se, lie made a tour through the eastern states. He then became musical director of St. Matthews church, Wash- ington, D.C.. and conductor of the Philharmonic soiMety in that city. Afterward he was singer in St. Paul's church in Richmond. Va., until the outbreak of the civil war when he enlisted in the Confederate army, and served during the entire war. He was employed in v^arious capacities after the war, finally teaching music in Balti- more, yid. He was a fellow of the Royal society, a Doctor of ^lusic, received the degree of Master of Arts from seven universities, and was presi- ilent of the Historical brotherhood of Maryland. He al.so received gold medals and diplomas from all the principal countries of Europe. Of his many musir-al compositions, Kathleeyi Mavoiirwcn and iJi f)iintt AKthort'. were the most popular. He died in Portland, Maine, Aug. IH, 1896.

CROUNSE, Lorenzo, governor of Nebraska, was ixjrn at Sharon, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1834; son of John and Margaret (Van Aernam) Crounse. His ^^ paternal grandjiarents

came fromWittenburg, Germany, and located in Albany comity, N.Y., and his maternal grandparents came from Holland. He received a common school education to which was added two terms in the New York conference seminary at Charlotteville, N.Y. He taught a district scdiool for a time and in 1857 was admitted to the bar. In 1861 lie entered the army as captain in the l.st NY. light artillery, and

was wounded while holding Beverly Ford in the sec-ond battle of linll Run. Disability from this wound led to his resignation, Sept. 9, 18(52. In 18(54 he removed to Nebraska and in 18(55 was a member of the territorial legislature. In 18G he was chosen one of the three justices of the supreme court of Nebraska, serving until 1872. He was a Republican representative in the 43d and 44th congresses, and after the expiratiion of his second term declined further nomination. In 1876 he was a prominent candidate for the U.S. senate, and in 1879 he was appointed by President Hayes U.S. internal revenue collector, in which office he remained four years. Presi- dent Harri.son appointed him in April, 1891. assistant secretary of the U.S. treasury, and in 1892, while holding that position, he was nomi- nated for the office of governor of Nebraska. He resigned from the treasury department in November, 1892, and was elected governor serving, 1893-95.

CROUNSE, William Livingston, journalist, was bt)rn in Milwaukee. Wis., July 17, 1861; son of Lorenzo L. and Mary C. Crounse. He was prepared for college at the " Gunnery," Wash- ington, Conn., entered the Massachusetts insti- tute of technology, but deciding upon an academical course, was admitted to Harvard, class of 1884. He left college at the death of his father to become manager of a manufacturing concern in wiiich he was interested. Later he disposed of his interest and entered the govern- ment service at Washington as disbursing officer, at the same time engaging in journalism. He left the government service in 1885 and began to write regularly for the New York Sun and World, the Boston Glohr, the Philadelphia Times and Press, the Pittsburg Despatch, the St. Louis Post- Despatch, and other papers. In October, 1888, he w^as apix>inted chief correspondent of the New York World, writing principally political news, and travelling extensively in the interest of the paper. He is the autlior of a volume of lettei's (1889) originally published in the World, of a monograph on the Chilian (jucstion (1892), and of a critical narrative of the Bering .sea contro- versy, pul)lish('d in 1S!)1 in Harper's Weekii/.

CROW, John McClusky, educator, was born in Greene county. Pa., Sept. 30, 1846. He was graduated at Waynesburg college. Pa., in 1870, and remained there as tutor, 18*70-72. He then went to Leipzig, Germany, and studied there until 1874, when he accepted the chair of Greek in Waj-nesburg college. He was principal of the public schools at f:imvvood. 111., 1875-80; a student at the University of Berlin, )881, and a member of the School of arclia-olog}' at Athens, ISS2. In 1SH3-84 he was acting professor of the Latin language and literature, and instructor in