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of the supreme court of the District of Columbia (1875, 1877 and 1881). He was twice married, his second wife being the widow of Benjamin F. Hawkins, representative in congress from Wisconsin. He is the author of : Education in its Relation to Manual Industry (1884), and Biography of tJie English Language (1889). He died in Atlantic City, N.J., Aug. 24, 1896.

MacARTHUR, Arthur, soldier, was born in Springfield, Mass., June 1, 1845; son of Judge Arthur MacArthur (q.v.). In 1849 he went with his father to Milwaukee, Wis., and there attended school until Aug. 4, 1862, when he was appointed by Governor Salomon 1st lieutenant and adjutant

of the 24th Wisconsin volunteers. His first battle was Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, in the 37th brigade, 11th division, 3d army corps. At Stone's river, Tenn., Dec. 30- 31, 1862, his regiment was part of the 1st brigade, Sheridan's 3d division, McCook's right wing, Army of the Cumberland. He was second in com- mand during the en- gagement, the regi- ment being commanded by Major Hibbard, and he was commended for bravery in the official re- port of the commander of the brigade. At Chicka- mauga he was again second in command, and at Chattanooga he gained a medal of honor for con- spicuous bravery in action Nov. 25, 1863, while serving as 1st lieutenant and adjutant of the 24th Wisconsin infantry. He was promoted major Jan. 25, 1864, and commanded the regiment at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864. At the bat- tle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864, he com- manded his regiment in Opdyke's brigade, Stan- ley's division, and General Stanley gave the 24th Wisconsin credit for doing " a large part " in saving the day. He was severely wounded and could not take part in the battle of Nashville. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel May 18, 1865, and was mustered out June 10, 1865. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel of volunteers for Perryville, Stone's river, Missionary Ridge and Dandridge, Tenn., and colonel of volunteers for services at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., and in the Atlanta campaign, March 13, 1865. On Feb. 23, 1866, he was commissioned 2d lieutenant in the 17th infantry and the same day was promoted 1st lieutenant. He accepted the commission April 30, 1866, was promoted captain of the 36th infantry July 28, 1866 ; major and assistant ad jutant-gen-

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eral July 1,1889; lieutenant-colonel May 26, 1896 ; brigadier-general Jan. 2, 1900, and major- general Feb. 5, 1901. He re-entered the volunteer army as brigadier-general May 27, 1898, and was promoted major-general of volunteers Aug. 13, 1898. He succeeded Gen. El well S. Otis in cui..- mand of the Division of the Philippines, Feb. 5. 1901, and on June 15. 1901, issued a proclamation of amnesty to the natives. He assunied com- mand of the Department of the Lakes, March 25, 1902.

MacARTHUR, Charles Lafayette, journal- ist, was born in Claremont, N.H,, Jan. 7, 1824 ; son of Charles G. and Philena (Stearns) MacAr- thur and a descendant of Daniel MacArthur. He was graduated from the Black River institute, Watertown, N.Y.; learned the printer's trade, and removed to Carthage, N.Y., in 1840, where he established the Carthaginian. He was a reporter on the Detroit Free Press, 1841 ; went to Milwau- kee, Wis., in 1842, and accompanied an expedition to the head waters of the Platte river to treat with the Sioux Indians, and the same year be- came senior editor of the Sentinel, the first daily newspaper published in Wisconsin, He was city editor of the New York Sun, 1846-47, and editor and proprietor of the Troy Daily Budget, 1847- 59, and of the Troy Daily Arena, 1859-61. He was 1st lieutenant and quartermaster, 2d N.Y. volunteers, 1861-62, being present at the battle of Great Bethel, and in the capture of Norfolk, Va. He was transferred to the regular army as assist- ant quartermaster with the rank of captain in 1862 ; served as brigade and division quarter- master, and participated in all the battles from Fair Oaks, May 11-15, 1862, to Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862, and in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 11-15, 1862. He was twice brevetted by Governor Fenton for gallant and meritorious services. When the slavery issue divided the Democratic party he affiliated with the Free Soil wing until the formation of the Republican party which he assisted in organizing. He founded and edited the Troy News, the pioneer Sunday newspaper in the state outside of New York city, in 1864. and sold it in 1866 to become an editor and proprietor of the Troy Daily Whig, The Troy Northern Budget, an extreme Democratic paper, was sus- pended in 1863, and Mr. MacArthur republished it as a Sunday paper in 1867, making it a Repub- lican organ and a leader of the political senti- ment of the party in that section of the state. Mr. MacArthur was a member of the Democratic state central committee ; a delegate to the Dem- ocratic national convention of 1856 ; city alder- man, 1852-56 ; collector of the port of Troy for a number of years under Republican administra- tion ; was a Republican state senator. 1882-88, and as a member of the committees on commerce