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McCLYMONT and The Church 602 of Scotland Jolin's Gospel (18!);i).  MacCOLL, Evan (1808-!)8). A Canadian Gaelic i)Ot't, born at Kenmore, Scotland. His principal work, Clareach nam Beann: or Poems and SoiKts in daelic (1838). was printed in Eng- lish thesanie year under the title The Mounlain Minstrel, of which five subsequent editions ap- peared. -Mact'oU went to Canada in 1S.30. and was employed in the custom house at Kingston, tinlario. for thirty years. In 1880 he retired and went to live in Toronto, where a complete edition of his works was published in 1883. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada from its inaiijiuration.

MacCOLL, Malcolm (18.38—). A theologian and author, horn March 27, 1838, at Glenfinan. in Inverness-shire, Scotland. He was educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond. and at the Uni- versity o'f Naples. He was appointed assistant curate of Saint Taul's, Knightshridge (I8G1); chaplain to the British Ambassador at Saint Petersburg (18(52-63); curate of Saint Paul'.s (1804-07); rector of Saint George's, London (1871); and canon of Ripon Cathedral (1884). In 1875 he attended the conference of the East- ern and Western Churches at Bonn. Among his publications are: Mr. Gladstone and Oxford (1805); Science and Prayer (1860); Lawless- ness, Sacerdotalism, and Ritualism (1875); Chrislianiti/ in Relation to Science and Morals (1892); ResiHinsihility of Enyland Toward Ar- menia (18(15): The Sultan and the Powers (18!M1); and Life Here and Hereafter (1890).

McCOMB, ra'-kom'. A town in Pike County, Miss., aliout (iO miles east by south of Natchez; on the Illinois Central Railroad (JInp: Missis- sippi. E 8). The McComb City Female Institute, opened in 1894, is situated here. McComb is in a productive cotton-growing region, and has cot- ton mills, and the largest and most completely equipped railroad shops in the State. There are puhlie parks. The water-works are owned by the municiiialitv. Population, in 1890, 2383; in 1900. 4477."

McCON'NELSVILLE. A village and the county-seat of Morgan County, Ohio. 27 miles south by east of ZanesA'ille; on the Muskingum River, and on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (Map: Ohio, G 6). It is the centre of a farm- ing region, and among its industrial plants are flouring mills and the Government workshops and yards for the Muskingum River Improve- ment. Natural gas is found in the vicinity, also coal, the county being one of the greatest coal- producing areas in the State. Population, in 1890, 1771; in 1900, 1825.

McCOOK’ . A city and the county-seat of Red Willow County, Neb., 228 miles west by south of Lincoln; on the Republican River and on the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad (Burlington Route) (Jlap: Nebraska, T) 3). It is a railroad division headquarters with shops. and is the centre of a section interested largely in tile cultivation of sugar beets and alfalfa, and in cattle-raisinrr. Population, in 1890, 2346; in 1900, 2445.

McCOOK, Alex. deb McDowell (1831-1903). An American soldier, prominent in the Civil War. He was born in Columbiana Coimty, Ohio, grad- uated at W^est Point in 1852, was employed for a time in garrison duly, served against the Utah and Apache Indians in 1855, and from 1858 to I80I was assistant instructor of infantry tactics at West Point. In the last named year he was appointed colonel of a vohmteer regiment, and in this capacity served in the first battle of Bull Run, earning the brevet of major. He was pro- moted to l)e brigadier-general of volunteers on September 3d, commanded a brigade in the opera- tions in Kentucky, October-December. 1861, and a division in the Army of the Ohio in the Tennes- see and Mississippi campaign, February and June. 1862, and became a major-general of volun- teers on dulj' 16, 1802. He led a corps under Buell in Kentucky during that officer's campaign against Bragg, and on Octolier 8th participated in the battle of Perryville. From November to December, 1802. he was in conuiiand at Nash- ville, Tenn., and subsequently participated in the battles of JIurfreesl)oro and Chickamauga; ^vas assigned to the Middle Military Division, and from February to May, 1805, was in commaml of the District of Eastern Arkansas. At the close of the war he was brevetted brigadier- general in the Regular Army for 'gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Perryville,' and major-general for 'gallant and meritoriou.s sen'ices in the field during the Rebellion.' and in March, 1807, reentered the regular service as lieutenant-colonel. He became a brigadier-gen- eral in 1890 and a major-general in 1894, was re- tired from active service in 1895, represented the United States at the coronation of the Czar in May, 1890, and from September, 1898, to Fel)ru- ary, 1899, served on a commission appointed by President JIcKinley to investigate the adminis- tration of the War Department during the Span- ish-American War. His father and his eight brothers all served as officers in the Federal Army during the Civil War, and his father and three of his brothers were killed.

McCOOK, AN.SOX George (1835—). An American soldier and politician, born at Steuben- ville, Ohio. At the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the Federal Army as captain in an Ohio regiment; was at the first battle of Bull Run. and later became colonel of a regiment in the Army of the Cumberland. At the clo.se of the war he was brevetted brigadier-general. In 1873 he removed to New York, and was elected as a Re- publican to Congress, serving from 1877 until 1883. He was secretary of the United States Senate from 1887 to 1893, and city chamberlain of New York from 1893 until 1897.

McCOOK, Hen-ry Christopher (1837 — ). An American theologian and entomologist, brother of A. G. McCook, born at New Lisbon, Ohio. He was educated at JelTerson College and at the Western Theological Seminary; served as lieu- tenant and as chaplain in the Forty-first Illinois Volunteers (1801-62); and was then pastor at Clinton, 111. (1802-03), a home missionary in Saint Louis ( 1803-70), and pastor of the Taber- nacle Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. He was chaplain of the Pennsylvania commandery of the Loyal Legion, and of the Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the war with Spain; was long president of the American Entomological Society and vice-president of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, as well as presi- dent of the American Presbji;erian Historical Association. He wrote: The Wotnen Friends of