Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-29

not only admired for her personal worth. but
belonged to one OF the fighting families of the
frontier. On her fathers side she was grand
daughter Of Gen. Jos. Bartholomew of Indiana,
soldier Of the war Of 1912 and one of the
heroes of the desperate battles of Tippe-
canoe under Gen. William Henry Harrison
Upon the outbreak of the late war two wears
after her marriage. Mrs. Pierce was left with
the care Of home and family while her husband,
buckllng on his sword as second lieutenant,
marched with his company in the ninth Indiana
volunteers to the front in response to the first
call of President Lincoln for troops for three
months. He served through the war in the
field and on the staff, while his wife for four
long years kept the home bright and cheerful
for her husbands return. In 1869 Mrs Pierce
came to Washington with her husband. who
was appointed to one of the Offices of the body
OF which he is now a member. After two years.
her husband having resigned to accept an
editorial position in Chicago, Mrs. Pierce re-
sided there. In 1884 MIR. Pierce having been
appointed governor of Dakota, Mrs. Pierce
graced the frontier home life OF that Office.
With the beginning Of the Fifty-frst Congress
she became one of the first ladies to represent
the frontier state or North Dakota in the distin-
guished list of senatorial ladies.
Miss May Pierce. their daughter. a beautiful
young woman, born in Indiana and educated
at the Bennett Seminary, Minneapolis, is a
young lady Of unusual ability and social attrac-
tions and is greatly admired by all who meet
her.
THE MMILLASs AND THEIR HOME.
One of the finest homes, INTELLECTUALLY and
socially, in Washington is that on Vermont
avenue of Senator and Mrs. James Mcmillan Of
Detroit, Michigan. The Senator is a native of
Ontario. Canada, and settled in Detroit in 1885,
Mrs. Mcmillan, who was Miss Mary L. Wetmore
was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Miss
WetmOre received her earlier education in her
native city and finished at the Utica Seminary
W W of no
OF her father and mother. Her father was
manufacturer. Young Mr.. Mcmillan having
laid out a business career for himself in 1860
married Miss Wetmore in Detroit and settled
down to life in earnest. In 1868 with others he
established the Michigan Car company. of which
he is president He was the contemporary of
Zachariah Chandler, and succeeded him in the
management OF republican politics III Michi-
gan. He never filed any office until he en-
tered the Senate at the beginning of the pres
of pleasing presence and kindly and unaffected
manners in the social representation of the
northern peninsula state. succeeded the popu-
lar Mrs. Palmer. who now resides near the Es-
curial as wife of the American minister At
her drawing rooms in her elegant home Mrs.
Mcmillan is assisted by her daughter. who is
just entering her twenties, and is one of the
many bright young women in society at the
seat Of government.
SENATOR BATES WIFE.
The wife OF William Is. Bate the Junior Sen.
ator from Tennessee, was Miss Julia Peete.
She was born at the picturesque town of Hunts
vile, in northern Alabama. After her early
education there she finished at Mrs Lambs
celebrated school at Philadelphia while there
being under the care Of her relative, Mr..
Price.
In 1856 Mr.. Bate and Miss Peete united their
fortunes in life. Mr.. Bate had served as a pri-
waite IN Louisiana and Tennessee regiments
throughout the Mexican war. At the time of
his marriage he was attorney general for the
Nashville district He rose from private to
major general in the confederate service and
IN winning these laurels was three times dan
gerously wounded. One wound was in the leg
and this compelled him to use heavy cane for
assistance in walking. Mr.. Bates election and
reelection to the governorship of Ten
nessee. 1SS2-S7, placed Mrs. Bate at the head
OF the social surroundings of the executive
office OF that state. She was greatly admired
for her brilliant qualities in polite intercourse
and made her husbands administration one of
the most popular i'll the history of the COM
monwealth. In 1887 Mrs. Bate entered the
congressional social life of the national capital
as the wife of Senator. In the Inequalities
of her home circle she is assisted by her
daughter Susie, one of the brightest young
ladies In the fashionable world here. She was
born in Nashville and received her girlhood
education there, but finished at the young
ladies' seminary at Media, Pa. She is a superb
performer on the banjo and several other in
strumeuts. She Is, too, good vocalist and an
expert whistler. Her musical talents and gifts
Of conversation make her unusually attractive
in society. An elder daughter Mrs. Maize
Mastne, wife of ThOs. F. Mastine, resides in
Granville, Tex. DEBRK.