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He therefore returned to Boston, later removing to the town of Bingham. Here in 1869 he became interested i'll politics and went before the people as Republic an candidate for member of the legisla- ture from the Second Plymouth district. His election followed. h 1876 he was reelected to the house and was after ward chosen speaker. In this position ls was very popular, and his re-elections in 1877 and 1878 were by such great maiorities as to surprise everybody.
 In 1878 he was elected lieutenant gov ernor of Massachusetts, and in 1879 he was chosen governor by plurality of more than 5000 yotes and ill 1880 was reelected by plurality of 52, GOO votes. This extraordinarily large vote was regarded as an ovation.
 After he had, by election and re-elec- tion, served as governor until January, 1883, he was elected to the Forty-eighth congress, He was returned to his seat in the lower house for two more terms the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth congresses. After his decision to retire from public life he returned to the practice of the law. wherein his success has been phe- nomenal.
 During all the time of his arduous public labors Mir Long continued to indulge his taste for literature and to keen paee with the march of science aud art. He is many sided man. He has not only published a scholarly transla- tion of yirgiI's Aneid, : but has con tributed to eurrenf literature nahy choice bits of original verse of truly classic quality. He is also said to be a connoisseur Of art in all it's forms of ex- pression.
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COLONEL JOHN ]. McooK. ATTORNEY
 GENERAL.

Colonel John J. McCook, the man designated by MT. Mckinley for the of flee of attorney general, is one of the fighting McCooks of Ohio who fought for the Union throughout the civil war There were nine of these MeCooks Eight of them were brothers, the other was Major Daniel McCook, father of the eight.
 Colonel John J. MeCoek was born at Carrollton, O., May 25, 1s45. When the war broke out, he was @ student at Kenyon college, and at tho beginning of his freshman year he enlisted in the his seventeenth birthday he was pro noted to first lieutenantcy and was assigned to duty on the staff of General Thomas L. Crittenden, commanding corps of the Army of the Ohio which subsequently, became the Twenty-fifst corps of tho Army of the Cumberland He served in the campaigns of Perry vile, Storm River, Tullahoma Chatta- nooga and Chickamauga and was with General Grant in his campaign with the Army of the Potomac from the battle of the N Wilderness to the crossing of the James river. He was commissioned captain ano aid-de-camp of United States volunteers i'll September, 1868, and was breyetted major of volunteers for gallant and meritorious service ill action at Shady Grove, Va. where he was dangerously wounded. Tn the same campaign he was afterward made lieu tenant colonel and colonel for the same reasons. It was once said of him by q friend who knows him well, "This boy soldier-not over 20 years of age when the war closed-showed at every step of his military career the splendid dash of an enthusiast and the iron courage of q veteran.
 At the close of the war Colonel Mo- Cook returned to Kenyon college, where he received the degrees of bachelor of arts in 1866 and master of arts three years later. Not content with mere academic education, ne turned his at tention to the law and entered the liar v7rrd hav srir0Ui; i1iCfr he graduated with honor i'll 1869. Four years later be received the honorary de- gree of master of arts from Princeton. In 1890 the University of Kansas, which
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GONE AND FORGOTTEN.
Few Members of the Cabinet Make Names
 That Live Long.

Anab Live Long.
 ''Can you name the members of Pres ident Garfield's cabinet?' asks tho Washington Post. Do you recall the distinguished gentlemen that made up President Hayes official family?n And then it goes on to answer it's own ques- tion.
 Tho career of Timothy O Howe of Wisconsin Is an instance. He was a vet eran senator for many years from the Badger State and most efficient post master general under President Arthur Several of the Wisconsin delegation i'll congress were asked the other day about General Howe's career and acknowl- edged that it was quito unknown to them, except in a general way.
 William Windom of Minnesota, who died so tragically at dinner in New York, was secretary of the treasury un- der Garfield Robert T. Lincoln of Chi cago was secretary of war and the only member of Garfield's cabinet that Ar thur retained Thomas L. James of New York, Garfield's postmaster gen eral, became president of the Lincoln National bank and the Lincoln Safe De- posit company of New York.
 Wayne MacVeagh was Garfield's at torney general. He went upon tho stump for Cleveland and was subse- quently appointed minister to Italy. Mir Arthur's secretary of the navy and secretary of the interior, Senators Chandler and Teller. have by no means waned since holding cabinet office
 Of the members of Cleyeland's s first cabinet Bayard is ambassador to Eng land Manning's sad death from over work in the treasury departmenti is often recalled. Charles S. Fairchild of New York, who succeeded him, is president | of trust company William c. Endi- colt, who was secretary of war, still 1 lives at Salem, Mass. William C. Whit ney, secretary of the navy under Clese- land, is engaged in caring for his great l fortune.
 Villas, Gleveland's first postmaster general, is senator from Wisconsin, and his successor, when Villas became secre- tary of the interior, was Don M Dick inson of Michigan. A. II. Garland, who was attorney general, is prominent attorney i'll Washington.
 Norman J Colman of St Louis, the irss ;rst f t;:;.s; .s ! nent nt ffacte. ffacte. iin Missenr; afr !tffsa.i
 John w. Foster, who succeeded Blaine IS seeretarZ of state.l lives -l.l[ashing=- ton
 When William Windom died. Charles Foster of Fostoria, O.. was rAmed as secretary of the treasury. He is stil. active fin politics,
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achieved in the political field In 1870 the Republicans nominated him for con gross i'll the Fifth district As the entire state of Maryland was ut that time largely Democratic it was foregone conclusion that he would be defeated When nominated for governor, ill 1879, his very handsome vote was overcome by the same expected Democratic majority
 MT Gary has been a delegate to every national convention of his party since 1872, and from 1880 to 1896 has ropre= sented Maryland on the Republican na- tional committee.
 The home life of MT. Gary has been quiet and happy. In 1856 he was mar ried to Miss Lavinia " Corrie, daugh- ter of James Corrie, highly respected citizen. Seven daughters and ono son were the fruits of this union The son, E. Stanley Gary, is now junior partner ill the old firm.
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Ex-CoNGRESSMAN JAMES WILSON,
 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

EX-CONGRESSMAN JAMES WILSON,
 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.
 x-Congressman James Wilson of Iowa, to whom President Mckinley ten dored the agricultural portfolio, is as man well fitted for the position which he is to fill He Is not native of Amer lea, but from the time he was 16 years old his life and work have been devoted to the interests of his adopted country, and particularly i'll the line of her agri- cultural development.
 MT. Wilson was born iii Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug. 16, 1885, and came, with his parents, to America in 1851. The Wilson's lived first i'll Connecticut, re- moving to Iowa when James Wilson was still i'll his tteens. ' The education of the lad was of the common school va riety, but yenrs of reading and other self education developed his mind liber- ally, and by tho time he was 2l years of age he was able to teach school himself This he did for number of years ill the neighborhood of Buckingham md West Union, Ia. At this time young Wilson was very poor, and 1t was said that he often went about barefooted because ho could not afford to wear shoes. How ever, his frugal habits of life soon en- aBled him to lay by q snug fortune, and he retired from pedagogy and bought a farm. His interest in agricultural pur, suits led him to devote nearly all his time to the management of his fine es- tate. He became prominent i'll all move ments for bettering the condition of farms and farmers, and also in the inn provement in the breed of cattle.
 Recognizing his peculiar abilities, his neighbors elected him to the state legis- lature, where he served three terms. A few years later--in 1874, in fact--a larger constituency elected him to the Forty-fourth congress. He was re-eleet- ed for a succeeding term, and after q lapse of six years was again sent to Washington, this time as q member of the Forty eighth congress.
 At the close of his congressional ca reer he returned to his home i'll Iowa and again eentered his attention upon his beloved hobby, agriculture Besides the managemento of his magnificent farm 0e IOtinu Ie1SuTe lD ueYDtc ulilcu tliue io assisting the researches of agricultural societies and writing largely for agri- cultural publications.
 In further recognition of his worth and usefulness i'll his chosen field of ef- fort, Mir. Wilson was made professor of agriculture in the University of Iowa, at Ames
 Personally Mir Wilson IS quite popu- lar He is an easy and fluent tall1er i'll public or private, and is said to mako friends merely by his pleasing and un- affected manner
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has honored very few in q like manner, conferred upon Colonel McCool the de- gree of doctor of laws
 Colonel M95ools settled down to the practice of law in New York city, and at once begun to take high rank in the profession. His practice grew large and lucrative, and upon his opinions many weighty matters are decided He mar ried daughter of Henry NJ Alexander. the head of the firm of which he has long been member. Colonel McCeok is an elder in the Fifth Avenue Presby- terian church and is active iii the prac- tieal and benevolent work of the church. He is also q member of tho Metropolitan, City, Union, New York Athletic, liar ward, Kenyon, Ohio and Tuxedo clubs, the Bar association and the Military Or der of the Loyal Legion
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sistant cashier. He remained with the Merchants Savings, Loan and Trust company until tho position of assistant cashier of the First National bank was offered him. He has been with the latter institution ever since In time he be- came vice president and afterward presi- dent of this great banking institution.
 It was the public record of MT. Gage in his successful efforts to allay the dis content and rioting of 1887 that gave him his greatest prestige He was wonderful harmonizer In those days of panics and disaster he called meetings of 1aborers and capitalists, some of which were held in his own parlors. and get them to confer together and set tie upon modes of procedure that would ease the friction between the classes.
 It was to Mir. Gage also that the suc- cess of the World s fair was largely att tributable He was it's first president and its strongest packer. He it was also who began the fight for it's location, and it would certainly have gone somewhere else but for his untiring efforts.
 MT. Gage has been twice married first in 1864, to Miss Sarah Etheridge of Little Falls, N. Y. She died in 1874, leaving son, Eli Gage, now young man of 30. The present wife of Mir. Gage was Miss Cornelia Washburn of Albany.
 In person Mir. Gage is large and fine looking. He stands nearly feet in height and weighs 200 pounds His manner is suaye, magnetic and alto gether agreeable. He and his wife are great faverites in a quiet, social way and entertain their friends handsomely The principal recreations of the great fnaneier are whist and the theater He is q member of a number of the best clubs of the city and of various assoeia- tions devoted to business and finance.
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JUDGE JOSEPH M'KENNA, SECRETARY
 OF THE INTERIOR.


 Judge Joseph McKenna of California, in President McKinley's B cabinet as sec retary of the interior is natiye of Philadelphia. He was born Aug 10, 1643, and removed with his parents to Benicia, Cal, ill 1855. His education, commenced in the public schools of Philadelphia, was completed at tho Benieia Collegiate institute, now St. Augustine college, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar ill 1865, and i'll the same year, at the age of S2, was elected district attorney of Solano county, the duties of which office hc dis charged faithfully for four years
 In 1875 he was elected to the Cali fornia legislature. While serving his constituents ill this capacity he made a reputation for himself us champion of the public school system, then suffering seriously from seetarian attacks. In the following year he was nominated for congress, but was defeated by small majority. His friends were determined, however, that their champion should have a seat in congress, so they contin- ued to push young McKenna for tho office, and finally. i'll 1884, he was elect ed by a handsome majority. In 1888 he was again nominated and elected, and in 1890 the same honor was conferred upon him.
 On Feb II, 1899, President Harrison appointed Mir. McKenna to the position of judge of the United States circuit court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Lorenzo Sawyer.
 It was while both were serving on the ways and means committee that Ma jor Mckinley and Judge MeKenna form eel the friendship which binds them now, and it was here that each recog- nized the special capabilities of the oth- CT, President Elect Mckinley has always held high opinion of Judge McKenna' $ ability as q jurist, and his appreciation of Judge McKenna $ knowledge of vest ern affairs and the general interests of the interior have no doubt largely influ- enced him ill making this selection.
 Judge McKenna is described as being q studious man devoted to his judicial duties, but affable and easy ill his man her. His popularity in California has been continuous and ever increasing, and he is regarded as in every way worthy of the honor conferred upon him
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HON. JOHN D. LONG, SECRETARY of
 THE NAVY.

HON. JOHN D. LONG, SECRETARY OF
 THE NAVY.
 Ex-Governor John D. Long of Massa- chusetts, who takes control of Uncle Sam s war fleets and attend to the other duties devolving upon the secretary of the navy, is one of tho most prominent of the public men of the Bay State.
 John Davis Long was born at Buck field, Me, Oct. 27, 1888 Ho was pre- pared for college at Hebron, Me, and entered Harvard, at the a.e of II. He made brilliant record at, college and showed particularly as a pott, a.gentle art which he has practiced as saastime occasionally in later years After his graduation from Harvard, ill 1857, he was engaged as principal of the Vest ford academy, where he taught until 1859 He then began to attend the Har- yard Law school Tn 1861 he was ad- mitted to the bar and opened an office i'll his native town.
 He did not remain long there, how ever, for he concluded that a young man had better chance ill Massachusetts.
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His personality is impressive His features are finely drawn and full of ex- pression, and his sociable nature mani fests itself in manner at once cultured, simple and dignified
 While ill congress he and Major Me Kinley were warm friends, and the honor conferred upon the Massachusetts man by the president elect was q matter of personal qualification as well Us q recognition of special fitness and general worth
 JAMES A. CARY, POSTMASTER GEN
 ERAL.
 James Albert Gary, now widely known because of his selection as post master general under the new adminis- tration, is q man who has long been prominent in Maryland, where ho has resided since his early boyhood MT. Gary was born in Uneasville, Conn.,, in 1883, from which place his father re- moved to Maryland q few years later, taking with him his family. Young Gary was sent to school at Ellicott City, Md, and afterward became student of Alleghany college, Meadville, Pa Pres ident Elect Mckinley was also attend ing this college, and it was hero that he and Gary formed the friendship that
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LYMAN ]. GAGE, SECRETARY OF THE
 TREASURY.


 Lyman J Gage, tho man who is to succeed John c. Carlisle as secretary of She treasury, is q well known and pie turesque character ill the middle west. He is man of energy as well as ideas, and, though he has lived 60 years, he can hardly be called old.
 Mir Gage was born at Deruyter, N. r., June 29, 1886. His parents were also New Workers, and their ancestors were among tho first settlers of New England. The father of Lyman Gage WAS farmer and afterward merchant ina small way.
 In 1846 the elder Gage moved with his family to Rome, N. Y., and there Lyman attended school until he was l5 years old At that time the Gage family was so large that Lyman thought it would be best for him to begin to make his own way, so he secured q elerkship ina country postofffee. Within year he was promoted to the position of mail agent on the Rome and Watertown rail- aad. In 1856 he withdrew from the railroad and took a position in the Oneida Central bank at Rome. Here he aeted as junior clerk, office boy and gen. eral factotum at salary of $100 year. After serving his employers i'll this ca paelty for a year or moro young Gage asked for an advance of salary This being refused, ho threw up his position, and, acting on an idea which he had long entertained, started west.
 Chicago was the objective point which young Gage had i'll his mind Thither ne made his way, arriving Oct. 3, 1S55. Ills efforts to get employment in 6 nank were fruitless and so he applied at Nathan Coles lumber yard and obtained work there. Itwas hard labor. He load x; wagons, steered ilis iogs against Cir sQlar saws and now and then took his a s,lh at driving team of balky mules. 1ne pay Was small, and the hours were ong. After awhile he was promoted to .iie position of night watchman and put II the long hours between sunset and sullrise patrolliNg the yard to prevent . ales and thefts A year later he became 'sgAkeeper of the concern.
 HIS ilrst step in the remarkable ascent ae ,a. made to fame and prosperity was ,aaen Aug. 5, 1858. He had been quiet Y Y; aooklng out for employment in which ass v special talents could have chance ~, %,uevelop. On the day named he walk m sa, into the Merchants Savings, Loan sass .'a trust Company bank and asked the ,Ssuief for q position. To his joy and saa'ailishnent, sa his application was look ' upon With favor They were needing ..:s ~ scrylces of boollkeeper and would ',e uage trial at $500 year.
 ,vas Y was all humble beginning. but it ha.s VI dage Wanted. His promotions tssa san within six months. At the end oi In ''s x period he was made paying teller. ina slis HIS position he displayed many oi mo- @lenfs which have made him ia.
 sSs' Not long afterward he became as
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eral Alger is as vigorous of body US he is of mind, and in every way he is equal to the duties to which he will devote himself ill his new office.
Evening star., 1897-02-10
Success Of Sir George Goldie's Expe-
dition Announced.
WILL INCREASE BRITISH TERRITORY
Result Of Ignoring the Warning Of
the Royal Niger Company.
c. CAPTU RE OF A PALACE

LONDON, February 1O.-Sir George
Goldie, commanding the Royal Niger Com
pany's expedition against the Emir of
Nupe, cables from the palace of the emr
at Bida January -, saying that the palace
has been captured and that all the men,
bers of the expedition are well. Dispatches
received yesterday stated that Bida was 10
be bombarded January q. A private tele-
gram today adds that Lieutenant Thomson
of the Leicestershire Regiment was killed
The capture of Bida probably completes
the destruction of the Fulah mower, and
will most likely add to the territory OF
Great Britain in Africa. The dispute be-
tween the Emir of Nupe and the Niger
company is one of long standing and,
among other things, grew out of the emirs
practice of executing slaves by the whole
sale, after raiding territory under the pro-
lection of the company in order to obtain
victims. Sir George Goldie, founder and
deputy governor of the Royal Niger Com
pany, has repeatedly warned the emir dur
ing the past years. and in 1892. accom-
panied by Lord Scarborough, he visited
Bida and warned the Fulah ruler that if
the massacres of slaves were not stor.e ed
the eEir and his followers would have 10
reckon with the Niger company.
For some time later the practice COM
p!ained Of ceased. but last year it was re-
newed; the emir raided territory under
the protection of the company. and even
tually il was decided to send a punitive
expedition to Bida. 1t consisted of 5uO
Hausa troops, six Maxim raDid-fire guns
twenty-sX mounted European officers and
800 carriers. backed up by tiotslla of
stern-wheel river steamers belonging to the
company.
The Fulah army was said to number
nearly 10000 foot and 1000 cavalry.
The Emir of Nupe Is the most powerful
vassal of the great Mohammedan empire of
Sokoto.
Evening star., 1897-02-10
p. r.. r.. PROMOTIONS.
Vacancies Caused by Mr.. ThomsOn's
Elevation Filled.


PHILADELPHIA. Febr, ary 1O.-The
board of directors of the Pennsylvania rail-
road at meeting this afternoon elected
John p. Green first vice president Of the
company to succeed Frank Thomson, who
was recently chosen president to succeed
the late George b. Roberts. The board
made a number of promotions because of
the elevation of Messrs. Thomson ard
Green The full list of appointments made
today follows: First vice president, John r.
Green; second vice president, Charles E.
Pugh; third vice president. S. NJ. Provost;
first assistant to the president, Samuel Rea;
assistants to the president, VIM. A PAT
ton and E. T. Poslethwaite; freight traffic
manager. VIM. H. Joyce; general manager,
]. B. Hutchinson.
Two new positions were created, those OF
freight traffic manager and first assistant
to the president. Mr.. Joyce, who bears the
former title and ranks the general man
ager was formerly known as the general
freight agent. Samuel Rea, the first assist
ant to tie president. was Mr.. Roberts
assistant, and will in future have charge
of the engir eering department of the road.
]. p. Hutchinson, the new general mana
ger, succeo ding s. NJ. Provost, was former
ly supernte endent of transportation. The
latter office was rot filled by the board To-
day.
VIM. A. Patton is given the same position
he occupied under Mr.. Roberts, and T.. L.
Postlethwaite is carried along with Mr..
Thomson, he having been assistant to the
first vice president.
The board will at future meeting fill
some vacancies that were untouched to-
day, and possibly will create some new
offices.