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attaining the brevet rank of major. At the close o! the Civil War he studied law, begin ning the practice of his profe ion it Galesburg, Ill, and removing to lowe in 1868. He was elected to Congre in 1884 and twice reélected as a Republican. In 1890 he was appointed Minister to Brazil, serving four years. In 1897 he was again appointed to that post and in the following year was transferred to China. He was at his post throughout the Chinese crisis of 1900, in Peking, being imprisoned with his family and the entire diplomatic corps in the British legation compound from June 20 to Aug. 15. They were rescued by the allied forces barely in time to save all from a general ma acre. He returned to the U. S. in May, 1901; ran unsucce fully for Governor of Iowa; in March, 1905, was appointed amba ador to Mexico, but resigned the following October. He died May 18, 1907. Se tae - awe an Ss A | Soe ene ee a ea CONGER-EEL. Conger, a large sea-eel, 5, 6, or, in rare cases, even 10 feet long. Its upper parts are brownish-white, and the lower dirty-white; the lateral line spotted with white, the dorsal and anal fins white margined with black. A smaller species is found in the Mediterranean.