De Pauw

Washington Charles, an American manufacturer; born in Salem, Ind., Jan. 4, 1822; noted for his extensive gifts in behalf of education. His aid to the Indiana Asbury University set it upon a sound: basis, and its name was changed to De Pauw University in his honor, He also founded De Pauw College for Women and several charitable institutions at New Albany, Ind., where he died, May 5, 1887.; Depew, Chauncey Mitchell, an American lawyer; born in Peeks kill, N. Y., April 23, 1834; was graduated at Yale College in 1856, engaged in the presidential campaign for Fremont immediately afterward; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1858. He was appointed United States Minister to Japan, and after holding the commi ion a month declined, and _ began his career as a railroad official as attorney for the New York and Harlem Railroad. He was made attorney and director of the consolidated Hudson River and New York Central Railroads in 1869; general counsel of he whole Vanderbilt system in 1875; second vice-president of the reo zed New York Central Railroad in 1882, and president in 1885. His political career since 1866 embraces his unsucce ful candidacy as lieutenantzovernor on the Liberal Republican ticket in 1872; his election by_ the Legislature as a regent of the State + og in 1874; his candidacy for United States Senator to succeed Thomas ©. Platt, in which he withdrew his name after 82 days of balloting in 1881; his declination of the United States senatorship tendered by the Republicans of the Legislature in 1884; his candidacy for the presidential nomination in the national convention in 1888; and his election to - the United States Senate Jan. 17, 1899. He has an intert:ational repui tation as an unusually entertaining speaker, is constantly in request as a lecturer, and has delivered many addre es of large public importance.