BOURNE, JONATHAN

(1855), American legislator; born New Bedford, Ma . He studied at Harvard, but left before graduation to go to sea, where he narrowly escaped death in a shipwreck. Returning to Oregon, he practised law, became identified with many mining and commercial organizations and engaged actively in politics. He became a member of the Oregon legislature as a Republican 1885-86 and 1897 and in the latter year was elected to the United States Senate. He failed of renomination for a second term. He was a member of the Post Office Committee and was a prominent factor in the inauguration of the parcel post service, (1886-1919), American political and philosophical writer. He wielded a brilliant._pen and was connected at various times with the New Republic, Seven Arts and The Dial. He was a‘ leader among the younger school of writers, especially of the intransigent and radical wing. His death at the age of 33 cut short a career full of promise. Eng. Latin poet; was a master at Westminster school; famous for the exquisite grace of his Latin poems, which have received high praise from Cowper, Lamb, and others.