ALEXANDER SEVERUS

(222-35 A. D.), Rom. Emperor; Syrian prince by birth; proclaimed Emperor at fourteen by the Preetorians, after murder of Heligobalus; dominated by his mother, Julia Mamea, and others; slain in Gaul by mutinous troops; po e ed many excellent qualities as emperor. WOOD (1845), ex-Congre man: b. Richmond, Maine. After graduating from Bowdoin College (1870) he edited the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Daily Gazette, practised law at Indianapolis, and became an auditor of the U.S. Treasury. In 1885 he returned to the law and established a practice at Buffalo, N. Y., with which he was identified throughout his career. Between 1889 and 1893 he was U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York. Elected to Congre as a Republican in 1897 for the 33rd New York District, he represented that section until 1903, when he became the representative of the 36th District, his Congre ional service ending in 1911. He was the author of Political History of the State of New York and History and Procedure of the House of Representatives,