Davie, Wm. R

(1759-1820), born in Egremont, England. Came to this country in 1763, graduated from Princeton, N. J.,1776. In 1779 raised troop of dragoons, of which he was lieutenant. Was promoted to brigade major, and afterwards to Colonel Commandant N. C. State Cavalry, and was in charge of commi ary department under General Greene. Serveé several terms in the Legislature, was member from N. C. to Constitutional Convention, and was instrumental in founding the University of N.C. In 1799 was elected Governor of N. C., and soon after was one of the emba y to the French government, which got the Convention of 1800. Appointed by President Jefferson to make treaty with the Tuscarora Indians, Davis, Cushman K.., U.S. Senator from Minnesota, born in Henderson, N. Y., June 16, 1838. Moved to Wisconsin, 1842, and settled in Waukesha, where, after graduating at the University of Michigan, 1857, he began the study of law, and upon being admitted to the bar entered upon practice in Waukesha. In 186r he joined the Union army, and served until 1864 as lieutenant and a istant adjutant-general. Went to St. Paul in 1865 and practiced law. Elected to State Legislature in 1863, appointed United States District Attorney, and served from 1865-1873. He was elected Governor in 1874, and in 1887 was chosen United States Senator, and again in 1893, always as a Republican. He was a member of the Peace Commi ion to Paris in 1898, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Fifty-fifth Congre , and is author of ‘‘The Law in Shake- ” Spare. Vol, V.—81 Detroit. The population in 1900 was 285,704, an amazing increase during the past thirty years. The city isa great manufacturing centre, and has an extensive domestic commerce. The Pullman car works, with & capital of $12,000,000, are located here, as is also one of the seven pin factories in America, besides immense ship-yards, iron furnaces, copper smelting works, tobacco manufactories, saw-mills, brick-yards, etc. Though a great manufacturing city, Detroit is no le famous for spacious avenues, beautiful parks and splendid buildings. Many of her avenues are 200 feet wide, several of which diverge from a large semi-circular park called the Grand Circus. Connected with the Grand Circus is the Campus Martius, a plaza 600 feet long and 250 feet wide, upon which: faces one of the four sides of City Hall, which is one of the finest structures of the kind in the West. On this beautiful plaza is also the Michigan soldiers’ and sailors’ monument, a magnificent memorial of bronze and granite 55 feet high and 20 feet diameter at the base, surmounted by a large bronze statue of an Indian girl, typifying Michigan in defence of the Union. Several other bronze figures adorn the monument, all of which were cast in Munich. Detroit is one of the most beautiful and prosperous cities in America. | Donnelly, Ignatius, Populist candidate for Vice-President, was born | in Philadelphia, November 3, 1831, where he was educated, and went to Minnesota in 1857. He took an active part in politics, and was elected Lieutenant-Governor in 1859, and served three terms in Congre , 1863- 1869, as a Republican. He became estranged from the party on the tariff and money questions, and identified himself with the Populist party, which was strong in his State. At the Populist Convention held in Cincinnati, May 9, 1900, he was nominated for Vice-President with Wharton Barker. Mr. Donnelly is equally well known in literature, of which he is a distinguished student, and has written several erudite works, such as “At lant is,” ‘“Rognarok”’ and the “‘Antediluvian World.” He is also author of the ‘‘ Great Cryptogram,” by which he sought to prove that Sir Francis Bacon was the author of the plays credited to Shakespeare. Eagle, American. To Audubon, the naturalist, belongs the honor of first naming the bald, or white-headed variety, the ‘American Eagle.’” This fearle bird was made the emblem of the United States in 1785, directly after the achievement of our independence. Expansion, a term used extensively in the Presidential campaign of 1900, having reference to the forcible acquisition of the Philippine Islands against the protests of the natives. The Democrats contended that the President (McKinley) arrogated to himself the functions of an Emperor | | | in waging war against the Filipinos, who demanded independence as the price of peace. The Republicans met this accusation with the declaration ~ that the use by the President of the military resources at his disposal was perfectly compatible with the preservation of our present form of government, and instanced, in support of their contention, the acquisition. of Florida, and of what was part of Mexico, and the government first set up and exercised over the people in those newly acquired territories, Frye, William Pierce, U. S. Senator from Maine, was born in Lewiston, September 2, 1831. He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1850, and immediately took up the study of law. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1861-1867, Mayor of his native city, and was Attorney- General of the State from 1867-1869. He served as Congre man from 1871-1881, and in the latter year was chosen United States Senator, which position he has continued to fill, his present term expiring in 1901. He has been chairman of several important committees, and was a member of the Paris Commi ion that negotiated the Peace Treaty with Spain in December, 1898. Upon the death of Vice-President Hobart he was chosen presiding officer of the Senate. 490