McCALLA, Bowman Hendry, American naval officer: b. Camden, N. J., 19 June 1844; d. Santa 'Barbara, Cal., 6 May 1910. He was graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1864 and rose to captain in 1898. In 1890 he was court-martialed on charge of cruelty to his subordinates and was suspended for three years, but in consideration of previous acts of gallantry was restored to active service in 1891. He commanded the Marblehead during the war with Spain in 1898 and was subse quently restored to the place he held on the list of officers previous to his suspension. In 1899 he commanded the Newark and aided in the pacification of the Philippines. In 1900 he co operated with Vice-Admiral Seymour in put ting a stop to the Boxer troubles at Peking. In 1901 he was given command of the Kearsarge; in 1905 became commandant of the Mare Island navy yard and was retired 19 June 1906.
MacCAMERON, Robert Lee, American painter: b. Chicago, 1866; d. New York, 29 Dec. 1912. After studying in the public schools he began to make sketches for the newspapers in Chicago, and soon re moved to New York, where he illustrated for newspapers sand studied under William M. Chase. He then went to Paris and studied at the Beaux Arts under Gerome and Collin. He became a successful portrait painter and for several years before his death kept studios in London, Paris and New York. For his 'b.& Carerne) he received honorable mention in the Paris Salon, and in 1912 he was made a cheva lier of the Legion of Honor. He was a member of several foreign and American art societies. Among his best portraits are President Taft, President McKinley, Archbishop Ryan,Justices of the Supreme Court, Harlan and Brewer, Nellie Melba and Auguste Rodin (Metro politan Museum, New York). MacCameron also achieved reputation for his cafés and scenes in theatres. 'A Group of Friends,' also called 'Wormwood,' painted in 1908, is in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington; 'The Daughter's Return,' painted in 1909, is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. 'Les Habitués (The Old Customers) hangs in the Wilstach Gallery, Philadelphia. He also painted a religious picture, The Last Supper,' in 1909. His last work was 'The People of the Abyss' (1912). Consult Harper's Weekly (February 1913).
McC AMMON, Joseph Kay, American lawyer: b. Philadelphia, 13 Oct. 1845; d. 2 Jan. 1907. He graduated at Princeton in 1865; studied law; became register in bankruptcy in 1870; was special counsel of the United States in Washington 1871; president of the board for investigation of the Indian service, 1877; Assist ant Attorney-General of the United States, 1880-85, and in 1881 was appointed United States commissioner of railroads. Under Presi
dents Garfield and Arthur he conducted treaties with various Indian tribes. Among his writings are a on Indian Service' (1878); 'Re port of Councils with Bannock and Shoshone Indians> (1881); of Councils with Flathead and Other Indians' (1882) ; 'Argu ments in Cases Affecting Pacific and Other Railroads.' McCARREN, ma'kiir'in, Patrick Henry.
American politician: b. East Cambridge, Mass., in 1849; d. Brooklyn, 22 Oct. 1909. In 1851 he removed to Williamsburg (Brooklyn, N. Y. and was apprenticed to a cooper, but soon left trade and entered local politics. Before he was 21 he had been defeated for the leadership of his district. In 1881 he was elected to the New York assembly and was re-elected in 1883 and 1887. In 1889 he was elected to the State sen ate and was continuously a member of that body until his death. In 1893 he became virtually the leader of the Brooklyn Democracy. He broke with Charles F. Murphy, the leader of Tammany Hall, and from that time a bitter fight was kept up between these two politicians for the control of the Brooklyn Democracy. In 1904 one of the bitterest chapters in the his tory of New York politics occurred. McCarren also opposed W. J. Bryan and Charles E Hughes. McCarren was a man of keen i intel lect and an aggressive fighter. He was denti fied with the Standard Oil Company and the American Sugar Company.
McCARTER, Margaret Hill, authoress: b. Charlottesville, Ind., 2 May 1860. She be gan teaching in elementary schools in Indiana in 1876; graduated A.B. at the State Normal School, Terre Haute, Ind., in 1884; was prin cipal of the High School, Rensselaer, Ind., 1884-87; held other educational positions to 1894, and was a lecturer of the State Board of Education. She married, 5 June 1890, William Arthur McCarter, D.D.S., of Topeka, Kan. She became widely known by her fiction which is as popular in her State as that of William Allen White of Emporia. Her publications in dude 'The Overflowing Waters' (1903); 'The Cottonwood's Story) (1903); (Cuddy's Baby' (1907) ; 'The Old Quirra> (1908); (Cuddy and Other Stories' (1908); 'The Price of the Prairies' (1910); 'The Peace of the Solomon Valley) (1911); (A Wall of Men) (1912); (Master's Degree' (1913); (Winning of the Wilderness' (1914); (The Corner Stone' (1915) ; 'Vanguards of the Plains' (1917).