The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ut he declined themboth. In the memorable Folger-Cleveland campaignin New York state, Mr. Carroll was nominated forcongressman-at-large on the republican ticket againstGen. Slocum,
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ut he declined themboth. In the memorable Folger-Cleveland campaignin New York state, Mr. Carroll was nominated forcongressman-at-large on the republican ticket againstGen. Slocum, democrat, and he ran nearly 80,000votes ahead of his ticket, although he was of coursedefeated with the rest of the republican candidatesof that year. Mr. Carroll is the author of two books, A Mississippi Incident and Twelve has also written a number of plays, one of which,The American Countess, has been produced inall the large cities of the country with much recent years he has engaged extensively in busi-ness, being the managing director of the Starintransportation company, as well as director in anumber of other large enterprises. He is alsopresident of the New York riding club, was oneof the founders of the New York press club,and is a member of various social and politicalorganizations in New York city. His journalistictraining has greatly benefited him in his busi-ness ?}\^;r^&T>Ay((]S^AAMl^ 310 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA BACONE, Almon C., president of Indian Uni-versity, was born in Scott, Cortland Co., N. Y.,Apr. 25, 1830. His early days were spent on a farm,but at the age of fifteen he went to the neighboringvillage of Cortland and took work in a tailors shop,where he came into contact with young men whowere preparing for college. The village contiguousto Cortland is Homer, and at its somewhat notedacademy he secured, with much pains and privation,sufficient education \o qualify him to teach districtschools in the winter, so enabling
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