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GABRIELS, Henry, R. C. bishop, b. in Wan- iiegem-Le<le, Belgium, 6 Oct., 1838. He received his collegiate eilticatioii at Audenarde, his philoso- phy at St. Nicholas, his theology at Ghent and Lnuvain. became a licentiate in theology in 1864, and received an honorary doctorate in 1882. From 1864 to 1871, having come to the United States, he was profes-sor in .St. Joseph's seminary, Troy, and from 1871 to 1892 he was president of that insti- tution. In 1891 he was appointed bishop of Og- densbnrg, to succeed Bishop Wadhatns, and was consecrateil in May, 1802. The Catholic summer school ha< Ijeeii established with permanent build- ings and eijuipment at I'lattsburg, in his diocese, which holds .sessions every summer. His works are "yuestioncs Mechlinienses in Rubricas " (New York, 1887), adapte<l to the United States; "Ru- diments of Hebrew Grammar," translated from Vosen (1888) ; and he edited Itev. Clarence A. Wal- worth's "Reminiscences of Bishop VVadhams."

GAGE, Lyman Judson, secretary of the treas- ury, b. in Demyter, Madison co., N. Y., 28 .June, 1836. Ue received a common-school education in his native county, but his parents re- moving to Rome, N. Y., in 1848, he there entered the academy at that place. At eighteen years of age he was employed in a bank in Rome, but later he removed to Chi- cago, hoping to ob- tain there a better situation. I'nsuc- rcssful at first, he was employed in a lumber-yard, but in 1858 he secured the position of book- keeper in the Mer- chants' loan and trust coni(mny, and

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cashier of the First national bank of Chicago. The charter of the bank havinit; expired, it was reorgan- ized, Mr. Gage wa.s made vice-president and general manager, and in 1891 was elected president. He never held any polit leal ollicre, though often solicited to Ijecomc u candidate, notably for mayor of Chi- cago. Mr. Gage first became known throughout the country through his presidency of the local corporation having charge of the Chicago world's fair of 1893, whose success was largely due to his energetic efforts. He was also president of the civic federation of Chicago, and origiiiate<l what were known as the e<-onomic conferences between rcpres«MitBtivesof all classes of thought in economic matters. lie was appointed by I'resident McKin- ley secretary of the treasurv, and immediately con- firmed by thos<'nateon .'J March, 1897. His admin- istration of iheodice has given general .satisfaction.

GIGNON, Ernest Amédée Frederic, Cana- dian author, b. at Klviere du Loup, t^uel)ec, now Louisville, 7 Nov., 1834, educateii there and at Jollette college. He studied music in Paris, and travelled extensively In Kurope. On returning to Canada he iK'came organist of the French cathe- dral in (Quebec. He composed several pieces of great merit, and published " Chansons populaires du Canada," which passed through three editions. Other works of his are " Le Fort et la Chateau Saint-Louis," " Le Comte de Paris h Quebec," " La Croix de Jacques Cartier," and numerous sketches and essays in magazines, reviews, and newspapers. In 189.5 he was created officier de Vinstruction publique by the government of France. He en- tered the civil service in 1875 as private secretary to Dr. de Boucherville, then premier of Quebec, and in the next year became secretary of the depart- ment of public works, which position he still holds.

GAINES, Wesley John, bishop of the A. M. E. church, b. In Wilkes county. Ga., 4 Oct., 1840. He was reared a slave, but received theological instruc- tion from the pastor of an Episcopal church in Athens, Ga. In 1860 he entered the ministry of the M. K. church, and in 1865 united with the Af- rican M. E. chun-h. He held several pastorates in churches of the latter denomination, has been pre- siding elder, secretary of Its home and foreign mis- sionary society, ami was elected one of its bishops in May, 1888. In his capacity as bishop he has had charge of various epi.scopal districts, covering a wide range of territory. Bishop Gaines organized and built Bethel church, at Atlanta, which is the largest colored church in the south. He was the founiler of Morrison Brown college, of Atlanta, which has an attendance of 400 pupils, and he has succeeded in raising (1500,000 for the use of his de- nomination. He is also a trustee of Wilberforce university, Ohio, and of Payne theological semi- nary, being vice-president of the latter and presi- dent of the financial board of the church. His contributions to literature include " African Meth- (xllsm in the South" (1890) and "The Negro and the White Man " (Philadelphia, 1897).

GALBRAITH, John, jurist, b. in Huntingdon county. Pa., 2 Aug., 1794; d. in Eric. Pa., 15 June, 1860. His father wit* a soldier of the American Revolution, and took part in the battle of Long Island, and after the war removed to Hut ler comity. Pa., where he passed the remainder of his life. The .s<m served an apprenticeship to the printing business in the same office in Butler where James Thompson, afterward chief justice, was employed. He studied law, and In 18'28 was elected to the Pennsylvania legislature, and twice re-elected. He became a member of congress In 1832, was re-elect- ed in 18;i4 and 18;(8. antl became presiding judge of the sixth judicial district in 1851, contlnuuig in that oflice until his death. Ills home was in Erie, Pa., from 1839. — Ills sun, William Ayres, also a jurist, was Imrn in Franklin. Venango co., Pa., 9 May. 1823. and died In Erie, 3 Jan., 1898. (lALE, Stephen Franciii, merchant, b. at Exe- ter, Rockingham co.. N. H., 8 March, 1812. At the early age of fourteen he entered the publLshing house of Hilliard, Gray & Co., of Boston, continu- ing with them for six years. He went to Chicago, then a small frontier town, in 1835, with a slock of books, and remained there for more than half a century. He was Chicago's first bookseller, and is now among the oldest surviving .settlers of the great city. In 1839 he published a compilation of stat- utes of Illinois, the first law-book issued in that state. His half-brothers, Augustus II. and Charles Burley. joined him under the firm name of S. F. Gale & Co., anil they conducted a large business as publishers and book.sellers. He took an active part with William B. Ogueu and others in secur-