EV. ALB. JOHN MCKEON, M.A., B.D., S.T.L., pastor of All Saints Church, Strathroy, Ont., was born in Chatham, Ont., January 24th, 1856. His parents were Peter and Mary (Hickey) McKeon, who were born in Ireland and came to Canada in 1835, and settled on a farm, near Chatham. Our subject began his education at the separate school, near Chatham. In September, 1868, he entered the Christian Brothers' College, Buffalo, N. Y., where he remained four years, and entered the Sandwich College, Ontario, in October, 1872. He attended this college for five years, com

pleting his course there in 1877. He then attended the Laval University, Montreal, where, in June, 1878, he took the degree of M.A., followed in June, 1879, by B.D. and in November of the same year by S.T.L. Father McKeon was the first native Canadian to win the latter degree from Laval University. In March, 1880, he was called to London by Archbishop Walsh for ordination, which ceremony was performed about one month later. He preached his first sermon on the evening of his ordination, in St. Paul's Cathedral, and although then quite young he made his mark as a pulpit orator. In April, 1880, Father McKeon was appointed assistant pastor of LaSalette, Ont., where he remained until November of 1881. He was then sent to Park Hill, during the illness of Father Corcoran, and remained in charge until June, 1882. He was then appointed to relieve Father Ferron at All Saints Church, Strathroy. In August of the same year he took charge of the Catholic Church at St. Thomas, for a few months, after which he was assigned to Bothwell, where he remained until translated to his present charge at Strathroy, in February, 1889. Father McKeon is a brilliant scholar, a high class orator and a captivating preacher. In any of his 1,600 sermons and addresses, he has never found it necessary to mention the name of any denomination other than his own, believing that building up his own good work is more important than pulling down that of others.

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DWARD LANGLEY BOND, was born in Montreal, Que., in 1850, and is the youngest son of the Right Rev. W. B. Bond, Lord Bishop of Montreal, whose name is familiar throughout Canada, in connection with business and social matters. Mr. Bond is the chief agent in Canada for the British and Foreign Marine, and Reliance Marine Insurance Companies of Liverpool, agent for the Province of Quebec for the Norwich and London Accident Insurance Company of England, the Lloyd's Plate Glass Insurance Company of New York, and local agent of the fire branch of the London Assurance Corporation, of England. He is also a member of the Board of Trade and Corn Exchange, and treasurer of the Montreal Board of Marine Underwriters. He has been closely connected with the military history of Canada for over twenty-five years, and was one of the first High School boys to join the Cadet corps organized by the late Major Barnjum, in 1863, which furnished a large number of officers to the Militia, between the troubles of 1866 and 1870. He was captain of No. 2. Company of the cadets, when he joined the Prince of Wales regiment as ensign, in 1866, in order to take part in the defence of the Huntingdon border against the Fenians. He was also in command of No. 6 Company of the same regiment at St. Armand and Pigeon Hill, in 1870, and was appointed major of the Prince of Wales Rifles in 1873, and served until 1884, when he

resigned, but on the regiment being called out for active service in the North West, in 1885, he was offered, and accepted the post of adjutant and second in command, and after the rebellion was checked, resigned finally. Major Bond was one of the leaders of the "Equal Rights" movement in 1890, and is vice-president of the Dominion Alliance, for the suppression of the liquor traffic, and president of the Citizens League of Montreal, for the purpose of enforcing law, particularly that governing the sale of liquor. He was married, in 1872, to Kate, daughter of Charles Whitlaw, of Paris, Ont.

DWARD CORNELIUS STAN

E BURY HUYCKE, B.A., LL.B.,

barrister and solicitor, Cobourg, Ont., was born in the Township of Percy, Northumberland county, in the year 1860. Mr. Huycke began his education at the Public and High schools of Campbellford, from which he passed to Victoria University, Cobourg, taking the degree of B.A. in 1883. He then taught classics in Cobourg Collegiate Institute, and subsequently studied law with William Kerr, Q.C., of Cobourg, and also with the firm of Smith, Smith & Rae, of Toronto. In 1886 he opened practice

in Cobourg, and took the degree of LL.B., the same year. He is now well established in his profession and has has a rapidly increasing clientage. He is a lecturer in jurisprudence and political economy, in Victoria University. Mr. Huycke is a member of the Methodist Church, and active in religious work. In politics a Liberal, chairman of the Reform party in Cobourg, and energetic in and energetic in campaign work. He is a forcible speaker and does valuable work during election campaigns. He was married, in 1887, to Rose Meredith, youngest daughter of J. C. Field, Ex. M.P.P., of Cobourg.

IEUTENANT COLONEL LEON P. VOHL, fire commissioner and chief of police, Quebec, Que., was born in that city, in February, 1835. His father was Benjamin Vohl, a noted German optician, the first to set up business in that line in the city of Quebec. Col. Vohl was educated at the Seminary of Quebec and at Thom's Academy. During the gold fever of 1852, he went to Australia and on his return four years later, accepted an office in the Court House, where he remained until 1875, when he was appointed fire commissioner by the Provincial Government. In 1880 he accepted the pos

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ition of chief of municipal police in addition to that of fire commissioner. this double capacity the colonel is a most valuable man to the city, as his long experience enables him to be thoroughly master of the situation. He holds the rank of lieutenant-colonel, having served nineteen years as an officer in the active militia. He was sent to the frontier as captain in 1865, during the period of St. Alban's raid. In religion, he is a Roman Catholic. He has been married twice; first, in 1857, to Miss Marie A. Robitaille, and second, in 1870, to Miss Josephine Desnoyers. His family consists of five children.

OBERT MCLAUGHLIN, of the

R McLaughlin Carriage Company,

Oshawa, Ont., was born in Durham county, Ont., November 9th, 1836. His parents were John and Eliza (Rusk) McLaughlin. He was educated at the public schools, and at an early age began life at farm work which he continued until he was twenty-five years of age. He then resolved to abandon farming in favor of carriage making, and, in 1861, decided to build a small shop on his own farm. Five years later he sold his farm and removed to the village of Enniskillen, where he resumed carriage making, and in a few years the place became too small for his rapidly increasing business. In 1878 he removed to the town of Oshawa and built a factory on Simcoe street where he did a thriving retail trade. for three years. After this his work became so well known that he was obliged to operate on a still larger scale, and gradually drifted into a wholesale business, and, in 1889, purchased the large factory formerly owned by the Oshawa Cabinet Company and associated with him two other gentlemen forming the present well known company. Mr. McLaughlin is the owner of several valuable patents, the most important of them is the celebrated "McLaughlin Buggy Gear," now so popular with the trade. The success of the extensive business now carried on by this company is largely due to the enterprise and ability of the head of the firm who will not allow any goods to

leave the works which are not fully up to the mark. He takes an active interest in municipal affairs and has been a member of the town council for several years. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., R. T. of T. and H. C. societies. In religion he is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics a Reformer who is not afraid of competition from manufacturers south of the Boundary Line, and believes in gradual tariff reform, looking toward free trade. Mr. McLaughlin was married twice, first, in 1864, to Miss Smith, of Whitby, and again, in 1878, to Miss Parr, of Brantford, Ontario.