Beal, C. W
journalist, state senator, was born April 25, 1860, in Audrain county, Mo. In 1890 he assumed editorial control of the Custer County Beacon, with which paper he is still connected. He was elected to the house of representatives of the legislature in 1893, and was elected to the state senate on the populist ticket in 1896.
BEAL, FOSTER ELLENBOROUGH LASCELLES, naturalist, author, was born Jan. 9, 1840, in Ayer, Mass. He was graduated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1871. During 1874-75 he was assistant professor of mathematics in the United States naval academy at Annapolis, Md., and from 1876 till 1882 professor of civil engineering in Iowa Agricultural college, where from 1879 till 1882 he was also acting professor of zoölogy and comparative anatomy, and in 1883 professor of geology. His writings, principally on topics of natural history, include the articles, Birds of Iowa; Value of the Seed-Eating Birds; and similar contributions to scientific journals. as