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Baldwin, Aristides E 476 Bangs, Mark 312 Banning, Ephraim .;o7 Barber, Charles 424 Barnes, Albert C .385 Bartlett. Oscar Z 463 Batten, John H 69 Beach, Elmer E 222 ■ Beach, Ra>Tnond W 223 Bcale, William G 294 Bell, John C 2.S2 Bellis, George F 475 Bennett, Robert J 674 Best, Henry 84 Black, John C 313 Black, William P 608 Bowersock, Justin D .305 Bradwell, James B 64 Bragg, Edward S 660 Brenan, Thomas 664 Brick. Abraham L 175 Britton, D. W 246 Brophy, Truman W 80 Brown, Edward 1,33 Brown, Henry B 167 Brown, John A 372 PACK Brown, Paul 70 Buck, James P 320 Kuell, Ira W 48 liulkley, .\lnion W ,SQ9 Burry, William 2.^6 JlUtkj:Uo h" S 674 C, Cain, Frank R 181 Caldwell, Ben F 119 Camion, Joseph G 218 Carlile, William B .301 Carnahan, Charles C 174 Carpenter, Paul D 221 Carr, Henry H 100 Carroll, William F 547 Carter, Donald M ui Carter. Orrin N 457 Caswell, Lucien B OJ4 Catlin, Thomas D 492 Chancellor, Justus 552 Chetlain, Arthur H 519 Christcnsen, Niels .A 6^8 Clark, Champ 595 Clark, W. A 051 Cobb, Joseph P 677 Cobe, Ira M 311 Coburn, Henry M 635 Coburn, Joini J 588 Coburn, Lewis L 126 Cochran, Charles F 2.?6 Coe, Albert L .367 Coffeen. M. Lester z-ii Collins. Lorin C .=;3i Cooley. Lyman E 17 Cooper. Sam B 180 Cow'perthwaite. Allen C 12 Crafts. Clayton E -,72 Crowley. Joseph B 185 Cullen. Edward W 581 Cullom. Selby M 628 Culver. Morton T 349 Cunningham. William B 555 PAGE Curtis, George M 631 Custer, Jacob R 407 Cutting, Charles S 109 D. Darley, Edward C .S38 Davidson, Charles A 311 Davidson, James H 663 Dawes, Chester M 29 Deneen, Charles S .S27 Dick, Charles 683 Dietrich, Charles H 163 Dixon, Arthur 374 Dixon, George W 168 Doe, Joseph B 251 Donahoe, Daniel .S95 Drake, Francis M 670 Duncan, James W 218 Dunn, Jesse .\ 192 Dunne. Edward F 53 Duntley. J. W 568 Dupee. Charles A 88 Durfcc. David M 469 E. Eberhart, John F .S82 Eberhart. Noble M 4,?6 Eckels. James H S7 Edwards. J. Harrington 205 Eisendrath. Louis .s6o Ela. John W 91 Elkin>. Stephen B 6n Elliott. William S.. Jr 176 Elson. Herman i.?9 Ennis. Lawrence M 537 F. Fairbanks. Charles W .i75 Fall. Henry J 600 Farnum. Edward J n6 INDEX PAGK Farr, Marvin A 355 I'arsoii, John : 685 Farwcll. Granger a?-' Foely, John J 45.^ Felkcr. Charles W 4.1 1 Fclscnthal, Eli B i.^S Felt, Benjamin F ,i.?7 I'\rgnson, Alcxaniler H 398 Field. Flisha C 45 Field, Marshall 3M Fisk. William J 296 Fletcher, William M SX^ Foraker, Joseph B 687 Foster. Addison G 11.? Frake, James f>i.l Francis, David R 5f'i Frazer, Emorj- D 40^ Freeman, Henry V 18 Frochlich, William H 282 Fuller. Oliver C 423 G. Gage, Lyman J 8 Gamble. Robert J 211 Gary, Joseph E 289 Gates, James L 380 Gibson, Paris C/cj Gibson. Preston 205 Gilbert, Allen A .S18 Gile, Abner 266 Gile, Gordon H 420 Gilman. John E 63O Gilson. Norman S 484 Goddard. Lester 277 Goldspohn. Albert 614 (joldzier, Julius 505 Gordon, Newton !•" 35 Gray, William H 534 Gross, Howard II Co Grosscup, Peter S 50 Grossvenor, Lemuel C 55^ Gunthcr, Charles F 154 H. Haisler, Michael J 240 Hamilton, David C; 579 Hamilton, John T (>77 Hamline, John H 287 Hanecy, Elbridge 509 Hanna. Marcus A 437 Harding, Amos J 587 Harper, John E 140 Hart, Harry 686 Hartnett, James 592 Hawkes, Benjamin C 175 Hay, Samuel M 414 Heatwole, Joel P 173 Hemenway, James A 319 I'AGE Henderson. David B 483 Ilenrotin, Fernand 5'0 Merrick, John J in-> 1 licks, ICmniett K. . . 'i-i llitt, Henry D Hill. Robert K 5')i 1 1 1 '.nan. Thomas S 1 "O IIoMmiu. Jes-e 514 ll.iliiu-s. Frank F I.?2 Morton, Oliver H 541 Hoync, Frank G 4.?2 Hoyne, Thomas M 51 Humphrey. Arthur 54 1 lunt, Robert W 164 llurd. Harvey B 188 1 lurley. Michael A 466 1 lyiie-. William J 649 I. Ingram. Orrin H 314 Isham. Edward .S 200 J. Jackson, Alfred M 169 Jenkins, James G 254 Jenks, An.son B .S62 Jett, Thomas M 627 Joannes, Mitchell 472 Jones, Frank H 405 Jones, Granville D 471 Jones, Joseph R 329 Jones. W. Clyde .348 Jones. Wesley L 685 Jones. William H 247 Judah, Noble B 92 K. Kanouse. James E 288 Kavanagh, Marcus, Jr 217 Kelly, James J 513 Kemper, S. V 186 King, John A ,390 King, John C .^79 Kingman, Martin 131 Kline, Sanuiel 1 186 Knapp, (iaines A 68(j Knight, Clarence .X 66 Kraus, .'Xdolf 212 Kremer, Charles V. 74 Kretzinger, George W 378 L. Lacey. Edward S 5°' Lacey, John F 191 Landis, Charles B 167 I'AGE Leake, Joseph B 23 Lloyd, James T 325 Lockey, Richard 680 Loeb. Adolph 21 Long. Theodore K .so Lord. Frank E 289 Lord. John B 182 Lord. Thomas 194 Lydston. G. Frank 680 Lyford. Will H 635 Lyttoii, Henry C 383 M. Manderson. Charles F 227 Marknian. Samuel K 270 Martin, Eben W 663 Mason, William E 604 Mather, Alonzo C .386 McCormick, Robert L 278 McElroy, John H .366 McGoorty, John P 412 McLachlan. James 181 McLennan, Alexander S 326 McMunn, Samuel W 122 McRae, Thomas C 221 McWilliams, John G .s8 McWilliams, Lafayette .S2 Mendel. Henry M 344 M iers. Robert W 169 Miller, George W 239 Milnor, Lloyd 491 Minor. Edward S 257 Money. Hernando D 270 Moore, Emery B 498 Munger. Edwin .X 271 Murphy. John B 520 N. Newman. Jacob 42 Nixon. William P 324 o. O'Donnell. Joseph A 128 Oliver, Thomas T .^08 Ostrander, Dempster 46 Otis. Joseph E.. Jr 28 Otis, Lucius B 413 P. Packard, Samuel W 241 Paine, George M 434 Palmer, Henry L 395 Palmer. John M 565 Palmer. Potter 3 Pattison, Martin 284 Payne, Henry C 622 INDEX PAGE Pearsons. Daniel K 603 Pease, .'\rtlnir B ^62 Peck. George R 495 Perry. G. R I43 Phillips. Milton C 428 Pierson. George \V .I23 Plum. William R 4S0 Purler. Washington 4I1S Pratl, Edwin H ,TO7 Price. Vincent C .S.i2 Prince, Edward 114 Prince, George W 161 Putney, Alfred H SQS Q. Qnarles. Joseph Y 642 R. Raymond, Charles W f).lJ Reeder, William A 245 Rew, Henry C 654 Reynolds, Edwin ,^56 Rice, P. H 27 Rohinson. Byron ,350 Rogers. George M ,384 Rosenthal. Julius 242 Rosenthal. Moritz 641 Runnells. John S 230 Rush. George F 406 Ryan. Andrew J 640 Ryan. T. C 470 S. Salomon. Edward 338 Samuels. Daniel V 145 Sawin. George 360 Sawyer. Edgar P 408 Sawyer, Frank P 193 Sawyer, Philetus 404 Scherzer, Albert H 487 Schuyler, Daniel J 283 Scott, Charles F 127 Scott, Frank H 288 PAOK Scull. Harry ^6 Senn, Nicholas 623 Sliackelford. James M 295 Shaeffer. Samuel J 227 Shaffer. John C 3^6 Shoenfelt. J. Blair .300 Silvcrlhorn, Willis C 4''io .Sinclair. Sydney E 657 .Smith, Aimer 66(1 Smith. Augustus L 24S Smith. Charles R 233 Smith. Frederick A 459 Smith, Henry C 139 Smith, Ira B 246 Smith, Orson 551 Smith, Pliny B 16 .Smulski, Jolin F 403 Sorge. Adolph. Jr 294 Southard. James H 251 SiJooner, John C 4,lS Slamm. J. Charles 542 Starr. Merritt 41/1 Starring. Mason B 224 Stensland, Paul O OiS Stephenson, Isaac 272 Stevens, Walter A qti Stewart, Alexander 450 Strickler, Harvey 216 Strong. Amzi W .StSo Stumer. Louis M 162 Sullivan, Roger C .'^.'^^ Sunny. Bernard E (15 T. Tagert. .\delhert H 576 Taylor, Thomas. Jr 402 Taylor. William R 25S Thayer, Edward H 545 Thomas, Benjamin 365 Thompson, Jay J 502 Thompson, Richard S 120 Thornton, Charles S 678 Tolman, Ed.gar B 396 Towle, Henry S 645 Trainor, John C 54S PAGE Trude. .\ltred S 40 Trude. George A 361 True. All)crl W 63 V. \'an Allen. Martin 506 \';m .Slyke. Napoleon B 607 \';iughan. Elmer E 75 X'eeder. Alfred H 134 X'erity, William P 302 Vocke. William 34 Vollintine. Albert H 354 W. Walker, Edwin iq8 W'alker, Thomas B 146 Wallace, John F 206 Warnock. William R 137 Warvelle. George W 524 Waterman. Henry 658 Waters, John E 2.34 Weadock, Thomas A. E 368 Weare. Portus B 234 Weeks, Harvey T 479 Wegg, David S 528 Wells, Daniel, Jr. . . 650 Weston, Charles V 464 Weston, George 465 White, William S 22 Whiting. George A 675 Wiekes. Thomas H 73 Williams. Arista B 105 Williams. Benzette 458 Williams. Henry R 319 Willing. Henry J 24 Willoughby. Frederick A 373 Wilson. John P 76 Wolf. Henry M 518 Wolfinger. Clarence 1 419 Wyllie. Hubert D 153 Y. ^'|-nmg. Lawrence A 144 ^ 'l^ 7^^^>^^^' PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST POTTER PALMER CHICAGO, ILL. Mr. Potter Palmer, for more tlian fifty years a familiar fig-ure in the history of Chicago, began his career when what is now the second city in the United States was but a village and has grown with its growth, until his name and reputation are as far reaching as those of the city. His life has been one of untiring activity, and has been crowned with a degree of success attained by the comparatively few. He is of the highest type of citizen, and none more than he deserves a fit- ting recognition among the men whose hardy genius and splendid abilities have achieved results that are the wonder and admiration of the world. Of English ancestry, the family to which he belongs was first represented in this country in early colonial days. He is of the lineage of Wal- ter Palmer, a cumpanion of John Endicott in 1029, and a settler at Wecjuetequeock Cove, near Stonington, Connecticut, where tlie reunions of the Palmer family are held to this day. They were Quakers, as were mnst of the families of New Bedford, Massachusetts, to which imi)ortant sea town they removed. During the Revolutionary War it was sacked by the British, the ancestors nf Mr. Palmer being among the sufferers. One of his grandfathers was a mere lad at the time. The other grandfatiier, although only fifteen years of age, enlisted in the army of independence, and served with honor until he received a wound that made him a cripple for life. After the loss at sea, during one year, of seven members of the family, Mr. I 'aimer's grandpar- ents removed to the interior, going to Albany county. New York, where Mr. Potter Palmer was born, in Rensselaerville, in 1826. His fatiier, Benjamin Palmer, who carried on an extensive stock farm, died in 1869, at the age of sixty-eight years. His mother, wdiose maiden name was Rebecca Potter, was born in 1793. Both parents were members of the Society of Friends, and to their wise and gentle, yet firm training, Mr. Pal- mer is accustomed to attribute his success in life. His father was a man of great influence in his community. He was the father of seven chil- dren, of whom our subject is the fourth. Potter Palmer passed his bovhood in his father's home and received a good common school education. At the age of eighteen j-ears he was permitted to choose his occupation in life and he preferred mercantile pursuits. He engaged in the store of the Hon. Piatt Adams, in Durham, Greene coun- ty. New York, as a clerk, his employer being both banker and merchant. With him he remained tlu'ee years. During the third year he was en- trusted with the entire management of the busi- ness. Arriving at his majority, he opened a store in Oneida, New York. He remained there two years and a half, and removed to Lockport, New York. He continued there one year, meeting with gratifying success in both places. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST He was constauth' planiiiny, huwever, for a wider lieUl nf (ipt-raticiiis, and uilli that foresight wliicli has been a marketl characteristic of his life, selected Chicago as the place which would become the metropolis of tiie then undeveloped West, am! tliither he inoNed in 1850. At that time Lake street was Chicago's prin- cipal thoroughfare, and there, upon his arrival, Air. Palmer opened a large retail dry goods store, investing his entire capital. He began at first on a moderate scale. His trade rapidly and stead- ily increased tuitil, after an experience of thir- teen years, the name of Potter Palmer became familiar in every trading community in the West, and his store the leading retail dry goods store of Chicago, iuilarging his facilities to meet the demand of his increasing trade, he added to his business a wholesale department, which rapidly grew to great magnitude under his skilled man- agement. Mr. Palmer had a true appreciation of the commercial facilities of Chicago, and did not hesitate to incur the risk demanded. The rise in goods soon after the war found him with a full stock on hand. Here again his far-seeing judg- ment enabled him to take at the ebb the tide that led to greater fortune, and from the begin- nmg of the war he continued to carry an immeuse amount of goods, lx)th here and in New York. The house, thus directed by his practical admin- istrative ability and keen mercantile foresight, be- came the largest of its kind in the Xnrtbwest, the policy guiding it being far broader and more lilieral than any previously pursued. Although encouraged by such Ijrilliant suc- cess, close application to business had caused Mr. I 'aimer's health to fail. Having acipiired a large fortune, he desired to retire altogether from the business world, and in 1865 he sold out to Field & Leiter, yo'Ung, ambitious men. who were just beginning their career. As they had nut the neces- sary capital t(i purchase and cimduct the business, Mr. Palmer left for two or three years some of his own money with the firm. It was then stvled Field, Palmer & Leiter, although Mr. Palmer had left Chicago and was traveling in Europe, and had nothing whate\-er to' do' with the n:au- agement of the firm. It later became Field & Leiter, and, although powerful rivals are now in the field, this firm, now Aiarshall Field & Co., still holds the pre-eminent pi.isition secured by Air. Palmer's able management. During the Civil War Mr. I'almer was prac- tical in his loyalty. He rendered himself specially serviceable to the government by loaning large amounts of money. He was a prominent con- tributor to the Board of Trade regiments organ- ized by the city toi go to the front. At the end of the war the government was in his debt to the extent of o\'er three-quarters of a million of dollars. Mr. Palmer at this time gave up Chicago as a place of residence and went to New York, al- though he returned to- Chicagoi frequently in order tO' invest his capital. He looked carefully over Chicago for suitable investments, his pref- erence being for real estate. An intelligent sur- vey of the situation convinced him that Lake street, then in the center of the retail trade, was not the natural and convenient channel for busi- ness, nor was it well located with reference to transportation facilities. Mr. Palmer foresaw that State street, wdiich crossed it at right angles, must become the natiu'al a\enue of retail busi- ness, and he accordingly bought extensively on that street, which was then narrow, irregular and built up with small and shabby wooden structures, used for saloons, boarding houses, third-rate shops, etc. To the widening and improving of this street Air. I'almer devoted several years of his life, as well as his large capital, and only those who have labored in similar thankless tasks, dealing with unsympathetic municipal authorities and selfish land owners, and a thousand and one legal and ])r;ictical difficulties, can estimate the ef- fort necessary to accomplish this splendid result. The city owes, then, this wide, magnificent street. PROillNENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 5 nuw the main artery of the city, tu tlie effort of the one man who was foresighted, weaUhy, resohite and persistent enough to conceive, undertake and carry ti> a successful CDUchisiun this herculean task. All was (Icme willi a liljcral spirit, which has marked the policy pursued in every step of his career. His buildings were more massive and elegant than the requirements of the day de- manded, and he set a high standard in the new western metropolis. As soon as the splendid structures were ready to receive them, the larg- est and most influential retail Arms were forced to move into them, because of the obvious natural advantages presented by the location; and Lake street, when thus abandoned, became the im- portant center for certain lines of wholesale trade. Mr. Palmer might well have repeated Caesar's boast that he found a city of mud and left a city of marble, so great has been the change in the destiny of the street he took under his protect- ing care. By a sad fate, no sooner were his magnificent structures fairly completed, than the fire whicli laid waste the city in 1871 swept over this newly established center and every buildmg was laid in ashes. Thirty-two of Mr. Palmer's buildings, which yielded him a magnificent rental, were swept away in a few hours, among them being his handsome store on the northeast corner of State and Washington streets, six st(jries in height, which, at the time, was acknowledged the finest building in the United States. It is related of Mr. Palmer that when the ex- tent of his losses was fully understood by him he was s to Washington and pre.sent the matter in its true light to Congress and the cabinet. In the end the effort to hold the cit}- U> its old locality was successful. Immediately after the fire i\fr. Palmer soon had employed an arm\' nf workmen upon the ruins of his own buildings. The huge pile of de- l)ris melted as if 1)\' magic, and u]iiin the cleared s]iace new structures sj>eedily .amse, grander and more perfect than those that had been destroyed, and all constnicted with a view to prevent in tlie PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST future a repetition of tlie disaster tlirougli which the city had just passed. The mercantile creiht, which years oi honoral)le ilealing had founded as uix>n a rock, and which apparently that disaster had not been able to afifect, was the basis of Mr. J:'almer"s operations in those days. Hundreds of tons of building materials were prumptly laid down whenever he requested. In the prompt el- fort to rebuild Chicago, the makers of structural iron in this countrj- were immediately over- whelmed with orders, prices went up and it was impossible to get iron delivered. The fact tliat a very heavy duty was demanded on structural iron imported from foreign countries brought build- ing to a standstill. Mr. Palmer was made one of a committee sent to Washington to secure from Congress legislation that would relieve the situa- tion by remitting the duties on iron and building material imported for the rebuilding of Chicago. Because of this emergency Congress listened to the strong plea that was made and passed a spe- cial bill, permitting, for a limited time, building materials to be imported from abroad without payment of duties. All of the iron used by Mr. Palmer at this time was imported from Belgium, and in order to hasten the coustructiun of his buildings work was continued upon them liy night as well as by day, this being rendered possible by the use of artificial light, then employed for the first time in the history- of building. His ex- ample was a constant inspiration to his less con- fident fellow sufiferers, and, in connection with that of a handful of other courageous business men, gradually evolved order out of chaos, and in time caused what was regarded as a never-to- be-forgotten calamity, to be looked uixjn as a blessing in disgiiise. To enumerate in detail the many projects set on foot and carried to a successful completion by Mr. Palmer cannot be attempted in a mere biographical sketch. But no account of liis life, however brief, can omit reference to his splendid achievements in developing the famous Lake Shore Drive of Chicago. When this magnificent boule\ard was first laid out in 1^73, his unerring judgment foresaw that it held the most brilliant possibilities as the most beautiful avenue of the city. Without hesitation he made extensive pur- chases of vacant land bordering upon it. The v.hule territory was a vast waste, but Mr. I'ahner had it filled in. This required some one person who had large property interests, that the work might be well and properly done. He used sea sand for filling, to avert danger of malaria, and laid out the streets. He also built up the side streets leading to the Lake Shore Drive and had them well paved. He built other handsome res- idences along the driveway, no two exactly sim- ilar in architecture. Such an example was not lost uix)n public-spirited Chicagoans, and the re- suit, as witnessed to-day, is one of the most nota- ble of Mr. Palmer's achievements. Here, too, at the southern extremity of Lincoln Park, and overlooking the lake, he built his uwn home, which is regarded as one of the finest in America, v.herein is embodied the splendid triumphs of architectural skill; with its broad lawns, well- kept gardens and luxurious furnishings, it pre- sents a model of completeness. Mr. Palmer was also one of the originators of the South Park system. He took an active part in laying out the boulevards and parks of the South Side, and was for some time a member of the South Park Board. After he left the board, one of the important avenues in Washington Park was named after him. He was active in securing the location of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, and from its inception was untiring in his zeal and unsparing with his mimey and time in further- ing its interests and enabling it to become the colossal success it has been, serving as vice- president and a mem]>er of the Board of Direc- tors. In all the plans and deliberations of its managers he was an earnest advisor and helpful coadjutor. He is among the foremost and most PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST liljeral givers for public institiUinns and charitable objects. He has always taken a great interest in poli- tics, but has never been willing to hold an office. He was offered the office of Secretary of the In- terior by President Grant, but it came at a time when he was so much occupied in rebuilding that he could not make his personal interest secondary. He has never had a partner, but has always con- ducted his business alone, and made his fortune through his own efforts and without the assist- ance of others. It is but simple justice to Mr. Palmer to re- cord the fact that no man in Chicago is more alive to the duties which wealth imposes. His colossal fortune, numbering many millions, has been won open handed and by legitimate business methods ; it imposes vast obligations, and is very liberally employed in every channel where advantage could flow to the city of Chicago and its people. In all the various projects which have engaged the attention or called for the support of the people of Chicago, Potter Palmer has always been one of the foremost. As a patron of art and as a faithful supporter of religion and morality, his reputation is national. In July, 1870, Mr. Palmer was married to Miss Bertha Honore, daughter of Henry H. Hon- ore, of Chicago. She is a woman of superior in- tellectuality, and with her versatile talents, gener- ous culture and true womanly traits, gracefully adorns the high station in life she has been called to fill. Not only does she enter heartily into the most ambitious projects of her husband, aid- ing with her counsel, but she also has her own field of action. She takes an active part in char- itable enterprises, and with her ample means makes wise use of her opportunities of doing good. Her labors in l>ehalf of the World's Fair were very great, and no one did so much as she to interest in its behalf the women of our own and other countries, and in history her name will be inseparably linked with that great enterprise. Her selection as President of the Board of Lady Managers was a fitting recogni- tion of her unselfish devotion to what is to her a patriotic service. She was member of the Executive Committee of the General Relief Asso- ciation, formed December 9, 1893, tO' relieve the distress of the unemployed' poor. In honor of his wife Mr. Palmer gave two hundred thousand dollars to the Woman's Building at the World's Fair. Mrs. Palmer was the one lady appointed by President McKinley ui>on the United States Commission of eighteen members, to represent the United States at the E.xposition at Paris, held in 1900. This is the first instance, in the history of any country, of a lady being appointed to such a position. It is needless to say that she filled it with honor to herself as well as tO' the United States Government, and her countrymen and women are proud of her many brilliant achieve- ments. She was given the decoration of the Legion of Honor by the French Government in recognition of her services. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer ha\e two sons, Honore and Potter Palmer, Jr., graduates of Harvard University, who have commenced their business life, and brilliant things are e.xpected of them. Honore Palmer was recently elected Alderman of the Twenty-first Ward of Chicago, gaining by twelve hundred majority a constituency that was two thousand against him. He is a young man of great promise. Mr. Palmer tlied at his residence in Chicago, May 4, 1902. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST LYMAN J. GAGE CHICAGO. ILL. Lvinan J- Gage, ex-Secretary of the Treasury \ard and planing mill, at the corner of Canal and of the I'nited States, is one of the hest-known Adams streets. His duties here were of a varied bankers and financiers in the United States. He character, ranging from lx)ok1me. as junicir clerk, at a salary of (ine hundred discharge of the duties of this position in August, dollars per year, and faithfully discharged all 1858, he had only to wait till the beginning of the duties of that positii>n. from counting cash to the following year for advancement, at that time sweeping out the bank. His employers, being being made paying teller, at a salary of one ur,;il)le to meet his request for an advance of his thousand two hundred dollars. Li the spring of modest salary, at the end of a year and a half of 1S60 he was appointed assistant cashier, at a service, Mr. Gage determined to seek a wider field salary of two thousand dollars, and a }-ear of u.sefulness. He saw that the great new west Liter he became cashier of the bank, which office was then offering much better opportunities for a he held until August, 1868, when he was offered young man of energy and ability than were a similar position in the First National Bank of readily obtainable in the conservative east, and in Chicago, and was identified with that great finan- the fall of 1855 lie set out for Chicago, where he cial institution until 1896, when President Mc- soon found employment in Nathan Cobb's lumber Kinley induced him to accept a place in his cabi- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST II net, appointing him Secretary of tlie Treasury of the United States. The old charter oi tlio First Xalional Ikink expired in i88j, wlien tlie institutiim was re- organized, Mr. Gage being clmsen as vice-presi- dent and general manager. On tlie 24th of Jan- uary, 1891, Mr. Gage became president o'f Ihe Ijank. Under his superv-isiou and control the First National has liecome the leading bank of the niirthwest, both as to capital and the vohune of its transactions. His high standing as a banker and financier was fully recognized by the American Bankers' Association, which was organized at Philadelphia on October 4, 1876. its membershii) lieing ci im- posed of the leading bankers and financiers of the country. In 1882 this association elected Mr. Gage its president, and so ably did he fill the office that he was re-elected twice in succession, the only man on whom this honor has been con- ferred. After the panic of 1873 there was a general totter among the smaller institutiii'ns. and the wave of disaster engulfed one natinnal bank in Chicago after another, causing the greatest con- sternation among mercantile men. Throughout this trying period the First National stood firm and unshaken. The high standing and great in- fluence which it holds so justly iu: the estimation of the community and banking circles, ni>t only in this country, but of Europe, are evidence of the integrit^r and prudence which have characterized the management of its afYairs. From the earliest inception of the World's Fair movement in Chicago, the name of Lyman J. Gage was associated with it. and his guid- ing spirit directed e\'ery step that was taken in the furtherance of the great enterprise. Dur- ing the early agitation of the subject he was prominent, especially in the organization of the committee to whom was entrusted the formula- tion of plans for bringing the Fair to Chicago. WTien the opposition to Chicago, led by Senator Miscock, of New York, took the f(irm in the sen- ate committee of a lack of confidence that Chicagcj would carry out her pledge to provide ten mil- lions of dollars towards the e.xpense and prepara- tion for the b'air. it was a written assurance of Mr. Gag^e and three other financial men of this city that finally overcame all objections and led to the Iiill being- appro'ved by the senate. The three others were J. J. P. Odell, president of the Union: National Hank; J. \V. Doane, president of the Merchants" Loan and Trust Company, and Wirt Dexter, Esq. When the local corixtration kn<;iwn as the World's Columlii.'ui Exposition was organized, in which work be pla\ed a most important i)art, and the choice of an executive becatne necessary, he was the only man who apjjeared to be accept- able to the directors without a dissenting voice, and was unanimously elected to' the presidency of the Chicago Board of Directors, oii the 30th of April. 1890. He accepted the honor with re- luctance, because he had been for some time the acting president of the First National Bank, and his duties in Cdunection with the bank alisorbed so much of his attentiook has since passed through se\-en additions, being one of the mo.st extensi\'ely used te.xt-books uixin this important subject ever published. In 1888 his first text-book on "Gmecology" was published and was well received in the profession. In 1885 his fine scientific and literary attainments were recognized by Shurtleff College, at Alton, Illinois, which conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws, and in 1887 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Science, Literature and Arts, of London, England. As a further indication of the broad reputa- tion made by Dr. Cowperthwaite it may be stated that since 1883 he has been six times tendered a chair in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In 1884 he accepted the professorship of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the homeo- pathic college of the alx>ve university and was chosen Deau' of the faculty. He still held this position in the L^niversity of Iowa, but by tra\el- ing back and forth he successfully did the work required in both institutions for one year. At the end of that time, such were the wearing de- mands made upom him, that he resigned the Michigan appointment, devoting his energies to the work in Iowa. Though since offered the chair occupied by him in the Michigan Univer- sity he has felt obliged to decline. In August, 1892. Dr. Cowperthwaite came to Chicago for a wider field and greater oppor- tunities, and was at once elected Professor of Materia Medica and Therapentics in the Chi- cago Homeopathic College, which position he still holds. His services since coming to this city have been in such demand that, in February, 1893, he was elected superintendent of the Chi- cago Baptist Hospital, and in January, 1894, was called to the presidency of the then recently organized Homeopathic Post-Graduate Medical College in this city, both of which positions he has since occupied with increasing satisfaction to all concerned. The Doctor has alwa\s been prominent in the activities of the State and national medical societies and is an honorary member of se\-eral State associations. He has been president of the State societies of both Iowa and Nebraska. In 1875 he became a member of the American In- i6 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST stitute of Homeopathy. lia\ing- attended every meetinpf since and been closely identitied with its work. In 1884 lie wa.s chosen to the vice- presidency and in 1887 was elected president of the latter body. He is also a member of several of the local medical societies of the city. Since 1886, when he was initiated into the or- der at Kewanee, Illinois, Dr. Cowperthwaite has Ixen a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., having taken all the degrees and at various times filled all the \arinus subordinate offices. He has been a member nf the grand lodges of Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska and has occupied the high- est State offices in the grand encampments. In. his religious affiliations the Doctor is a Baptist, liaving united with the church in 1886 at Kewanee. Illinois, and since Ijeen pmniinent in the work of that denomination. Since coming tcv Chicago he has l>een united with the Fourth Baptist Church, in' which he is an active member and one of its trustees. Politically, he is a stanch Republican, or to put it in his r>wn wa}' : "I was born a Republican and I have never changed." On June 2, 1870, Dr. Cowperthwaite was married to Miss Ida E. Erving of Oskaloosa, Iowa, daughter of the late Dr. Joel F. Erving. A promising son, Joseph Erving, and an accom- plished daughter, Florence Elfleda, have been born to them. The home circle is a bright and hap])y one, to w h'ich he delights tO' retire from professional and business cares as to a sanctu- arv and where, with his estimable wife, he extends a hispitable welcome to his chosen friends. PLINY B. SMITH CH1C.\G0, ILL. In the classification of the lawvers of Chi- .\rbor Law School, attending t'.iat institution cago the name of I'linv B. Smith will always oc- one term. He then finished his law studies in cupy a notable place among the citizens arty from the time he cast his first on farming until twenty years of age, teaching vote. He has been urged to become a candidate school winters and working on the farm in sum- for office, but has always declined the honor, nier. In the fall of 1870 he entered the Ann His integrity of character and many generous discernment, and readiness of re- source in ;irgunient, he has at- tained great prominence as a 1 leader at the bar. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 17 qualities, together with his remarkal)le mind and courteous address, liave won for liini pcrsunal po])ularity and the higliest respect. Mr. Smith is a bacliclor. He is a man possessed nf many fine traits of character. By nature, study and hahit he is admirably fitted for his calling, and is regarded by his fellow members in the profession as one of the leading lawyers of the Illinois bar. LYMAN EDGAR COOLEY CHICAGO, ILL. I._\nian Edgar Cooley, civil engineer, was four \-ears following he had charge of local im- born at Canandaigua, Ontario county. New pro\-emenls and surseys in Nebraska, Iowa, Wis- York, December 5, 1850, son of Albert B. and cousin, Arkansas and Tennessee. For two years Aksah ( Griswolcl) Cooley. He is a great-grand- more he was chief assistant in general charge son of Jolm Cooley, who removed to western (if all the local wi irk un the Missouri river below New York from Connecticut Yankton. Rcturnino- to Chicago toward the end ^Si^ early in the nineteenth century, of 1884, Mr. Cooley l)ecame editor of the Amer- making his home on a farm a few ican Engineer, but in 1888 severed his connec- miles west of Canandaigua. tion' with that journal. Later he became inter- The family is traced to Sir ested' in sanitary agitation. As a member of a ^\'illiam Cooley in Tuigland, lie- sub-committee c>f the Citizens' Association, he fore whose time the n.ame is drew the repnrl, in September, 1885, which be- gan the pulilic agitation in favor of a sanitary canal, and aided in securing the organization of a drainage and water supply commissinn, of which he was chief assistant in 1886-87. In 1888 he was consulting engineer to the city and to the comnu'ssion that framed the sanitary dis- trict act, and represented the city and its seven ci\ic organizations in promoting the bill to a pas- found written Cowlev and Collew A collateral branch w as the \\'elleslev or \\'eslev famil\-, ,ind frnni one Richard Colley. who assumed this name to inherit estates, Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellingtim, was de- scended. After a ci>urse of stud\- at the Canandaigua Academy, Lyman E. CooIe_\- taught in that insti- sage by the state legislature in 1881). He acted tution in 1870-72, and then attended the Reus- as engineer to the commission that determined selaer Polytechnic Institution at Troy, where he the Ixiundaries of the sanitary district in 1889. was graduated in 1874, having covered the course and in the autumn of i8go became a member of in two years' time. In 1874-77 lie Ijecame the the board of trustees, serving until the ex])iration professor of engineering at the Northwestern of his term, in Deceml)er, 1895, and during the University at Evanston. Illinois: in 1876-78 was entire time was chairman of the engineering com- ass(X-iate editor of the Engineering News. In mittee. He also acted as consulting engineer of 1878 he aided William Sooey Smith in the con- the sanitary district in 1897. Since 1889 he has struction of the radroad bridge o\er the Mis- taken an active interest in the extension of the sou:i at Glasco, Missouri. Later in the year he taxing power in the district: in fact, has stood was engaged under ]\Iajor ( now Colonel ) Suter sponsor for all legislation thus far had in rela- 011 the improvement of the Missouri and Missis- tion to this question. In 1895 he was appointed sippi ri\-er, with headquarters at St. Louis. For by President Cleveland a member of the inter- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST national deep waterways commission (a joint commission with Canada), together witli Dr. James B. Angell, of Michigan, and Hon. Joini E. Russell, of Massachusetts, and liad charge of the investigation. Sur\eys are now in progress, the ohject being navigation from the ocean to Chicago and Duluth via the Great Lakes. Of the international association to promote this ob- ject he was the American vice-president. In the fall of 1897 Mr. Cooley, with a number of con- tractors and engineers selected by him. went to Nicaragua, incidentally visiting Panama, for the purjxjse of advancing the Nicaragua Canal. The events of the Spanish War interrupted their plans, and the project has since been a matter of Government concern. In the summer of 1898 he acted as advisory engineer to the committee appointed by Governor Black to investigate the expenditures for the im- provements of the canals of the state of New York under what is known as the "Nine Million Act." In 1896-97 he served as a member of the expert committee appointed by Mayor Swift, of Chicago, to devise a remedy for the pollution of Lake Michigan by means of intercepting sewers, etc. He has been a member of the Western So- ciety of Civil Engineers since 1875, and in 1888 was secretary, and also president two terms, 1890-91. Mr. Cooley is a member of the Ameri- can Society of Civil Engineers and of the Chi- cago Academy of Sciences. He has lectured at the State LTnix'ersities of Wisconsin and Illinois and before the faculty of Michigan University. His most important pub- lications on his special subject are "Lakes and Gulf Waterways" (1888-89) 3"<1 '' more elab- orate work with the same title in 1891. He was married at Canandaigua, New York, December 31, 1874, to Lucena, daughter of Peter and Lucena (McMillan) McMillan. They have two sons and a daughter. HON. HENRY VARNUM FREEMAN CHICAGCJ. ILL. Hon. Henry \'armmi Freeman, presiding pression of the rebellion, and enlisted in the sum- justice of the Branch Appellate Court, First Dis- mer of 1862 as a private, but was shortly pro- trict of Illinois, is accorded a distinguished place moted to be first sergeant of Company K, Sev- among the judges of the state of Illinois. enty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He Judge Freeiuan was Ixirn at Bridgeton, New served with the .\rmy of the CumlKM-land until Jersey, December 20, 1842. His parents, Henry the close of the war, and returned to his home and Mary (Bangs) Freeman, were both of Puri- in July, 1865, with the rank of captain of Com- tan ancestry, his father being a lineal descendant i)any D. Twelfth Infantry, U. S. C. T. of Elder William Brewster and of Governor lu the fall of 1863 he entered the freshman Thomau' Trence, of Plymouth colony. Judge chiss of Yale Uni\-ersity. from which institution Freeman beglan teaching district schools in he graduated in i8fi(>. with the degree of A. B., Stevenson and Ogle counties, Illinois, when he and has since received the degree of A. M. from was sixteen years of age, and later equipped him- his alma mater. He came tr> Chicago in Octol>er self for college in the preparatory department at of that year and studied law in the oftice of King, Beloit, Wisconsin. He had just completed this Scott & Payson and also with Hibbard, Rich & portion of his education and passed the examina- Noble, and was admitted to the liar in 1870. Im- tions for admittance to university grades when mediately after the Chicago fire Judge Freeman he gave his services to his country for the sup- was offered the principalship of the high school ^{-z:^Aeec^^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 21 at Clmrleston, Illinois, a position he accepted and filled one year. He returned to Chicagci in July, 1872, and the following January began the inde- l>endent practice of law. He remained in active practice for twenty years, and during this time was engaged in many of the mure important cases which came before the courts for settle- ment. In the "annexation litigation" of some years ago he represented Hyde Park, then the "largest village in the world," being at that time the village attorney, and his views were fully sustained by the Supreme Court, to which body the cases were carried. In the spring of 1893 Judge Freeman was nominated by the Bar Association of Chicago for judge of the superior court, a position to which he was elected the following fall, and to' which he was re-elected in 1898. His services on the bench were of such a character that in the early part of 1898 the members of the supreme court selected him as one of the judges of the Branch Appellate Court, of which he is now presiding justice. His opinions ai>i)ear in the Illinois Appel- late Court reports, commencing with Volume 75. Judge Freeman was for many years the senior member of the firm of Freeman & Walker. He is a member and has been president ot the Chi- cago Literary Clul), and a member of the Uni- versity and Quadrangle Clubs, Hamilton Club, ot the George H. Thomas Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Illinois Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, of which he has recently been made commander. He was married in 1873 to Miss Mary L. Curtis, daughter of Rev. William S. Curtis, D. D., then of Rockford, Illinois, and has a fam- ily of four children. Judge Freeman has stood in the front rank both as a lawyer and judge for over twenty-seven years, and during that time nothing has-been allowed to divert him from his profession. He never relies on others to do his work. ADOLPH LOEB CHICAGO, ILL. Adolph Loeb, senior member of the insurance went south, and for a number of years lived at firm of Adolph Loeb & Son, manager of the Memphis, Tennessee. Very early in life he North German and Transatlantic Insurance Com- started in the insurance business and became an pany of Hamburg, and vice-president and west- expert in his line, was very successful, and has ern manager of the North German Insurance since constantly remained' in the business. In Company of New York, is one of the best and 1873 Mr. Loel) moved to Chicago, and at once favorably known insurance men of the west, won his way in the esteem of his fellow citizens. He is highly respected for his abilit)- and purity especially that of his Jewish co-religionists. of character. Almost his entire life has been de- Almost immediately he became an active member voted to the insurance business, in which he has of the Jewish community and his mfiuence soon attained marked eminence. manifested itself. In his southern home he was Adolph Loeb was born in the nld historic city prominent in B'nai B'rith affairs, and the leaders cf Germany, Bingen on the Rhine, in tlie year of No. 6 recei\ed him with open arms. He was 1839. The familv of Loeb have been prominent elected grand secretary for the district, which in Germany for several generations. At the age office he held for ten years. of fourteen he came to America and siient his Mr. Loel> was president of the Russian Aid y<-)uth in the city of New York. Im-oiu there he Society, established for the benefit of Russian 22 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST refugees, and wliicli societx- existed for two years, 1892-1894. Fur twenty-live years up to 1900 he wris ;i memljer of tlic l>oard of United Hebrew- Charities, and during- the last twenty years (jf this time he frequently held important offices in the Standard Club, of which he is a charter member. .\t present he is jjresident of the Sinai Con- gregation, ex-grand ])resident of District No. (1, B'nai R'ritli, president of the Jewish Agricultural Aid Si>ciety of .\merica, trustee of the Cleveland Orphan Asylum, a member of tlie Art Institute, of the Cixic Federation and of the Citizens' As- sociation. All these high honors and distinctions Air. Loel) carries with dignitietl modesty. His record in the business world has been in iiarmony with his record as a man, distinguished by unswer\-ing iritegrit)- and a masterful grasp of affairs. WILLIAM S. WHITE, M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. William Seymour White is a native of the first shipload (jf stone for the construction of Greenwood, McHenry countv, Illinois, and was Fort Moultrie, and twice circunuiavigated the born on the 30th of Deceniljer, 18(14. 1 '^^ ''^c- globe. His wife, w-ho still survives him, was urds show, and the Doctor modestly admits, that Alary Ayrhardt, of Philadelphia. . he descended on the maternal side from Francis William R. White, the father of the subject Capet (Cocjuilette), the Hugue- of this sketch, and the son of Capt. William and not half-brother of Louis XI\', Alary White, was born in New York City in King of France, who, on account 1841, and has been in mercantile pursuits all of of his persecutions to which that his life. He married Emily A. Cook, daughter sect was subjected, fled to Amer- (,f Peter and Eletta Cook, two children, William ica, and, changing his name to S. and Wilomene T., being the result of this Cocjuilette, l>ecame the progeni- union. tor (jf a numerous family in West- William S. White came to Chicago w ith his Chester countv. New York, and i)arents in 1805. He received his education in later removed with count\-. New ^ 01k. his family to Rockland Mis descendants, Willi;im the public schools of Chicagi>. His first work was in the grocery store of John A. Tolman & Coquilette, the great-grandfather of the suljject Co., where he remained a year. 1 Ic later entered of this sketch, dietember, 1862. On through his thirty years of i)ractice in Chicago, March 13, 1865, breveted colonel and brevet is recogniized as one of the most able lawyers brigadier general United States Volunteers, and at the bar. was mustered out in July, 1865. He served in Josqih B. Leake is a native of New Jersey the armies of the {'"nnitier, Tennessee and Gulf. and was born in Cumberland conntw that state, General Leake was a member of the house of /\pril I, 1828. He is a son of Louis and Lydia representatives of Iowa in Jul_\-, i8()i, and of the (Parvinj Leake. He was educated at the schools senate in January, i8()2. He resigned to enter in his home county, supplemented by a course at the army. When he was mustered out he re- the Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, where he turned to Davenjxjrt, Iowa, and resumed the prac- graduated with the class of 1846. Later he tice of his profession. He was re-elected to the studied law in the office of Groeslwck & Telford, Iowa senate in the fall of 1865 and resigned in of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was admitted to the 1)ar in that city January 16, 1830. He practiced law in Cincinnati in partnershi]) with Judge John B. Stalloi until November, uS^C), when he nin\ed to Davenport, Iowa, where he practiced luitil .\n- 1867. He was president of the board of edu- cation of the city of Davenport from 1868 to 1 87 1, and was attorney for Scott county, Iowa, from the fall of 1865 to .\o\-eml)er. 1871, when he moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he has since gust. 1862, when he enlistee and entered the resided and carried on the practice of law. He 24 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST was United States District Attorney of Nortliern District of Illinois from September, 1879, to February, 1884, ^'id li^s served as attorney of the board of education of Chicago, Illinois, from October, 1887, to Augn.ist, 1891. General Leake is a member of the Chicago Union League, Chicago Literary Club, Chicago Athletic Association, Military Order of Loyal Legion, U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R., Marquette Club and Gennania Maennerchor. lie is a stanch Republican in politics and a memlier of New England Congregational church of Chicago. After a life of half a century, honored by the faithful performance of high trusts, he performs every dut}- al)ly rmd with an lii>nest purpose. General Leake was married, November, 1865, to Miss Mary P. Hill, of Boston, Massa- chusetts. HENRY J. WILLING CHICAGO, ILL. Henry J. Willing was born in Westfield, Cha- tauqua county, New York, July 10, 1836, and is 9, son of Samuel and Mary Jane (Mayborne) Willing, whose hoine was near Jamestown, New ^urk. The Mayborne family is of Huguenot origin and was established in England by those wlio fled from France the latter part of the sev- enteenth century to escape persecutions by the Catholics. In 1843 ^^^'- Willing's father died, and three years later the family moved to Chi- cago, making the journey from Buffalo by steamer. The \x>y then was about ten years of age. A few years later he began liis struggle for recognition in the business world by obtain- ing employment with U. P. Harris. After a num- ber of changes during the succeeding three years, he settled down in 1851 to a permanent position in the dry goods house of Thomas B. Carter & Company, with wliom be remained for eight years. In 1859 Mr. Willing joined the forces of Cooley, Farwell & Company, where he occupied a good position until 18^15, when he became con- nected with Field, Leiter & Company and was soon afterward admitted to the firm. In 1883 Mr. Willing sold out his interest in the firm, then Marsliall I'"ield & Company, and retired from Inisiness. In many ways tending to secure good govern- ment for Chicago, and to uphold the cause of law. order, humanity and religion, Mr. Willing has been a foremost worker. Although having large and varied financial interests to look after, he has nevertheless found time to foster and encour- age public enterprises which have tended to ad- vance the material and spiritual welfare of the people. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian and has served as an elder in the church since 1868. He has been vice-president of the Young Men's Christian Association, was a trustee in the McCormich Tlieological Seminary (when it was known as the Northwestern Thetilogical Seminary), and has in inan_\- ways shnwn an ac- tive interest in religious work. Mr. Willing is an energetic, ()utsp<.)ken man of high moral principle and deq> religious con- viction. He has always l>een generous in his gifts to religious, moral and civil enterprises, and his advice is often sought, not alone because he has been a successful business man, but as that of a sympathizer with young men wlio' are trying to work their way upward, and it is always given in a manner that shows that he is keenly alive to all that concerns the welfare and advancement of his fellowmen. Politically Mr. Willing is a Republican, bnt while he takes an active part in pulitical afi^airs as a citizen whose duty it is to secure good govern- ment, he has always refused to' accept public office I^Century PLiIjliahin^ &£jigravi]\gCaChicagc PRO:\lI.\KXT ^lEX OF THE GREAT WEST 27 with one sole exceptii m, this being his nun- imrtisan election as a meniljer of the Drainage Board. In the hard work of organizing- the Board of Trnstees of the Sanitary District of Chicago, none of the nine gentlemen chosen took a more active part than did Mr. Willing. lie accepted the trus- teeship under pressure from his friends without reference to political ties, feeling reluctant to enter upon a task of such magnitude at a time w h.cii worn oiU by business cares and needing rest and recreation. Once enlisted in the enterprise, how- ever, Mr. Willing became euthusiastic in his ef- forts to secure the consummation of the great project, and he was an intelligent and energetic member of the board. He served for two rears and then was compelled to retire because of ill health. While not what is termed a club man, still Air Willing is a member of the Chicago, the Union and the Union League clubs. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Home for Incurables, while the work of the Citizen League alwavs commands his moral as well as his finan- cial support, and many of the reforms secured by that lx>dy owe much to him. Mr. Willing is aiso interested in the encouraugement of art and served three years as a director of the Art Insti- tute. In all historical matter and those especially of Chicago and the L'nitcd States, he is well versed. He is a member of the Chicago Histori- cal Society, the y\merican Historical Society and of the Chicago branch of the Archaeological So- ciety of America. He is also trustee of the New- berry Library. Mr. Willing is a man of scholarly tastes and studious habits and wdiile at home spends many hours with his favorite authors, while his kindly impulses and charming cordialit)- of manner ren- der him exceedingly popular among his many friends. At the same time, it may be said that Mr. Willing is a great traveler, having been raau)' times abroad, besides having visited all of tlie noted places and resorts of his own country. In 1870 Mr. Willing married Frances Skin- ner, second daughter of the late Judge Mark Skin- ner. They have two children, Evelyn Pierrepont . and Alark Skinner Willing. P. H. RICE CHICAGO, ILL. P. H. Rice was born in County \\'exford, near the city of Dublin, September 9, 1847. He is the son of W. R. Rice, who married Miss Mary Furlong. As is the case with many suc- cessful men, the influence of heredity is discern- ible clearly in the business career of Mr. P. H. Rice : his father was an adept in the trade of which he himself has proved to be a master. When P. H. Rice was but three years of age his parents emigrated to this country and settled at Belvidere. In the puljlic schools of this lillle city, and afterward in the famous Lhiiversity of Notre Dame, Indiana, Mr. Rice received his scholastic education. The larger and higher edu- cation, that has given him the mastery over busi- ness affairs, was gained in the university of the world. Fie is a typical and thorough-going Chi- cagoan, having resided here over thirty-five years. Mr. Rice started in the malting and distilling business at Elgin, Illinois, in 1868. In 1876 he bought out the Chicago Alcohol \\'orks. About ten years ago he built the largest malt plant in the west at Cragin, Illinois. He sold this plant abyout six years later, and now has just completed the largest malting plant in the United States, on twenty acres, at the junction of the St. Paul, Chicago & Northwestern Raihvav and minor PROJillXEXT :\IEX OF THE GREAT WEST lielt lines. Mr. Rice is deservedly prmid of this. his latest venture in the malting business, as he now stands pre-eminent as a leader of leaders in the malting' world. Mr. Rice also' owns, and is president of the Star Brewery. He has done his sliare toward building up the great Garden City of the west, and' this fact alone has given him the right to stand in the front rank of the most solid commercial men of the day. P. H. Rice was one of the first men to advocate the construc- tion of elevated roads in Chicagi). He started the Lake Street "L" and was president of the road eight years. Mr. Rice is one of the most aggressive, energetic and enterprising business men in Chicago. He has amassed a competency by diligent labor, and to-day is one of the most solid of all Chicago's large property-owners. He is generous to a fault, and has done his share of charitable work, looking after orphan boys, and was largely instrumental in establishing the Fee- hanville Training School for Boys. Mr. Rice has for the past few years resided on the South Side. He is, however, one of the largest property- owners on the West Side, and has always done much to promote the prosperity uf that section of the city. In piilitics Mr. Rice is a Democrat, though he supported AlcKinley's financial, policy, ^^'hile an active worker in the party, ]\Ir. Rice steadily has refused to hold office. He is emphatically a home man, and his name is in the roster of very few clubs. Mr. Rice was married in July. 1878, to Mary J. Walsh, daughter of John B. Walsh, of Chi- cago. Six children add to the domestic gaiety of the family mansion. No. 3312 Wabash avenue. JOSEPH E. OTIS, Jr. CHICAGO, ILL. !\Ir. Joseph E. Otis, Jr., senior meml>er of the firm of Otis, Wilcox & Company, stock brok- ers, is a young man who has gained cpiite a name in linancial circles in Chicago' within the last sev- eral years. The family from which INIr. Otis sprang has long been considered as one of the prominent ones of this section of the state, of which j\Ir. Otis is a native, having been 1)t>rn in Chicago on March 5, 1S57, lieing a son of Joseph E. and Maria (Taylor) Otis, early , pioneer residents of Chicago, and a grandson of Joseph and Nancy (Billings) Otis. Mr. Otis' edu- cation was received at the Howard school, of Chicago, and later at the Phillips Exeter Acad- emy at Andover, Massachusetts, and finished at Yale University. He left the latter institution in the spring of 1889 and went abroad. On his return from Europe he became engaged in the real-estate business as a member of the firm of Joseph R. Putnian & Company, but in 1891 he returned in order to take charge of his father's business in Chicago. Three years later he as- sisted in organizing the Great Western Tin Plate Company, of which he became president. A four-mill plant was erected at Juliet, Illinois, and operatetl until the fall of 1898, when the conr- pany was absorbed by the consolidation known as the American Tin Plate Company. January i, 1899, the present firm of Otis, Wilcox & Company was organized, Mr. Otis be- ing associated with Charles H. Wilcox, his former partner in the Great Western Tin Plate Company. Charles H. \\'ilcox retired January 15, 1901, and was succeeded by Walter H. Wil- son. The members of the firm now are Josqih PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 29 E. Otis, Ji"., Walter H. Wilson, Heiiry W. Buck- ingham and Ralph C. Otis. They are pioneers in handling foreign bonds in the west, and are large underwriters of the Alexican External Loan and of all the recait foreign loans. Their offices are in the Temple Building. La Salle and Monroe Streets. They operate branch oiifices, one in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Otis is a member of the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Stock Exchange, and is a member of the financial and law governing committee of the latter body. In piilitics Mr. Otis is a Republican, and in national affairs has sujiported this party since he cast his first vote. He is one of those who desire no office for themselves, but works always for the good of his party, in whose councils he stands bigh. Mr. Otis is a valued member of many clubs and social organizations, and' is especially identi- fied with the University, Chicago and Calumet Clubs of this city. He is also a member of the Chicago Real Estate Board. CHESTER M. DAWES CHICAGO, ILL. Chester M. Dawes, general solicitor of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Com- pany, isi one of the best-known and highly-gifted lawyers oi Chicag;0. He is the son of the Hon- orable Henry Lawrens Dawes and Electa San- derson Dawes. His father, Henry Lawrens Dawes, was born at Cummington, Massachusetts, October 30, 1816. He was a graduate from Yale College in 1S39. He was a teacher for a short time and then edited a paper at Greenfield, Massachusetts, and was admitted to the bar in 1842. He began the practice of his profession at North Adams, where he also conducted' the Transcript. He was a member of the Massa- chusetts State Legislature in 1848-9 and in 185 J, and of the State Senate in 1850. He was a dele- gate tO' the State Constitutional Convention in 1853, and was attorney for the Western Dis- trict of Massachusetts from 1833 to 1857. He served as a member of Congress from 1857 to 1873. and took a prominent part in the anti- slavery legislation during and subsequent to> the Rebellion. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1875 as a successor of Hunnrable Charles Sumner, and was re-elected in 1881 and 1887. During his long legislative career he took an important part in much of the legislation that is now historical. He was the author of many tariff measures, particularly in; relation tO' wool and woolen goods, in 1868, which was the basis of all wool and woolen tariff' until 1883. He in- augurated the measure by which the completion of the Washington monument was undertaken. He founded the system of daily weather reports in 1869, at the suggestion of Professor Cleveland Abbe, and established the first bureau. He was the author of the Severalty bill, the Sioux bill and the bill for making the Indians subject to and protected by our criminal laws, and as chairman of the Indian committee, spent much time ad- justing affairs with the Indian reservations, creating the entire system of Indian educa- tion, as well as much other legislation for their benefit. Electa Sanderson Dawes, his wife, was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts ; they had three chil- dren. Henry L. Dawes, Jr., and Chester M. Dawes are successful lawyers, one in ]\Iassa- chusetts and the other in Chicago, and a daugh- ter, Anna Laurens Dawes, who is well known as a writer on political topics. Chester M. Dawes was born at North Ad- ams, Massachusetts, in 1856, attended the com- mon schools and academies near his home and 30 PROMINENT ?vIEX OF THE GREAT \\EST finished his classical educaticm at Yale, gradu- ating in 1876. He was admitted to thj bar the same year and at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Chicago, entering into part- nership with F. S. Winston, under the finn name of Winston & Dawes. This firm won great suc- cess and continued in existence until 1883, when Mr. Dawes was appointed assistant United States attorney, a position which he filled for three years with great success. In 1886 he was made attorney for' the Chicago. Burlington & Ouincy Railroad Company. In politics Mr. Dawes is a Republican. He is a member oi several clubs ; among them are the Chicago, University and Union. Mr. Dawes was married in 1881 to Miss Ada B. Laflin, a lady of marked culture and refine- ment. They have a daughter. Electa S. Dawes. THEODORE K. LONG CHICAGO, ILL. Tlieodore Kepner Lc.mg, 482^ Kinibark ave- nue, Chicago, was born of Pennsxhania Dutch parentage in Pfoutzes valle}-, near }iIilIerstown, Perry county, Pennsylvania, about thirty miles north of Harrisburg, on the 26th day of April, 1857, on a farm. His mother, Catherine Kep- ner, was of Dutch origin. Through his father, Abrahami Long, Jr., he is descended from the race of sturdy freeholder ]\Iennonites who settled extensively in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, several generations Isefore the American Revolu- tion. The buildings of his earliest American an- cestor, Isaac Long, are still standing in good re- pair, and have become historical owing to a great meeting, "Grosse Versammlung," held there in 1767 for the organization of the United Brethren church, with which organization Isaac Long was prominen^tly identified. The building in which this meeting was held was used as a storehouse and barn and is described by Dr. Drury, in his "Life of Otterbein," as "Iniilt of stone, 108 feet long and of corresponding width." The dwell- ing-house is a large old-fashioned colonial struc- ture. Both buildings were erected by Isaac Long about 1754. In Berger's "History of the United Brethren Church," the author, writing of these buildings, says : "The masonry is of a high order. The thatched roof of early times has given way long since to a better covering. They are located on a Ijeautiful farm si.x miles niirtheast of the city of Lancaster." Isaac Long's son David, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was educated for the ministry, and in 181 1 migrated from Lancaster count}- north to the more sparsely settled lands of Cumberland county along the Juniata river, from which lands Perry county was afterward formed. Here he established a church and a farm of over one thousand acres, which latter was ;ifterward divided among his descendants, the mansion portion of it descending tO' his oldest son, Abr;ihani, and later to Abraham's son, Abraham, Jr., the latter being the father of Theodore, the subject of this sketch. The early life of Theodore was spent on his father's farm, and at the age of fifteen he taught the district school in his native place and began to lay the foundation for an education by attend- ing school in summer time and teaching in win- ter to earn monev to pav the expense of his schooling. This plan was studiously followed for upward of four years, when in his nineteenth year he was registered as a law student in the ofifice of William A. Sponsler, Esq., at New Bloomfield, Pennsyh-ania, where he servetl an apprenticeship of twO' years in Blackstone and common law precedents, after which he entered Yale College as a student in the Law Depart- ^^ /-^C^ ^r-r Ua^ O-i C-L^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 33 nient. and, in addition to the ret^'ular law course, took a special course in political economy, tmder Professor William G. Sumner, and in modern languages under Professor William D. Whitney, and in English literature and rhetoric under Pro- fessor C}rus Northrop, who^ afterward l)ecame president of the University of Minnesota. I\lr. Long- was graduated in 1878, and im- mediately entered the law office of the attorneys for the Penns}l\ania Raih'oad at ] larrislnu'g, where he remained several years as an assistant, during which time he became interested' in jour- nalism. In 1881 he recei\-ed an appointment un- der the Secretary of Wiw. and removed to Wash- in.gton, D. C.. where he represented several news- papers as Washington correspondent. With a view of broadening his field of labor and engag-ing in the practice of the law, he re- moved to the great northwest in 1883. He took with him letters of introduction to Governor Alexander Ramsey, of St. Paul, Minnesota, upon whose advice he went to Dakota Territory, and located at Mandan, the headciuarters of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, on the west bank of the Missouri river. Bismarck being sit- uated on the east bank. He bought an interest in the Mandan Daily Pioneer and became its editor. His editorials drew forth favorable no- tice from the Dakota and Minnesota press. He took an acti\'e part in politics and jnurnalisni and wrote and [jublished. under the authority of the territorial legislature, a parliamentary guide en- titled "Long's Legislative Hand Book." In the fall of 1884 Mr. Long was elected district attorney for the family of counties west of the Missouri river and north of the 4f)th paral- lel. He was the first prosecuting attorney elected in this district, which at that time had a popula- tion probalily more cosmopolitan than anv similar area in the Lniited States. Within this district was the ranch of the eccentric French ni)blcman, the iMarcpiis de Mores, who was tried fnr mur- der in Dakota and afterward lost his life in the Sondan : and here, too, was the ranch of Theo- dore Rotjsevelt, for whom ]\Ir. Long prose- cuted and convicted a band of highwaymen who made a predatory incursion into the former's ranch. After the expiration of his term as district attorney he removed to Bismarck, where he be- came the attorney for the Northern Pacific Rail- road and other corporate interests. Realizing that the extreme west was destined to suffer from a long period of depression and that it would be a mistake to remain permanently in Bismarck, he returned east as far as ^linneapolis, where, in company with two associates, he promoted and organized the Evening Star, the name of which was afterward changed to the Evening Tribune. He became the paper's managing editor and con- tinued in that capacity until he sold ont his inter- est in the paper, whereupon he came to Chicago after the World's Fair, and has ever since re- sided here, engaged in the practice of law. During his residence in Chicago IMr. Long has devoted himself exclusively to the practice of the law of life insurance and corporations. Fie is general counsel of the Illinois Life In- surance Company, an institution with which he has been closely identified since 1894. He is a member and director of the Hamilton Cluii, and a member of the LTnion League Club and the Midlothian Country Club. He is a blue lodge Mason, a ivnight Templar, a member of Medina Temple Shrine of Chicago, and an active mem- ber of the Thirty-second Ward Republican Club. He has always taken a deep interest in educa- tional matters, and 1 iccupies the chair of medical jurisprudence in the National Medical l_*niversity and Hospital, where he lectures weekly to the students of that institution. He is also professor of insurance law in the John Marshall Law- School of Chicago. His family has furnished a number of names prominent in public affairs, among them being Henry G. Long, for many years presiding judge 34 PROMIXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST of the Lancaster. Pennsylvania, district, who presented Lancaster city with a beautiful park, which bears his name, and established an asylum for women at a cost of over a half a million dol- lars; Christian Long, formerly president of the Somerset & Cambria Railroad Company, which was after his death consolidated with the Balti- more & Ohio; Charles D. Long, for many years a judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan; and Chester L Long, the present (1902) representa- tive in Congress from the \\'ichita, Kansas, dis- trict. Mr. Long was married in 1885, at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to Miss Kate Carson, of that place, and both he and his wife are members of the Episcopal church, of which he is also a vestry- man. They have one son, \\'illiam Carson Long, sixteen years of age. WILLIAM VOCKE CHICAGO, ILL. \\'illiam \'ocke, whO' is a man of broad liter- ftssor Henry Booth, who, noting the ambition, ary culture and i)rominence among the German- willingness and talent of Mr. \'ocke, offered to American representatives of the Chicago bar, has instruct him and allow him to< use his books, per- successfully engaged in practice in the western mitting him to repay him at some future period, metropolis for more than thirty years. He was The day on which he was eventually enabled to born in Minden, Westphalia, pay his kind friend in full was one of the priiud- Germany, in 1839, His father, est and happiest days of his life, who was a government secretary In i860 Mr. Vocke left the Staats Zeitung in the Prussian service, died dur- and accepted the position of collector for Ogden, ing the early youth of his son Fleetwood & Company, then a leading real-estate ^^'illiam. and when only se\enteen firm of the city. In Ai>ril, 1861, feeling that his years of age the latter resolved to adopted country needed his services at the front, try his fortune in America. he responded to the call of duty and joined the He sailed in 1856, and after Union army with a three-months regiment. His ,1 short time spent in X'ew York company was soon attached to the Twenty- fourth made his way to Chicago, where Illinois Infantry, and Mr. Vocke was present at he sought and obtained employment with the pub- every engagement of the Army of the Cumber- lisher of the Staats Zeitung, acting as carrier of land until his regiment was mustered out. His tlile paper. His industry and determination to loj'alty and bravery won recognition, and for his succeed were most commendable. He began meritorious services he was made captain of work at two o'clock .\. m., and did not complete Company D. his labors until six hours later. He spent his During his military service Captain Vocke de- days in studying law and gave the hours between voted all his leisure time to literary pursuits, and twilight and two in the morning to sleep. It was upon his return to the north became city editor his great desire tn perfect himself in the law and of the Staats Zeitung. where his merit as an edi- enter upon practice, Init the work he was enabled tnrial writer soon won him hunnred recognition to perform was not enough to meet his expense in journalistic circles. From Ajiril. 1865, until and enable li'im to pursue his studies. At this Xovember, 1869, he was clerk oi the police juncture, however, he found a true friend in Pro- coiu-t of Chicago, and in tlie meaiUime resumed PROMINENT .MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 35 the study uf law and was admitted to tlie liar in iSf)/. He had also matle fretjutnit cmitrihu- tions to both the German and English press, and gained a high reputation as an able and polished writer. In 1869 he produced a volume of poems, excellent translations of the lyrics of Julius Rod- enburg. After retiring from the clerkship of the po- lice court he devoted his energies to the practice of law, and stands to-day without a peer among the German-American lawyers of Chicago. His clientage has always been extensive and the legal interests entrusted to his care of a \-ery important character. He has a thorough understanding of the law as a science, and is peculiarly talented in the presentation of a cause to judge or jury and in the preparation of briefs and arguments. Of late years his writings ha\'e been more in the line of the law than on general literary topics, and one of his most able productions is a volume entitled "The Administration of Justice in the United States, and a Synojisis of the Mode of Procedure of our Federal and State Courts and all Federal and State Laws Relating to Subjects of Interest to Aliens." which was published in the German language at Cologne, and has not only received the praise of German jurists but has also proven of much benefit tO' German lawyers and business men. Mr. \'(icke was elected to the state legisla- ture in 1870. While a memljer of the Imuse he was instrumental in framing, at the extra session held shortly after the great fire of 1871, what is known as the "burnt-record" act ; and among his other noteworthy achievements he formulated and introduced a life-insurance bill, wliich at the time was endorsed Ij}- the edit(jr of the Chicago Tribune as "the soundest and most judicious measure ever proposed to a legislati\e body on that subject." Jn the affairs of the city Mr. \'ocke has ever taken a deep interest, withholding his support from no measure which he belie\ed would' prove of public benefit. He served as a member of the board of education from 1877 until 1880, and the public-school system found in him a warm friend. For a number of vears past he has been attorney for the imperial German consulate at Chicago, and among other offices of honor he has held the presidency of the German Society of Chicago for the Aid of Emigrants. He is a man of scholarly attainments, of broad general information and ripe classical knowledge, and the study of history and the science of government is one of his chief sources of pleasure and recre- ation. He was married in 1867 to Miss Eliza \\"ahl, and the\- ha\-e two sons and four daughters. NEWTON FARNSWORTH GORDON CHICAGO, ILL. Newton F. Gordon was a son of Joseph H. and Lydia F. Gordon, and was born at INIethuen, Massachusetts, April i, 186 1. His early educa- tion was received in the public schools and at the ^Methuen high school, and from there he attended \\'illiams College, fn.im which he graduated, and then attended Ann Arbor University, of Michi- gan, where he studied law. He came to Chicago in 1886, entering the law office of Cratty Brothers & Aldrich. and was admitted to the bar in 18S9, but continued in the office of the above named firm until 1891, when he formed a partnership with Mr. E. M. Ashcraft, the firm being known as .\shcraft & Gordon, which partnership contin-> ued until his death, which occurred Octolier 19, 1900. In religious matters Mr. Gordon was a ETniversalist. Politically he was a Gold Demo- crat. Mr. Gordon was looked upon as one of the 36 PROMIXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST coming great lawxcrs (if the Illinois Ijar. His t(.) Miss Alary Kongh. The result of this union d'eath was a great slu.ick to his many friends, cut- was two daughters, Dorothy and Ruth, who re- ting short, as it did. a bright and jiromising career, side with their mother at their Imme at Glen He was united in marriage January 3. 1893. Ellyn. Illinois. HARRY SCULL CHICAGO, ILL. "And now, please, point me out Harry Scull," Gal way, the chief city of western Ireland. His is a request often lieard in the gallery of the Chi- name indexes the athletic taste which he has in- cago Board of Trade, as visitors gaze down on herited from Xorman and Saxon ancestors ; the the seeming pandemonium of the pits and see in original Sculls ublained their cognomen from bewildered motion the human machinery of the their canoeing exploits and their present descend- greatest mart of trade in the world. ant has displa3-ed his inherited athletic skill in The request is a natural one, for Air. Scull has that line in mar.y a spirited regatta in Bristol long been one of the most interesting institution^. waters. The family love of manly exercise has so to s])eak, on "Change. Deprixe the place of hi^ Ijeen carried down through nianv centuries. Mr. tmiciuc, pleasant and piquant personality and Scull's father, a venerable gentleman of nigh there would at once be a notable void, a dull gaj) eighty, thinks nothing of doing his four or five in the brotherhood nf traders that nobody else miles a day through the familiar streets of Bris- could acceptalily fill. tol. Air. Scull himself, with his three-pound cane. To the incpiiring ol)server a gentleman of elastic stride and strong powers of physical en- slender but \-ignr(ius frame will be pointed out, durance, has long been a well-known figure on the attired almost invariably in a neat suit of gray, l)oule\ards of the Chicago South Side. His a man florid of face and iron-gray hair and friends say he would rather walk than eat. and whiskers, genial, alert, ubiquitous, combining the to this exercise he attributes his excellent consti- training and instincts of the trader with a large tutinn. He is the champiim ]:)edestrian nf tlie fund of ever-present and indnmitable good Board of Trade — and probably of any other humor. There have been potentates galore on board in Chicago. the Board. Corn Kings and Wheat Kings of Having commenced his education at Weston, years and even seasons, commercial comets ap- Bath, Air. Scull finished his studies under the pearing and disappearing in swift, short order; celeljrated educator. Dr. Stone, of Stokes Croft, but during nigh three decades on the noisy floor Bristol. He sailed from England Sept. i, 1873, of 'Change. Harry Scull has always maintained and settled in Strathroy, Ont., where he spent his character anrl reputation as an acknowledged eighteen months in the business of exporting to Prince of Good Fellows. Alaster of his business, the old country the products of the Dominion, lie is also generous, cheerful and cnurtenus. Then, equipped with letters of intrmluctinn to the Air. Scull is a native of England. In 1845 he late J. Y. ScamuKin. founder of the Inter-Ocean, was born in the ancient and historic city of Bris- and the recent Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, tol. which in Columbian days sent forth Sebas- Lyman J. Gage, he came to Chicago^ and soon tian Cabot for the discovery of Canada and pre- found himself in the whirl of the Board of Trade, viously the famed fourteen "tribes" that founded where he has e\'er since, a bold anil jolly m.ariner. e"^. ..^^ / PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 39 been successfully braviug- the eddies, uuder both the sign of the Bull and the constellation of the Bear. He found a warm and practical friend in Mr. Alurray Nelson, with whose family he ate his lirst Thauksg-iving- dinner, and in whose office be obtained a good position. About this time Mr. Scull made the acquaint- ance of a beautiful and talented young Irish lady, descendant of a famous old Meathian sept whose meniljers combined the strength of the lion on their sliicKl with the quickness of the greyhound on their crest, and w'ho always lived up to their motto, "Semper patriae servire presto." One Macgeogbegan was onh' prevented by the stroke of death from blowing the castle of Dunboy into tlie air rather than surrender it to the English ; the Abbe Macgeoghegan was chaplain of the Irish Brigade in the service of France and author of a celebrated history of Ireland ; Kedagh Geoghegan shot down with his own hand his four splendid carriage horses rather than surrender them to> a scoundrel who claimed them for £5, or $25 apiece — an Irish Catholic not being supposed un- der the law to own a ho-rse of more than that value in the penal days. To this spirited sept be- Icng Miss Bessie Arabella Geoghegan, daughter of Mr. Charles W. Geoghegan, of Dublin, who served as civil engineer and surveyor under Sir Richard Griffiths, the celebrated valuator of Irish soil. Miss Geoghegan, an intense Irish national- ist, deplored the spoliation to which her native land was subjected by the English and would be glad to see all the redcoats driven into Dublin Bay, as Brian Boru drove the Danes. Mr. Scull, a stalwart British imperialist, l>elieYed that the union jack was the palladium of progress and hung in his office the effigy of the British lion. However, love laughs at such differences and a candid agreeiuent to disagree in politics resulted in a Iiai)pY union of hearts and hands. The mar- riage was celebrated on June 7, 1876. Of four children they were sadly bereaved of three. The survivor. Miss Ethel jMarie Featherston-Haugh 3 Scull, a very beautiful and accomplished young woman, was married April 26, 1898, to Mr. Pros- per Dalien Fenn, son of the late celebrated editor and abolitionist of that name, \vho was a bosom friend of Horace Greeley. Thus converges three founts O'f excellent blood, such as might well pro- duce the best type of American citizenship. In 1879 Mr. Scull accq>ted a position as trader and foreign correspondent for the well- known old firm of W. P. McLaren & Co. When thi: "-m went out of business in 1880 he became connected with Dwight & Gillett. Outside the firm's business he had private orders from capi- talists and was frequent'y given "carte blanche" in large wheat deals, freelv exercising his own judgment in selling or buyiu. ; in the interests of his clients. He is now activer, engaged in the cominissioii an J brokerage business for himself, wnth able assistance and a large and app -^ciative clientage. While taking a hearty and hopeful interest in the progress of this great republic and cordially respecting Mrs. Scull's feelings on the "ondition and treatment of Ireland, Mr. Scull retain„ lena- cious loyalty to his native land, as was shown at the beginning of the Boer war by the following letter to Capt. W. Wyndham, her Britannic maj- esty's representative in Chicago : My Dear Wyndham— Enclosed letters of love and grati- tude show righteousness of our cause, for England, God bless her, is always on the side of humanity and justice. I hasten with all Victoria's loyal sons to tender her through you my small services and wait her most gracious commands. For God, my Queen and my country, I am always, Harry Scull. From his strenuous views on this subject his associates on the Board dubbed him "the Queen's Own," and at the opening of the Boer war they facetiously bombarded him with such bogus tele- gratus, purporting to come from the British war office, as "Chief military reserves called in; Harry Scull, come home immediately and rexx)rt for duty," all of which he bore with unfailing good humor, enjoying the joke as heartily as they. Meantime he took deep interest in the progress of 40 PROMINENT :\IEN OF THE GREAT WEST the war and his office in the Rialto building lie- came a picture gallery of British generals. A model of pleasant urbanity he has done more than any other man of his nationality in Chicago to reduce the impression of so-called John Bull grumpincss and insular prejudice, for, with all his admiration of the old land, he is a broad and breezy cosmopolitan. By birth an Episcopalian, the earth is his temple, tO' do good his religion. Impulsive as he is generous, he is intolerant of shams and humbugs, especially when they come in the guise of English ''social reformers." At a meeting of the Sunset Club he denounced Stead to his face as a fraud, and John Burns and Keir Hardie also experienced his ire on their visits to this city. On the other hand he is ever jubilantly foremost in welcoming a "good fellow." He vehemently led the cheering on the occasion of the visit to the lioard of his wife's countryman. Lord Beresford, and following the rounds of applause for that naval hero he person- ally started three cheers for President McKinley, Queen \'ictoria and Admiral Dewey, after which Harrv himself became the hero of the occasion and was enthusiastically chaired round the hall by his shouting fellow brokers. With an intelligent interest and foresight in American domestic affairs it was Mr. Scull who, at a banquet of the Sunset Club, in the presence of General Miles and Colonel Turner, first drew forcible attention to the necessity in America of a standing army commensurate with the popula- tion, not only for the purpose of maintaining or- aer in the cities, rapidly being filled with emi- grants from the effete kingdoms of the Old World, but for preserving the unity and strength- ening the power of the republic. The increase of the army of Uncle Sam from 13,000 to 100,000 has since verified Mr. Scull's warning and pre- diction. In fine, combining sterling business integrity and ability with a kindly and courteous manner and a practical desire to extract the most good from existence, genial Harry Scull enjovs in his own characteristic manner the well earred sweets of success, and delights to make pleasant s-ui- shine for others along the highways and byways of life. ALFRED S. TRUDE CHICAGO, ILL. In a classification of lawyers of Chicago the shipboard, while the vessel on which they made name uf Alfred S. Trude occupies a notable place the journey was lying in quarantine in New York among the citizens of that city, standing in the pert. first rank (.)f the distinguished members of the profession, and recognized by all as a man of rare talents and as one of the greatest criminal law- yers of the state of Illinois. Mr. Trude is of English descent and a son of Sanuiel and Sallie ( Downs) Trude. The lat- ter is of a familv well kni>wn in liritish historv. They settled in Lockport, New York, where Alfred first attended school. Subsequently he entered Union College, graduating at the age of seventeen. He moved to Chicago and entered the Union College of Law under the Hon. Henry Booth, at the same time studying under the tuition of Mr. A. B. Jenks, and was admitted to her father having been an officer of rank in the the bar in 1871 and at once entered into the work British army and her brother now being in that of his profession. service. Mr. Trude's parents emigrated to the ]\Ir. Trudfe is a zealous worker, well read in United States in 1847 'i"'l Alfred was born on all points of the law, quick of perception, firm in PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 41 action, a riuent speaker and possessed of a mag- netism wliicii maWcs liim one of the most snc- cessfnl of trial lawyers. He has conducted thirty- eight murder cases, thirty-six men and two wo- men, all of which, with a single exception, he tried alone, anil in all, with the exception' of three, he secured verdicts of acquittal. Some of these are the most noted cases on record. One of the more recent cases was that of the woinan Theresa Sturla, alias. Madeline Stiles, indicted for the murder of Charles Stiles. Mr. Trude defended against State's Attorney Mills, who made a vig^ orous attempt for her conviction with death pen- alty saitence. Mr. Trude accomplished almost a complete victory, she lieing sentenced to only one year in the penitentiary. Another recent one was the Pendergast case for the murder of Carter H. Harrison, Sr. Mr. Trude secured his con- viction. Of very recent date is the Snell will case, in which Mr. Trutle represented the execu- tors and had the will sustained. The first case of importance iu' which he appeared prominently be- fore the public was in the Linden divorce case, where Linden, a coachman, married the daughter of Mr. Hancock, a rich packer. Linden repre- senting himself to be a British lord while in pur- suit of his victim. Li this case the question of marriage was discussed at great length, there being found a misrepresentation in the induce- ments to marry. The validity of the marriage was determined by the question of cohabitation and decided in favor of the husband, and a di- vorce denied. The question was as novel as it was delicate and stands alone as' precedent in the wide domain of legal literature. Another was the defense of Joe Tansey, alias Johnson, indicted for killing Alljert Gates,— a well-kno'wm case. Another was the defense and acquittal of William Gerbick, who was charged with arson and murder, he having been accused of setting fire to a house and burning his alleged mistress. Another was the defense and acquittal of Thomas Mangaw, indicted for the killing of Kelly on St. Patrick's Day. Another important case was the defense and acquittal of McGuire, McGavey and O'Brien for killing three Bohem- ians at a dance. He first obtained permission for a separate trial, and by a vigorous eiifort and strong fight secured the acquittal of McGavey, and after he was out of reach of the law, and once in jeopardy, put him on the stand, and by his confession of the crime and his evidence, cleared the other two. Another case was the Catholic priest, charged with stealing three thousand six hundred dollars from the par- ish of St. Alary. Another was the defense and acquittal of M. C. McDonald, who was charged under nineteen different indictments, one of which was with intent to kill. Another was the defense and acquittal of Jim Martin, charged with killing St. James on Clark street. He was attorney for Lizzie Moore in the diamond rob- bery case, when ex-Chief of Police Hickey was a supposed accomplice. He was also attorney for a number of conductors in 1875, when they were charged with larceny from the railroad companies with which they were connected. He was also attorney for Clem Periolat and the county com- missioners, better known as the "Court-house Ring Crowd," all of whom were acquitted. He was also' attorney for R. K. Turner and Howard Turner in the celebrated land forgery case, in which over three millions of dollars were in- volved, for which he succeeded in obtaining an acquittal for both. He is the attorney for several railroad associations, and in connection with Pinkerton, has conducted dififerent noted cases, in which persons were charged with various crimes against the railroads, with great success. He was attorney for Lehman, in the celebrated case of Lehman vs. Chicago Herald, and after a se- vere trial, obtained a jivd'gnient for twenty-five thousand dollars against the old Herald, July 3, 1883, the jury deliberating but fifteen minutes before returning a verdict. There were seven of these cases in all pending against the Herald at 42 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST the time and the judgment practicall)- broke the paper. Mr. Trude was for a long time attorney for the Chicago City Railway Company and one of the attorneys for the old Chicago & Alton Rail- road Company. He has figured in a great many extradition cases, one of which was the "New- berry poker case," in which one hundred and fifty thousand dollars were won by Weed from Seath and Hedges. The defendants' attorneys attempted by a writ habeas corpus in the cir- cuit court of Cook county to procure the dis- charge of the defendants, but through the ef- forts of Mr. Trude they were remanded. In 1 8/6 Mr. Trude became attorney for the Chicago Times and defended the editor, Wilbur F. Story, in the celebrated extradition case, when Mr. William Beck, Chief of Police of ]\Iilwaukee. appeared for the prosecution, together with the attorneys. In this case an effort was made to take Mr. Story to Wisconsin to answer for the crime of libel against the laws of the state. The point raised by ^Mr. Trude was that, as Mr. Story had not fled from the rec^uiring state, under the act of Congress relating to fugitives from jus- tice, he could not be sent to that state without a plain violation of the law. Governor Beveridge discharged Air. Story and Attorney-General Ed- sall concurred. Mr. Trude tried in behalf of The Times fifty-two libel cases, most of the ver- dicts being not guilty, while others varied from one cent to a dollar verdicts, except the case of Alice E. Early against Air. Story, where a ver- dict was rendered for five hundred dollars. On a previous occasion, when the late Alessrs. E. A. Storrs and Wirt Dexter defended, the verdict was twenty-five thousand dollars, and it was im- mediately following this verdict that Mr. Trude became attorney for the old Times. Air. Trude was married in 1868 to Miss Al- genia D. Pearson, of Lockport, New York. She is a lady of culture and the center of a brilliant societv circle. They reside at their beautiful resi- dence on Drexel Boulevard, in Chicago. JACOB NEWMAN CHICAGO, ILL. Jacob Newman, one of the able and success- ful members of the Chicago bar, was born No- vember 12, 1853. When he was four years of age his parents settled on a farm in Butler coun- ty, Ohio, where he remained for a short time, but soon left home to begin life up>on his own respon- sibility. His only capital at the time was his in- dependence and perseverance, qualities, howex'er, which were bound to lead to his ultimate success. He first went to Noblesville, Indiana, where he remained for six years, coming to Chicago in 1867. Here he labored diligently for two years, by the end of which time he bad saved sufficient money to enable him to attend college. He en- tered the University of Chicago and, with the aid of the monev he had saved and what he made outside of school hours, was able to graduate with his class in 1873. An opportunity was soon oftered him to become associated in the practice (_if law with Judge Graham, which he accepted, the firm being known as Graham & Newman. Some few years later Judge Graham moved to the far W'est and left Mr. Newman a well-estab- lished practice, which he not only retained but increased. In 1881 he entered into partnership with Air. Adolph Aloses under the firm name of Aloses & Newman, a partnership which contin- ued until 1890 and which was highly successful. Air. Newman is one of those lawyers who may with truth be said to be specialists in all branches of law, so wide is his knowledge of each of them. He has been identified with many important cases PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 45 but is ■ reiuenibered must prominently, perhaps, leading clubs of tlie city, among them the Union with the htigation of the Chicago> Gas Trust. League. Ini all matters pertaining tO' politics he is a He was married ]\Iay 30, 1888, to Miss Min- stanch Republican. In social and fraternal circles nie Goodman, daughter of Mr. Hugo Goodman, he is a Mason and associated with several of the one of Chicago's early settlers. HON. ELISHA C. FIELD CHICAGO, ILL. In no field of usefulness do we obserx-e changes that have taken place in the last fifty years more than in the practice of law. As for- merly conceived, it was necessary for a profes- sional man to be able to prosecute ecjually well any line of thought that was brought to- his notice, but in conformity with the methods that have marked all industrial and cnmmercial growth during the past twenty years, large interests in the financial world demand specialists. Conspicuous among railroad counsellors, men- tion should be made of Elisha C. Field, who', since 1889, has been general solicitor for the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad, which succeeded the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad. And in the years he has been prominent in railroad affairs, no one stands higher in legal circles than the subject of this review. Born in Porter county, Indiana, April 9, 1842, Judge Fieldi is a son of Thomas J. and Louisa (Chapman) Field, natives of New York, who moved tO' Indiana in 1836, where they re- sided until their death, the father at seventy-two and the mother at sixty-four years of age. The education of Judge Field was obtained in the public schools and at the Valparaiso (Indiana), College, now the Northern Indiana Normal School, from which he graduated in 1862. Having decided tO' embark in the practice of law, and desiring to obtain the best means for ed- ucating himself, admission was applied for in the law department of the Lhiiversity of Michigan, located at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated in 1865. The first place Mhere Judge Field be- gan practice was at Crown Point, Indiana, and after three years at the bar his talents were so far recognized that in 1868 he was elected prose- cuting attorney from the ninth district of that state, and at the expiration of his term of office, he was elected to' the general assembly. Dur- ing these years of progress Judge Field was win- ning a large circle of valuable acquaintances among all the residents of his district, and the care and attention he paid to every matter brought before him made his ultimate success more certain. There was nothing pyrotechnical, but everything was solid and firm in all pleadings before the bar, and his clientage knew that every detail pertaining to a case was thoroughly mapped out and understood in advance, cjualities which gave confidence to all who intrusted their interests into- his hands. Step by step Judge Field advanced until his qualifications for higher office became apparent tO' many, which resulted in his election to the judgeship of the thirty-first Circuit Court of Indiana, and owing to- his abil- ity a re-election was given him in 1884, on the Republican ticket, which was the more remark- able inasmuch as all political opponents recog- nizing his zeal and worth, which were free from all bias and partisan prejudice, declined to place any candidate of their party in opposition, an act that spoke volumes in the estimation of friends and foes alike. Upon Judge Field's appointment to his pres- 46 PROMIXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST ent office, a removal tO' Chicago l)ecanie necessary, and liis identitication w itli the city's various in- terests is shown by the many acknowledgements made by him by the officials of the road, so well represented by him, and by his connection with the Harvard Cluli as a member, and in the coim- cils of the Republican party. A delegate from the Tenth Congressional District, Judge Field was a prominent figure in the convention that nominated Benjamin Har- rison for president at Chicago. Easy' of access, genial and companionable with all, Tndge Field readilv makes friends, and. what is more, retains them. His domestic life is one of rare enjoyment, liis marriage to Miss Mary Jackman, of Sycamore, Illinois, having taken place in 1864. His family consists of two sons and two daughters, Charles E. holding the position of general claim agent f(jr the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad, while his brother, Robert L., is a graduate of the Bristol Military School of Virginia, and by the governor of that state was commissioned a captain. The daughters are Cora Belle, who is now Mrs. G. V. Crosby, residing in Albuquerque, X'^ew jNIexico, and Bernice Rav. DEMPSTER OSTRANDER CHICAGO, ILL. In the classification of the names of men of prominence in Chicago, the name of Dempster Ostrander occupies a notable place as one stand- ing without reproach. The place he has won in insurance circles is accorded him ini recognition .. . of his skill and ability, and the place he occupies in the social world is a tribute to that true worth which is universally rec- ognized and honored. Dempster Ostrander was born ^^^ in Onondaga county, New York, ^^^^ November 20, 1834, and is a son ^^^m of James H. aiid Asenath (Shef- Jjj^^ field) Ostrander. He is de- scended on his father's side from an old Dutch family prominent in the early his- tory of the state oi New York. His mother's ancestry were of English origin, of the old name of Sheffield, and her father was a .soldier of the Revolutionary War. When seven years of age Mr. Ostrantler re- nioved west with his parents, settling in the wil- derness in Wisconsin, coming across the prairies of Indiana and Illinois by teams. He passed tlirough Chicago, then nothing but a little frontier town, located in a muddy swamp, which sur- rounded it on all sides save on the east, where there was a vast expanse of great lake. The pio- neers crossed Chicago river by means of a ferry or float bridge, which had been established for the use of the straggling traffic which was in those days so irregularly kept up toward the western wilderness. When his father settled in Wisconsin there were not more than half a dozen other settlers upon the adjacent six hundred square miles which to-day is so thickly populated. Here in the wilderness, visited only at rare inter- vals by white man, and on friendly terms with roving bands of Indians, the early life of Mr. Ostrander was spent. His schooling, until he reached the age of ten years, was nature's vast domain and his teacher was experience. Year by year, however, there gathered around the lonely farm of Mr. Ostrander a community of hardy pioneers, and finally a school house was con- structed for the instruction of children. It was here that IMr. Ostrander commenced his educa- tion, entering school at the age of ten years. At the age of twenty years, with much personal sac- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT ^^'EST 47 rifice on the part of his father, he was placed in the University of Wisconsin at Madison. At the age of thirty-one years, or in 1865, Mr. Ostrander became connected with a manufactur- ing business at JefTerson, Wisconsin, and through all the intervening time he has retained a silent interest in this enterprise. He has been con- nected more or less since 1855 ^^'ith the insurance' business, in which he has become a very promi- nent figure. He also' studied law, and in 1861 was admitted to the bar at JefTerson, Wisconsin, but has never taken up the practice as a i)ro- fession. Mr. Ostrander is a man of decided literary tastes and ability. Plis greatest pleasure, after a day's -toil at the office, is to repair to the library, and there, among the famous' works of HugO', Spencer, Ralph Waldo Emer- son, Macauley, Adam Smith, Bulwer and many others, give himself up to their perusal. He has been for a long time a contributor to journals and magazines of this country and has given more to the public concerning insurance law than perhaps any other man of the day. His treatise on that subject has become a standard authority. Besides he is the author of several books discuss- ing social and economic questions. Mr. Ostrander was united in marriage De- ceinber 24, 1856, to Miss Sarah E. Manville, of Jeiiferson, Wisconsin, who is a lady of marked culture and refinement, of brilliant intellectual en- dowment and a most kind and generous disposi- tion. It is tO' her cheerful aid and sympathy, in thfe performance of the duties which have fallen to his lot, that Mr. Ostrander attributes much of his success. Mr. Ostrander came from Milwaukee, set- tling in Chicago in the year 1889. They have had three children : Frank, the well-known busi- ness man of West Superior, Wisconsin, who' died some months ago; Minnie, now Mrs. W. H. My- brea, whose husband is a leading lawyer in \\'au- sau, Wisconsin, and late attorney-general of that state; and Belle, now I\Irs. Theodore Sterrett, whose husband is an architect and builder of New ^'ork. Politically Mr. Ostrander is affiliated with the Republican party, and though he has never taken a very prominent part in politics, it may be men- tioned that he was, before the war, a warm ail- vocate of anti-slavery [jrinciples, and took great interest in the campaigns which were waged on the slavery question. He has never sought or held public office. He is a member of the Uni- tarian Society. His interest in religious and charitable enterprises takes a practical form. He is a man of fine appearance, genial and of pleas- ing manner, and one who makes friends of all with whom he comes in contact. His career has been most successful. When Mr. Ostrander was in\-ited to relate some of the important events of his life, he re- plied : "There is nothing of distinguishing import- ance in anything" with which I have ever been connected. Aside from the unimportant part I had in the Civil War, I have never experienced or witnessed anything in a marked sense tragic or heroic. From eight years of age I have had to earn my daily bread. Even dtu'ing my school days I was never wholly excused from manual labor. Afterward, when the liberty was given me to indulge in higher aspirations, this privilege, too, was so persistently qualified by the limitations of opportunity, so encumbered by the struggles for existence, that in most cases I have been com- pelled to accept unsatisfactory compromises with a fate which, though seldom unkind, was always stern. There has not been one line of poetry or romance in any page of my existence. The habit of toil, early confirmed, has roljljed elYort of its accustomed weariness and has become an ele- ment of strength and a stable foundation for hope and modest ambition. It established con- fidence and made, in a measure, indifferent the shuffling tricks of fickle fortune." In Mr. Ostrander's character there is some- 48 PROMIXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST thing he has found in the little log school house, edge, which has been gathered from books and with the slab roof and the earth floor, which he experience, and the whole has been crystallized has brought down from the early 'forties, and into substantial form and gives to his intluence a to which he has added later accretions of knowl- power that is far-reachSng and permanent. [RA WARNER BUELL CHICAGO, ILL. Among the able and prominent members of the legal profession the name of Ira Warner Buell deserves to^ be perpetuated. With the his- tory of Chicago he has been identified for over forty-five years. His record as a lawyer is in harmony with his record as a man, distinguished by unswerving integrity and a rare comprehen- sion of every problem that has presented itself for solution. His knowledge of the cardinal and elemeiitary principles of the law, aided by his logical poAvers of thought, enabled him readily tc apply those principles to the many new and diversified cjuestions which arise in modern busi- ness transactions. In ability rigWtly to apply legal principles to facts lies the test of a true lawyer. In tlie life of the lawyer, whose noblest victories are won amid the order and decorum of judicial tribunals, unlike that of the soldier or that of the statesman, there is seldom any- thing graphic, heroic or entertaining to the gen- eral reader. The highest tribute that can be paid to him is that he protects the rights of his clients with zeal, ability and fidelity and maintains the character of citizen of honor and integrity. Ira Warner Buell was born December 9, 1830, at Lebanon, Aladison county, Xe\v York. He is a son of the late Elijah and Elizabeth (Hig- gins) Buell and a descendant of W'illiam Buell, who came to America in 1830, from Chesterton. England, and settled first at Dorchester, jMassa- cliusetts, and afterwards at Windsor, Connecti- cut. To this William Buell, as a common ances- tor, all Americans of the name of Buell may trace their lineage, among whom there are and have been men eminent as statesmen, jurists, lawyers and soldiers. The subject of this brief sketch spent his early boyhood on the farm of his parents and in attendance at the country public school, wiiich was a very different institution in the thirties and forties to what it was in the early years of this century. At sixteen, we find him teaching school, and at the age of nineteen, in attendance at tlie Madison University. From college he pro- ceeded to the study of the law and in Septem- ber, 1855, was admitted, at Rochester, New York, to practice in the Courts of Xew York State. In 1856, acting on Greeley's advice, he came west, selecting Chicago as his future home. In i860, he was elected Supervisor of North Clii- cago and in 1861 was elected City Attorney. In 1 87 1, the nomination for Judge of the Circuit Court was tendered him by a joint con\-ention of Republicans and Democrats but he declined the honor,, prudently preferring to enlarge and confirm his growing law practice, already yield- ing him a fair income, rather than to assume thus early the onerous and exacting duties of a Judge, In 1879, he accepted the Republican nomination for Judge of the Circuit Court, being chosen on the first ballot of 177 out of 190 votes and by a majority of the delegates from every v;ard and townshij), witli one exception. Eras- tus Williams, Henry Bootli. Charles H. Reed and Julius Rosenthal were his colleagues on the Republican ticket, all of whom except Julius Rosenthal have passed into the "silent land." The year 1879 was not a Republican year and \> & PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 51 Mr. Bucll sliareil llic coninion fate of his co- nominees and all the other Republican candidates in Cook comity that year. From the present standpoint, he regards his defeat as a good for- tune, enabling him to- enjoy the pleasure, profit and freedom of a successful practice at the bar, with consequent relief from the grave duties and responsibilities oi judicial life. During the last twenty years, Mr. Buell has taken no further ac- tion in politics than is incumbent upon all good citizens, and has devoted his business hours to his legal practice and his leisure to the pleasures of domestic and social life. Mr. Buell is one of the founders of the Union League Club of Chicago, and drafted the broad and liberal declaration of principles first adopted and still maintained by this most famous and influential of civic clul)s, of which he was one of the di- rectors during the first three years of its exist- ence. He is one of the oldest members of the Law Imstitute, has attained high honors in Ma- sonry, is a I'ast Master of Blaney Lodge, F. & A. M. and a Knight Templar. As a lawyer, Mr. Buell is famous for success in chancery, corpora- tion, insurance and' commercial cases. This the reports of the decisions of our Supreme Court fully attest. Mr. Buell has noi sons to inherit his fame and practice. His one daughter, Eliza- beth Averell, is the wife of Mr. Henry C. Pat- terson, of Chicago. Mr. Buell's interest in the welfare, progress and moral and material ad- vancement of Chicago is deep and sincere. The social c[ualities of his nature have entleared him to manv friends. THOMAS MACLAY HOYNE CHICAGO, ILL. Thomas M. Hoyne, s«iior member of the well-known legal firm of Hoyne, O'Conner & Hoyne. is a well-known lawyer of the Illinois bar. The name of Hoyne will always occupy a notable place among distinguished lawyers of the state of Illinois. Thomas M. Hoyne was born at Galena, Illi- nois, July 17, 1S43, and is a son of Thomas Hoyne. who' in liis time was one of the leading lawyers of Chicago, and Lenora (Temple) Hoyne, a daughter of the late John T. Teinple, M. D., an old resident of Chicago, and died in St. Louis. Mr. Hoyne came to Chicago with his parents when quite young and received his early educa- tion at the Chicagoi public schools. Later was graduated from the then only high school in Chi- cago. After this he went to New York City, where he engaged in business for a time, and tlien returned to Chicago and began the study of law in the office of Hoyne, Miller & Lewis, of which firm his illustrious father was the senior member. Here for three years he applied himself to a general course of legal reading, and dur- ing a portion of that period attended the law school of the old Chicago University, from which he graduated in 1866. The following year he was admitted tO' partnership in the firm, which then became known as Hoyne, Horton & Ho_\-ne. Thomas Hoyne died in 1883 and the business continued as Horton & Hoyne until 1887, when Mr. Horton was elected to the bench. Mr. Hoyne then associated himself with 'Mv. George A. b'ollansbee and Mr. John O'Connor, and the firm was then known as Hoyne, Follansbee & O'Connor. This connection continued until January i, 1899, when the present firm w-as formed by the admission of Mr. Maclay Hoyne, son of Mr. Hoyne. All of these firms have been quite promi- nent in legal circles of Chicagxi, transacting for 52 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST tlie most part a general law practice, although thev have been and still continue to be best known in matters relating tO' real estate, insurance and commercial law. Politically ^Ir. Hoyne is a Democrat. He is one of the organizers of the Chicago Dem- ocratic Club, which in 1881 became what is now known as the Irocpois Club. Of this organization or club he was president in 181)7. He is also' a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, tlie Chicago Bar Association, the Eaw Institute and the Union League Club. The family from which Mr. Hoyne sprang has long been considered one of the prominent ones of the state of Illinois. Mr. Hoyne was married in 1871 to Miss Jeanie T. Maclay, daughter of Moses B. Maclay, a well-known lawyer of New York. They have a family of si.x children, four sons and two daughters. LAFAYETTE McWlLLlAMS CHICAGO, ILL. Lafayette McWilliams, until recently a mem- ber of the firm of Marshall Field & Company, was burn in the town of PetcrborO', Madison county. New York, June 11, 1843, ^"^ i^ a S(jn of Hugh McWilbams and Mary McWill- iams, formerly Miss ^Nlary Wil- son. Both parents emigrated frcim Ireland to the United States, and, as the name indi- cates, were of Scotch-Irish and Protestant descent. Mr. McWilliams received his earlv echication at the Peterboro district school. Later he attend- ed the academy in the same town, and then taught scl:ool at Madi- son. New ^'cirk, fur a year, Avith a view of finan- cial preparation fnr a cnllege course. Later, he entered Oberlin College, Oberlin. Ohio, but re- mained only a short time, and then returned to his home to enlist as a private, in June. 1862, with the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Regi- ment of New York Volunteers. The character of Mr. AlcWilliams' military career is disclosed by a simple recital of its chief events. Enlisting as a private, without political or social influence, he successively held the offices of Third Sergeant, First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, First Lieu- tenant and Captain in his regiment, and at the close of the war was recommended for brevet promotion, but he took an honorable discharge and retired from the army as Captain. He was severely wounded at the battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina, November 30, 1864. The end of the war found him temporarily lame from the wound in his leg. Mr. McWilliams rested at his home in New York, recovering from his wounds, until Au- gust, 1865, and then came west to Chicago and entered the service of the then famous dry goods house of Field, Palmer & Leiter (now Marshall Field & Company), with which firm he has ever since been identified, until just recently, when he retired from business. That same fidelity to duty and promptness of execution wdiich resulted in a series of promotions in military life, served him well in the commercial world. He held vari- ous positions with the fimi, finally became a part- ner and retired from business in January, 1900. Mr. McWilliams has continued for many years a steadfast Republican, and has a deep and abiding faith in the principles of that party. In religious belief he is a Presbyterian and is one of the elders of the Sixth Church of that de- nomination. The Militarv Order of the Loval Legion, the PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 53 flraiul Army nf tlie Reinililic, the Undon League Mr. McWilliams was united iu marriage June Club, and tiiei Midlothian Golf Club hold the 29, 1871, to Miss Mary F. Goodman of Chi- name of Mr. McWilliams on their roll of mem- cago. They have had four children, three sons bersliip. and a daughter, that add much to the pleasure of Always upright, reliable and honorable, Mr. their home life. Their household is the abode McWilliams' strict adherence to principles com- of cultured Imspitality, and is one of the ideal mauds the respect of all. homes of the city. HON. EDWARD F. DUNNE CHICAGO, ILL. Hon. Edward F. Dunne, judge of the circuit court of Cook county, brought to the bench not only profound learning but also that which is far more useful, — a wide experience in affairs and an almost unerring judgment. In his busi- ness life he has displayed the same singular sagacity, clear judgment and tireless industry. Often called to posts of honor and responsibility by his fellow citizens, he has discharged every duty with fidelity to the trust imposed in him. Judge Dunne was born in Waterville, Connec- ticut, October 12, 1853, ^nd is a son of P. W. and Delia M. Dunne. He removed with his parents to Peoria, Illinois, at an early age and attended the ]niblic and higii schools in that city, afterward taking a thorough coiirse in the Trinity College University, of Dublin, Ireland. After leaving the university Mr. Dunne engaged in the flour- milling business with his father in Peoria for about a year and then removed with his family to Chicago and commenced the study of law, being admitted tO' the bar in 1877. Soon after ei:tering upon the practice oi law he formed a partnership with the late Judge Scates and the Hon. William J. Hynes, under the firm name of Scates, Hynes & Dunne, and afterward with Mr. Hynes and William J. English, under the firm name of Hynes, English & Dunne. He speedily acquired prominence at the bar, where his ability and purity of character were early recognized. In 1892 he was elected circuit judge of Cook county, Illinois, and was re-elected in June, 1897, and still occupies the bench, where he is univer- sally regarded as one of the ablest jurists on the Cook county bench. The political career of Judge Dunne has been alike able and honorable. He has always been an earnest advocate of Demo- cratic princii)les and has delivered many cam- paign addresses, in which his logical arguments, entertainingly presented, carry conviction to the minds oi his hearers. He is tireless in his advo- cacy of Democratic measures, for his belief arises from an honest conviction that the welfare of the nation can best be conserved through this politi- cal channel. He is a charter member and was the first president of the famous Monticello Club, of Chi- cago, which has at different times entertained at banquets many of the leading Democrats of the nation. He was re-elected president of the club at the annual election held February 6, 1899, and always commanded the utmost confidence of that organization, which numbers nearly every promi- nent Democrat in Illinois in its membership. Judge Dunne was also the first president of the Des]>laincs Council of the Catholic Benevolent Legion, and is a memljer of the Columbus Club, the Royal Arcanum and the Royal League. He receutlv resigned his membership in the Iroquois Club. Outside of his professional life he exhibits many rare qualities. He is a man of unusual 54 PROMINENT .AIEN OF THE GREAT WEST syni[);ithies and shows liis friends a generous and nuble nature. \\'liile of a ratlier reserved tem- I)erament to those nearest to him, his conversa- tion shows broad culture and wide acquaintance with hterature and their attril>utes, added to the genial humor sn characteristic of him. all of ■which greatly endears him to those fortunate enough to be admitted to his friendship. He has ideals and lives up to them. It may be truth- fully said. \\'itlK)Ut charges of flattery, that as a judge, none ever sat upon the bench in this c the bar in 1874. upon ex- aminatinn before the su])renie cinu"t nf Illinois. In 1877 he formed a j^artnership with ]\Ir. IMcl'.aid, which existed until 1879, when he was .api^ointed assistant city attorney under Hon. Julius S. Grinnell. Five years later, upon Mr. 'Grinnell's election as state's attorney. Mayor Flarrison appointed Mr. Knight to the office of citv attorney. In 1888 ]\Iayor Roche tendered him the office of assistant corporation counsel, and in this capacity he continued to ser\-e the city until 1889, when he resigned to engage in prixate practice. During the ten years of Mr. Knight's connection with the city law department many measures of great importance were enacted, the most prominent, perhaps, being the law permit- ting the annexation of Hyde Park, Lake View, Jefferson and a portion of Cicero to the city of Chicago. The original act having been declared unconstitutional. Mr. Knight prepared a bill to cover the case, which was passed by the legisla- ture in 1888-89. Upon Mr. Knight's retirement from public life, a partnership was formed with Mr. Paul ISrown. under the firm name of Knight & Drown. The firm handle a large general practice, includ- irig corporation law. In 1893 ^Ir. Knight was appointed general counsel of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad Companv, and in 1898 of the L'nion Elevated Railroad Company and Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company. As attorney for the Union Elevated Railroad Company he successfully con- ducted the litigation invohing the right to con- struct the "Union Loop." He is also president of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad. Mr. Knight is a member of the Union League Club. He also belongs to the Chevalier Bayard Commandery, Knights Templar, antl the Royal League. His manner of presenting a case in court im- presses those who listen with the feeling that he thoroughlv believes in the justice of the cause he is advocating. His cool dissection of tlie facts and law usually lead to success. In his private life Mr. Knight is the model of the thorough gentleman. His manners are cour- tecjus to all. his public and personal history is inseparably connected with the jurisprudence of PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 69 the state of Illinois, and especially with Chicago Mr. Knight was married to Miss Dell Brown, and Cook county. His kindliness and life-long a daughter of Dr. Henry T. Brown, of McHenry, fidelity to friendship ha\-e attracted tO' him a wide Illinois, and they have two children, Bessie and circle of friends. James H. Knight. HON. JOHN H. BATTEN CHICAGO, ILL. BY CAPT. WILLIAM I>. BLACK The subject of this sketch, Hon. John H. Batten, judge of the county court of Du Page county, and acting judge of the probate court oi Cook county, was born at Paddington, London, England. Jul}- 16, 1850. When but four years of age he was brought by his parents to Chi- cago, where he lived continuously thereafter un- til his removal to Napenalle, Du Page count}-, in 1875. But Judge Batten's removal t(.i Du Page county etTected only the matter of his resi- dence and his otficial activities. From the time of his admission to the bar in 187J, he has been identified with the profession of law in Chicago, and has been actively connected with the practice here during substantially that entire time. When at the age of four years Mr. Batten came with his father tO' the city of Chicago, it had then a population of about fifty-four thou- sand people. In due time Mr. Batten entered the Chicago public schools where he maintained a high record, not only for scholarship, but also for that courteous, gentlemanly and orderly man- ner which has been characteristic of him through- out his entire life. Fur a number of years, and as early as 1854. Mr. Batten's father was a clerk in the old county court of common pleas, out of which grew the present superior court oi Cook county, remaining continuoush- in that service for seventeen years. Naturally ^Ir. Batten turned to the law. After receiving his prelini- inary schooling in the Franklin and Newbury schools on the North Side, w-here he was a pupil of A. G. Lane, he attended Racine College. In the years 1868 and 1869 Mr. Batten was Judg"e Porter's minute clerk in the sujjcrior court. In the last mentioned year he entered the office of the well-known law firm (if Dent & Black, as a law student. While with them he was admitted to the bar, and he remained with them until 1877, when he opened an oftice for .himself in the old Major Block, now the Roanoke building, and continued in the successful practice of the law in Chicago until March, 1899. In the meantime he had twice been elected state's attorney for Du Page county, serving in that capacity fmm 1888 to 1896, and in June, 1897, \\as elected count}- judge of Du Page county, to fill the unex]iire(l term i;f Judge George W. Brown, who had been elected to the circuit bench. So satisfactorily did he meet the exact- ing requirements of the county judgeship, that he was re-elected thereto, in November, 1898, without opposition. For nearly twO' years, fol- lowing his election to the county judgeship of Du Page county, he was called upon to devote much of his time to- aiding Judge Carter in the discharge of the onerous judicial duties of the tiunty ciiurt of Cook county. But in March, 1899, Judge Kohlsaat having been appointed L'nited States district judge for the northern district of Illinois, Judge Batten was selected to discharge the \-ery responsible duties of judge of the ])robate coua- ration of his pleadings, his plain representation and logical arrangement of the issues involved. His terse and telling arguments, and, withal, his knowledge of the law, supplanented l>y an in- genuousness in stating its principles, inspires con- fidence, Mr, Brown, in connection with his part- ner', is especially noted for mastery of corporate law. They are the general solicitors for some of the most extensi\-e railway corporations in the west, and rare is the occasion when even partial defeat attends their efforts along this line of prac- tice. Mr. Brown is a close reasoner, and studies each case as if he ne\'er had one similar but ex- pected to have many more involving the same question. He is yet a young man in his profes- sion, but with the foundation so well laid there can be noi doubt as to the future. He is popular socially, and is a member of the Union League Club and Chicago Athletic Association. He is also a member of the Masonic order and of \-ari- ous other social and fraternal societies. He was married in 1888 to- Miss Grace A. Owen, daughter of O. W". Owen, of McHenry countv. Thev have two^ sons and one daughter. THOMAS H. WICKES CHICAGO, ILL. Thomas H. Wickes, vice-president of the Pullman Company, with general offices at Chi- cago, is a man of great force of character, ability and integrity, and stands high with the company with which he has been connected for now some- thing like thirty-three years, Mr, Wickes was born at Leicestershire, Eng- land, August 28, 1846, and came from England early in life. He entered the railw&y service April I, 1868, and since which time he has been consecutively engaged as follows : From April, 1868, to 1870, assistant to agent Pullman Palace Car Company, East St. Louis, Illinois : from 1870 until May. 1873, assistant superintendent of the same company: May, 1873, to- May, 1885, superintendent of the St, Louis division ; from May, 1885, to September, 1886, general western superintendent located at Chicago; from Sep- tember, 1886, to January, 1889, he was general superintendent; from January i, 1889, to Octo- ber 15, 1896. he occupied the jwsition of second vice-president in connection with the operating department; and from October 15, 1896, tO' the present date he has been vice-president of the same company, and its successor, the Pullman Company. Mr. W'lickes stands high in railroad circles, and it can be said that almost his entire life has ■j\ PROMIXEXT MEN OF THE GREAT \\"EST been devoted to the Pullman Q.miiany and its never a seeker or holder of public office, has given business, and in tlie several positions which he ],is p^rty all the support he could possibly tender, has held he has attained marked eminence. He is a valued member of several social clubs of Mr. Wickes is a strong Republican, and while Chicago. CHARLES EDWARD KREMER CHICAGU, ILL. BY COL. ROBERT RAE Like most men in the west who liave dis- tinguished themselves in their chosen career, Mr. Kremer is emphatically a self-made man. Upon coming tO' Chicago he placed his ideal in his pro- fession at a very high standard and lalxjred both day and night to reach this ideal. He is a man of studious habits and Ijrimful of fun. In his main composition he unites severe logi- cal ability with a lively imagina- tion and with a humor that reminds one of the old type of black-letter lawyer who, in a most sex'cre and didactic dis- course, which knits the brow of the judge to keep the line of his argument, gives out a flash of humor and wit that sets court arid audience in a broad smile. These jeu d'esprit are always cognate and grow out of the subject in hand, and are never forced, or what is sometimes termed far-fetched. In admiralty law he deservedly stands in the first rank of his pro- fession. He is also a standard authority on in- surance law and has been the adviser of some of the leading underwriters in the northwest. He has many friends and few, if any, enemies. Every one says "God bless him," and no one is envious of his success ; indeed, his success has l:)een above competition, and, therefore, beyond envy. As a story-teller at after-dinner parties it is not saying too much when one says that he is quite as good in his line as Chauncey Depew, who, by the by, he very much in personal appearance resembles. He is a good German scholar, and has made considerable progress in French, and has a facility for mastering these languages which is very rare. In the last ten years he has tried more admiralty cases than all the rest of the profession in. Chicago put together, and with marked suc- cess. His tact and urbanity has won for him and his family a good social position. He is now in the prime and vigor of life and is broadening his professional career by taking up a general practice. His knowledge of men, his good sense and excellent judgment make him a very formid- able jury lawyer. Added to these accomplish- ments, his reputation for integrity is unblem- ished. This gives him great weight before the courts. He is frank, open and just to his clients, to his opponents and to the courts. He is not a technical practitioner and ne\'er takes an unfair advantage of his opponent. It is hardly a proper thing to build statues or monuments to living men or bestow upon them eulogies ; men must purchase these by death. It closes the gates of life and opens the door to en- during fame, if at the end one has achieved it. If we can judge of the past and the present, when time reckons into mortality he will be cheerfully accorded a high niche in the galaxy of distinguished .Vmerican lawyers, whose life has not been spent in vain, but has added something to the dignity and honor of a profession rich in honorable records. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 75 Charles E. Kremer was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, December 23, 1850, and is a son of Michael J. and Agatha Kremer, who were both born in Germany. He was educated at the com- mon and high schools of his native city. In 1871 he entered the office of H. H. & G. C. Markham, of Milwaukee, as a law student, and was admitted to the bar at Milwaukee, October 23, 1874. He came to Chicago in May, 1875, and has practiced here ever since. Mr. Kremer is a mem- ber of several social clubs and organizations, among them being the Union League, Illinois, Hamilton, Twentieth Century, Law and Chi- cago Yacht Clubs. He has traveled much in the United States and throughout Europe. Poli- cally he is a Republican. He has served as a pri- vate in the First Regiment, I. N. G. Mr. Kremer was married May 2, 1877, to Miss Margaret A. Collins, daughter of Thomas Collins, of Oswego, New York. They have one daughter, Eugenie. This short biography is a testimonial of his principal competitor in the maritime law, and his friend. ELMER ELLSWORTH VAUGHAN, M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Dr. E. E. Vaughan has stood in the front ranks of his profession in Chicago for many years. He is a man of marked ability and deep human sympathies, with a genius for his pro- fession, and earnestness of purpose, and capacity for work; these are but a few of his dominating characteristics. Dr. Elmer E. Vaughan was born on August 18, 1865, in Woodbury, Washington county, ^■^k Vermont, and is a son of Isaac H^ ^Hk Chase Vaughan and Lacinda ^^m Thayer (Blake) Vaughan. His ■mf^ early life started with hard work. In order to obtain his school books he began work at the age of eight years. He worked during his vacations from that time on up to the age of fifteen years. He was em- ployed on a farm from the age of eleven to fif- teen years, and from fifteen to twenty years ex- cept three months in the winter, and during this time the first two years were spent at school and the last three teaching school, he was employed by ex-Governor Page of Vermont, who then had the largest hide business in the world. There he became proficient in what is known as the calf skin business. At the age of eighteen he began teaching school, using his spare time for medical study, then went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he was employed as a male nurse in The City Hospital, in which he made rapid progress, and w-as quickly promoted to a position of import- ance. In the year 1887 he came to Chicago and entered the Hahnemann Medical College, from which he graduated in 1889. Since graduation, he has practiced in Chicago, principally on the North Side. Dr. Vaughan was treasurer of the Belden .A.venue Baptist Church from 1890 to 1895, and chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1895 up to the present time. He was president of the Chicago Baptist Hospital Training School for Nurses for six years, from 1891 to 1897. He was financial secretary and business manager of the Baptist Hospital from 1894 to 1897; he was surgeon to the Baptist Hospital from 1893 to 1898. Dr. Vaughan is connected with the Royal Arcanum as one of the medical examiners, and general surgeon of the St. Hedwig's Hospital. He is also a member of the Twentieth Ward Re- 76 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST publican Club, Illinois Homeopathic Medical As- . sociation, and Chicago Medical Society. In re- ligion he is a Baptist and politically he is a Re- publican. Dr. Vaughan was married December 25, 1890, to Miss Dora L. Beecher, of Johnson, Ver- mont. Miss Beecher was for several years prior to her marriage private secretary for the Hon- orable R. S. Page, Judge of the Probate Court, also Clerk of the Court and Notary Public in the town of Hyde Park, Vermont. They have two children, Lillian Marjorie and Ruth Violet, aged eight and two years. Dr. Vaughan stands high among his profes- sional brethren. Outside of his professional life he e.xhibits many rare qualities. He is a man of unusual sympathy and he shows his friends and others a noble nature. While of rather re- served temperament, his conversation shows broad culture and wide acquaintance with litera- ture, and these attributes, added to the genial humor so characteristic of him, greatly endear him to those fortunate enough to be admitted to his friendship. He is a most companionable and cultured man. He is a tireless worker and a man who never relaxes his energy. JOHN P. WILSON CHICAGO, ILL. John P. Wilson, a distinguished lawyer of Chicago, widely recognized in his profession as one of the ablest living authorities on corporation and real-estate law, is a man of marked individu- ality and independence of thought and action. His sterling honesty and integrity win for him the respect and esteem of the highest and hum- blest, the richest and the poorest. As a lawyer of high talent and ability his standing is unques- tioned. Mr. Wilson was born in the township of Garden Plains, Whiteside county, Illinois, July 3, 1844. He is a son of Thomas Wilson, a Scotchman, who came to America from his native land in 1833 ''"^ settled in Illinois, where he en- gaged in farming, coutinuing in that pursuit un- til 1880. when he removed tO' Evanston, where he continued to reside until liis death, which oc- curred in 1883. His wife, the mother of John P. WiLson, was Margaret (Laughlin) Wilson, a na- tive of Pennsylvania, but of Scotch ancestry. Mr. Wilson by making the best of the limited opportunities at his command, at his native place. and supplementing the instructions thus received by close personal application to his books at night and such other times as opportunity afforded, managed to fit himself for higher studies, and by the time he was seventeen years of age had en- tered Kno.x College, at Galesburg, Illinois, with a firm determination to secure a classical edu- cation. In 1865, a few days before attaining his ma- jority, he was graduated with the degree of bach- elor of arts at Kno.x College. After graduating he taught scIiodI at Galesburg, in connection with the college, and in the district schools at Garden Plains during the years 1865 and 1866, and stud- ied law mornings and evenings. Frugal of his time, he devoted all his spare time during these years to the study of law, looking in at court oc- cassionally and turning over in his mind the pros and cons of such cases as came under his observa- tion. In the spring of 1867, having passed the required examination before the proper board of examiners, he was admitted tO' the Illinois bar, and coming to the city of Chicago, entered the ■IS^ i ¥,, f. >C PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 79 law office of Borden, Spafford & McDaid, and upon the dissolution of said firm spent twO' years in the office of John Borden. In 1870 the law firm of Spafford, ]\IcUaid & Wilson was or- ganized. After passing through many changes of partnership, he is now the senior member of the firm of Wilson, Moore & Mcllvaine, one of the strongest law firms in Chicago. Mr. Wilson's practice has been of a general character. He has devoted himself with such earnestness to the study of his profession that there are few, if any, of its intricacies which he has not mastered. In the department of corpora- tion and real-estate law he is especially skillful, and his widest fame rests upon the Specialties which have of recent years become the most im- portant, and probably the most lucrative of any class of practice in Chicago, and whose compli- cated interests demand ability of the highest order. Some of the most prominent men and cor- porations of Illinois and neighboring states are numbered among his clients, and the involved cases which he has conducted to successful com- pletion have shown a complete mastery of the sub- ject, thorougli and precise preparation and most skillful and diligent research. He is so well versed in his special departments of the law that his knowledge is always ready for use, and his familiarity with principle and precedent is one of the potent elements in his success. When the promoters of the great sanitary district of Chicago were in the midst of their fight to secure the undertaking of the stupendous work of civil engineering that will rank among the first of the world, they chose Mr. Wilson to draft the law which created it and retained him to defend its constitutionality when the fight was on in that direction. His success is now a matter of history. In 1890, when the World's Columbian Exposition Company was in the midst of its vast operations to put that greatest of exhibitions on foot, Mr. Wilson was elected general counsel, and the constitutional amendment and legislation of the special sessions of the general assembly of 1890 were drafted under his personal supervision. Mr. \Vilson is one of those men whose sole am- bition is to excel in their vocation; tO' this end he has labored with all energ).- at his command and has allowed nothing to tempt him tO' abandon this, his supreme purpose. As a lawyer he stands be- fore the public occupying one of the highest niches in the profession. He has that tnie Scotch grit in his mental composition, and sticks tO' study and w^ork with a pertinacity which has enabled him to accomplish wonders in the way of acquiring legal knowledge. His intellect is superlatively clear, his perception keen, and his power of con- centration and application extraordinary. He has the faculty o-f analysis beyond most men, and de- tects and avoids snares and complications of a legal character with surprising facility. Speaking of Mr. Wilson, one of the most distinguished law- yers of Chicago said : "He is essentially a nat- ural lawyer, content with the honors and emolu- ment of his proifession and the gratification of his scholarly tastes, he seeks no public office, and, while giving freely and gratuitously such aid as may be required of him in benificent and char- itable public movements, he does so with no other motive than a sense of duty. His nature is of that modest retiring kind that does good by stealth. There is no vanity whatever in his composition, unless it be to do his appointed work well ; and to that end he concentrates his every power. A man of irreproachable habits and pure character, as well as honorable professional ambition, he enjoys the friendship and confidence of the most eminent of his fellow citizens." Mr. Wilson was uriited in marriage on April 25, 1871, to Miss Margaret C. Mcllvaine, of Chicago, Illinois, daughter of J. D. Mcllvaine. They have five children, Margaret C, Martha, John P., Jr., Anna M. and Agnes Wilson. 8o PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST TRUMAN WILLIAM BROPHY, M. D., D. D. S., LL D. CHICAGO, ILL. Dr. Brophy is oi' Irish-English descent, liis parents, WilHani and Amelia (Cleveland) Bro- phy, being- natives of Hemmingford, Quebec. When his parents were children, their families moved together to the rich agricultural and fruit lands near Newcastle, near Toronto, thence, to Aurora, Kane county, Illinois, and later, to Will ■county southwest erf Chicago. Previous to this William Brophy had visited the small village set down in the mud at the mouth of the Chicago river. Chicago of 1835 was mostly located on the north side of the river. The youth was not favorably impressed with the Chicago' of those days, and returned to his home in Canada, where on June 22, 1843, 'i^ w^as married to Amelia Cleveland. Thus, the two, who since infancy had been playmates and friends, entered into a lifelong partnership. Coming west in 1844, locating in Will county, the young husband then found the hustling Chi- cago a little city of quite intense interest. Here he was enabled to secure quite profitable con- tracts as a carpenter. The district in Will county which had been settled by quite a colony, composed of Mr. Bro- phy's friend and family, with other friends and relatives, proved somewhat unhealthy and a move was made to Goodings Grove, a short distance northeast of Lockport. Here William Brophy bought the farm upon whicli was born his son, Truman, on the 12th of April, 1848. In the early Chicago days — during the 'forties and 'iifties — Reuben Cleveland, brother of William Erophy's wife, was quite a figure in the local annals of Chicago. The firm of Cleveland & Russell, of which he was the senior partner, rep- resented, perhaps, the largest general contractors in this part of the country. In fact, when Chi- cago was a city of wood, there were few sections where evidences of the firm's enterprise and handicraft did not abound. Along Madison, Clark, Halstead and State streets, they erected whole rows of frame structures, and for years their planing mills and their sash, door and blind factories did an immense business, but the panic of 1857 caught them with their enterprises ex- panded bej'ond the limits of safety, and carried them under with thousands of their fellows. yir. Cleveland was at one time superintend- ent of public works, and it was he who organized the Masonic lodge which bears his name. Dur- ing the war he was an officer in the famous Eighth Illinois Cavalry, commanded by Col. John F. Farnsworth. It was some years, however, jiefore Mr. Brophy located in Chicago with his family. After living for two years on the farm at Good- ings Grove, the little colony, of which his family was a part, suffered an epidemic of malarial fever, which proved fatal to several members 01 the community. This sad circumstance induced him to remove his increasing flock to Elgin, wliere he secured a contract to construct a sec- tion of the Chicago & Galena Railroad. The next mo\-e was to St. Charles, Illinois, whence, after providing the family with a comfortable home, the father (in 1852) started across the western plains, alone, to seek gold and a fortune in California. The excitement was then at high tide and Mr. Brophy, who had accumulated a small competency, was in such good circumstances that he was enabled to give the gold diggings a fair test of two years. Fortime favored him and he returned to St. Charles, Illinois, in December, 1854. and purchased a fine farm west of the village, living there until 1866, when he moved to Chicago. At this time Truman was in his nineteenth /^^2^t>^<^-7^<^^i-^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 83 year, and had received a good common-school and academic education in the institutions of St. Charles, and the Elgin Academy, when his fa- ther moved to Chicago. He was enabled to pur- sue literary courses both at Dyrenfurths Business College and the Atheneum. In the Spring- of 1867 he entered the office of Dr. J. O. Farns- worth. The course then pursued by a would-be dentist, was tO' enter the office of a practitioner, and, after obtaining a variable amount of theoret- ical knowledge and practical experience, to enter intO' practice himself. Thus, at first, the young student followed the custom, and soon proved so apt a pupil that his preceptor, during an illness of several months" duration, which finally re- sulted in his death, virtually placed his business in Truman's hands. The young pupil succeeded to Dr. Farnsworth's practice and by 1871 was in quite prosperous circumstances. The fire of 1 8/ I swept away nearly all of his earthly pos- sessions, with the exception of a small bank de- posit, and he had to decide upon a future course. He made up his mind before resuming practice to study the most modern methods of his pro- fession, going to Philadelphia, at that time, per- haps, the most important center of medical and dental education in America. Until the spring of 1872 he pursued a regular course in the Penn- sylvania College of Dental Surgery, from which he graduated with the degree of D. D. S., and also took special courses in pathology and sur- gery in the medical department of the University ■of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania General Hos- pital, the Blockley Hospital and the Jefferson Medical College. He took back to Chicago com- mendatory certificates from all of these institu- tions, and ag^in commenced the practice of his profession ; but meeting cases which required a more extended knowledge than he had acquired, he, in 1878, pursued a regular medical and sur- gical course at Rush College, from which he :graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1880. Dr. Brophy had been elected president of his class, and his career had been marked by such distinguished features that almost immediately ujxjn graduating he was chosen by the faculty to the professorship of Dental Pathology and Surgery. In the summer of 1882 Dr. Brophy took the initiative steps towards the founding of the Chi- cago College of Dental Surgery. Its first regular course began in March, 1883, and has since grown to such proportions that it is the largest dental college in the world. Dr. Brophy per- sistently urged the selection of the present site, corner Wood and Harrison streets, upon the board of management, and was solely instru- mental in raising the money for the erection of the building. Since the founding of the college Dr. Brophy has been at the head of its faculty. He has also been connected with the Central Free Dispensary of Rush Medical College for many vears, and is still its consulting surgeon. Dr. Brophy is ex-president of the Odontological and Dental societies of Chicago' and is a member oi the Chicago Medical, Pathological, Medico- Legal, Odontographic and many other dental and medical societies, state and national in their scope. Furthermore, he is ex-president of the section of Dental and Oral Surgery, American Medical Association, which was suggested by him and organized chiefly through his efforts. He is also connected with a number of organiza- tions not allied to either dentistry or medicine, such as the Union League, Illinois Club and the Chicago Athletic Association. Dr. Brophy is a constant contributor to pro- fessional literature, but the active duties of his calling consume so much of his time and strength that he has essayed, as yet, nothing in book form. Mention should here be made of one of the great- est honors conferred upon him in the form of the degree of LL. D., which he received from the Lake Forest University at the commencement day in 1895. On May 8, 1873, Dr. Brophy was married 84 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST to Emma J. Mason, daughter of Caiiile Mason of Chicago, president of the Excelsior Iron Works. They have three daughters and one son. Dr. Brophy was appointed by the United States government as the representative of tlie United States at the International Dental Congress held at Paris, France, in August, 1900, and has also held numerous other honorary appointments. HENRY BEST CHICAGO, ILL. The name of Henry Best, one of the early resi- dents of Chicago, is of necessity perpetuated in the history of his native city, with which he and his father before him have been identified for so many years. Mr. Best is a man of decided char- acteristics; he is self reliant in all his actions, and possessed of fo'-ce and indomitable perse- verance. The public has been well justified in crediting him with possessing integrity and sin- cerity, and his achievments and posts of honor are the result of merit alone. Henry Best was born near the corner of In- diana avenue and Fourteenth street, Chicago, Illi- nois, which was then known as Weldon Station, December 22, 1848. His father, Mathias Best, was born in Pfalz, Bavaria, and came to Chicago from Berlin, Germany, in 1839. His mother, Annie M. (Homan) Best, was born at Hesse Cassel and lived to be seventy-two years of age. She died in 1890. She was a member of the Ger- man Old Settlers Association, and possessed the medal the association presented to the oldest Ger- man-speaking resident. Mathias Best arrived at Chicago in 1839, and in 1840 we find him with a factory for the manufacture of vinegar. In 1841 he established the first lager beer brewery in Chicago, located at 717-721 Indiana avenue. He was well known as a stanch Democrat, a personal friend and ardent admirer of Stephen A. Douglas for the presidency. He was the father of seven sons and twO' daughters, Henry Best being the third son. Mathias Best died October 22, 1874, in his sixty-seventh year. Mr. Best now has in his possession the sword worn by his father (who was a colonel in the T^Iexican war), which he prizes highly. Henry Best early in life showed that strong spirit that has been the underlying' power which has made him sO' successful throughout his ca- reer. His first employment was in his father's brewery, going to work at three a. m. and to school at eight a. m., returning to work after school hours and continuing until late at night. He at first attended Mrs. Fox's public school in 1855, then, the only one south of Harrison street — afterwards spending four 3-ears at the Mosely School, then going to the Haven School in 1861. .\t the breaking out of tne war he ran away from home and enlisted as a drummer boy in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Illinois Infantry, but was overhauled by his father at Cairo, Illinois, and brought back home. At seventeen years of age he was a fine athlete and took many prizes for diving and swimming. When nineteen years old, he won the champion medal of the northwest as the best skater. When twenty-one years of age, in 1869, he was an active member of the Southside Turners. When seventeen years old he engaged with T D. Randall in the commission business at the corner of State and Washington streets and con- tinued there for three years, after which, he s])ent one year with R. H. Counters in the gro- cer\- business. His father having sold out his brewery and rented the building to J. L. Hobart for a tobacco manufactury, the young man en- gaged with this concern as shipping clerk, and PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST in one year had worked his w^)- np to fore- man. In 1872 lie was waited on by a committee, wlio' notified him of his nomination, on the Peo- ple's ticket, for constable. It was a case of the office seeking the man, as up to that time he had taken nO' interest in politics, and he positively re- fused the nomination. He was left on the ticket, however, and was elected by a large majority, but did not serve until a year after. He then made his headquarters in Justice Haines" office and transacted a large business. In 1876 he was re-elected on the Republican ticket. He at this time had a grocery store on State street at the ■corner of Thirty-first. He served this time as ■constable for two years. In 1878 he was appointed baililT under Sher- iff Hoffman and served one year, and was then promoted to clerk of the grand jury. He was appointed deputy sheriff under Sheriff Mann, in 1880, and served two years. In 1882 he was a ■candidate for coroner against C. H. Harris of his own ward and carried the ward delegation. His friends claimed three votes majority for him in the convention, but the nomination was award- ■ed Harris by three majority. After the election he was appointed deputy sheriff', under Sheriff Hanchette, and served two' years. While deputy sheriff he was presented with a diamond star, which he much prizes. In 1884 he was made the Republican nominee for clerk of the circuit court of Cook county, receiving twO' hundred and fif- teen votes in the convention and defeating Emil Hoechster, Democrat, in the election by seven thousand six hundred and seventy-six votes, re- ceiving the highest majority of any candidate on the South Side, and carrying his own ward by two thousand nine hundred and ninety-two votes, and rtmning ahead of James G. Blaine in the ciiuntry towns. He was re-elected in 1888, serving until his time expired in 1892. He received the nomination as clerk both times "by acclamation. At the expiration of his terms as clerk of the circuit court hfr'was pre- sented by the law reporters and-' abstract men with a finely engraved set of resolutions, express- ing their esteem lor him and highly praising his work as clerk of the circuit court for Cook coun- ty for the eight years he served as such, and also with a set of resolutions, handsomely engraved, from his employes who served with him for the eight years while he was clerk, both of which he has preserved and had framed and hung up in his home. In 1893 he was elected south-town assessor and in 1894 was re-elected, his assess- ments being much higher than his predecessors, and his expenses much less. Mr. Best went through six campaigns and always ran ahead of his ticket, never being defeated, and twice was the only candidate elected on his ticket. This was as South-town assessor in 1893 and 1894. Mr. Best is able, energetic and popular and lias fulfilled the duties of his various offices in a manner beyond criticism. While serving as constable he did a great amount of notable de- tective work. In one instance he seized the re- nowned Cremona of the famous violist, Remenye, and also carried the celebrated Madame Vioslow- sky diamond case to a successful conclusion. Mr. Best lived in the place of his birth, in the old second ward, for twenty-four years and was a resident of the old fourth for twenty-three years. He resides at No. 4402 Michigan av- enue in an elegant house. He owns considerable \'aluable Chicago' real estate, including several fine, large, modern apartment buildings, which he built upon property he owned. He has al- ways dealt in real estate, more or less, and has purchased, built up' and sold many pieces of it. During the World's Columbian Exposition, and for a short time prior to it, he bought and sold much property. He is deserving of great credit from the fact that he has done his share, if not much more than one man's share, in building up Chicago, and had been a property owner and tax-payer 88 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST since he was twenty-one years of age. He has always been a Republican and ever since his ma- jority been an active worker for his party. For seven years he was a leading member of the Cook County Republican Club, was town and sena- torial committeeman, and for years city, county and congressional committeeman. He is a char- ter member of Court Energy, Independent Order of Foresters, and was its financial secretary for two terms. A charter member of Garfield Lodge, Ancient Order of the United Workmen, and held the ot?ice of overseer; a member of Dearborn Lodge, A. F. & A. M., No. 310; and also Lafay- ette Chapter, Blue Lodge, Freemasons, and of Chevalier Bayard Commandery, Knights Tem- plar, and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Hamilton Club. Mr. Best is one of the solid financial men of the city and the record of his life is indelibly written in the annals of Chicago. Mr. Best was married April 7, 1870, tO' Miss Minnie Myers, who was born in New York and who came to Chicago at an early age. They have three chil- dren, two sons and a daughter, Minnie, now Mrs. Stratman, and Charles and Harry Best. They also have four grand children. Mrs. Stratman, the daughter, was the win- ner of the prize medal during her girlhood at the Gotschalk Lyric School out of a class of about thirty-six. CHARLES A. DUPEE CHICAGO, ILL. The late Charles A. Dupee, at the time of his death the senior member of the law firm of Dupee, Judah, Willard & Wolf, was a member of the Chicago bar for over forty years and a resi- dent of the city for the same period. He was born at West Brookfield, Massachusetts, in May, 1 83 1, and was a son of Jacob and Lydia (Wether- bee) Dupee. He was prepared for college in the best schools, and at the age of nineteen entered the freshman class at Yale, from which institu- tion he graduated in June, 1854, with the degree of A. M. Shortly after graduation Mr. Dupee came to Chicago and engaged in teaching at the Edwards Academy, but this position he resigned a year or so later in order to spend some time in travel. On his return he was elected principal of one of the pubhc schools, and the following year he accepted a similar position in the first high school organized in Chicago. After four years of teaching Mr. Dupee resigned and en- tered the law department of the Harvard Uni- versity, where he completed the specified two- years' course in one. He then returned to Chi- cago and continued his studies in the law office of Gallup & Hitchcock. A year later he was ad- mitted to the bar. After graduation he at once began the prac- tice of law, and although he was not connected with any leader of the bar, he attracted clients from the very beginning. Increasing business made it best that he associate himself with others, and accordingly he practiced with Jacob A. Cram for a year and then organized the firm of Hitch- cock, Dupee (S: Evarts. Eight years later Air. Evarts retired and the firm continued as Hitch- cock & Dupee until the admission of Mr. Noble B. Judah. Mr. Hitchcock died in 1881 and the surviv- ing members associated with themselves Monroe L. Willard, under the firm name of Dupee, Judah & Willard, which continued as such until the admission of Mr. Henry M. Wolf some years later. Mr. Dupee was first married in 1863 to Miss Jennie Wells, daughter of Henry G. Wells, one of the early settlers of this city. The surviving ^^-^f^s^^^c^—-! - I^^-^-& i&y)u cL0ji_y PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 95 only was lie a leader mf the bar, but in politics he ranked with the most eminent Whig statesmen of his time, having been defeated for United States Senator by only one vote. He there mar- ried a daughter of one of the earliest settlers from Virginia to tlie nurtlnvestern territory, INIiss Harriet Brawdon, whose father, Armstrong Brandon, was publisher of the first newspaper in Indiana. Noble B. Judah was the youngest child of a family of eleven children. One of his brothers, as well as himself, is now eminent in his father's chosen profession. His education was begun in the public schools of Vincennes and continued at the Vincennes University and the Indiana State University at Bloomington. From this latter in- stitution he went east to Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and was there gradu- ated with high honors, in the class of 1872. He immediately entered upon the study of law in Chicago, which was then rising from its ashes and attracting ambitious yoimg men in every profession, his choice of the field of his life efforts being undoubtedly influenced by his loyalty to western ideas and ideals, which his eastern edu- cation had not affected. Mr. Judah entered the law office of Hitchcock & Dupce as a student in 1872, and, except for a brief period, when he attended law lectures at the University of Michigan, he has from that time to the present been identified with that office, which was recognized as one of the leading law firms in the state. Tlie late Mr. Charles Hitchcock was the president of the convention of 1870. which had prepared the present constitution of Illinois. Mr. Judah's energy and ability soon made him indispensable to the firm, and in the spring of 1875 he was admitted to partnership therein, the firm name l:)eing afterward changed to Hitchcock. Duj)ee & Judah. Upon Mr. HitsJi- cock's death in 1880 the firm name was changed to Dupee & Judah, and subsequently to Dupee, Judah & Willard, and Dupee, Judah, Willard & Wolf successively. Mr. Judah's career has been noteworthy. For many years he was counsel and attorney for the First National Bank of Chicago. While not confining his professional studies to a linfited field, he has devoted himself much to corporation law, and has represented as counsel for years together the South Side Elevated Railroad Com- pany, the Corn Exchange National Bank, the Northern Trust Company, the Western Stone Compan)-, the University of Chicago and many more of the larger institutions and corporations of Chicago, and at the same time has been identi- fied with much of the most important litigation in the courts. In his legal work !Mr. Judah is esi>ecially characterized by great and conscientious attention to detail, as well as a broad and comprehensive grasp of principle. High minded, and occupying always the highest jxissible plane, industrious and energetic, cjuick to comprehend and jirompt to ex- ecute, with caution which never descends to timid- ity, and enthusiasm, intensity and impetuosity which never cloud his judgment, he has for years held an envied position as a lawyer and citizen. Mr. Judah is a factor in politics, Ijcing re- garded as one of the wisest counselors of his party. Notwithstanding his personal disinclina- tion to hold public office, during a reform cam- paign he was induced to run for the position of alderman for the ward in which he resides, and a proof of his popularity is the fact that he re- ceived the largest vote ever given to any candi- date in his ward. While in the cotmcil he was chairman of the judiciary comnfittee. and many were the nefarious schemes frustrated and ad- vantageous ones rendered successful by his oppo- sition or advocacy. In 1896 Mr. Judah was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket. Mr. Judah is a member of many of Chicago's social organizations. He is one of the trustees in 95 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST the First Universalist Cliurch and a direclor in inson, daughter of one of Chicago's best-known several local charitable institutions. In 1878 he citizens, Benjamin P. Hutchinson. He has two children, Noble B., Jr., and Helen. was united in marriage to ]Miss Katherine Hutch WALTER AUGUSTUS STEVENS, M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Born in Richmond, Ontario count}-, New York, on the 19th of April, 1830, Dr. Stevens is actively engaged in dental practice. Although of the old schixil he has kept abreast of all mod- ern impro\-ements, but he mastered the working details of his profession before there were any institutions in the west and only two or three in the east, which were authorized to grant the de- gree D. D. S. He received his degree of M. D. from Rush Medical College, February 15, 1887. As to Dr. Stevens' ancestors it may be stated that his grandfather. Jesse, was a patriotic son' of Massachusetts during the Revolutionary war, and when the selectmen of the town of Chelms- ford called for fifteen men for nine months' serv- ice he was one of the first to enlist and hold him- self in readiness for service whenever occasion should demand. In the spring of 1771 he went to Concord, Mass., and there joined a company which was ordered to Peekskill, New York. At this place he was detached and detailed to giiard the cattle held as provisions for the Continental army. This was an humble duty, but he per- formed it well, since he was not discharged from the serv'ice until more than a month after Corn- wallis had surrendered. In fact, at the time of the surrender he was within two days' march of both the American and the British armies. Dr. Stevens" parents, \\^alter and Lucy (Os- good) Stevens, were brought to Western New York as children when that section of the country was considered as the outskirts of civilization. His father was buried the day he was thirteen years old, leaving a large farm and a family of seven children. The eldest brother dying during the following year, responsibilities were thrown upon his shoulders which were beyond his years ; yet, guided by the counsels of an honored mother, he stood bravely at his post of duty until his younger sisters and brothers had received higher educations and were prepared to assume their share of the burden. Dr. Stevens" early education was acquired in the district schools of his native county, in the Palmvra high school and the Genesee Weslevan Seminary at Lima. \\'hile obtaining his higher education the bent of his mind was indicated in the nature of his favorite studies, which were anatomy, physiology and mathematics. He even took private lessons in mathematics of Professor Dascom Green, subsequently connected for many years with the Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York. In fact, although an agriculturist by accident of birth, the tastes of the youth were by no means pastoral, inclining decidedly toward both medicine and civil engineering at quite an early age. For several years after leaving school, however, circumstances forced him to work upon the farm, the winters being more congenially passed in the pursuit of his favorite studies. In 1857 Dr. Stevens came west and obtained employment on a railroad then being constructed in eastern Missouri, which afterwards became a section of the Missouri & Iron Mountain line. During the succeeding four years he was en- gaged in railroad work, bridge building, piling, filling, etc., taking no active part in politics; yet his \iews for the perpetuation and exaltation of the Union were known. IMost of the time his headquarters were at Bird"s Point, and Charles- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 99 ton, Mississippi CDunty, and for a short time dur- ing Buchanan's administration, in 1859, he was postmaster at the former locahty, situated on tlie Mississippi river, Opposite Cairo. During the latter part of his stay in Missouri, Dr. Stevens, as a stanch Unionist and northern man, found himself the object of much disagree- able attention. In those days the Knights of the Golden Circle, a Democratic anti-Union organiza- tion, were cjuite as prominent in the politics of Missouri as they were in Illinois. Dr. Stevens, in common with other Union men, received a fierce notice to "quit" that section of the country, which he has preserved as a personal memento and an historic ciu'iosity. It is written in rather a feminine hand, on common note paper, the document being entrusted to the care of one Irish Tim, an honest old fellow, who brought it tO' Mr. Stevens and said he found it "back of Dr. Simp- son's barn." The notice reads : "Abolition Rail Road Stevens. You are hereby commanded to order the above Individual to leave at 8, or HANG at 12. Norfolk-Columbus-Charleston Vigilance Committee." Below the signature were two crude blood-red crosses, between which were the words, "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Li1)erty," and still below this motto the initials K. G. C, enclosed by a circle of red. The young northerner received the document February 24, 1 86 1, and although he did not leave for four months, neither did he hang at high noon of that momentous day. Instead, he remained until July of that year, when he permanently located in Chicago. Previous to this time Dr. Stevens had studied dentistry in private, and when he settled in this city he entered the office of Dr. Honsinger, then one of the leading local practitioners, and com- menced the systematic mastery of his profession. After remaining here two years he commenced practice himself, and for a third of a century, with few interruptions, he has thus been actively engaged. During this entire period he has la- bored and lived on the South Side, and by his industry, cordiality and skill has not only be- come prosperous, but has attained a high social as well as professional position. Since its organization Dr. Stevens has been a member of the Chicago Dental Society, and has lieen president of the state organization. On the 2d of September, 1862, the year pre- \-ious to the commencement of his long practice, Dr. Stevens was married to Elanora V. Richards, of Lenox, Massachusetts. They have two chil- dren living. Genevieve I., their daughter, is a young lady of fine education, being not only a graduate of the high school and student in the Chicago University, but having previously had the benefit of eighteen months' European travel and culture. Wirt A. is twenty-two' years of age, a student at the North Western Dental Col- lege, was a member of the Naval Militia and went to the Spanish- American war in 1898, be- ing one of the first to go. Aside from his professional and domestic hfe, there is nothing in which Dr. Stevens has entered with more zest and in which his heart is more wrapt than in the work and pleasure con- nected with the Masonic order. Not only is he one of the oldest members in the west, but he is also one of the most prominent, and none are more honored. He first joined Union Lodge, No. 45, of Lima, New York, which never closed its doors during the anti-Masonic agitation of 1826, becoming- a charter member of Blair Lodge, No. 393, when it was organized in 1864, and serving as its master for two years. For three vears he was high priest of Chicago Chapter, No. 127, R. A. M., and was commander of Apollo Commandery, No. i, Knights Templar, in 1874. During a portion of July and August, 1883, the commandery made a pilgrimage to Europe. The party, consisting of about one hundred and twen- tv knights and ladies, with friends besides, em- barked for Liverpool on the magnificent steamer "City of Rome." Four itineraries were marked lOO PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST out for the tourists, enibraciug London, Paris, Holland, Belgium, the Rhine, Switzerland and Scotland. At the head of the commandery was Eminent Sir Norman T. Cassette, Dr. Stevens, as generalissiniu, being second in authorit}'. 1 lie trip was one continuous ovation, perhaps the most impressive and enjoyable occasion being the reception accorded the commander}- b}' the Knights of the historic city of York, England. This included not only a visit to the ancient wall and other antiquities, as well as the famous min- ster, but an exemplification of the English ritual and a levee given by the Lord Mayor of York. Upon this occasion the generalissimo delivered a speech, which was much applauded and after- wards extensively circulated in printed form. Besides having been commander of Apollo, Dr. Stevens served as commander-in-chief of the (jrand Consistory of the state of Illinois, A. O. S. R., until 1867, when all grand consistories in the northern Masonic jurisdiction were discon- tinued. He was also for eleven years district deputy grand master of the first district of F. & A. M., in Illinois. He is an active member of Supreme Council, S. G. I. G., of the northern jurisdiction. No. 33, has been grand representa- tive of the grand lodge of North Carolina, and now' holds that position for the grantl lodge of New York, the grand chapter of Nebraska {R. A. M.) and the grand commandery of North Da- kota. In conclusion it may be stated that although Dr. Stevens is a man of convictions, he is a man so ennnently sociable and genial that he never advances them in a way to give offense. He is domestic in the best sense of the word, is open in word and deed, and no man stands higher in the honest, unassuming practice of his profession. HENRY H. CARR CHICAGO, ILL. Henry H. Carr, of the famous Farmers Com- after his birth his family returned to New York mission House, is a member of the Chicago state to look after property interests, but when Board of Trade ; has been connected with the he was nine years old they again moved to Illi- Board since 1S70, and long ago had won an envi- nois and took up their residence in LaSalle able reputation as a commission dealer. He county. Mr. Carr's father founded the flourish- gained special pronnnence, how- ing city of Sandwich, Illinois, and established a ever, from the fact that he was grain and general merchandise business, and the first to originate the system Henry, during the spare hours and vacations of of direct consignments from the his school life, got his early training here in a farmers, which places the pro- mercantile career. At the age of fifteen years he ducer in the closest possible touch entered a commercial college at Chicago, remain- with the consumer, makes him a ing there dilring the winter of 1859 and i860, saving on every bushel of his On completing his course he returned home and grain, and renders a farmer in- went to work in his father's store. At the out- de])endent of the middle man, break of the war he was anxious to enlist, but with all profits in favor of himself. was considered too young. In the following Henry H. Carr was born at Nortliville. La- year, however, being eighteen rears of age, he Salle county, Illinois, June 20, 1844. Soon gained the consent of his parents and enlisted in PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST lOI Company H, One Hundred and Fifth Regiment. Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and saw three years' service. His regiment was chiefly engaged in the campaigns of tlie Army of the Cumberland, and during these three years' service it took part in nearly all the of battles of the southwest; marched with Sherman to the sea and up the coast, and participated in the grand review of the Federal army at Washington at the close of the war. Mr. Carr was mustered out in Chicago in June, 1865. He selected the west as his field of action. He was at Leavenworth, Kansas, when it was the chief distributing point of the south- west. Later he was financial man with the whole- sale house of W. H. Johnson & Company, Quincy, Illinois. From this he stepped to a place in the great house of Field, Leiter & Company, of Chicago. A little later he was interested in the Board of Trade firm of E. F. Pulsifer & Com- pany, this connection lasting six years. It was after several visits to the Black Hills, combining business with health seeking, and a short experi- ence in sheep raising in Texas, that Mr. Carr, in 1879, returned to Chicago and associated himself with the Board of Trade firm of N. B. Ream & Company, with whom he contimied until 1884, when he established the house of H. H. Carr «S: Company. . Associated with him as special part- ner was Mr. Norman B. Ream. With the retire- ment of Mr. Ream, two years later, Mr. Carr de- I^arted from the old-fashioned methods of the trade and originated the system of direct consign- ments from farmers. This, slow at first, soon ac- quired momentum, until to-day the firm of which he is the head stands unrivaled. Already thou- sands of intelligent farmers are disposing of their crops in this way. In fact, the enormous busi- ness which Mr. Carr has built up within the last few years has been developed along the most pro- gressive lines. When he began to advocate his shipping reform he encountered all sorts of oppo- sition. The country bayers, seeing in the suc- cess of his direct shipping plan the probable dis- pension with middlemen's services by farmers, fouglu him bitterly at every point. He was sneered at and ridiculed as the farmers' friend. His opponents little thought that they were con- ferring an honorable title, which, in five years, was to be the inspiration of a million farmers over a dozen great states. Mr. Carr accepted the title from the first. The system inaugurated by hun rests upon the theory that the farmer's suc- cess depends as much upon the intelligent dis- ix)sal of his crops as upon the care and judgment exercised in raising them. By offering to the purchaser a quick and economical method of put- ting his product upon a broad competitive and distributive market, he effects a valubble agri- cultural refonn and saves to the farmers the profits which have heretofore gone to others, who, under the old system, are considered neces- sary intermediates in every transaction. A leading- agricultural journal, in discussing the future importance of Mr. Carr's work, malces tlvis comment : "The greatest objection raised by farmers against this plan has been the labor of handling their grain, they drawing comparisons between unloading it into the local elevator or shoveling it into the car by hand. The Farmers Commis- sion House has been studying for years how to overcome this objection, experimenting with various kinds of machinery, such as small ele- vators, which have proven too expensive. We understand that Mr. Carr is developing a plan whicli will prove effectual and much less ex- pensive than the experiments made heretofore. He has combined a cheap jxnver, already in suc- cessful use, with additional machinery necessary for the easy and economical transfer of the fann- ers' grain from the wagon into the cars." For nearly thirty years Mr. Carr has been ac- tively identified with every reform that has tended to promote the interests of the grain business and has always maintained the highest standing both in business and social circles. For several years I02 PROMIXEXT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST he was secretary of the Grain Receivers' Asso- including- the Union League. Mr. Carr was ciation. He has also striven for the best interests united in marriage to Miss Jemima Hobbs, of the city of his adaption. March ], 1877, and has two daughters, Maude Mr. Carr is a member of several social clubs, and Mabelle. JOHN J. HERRICK CHICAGO, ILL. John J. Herrick, senior member of the well- known law tirm of Herrick, Allen, Boyesen & Martin, is an active and able member of the Chi- cago bar, and has won honorable distinction by the capable manner in vvhich he has cared for the litigation entrusted to his care. Mr. Herrick was born at Hillsboro, Illi- nois, May 25, 1845, a descendant from sturdy English ancestors, prominent in the history of early colonial times. His great-grandfa- ther, Jacob Herrick, was an officer in the Continental army and prominent also in civil life in New England during his life time. In his early youth John J. Herrick was brought to Chicago, where for thirteen years his father. Professor William B. Herrick, M. D., was the well-known occupant of the chair of anatomy and materia medica in Rush Medical College, being also elected to the presidency of the State Medical Society of Illinois. The mother of Mr. Herrick before her marriage was Miss Martha Seward, a daughter of John B. Seward, of Montgomery county, Illinois. She was a woman of many rare qualities and married Dr. Herrick in the early 'forties, shortly after he took up his residence in Illinois. John J. Herrick attended both public and private schools in Chicago until the age of twelve, when he accompanied his parents to Maine. From 1857 to 1865 he continued his studies at the acade:ny at Lewiston Falls. ]\Iaine, and by this thorough preparatory training was fitted for college. The latter year witnessed his entrance into Eowdoin College, graduating in i860 with the degree of B. A. Returning to Chicago he taught school in Hyde Park, which at that time was a separate corporation from Chicago, and while thus engaged he took up the study of law, and at the close of the school year of 1867 was matriculated in the Chicago Law School, and also became a student in the law ofifice of Higgins, Swett & Ouigg. In the spring of 1868 he graduated, but continued with the firm, learning the practical side of his profession until 1871, when just before the fire he opened a law office on his own account. Few men come to the active practice of law bet- ter fitted to struggle w'ith the intricate problems than Mr. Herrick. A thorough training from the ground up, academical, collegiate, legal, the latter including not only the theoretical work of a law school, but several years of practical work in a busy law office, had fitted him to take re- sponsible trusts and ably champion them. Al- thougii so young he soon had a large clientage and w'as employed in several important cases. Since that time he has been continually before the public eye. not by reason of any desire on his part for notoriety, but because ability of a high order cannot fail to attract attention. He is to-day one of the most important members of the bar. He is earnest, logical and forceful, and the profession, as well as the public, accord him rank among those of distinguished ability as a lawyer. In 1878 Mr. Herrick formed a partnership with Mr. Wirt Dexter, one of the eminent law- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 105 yers of the country, and in 1880, tliey were joined by Charles L. Allen, under the firm name of Dexter, Herrick & Allen, a connection that con- tinued until the death of Mr. Dexter in May, 1890. The other two partners then carried on the business of the tirm until May, 1893, when they were joined by J. K. Boyesen and subse- quently by Horace H. Martin under the firm name Herrick, Allen. Boyesen & Martin. Few firms have received more practice in which greater interests are at stake, both private and corporate, and few have won a greater reputation for success in such cases. This is due in no small degree to the wise counsel of Mr. Herrick. The important litigation with which he has been con- nected include the Taylor and Storey will cases; that of Divine versus the People in the matter of the county commissioners bond voting being constitutional ; the great clash of eastern. English and Chicago capital in the stock yards cases; those regarding the rights of foreign corpora- tions in Illinois, heard before the state and united States supreme courts ; those of the Burlington Railroad System touching constitutional rights in Nebraska and Iowa, also before the United States supreme court ; and the leading case in regard to preferences in assignments of Spauld- ing versus Preston; in case of the People, ex rel., versus Kirk, involving the constitutiimality of the act authorizing the extension of boulevards over the w^aters of Lake Michigan and the rights of riparian owners under the act. and the elevator cases, involving important questions as to the rights and power of elevator proprietors under the Illinois constitution and the Warehouse Act. During something over a quarter of a century he has been at the bar, interests of the gravest importance have been intrusted to his keeping. The delicate questions involved in the settlement of great estates have been referred to him, and in no instance has he proved inadequate to the tasks laid upon him or failed to show the confi- dence reposed in him was not well placed. In clear- ness and logical arrangement his briefs are rarely equalled. The highest courts of Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska have recognized his ability and his voice has been frequently heard in behalf of liti- gants before the United States supreme court. Many of the cases in which he has been suc- cessfully engaged have, because of the import- ance of the issues involved, come to be regarded as what are known to lawyers as "leading cases," that is, cases that are universally regarded by the courts and the profession as forever determin- ing the law upon points adjudicated. Mr. Herrick is a prominent member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Law Institute, and has been honored with high offices in these organizations. He also' belongs to the Citizens Association, the Chicago, Literary Society and the University and Chicago Clubs. He is a gen- tleman of scholarly tastes and broad general in- f(jrmation, social, generous and genial, a most agreeable companion. ARISTA B. WILLIAMS CHICAGO, ILL. Arista B. \\illiams, a member of the well- acquired at the Bedford public and high school. known law firm of Castle, Williams & Smith, was born at Bedford, Indiana, November 29, i860, and is a son of Thomas Carter, and Eliza- beth C. (Fish) Williams. His educatimi was after which he entered Valparaiso College at Valparaiso, Indiana. He then clerked in his fa- tlier's drv-goods store for a time and then taught a country school for a period, during which ]o6 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST lie studied law and was adniitled ti- the bar at Sullivan. Indiana, in 1885. He at once entered ui)i>n his chosen profession and practiced at Sul- lixan from 1885 to 1893. when he came to Chi- cago and Ijecame a meml)er of the firm of Cutting' Castle & Williams, wliicli partnershi|i continued until Kjoo. when it was dissohed. because the lUember of the Mystic s]u"ine: he is a member also of the (Jaks, of Austin, and the Westwartl- Ho Golf Club. He has traveled all over the United States and over most of Europe. Politicallv he is a (iold Democrat. Mr. Williams was united in marriage Octo- senii r member C)f the Hrm was electetl probate btr 12. 1887. to Miss Mar\- Crow dcr. daughter judge of Cook countv. The present firm of of William H. Crowder. at Sulli\an. Indiana. ■Castle, Williams & Smith was then for:ned. She died in July, 1891. There are no cliil- Mr. Williams is a Knight Templar and a dren. CHARLES L. ALLEN CHICAGO. ILL. Charles L. Allen, of the law tirm of Herrick, yiv. De.\ter"s death as the firm of flcrrick & Allen, Boyesen & Martin, was born at Kalama- Allen. zoo, Michigan, October 22, 1S49, '^^ descendant yir. Allen has won success in his chosen pro- of an historical family that traces its emigration fession by devoting himself to it without re- to this country in the Alayflower, His father serve. Combining all the requirements of the w^as Dr. J. Adams Allen, among the early resi- successful lawyer, he has established a reputation dents of Chicago, and his mother before her for veracity and honesty o-f purpose and is e\ery- marriage was Miss Mary Marsh, a daughter of where recognized as the highest ideal of the at- Jolm P. Marsh, a jiioneer citizen and legislator torney and man of afifairs. The clientage oi the of Michigan and a sister of Professor Marsh, of firm of which he is a meml)er is large, compris- Denison University. ing both corporations and individuals, and much Mr. Allen moved to Chicago with his parents of their business is of an adxisory nature. It at an early age. He received a substantial edu- is in this field, perhaps, that Mr. .\llen is best cr.tion in the public schools of this city and was known, and the frecjuency with which he is also a student in the old Chicago University. sought as an arbitrator in cases in\olving very From there he became enrolled in Denison Uni- large interests demonstrates how great is the versity at Granville, Ohio, where he completed confidence in his judgment and fairness to all his collegiate course under his unxle's direction concerned, and was graduated in 1870. Mr. .Mien was married in 1873 to Miss Lucy On his return to Chicago, Mr. Allen pursued E. Powell, of ]>elle\-ille, Illinois, a daughter of tlie study of law in the office of W'alker, Dexter & Smith, and upr the storage and distriliution of water ha\-e been proved by trial to be of the best, and no accidents nor failures have attended the enterprise. The n:aking, laying and securing eighteen hundred feet of inlet pipe obliquel}' across the current of the Mississippi river, and the sunken crib for the ii>take at the up-river end, have excited the favorable comment of engineers throughout the country. Colonel Prince has devoted his time of late years to engineering, and lias a splendid library, ir. many languages, upon that subject. He un- derstands and reads well Greek, Latin and Dutch and speaks English, German, French and Span- ish. He is a hard student and close observer; is iH'.pretentious, easy to approach, and as a neigh- ii6 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST bor, citizen, husband and father, is a man entirely vvitiiout reproach. He is a man of diverse talents, vigorous intel- lect and has a i)ractical knowledge of the every- day affairs of life, which has been of material benefit to himself and others. His disposition is kind, cordial and sympa- tl-.etic and has won for him a wide circle of friends, to whom he is loyalty itself. Althouig'h twice wounded he has never ap- plied for a pension or sought office or been a poli- tician. EDWARD JAMES FARNUM, M. D. :hicago, ill. With the progress of scientific thought the field of medicine has so broadened and the re- quirements for success have become so high that the most far-seeing of practitioners now invari- ably adopt certain specialties and confine their activities strictly to their several provinces. Dr. Farnum's specialty is surgery, and to that he is devoting all his energies and abilities with well- merited success. Althiugh still cnniparati\-ely a young man, he stands high in the profession, as a mere enumeration of the posts of honor vrhich he now occupies will conclusively prove. At present he is professor of orthopedic and clinical surgery in his alma mater, Bennett College ; at- tending surgeon tu Cook County Hospital (since 1892), where he holds a general surgical clinic every week ; surgeon to Bennett Hospital ; sur- geon-in-chief to the Post-Graduate Polyclinic of Eclectic ]\Iedicine and Surgery, of which institu- tion he was the founder: surgeon to the Willie Hipp Hospital, established for treatment of chil- dren's diseases; surgeon to the Humboldt Park Sanitarium, and grand medical examiner of the Switchmen's .Mutual .Occident Association of North Chicago. Dr. Farnum is also vice-presi- dent of the State Eclectic Society, and a member of the National Eclectic Association and the Illi- nois State and the Chicago Medical Societies. Further, he is a Past Master Ma.son of Ashlar Lodge, a member of the Oriental Consistory, thirty-second degree, A. A. S. R., and an official of the latter body. Dr. Farnum's father, Henry James Farnum, comes of a substantial Scotch family, and his mother, Elizabeth Shell, is a descendant of one of the old Dutch families of New York state. In 1838 his parents removed from the Empire state to Sauk county, Wisconsin, where he was born in 1 86 1. There were three children in the family, and here on a farm lived the son, Edward James Farnum, up to the period of early manhood. In common with boys so situated, he enjoyed a healthful life, composed of about equal parts of district schooling and light work, and in due time was sent to Barboo high school, from which he graduated in 1879. He still continued his farm labors, but during the summer following his giaduation took a prospecting trip through Da- kota, Montana, Colorado' and Nebraska. The youth returned, however, to his old home, where he taught school for three years, continuing his studies in botany, geologj^ and zoology, for which he had always a great passion. He not only studied but made valuable collections, and not a few scientific, along quite original lines. In 1882, when of age. Dr. Fanium married Anna S. Lanich, living for some two years on the old homestead occupied in study and teach- ing. In 1884 he remo\-ed to IMadison to enter the scientific department of the State University, '^^?^^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 119 but upon the death of his wife during tlie suc- ceeding year he determined upon the study of medicine. Graduating from Bennett College in 1S89, Dr. I'arnum at once entered intO' practice, and has now a business and a reputation which might be the pride of one who- has seen thrice his length of professional service. His progress has been uninterrupted both as a practitioner and a professional teacher. Irrespective of school dis- tinctions, his fellow surgeons also often call upon him either in consultation or tO' operate, and his clinics at the County Hospital are acknowledged by all to be of intense interest and full of instruc- tion. Bennett Medical College stands now among the leading eclectic medical institutions of the country, and Dr. Farnum has done much to bring it to that position. He has been manager and resident physician of Bennett Hospital, and for a nuinl>er of years has deli\'eretl two lectures and conducted one public clinic per week throughout each collegiate season. Of commanding per- sonal presence, courteous and refined. Dr. Far- num nnpresses all as being a man of determina- tion and remarkable balance of character. That such is the fact is evident from his short but bril- liant career in Chicago, and, as he is still a young- man, it is safe to predict even higher honors in store for him than those he has already earned. BEN FRANKLIN CALDWELL CHATHAM, ILL. Ben F. Caldwell, member of congress from the seventeenth district of Illinois, banker, farmer and formerly state senator, was born on a farm near Carrollton, Green county, Illinois, Au- gust 2. 1848 and is a son of John and Mary Jane Caldwell. In April 1853, he removed with his parents to near Chatham, in Sangamon county, Illinois, where he now resides. He was educated at the common and high schools of Chatham. He was a member of the board of supervisors of Sangamon county in 1877 and 1878, and in 1878 was chairman of the board ; was a member of tlie Illinois house of representatives, 1882-1886, and while a member of the house was chairman of the finance committee ; was a member of the Illinois state senate, 1890-1894, and while a mem- ber of the state senate was chairman of the com- mittee on banks and banking. He resides on a farm nine miles from Springfield and two miles from Chatham, and where he has resided since April, 1833. He assisted in the organization of the Farmers National Bank of Springfield, from the presidencv of which he resigned since his electio-n to congress, and of which he had been president thirteen years ; also assisted in the formatio-n of the Caldwell State Bank, of Chat- ham, of which he has lieen president since its or- ganization, and to the presidency of which he was re-elected in January, 1901 ; was defeated for congress in the seventeenth Illinois in 1896, by James A. Connelly, Republican, by a plurality of only ninety-nine votes; was re-nominated by acclamatii )n in 1 898, and elected to the fifty-sixth congress by a plurality of two thousand two hun- dred and forty ; again re-nominated by acclama- tion in 1900, and elected to the fifty-seventh con- gress by a ])lurality of two thousand and twenty- five votes. Mr. Caldwell is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a member of the Knigiits of Pythias and a mem- ber of the Red Men. Politically he is a Democrat, and in religious matters a Protestant. He has traveled extensively in this country and Europe. Mr. Caldwell was married ^lay 2y. 1873, to I20 PROMIXEXT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Miss Julia F. Cloud. They have two children: tucky. and John H. Caldwell, married to Miss Mar\' Jane Caldwell, married to ex-Congressman Laura B. Hickox. residing- in Springfield, Illi- Oscar Turner, now residing in Louisville, Ken- nois. HON. RICHARD S. THOMPSON CHICAGO, ILL. Richard S. Thompson was hurn at Cape May Court House, Cape May county, Xew Jersey, De- cember 27, 1837, and is a descendant on his father's side of an old south Jersey family who settled there in 1765. His mother's ancestors also settled in Xew Jersey in ] 730. His parents were Richard and Elizabetli Thompson. His r,-. >«- mcither was a daughter of ]\Iajor Xathaniel Holmes, and a de- scendant of John Hand, born in 4«^^^^ Kent County, England, who came tn America in 1635; resided in East Hamptun, Long Island, from 1648 to 1660, when he died there. His father was a pri miinent citizen of South Jersey, a member of the general assembly in 1837, a large land owner, and was interested in coasting vessels. At the age of thirteen Richard entered the Xorristnwn Seminary, Pennsylvania, where he remained three years, and was then placed as a pupil under Rev. A. Scovel. a Presb\'terian clergyman of Bordentown, New Jersey, where he remained four years. The next two years lie continued his studies with A. I. Fish, LL. D., of Philadelphia, a scholar of rare attainments. In 1859 he entered the Law Department of Harvard College, and graduated in 1861. Returning to Philadelphia, he continued his studies with his preceptor, Mr. Fish, and early in i86j was ad- mitted to the Philadelphia bar. While prose- c\-.ting his law studies he was a member of Cap- tain Biddle's Artillery Company of Philadelphia. In August, 1862, under the call of President Lincoln, Mr. Thompson, as captain, raised a company of \olunteers in twelve days, and re- ported at camp with a full company, which was mustered in as Company K in the Twelfth Re.gi- ment, X'ew Jersey Volunteers. The regiment was shortly afterward stationed at Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, and Mr. Thompson was ap- pointed assistant provost-marshal under General Wood, filling the position until the regiment was ordered to the front. His regiment joined the Army of the Potomac, and was placed in the Sec- ond Brigade. Second Army Corps, occupying a position on the Rappahannock three miles above Falmouth, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. On February 16, Mr. Thompson was appointed judge advocate of a division court marshal. .-\t Chancellorsville he distinguished himself by contributing largely in protecting' the right flank of the L'nion troops when actively engaged in a field in the rear of the Chancellorsville house. The journal accounts of that battle give great credit to Capt. Thompson, who, after his brigade commander and staff were captured by the enemy and the colonel of his regiment seriously wounded, and while the larger portion of the brigade was falling back in the face of a close and terrific fire upon its right flank, assumed com- mand, ordered the retiring color bearers back into position, reformed the broken line upon a new front and held the position against three charges of the enemy until the onslaught on that position was abandoned. His calm judgment never for- sook him- in the heat of that terrible battle. The PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 121 Struggle liad been severe; a portion of the time a hand-to-hand tight. One hundred and sixty of his regiment had been killed or wounded and twenty-three were missing. At the battle of Gettysburg, on the 2d and 3d of July, 1863, wliile Capt. Thompson was act- ing as major of the regiment on the morning of the 2d, a portion of his regiment charged a stone barn on the rebel skirmish line hlletl with rebel sliarpshooters, and captured them, taking from the barn more prisoners than there were men in the charging party. During the night the rebels regained possession of the barn, and the next morning Brigadier General Alexander Hayes, commanding the division, ordered a regiment from another brigade to charge the barn. They advanced until they came under tire, when the storm of shot was so terrific that they laid down and failed to advance further. Thereupon Act- ing Major Thompson, in command of five com- panies from his regiment and oi a portion of the First Delaware, charged, took the barn and cap- tured a number of prisoners. On this memoral:)le day, July 3d, the ptisition of the Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers was in the Second Brigade, Third Division, Second Army Corps (Hancock's), which held the left center, or, which the artillery of General Lee was con- centrated, and against which the furious cliarge was made. 0\er eigiit hundred rebel dead were buried on the two hundred yards of front occu- pied by the Second Brigade, and fourteen hun- dred stand of arms were picked tip upon the same fmnt. Major Thompson's behavior on that day received sjieoial notice, not only from Colonel Smyth, who commanded the brigade, but also from Gen. .Mexander Hayes, who was in com- mand of that division. Limited space prevents the insertion of the letters on this matter. On .August 20, 1864, during tlie demonstra- tion made under the command of Gen. Hancock on the north bank of the James river. Colonel Thompson was selected, upon the recommenda- tion of Gen. Thomas Smyth, to take charge of the withdrawal of the Corps pickets and skir- mishers, a matter of no small dit^culty from the fact that the line was four itiiles long, and in some places not more than fifty yards from the rebel skirmishers. The line had to be maintained until the main body of the corps had crossed the river. For his services on this occasion Colonel Tliomp- son has an autograph letter from General Han- cock. June II, 1864, Colonel Thompson was put in command of a provincial battalion at Alex- andria, Virginia, and reported to General Butler at Bermuda Hundred, and remained in com- mand at Point of Rocks, Virginia, on the Appo- mattox, until June 28, 1864, when he turned over his command at headquarters, Army of Potomac, and rejoined his regiment. Colonel Thompson, with his regiment, took part in seventeen general engagements, aniong which may be mentioned Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg, Auburn Mills, Bristow Station, Blackburn's Ford, Robinson's Tavern, Mine Run and Ream's Station. In the last named, south of Petersburg, Virginia, on August 25, 1864. a rebel column had broken the Union line, captured a battery, and was using the railway embankment as a breastwork. In answer to a call for volunteers to charge the column. Colonel Thomjison vdun- teered his command, and with three other regi- ments, charged through a sugar cane field, drove the rebels from their position and recaptured the battery. While leading his men in this charge he was severely wounded in the side and hand by shells. He was sent to Philadelphia for treat- ment, and was confined to his bed until Novem- ber. In December, 1864, while still on crutches, he was detailed as president of a general court- martial sitting at Philadelphia, in which duty he continued until about the middle of February, 1865, although still sufifering from his wounds. He now tendered his resignation, and received an honorable discharge on account of physical dis- ability occasioned by wounds received in battle. 122 PROMIXEXT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST June 7, 1865, he married Catherine Scovel, daughter of Rev. A. Scovel, then of Blooming- ton, Illinois, and in November entered upon the practice of law in Chicago. In 1867 he formed a partnership with Jeremiah Leaming, which con- tinued until 1885. In 1869 he was appointed corporation counsel of the village of Hyde Park, a position he held until 1876. In 1872 he was elected on the Republican ticket to the Illinois senate from the second senatorial district. As a member of the senate he distinguished himself as possessing a familiar accjuaintance with parlia- mentaiT law. On more than one occasion Mr. Thompson manifested his power in a manner to call forth the encomiums of jurists and of the press. There are two cases which may l^e specially mentioned in which the tact and skill of Senator Thompson were very remarkable — one was the contested election case of Shering vs. Marshall ; the other, Senator Lee's motion to reconsider the vote by which the senate bill to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors was indefinitely post- poned. The Chicago Tribune says : "The event of the week occurred in the senate. To the op- position it was the signal defeat of the session. The defeat of this plan of gaining two votes ad- ditional for the United States senatorial contest was due to the masterly argument of Senator Thompson, of Cook, who, in thorough lawyer- like style, analyzed the entire testimony, and with logical precision exposed the utter illegality of the attempt to unseat the choice of the legal voters on an abstract technicality. No speech in either house at the session has compared with it in logical force, precision of statement, clear analysis of premises and unanswerable deductions from the facts." The part taken by Senator Thompson on Senator Lee's motion to reconsider the vote of the previous day is thus spoken of by the Chicago Times : "A series of filibustering motions and points of order began, which, for brilliancy of thought and celerity of action, have never been surpassed on the floor of the senate. They were initiated by Thompson, of Cook, and the result stamped him as the ablest parliamentarian in the Senate." In 1876 Colonel Thompson was appointed attorney of the South Park Commission, and held that position until the spring of 1880. Colonel Thompson is a member oi many social organizations and clubs, among which may be mentioned the Union League, Loyal Legion and Kenwood Clubs. Of the last named club he has served as director and also as president. SAMUEL W. MCMUNN CHICAGO, ILL. Samuel W. McMuim, one of the distir.guisheil and representative men of Chicago, was born at Sharon, Noble county, Ohio, March 20, 1850, and is a son of Isaac and Maria (Moore) Mc- Munn. He was educated at the common schools of his town and at Sharon Academy. He left home in February, 1870, and was em- ployed in Kansas City, Missouri, as a representa- tive of the Ohio River Salt Company. In July of the same vear he went to St. Louis, ^Missouri, in the same capacity, and later became a partner in the firm of G. L. Joy & Company, successors to the Ohio River Salt Company. January i, 1878, he organized and was president of the American Transportation Company, and later organized and was made president of the American Brake Company, and in this capacity he took a leading part in securing the use of the automatic coupler, and in the subsequent legislation compelling their use. Later for five years he was special agent for ^^=8*^0'- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 125 the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, and is now president and treasurer of the Kendl Car Truck Company, and senior member of the firm of S. \V. McMunn & Company, with offices in the Merchants Loan & Trust building of Chicago. Mr. McMunn is a RepubHcan and while not a politician lie always takes a deep interest in the affairs of his party. He is a member of the Lotus and Engineers Clubs of New York, and Technical and Hamilton Clubs, of Chicago. He is a Mason and is a memlier nf the Blue Lodge, Tuscan, No. 360, of St. Louis, and Englewood commandery of Chicago, and No. 9 Lodge of Elks of St. Louis. He was married December 4, 1878, to Miss Jessie Northrup, of Belpre, Ohio, and a daughter of W. W. and Melissa Belpre, and whose mater- nal great-grandfather, after serving through the whole of the war of the Revo-lution as an offi- cer, came with General Rufus Putnam, a relative, as one of the original settlers at Marietta, Ohio. Mrs. McMunn is a lady of culture and charming personality. They have two children, William Northrup, born January 12. 1880, and Mary Wayne McMunn, born October 23, 1883. Mr. McMunn is a man of broad views, with a courteous, affable manner, which renders him a general fa\-orite in business and social circles. DONALD M. CARTER CHICAGO, ILL. Mr. Donald I\L Carter, junior member of the well-known firm of Parker & Carter, is one of tlie brilliant young lawyers of the Chicago bar. Mr. Carter was born at Collins\ille, Madison county, Illincjis, and his father, Henr_\- T. Car- ter, was born in Maryland and came tO' Illinois in his youth. He there married the mother of the subject of this sketch, whose maiden name was Marium Smith. Henry T. Carter, the father, died during the early youth of his son Donald, leaving .several children to be reared and educated by the mother, who was a woman of discretion and good judgment, and very anxious that her children should have every possible facil- ity for recei\-ing an education. The common schools in Madison count}" were 1 if a high class, and in these Donald M. Carter laitl the founda- tion for an education. After graduating from high school he attended a commercial college in St. Lciuis f(jr a short time, but, not being attracted by this line of education, soon gave it up. He entered the Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, taking a course in mechanical and electrical en- gineering, and graduated from that institution in 1 89 1. He at once obtained employment as an engineer and continued in the service until 1893. He then entered the law office of Francis W. Parker, of Chicago, and at once laegan the study of law. As his time during the day was fully occupied, he attended night school in Chicago College of Law and finished a course in that in- stitution in 1895, when, upon the usual examina- tion, he was admitted to the bar and licensed by the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. The following year Mr. Carter took a post graduate course in the law department of Lake Forest University, graduating from that institution in 1896. He then felt quite qualified to undertake the important duties of a law office in Chicago, and soon found an opportunity of taking an ac- tive hand in the practice of his profession. Mr. 126 PRO-MIXEXT :\IEX OF THE GREAT WEST with his ijrofessiunal lirethren at llie Chicago I a; . Mrs. Carter, liis nintlier. is still li\ing at this w ritin_^' and takes threat ]jri(le in the hunorahle Parker was called to Eurdpc on important Inisi- ness in 1S07 and Mr. Carter was ^iven entire charge of the office and ])ractice. L'piai the re- turn of ]\Ir. Parker from Europe he invited Mr. Carter to a jjartnership in his husiness, and the firm of I'arker & Carter was estahlished where Chicago Mr. Carter has heconie a memher of the they now ha\e offices, 1410 Marquette Building. Union League Clul), the Hamilton Club and the CMiicago. Mr. Carter deservedly stands high Kmal Arcanum. career and success of her son. Since coming to LEWIS L COBURN CHICAGO, ILL. Among the distinguished members of the sit\- of Vermont, frmn which he received the de- Chicago bar no one holds a more honored place gree of B. A. in 1^59. His inclinations led to- than Lewis L. Coburn. A complete record of wards the study of law. He had read much dur- his legal ser\-ices in his l)ranch of the legal ir.g his college vacations and so well had he ad- profession, '"Patent Law." wduld lie little \'anced that upon entering the Harvard Law less than a transcript nf most all the famous School he was graduated in 1861, and admitted cases in that line that have been ti> practice at Boston, becoming a member of the determined by the courts setting I^sse.x county l)ar, than which no more scholarly in the western metropolis. ad\'ocatcs are to be foinul in America. Mr. Coburn was born at East Soon after his admission to practice Mr. Co- Abjutijclier, Vermont, November l)in-n came to Chicago, in the rising fame of 2, 1834, His father. Earned Co- which he correcth' saw a prospect of commer- bnrn, was a wealthv farmer with cial greatness. Becoming a partner of the late a strong leaning towards public William E. ]\larss. .Mr. Coliurn soon found him- affairs. He served fri\'ate life. y\r. Coljurn's rel.a.xation from his professional labors has been largely obtained in bunting prairie chickens and ducks on his own land, which he bouglit at an early day in southern Minnesota. When game became .scarce Ijv reason of \-illages springing up on and contiguous to his holdings, he commenced improving. He has Innlt during the last fifteen years some tv,-enty sets of farm buildings with the accompanying farm improvements, such as fencing, deep wells, windmills, etc., required fijr stock raising, dairy- ing and general farming. Mr. Coburn was married to Miss Annie G. Swan at Brooklyn, New York, on June 23. 1880. They have a "pleasant home in Chicago and are most hospitable entertainers. As a lawyer we can pay him no higher tribute than to say that he is by all regarded as one of the leaders in patent law, not only in the state of Illinois, but in the United States. His ability arid integrity of purpose are conceded as a mat- ter of course bv all who know him. HON. CHARLES FREDERICK SCOTT lOLA, KAN. Hon. Charles F. Scott, member of congress, at large, from the state of Kansas, is a repre- sentative Republican leader and newspaper owner. He is a son of John W. and Maria { Protsman ) .Scott, and was born in Allen county, Kansas. September 7, i860. He was educated in the i)ublic schools and at the University of Kansas, from which he graduated in 1881 with the degree of P.. S., receiving his Master's degree some years later. After leaving- the university he went west and spent a year and a half in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. In the latter part of 1882 lie returned to lola, Kansas, the countv seat of his native county, and lx>ught a small interest in the lola Register, a weekly newspaper. In the course of the next five years he had obtained entire control of the pa])er, which he has ever since continued to publish and edit Ijoth as a daily and weekly. Mr. Scott served as state senator from 1892 to 1896, and has been regent of the State Uni- versity from 1891 to 1901. He was president of the State Editorial Association in 1893 and 128 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST president of the Republican State League in He was elected representative at large to the 1895. In 1896 he represented his congressional fifty-seventh congress in 1900. district on the Republican electoral ticket, and Mr. Scott was married in 1893 to Miss May has been president of the Kansas Day Club, an Brevard Ewing. Thev are the jiarents of three organization of young Republicans of the state. children. JOSEPH A. O'DONNELL CHICAGO, ILL. Joseph A. O'Donnell was born in the town of Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, December 23, 1859, liis parents being Patrick and Catherine (Nellis) O'Donnell, members of the famous O'Donnell family of Ireland. In 1866 they brought their children to the new world, locating in Chicago, and Joseph pursued his education in St. Patrick's Academy, of this city, and in the public schools. The family was in limited cir- cumstances and he was obliged to find employ- ment, that he might aid in the support of the other children. He entered upon his business career as an office boy and later was apprenticed to a mechanical engineer. He applied himself with great diligence to the thorough mastery of the work, and when only twenty-two years of age was appointed to the position of foreman. Dur- ing most of this time he attended a night school and studied mechanical ilrawing, engineering and other kindred subjects, eagerly embracing every opportunity for gaining a comprehensive knowl- edge of his trade. The arduous labors which he performed, how- ever, undermined his health and led to his de- terminatiiin to make the practice of law his life work. He had previously read Blackstone's "Comiifientaries on English Law" and Kent's "Commentaries on American Law," and had also studied Latin during his leisure hours in morn- ing and evening. He was graduated in the Union Law College of Chicago, in 1887. with the degree of LL. B., won a senior diploma, and later took a post-graduate course, winning the degree of Master of Laws. From the beginning he has been very successful in his practice and has always enjoyed an extensive and lucrative clientage. He is of a studious disposition and is very thorough and exact in the preparation and conduct of the litigated interests entrusted to his care. While Mr. O'Donnell has won a creditable position at the Chicago bar, he has also become prominent in political circles and his influence is strongly marked in the councils of the Democratic party, with which he has been associated since attaining his majority. In 1889. 1891 and 1893 he was elected from the ninth district to the gen- eral assembly, and was also in attendance at the special session called to consider the World's Fair bill. During the last two sessions he was a member of the steering cummittee of the house, and his able management led to not a few suc- cesses for his party. He was instrumental in secin-ing the passage of a number of important bills, and it was through his efforts that the Australian ballot law was placed on the statute l>ooks of this commonwealth. Fhe h\\\ was in- troduced and engineered by ii m through the house. He was well known as one of the leading orators of the assembly, and \.-hile he did not resort to the use of flowery phrases to any ex- tent, his sound logic and evident belief in all he advocated produced great efifect upon his audi- tors. He was also associated with the "one hun- ii-CML^UK^JBCQC"! PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST •31 dred and one" who secured the election of Gen- eral Palmer as United States senator. In 1886 Mr. O'Donnell married Miss Rose E. Dugan, whose father, Thomas Dugan, was one of the pioneers of Chicago O'f 1833. He be- longs to a number of prominent Irish societies, and in addition holds membership in the Royal League, Ancient Order of United Workmen, National Union and the Knights of the Macca- bees. For five years he was a member of the Second Regiment, Illinois State Militia, in which he held the rank of first lieutenant. In his re- ligious associations he is a Roman Catholic. In 1894 he revisited the land of his birth, and also viewed many of the places of historic and mod- ern interest in England and Scotland. MARTIN KINGMAN PEORIA, ILL. The subject of this sketch was born in Deer Creek township, Tazewell count}-, Illinois, April I, 1844, the youngest of a family of four boys, his father being a native of Massachusetts and his mother of Virginia. They emigrated to Tazewell county, Illinois, in 1834. When Martin was four years old his father died, leaving his mother with the four boys on a farm in an uninhabited western country. Yoimg Kingman attended district school in winter, working on the farm in summer, and wdien four- teen years of age started out in the world to make his own living, working the first year, in the summer, at eight dollars per month, and the second year at ten dollars, attending school in the winter, during which time he attended the Washington (Illinois) Academy, and advanced in his studies very rapidly, teaching his first school when he was only seventeen years of age. When the war broke out one of his older brothers enlisted, and when Martin was eight- een years of age he volunteered, and went out as a private in Company G, 86th Illinois In- fantry, and served until the close of the war, re- turning a first lieutenant. The latter part of his army service was upon the staff of Col. Dan McCook, of the Third Brigade, Second Division, Fourteenth Amiy Corps. Mr. Kingman is ver}- proud of his war serv- ice, having served three years without the loss of a single day from his command, either by sick- ness, leave of absence or otherwise. He took part in the campaign to Chattanooga, under General Rosecrans and General Thomas, was in the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, and marched to the relief oi Burnside at Nashville. He was in the campaign under Sher- man and Thomas, tO' and including the capture of Atlanta, and then marched to the sea and the capture of Savannah, and thence through South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia to Wash- ington. He was present at the surrender oi Gen. Joe JohnstiDn to General Sherman. After the war Mr. Kingman engaged in sev- eral differerit lines of business, until January i, 1S67, when he entered the agricultural machin- er)' firm of Kingman & Dunham, and will have given thirty-five years to this business on Jan- uary I, 1902. In 1882 the business was organ- ized as Kingman & Company, with a paid up capital of six hundred thousand doillars. The business has grown until now they have seven branch houses, located at St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis, Dallas (Texas) and Madison, Wisconsin. (The last named has been located at Milwaukee until re- cently). The Kingman Plow Company and the Peoria Cordage Company have been organized. 132 PROMLXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST and Mr. Kingman is president and a large stock- liolder in botli of these concerns. He is also president of the Illinois X'ational Bank, one of the most successful banks at Peoria. Mr. Kingman has held the position of canal commissioner for the state of Illinois for six years. On the breaking out of the Spanish war he as- sisted in raising what is known as the Peoria Regiment, and was elected lieutenant-colonel of the same, but it was not called into service. He has always been a strong Republican, and has assisted the party in his city and district. He is a member of the First Congregational church of Peoria, and served two years as president of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was married on ]^Iay 21, 1867, to Miss Emeline T. Shelly, the result of the union being four sons and one daughter. Two sons have died, and his other two sons are connected witli Iiim in business, L. S. Kingman being vice-presi- dent of the Kingman Plow Company, and W. B. Kingman being vice-president of Kingman S: Company. The several companies with which Mr. King- man is connected now employ a capital of up- Mi.ards of two millions of dollars. FRANK FARNSWORTH HOLMES CHICAGO, ILL. Frank Farnsworth Holmes, the third son of S. R. Holmes and Rosette (Farnsworth) Holmes, was born in Warsaw, Illinois, He is descended on his father's side from Abraham Holmes, one of the original Scotch-Irish emi- grants and charterites who set- tled in Londonderry, Xew Hamp- shire, in 1719: on his mother's side from Matthias Farnsworth, of Groton. Massachusetts. On both sides his ancestors partici- ])ate(l in tlie Colonial wars, the Revolutii.inary \\'ar. the \\'ar of 1S12 and the War of the Re- bellion. After attending the ])rivate and public schools of his native town his parents moved to Gale.sburg, Illinois, where JNIr. Holmes graduated from Knox College in 1880. The same year he came tO' Chicago, where he went into the fire insurance Ijusiness, to which he has since continuously given his time, having served in every subordinate position in a general agency and then fnr five years on the road as special agent and adjuster for the Royal Insurance Com- pany. In 1887 he went mto the local fire in- surance business, establishing the firm of Frank F. Holmes & Co., which still continues under the same name and at the same location. From his experience in his profession he was con- vinced that his best success as a local fire insur- ance agent would follow conscientious study and efl:'ort to secure such a class of construction in buildings as would reduce the possibility of de- struction by fire to a minimum. His knowledge of construction led the Chicago Underwriters' Association to select him as their representative on the Examining Board of the Chicago Build- ing Department, that being the first civil service board recognized by ordinance in the city of Chi- cago. His ability in this particular line was read- ilv acknowledged by the architects and builders with whom he was thrown in contact and by wliom he is frequently consulted in an effort to secure the best construction from a fire hazard standjiiMnt. which means a minimum ]iremium PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 133 on the values at risk. In 1899 Mr. Holmes was elected secretary and treasurer of the National Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents at their annual convention held in Buffalo, to which position he has been unanimously re-elected every year since, and has also been elected a member of the executive committee of the Chicago Un- derwriters' Association. EDWARD OSGOOD BROWN CHICAGO, ILL. Mr. Edward O. Brown, the well-known and highly respected corporation lawyer, has been a practitioner at the Chicago bar for over a quar- ter of a centur}-. He is a native of New England, and was born in Salem, JMassachusetts. His parents were Edward and Eliza Osgood (Dal- ton) Brown. His birth occurred August 5, 1847. His family is of English origin, although con- nected with the history of America through many generations. The first American ancestor was John Brown, who located in Ipswich, Essex county, Massachusetts, some time before 1650. Many representatives of the name were shipmas- ters and merchants, and the grandfather of our subject was one of the famous skillful and daring navigators, who, about the beginning of the cen- tur}% made Salem known throughout the civilized world. At one time, single handed, he drove a piratical band of ^Malays from a ship, killing eight and disabling many more. In the historic old town of Salem, Edward Osgood Brown was reared to manhood, acquir- ing his preliminary education in the public schools. Later he was a student in Brown Uni- versity in Providence, Rhode Island, and later in the Harvard Law School, of Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, pursuing his professional education. For a year following his collegiate course in Brown University he devoted his energies to teaching in St. Mark's, in Southboro, Massachu- setts, and then began preparation for his chosen vocation, — the law, — as a student in the office of Ives & Lincoln, prominent attorneys of Salem. He was graduated in the law department of Harvard University in the class of 1869, apply- ing himself with such diligence to his studies and to the principles of jurisprudence, that he took first prize for an essay on Punitive Dam- ages, which was later published in the Western Jurist. As assistant clerk of the supreme court of Rhode Island he served from the time of his graduation until 1870, when he was admitted to the bar of that state at Providence, and at once entered upon the practice of law as a member of the firm of Gorman & Brown, which partnership continued until April, 1872. At diat date Air. Brown came to Chicago' with Mr. Orville Peck- ham, a college class-mate, who for more than twenty-five years has been his law partner at the Chicago bar. Almost immediately they won prominence as practitioners in the western me- tropolis. The litigation resulting from condi- tions brought about by the great fire of 1871 was extensive and of an important character. The services of men of skill and ability were in great demand and Peckham & Brown soon gained wide reputation as the result of their mas- terful handling of important litigated interests. Their attention is largely given to corporation law and they are attorneys for the First National Bank of Chicago, and for many other scarcely less important concerns. Mr. Brown was re- tained in the case of the People vs. Knicker- bocker, called the Probate Court Case, involving the constitutionality of that court; in the Sani- tary District or Drainage cases, involving the 134 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST constitutionality of the sanitary district laws ; Zirngible vs. Calumet Company, which in\olved a vast amount of real estate on the Calumet river; and the case of Roots vs. Wilson, which, though only a private contention, was of such magnitude as to awaken widespread interest. He represented the commissioners of Lincoln Park in the j\IcKee-Scrip matter, where claim- ants under the congressional Scrip undertook to locate their warrants on millions of dollars' worth of property along the lake shore on the North Side of Chicago ; and was also counsel in the successful suit by the \\'est Park commissioners against the receiver of the insolvent National Eank of Illinois for the amount of over three hundred thousand dollars held by E. S. Dreyer, the treasurer, at the time of the failure of that bank and his own. Mr. Brown is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Law Club. He was united in marriage in 1884 to Aliss Helen Gertrude Eagle, a representative of an old Detroit family and a niece of the Reverend A\'alter Elliott, of New York. Thev have five children, three sons and two daughters, namely : Edward Eagle, Helen Dalton, Walter Elliott, Robert and Mary Wilmarth. Mr. Brown is a member of the Roman Catholic church, a con- vert in his early youth. He is a valued member of several social organizations and literary clubs, and was president during the \\'orld's Fair year of the Alassachusetts Society of Chicago, and has Ijeen vice-president of the Iroquois Club and chairman of its political action committee. He belongs to the Chicago Literary, the University, the Sunset, the Columbus, and the Chicago Single Tax Clubs, and the Catholic Literary Associa- tion. He gives strong support to the Democracy, and is an ardent believer in and supporter of the single tax movement. He was a warm personal friend of Henry George, the exponent of the single tax idea, and has written a number of very \-aluable articles on that subject. He has very |)ronounced literary alMlity and is a forcible and duent writer. He is one of Illinois' great law- yers. His readiness, his ability, his resolution, his legal acumen and his eloquence draw to him tlie attention of the entire public. ALBERT H. VEEDER CHICAGO, ILL. It is always a pleasure to trace the history ■of an ambitious and successful man, one whO' in the prime of life has not yet lost the enthusiasm of youth, and whose plans for the future are broad and far reaching; one whose gratifying position has liecn achieved mainly through his •own efiforts, and by the aid of his own strong individuality. A distinguished member of the legal profession, and for a number of years con- nected with many of the largest business interests of Chicago and other western cities, Albert H. \'eeder. is tr-day one of the foremost corpora- tion lawyers in the west. His manner of pre- senting his cases in court impresses both judge and jury. His pleas are characterized by an elo- quence and sinceritv which has a weighty influ- ence upon all who hear him speak. Mr. Veeder is a member of a tine eastern fam- ily. His father was Henry Veeder and his mother, Rachel Lansing Veeder. He was born a: Fonda, Montgomery county, New York, April I, 1844. He was educated at the local schools of his native city, after which he entered Union College / X:.. U. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT \\EST 137 of Schenectady, New York, where lie graduated with his class in 1865. In tlie years 1866, 1867 and 18O8, he had charge of the public schools of Galva, Illinois, during the scholastic sessions, studying law in the meantime. In the latter year he was admitted to the bar of Illinois, and until 1874 practiced at Galva. He then moved to Chicago and resumed the practice of law. where he soon acquired an enviable reputation as a corporation lawyer. He was attorney for the town of Lake, since incor- porated in the city of Chicago, from 1874 to 1885. His successful management of the law affairs of Lake, — which was long known as the largest and most wealthy municipality that re- fused to accept the dignity of the title "City," but preferred to be known as "The town of Lake," — gained him the confidence of the own- ers of many of the great corporations doing busi- ness in that part of Chicagi;), and led to his large practice. Mr. \^eeder is a director of the Chicago Junction Railway Company, and of the Union Stock Yards Company ; he is also general coun- sel and director of the St. Louis National Stock Yards Company, the St. Joseph Stock Yards Company, the San Francisco Stock Yards Com- pany, Swift & Company, the Consumers Cotton Oil Company, of Libby, McNeill & Libby (in- corporated), and other equally well-known cor- porations. Mr. Veeder is a member of the Kenwood and the Athletic Clubs, a thirty-second-degree Mason, Knights Templar, member of the Scottish Rite, and of the Mystic Shrine. Politically, he is a Re- publican. Mr. Veeder was married to Miss Helen L., daughter of Rev. Isaac G. Duryea, of Schenec- tady, New York. They have four children, of whom the eldest, Henry, is engaged with his fa- ther in practice. Mr. Veeder is known as a Christian gentlenian of liberal views and scholar- ly tastes. All moral and social reforms receive his earnest support ; a widely gathered familiarity with the management of affairs, a broad general culture, a splendid presence and courteous man- ners, he is recognized as one of the most brilliant and respected members of the Chicago bar. HON. WILLIAM ROBERT WARNOCK, A. B., A. M., LL. D. URBANA, OHIO Hon. William R. Warnock, member of con- gress from the eighth district of the state of Ohio, judge and lawyer, was born at Urbana, Ohio, August 29, 1838. and is a son of Rev. David and Sarah (Hitt) Warnock. He attended the public and high schools of Urbana, graduating in 1855: taught school in 1856 and 1858 at Urbana: graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in July, i8r)i, receiving the degree of A. B., and in 1864 received the degree of A. M. from the same university ; commenced the study of law in 1861, but suspended that tn enter the army July 21, 1862. as captain of Com- 9* pany G, Ninety-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry: was promoted to be major of the same regiment July 28, 1863, for gallantry at Vicks- burg, and was breveted lieutenant-colonel March 15, 1865, for gallantry at the battle of Nashville: was chief of staff for the Eastern District of Mississippi from April to August, 1865; served for one year in the Fifteenth Army Corps and for two years in the Sixteenth Army Corps ; was mustered out of service August 14, 1865, and re- sumed the study of law : and was admitted to practice in May. 1866; was elected prosecuting attorney in the fall of 1867 and served two terms. 138 PROMIXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST from January, 1868, to January, 1872; elected state senator to represent the eleventh Ohio dis- trict and served for the years 1876 and 1877; was elected judge of the court of common pleas in the second judicial district of Ohio in 1879 ^"^ re-elected in 1884, and served ten years, from Xovember, 1879, to X'ovember, 1889; served as one of the board of school examiners for Cham- paign county from 1870 to 1876; has been trustee of the Ohio W'esleyan University, located at Delaware, since 1894; and in 1901 received the degree of LL. D. ; served two terms as junior vice-commander of the Ohio Commandery of the Military' Order of the Loyal Legion; served two terms as commander of the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, being elected ^lay 1, 189S, and re-elected May i, 1899; was a charter member of W. A. Brand Post, G. A. R., Urbana. and served two terms as its commander: was elected to the fifty-seventh con- gress from Ohio. Judge Warnock is a Knight of Pythias, a Master Mason, Knight Templar and a thirty- second degree Mason. Li religious matters a Methodist, and politically a Republican and a leader in the party ranks in his state. Judge Warnock was married August 20, 1868, to Katheryn Murray, of South Charleston, Ohio. They have three daughters, Mable Clifford Warnock, Elizabeth Murray \\'arnock and Ann Kathryn Warnock. Elizabeth was married Oc- tober 22, 1901, to Mr. Clarence S. Vanderback. ELI B. FELSENTHAL CHICAGO, ILL. Eli B. Felsenthal is known as a leading mem- ber of the Chicago bar, a fact which at once indi- cates a superior order of talent, a comprehensive knowledge of law. an accurate application of its principles to litigated points, and an absolute fidelity to his clients' interests. His name is inseparably con- nected with the history of juris- prudence in this section of the state. He is a native Chicagoan and was born July 14, 185S, being a son of Herman and Gertrude ( Hyman ) Felsenthal. His father ;ame to Chicago in the early 'fifties and his mother a year or two later. Mr. Felsenthal at- tended the Chicago public schools, later became a student in the old University of Chicago, grad- uating with the degree of A. B. in 1878. After a further course of two \"ears at the Union College of Law he was graduated as a lawver and re- ceived the "Horton Prize" for the best thesis, — his subject being "Limited Partnerships." Since then he has been constantly engaged in the prac- tice of law, his name appearing in many noted cases. In politics Mr. Felsenthal is a Republican, and has always been a stanch supporter of his party. He is a member of the Sinai congregation, of the Union League, Hamilton and Standard Clubs, and has been one of the board of trustees of the University of Chicago since its inception. He is a liberal contributor to the Associated Jewish Charities, and has always taken a keen interest in public affairs, an active worker in politics but not a candidate for ofiice. His integrity of char- acter and many generous qualities, together with his remarkablv kind and cordial address, have won for him personal pupularity and the highest respect. .\s a lawver he ranks high. The zeal with which he devotes his energies to his profession. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 139 elicit warm commendation, and his briefs show the careful regard evinced for the interests en- trusted to his care, and the assiduous and unre- laxing attention to all the details of his cases have brought him a large business and made him very successful in its conduct. His arguments wide research and careful thought. ]\Ir. Felsen- thal was married in 1883 to ]\Iiss Goldsmith, of New York. They have five children, Agatha, Edward, Gertrude, Herman and Robert. HERMAN ELSON CHICAGO, ILL. Herman Elson was born August 10, 1845, in W'urtzburg, Germany, and emigrated to Phila- delphia when nine years of age; received an edu- cation in the public schools of that city, and upon receiving his diploma he removed to the little tO'Wn of Goshen, Indiana, where he immediately entered the clothing business of Lafferty & Elson. Mr. Elson was closely identi- fied with the growth and develop- ment of this beautiful and thrifty little city, and was associated with all its charitable, public and civic associations. He was the irtimate friend and associate of Judges Woods and Baker, of the United States Federal Court, and was a director of the City National Bank of tliat city. In 1884 he removed with his family to Chicago, Illinois, since which time he has been a member of the firm of Hirsh, Elson & Com- pany, wholesale clothiers, whose rapid growth v.-as essentially due to the perseverance, energy and ability of Mr. Elson. Few men were more beloved in the business community; none were better qualified in all the requisite qualities of ideal citizensliip than Mr. Elson. His friends are legion, and many are indebted to him for their rise in the community. iMr. Elson was an aggressive character, pos- sessing all those indomitable traits which tend to progress and acti\'e citizenship in the community. He was a member of the Chicago Sinai Congre- gation, a member of the Standard Club, of which institution he was formerly a director, and was closely identified with all charitable institutions in the city, to which he gave active and liberal support. Mv. Elson died at his residence. No. 41 13 Grand boulevard, Chicago, August 22, 1901, leaving a wife and two daughters, ^Minnie and Mata Elson, the former, the wife of Leo A. Loch. HENRY CASSORTE SMITH ADRIAN. MICH. Henry C. Smith, member of congress from torical aljility has occasioned his selection as the the second district of Michigan, is a lawyer of orator of many public celebrations, and it was prominence in that state, and a member of the but natural that a man of his many fine qualities well-known legal firm of Watts, Smith & Bald- should be selected to represent his state in coii- win, of Adrian. His career in the legal pro- gress. Henry C. Smith was born at Canan- fession has been rapid and brilliant. His ora- daigua. New York, June 2, 1859, and is a son of I40 PROAIIXEXT .AlEX OF THE GREAT WEST Wanton Green, and Mariali (Mitchell) Smith. Mr. Smith was educated at the public schools and at Adrian College, from which he gradu- ated in 1878. His piilitical career has been brilliant and since graduation he has interested himself in all the campaigns. An ardent Repub- lican, he has always shown deep interest in his party. He taught school for a time, read law and was admitted ti_> the bar September 25, 1880, was appointed city attorney October 2, 1880, assistant prosecuting attorney for Lenawee coun- ty January i, 1881, with offices at Adrian, Mich- igan ; was elected to the fifty-sixth and re-elected to the fifty-seventh congress. ]\Ir. Smith was united in marriage Decem- ber 20, 1887, to ]\Iiss Emma ^I. Watts, daugh- ter of Colonel Richard A. Watts, his law partner. JOHN E. HARPER, A. M., M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Ranking high in the profession, with a repu- tation that is national in character. Dr. John E. Harper may have equals but certainly no superi- ors in his profession as a physician and eye and ear specialist. With his professional knowledge the intricate problems oi medicine and disease are m.astcred with a readiness that shows exceptional powers. Dr. Harper is descended from an old English famil}-, whose members settled at an early day in Virginia and the Care- lief. but is tolerant of the beliefs of others and 146 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST has never made himself obnoxious either in re- ligion or politics. Mr. Samuels is a great lover of good music, is a fine musician and at one time taught music, and was a leader of a choir. He is a man of scholarly tastes and studious habits, has a fine library and spends many of the best hours of his life among his favorite authors. I\lr. Samuels' marriage occurred January 5, T879, to JNIiss Lillian A. Crawford, of Holly, .Michigan, a descendant ui very old Revolution- arv stock. THOMAS BARLOW WALKER .MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Thomas Barlow Walker, capitalist and phil- anthropist, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a man of force, a harmonious combination of business activity, intellectual ability and esthetic appre- ciation. He represents the fast declining type of men who were pioneers, and the new order which promotes the beautiful, fosters the line arts, and encourages the expansion of culture as the best good for all. His philanthropy has caused him to throw open his magnificent private art gallery to the pul)lic, and has made him feel that benches on his lawn would be agreeable to the many whose destiny is to walk rather than be conveyed through life. He is progressive and always ready to meet changed conditions, com- prehending that the situation to-day will not be the same to-morrow. From his earliest boyhood he has always been helping others, and it seems marvelous how he managed in the years when he had only his own labor to depend upon, to do so much for his mrjther and sisters, and in later life for all with whom he had dealings. While never an indiscriminate or emotional giver, his life has been a record of continual and thought- ful hel])fulness. The sum of his benefactions to public and private causes will never be known. least of all to himself, but it has been limited only by his means and sometimes has overstepped even that mark. To the church, tO' the cause of education, to pulilic libraries, to the education of indi\"iduals. his wealth, and. the hardest of all for a busy man to give, his own time and strength, have l)een freely and generIr. Walker steadily held to his opinion and at last found capitalists who would put their money against his work in ex- aminations and locations, and thereby obtained his first start in the lumber business, which has been his principal occupation ever since. ]\Ir. \\'alker, since that time, has built, owned and operated, either alone or associated with others, a large number of mills and their con- nected lumber interests, yards, etc., the principal ones being the Butler ]\Iills and Walker Mills, the Butler & Walker, the Camp & Walker, the Red River Lumber Company Alills, at Crooks- ton, Minnesota, and Grand Forks, Dakota, and later still in operation, the very extensive plant at Akeley, Minnesota. At the same time he has carried on extensive deals in the purchase and sale of pine land, as well as cutting and mar- keting the great quantities of logs from his own lands. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 151 Mr. Walker has done iiuich in the way of en- couraging manufacturing enterprises to locate in Minneapolis, and many large and prosperous concerns tiwe their existence to his efforts in their behalf. The St. Louis Park, a manufactur- ing suburb of the city, of which he is the princi- time on the coast and in the forests studying all the minuti?e of a new business in a new country. As a result, he has been convinced that the mar- kets of the world are ready for the manufac- tured products of these great forests, and has bought heavily and fearlessly. His holdings pal, if not the entire owner, contains many val- cover the largest tract of sugar and yellow pine uable plants, among which are counted one large on the coast, and it is generally regarded as the agricultural implement factory, and a beet sugar plant, which has the last season manufactured over si.x millions of pounds of sugar. Connect- ing this suburb with the city, Mr. \\'alker has built, owns and (jperates the Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and Hopkins Electric Railway line.- which is both a great convenience and a profit- able investment. Mr. Walker's holdings of real estate in the city are extensive, among whicli may be men- tioned the most extensive commission plant in the United States, and in which are handled more fruits, both fresh and dried, vegetables and meats, than in the markets of any other place, except perhaps two or three of the very largest cities. The concentrating of the wholesale c(jm- mission business of the city in unifijrm buildings under one ownership and system of rents, with abundant trackage and facilities for handling goocls, all covering between two- and three large citv squares, has made the commission Imsiness a pleasure to all concerned, and has permanently drawn about it the main wholesale district of the city. Within the last five years Mr. \\'alker has been turning his attention to the immense and a'most unknown pineries of California, esjiecial- ly the sugar and yellow pines. Sugar pine is the largest, longest and finest pine timber in the Avorld, and the California yellow (really white) pine is nearlv as large and long and almost as valuable as the sugar. The demand for Ixitli kinds is sharp and unlimited. Mr. Walker has liad explorers and land examiners constantly in tlie field and has spent a large part of his own fir,est and most \-aluabIe on the timber belt. The greater portion of this tract stands on a sloping table, readily accessible for manufacturing and handling purposes. Mr. Walker is now^ most probably the largest indi\-idual holder of pine lands in the country. It is his intention to im- mediately develop this property by the construc- tion of a standard gauge railroad, about one hun- dred and twenty miles in length, together with the necessary logging railroads, lumber mills, sash, do(-jr and box factories, planing mills, dry houses, etc. It was largely through Mr. Walker's efforts that the present Public Library of the cit\- oi ^Minneapolis was put in operation, by which, through an appropriation from the citv, supple- mented Ijy large gifts from indix'iduals (of whom Mr. \\'alker was the leader), a magnifi- cent building was erected, in which are housed not only the public library proper, but all the accumulated treasures of the Athen?eum, and the Academy of Science. Here also the citv has the nucleus of an art collection, owning a number of pictures, and enjoying from year to year the continuous loan of over fifty fine canvases be- longing to Mr. Walker. The Academv of Sci- erice also owes no inconsiderable ann mnt of its attraction to ;Mr. Walker's generosity. During his travels he collects fine shells, corals, stuff'ed animals, or dtlier valuable additions for the al- ready large and interesting collection. Several exceedingly fine cases of minerals are his latest additions to former gifts. L'pon the organization of the pulilic library !Mr. Walker was unanimously elected president 152 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST of the board of directors, which ot^ice he has continuously held by re-election to the present time, a period of sixteen years. Another outcropping of his eye for perfec- tion, is his love for fine gems. He is a recog- nized authority in the East on the value of precious stones. He buys them and carries them about with him for pure love of their lire and fineness, and it is a rare moment when he can not produce from some pocket or corner, a won- derful colored diamond or perfect ruby. It is perfectly within bounds to say that he loves them for their own sake. Mr. Walker has been making a valuable col- lection of oil paintings since 1885. At first he bought slowly, but as the years have passed and his love of art increased, he has come to have confidence in his own judgment and has made an extremely fine cullection uf the Ijest works of the best artists. He never buys a man's work until he thoroughly knows the man and his works. In this way he has collected at his home one of the finest art reference libraries in the country, to which he is constantly adding. He has at his home probably one hundred and fifty or two hundred canvases, with fifty more hung in the gallery of the Public Library, which form a collection which for character stands sec- ond to no private collection in this country. Among the artists are sucii names as Rousseau, Corot, Diaz, Jacque, Jazet, Jules Breton, Madam Demont-Breton (his daughter). Sir Thomas Lawrence, Rembrandt Peele, David, LeFevre, Bougereau, Turner, Hogarth, Hans Holbein, Rembrandt, and a multitude of others. Besides the pictures he has a very choice collection of ancient bronzes of the best period of Japanese and Chinese art work, ivories, rare potteries, jades, cameos, fine glass, etc. This collection is held open for the free use of the public during all daylight hours of all week days, and has doue much toward educating and developing the art taste of the city. Mr. \\'alker was married at Berea, Ohio, December, 19, 1863, to Miss Harriet G. Hulet, the daughter of Hon. Fletcher Hulet, of that place, by their college president and the young lady's brother-in-law. Rev. John Wheeler. After spending the winter at the home of their par- ents in Berea, they journeyed tO' their home in the west. For fi\-e years they resided in Minne- apolis East, or St. Anthony Falls as it was then called, removing thence to Minneapolis proper, where they remained five years on First avenue and South Third street, after which the present home on Hennepin avenue was built, where the family have resided for twenty-seven years. The house as originally built has been added to on both sides and rear to accommodate the library, gallery, etc., etc. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have had eight chil- dren, six boys and twu girls. To the training of their family both Mr. and }ilrs. Walker gave up much of their time for many years, especial eft'orts being made to develop the practical and mechanical sides of their natures. The good ef- fects of this manual training have been apparent since the boys entered business and had to han- dle machinery of all kinds. Of these eight chil- dren, seven are still living, the second son having died at the age of eighteen. Of the seven, six are marrietl and live near home, one is in col- lege, and one of the daughters is widowed. Four of the sons are in partnership with their father in the lumber business. All of the sons are capable, energetic, sensible business men, who will be well able to manage the large business in- terests which will some day fall upon them. Of the daughters, one is married to a wholesale mer- chant, and is the happy mother of three children. The other was the happy and useful wife of a prominent Methodist minister until he was called away. Among the treasures of this family are six grandsons, all under five years of age. To only those who have the privilege of knowing Mrs. Walker in her private and social PROAIIXEXT AlEX OF THE GREAT WEST 153 relations, can tliere come a full knowledge of her innate charm. She is a lad}- of rare culture and has that graceful tact which wins the es- teem (jf all who know her. She characteristically gives Mr. Walker the credit fur many of her fine qualities,' claiming that by long association with him she has imbibed some of his industry, enthusiasm and generosity. She has kept pace with her husband and is well fitted to stand by his side. For twenty-five years past she has led a very busy life outside the home in hospital, re- format(ir_\-, temperance and literary work, as well as in private charities. She has held for years the presidency of two important institutions, both of which ha\e been largely built up and sustained through her instrumentalit\-. HUBERT DANIEL WYLLIE CHICAGO, ILL. In reviewing the life of Hubert D. \\')llie we tiiul that his is a well-rounded, symmetrical char- acter. He used the advantages given him in his youth in the best way, and utilized the ditificulties he encountered. He to-da\- is regarded one of the most progressive sanitary engi- neers in the west, Hubert D. W'yllie was born at Tideford, in Cornwall, Eng- ^^ land, January 20, 1854, and is a ^^^ y son of Thomas and Sarah (New- X* '**' ^ combe) Wyllie. His education tf^^^^^^^^PP^ was acquired at Hele's School, *^y'" Exeter. England. From 1867 to 1869 he was clerk in the freight department of the Bristol & Exeter Railway at Exeter, and from 1869 to 1871 studied with John M. IMartin, sanitary engineer, at Exeter, Eng- land. Frcim 1871 to 1875 'is served in the En- glish Cavalry — Fourteenth Hussars. During this four years' service he had charge of the regi- mental commissary department of the Fourteenth Hussars fnr two years, was cavalry brigade clerk at Aklershot one year, and during the latter period was instructor in reconnaissance and road surveying, and also illustrated the English Cav- alry Drill Regulations, published in 1876, being attached to a cummission consisting of General 10 Sir Hope Grant, General Sir Thomas Steele, Col. Valentine Baker, the Duke of Connaught and Major Hozier. From May, 1875, to No- vember, 1878, he was practicing with John M. Martin, sanitary engineer. Late in the year of 1878 he came to the United States, to Chicago, and from 1879 to 1899 was with the Chicago, Burlington & Ouincy Railroad Company. Dur- ing this time he had charge of the general man- ager's office under Henry B. Stone, E. P. Ripley, George B. Harris, W. F. Merrill and W. C. Brown. For some years past he has kept in close touch with the investigations and experiments of Donald Cameron, the inventor of the septic tank system of sewage treatment, and from 1899 to 1 90 1 he served as general agent in the United States and Canada for the Septic Tank Syndi- cate, of E.xeter, England, and installed systems at Vancouver, B. C, and Sackville, X. B. He also served as administrator for the estate of Robert J. AlcClure. On August i, 1901, he was elected secretary and general manager of the Cameron Septic Tank Company, whicli has accpiired the Camenm patents in the United States, covering the septic tank process, a system destined to revo- lutionize the present methods of sewage purifi- cation throughout the country. In religious matters !Mr. W'yllie is an Episco- 154 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST palian, and ixilitically is indq>endent, reserving George Kendall, of Little Haccombe, Exeter, the right to vote for "men and measures." England, 'i'hey are the parents of seven chil- Mr. Wyllie was united in marriage November dren, three daugliters and four sons, all of whom i8, 1876, to Miss Margerv Kendall, daughter of are li\ing. CHARLES FREDERICK GUNTHER CHICAGO, ILL. Among tlie representative men of Chicago, whose positions are due solely to their own ef- forts and who stand to-day as true l>enefactors to the city, and the best example to young' men of what enterprise, i)luck and perseverance will do for the enthusiastic and detemiined boy who desires to make a lasting record for himself, none deserves more hon(»ral)le mention than Mr. Charles Frederick ( iunther. His recent great and valuable gift to the city has again called uj) the imjxirtant events in his life, which by being cited to our readers (especially the yoimg men) may l>e of inestimalile value as a foundation upon which they may build their life's record. Mr. Gunther, as is generally well known, is a leading manufacturer and dealer of confec- tions, and his store on State street lias for years 1>een the one point where all "lovers of the best" have purchased their sweetmeats. It is through him that the worUl enjoys the luxurious caramels, which he first introduced and which have grown so famous as to find a ready market, not only throughout the United States, but also into Eu- rope and other countries. Mr. Gunther is a gen- tleman of vast experience; he has had a liberal education, lias traveled much, visiting every country and clime of any interest or importance from the "land of the mid-night sun" to the Holy Land and Babylon, collecting as he went such treasures and curios as pleased him anil which were of importance, that at last he was quoted as having the greatest collection of these relics in America. It was through him that Chi- cago so long enjoyed the famous Libby Prison War Museum. His relics of war collected there were larger and more rare and precious than anv other collection in the world. It is this vast and important collection that he has now donated to the city, and this municipality will, in time, construct a most fitting building in Garfield Park, where the ])ublic can appreciate and be benefited through the resources of this one man. But Mr. Gunther has not always been in a position to thus gratify his love of travel and the collection of rare curios, and a brief sketch of his life will be interesting as well as instructive. Charles F. Gunther was born in the cele- brated "Black Forest" district of Wurtemberg, South Germany, on March 6, 1837. When but a lad of five years his parents came to America, settling in Pennsylvania, where young Charles acquired his elementarj' education Ijy attending private schools. His great love of adventure and travel, as well as brusque independence and pluck, early charcterized itself in him, as he amply proved by making daily journeys over the mountains, carrying the United States mail to the nearest post, twenty miles and return. His remuneration was twenty-five cents per diem. In 1850, however, the family and he moved to Peru, Illinois, where he completed his education and entered upon his business career in a general store at a salary of two dollars and fifty cents per month and his board. This was too slow a ^/ ^f'^y^4. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 157 process, however, for young Guntlier and he soon gave it up tO' accept a position in a drug store. As a drug clerk he became \ery proficient and also learned the rudiments of medical science. Later on he entered the postoffice and soon be- came its manager. From this lie entered the em- ploy of A. Cruikshank, who represented the famous banking house of George Smith & Com- pany of Chicago' ( the death of George Smith in London recently caused much comment, owing to his vast fortune of fifty-six million dollars mostly made in this city). Mr. Gunther was connected with this bank for more than three years when he v.as made its cashier. Later, be- ing interested in tlie ice business, of whicli great quantities were packed and shipped intO' the south, he gave up the banking business and through his intimate connections at Peru he felt his oppor- tunity lay in going south in this business. He just got there, and nicely established, with BdIi- len, Wilson & Company at Meaiiphis, when the war of the Rebellion opened and biisiness was paralyzed. Nothing daunted, ho'wever, and feel- ing the conflict would not be long, he remained south through the entire siege; when he did final- ly got up north again (when, being captured in a battle in upper Arkansas, he was enabled to return home from there to Chicago) he became a traveling salesman for C. W. Sanford. This was his first entree into the confectionery line and here really began his profitable business ca- reer. It is a good and true saying, "first find what you are best adapted to, then work and persevere." Fie l^ecame so valuable as a sales- man od' confections that he not onlv traversed this country, but went to Europe as well. It was at this early date, and with his mind full of busi- ness also, that he liegan to gratify his desires for rare and precious relics; he familiarized himself with European languages and customs, which proved very beneficial and gratifying to him in his travels abroad, or when a foreigner happens into his place of business here. It was not until 1868 that Mr. Gunther o^pencd a confectionery store of his own, being the first of its kind es- tablished in Chicago. It is needless to say he prospered, and it was at this time he invented the delicious "caramel." But the great fire swept away all his stock and his resources as well, and he was again obliged to begin at the foot of the ladder. This he did by immediately re-opening l.)usiness in a small way and to-day he stands as one of the leading and representative, self- made men of the age, a true example of inde- pendence, pluck and enterprise. Among his rare collection which he has given the city are mementoes O'f nearly every American battle-field. He possesses the rarest and finest collection of Bibles in the world and other rare books, manuscripts of some of our greatest poets, philosophers and musicians. In fact, tO' mention all, will take for more time and space than we have at our command. Suttee it to say that w hen the great collection is once in place in Gar- field Park, every one who can possibly get there should not fail to make themselves acquainted with this grand collection. It really is an inter- national exposition in itself and one that Chicago is intensely proud of and appreciates. In this way Mr. Gunther has truly built for himself not only a lasting name in the business world of the western metropolis, but has thus placed a living monument in the finer tastes, which so many of our business rnen entirely lose sight of in their rusli for wealth. Mr. (iunther was married to Miss Jennie Burnell of Lima, Indiana, in 1869. His two sons art connected in his business. Mr. and Mrs. Gunther are memljers of the Episcopal church. INlr. (iunther is a thirty-third-degree Mason, a Knight Tanplar, a memlier of L^nion League arid Iroquois Clubs and of the Commercial Asso- ciation. Is a trustee of the Historical Society and the Chicago Academy of Sciences. An art Institute governing member. mem1:)er of the Caxton Club, president of the Coliseum Com- 158 PROMIXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST pany, served four }-ears in tiie City Cnuncil as a reform alderman, etc. Air. Gunther is a Democrat in politics, and was recently nominated by his party, elected, and is now ser\'ing- his term as treasurer of the city of Chicago. He has literary and artistic tastes, liaving a very fine library and historic paintings. He has the only autographs of Shakespeare and a letter of MoHer, in the world in private hands. Has the only copy of the first book printed on the American Continents, viz.: 1535. He has also the best collection of Washington and Lin- coln relics in the United States, as well as his- toric manuscripts and original songs and poems of the famous authors of Europe and America. Also the founders, political and otherwise, of the United States from the settlement at Plymouth to the twentieth centurv. EDWIN M. ASHCRAFT CHICAGO, ILL. Edwin i\I. Ashcraft. one of the representative legists of Chicago, has gained an eminent posi- tion at the bar; his reputation extends far be- yond the city, as he is well and faborably known all over the state of Illinois. Wr. Ashcraft was born on a farm near Clarks- burg. Harrison county. \"irginia. August 27, 1848. and is the eldest son of a family of four ch.ildren. His father was James M. Ashcraft and his mother. Mrs. Clarissa (Swiger) Ash- craft. He is a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon race. The Ashcraft family was early founded m A^irginia and the homestead was near the seat of war of the Rebellion, in which several mem- bers of the famih- fnugln in defense of the Union cause. Mr. Ashcraft was educated in the com- mon schools of his native state, in the State Normal University at Normal. Illinois. Shortly after the hostilities between the north and south had been concluded in 1865 he came to southern Illinois. He was penniless at the time and stopped at Ramsey, a small town on the Illinois Central Railroad, where he began hauling tics and working with the road as a section hand. A year later he began teaching a country school. which he continued until 1869. and when not con- fined to the duties in his school-room he gave his time to tlie masterv of the principles of juris- prudence. In 1S71 he entered the law oftice of Henrv & Fouke, at \'andalia, where he read law, and remained until January, 1873, when he passed an examination before the supreme court at Springfield and was admitted to the l)ar of Illi- nois. He began practice at Vandalia and at once attracted so much attention in legal circles that he was elected prosecuting attorney of Fayette county the same year, filling the office until 1876. In this year he was nominated bv the Republican party for congress, and although unsuccessful in the election such was his popularity that he re- duced the former Democratic majority of his dis- trict from fi\'e thousand to fourteen hundred. His successful opponent was W. A. J. Sparks, who later served as land commissioner under President Cleveland's administration. Mr. Ashcraft has always been a close and careful student, and the business entrusted to his care has always claimed his undivided attention, his devotion to his clients' interests being proverb- ial. This, combined with his capability in the ])resentation of a case to judge and jury soon won him success, and he rajiidly secured a large clientage at the bar of Vandalia. where he prac- ticed for fourteen years. He met in forensic con- test in southern Illinois such eminent jurists as &Af/Uf^,,.^y^- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST i6i John Scofield, of Marshall, later chief justice; Anthony Thornton, of Shelbyville, for several years a member of the supreme bench ; Jesse J. Phillips, of Hillsboro, who was also chief jus- tice; John M. Palmer, oi Springfield; S. M. Moulton, of Shelby; and B. W. Henry, of Fay- ette, now recognized as pioneers of Illinois law, and to- his contests with these men he attributes much of his success as a trial lawyer. In 1887 Mr. Ashcraft became a member of the Chicago bar and formed a partnership with Thcjmas and Josiah Cratty, under the firm name of Cratty Brothers & Ashcraft, this connection continuing" until June i, 1891, when he became a member of the firm of Ashcraft & Gordon, composed of Mr. Ashcraft and Mr. Newton F. Gordon, which con- tiiuied until the death of Air. Gordon in October, 1900, and was then succeeded by the firm of Ash- craft & Ashcraft, the present firm, composed of Mr. Ashcraft and his two sons, Raymond yi. and Edwin AI., Jr. Their ofiices, which are spacious and among the best equipped in Chicago, are in the First National Bank building. His practice is very extensive, most of it being devoted to cor- poration and commercial law. He contributes largely to the reputation for the thoroughness, ability and integrity which so signally characterize the discharge of its professional obligations and have made it one of the solid, reliable law firms of the city. Mr. Ashcraft is a persevering and industrious worker, never relaxing his energy un- til his case has been completed. He is distinct- ively a trial lawyer, and from the time of his ar- rival in Chicago' he has been eminently success- ful, having all the business he can attend to. while his reputation is such that he is in a position to select his cases. He is one of those shrewd and kindly lawyers who' know at first glance the practical and common-sense side of cases coming under his notice. In 1875 ]\Ir. Ashcraft was married to Miss Florence R., daughter of Risdon IVloore, of Belle- ville, Illinois, and they have four children : Ray- mond M., Edwin M., Florence V. and Alan E. Mr. Ashcraft is a member of the Union League and Hamilton Clubs, a prominent Mason and has always been a Republican in politics. He attributes much of his success as a lawyer to the elementary principles of the law learned while teaching school. HON. GEORGE W. PRINCE, M. C. G.\LESBURG, ILL. Hon. George W. Prince, member of congress, lawyer and diplomat, is a man of great breadth of thought. He has been in public life since a year after he was admitted to the bar. and has been four times elected to congress as a member of the house. Merit alone wins such distinction, and such a record needs not the complimentary comment of the historian, it speaks for itself. In the important official positions he has been called upon to fill lie has given the greatest satisfaction to the public and press of his state and party. No present office holder or coming representative of 10* tlie people stands higher in the general esteem of his district. George \V. Prince was born in Tazewell county. Illinois, IMarch 4, 1854, and is the son of Almyron Prince, a native of Vermont, and Bar- bara V. (Fast) Prince, of Ohio. He attended the public schools and graduated from Knox Col- lege, Galesburg, in 1878, teaching school to ob- tain the means to complete his education. After graduation he taught school and read law at the same time, being admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1880. He was connected with some of the 1 62 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST leading criminal and ci\-il cases tried in the county where he practiced. He was a private in the Sixth Illinois National Guards, from which he holds an honorable discharge. He was elected city at- tornc}- for Galesburg in 1880, and was twice elected member of the Illinois house of repre- sentatives, in 1888 and 1890. He was candi- date oil the Republican ticket for attorney gen- eral in 1892, and was elected to the fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh congresses of the United States as a' member of the house. He gives the Republican' party an active, un- wavering and earnest support, has accomplished much for his district, and contributed both monev and time toward the public interests of his home city. ]\Ir. Prince is a member of the Phi Delta Theta, Greek letter society; a member of the I. O. O. F., of the ^lodern \\'oodmen of America and a Knight Templar, and is a member of the Cen- tra! Congregational church of Galesburg. Mr. Prince was married April 20, 1882, to ]\Iiss Lillie C. Ferris, of Galesburg, daughter of Henrv and Elizabeth Ferris, who were the first couple married in the colony which founded Galesburg. They have four sons, Frederick A., Geoi-ge W., Henry F. and Irving H., all living, and one infant son, James, dead. •^ LOUIS M. STUMER CHICAGO, ILL. Louis M. Stumer, senior member of the firm Stumer, Rosenthal & Ekstein, the largest milli- nery establishment in Chicago, and president of the largest millinery house in the world, Strauss c^- Stumer Mercantile Company, of St. Louis, Missouri, is a young man of great N Imsiness ability. Unremitting i zeal in pushing his business in- ^=^^ terests has placed him, at the age 4 )f thirty-three years, among the * leading merchants of the west. Louis M. Stumer was born at Baltimore, Marj'land, April 24, 1869, and is a son of Michael and Jennie (Kellner) Stumer. His parents moved to Chicago when lit was a child of but one year of age. His edu- cation was had at the Chicago public schools and at Notre Dame College of Indiana, which latter institution he left in 1884 and entered the law office of Rosenthal & Pence, of Chicago, where he remained for a time. Later he took a course in a business college, and at the age of eighteen we find him managing the store of his father on ^^'est Madison street. In 1889 he started in the millinery business and rented the department at the Bee Hive, which business he tripled the first year. In 1890, when but twenty-one years of age, he organized the firm of Stumer, Rosenthal & Ekstein, adding the building known as the "Emporium," which firm and business still con- tinues with a large and constantly increasing trade. The firm owns and operates several large interests on State street, one being the Millinery World, a large wholesale and retail millinery store located at No. 233 State street. Mr. Stumer is one of the owners of the American Restaurant, the North American Restaurants, the Public Drug Company, all of Chicago, and in 1899 became president of the larg^est millinery house in the world, organized as Strauss & Stumer Mercantile Company of St. Louis. The firm of Stumer, Rosenthal & Ekstein recently leased of the Chicago board of education grounds and building on the southwest corner of State and ^Monroe streets for ninety-nine years at an annual rental of fifty-six thousand dollars per year. They have remodeled the building, at PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 163 a cost of one hundred thousand dollars, and it is now all rented. Mr. Stumer is never happy unless busy. Dur- ing the Peace Jubilee he was the chairman of the committee on decorations. He is a member of the Standard and Lakeside Clubs, Director Chi- cago Home for Jewish Orphans, and has always been very active in Jewish charities, was a direc- tor in Young Men's Hebrew Charity Association and has traveled extensively. He is a member of Sinai congregation. Politically he is a Republi- can, and takes an active interest in politics. 'Slv. Stumer was united in marriage Decem- ber 14, 1899, to Blanche R., daughter of Morris Grieshiemer, of Chicago. They have one child, a daughter, Lois Margaret, born July 4, 1901. HON. CHARLES HENRY DIETRICH HASTINGS, NEB. Charles Henry Dietrich, the brilliant young- senator, ex-governor and statesman of Nebraska, has, in a few short years, won distinguished hon- ors in the affairs of state. He was elected gov- ernor of Nebraska in 1900, and elected United States senator March 28, 1901, to fill out the un- expired temi of the late Senator Hayward, suc- ceeding W. V. Allen, appointed by Governor Poynter. Air. Dietrich resigned the governor- ship May I, 1 90 1, and took his seat in the United States senate December 2, 1901. He is very popular in Nebraska, and has always been fore- most in all public enterprises looking toward the growth and prosperity of his home city and state, and has always been an enthusiastic Rq>ublican, giving his party an earnest and unwavering sup- port. C. H. Dietrich was born at Aurora, Illinois, in 1853. His paraits, Leonhard Dietrich and Wilhelmina Caroline Dietrich, were born at Darmstadt, Germany. In 1848, on account of his radical espousal of the cause of the patriots, Leonard Dietrich was obliged to flee from his native land. The family first settled in St. Louis, but afterward removed to Aurora, Illinois. Charles H. Dietrich attended the public schools of his native city, and at the age of nine first began to contribute to his own support. At twelve he worked out among the fanners near Aurora, and at sixteen remo\'ed to St. Joe, Mis- souri, and obtained a position with the Wyeth Hardware Company. In 1871 he went to Chi- cago and engaged in the same business until 1873, when he started for Arkansas to engage in busi' ness for himself. While traveling through that state he was set upon by highwaymen and robbed of all he possessed and left in a nearly dying con- dition, but nothing daunted, he went to work again to regain what he had lost. In 1877 ]\Ir. Dietrich, in company with others, located the famous Aurora mine, in the Black Hills, and in 1878 sold his share to Brown & Thumb, bankers, of Deadwood, Roscoe Conklin and T. C. Piatt, of New York, and Senator Si>en- cer, of Alabama, for a good round sum, which gave him his start in life. In September, 1878, he engaged in the mercantile business in Hast- ings, Nebraska, where he has since resided. He has been closely identified with the progress and development of Hastings, giving unsparingly both O'f time and money to all enterprises for the benefit of his town, and to church and charitable organizations. He was instrumental in organiz- ing the German National Bank of that city, of wliich he is \v>w president. He is a member of several societies, a Shriner, a thirty-second de- gree Scottish Rite, an Elk, a Woodman of the World, a Maccabee and Highlander. He has 164 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST traveled all over Europe, including Russia, and IMiss Elizabeth Slaker, of Aurora, Illinois, and also in China. Japan. Philippines. Sandwich who died in 1887. leaving- one child. JMiss Ger- Islands and Mexico. trude E. Dietrich, now attending Bryn ]\Iawr ]\Ir. Dietrich was married in May. 1878, to College. ROBERT W. HUNT CHICAGO, ILL. A man in whom is placed implicit confidence and whose work has been, to a large degree, in that department which demands of its representa- tives the utmost reliability and most unswen-ing fidelity to the interests entrusted to his care, is Robert \\". Hunt, senior member of the engineer- ing and inspection lirm of Robert W. Hunt & Company, who have their general offices in the '"Rookery" at Chicago, Illinois, with branches in New York City and Pittsburg. The firm was established in 1888 and is composed of Robert W. Hunt, John J. Cone. A. W. Fiero. James C. Hallsted and D. \V. McNaugher. Their principal business is the inspection of ' railroad and structure material, such as bridges, rails, splice bars, bolts, nuts, spikes, locomotives and cars. They also have a special department for the testing of the efficiency of engines and boilers. In this connection they have been em- ployed by the city of Chicago^ to supervise the ■constructiiin and erection of the engines pur- chased by the city in the last three years, and in addition, have represented the city in the final duty tests on which the engines were accepted. They also represented the city of St. Paul in the same capacity and the city of Buffalo. Tlie investigation and reporting upon manu- facturing establishments has l:)ecome a very im- portant branch. Some of the largest industrial concerns in the United States have been reported upon by them, and upon such reports the reor- ganization and the placement of bonds have been made. In connection with the growing export trade of the United States in both metals and ma- chiner\-, the firm has been employed by foreign purchasers to supervise the execution of their contracts. This covers not only railroad ma- terial but pumping engines, cars and bridges. Air. Hunt was identified with the manufacturing of Bessemer steel in America from its earliest introduction, and had charge of the first Bessemer steel plant operated in America, located at Wy- andotte, Alichigan, and afterward the steel de- partment of the Cambria Iron Company at Johns- town, Pennsylvania, and the Troy Steel and Iron Company at Troy, New York. In fact, the earli- est steel rails manufactured in this country on a commercial basis were under !Mr. Hunt's direc- tion and it was based upon his long experience as a manufacturer that the firm of Robert W. Hiuit & Company was established. The other members are all educated engineers and men who have had long- practical experience. .\s necessary to their business, the firm has thoroughly equipped chemical and physical laboratories in which the assaying of ores and the analysis of metals, oils, paints, etc., as well as the physical testing of materials, are conducted. Their reputation is so well known that they have, as patrons, nearly all the most prominent railway systems in the country, and fully seventy-five per cent, of the rails manufactured in America being subiect to their inspection. Mr. Hunt is past-president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the American So- cietv of Mechanical Engineers and the Western K>^jVi.>vJr" CW . Koa^^laJw PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 167 Society of Engineers, and is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and acted as secretary of the committee of that society which designed and recommended the rail sec- tions which are now recognized as the standard ones by the majority of the railroads of the United States. He is also a member of the Iron and Steel Institute of London, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Mechani- cal Engineers. Mr. Hunt's specifications for the manufacture of steel rails are recognized as standard ones, and his papers contributed to the several scientific societies tO' which he belongs have had a very large influence upijn the development of the steel industry of America. In fact, he is recognized as an authority on the subject both in this coun- try and in Europe. Mr. Hunt \\as born at Tallsington, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 1S3S, and is a son of Dr. Robert A. Hunt and Maettia L. Hunt. Mr. Hunt was married in 1866 to Miss Eleanor Clark, of Ecorie. Michigan. He is a member of the Chi- cago Union Technical Club, of Chicago; the Ducjuesne, of Pittsljurg; and the Engineers, of New York. He also' belongs toi the Glen View, Chicago ; St. Andrews and Essex County Golf Clubs. Mr. Hunt is a man of action; his entire life has been devoted to his profession, in which he lias attained great success. HON. CHARLES BEARY LANDIS DELPHI, IND. Hon. Charles B. Landis. member of congress from the nintli district of the state of Indiana, is a son of Abraham H. and Marx- K. ( Kumler) Landis, and was born at Milville, Butler county, Ohio', July 9, 1858. His education was obtained at the Logansport (Indiana) high school and at the Wabash College at Crawfords\-ilie, Indiana. He served four years, from 1883 to 1887, as editor of the Logansport (Indiana) Journal, and at the time of his first nomination to congress vas the editor of the Delphi (Indiana) Journal. In 1894 he was elected president of the Indi- ana Republican Editorial Association, and was re-elected in 1895 ; was elected to the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-seventh. Mr. Landis is a Mason, Knight of Pythias and an Elk. In religious matters a Protestant, and politically a Republican and a leader in the party ranks of his state. Mr. Landis was mar- ried in 1887 to Miss Cora B. Chaffin. They have two children, John and Jilai^y Landis. HON. HENRY BILLINGS BROWN WASHINGTON, D. C. Hon. Henry B. Brown, for ele\'en years asso- or through the great west, with a previously ciate justice of the highest tribunal in this coun- established record as one of the most brilliant try. and one of the highest in the world, the lawyers of the bar in the state of Michigan, supreme court of the United States, was consid- Henry B. Brown was Imrn at South Lee, Massa- cred when appointed to the supreme bench, in clinsetts, March 2, 1836, and is a son of Billings 1890, one of the most eminent judges in the state and Mary (Tyler) Brown. 1 68 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Judge Brown was graduated from Yale in 1856, studied law for some time in a private office, attended lectures both at Yale and Harvard Law Schools, and was admitted to the bar, going to Detroit in i860, when he began the practice of law. In the spring of 1861, upon the election of Mr. Lincoln as president of the United States, was appointed deputy marshal of the United States, and subsequently assistant United States attorney for the eastern district of Michigan, a po- sition he held until 1868, when he was appointed judge of the state circuit court of ^^'ayne county, to till a vacancy; served for a few months, then returned to acti\e practice, in partnership with John S. Newberi-y and Ashley Pond, of Detroit, which continued until 1875, when he was ap- pointed by President Grant district judge for the eastern district of Michigan, to succeed the Hon. John W. Longyear. December 2t,. 1S90, he was appointed associ- ate justice of the supreme court, to succeed Jus- tice Samuel F. Miller; was unanimously con- firmed December 29, and took the oath of office January 5, 189 i. Judge Brown received the degree of LL. D. from the I'niversity of Michigan in 1887, and from Yale University in 1891. The Judge is a widel\'-tra\-eled gentleman, having visited most all p( ints in the United States, and often spend- ing his summers in Europe. Judge Brown was married July 13, 1864, to Miss Caroline Pitts, daughter of Samuel Pitts, of Detroit, Michigan. Tliey have no children. Mrs. Brown died July 11, 1901. COL. GEORGE W. DIXON CHICAGO, ILL. Col. George W. Dixon, of Chicago, Illinois, was born in that city, attended the common schools and in 1885 graduated from the West Division high school and then euitered the Northwestern University, from which institution he graduated in 1889. ]\Ir. Dixon then entered the law department of the same institution and com- pleted the course with the class of 1892, being elected president of the graduating class. ]\Ir. Dixon is a man of fine business quali- fications, sound judgment and a high sense of business honor, and in the business world of Chicago he stands very high. He has the happv faculty of making stanch friends of all those with whom he comes in contact. Mr. Dixon is secretary and treasurer of the Arthur Dixon Transfer Company, 299 Fifth a\enue, Chicago. In politics Mr. Dixon is a Republican. He identified himself with that great party in his earlv manhood and is a thorough believer in the principles of his party and its policies of govern- ment and has a great admiration for its history. Mr. DixDU is aid-de-camp to the governor, with rank as colonel, and was appointed to that position by Governor Yates January 28, 1901. May 20, 1902, Colonel Dixon was nominated for the state senate by the Republican convention of the first senatorial district of Chicago. He is a mem- Ijer of the Union League Club, the Hamilton Club, the University Club, the Chicago Athletic Association and the Calumet Club. He was sec- retary of the Hamilton Club in 1894 and 1895 and chairman of the committee on political action in 1898 and 1899. Colonel Dixon is also a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the Garden City Lodge, No. 141, and is also a Roval Arch Mason, belonging to Wasliington PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 169 Chapter, No. 43. He has been initiated into the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, Oriental Consistory and is a Sir Knight and Apollo coiTimander. i\lr. Dixon is a memljer of the Methodist Episcopal church, is an active church worker, and was superintendent of the Sunday-school of his church. He was elected secretary of the Chicago Methodist Social Union in 1897, which position he held until 1900, when he was chosen president. Mr. Dixon belongs to one of the old and prominent families of this city, his father, Arthur Dixon, being one of the most influential and re- spected citizens of Chicago. HON. ALFRED METCALF JACKSON WINFIELD, KANS. Hon. Alfred ]\I. Jackson, member of congress from the third district, state of Kansas, judge and lawyer, is a son of Dr. Alfred M. Jackson, a na- ti\'e of Kentucky and a noted physician, and a member of the Kentucky constitutional conven- tion in 1849. He died in 1865. The mother was Martha (Sophia) Jackson. Alfred M. Jackson's education was finished at the West Kentucky College. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1880. He left Kentucky in 1881, locating at Howaid, Elk county, Kansas, and engaged in the practice of law; was elected county attorney in 1890, and in 1892 was elected judge of the thirteenth judi- cial district of Kansas, where he served one term and then moved to ^^^infield and engaged in the practice of law. Judge Jackson was elected a member of the fifty-seventh congress in 1900, from the third district of Kansas. He is a thirty- second-degree Mason, a Knight Templar and an Elk. He is a strong Democrat, an able lawyer and a leader in his state. Judge Jackson was married July 19, 1898, to Miss Lydia Robie, of Bath, New York, daughter of Jonathan Rijliie. Her grandfather was a member of congress and her father was promi- nent in politics in Bath, New York, and inter- ested in many enterprises in that city. HON. ROBERT WALTER MIERS BLOOMINGTON, IND. Roliert Walter Miers, member of congress from the second district of Indiana, lawyer and judge, was born in Decatur county, Indiana, Jan- uary 27, 1848, and is the son of Thomas S. and Mahala ]\Iiers. He is a graduate of both the literary and the law departments of Indiana University, and commenced the practice of his profession at Bloomington, Indiana, immediately after graduating in 1872, and has lived tliere continuousl)- since. In 1875 'le was elected prose- cuting attorney of the tenth judicial circuit, and re-elected in 1877. He was elected to the house of representatives of the Indiana legislature in 1879, and was a trustee of the Indiana University from 1881 to 1893. He was twice nominated for secretary of state by the Democrats but defeated both times with the rest of the ticket. Mr. Miers was appointed judge of the tenth judicial circuit in 1883 to fill an unexpired term, and elected to the same office in 1890 and served as judge until September, 1896, when he resigned and accepted tlic nomination of the Democratic congressional 170 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST convention, and was elected to the tifty-tifth and fifty-sixth congresses and re-elected to the fifty- se\enth congress. Robert W. Miers is a Democrat in politics, a memljer of the Preshvterian church, and a member of the Order of Elks since 1901. Air. Aliers was married May 9, 1871, to Aliss Belle R. Ryors, daughter of Dr. Alfred Ryors, ex- president of Indiana Uni\-ersity and Center Col- lege, at Danville, Kentucky. THOMAS S. HOGAN CHICAGO, ILL. With a mind as vigorous as his body is robust, of pleasing address, liberal scholarship, combined with a natural ability of high order, probably no member of the Chicago bar is more favorably known and has more personal friends than the subject of this sketch. Thomas S. Hogan is justly proud of being a native Chicagoan. His father, Al. W. Hogan, was one of the prominent lawyers in the early history oi this city, having been admitted to the Illinois bar in 1855, and afterward removing to Missouri, where he served three successive terms as state's attorney for the county of St. Louis. The early education of young Hogan was re- ceived at the Christian Brothers Academy and the St. Louis University, completing the course with high honors; after which he graduated from the Law Department of the \\"'ashington Uni- versity, from which institutiim he recei\'ed the degree of LL. B. During his attendance and after his gradu- ation from the above mentioned university Air. Hogan read law in the office of his father, ex- Governor Thomas C. Reynolds and Hon. Irwin Z. Smith, who were among the most prominent lawyers of the west. With a scholastic training and well equipped, theoretically and practically, in the law. Air. Hogan's foundation of legal knowledge was thorough and in after life has served him most advantageously. In 1886 he returned to Chicago, where he has resided since, actively engaged in the arduous work of his profession. By his untiring energy and constant zeal Air. Hogan has fully merited the high esteem in which he is held and recog- nized as a lawyer throughout the country. He has been identified with many intricate cases, notably the Bowman divorce case, the case of Jesse Holdom, Concervator of Paul Holtz, vs. The Ancient Order of United ^\'oodmen. The case of Plate Renters Publishing Company of New York vs. Charles Frohman and James AI. Barrie, concerning the copyright of the well- kn(iwn play, "The Little Alinistcr," imxilving an amount of more than one million and a half of dollars and which attracted the attention of the entire theatrical world. After many days ex- pounding the law fully upon the subject he achie\ed a great legal victory for his clients. Air. Charles Frohman, the great theatrical manager, and Air. James AI. Barrie, the well-kn^wn Eng- lish playwright. Air. Hogan is a man of highly cultivated lit- erary tastes, and possesses a library containing the classics of the English language. Courteous and genial in manner, and having traveled ex- ten.sively, an entertaining conversationalist, he is replete with reminiscences of the many historic places and distinguished people he has come in contact with, and as a consequence is much sought after where intellect and learning are the passports. As a public reader Air. Hogan enjoys dis- tinction, having a clear, musical, well-modulated PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 173 voice. While but a young man he was unani- mously elected to the position of reading clerk of the thirty-third general assembly of Missouri. Being possessed of commanding presence and im- pressiv'e appearance, he is a conspicuous tigure in any assemblage. As a jury orator he is known universally, and has been signally successful in securing very large verdicts for his clients. Among the prominent clubs of Chicago we find the name of Thomas S. Hogan, he being an influential member of the Chicago Athletic Asso- ciation, the Chicago Lodge of Elks, the Columbus Club, the Illinois C)xling Club and the Illinois State Bar Association, and is associated with several of the leading clubs in New York, Lon- don and Paris. Since ]\Ir. Hogan"s voluntary retirement from the firm which he so largely contributed to l:)uild up, his Inisiness has increased perceptibly, and to-day he represents some of the largest financial interests in Chicago for attorneys in the east and abroad. Very recently he has been re- tained by a client who resides in Calcutta, India, to look after a large estate located in the far west. Mr. Hogan's practice is not confined to ;iny one class of litigation, but is, properly termed, an "all around lawyer," being, as he is, perfectly familiar with all branches of the law. Mr. Hogan's future is guaranteed, possess- ing, as he does, those elements that, where rightly directed in the proper channel, compel laudable achievement. HON. JOEL P. HEATWOLE NORTHFIELD, MINN. Joel Prescott Heatwole was born August 22, 1856, at Waterford, Elkhart county, Indiana. His father, Henry Heatwole, was a physician, born in Rockingham county, Virginia. His mother, Barbara Culp (Kolb), a native of Ohio, and of German descent. Original stock, both an- cestors, German. Learned printing trade, conducted a paper and taught school before twenty years old. Moved tO' Minnesota in 1882, settled at Glencoe and edited the Glencoe Enterprise: did newspajier work in Duluth summer and fall of 1883 : in the winter of t 883-4 again erlited Glencoe Enter- prise; and in March, 1884, purcliased the North- field News, of which he is still proprietor. In 1886 was made member of ^Minnesota Re- publican state central committee, and was elected secretary and mem1>er of executive committee, which position was held until 1890, when he was elected chairman. Served six years as regent University of Minnesota. In 1888 was unani- mously elected delegate at large to the national Republican convention, Chicago. Elected mayor of home city, Northfield, in 1894, March. In the fall of 1894 elected tO' fifty-fourth congress; re- elected to the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth and fifty-sev- enth congresses, each time with increased ma- jorities. In the fifty-fourth congress was made mem- ber of the house committee on foreign afifairs. In fifty-fifth congress ser\'ed as member of com- mittee on foreign afifairs, committee on census and was made chairman of committee on ventila- tion and acoustics. Was also' one of the sub- committee of three, having charge of all resolu- tions pertaining to Cuba. Was one of the three managers on part of the house having in charge the famous resolution which led to the war with Spain. In fifty-sixth congress was retained as member of committee on foreign affairs and on the census committee; was made chairman of printing ci immittee ; also served on committee on «74 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Washington centennial, committee on examina- tion and disposition of documents : was chairman hoard of visitors to the United States Xaval Academy at Annapohs. Appointments for fifty- seventh congress : Foreign affairs ; select com- mittee on the census; printing, chairman; select committee on examination and disposition of documents. \\'as president Minnesota Editors and Pub- lishers Association for three successive terms. December 4, 1890, was married to Mrs. Ger- trude L. Archibald. CHARLES C. CARNAHAN CHICAGO, ILL. Charles C. Carnahan, senior member of the law firm of Carnahan. Slusser & Hawkes, is looked upon as one (if tlie progressive lawyers of the Cook county bar. Mr. Carnahan was born at Cochran's ^Nlills, in western Pennsylvania, April 3, 1868, and is a son of William II. and Maria L. (McKee) Car- nahan, now residing at Apollo, Pennsylvania. He springs from good old American stock, his maternal great-grandfather hav- ing received from the govern- ment a large tract of land in western Pennsylvania, upon which the village of Worthing- ton now stands, for services rendered the govern- ment during the Revolution. The family names of his grandparents are, resi>ecti\ely. Carnahan and Turck, INlcKee and Henry. Mr. Carnahan acquired his early education at the village schools, in the meantime during va- cations and after school hours clerking in his father's general store, and in harvest season he assisted in gathering the harvest on his father's farm, situated near the village. At the age of seventeen he taught school at Cochran's Mills for ten months. He received his collegiate education at Hills- dale College, Hillsdale. Michigan. In the spring of 1890 he passed the preliminary law exami- nation in Kittaiming, the county seat of his home countv. and was then registered as a law clerk and read law in the office of J. \\'. King, a promi- nent attorney there, until the fall of 1891, at which time he came to Chicago and entered the Chicago College of Law, a branch of Lake For- rest University, and was admitted tO' the bar by the supreme court of Illinois in 1892. He re- ceived the degree of LL. B. from Lake Forrest University in the spring of 1893. Immediately upon his admission to the bar he opened an office in the Chamber of Commerce Iniilding in Chicago, and January i, 1893, formed a partnership with James Heckman, under the firm name of Heclcman & Carnahan, which part- nership continued al>out four years, when it was dissolved, and the firm of Heath, Carnahan & Stoll was formed. This continued until the spring of 1899 being then dissolved on account of Mr. Heath moving east to act as counsel for a large corporation. The present firm of Carnahan, Slusser & Hawkes was then formed. r\Ir. Slusser is the present state's attorney for Dupage county. The firm enjoys a Lirge and constantly increasing practice, and has l>een of recent years connected with some of the largest litigations in Cook county. Mr. Carnahan is a member of the Chi- cago Bar Association and the Chicago Law Insti- tute, was until recently a member of the political action committee of the Lincoln Club of Chicago, and is identified with a number of societies. He is a thirtv-second degree Mason, being a member PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 175 of Oriental Consistory; a member of Medinah Temple of the Mystic Shrine; a member of the Knights of Pythias, the National Union, the college fraternity of Phi Delta Theta, and others. Mr. Carnahan was married in 1894 to Miss Katherine A. Hawkes, of Chicago, Illinois, and they resided for a time in the suburb of Down- er's Grove, in Dupage county, in which county, at the time of his remo\al tO' Chicago, Mr. Car- nahan was a member of the Republican county central committee. In 1900 he was Republican nominee for cungress in the fifth district. BENJAMIN C. HAWKES CHICAGO, ILL. Among the younger meml^ers of the Cook county bar is Benjamin C. Hawkes, junior mem- ber of the well-known firm of Carnahan. Slusser &• Hawkes, with offices at No. 100 Washington street. Chicago. Mr. Hawkes is a native of _ Chicago and was born in that ^^^ ^5\ '"'ty October 8. 1874, being a son ^^ ^^^ of Moses A. and Louise R. W *^ " (Starrett) Hawkes. He was ■tl, -'- educated in the Chicago^ public ^_ schools, North Division High J ^^ School and the Northwestern ^^P J^^^^^^ University Preparatory. Later ^B' M^^^^^^f '^^ entered the Chicago College of ^^ dSKpf^ll^^l^^^ Law, the Law Department of the Lake Forest University and graduated in 1895, being admitted to the liar in November. 1896. He has practiced e\er since, at first alone for tw(.> vears, and then turmed a partnership with Mr. C. C. Carnahan and M. Slusser. His si>ecialty is corporation law, and in the practice of which he has gained much promi- nence. He is president of the Standard Playing Card Compan)-. with factory at Chicago, and is interested financially in various other corpora- tions. Mr. Hawkes is a member of the A. F. & A. M., thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Oriental Consistory, Medina Temple Shrine, Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of For- esters and of various social clubs. Politically he is a Republican, and has supported the party from the time he cast his first ballot, ahvays working for its best interests. In religious matters he at- tends the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Hawkes was united in marriage, October 5, i8g8, to Miss Mary A. Belknap, daughter of Mr. Stephen W. Belknap, of Chicago. They have one son. two j-ears of age. HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRICK SOUTH BEND, IND. Hon. Abraham L. Brick, member of congress from the thirteenth district of the state of Indi- ana, lawyer, is a son of William and Mary (Cal- vert) Brick, and was burn in Warren township, St. Joseph county. Indiana, May 27, 185 1. His education was obtained at the country school, high school, Yale, Cornell and in the Law Depart- ment of the Michigan L^ni\-ersity. from which he graduated in 1883. Upon graduating he im- mediately began the practice of law, and has con- tinued it ever since. He is now a leading mem- ber of the bar of Indiana. Mr. Brick was prosecutor in 1885 and 1886, and was elected a member of the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh congresses. He was a member of the state central committee of the Republican 176 PRO.MIXENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST party for four }ears and a delegate to the St. and politically a Republican and a leader in the Louis Republican national convention held in ranks of the jxirty in his state. 1896. Air. Brick was married in 1885 to Miss Anna In religious matters he is an Episcopalian. .Meyers. They have one daughter. WILLIAM SIDNEY ELLIOTT, JR. CHICAGO, ILL. BY GENERAL GREEN B. RAL'M "William S. Elliott. Jr., is now in the full vigor of physical and intellectual manhood. As a lawyer he stands upon a level with the most able, successful and distinguished attorneys of the state. This position has not been reached by accident nor by a sudden and unexpected tlight. Eiitering the profession twent_\-t\vo years ago, earnest devotion to study, a rare aptitude for the profession and an extraordinary experience in practice before the courts ha\-e made him a mas- ter of the law. Nature has been kind to ]\Ir. Elliott; physically he is a iine specimen of human- ity; he possesses a constitution of iron; his facul- ties are always on the aleri ; quick perception, unfailing memory, unerring judgment and an in- domitable energy, with an extensive knowledge of human nature, have made his rise ti; his ])res- ent position natural and inevitable. Air. Elliott in the course of his practice has been engaged in more than seven thousand cases, he has con- ducted the defense in fort^-tixu trials for murder and has been employed on one side or the other of many of the most important and intricate cases ever decided in the courts of Illinois. Air. Elliott did not begin the study of law in his youth; after passing through the public and academical schools of Quincy, Illinois, he took employment in a banking house in that citv, where he mastered the business of banking, from sweeping out the office to the duties of bookkeeper, teller and as- sistant cashier. After devoting three years and a half to this Inisiness he came to Chicago, and en.tered the insurance business, but ele\-en years of active business life in Chicago failed tO' satisfy his ambitious nature. He sought a broader field for the development of his intellectual forces. "At thirty years of age, in 1879, Air. Elliott decided to enter upon the study of law ; he was fortunate in the friendship of two of the ablest lawyers at the Chicago bar, Luther Lailin Alills and Emery A. Storrs. Upon the advice and in- fluence of the one, he entered the office of the other, and set himself the task of becoming a lawyer. Air. Storrs soon recognized the fine busi- ness qualifications and the aptitude for the law of Air. Elliott. Upon his admission to the bar. Air. Storrs offered Air. Elliott a partnershii) in his law business, which Air. Storrs had conducted with such extraordinary ability as to gi\e him a national fame. These two men, unlike m almosi everything else except their agreement in poli- tics and their devotion to their profession, worked together harmoniously and successfully until their partnership was dissoh-eil Ijy the death of Air- Storrs. "Continuing the practice if law after the death of Air. Storrs, Air. Ellidt was appointed assistant state's attorney under Judge Longe- necker. He held this position for five years. During this period he disposed of nearly six thousand cases. He prosecuted and brought to justice many noted criminals, and became a terror to evil-doers in general. "Upon retiring from the office of assistant PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 179 state's attorney Mr. Elliutt resumed liis private practice, whicli lias grown to a large and lucrative one, and. as has been seen, he has been called to the defense of more men accused of high crimes than almost any lawyer in the state, and has been one of the most successful defenders. In the course o-f his practice Mr. Elliott has secured the respect and friendship of the judges before whom he has practiced and the good will of the lawyers with whom he has associated. "Mr. Elliott has not neglected his duties as a citizen. He has loeen identified with the Re- publican party from his early manhood. He has never held an elective office for himself, but has been an active worker for the success of the party. He is thoroughly familiar with the prin- ciples, policies and history of parties. He is an able and accomplished political speaker, and has talcen an active part in every campaign during the past twenty years. While a man of elocpience and pleasing address, he speaks not simply to amuse but to instruct. He is always subject to the call of the party org-anization, has delivered many speeches to w^ard, city, county, state and other clubs,, and is always in demand as a public speaker. [Mr. Elliott was a candidate fur the nomination for state's attorney of Cook county before the Republican convention in the fall of 1884, and in the Republican city convention' of March 15. 1885. he received no votes o-ut of .257 for the Repuljlican iinminalion for the office of city attorney. Hempstead Washburn secured the other 147, and the nomination. "A true estimate of a man's character cannot be formed by wdiat he does in connection with his profession or in politics, for these really are sub- ordinate to the home life and the social life. Mr. Elliott has a delightful social side to his char- acter; he was one of the early promoters of the Apollo Music Club of Chicago, and it owes its early success to his liberality and energy. He belongs to the blue lodge, chapter, council and ccmmandery of the IMasonic fraternity, is a mem- 11 her of the Royal League, the Royal Arcanum, the National I'nioii, the Ancient Order of Foresters, and is a nohle of the Mystic Shrine; he also be- longs to the Illinois, ^larquette, Hamilton, Lin- coln and Menoken Cluljs ; to the Art Institute, and is an associate member of Columbia Post, G. A. R. He is an acti\e menil>er of the First Congregational church of Chicago. Mr. Elliott has a delightful home, a fine li- brary and many beautiful works of art. His col- lection of portraits of distinguished men hanging ill his office suggests his lo\e of art. 'A\'illiam S. Elliott, Jr., was born May i, 1849, ''t Niles, Michigan. He traces his lineage in a direct descent from John Eliot, of Massa- chusetts, the great missionary to' the Indians, as follows: Joseph Eliot (.2), Jared Eliot (3), Aaron Eliot (4), Samuel Smithson Eliot (5), William Wortliington Elliott (6), William Sid- ney Elliott (7), William Sidney Elliott, Jr., (8). "William Sidney Elliott, the father, was born January 18, 1S13. in North Hampton, Montgom- ery county, New York. Six years later his par- ents moved to Balston Spa, Saratoga county, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Young Elliott attended school in the winter, worked on his father's farm in the summer, and in 1833 taught school in Rochester. At an early date Mr. Elliott espoused the anti-slavery cause and was a dele- gate to the first anti-slavery convention held in New York state, which met at Utica in 1835. The opposition to this assemblage was so great tliat the convention was dispersed. Garrett Smith, who was present at that meeting, ex- pressed indignation at the action of the people, espoused the cause represented by the convention and invited its members to meet in his city and ai his house to finish their deliberatlions. The ac- tion of Mr. Elliott on this occasion show-ed that the anti-slavery blond of his ancestor, John Eliot, flowed ill his veins. Mr. F.llii>tt moved to Michi- gan, settling about a hundred miles east of Chi- cago, and never failed an opportunity tO' aid a i8o PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST slave fleeing nortliward to gain his freedom. About 1857 Mr. Elliott moved to Quincy, Illinois, wliere he settled with his famil_\-. He was a strong supporter of the Union cause during the Civil war, and aided in equipping men of younger years for the great struggle. Mr. Elliott, in 1840, supjxarted William Henry Harrison for president, and was an earnest Republican in his latter years. He died in 1899, af the advanced age of eighty-seven, and was buried at Niles, Michigan. "William S. Elliott, Jr., was marrietl October 14. 1871, to Alinda Caroline Harris, daughter of James and Salome Harris, of Janesville, ^^'is- consin. Mrs. Elliott is a lady of refinement and culture, a prnminent memlier of several social, ethical, religious and charitable organizations, among them the Arche Club, the Women's West End Club and the Chicago Culture Club. Their children are Lorenzo B. Elliott, a graduate of Kent College of Law and post-graduate and Bachelor of Laws of Lake Purest University : Daniel Morse Elliotit, a graduate of Kent Col- lege of Law ; Emery S. Elliott ; Jessie Elliott ; and Birdie Leon Elliott." Mr. Elliott's ability as an orator has com- manded wide recognition : During the year 1901 h.c delivered four orations, each of which has re- ceived glowing enconiums. His oration on John Marshall was regarded' as one of the best de- livered during the John Marshall memorial cele- bration. His oration on George Washington, de- livered before the Bohemian Club of Chicago, was worthy of his subject and brought him merited distinction. That on John Eliot, the Indian aix)stle, delivered at South Natick, Boston, July 3, 1901, upon the occasion of the two hundred a'-d fiftieth anniversary of the founding there of Eliot's village of praying Inilians, has given him a national reputation, while that ileli\'ered by him at Lincoln Park, October 12, at the unveiling of the statue of Ciaribakli, has received international mention. Mr. Elliott is one of Chicago's most popular after-dinner speakers, and ne\'er fails to provoke the admiration and applause of those who are fnrtunate enough to be guests at the tables where he is listed as a post prandial orator. Ujion May 6, 1902, Mr. Elliott was nom- inated unanimously liy the Cook county Repub- lican convention for the position of judge of the superior court of cook county, to be voted for at the November election of 1902. No other nom- ination of recent years has given the people g'reater satisfaction than this : it is believed he will be elected bv a large majoritv. HON. SAM BRONSON COOPER BEAUMONT, TEXAS Hon. Sam B. Cooper, member of congress from the second district of Texas, was born May 30, 1850, in Caklwell county, Kentucky, and is a son of Archibaldl Hunter and Elizabeth (Frazer) Cooper. He removed with his parents to Texas the same year and located in Woud- ville, Tyler county, where he resided until 1898; his father died in 1852; his education was re- ceived at the common school of the town : at sixteen years of age began clerking in a gen- eral store; in 1871 read law in the office of Nicks & Hobby; in January, 1872, obtained a license to practice law, and became a partner in the firm of Nicks, Hobby & Cooper; was married in 1873. In 1876 was elected comity attorney of Tyler county; was re-elected in 1878; in 1880 was elected to the state senate fmm the first senatorial district; was re-elected in 1882, and! at the close of the session of the eighteenth legis- lature was elected president pro tempore of the PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST i8i senate: in 18S5 was appointed cnllectnr of in- Knight of Pythias, Elk, Eagle, Hoc Hoo, etc., ttrnal revenue of the first district of Texas by a Democrat in political matters and in religious President Cleveland ; was elected to the fifty- matters a Methodist. third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth cou- He was married in 1873 to Miss Phebe gresses and re-elected to the fifty-seventh con- Young, and they have four children living, S. B. gress. Cooper, Jr., three daughters, Willie Chapman, YiT. Cooper is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, Margaret Helena and Bird Bower Ctjoper. FRANK R. CAIN CHICAGO, ILL. From the Ijeginning of his career as a legal practitioner Mr. l-^^ank R. Cain's efforts have been attended with success. A natural lawyer, he is thoroughly skilled in the science which he practices, while his courteous, affable manner renders him a general favorite among his business associates as \vell as among his frientls. ]<"rank R. Cain was born at Dubuque. Iowa. September 3, 1867. and is an son of Absolom and Caroline Cain. His early education was acquired at Du- lnu|ue at the public schools, gram- mar and high school. He came to Chicago in 1885 and entered an insurance office. Then studied at Chicago College of Law, receiving diploma from Lake Forrest University in 1 89 1, and has practiced since that date, being assLciated with Mr. A. S. Trude since 1895. From 1893 to 1895 he was assistant city attorney and was a candidate for the legislature in 1896. He is a member of the Garden City Lodge, A. F. & A. M., since 1889, and a member of Fairview Chapter, R. A. M., since 1890. Mr. Cain has traveled extensively in America. Politically he is a Democrat. He has l)een attorney for the Chicago Tribune for over three years. Mr. Cain .stfands well at the Chicago bar, where his earnestness of character and force give him a strong influence. He is a member of several organizations and clubs. The social qualities of his nature have won him many friends. HON. JAMES MCLACHLAN, M. C. PASADENA, CAL. Hon. James McLachlan, member of congress, energy ; and it is but a natural sequence that he of Pasadena, California, is a lawyer and diplomat, should early attain prominence in public life, a man of strong mentality, scholarly tastes and James McLachlan probably owes nnich of his breadth of thought, and is by nature well pre- success to his sturdy Scotch ancestry, as he was pared to deal with the problems of the law or born in Argyllshire. Scotland, in i85_>: at the age the intricate questions of state. Activity in pub- of three years he removed with his parents, lie affairs and a strong political bias are inevitable James McLachlan and Jean (McKellar) Mc- in a man of such characteristics and indomitable Lachlan, to Tompkins county. New \ork, where I82 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST lie was reared uii a farm ami educated in the pub- lic schools. He cammeuced teaching" in the pub- lic schools at sixteen and while engaged in that work prepared himself for college. He gradu- ated from Hamilton College, New York, in the class of 1878. He was admitted to the practice of law in the supreme court of New York in 1880, and commenced the practice of his pro- fession in 1881 at Ithaca, New York, where he remained until 1888, when he removed to Pasa- dena, California, and there continued the practice of his profession. In 1877 he was elected on the Republican ticket tO' the office of school commis- sioner of Tompkins covmty, New York, and in 1890 was elected district attorney of Los. Angeles county, California, which position lie held until 1893. He was elected representative to congress from the sixth district, California, in the fifty- fourth and fifty-seventh congresses. Mr. McLachlan is a stalwart Republican, a leader in pulitical circles in southern California; he is a man of ability in his profession, a fine orator, and is alsO' active and influential in re- ligious work. He belongs to the Masonic order, is a Knight of Pythias, Elk and since his college days a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Mr. McLachlan was married in December, 1887, to Miss Minnie J. Jones, and they have four children, Anita Jean, Gladys Katharine, Marjorie Janet and James Douglas. JOHN BRACKETT LORD CHICAGO, ILL. John Brackett Lord, president and manager of the Ayer & Lord Tie Company, is a man of high business abilities and integrity of purpose. He has won a noted place in the business world. John Brackett Lord was Ixirn at Newton, Upper Falls, Massachusetts, June 5, 1848, and is a de- scendant on both his father's and mother's sides from prominent colonial families. Mr. Lord's paternal granilfather, Wentworth Lord, was an early resitlent of the state of Maine, but went from Augusta, Alaine, to South Tamoorth, New Hampshire, while still a young man. His son, Brackett Lord, the father of Mr. Lord was born there, but afterward moved to Newton, Upper Falls, Massachusetts, where he met and married Miss Clarasa Williams \\'ins- low, a direct descendant from Knelham \\"inslow. a brother of Governor Edward Winslow, of Mas- sachusetts. Mr. Lord was eclucatetl in^ the schools at Newton, Massachusetts, and at the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, in the same state, at which institution he remained until 1867, when he gave up his studies in order to assist his fa- ther in the grain and flour business at Newton. Here he continued to be actively engaged until 1872. At this time he came west to Kansas, Illi- nois, where his father owned a large grain ware- house, which he offered to give his son on con- rlition that he would settle there and build up a business. After a trial of a few years, Mr. Lord !>e- came convinced that there was not enough busi- ness at this point to warrant his remaining there any longer, and accordingly, in 1875, he ceased to confine his efforts to this limited terri- tory, and becaiue a general buyer and shipper of grain throughout the entire central section of the state, continuing as such until 1882. In that year he became connected with Mr. C. W. Powell, a retired crosstie contractor, establishing the finn of Powell & Lord, with headquarters at Paris, 111. Two vears later the firm removed to Chica- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 1S5 go, where it carried on a prosperous business in railroad lumber supplies until its dissolution in 1893. I\Ir. Lord then associated himself with Mr. Edward E. Aver and organized the Ayer & Lord Tie Company, of which he became president and manager. This new association added very materially to the business, so that at the present time the firm is doubtless the largest oak tie deal- ers in the United States. « The connection with ^Ir. Ayer has also proved a particularly happy and profitable one, Mr. Ayer having had an extensive experience in the cedar business, which, coanbined with Mr. Lord's experience in oak ties, resulted in building u\) the great oak tie business the firm now en- joys. ^Ir. Li>rd is a member uf many social organi- zations ; he belongs to the Chicago, Union League, Kenwood and Midlothian Clubs, and is a stanch supporter of the Republican party. Li 1874 he married Miss Anna E. Steele, of Grand View, Edgar county, Illinois, daughter of Dr. James M. Steele, a prominent physician of th.at part of the state of Illinois. Mr. Lord is everywhere known as possessing the highest in- tegrity, while his courteous afifable manner ren- ders him a general favorite among his business as- sociates, as well as among his numerous friends. HON. JOSEPH BURNS CROWLEY ROBINSON, ILL. Joseph B. Crowlew memlier of congress, treasury agent of Alaska, judg'e and lawyer, is a man of high character and great executive abil- ity. His political career has been alike able and honorable. He has always been an earnest advo- cate of Democratic principles, and has delivered many campaign addresses, in which his logical arguments, entertainingly presented, have carried conviction to the minds of his hearers. He is tireless in his advocacv of Democratic measures, for his belief arises from an honest conviction that the welfare of the nation can best be con- served through this political channel. Joseph B. CrOAvley was born at Coshocton, Ohio, July 19, 1858, and is a son of Samuel Burns and Elizabeth (Williams) Crowley. In 1859 his parents moved to Ste. Marie, Jaster county, Illinois ; thence to Newton, Illi- nois, in 1868. and thence to Robinson in 1872. Joseph's education was received in the com- m.on schools of Illinois. At an early age he car- ried the mails between Robinson and Lancaster, on horseback, a distance of forty miles. He stud- 11* ied law under many difficulties, and was admitted to the bar in 1883. Then formed a partnership with Hon. George N. Parker. Was elected county judge of Crawford county in 1886, re- elected in 1890 and resigned in 1893 to accept the position of United States special treasury agent in charge of the seal fisheries of Alaska. He resigned this position in April, 1898, to ac- cept the nomination tO' congress. Served two terms as president of the Robinson city school board, and two terms as master in chancery of his cotmty. Served three terms as member of the Democratic congressional committee of his district, and twelve years as a member of the Democratic county central committee of Craw- ford county ; was elected to' the fifty-sixth and re- elected tO' the fifty-seventh congress of the nine- teenth district of the state of Illinois. Mr. Crowley's reports upon pelagic sealing while holding the position of United States si^ecial treasury agent in Alaska were considered xevy able state papers and were instrumental in having the seal question reopened and steps were taken 1 86 FROMIXENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST toward revising the results of the Paris Arbitra- tion of 1891--'. for which an international com- mission was appointed. Upr)n his recommenda- tion many changes in the local administration of affairs of the Seal Islands were instituted. Mr. Crowley performed the duties of this office in a manner highly creditable to himself and to the satisfactii.in of the government. Judge Crowley is a member of the Masonic order. Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen, Modern Americans and the Elks. In religious matters he is a Presbyterian. He was married in 1888 to Miss Alice Newlin. They have one child, a daughter, Emily Josephine Crowley. SAMUEL J. KLINE CHICAGO ILL. Samuel J. Kline, one of the well-known firm of Joseph Beifield & Company, of Chicago, was born at Lea\enworth. Kansas. July 19. 1859. His ])arcnts moved to Denver. Colorado, in i860, and again U< Chicago in 1871. Mr. Kline was educated in the public schools at Denver and in Chicago, leaving school in 1872. before attaining his thirteentli year. In 1883 he entered the employ of Joseph I'eificld & Company, becoming a partner January i, 18S9. Air. Kline is a man of great activity. He is president of the Chicago Credit Men's Association, a directiir df the National Associ- ation of Merchants and Travelers, a trustee of Dr. Hirsch's congregation (Sinai), ex-treasurer (if the Hamilton Club and a member of the Ham- ilton and Standard Clubs and of the A. F. &. A. M. Mr. Kline is a Kepublican. and is a rep- resentative citizen of Chicago. His remark- ably successful career would satisfy the ambi- tiiin of almost anv man. It has l:)een achieved by untiring devotion to business and abilitx' to seize (.>ppiirimiities and make the most of til em. Mr. Kline was married in December, 1884, to ]\Iiss Judith Felsenthal, daughter of the late Her- man Felsenthal, a well-known citizen of Chicago and after whom is named the Felsenthal School at the corner of Calumet and Forty-first street. They have one son, Eugene, a graduate of the A [organ Park Academy. S. V. KEMPER BUTTE CITY, MONT. S. y. Kemper, one of Butte City's en- German origin, and may be traced back two hun- terprising and successful men. has by his i^wn dred and sixty-nine years h> Johanii Keni])er. of jiluck and energy won his way to the front. He Musen. a village near Siegen, in the province of is truly a self-made man, and is eminently de- \\'estphalia, alMut sixty miles southeast of serving of some personal mention in this Cologne, in Germany. Some of them settled in wi rk. S. \'. Kaiuper was liorn in St. Joseph, Fauquier county. Virginia, al30Ut the year T714. Missouri. June 21. 1855. His ancestors were of Thev were substantial ]>lanters. Several of the PRO.MIXENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 187 family participated in the Re\i)lutiiuiai"_\- war. and one of tliem subsequently became governor of Virginia. Grandfather William Kemper was born in Virginia, and was there married to a Miss Rogers, of Scotch descent. They rem(j\-ed to Kentucky at an early day and were among the pioneer planters of that state. He was a Baptist of the strictest kind, lived an honorable and up- right life, and died at the advanced age of eighty- four years. He and his good wife reared a family of eleven children, of whom Thonipsoii Kemper, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1806. Thomson Kemper was married in Vir- ginia in 1845 to Miss Lucy Ann Smiley, a nati\e of Xelson count}-, that state. Her people had long been residents of the Old Dominii>n, her fa- ther being of Irish descent and her mother of Scotch. Thomson Kemper and his wife had three sons and a daughter, and all the sons, James \y., Edward W. and Simeon Vandex'enter, are now residents of Butte City. The mother has been a Methodist from her girlhood days. Some time after marriage the father joined the same church, of which he remained a consistent mem- ber the rest of his life, tilling various official po- sitions, such as class-leader, Sunday-school super- intendent, etc. Early in his life he had been a teacher. In 1871 he came with his family to Montana, where he resided until the time of his death in 1891. The mother is still living, now in her seventy-fourth year. S. \'. Kemper received very limited educa- tional advantages in his youth, but has all his life been a student and has acquired a broad knowl- edge of men and affairs. He has cnllected a \alu- able library, and e\-en now takes delight in be- longing to a .select literary club. While he is well posted on general topics, he has made a specialty of mathematics, ethics and the phildsophy of theology. He has led an exemplary life and takes ])ri(le in his reputatiim as a man of good moral character. I\Tr. Kemper was sixteen at the time his father moved to Alontana. They came b}- rail to Cor- rinne and thence by wagon to Radersburg, near which they took claim to a tract of land, and tried hard for ti\-e years to make a living by farming. It was up-hill work, however, for the grasshop- pers destr(jyed their crops for three years, and they were at their wits' end to know what was best to do-. S. V. Kemper worked out for wages, shearing sheep, mining and doing carpenter work ; but there was not much money in this, and lie was on the alert for something better. About this time the subject of this sketch be- came convinced that Butte City !iad in store for it an era of great prosperity, and he accordingly came hither in 1877 and purchased forty acres of land near the town and started a market garden. Soon the rest of the family joined him here, and they carried on the business quite successfully for five years. The smoke from many smelters of the town interfered with their industry, and the rapid growth of the place induced them to subdivide their land and put it on the market as the Kemper Addition. From this start he launched out extensively into the real-estate busi- ness, rapidly actjuired property and soon took rank with the most enterprising and irifluential men (if the city. Later, in partnership with ]\Ir. Lawldr, he ])latteil the Lawlor & Kemper Addi- tion Mil the west side of the city. They paid se\enteen tlmusand dollars for eight acres, and the first year sold enough lots to pay for the whole tract and still had thirty thousand dollars worth of property left. He and his brother had the good fortune tO' locate the famous Ground Sfpiirrcl mine, which they subsequenth- sold for two hundred and thirty thousand dollars. In 1889 Mr. Kemper took an active part in the organization of the Citizens' Building and Loan Association, the first association of the kind in the cit}', and is now secretary of the State League of Local Building and Loan .\ssociations and a member of the executive committee of tlie I'nited States League of Building and Loan As- 1 88 PROMIXEXT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST sociations. In 1891 he was active in securing the organization of the State Savings Bank of Butte City, in which institution he is a stockholder and director. In 1892 he organized the Brownfield- Canty Carpet Company, whicli does a large wholesale and retail car[)et trade in Butte City. Mr. Kemper is president of this company. Since 1891, however, lie has been practically retired from active business. He still has large holdings in Butte City, among which is the business block adjoining the library building and numerous resi- dences in various parts of the city. He is one of the owners of tiie Silver Bow raisin vineyard in Tulare county, California, and is secretary of this company. Mr. Kenii)er was married November 19, 1890, to Miss . Sallie B. Shields, of Highland, Kansas, and they have children as follows : Will- iam Arthur, Mary Blain, Sarah Virginia and Helen Elizalieth. Mrs. Kemper is a meml)er of the Presbyterian church. The family residence is on West Copper street, in the Lawlor & Kem- per Addition, one of the beautiful residence ix)r- tions of the citv. HARVEY B. HURD CHICAGO, ILL. Mr. Harvey B. Hurd has been actively con- nected with Chicago and its interests since 1847. He resides at Evanston, one of Chicago's most beautiful suburbs. He was born at Huntington, Fairfield county, Connecticut, February 14, 1828, and is a son of Alanson Hurd, who was of En- glish descent, while his mother was of Dutch- Irish ancestry. .Mr. Hurd is a striking example of the self- made man. He worked upon hi.s father's farm and attended winter school until fifteen years of age, when he left home, walked to Bridgeport, Connecticut, and found employment in the office of the Bridgeport Standard, a newsi>aper, remain- ing two years, when with ten other young men he jfjurneyed to Peoria, Illinois, and entered Jubilee College; remained a year and then came to Chi- cago, by stage, finding employment in the office of the Evening Journal, Wilson & Geer, proprie- tors ; later was employed in the office of the Prairie Farmer, and in 1847 hegan the study of law in the office of Calvin De Wolf, being ad- mitted to the bar in 1848. His first law partner was Carlos Haven, afterward state's attorney. His next partner was Henry Snapp, afterward congressman from Joliet district. From 1850 to 1854 he practiced in partnership with A. J. Brown and the firm handled large transactions in real estate and were owners of twrt hundred and forty- eight acres of land, which they subdivided as part of Evanston. Mr. Hurd was the first builder in that suburb. He put up his present home in 1854-5. which at that time occupied a block of ground. It is one of the finest homes in Evans- ton. Mr. Hurd was the first president of the vil- lage board. He was an ardent alxjlitionist and took an active part in the stormy events that occurred in Chicago before and after the re- peal of the Missouri Compromise. In 1862 he formed a ])artnership with Hon. Henry Booth, who hel])ed organize the Law Department of the University of Chicago, and of which he was dean. Mr. Hurd accepted the position of lecturer in this college. The law firm was dissolved in 1S68, Mr. Hurd retiring from active practice. In 1869 Governor Palmer appointed him one of three commissioners to revise and rewrite the general statutes of the state of Illinois. His colleagues soon withdrew and Mr. Hurd did the work, which was enormous. He had not only to compile into Q JA^JL_ PROMIXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST 191 one homeogeneous wliole tlie x'arious laws wliich from time to time had been enacted by the bien- nial meeting of the legislature, but to adapt them to the new state constitution of 1870. He has l>cen called upon tO' edit many editions of the work since. In 1870 he was elected to a chair in the law school which had now beci:>me the Union College of Law. of the L'niversity of Chicago and the Northwestern Unix ersity. He was nominated by the Republicans for judge of the superior court in 1875. He was one of the six selected tO' fill the vacancy in the board of county commissioners of Cook county, created by the con\'iction of mem- bers of that board for defrauding the coun- ty. He has the credit ijf being the father of the new^ drainage system of Chicago, "which resulted in the building of the great drainage canal." l)eing author of the plan creating a mu- nicipal district of the citv of Chicagcj. the Chi- cago sanitary district, and leading the mo\e- ment which resulted in its adoption. He drew the first bill presented to tlie legislature in iSSo l)y tlie Hering commission, known as the "Hurd I'ill." and which resulted in a legislative com- mission tO' inyestigate the subject, and the sub- mitting by them to the legislature in 1887 of a bill which, although it differed in some respects from the original "Hurd Inll." was in the main the same, and was supported before the legisla- ture by yir. Hnrd and Ins friends, and was adopt- ed in Xovember. 1887. by the alnnjst unanimous ^•ote of the ]>eople. ^Ir. Hurd was for years at the head of the committee of law reform of the Illinois State Bar Association. He has alwa}-s been yery charitaljly inclined, and among other charities has been much interested and has supported the Children's Aid Society of Chicago, the work of this society Ijeing the seeking otit of homeless children and placing them in family homes. He has taken a deep in- terest in the Conference of Charities of Illinois, an organization of all charitable societies, and was president at one time of both of these societies. Mr. Hurd was first married in May, 1853, to ]\Iiss Cornelia A. Hillard, daughter of the late Captain James Hillard. of Aliddletown, Connecti- cut, and by this marriage had three children : Eda, wife of George S. Lord ; Hettie, who died in 1884: and Xellie. wife of John A. Comstock. Xo\eml)er 1. i860, ]Mr. Hurd married Sarah., widow of the late George Collins: she died in January. 1890. In July. 1891. he married Miss Susannah ]\I. Wan \\'_\ck. a lady highly esteemed in Evanston social circles. Mr. Hurd is one of the great lawyers of Illi- nois : a man of wonderful ability and highly edu- cated, a great reader, a graceful author and orator and a gentleman of the old school : polite and re- fined in his manners, temperate in his habits, moral and religious in his life and oi the most un- blennshed integrity. HON. JOHN F. LACEY OSKALOOSA, IOWA Hon. John F. Lacev. member of congress and academic education : enlisted in Company H, from the sixth district of Iowa, was born at Xew Third Iowa Infantry, in May. iSbi, and after- Mnrtinsville, \'a. (now West \'irginia). ]May wards served as a private in Company D. Thirty- 30. 1841 ; be is a son of John Mills Lacey and third Iowa Infantry, as sergeant-major, and as Eleanor Patten Lacev. The family removed to lieutenant in Company C. of that regiment: was Iowa in 1855. where he received a common-school promoted to assistant adjutant-general on the ig: PROMIXEXT :\1EX OF THE GREAT WEST staff of Lirig. Gen. Samuel A. Rice, and after thai officer was killed in battle was assigned tu duty on the staff of ^laj. Gen. Frederick Steele; served in the Iowa legislature one term, in 1870; was temporary chairman of Iowa Republican con- vention in 1898; served one term in city council; one term as city solicitor of Oskaloosa : is a law - yer and author of Lace_\ 's Railway Digest and Lacey's Iowa Digest; was a member of the fifty- first, fiftv-third, fiftv-fourth, fiftv-fifth. and fiftv- sixth ci-'ngresses, and re-elected to the fifty-se\-- enth congress. He has traveled extensiveh' in Europe and America. Politically is a Republican and one of the leaders of his party in his state. Mr. Lacey was married September 19, 1865. to ^liss Alartha J- Xewell. They have had four children, of whom two are living: Mrs. Eleanor Lacey Brewster, wife nf J. B. Brewster; and Bernice Lacev Sawver, wife of Carroll E. Sawver. JESSE AUSTIN DUNN, D. D. S. CHICAGO, ILL. One of the best-known dentists in Chicago, cago in 1884, and after taking a post-graduate J. Austin Dunn, came to the cit}- in 1884. His reputation has steadily increased until he has im- pressed his individuality and ability upon tlic public mind. Before he had completed his lit- erarv education he determined to course in the Cliicago College of Dental Surgerv, resumed the practice of his profession which has gradually developed into the present full and successful one. The career of Dr. Dunn has been marked w ith devote his life to the profession the holding of many positions of trust and help- of dentistry, and the careful pur- fulness incident to the development of his pro- suit of a well-defined purpose has fession as a whole. He has contributed, more or brought him his present prestige, less, to its current literature and text-books. He J. Austin Dunn was born at has also contributed various mechanical appli- Hinkley, Medina county, Ohio, ances, notably the Dunn Syringe, which is used June 29, 185 1. His parents and known the world over. He has recently suc- were George ^^^ Dunn, born at ceeded in overcoming the objections to bulb Lyons, Xew York, and Fanny syringes, making an improvement which is unicpie (Damon) Dunn, l)orn at Chesterfield, Alassachu- and simple, and meets the requirements of anti- setts. He w^as educated i'.i the public schools of ceptic surgery of the times, and is acknowledged Medina and Columbus. ( )hio. his parents having by professional men to be a decided improvenient moved to the latter place at the close of the war and advance in surgical appliances. It has also in 1865. After leaxing school he took up the been endorsed and is in use by the medical de- study of dentistry with his father. He began the partments of the army and na\'y of the Cnited practice of his profession in 1870, continuing States. successfully until 1877, when he was obliged to Dr. Dunn was the third president of the give up active practice on accer He is a man of pleasing personality. Though of the Ohio Society of Chicago and the Hamilton ninst widely known in professional circles, his Clul). Dr. Dunn is a memlier of the I'resbyterian genial manner has won him a host of friends, church, and has always, as a citizen, taken an Dr. Dunn was married at Columbus, Ohio, active interest in political and public affairs. He September 4, 1871, to Miss Alice L. Cooke, is an earnest worker in the Republican ranks, and daughter of Mrs. Ellen M. Cooke, one of the pio- took an active part in the campaigns of Grant and neers of central Ohio. FRANK PAYSON SAWYER CHICAGO, ILL. Possessed oi those sterling characteristics which tk> su much to make up a successful man, there are few men in the country higher esteemed and more trusted b)- his business associates than the subject of this sketch. When the Great West- ern Cereal Company was formed there was a gen- eral demand by the gentlemen representing the \"ast interests invcih-ed in the consnhdation, that Frank P. Sawyer assume the presidency and take the management of the business. Upon his re- fusal to accept in a way rested the successful formation of the company, and, being given abso- lute control of the business, he accepted, and in an almost incredibly short time has demonstrated his great worth and the wisdom of the dunce made in his selection. Mr. Sawyer was born at Hamilton, Ontario', where his father was engaged in business, No- VLMuber 30, i^z,(\ He is of Scotch-Irish de.sceut. his earliest ancestors coming to America from Scotland in the se\-enteenth century and settling in Richfield, New Hampshire. He is a son of S. P. Sawyer, now living, at the age of nearly eighty years, at Muscatine, Iowa, and Frances Gillett-Sawyer. The elder Sawyer went to Ham- ilton in 1850, to learn the trade of manufacturing agricultural im])!ements, in the factory of his uncle, who had estaijlished the business in 1S36 This factory is now what is known as the Saw- }er-Massey Company, and is one of the largest of its kind in the ci;>untry. His father re- moved to Muscatine in 1871, and it was here that the subject of this sketch spent the most of his life. It was in the pujjlic schools of Hamilton and at the Collegiate Institute at that jilace that Mr. Sawyer received his early education. He graduated from the university at Iowa City, and after serving two years at marble-cutting he went into business for himself, dealing in mantels, grates and nioniunents, at Des Moines. At the end of two years he retired from his business to take charge of the aft"airs of the ^Muscatine (Iowa) Oatmeal Company. He applied a \-igorous, pro- gressix'e management, and inside of a short time he had built up the business to an encouraging extent. When Mr. Sawyer took charge the out- put was sevent\-fi\e liarrels a day, and this in- creased to seven hundred barrels a day, and most of this was case goods in two-pound packages. The principal product was called "Friends Oats," antl this iood stuff is known all over the country. In April, 1901. when the Great W'estern Cereal Company was formed, there was a general desire 194 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST on the part of those interested that Mr. Sawyer take charge of the Inisiness of the company. It is composed of ten of the largest oatmeal mills in the United States, and the capital stock is four million five hundred thousand dollars. There are over fifteen hundred men employed, and the cut- put is two million cases annually. Besides being president of the Great Western Cereal Company, Mr. Sawyer is a director of the Eirst National Bank of Muscatine, Iowa, and also a director of the Muscatine Savings Bank. He was until re- cently treasurer of the ^Muscatine Water Works Company. He is a member of the Commercial Club, of Muscatine. In 1881 Mr. Sawyer was happily married to J(.anna Wells, of Milford, Pike county, Pennsyl- vania, and they have three children, Henry P., Aura M. and Maud W. Sawver. THOMAS LORD CHICAGO, ILL. Air. Thomas Lord, one of the representative business men of Chicago, and one of the pioneers in the state, who, although he has reached the psalmist's span of three score years and ten, is still actively engaged in business. The energy and enterprise with which he prosecutes it sets to shame many a younger man who, grown weary of the strife, shrinks from further contact with it. He acquired his education in his native state and spent his youth in the east. He came to Chicago in 1857, to take his place among those who were contending for the rich prizes then offered the ambitious, energetic and honorable men in the future metropolis of the west. To-day he stands at the head of the great wholesale drug house of Lord, Owen & Company, which, founded on a modest scale, now has an annual volume of busi- ness considerably in excess of a million dollars and covers the entire extent of the western and northern states. The sterling qualities of Mr. Lord's char- acter are easily understood when it is known that he is descended from a long line of sturdy and honorable New England ancestry, and in both the lineal and collateral branches representatives have 1)een prominent in the nation, the family identification with the American colonies dating back to the tiiue of Thomas Lord, who settled at Hartford, Connecticut, in the year 1O30. The family fiourished and to(jk firm root in Connecti- cut soil, one representative, the Re\'. Benjamin Lord, having been pastor of the same church in the town of Norwich for sixty-seven years. This clergyman was also prominent in educational afl'airs. ha\ing at one time served as chairman of the board of trustees of America's famous insti- tution, Yale College. His wife, Mable Holland (Hendon) Lord, whose genealogy is traceable back through English royalty to \\lilliam the Concjueror, and still further back until the line is finally lost in the dim historic twilighfsome three hundred and thirty years B. C. This distin- guished couple were the great-great-grandparents of the present Thomas Lord, who can trace a line of progenitors comprising seventy generations. The Rev. Dr. Willis Lord, professor in the 'McCormack Theological Seminary, and founder of Eullerton Avenue Presbyterian church at Fullerton avenue, is also one of ]Mr. Lord's an- cestors, and bi;th the paternal and maternal grandfathers of Air. Lord were Revolutionary patriots, the former having been a non-commis- sioned officer in the army and the latter a ship- master in the navy. Thomas Lord was born in Newark, New Tcrsev, Fel>ruary 9. 1824. and was the son of Trie CentopyPubliabinQtEnormttng CaChga PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 197 Jusluia and Sally (Hawley) Lurd. His father was a man of strong personality and great ability. He was a mechanic, merchant and county com- missioner, and alth(Aigh he never practiced law, ^\•as made a municipal judge, and ne\-er once <:luring his term oi otifice had a decision of his court reversed by a higher tribunaJ. He had great aptitude for oiticial work, was of the strict- est moral integrity and his sense of justice for others was as rigid as his rule of rectitude for himself. He turned, more funds intu the puljjic treasury during his term of office, through fines, than had ever been received by it during the whole previous history of the town. He was a man of broad culture and literary tastes, and gave his children the best educational ad\'antages, so that his S(_in Thomas received a .sound funda- mental education, and at Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1839 began the study of the drug business, in which he has now been identified for over si.xty years. He came west in 1857, and founded the drug enterprise over which he still presides as the head of the firm of Lord, Owen & Company, and which is the direct successor of one of the very oldest wholesale drug houses in the city. L. M. Boyce, the pioneer of the parent-house, was engaged in the business at Ni.>. 121 Lake street as early as 1836. He was a prominent merchant for many years, and at his death, in 1849, ^^'''^ succeeded in business Ijy two of his clerks, Edwin R. Bay and John Sears, Jr., which they carried on at No. 113 Lake street for three years. Li 1852 the firm was moved to No. 139 Lake street and carried on under the name of Bay & Bald- \\in. On the arrival of Mr. Lord in Cliicago in 1857 this house was bought nut by him, he C(.vn- rary cjuarters in the old Dearborn park, beginning at the same time to rebuild the old site. The new building, si.x stories in height, of brick and stone, was finished and occupied in the spring of 1872. In 1876 Dr. Smith disposed of his interest in the business to his partners and retired, while two new members were admitted, George S. Lord and James R. Owen. The new firm, Lord, Stout- enburgh & Company throve mightily, and in 1880 it was found necessary to find more commodious (juarters and a removal was made tO' Nos. 72 and 74 Wabash avenue. Here six spacious floors, with an area of fift}- tliousand square feet, were occupied and over one hundred persons employed. In 1S84 Mr. Stoutenburgh withdrew, and the present style of Lord, Owen & Company was as- sumed. The firm now occupy quarters in their handsome new building, Nos. 233, 235 and 2^j East Randolph street. ]\lr. Lord has been twice married; the first time to Jennie E. Wicks in 1847. S'^^ ^^''^^ the daughter of Jonas and Sarah Wicks, of Albany, New York ; and the last marriage was to Miss Cornelia Smith, of Woodbury, Connecticut. One son, George S. Lord, a member of the firm, is the only- child of the first alliance. Of the last tliere are fotu" children — Katharine M., Cornelia F., wife of E. W. .\brams, of Chester, Illinois; Benjamin W. Lord, president and manager of the Chicago \'eneer Company; and .\nnie W. Lord. There are few, if any, older druggists in Chi- cago than Mr. Lord. He occupies a conspicuous position among the luisiness men of the city, but his influence is felt not alone in that wav, for he stands high in public esteem in church work, and 198 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST hi^ opinion is sought in i>hilanthni[)ic questions. of liunianity ; a philosoplier. an al)le speaker, and. He is interested from a Immanitarian standi)oint above all. a friend to humanity. A devoted in the questions which effect the welfare of the churchman, he gives liberally of his strength and race, from the standpoint of a scholar in those mtans toward this work. His tender devotion to things which concern the mental development and the home circle is ideal, and his thoughtfulness in show the trend of intellectual advancement of the all his relations in life proverbial ; a life of such age. He studies the issues that rise, not in an sterling worth that it has become a beneficent abstract sense, Ijut in their relation to the welfare ft rce in the communitv. EDWIN WALKER CHICAGO, ILL. During his long and honorable career at the bar Edwin Walker has met in professional con- tests many prominent lawyers in the state. As a corporation lawyer he stands high. A complete record of his legal services would be little less than a transcript of most of the famous cases that have been determined by the state or federal courts sitting in the western metropolis. Edwin Walker was born in Genesee county. New York, in 1S30, and is a son of Obadiah and Phoebe Cushman Walker. His father was from New Hampshire and the mother from ]\Iassa- chusetts. Mr. Obadiah Walker, the father, moved to New York state when eighteen years of age, and attained the great age of ninety-two years. His life was spent in agricultural pur- .'•uits, excepting only the period of his patriotic .'^ervice as a soldier in the war of 181 2. The mother died when our subject was a child of but three years of age. Reared on the parental homestead in Gene- see county, Edwin Walker was accorded the ad- vantages of as thorough an academic education as the place and period afiforded, and at an early- age formulated his plans for the future, turning his attention to that profession in which he has attained such distinctive honors and success. He pursued his technical studies under effective pre- ceptorship at Batavia, New York, and in 1854, at Buffalo, was admitted to the bar. Soon after this he came west, stopping at Logansport, Indiana, where he engaged in practice and attained con- sideraljle prominence at the Indiana bar. In i860 he was appointed general solicitor of the Cincinnati, Richmond & Logansport Railroad Company. In 1865 this road was extended to Chicago under the name of the Chicago & Great Eastern Railroad Company. The general offices were removed to Chicago, and Mr. W'ialker lo- cated there also in the same year, and from this date he has continued in the active practice of his profession in Chicago. In 1870 the Qiicago & Great Eastern became a part of the Pennsylvania system. Mr. Walker retained his connection with the legal department until 1883. In 1869 he was appointed general solicitor of the Chi- cago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad Company, and in 1S70 was made Illinois solicitor of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Com- pany, with which system he has thus been associ- ated for more than a quarter of a century. He is also retained as special counsel for several in- sm-ance companies and other important cor- porations. Although Mr. Walker has a masterly grasp upon the general principles of law, it is as a cor- e ucniury Publishing SEngravmg Co Chicago ^c^-i^^^^-'^^^^^^^^~.c<..^yc<>\^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 201 poration lawyer that he is most generally known. He has appeared prominently in most of the im- portant litigations in our state and federal courts, and his skill and ability are attested by so many reported cases that he has become an authority upon varied and intricate questions of corpora- tion law. Two railway cases in which Mr. Walker was engaged as general counsel are of such prominence as to demand special mention in this connection. The first resulted in the acqui- sition by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company of the Chicago & Pacific Rail- way. In 1876 the last mentioned company, hav- ing defaulted in the payment of interest on bonds, found its affairs had reached a critical standpoint. A bill of foreclosure on the mortgage, and pray- ing for the appointment of a receiver, was filed in the United States circuit court. It became at once apparent that other railroad companies de- sired the property ; among them the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul Company, of which Mr. Walker was then solicitor for Illinois. Under his advice this company purchased ;alx)ut fourteen thousand d(jllars of the first mortgage bunds, and without disclosing the ownership, Mr. Walker became a party to the proceedings by intervention. A degree of foreclosure was en- tered upon his motion. At the sale, in the inter- est of his clients, he bid $950,000.00, but John ]. Blair, of New Jeisey, was the successful pur- cliaser. In accordance with the statutes of Illi- nois, the Chicago & Pacific Company, as defend- ants, could redeem the property from the sale witiiin one year, upon the pajinent of the amount bid with interest at eight per cent. Within a year Mr. Walker purchased for the St. Paul Com- jiany about all the capital stock, and also all the judgments against the Chicago & Pacific Com- jirniy. A special meeting of the stockholders was called, and by the \Mte they authorized the lease of the road to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Cc mpany, and also the execution of a new mort- gage to secure a new issue of three millions of bonds upon the proi)erty. Mr. Walker liad been elected president of the Chicago & Pacific Company, and with money furnished by the St. Paul Company redeemed the property from sale under the decree. The lease was e.xecuted and the St. Paul Company entered into possession, completing the road, and now it is one of the principal lines of its system. This figures as the only case of the redemption of a railroad and all its property from sale under fore- closure decree by, or in the name of, the bank- rupt defendant company. The other case was the foreclosure of the mortgage of the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad Company, of which Mr. W^alker was general solicitor. In 1874 the owner of nine first mortgage bonds filed his bill in the circuit court of Will county, and by expert proceedings had a receiver appointed, who was placed, by order of the court, in possession of the property. The bill made the trustees under the mortgage, as well as the railway company, parties defendant. An act of congress, defining the jurisdiction of the federal courts and providing for the removal of causes from state to federal courts, was passed by congress and was approved March 3, 1875. Mr. Walker, believing that the cause was re- moxable under this act, prepared a petition, fol- lowing as closely as possible the provisions of the law. The circuit court of Will county was not then in session, but the petition was filed with the clerk and a transcript of the record requested. This was immediately prepared and was filed in tlie office of the clerk of the federal court. A motion to remand was interposed by the plaint- iff's counsel, and the motion was heard by the late Hon. Thomas Drummond, who was then circuit judge. .After full argument, the court overruled the motion to remand, and held that the cause was removable under the act of 1875, and Judge Drummond's construction of the act 202 PROMINENT :\IEN OF THE GREAT WEST was the first considered 1)y any court ; his con- struction has 1)een recognized as tlie law under that act until the present date. Subsequently the trustees under the first mortgage filed a bill to foreclose, and upout five years when the decree was received. The cause was remanded and the litigation was co^itinued by all parties in interest until 1884. when a compromise was effected between the Chicago & Eastern Illi- nois Company and the clients of Mr. Walker, and the title of the former to the property thereby perfected. Mr. Walker's ability, skill and tact as a trial lawver were never more thoroughly dem- onstrated than in the divorce case of Carter vs. Carter, where he was retained as leading counsel for Mr. Carter. His masterly cross-examination did more than anything else to win the verdict for his client. In presentation and argument of his cases before the courts nothing is more re- markable than the wonderful, deep penetration of his intellect, as shown in the masterly way in which he sur^-eys the controversy as a whole, grasps its salient points and marshals all its de- tails in logical order and in one comprehensive review. Tlie clearness and force with which he states a case from his own point of view leaves nothing in doubt. Not less remarkalile is his keen and acute skill in analytical reasuning and in logical argumentation, and nf this his addresses to the court gi\e abundant i)roof. These qualities have long Ijeen conspicuous in Air. \\"alker"s work and have gained him a high standing, not only at the Chicago bar but in the supreme court of the United States. In many important and other liti- gations in which he has been concerned he has sometimes had opposed to him the uK.st eminent lawyers in the country, and all who have encoun- tered him in debate have had occasion to ac- knowledge the soundness of his judgment in dealing with large and important interests ; and the uniform fairness which has characterized his altitude toward the other side. No man at the Chicago' bar has e\'er enjoyed the confidence of the judges to a greater degree than Mr. Walker. He has had a large clientage, being retained by many of the leading railroad companies of the country, in special cases, and bv manv large cor- porations. Probal)ly as comi)licated a piece of legal and corporate machinerv as was ever enacted and as comprehensive in the scope of its relations was the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Tlie wonderful diversity of interests and remarkable small number of instances of conflicting i>owers through all the mass of litigation are not more worthy of consideration and record than is the skill that could so master the great problems and pilot the enterprise to a successful issue. Sonie of its most trying situations were the result of legal CI implications that were so serious at times tb.at they threatened to involve the fetleral and state courts in a conflict over jurisdiction, and for a period of a few days the directors found themselves commanded by the state courts to open the gates on Sunday and at the same time commanded by the federal courts not to^ open the gates on Sunday. It was in critical situations of this nature that the services of Mr. \\'alker were relied upon bv all connected with the exposition, arid throughout the whole period of the expo- sition it reipiired not only his aliility as a lawyer but tact as a man familiar with the affairs of busi- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 203 ness and nianag'ement of men to overcome and a\i>id the dithcnlties and legal impediments. Mr. Walker was one of the early promoters of this exposition, and (hiring its period of organization he took an aeti\e part and was elected its tempo- rary president. When the time came for the necessary na- tional laws and a choice of location, Mr. Walker was made chairman of the suh-committee on legislation and had charge of the work in Wash- ington. After Congress hail chosen he was made chairman of the committee to ch-aft and frame the necessary legislation and afterward became a director, chairman of its legislative committee antl member of both executive and conference committees. He was at the forefront in all legis- lation touching the exposition, guiding its legal matters through with unprecedented finesse and discrimination. His association with its litiga- tion was so intimate and \aluable that it is but consistent that there be reproduced in this con- nection his own record of the complications en- countered and successfully overcome. It is only justice that another important case with which Mr. Walker was connected be men- tioned ])el'ore we close the sketch — that is, the "Debs" case, or rather, the case of the United States against Debs, as this is regarded by many as the most enduring laiu'cl in the chaplet of his legal ren(.wn. In this the widest application of law 111 the general welfare and to conservation of the true liberties of the people was asserted and discussed h\ Air. Walker and carried to a success- ful ct.nclusiun bv the determination of the su- i)renie court of the I'nited States, which atfirmed the decision of the courts for the Northern Dis- trict of Illinois. A brief history of this case, which forms an enduring ]>recedent, may be thus stated, it being premised that Mr. Walker appeared as special counsel for the goxernment. and supervised or organized the preparation of the legal jjleadings upon which issues were joined and partici]5ated with the attorney general of the United States in the arguments upon the issues. The American Railway Union was an organi- zation intended to include all classes of railway employes, its purpi>se Ijeing to extend its juris- diction over all the railways in the United States. Under its constitution its l>oard of directors liad authority and power to order strikes and boy- cotts, and to discontinue the same at their dis- pleasure. The promoter and organizer of the union was Eugene V. Debs. It had a board of directors of nine members, of which Debs was president. The union was organized in 1893 and its second annual convention was held in the city of Chicago commencing June 12, 1894. For sev- eral months prior to this date the employes of the Pullman Manufacturing Company had been erigaged in a strike. As early as the fifteenth of June, at the instance of some of the Pullman dele- gates, the ntatter was brought before the conveir- tion for consideration. Debs, as president, pre- sided at the meeting and then advocated that something in the nature of a boycott should be declared. Efforts were made to bring about this arbitration between the Pullman Company and its employes. Failing in this, on the twenty-sixth of June a boycott was declared on all cars owned and operated by the Pullman Company. A sym- pathetic strike immediately followed upon the part of the members of the .American Railway Union. The locomotive engineers, firemen, con- ductors and other employes in the passenger serv- ice generally refused to follow the order of the union. Practicall_\- all otlier employes of the rail- road companies terminating in the city of Chi- cago joined the strike. At this time the organi- zation membership was one hundred and fifty thousand, extending from Cleveland, Ohio, to the Pacific coast. The usual violence followed and before July i there was practically a forced suspension of busi- ness upoii most railroad lines radiating from Chi- cago. July 2, by direction of the attorney gen- 204 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WESf cral of tliL- United States, a bill (j£ complaint was tiled ill the circuit court for the northern district of Illinois against Debs and the directors of the union for a writ of injunction restraining Debs and others frt>m interfering with the movement of trains engaged in interstate commerce and the transportation of the mails. The order was en- tered by Judges Wood and Grosscup, and upon the same day the writ was served upon Debs and other defendants. The order was entirely disregarded, and the court finding it impossible to enforce its orders, the President ordered the federal troops stationed at Fort Sheridan to rqjort in the city and assist the marshal in enforcing the order of the court. E\'en with the aid of the federal troops the e.xe- cutiun of the order of the court could not be en- forced. .\ special grand jury was called about the middle of July and several indictments were returned against Debs and other officers of the union. The court, at the reijuest of the counsel representing the government, entered an order directing the telegraph companies of the city to bring in all telegrams transmitted by Dtbs and the other defendants after the entry of the in- junction order. M(ire than si.x; ihousand tele- grams were br(,ught to the grand jury room, and those furnished all necessary evidence against the defendants. July 17 an information for attach- liicnt for contemi>t against the defendants was tiled in court, writs of attachment were issued against the defendants, the court ortlering that they be committed to jail, but they were at once released upon gi\ing l>ail. Other writs were issued, and the defendants were also arrested un- der criminal indictment. The hearing of the contemjjt proceedings was haer, continuing for three weeks. Judge Wood presiding. His opinion was filed Decem- ber 4, holding the defendants guilty of contempt and oriscopal, a communi- cant of Grace church, a member of its vestry, and its senior church warden. He is thoroughly de- voted to his ]>rofession but is identified with numerous business enterprises. Over twenty- se\en vears agO' he formed a partnershiii with Col. W'. P. Rend, and in transaction of business the firm of W. P. Rend & Company, coal, is one of the best known in Chicago. They o])erate ex- clusively in O'hio and Pennsyl\-ania. The rela- tions of these two men ha\'e been of the UKjst inti- mate character, and during the long partnership nothing has occurred to mar the friendship formed so man}^ years ago. Vlx. Walker has many other financial and business interests of importance. In 1857 Mr. Walker was married to Miss Lydia Johnson, daughter of Col. Israel John- son, a prominent merchant of Logansiwrt, Indi- ana. She lived but two years after they came to Chicago. Of this union three sons were born, the two eldest, Edwin C. and J. Brandt Walker, are married and live in Chicago. The youngest, Wilmer Earl Walker, a boy of great promise, died at the age of twenty-one, at the commence- ment of his senicn- year at Vale College. In 1870 Mr. Walker married again, to Mrs. Desde- mona Kinib;ill, daughter of IMajor Samuel Ed- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 205 sell, one (jf the oldest and best-known citizens in the pul)lic and sucial Hfe of Eort Wayne, In- diana. Althiiui^'h a nienil)er ni nian\- pruniinent social ciuhs nf the cilw Mr. Walker Inrds his greatest solace and satisfaction with his family and friends in his attractive home, participating in such social functions as his professional and other duties will permit. He has traveled extensively ill (lie L'liilcil States and ahrdad. PRESTON GIBSON CHICAGO, ILL. Preston Gibson was born March 13, 1S79, at Washington, D. C., and is a son of the late Randall Lee Gibson, United States senator from Louisiana, and Mary Montgomerv Gib- son, and a nephew of Mr. Jus- tice White, of the United States supreme court. His education was completed at Yale Univer- sitv- While at ^'ale he was a member of both football and baseball teams and of the Berg- elius Society, the oldest society of the scien- tific school. He is now^ a member of the Onwentsia and Satldle and Cycle Clubs (if Chi- cago. Mr. Gibson is a Gold Democrat in politics, and a member i.>f the R(3inan Catholic church. After leaving college M'r. He was married January 21/, 1900, tO' Miss Gibson engaged in the real estate Minna I'leld, ilaughter of the late Henry Field, business in the office of Bryan La- brother of Marshall Field, of Chicago. Mrs. throp. of Chicago, with marked Heiu"v Field afterward married Thomas Nelson success. Page. J. HARRINGTON EDWARDS KALISPELL, MONT. J. Harrington h^dwards, vice-president of the the Second .\ational liank at I'j-ie, PennsyKania, Conr;id Xational ISank of Kalispcll, Montana, is and from iSSfi to 1S91 financial agent for Gran- well and favorably known in financial circles in (Hn Brothers & Dalrymple, wheat farms, elevator that citv, having been prominently identified with and steaiuboat com])any. Fraill county. North public enterprises and large corporations for Dakota. In .\pril. 1891 , he came to Montana as some years. cashier of the K.alispell Townsite Compan_\- at J. H. Edwards was born December 26, 1866, Kalispell : June, 1893. '^^'''■'^ made assistant .secre- at West Lebanon. New Hampshire, and is a son tary for same company, and in January, 1898, of Rev. Dr. John Harrington Edwards and Caro- line Starr Edwards. He was educated in corn- was made vice-president of the Conrad National Ijank both of which positions he now fills, and is nmn and high schools and academies at \-arious also a director in tlic Big Fork Electric Power places and one vear at the I'niversity of Minne- and Light Company, if said place. Mr. l-'dwards seta. From 1885 to 1886 he was bookkeeper at served as alderman of Kelispell. Montana, in 2o6 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WiSST 1892. 1893 and 1894. In 1898 he was a member \\ Hiidmaii nf America. In jji-litics a stanch Repnl)- of the schdcil Imard, and in 1899 to date a nicmher lican. He lias tra\eled tln"iiughinu the L'nited of the ^Montana state board of horticulture, and is States, Canada and Euni])e. He is an Episco- also president of the Flathead County Humane p-alian in relig;i(;us Ijelief. Mr, Fuhvards was mar- Society, ried June i-|. 1893, to Miss Alary K. Dixon, of Mr. Edwards is a Mason and M( tlern ( )ttumwa, bwa. She died October jfi. 1898. JOHN F. WALLACE CHICAGU, ILL. John Findlev Wallace, civil engineer, as- Col. Maconil), being engaged on surveys and con- sistant general manager of the Illinois Central struction w<;rk in the improvement of the Rock Railroad, Chicago, 111., was Ixirn at Fall River, Island rapids, hydrographic surveys for the Mass.. September to, i85_>. In 1854 his parents guard lock of the U. S. ship canal at Keokuk, la., moved to Hostc^n. Mass.. and in 1856 to Mon- and \arious sur\eys connected with river im- mouth. 111., his father. Rev. Daxid A. Wallace, jirovements ; receiving several promo'tions during D. D.. LL. D.. having been selected president of that period. Sq>tember i, 1876, he left the Monmouth College, which institution he founded, service of the United States Goverument and was organized and conducted for twenty-three years. engaged in private surveying and engineering The subject nf this sketch resided at Mon- practice until Aiiril. 1879. when he was appuinted nionth until i8f)9 and was educated at Mon- Chief Engineer of the Burlington, Monmouth & mouth College. In November, 1869, he entered [Missouri River R. R. The following year this the service of the Carthage & Ouincy R. R. as road was merged into the Peoria & Farmington rcdman. In January. 1870. he left that road R. R., and Mr. Wallace had charge of the loca- and entered the service of the Ouincy, Alton S: tion. construction and (iperation of that road as St. Louis R. R. as instrumentman. In March. Chief Engineer and General Superintendent be- 1870, he was employed, on the Rockford, Rock tween Peoria and Keithsburg, Ills., until 1883. Island & St. Louis R. R. as draftsman, and in when it was merged mU* the Central Iowa R. R. May cf the same year returned to the service of I^'rom this time until 1887 he was engag-ed a.s the Carthage & Ouincv R. R. In Septenil)er, Engineer (,f Construction and blaster of Trans- 1870. he left the Carthage & Ouincy R. R. and portatic.m in the Central [owa R. R.. having all re-entered college. August 5. 1871. he received transp(jrtalion matters in his charge between Os- an appointment as rodman on the L'nited States kaloo.sa. la., and Peoria. Ills., and also Engineer I'-ugineer Corps at Rock Island. Ills. Se])teml:ie'." in charge of construction work, .\mong other II. 1871. he was married to Sarah E. Ulmer, important works he designed and constructed of Monmouth. In November of the same year yards at Keithslnirg and West Keithsburg. as well he was promoted to the position of Civil Engi- as inclines, cradles and transfer facilities for the neer's assistant on the staf? of Col. Macomb. handling of railroad traffic over the Mississippi Until September. 1876, he was employed under river at that point. In the winter of 1884 he PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 209 also constructed ;i winter hridsjjc acrcss tlie river, and made sur\'e\s and located the Inwa Central ixrinanent bridge at the same locality. After- wards as Associate Engineer lie had charge of the construction of the appro.aches to this liridge ;nid the CHistruction of a bridge over the Black I lawk channel. ■ In Feljruary, 1SS7, he was appointed Resi- dent Bridge Engineer <►! the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., reporting to Mr. O Chanute, Consulting Engineer, and had charge of the con- struction of that company's bridge over the Mis- souri ri\'er at Sil>ley, Missouri. This was a mod- ern steel structure 92 feet above the water and three quarters of a mile in' length. In connection with his work as resident engineer of the Sibley bridge, he alsn ha the Mis- souri ri\-er from tlie bridge site, the object of these works being to maintain a permanent chan- nel at the bridge location. He also' had charge id' the design of the piers of the bridge over the Mississipiji ri\er at I"i rt Madison, b)wa, and later had charge of certain works connected with the protection uf this bridge. In .\i)ril. 1889. he resigned his ]>osition with the A. T. & S. F. K. R. and associated himself with Mr. E. L. Corthell, ccnisnlting engineer, at Chicago, Illinois. While engaged with Mr. Cor- thell among other imjiortant works he had charge of the construction of the joint Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Illinois Central Railroad termi- nal in the citv of Ch'icago for the main line of the A. T. & S. F. Railroad and the Sioux City line c;f the Illinois Central. Januarv i, i8i;i, he was ai)])ointed engineer (d' construction of the Illinois Central Railroad, and on March i, iScjj. chief engineer of tlie same road. During his term as chief engineer he de- signed and superintended the construction of ex- tcnsi\-c imprq\-emenfs o\-er the entire Illinois Central s\'stcm. including ele\ation of tracks in Chicago, new terminal station .and tracks. World's Fair transportation scheme, terminal facilities at New Orleans and other cities, and man\- other large and important pieces of work. At the same time he had general charge of the maintenance of the physical condition of the Illinois Central Railrc ad lines and jirojierty. July i, 1897, he re- signed his ])osition with the Illinois Central Rail- road and became vice-president and general man- ager of the Mathioson' Alkali Works, of Provi- dence, Rhode Island (works at Saltville, Vir- ginia, and Niagara Falls, New York). January I, 1898, he returned to the service of the Illinois Central Railroad as assistant second vice-presi- dent, which position he held until January i, 1901, when he was appointed assistant general manager. Bi this position he has charge of the entire operating department of the Illinois Cen- tral system, comprising the care of the physical condition of the property and all construction, transportation, machinery and telegraph matters. The following officers report to him : Chief en- gineer, consulting engineer, engineer of construc- tic;n, general su])erin'tendcnt of transportation, superintendent of machinery, superintendent of telegraph, chief surgeon, chief claim agent, chief special agent, the assistant general superintendent of lines south i>f the Ohio ri\'er, and all division superintendents of lines north ui the Ohio ri\er. The Illinois Central s_\-steni eml.>races about 5, -'50 miles of railroad. ]\Ir. Wallace is a member of the Institution of Ci\dl Engineers of Creat Britain : of the .Amer- ican Societv of Civil luigioeers, being president of this organization in 1900; of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way .Kssociation, of which he was president for two years. 1S99 and i<)Oo: of the \\'estern Society of Engineers, of which he was president in i89('). .Among the local Chicago organizations Mr. Wallace is a member of the Union League Club, being one of the committee on political action; also of the Kenwood and Technical Clubs. He is a member also of the l-jigineers' Club of New 2 lO PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST York. Mr. Wallace is the author of several val- uahle scientific papers puhlished hy the American Society of Civil Engineers. Children: Harold U. Wallace, born Novem- ber, 1872. married to Lura Wycoff, of Keiths- birrg, Illinois, in September, 1894: educated as civil engineer; for several years ruadmaster of the I. C. Railroad at Louisville. Kentucky., now superintendent of the Freei)ort division, hcad- (piarters at Freeport, Illinois. Rirdena Frances Wallace, married to Thornton M. Orr, of Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1897. JAMES De WITT ANDREWS CHICAGO, ILL. Some ten years ago the American legal fra- 933, this language: "It is at once compact, clear ternity became the beneficiary to the re-publica- and elegant. His preface is one of the best mod- tion of the body of that standard work. "Ste- els of good English which it has been our ])leas- phen's Pleading,"' with valuable and careful notes ure to read. In respect of its style his work will thereto from the pen of our distinguished fellow- stand among the first legal classics of England citizen, Mr. James DeWitt An- and America. * * * Neither Blackstoiie, nor drews ; in its amplification this Kent, nor Story, nur Greenleaf surpasses it." edition of that subject proved a The following concession is made bv an ad- gift to the busv lawyer with its verse critic: "It is the first serious attempt apt citations, and a Ixhui to Amer- wliich has been made on this side of the Atlantic ican students of law, for the text at a complete classification of our legal systems; was ada])ted both to the common- ;ind this attempt must be conceded toi rank as a law and code states. real achie\ement. It is an extraordinary exam- Following that treatise on ad- pie of analysis and criticism, reminding one of jective law came the international Austin in the refinement of its reasoning and the re-dedication of a long-kjst minuteness of its observation. * * * Regarded .American classic, the "Discourses Upon Juris- as a discourse on method, as a treatise on legal prudence and the Political Science." (1790-2), analysis, it is likely to take a i)ennanent place in the small list of works of th;it character which the Ijusy genius of Anglo-. \merican law has th (!Ui' found time to pnxluce." — Cohiinbia Laze Kcz'ica'. lames DeWitt Andrews, the son of Robert C. .\ndrews and l\hoda Clark Kingsbury Andrews, was born in .Sterling. Whiteside county. Illinois, on Febru;ir\' 22, 1856; it was his good fortimc by lames Wilson, associate justice of the supreme court of the United States and professor of law in the University of Pennsylvania, wi author as its editor contributing numerous notes. Full of great iimmise. a new volume on Amer- ican substantive and adjective law from the legal labratory of our jurist has for .several years to attend the local grammar and high .schools adorned our libraries. The consensus of opinion, and matriculate at the Union University of New both of the bench and the bar. is that "Andrews' Vnvk and to graduate from the Albany Law .\nicrican Law" is the i)eer uf i!l;ickstone and School in 1879. Kent ; witness in 34 ".\merican Law Review," I'Jeturning to Sterling in that year. Mr. An- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 21 I ilrcws liecame a practicing lawyer, and was elected in 1880 its city attorney; his term of ofHce attractetl especial attention Ijy reasnn 111 his vig'oraus prosecution of liquor sell- ers. In 1883 he remoA'ed to. Morrison. Whiteside county, Illinois, and became and remained until i8yo a niemher of the hrni of Woodruff & An- drews. During" that period his tirm enjoyed the best practice in the count}'. In 1890 Mr. Andrews, at the request of Rich- ard Prendergast. since deceased, came to Chicago and associated with him in the practice of law; since then Mr. Andrews has had a general prac- tice, besides acting as counsel in many im- portant cases, Tlie Pacific Railway Case, Mc- Kenna v. McKenna, Medina Temple Case, Hart- ford Deposit Company v. Rector; and for about a decade he has been law critic for the firm of Callaghan & Co., law publishers, and has de\'ote(l all his spare time to law writing. Mr. Andrews is a member of the .Xmerican- P)ar Association, and is chairman of its committee on classification of law, and chairman of the com- mittee on legal education of the Illinois State I'ar Association. In 1895-7 ^^i'- Andrews was a pro- fessor of law in the Northwestern University Law School. On June 9, 1880, Mr. Andrews was married to Minnie Alice Barrett, grand-niece of Marcus Whitman, and they have two children: Barrett C. and Helen R. Andrews, aged respectively eighteen and fourteen years. The University of Pennsylvania Jionored Mr. Andrews with a call tO' deliver an address on James Wilson, which will be found in The Amer- ican Law Register for December, 1901, and en- titled "James Wilson and His Relation to [uris- ])rudence and Constitutional Law." Of Scotch descent, possessing its indomitable energy, diligence and perseverance, a succes.sor to the great Erskine — John Erskine of Carnock, Ijrofessor of Scots law in the L^niversity of Edin- burgh and author dr. Kraus has prospered and is now a large prop- ert\' owner in Chicago. He is of the Jewish faith and has alwavs been ])ri'minent in the church. He is president of the bnard of trustees of Rabbi Stidz's cimgregation. In his home is an e.\i)ression of artistic tastes, both in furnishings and in some of the rare can- vases on bis walls. .\s an art c< nnnisseiu" he lie- longs to the strictly modern scIujoI. His house at 4518 Drexel Boulevard has been his residence since 1894. Mr. Kraus was married in 1877. His wife was Miss Matilda Hirsch, of Chicago. They have foiu" children, Miss Paula and Albert, Harry and Milton. Mr. Kraus is a valued member nf the Athletic, In ipiois. Standard, Lakeside and Press Clubs, and is president of Isaiah Temple. His interest in the welfare, progress and moral and material adx'ancement of Chicago is deep and sincere, and his efforts in its l.>ehalf are mn without results. HARVEY STRICKLER CHICAGO, ILL. BV JAMES J. KELLY Harvey Strickler is a native of Virginia. He ated with Peckhani & Brown who have a na- was Ijorn August 22, 1870, on a farm near the tii.nal reputation as Ijanking lawyers, until r^lay, historic town, Winchester, on soil made famous 1P93, since which time he has been unassociated bv Sheridan in the battle of Winchester. His in the practice. parents. J( hn Stouffer, and Helen Heathering- Mr. Strickler is one of the best-read lawyers ton Strickler, still reside near at the Chicago bar. He is an authority on all ^\'inchester, where his father is a well-to-do farmer and a promi- nent citizen. Mr. Strickler was educated in the schojls for which Winchester is justly famed, and after gradu- law ])crtaining to ccrpcraticns and real estate, to vihich he has given special attention, and which makes up the liulk of his large practice. He is a forceful speaker, and is a power tie- f( re court or jury, and well wnrtby bis reputation as a great lawwer and an honest man. While de- aling there taught school in his \(ting his time assiduously to his profession, Mr. home county and in Mineral Strickler lias found time to make a host of countw West \'irginia. friends. He has the social (jualities peculiar to .\t ninetceu he came west- and taught school \'irginians. and makes friends of all who come in Whiteside county, Illinois, one year, after which he came to Chicago and entered the North- western University Law School, from which he changed t" the Kent Law School, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in June, 1893, at which time he was admitted to the bar and be- gan practicing his profession. He was associ- in contact with him. He belongs to the Masonic ( rder and various other social and fraternal or- ganizations. Although an active Republican, he ]iersistentlv refuses political preferment. He married Sarah Irene Buell. of Sterling, Illinois, in May, 1896, and they have three sons. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 217 He is an ardent clex'otee nf tlie md and i;'un which is in some measure respnnsiljle U'r tlie ro- and spends iiis summer vacations in the great liust constitution wliich enables liim to ])crform \\( ods of Northern Wisconsin, near to nature's ihc immense amount of work recpiired by his lieart. whicli he considers the ideal existence, and ])ractice. HON. MARCUS KAVANAGH, JR. CHICAGO, ILL. Judge Marcus Kavanagh, Jr., is a native of anagh. \\'hen Air. (iiljlions was elected judge of the state of Iowa, a son of Marcus and Mary the circuit bench. IMr. Kavanagh formed a new (Hughes) Kavanagli, and was born at Des partnership with Mr. O'Donnell, the firm being Moines September 3. 1859. His father, Marcus known as Kax'anagli & O'Donnell. Mr. Kav- Kavanagh, was a native of County W'icklnw, and anagh made no choice of any special branch of his mother of County Mayo, Ireland. The sur- the law, for he possesses that mental grasp which name Marcus is evidently hereditar\' in the family, made it an easy matter for him to discover the for the grandfather, a native of County Wex- salient points in any case, and consequently a ford, is so named. His father, a man of good general jiractice was carried on by the iirm. ]\Ir. circumstances, came to .America in 1850 and set- Kavanagh was elected judge of the circuit court, tied in Des Moines, where Marcus Kavanagh which position he still retains, was born and received his early education in the Some reference is recjuired to Colonel Kav- public schools. He afterKvards attended the anagh's record as a soldier. Since his earliest Niagara University where he graduated in 1876, years military matters ha\-e always been to him and then attended the low'-a State University and of aljs( rbing interest. At Niagara Uni\-ersity he graduated in law in 1878. He immediately be- uas under military instruction for five years, and gan practicing at Des Moines, where his ability while studying law in lowa^ City, Iowa, he was and ready resource soon made for him consid- under Captain Chester, of West Point, a soldier erable mark in his profession. Evei'y ca.se he who was unusually competent to instruct in the took charg-e nf was conducted most carefully, and arts of war. He was elected maji r of the Third ample preparation was besto-wed before trial Regiment, Iowa National Guard, in DesMoines, whenever the opportunity offered. He is a fine and afterward its lieutenant-colonel, and soon s|)eaker, with a most excellent manner and effect- after his arrival in Chicagcv he was elected licu- ive ])iiwer. tenant-coli.mel of the Se\'enth Infantrv. Thrnugb Marcus Kavanagh, Jr., was elected city attor- all the trying rint times of the summer of 1894 ney of Des Mofnes in iScSj and re-elected in 1884. the Seventh Regiment did n(.ble service, and the He was clu)sen as district judge of the ninth pi lice being engaged in the suiiurljs, it was for a judicial district of Iowa in 1885, but this posi- ci'U])le of weeks the nnly force for the protection tic:n the Hun. John Gibbrms, recognizing his nt the citv. great ability aufl superior qualifications needed Owing to the hea\\- pressure o.f bis legal more scope for action induced him to resign, and diuies, and also to the hard feeling in the regi- coming to Chicago they formed a law partner- ment, rendering harmony among the officers an ship, the fimi being known as Gibbons & Kav- impossibility, Lieutenant-Colonel Kavanagli re- 2l8 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST sitjiicd liis ci ininaiid in the fall of 1895. On Catln lie. and in politics he is a stanch Repuh- April !_'. iS(/). liMwcvcr, he was iinan.imously lican. elected to tile position of colonel of the leginient. Colonel or Judge Kavanagh is a tall, fine look- wliicli had been \acated by Colonel Francis T. ing man. being one who will attract attention of Colby, and his installation was made an occa- the stranger at once by liis affable and courteous sion of such heart}- appro\al. which well testitied iiianner and dignified l^earing. He passesses great to his popularit\- in the Se\enth Regiment. executive powers and dispatches business in a in relii.;iiiii Ci loncl Ka\aiiaeh is a Roman most wonderful manner. JAMES W. DUNCAN CHICAGO. ILL. .Mr. James W. Duncan is an able exponent of 1876 tcT of con- gress from Arkansas for eiglileen years, lawyer, was Ixirn at Mt. Holly, Arkansas, December 21, JS51, and is the son of Dnncan McRae antl Mary Ann ( L'hipman ) ^IcRae. He recei\eil his ednca- tiiin at the private schools of Shady (_iro\e, Mt. Holly and Falcon, Arkansas; New Orleans, Louisiana, and Lexington, Virginia. He left school in 1869 and accepted a position in a whole- sale mercantile establishment at Shreveport, Louisiana. He finished at the Soule Business College at New Orleans in 1870, graduated in law at the Washington & Lee University, Vir- ginia, in 1872, and was admitted toi the bar of Arkansas January 8, 1873, and to the L'nited Slates supreme court in 1886. He was a mem- ber of the state legislature of Arkansas in 1S77, in which year the county seat was changed and he moved from Rosston to Prescott, whei'c he has since practiced his profession. Mr. McRae was a member nf the town cnuncil of the iiicurixir.-iled tiiwn of I'rescott in 1871;; he was ;i ]iresiilential elector in 1880, chairman of the DeniDcratic slate convention in 1884, delegate to the national Dem- ocratic con\'ention in 1884, Democratic national commitleman for .\rkansas from i8(>(i to 1900, and was elected to the forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty- first, fifty-second, fifty-third, lifly-fourth, fifty- fifth, fifty-si.xth and re-elected to the fifty-seventh congresses. Mr. ]\IcRae is a memjjer of the Masonic order and has taken Knight Templar degrees and thirty-second degree Scottish Rite; a Knight of Pj-thias, an Odd Fellow' and a Woodman of the World. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and a leading figivre on the Democratic side of the house. Mr. McRae was married to Miss Amelia ^\'hite, December 17, 1874, and they ha\e nine children. HON. PAUL DILLINGHAM CARPENTER MILWAUKEE, WIS. Paul D. Carpenter, judge of the county court of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a man of high char- acter and ability. In his hands the iiidi\iunsels nf his jiarty. Judge Carpenter has traveled extensively 5 i(,us matters he is a Roman Cathnlic. Judge Carpenter was united in marriage N(_)- vemher 2^. i8yi. tn Miss Emma h'alk. daughter of Franz Falk. They have three children, a daughter and two sons. ELMER ELLSWORTH BEACH CHICAGO, ILL. Among the popular and brilliant advocates at the bar of Ccx)k connty at tlic present time is Elmer Ellsworth Beach. Commencing the prac- tice of law in i888. he advanced rapidly in his professiiin. displaying those qualifications which are e\'er essential to a successful career. He soon attracted wide- spread attention by the numerous litigations brought to a successtul issue. He is a forceful speaker, his style of argument being at once clear, logical and con- vincing. Never resorting to clap- trap, but in a plain matter-(jf-fact manner appeals to the good sense and jutlgment of his auditors. The favorable im- pression he made upon the public in the early years has been strengthened by passing time, as he has successfully mastered manv of the must im- portant and intricate cases presented to the courts. Mr. Beach was born Detyember 19, 1861, at Civil Bend, Fremont county, Iowa. His parents were Henry Walter Beach :/.nd Eva (Canfield) Beach. His early education was obtained in the country schools of nortiiern Michig-an. When a lad his parents removed tO' Grand Rapids, Michi- gan, where he took the usual course in the high school of that city, and, when prepared, entered the Lniversity of jMichigan, where he graduated in 1884. For three years after leaving college he was a traveling solicitor, but the profession of the law had an attraction for him, and, com- mencing its study in Chicago, he was admitted to the bar in 1888. Mr. Beach has always been a firm advocate of Republican principles, and has always done all in his power to- promote the growth and advance the success of the party. In 1900 he was appointed attorney for the North Shore Park District by the l>ark commissioners and reappointed in 1901. He is a prominent and \-alucd member of several social clubs and societies; is a member of the Marcpiette and Hamilton Clubs ; the Chicago Athletic Association; Park Lodge, No. 843. A. F. & A. AI. ; Park Chai)ter. R. A. M. ; Evanston Commandery. Knights Tem])lar ; U. A. O. N. M. S. He is at present worshipful master of Park Lodge, 843, A. F. & A. M. ; deputy grand lecturer and district deputy grand master for the third tlistrict. ]\lr. Beach was married in July. 1889, at Ann .\rbor, Michigan, to ]\Iiss Jessie E. Taylnr. and thcv have one child, a daughter, four years old. Jslv. Beach's cpialities of good fellowship t'ROMlNENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 223 have Willi him the Iriendship and reg'ard of all recurds nf merit, and his uprigiit career has been with whiini he has lieen Ijroug'ht in cuiitact. His an himnr U> them. Scjcially he is a most genial, many hunnrs tnim social organizatiiins are the curdial gentleman. RAYMOND W. BEACH CHICAGO, ILL. Raynii 111(1 W. Beach, nf the well-knnwii law firm of Beach & Beach, is nnnihered annmg" the ai>le members of the Blinois bar, with which he has been identified since 1S89. From the begin- ning of his career as a practitioner his effort.s have been attended with success and he has won for himself very favorable criticism for the care- ful and systematic methods he has followed. He stands well Loth in the prnfession and with the public. Mr, I'>each takes a deep interest in the success of Republican principles and is an earnest worker for that party. He is a fine orator, has a read}- cnmmand of lan- guage, is logical and entertaining, and never fails to make a deep impression on his hearers. He has many friends, acquaintances and clients. Raymond W. Beach was born Xovember 29, iH'13, at Bcrci\-al, Iowa. His parents were Henry Walter Beach ;md Eva ( Canfield) I'.each. His ed- ucation was acquired in the pulilic schools and at the University tA Aliehigan, where he recei\ed the degrees oi B. S. (C. E.) and LL. B. He graduated from the university in the literary de- partment as a civil engineer in 1886, and was employed as assistant engineer on the Chicago, jMilwaukee & St. Paul Railroad the same year. In 1887 and 1S88 he was assistant engineer with Knight & Bontecon. in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1889 and was admitted to the liar in Illinois and Michigan in the fall of that year, and has continuously practiced law in Chi- cago' since that time. Mr. Beach is a member of the Twenty-fifth Ward Republican Club, ami is chairman of the linblic ser\-ice committee of the Young Men's Republican Club of the Twenty-fifth Ward, and is also a member of the A. F. & A. M. Mr. Beach was married October 4, 1892, to Jennie Corinne Healy. They have a daughter seven years of age. HENRY D. HITT OAKFIELD. WIS. Henry D. Hitt, director and vice-president id' iif lumnr during his lung residence in the state, the First National Bank of Fond du Lac, Wiscon- and is a man who cummands the respect and con- sin, is one of Wisconsin's well-known men and fidence of all clas.ses. one of its earliest settlers, having moved intO' the Henry D. Hitt was born at Danby, Vermont, country in 1848, when Wisconsin was still a ter- September 15. 1823. His father, William Hitt, ritiiry, settling at Oakfield, Fond du Lac county, was a native of New ^'ork, and his mother, Lydia where he still resides. He has held many posts (Smith) Hitt, of Vermont. Mr. Hitt's education PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST was ac(|uii"e(l in the scliouls of Addison cuuiUy, Vermont, and his early years were spent in tliat state. He tauglit school for four years in V'er- nmnt and New York state, but decidinjj npnn the west as offering' better inducements to a xnuiiii' man. he mused tn Wisconsin when twenty-tix'e ii'cars of ag'e, settling in Oakfield, I-'ond du Lac cciuntv, cleared up and im])r(i\ed a tarm in the oak opening" section, which is now cmisidered one of the best in the state. Mr, Hill is a farmer by profession and has always made that his business. His neighbors soon recognized his worth and began to call upon hmi to represent thenr in public affairs, and he held various town and county offices in the early organization of the town and county government. He was a member of the Wisconsin legislature in 1858, and president of the Fond du Lac Agricult- ural Societv for ten \ears. He was one of the directors for the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society for eighteen years, and one of tlie regents of Wisconsin State L'niversity six years. Mr. Hitt has been iHr a number of vears a director and is now \ice-presi(k'nt nf the h'irst Xatioual Hank of b'nnd dn Lac. .\lr. I lilt has alwavs l)cen a stanch Reiniblican and an acti\e worker since the organization of the ])arty, belic\ing that the interests of the state and natiiiu are best ser\xnl thriiugli the triump-h of Republican principles. Mr. Hitt was married June J(>. 1849, to Lydia A. Bristal, who was Ixjrn in .\ddison county, \'ermont, February 14, 1826. She is a daughter of Moses and Mary (Perry) Bristal, who were nati\-es of Washington county. New York. ^Nlr. Hitt's career has been both able and hon- oraide, but in the home is where he takes his chief pleasure, an commanded the Seventh-ninth In- diana, said in his official report : "It may not be improper to remark that the behavior of my regiment, which had but few op- portunities fur drill, and had nut been lung in the field, may be attributed in a great measure to the splendid conduct of the Nineteenth Ohio, ]\lajor Manderson commanding, the efifect of whose example was not lost upon the ufficers and st'ldiers of my regiment." General Grider, cummanding the brigade, says : "The command was splendidly led by its offi- cers, among whom was Major Alanderson, who exhibited the utmost coolness and daring." After the battle of Rich ]\I(.auitain. and dur- ing its three years and its veteran scrxice the Nineteenth Ohio Infantr)- participated in the fol- lowing campaigns and battles: Shilob, Siege of Corinth, action near Faniiington. movement from Battle Creek, Tennessee, to Lo'uisville, Kentucky. Perryville campaign, Crab Orchard, Stone River, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma campaign. Liberty Gap, Cbickamauga, siege of Chattanooga, Or- chard Knob, Mission Ridge. Knoxville campaign, .\tlanta cnmijaign, Cassville, Dalles, New Flope Church, Picketts Mills, Ackworth Station, Pine Knob, Kulp's Farm, Kenesaw, aflfair near Mari- etta, crossing the Chattahoutchie river. Peach Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, Ezra Chapel. Jones- boro, Lovcjoy Station, Franklin, Xrisluille and pursuit of Hood"s army. The brigade commander says of the battle of New Hope Church, during the Atlanta cam- paign in his official report: "The second line commanded by Colonel Mandersun and composed of the Nineteenth Ohio, the Seventy-ninth Indiana and tlie Ninth Kentucky, advanced in siilendid style through a terrific fire. Officers and soldiers acted most gal- laritly. the re,giments of the second line jjarticu- larlv. which adxanced in admirable order over PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 229 very (.lilhcull yruund and iletcrniincdly inaiii- t;iintil their gruund against \ery suptrinr num- bers. Conspicuous for gallantry and deserving of special mention is Colonel C. F. Manderson, of the Nineteenth Ohio." \\ hile leading his demi-brigade comp<5sed o^f the Nineteenth Ohio, the Ninth Kentucky, and the Seventy-ninth Indiana in a charge upon the enemy's works at Lovejoy Station, Georgia, on September 2, i8f)4, in which in a most desperate charge the front line of works was taken and held, he was severely wounded in the sjjine and right side. General Kneflar, commanding the brigade, says officially : "I cannot say too much of Colonel Alander- son, who was severely wounded anil always con- spicuous for gallantry and skill." General Wood, who commanded the division, sriys of the charge upon the enemy's works : "It was gallantly made and we lost some \-a]ual)le officers, among them Colonel Mander- son." The ball being extracted and much disability arising therefrom he was compelled to resign the service from wounds in April, 1865, the war in the west having practically closed. Previous to his resignation he was breveted brigadier general of volunteers U. S. A., to date March 13, 1865, "for long, faithful, gallant and meritorious serv- ices during the war of the Rebellion." This dis- tinction came to him on the recummendation of army commanders in the field and not by political influence. He participated in all the battles in which his regiment took part except Chicka- mauga when he was absent on detached duty, and Franklin and Nashville, where he was absent on acciiunt of wounds. Returning to Canton, Ohio, he resumed the ]iractice of law and was twice elected prosecuting attorney of Stark countv. declining' a nomination fur a third term. In iSdj he came within one vote of receiving the Republican iinminatinn fnr ci'ngress in the district of Ohio, then conceded to be Republican by several thousand majority. in November, iSCxj, he removed to Omaha, Nebraska, where he still resides and where he cjuickly became prominent in legal and political affairs. He was a member (if the Nel>raska State Constitutional Convention of 1871, and also that of 1874, being elected without opposition Ijy the liominations of both political parties. He served as city attorney of Omaha, Nebraska, for over six years, obtaining signal success in the trial ui important municipal cases and achieving high rank as a lawyer. For many years he has been an active comrade in the Grand Army ui the Re- public and for three years was Commander of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the District of Columbia, and has since been com- mander of the Nebraska Commandery. He was elected United States senator as a Republican to succeed Alvin Saunders, his term commencing March 4, 1883. He was re-elected to the senate in 1S88 without opposition, and with exceptional and unprecedented marks of approval from the legislature of Nebraska. His term exi)ired March 3, 1895, and he declined to be a candidate for a third term, annotmcing publicly his intention to retire fn>m public life. In the senate he was chairman of the joint committee on ])rinting and an active member of the following committees: Claims , private land claims, territories, Indian afifairs, military affairs and rules. Many valuable rejjorts have Iieen made liy him from these com- mittees and he has been a shaping and directing force in the way of legislation ui value relating to claims, the establishment of the private land claims court, the g'overnment of the territories, admission of new states, pensions to soldiers, aid tfj soldiers' homes, laws for the better organiza- tion and improvement of the discipline of the L'nitcd States army, and for the imi)rovement and belter methods ior the printing of the govern- ment. In the second session of the tift\-first con- 2^6 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST j^ress lie was clectetl liy ihe L'nited States senate as its president pro tempore without (ipposition. it having lieen dechired l)v tlie senate after full debate to be a continuing otTice. This unani- mous election to the i)residency of the senate was without a precedent, ruid was the highest compli- lucnt that could be paid by that august body to one of its meniljers. Ju ]\larch, 1S93, the po- litical coniplection of the senate having changed, he resigned the presidency of the senate, after serving in that capacity for three years and was succeeded bv Hon. Ishani (_i. Harris, of Tennes- see, (icneral .Manderson retired from the senate Marcli 3, 1895, ''""^1 being tendered the position c)f general solicitor of the Burlington System of ]\ailroads west of the Alissouri ri\-er, entered upon the duties of the place on .\pril i, 1895, continuing his residence in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1899, be was \ice-president of the American Bar Association, and acted as president at its annual meeting, at which he was elected as its president, serving- as such in 1900. JOHN SUMNER RUNNELLS CHICAGO, ILL. John Sumner Runnells, who has been a mem- ber of the Chicago bar during the past fourteen years, was born in New Hampshire, and is a de- scendant of the fourth generati(jn of the last sur- vivi>r of the battle of Bunker Hill. Kearetl in New England, Mr. Runnells became a student in Amherst College when only si.xteen vears of age, and was graduated from that institution with highest honors, both in schtilar- ship and extemporaneous speaking and debate. His law studies were pursued at Dover, New Hampshire, and in 1867 he removed to Iowa, where he became private secretary to the go\-er- nor of that state, after which, in 18(19, he went to England under a consular appointment by Ceneral Grant. Returning to Iowa in 1871, Mr. ]\unnells was admitted to tlie bar. and entered upon the practice of his [irolession in Des Moines. Four years later he was elected reporter of the suprane court. The duties of this office, which during his incumbency included the editing ard ])ublishing- of eighteen \-olunies of the court's decisions, he performed in addition to bis regular ])ractice. In 1881 he was a])pointed United States district attoi-ui\- for Iowa bv President Arthur, a position he filled with credit for the fol- Imving four vears. Almost from the begining of his law practice Mr. Runnells has gix'en his attention largely to corporation law, and his time has been occupied almost exclusively with railway litigation and suits involving telegraph law. A [jrominent case, ;dthough in another branch of jurisprudence, which attracted much interest because of its im- portance, was that involving the constitutionality of one branch of the prohibitory law of loava. This suit he successfullv carried through the state courts and idtimately won it in the Supreme Court of the United States. While in Iowa .Mr. Runnells became actively interested in political (juestions and took a promi- nent ]jlace among the leaders of the Republican |!arty, ser\-ing as chairman <)f the state central committee in 1879 and 1880. He was a delegate to the national convention of his party in the latter year, anoden Ware Company, of Menasha, atctl in the class of 1876. Wisconsin, has been identified with the commer- After graduation he almost immediately en- cial interests of tliat city for many years. He has gaged in lumbering and afterward in the mami- gained great prominence in business circles ami facture of wooden ware and c(H)perage. The is regarded as one of the representative business business at first was started in a small wav and men of the state. gradually enlarged until it reached its present ^Ir. Smith was born at Mena.sha in 1855, and great proixirtions. The company's success is that city and the state are proud of his .success. la.rgely due to the energy displayed bv Mr. Smith He is a son of Elisba D. and Julia .\. (Mowry) and to his keen business abilitv. Smith, llis earl\- educitiou w;is .■ic(piircd at the i'oliticallv ]\lr. Smith is ;i Rei)nblican. ;md common and high schools of ]\k'n;ish;i, which li.'is always supported his p.arty. He is ;i man of was supplemented l)y a course at the i'rinccton strong char.acter, fearless in defense of what he ?34 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST l.elicves tn lie ri.tjht, and his inlluence is a pntciit coinniands the respect of all. Mr. Smith was factor ill the CDiiimunitv. He has many ac- married in June, 1888, to Miss Jennie W. Math- C|iiaintances and friends. J lis social qualities cu'son. They ha\-e three children : Mowry Smith, render him popular, while his genuine worth SyKia W. Smith and Carlitcjn R. Sniitii. JOHN E. WATERS CHICAGO, ILL. John K. \\'aters, one of the representative when he removed t<;) Chicago and associated members of the legal professirju in Chicago, has himself with Mr. Joseph W. Hiner, under been aclixelv engaged in the practice of law in the firm name of Hiner & W'hters. which that city since 1894, and has attained an enviable partnership still continues. During the year p.osition before the Cook county bar. Liberal 1894 Mr. Waters took the post-graduate course educational advantages have well at the Chicago College of Law tO' perfect fitted him for life's duties, and as he is a shrewd lawyer, strong advocate, and of fine literary ability and taste, his success has been marked. John E. Waters was born himself in the comniDU law practice, ha\ing previouslv folhnved his jjrofessioii in a code state. Mr. Waters is a valued memlicr of several social organizations or clubs, and a meml)er of the Chicago Bar Association. He was second lieu- June 23, i86t, at Fond du Lac, tenant of Company L First Regiment, Minnesota A\'isconsin, and is a son of John National Guard, from 1889 to 1893, pi"eviously and Susan Kelly Waters, of that having served four years in the \\'isco'nsin Na- tional Guard at Fond dn Lac. He is widely traveled, having visited luigland, Scotland, Ire- land, Wales, France. Italy, Germany, Belgium and Holland and also throughout the United States and Canada. Politicailv he is a Democrat city — both now living. His edtiction was re- ceived at the common and high schools c)f Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, supplemented by a course in the Columbia College Law School, of New \'ork, and at the Universitv of Minnesota. He was admitted to the bar December 4, and has always supported his party, .\mong his 1883, and located at Minnea])olis, ^Minnesota, ])ersonal friends he is af^'ahle, engaging and cour- where he ])racticed law until May i, 1894, teous tiv all. Mr, Waters is a bachelor. PORTUS BAXTER WEARE CHICAGU, ILL. Tortus Baxter W'eare was born at Otsego, Allegan county, Michigan, January i, 1842, and is descended from one of the oldest colonial fam- ilies, the first of the name in this covnitrv having 1>een Nath.-miel Weare, who was settled in the town of Newberry, New Hampshire, as early as progenitor, Nathaniel Weare, was a soldier of the 1 0^8. h'rom him have descended many wlio have attained eminence in military, professional and commercial life. I', i'.. W'eare's grandf;ither. John Weare, who was of the sixth generation in descent from the PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST ^35 war of 1812. His wife, wliose maiden name was Weare Land and Live Stock Company was or- Cynthia Ashley, was tlie daugliter of Colonel' ganized, which at one time iiad as high as lifty thousand cattle in northern Wyoming and east- ern Montana. Mr. Weare next engaged in the ' Samuel Ashley, an officer of the colonial govern- nxnt, .'Hid the head of an influential family of wealth. Ji>]in W'carc,' Jr., the father of Portus B. Weare, was one of the early pioneers of the west. Soon after his marriage in 1841 to Miss Martha Parkhurst, a nati\-e of Vermont, he moved into-a log cahin in the heart (;f the Michigan wilderness, where the only neighliors were the Pottavvatomies and Winnebagoes, who occassionally visited the homestead. Here it was that Portus B. \Veare was born, and it was in these surroundings that he passed the first few years of his life. When he was three \-ears of age he went with his parents to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he grew up and re- grain business. He maintained sixty-five sta- lious for storing grain in Illinois. Iowa and .\'e- l)raska, and he also built the Globe Elevator, of \\'est Superior, having a capacity of five million bushels. He has also of late years been manager' of the Chicago Railway Terminal Elevator Com- pany, comprising eight of the largest" local ele- vators, whose capacity exceeds ten million bush- els. His next venture was the foundation of the suburb of Morton Park, six miles west of the ciiurt house of Chicago, where, in ten vears, a model town, with all the advantages of city life, lias been evolved. Of late vears Mr. Weare has ceivcd the most of his schooling, but was still only • been most conspicuous as one of the foremost men interested in the development of Alaska. The North American Transportation and Trading Company was organized in 1891. and in . the summer of 1892 Mr. Weare and his son, W. W. Weare, took from Puget Sound to St. fairlv in liis teens when he eniered upon the ad- venture ms and nomadic life of a pioneer trader. His frequent trips into what was then the Sioux country, on the upper Missouri, and his life and experiences amid hardships and dangers of the frontier have left its impression on his character. Micliael's Island, at the mouth of the Yukon, all He still loves the freedom of western life. It ap- peals to him as the luxuries of civilization can never do, and it was this longing for the prairies and the mountains that led him, in later life, to enter upon the development of .Maska. as the f( under of the North American Transportation and Trading Conrianv. In iH(>2 Mr. Weare came to Chicago and cngagxd in the grain and com- mission business in connection with Henry W'. Rogers. Jr. Three years later he commenced business under the name of P. B. Weare & Com- ]'any, which was the foundation upon which has been erected the present Wieare Commission Com- pany. At first the firm was largely engaged in exjwrting prairie chickens from the western states to England, Gernianv and Er;\ncc. Later, when the country became nmrc settled and this business was no longer flourishing, the firm handled buf- • falo robes. Time ]iut an end to this also, and the the timber, materials and machinery for the five- hundred-tons burden river steamer 'T'. B. Weare," which was built and launched in time to take a cargo from an ocean steamer and to ascend the Yukon that fall, '['he result of this enterprise was to open up rich and extensive gold placer mines, as well as quartz, coal, copper and other materials, to the people of the world. This ccmi- pany is now represented in nearly every station in .Alaska. Mr. Weare has been a ])rt)minent factor in the histiiry and growth of Chicago, .\side frum his large business interests here, he has taken an active part in the development of its institu- tions. He is one of the organizers and a member it the first board of trustees of the Illinois Club, and has been identified with the Chicago- Board of Trade since 1862. He is also a member of the New York Produce Exchange, the Lawyers' Club 236 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST of New York, tlie Art Institute, the Union Sophia Ann ( Darby) Risky, of Cedar Rapids, League and Chicago Cluhs, of Chicago. Iowa. Twn cliildren have l)een horn to them, lanuary 2, 1866. ^Ir. Weare was married to William Walker, who is in busines.s with liis fa- Susan Wheelock Riskv. daughter of Levi and ther, and Nellie Darling, who died in 1892. WILLIAM BURRY CHICAGO, ILL. AX'illiam Burry. junior member of the law & Burry. Since 1877 he has been a member of iirm of Runnells & Biu-ry, of Chicago, was born the firm nf Runnells & Burry. Mr. liurry has at .Montreal. Canada, lanuarv 10. 185 1. and is always been a very successful lawyer and a \ery the son of William Burrv and Mary A. Burry. busy erne, deeply interested in his profession and He was educated at Harvard College, graduating in the large cases with which his firm is engaged, with the class of 1874, receiving the degree of principally corporation law. B. A. Immediately after graduation he came to He is a member of several clubs, among them Chicago and studied law in the office of Leonard the Chicago. University, Union, Onwentsia and Swett. and was admitted to the bar of Illinois in Harvard. He is a Democrat and at times has September, 1875. He then entered the office of been active in local politics. Mr. I'iurry was Isham & Lincoln, and for a time was a member married June 30, 189(3, to Jenny R. King, of of the firm, which was known as Isham, Lincoln Chicago. 71iey have one child, William, Jr. HON. CHARLES FREEMONT COCHRAN ST. JOSEPH, MO. Hon. Charles F. Cochran, member of con- gress from the fourth district of Missouri, was born at Kirksville, Adair county, Missouri, Sep- tember 2-], 1848, Ijeiiig a son of William A. and Laetitia Cochran. He was educated in the common schools of Weston, Missouri, and Atchison. Kansas. He resided in Atchison, Kansas, from i860 to 1885. He is a jiractical printer and was editor of the Atchison Daily Patriot during the campaign of 1868 when yet a minor. Studied law while en- gaged in the newspaper work and was admitted to the bar at .\tchisi n in 1873; served fmn- years as i)rosecuting attorney of .\tcliison cmintw Kan- sas, ;md foiu" vears as a member of the Missouri senate; and practiced law until 1885, when he became editor of tlie St. Joseph Gazette, and filled that position until elected representative, in 1896; was elected to the fifty-fifth and fifty-si.Kth con- gresses, and re-elected to the fifty-seventh con- gress. He is proud of the fact that the office came to him unsolicited, as he ne\er rei|uested a person to \'<)te for him <.ir asked the support of any man. He is a Democrat and a worker in b.is pariv ranks. He is a Knight of Pythias and a "Red Man." Mr. Cochran was married April 2~. 1874. to Miss Louise M. Webb, of Leavenworth. Kansas. They ha\e a son, aged twenty-five, who resides on a fruit f;inn in southern Missom-i. 'lOyv^ ^A^rrvj PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 239 HON. GEORGE W. MILLER CHICAGO. ILL. Hon. George \\'. I\Iiller was horn on a farm lit'came junior memlx-r of tlic law firm uf Mann, near Gilman, Illinois, Januar_v 12. 1869, and is a Hayes & Miller, a connection that was continued son of Rufus Irl. and Ellen M. (Hale) Miller, the up to- the time of the death of Hon. Frederick W. f( rmer a nati\-e of Ohio and the latter of Massa- C. Hayes, when the firm's name was changed to chuset'.s. They both cftme tO' Illinois in early Mann & Miller, which ciiunectinn still continues.' childhoi.d, and the father of our subject, after The firm occr.pies a leading- position in profes- rcaching" his majority, turned his attention to sional circles. agricultural pursuits. Later, howe\'er, he en- For six years Mr. Miller has been an active gaged in the nursery Ijusiness for a number of meiuber of the Chicago bar. In October, 1897, years, and has for the last few years been con- he was appointed a master in chancery of the nccted with the insurance business. He has superior court of Cnok cintinued thereafter tO' follow its banner until his great demand. His powers of oratory make him death. fluent and graceful, and while entertaining his Upon the home farm George W. ]\Iiller spent hearers he at the .same time appeals to their reason his early years, and in the school of Gilman ac- in a manner which mikes his words not easily for- (|uired his literary education, graduating from thf gotten. Gilman high school in 1887, when eighteen years His legislative service has been brilliant and of age. In 1889 he entered the Union College of honorable. In the fall (if 1894 be was elected a Law at Chicago, where he remained a student for member of the house of representatives from the (!ne year. He then went to Washington. D. C. third senati rial district, and in January, 1895, From 1890 to December, 1891. he was one of the took his seat as a member of the thirty-ninth gen- chief clerks of the census bureau, engaged in eral assemlily rf the state of Illinois. He had sev- preparing the eleventh census of the United cral important d mmittee appointments, serving States. In Sei)tember. 1890, he joined the senior as a member of the committee on statutorv revis- class of the law departiuent of the Columbian ion. the judiciary, and on state and municipal crvil University, and completed his regular two-years service ref< rm. During the special session of the course in one year, graduating June i, iS()i. Re- signing his position in the census bureau in Sep- temlier of the same )ear, he came to Chicago and accepted a clerkship in the law office of the Hon. James R. Mann, memlier of congress, continuing in that capacity until January :, 1894, when be thirty-ninth assembly he was a member of the "steering" committee. He introduced into the house and had charge of the Torrens bill while it was pending, ,'dso the cmnitv ci\il service bill and a bill to revise the pharmac\- laws. All these bills were passed and became laws. I'^'om the coni- 240 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST iricnccnient of Iiis senaturial contest he was an earnest and outspoken supporter of Shelby M. Collum for re-election to the United States senate. In 1896 Mr. Miller was re-elected, and in Jan- uary, 1B97, he became a member of the fortieth general assembly. In that session he was ap- pointed chairman of the committee on the judicial department and practice and was a member of the committees on civil service, finance, live stock and dairying, elections and statutory revision. He introduced and was instrumental in securing the passage of the bill to consolidate the supreme C(nu't at Springfield. For twenty-five years simi- lar bills have been introduced at almost every ses- sion, only tO' meet defeat, and many of Mr. Mil- ler's friends regard his successful conduct of this !)ill through the house as the most important work he has performed during his two terms O'f serv- ice. He received congratulations upon his work from all parts of the state and won high ecomi- ums from the bar. When the supreme cnurt de- clared the Torrens law unconstitutional he again introduced and had charge in the house of a sec- ond Torrens bill, so amended as to comply with the supreme court decision. This became a law. He also introduced a bill to establish liranch a}>- pellate courts in Illinois, and in the house had charge and secured the passage of a bill providing for an increase in the salaries of the supreme court judges from five thousand dollars to seven thou- sand dollars a year. Mr. Miller is recognized as one of the strongest debaters in the legislature. On the 4t!i of August, 1892, Mr. Miller was '' united in marriage to Miss Carrie E. Sproule, of Chicago, and in social circles they occupy a high position. Mr. Miller is a member of the Knights of Pvthias fraternitv and the Roval Leaeue. MICHAEL J. HAISLER MILWAUKEE, WIS. Michael J. Haisler, proprietor of the large store when twelve years old. At the age of seven- transfer company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is teen he aimiuenced with his brother-in-law as pcrhajjs one of the best-known men nf tliat city, bnokkecper in a butcher-shop tO' learn the butch- where he has resided since 1855. The l)usiness er's trade. He came to Milwaukee in June, 1S55, success which he has achieved has been won and W( irked in a ])acking-housc fur about seven through his own labor and merit, years, then bought a horse and drav and started as he started his career when a the teaming business that has since grown to its mere lioy of twelve years of age, present large proportions anfl which furnishes and, step by step, through the employment to many men, and includes heavy hard school of experience, and by teaming, cartage and transferring of freight frdm tireless industry, won his own ;il] tlie railroads. Mr. Haisler is also projjrietor wav to affiuence. Michael J. Haisler was born August 29. 1S3C), near Wurtz- ])urg, (iermany, and is the son of Michael George Haisler and Marie .\nna Benkent Haisler. He of the Palisades Stone Company, quarry near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one of the large stone com- panies of the west. Mr. Haisler was a member of the Light Horse Squadron for about two vears, in 1885 was educated in a ]);n"ochial school in Buffalo, and 1886; member of the county board in 1887 New York, and first started work in a dry goods and 1888, and chairman of the board in 1888. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 24' lie lias also been trustee of the Asylum of been for many years a steadfast Rcpuljlican, bc- L'linuiic Insane since 189C1. lie is a member cif litving fully in the principles of that party, several societies, the Merchants' and Manufac- Mr. Haisler was married in Buffalo, New turers' Association, the Old Settlers' Clulj. the Vcrk, "March 2^, 1856, to Miss Sarah M. Gabel- Masonic fraternity since 1871, and in which he man. born in Baden, Germany, in 1833. They has beld prominent offices in all l)odies. Me has ha\e ten children li\'ing, six girls and fcyj.r boys. SAMUEL WARE PACKARD CHICAGO, ILL. ^ Few members of the legal fraternity have ever won the distinction of success in so many differ- ent directions while strictly within tlie legitimate domain of the duties of a practicing lawyer a.s has fallen to the lot of Mr. Samuel Ware Pack- ard, of Chicago, Illinois. He began practicing in the United States supreme court at the age of twenty-six, and the thoroughness with which he prepared cases, coupled with a very high order of legal ability, made him remarkably successful there. Especially notable was his procedure in what was known as the "Yankton bond case," which has become famous not only in the legal but in the civil and political history of the United States. Yankton county, Dakota, had issued bonds in the sum of two hundred thousand dollars for railroad aid ; but, after their sale, the supreme court of the territory had declared them invalid. Mr. Packard being then retained by the bond- holders, carried the case to the United States supreme conrt, where he succeeded in obtaining a reversal of the territnrial court's decision. In trying to enforce collection Mr. Packard found iiis way obstructed by certain special acts of the territorial legislature of Dakota, passed with a view to preventing taxes l)eing levied to pay the judgment. Shortly afterward, in 1882. a strong effort was made to ])rocure the admission of South Dakota as a state, and large delegations visited Washington city to urge the passage of the i>end- ing bill. .\ protest to congress against the admis- sion of the territory as a state was urged by Mr. Packard, on the ground that, as its legislature had aided and abetted an act of repudiation, it (,ught not to be so honi>red until purged of suc'.i dis- grace: and upon that basis so strong a sentiment did he succeed in creating against the admission bill that it was found impossible to secure votes enough to pass it. As a result, the territory did not obtain the dignity of statehood until a refund- ing act was passed, and the matter for which Mr. Packard had so strenuously fought had been satis- factorily adjusted. While Mr. Packard before diis had a local reputation for being very re- sourceful in a legal contest, this method of pro- cedure tO' enforce the collection nf a debt was something so unique and original that he at once acquired a national fame for his wonderful fer- tility of resources. Another notable victory which gave Mr. Pack ard great renown, not only in this country but also in Eumpe, was won by him in getting the lace e.xperts admitted who had been brought to this country by Rev. John Alex. Dowie, and who were ordered deported by the Philadelphia imnii- gratii.'u officials, on the ground that the alien con- tract labiir law forbade their admission. Mr. Packard appealed the case to Washington, and his argument there, ^vhich securctl their admis- sion, was pronounced by Secretary Gage and 242 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST otlier government nfficials to be one of the ablest 29, 1849, son of Theophilus and Elizabeth Par- and most convincing tlic\- e\er heard. sons (Ware) Packard. On Jnne j^, 1S74. he Mr. Packard, wild was admitted to the bar of was united in marriage with Clara .\. h'isk, (if the supreme court of Illinois on August 16, 1867, L( nibard, llliiii)is. and ihey ha\e three daughters was born at Shell.iurne, Massachusetts, November and two sons. JULIUS ROSENTHAL CHICAGO, ILL. Mr. Julius Rijsenthal was born September district court in 1859 Mr. Rosenthal became a 17, 1828, in Liedolsheim, Grand Duchy of citizen of the United States by naturalization, Baden. Germany. lie remained at home attend- and during the same vear GoveriKir W. H. Bis- ing the village schodl until twelve years of age. sell a])pointed him a notary puljlic. and in De- when. he was placed in the Lyceinn at Rastadt. cember of that year the governor appointed him graduating after eight years of study. He then ]nil)lic administrator of Cook county. Illinffice for so manv years, the ])rdceeded tn New V< 'rk City, and after many gm-ernor rea])]idinted him puljlic administratdr attempts to find a suitable position, he engaged for four years more under the new law. in peddling Yankee notions, traveling through a In i860 Mr. Rosenthal was admitted to the part of New ^"ork aud Connecticut. bar, and later formed a partnershij) with L. .Mr. Rosenthal had been in this country but Ih-entano, later American consul at Dresden; a a few months when he met, on his way to New year later he entered intO' partnership with Hon. York, yiv. R. K. Swift, a prominent Chicago E. W. McComas, ex-lieutenant governor of Vir- banker, whi; took an interest in him, and offered ginia, which lasted two years, being succeeded by a [jartnerslii]) with William A. Hopkins, which Continued until 1866. Octoljer c), i8f)f), he formed a partnershii) with Mr. .\. W, I'ence, which continued until .May, 1887, a period of nearly twenty-one years. In Novemljer, 1897, Mr. l\osenthal was ap- ])ointcd b\" the supreme court of Illinois a mem- ber of the first board of bar examiners of the state of Illinois for a term of two years. Mr. him a position in his hank and advanced him fifty dollars to settle up his affairs. Mr. Rosenthal reached Chicago a week later and was installed in the bank in .\ugust, 1854, where he served his employer faithfully until January. 1858, a few months after Mr. Swift's failure. Mr. Rosenthal llien opened an office in the Metropolitan block in Chicago and started in business as a crnxeyancer. ha\ing acrpiired a thorough knowledge of the business during his Rosenthal was one of a committee of the State service in the loan and trust deiiartment of the liar .Association to memorialize the supreme bank. At the October term of the United States court on tlie subject of admission to the bar, and ■-.:-' fJM^, ^ lie b, ^5''.ry Ttl.>iD"J~ thicQ.C- ^^Vv^Ca/\^ ("WOC^vJk/X^^^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 245 continued in his efforts U' that end until the su- jireme court had, in XoN'emljer, J 893. promul- gated its rule regarding admission in harmony with the wishes of the State Bar Association. For many }ears, from 1N39 to Octoher 9, 1871, Air. Rosenthal's office was at 38 and 40 La Salle street, Chicago, and with the excep- tion of a short period directly after the great fire his offices ha\-e ever since heen on the corner of Clark and Monroe streets. ?^Ir. Rosenthal has repeatedly ])een chosen to till various respon- sihle otlices. Among them of a benevolent char- acter may be mentioned the German Relief So- ciety, of which he was a director at the time of the J871 fire; the United Hebrew Relief Associ- ation; and the Chicago Relief and Aid Society. Mr. Rosenthal takes a deep interest in American, (icrman and Jewish charity aft'airs. In 1867 he was elected to fill the position of librarian in the Chicago' Law Institute, and which position lie held by yearly re-election until 1876; in 1878 he was elected president of the institute, and thence- forth remained a member of the board of direc- tors up to the present time; again holding the office of librarian since about 1886 up to the pres- ent time. In 1872 Mayor Medil! appointed him a mem- ber of the board of directors of the Chicago Pub- lic Library, and he was reappointed by Mayor Cohin in July, 1874, for a term of three years, but owing t'o stress of business matters he re- signed the position in July, 1875. Politically he is a Republican, and has been since 1856, being' the first secretary of the first I'^remont Club e\-er organized in Chicag'o. .\s an occasional writer he may lie classed with the critics, his contributions having attracted con- siderable attention. He stands high at the bar, isptcialK" in real i)ro])erty and probate practice. Mr. Rosentlial is a valued member of the Sinai congregation. Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, Rabbi. He is also a member of the Union League Club and the Literary Club, and for many years has been a mcml)er and one of the lioard of directors of the German Altenheim (Old People's Home), ill which he takes a special interest, and is aLso interested in many other charitable associations. Mr. Rosenthal was married in 1856 to Miss N'ette Wolf, of Chicago'. They have four chil- dren, two daughters, Mrs. Percy G. Ullnian, of Chicago, and Mrs. George Pick, of Milwaukee, and two sons, James Rosenthal, of Rosenthal, Kurz & Hirschl, lawyers, of Chicago, and Mr. Lessing Rosentlial, both married. Mr. Lessing Rosenthal is the jiresent partner of his father. Mr. Rosenthal, now nearly seventy- four years of age, enjoys liis acti\-e law practice as much as ever. HON. WILLIAM A. REEDER LOGAN, KAN. Hon. William .\. Rceder, member of C(jn- cipal ( f the P.cloit public schoi.ls; ino\-ed to Kan- gress from the si.xth district of Kansas, was sas and took a claim in Mitchell count}" in 1871, J)orn August 28, 1849, in Cumberland county, and has resided continuously since in this con- Pennsylvania; when four years of age emigrated gressional district; during his residence at Beloit with his parents to Ipava, Fulton county, Illinois, was married to Miss Eunice H. .\ndrews, and where, at the age of fourteen years, he began shortl}- after the date of their marriage, .\ugust teaching in the public schools, a vocation he fol- 18. 1876, engaged in the banking business in the lowed until thirty years of age. the last ten years city of Logan, Kansas, where he at jirescnt re- of his work being in Kansas, where he was prin- sides; in 1890, in |iarlnersliip with A. II. Ellis 246 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST and J. J. \\ iltrnut, purchased an extensive tract gress and re-elected to tlie fifty-seventli congress, of land on the Soloninn ri\er and established the politically Mr. Reeder is a Republican, while in largest irrigation farm in the state of Kansas, religious matters he affiliates with the Meth- which is now operated as a cattle and iiog ranch; odist church. He is one nf the snlid men nf tlie in 1898 he was elected to the fifty-sixth cmi- state of Kansas. IRA B. SMITH MILWAUKEE, WIS. One of the best known and most active busi- Ira B. Smith is a son of the late Governor ness men of Milwaukee is Mr. Ira B. Smith, William E. Smith, of Wisconsin, governor from senior member of the large wholesale grocery 1878-1882. Ele was born at Fox Lake, Dodge house of Smith, Thorndyke & Brown Company, county, Wisconsin, in 1852. Coming to }ilil- uith branch house at Marinette. He is also waukee as a young man he in 1872 engaged in the president of the Merchants and wholesale grocery business with the firm of Men- Manufacturers' .Association of del. Smith & Co., in which he continued until !\!il waukee, presiilent of the 1897, when Mr. Mendel retired. The firm name Wholesale Grocers' Association was changed to Smith, Thorndyke & Brown of Wisconsin, a member of the Company, Mr. Smith being the senior member. executive committee of the Na- Mr. Smith is a Republican in politics, and a mem- tionrd Wholesale Grocers' Asso- ber of the Presbyterian church, cialion, trustee of Milwaukee- He was married December 12, 1877, to Miss Downer College, a member of Emma L. (iarrison, of St. Louis, daughter of the board of trustees of the Daniel L. Garrison, formerly president of the Northwestern Mutual Life In- Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. They have surance Company and a member of its finance three children, Mrs. Sherburn M. Becker, Miss committee, and is connected with many other im- JMnma Noye Smith and Ciarnson Schuyler portant social and bene\iilent societies and asso- Smith. ciati(.ins of his state. DAVID WELLS BRITTON GREEN BAY, WIS One of the best-known and highly respected Large shipments are constantly being made to men of Green Bay, Wisconsin, is David W'ells twelve different states and in Canada, and one Britton, for over fifty years a manufacturing hundred and thirty men arc employed constantly cooper of that city, and whose works are the in the manufacture of the product. The immense largest of their kind in the west. The plant occu- yards are always full of the finest manufactured pies a tract of nearly fifteen acres and is finely stock and his shops are equipped with e\ery de- situated for both lake rmd r;iil transportation. scriptiou of moers of the Green Bay Business Men's Asso- ciation. Few business men , Illinois, were doned, Mr. W. H. Jones and E. H. Gammon established way back in 1863 by the Marsh organized tbe Piano Manufacturing Company Steward Company, for the manufacture of the and began buililing harvesters and binders in Marsh harvester. Alxjut 1870 E. H. Gam- 1881. The business of the concern has since mon and William Deering became interested been a wonderful success and outgrew the loca- in the works, and later purchased them. The tion. In 1893, the firm moved to West Pullman, machines manufactured at that time carried two where it has gradually enlarged and improved, men, who rode and bound the grain as cut and until today it affords as perfect facilities as can delivered to them by die apron carriers. In 1874 be found in the world. With adequate railroad an automatic wire l.jinder was api)lie(l to the ma- connections, it is afforded abundant shipping chine, taking the i)lace of the two men. This facilities to all points. The plant is very large and other autontetic devices were successfully and covers an area of thirty-three acres, and em- developed upon the Marsh Harvester, until 1877 ploys over two thousand men. Piano machines and 1878. when it had come into common use. are now known in every city, town and cross- In 1879, the partnership of Gammon & Deering roads in .America and Europe, having e.\i)ireil, Mr. Deering determined to re- .Mr. William H. Junes was burn in Wales, in 248 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 1845, anil einigraied U) this country in 1857. settling at Culunil)ia. W'iscunsin. After his ar- rival in Wisconsin he engaged in work on a farm, continuing in sucii employment vmtil 1S66, when he became agent of the Dodge Reapers and Champion Mowers at Berlin, A\'isc(jnsin. Two years later he was traveling salesman for L. J. I'nsli & Company, of Milwaukee, remaining in that position until 1870. when he was eni- ploved bv E. H. (lammim, wlm had been for vears manufacturing and selling the Marsh Har- vester, then the only machine nf its class in the market. ^Ir. Jones remained with Mr. Gam- mon, and subse(piently with Mr. Deering. until 1 88 1, as al)ove mentioned, when he entered into partnership with Mr. Gammon. Mr. Jones is a tlioroughly practical man, well versed in all the intricacies of the trade; a man who has had the closest possible connection with both the dealer and the farmer ever since the in- troducticm of improved harvester machinery. 1 ie possesses a keen comprehension of their wauls in every detail. Mr. Tillies was united in marriage in 18^)7 to Miss Elizabeth Owens. They have a family of three sons. AUGUSTUS LEDYARD SMITH, A. M. APPLETON, WIS. of the Universitv of Wisconsin ; has been mayor of .\ppleton and member of her common council : au-d trustee of Lawrence University for many years. Vo.v twenty-five )ears he has been tru,stee of the Wesieyar. University of Middlctown, Con- necticut. In 1891 he was appointed [iresident of tl^e Wisconsin Board of World's Fair Managers. Born at ^liddletown, Middlesex county, Con- necticut, .\pril 5, 1833. Graduated from the Weslcvan University at Middletown, in 1854. From 1854-6 he was tutor in the University of Wisconsin; 1856-66, secretary and treasurer of the Fo.x & Wisconsin Improvement Company ; 1860-63, assistant instructor in mathematics in United States Naval Academy, .\nnapolis; 1866- On October 30, i860, Mr. Smith married Miss 1900, secretarv and treasurer of the Green Bay Edna Jewett Taylor, of Madison, who died .\pril & Mississippi Canal Company; 1869-1900, he 3, 1894, leaving twu' sons, both of whom have was engaged in real estate and banking; 1866- graduated from Wesleyan University. 99, in insurance and real estate. In 1870 Mr. Mr. Smith's ancestors came from England and Smith organized the First National Bank of Ap- came to this country in the first half of the seven- ]ileton, and was its [jresident for more than teenth century. On his mother's side his ances- t\^entv years; he was one of the original members tors were prominent in the Colonial wars of this and pi-esident of the .\ppleton Iron Company; in country and the Revolutionar)- War, the War of 1881 he was the leading spirit in the organization 1812 and the Mexican War. Such names as of the .\ppleton Edison Light Company, Limited; Captain Timothy Childs and his son, Timothy ill i8()4 Mr. Smith was made vice-jiresident of Childs, Jr., Colonel Easton, Major-General Lcd- tl:e .National .\ssociation of the Edison lllumin- _\ard. Colonel Foreman and General Thomas aling Companies. In 186)6-67 he was State sena- Lhilds are prominent in the history of this coun- tor fn)m the si.xth district, "serving on the com- ti'\ , mittees on education and on corporations, and taking a leadiuii' i)art in the reorganizati(>n td' the On his father's side his great-grandfather. I'lldad Smith, was one of the earliest volunteers from the State of Connecticut on the alarm from State Universitv." I'rom 1866-74 he was regent Lexington, and he was afterwartl a school com- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 251 missioner of the state of Connecticut. Mr. niinist^s of the gosi>el and teachers, and tlie edu- Smith's ancestors on both sides in many instances cational interests of this country have been pro- received a college education and their names are moted by all generations of both sides of the recorded among the alumni of \\'illiams and family. Hamiltcin colleges, and among the professions A biograpliical sketch of Mr. Smith may 1>e they atlorncd after war's cessation were doctors, found in "American Bi(jgraphy" (Chicago). HON. JAMES HARDING SOUTHARD TOLEDO, OHIO Hon. James H. Southard, member of congress fronii the: ninth district of Ohio, was born on a farm in \\''ashington township, near Toledo, Ohio', January 20, 1851, and is a son of Samuel and Charlotte (Hitchcock) Southard. He was educated at the public schools and Cornell Uni- versity, where he graduated in 1874. He began the study of law in 1875 at Toledo, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1877, and at once commenced practice of law in Toledo, and has continued it ever since; was assistant prosecuting attorney of Lucas county; afterwards twice elected prosecuting attorney of said county ; was elected in 1894 to the fifty-fourth congress; re- elected to the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth and fifty-sev- enth congresses. He is a Mason, Elk, Knight of Pythias, A. O. U. W., K. O. T. M., etc. Mr. Southard is a Republican. He was married March 3, 1883, to Miss Carrie T. Wales. They have three children, two daughters and a son. HON. JOSEPH BODWELL DOE MILWAUKEE, WIS. Hon. Joseph B. Doe, adjutant general, state of Wisconsin, assistant secretary of war, at- li rney, was bia-n March 8, 1855, at Janes\ille, Rock county, \\'isconsin, and is a son of Joseph Bodwell Doe, a native of New Hampshire, and Anna Jane (Marcher) Doe, a native of Virginia. He was educated at Janesville schools and at Racine College, where lie graduated in June. 1S74. He then studied law in the office of the Hon. John \\'inans, of Janesville, Wisconsin, and was admitted to the bar April i, 1876; prac- ticed law at Janesville and was city attorney there from .\pril. 1888, to 1890. Governor Peck ap- pointed him adjutant general in 1891, which position lie resigned in December, 1893, to accept 14 an M])pointment as assistant secretary of war un- der President Cleveland. ]\Ir. Doe served in this capacity until March 22, 1897, when he resigned and located at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in April of that vear, resuming the practice of his profes- sion. In August, 1899, he was appointed si>ecial counsel for the city of Milwaukee. (ieneral Doe enlisted in tlie Wisconsin Na- tional Guard in 1878, was afterward corjwral, sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, cap- tain of Company A, First Infantry, inspector of small arms and promoted to adjutant general. He is a member of several social clubs, in- cluding the Alilwaukee Press Club; a Knight of Pythias since 1878, was C. C. for two terms, 252 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Oriental Lodge, No. 22; Mason in 1893; ^"<^1 sota, who died August 22, 1879, leaving a Knight Templar. In religious matters an Epis- daughter, Kate. Mr. Doe married Miss f-er- copalian, pulitically a Democrat, and a leader of trude Britton, of Beloit, Wisconsin, June 20, his party in his state. 1886. They have two children, Julia A. ami Joseph B. Doe was married September 18, Arthur B. Doe, now thirteen and eleven years 1878, to Miss Kate Ste\ens, of Winona, Minne- of ao'e. GRANGER FARWELL CHICAGO, ILL. Granger Farwell, the senior member of the firm of Granger Farwell & Company, is a man who stands high in the financial world of the in Chicago in Farwell was born 1857, and is a son of the late ^\'illiam W. Farwell. His early education was ac(juired at the public and high schools of Chi- cago. He entered Yale College in 1875 graduating in 1878. After studying law for two years he en- tered the employ of James H. Pearson & Company, manufac- turers and dealers in lumber, be- coming a partner in 1882 and so continuing until the dissolution of the partnership in 1890. At that time he became associated with Edwin L. Lobilell in the management of the corporation known as Lobdell, Farwell & Company. This corporation retired from active business in 1898, when Mr. Farwell became the head of the pres- ent banking and brokerage firm of Granger Far- well & Company. The firm are members of the New York and Chicago Stock Exchanges, and Air. Farwell is a memljer of the Chicago Club, University Club of Chicago and of the Uni- versity Club of New York, and resides at Lake Forrest, Illinois. In politics he has always been a stanch Re- publican, but has never had any desire to hold public office. He is the soul of geniality and en- joys his home life above all else. His superior ability and sterling rectitude of character endear him to all, and make his circle of friends co- extensive with his circle of acquaintances. HON. JOHN C. BELL MONTROSE. COL. Hon. John C. Bell, member of congress from of that state in 1874, and the same year mo\ed to the second district of Colorado, was born De- Colorado and commenced the practice of law at cember 11, 1851, in Grundy county, Tennessee, Saguache in June, 1874; was appointed county and is a son of Harrison and Rachel Bell. He attorney of Saguache county and served until was educated in the private schools of Prof. Ma_\-, 1876, when he resigned and removed to Rufus Clark and Professors Hampton and Mill- Lake City, Colorado, then the most thriving city er, in Franklin county, Tennessee; read law in in the great San Juan mining region ; was elected \\"inchester, Tennessee; was admitted to the I>ar county clerk of Hinsdale county in 1S78, but did PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT \\EST 253 imt pcrf( rm the duties pcrsi;nall\- : was twice elected mayor of Lake City, and in August, 1885, resigned that position, and, forming a law part- nership with Hon. Frank C. Goudy. removed to ]\[ontrose. where he has since resided: in No- vemher, 1888, was elected judge of the seventh judicial district of Colorado for a period of six years; was elected to the fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, and fifty-sixth congresses, and re- elected to the fifty-seventh congress. He is a memlicr of the I. O. O. I", and also a Knight Tem])la'r, politically a Democrat and an active worker for his part}-. Judge Bell was married Septemher i, 1881, to Miss S. E. Ahernathy, daughter of Dr. J. J. Ahernathy, who was edu- cated at the L'ni\'ersity of Pennsylvania, and who had a national reputation as a phvsician and as a literarj- character. He was for a long time lecturer in the Nash- ville Medical University, and for years had a standing offer of a chair in the Sewanee L'ni- versitv. M. LESTER COFFEEN CHICAGO, ILL. ;M. Lester Cofifeen, of the well-known law firm of Tenney, McConnell, Coffeen & Harding, is a native of New York state, and a resident of Chicago since 1869. He was horn at x\ntwerp, Jefferson county, New York, December 20, 1850. His ancestors were early settlers of New^ England and classed among the foremost citizens of influ- ence, force and ability of the early period of our history. His great-grandfather, Capt. John Cof- feen, the first settler of Cavendish, Vermont, was a Revolutionary soldier, a member of Vermont's first constitutional convention and many times a member of its legislature. \\'illiam! Coffeen, grandfather, a soldier in the war of 1812, and William L. G. Coffeen, his father, were respected citizens of the state of New York. William L. G. Coffeen came to Illinois in i860 and died a few years afterward at Libertyville. His mother, whose maiden name was Helen Lester, originated the establishment of fresh air homes near Chi- cago for ])07 to stand out amrmg tlieir contemporaries endowed theless, is of pure Scotch blood and possesses with a personality of rugged strengtli and \igor the sterling qualities of Uiat hardy race. He was peculiarly their own. These qualities were the born in Woodbury, Connecticut, July 10, 1818. product partly of inheritance and partly of a con- His atlvent into this world was particularly sad, d'ition of affairs which has forever ceased to for he was Init three weeks old when his mother exist. died. Thus, bereft of all maternal care, he \\'licn Wisciinsin was imadcd b\- the pioneer, reached the age of six years, when his father, a when society was scarcely organized and there sea captain, was lost on the ocean. Left entirely were no graded schools in which the minds of the .to strangers, his guardianship was entrusted to genius and dullard could he brought to fill the a family of pioneer farmers who moved to Jeffer- measure of mediocrity, there was room for de- son county, New York, at that time a wild and velopment of a tyjie of men that is, unhappily sparsely inhabited section. ]Mr. Taylor spent his for us, fast passing away. They were strong, boyhood years there, imder the care of strangers, brainy, intense men, with whom to think was to wlio treated him with little love or afifection. act. Stronger men intellectually may he pro- The entire educatioual advantages of our sub- duced with our improved educational conditions, ject consisted of tlie limited instruction ol)tain- and. no doubt, will be: but it is doubtful if Wis- able in the district school, whither he daily consin ever produced a class of men, of which walked during the severe winter' months, two Philetus Sawyer, William R. Taylor and Jere- miles distant. Without money, relatives or miah Rusk are tvpes, who can do the work which friends, liis life \\ as nne of cheerlessness. but the the times demanded better than they did the duty sjiirit which fortified his efforts encouraged him which was laid upon them. to lietter his conditinn by leaving his unhappy Of all the various characters which have surroundings and starting to make his own way come to Wisconsin to assist in developing her in the world. Before reaching his sixteenth year matchless destiny, there is none stronger in na- he awakened to the necessity of an education, and tive force, richer in solid. self-acf|uired learning for several years he alternated at clinpiiing wood or endowed with a greater versatilitv than Hon. and working in the harvest fields to obtain the ^^"illiam R. Taylor, lietter known from one end requisite means to attend school. This unceas- of Wisconsin to the other as the "Farmer Gov- ing effort resulted in his securing a certificate of ernor." admission to the third term of the sophomore Though born in the United States, and in all class of Uniou College, at Schenectady. New his actions, sentiinents and feelings a typical York. Although he had secured a good academic /TT /UP.:^/4t- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 261 education, lie was not financially alile to enter upon a collegiate course. On the day that four of the class of which he was a member left for college to complete their studies, (two of them were g'randsons of old (ieneral Brown of Sackett Harbor fame, of tlic war of 1812), Mr. Ta\l spare time to reading medicine, and in the winter of 1845-6 he attended a five-months course of lectures and clinical instruction in the medical college at Cleveland, Ohio. During bis residence in Ohio he was elected captain of a company of Ohio uni- formed militia, receiving every vote of the com- pany. Later he was elected colonel. In the fall O'f 1848 Mr. Taylor came to Wisconsin and set- tled on a farm in Cottage ( Iro\e, Dane count\', where he still resides. His life was for nianv years one of great activit\' and incessant toil. Not content with the nrdinary labors of the farm, be resorterl' to the pineries during the win- ter iiiionths, and as a workman became ideiitilied with the hardships of that enterprising class of oor until he resigned; was appointed deputy internal re\enue collector, and was trustee, -^'ice-president and a member of the executive board of the State Idos])ital for the Insane, fmm the time of its reorganization in 1860 until he became gover- nor in 1874. He was a member of both branches of the legislature of Wisconsin. He was for se\'en _\ears president of the Dane Countv Agri- cultural Siiciet}-; eight years chief marshal and two years president of the Wisconsin State Agri- cultural Society; and during the late war was the first man in Dane county to ofifer a bountv to volunteers for enlistment, which bounty secured four enlistments. .Although a Democrat, and but recently a member of the senate as a representative of that party, Mr. Taylor came out openly for a vigorous prosecution of the war for the Union upon the secession of the southern states, and be was ap- pciinted bv Governor Randall as a special agent of the state to visit St. Louis and confer with 262 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST General Frenidiit, wlio was in command of the Department of tlie Missouri, witli respect to rais- ing and et]uipping troops to be sent from \\'is- consin. His mission was entirely successful, but before the plans agreed upon were put intO' exe- cution, General Fremont was removed from com- mand and a new order of management instituted by the general government. In 1873 Governor Taylor was by acclama- tion placed in nomination for governor by a con- vention composed' of "Democrats, Liberal Repub- licans and other electors favorable to genuine re- form through c(jual and impartial legislation, honesty in office and rigid economy in the ad- ministration of public afifairs." The state was strongly Republican, and his opponent was C. C. Washljurn. then governor. He was elected by a majority of 15,41 1. The popularity of Mr. Tay- lor as a political candidate is best demonstrated by the fact that he was the candidate of a minor- it) party when elected chairman of the county board of supervisors, and also when elected mem- ber of the assembly, also state senator and gov- ernor. Mr. Ta_\-Ior performed the duties of governor with remarkable skill and ability. He has rare qualifications for the executi\e function, coolness, courage and an underlying foundation of com- mon sense and a devotion to what he believes to be right. His appointments in respect to the edu- cational, reformatory and penal institutions under the care of the state were mure nearly non- partisan than it has been the good fortune of Wisconsin ever since or before to secure. His high aim was tO' secure men of peculiar fitness for the management of public affairs, particularly the educatiiinal institutions, and thus some of the best men in buth parties, independent of pressure, importunity or attack, were commissioned by him. The apixjintment of the Hon. E. G. Ryan to be chief justice of the supreme court will fi>r- e\er redound' to his credit. The action of the Governor in the matter of this appointment will a])iiear the more ])raiseworthy when the history of that ex-entful time is recalled. Then nearly every eminent lawyer in the state was under re- tainer for some one of the great raihvay cor- porations. This was especially true of most of the prominent attorne_\-s whose personal and political relations to the Gijvernor caused their names to be generally regarded among the prob- able recipients of the executive favor. The great struggle for legislative control of the rail- ways all foresaw must soon be carried upmi ap- peal to the highest courts, both state and national. Thmughout the entire country all eyes were turned up(jn Wisconsin, under its granger gov- ernor, the conceded battlefield of the momentous conflict already begun in several states. From the circumstances nf the situatiiju the Governor had an important vet \ery delicate duty to per- form. He at once saw, however, that in his ap- pointment of a chief justice he must find some one who was r.ot irrevocably comm'itted for or against, and whose legal attainments, whose per- sonal cpialifications and whose high character would at once defy criticism. After long and ma- ture deliberation, meanwhile keeping his own counsel, even from his most intimate friends, the appointment of "Sir. Ryan was announced. Tlie selection was universally commended in all quarters. It was hailed with expressions of gen- eral satisfaction by all parties whose interests were invoh-ed in the great legal conflict then coming on. In the subsequent opinion of the great chief justice sustaining the principle of legislative control of railroads, an opinion after- ward affirmed Iw the supreme court of tiie United States, the wisdom of Governor Taylor's appoint- ment finds fullest vindication. As just indicated, the most important work of Governor Taylor's term was the enforcement of the so-called "Potter Law," which aimed to l)lace the railways under state contml, limiting charges for transportation of passengers and freight and the classification of freight. (Prior PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 263 to tin's passenger travel on all roads in the state ^\as from four to seven cents per mile, j -Vt the outset the two chief railwav corpeneath its protection, none are so great or so strong as tO' be above its restraints." The result was an appeal to the courts, in which the Governor and his advisers were forced to con- front an arra}- nf the most formidable legal talent of the country. Upon the result in Wisconsin depended the vitality of similar legislation in other states, and Governor Taylor was thus com- pelled to bear the brunt of a controversy of na- tional extent and consequences. The contention extended both ti:) state and United States courts. the main cpiestion involved being the cc>nstitu- tional power of the state over corporations of its own creation. In all respects the state was fully sustained in its position, and ultimately judg- ments were rendered against the corporations in all the state and federal courts, including the supreme court of the United States, and estab- lishing finally the com]>lete and absolute power of the pe()ple, through the legislature, to^ modify or altogether repeal the charters of corporations. It miight be stated in Ithis connection that Governor Taylor personally induced Judge Da- vid Da\-is, a member of the United States su- preme court, to cnnie to ^\'isconsin and preside at the trial of a test case, and thus was settled by Governor Taxhir and his ailniinistration a momentous issue between the people and the cnr- poration — an issue vitally affecting all the com- mercial and agricultin-a! interests of the state. Among the creditable acts of his administra- tion were those securing $800,000 from the gen- eral go\-crnnient for the Fox and Wiscnnsin riv- ers impniAcment in the interest of commerce and na\'igation : dividing the state lands into dis- tricts, and making each timber agent resi)onsible for his locality, by which he recovered largely increased sums to the trespass fund ; also com- pelling the Wisconsin Central Railway Company to give substantial assurance that the promised line from Stevens Point to Portage should be constructed; and, by taking such prompt and de- cisi\-e action against what he believed to be a fraudulent priiUing claim, that there was saved to tlie taxpayers of the state more than $100,000. Furthermore, in view of the recent important liti- gation on behalf of the state against the ex-treas- urers for the reccivery of interest money received liy them from the banks, the wisdom; and fore- sight of Governor Taylor are shown in a recom- mendation contained in both of his annual mes- sages to the legislature favoring either the col- lecti(in of taxes semi-annually without additional cost to the people or providing for the loaning of the surplus in the general fund, obtained by tax- ation, at a fair rate of interest, thereby giving some compensation for advancing the money so long before needed in the pul)lic business. Had Governor Taylor's suggestion respecting the in- \estment of the ])ublic funds been followed by tlie treasurers of the state much individual morti- fication and public scandal would have been avoided during subsequent years. He was an active promoter of the agricultural dejiartment of the State Uni\ersity, and an ardent advocate of farmers' institutes — the educatinual benefits of which cannot be estimated. In his last annual message Governor Taylor recommended the passage of some law rendering railwav comiianies liable for injury to their em- ployes resulting from the negligence of co-em- 264 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST ployes. His reconiinciulaticin in this regard was fiiihodied in a bill subsequently ])asse(l and known as the "Co-Employe Law," a wholesome measure designed to afford greater security to the lives of the railway employes and of the traveling public as well. He also recommended that in large cities tlic polls of election should be held open longer in the evening, so that the workingmen could viite without much loss of time. Governor Taylor instituted suits against a midti-millionaire lumber company to recover damages for its trespass upon the public lands, and his agents secured proof which was deemed by able counsel ample and positive to recover sev- eral hundred thousand dollars, but the six years statute of limitation had already run against all but about two hundred and fifty thousand diillars. This great company, with its two thousand employes, more or less, put forth strenuous efforts to prevent his re-election; that result having been attained, the suit was so defaulted and frittered away that little or noth- ir.g was ever realized by the state from the liti- gation. Within this time the conflict between Wisconsin and Minnesota as to the inlet to Su- perior harbor reached a crisis, and under his direction the suits involving certain rights in dis- ]nite were successfully prosecuted in the federal and supreme courts, but the adxantages gained for the state were subsequently lost by compro- mise or neglect after the close of his term. All these are conspicuous examples of vigor and efficiency in the administration of pulilic affairs during Governor Taylor's term, rarely equaled and ncA-er excelled in the history of the state of Wisconsin. His administration was a reformatory one. Its memliers started in 1iy paying their own in- auguration e.xpenses — a privilege not e.xercised before in many years, if ever, in the state. Gov- ernor Taylor set another example l)y accepting no railroad passes or telegraph deadheads dur- ing his term of office. During his incumbency and at his earnest recommendation, appropria- tions \\ere cut d(i\\n. the rate of taxation dimin- ished, the number of department employes les- sened, the expenses of government curtailed in many ways, and the total dislnirsements for state [lurposes reduced by many thousands of dollars below what thev had lieen in many years (by careful computation, all other conditions being equal, the legitimate amount^ from the records, was between two hundred and seventy thousand and three hundred thousand dollars during his term), and _\et no pulilic interest suft'ered for the want of an e.xpenditure of money. It remains to be said that Governor Taylor devoted his undix'ided attention and energies to the public ser\-ice, attending personally to minute details and the manifold labors of his office — he was governor in fact, not merely in name; and among the long roll of governors, none brought to the discharge of official duties a clearer integ- rity of purpose or more sturdy devotion to the public welfare than W. R. Taylor, the "Farmer CioNernor." In 1842 he married Miss Catherine Hurd, ])y whom he had three daughters, one of whom died at the age of four years, and another of will in became the wife of ex-State Senator Rob- ert ]M. Bashford. The third daughter, who is still living, is the wife of I. \\'. Kanouse. Mrs. Ta}-Ior died some years agi.i. July 1. 1886, (iovernor Taylor married Viola Titus, a native (if X'ermunt, Ijut then living in Madison. They are the parents of one child, William ki)l)ert, Jr. In concluding this bingra])by. a brief history of his election and administration is proper. The contest in which his party was victorious and the criticism to which the election was sub- jected. ]irc:perly belong to this lustory. It was indeed one of the most remarkable victories ever won in the state. On his election the Republi- can press of the state, was, with few exceptions, exceedingly fair. It conceded his ability and dis- position to make his administration an able one. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 265 But there were, Iierc anil there, in this regard, ex- ceptions tiiat arose" entirely I'mni partisanship nv ])ersonal interest. In the midst of this criticism there was a powerl'ul undercurrent of public opinion which found expression alike in hoth Democratic and Repuhlicrni newspapers in able support of the Governor. Col. C. D. Robinson, former secretary of state, the able editor of the Green Bay Advocate, made the following' remark upon the election of Governor Taylor: "Xo man in the state exceeds him in personal independ- ence, in ability to determine his own line of con- duct on an\- cjuestion and in the sturdy determina- tion to act according to his own judgment. Tt has been our g'ood fortune to be connected with him in official service for many years^that of the manag'ement of the State Hospital for the Insane, at IMadison — and' we have learned long ago to admire him for these qualities. That board consisted of fifteen members, a majority of whom' were of opposite politics, and we do know that every one will indorse what we sav of him. In practical ability, thorough honesty, steadiness of character and native independence. Governor Taylor will ])rove the peer of any gov- ernor which A\'iscrinsin has e\'er had. and that is saying a good deal: for, looking along the list of our chief executives since this state has had a being, it shows a record second' at least to no ivestern state, if indeed in the Union. He loses nothing in ci ini])arison with Dodge. Dewev, Far- well, Barstow, Bashford. I'Jandall, Harvev, Sah'- mon. Lewis, Fairchild or AA'ashburn. AFnst. if not all, of those are illustrious names, remark- able, perhaps, more for their practical aliilitv and sterling worth llian exalted learning- and i)ri]liant attainments, and they form a record of which any state might be pnmd. AMien \\'illiam R. Tavlor's name shall have gone into the jiast with them, it takes an honorable place and second to nunc in the asseiublv." And now that the record has been made, what may we sav of the emphatic prediction of ]\Ir. Robinson? Have not all his words been luore than fulfilled? And does not the name of William R. Taylor take an honor- able place in the imjiartial history of Wisconsin? These questions ma_\- lie liest answered by the following editorial from The ^Milwaukee Daily News: "Parties and men of all opinions at Madison agree that Governor Taylor has made one of the best governors W^isconsin has ever had. Called to the ofifice in a great crisis in pol- itics, at a time when a party, after being in power for more than fifteen years, had retired and a new party had taken its place, he was surrounded by obstacles, embarrassments, conflicting inter- ests and novel situations from which the highest political skill and adroitness could hardlv ex- tricate him without his falling into some errors or mistakes. But Governor Taylor, with a readiness, adroitness, adaptability and force hardly to' be expected' of one in his place, and surrounded by circumstances like his, has de- \'eloped an. executive of rare ca]>acity, with an understanding of the most intricate public in- terests, and with a grasp and comprehension of all matters \-ital to- the people, which shows a mind of the highest order and' practical ability equal to that of the most distinguished of his predecessors." Such is the life of one of Wisconsin's most illustrious men. His honorable euterprise and unselfish devotion to every public and private duty ha\-e wi>nderfully impressed the peo])le of \\'isconsin. AMien his term of office exjiired he was accorded a unanimous nomination by ac- clamation from the convention of his party. Through the very great and active efiforts of the Combined lumbering and railroad interests and the corporate powers of the state acting with the o|iposite part}-, he was defeated at the polls by a bare plurality of a few hundred votes; but no one fanu'liar Avith the history of that time will deny that the strength and popularity of his nanie among the people were the efficient nieans of electing- his associates vtpon the Democratic 266 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT \\'EST ticket. The (InvcriKir, however, retired from of- tice with manifold assurances of tlie confidence and Io\e of the common peoi)le, for the estal> hshment of whose ri<;hts he had bravely fought and nobly won. It is meager praise to say that no Wisconsin go\ernor ever accomplished more for the people than he, and this, too, amidst the most adverse circumstances. More enduring than monumental brass or marble, his complete \'in(lication can be read in the opinions of every court, state or national, that during those event- ful years passed ujxm the cpiestion of the people's right to control the corporations the^- had cre- ated. Mention has already been made of the suits Mention has already been made of the suits in behalf of the state he caused to be instituted to protect the ])eople from the unlawful tres- passes being committed in wholesale upon the state lands b\' some of the ])owerfnl lumljermen of the State. ( His o]>ponent was a rich lumber- man. ) Also of that important litigation to en- force the legislation placing the railways and cor- porations under state control as well as the inlet to Superior harbor. 'i"he resuU of all his elYorts in these respects was the combination of powerful lumber interests and the railway companies, not only of the state, but of the whole country, to pre\-ent his re-election and to prevent further efforts in the same direction to protect our state in its property and commercial interests. The great depression in business during the panic of '73-4-5 caused th.; discharge of thousands of employes; very many of wdiom were made tij believe it was owing to the Taylor adminisration : hence all these forces, acting in concert with the opposite party, made a com- bination too strong and effective for any one in- dividual to withstand, and it was actively alert in all iKirts of the State, and all the energies of the combination were constantly exerted in the campaign, and so effectively as to accomplish its one purpose, the defeat of the one man who had stood forth more than any other in the observ- ance of his official oath to see to it that the laws of the state were faithfullv executed. ABNER GILE LA CROSSE, WIS. Abner (hie left an indelible im]iression upon the minds of all who knew him. During his long career no citizen of the communitx' was e\er more respected, and no man more full\- enjoyed the confidence of the people or more richly deserved the esteem in which he was held. With great abilities, be combined gentleness of heart and temper and an affectionate nature. These traits in his character naturally drew many to him and ga\e him warm and faithful friends. With him duty was the guide of life, and where duty led he followed, for he lived on a higher jilane than most men, ha\ing alwavs a profound sense of personal responsibility and an independence of thought almost phenomenal. No one in distress ever ap- pealed tO' him in vain, for his heart was full of lienevolent lo\-e fi.ir his felliiw-men, sympathetic with their misfortunes and ambitious to be of service to them. He honestly worked his way to a position of eminence and affluence by industry and perseverance, overcoming early difficulties by the sheer force of detcrnfination. The many in- dustries with which he was connected remain after he has passed away, monuments to his abil- ity. Such a man is a great blessing to the world, and his death a great loss to his race. Mr. Gile was born at Gainsville, New York, January 3, 1820, and was the son of Nathan and PRO-MIXENT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST 269 L\dia ( Vates) Gile. His early years were spent U])()n a farm, as his fatiier's (_,ccui)ali(jn was tiiat of a farmer, but this life did imt satisfy the am- bitious and energetic Ijcjy, anil on attaining his majority he started out for the great west, deter- mined, if pluck and perseverance combined with work would do it, to obtain a name and a coni- petenc}' for himself. His education was pursued at the district school, and during vacations he as- sisted his father upon the farm. This hardy life fitted him for that severer test — the school of life, into which he at once took the i)lunge. Mr. Gile first located at W'aukegan, Illinois, and en- gaged in erecting docks and piers, and, having some money, purchased a farm not far distant. In 1850, in common with man_\- others, he shared in the California excitement, and made the jour- ney overland to the Golden Gate. Here he laid the foundation of his affluence. After a year's time spent in the mining regions, he returned to the states by way of the isthmus, landing in New York City and proceeding in a shi_)rt time to \\'is- consin, which state ever after remained his home. He first settled at Onalaska, and entered upon logging operations, at first by liimself and later in company with the late X. B. Hulvvay, under the firm name of Gile & Holway, a partnership that lasted o\-er a quarter of a century, and was dis- solved only when the firm's pine timber had Ijeen disposed of. Later Air. Gile remo\-ed to La Crosse, and in company with the Ilnn. C. C. W'ashliurn organized the La Crosse Lumber Company, and erected a verv large sawmill. This connectiori \\as terminated befc.re Governcjr Washburn's death. In 18S2, Mr. Gile. in cmnpany with Alessrs. X. H. and Levi Withee and H. .\. Bright, in- corporated the Island .Mill Lumber Company. ]\rr. flilc was president of the company during its life, and sold on its account one hundred and fifty million feet of standing pine, partly on the stump and partly cut and delivered in the river. In addition tO' his lumber interests Mr. Gile made many in\cstmcnts in (jther lines. He was one of the incorporators of the La Crosse Linseed Oil Company, one of the heaviest stockholders and directors o.f the La Crosse Abattoir Company, one of the original stockholders of the Edison Light and Power Company, a stockholder in the La Crosse Gas Company and in the Brush Elec- tric Light Compau}-. He was a director and vice- president of the Batavian Bank of La Crosse, one of the soundest financial institutions of the upper Alississippi valley, and als(j held stocks in many enterprises of minor importance. He had heavy investments as well in other sections outside of Wisconsin. In 1892 he interested himself in tlie manufacture of cypress lumber, with the corpora- tion of McEwen & Murray, Limited, of Xew Or- leans, and also' had a large interest in the Park Hotel, of Hot Springs, Arkansas. ]\Ir. Gile was an influential and valued mem- ber of the Universalist church, and he, with three or four others, practically supported the society in La Crosse, being a most liberal contributor. In politics he was a stanch Republican, but in no sense a politician, never seeking office or desiring any. Mr. Gile was a widely traveled man, taking his rela.xation from business in that way, and always spending the winters in a warmer latitude. His beautiful residence, "Pasadena," is one of the most handsome in La Crosse. Mr. Gile was married in 1843 to IMiss Mary Smith, of Xew York. Mrs. Elsie Gile Scott, their daughter, is the only child living. A son a number of years ago was accidentally shot, and his loss was a severe blow to his parents. ^Irs. Gile never recovered from the shock, and died not long after in 1877. Mr. Gile's social qualities were marked, and his genial disix>sition and courteous manners, at- tached to him many warm friends. His life was typical of the earnestness and intensity of the west and set an example well worthy of em)u- lation. 2;o PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST SAMUEL K. MARKMAN CHICAGO, ILL. ( ^ Annmg the younger meinljers of tlie legal prctession at the Chicago bar is Samuel K. ^lark- nian, who is a son of Charles and Julia (Gallick) ^larkman. ami was born in Chicago, October ii, 1878. His education was acquired at the Chi- ^^■^^^^^ cago public schools and later at W^ ^^1^^^ the Lake Forrest L'niversity. Later still he entered the Chicago College of Law, from which he graduated in 1899. He studied in the office of Edward A. Rosen- thal for five years, and it was dur- ing a part of this time he at- tended the Chicago College of Law. Mr. Rosenthal died in ^larch, 1900. auvl Mr. Markman succeeded to his practice, which he is handling with marked suc- cess. He makes a specialty of receivership cases and is now acting as such in a dozen or more cases. He enjovs the distinction of being the H- t i\ of record. He was but seventeen years of age when he tried a case before Judge Clifford for three days in place of Mr. Rosenthal, wlio was engaged elsewhere, and won the case against une of the best known legal firms in Chicago. He is legal editor of the National Banker, a publica- tion devoted to the interests of national banks. yir. ^larkman is one of the coming lawyers of the day. He is noted for the zeal he displays in his profession and the careful regard evinced for the mterests of his clients. His business is large and constantly growing. Among the personal friends with whom he liolds social intercourse he is aflfable and engaging, unaffected and cour- teous; to all who approach him, attentive and obliging, and in his friendships is sincere and lasting. ;\lr. Markman was married February 24, 1901, to Miss Myrtle Strong, daughter of Charles youngest attornev who e\'er tried a case in court .Strong of Chicago. HON. HERNANDO DESOTA MONEY CARRULLTUN, MISS. H'ln. Hernando D. Money, L^nited States forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-se\'enth and forty- senattjr from jMississippi, was born August 26, eighth congresses, or ten years in all, and then 1839, in Holmes coimty, Mississippi, and is a son practiced law in \\'ashington eight years, or until of Peirson and Triphena Money. His education 1893, when he was elected to the fifty-third and was completed at the Uni\'ersity of Mississippi, at later to the fifty-fourth congress. January, Oxford. He is a lawyer and a planter; served in 1S96. he was elected to the Cnited States senate the Confederate army from the beginning of the for the term beginning March 4, 1899. was ap- war until September 26, 1864, when he was pointed to the senate October 8, 1897, to fill the forced to retire from service from defective eye- vacancy caused by the death of Hon. J. Z. George sight. From 1865 to 1875 he was a planter and on August 14, 1897: elected by the legislature to editor, and in the latter year was elected to the fill the unexpired term entiing ]March 3, 1899, and fcirty-fourth congress; was a member alser 5, 1863, to JNIiss Claudia Jane council and chapter. He has traveled everywhere Boddie. EDWIN ALLSTON MUNGER CHICAGO, ILL. Mr. Edwin A. Munger, ex-president of the Hamilton Club and member of the law firm of \\'ashl)urn & Munger, has in Iris brief life j^pan attained a distinction equaled by few wlnjse career cn\-ers so short a period. As a lawyer, statesman, leader and orator he bears a high reputation that is by no means confined to the lo- cality in which he li\es. Pos- sessed of courteous personality, liljeral culture and endowed with nil ire than average inborn gifts (if eloquence, his friends regard liim as a young man of more than - — ordinary promise. His advance in public life has been rapid and brilliant, and his success has brought him distinction commen- surate with his years and e.xperier.ce. Agreeable and companiimable among his associates, gen- erous in disposition, strong and forceful in his personal convictions and persistent of purpose, few among the rising young lawyers of the state or the coming representatives of the people in the near future enjoy more well-merited distinction or are held in higher esteem. Edwin A. Munger was born in Topeka, Kan- sas, February 26, 1869, and is a son of Charles Phelps and Vestella (Channing) Munger. His early education was obtained at the Kansas State Agricultural College. Soon after lca\'ing school Mr. Munger ser\'ed as a hotel clerk for a while, taught school for a time, and in 1889 came t(_> Chicago, entering the office of J. Young Scam- mon, and afterward attended the Chicago Col- lege of Law, from which he graduated and was admitted to the bar in January, 1892. Mr. Mun- ger has been a member of the Hamilton Club since 1894, in which year he \\as a member of the house committee. In 1895 he was a director and in 1897 and 1898 a member of the jxilitical action committee. From 1898 to 1901 he was a member of the Third Ward Rq>ublican Club, and chairman of the board of directors from 1900 to 1901 ; a member of the Ytmng- People's League of the New Jerusalem church and presi- dent of the local league in 1896 and 1897; presi- dent of the national league in 1898 and re-elected in 1899. He was president of the Hamilton CIul), being elected in May, 1901. During the term of his office the club had the greatest growth in its history. Among other achie\'e- UiCnts of the Hamilton Club during this year has been the raising of monej^ and purchase and re- UKideling of the new clul) house on the corner of Clark and Dearborn streets, now one of the finest clul) houses in Chicago-. Politically he is a strong Republican, and in religion a member of the New Jerusalem church, and on its board of trustees and a member of its executive commit- tee. He was chairman of the ci>minittee on Illi- 272 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST nois Day, September 16, 1901, at the ran-Ameri- caii Exix:)sition, lield at Buffalo, New York. Mr. Mungcr was united in marriage in 1892 to Miss Alamena Siike. They have one child, a Ixjy eight years of age. As a lawyer !Mr. Munger stands high at the Chicago' l;i;u\ where his great earnestness and force of manner give him a strong influence. lie has a mind of peculiar pOAver, and his argu- ments are lucid, logical and clear. He is thor- oughly skilled in tlie science which he practices. Of great discernment, with a sharp faculty of analyzing evidence and a readiness of resource in argument, he has attained great prominence as a pleader at the bar. He is winning his way daily to a position as one of the leading lawyers of Chicago by the exercise of a well-cultivated mind and ceaseless energy. His home life is ideal and he is the soul of geniality. It is this quality, as well as his superior ability and sterling rectitude of character, that so en- dears him to those he meets and makes his circle of friends co-extensive witli his circle of ac- quaintances. HON. ISAAC STEPHENSON MARINETTE, WIS. In the first lialf of the nineteentii century the conditions of life among the people of the north- ern states of this country were \-ery different from those now existing. The toilers in shops, on farms, or in factories of to-day live in the daily enjoyment of comforts which were unattainable luxuries or entirely unknown to their predeces- stjrs of half a ceutury ago. Ever}'\\liere in our own land are found men Vv'ho have worked their own way from lowly and humble beginnings to places of leadersJiip. Not un frequently they are found among the trusted leaders and represenatives in the councils of the State and nation. It is one of the glories of our country that this is so. Prominent, and in some respects exceptional, among the self-made representative men of \\'is- consin is the subject of this sketch — a man hon- ored, respected and esteeiued wherever known, and most of all where he is best known. Isaac Stqihenson was born in York countv. near Fredericton, New Brunswick. June 18, 1829. His father, Isaac Stephenson, was of Scotch- Irisli extraction ; his mother, Elizabeth, ncc Wat- son, was a native of London, England. His father vias a lumberman and farmer, and the boy passed his early youth on the farm, assisting his father to the best of his ability. He attended the pub- lic schools for a short time, but the most of his education has been obtained by observation and in the school of experience. When fourteen years of age he moved to Bangor, Maine, but about a year and a half later accompanied Jefferson Sin- clair, as a member of his famih', westward, and located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he ar- rived on November 15, 1845. There the boy re- sumed his studies in the common schools, but al)OUt the first of Ai)ril, 1846, he accompanied Mr. Sinclair to an undeveloped farm, located five miles south of Janesville, Wisconsin, where, dur- ing that spring and summer, he broke one hun- dred and thirty acres of land and helped put in four hundred acres of wheat. The f(_)llowing year they also put in the same number of acres in V heat, but both crops were failures — the first being- winter killed and the next ruined by rust. Mr. Sinclair having become financially inter- ested with Daniel Wells, Jr.. in lands in northern Michi.gan. ar(jund Escanaba, the }-outh trans- ferred the scene of his labors to that section. He PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 275 worked hard and faithfully, and during the first season drove a six-ox team, Yankee fashion, with a goad stick; hauled whole trees, and, incidentally, c-ne huntlred and fifty spars that were shipped to Chicago and Milwaukee. At that time there were n(j lK)ats large enough to load these spars ami they were lashed to the sides of the \-essels. In 1847-9 '1^ ^^'^^' pl^c^J i'l charge of the lumljer camps, and in 1850 hegan taking contracts on his own account for putting in logs. His life at this time was full of hard and perilous work. Even at the present time logging is far from a pleasant occupation. Frequently has our subject been up to his armpits in an icy stream direct- irig the course of logs to the boom. The summer months, at this time, he occupied by sailing on Take Alichigan, and during the warm seasons cf 1849, 1850 and 185 1 he sailed on vessels carry- ing freight from Chicago and Milwaukee to Es- canaba; and before he was twenty-one years of age he owned the controlling interest in the schooner Cleopatra, which, in 1853, was lost aliout a mile south of Chicago. The summer of 1848 he attended school in Milwaukee. He naturall)- became a good judge of the value of timl>er lands and explored large sections in the upper peninsula of Michigan, locating the more valuable tracts. In July, 1848, the first land office was opened in n(>rthern Michigan, at Sault Ste. Marie, and accompanied by Daniel Wells, Jr., anil Jeft'erson Sinclair, he attended the first sale and assisted in purchasing large tracts of \aluable timber lands on the Escanaba, Ford and Sturgeon rivers and on Big Bay d.e Xoquet. In 1852 it was decided to build breakwaters along the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago and Mr. Stephenson, associated with N. Ludington & Company, cut and delivered, during the years 1852-3-4-5. the timber that was used in construct- ing the first breakwaters built. In 1857 Mr. Stephenson discontinued contracting logs and in 1858 purchased a quarter interest in the property and mill owned by N. Ludington & Company. 15 Of this business he at once became the manag^erial head anil controlling spirit. In 1868 it was de- cided to inco'rixjrate the business as a stock com- pany and lieing desirous of retaining the prestige cf the old firm name, Mr. Stephenson decided to call the corporation the N. Ludington Company. I'his company is capitalized for $700,000, uf which Mr. Stephenson owns a controlling inter- est. He acted as vice-president from the time of its incorporation until 1883. Since then he has served continuously as president. In 1867 he became interested in the Peshtigo Companj-, of which W. B. Ogden, Chicago's first mayor, was the largest stockholder. Of this corporation, capitalized for $1,500,000, Mr. Stephenson be- came vice-president. The comixmy built the larg- est woodenware factoiry in the world and con- ducted a large and satisfactory business in lumber and woodenware until October 8, 187 1, when its plant in Peshtigo was destroyed by fire, on the same day that the great conflagration in Chi- cago de\'oured its retail yards. A loss of nearly two million dollars was entailed by these disas- trous fires. The mill and village were immedi- ately reconstructed. At the time ]\Ir. Stephen- son became interested in the Peshtigo Company he became convinced that it was feasible to tow barges on Lake Michigan. Mr. Stephenson proved that his theory was correct and started the first tugs on the upi>er lakes. The Stephen- son Transportation Company, operalting the steamer Boscobel and six Ijarges, resulted from his experiments in that direction. Mr. Stq^hen- si)n was alsi> instrumental in organizing the Stur- geon Bay & Lake Michigan Ship Canal & Har1x>r Companw which constructed a canal from Stur- geon bay to Lake Michigan. The construction of this canal came immediately under the super- vision of Mr. Stq>henson, Jesse Spalding and the late William E. Strong. Mr. Stephenson is the parent of the Menom- inee River & Boom Company. This corporation handles more logs than any other boom company 2^6 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST in the world. In 1867 Mr. Stephenson was re- (|ue.ste(l by the lumbermen of the Menominee river to devise plans for a main boom on the Menomi- nee river. This he did and superintended its design and construction from start to finish, improving it ) early. He is president of the company, which is capitalized for $250,000. It controls some forty dains on the ri\-er and its tributaries, and drives all logs on the main ri\-er with its system of dams. An idea of the immense quantity of logs handled by the company can be obtained from the fact that in one year six hundred and seventy-five millions of feet of logs were divided through the boom. Verj' few men have as many large business interests as Mr. Stephenson pos- sesses. He has, in addition to those mentioned alx)ive, large financial investments in the follow- ing: The L Stephenson Company, of Escanaba, Michigan, organized about 1886, is capitalized for $600,000 and claims him as president and manager. In 1873 he organized the Stq>henson Banking Company as a State bank, and in 1888 merged that into the Stephenson National Bank, v.hich he tlien organized, with $100,000 capital, and now acts as its president. Associated with Daniel Wells, Jr., and Charles Ray, of Milwau- kee, lie purchased for $700,000 the plant and property of the Peshtigo Company and reorgan- ized it as the Peshtigo Lumber Company. Of tliis he is also president. He was also one of the organizers of the Marinette & Menominee Paper Company, wdiich is capitalized for $750,000, and of which he owns a one-sevenh interest. The company's plant consists of three mills and is one of the finest in the west. Mr. Stephenson is also president of the Stephenson Manufacturing Company, which cuts about fifteen millions of feet of lumber yearly and is capitalized for $50,- 000. He has large interests in pine lands in the northwest and in Louisiana. The Peshtigo Luni- litr Conipan\', of wlficli he is president and has one-tliird interest, owns one hundred and thirty- six thousand acres of land. The N. Ludington Company, of which he has a cr.ntrolling interest, and is also president, owns one hundred and thirty thousand acres : and in Louisiana he and his asso- ciates own one hundred and twenty-five thousand acres of pine lands. Mr. Stephenson is interested in farming on a large scale. He owns a farm of nine hundred acres, five miles west of Kenosha, 'sVisconsin. On this farm he has one hundred h(jrses, twehe hundred sheep, one hundred and twenty-five cows, besides other cattle. He is in- terested in a creamery near there that makes three hundred ixhukIs of butter per day. He also owns a farm in the city of Marinette, where he is raising fast trotting horses. He placed the first steam- boats on the Menominee and its tributaries. The tug. Morgan L. Martin, was placed on the Me- nominee river by him. He took the first steam- boat into Cedar river; the first into Ford river; the first in White Fish river, at the head of Little Bay de Ncxpiet, and the second steamteat into the Escanaba river. Politically Mr. Stephenson was formerly a Whig, but upon the organization of the Republi- can party, 1856, joined its ranks, and has since then liecn one of the stanchest advocates of the doctrine of true Republicanism. In 1856 he stood on the court house steps in Chicago and peddled tickets for John C. Fremont and other Republican candidates. He has been honoreil by his fellow citizens with their political prefer- ence, and in 1866 and 1868 ser\-ed in tlie Wis- consin general assembly. In 1882 he was elected to Congress and after serving three terms of two years each declined a renomination. owing to the stress of his business affairs. In Congress he served on the committees of agriculture, public lands and risers and harbors, in addition to other mincjr comnnttees. In 1880 he was a dele- gate to the Republican national convention, which nominated Garfield. For thirty-three ballots, he cast liis vote for Blaine, then belit^ving, that the old comn\ander was the strongest candidate, he , ." ■ ■■ M ".I ./ v' y>'\'i 'n'';n b;! twice voted tor Grant, but on the final ballot cast in PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST ^7? his vote for Garfield. In 1892 lie was a delegate- at-larg^e to tlie Minneapolis conxention that re- nominated Harrison. Mr. Step'henso.n has been married thrice — in 1852 to Margaret Stephenson. Foiir children, new living, resulted from this union. In 1873 he was joined in wetllock to Augusta Anderson. Tlire children survived their mother. In 1884 lie wedded Elizabeth Burns. One son is the issue of this man'iage. Mr. Stephenson stands as the perfect type of generous, symmetrical manhood. All his life he has been an exemplification of all that is be-^l in the human heart and soul. He is proud of his early lalx>rs and delights to recall the days when V\ ith a broad-ax he, shoulder to shoulder with h.is men, attacked the virgin forests. Although possessed of great wealth he never has indulged in outside show, but has preferred to live as "a man amongst men." Such is the biography of one of the most suc- cessful men of the northwest. He carved his way to fame and fortune unaided and alone by con- stant application and hard work. Gifted by na- ture with a strong and rugged constitution, he led his men into icy streams and through unex- plored forests without injury. Blessed with a logical mind and possessing a most remarkable memory he was enabled to conduct large enter- prises successfully and his success is entirely at- tril)utal)le to hard and patient work, combined with ;i naturallv well-balanced mind. LESTER O. GODDARD CHICAGO, ILL. Lester O. Goddard, of the legal firm of Cus- ter, Goddard & Griffin, is one of the leading- lawyers of Chicago, and one who occupies a prominent position in the foremost ranks of the legal practitioners of the western metropolis. Lester O. Goddard was born at Palmyra, Wayne county. New York, in 1845, 'i"*^' ^^''th his parents removed to Michigan in 1855. His early, education was received in the common schools, beginning in New York and continued in Mich- igan, while later it was supplemented by a course in the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he matriculated in 1863 and graduated in 1867. In i86y he began the study of law in the same university, and in 1870 came to Chicago and entered the oflfice of James M. Walker, gen- eral council of the Chicago, Burlington & Ouinc)- Railroad Company. Mr. Goddard's relations with this road continued for a term of twenty- six years, during which time he was connected with both the legal and operating deparbuents. In 1 88 1 he was admitted to the bar, and from 1883 to 1887 was the assistant solicitor of the road, from 1887 to July, 1896, he was assistant to the first vice-president, and during this twenty- six years Mr. Goddard assisted in the growth of that road from one thousand to seven thousand five hundred miles, and during this same time — being the formation period of western railroads — all the problems affecting the life and death struggles of railroads for existence, and for pro- tection from excessive granger legislaticju in the western states, passed through his office. On the death of William J. Campbell, who had beeri associated with Mr. Jacob R. Custer and Mr. Joseph A. Griffin, he became a member O'f the firm of Custer, Goddard iv Griffin. In taking this stej) he was governed largelv b\- the advice of Mr. Philip D. Armour, who for a num- ber of years had ret.iined the firm as general Counsel for Armour S; Companv. The large business of so great a firm naturally 278 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST involves considerable litigation and need of legal of civil law. Mr. Q^ddard is a memljer of the advice, and in this connection Mr. Goddard has Chicago and Union League Clubs, and of the been engaged since he entered this firm in many Society of Colonial Wars and Mayflower De- of the most important cases which have appeared scendants. He is very popular in social circles. l)ef(ire the courts. He has also carried on a large Mr. Goddard was united in marriage, in Oc- private practice as a general ])ractiti()ner, his ef- tober, 1871. to Miss Martha E. Sterling, of t\)rts, however, being largely in the department Monroe, Michigan. HON. ROBERT LAIRD McCORMlCK HAYWARD, WIS. Hon. Robert Laird McCnrniick. of Hayward, Wisconsin, capitalist, lumberman, banker and one of the most widely knnwn and successful men of the northwest, has won his present well-merited distinction by his resourceful energetic business ability. Endowed by nature with strong men- tality, trained and developed by education, and with many good ad\-antages in the way of friends and opportunities, which he has not failed to im- prove in the best way, he has won the rich prizes for which so many strive but which real merit only wins. Mr. McCormick is known to the lumber world more particularly as the secretary and treasurer of the North Wisconsin Lumber Company, one of the largest lumber companies in the north, but is also' interested in nine or ten other large cor- jx .rations more or less closely connected with the lumber business. Robert Laird McCormick was bom October 29, 1847, on a farm in Clinton county, Pennsyl- vania, and is the son of Alexander McCormick and Jane Hays ( Laird ) McCnrniick. There is un- doubtedly much in heredity. Mr. McCormick's ancestors were of giMxl stock. His great-grand- father. John McCormick, was lx>rn in Ireland, but came to this country at an early age and joined the Re\olutionary army from Pennsyl- vania, becoming an ensign or third lieutenant. One of his great-grandfathers. Colonel Hugh White, was a colonel in l)oth the Revolutionar\- war and in the war of 1812. His mother's father was a Laird, of Scotch descent, but a Pennsyl- vania Quaker. His father, Alexander McCor- mick, resided on a farm near Lock Haven, Penn- sylvania, and was a soldier of the Civil war. Mr. McCormick was educated at the high school. Lock Haven, Pemisylvania ; at the Tusca- rora Academy, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, and at the Saunders Military Institute, West Philadelphia, Pennsyhania. Wlien the war broke out he was but a boy of thirteen, yet he wanted to enlist, and ran awa}- from home and stayed several days at Camp Curtin, at Harrisburg, in the hope that he would be able to join a regiment going to the front, but his parents took him home. On leav- ing school Mr. McCormick first took a position at Lewisburg, Pennsyhania, as office clerk with the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Company, now the Pennsyhania Railroad Company. In the spring of 186S he went west to Winona, ]\linne- sota, and took charge of the office of Laird, Nor- ton Conii)an_\', lumber manufacturers. He spent six years in Winona, but finding the close confinement of office work injurious to his health, in the fall of 1874 he went to Waseca, Minne- sota, bought a lumber yard and entered the retail hnnber business. He also acted as auditor for Laird, Norton Company and located many new vards in Minnesota and South Dakota, in some of El".^ bv ! !?^-.ry In^jfcr Jr CtK=ig= / ^V%'^<^^^^''^^_ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 281 w liicli lie was personally interested with the com- pany. He was also interested in the large stone qnarries of W. B. Craig & Company at Mankato, Minnesota. In the fall of 1881 he first com- menced the mannfacture of Inmber at Hayward, Wisconsin, forming the North Wisconsin Lum- ber Company. Fifteen townships hcaxily tim- Ixred in the vicinity of Hayward were purchased frcim the Omaha Railroad. Mr. Hayward was a memljer of the company until 1885, when he dis- posed of his interests to Capt. Robinson, a banker of Rock Island, Illinois, who is now represented in the company by his son, J. F. Robinson. With these exceptions, the members of the North W^is- consin Lumber Company remain as they were originally, including Fred Weyerhaeuser, R. L. McCormick, W. H. Laird, M. G. and James L. Norton. The late Hon. Philetus Sawyer, of Osh- kosh, was then vice-president of the "Omaha," and the county in which Hayward is the county seat and in which a large part of the company's timber stood was named for him, and through him the negotiations on the part of the railroad were conducted. The North Wisconsin Lumber Company's tim1>er was located tributary tO' the Namekagon river, which gave tlie name "Name- kagon soft pine." which has since made the North Wisconsin Lumber Company famous. The mill was completed and began sawing early in 1883, and since that time the coanpany has manufac- tured over se\en hundred million feet of lumber, and (luring this time Mr. McCormick has been the active manager of its afifairs. Since the founding of the North Wisconsin Lumber Company Mr. McCormick and Mr. Frederick Weyerhaaiser have ]^en associated to- gether in a large number of business ventures. Together they established the Sawyer County Bank at Ha3rward, of which Mr. McCormick is president, and which is strongly backed, as its "responsibility is unlimited." Mr. McCormick is also interested with Mr. Weyerhaeuser, and is president of the Mississippi and Rum Ri\er Boom Company, Minneapolis; also of the North- ern Boom Company, Brainerd, Minnesota ; vice- president of the St. Paul Boom Company, St. Paul, also the Flambeau Land Company, Chip- pewa Falls, Wisconsin ; secretary and treasurer of the Mississippi Ri\-er Lumber Comi)any, Clin- ton, Iowa. A short time ago Mr. McCormick was largely instrumental in Ijringing alxiut the purchase of the immense tract of timber in the state of Washington by Mr. Weyerhaeuser and his associates and the formation of the Weyer- haeuser Timber Company, with headquarters at Tacoma, Washington. Of this concern Air. Mc- Cormick is secretary. Besides being a lumber- man and banker, Mr. McCormick is extensively engaged in the grain trade, and is secretary and treasurer of the Northern Grain Company. It has elevators and warehouses in Wisconsin and Minnesoita, Iowa, Nebraska and Dakota, with headquarters and general offices in Chicago. He is also treasurer of the New Richmond Mill Com- pany, which has flour mills at New Richmond, Wisconsin; and vice-president of the Duluth Mill Company, of Duluth, Minnesota. Mr McCormick is a man of interesting per- sonality and great popularity, a clear thinker and affluent sixjaker, an able and puljlic-spiritecl citi- zen. He has never been a politician, but is a firm supporter of Republican party principles. Dur- ing the entire time he resided in Waseca, except the first year, he was mayor of the city, and was elected to the state senate of IMinnesota in 1880 ■ and served through two* regular and two extra sessions with credit to himself and great satis- faction to his district. He was sent as a delegate in 1900 from the tenth Wisconsin district to the national Republican convention, Philadelphia. With all his great business interests, Mr. Mc- Cormick is an earnest student and deeply inter- ested in educational matters, giving of his time and means toward their advancement. He spends many happy hours with his l)ooks in his fine lil)rary at his home at Haywarcl. It is his desire 282 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST in the near fnture to escape fnnn bnsiness cares entirely and devote his entire attention to study, travel and historical writing. He has de\-oted much time and research to the early histor}^ of the explorers and discoverers of this country, particularly in the Lake Superior region. A feu- years ago, at the request of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, of which lie is president, he prepared and published a "Press Plistory of Saw- yer County," and his recent hrcichurc on "Evolu- tion of Indian Education" has l)een heartily en- dorsed by the Indian department of the govern- ment. He is president of the school board of Hayward and also of the Hayward Library As- sociation, and president of the Ashland .\cademy at Ashland. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, past master Keystone Lodge, No. 263, F. & A. !M., Havward. \\^isconsin ; past high priest Tyr- ian Chapter, No. 26, \Vaseca, Minnesota; past E. Commander Cyrene Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar, Owatonna, Minnesota ; i>ast grand commander Knig-hts Templar, Miiuiesota. He is a memljer of the order of the Mystic Shrine and also of the Sons of Veterans, and through his ancestry is a member of the Society of the War of 1812, being a charter member of the Chi- cago chapter, and also of the Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Mr. McCormick was married July 10, 1870, to Miss Anna E. Goodman, of Ohio, and they have two sons, \Mlliam L. McCormick, born June 17, 1876, and elected a member of the Wis- consin legislature in the fall of 1900; and Robert A. IMcCormick. born August, 1885, who is now at Beloit College, Wisconsin, finishing his edu- cation. WILLIAM HENRY FROCHLICH MADISON, WIS. One uf the best-known men of the state of Wisconsin is the efficient and popular secretary of state, Mr. William H. Frochlich. His name is prominently associated with many public enter- prises and business corporations. The notable success he has achieved and the high honors which have been conferred upon him are the best evidence O'f his ability. _tl ^^■'illianl H. Frochlich was Ixirn at Jackson, Washington cnunt)'. Wisconsin, June 22, 1857, and is a son of Balthaser and 'Anialia Grosskopf Frochlich. He was educated privately and at parochial public schools at Jack- son and in the Spencerian Business College at Milwaukee. He first clerked as a salesman in a retail mercantile house at Milwaukee from 1874 to 1877, after leaving the Spencerian Business College. He was assistant bookkeeper for the well-knijwn dry goods house of T. A. Chapman & Company, of Milwaukee, from 1878 to 1880, when he established himself in the general mer- chandise and grain business at Jackson, Wiscon- sin, with J. G. Frank, under the firm name of J. G. Frank & Frochlich. He withdrew from this business in igoo. He is secretary and treasurer of the Jackson Butter and Cheese Company, a corporation operating several creameries, which company he organized in 1893. Mr. Frochlich was postmaster of Jackson from 1881 to 1893, justice of the peace from 189 1 to 1899, town clerk from 1893 to 1899, member of the assembly, 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898, and secretary of the state of Wisconsin since January 2, 1899, which position he ni>\\ fills. He is a member of several local clubs and musical societies. His religious PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 283 views are Lutheran and ])i)litically he is a stanch 1879, tO' Miss Clara Frank, of Jackson, Wiscon- RejHiblican. His [wlitical record is clear and sin. They have a family of eight cliildren. above reproach. He is a leader in his party and .John A., Alfred li., Paul E., Amelia P., W'ill- h^s assisted in many hard-fought campaigns. iam L., Robert J., Minnie J. and George W. ,,j ;,;^flr, Frochlich was married September 21, Frochlich. DANIEL J SCHUYLER CHICAGO, ILL. Daniel J. Schuyler's entire life has been de- voted to his profession, the law, in which he has been engaged for over a third of a century. His has been a life of untiring activity. ]\Ir. Schuyler was born on a farm' in New York state, near the town of Amsterdam, Feb- ruary 16, 1839, and is a son of John Jacob and Sally Ann ( Davis) Schuyler. The Schuyler name appears most prominently in the history of the United States, commencing with that O'f Philip Pieterson Van Schuyler about 1649, '^^'ho was the first of that name to come to this country and was among the Dutch emi- grants who, leaving their native Holland, settled where the city of Albany, New York, now .stands. The Schuylers took a very prominent part in the conduct of Colonial affairs. When Albany became an incorporated city in 1686, the first m'ayor was a Schuyler, who continued in of- fice eight years, and was afterwards president of the King's Council in New York, acting govern- or, a member of the New York assemlily and commission of Indian affairs. General Philip Schuyler rendered imiiortant service to the nation and endeared his name to every true American by his actions in the struggle for independence, being conspicuous as a soldier in the field, a member of congress and afterwards United States senator from Xew York. He was noted for his bravery and devotiun tn the cause ia. Chicago Literary. Sunset, Hamilton and Law Clubs, and at different periods between 1890 and 1897 has ser\ed as president of the Chi- cago Law Club, Chicago Law Institute, Chicago 288 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association passage of the civil service refomi act. and the Union League Club. While presi- While president of the State Bar Associa- dent of the Union League Cluh he organized tion he secured the consolidation of the su- and (lireclcd the mo\-ement which secureil the prenie court. FRANK HAMLINE SCOTT CHICAGO, ILL. Frank H. Scott, member of the law firm of Hamline, Scott & Lord, of Chicago, was born at Tipton, Iowa, January i, 1857, and is a son of Washington S. and .\melia F. (Klein) Scott. He was educated at the Northwestern Univer- sity at Evanston, Illinois, and at the Northwestern University Law School of Chicag'o. The famil\- removed to Evanston from "Sh. Pleasant, Iowa, in i8()4 and to Chicago in 1880. Mr. Scott was admitted to the bar in 1878, and in 1886 formed a partnership with John H. Hamline, the firm being Ham- line & Scott, and subsequently became Hamline, Scott & Lord by the admission of Mr. Frank E. Lord. Mr. Scott stands high at the bar of Illinois. He is vice-president of the municipal Voters' League, ex-president of the Illinois Civil Serv- ice Reform Leag^ie and a member of the Uni- \ersity. Union League, Chicago Literary and Chicago Law Clubs, and of the Chicag(j His- torical Society. Politically Mr. Scott is a Demo- crat. ;\Ir. Scott was married October 12, 1882, to Miss Edith Kriliben, of St. Louis, Missouri. ThcA- have had three children, two of whom are JAMES E. KANOUSE TOWNSEND, MONT. James E. Kanouse, president of the State Bank of Townsend, Montana, was born at Wood- stock, New Jersey, December 18, 1845, and is a son of Jacob A. and Hannah H. Kanouse. He was educated in the Waterbury high school, Waterl)ury, Connecticut. In 1855 the family moved to Lexington, Illinois, and his father en- gaged in farming. At sixteen, on the breaking out of the reljellion, our subject enlisted in the Eleventh Illinois Cavalrv at Peoria, under Cnl. Iviliert G. Ingersoll, participating in battles nf I'ittslmrg Landing, Corintli, luka, Sherman's first raid in rear of Vicksburg to Grenada, and all the other engagements of the regiment. He served on the staff of General Rosecrans at second battle of Corinth as dispatch bearer to the Sixth Division ; was sergeant Company D, Elev- enth Illinois Cavalry, and was honorably dis- charged at Memphis, Tennessee, at the end of the third year's service. In 1867 he crossed the plains with a cattle train. In 1887 and 1888 he was a member of the house of representatives for the eleventh session. M(jntana territorial legislature, and in 1889 and 1890 was a member of the constitutional con- vention, PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 289 Mr. Kanouse is a lawyer enjoying a large practice. He is connected with many business enterprise in his state: is president of tiie State Bank of Townsend since its incorporation in 1899: is largely interested in mines, ranches, sheep, horses and cattle. Politically is a Demo- crat of the Bryan school. Member of the K. of P., since 1888, Past C. C. "Broadwater Lodge." Member G. A. R., Wadsworth Post, Helena, Montana, since 1900, and resides on his home ranch three miles south of Townsend, on the Mis- souri river. Mr. Kanouse was married in 1867 to Miss Nannie Ballard, of Chicago, Illinois. They have three children : Charles A., Alice and Clara Kanouse. FRANK ELMER LORD CHICAGO, ILL. Frank E. Lord, junior niemljcr of the law firm of Hamline, Scott & Lord, was lx)rn at Dan vers, Massachusetts, December 12, 1861, and is a son of Edward A. and Nancy E. (Board- man) Lord. Edward A. Lord is a native of Ip.swich, Massachusetts, and his wife was from Danvers. Frank E. Lord was educated at the Holton High School, Dan\-ers, Salem High School, Salem, M'as- sachusetts, and at the Northwest- ern University, of Evanston, Illi- nois, taking a classical course and graduating with the degree O'f A. B. in 1883. He then read law in the office of Mr. Frank H. Scott, his present part- ner, was admitted tort, settled afterwards in Barnstable. Massachusetts, and was there married December 16, 1667, to Jane, daughter of Robert Parker, of Barnstable. This pioneer's will was admitted to probate at Barnstable Octol>er 10, 1713. His second son, Isaac Isham. was Ijorn in Februarw 1682, and was married May 3, 1716, to Thank- ful, daughter of Thomas Lumbert. Jr.. and his V ill was pro-bated at Barnstable August 5, 1771. The third son of Isaac Isham was John Lsham, born in Barnstable August 6. 17JI. who in his youth moved to Colchester, Connecticut, where he married, Deceml^er 19, 1751, Dorothy, daugh- ter of Ephraim Foote, of that town, and died March 2, 1802. He commanded a company of colonial soldiers in the b'rench and Indian war. His son, Ezra Isliam, born in Colchester March ^5 ^77Z- settled in Manchester, Vermont, in 1/95! f^'' ^ little later, and was for many years the leading physician of that region, his death occurring I'ebruary 8, 1835. Dr. Ezra Isham was married June 21, 1801, to- Anna I Nanc\- ) Picrpont, a daughter of Robert Pierpont, of Manchester, Vermont, who was the son of James Pieqxint, of New Ha\-en and grandson of the Rev. James Pierpont. for thirty vears. from 1684. pastor of the First church of New Ha\en, and of his wife, Mary Hooker, granddaughter of Rew Thomas H(M)ker, pastor of the church of New- town (now Cambridge). Massachusetts, who led the migration of that church to Connecticut in 1636, and was the first minister settled at Hartford. J;unes Picrpont was the cousin of Jonathan Edwards, the younger, of President Timothy Dwight, of Vale, and of .\aron Burr. Pierpont Isham son of Ezra Isham and Anna I'ierpont, was born in Manchester August 5, 1802, and died in New York Mlarch 8, 1872. He married Samanthe. daug-hter of Noadiah Swift, M. D., of Bennington, a physician and a citizen of much distinction, and a son of Rev. Job Swift, D. D., who was a graduate of Yale, ir. the class of 1765, and who was called "The Apostle of \'ermont." at his death. Pierpont Isham becauie a lawxer of distinction and was for a considerable period a justice of the supreme court of \'ermont. lulward S. Is'ham, the subject of this sketch, was the eldest son of Judge Pierixjut Isham. His early Iwyhoo'd was passed in that l)eautiful region bordering New York and ^lassachusetts, among the Berkshire hills, until sixteen years of age,, when in 1850 and 185 1 he went to the rdountains of South Carolina in search of health and strength. Returning north he completed his lireparatory course at Lawrence Academy, Croton, Massachusetts. He matriculated in Williams College in 1853. was graduated in iS't7 and bv in\itation of the faculty returned '837 there in i860 to delixer a master's oration. He was a memlier of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. After studying law. while still in college, and afterwards at the law school at Han'ard, he was admitted to the bar at Rutland. Vermont, and came to Chicago in the fall of 1858. He had started west intending to locate either in St. Louis or in St. Paul. Init on reaching Chicago en route and \iewing its possibilities, years passed before he e\-er saw St. Paul or St. Louis. After a time spent in the law office of Hoyne, Miller /y^ f JU^. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 293 & Lewis, Mr. Isliani in tlie spring of 1859 formed a partnership with James L. Stark, a Vermont acquaintance, under the tirm name of Stark & Isham, whieli lasted until icSOi. Ills ahihtv soon g"ave liim a position at the Iku", and l)nsiness came to iiim freely. In 1864 he was elected a meml^r of the Illinois legislature, and spent the greater part of 1865, 1866 and 1867 in Europe, and upon his return he resumed his practice. In h'ehruary, 1872, the partnership of Isham & Lincoln began. In 1886 William G. 1 Scale was admitted to- the firm, whicli was then known as Isham, Lincoln & Beale. Of the many eminent lawyers who have hou- orecl the Chicago' har Mr. Isham was one of the most noted. He belonged to the inner circle, and his pnjfessional life was passed for the most I'.art upon the liigher plane of legal work. The care of interests in\-olving largely the care of l)ersonal trusts, the conduct of imjxjrtant etjuity cases, the legal direction of corporate affairs, these matters constituted the greater part of his jiractice, though he was not infrecpiently en- gag'ed in jury cases. His opinions and his coun- sel were much .sought for the guidance of large financial interests and for the solution of per- plexing legal proI)lems. In 1883 Mr. Isham argued before Judge McCreary in the United States court of Topeka, Kansas, the case of Ben- edict versus St. Joseph & Western Railroad Company, procuring the appointment of a re- ceiver, by which that road was taken from the Cnion Pacific and reorganized. His firm was in- strumental in procuring from Judge Gresham a change of recei\"ers for a portion of the W'abash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway s\stem east of the Mississippi ri\er. In 1886, during the great rail- r(.ad strike. ^^Ir. isham re|)resente(l the Lake Shore & Michigan .Southern, securing from the federal courts a temporary injunction against the principal strikers. Among other cases which he argued, some of which have become "leading cases," may be noted, viz.: P.rine vs. Insurance Company (96 United States 627), with its connecting ca.se of Warner vs. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Comjiany (109 United States J^S/)- I'iekard, comptroller, vs. Pullman Southern Car Com- ])any (117 United States 34), Rand v.s. Walker (Illinois 340), Pullman Palace Car Company vs. Texas & Pacific Railroad Company ( i i I'^eclerid ]\ep. C)25), Union Trust Company vs. Illinois Midland Railway Company (117 United States 434), Kingsbury vs. Buckner (70 Illinois 514), Central Transportation Company vs. Pullman Palace Car Company (139 United States 24), Windett vs. the Connecticut Mutual Life In- siu-ance Com])any (130 Illinois Reports 621). Pullman Palace Car Company vs. Central Transportatiou Company, united States supreme court ^lay 31, 1898. Almost from its organization Mr. Isham was a member of the Chicago Literary Club, and ]jroduced a number of papers before that IxKly. One of his noteworthy pajjcrs appears in the En- cyclopedia of Political Science under the title of '■S(x;ial and Economic I\elations of Corpora- tions." For the New York Historical Society he wrote a paper, "Frontenac and Miles Standish in the Northwest." In 1898 he read a paper be- fore the Vennont Historical Society in the house of representatives at Montiielier entitled "Ethan Allen; a Study of Civic Authority." In 1 86 1 M'r. Isham was married tf> Miss Fannie Burch, daughter of the lion. Thomas liurch of Little Falls, Herkimer county, New "N'ork. There are four children, two of them lK)ys, and two girls. Pier|)ont, the eldest son. was graduated from the United States Military .Acad- emy at West Point in 1887 and was at h'ort Riley with the Seventh Cavalry and afterward with the Third Ca\alry at San .\ntonia. Te.xas. He re- signed from the ser\-ice finally ;md is now pi'ac- ticing law. Edward S. Isham, |r.. was gradu- 294 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST. ated from Yale in 1891 and is in tlie business of Mr. Isham died suddenly, February 16, 1902, manufacturing electrical machinery in New at the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York City, ^ ork. where he had been si>ending the winter. ADOLPH SORGE, Jr., M. E. CHICAGO, ILL. .Adolph Sorge, Jr., mechanical engineer, of Chicago, is a son of Frederick Adolph Sorge and Katlicrine (Peters) Sorge. He was educated in a private school, Ho- hoken Academy, from 1861 to 1871, Stevens In- stitute of Technology, 1871 to 1875, where he graduated with the degree of Mechanical Engineer. He first learned the trade of machinist as volunteer in John Roach's Sons and Brooklyn Navy Yard ; he was draughts- man with William Sellers & Company, Philadelphia ; West Point Foundry, at Cold Springs, New York ; foreman of Machine shoj) iif llliss & Williams, Brooklyn; in Europe in 1880 and 1881, studying European machinery and inlrndncing .\merican machinery. He re- Iniilt the cement mills of F. O. Norton, and ran the same a year; with Campl)ell Printing Press Manufacturing Comi)any until August, 1885; purchased and ran a machine shop in Rochester, New York, until 1891 ; manager of the Wood-Mosaic Company at Rochester, New Ynrk. until 1894; superintendent Eraser & Chal- mers until August, 1895. Mr. Sorge then estab- lished himself as consulting engineer and general western representative for Cochrane Feed-Water Heaters, Cochrane Steam and Oil Separators, and Sorge Feed-Water Purifying System, with offices in Chicago. April 9, 1902, M|r. Sorge sailed for Europe on another extensive business trip, to ]x gone for some time. Mr. Sorge is a member and founder of the Technical Club tjf Chicago, a memlier of Amer- ican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Western Society of Engineers, \\'estem Foundrymen's Association. He has traveled extensively in Euro[>e, United States and Canada. Politically he is a Republican, a man of independent thought and liberal in his views. Mr. Sorge was married Decemljer i, 1886, to Miss Katie P. Orr. They have no children. WILLIAM G. BEALE CHICAGO, ILL. William G. Beale, meml>er of the law firm of Isham, Lincoln & Beale, is a representative member of the Chicago bar and has l)een actively engaged in the practice of law in Chicago for eighteen years. As a lawyer, wlm in the presentation of his cases before judge or jur\% he is strong, earnest and convincing, an expert in the examination of witnesses and one who gives the cases entrusted to^ his care the deepest study and most earnest thought. \\'il!iam G. Beale was l>orn at Winthmp, Kennebec county, Maine, September 10, 1854, and is a son of William and Lucinda (Bacon) Beale. His earlv education was received at vari- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 295 oils schools and Bowdoiii CoIIeg-e, Brunswick, Maine, graduating- in 1877 ^^''■h tlie degree of A. B. Later Mr. Beale came west and was principal of the high school of Hyde Park. February, 1878, he beg'an the study of law in the otTice of Williams & Thompson, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1881, while still teaching. At the end of the school year in July, 1881, he entered the office oi Isham & Lincoln as law clerk, and in 1885 became a member of the firm, the name being" subsequently changed tO' Isham, Lincoln & Beale. Mr. Beale was a member of the Chicago Board of Educatiun from July, 1887, ti) July, 1890, serving as president of that body during the last year of this period and was corporation counsel of Chicago' from May, 1895 to April, 1897. P'olitically Mr. Beale is a stalwart Re]>ubli- can. He has traveled considerably both in the United States and Europe. Mr. Beale is a strong lawyer, gifted by na- ture with a keen mind, which was developed by liberal education, e.xperience and hard study, he has steadily advanced along the lines of mental activity, and is noted as possessing quick insig'ht, superior judgment and resource. He is regarded as a good business man and excellent citizen. Mr. Beale is a bachelor. HON. JAMES M. SHACKELFORD MUSKOGEE, I. T, James M. Shackelford was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky, July 7, 1827, where until the age of twelve he secured his early education and then was placed by his parents in the Stamford University, of Kentucky, and was there tutored by the celebrated James F. Barber, kno>wn throughout the world as a great educator. At the age of twenty-one he was elected by a company of volunteers as lieutenant and at the last requi- sition of the government in the war of 1848 teu- dered himself and company to the service of the United States, and as commissioned by the gov- ernment as first lieutenant of Company I, Fourth Kentucky Regiment of Infantiy. But l^ecoming a soldier under the last requisition, he saw* no fighting in this war, which was a sad disappoint- ment to him. On his return he took up the study of law in the office of J. P. Cook and was a little later admitted to the bar, practicing together with Mi^.'''Ctius raid through Ken- tucky, Indiana and Iowa, which he did in less than forty days. His ability was so marked that in a few months he was tendered a commission as ma- jor, which honor he refused and moved to Indi- ana, where he resumed the jiractice of law after the war and took an acti\-e part in politics, and was elected elector at large and by the electoral college carried the vote of Indiana for Garfield. On the 26th of March, 1889, he was nominated by the president of the United States as the first federal judge of the Indian Territory and Okla- homa. 296 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST HON. WILLIAM J. FISK GREEN BAY, WIS Hon. William J. Fisk, ex-president of the Kellooo- National Bank, of Green Bay, Wiscon- sin, has for many years been closely identified witli the progress and development of his home city. He has aided all feasible enterprises that Wduld benefit Green Bay, and is justly regarded as one of its most enterprising and public-spir- ited citizens, and commands that true homage and respect wh.ich is ever rendered real worth. It is interesting to trace the progress of a stout-hearted boy, starting out in life unassisted, excq)t by his own indomitable will, and persist- ent purpose to succeed, rising step by step, and gaining in the hard school of experience the kn(jwledge which alone is power. It is this rec- ord that offers for our consideration the history of a man who, for his probity, usefulness and achievements, affords to the young an example worthy of emulation. Mr. Fisk was born in the village of Bruns- wick, Ohio, June 25, 1833; he was the eldest of the se\-en children of Joel S. Fisk and his wife Charlotte (Green) Fisk. In reverting to> tlie genealog}" of Mr. Fisk we find that he is descended from a linig line of ancestors, who for many generations, in both the lineal an99 took a deep interest in llie hny just starting mit in life. \\ itli his first \ear's saxins^s young' Fisl< pureliased one Innulreil and twenty acres uf land and in this manner became a property owner he- fore he was sixteen years of age. In 1849 'i*^ became an emj)love of a watchmaker and jeweler, but finding the work too confining for his health, a _\ear later he took a position with a merchant of Furt Howard, named John Grey, at a salary of $25 per month. After two years in this po- sition he attended the institute at Apiilcton, Wis- consin, paying f(jr his tuition and board from his savings. At the age of twenty he roturned to Fort Howard and at once began trading in the products brought into that town. He had dis- played his self-reliance, and his father, believing" that lie could safely make his own way in^ the world, encouraged him in that direction by leav- ing him to his own resources. During his first year he entered inti> a contract with Chancy Lamb, now senior member (if the firm of Lamb & Sons, of Clinton, Iowa, to furnish him 400,000 shingles, at $2.50 per tiiousand. Mr. Lamb took a deq) interest in the young man and encouraged him. He paid him in advance $1,000 for the shingles, and Mr. Fisk now says that was the largest amount of money he had ever seen at one time, and made him feel wealthier than he has ever felt since. The money was paid in state bank no'tes of small denominations and certainly must have appeared cjuite a large amount toi the young man. In 1853 Mr. Fisk entered the mercantile busi- ness in Fort Howard and in 1855 erected a sliingle mill. He was the second man ter belonging to him were devoured tional Bank, and Frank S. died in 1881, aged b\- the flames; he also lost heavily in the great twenty-two years. The father and each of the Chicago fire at the same time. This was a severe sons have a residence in what is known as the blow, but, undismayed, he went manfully to work "four-acre lot," the four acres having descended and soon retrie\-ed his fortunes. to William J. Fisk from his father. Politically Mr. Fisk is strongly Republican, Mr. Fisk is a member of the Masonic fra- although of Democratic antecedents. He has ternity, of the Knights Templar degree; he is a never sought, nor does he desire, political posi- member of no church, but believes in the power tions, but he is one of those who strive to assist of the church for good. The Young Men"s others and aims always to assist in the success of Chistiao Association has found in him a friend the party. and patron. He donated the fund for the erec- He was alderman of the city in early life, lion of their building. has filled the position of city treasurer, and was In pri\ate life he is the model of a thorough also postmaster from 1862 to 1865. In 1875 he gentleman, his manners are courteous to all. was elected a member of the state legislature and and those who have the privilege of knowing was re-elected in 1876 and 1877. He was active him intimately thoroughly appreciate the innate in opposition to the "Granger" legislation against worth of his character, for his kindliness and railroads, and was chairman of the committee of fidelity to frienilship liave attracted to him a wide railroads when the famous railroad act known as circle of friends in the cit)- where he has spent the Potter law was rejiealed. the greater portion of his life. HON. J. BLAIR SHOENFELT MUSKOGEE, I. T. Hon. J. Blair Shocnfelt was born in Martins- South Dakota, locating at Estelline, here he en- burg, Blair county, Pennsylvania, in 1S59. From gaged in the practice of law and also carried on the public schools of his native town he went to an extensive banking and investment business, the State Normal College at Huntington, Penn- serving four years as judge of his county. The sylvania, finishing his education at the University time of his residence in South Dakota was that of Indiana. Upon graduation there he entered \-ery important period during which the territory the law ofiice of William Johnson, an eminent of Dakota was dixided into North and South Da- lawyer, prominent ])olitician and member of con- kota and formed into two states. Mr. Sboenfelt gress from Valparaiso, Indiana. Upon the com- was very active in politics at this critical juncture, pletion of his study with Mr. Johnson he was ex- gixing effective aid in efforts toward the admis- amined and admitted to the bar in Porter county. sion of South Dakota as a state and being a mem- Indiana. In the spring of 1883 he removed to Ijer of the constitutional convention. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 301 Removing to \\'\oming in 1890, Mr. Shoen- feit continued the practice of law, for four years serving as prosecutor and countv atturney of Converse county, anil being prominent in state and national politics in Wyoming. During these years of active legal and political life Mr. Shoenfelt had also many important pri- \'ale interests, both east and west, the pr(jsecution of which re(iuireil much travel and a consequent contact with men of affairs which has especially qualified him for the important position to which he was called by his appointment as Indian agent in .\pril last. The rapidly changing conditions in Indian Territorv, which seem trending so irre- sistal)])- in the tlirection of speedy statehood, will make his experience in the formative periods of South Dakota and Wynming in\aluable there. Mr. Shoenfelt is of a very pleasing personality, courteous as an official, quick to grasp the details of matters submitted to him and equally quick in arriving at equitaljle ci inclusions. The position to which he has been called has vastly increased in inipnrtance with the changed conditions brought about by the Curtis act. In May, 1882, Mr. Shoenfelt was married to Miss Anna E. Isenberg, of Peim.sylvania. They have two charming daughters and a promising WILLIAM BUFORD CARLILE CHICAGO, ILL. William B. Carlile, resilient manager for the Mutual Life of New York, is a Iventuckian Ij}- birth, and was lx>rn at Lebanon, January 21, 1870. He is a son of Charles Robert and Mary Prudence Spalding Carlile. Mr. Carlile is one of the most successful and l.iest- knr>wn life insurance men in the west to-day. Early in his career, as a solicitor in tlic field, he dis- tingaiished himself by securing for his c(.)miian\ the largest single premium in\-ii]\ing ;in iiicli\idual life that at that time had been paid fcr life insurance. This contract, re(|uiring the immediate (kposit of >$I36,350 as a i)remium. was jiers.in- ally negiitiated by Mr. Carlile with Mr. J;uncs J. Hill, the noted railroad president and financier, of St. Paul. Later Mr. Carlile was api)oinlcd inspector of agencies for the United States and Canada for the Mutual Life of New York, which posi- tion he held until sent west to Chicago to or- ganize the western special department for his company. During the eleven months of its ex- istence he produced si.x millions of new business. Appointed to the management of the Chicago general agency, following its merger with the western special department, Mr. Carlile gave stronger evidence of his ability by placing four- teen millions of new business on the books of his company. Mr. Carlile is an able manager anil handles his men with great success. He has been in the field and knows their requirements, and is never t( o busy t(-) look after and care for their needs. Mr. Carlile is a member of the Chicago Clul), the Union Club, the Washington Park Club and other prominent clubs, and prominent in the Life Underwriters' Association. He was married April 26, 1893, to ^liss Vir- ginia Fontaine, third daughter of Noland Fon- taine, a retired merchant and banker, oi Mem- phis, Tennessee. 302 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST WILLIAM PORTER VERITY, M. D. CHICAGU, ILL. Tlie Veritys are nf Englisli descent, the iui- years later, in 1S7C), lie came tn Chicago to> pur- mediate ancestors of Dr. Wilhani !'. X'erity set- sue a systematic course at Rusii Medical College, tling in Ohio at an early date. Rev. Junathan Dr. Verity took his degree from the ahove Verit\- was a prominent evangelist and revivalist named institution in 1879, and upon competitixe of the AI. \i. church, and William X'erity, uncles examination received the a])])ointnient i.>f interne hotli (if the subject of our sketch, was a brave in the Cook County Hospital, lie completed the soldier in the Civil war, during one of its historic full term of service — eighteen months, — and this engagements he being the first to scale the breast- cxi>erience, invaluable though it was, nearly works of the enemy. ended his earthly career, for w hile performing an On his mother's side Dr. Verity is tlescended operati(jn he was accidentally poisoned and the from the family of which the cnnncnt jurist, the result was a .serious illness of fully three months. Hon. Jeremiah Black, of Pennsylvania, is a rep- At the conclusion of his interneship Dr. Ver- itv at once opened an office on Chicago avenue. This was in 1S81. and for twenty years he has remained in the locality where he originally estab- lished his ]>ractice. Althongh this has been of a general nature, his professional business has drifted largelv into surgical channels, in which specialt\- he is runong the most [jromiuent prac- titioners on the north side. As an indicatitjn of his standing it mav lie resentative. The Blacks of Ohio had numerous cliildren, and of these four sons also saw honor- able service in the war of the Rebellion. One, a flag-bearer, was killed in action — shot through the heart while leading a gallant charge — and another, a cannoneer, won distinction on the bloody field of Gettysburg for bravery and aliility. It was in 1830 that the father of Dr. Verity, Matthias, married Miss Cynthia Ann Black, of stated diat Dr. Verity served for three years as Ohio, the couple removing to Wisconsin by way consulting surgeon to Cook County Hospital, and of the "prairie schooner." On their journey they for some time he has held the ix)sition of surgeon passed through the muddy and unattractive but to the Post-Graduate Medical School and Hos- even then energetic city at the mouth of the Chi- pital. cago river. Like thousands of others, however. Notwithstanding his busy life as surgefm and they failed to see in its forbidding exterior any physician. Dr. Verity is cpiite a constant contrib- promise of its phenomenal future, and. drifting ntor to such standard perio contril)ute to- ward the expenses of the household. .\fter young Bow'ersoclc bad ci>mplcted his course in the common schools he went, in iSrio, to Iowa City, Iowa, and engaged in merchandis- ing and grain shipping and built up the largest trade in that thriving city. Like many other sterling per>ple of the northwest he was attracted to Kansas and settled in Lawrence in '^^/J- The chief inducement was the possibilities for water ])o\vcr rmd manufacturing furnished l.)y the Kaw ri\er at Lawrence. The great dam .'icross the Kaw at Lawrence, which was l)cgun in iS/J, had lieen jjartiall}- destroyed three times b_\' flood. The last time, on jMay 23, 1877, was rt\e days after Mr. Bowersock's arri\al in Law- rence. Mr. Bowersock imnicdiately bouglit the prop- erty, built the dam, maintained it and enlarged the Bowersock Flour Mill (mill A), Iniilt the Douglas C(junty I'Llevator, iiowersock Mill B (m.eal), the Lawrence Paper Mill, and caused the water power to be the center of the chief mar.ufac- turing industries of Lawrence. Mr. Bowersock's business enteri.)rises did not stop' with the de\eloi])ment of tlie water ])ower. During his first yeiir in Lawrence four of the local banks failed. In 1S7S he established the Douglas County I'.ank, which for many years had a substantial financiai existence and was finally merged, in 1890. into the Lawrence National Bank, which he organized. He has lx;en diu"ing bis business career in Lawrence, president of the Lawrence Gas and Electric Light Coni]>any. the Consolidated ]>arl) ^\'ire Company, the Lawrence Pajier Company and the Commercial Club. .\t ])resent be is director in each of the above institu- tions and picsident of the Lawrence National Bank and the Grifiin Ice Company. He is sole owner of the Kansas Water Power, Bowersock Mills A and B, and the Lawrence Iron Works. Thus, as a business man he has been interested in 3o6 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST nearly all t)f the industrial enterprises of Law- rence. While Mr. Bowerscjck could not l>e considered as a farmer in the lit;iit of a "horny-handed son I if the soil." yet incidentally he is a tiller of the .soil, nianagiui;" a two-thousand-acre farm in Sa- line county. As a politici.'ui Mr. Bowersock has always been a l\e])ulilican. He has never Ijeen solicitous for office, and he never tonk acti\e interest in con- ventions until 1898. hut whenever the people called him from his business to public duty, nomi- nated and elected him to positions of trust, he obeyed the summons and served faithfully. He was elected mayor of Lawrence twice, serving from 1881 to 1885, during which period the city was relieved of one hundred thousand dollars in- debtedness drawing seven per cent, interest. He was a member of the Kansas house of representa- tives in 1887, and in 1805 he was elected to the state senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of S. O. Thatcher, ^^'hile in the Kansas house of representatives I\Ir. Bowersock was instru- n)ental in securing the passage of the hill for the relief of the Ouantrell raid sufferers — a hill that had long been hanging fire and which, to some extent, blocked the way to university appropri- ations. This brought to Dcniglas county tw^o hun- dred thousand dollars. In i8g8 Mr. Bowersock was induced to enter the race for congress. This was his first begin- ning as a political campaigner. He entered with vigor into the canvass and went into the conven- tion with only thirteen votes, forty-five being re- quired to nominate, and came out witli the nomi- nation. After a vigorous campaign he was elected by- a good majority. He was unanimously re- nominated by acclamation in 1900, and this in a district noted for long and bitter struggles in con- gres.sional coincntions. Dm-ing the first term he began active work in congress and introduced, among other bills, the anti-canteen bill, which lie- came a law, and secured the passage of a bill through the house appropriating twenty thousand dollars for the State University on account of the burning of the Free State Hotel. This was based on a claim of the Emigrant Aid Ctmipany, which w as assigned to the university. At- the opening of the session of the fifty- seventh congress he was appointed by the s])eaker on a larger numl>er of committees than any other congressman. This, in itself shows hiiw thoroughlyr he is appreciated as a worker in congress, for nearly all of the legislative work of this national lx)dy is done tlirough committees. He is a member of the committees on coinage, weights and measures, reform in the civil service, improvements and levees on the Mississippi river, alcoholic liquor traffic, and Kansas member on special joint com- mittee on memorial exercises in memory of Mc- Kinlcy. Mr. Bowersock has a great facultv for details and undnulitedly will make a record on these numerous committees. He gives prompt attention toi matters relating to his constituency and never fails to answer every letter sent him. He has recently introduced a hill in the house to protect the grazing lands belonging to the LTnited States government. It appears from his own statement tliat he expected the committee, to which it was referred, would remove anv possible defects of the 1)ill before it was finally reported for its final passage. Nevertheless he is thor- oughly convinced of the right of the bill in gen- eral. Some have seen fit to criticise him for this measure, assunn'ng that it is made in the interest of the large stock raisers to the detriment of smaller ones. Mr. Bowersock has never made any claims as a writer or a speaker, but nevertheless he is ready in ex])ression, a clear and forcible si^eaker and a pungent writer. In l)oth writing and speaking he eliminates unnecessary material and drives home the essential facts of the case, carrying his audi- ence or bis readers with him. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 307 Mr. Bowersock, like all tj;(M)(l citizens, is inter- member of the fanKJUs "Old and New" Literary ested in the cnniinnnity in which he lives. He Clnb of Lawrence. has served as president of the I'onimercial Club, He was married in Iowa City, luwii, in 1866, Merchants .\thletic Association and board of to Mary Gower. He has a fine family of six chil- trnstees of the Plymouth Congregational church dren, four girls and twO' boys. Both sons are at- and is now acting in the capacity of director of torneys in active practice, both graduates of the each. He has always taken an interest in special L'niversity of Kansas, one a Harvard law gradu- enterjjrises for the ad\-ancement of the town. He ate and the other a graduate of the law school of has been, fur nearly a ((uarler of a century, a Northwestern Lhiiversity. EPHRAIM BANNING CHICAGO, ILL. Ephraim Banning, an eminent and distin- guished member of the Chicago bar, has gained a high position in Chicago and throtighotit the west as a patent attorne}', and his name is con- nected with many important cases in this branch of jurisprudence. Ephraim Banning was Ixirn in ALcDonoug'h county, Illinois, July 21, 1849. His mother was a Kentuckian by birth and a sis- ter of the late Judge Pinkney H. Walker, of the supreme court of Illinois : her father was Gilmore \\'alker, a lawyer of high stand- ing, and her uncle was Cyrus Walker, who likewise distin- guished himself as an eminent lawyer. Mr. Ban- ning's father was a X'irginian by l)irth, who mo\ed west in an early day, taking an active part in the ])olitical and social i)rol)lcms of Illinois and Kansas. From Kansas the faniil_\' moved t(i Mis- souri, where they resided during the Civil war. Two elder brothers enlisted in the Federal cause, while Mr. Banning, then twcKe years of age, re- mained to assist his father on the farm. One brother lost his life in the ser\-icc, while the other served until the close of the war. Mr. Banning" attended the schools in the neighborhood, and at the age of seventeen en- tered the Brooklield Academy, later becoming a law student in the office of Hon. Sanniel P. Houston, of Bmokfield. In 1871 he came tO' Chicago and entered the office of the firm of Rosenthal & Pence, in the meantime continuing his studies, being admitted to the bar in June, 1872. October following he opened an office for himself and soon had a fair and cmstantly in- creasing ])ractice. Some ten years after this he began making a specialty oi patent law. In 1877 he \\as joined by his brother, Thomas A. Banning, and in this year he made his first argu- ment in a patent case, and in a few years the firm of Banning & Planning became widely known as successful patent attorneys. Mr. Banning has since argued many important cases in the United States supreme court and in the fed- eral courts at Chicago, New York, Boston, Phil- adelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Kansas City, St. Paul, Des Moines and many other cities. In 1888 he made an e.xtendetl tour of Europe and in this year Mr. George S. Payson became a member of the firm Iwing succeeded in 1894 by Mr. Thomas F. Sheridan. Mr. l^>anning is a meml)er of the .\mei'ican, .State and Cliicago Bar Associations and all other legal tjrganizations. Tn 1896 he served as a McKinley elector, and in 1897 was appointed a member of the State Board of Char- 30.S PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST itifs. and in iS(;9 was su])]Kirtecl by a laro-e fol- Mr. P.aniiins;- was marrieil in ()ctnl)cr, 1878, 1( wing for United States district judge. He is to Miss Liicretia T. Lindsley, who died in Feb- a nienilier of tlic Union League, Lincoln and ruary. 1887. leaving tliree sons. Li Sq>teniber, Illinois Clubs. In religious matters he is a Pres- 1889. he married Mi.ss Emily B. Jenne, daughter bvterian. of the late O. B. Jenne, of Elgin, Illinois. THOMAS TELFER OLIVER, M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. 1 )r. ( )li\cr is (if I""rench-Swiss stock. His an- cestors (named Ollivier), political exiles from Switzerland, look refuge in Scotland, locating in what is known as the lilack I'orcst District. The bearers of the |irc>enl uanie of Oliver, lioth in Scotland and .\merica, are lielieved to lie de- scended from the ( )lli\iers abo\e luentioned. Dr. ( )li\er was one of a large I'amilw his par- ents being Roliui't and Is.abclla ( Telfer) Oliver, lie was born on .Ma\ 17. iS:;(i. in C'ri ;iiart\'shire, North Scotland, where his childhood was spent until his seventli year, at which time his family emigrated to Canada, first settling in Quebec. Later, about 1847. the\- again luoved further west and settled permanently in (')ntario. where lie received his preliminarv education. V'erv earlv in life Thomas had shown a strong taste for scientific rather than literary stud)-, de- liL^bting in (lemonstrati\e work rather than hypo- thelical conclusions. In direct line with his in- vestigating and logical bent his studies were be- gim and persistently followed not only to the end of his educational course but all through his sub- se(|uent professional life. The intense interest in the ])henomena of chemistry, l>ased, as they are, on natural and unchangeable law, drew him naturally to the study of medicine, while his love o'' higher mathematics ga\e him, among mechani- cal ])ursuits. ,-ui unusu.al aptitude for civil and n'.ecbanical engineering. In both these branches his education has been as thorough as long- and patient study and congenial tastes could render it- Dr. Oliver commenced his medical studies in the office of Dr. N. E. Mainwaring, of St. George, Ontario, witli whom he remained two years. In 1855 he entered the Rolph Aledical College, of Toronto, trom which he graduated, receiving his di])loma in 1838. .\e\-er robust, his close appli- c;ition to studv for so long a period left him in a most critical state ctf health rnid in no condition to comiuencc the arduous labor of practicing physician, for which in all but bodJK health hi: was now most completely fitted. The course of study he had pursued prior to his special medical course had, fortunately for him at this juncture, thoroughly fitted hiiu for the ])m-suit of the profession of a civil and lue- c.hanical engineer, and to this he turned w ith such ardor as to win not only material success 1)ut a re])Utation as a mechanical inventor wdiich he has retained througji the later years of his life in the medical jirofession. Dr. Oliver's health being recovered, he prac- ticed medicine for a mimber of years in the south and in Kansas, removing to Chicago in 1874. In this city he has since li\ed and here he has built up and held a large and constanth- increas- ing general practice, not conlined to Chicago, but expanding into the surrounding country. lie I'list located on the south side, his present place of residence. ( )f late )'ears, although his practice has I)ccn general, he has given s]iecial attention to diseases of the lungs, liver and kidneys. In tlicse departments he lias won eminent success, -v«- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 3n ami st.-inds as autlini-jiy im all ])(iinls peiiainin.^' is unassnmin^f;-, hut iii(k'])vii(knt and scll'-rclianl. tlicrct<». and has won the regard and rcs]>cct of a lart^'c Dr. Oliver has Hvc children : .Anita, 'idionias circle anv of ("hicat^o. was horn in Bos- ton, Massachusetts, ( )ctol)er 2<). iSfif), and is a son of Mark II. and l'".\a Gohe. His education was ac(|nired at the ISostoU ijuhlic sciiools .-uid at the lloston, L'nixersitw Mr. Cohe was the principrd promoter of the ciMisolidation of the abstract companies of Chi- cago and accepted the i)residenc\' until such time as a ])erniauent head could he secured. Mr. lulson (i. Keith has Ik\'u prc\ailen July i, UJOJ. Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was admitted to Mr. Cohe resigns in his favor and will then take the Suffolk county (M'assachusetts) bar in Jan- a nuich deserved rest before again actively en- uary, iSSS, and came to Chicago in 1895. gaging in business. Mr. Cohe was matle president of the Chicago Mr. Cohe was united in marriage March 9, Title & Trust Company in July, i(>oi. lie is a 189J, to Miss Annie E. Watts, of Belfast, Republican. Maine. CHARLES A. DAVIDSON MUSKOGEE, 1. T. Charles A. Davidson, clerk of the United 189.V compelled him' to seek another position. States court, for the northern district of Indian He was indivitlual bookkeeper for Mr. jM'auk territory, was Ixirn in Cleveland, Ohio, January Rockefeller, of Cleveland, for six years, and left 5, 1865, and is a son of Charles .\. and I\Fary liis employ to accept tlie a,])iM lintmcnl under I'res- Elizabeih {.\dams) Davidson. He was etlu- ident Mckinley as clerk of the Cnited Stales cated in the i>ul)lic .schools of Cleveland. To ci urt of Indian Territory January i, 1900. obtain a business education he took the position .Mi'. Davidson served with the Ohio Nnfioual of clerk in the office of Davidson & House, dealers Guard live years and obtained an honorable dis- iii lumber, building material, bo.x factory, etc. charge, and then three years with the Cleveland lie was promoted in a short time to bonkkeeper. Greys, lie is now one of the stockholders in and had charge of the financial end of two bun- the Muskogee ^*v Clarksville I'lridge Co. (In- dred and fifty men in the employ of the firm. cori>(>ratcd). After incorporation of the firm he was elected Mr. Davidson is a Mason and Knight of secretary and treasurer. Their ]ilant burned Pythias. .\ member of the McKinley Rei)ub- down five dift'erent times, and the Last lire, in. licau Club of Muskogee, also an old member of 3i: PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST the Tippecanoe Club of Cleveland, Oliiu. Ik- Fnur Railroad. Tiiey have two children, sons, has traveled extensively in the United States. In nine and seven years of age. religious matters a Baptist, and politically a Mr. Davidson was one of a family of nine stanch Republican. children, all living but one. the yoiuigest brother, Mr. Davidson was married June 9. 1891, to who was killed in an elevator accident. His Miss Katherine K. Moore, of Delaware, Ohio, father is living and his mother died recently, daughter of the late Frank Moore of the Big March 3, 1902. HON. MARK BANGS CHICAGO, ILL. For a period of fully half a century in the historv of jurisprudence in Illinois the name of Judge Mark Bangs is prominently associated. He was born at Hawley. Franklin county. ^lassa- chusetts, January 9, 1822. and educated at the common schools and at the Col- legiate Institute, of Rochester, Xew York, read law at Spring- field, Massachu.sctts. and was ad- mitted to the bar of Illinois at Lacon, i\Iarshall county, in the year nf 1850. On January i, 1852, he was married to Miss Harriet Cornelia Pomeroy, of Lacon. They have two children, ^Irs. Nellie Bangs-Skeltnii, who is a noted musician of Chicago, and Fred .V. Bangs, a lawyer, and a memljer nf the firm nf Bangs, \\'ood & Bangs. Mr. Bangs was elected judge of the circuit court in March, 1859. and was one of the origi- nators of the War Time L'nion League in June. 1862. being elected president, and served for one year, and was succeeded by Mr. Moulton, of Shelby county. Jud,ge Bangs was elected to the state senate in Xo\ember, 1869. and in 1873 was app'oinlcd b\- (inxernnr lleveridge, circuit judge to fill an ■ane.xpired term occasioned b\' the death of Judge Richmond. He resided and ijracticed law in Lacon and the adjoining counties from 1850 until'December, 1875, at which latter date he was called without previous solicitation or knowledge to the office of United States at- torney for the northern district of Illinois, re- signing in September, 1879. In the spring of i860 Judge Bangs formed a partnership with Hon. Thomas M. Shaw, now serving his third term as judge of the circuit court in Peoria and adjoining counties. The law partnership of Bangs & Shaw, and afterward as Bangs. Shaw & lidwards, continued undissolved for seventeen years. In 1880 Judge Bangs formed a partner- ship with the late Josq>h Kirkland for the prac- tice of law in Chicago. This firm was dissolved in 1886 and a new one formed and entered into with his son, Fred A. Bangs, the firm being known as Bangs & Bangs. This firm gave place in 1893 to the present firm of Bangs, W'ood & Bangs. Judge Ban,gs' ancestrv were of the most pro- nounced Puritan, anti-slavery character. When the intensified anti-slavery spirit was moving against the appalling menace of slavery and when the demand for a new national party was mov- ing the liberty-loving citizens of the country'. Judge Bangs was influential in ha\ing a state ci nvcntinn held at Springfield, lllinnis, in Sep- tember, 1854, looking to the formation of this new party. He \\'as a young member from Mar- shall county to the convention. To this enter- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 3>3 prise lie thereafter j;avc liis earnest and unre- mitting su|)i)ort, and made every Repulilican national eanvass thereafter frum l-'remont to Hayes, inclusive. Judge Bangs, with Jnsepli MetUll, nf tlie Clii- cago Tribune; Enuch Emery, nf the Peoria Transcript ; George H. Harlow, afterward secre- tary of the state of Illinois, and a physician nf Bioomington, Illinois, met in June, 1862, and de- voted a week to careful and complete organiza- tion of a political society knowMi as the Union League of America. To' this organization Judge Bangs devoted much of the succeeding year, holding conventions in x'arious parts of the coun- try, and, by diligent attention to the interests of the league, causing its influence to be felt throughout the land, especially in the northern states, where it was e.Ktreniely beneficial in the encouragement and support given to the Union cause thereafter and until the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. At the congressional convention held at Galesburg in 1862, wherein Owen Lovejoy was, for the last time, put in nomination for congress, Judge Bangs presided. The nomination of Judge liangs for the state senate in 1869, to which pis brou.ght him face to face with all the com- plex; and trying- exigencies of the conflict be- tween the government and the whiskey influence, and the four years of his incumbency were years of turmoil and perplexity. Large amounts of distilling property were confiscated by the go\-- ernment and several uf the distillers were fined and imprisoned. Throughout his Icmg and honorable career he has given all moral and social reforms his earn- est support. Stainless in reputation, he stands to-day one of the most respected members of the Chicago l)ar. GEN. JOHN C. BLACK CHICAGO, ILL. Gen. John C Black, since retiring from his last public position, has been engaged in the prac- tice of law in Chicago; he is rect>gnize(l thriiu,gh- (jut the state for his high legal talents, admired for his splendid oratorical aljility. and is known as a statesman of prominence. John C. Black was born at Lexington. Miss, issippi. January 27, 1839. He is the son of Re\'. John Black and Josejihine Culbertson Black. His father died when he was se\en _\ears of age and soon afterward, with his mother, he moved to Danville, Illinois, where lie acquired a common-school education. .\t the age of seven- teen he entered ^\'abash College, at Crawfords- \illc. Indiana, supiporting himself by teaching (luring the five years he spent at that institution, and gaining distinction as a scholar and an orator. .\t the outbreak i-f the Rebellion, he enlisted on the 15th (if April. 1861, as a private with the Eleventh Indiana Infantry. He afterward \x- canie colonel of the Thirty-seventh Regiment of Illinois X'olunteers, and brevet brigadier general. Until the 15th of August, 1865, he remained in the armv, and was absent from the front for 314 PROMINENT MEN OE THE GREAT WEST (iiilv one inniiUi, diirinj; wliicli time lie was re- cniitintj a c<)ni])aiiy. ami while suffering' ftdtii wounds, lie was twice sevinnsly wounded and was tliree times i)romoted for di>tin,i;uislied and meritorious service. At [he close of the war Tien. r>lack look u\> the studA' of law. and is now a i)ractitioner at the bar of the various state and federal courts, in- cluiliiis- the United States sujjreme court. Tie first opened an office in Danville and soon became recognized as one of the most able and eloquent law \ers iu central Illinois. Tn tlie numerous political campaigns in which Ceu. r.lack has taken part, he has been a constant and earnest Democrat. He was a candidate for Congress in tSr/). iS8o and in 18S4. and in 1872 was a candidate for lieutenant governor. Tn 1S71) he w;is nominated for United Slates Sena- tor against (ien. John .\. Logan, and received the entire 1 )enii a-ratic \iite of the Illinois Legisla- ture. In 1SS5. he was ap]>oiuted by President- Cleveland, commissioner of the bureau of pen- sions. In 1892 he was elected congressman-at- large, and served until December T2. 1894, when he resigned his seal in congress to become United States .\(tonie\- of the Xortheni District of Illi- nois, in wdiich capacity he continued for nearly four years, during that time he was nominated for governor of Illinois, but declined- the honor. Since Mav 29. i88<). he has practiced his \no- fession in Chicago. Tie w%ns recently elected commander of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Commandery of Illinois, .and also- com- mander of the Dei>artmcn( of Illinois, Grand .\rmy of the Ucpublic. Li i8r>7 (Ien. P.lack was married to Miss Adt'Iine L. (Iriggs. ORRIN H. INGRAM EAU CLAIRE, WIS. Personal ad\,ancemenl comes not to one who upon what he has accom])lished lor himsell and hopes alone but to the one whose hope and faith the service he h;is rendered to nthers. Mr. In- are those of striving. gram used the ad\antag;es given him iu his youth ( )rrin 11. Ingram's full measure of success in in the best w,i\': (he difhculties he encountered to life li;is bei'n determined b\ his ])rescience and piiwer 1(1 direct his effort toward dehnite ends. Well mav we hold in high regard the results o| individual endeavnr ;nios- sihle success. To-day he is honored and re- spected alike for his many great c|ualities and his ni.uu \irtues. lie is a m;m whose interest in which h:i\e g.ained them preceilence among their pis fellow luen is bro.ad. deep and sincere. With fellow-men. In all ln-~ relai ions to home, scieiely. great abilities he combines gentleness of heart, to church and state. .Mr. Ingr.am may be I'airly fdr he is easily accessible to all classes, believing designated as standing among the distincti\el_\- that personal wurth. not advantageous circum- representati\'e men of the west. Man's wurth in stances, m.ake the man. the world is determined li\' his success and by his Mr. Ingram is one of the ])ioneers of the usefulness; the estimate of character is based northwestern white pine business, as he began TAa Lewis Puii. Co.. Chica'c PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 317 operations in tlie Chippewa valley in 1857. l'"cir many years he has been among- the .group of men wliu have been in charge od' the lumber industry of the Mississippi \alley. He was born al South- wic, near Westtield, Massachusetts, May 12, 1S30. His parents, David A. and I'^annie In- gram, moved to Old Saratoga, New ^'ork, when he was but a child. There his father died in 1X41, leasing' but slender means for the support ractical and successful lumber- man. Gilmour & Company, of Ottawa, at that time were the largest lumber operators in the world: they offered him a ])osition at foui- thou- sand dollars ;i \ear. bouse rent fi'ee and other ad- vantages, which he acce]ited. h'or them be i-e- modeled sevei-al of their large mills ami had en- tire charge of all o])erations from the log to the finished lumber. While with this concern he invented the "gang edger," which since that time has been an indispensable part of every respect- able sawmill, and has been of greater adsantage to the lumber interests than any contri\ance ever introduced. He did n(jt pateiU the de\ ice but gave it freely to the industry, and when later some one else tried to patent it Mr. Ingrani fur- nished proof (if his prior claim ami his gift of it to the i)ublic. In the winter of 1856- 1857 Mr. Ingram de- cided to start in business for him.self, and, although offered a line salary to reniain with Gil- mour & Company, he went to Eau Claire, Wis- consin, which was then, literally, in the woods, without a railroad withm a hundi-cd miles of it, and entered into partnership with A. ]\I. Dole and Donald Kennedy, forming the firm of Dole, Ingram & Kennedy. They began lumbering in Chippewa \alley, Wisconsin, used a small port- able mill with which to saw timl)cr for a saw- mill, built a gang-mill and broug^it the first iron ])laner and the first iron lathe into the Chippewa valley. Thus began a lumber manufacturing business at l"!au Claire which continued luuil iijoo. From this mill they rafted lumbei- down the Chippewa atid the Mississippi, and finally opened a yard at Wabasha, Mimiesota, and also one at Dubu(|ue, Iowa, at which latter poitit they built a mill. In October, i8C)0, the Eau Claire mill burned, without insurance, resulting in a loss of fifty thousand dollars, but a new one wa-- ready for work in the s])ring. The timber in the Cliip]iewa \:illey was m.'ig'- nificent, but it was no. easy thing to get it to the mill or sort, ;utd hold it in the river. Mr. In- g-r.-im's lirm s]>ent nuich money and effort in co- oper.Uion with the Dariiel-Shaw Lumber Com- jKMiv, and with the firm then o]>er;iting at Chip- ])ewa b'alls, to binld a dam and 1m 10ms at l'".ag'le Rapids. It was not until Fan Ckiire and the hun- bermen at tb;il point secured a franchi.se for a druu tb.-it lumbering- in that city became safe and steadily profitable. In i8f)j Mr. Dole retired 3i8 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST from the firm and two years later two of the em- ployes were g'iveu an interest in the firm, and it became known as Ingram, Kennedy & Company. In 1865 tlie steamer "Silas Wright" was Iniilt, which did the largest part of the freighting from Reed's Landing tO' Ean Claire. Mr. Ingram dis- played his genins for invention 1)_\' dc\'ising a sys- tem of lighters which enabled the "Silas Wright"' to ascend the ri\-er while nther boats of less draught were forced to remain down stream. In 1S80 Mr. Ingram organized the Charles Hortoii Lumber Company, of Winona, Minne- sota, and the following year Mr. Kennedy sold h.is interests in all their enterprises to Messrs. Delaney & McVeigh, and the Empire Lumber Company was organizeil with a capital of eight hundred thousand dollars. This company ab- sorbed the interests of Ingram, Kennedy & Comi)any, of Dubuiiue, and tliis business was incnrporated as the Standard Lumber Com- pany, with five hundred tlmusand dollars capi- talization. In connection with the impro\-ement of the Chippewa ri\er was the organization of the Chip- pewa River Logging Comi)any, in which Mr. Ingram's companies took stock. Of the former Mr. Ingram has been a director since its start, and |of the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Com- pany, of Chippewa Falls, one of the most success- ful white i)ine concerns in the northwest, he has been vice-president since its organization. In 1883 Mr. Ingram organized the Rice Lake Lum- ber CfMiipany, of Rice Lake, \\'isconsin, with a c;i]ntal of six hundred thousand dollars, and has Ix'tn its president since organization. He is also president of tlie iMiijiire Lumber Company, of Fan Claire, and vice-president of the Standard Luml>er Company, of Duljuque. He was inter- ested in the Hudson Sawmill Company and the Wabasha Lumber Conipany, both of which con- cerns wound up their business a year or so ago. Mr. Ingram has heavy investments in many other enterprises in the northwest, as well as on the Pacific coast, in connection with iiis stock-holding in the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. Mr. In- gram and Mr. Frederick Weyerhaeuser have been cicjse friends and business associates for many years. Air. Ingram is president of the Eau Claire National Bank, Bank of Rice Lake, and of the Eau Claire Water Works Company ; director and treasurer of the Canadian .\nthracite Coal Com- pany, and among his interests are extensive mines in Arizona, Nevada and Northwest Territory. He is always public spirited and foremost in any feasible plan tO' benefit his home city. He has erected one of the finest office buildings in the state; a portion of the building is used as a public library, and through the generosity of Mr. In- gram this worthy institution has been given a magnificent home free of charge. In spite of his manifold business interests he has time antl money for the pursuit of reasonable pleasure, and fur the benefit of others. He has a finely ap- pi inted farm in the outskirts of Eau Claire, where he passes a portion of his time; a cottage at Long Lake and a private summer resort up al:KJve Long Lake, where he entertains his friends, including n;any men prominent in the commercial world, in politics and in religion. Mr. Ingram is a member of the Congre.ga- tional church and a member of its American. l)iiard of commissioners for foreign missions. He is a director of Ripon College, of Ripon, Wis- consin, and a Y. M. C. A. supporter. For many j'cars he was one of Dwight L. Moody's stanch supijorters, and Mrs. Ingram regularly supported students hi the Moody Institute at Chicagiv, Illi- nois. In his private life Mr. Ingram is the model of the thorough gentleman, his manners are cc'Urteiius to all, and his public and per.sonal his- tory is inseparably connected with his adopted state. He has great power of concentration and n memory of remarkable quality. His deeds are iiulclibly written in the history of his home city so plainly that all may read. He is a product of PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 3>9 the intense life of tlie nurthwest ; a.e:ainst odds Girnelia E. Pierce, of Lake George, New York, which wiiuld have overcome a less dauntless There are three children. Charles H. Ingram, spirit he made his way to the fnmt rank. He is Erskine D. Ingram and .Marian 1'. Hayes, wife w.irm hearted, generous and loyal to his friends; of Dr. Hayes, an eminent physician and surgeon he makes new ones wherever he goes, for he is of Eau Claire. Mr. Ingram is domestic in his true and faithful in all the relations of life. tastes, .spending niucli time at home, surrounded Mr. Ingram was married in 1S51 to Miss by his family with liis grandchildren. HON. JAN\ES A. HEMENWAY BOONVILLE, IND. Hon. James A. Hemenway, meml)er of con- gress from the first district of Indiana, was born March 8, i860, at Boonville, Indiana, and with the exception of a few years has continued tn re- sitie at Boonville. He is a son of William J. L. and Sarah Hemenway. He was educated at the lioonville public schools; was emplox'ed at general day labor after leaving school ; studied law nights anerating and construction of the road prior to that time. Mr. Williams is a man of great executive al)ility, tireless energy and indomitable persever- ance. His entire life has been devoted to his chosen calling, in which he has attained marked eminence, being classed as one of the noted rail- roatl managers of the country. Althougli a mem- ber of .se\eral prominent clubs of Chicago, Mr. Williams finds true solace with his family and friends. Mr. Williams was united in marriage, in 1879, t'* Miss Elizabeth Davis, of Minneapolis, Minneosta, and has three children. JAMES P. BUCK, M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Ijorn in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, on During the ne.xt five years he followed his the Kjtli of February, 1856, Dr. Buck is de- profession in the western part of his native state, scended from the German pioners of that pic- attaining good success and a large and constantly turesque region, inheriting from them not only increasing practice, in spite of this, however, his an active, sturdy brain but a si)lendid physique. ambition has gradually outgrown the possibilities liis parents were John and Rachael (Sherry) of his surroundings, and in 1884 be left the scene Buck, his father Ijcing long recognized as oue of of his first professional labors and went to tile most stanch and trustworthy citizens of Europe to complete his education preparatory to southwestern Pennsyhania, holding many posi- again taking up his work in a larger field, tions of honor among them. For three years he Going first to Germany, he studied in the held the office of sheriff oi his county, and in universities of X'ienna and Heidelberg, afterward 1874 was elected a representative to the state as- spending some months in Berlin and Prague, sembly, serving his constituents for two terms. i>racticing his ])rofession in the hospitals of these Thus it was that the .s, becoming convinced that slavery was contrary to the law of God, freed the slaves he owned long before his denomination had begun to give testimony against human bondage. Mrs. Butler, b}- her marriage to Mr. Nixon, brought a strain of Indian blood into the fam- ily, as her grandmother was a daughter of the Cherokee nation. William I'enn Nixon, after attending a pri- vate school until he was fourteen years of age, spent two years at Turtle Creek .Vcademy, War- ren count\', ( )liio. lie then for a year assisted his brother, who was principal of Harveysburg Academy, after which he entered Earlham Col- lege, Richmond. Indiana, ;ui institution under the care of the Society of Friends. After another year of teaching he entered Farmer's College, near Cincinnati, Ohio, and was graduated in 1853. He tau,L;"ht for two years in Cincinnati, and then took a ])ost-gra(luate course of four years in law at the University of Pennsylvania, being graduated in 1859. He was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati, .and opened an office in that city; met with llattering success, and continued in ])ractice until 1868. Having taken a vigorous part in politics as a Republican, he was elected to the state legislature in 1864 to till a vacancy caused by the death of the Hon. Mr. Keck; was re-elected for a full term in 1865, and served through the legislature of 1866-67. In the mean- time he had become president of the Cincinnati Mutual Fife Jnsm'ance Company. In 1868, in connection with his elder brother. Dr. O. W. Nixon, and other friends, he established the Daily Chronicle, an evening paper, of which he was made commercial editor, but soon became pultlisher and general manager, and thus acted until a year or two later; but upon the consoli- dation of his jiaper with the Daily Times sold his interest. He still continued president and manager of the insurance company until 187 1, when it was consolidated with the Union Central Life Company, of the same city. In 1872 Mr. Nixon became business manager of the Chicago' Inter-Ocean, foimded by J. Y. Scammon. In 1875 the company \vas forced to dissol\-e, and a new organization was formed, in which Mr. Nixon and his elder brother obtained a controlling interest. As general manager and editor-in-chief he carried the newspaper tiirough its critical period, and, pushing it to the front, gave it a high moral tone and a distinct and posi- tive character as a dispenser of political and liter- ary news. In moral and political work and thointed collector of United States customs, and took charge of the office in January, 1898. The business has greatly increased, but it has been conducted without an increase in the num- ber of clerks or of expense to the government. He has been a commissioner of Lincoln Park since 1895, holding office under Democratic as well as Republican governments. He is a mem- ber of the Union League, Marquette and Press Clubs, and for several years was president of the Associated Press. He is a director of the Humane Society and a member of the Ohio So- ciety. In 189C) he was selected by the state Repub- lican convention of Illinois as delegate at large to the national convention at St. Louis which nomi- nated William McKinley for president. Mr. Nixon was married in Cinciimati in Sep- tember, i8C)i, to Mary, daughter of Hezekiah and Ruth (Ferris) Stites. She died in 1862. He was again married, June 15, 1869, to Eliza- beth, daughter of Charles and Sarah E. Duffield. of Chicago, by whom he has three children: Marv Stites, I'.ertha Dufheld and William I'enu. HON. JAMES TIGHLMAN LLOYD SHELBVVILLE, MISSOURI Hon. James T. Lloyd, member of congress was admitted to the bar June 14, t88j, and then from the first district of Alissonri, was born at practiced his profession in Lewis county until Canton, Lewis county, Missouri, August 28, i<'^85, when he located at his present home, where 1857, and is a son of Jeremiah and Francis h.e has since resided; he held no office, e.xcept Lloyd. He was educated at and graduated from that of prosecuting attorney of his county from Christian University at Canton, !\Iissouri, in '^^9 to 1893, until his election to the fifty-fifth 1878; taught school for a few years thereafter; congress, to fill a vacancy; re-elected to the fifty- 326 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST sixth and fifty-seventh congresses. He is inter- and was a delegate to the general conference in ested in nearly all the public enterprises in his ii^94- I'nlitically he is a Democrat, tiiwn; is a member of 1. O. O. F., of M. M'. A. Mr. Lloyd was married March i, 1881, to and (if K. P. organizatinns, and has held nnmer- Miss Mary F. Graves, of Lewis county, Mis- ous places of honor in the former. He is a mem- souri. They have three children living: 01i\'e, ber of the Metlmdist F.iiisconal church, South, Thomas and Fthel Lloyd. ALEXANDER STUART McLENNAN, M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. s not always good .MthdUgh Ijlue blood blood, in the case of Dr. McLennan it certainly is. The misfortunes and adventures of the two Charleses in the time of Cromwell are fresh in the minds of historical students, it l>eing from Iheir bnuse that the subject of this sketch is de- scended. The Doctor's paternal grandmother, Charlotte Stuart, was descended from the famoiis General Stuart, of Garth, who wrote a history of the Scottish regiments, and whose progenitors were of the royal house. Its vigorous and able representative, who is now a resident of Chicago, is the product of many strains of blood, many climes and vicissitudes. Born in Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana, in the year 1846, Ixith of his parents died when he was only three years of age. His father, John McLennan, was the tliird of seven sons, his grandfather being Roderick McLennan, Esq., of Kililan, Rosshire, Scotland, who in turn was a descendant of John ]McLcnnan, of the "r.anner," a distinguished character during the wars of Montrose. Dr. ^McLennan's mother, Cathei ine Taylor, also a native of Briti.sh Guiana, was rvf Engli-sh extraction, so that, although burn in that far-away colony, a true British con- stitution is his by right of inheritance. Upon the death of his parents the boy was sent to his paternal grandfather in Scotland, whose wife was of the house of Stuart, as above mentioned. He was educated in the best schools which the cmuitry afforded, and, as is generally admitted, Scotch schools are pre-eminent for their good discipline and thoroughness. Finish- ing his preliminary education in the Free Church Institution at Inxerness, he graduated, receiving the first prize in classics and honors in all other branches. Realizing that now the real battle of life was l)efore him, he turned toward the American west, where he knew that his opportunities were greater and his achiex'ements would i)e more gratifying to his ambitious nature. With his uncle, therefore, he emigrated to Canada, but, like many other young men of active mind and body, for several years he wavered as to the life course which he shoukl pursue. For some time he was a teacher. He also took a course in the Kingston Military School, from which he grad- uated in 1868. Upon leaving that institution he was ajipointed lieutenant and afterward captain in the I'jghtcenth Battalion, Army of the Do- minioti. and saw active service during the Fenian raids of 1870, and received a silver medal from the British government in 1899 in acknowledg- ment of such valued services. Being bv disposition and ey innumerable charities and his many noble traits have endeared him to a liost of friends. His scholarly features and Soldierly liearing have made him a familar figure among prominent Chicagoans, and tlie lucra- tive practice he enjoys abundantly testifies to his thorough knowledge of the profession he adorns." .\nother e\'ent should be recorded before clos- ing this imperfect sketch, and one indicative of the Doctor's characteristic enterprise, viz., his marriage to Catherine Anglin, of Kingston, in 1866, when he had not yet reached his twenty- first vear. JOSEPH RUSSELL JONES CHICAGO, ILL. By Gen James H. Wilson. Joseph Russell Jones, formerly L'nited States minister at Brussels, Belgium, was born at Con- neaut, Ashtabula county, Ohio, on the 17th of February, 1823. His father, Joel Jones, was born at Hebron, Connecticut, May 14, 1792, and after marrying* Miss Maria Dart, the daughter of Jo- seph Dart, of Middle Haddam, Connecticut, re- moved with his young family to Conneaut, Ohio, in 1819. Joel Jones was the sixth son of Captain Sam- uel Jones, of Hebron, Connecticut, who was an officer in the French and Indian war. The latter lield two commissions under George H of Eng- land. He returned from the wars and settled in Hebron, where he married Miss Lydia Tarbox, by whom he had six sons and four daughters. Nine of the ten children lived to reach maturity. Samuel the eldest son, was a lawyer, and prac- ticed the profession for many years at Stock- bridge, Massachusetts. He was a man of fine cultivation. In 1842 he published a treatise on the "Right of Suffrage," which is, probably, the only work of tlie kind ever published by an American author. From another brother de- scended the late Hon. Joel Jones, the first presi- dent of Girard College; the late Samuel Jones, M. ])., of Philadelphia, and Matthew Hale Jones, of Easton, Pennsylvania. From a third brother descended Hon. .\nson Jones, second president of the Re])ul)lic of Texas. The family are now in possession of a letter written by Captain Samuel Jones to his wife at Fort Edward, dated August 18, 1758. One hun- dred and ten years previous to the date of this letter his ancestor. Captain John Jones, sat at Westminster as one of the judges of King Charles L' Colonel Johu Jones married Henri- etta (Catherine), the secoiid sister of Oliver 330 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Cromwell, in 1623, and was put to death Octo- ber 17, 1660, on the restoration of Charles II. His son, Hon. William Jones, survi\ed him, and one year before his father's death married Miss Hannah Eaton, then of the Parish of St. An- drews, Holden, Epenton. He subsequently came to America with his father-in-law, the Hon. The- ophilus Eaton, first governor of the colony of New Haven. Connecticut, where he occupied the office of deputy gtjvernor for some years, and died Octolx^r 17, 1706. Both himself and wife are l>uried in New Haven, under the same stone with G(i\ernor Eaton. From the foregoing it will lie seen that the subject of this sketch is connected by direct de- scent with the best blood of the Puritan fathers, and came honestly by the virtues whicli haxe char- acterized and adiirned his i)ri\-ate and official life. His father died when he was but an infant. leaving his mother with a large family and but slender means for their maintenance. At the age of thir- teen young Jones was placed in a store at Con- neaut, his mother and other niemliers of the fam- i]\- at tlie same time removing to Rockton, \Mn- nebago county, Illinois. This, his first clerkship, gave to his employers great satisfaction. He re- mained with them for two years, when he de- cided to follow his family and seek his fortune in the west. When the leading members of the Presby- terian church were apprised of his determination to depart from them, thej' endeavored to pre- vail upon him to remain, offering to provide for his education for the ministry. He, how- ever, declined their generous offer, but not without sincere and grateful acknowledgments of their great kindness manifested towards him, and, taking passage on board the schooner J. G. King, he made his first landing at Chica- go, on the 19th of August, 1838. From thence he proceeded the remainder of his journey to Rockton, where he remained with his family for the next two years, rendering such service to his mother as his tender years and slight frame would permit. In 1840 he went to Galena, then the largest and most flourishing city in tlie north- west, determined to better his condition, but as his entire available capital amounted tO' only one dollar, his first appearance upon the scene of his future success was not encouraging. He was glad to accept at a very small salary a clerkship, which he filled for about six months, after whicli he entered the employment of one of the leading merchants of Galena. Young Jones found in this association appreciative friendship, agreeable surroundings, hearty encouragement and ample scope for his Ijusiness talents and ambition. Con- tact with the enterprising spirits of that region soon developed in him those qualities which have since so highly distinguished him as a man of sterling worth and remarkable ability. His em- plover, percei\ing his superior qualifications, his readv adajitability to the requirements of his po- sition, his imperturbable good nature, self-posses- sion, foresight and sagacity, advanced him rap- idly and finally to a partnership in the business, which was continued successfully and profitably until 1856, when the copartnership was dissolved, and Mr. Jones retired. In 1846, while still en- gaged in mercantile business, he was appointed secretary and treasurer of the Galena S: Minne- sota Packet Company. This highly important position lie held for fifteen years, giving entire satisfaction to the Company. In i860 he was nominated by the Republican party and elected member of the twent^^-second general assembly from the Galena district, composed of the coun- ties of lo Da\-iess and Carroll. He soon became one of the most active and influential members of the legislature, and was prominently identi- fied with many measures of great public interest, so that liis conduct as a representative received the high approval, not only of his own district, but of the whole state. In 1 86 1 Mr. Jones was appointed by Presi- dent Lincoln to thgi offipg of United States mar- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 331 slial for tlie nurthern district of Illinois, having been selected fr(.)ni among many apjilicants for that important position. Tiiis aiipointment recjuired him to change his residence tO' Chicago, and brought him in contact with other and larger interests tlian those wliicli had pre\-ionsly claimed his attention. In 1863 he organized the Chicago' West Division Rail- way Company, was elected its president, and by his systematic and economical management soon brought it to a high condition of prosi^erity. In the midst of his e.xacting duties he found time to take part in various other commercial and manufacturing enterprises, which brought him into notice as one of the most successful and in- fluential men of Chicago. Withal, he discharged his duties as marshal so efificiently, and with such satisfaction to the go\'eniment, that upon the commencement of Mr. Lincoln's second term he was reappointed, and held the ofTice till General Grant called him to till a higher and much more conspicuous position. Mr. Jones was one of Mr. Lincoln's most trusted friends and enjoyed hi;, fullest confidence. He was summoned by the latter on several occasions to Washington for consultation upon matters of public interest, and, at least once, to confer upon a subject of great personal concern to the president. Shortly after the crushing victory of the Union forces, com- manded by General Grant, over the Confederate army at Chattanooga, a movement was set on foot by a muuber of influential men in New York to gi\e the successful General an independent nomination for the presidency. ]\lr. Lincoln was too astute and watchful a politician to remain long in ignorance of tiiis ho.uile movement, and as a matter of course, soon discovered the plans of his enemies. Perceiving at once that the na- tion's victorious chieftan would pro\-e a danger- ous competitor, if he really were ambitious, he regarded as of the first importance to satisfy himself on that point. Recalling the intimacy \vhiQh had grown up between General Grant and I\Ir. Jones, he telegraphed for the latter to come to Washington. Mr. Jones lost no time in obey- ing the president's summons; on reaching Wash- ington he reported his arrival to the president, stating" that he would call whenever it would be most convenient for the president to recei\'e him, and was rccjucsted tif call at eight that evening, which he did, and was conducted tO' the presi- dent's private ofifice, and closing the doors, Mr. Lincoln said: "Jones, I've sent for you tO' tell me whether or not Grant wants to be president." Mr. Jones replied promptly, in accordance with what he knew to Ije the fact: Certainly not; he would not take the office if it were offered to him. So far from being a candidate himself, I know him t(j be earnestly in favor of )"Our re-election." Mr. Lincoln's countenance relaxed, and the haljitual shade of sadness faded from his face, as he leaned forward, and putting his hand upon Mr. Jones' shoiflder, said: "My friend, you don't know how gratifying that is tO' me;" ad- ding reflectively, "No man can ever tell how deep that presidential grub gnaws till he has had it himself." Immediately after General Grant's election, four years later, he nominated Mr. Jones to the senate as minister to I'elgium in grateful appre- ciation of his patriotic supjjort of the govern- ment's policy during the Civil war; in recogni- tion of his services as a member of the National Republican Executi\-e Committee during the ixj- litical contest which had just terminated, and of his high (pialities as a gentleman and citizen. He proceeded cpiietlv to his jxist, accompanied b}- his family, took possession of the legation on the 2 1st of July, 1869, was confirmed in due lime, and addressed himself at once unostenta- tiouslv Ijut inclnstriouslv to the mastery of the sit- uation. One of his first duties was tcj make an elaborate report upon the cereal productions of P)elgium. by order of the st;ile department, and the maimer in which he ditl this left nothing to be required, Shortly afterwards he was called 332 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST upon III iiit(.'rpii>.c" his i;i)(i(l dfilces in behalf of an American citi/en uhn hail lieen condemned to imprisonment. He did so quietly and without dis- play, and succeeded speedily in effecting the re- lease of his countryman. When the difficulty arose with (Jreat Britain in reference to the con- .structiiin of the Treaty nf Wa.shington, no min- ister was more active than he in disseminating correct information, and in giving public opinion a turn favorable to our interests. In the final e.x- tinguishment of the Scheldt dues he served tlie government witli marked capability and intelli- gence. He has also materially assisted in bring- ing about an understantling between Belgium and the United States which will probabl}- enable them to agree ujxin the terms of an extradition treaty; and he later furnished for the use of the senate committee on transportation an admirable report upon the Belgium railways and canals. In 1846 Mr. Jones married Miss Scott, the ilauglUer of the late Judge Andrew Scott, of .\r- kansas. In the summer of 1875 Mr. Jones resigned and returned to Chicago, and was soon thereafter tendered tlie position of secretary of the interior, which he declined and was appointed collector of the jiort of Chicago. In 1888 he retired from active Inisiness. HON. ROGER C. SULLIVAN CHICAGO, ILL. The name of Roger Charles .Sullivan stands out pr(_>minently in the business world of Chi- cagcv and in the history of Cook county politics. He was born February 3, 1861, in the city of Belvidere, Illinois, and is of Irish parentage. His father, Eugene Sullivan, was a merchant of Belvidere, and his mother was Mary (Sullivan) Sullivan. He is the second eldest of a family of six brothers and two sisters, several of whom are prominent in pul)lic life, Boetius H. having served as sur\'eyor general of South L)akota un- der President Harrison, .and Francis J. is the Democratic representative from the nineteenth senatorial district and minority leader of the forty-tiiird general assembly of Illinois. Roger C. Sulli\-an early displayed the ster- ling traits of character for which his race has long been noted. He was educated in the public schcxils of Belvidere, and after completing the high .school course there came to Chicago and en- tered the Bryant and .Stratton Business College, where he recei\'ed a thorough business training. He was first employed in tlie mechanical depart- ment of the Chicago West Division Railway Company, with which he remained several years, wiien he resigned to accept the apix)intment oi custodian of property of the Cook County Hos- pital from the board of county commissioners. In 1886 Air. Sullivan was appointed by President Cleveland to a position in the internal revenue department for the northern district of Illinois. He remained in the government service four _\'ears. and in iS(jo resigned his position to be- come the candidate of the Democratic party for the office of clerk of tlie probate court of Co(jk county. He was elected by a good majority, and so satisfactory was his administration of the aiTairs of the office that before the expiration of his term he was selected for party promresters, Garfield Park Council nf the National UnidU, Royal Arcanum. Elleserlie Cinlf Club, Young Men's Institute and Knights of Columbus. Mr. Sulli\-an was married in 1884 to Miss Helen M. Quinlan. They have five children, and reside in a beautiful home on Washington Boule\-ard. They also have a fine summer home ujion the shores of Fox Lake, Illinois. MARSHALL FIELD CHICAGO, ILL. Marshall Field, merchant and financier, was ment. In 1856, soon after attaining his nia- borr in Conway, Massachusetts, August, 1835, jority, he came to Chicagn and entered the em- and is the son of Jobn and Fedelia (Nash) ployment of Coolev, Wadswortli & Company, Field. He is of puritan descent, his earliest one of the pioneer mercantile houses of the chv. .\merican ancestors having settled in New Eng- land about 1650. The Field family are of Nor- man extraction and records are extant of their ha\-ing settled in Normandv as earlv as 91 J. Marshall Field grew up on a farm and re- He displayed a genius for business and four years later was taken into partnership with the firm, which became known as Cooley, Farwell & Com- pany, and a short time afterward as Farwell, Field & Company. The firm of Field. Palmer iS; ceived the thorough industrial training of the Leiter was formed in 1865 and in 1867 when Mr. New England country boy. He acquired a com- Palmer retired the business had a.ssumed vast nion school and academic eods business in the world. In addition to his mercantile interests ]\Ir. Field's in\estments are extensive and varied. His career is reniarkal)le for its success in a cit\' faiu- ous tor its successful Ijusiness men, and the vast- ness of their commercial operations. He has studiously ax'oided anything that mig'ht appear ostentatious and has been liberal in the bestowal of charities, exercising always a careful discrim- ination in selecting the object of the benelicence. Consi)icuous among his contributions tc,* public enteriirises was his donation to the University of Chicago of a tract of land worth $300,ocxD, and $100,000 in cash: and $1,000,000 to the Field Columbian Museum. The museum will ever re- niain an enduring monument i.,f his generous en- dowment. JOHN CHARLES SHAFFER CHICAGO, ILL. John C. Shaffer, president of the Evening I'ost, of Chicago, was born at Ikdtimore, Mary- land, June 5, 1S33, and is a son of James and Ann M. ( Crout ) Shaffer. Mr. Shaffer was edu- cated at Baltimore, and began his life as a tele- graph tjperator, and sul^secpientlv entered the grain business, to which he devoted his attention from 1876 to 1886. He has achieved a i)osition of wide in- lluence as a business man, and many successful operations have marked his career. His acquaint- ance east, west and south among leailing bankers and prominent railroad men opened up* to him man\' opportuni- ties for useful and profitable investment. The consolidation and reorganization of the street railways of Indianajjolis, Indiana: tlie construc- tion of the Asbnry I'ark .S: L(,'ng Branch elec- tric line, on the coast of Xew Jersey : the develop- ment of the street railway and electric lighting ]j!ant of \^icksburg, and the erection of the Pio- L'cer grain cknator, oi Cle\-eland, Ohio, mark some of the steps in a business career of which le may well he proud Mr. Shaffer resides at Evanston, Illinois, anil his beautiful home con- tains, besides a fine collection of rare books and autographs, \alualjle paintings and a numlier of curios and other rare works of art. In April, 1901, Mr. Shaft'er entered upon a new career, that of journalism, and purchased the E\'ening Post, of Chicago, and has demon- strated in his editorial capacity marked ability and success and has ])ro\ed a. \aluable accessi(>n to Chicago journalistic wt)rk. Fie is keenly alive to the responsibilities of his trust, and has the entire confidence of his friends. He is a man of strong convictions, Init tolerant in his views be- lie\'ing that both public and corporate rights ^houId be respected and protected. Since his purchase of the paper he has increased its cir- culation fully fifty per cent., and has made it one of the leading papers of Chicago. Mr. Shaffer has tra\cled extensi\-elv both in England and the continent, as well as e\'ery where in the United States. Politically he is a Republican, and as a journalist his services will be of great value to his party. Mr. Shaffer is a valued member of several PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 337 clul)S and social organizatiDiis. He belongs to View Golf Club. Mr. Shaffer was married the Union League, Athletic, Mar(|uette, Caxtoii in 1878 and has two sons, Carroll avA Kent and E\'anston Cinintrv Clubs, also to the (.ilen Shaffer, BENJAMIN GALENA^ Shortly after mitlnight, Monday morning, July 31, 1899, Mr. B. F. Felt was released from pain, and Galena suffered an irreparable loss in the death of one C)f her most highl\' hunored cit- izens. Mr. Felt was hrst stricken with his fatal illness on the 15th of December, ••^". 189''), and except for occasional dri\ es, was confined to his home 1- ^ until his death. W y Benjamin b. b\'lt was born at tl^ -■* Plattsburg, New York, January *■ 3, 182 1, and passed his boyhootl davs in the limits of bis native town, where he attended the common schools until bis fa- tlier Ijecanie paralyzed, which misfortune was followed within a year l)y the mother's death. He then worked die family farm until he was twent)-one years i>f age, after which, in the spring of 1842. he removed to Galena. Illinnis. and entered the employ O'f bis brother, Lucius S. Felt, as clerk, a position he occupied for the ensuing four vears. earning in this time one thou- sand and fifty dollars, seven luuidred ilnllars of winch be saved. His theory has been that an\- one receiving one dollar a day can save money if be spends but ninety cents of it. and to the adoption of this theory in practical form may be ascribed Mr. Felt's later success. In 1846 he was enabled with his savings to engage in the grocery business for himself, which lie did. and continued therein fur forty- five years, or until 1891, with un.varying suc- cess. For the last thirty-five years of this period F. FELT ILL. he occupied the same sttjre continuously. In 1891 Mr. Felt retireil from active Ijusiness and devoted himself to caring for the various inter- ests that be possessed, as the result of long years of industry. Mr. Felt has been a stockholder of the Mer- cb.ants' National Bank since its organization and a irieml)er of its board of directors since the death of liis lirotlicr. whnnecti(_in with ;iriy jniblic office, although he could tm(|uestion- ably have been elected to any position within the gift of his townsmen. He had mt desire for po- litical preferment, his only interest in ixjlitics be- ing that of a citizen desirous of good govern- ment. Mr. Felt's success was due to econoni_\" and prudence, and his career forcibly illustrates what may be accomplished by determination and en- ergy, in a land where all avenues are open and exertion is untrammeled. Mr. Felt's interests were nian\-, waried and widespread. He was keenly interested in all be- nevolent and patriotic measures. He contributed largely and frequently to such work as he l)e- lieved tended to the betterment and general up- lifting of his country. He believed the solu- tion of the colored problem was in the educa- tion of the colored race, and he contributed regu- larly to this cause. He was always an active mem- ber of the Presb_\tcrian church e\er since he came to Galena, and was elder in the I'irst Pres- byterian church for uKjre than twenty-six years. Mr. Felt was a liljeral contributor toi all church bene\olences, and tO' the Y. M. C. A. work throughout the coiuitry. He was especiall)- in- terested in the .Vmerican Sunday School Union, and a regular contributor to the work of the King's Daughters among the lumbermen of the north. On the iith day of September, 1854, he was married to Miss Ann Elizabeth Piatt, of Platts- burg. New York, who' still survives him. Three children of this union are now living, Z. C., in business in Uen\er ; Anna E. ; and B. F., Jr., who is engaged in farming at E\erly, Iowa. HON. EDWARD SALOMON, LL D. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-M.\IN, GERMANY. Edward Salomon, e.x-governor of Wisconsin, represented by physicians and clergymen. The lawyer, scholar, patriot and statesman, occupied er.tire family belong to the Protestant Lutheran the gubernatorial chair during the stirring period church, in which he and his brothers and sisters c4 the Civil war. His name occupies a conspicu- as well were also brought up. From 1806 to (.'US and honoralile place among the long line of 1815 his father served during the Napoleonic wars in the Westphalian Russo-German and Prussian armies, first as a private and afterward as an officer; he was ses'erely wounded at the Ijattle of \\'aterloo, and was decorated with the I lid renowned Iron Cross of Prussia and other decorations for meritorious conduct in the field ; strt)ng and able historical characters representing the public men of Wisconsin. Edward Salomon was born August 11, 1830, at the \illage of Stroebeck, near Halberstadt, in Prussia. He is the son of Christoph Salomon. born at Stroebeck, October 11, 1786, and died at Manitoiwoc, Wisconsin. February 2j. 1872, and after the war he held a modest position in the Dorothea Salomon, iicc Klussmann, daughter of ci\-il service of Prussia until the family came to a ])hysician, burn at Stroebeck, June 24, 1793, .\nierica in 1853, residing thereafter at Manito- and (lied at Manitowoc, Decemlier 8, 1871. Ed- wnc Edward Salomon nad three brothers and ward Salomon's ancestors on his father's side two sisters, all of whom came to the United were farmers. His mother's family were largely States and ha\'e died here. The eldest brother C^c/ur-a^2d J a -Zirn-^^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 341 was Charles Eberliard Salomon, of St. Louis, Missouri, colonel and bre\et brigadier general United States Volunteers during the Civil war ; the next eldest was Frederick Salonion. of Wis- consin, first colonel of the Ninth Wiscmisin \'ol- unteer Infantry, afterward brigadier general and brevet major general of the United States Vol- unteers during the Civil war, and the third and youngest brother served as a private in the Union army. Edward Salomon was educated in the public school at Stroebeck and the college (Realschule) at Halberstadt, from which he was graduated in 1847. He then stuect. Ill order to do justice, avoid undue intluence or arbitrary action and promote the efficiency of the Wisconsin troops. Go'\-ernor Salomon made fixed rules of promotion for the filling of all \'a- cancies of officers occurring in the military or- ganizations in the field and strictly adhered to them, by which he had the satisfaction of earn- ing the thankful recognition of officers and sol- diers not oiilw hut of high general officers in command of them. In November, 1862, Governor Salomon car- ried into effect the so-called state-draft in sev- eral counties in the state, which had failed to furnish their re(juired mimher of volunteers un- der the previous calls. This draft took place under a general authority and order of Presi- dent Lincoln, in pursuance of an act of congress, and is distinguished from the conscriptions of subsequent years made directly by United States officers under certain later acts of congress. Wisconsin is the only state in which the state draft was enforced; in New York and Pennsyl- vania orders were issued and stejjs were taken to enforce it, hut in both it was finally abandoneil for fear of jvipular displeasure and viiilent op- IKisition. Insurrectionary opposition did occur in Wisconsin, but by precautionary measures and the prompt employment of sufficient mili- tiry force the executive suijpressed it and sue- cessfully enforced the draft, e\-en without any bloodshed, organizing the Thirty-fourth Regi- ment Wisconsin Infantry from the drafted men. In executing the draft he had caused to be ar- rested and held in military confinement over one hundred persons, as ring-leaders of the insur- rectionary and riotous j)roceedings, to be tried b_\' court martial - wards sui)p<:rting the general government in its gigantic struggle. Had he lieen otherwise than loyal to the core, the danger would have been incalculable. The facts speak for themselves, ;ind facts, not pom])ous praise, are the record of history. But this fact may properly Ije notecs well who pro|)erly fills his place, whatever that may be; and to have filled well the place of governor of a loyal American state during two years of the war o,f the reliellion is no trilling commendation of honor." September 22. 1862, Go\-ernor 'Salomon ti«ik ])art in the meeting of governors of northern states, held at .\ltooiia, in the Alleganies. for the purpose of inducing President Lincoln to issue an emancipation proclamation as a necessary and proper measure; liut upon arrival there it was found that the president had anticipated them PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 343 Ijy the issue uf his faniaus emancipation procla- mation of tiiat date. Gladly they congratulated him upnn his acti(ni in a personal \isit and hy assurances of hearty support in the energetic prdsecutioii of the war. By a special session of tlic legislature called 1)y Governor Salomon hir that and other purposes, a law was passed upon his reciimmendation. gi\-ing to the Wisconsin soldiers in the field the right to vote at elections which (itherwise they would have heen depri\-ed of by their absence from home and witlmut which vote gross injustice might ha\'e been done, for those oj>[»sed to the war had not volunteered but remained at home. In 1857 Governor Salomon was elected by the legislature a member of the board of regents of the lTni\-ersity of the State of Wisconsin, he took an active part in the management and was, for a number of years afterward, president of the boaril, resigning shortly liefore he left the slate. Wben he became a member of the board, the affairs of the university were in a deplorable condition for want of sufficient income, prin- cipally because the capital funds, to' the extent of about $100,000. had been largely used in the erection of buildings, and the proposition was seriously urged and considered in the board to close the institution and perhaps to distribute its funds among other colleges. To this he was ut- terly opixised and toast has b'ecome an honor to the state and to the west. He also urged upon the legislatiu'e the cmlxwli- ment of the Agricultund College and its fund with the uni\ersit\-, in order to give strength to both, which was done. In iSAj the lio.ard of regents of the university conferred upon him the h( norar)- degree of LL. D. In Decanber, 1869, Governor Salomon left Wisconsin to take up his residence in the city of Xew York, principally on account of the health of his wife. His departure was deeply regretted liy the people, the press and the bar, and he was held in the highest esteem by all classes. He was given a public farewell dinner in Milwaukee on December 11, 1869. Mr. O. H. Waldo expressed the regrets of the Bar .As- sociation aufl on its liehalf made a presentation of the Wisconsin Reports. He took up and fol- lowed his profession in New York City until May, 1894, when he retired from practice, and has since then been living at Frankfort-on-the- .Mairi. in (iermany, where the climate and other Conditions of life were more fa\-Hirable to his in- \;di(l wife, who died there in December, 1899. In Xew York City he was cinmsel for the Ger- mania Life Insurance Company, the German- American Bank, the German Savings Bank anil the German Consulate General. In the latter cap;tcit\' he had the conduct of the extradition cases of fugitives from Germany and was thus enabled to' assist in settling the formerly very uncertain practice and principles applicable to that peculiar branch of the law. He obtained ;ir,d maintained a high and honorable position at the Bar of New York. His tirms were suc- cessively, Salomon & Burke, Salomon, Hall & Dulon. Salomon & Dulon and Salomon, Dulon & Sutro. I'oliticall\- he acted with the l\e])ublican party from the time that Mr. Lincoln was first a can- didate for the jjresidency, except that he sup- jiorted Mr. Cleveland's first election. He always took an active part in national and state elec- 344 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST tions. In 1871 and 1872 lie was a member of the well known "Cnniniittee of Seventy," which was organized upcni the discovery of the gross and scandalons frands of tlie infanmns "Tweed King," and did nnicli to rescne tlie city from that hand of phmderers. Of this Committee of Sev- enty he was chairman of the Committee on Leg- islation, which drafted and urged the adoption and passage l)y the legislature of the necessary reform measures. During the German-French war of 1870 he v.as president of an organizatinn in New York- City of German Americans, which extended its activitv throughiiut tlie United States, for the imriHise (jf collecting fimds fur the relief of the sick and wounded German soldiers, and which collected and transmitted over a million dollars for that purpose. He was also president of the great German Peace Festi\al held in New ^'l)rk City to commemorate the peace upon the couclu- sion of that war. In 1875 he was one of the ten founders, and, until 1888, the president of the German Legal Aid Society of New York, which since its foundation has given gratuitously most valuable legal aid and assistance to many thou- sands of poor annually, for the first twenty years, mainly to natives of Germany, now to the ixx>r and distressed of all nationalities, therefore changing its name to Legal Aid Society of New York. HENRY M. MENDEL MILWAUKEE, WIS. Henry M. Mendel was born in the city of year, at the close of the Civil war, he started in Breslau, Province of Silesia, Germany, on Oc- business with Marcus Stein, under the firm name tober 15, 1839, and received his early education of Stein & Mendel, which succeeded and pros- in. a private school, but later entered the gym- pered. when in 1871 he retired from the firm to nasium (equal to our better colleges), where he engage in the manufacture and sale of clothing remained until he left his fatherlaml for the "land under the firm name of Adler, Mendel & Com- of the free and the home of the brave." He ar- pany, and in 1879 he again changed his Inisiness rived in Milwaukee on the 24th day of August connections, and engaged in the manufacture of in the year 1854. not quite fifteen years old, oil tobacco as an officer in the Western Steam the mcmoral)le day for the city, when it was vis- Tobacco works, where he remaine_\- the untimely death of the much- lamented and talented young business man. The firm of Mendel, Smith & Company, which was under the management of the senio^r partner, had in a comparati\-ely short time grown to one of the largest and most influential business concerns in the west. In 1897, after over forty years of incessant and fruitful labor, Mr. Mendel was forced to relinquish the further management of 1)usiness of any kind owing to sudden collapse from over- work, and retired to pri\-ate life, and his interest in the firm which his sagacious activity had Iniilt up passed to a stock company, which is contin- uing the business. Mr. Mendel is a close student of finance and economics and his opinion is often sought in matters pertaining to these practical sciences, and on which he writes in terse and con\'incing manner. Mr. Mendel was married in iSfig to Isabella, the daughter of David Adler, Es(pure, and his famih' consists of his twi) sons, Dr. ivlwin M. Mendel, now practicing physician in New York, a graduate of Harvard College, the University of Breslau. Germany, and the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of Columl>ia University of New York: Alfred i^I. Mendel, a graduate of the high school and for a time a student at the ur.iversitv at Aladison : his daughter, Elsie P.. the wife of Dr. Samuel H. Friend. Tiie social position of Mr. Mendel is equal to- that attained as a business man. He has occu- pied nianv positions of trust and honor with re- markable success owing to his indomitable en- ergy and resource. Nearly forty years ago he 18 was the chief mover in building the first large Music Hall, and which was remodeled under his management, now the .Academy of Music; for Some years he was consjjicuously engaged in arousing interest in an exposition building, and he succeeded in securing" for it a large sum of money. He was for many years a director arid vice-president of the Exposition Association and a member of the building and finance com- mittee; for a long term a director of the Mer- chants' Association, and for years has repre- sented this body at the annual meetings of the National Board of Trade, where, as an assist- ant to that indefatigable worker. Jay L. Torrey, he helped to outline an.d carry to successful ter- mination the enactment of the national bankrupt act. Mr. Mendel is much devoted to the study and practice of the arts, especially music, which has found in him a stanch devotee and supjxirter. He is O'ue of the oldest living and honorary mem- bers of the Milwaukee Musical Society, and has been its presiding ofiicer repeatedly; also of the Arion Club, whose honorary memlDer he is. In 1883 he was elected president of the North American Saengerbund. a national organization of many thousand mejiibers, which had its Na- tional Musical Festival in Milwaukee in 1886, and of which, as of the "Bund," Mr. Mendel was president. The festival was managed by him from its inception to its successful clo.se, and un- der his leadership' and plans minutely directed and executed the festival became the greatest of its kind ever known in this country. It brought about one hundred thousand strangers to Mil- waukee and carried its fair name in glory to all quarters of the civilized globe. He was also the organizer, ])romoter and during their existence the president of the Milwaukee Conservaton,' of Music and the vice-president of an Art Associ- ation. Mr. Mendel is one of the charter members of the "Deutsche Clul>." and an honorary mem- ber of the Milwaukee Press Club, a member of the Milwaukee Club, also of the German Press 4^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Club, a director in tlie National German-Ameri- scholarly attainments and contrilnites to newsiia- can Teachers' Seminary, and has been the pro- m(,ter of everything which might have tended to advance the prosperity ni the city and is (jne of the l)icincers anmng its citizens who has gixun more ihan his share oi time and money to make Mil- w.ankee what it is to-dav. Mr. INIcndel ha^ man\- P pers and pericxlicals on topics of practical import, finances and art matters. He must he regarded as a t\i)ical Genuan-American of the class which has shared much in tlie de\elnpment of this coun- try and whose work must leave an impression upon the attainments and culture of its future. W. CLYDE JONES CHICAGO, ILL. W. Clyde Jones, corporation lawyer, author iron mines of Michigan the first electric lamps and orator, is a man of distinguished profes- employed in mines. sional attainments. ¥nr the short time he has been practicing law in Chicago he has made a name and position for himself that is truly re- markable. Mr. Jones was b(.)rn at Pilot Groxe, Lee countv, Iowa, De- Coming to Chicago he attended the evening sessions of the Chicago College of Law. Dur- ing the day he was employed as an electrical ex- pert, serving as an expert witness in litigation involving electrical matters. In 1893 he received a prize from the Electrical Engineering Maga- cember 27, 1870, and is a son zine for an essay on "Electricity at the World's of Jonathan Jones, who is of Fair," since which time he has beeu a frequent Welsh descent, was a Quaker, contributor to electrical and scientific journals, and in 1833 mo\-ed from Harri- .\n article on the "Ex-olution of the Telephone," son county, Ohio, and settled in by him, has become classic and has l)een pub- the southeastern part of lo-wa, lished and republished by many periodicals, where he ])re-empted govern- Mr. Junes was one oi the founders of the meni land and later laid out the town of Pilot (.'resent Chicago Electrical Association, and in Groxe. .Mrs. [ones was of English ancestry and 1896 was its president. He is a member of the from the (juakcr famil\- of lluffingtons, of Penn- sylvania. When W. Clyde Jones was three years of age his parents settled in Keokuk, low.i, where he accpiired his education, .\fter leaxing high Franklin Institute of Phila(Ieli>hia, and of the Society of Mechanical Engineers, of New York. in 1894 he graduated from the Chicago College of Law, and the following year pursued a post- graduate course, receiving a degree from the school he enten-d the Iowa State College, taking Lake Forest Uni\ersity. His graduation thesis, the course in electrical engineering and gradu- entitled "Trusts and Trade Monoiwlies," was attd with honors in 1891, being one of two in pul)lished in a number of law journals. In 1896 scholarship, standing at the head of the list of he read an exhaustive paper before the North- graduates from the institution up to that time. western Electrical Association on "The Legal lie was then engaged for some time in design- Rights of Electrical Companies." In 1896 he ing machinery and the installation f)f electrical ciMumenced the practice of law and in 1899 a])paratus, ba\-ing assisted in installing in the formed a partnership- with Keenc H. .\ddington, PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 349 under the name nf Jones & Addingtun, which partnership stiU continues. His practice is most- ly corporation law. and he is counsel for a num- her (if large comi)anies. He is retained largely in cases involving- electrical questions. In 1898 Air. Jones was retained hy the autoniohile com- lianies to contest the ordinance of the Board of South Park Commissioners excluding automo- Ijiles from the boulevards and parks on account of danger from frightened horses. After a bit- ter fight in the courts the ordinance was declareil void. This was the first decision in which the rights of the automobiles on tlie streets and road- ways were established. In 1899, during the Fall Festival at Chicago Mr. Jones acted as chief aide to President McKinley, having charge of tliC arrangements for the President's reception. He also acted in the same position during the Grand Army Encampment in 1900. Mr. Jones has taken an active part, as a speaker in all national, state and municiiial campaigiis of the Republican party since 189O, and frequently delivers ad- ch'esses at college and high school commence- ments, and on similar occasions. He is a fiucnt sfjeakcr, a lirilliant orator and a successful lawyer. Mr. Jones was married in 1896 to Miss Emma Boyd, of Paullina, Iowa, and they reside in Hyde Park. He is a member of the Hamil- ton, Union League, East End and Miillothian Country Clubs, and is presideiat of tlie National Alumni Association of the Iowa State College. He is also' a member of the Chicago Law Insti- tute, Chicago' Bar Association and the Civic Federation and is one of the advisory commit- tee of the Legislative Voters" League. Co-jointly with his partner, he is the author of "Jones & Addington's Annotated Statutes of Illinois." MORTON TAYLOR CULVER CHICAGO, ILL. Among the prominent and clcx'cr younger age, luU later attended the Kent Law Sclnwil, of members of the Chicago bar is Morton Ta}'lor Chicago, from whicli institution he graduated Cuh'cr. He entered upon his professional career with the class of 1894. He entered upon his pro- be fore he was twenty-two 3'cars of age and made ftssional career in 1892 and has since engaged in a specialty of realty and commercial law, but is the acli\e practice of law. t thoroughly informed in all the For nine years Mr. C_'nl\er was a member of branches of juris])ruilence. Mr. the First Regiment. IHinois Xational (iuard. the CuKer resides at Glencoe, of regiment which made such a brilliant record in which village he was president its service in Cuba during" the war with Sjiaiu. fe>r twoi years up to April i, 19OJ. Mr. Culver is a representative Republican and an \);c^mitl0^ Pre\ious to this he was attorney for the village for two )ears. Morton T. Cuber was born in Chicago, December 2. 1870, aiid is the son of Morton and Eugenia M. Taylor Cuber. He was educated in the ])ublic schools arid completed the law course in tlie Northwest- ern Law School, graduating in T890, and was ad- mitted to the bar as soon as he arri\-ed at leoal acli\e worker for the part\"s success, lie is a n:eniber of the (ilencoe Republican Club, of which he was secretary for several vears. He is aiso a memlier of the .\. O. Fay Lodge, No. ()/6, A. F. & A. M.. of Highland Park, Illinois, and of Unity Council of the National C^nion, at Ev- anston. Mr. Culver was married in June, 1899, to- a daughter of Thomas TIawkes, of Chicago-. 350 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST DR. BYRON ROBINSON CHICAGO, ILL. Dr. r.vrDii Riibinson prides liim.self on being result devised, for intestinal anastomosis, the country horn and hred. His- father and mother, cartilage, the rawhide and segmanted rubber William and Mary Robinson, came to this coun- plate, and the rawhide anastomosis button, which try from England in 1845, and located on a farm can be employed without sutures. He originated in central Wisconsin, near Hollandale, where the "stove pipe" operation to displace circular they lived together for over fifty years. Here enterorrpaphy, and in vaginatiini fur circular en- iiis father died, while his mother still resides on terorrpaphy, without sutures; also two methods the old homestead. of preventing intestinal invagination sulisecpient Dr. Robinson's earlv life was spent on the to operations, one, the rubber tube, aninsoii is a born teacher, as his many students scattered all over the United States can testify. His furceful manner in demonstration, wliether it be a dissection or a surgical operation on the living subject, im- presses the student and becomes a mental picture not easily erased. Flis extensive researches on the sympathetic nerve, chiefly embodied in his book entitled, '^Abdominal Brain and Automatic Visceral Ganglia," have been repeatedly an- nounced by the foremost authorities as not only of merit and \-alue but as eivoch making. When "Robinson's Landmarks in Gynecology" ap- peared, Mr. Lawson Tait, the greatest surgical genius of this age, said, "The classification of the subject is very original." Of Byron Rob- inson's most* extensive work, "The Peritoneum," Prof. Howard Kelley .said, "It looks like one of the best pieces of scientitic wurk that has come out of this country." Prof. Henry Lyman says of him : "Dr. By- ron Robinson is a man (jf ability in original re- search. He is remarkable for industry in a de- partment that is not ordinaril)- culti\atcd l)y prac- ticing physicians." Mr. Lawson Tait in 189 1 remarked, in an introduction to the late Prof. Reeves Jackson, of Chicago: "Dr. Byron Robinson has been a pupil of mine for six months. His name is alreatly as well known on your side as on this side of the Atlantic by researches in abdominal surgery, and I am sure from my experience of him lie is a man who will make his mark in nur department." In this connection, moreover, mav lie (pmted the words of those eminent surgeons, Drs. Nicholas Senn and Christian Fenger, than whom none are better cpialified to form an enlightened and un- biased estimate of the true value of the life work and researches of their l)rethren of the profes- sion. Dr. Senn, writing of Dr. Rnhinson, makes use of these wurds: "He is (jne of the most hard working men in the profession. His work on the histology and surgery of the peritoneimi is epoch making. His experimental investiga- tions have become a part of .American medical literature. Work is his recreation." .\nd Dr. 354 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Fenger ailded this tribute u\ unstinted praise: "Dr. Bvrun RuliinsdU reminds une of tlie plod- ding, liard-working European scientists, who snl)ordinates everything, social and material, to his work. His research on the peritmienm and the sympathetic nervous system have made his work known where\-er earnest work is honored. His treatise on the peritoneum is unique of its kind and is a classic. His results are based upon thousands of personal investigations on the human subject and on animals, as well as upon a careful perusal of the voluminous literature of the subject. His 'Ijibliograpliy of the Periton- eum, occupies more than one hundred pages of the work and is here for the first time compiled." Dr. William J. (iillette, professor of abdomi- nal and clinical surgery in Toledo Medical Col- lege, in an address on the growth of medicine and medical institutions in Toledo, said, "As yet, however, Toledo has not produced a great com- maniling medic:d genius, though there have li\ed and worked here twn men of genius. 1 reler to Dr. J- H. I'ooley and Dr. Bynni iviiliinsllintine, wh<;i had a family of fourteen children, eight daugh- ters and six sons, ten of the chil- dren are still living, four daugh- ters and six sons. The parents celebrated their golden wedding, September 2, 1895, and still re- side in Taylorville. A. Hale Vollintine attended the country school near Tay- lorville until fifteen years of age, then the pub- lic school at Taylorville until eighteen; en- tered Lincon University, Lincoln, Illinois, in 1883, from which he was graduated in June, 1887, when he returned to Ta_\"lorville and ti»ok up tlic study (if law in the office of W. M. Provine and later in the office of John G. Drennan. Sep- tember, 1889. he entered Union College of Law, Chicago, taking a two years course in one year and graduated in June, 1890. Having als(j taken the state examinatiun at Ottawa, Illinois, for ad- mission to the bar; he was admitted before grad- uating from the law school. Mr. Vollintine then entered the law office of Smith, Helmer & IMoulton, Chicago, where he remained about a vear, and was later connected with the firm of Black & Fitzgerald for three years, since which time he has practiced alone. Mr. Vollintine is an active and aggressive law_\-er and is meeting with success in his chosen profession. Fie is a Republican in politics, a member of the Marquette Club, Knights of Pvthias, and of the National Union, He is a PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 355 incml)er of tlie Evaiiston Avenue M. E. church, Mr. VulHntine was married, October 24, dedicated in June, 1902, and took a prominent 1893. to Miss Minnie E. Goodenougii, daughter part in the erection of this ciunxli, is superjn- of William B. Goixlenough, a memljer of the tendent of the Sunday school, having held this firm of Hamilton & Merryman Lumber Ci'nii)any positidu tVir the past five years. He has al- of Marinette, Wisconsin, Imt for manv vears a ways been acti\e in church and Sunday-school resident of Chicago. Mrs. W)llintine before her work and is now treasurer of the Chicago marriage was connected with tlie ]mblic schools Methodist Social Union, which is represented of Chicago. They have had two chilih'en. Fran- by all the Methodist churches in Chicago and cis G., who died in infancy and Martha Elizabeth \icinity. Vollintine, now a year and a half old. MARVIN A. FARR CHICAGO, ILL. Marvin A. b'arr, the well-known real-estate man of Chicago, was born in I'lssex county. New York, in 1853. He is a son of George W. and Esther (Day) Farr. Through both parents he traces his ancestry back to the seventeenth cen- tury. His grandfather was Randall Farr, Ijefore whom there were fership in the Kenwood Evangelical church. ^Ir. Farr was married in 1886 to Miss Char- lotte Camp, only daughter n\ the late Isaac X. Camp. They have one child, Xewton Camp FaiT, 356 PROMINENT AlEN OF THE GREAT WEST EDWIN REYNOLDS MILWAUKEE. WIS. Tlie leaders in tlie liistnrx' of the world are nized as mie ni the greatest engineering experts few; it is the rare exceptiun when one man steps of the country. He was engaged from 1858 to fn ni the beaten paths to stand far in advance and 1867 in i>erfecting various types of machinery, point the way to greater possibilities and higher and much of this work is in constant employment acliievements. The mind seems loath to accept to-day, undisplaced by the continual dex'elojjmeiU a new truth, an unfamiliar idea, but advance- of new mechanical and engineering ideas. ment presents an e\er broadening view. Many Mr. Reynolds entered the employ of the Gor- men possess one or more of the essentials that liss Steam Engine Gompany, of Providence, lead tO' success, but it is the possession of all that Rhode Island, in 1867, and in 1871 became its makes a man a leader in his profession. The general superintendent. He remained in this true measure of individual success is determined position luitil i^^jj. when he associated himself bv accomplishment; there is no other test. The with the late lulward I*. Allis. of Milwaukee, truly famous men of the dav are those who ha\e and began the dc\elopnient of \arious improve- created. either in connection with the wonderful n'cnts of his own on the Corliss type oi engine. industrial and mechanical progress of the times He left what was at that time the greatest en- or in the realm of mental acti\'ity. The part ginc mrnuifacturing establishment in the world, wiiich Mr. Reynolds has had in the practical ap- with full faith in himself, in ^lilwaukee, and with plication of steam is as widely known as is the the man he had chosen to> associate himself. His industrial development of the United States, courage was well rewarded, for the new venture Although his work has been largely identified grew and prosjjered. ;\Ir. Reynolds remained with the name of the great manufacturing com- identified with lulward P. Allis & Company, and pany of which he is an ot^cer, it has not pre- upon the dearii of Edward P. Allis was made one \ented his own name from becoming famous 1>y of the trustees of his estate and at the formation bis new methods of application of old and sound of the Edward P. Allis Company became vice- engineering ideas. president. In 1900, when the Allis-Cbalmers Edwin Reynolds is an eastern man by Ijirth Ci:mpany was formed, a consolidation of the and training. He was born at Mansfield, Con- business interests of the Edward P. Allis Com- necticut, March 2Ti. 1831. He owes his early pany, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the Eraser & education to the public schools of his native place. Chalmers Company. Chicago; the Gates Iron At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to learn Works, Chicago, and the Dickson Manufactur- the trade of machinist. .After considerable ex- ing Companx', of Scranton, Penns_\'l\'ania. he bc- perieuce along this line he took up' his residence came chief engineer of the Allis-Chalmers Com- in Aurora, Indiana, as shop superintendent for pany, one of the strongest consolidated interests Stedman & Gompany, mamifacturers of heavy in the United States. m;ichinery for plantation use. At the breaking Mr. Reynolds' success as a mechanical engi- out of hostilities, at the commencement of the neer is largely due to his deep insight into the Civil war, Mr. Reynolds returned east, but he fundamental principles underlying the science of was no longer merely a machinist; his name was mechanism and his ability to apply them in de- already becoming known and his abilities recog- signed machinery. The instances have been V ^C^'^^H^'-T.-*-^ ^^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 359 almost innumerable in which Mr. Reynolds' pro- ductions have worked radical changes in current engineering practice. He designed for the nld Juliet Steel Coinpan)- a Jjlnwing engine entirely different from any that haf its solid and representative citi- given the world its engineering' triumphs, from zens. Companionable and warm-hearted, ad- the first steam engine to the wireless telegraph. miration of his masterful abilities is united with The tastes and talents (jf this highly gifted warmer admiration of the man. GEORGE SAWIN CHICAGO, ILL. George Saw in is numbered among the ablest associated Jiimself with Adam Carlyle. Tliey laid members of the Illinois bar. He has been act- out the town of De Soto, on the Mississippi i\ely engaged in the practice of law in Chicago ri\er, in Bada.xe county, Wisconsin, and invested for many years and has acquired a truly enviable Iris all in a sawmill, icehouse, warehouse and position before the public and in the esteem of other improvements. The panic in 1857 ruined his fellow members l.^f the leg'al the \-enture and Mr. Sawin returned to Chicago, profession. after losing all he possesed, and took a position Mr. Sawin was l)orn in Bos- with the dry goods firm of Stacy & Thomas, ton, Massachusetts, April 14, where he remained until 1859, when the firm 1834, and is the fourth son of went into li(iuidation. He then became clerk in John and Charlotte (Lash) the postofifice under Hon. Lsaac Cook, postmaster. Saw in, the father being of Scotch lieing in the night service, he had time to study and the mother of Welsh an- part of the day, which he improved in the law cestry. office of Hon. James P. Root, and was admitted George Sawin was educated at the pul.ilic to pra.ctice in lioth the state and federal courts, schools of Chelsea, Massachusetts, where his INlr. Sawin then formed a partner.ship with (iil- pareuts resided, and later at an institution bert C. Walker, who later was first governor of under the charge of William 1). Swan, at Virginia after the war. and Hon. James P. Root, Boston, and from which he graduated. At the ui;der the firm n.anie of Root, Walker & Sawin. age of eighteen years he entered the office of iSIr. He was afterward successivel\- in the firms of Samuel E. Guild and Hon. George S. Hillard, Sawin & Mattocks, Storrs, Kellog & Sawin, and both prominent law vers of Boston, and studied Chase, Munson & Sawin. At the opening of the under them two years, when, about finishing his Civil war he enlisted in the Fifty-eight Regiment, course, he was compelled by failing health to re- Illinois X'olunteer Infr.utry, and in December, liu(|.uish his studies. He settled in Chicago in i8t4, and in 1855 took a position in the mercan- tile house of W. & S. L. Mills, as credit man for Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. In 1856 he i8:)i, left Chicago' for Fort Henry, as cpiarter- n\aster of that regiment. Except a short time spent in Springfield upon the reorganization of his regment, he was constantly in the field, serv- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 361 iiig a great portion of tlic lime, on llie staffs uf ("iciierals Smith, Morniw, Dodyc and Sweeney, lie \\a> in the Sixteenlli L'urps ui the Anii_\- uf reiinessee, and was in the Red l\i\'er cxpedi- tinn as acting major on tiie stat^' of General Mor- rnw. In tlie battle of Pleasant Ilill he led a bri- gade and had two' horses killed under him. hie was with General Sherman in the "Meridan raid." During his wlmle service he was noted for bravery and received the suljriciuct of "The Fighting Quartermaster." After the war he' returned to' Chicagcj and re- sumed the practice of his profession and formed a ])artnership with Charles P. \\'ells, the firm being known as Sawin & Wells. This associa- tion continued for about nine years, when Mr. Wells died. Mr. Sawin then associated himself with D. C. Jones, and this [lartnership continued about four years. He then formed a partnership with Mr. Herman Vanderplough, the firm name being Sawin & Vanderplough, which arrange- ment was continued for five years and then dis- solved. Mr. Sawin has since practiced alone. Politically Mr. Sawin is a Democrat, and in religious belief an Eiiiscopalian. He is a past eminent commander of Knights Templar, and since the war has been connected with \arious veteran organizations and nuw IkjIcIs the posi- tion of colonel of the Thirly-lifth Regiment, Pli- nois U. V. U. Mr. Sawin was married, in li^SS, t(_) Miss Caroline L. Rush, daughter of Elijah C. Rush, of Janes\-i]lc. Onondaga county, New York. ^Ir. Sawin as a citizen is everywhere known as possessing the highest integrity. As a lawyer we can jiav him no higher tribute than to> state that he is by all regarded as one of the leaders of the bar in this state. HON. GEORGE A. TRUDE CHICAGO, ILL. The talents of George A. Trude were early recognized, with the result that he was placed upon the bench befiire he had attained his thirty- tliird birthday, being the youngest judge wlu> had ever nccupicd the su])eriiir cnurt bench in Coijk ci'unty. lie was appointed to this position by GoA'ernor Tan- ner toi fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge Goggin, which occurred in \H(jii. Ciei.'rge A. Trude was born in Lockport, New York, |in 1866, and is a son of Sanuiel and Sally (Downs) Trude. He has lived in Chic.agii since his sexxnlh year, icipiired his cduc;itiiiii here and gradu- ated at the Uni(.>n College of Law, a department of the Northwestern University, before he was howc\er twenty-one years of age. He began the practice o: his iirofession in the office of his brother, A. S. Trude, and speedily wo-n a reputation for legal abality far beyond his years. He was early drawn ir^lo public life, in which he h;is fulfilled every prediction of his friends. In 1S92 he was appointed city .attnrney of Chicago to fill a vacancy. Si* well did he dis- charge the duties of this office that he was elected in the spring nf i8(;3 to the ofiice by a large ma- joritv, running twentv-five hundred votes ahead of his ticket. At this time he was but twenty-six years of age, and was the youngest man ever elected to the position. In 1893 he was again the candid.ate for the same office, .and tin ugh de- feated ran ahead of his ticket twenty-two thoai- sand \'otes. In 1896 he was nonunatetl attorney general 362 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST of Illinois much against his wishes, and suffered defeat in the Repuhlican landslide, although he pulled about forty thousand \-otes more than the national ticket. In 1897 he received the nomina- tion for circuit judge of Cook county, and al- ih.ough the ticket was defeated by the old bench, lie {Killed five thousand votes more than his run- ning mate. In 1898 he was judge of the superior court. He retired to' private Hfe and has since given all his time to his practice, which is large and lucrati\e. He is looked upon as one of the most enteqjrising and popular attorneys at the bar. Although not a native of this state, he has passed almost his whole life within its boundaries, and here, where he is .so well known, nothing but good is said of him. He stands high in prn- fcssional circles, and is no less a fa\-orite m the political rank of the Democratic party. He has always been a thoroughly reliable, practical and efificient official. Mr. Trude is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. He was married June 15. 1899. to Miss Fannie Smith, of Chi- cago-, daughter oi the late Judge Sidney Smith. They have one child, a boy one year old. Mr. Trude is possessed of a splendid ph_\si(jue, ci-urteous personality and liberal culture, and his friends regard him as a man of great promise. Agreeable and courteous among his associates, yet strong and forceful in his personal convic- tions, few among the younger lawyers of the state enjoy more well-merited distinction or are held in higher esteem. ARTHUR BURR PEASE CHICAGO, ILL. Ardnu" B. Pease, attorney at law, member Kaiser Wilhelm's University at Strassburg, Ger- of the firm of Pierson & Pease, and one of the many, where he pursued a si>ecial course of representative members of the Chicago bar, has ethics, political economy and ancient history, won honorable distinction by the capable man- The following year Mr. Pease came to Chi- ner in which he has cared for the litigation en- cago, where he matriculated in the law depart- trusted to his care. Liberal educational advan- ment of the Northwestern University, pursuing tatges have well fitted him for a professional the studies of the junior year. At this time a \n able advocate, well versed in the career. law, he has served as counsel in many important cases. His success has come to him as the re- ward of recognized ability. Arthur B. Pease was born at Shoreham. \'er- mont, February 25, 1866, and is a son of Lyman W. and Maria (Bingham) Pease. innnbcr of the jirofessors of the law department resigned, in order to form the Kent College of Law in Chicago. About half the students of the junior college followed the professors and continued their studies in the new college. Among them was Mr. Pease, who graduated with the first class, in 1893. from that now fa- He pursued his studies in the Sherman Col- uhjus law school. The same year he was ad- legiate Institute of Moriah. New York, and at mittcd to the bar and practiced law the succeed- Middleburv College, of Middlebury, Vermont, ing two years in connection with Walter M. graduating at the latter institution with the class Howland. In 1893 he became the senior mem- (if 1890, receiving the degree of A. B. Two ber of the firm of Pease & Allen, and this firm years later the degree of A. M. was conferred gained considerable prominence at the bar. upon him. He then went abroad and entered In May, 1890, Mr. Pease associated himself -^^^a PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 365 witli Mr. Louis J. Pierson, under the firm name CIulx the Kenwood Country Cluh, the Chicago uf i'ierson & Pease, wliich pnrtnersliip still con- Bar Association and other social organizations, tinues. Mr. Pease has traveled extensively both in Mr. Pease is a nicnibci" of the Deha Kaii|)a the United States and in Europe. Politically he Epsilon fraternity anil belongs tO' the Booth is a Republican, but has never held office, as he Chapter of the Phi Delta Phi. a law fraternity. jjrcfers giving his time to his business. He is also a \alucd member of the Kenwood BENJAMIN THOMAS CHICAGO, ILL. Benjamin Thomas, president and general studied hard, paying for his tuition and board liy manager cjf the Chicago & Western Indiana R. teaching until he was pre^Mired to enter Brown R. Co., was born at Towanda, Bradford county, College at Schenectady, New York, as a sopho- Pennsylvania, October 28, 1841. His father more. Because of the expense attending college whose ancestry originally came from Wales, was he was unable to carry out his plans. While pre- born in Cixspertown, New York, in the year 1810 paring for college he studied and became a g(X)d and died in 1884 at Waverly, New York. His Latin scholar and mathematician and taught these mother, whose ancestry were from the north of branches for a h.mg time. It may be said that Ireland, was born at Shoreham, Verm'ont, in his studies have really never been discontinued 1804, and died in 1873, at Newark, New Jersey, and one of his principal recreations is in reading His parents removed from Towanda to Newark, Latin and French works. New Jersey, in about the year 1854. his father Soon after leaving the Lyceum he acceptal a being a hat manufacturer. position as telegraph operator at Port Jarvis, Benjamin attended .school at Towanda until New York, with the New York & Erie railroad, thirteen years of age and later public schools at now the New York, Lake Erie & Western Rail- Newark, and later night school and was em- road Comjiany. He was soon promoted to (li\'ision ])loyed while attending night school by the .\mcr- operator and put in charge of the Delaware di- ican Printing Telegraph Co., with local oflice in vision operators. In rapid succession he w-as ap- charge of W. H. Kna]ip, a man of considerable jiointed night train despatcher, day train des- prominence at that time in telegraph circles, jiatcher. chief train despatcher and trainmaster. Shortly after Mr. Thomas had learned to operate. In Augmst, 1873, he was made acting superin- ihe company was absdrbcd by the Morse Majes- tcndent of the Delaware division, the couipany tic Telegraph Co. (now the Western Union) nc it lieing willing to appoant so young a man with- and the American printing -instruments were out giving him a trird. Becoming satisfied, in De- al)andoucd. Mr. Thomas thus had to commence cembcr. 1873. Mr, Thomas was appointed division all over again, which he did and soon became a sui")€rintendent, which position he held for eight good Morse operator. .About this time when years. On June r, i88r. he was appointed supcr- ■some sixteen years of age, he, realizing his edu- intendcnt of transportation of the Erie system cation was deficient, gave up his position and at- with headipiartcrs in New York City, and later tended the Lyceum at Jersey City, where he assistant general superintendent and then general 366 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST superintendent, fillint^ the last position for four years. August. 1SS7, he resigned and soon afterward was appointed general superintendent of the Chicago & Atlantic Railroad Company, niiw the Xew NOrk, Pittsl.iurg & Cincinnati Railroad Comi)aii_\'. with lieadijuarters in Chica- go, and at the same time was elected a director of the Chicago & Western Indiana railroad and also of the Belt railroad of Chicago. September 15, 1888, he was elected vice-president and gen- eral manager of the Chicago & Western Illinois Railroad and licit Railroad Companies, and in January. 1890, wjis elected president of bcjth the same companies, which position he still holds. ^Ir. Thomas is in every sense a clear headed and capable railroad man; one of the best in the country. His exjierience with the property of which he is now connected shoAvs this. When he became connected with the Chicago & Western Illinois Roilroad it was scarcely paying operat- ing expenses, but under his careful management it is now a dividend paying road. JOHN HOWARD McELROY CHICAGO, ILL. John 11. McElroy. member of the celebrated U. S. A., at Washington, D. C, which position law hrm of Coburn, ]\IcRol)crts & McElroy, was received as the result of a conipetitivc civil whose specialty is known as "i)alent law," was service examination. He resigned in 1S91 to born at Catlin, near L)an\-ille, X'ermilion county, enter the examining corps of the United States Illinois, January 29, 1867, and is a son of John patent olfice, which appointment was also re- Ji^hnston McElroy, a physician ceived by competitive civil service examination. of prominence, and Harriet M. While in Washington he studied law in the (Thompson) Mclilroy. He was Columbian Uni\ersity, receiving" the degrees of educated at the common antl high LL. B. in 1892 and LL. M. in 1893. H^' tl^'-"''' schools at Rossville, Illinois, and took special courses in the National and George- graduated from the high school in 1882; then attended Lincoln L'ni\-crsity, at Lincoln. Illinois. town Universities, having for professors such men cus Justices Brown, Brewer and Harlan, of the supreme court of the L'nited States. He re- until 1884, when he entered I )e signed from the patent olfice in 1896 ami came I'auw University at Greencastle, to Chicago, where, owing to his patent ottice ex- Indiana, wdicre he remained im- pcrience, he was retained as a patent expert in til 1888, excepting the winter of 1885-86. wlien he taught school at .\l\in, Vennilion county, Illi- nois. IJe graduated with the degree of A. B., also receiving the degree of ^V. M. in 1891. Dur- ing the winter of 1888-89 ''"^ taught in the Dan- ville, Illinois, high school, and began a special course of civil engineering at the Illinois St.ate University at Champaign in the fall of 1889, se\eral litigated cases, among others a bitterly ci'Utested case in which Mr. L. L. Coburn was opposed. (One of the results of this litig.ation was the formation in 1897 of a partnershi]) \vith Mr. Coburn., wdiich has been succeeded by the firm of Coburn. McRo1)erts & McElroy, which now represents the patent, trade-mark and copy- right interests of many of the largest manufac- w'hich he dropped in Feljruary, 1890, tO' take a tin-ing interests in Chicago, and which has clients clerkship in the office of the chief of engineers, distriliuted all over the United States. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 367 Mr. ^IcElroy is by nature equipped with un- usual mathematical and mechanical ability, and that, with his extended experience with ciunpli- Cated machinery and ])ri)cesses in xarious acts, cr.ablc him tn (piicklv ()ercei\e the \'ital features of any inventidu, the comprehensinn of which is so essential to the successful preparation, attack or defense of patent rights. Mr. McEIroy is a member of the Y. M. C. A. since 1883; Beta Theta Pi college fraternity since October, 1884; is a memlier of the Hamil- ton Ckib since October, 1898, and Sons of Vet- erans since 1896, Camp No. 6, Chicago; Apollo Club since October, 1896. He is a Republican, and a memljer of the Presb\-terian church. Mr. McElroy was married August 31, 1899, to Miss Cora L. Allen, of West Chicago. Illi- nois, daughter of Nelson and Mary Allen, and an alumna of Northwestern University, of the class of 1888, and pronn'nent in the .\lpha Phi (h-eek Letter Society and the Alunnu Association of that university. Mr. McElroy is one of those men whose personality attracts attention in any compau)', being set off by his atTable and courteous manners and dignitied liearing. He possesses marked executive ability and disposes of busi- ness with as much dispatch as is consistent with obtaining the best results. He is by nature, edu- cation and habit admirabl_\- fitted for his calling. ALBERT L. COE CHICAGO, ILL. The late Albert L. Cue was born at Talmage, under the firm name of T. R. Clark & Company, Oliio. in 1835, '^"'J was the son of the Rev. Da- the firm being Thomas R. Clark. Benjamin \id Lyman Coe and Polly (Hayes) Coe. He was Carpenter and Albert L. Coe. Three years later educated at the Painesville Academy, at Paines- Mr. Clark retired and the firm became Coe & ville, Ohio, and the Grand River Institute, at Carpenter, and this continued until the war of .\ustinburg. Ohio, leaving at the the Rebellion. In i8f)i Mr. Coe enlisted in the age of seventeen years to engage Fifty-first Illinois Infantry as a prix-ate, ser\-ing in business. His grandfather four years, or during the war. Before leavin.g was a noted .\bolitiomst and his camp he was commissioned second lieutenant. home was one of the stations Most of his scr\-ice was in the .\rm_\- of the Cuni- along the celebrated under,ground berland, under Generals Pope, Rosecrans, Sheri- railnjad. Young Coe drove dan, Thomas, Sherman and Grant. He did de- many a load of runaway slaves tachment service at the headquarters of the First up to the different points on Lake Brigade, Fourteenth .\rmy Corps, and also of hh-ie at the rear of .\shtabula, the Second Division of the Fourteenth Army securing ])assage for them to the Corps, participated in tnc capture of Island No. Canachan shore, the trips being made at night. 10, was at Pittsburg Landing, siege of Corinth. He was selected for this because of fearlessness in the campaign from Nashville to Chattanoryon and has taken no part in jiolitics since that time. From 1883 to 1885 he was mayor of Hay City and acted as e.x-t)tilicio' chairman of the police com- mission, the lil>rary trustees, etc., and after his term as mayor expired, he was appointed a mem- Ijer of the school l)o;u"d. In 1890, bv unanininus \()tc, he was nominated fosing" the American Protective Association, so-called, of which millions of c<.)pies were circulated. He jirocured the passage of the joint resolution ad- mitting the statue of Pere Marquette to Statu- ar\- Hall, in the fifty-second congress, which failed to receive the president's signature. He aided in the passage of the same resolution in the fifty-third congress, the resolution being in- troduced by Hon. George H. Bricker, of Wis- consin, which state presented the statue. Mr. Weadock has always been more or less prominent in church affairs. He was a delegate to the Catholic Congress held at Baltimore in 1889 and that held at Chicago in 1892, and is the author of the historical papers on "Father Rich- ard" of Michigan, delegate in congress, 1823 to 1825, and the only Catholic priest ever elected to congress ; and 1 m Father Marquette, the mission- ary e-xplorer. Both of these papers were read bef(jre the United States Catholic Hi.storical So^ ciety at New York City, and attracted widespread and favorable criticism. They also appear in the historical collections of Michigan. He led the movement in the Ancient Order of Hibernians to raise fifty thousand dollars for the estal)lish- ment of a chair of Gaelic language and literature in the Catholic Cniversity of .\merica at Wash- ington and deli\-ercil the address there on pre- sentation of the fund. Tn 1874 Mr. Weadock was married to Miss Mary I'^Uen Tarsney, of Saginaw, Michigan. She was a member of a well known family. Her brothers are Hon. T. E. Tarsney, of Detroit, congressman of the forty-ninth and fiftieth con- gresses; and Thomas J. Tarsney, of Denver, Colorado, who has been adjutant-general of Colo- rado. .Ml are lawyers by profession. Mrs. Weadock died March 11, 1889. leaving six children, three sons and three daughters. His 372 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST second wife, Nancy E.. was a daughter of Col. elation. He is also' a member of the Michigan Daniel S. Curtiss. of Washington, I). C, and has Historical Society and the Detroit Club. He has borne him one child, a son. a well selected private library, including a col- Mr. Wleadock has been a member of the lection on the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and many .\merican Bar Association since 1880, and is on rare works on Napoleon, whom he regards as the executive committee of the Detroit Bar Asso- the greatest man in the hist(vrv of the world. JOHN A. BROWN CHICAGO, ILL. The young man, a brief sketch (»f wliom is given below, is well and favorably known to the bar. not onl)- in Chicago but throughout the mid- dle west, as a careful, painstaking, conscientious i.nd profound lawyer and a dignified gentleman whose industry, ability and per- sonal opinions the result of pa- tient investigation and delibera- tion, have made him a man of strong and lasting convictions antl a leader among men. Jt>hn A. Brown was born at Tannersville, New York, on June 21, 1876. His parents were James Brown, a prosperous farm- er, who rlied when Jolm was al>out five years of age. and Catharine (Croggin) Brown, a daughter of John Cioggin. who was a well-known and wealthy resident of Springfield. Illinois. His early education was obtained from iiis mother and afterward from a private tutor, finishing at North Division high school in 1895. It was the desire oi the family to have him take a thorotigh college course, including a law course, at any universitv he desired. The young man readily olTered' to .take the law course, but when his family insisted on the literary course first, he re- fuseil the offer, saying that in that peritxl of time he could make a name for himself from his work that would take him furtTier along than the liter- ary course at college could do, and U* jirove he meant it he at once secured a position as a clerk in the circuit court clerk's office, where he sn learned all connected with that office. Hoping the first few months would dampen his ardor and urge him to seek the college course that had been marked out for him. he was not permitted to at- tend any law school, but his uncle, the late Judg'e Goggin, with whom lie lived, examined and drilled him continually in the law. For several months, unknown to his folks, he attended the evening classes of the Kent College of Law. Judge Goggin finding this out and seeing that his nephew was determined to advance in spite of all that was jjut in his way to try and influence him to take the university course, secured for him a position witii the law firm of Lackner & Butz. he still ci>ntinuing his law course at Kent College of Law, from which he graduated, re- ceiving the degree LL. B., and finishing his legal course with a degree of LL. M. from Illinois College of Law, and was the second student from that institution to pass the bar examination, which he did in 1898. six months l)ef(M-e receiv- ing his degree. Uix>n finishing, the lK)ard of trustees offered him a position upon the faculty, which he refused. Ui>on retirement of state's attorney Jacob J. Kern a ])artncrshii) was formear, aniciug which might be mentioned the Trawley and Macko murder cases, the famous tenth ward election cases, the Tug Trust case, the coroner's cases for the Undertakers' Associa- tion, the Jorg-enson case, "Sandy" Walters case, the unconstitutionality of the Malaeto law. all the so-called bucket shop, quotation and ticker cases against the Central Stock and (irain l^.xcliange, which litigation has been continuous for the last few years, besides defending a number of per- sonal injury cases for the Chicago & Alton Rail- road Company. His tastes are domestic, and the cares of busi- ness laid aside, his highest delight is to share and enjoy the pleasures of his home. His youth and vigor give promise of many years of usefulness and satisfaction. When "life's fitful fever" shall be o\'er it will be proper for the memorist fittingly to portray a character which can lie only par- tially commenced by the contemporaneous biog- ra[>her. HON. FREDERICK A. WILLOUGHBY CHICAGO, ILL. The subject of this sketch, the Hon. Fred- erick .\. Willoughby. was born in New Haven. Connecticut. July 24. 1S41. He was educated in the pulilic schools. i\ussel]'s Militar_\- Academy and Hopkins (irammar Schoassage of the Harper High License Law. which was the ])rincipal measure of the session, he had a conspicuous part. Mr. Willi iuglil)y was the leader of the high license Democrats and by courtesy had charge of the bill in the house. W'ith him were associated these other high license Democrats: William A. Day. afterward second and third auditnr un- der Cle\elanil. Sidney Grear. Francis M. Great- house, James M. Gregg. Erneis R. E. Kim- bniugh. John P.. I'-elker. Andrew Welch and John W. Moore. Mr. Willoughby's able champion- ship and skillful management of the bill had much to do with its jiassage. It was a great ad- \ance o\er existing" legislation on the li(|uor traf- ucation and then to the city attf>rneyship. In fie and has been regarded as a model. 1883 he wa.s elected a member of the state legis- Mr. Willouglrby was also vitallv interested lature from the district comprising Knox and in the imi^ortant litigation instituted by the city PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST of Galesburg against the Slieltcni Water Com- which tlie legal talents of Mr. W'illoughby have jiany. The effort of the city was to have the been proved to Ije of a high order. As an able franchise declared void because of the failure of and successful attorney he is given a high place Mr. Shelton to fulfill its provisions. Mr. Will- not only by the Knox cor.nty bar, with which h: oughby represented the city. The case was was prominently identified for many years, but foug'ht through the higher courts and was won also by the Cook coun'y bar. witii which his lot l)v the citv. This case is but one of many has been cast mi^ire recently. ARTHUR DIXON CHICAGO, ILL. There is a particular interest attaching to the fully conducted for two years. The commence- career of Mir. Arthur Dixon, as he has so directed nient of his present industry was occasioned by his ability and efforts as to early gain recogni- a seeming accident. In jiaynient of a debt, he tion as one of the representative citizens of Chi- was obliged to take a team and wagon, and with cago. In private and public life he is always the this small beginning, he began a teaming busi- same reliable, honorable man and citizen. The ness in 1863 at No. 299 Wells street, now Fifth true measure of success is determined by what a avenue. From the beginning success attended man has accomplished, and ]\Ir. Dixon's life is the venture until now it is the largest transferring pre-eminently one of action and successful ac- company west of New York City. It is not al- complishment. Mr. Dixon was born in the north of Ire- land, County I'crmanagh. of Scotch-Irish de- scent. His parents were Arthur and Jane (Al- len) Dixon, who had four sons and a daughter, ways those who hope and strive who succeed, but to those who add to those traits of charac- ter, ability, earne.stness, clear perception and hon- orable dealing. Mr. Dixon is a public-spirited man and has of which Arthur is the only suniving son. His iieen connected with the many movements which father was a man of more than ordinary intelli- have contrii)utey liim, niul is considered uiie of his ricliest treasures. At a regular meeting of tlie city council of the city of Chicago', held April 27, 1891, the fol- lowing preainljle and resolutions endorsing the official actions O'f Alderman Dixon were unani- mously ado])ted : Whereas, the city council of the city of Chi- cago is about to lose the services of its oldest and hest-kniiwii member through his voluntary, and we hope, tempi>rary retirement from the po- litical field of action, Resolved, That we, the colleagues, some of many years, others of short ac(iuaintance, tender to Alderman Dixon on this occasion the expres- sion of our heartiest good wishes for his future, and also the expression of our appreciation of the loss the ccnmcil and the city sustain through his withdrawal from our municipal legiskitiu'e. Resolved, That we place on record our con- \iction of his great public worth, his zeal for h.onest and economical government, his sincere interest in the taxpayers, and his undoubted and unquestioiiecl ability in every position assigned to him; and further, we record the expression of our hope that his zeal, his earnestness and ability may so<:)n Ije utilized for the public in some new capacity; and be it further Resolved, That the city clerk be, and is, here- l)y directed to spread this preamble and the reso- lutions upon the records of the council and pre- sent to Aldennan Arthur Dixon a suitably en- graved copy of the same. Hempstead W.vsubi'kne, Mayor. J.wiES R. B. Van Cleave, City Clerk. As a nieniliL-r of the city council. Mr. Dixon was a recognized leader in debate, a practiced p;!rliamentariau, and an authoritv in the inter- ]>retation of the ]>o\vers and ])r(i\isions of the city charter. He aiUocated, among other import- ant measures, that of the city owning its own gas plant, of high water pressm-e, building sewers by special a.ssessments, the creation of a public library, the annexation of the suburbs, the build- ing of viaducts over railway crossings, the drain- age law, the city's interest upon her public fund, and the extension of fire limits. He was chosen president of the conncil in 1874 and was re- elected to that place for six years. At \-arious times he served as chairman of the finance and other important committees. He was appointed by the mayor one of the executive commit- tee of arranganents for the World's Colum- bian Exposition, and was also one of the com- mittee that was instrumental in arran,ging and passing the ordinance providing for the loan of five million dollars for the exix>sition. In April, 1892, Mr. Dixon was elected a director of the World's Columbian Directory, and his services and counsels in that capacity were in- valuable in the prosecution of this enormoi;s en- terprise. He is a stanch defender of Republican Ijarty principles, and has been a member of city and county Republican centra! committees for more than thirty years, and has frequently served as chairman of the same. He was the first presi- dent of the Irish Republican organization in Oii- cagO' in 1868, and one year later was jrresident of the national Irish Rei)ublican convention, held in Chicago, and was treasurer of that organization. He was also elected ]>resident of the Irish Liter- ary Society of Chicago. Mr. Dixon represented tlie first senatorial dis- trict in the twenty-se\enth general assembly of Illinois, and as a member of that body had charge of measiu'es and rendered services of great value toi the city. Among the bills introduced by- him, which were passed by the legislature, was one pro \idiug for the location of the Chicago Public Lilirary, the drainage canal, and the one author- izing the mill tax and special assessment. He was a delegate to the national Republi- can convention which nominated James Garfield for the presidency. He is a member of several clubs, including the Union League, Calumet, 378 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Hamilton and Sheridan Clubs, having been presi- dent of the Hamilton. He is also director in the Metropolitan National Bank, the lialtininre & Ohiij Raih-dud, (Irand drunk Kailmad. the Con- scilidated Stone Companv, and president of the Artiuu" Dixnn Transfer Company. In iiS()j Mr. Di.xon was married toi Miss Ann tten are now living. In his public and private life Mr. Di.xon is above reproach ; his social quali- ties are marked and his genial disposition has made him a po]nilar fa\orite. He is warm hearted, generous and loyal to his friends. Whether in the bitterness of political strife or the intensity of a warmly-contested debate, his cheer- Carson, of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, and fourteen fulness never leaves him, and in the home circle children ha\e been I>orn ti> them, of wlmni thir- he is the ideal husband and father. GEORGE WASHINGTON KRETZINGER CHICAGO, ILL. (leorge W'ashingtcm Kretzinger was burn in the state of Ohio.. His father. Rev. Isaac Kretz- inger, is a clergyman of the Uniteil Brethren de- nomination. Their ancestors came from (icr- many at an early date, settling in the state of Virginia. Yormg- Kretzinger was ambitious for an education. He attended the common schools and prepared himself for college. During his first college year the war of the Rebellion broke out, and \oung Kretzinger left school, \tilunteered as a soldier and be- came a member of the famous Black Hawk Cavalry. During the progress of the war Mr. Kretzinger was captured and i)aroled, and, while awriiting exchange, he again entered college and pursued his studies assiduously until the ex- change was effected, when he returned to his regiment and remained in the service until the close of the war. When discharged from the service he once more entered upon his studies at college, and graduated with high honors before reaching his twenty-first year. Mr. Kretzinger decided to enter the legal profession. Pie .secured the ]>osition as a teacher in a classical school in Keokuk. Iowa, where he taught for two years with success, during which time he i)rosecuted the study of law under the patronage and direction of Hon. George W. Mc- Crary, who afterward became secretary of war under President Hayes, and judge of the United States circuit court in Iowa. Mr. Kretzinger conij>!eted his law studies in the office of Henry Strong, and when admitted to the bar he formed a partnership with Judge Hannaman, of Kno.x- ville, Illinois, which continued until 1873. Mr. Kretzinger then niox'ed to Chicago, and formed a partnership with the late John I. Bennett: later on .Mbert H. Veeder became a meniber of the tirm. This partnership continued for some time, when Mr. Kretzinger and Mr. Veeder continued the i)ractice of law together, but Mr. Kretzinger finally withdrew from the firm for the purpose of asstKiating his brother, Joseph T. Kretzinger, with him in the practice of law. Mr. Kretzinger has made corporation and railroad law his specialty, and he has been identi- fied with nuich important litigation invoKing questions of this kind. In 1S77 he accepted the general solicitorship of the Chicago & Iowa Rail- road, also of the Chicago, Pekin & Southwestern Railroad and of the Chicago & Paducah. The Chicago & Iowa Railway ComiKUiy, at the time Mr. Kretzinger lx;came its' general solicitor, was PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 379 deeply invoKed in difficulties which were re- garded as Ijeyuiul redress, but Mr. Kretzin^er's masterly insight into* corporation law enaljled him to place the rights (if his clients upf life, is a splendid si)ecimen of physical manhooer of the Austin Woman's Club since its organization, and for tw(j terms was its president. JOHN C. KING CHICAGO, ILL. John C. King, a talented and successful law- yer, formerly seninr meml>er of the law firm of King & Gross, with offices at No. 89 East Wash- ington street, Chicago, was educated in Cincin- four years has maintained a foremost place in the profession in that city. From 1880 imtil 1895 he was largely engaged in the practice of criminal law. He never loses sight of a single point that nati, Ohio, completing his literary education \n will advance the interests of his clients and at St. Mary College in 1871. Af- the same time give to each its due importance, ter the completion of his collegi- never failing to^ keep in the foreground the main tate course he engaged in teach- point at issue and that upon which the decision ing school in Cincinnati for one of a case finally turns. He has a splendid ora- year. and during that time alt- torical power, is earnest, elo(|uent. for>.eful and tended lectures at the Cnion Col- logical, and while touching the emotions of his lege of Law, ex-Governor Hoad- hearers, he never fails to convince their intellects ley being one of the instructors at the same time. of the institution. Mr. King Since 1895 he has practically retired from was admitted to the bar at Cin- cnmati in 1873, and for ti\-e years thereafter was a member of the law firm of Morrow & King. In 1878 Mr. King came to Chicago, was ad- mitted to the bar of C<-H»k cotuitv and fi>r twent\- the practice of criminal law and gives his atten- tion t(» ci\il litigation. He has a bro.ul and com- ])rehensive knowledge of all departments of jurisprudence, and in the \arious branches of civil law has also won stmic notable \'ictories 38o PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST wliicli entitle liiiii to rank among the distin- the tinn name of King & Gross, a conneetion guished men who devote their energies to such tliat continued until May i. 1901, since which he practice. It was in i.Syi that !Mr. King formed has practiced alone, being ably assisted by his son, a partnership with Mr. Alfred H. Gross, under \V|. J. King, who is a young lawyer of ability. erected a number of buildings in Neillsville, in- cluding two (if the finest brick blocks in that place. He put in electric lights at his own expense, and was instrumental in securing the telegraph and telei)hone ser\ice for the town. He built char- coal kilns and arranged for the United States signal service reports, and in many other enter- JAMES LESLIE GATES MILWAUKEE, WIS. lames L. Gates, of Milwaukee, is one of the out, but lea\ing it strong financially and i^nie of best known Ijusiness men in the slate of Wis- the foremost banks of its kind in the state. The cousin, where his extensive i_iperations have been largest luercantile firm in Xeillsville is Gates, carrieil on for vears. His dominent (jualities are Stanard & Companx'. and of this firm Mr. Gates energy, decision, action, which show clearly in was the founder and is the senior partner. He all his ojjerations and business affairs. His suc- cess is the best evidence of his character and ability. Mr. Gates was born in the .\dironilack moun- tains in Xew York state, IJeceiuber 22. 1850, and is a son of Daniel and Jane ( Hewett) Gates, who trace their ancestry in a direct line to Gen- eral Gates of Keyolutionary fame. Daniel Gates prises was always the chief promoter. Mr. Gates died in 1885, and Mrs. Gates, still living, is now is interested in the Lake Superior country, where seventy-three years of age. he owns many acres of timber and mineral lands. James L. Gates' educational advantages were He was one of the promoers to secure from the limited, as his entire schooling covered a period L^nited States and Canadian governments the of only three months. The great school of ex- franchises to buiUl the railroad through Sault perience and .self-education did nuich for him. Ste. Marie and was a director of the company however, and his knowledge of practical affairs organized for that purpose. is unquestioned. In 1853 his parents moved to His chief interess, however, are in pine lands. Xeillsville, Wisconsin, and there he began his He never was interested in saw mills, but was a battle of life. When but sixteen years of age heavy operator in logs. In 1882-1883. Gates & he w as foreman ( A a logging camp on Black river. HeAvett banked forty-one million feet of logs, and Me was later instrumental in the building of the the following season twenty million feet, while railroad from Merrillon to Xeillsville. now a part in 1885 he alone banked thirty-six million feet, an of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad amount exceeded by few. His present holdings Company. ^\v. Ciatcs surveyed the line himself in pine lands in Wisconsin and Florida, where he and at his own expense. is hea\ily interested, exceed seven hundred thou- In 1879 he started a bank at Xeillsville and sand acres. Mr. Gates is a large property owner (ipcrated it successfully for three years and sold in Milwaukee and other places. He is a strong PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 383 writer on public affairs and lias contributed many articles of note on the coinage of silver and tar- iiif matters. Politically he is a Republican, but not an of- fice holder or seeker, his business affairs occupy- ing all his time and attention. He is a member of the Congregational church. Mr. Gates pos- sesses many noble traits of character, and as a citizen, is everywhere known as possessing the hig'hest integrity. He is regai'do! as a man nf affairs, while his courteous, affable manner ren- ders him a general favorite among his business associates as well as among his friends. Mr. Gates has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Lydia Eyerly, of Xeillsville, wh. 1854. He is an inheritor of political and legal skill, his fa- ther. John Gorin Rogers, having twice been honored by a place in the electoral college, besitles hav- ing acted as a prominent mem- ber of the convention that nomi- nated Fillmore to the presidency. Afterward the elder Rogers held the high position of judge and chief justice of the circuit court 6f Cook county. His mother's father was the Hon. B. Mills Crenshaw, formerly chief justice of Kentucky. George Mills Rogers came with his parents to Chicago in 1858, when he was Ijarely four years of age. The present metropolis of the great nortliwest was then an ambitious but crude city of one hundred thousand inhabitants. He re- ceived a iireliminary education in the public schools of tliis citv. passed thence toi the old Uni- \ ersity of Chicago, and finally entered as a stu- dent of Yale College, from which he graduated in the class of 1876. After this thorough aca- demic training he took a law course in the Chi- cago Union College of Law, and graduated with honor, lint while mastering the theory of law in college he had been studying the details of practice in tlie office of Crawford & McConnell. Admitted to the bar in T878, Mr. Rogers entered into partncrsliip with one of his former precept- ors, Samuel I'. McCinted assistant United States district at- torney. He resigned this position in March, 1888, and re-engaged in private practice. In 1889 he was apix)inted a master in chancery of the circuit court of Cook county. This office he still holds. In 1893 Mr. Rogers as named as one of the four Democrats nominated on a non- partisan judicial ticket by the lawyers of Cook PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 3S5 county, and thuuyii the ticket laileil ta secure tlie cndtii'seinent uf the Deniucratic ci invention, wliicli refused to endorse a ticket upmi which four iirst-ckiss Democrats were associateil with an c(|ual nunilocr of tirst-chiss Repubhcan kiw- _\ers. \ct ;'.t the bar election he recei\'ed tiie high- est nunilier of \otes cast for any of tlie non- partisan candiikitcs. Since then Mr. Rogers has pursued tile e\en tenor of liis way as a liigiily suc- cessful practitioner. He is now at tlie head of a firm of wliicli State Senator Joseph P. Malioney is the junior member. Mr. Rogers is a highly in- fluential member of the Chicago Bar Association ; he is a member of the board of managers and is secretary of the association. He is a member (jf the Iroquois, University, Saildle and Cycle, Edgewater Golf, and Law Clubs; is eminent in the I. O. O. P., and is now serving bis fourth term as president of the order of Phi Delta Phi, an organi/catioii with chapters in all the chief law colleges of the United States and Canada. Mr. Rogers was married June 3, 1884, to Miss Philippa Hone Anton, of New York City. The family of Antlion has given many celebrated men to the learned professions, one of whom is rememl>erearatioin O'f cases, and no lawver is beard with greater ex- pectation or interest at times of noted trials. He is an elo(juent speaker, and, when occasion re- (piircs, a master in retort and sarcasm, .\lbert C. B.arnes was born at .Xddison. Ver- mont, and is a son of .\sabel ;ni(l l-".llen C r;uie I'arnes, whose ancestors were .among' the e;niy New luigland colonists. He wa,s educated at the University of Vermont, graduating in 1876 with the degree of A. B. and at the Albany Law School, in Albany, New York, graduating in 1877 with the degree of LL. B., being admitted to the New York state bar the same year. After further study in law offices in Keeseville and Piattsburg New York, he went toi W'ashington, D. C, and through a civil service e.\amination was appointed to a position in the Uniteil States General Land Office, which he held from 1879 to 1883, when, desiring to utilize his experience, he went to tlie then new territory of North Da- kota. He was appointed by its governor one of the commissioners to organize Bottineau County, and in 1884 was elected its first district attorney, l>ut in 1885. seeking a more promis- ing field for the i)ractice of his pnd'ession, he came to Chicago and has since engaged in the active ])ractice of law. He has served as assistant state's attorney under Mr. Denecn's administration since iSst noted 386 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST criminal cases of recent years. Mr. Barnes is a Republican, usually attends the Presbyterian churcli. is a tliirty-seconil-cle,q;rec Mason, a mem- ber of tlie liamilton Club, the Illinois Socielv. Sons of the Rcvulutinn. i;f which be was i)resi- (lent for the _\ear lyoi. Mr. P.arnes is a man of great natural ability, and highly educated. Close study, hard work and the careful discipline of a strong mind have been the great facturs of his success. lie was married in 1S95 to Mrs. Jessie Welles (Iriswalil. nf L'hicago, Illinois. ALONZO CLARK MATHER CHICAGO, ILL. Alonzo Clark Mather, president nf the Ma- there are few lo-day who can trace their tlescent ther Humane Stock Transportation Company, is from the Mathers of colonial fame. a (-lirect descendrmt of the .Mather family \vhicli held such distinguished place for nearly one hun- dred years in the early history of New England. 'J'he first of that name to come to this country was one Richard Mlather, who ;irri\-ed in Massa- chusetts. August 17, 1635. from Toxteth Park, near LiveriK)ol, Englantl, and who, together with .\lonzo Clark Mather is a son of William and Mary Ann (Buell) Mather, of Fairfield, Herki- mer coamty. New York, where he was lx>rn. His education was obtained in the Fairfield Prepara- tory School, an institution originally founded by his grandfather. Moses .M.ather, as a medical col- lege, and which had a prosperous career as such his son. Increase, and grandson. Cotton, may be from itton Mather, who was distinguished for his obser\ance in a single year of more than sixty days of fasting and prayer, was almost the last, and at the same time, perhaps, the most re- fort\- years, was known as one of the foremost writers and lecturers on natural sciences and chemistry, was also identified with this institu- tion, serving as its jjresident for nearly a (|uarter of a century. Our M'r. Mather entered this u'arkable of all the great Puritan divines. .\n school in i860 and remained there until i8<')4, editorial in the Boston Herald, of recent date, with the exce])tion i)f one year, during which time speaking of the Mather family in Boston in the he tilled a position at S]>rini^'fiel(l. Massachusetts. e;'.rly days, says of them. "The Mathers were two> His course of study completetl. he went tO' Utica, centuries ago so prominent in New England that New York, nni\ for ,1 peril nl of about a year was the snapping of the little finger of one of tliem emp'loyed in the mercantile business. His incli- co.ukl bring abotit a revolution." and oi Cotton nations were strong toward this line of work, and Mather, "With his big wig, with his beaming although his father wished to make a professiou.al eyes, with his great yet coiuely face and scholarly iran of him, he started out in business for him- dignity of bearing as he walked about the streets self at the age of nineteen, and lieean the mould- of lioston, he had at least the port and bearing ing of his own fortunes at Little Falls, New of a nobleman, and it is in this aspect that he is ^'ork. Ambitious, however, for a larger field, he known and honored to-day." With the genera- came west to Quincy. Illinois, a year later, but turn following Cotton Mather the name died out his amliition to ojierate on a still more extensive almost completely, as has Ijeen the case with so scale led him to establish himself in Chicago in many other family names then prominent; and 1875. Here he engaged in the wholesale men's PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 389 furnisliing business in Madison street, and for twenty years was numbered among tlie siKcessful merchants of the city of Chicago. 'Mr. Matlier"s Stock Car Company is a matter of recent growth, and it is interesting t(j know how he became engaged in it. In 1880, wiiile making a trip to New York for the purpose, of buying goods, an accident caused the sleeping car in which Mr. Mather was a passenger to be side- tiacked several hours l>eside a stock train. He was kept awake all night by the moans of the cattle, and in the morning he saw in the car oppo- site that there were no less than five dead bull- ocks, and others wounded, caused by their rest- less and famished condition. This suggested to Mr. Mather the idea i)f building a stock car in which cattle could receive such attentioii while in transit as would insure their being delivered at the end of their journey in a healthful condition. He sketched a design of such a car, had it pat- ented, and used every effort to* get the railroads ii;terested in it; but without avail. At last, how- ever, he had a car built and equipped at his own expense, and in 1881 it was sent on its fir.st trij), filled with cattle, from Chicago tO' New York. The trip, which was favorable in every respect, attracted much attention from the railroads, the shippers and the public generally, and in recog- nition of his successful efforts to improve the con- dition under which the cattle were transjxirted, the American Humane Association awarded Mr. Mather a gold medal of beautiful design in 1883, which he justly prizes alcove the many which have since come to him. Being engaged in other business at the time, Mr. Mather was unable U> give his stock car busi- ness the attention it deserved. Other companies sprang up, however, which serioiisly threatened his pro.s])ects. Consequently he began to pay more attention to the matter, with the result that in 1895 he sold out his mercantile business and de\-oted his whole time to promoting the interests o-f what has come to be known as the Mather Sto.ck Car Comi)any. To' gi\'e an idea of the extent and magnitude of this business, it may 1>e said that at present there are from one to three trains a de- voted much thought and .study tending toward 390 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST devel(>i)ing- the great tidal and wave ]xnvers df i>ort hnth tinancially and nKirally. although lie is tlie sea into eomniercial utility. nut much of a clubman, preferring to siK-nd his Mr. Mather is a member of the Union League leisure hours in study and working' out his vari- C lub, and was also one of the first meml)ers of the ous inventions. He is pos.sessed of a very pleas- First Regiment. Illinois National Guard, when ing personality, genial manners and true cnur- they had tlieir armory on Lake street, over a store, tesy, which ha\e endeared him to his manv and he still endeavors to give tlieiu his hearty sup- friends. JOHN A KING CHICAGO, ILL. In the financial circles of Chicago the name of John A. King stands high, and in which he is ranked as one of the ablest financiers. He is a thorough typical American of that class that have been so prominent in the upbuilding- of the g'reat west, and is president of fthe Fort Dearl>orn National ll.'uik. I'or al)out forty years he has been a representative busi- ness man and citizen of Chicag'o, and has been completely identi- fied with all that is to the best interests of the city, and an hon- est worker at all times for its advancement and improvement. l*"or m;uiy years he was counted among the Iciding wholes.ale merchants (vf the great west- ern metroi>olis, and achieved a re|)utation for ability, integrity, business foresight and sagacity in the management of all affairs. Like so many of .\merica"s famous men, Mr. King comes of good (rid colonial stock on both sides. The King f,imil\- was originally from I''rance, while the liadleys were of English extraction. r>oth iiranches were early settlers of New England. John .\. King's father, W'illiam M. King, was boru in the old town of Salisbury, Connecficnt, and sjX!nt his early years in the Puritan land of sturdy habits. In 1821 be removed to the town oi DeW'itt, Ouond.'igo coimtw New York, where he boughl a farm and al.so engaged in the manu- facture of lime and plaster. In 1829 he married Hannah Hadley, daughter of Hiram Hadley. of Middleburg, Vermont, descendant of another dis- ting-uished New Englanloynient in order to assist in its supixirt. In that year he went to work for .\nsel Murray, of S\'racuse. and \\;is employed in drau- ir.g pump logs. During the winter months he aitcnded the local schotils and stro\-e eaiMicstly to actpiire an education. For several years he con- tinued to work at teaming in the summer and attending school in the winter. .\t the age of fifteen he entered the employment of a grocery firm, D. 1!. Pirickford & Son. and was soon recog- nized as a \-aluable employee. From Brickford's he went to the Mechanics' Bank of Syracu.se as messenger, remaining' with this bank for several years, and rising through various grades to the posilioii of teller. On leaving the bank Mr. King engaged in the mercantile business at PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 391 Toledo, Ohio, meeting with consideralile suc- cess. But after two years lie sold out and made a trip through Kentuclle opportunity for tlie em- l)Iokkeeper, and remained with that house for some years, later becoming trefisurer of the corporation in which it was finally merged. Mr. Nickerson. the head of this firm, is the well- knt away his store with thousands of others. Mr. King did not know of the fire until six o'clock Monday morn- ing, when it was still Ijurniiig furiously in the heart of the city. He had a team hitched u\) and at once started out to see what could be done, and what he accompli.shed is not only strikingly characteristic of the man but afl'i>rds a clew to the secret of the remarkable success which has always attended his business \-entures. Meeting on the street a man who' was in his employ, he told him to instruct all other employes he could find to go to his partner's house, which was nearer than his own. On the way to his store, then a heap of ruins, he met a director of the b;;nk with which he did business and asked him for a loan of money, enough to' buy a new stock of gocxls. Mr. S. M. Nickerson, the director in question, told him he was surely the first ai>pli- cant. He went to his ]>artner's house about eight o'clock and s<«in the men in his employ began to come in. as he had ordered. Mr. King asked his partner if lie had gotten a store, and he .said. "No, there are no stores." Mr. King insisted that there were stores to be had and that he was goiing to haye one. His partner remonstrated, saying. "We will get no insurance: the insurance companies will all stop." "It matters not," said Mr. King, "my wife and children must liye." In an hour he had a store on West Lake street. Be- fore noon his books were in the store and he was at work fitting it up for business. Two weeks from that day his men were selling goods in all the western states. He was the only whole- sale druggist among those burned out that got a store. Mr. King carried on the liusiness success- fully until January, 1888, when he sold ont to Morrison, Plummer & Company, and the finn of , John A. King & Company went out of existence. In the fall of 1888 Mr. King and John J. McGrath Ixmght a controlling interest in the Mc- Ayoy Brewing Compan_\', and in the following March sold the property to an English syndicate for one million four hundred thousand dollars. Mr. King's remarkable business ability was con- spicuously shown in carrying out this big transaction to a successful and profitable con- clusion. In April, 1889, a committee of directors of the Fort Dearl>orn National Bank waited on Mir. King and asked him to take charge of its affairs. The bank was then two. years old and had not made a success. He was not eyen a stockholder in the l>ank when asked to become its presiident. On April 22. 1889, he took charge of the insti- tution, made a careful examination and assessed the stockholders to an amount sufhciait to re- store its impaired capital and place the bank rm its feet. Under his management the bank has grown and pros])€red. He is a man of strong oi)inions and has in the highest degree the courage of his con\ictions. He has long been recognized as one of the leading Democrats of the citv. a liberal contributor to tl.^ 392 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST supix>rt of the party's policies and candidates and a power in its councils. Like all financiers of liiis standing, however, he is a stanch supixirter of the gold standard. He has often heen solic- ited to accept ix>litical office, hut with one ex- ception he has always declineil. In 1889 he ac- cepted the Dem instrumental in carrying this mighty wt>rk to a successful conclusion. A citizen.s" movement, however, elected six out of nine trustees, leaving the Dcnmcratic members a helpless minnrity of three. The majority proved incapal)le and the affairs of the hoard l>ecame chaotic. Mr. King, finding himself powerless in this situation, resigned in jul\. i8yi. Other resignations followed, and Mr. King took an act- ive interest in the camjxiign of the fall of that year, hy which the board was reorganizeil on a non-partisan basis and the great work success- fully inaugurated. Mr. King is a charter member of the Illinois Club and is also a meml)er of the Inxpiois Club and I'nion League Club. He is a Mason of high degree and prominent among the Kmights Tem- plar for many years. iL". King has resided for nuuiy years on the west side in Chicago, having a beautiful home on Ashland Boulevard, where he (lis|>enses an old-fasbii>ned hospitality. Mr. King was united in marriage in August. 1857. to M'iss Julia L. Stevens, tlaughter of O. S. Stevens, of Svracuse. New York. WILLIAM ARTHUR ALEXANDER CHICAGO, ILL. William A. Alex.-mder. senior member of the widely-known insurance firm of W. A. Alexan- der & Co., of Chicago, as horn at Corinth, Mis- sissippi, in 1857, and is a son of Col. James Madison and Elizabeth King (McCord) Alex- ander. He was educated at Edgar county. Illinois. Normal School, and at the Tuscolum Ci>llege in Temiessee. He there lived on a farm until twentv-three years of age. when be came to Chi- cago and entered the insurance tield. launching the first employers, elevator and general liability insurance policies for an American company and er.gaged in the insurance business under the firm name of \\'. A. Alexander & Company. Mr. Alexander is trustee for the estate of George A. Fuller, and connected with the build- ing corporation of George A. Fuller Company, one of the largest contracting and building lirms in the United States. He has served in the Illinois state militia: is a member of the Sheridan Road Association; was connected with the World's Fair; and a member of the Exmoor Country Club. Highland Park, Illinois. He is a thirty-second degree Ma- son, having taken all the degrees, including Knights Templar. Consistory, thirty-seconcl de- gree, and Knights of Pythias. Mr. Alexander has traveled extensively in Europe and the continent and throughout the United States. In religious matters he is a Presbyterian, and politically he is a Republican. He was married in December, 1894. to Miss Maud Julia Greene, daughter of M. T. Greene. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 395 HENRY L PALMER MILWAUKEE, WIS. Though fiiur-score and more years have [Kissed since the subject of this sketch first saw tlie Hglit 111' (hiy, he stiH retains aU of his faculties and besides lieing' one of ttie most active business men, presiding" over the aiifairs of one of tlie largest insurance corporations in the country, hj finds time tO' attend tot his vast prixate interests, and occupies one of the higiiest ^lasonic offices in the United States. Henry L. Pahner, besides being a successful American, is also a remark- able one, and he has always occupieil a foremost position in many of parts he has assumed m his long years of residence in the state of Wis- consin. Henry L. Palmer was born in Mount Pleas- ant, Wayne county, Pennsylvania, October i8, 1819. He received a common-school education, studied law, and was admitted to the Ijar. In 1836 he went to West Troy, New York, to re- side, and from there came to Wisconsin in 11849. Soon after settling here he formed a law part- nership with Abram D. Smith, a distinguished member of the bar, and the firm was eminently successful. In June, 1853, Mr. Smith became a member of tlie supreme coiu't, and Mr. rainier practice for some tune alone. During his career as an active attorney he was associated at differ- ent times with soine of the most distinguished of Wisconsin's legal luminaries, among whom may be mentioned Joshua Stark, Erastus Foote, John R. Sharpstein, David G. Hooker and F. W. Pit- kin, afterward governor of the state of Colorado. Mr. Palmer was one of the first permanent officers of the Bar Association of Milwaukee, which was organized in 1838. He had, up to his election to the office o'f county judge of Milwaukee county in 1873, always taken an active interest in Demo- cratic ]>o1itics. and was the acknowledged state leader. In 1863, he was candidate for gover- 20 nor. He was a mtmber of the assembly in 1853, i860, 1862 and 1873, and was speaker of that body in 1853, and at the extra sessii.n of the Leg- islature in 18O2. He was a state senator in 1867, and 1868. In January, 1874, Mr. Palmer re- signed from the bench in order tO' assume the office of president of the Xurthwestern }ilutual Life Insurance Company, a position which he has held continuously to the present day. In the "sixties Mr. Palmer was a member of the School Board for several terms, and also president o-f the board. He also served a term as city attorney of ^lilwaukee. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company is one of the leading cor- porations of its kind in the country, and under Mr. Palmer's splendid executiveship it has made its most remarkable strides. It was first organ- ied under a charter granted by the lelgislature in 1857, and was kno-wn as the Mutual Life Insur- ance Company of the state of Wisconsin; the headquarters were at Janesville. In 1858 Mr. Palmer became identified with the company, as its attorney, and also as a member of its executive committee. In 1864 the name of the corporation was, by permission of the legislature, changed to that it now bears, the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and its headquarters re- moved to Milwaukee. In the Masonic order, Mr. Palmer has won high honor. He is now serving his eighth term as grand commander of the supreme cormcil for the northern jurisdiction of the United States of America of the Scottish Rite Masons, and has risen to the 33rd degree. He is the oldest living past grand master of the grand encampment, Knights Templar, in the United States. In June. 1850, he 1)ecame a charter member of the first commandery in the state, and in October. 1859, was chosen grand commander of the grand 396 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST comniandery of Wisamsin. In August, 1863. the Wisconsin grand consistory was instituted, and .Mr. Palmer was the first iUustrious commander- in-chief. His present jurisihclidu tal- lic movements in which he did not take a princi- pal part, and the story of the growth of Milwau- kee and the history of the state for the past tifty years is full of recitals of events in which Mr. Palmer conspicuously figured. Of late years he has devoted his time and energv exclusively to the attention of the North- western MiUu.'d Life Insurance Cecialist of that branch, later devoting more I if his lime to corporatinn law and law of real estate, and later still, has become a well-known authority in the law of taxation, special assess- ment and numicipal law. Major Tolman enlisted in the First Regi- n.ent, Illinois National Guards, in 1877. Com- missionetl captain Fourth Regiment. I. N.'G., 1884, and transferred to First Regiment, with bis command, in 1886. Served in that regiment as captain and then as major until the breaking out of the Spanish-American war ; was mustered iiito the United States Volunteer Army with rank of major, commanding a battalion of the First Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served with his command at Chickamauga, (ieorgia, ami Tampa, Morida, until July ist, and on that date sailed with the secnnd exiiedition to L'uba, and served at Santiago^ de Cuba from July 9th un- til August 24th, arriving in time to p.articipate ir. the siege and bombardment the last week be- fore the capitulation of that city. He was as- signed bv (ieneral liates. because of his knowl- edge of the Spanish language, to guard with his own battalion the surrendered Spanish army of twelve tlvnisand five hundred officers and men in San Juan camp, and after the completion of that dutv returned with his regiment (the last regi- iiient of the b'ifth .\rmy Cnrps to lea\-e the PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 397 island) to Camp Wykoff. He was mustered out of the United States service Noveml)er 8. 1898. Alajor Tolnian was Democr.'itic nominee in 1900 for judge of tlie superior com't of Cook county, Ijut was defeated in tlie Republican land- slide of that year, although running" far ahead of his ticket. In 1901 he was appointed assist- ant coi'poration counsel and assigned in charge of the law department nf the Chicago hoard of l(.cal improvements. Major Tolman is a memhcr of Delta Kappa Epsilon College fraternity, and ex-president of Northwestern Alumni Association of the same. .\lnnnius mcmher of C(jngregation of Cni\er- sity of Chicago, mcmher of Sons of i\merican Revolution, commander of Illinois Commandery of Society of Foreign Wars of the United States, memher Naval and Military Order of Spanish- American War, e.\-judge advocate of Society of the Amiy (.)f Santiago de Cuha, and a mcm])er of the Irocpiois Club, Chicago^ Athletic Associ- ation and Ouadrangle Club. EDWIN HARTLEY PRATT, A. M., M. D., LL D. CHICAGO, ILL. Edwin H. Pratt, one of Chicago's most latter institution, graduating in 1871, receiving widelv known surgeons, has been in the active the degree of B. A. practice of his profession in this city for over twenty-seven years. He is a man of great natural ability, and has won fnr himself a destinctive po^ sitinn in medical circles through- out the countrv. He is one of His choice of a profession was the law, but yielding ti) the wishes of his father he entered Hahnemann Medical College, an institution with which his father had for many years been con- nected, and graduated in 1873, being valedic- torian of his class. Dr. Pratt was invited bv the the leaders among the noted men board of trustees of the college to become demon- of the jirofession wlm ha\e ma- terially assisted in the advance made in mcilical science in the last (pi.nrtcr (if a, century. Edwin n. I'ratl was born at Towanda, r.i'adford count v. strator and adjunct jjrofessor of anatomv, and in Lirder to better equij) himself for the position, he visited Philadelphia and spent one term in Professor Keene's Sclion] df Anatomv and at Jefferson Medical College. In 1874 he w.as elected full professor of anatomy, continuing" un- I'ennsvlvania, Xdvembcr 0, i84(). and is a son of til 1877. when he accepted the same chair in the Leonard I'ratt, M. D., and Betsey (Belding) Chicago Homeopathic Medical College, resign- Pratt, 1)1 ith descended fnmi an ancestry of Eng- ing in 1883 to take the chair of surgery, whicli lish iirigin. lulwin II. Pratt was educatetl at he filled for six years. Following this he was the district school in Ruck Creek, Carroll coun- professor of orificial surgery in the ^anle fnr tv, illiiinis. at Miiunt Carroll Seminary, Wheaton thirteen years and surgemi in the Cook County College, Wheaton, Illinois, fri.ni which he passed Hospital for fifteen years. He is now president to the second-vear class in the preparatory de- of the Illinois State Homeopathic Association. ])artment of the Chicago L'nixersity and subse- He has traveled eNtensi\-ely in this country and c|ucntlv comiilcted his collegiate education in the in ]un"iipe. Politically he is a Rqiublicui. lM>r 398 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST several years Dr. Pratt was at the liead of the Lincohi Park Sanitarium. As an example of the position held l)v Dr. Pratt in the medical wcirld, it may be said that he is an honorary member of the Missouri State Medical Society, the Ohio Medical Society, the Kentucky Medical Society and the Southern As- sociation of Physicians and Surgeons, the Illi- nois State Medical Society, the Chicago Acad- emy of Medicine and the .American Institute of Homeopathy. He is also an honora-y member in the National Association of Orificial Sur- geons. Dr. Pratt was married June i6, 1876, to Miss Isadore M. Bailey. Sq^arated in 1896; they had two children, a boy, killed by street cars at eight and one-half years of age, and a daughter, who died at age of eighteen months of cai)illary bronchitis, complicating whtH:>i)ing cough. February 26, 1900, Dr. Pratt married }iliss Charlotte Keely. In 1886 Dr. Pratt estal)lished the Orificial Philiis(i])hy, now universally accepted in the United States and other places and in Europe. He is the inventor oi many o[>erations and many surgical instruments, and is a successful surgeon and teacher, while his specialty is chronic dis- eases. ALEXANDER HUGH FERGUSON, M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Alexander Hugh Ferguson, M. D., C. ^I., F. T. AI. S., professor of clinical surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons (the Medi- cal College of Illinois University), professor of surgery in the Chicago Post Graduate IMedical School, surgeon-in-chief to the Chicago Hos- pital, surgeon to Post Graduate Hospital, sur- geon to Cook County Hospital for the Insane, and consultant to the Provident Hospital, was born February 2/. 1853, in Ontario county, Can- ada. His parents were Alexander and Ann (Mc- Fayyen) Ferguson, natives of Argj-leshire, Scot- land, of which he is proud, and can himself siieak the Gaelic language. Dr. Ferguson was educated at the common schools, Rockwood Academy. Manitoba College, Toronto University, Trinity Medical School, where he was graduated, in 1S81, as first silver medalist, also earning by ex- amination a Fellowship degree. He received post-graduate training in New York. Glasgow. London and Berlin, where he t(»k a- thorough course in bacteriology under the celebrated Dr. Koch. He began the practice of his profession in Buffalo, New York, but in 1882 went to Win- nipeg, to i)lease his aged mother, who was then living there. In the same year he was appointed registrar of the College of Pliysicians and Sur- geons of Manitoba, and in the following year (1883) he took the initiative in founding Mani- toba Medical College, which has been a phenom- enal success and is a high-grade medical school and closely affiliated with the Manitoba Univer- sity. Dr. Ferguson was professor of physiology and histology for three years and taught these liranches with much acceptance. In 1886 he took the professorship of surgery upon the resigna- tion of Dr. J.'unes Kerr, who now holds a similar chair in Columljia University, Washington, D. C. It was as a teacher of surgery and as an operator that he gained his wide reputation. He was a member of the staff of the Winnipeg Gen- eral Hospital and surgeon-in-chief to the St. Boniface Hospital, which furnished him all the material that was desired for clinical and oper- ative purixises. The major operative work of M PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 401 Brandon and Morden Hospitals was also done l)y him, being called to these places when several difficult cases had been collected. He enjoyed the respect and confidence of the jjrofession and licople. as well as the l(i\'al dex'otinn and x'enera- tion of his students, which is so' beautifully ex- pressed in illuminated addresses presented to him when leaving Canada to take his present position in Chicago. The one from the faculty says: "As professor O'f surgery vou have not only commanded the admiration and regard of your associate professors but also the veneration and loyal esteem of your students. Your operative work in hospital and private practice has chal- lenged the keenest attention of the medical pro- fession of this countr_\- and has retlected the high- est honor on yourself and credit uiion the medi- cal profession of Canada," etc. Dr. Ferguson's dq>arture was referred to by the press and people as a "public calamity." He was ne\er known to refuse bis services night or day, aiul the rich and poor alike sought bis atten- tion. On numerous occasions he was known to have stayed up all night with patients withcnit hope of reward except tlie consciousness of hav- ing, as a i)hysician, done his duty to humanity. Tiie Sisters of Charity refused to accept his resignation as surgeon-in-chief toi tlieir hospital, with the hope that some day be might return. This is a comiilimcnt which Dr. Ferguson x'alues \xry higlily. He was registrar ami treasurer of the college; a member of the uni\-ersity council; was the first president of the Manitoba branch (pioneer) of the British Medical Association, formed in 1892 Ijy the late Mr. Ernest Hart, edi- tor of the British Medical Journal, and the gov- ernment appointed him a member of the iiro\-in- cial Ixiard of health. Ou December 18, 1893. tlie chair of surgery in the Chicago Post-Graduate IMedical School and Hospital was offered to Dr. Ferguson, which. after due consideration, he accepted, and assumed bis duties in June, 1894. In April last Dr. Fer- guson and his associate, Dr. Raymond C. Turck, purchased the Chicago Hospital, a most favor- ably situated and elegantly equipped large pri- vate instituti(.)n. of which he is the head. In Sep- tember, 1900. Dr. Ferguson accepted the position of professor of clinical surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons (the Medical College of Illinois (State) University), which is known as one of the largest (about seven hundred medi- cal students ) and most progressive colleges in this country. There is hardly a major operation on the body Init be has reiieatedly performed. His work on hvdatids of the lixer has lieen the most extensix'e of that of an\- man in America and was instrumental in first bringing him into notice. There is no doubt that Dr. Ferguson is, b_\' his natural ability, special education and varied train- ing a most suitable person to be what be is — a surgeon. He is not only strong, cool and quick at bis work, but his in\enti\'e power of instantly meeting in a scientific and practical manner emergent indications, unforseen complications or anomalous conditions as the\' arise is very ob\-i- ous when lie is seen performing a difficidt opera- tion in a critical case. He has not only invented many valuable sur- gical instruments which have lieen gladly re- ceived b\' the ])rofession, but be has pnxluced new procedures in the realm of surgery that are de- cided advances. Although not aiming at being a voluminous writer, it is surprising the ntuiiber of excellent articles he has contributed in the last six vears. Since coming to Chicago Dr. Ferguson has attained recognition, a \-ery large following and a phenomenal success. In Chicago every man is rated purelv on his merits and the Doctor has l)ecn rewarded for his honest toil and abilities as a teacher and general surgeon. In the post-grad- uate teaching he bad few equals rmd his clinical demonstrations are exceedingly artistic. 'i"be -American Journal of Surgery six>ke of him as 402 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST "the most clean and clever operatnr du the west- ern continent." It is no wonder that in his puh- lic clinics and [irivate hospital are to Ije frequently fi'und patients from the most distant parts of the land. He has been called ti> the I'acilic coast, the Atlantic seaboard, [n the gulf and many times to Canada. Dr. Ferguson is a member of the British i\Ied- ical -Vssociation, the American Medical Associ- ation, Chicago Medical Society, Chicago Gynae- cological Society, the I'hysicians' Club of Chi- cago, honorary member of Military Tract Medical Association. W'avne County Medical So- ciety, Michigan State Medical Society and also a Fellow of the Chicago Academy of Medicine, of the American .Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and the Chicago Surgical Scj- ciety. In religion he is a Presbyterian. He is a member of the Scottish Rite, thirty-second de- gree, A. F. & A. M. In i.S.Sj Dr. Fergusun was married to Miss Thomas, daughter of the late Edward Thnmas. Esq., of Nassagawaya. near Guclph. Ontarin. His family consists of twO' sons, han Ha\elock and Alex;inder f^on- ald. THOMAS TAYLOR, Jr. CHICAGO, ILL. Thomas Tavli r. Jr., attorney-at-law and studying civil law. He was admitted to the Suf- master in chancery of the circuit court, has in the folk bar in I'mston in iSSf), and commenced the shtirt time he has practiced in Chicago made an practice of law in that city with tlie well-knuwn cn\ial>le record in his [irnfcssiou. As a lawyer tirm of Burdctt & (iiaich. After one year in Bos- he iias exhiliited an intellectual ca.,t that marks ton, he came to Chicago in 1887. He was ap- the best jurist, and, as a mas- pointed Master in Chancery of the circuit court tcr, adnnnisters the law in a in 1892 and has remained such up to the pres- m.umcr that makes the real chan- ent time, and has a large number of important cellor. references during that period. Mr. Tayli ir was educated at ]\rr. Taylor was treasurer of the Chicago' Bar Kni/x College and at Harvard Association fur two years, is an active and earn- L'niversity, where he received the est Republican in politics, and socially is a mem- ckgree nf LL. B. After graduat- ber of the L'niversity Club, Chicago Literary ing, he spent mie vear abroad at Society and in;iny other prominent organiza- IVrlin and \'ienna universities, tions. EMORY D. FRAZER CHICAGO, ILL. One of the most popiil.nr advocates at the bar He is an able and well-read lawyer, industrious at the present time is Mr. Emory D. Frazer, con- ami indefatigable in all he undertakes, and is nected with the firm of Runnells & Burry, with looked upon as one of the most wide-awake and ofifices in the Woman's Temple building, Chicago, popular yoinig attorneys at the Chicago bar. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 403 Emory 1). I'^razer was l)oni in Wayne county, Michigan, anil is the son of James 11. Frazer and Alice V. A. Frazer. His early education was ac- (juircd at Detroit, University of Michigan, and at the University of Pennsylvania. His first step after leaving- high school was teaching a district school in Tuscola county, Michigan, after which he fotmd employment with the Pullman Com- ])an\'. and during said emplmnicnt managed to sa\'c enough money to pay his expenses at the Uni\-ersity of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the practice of law in June, 1893, and has since practiced in Chicago up to the present date. Mr. Frazer has tra\eled extensively thrcughnut the United States. In religion he is a mcmher of the Presliy- terian church. Pi>itica]l\' in national affairs he is a Democrat, but in local p(jlitics believes in vot- ing for the best nominee, according to his choice. Mr. Frazer is a young lawyer of great prom- ise. The zeal with which lie has devoted his en- ergies to his profession and the careful regard evinced for the interests of his clients have brought him a good business and made him very successful in its conduct. He is a lawyer who is most painstaking in the preparation of his cases, giving to them the deqiest study and most earn- thought. .Among the personal friends with whom he holds social intercourse he is affable and en- gaging, unaffectceen years. At the end of his fifth term he steadily operating. Mr. Olcott retired from the finn in refused to stand as a candidate for another term. 1856. and the firm of P.rand & Sawyer continued During his ser\-icc in congress he secured liberal the business until 1862, when ^Ir. Saw_\cr pur- chased the interest of Mr. Brand at an advance of over seventy thousand dollars above the origi- nal capital in tlie business. In the following appropriations for the rivers and harbors of his district. In 1876, with other capitalists, Mr. Sawyer purchased the West Wisconsin Railroad, and later the North Wisconsin Railroad. Thev PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 405 afterward acquired the St. Paul and Sioux City lines, and b}- connecting four struggling lines, formed one strong one, known as the Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Com- ])any. Mr. Sawyer was vice-president and di- rector. Mr. Sawyer, after reiieated solicitations, ac- cepted nomination as senator, and took his seat in the forty-se\-enth congress. It was stated that Mr. Sawyer reported from his committee a greater number of bills than were e\cr before re- ported by any other senator. He was a member of the committee on pensions and reported over one thousand bills f(_>r pensions that were passed by the senate. The private and domestic life of Senator .'^.nwyer \vas a singularly hapjjy one. Mrs. .Saw- yer died May 21, 1888. She dispensed the genial hospitality of their home with a liberal hand. Her simple and unostentitious charity was lav- ishly bestowed. The sur\i\ing children are Ed- gar P. Sawyer and Mrs. W. O. Goodman, of Chicago. Mr. Sawyer's liberality is well known; the churches and educational institutions of his state were ol.)jects of his generosity. The Y. M. C. A. of Oshkosh is indebted to his bounty for their ability to secure a large and commodious business block of the city. He helped to build and ecpiip the beautiful public library of Oshkosh, and left a handsome bccpiest to be used as an endowment fund for the Home for the Friendless. Mr. Sawyer ])assed away March 29, 1900. at the home of his son. A long, well-rounded life! FRANK HATCH JONES CHICAGO ILL. Frank H. Jones, secretary of the American Mr. Jones then entered ujion his professional Trust & Savings Bank, is a man of national career at Springfield, Illinois, and during his re|)utation, having held the position of first assist- residence there, served as a member of the general ant Postmaster General under President Cleve- assembly, which elected Hon. John M, Palmer, land's seciind administration. As a lawyer, to the United States senate, he making the nomi- stattsnian. political leader and (irator he bears a nation speech in the house by selection of the high re])utation, that is l)y no meruis continetl to Democratic caucus. He was early in life recog- the locality in which he li\es. nized as a leader in his party, his rejidy command Mr. Jones is a native of Illinois. He was born of language, easy delivery, and brilliant oratory in the town of Griggsville. Pike county. March which is always entertaining and convincing won 6, 1854, and is a son of George \\\ and Cecelia him distinction. B. Jones, of Springiield, Illinois. His early edu- During President Cleveland's second admin- cation was obtained in the public scluwls of Pitts- istration he was accorded recognition by his party held. Illinois. His literary education was com- and appointed first assistant Postmaster General. pleted at Vale, from whic.i institution he gradu- ated with the class of 1875. lie then attended the Columbia Law School of New York Citv, and later the Chicago Law School, being ad- mittcil to the bar in 1879. Mr. Jones is a gold Democrat. In September. i8<;;7. he came to Chicago, where he again commenced the practice of law with Mr. Edwartl F. Uhl, who was ambassador to Germany during President Cleveland's second 4o6 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST administration, and Kenesaw M. Landis, wliu Mr. Jones was prevailetl upon to accept the sec- was private secretary to Judge Gresliam wlien tlie retaryship of tlie American Trust and Savings latter filled the position as Secretary of State. Bank of Chicago, and which i>osition he still They enjoyed a large practice. January i, 1900, fills. GEORGE FREDERICK RUSH CHICAGO, ILL. George Frederick Rush was horn in ^lil- the wholesale prosecutions of primary election waukce, Wisconsin, Octoher 20. iS')^. His par- offenders. At this time was developed a public cuts were George Frederick Schuster Rush, a demand for primary election reforms in Chi- tcacher and writer, and Theresa (Rush). cago. In i8(>7 the family came to Chicago, where The Civic Federation and the various clubs Mr. Rusli has ever since resided. and organizations appointed a committee of one ]Ie owes his education to the hundred. This committee secured Mr. Rush to public aiul high schools of Chi- draft a primary election law. which public opin- cago and the Uni\ersit\' of Mich- ion forced the legislature to enact at the special igan. In the University of session of 1898. At the request of the county Michigan he receised the degrees judge or the legislature. Mr. Rush has drafted A. B. and A. M.. and there he every amendment and addition to this law. The also studied law. He finishetl first bill drafted In- him provided for primar\- his law studies in Chicago' in the electimis in e\ery election precinct, both the Dem- ofiice of Sylvester M. Millard ocratic and Republican primaries to be held to- and in the Chicago' Evening Law School, where gether: and the rig'ht of the voter to- participate lie finished the post-graduate course. During was based upon the registration by him of his the last six years of his public and high school party affiliation. But this was toO' radical for the course he was employed evenings from five to legislatu-re and some features bad to be omitted twelve o'clock by the Chicago Telephone Com- in order that the hill might pass. ])any. Before practicing law he taught school Mr. Rush enjovs the credit of discovering arid did private tutoring. As a lawyer he first a legal basis for converting the former private attracted public notice in the prosecution of elee- primary election into the modern public primary tion oft'cnders in jS(;4 by the Civic Federation. election, under public official control. He first when some forty offenders were convicted, some made primaries an integral part of the nomi- to the penitentiary and others heavily fined. Mr. nating .system of the state. He is a writer and Rush assisted John S. Miller and ^^'illiam S. lecturer on the subject of elections antl taxation. Forrest in those cases. In 1895 ''^^ Civic Fed- Judge Farlin O. liall has every two years eration retained Mr. Rush in its investigation of since i8()5 successively appointed him master in the Stock Yards water-steals, resulting in the chancery of the superior court of Cook county, exposure of public water-steals l)y four different Since 1S9S Mr. Rush has been in partnership concerns. He again came into public notice in \vith Walter S. Holden for the general prac- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 407 tice of law with ofticcs in the Title & Trust Club and HLnnewnod County Club. In 1897 he Inulding. was married to Katharine Xellis Carter, daugh- Mr. Rush is a nieniher m1 the liar Assnci- ter of the late Marshall W. Carter. They have atiiin, Law Institute, Law Cluh. Lcg;d Club, one child and live at Nu. University Club, Ilaniillcni Club, Kenwood avenue. 5719 Washington JACOB R. CUSTER CHICAGO, ILL. In a classification of the lawyers of Chicago cob R. Custer, was a native of Montgomery the name of Jacob R. Custer ocupies a notable county, Pennsylvania, and bore arms in the war place, a position he has held for over thirty years. which brought to the nation her independence. Nothing- has been allowed to divert him from The public schools afforded Jacob Rambo his profession, in which he stands in the front Custer his early education, and tlieii within the ranks. He is a successful lawyer, classical walls of the old historical educational thoroughly skilled in the science ir.stitution at Trappe, Pennsylvania — Washing- which lie practices. His promi- ton Hall, — he continued his studies through the nence as a pleader at the bar has been won by the e.xercise of a thoroughly cultured mind anil a remarkable energy. Jacob R. Custer is a nati\e of summer months from 1861 to 1864, devoting the winter .seasons to teaching. W'ashington Hall was at this time conducted by Dr. Abel Rambo', an uncle of Mr. Custer. For several UKjutlis he was a member of the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, his birth occurring Militia, at the time of the invasion of the Key- near X^alley Forge in Chester stone state and the battle of Antietam, in 1863. count}-, ;\lay zj, 1845. ^'^ parents, Da\-id Y. In the fall oif 1864 he became a member of the and Esther (Ram1x>) Custer, were both born in sophon-|ore class in Pei-insyl\-ania College, at Montgomery coiuity, Penn.svlvauia. the former Ctttysburg, and in. 1867 w-as graduated with on the 26th and the latter on the 29th of Janu- third honors. He then commenced the study of ary, 1815. The father was a farmer and miller. law. His preceptor was William F. Johnson, an and died in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in March, able lawyer of Philadelphia, who directed his 1895. His widow still survives and n-iaintains reading- for a year, after wliich he matriculated her home in that city. She was of Swedish, and in the .\lbauy Law Scho(_>l. of Albany, Xew- tlie father of German, lineage, and lioth were rep- ^'ork. I'pon his graduation in May, 18O9, he resentatives of prominent families of the Ke\-- was immediately achnitted to the bar of New stone state. Members of the Custer family still \"ork, but came west, settling in Chicago just own and occupy land which was granted their two years before the great fire. Arriving at Chi- ancestors by William T^enn, and of which no con- cago, he l.)ell, whose otihcc tlie family to which General George .\. Custer he had shared for a year previous. This partner- belonged. Peter Custer, the grandfather of Ja- ship was continued until the death of Mr. Camp 4o8 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST bell, March 4, 1896. On the first of July follow- ing Mr. Custer entered into partnership witii Lester O. Goddard and Joseph A. (iriffin, and the firm of Custer, (Inddanl & Griffin soon won a place equally prominent with that occupied by the former firm of Campbell & Custer. In 1880 Mr. Custer was apix>inted master in chancery of the superior court of Cn certain conditions, three million dollars of its income bonds. Some of die most eminent counsel eared for the defend- ants. Mr. Custer was mairried. Decemlier i, 1879. to Miss Ella A. White, daughter of Charles B. W^hite. of Chicago, wlio fur many years was a member of the well-known lumber firm of White, Swan & Comi)any. Mrs. Custer was bom in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They liavc had two cl'ildren, a son, who died in infancy, and a daugh- tci-. Esther R., who died in Germany, October 6, Kjoo. They reside at No. 3929 Grand Boule- \'ard. Mr. Custer is a member of the Union League, E.xmoore Country Clul> and Calumet Clubs of which latter he is vice-]>resident ; but aside from the college fraternity, the Phi Kappa Psi. he l)e- l(.'ngs to noi secret societies. He is a stanch Re- pul.)lican and a strong adx'ocate of the party's principles. EDGAR P. SAWYER OSHKOSH, WIS. Edgar P. Sawyer, for many years one of the United States Senator Philetus Sawyer, and has representative business men of Oshkosh, Wis- inherited the energy, force and rare executive cousin, is an excellent type of the sagacious, ability as well as the rugged honesty of his fa- liberal minded, well bred man of affairs. He is thcr. the eldest and only surviving son of the late Mr. Sawyer has led an active and busy life a^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 411 and liis interest ni the welfare and mural and ma- terial advancement uf Oshkush, is deep and sin- cere. He is a prune muser in the encunragement of charnable enterprises, gi\ing snbstantial as- sistance to all laudable undertakmgs. His large fortune is never idle but always atiording capital fi ir some industrial enterprise. He is a very val- ual)lc man tu the community. Mr. Sawyer was born at Crown I'oint, Es- sex county, New York, December 4, 1842, and is the son of the Hon. I'hiletus Sawyer and Mel- vina Hadley Sawyer. The Sawyers first settled at Lancaster and intermarried with the Prescotts. Many distinguished men have eminated from them, two United States senators, Prescott, the historian, and many others famous in the history of our country. When Mr. Sawyer was five years old he came with his parents to Wisconsin, and when he was seven they settled in Oshkosh, so, although a native of the east, he is by training and at heart a western man. He obtained an excellent com- mon-school education, and after finishing the business course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, he went to Fond du Lac to be initiated into the lumber business with the firm of Brand & Sawyer, in 1861. His father bought out his partner two years later, and when Mr. Sawyer, Jr., was twenty-one years of age he became as- sociated with his father's extensive interests, and t!ie firm to(.)k the name of P. Sawyer & Soar, a name which is continued to this day, and the ])h.cnominal success of which has been due, in no inconsiderable degree, to the tact, ability and good judgment of the son. Mr. Sawyer, Sr., as is well known, was in public life for manv years and during that period the burden of the care and management of the extensive enterprise in which the firm engaged fell upon his son's shoulders. Tn 1870 Mr. Sawyer remnvcfl from Fond du Lac to Oshkosh, where he has since continued to reside. Outside of his lumber interests Mr. Saw- yer is actively engaged in banking; he is vice- president of the National Bank of Oshkosh, the soundest financial institution in the state, and also holds large interests in several others. He is treasurer of the Sawyer Cattle Company, Tom Green and Lion counties, Texas, a stockholder in and president of the Oshkosh Gas Light and Electric Company, and treasurer (jf the Jjanderc^b- Chase Furniture Company. Mr. Sawyer is in no sense a politician and has steadily refused all ofifers of political prefer- ment, but he is a stanch supporter of Republi- can principles and a great admirer of Blaine and our late President McKinley. Mr. Sawyer is a man of pleasing personality, genial manners and true courtesy. He is fond of all active sports, the president and founder of the Country Club, a golf enthusiast, a fine wb.ist player and an active yachtsman. The in- terest shown in yachting in the vicinity of Osh- kosh is due more to his efforts and liberality than to those of any other one man, in fact, he is a thorough sportsman, and dog, reel and gun are to him instruments of great pleasure. He is a thirty-second-degree Mason and a noble of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Sawyer is a liberal supporter of the Con- gregational church society and a man of broad and benex'olent principles ; his liberality is of the active sort and untiring. Years of travel and oh- servation in this country, in Europe and in the Holy Land have broadened a naturally liberal mind. Li all rclatio:;s to home, society, tO' church and state he is entitled to distinctiiin as a rc[)rc- sentative citizen. Mr. Sawyer was married October 18, 1864, to Miss Mary E. Jewell, daughter of Henry C. Jewell, a prominent man of Oslikosh. Mrs. Sawyer is a descendant of good old ancestry, among them the Chaunccys, the Chai)ins, the Ixussells and liic I'Lvarts. She is a lady of m.'irkcd 412 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST refinement and most generous disposition. Tlieir liome is tiie center of a cultured society circle. Her many admiraljle qualities of mind and heart have endeared her g-reatly to her many They have two children : Nia, wife of Charles Curry Chase; and Philetus Horace, who married Caroline, youngest daughter of ex-Governor Up- liam. 'i'hcre are two grand-daughters, Jewell Chase and Katheryn Sawyer. JOHN P. McGOORTY CHICAGO, ILL. John p. McGoort}-, one of the eminent law- receiving favcxrable notice from the press and bar. yers of Chicago, wh'ose great earnestness and In 1895 Mr. McGoorty was the nominee of force of manner gives him an almost irresistible his party for alderman of the old thirty-fourth influence at the bar. He is Ijy nature admirably ward, running over a thousand votes ahead of litted for his calling, while his ability, strong his ticket and lacking but a few votes of election, character and integrity are In 1896 he was elected to represent the third dis- ackno'wledged Iiy all. His po- trict in the Illinois general assembly, and was litical career has Ijeen alike able re-elected in 1898. He was the caucus ni inl- and honorable, he has always iuee of the Democrats for speaker, thus becom- been an earnest advocate of Dem- ing leader of the minority force in the lower /ocratic principles and has deliv- ered many campaign addresses. His strength and influence are wi(lel\- felt within the ])arty councils. John P. McGoorty was born in Conneaut, house, a position which he filled with such signal ability as to attract the attention of party leaders everywhere. Under his guidance the minority forces l)ec.ame a unit and remained so^ during the entire session. He led in the famous contest with Speaker Sherman (jver the refusal of the latter Ashtabula county, Ohio, August 25, 1866, and tO' recognize a demand for roll call. In the enc is a son of Peter and Mary ( Gaffney ) McGoorty. b.oth natives of Ireland. In 1870 the family mo\'ed to Wisconsin, settling at Berlin, where Mr. McGoorty attended school, afterward grad- uating at the high school. In 1SS4 he moved to Colorado, remaining a year and then returned to Wisconsin and for the ne.xt fwe vears was a traveling salesman for the speaker succumlied to' the jjressure brought bv ]\Ir. ]\IcGoorty ;uid his lieutenants, by which the consltitutiona.l riglits of the minc.rity were established. He also forced the committee that had in charge the bill for the repeal of the Allen Street Railway Law to recommend its pas.sage. He led the fight upon the floor of the house, and it is due to Mr. McGoorty and his colleagues that a flouring mill firm. In 1890 Mr. McGoorty the Allen law was e.xpunged from the statute came to Chicago and entered the law department iiooks. He was also' instrumental in defeating of the L;ike Forest Uni\'ersity, graduating in the notorious Perry bill, which was intentled to 1893, with high honors. He then began active promote the formation of trusts in Illinois. His practice and soon after this attained considerable bill for the ownership of public utilities, although prominence by his participation in the Prender- failing of enactment in the senate, attracted ]:)ub- gast case, his efforts in behalf of the defendant lie attention and commendation. At the clr>se 414 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST purchase of central property, in connection with Henry Keep and Albert Keep, was the old Uni- tarian church lot on Washington street, now oc- cupied by the United States Express Company and others. They improved the property and had their ofikes there for several years. After- ward he made other purchases o-n State street, also on i\.dams, Madison and La Salle streets. At the time of the great fire in 1871 he had thirty-two buildings destroyed, mostly frame, and upon which lie was only able to collect ninety thousand dollars insurance. Judge Otis never practicetl law in Chicago, but gave his whole time and attention to his real estate and loam business. In 1865, with his eldest brother, James Otis, he purchased a lot 011 the southwest corner of Madison and La Salle street, where they after- ward erected the building now knuwn as the Otis block. On account O'f his familiarity with buildings and property he was sought in 1869 by the presi- dents of the L. S. & ML S. Railway and the C. R. I. & P. Railway to become president of the Pacific Hotel Company, and to construct the Grand Pacific Hotel, which was built and after the great fire rebuilt. On August 28, 1877, the State Savings In- stitution of Chicago failed for three million dol- lars. It was the largest failure up to that time that had occurred in the west. A few days after- ward Judge Otis was apix)inted receiver, and qualified by gi\-ing (what at that time few men cotdd do) a bond oi t\\o< million dollars. The best judges at the time predicted the institution would not pay over eighteen cents on the dollar to the th.irteen thousand six hundred depositors. Jnhn W'entworth reported to a public meeting of the stockholders, held in Metropolitan Hall, that in his opinion the institution would pay out from nothing to ten per cent., but by strict economy, good judgment and advantageous sales the des- perate assets yielded an amount in cash sufticient to pay nearly fifty per cent, in cash to the cred- itcrs O'f the institution. The cost of the receiver- ship was but a fraction of the receipts, and was said at the time to be the most economically man- aged receivership in the west. For years Judge Otis took an active part in the diocesan and general conventions of the I'rotestant Episcopal church, and for twenty years was an authority on canon and church law, ln.lding many important offices in the church or- ganizations. He was an attendant and large con- tributor to Grace and Trinity churches. Judge Otis was married Janiiary 4, 1844, to Miss Lydia Ann Arnold, daughter of Nathan Allen and Phelie Waterman (Allen) Arnold, of East Greenwich. Rhode Island. She was bom February 9, 1823, at North Kingston, Rhode Island. SAMUEL M. HAY (JSHKOSH, WIS. Fromi early manhood Samuel M. Hay has consin, possessing sound and liberal views upon been a resident of Oshkosh, and has largely con- all questions relating to the common good. Few tributed by his industry, patriotism and public men enjoy better merited distinction or are held spirit to the prosperity of the city. He is one in higher esteem. He has extensive banking in- of the pioneer residents of that section of the terests ; is president of the National Bank of state and the most widely know^n banker in Wis- Oshkosh ; president of the Hay Hardware Com- (f.^/ ^ if^. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 417 pany ; has been honored on two* occasions by elec- tion to the mayorahy ; has been a member of tlie legislative assembly of Wisconsin, and has been elected to the state senate. Mr. Hay was burn in Erie county, Pennsyl- vania, August 7, 1825. He was the son of John Hay and Nancy Langhlin Hay. His father was a native of Maryland, to which state Mr. Hay's great-grandfather, accompanied by his brothers, came from Scotland and settled at Ha\-re de Grace. His mother was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Hay was educated chiefly in the com- mon schools of bis native place, but he also later secured instructions in a private school. At the age of twenty years he journeyed to the north- west and settled in Whitewater, Wisconsin, where he found anployment in a hardware store, and where he remained three years. During an outing trip in 1846 he visited Osh- kosh, and being very much impressed with the natural beauty of the surroundings, and believ- ing they were conducive to a prosperous city, he decided to enter business there. When Mr. Hay first saw Oshkosh it had a pnpulatinn of about one hundred people, and was not much more than an Indian trading station on the frontier. Two years later, in 1848, when he established his harchvare business there, the Indians had been sent north bv the government. From the begin- ning of his career Mr. Hay's efforts have met with success. The business which he established in 1848 continues at the present day under the name "Hay Hardware Company." The First Xatinnal Bank of Oshkosh was or- ganized in 1863 and he was foremost among its promoters. At the time of the institution's formal organization he was elected a member of the board of directors. In 1805 he was elected to the presidency, and retained that office until the bank's charter expired in 1883. The bank was tlien reorganized, and the name of "The National Bank of Oshkosh" was adopted. He was elected president of the new organization, and has con- tinued in that nffice to the present lime. Mr. Hay has been instrumental in the or- ganization of several national banks throughout the state of Wisconsin. Since he became inter- ested in the banking business he has taken an acti\-e part in the various banking associations. In 1893 he was elected vice-president for Wis- consin of the National Bankers' Association, and in 1894 was chosen president. Mr. Hay has always been a stalwart Republi- can and earnest supporter of the [)rinciples of that party. He was alderman of his ward in 1856 and served two terms as mayor of the city, 1858 and 1859. In 1857 he was elected member of the assembly, and in 1862 took his seat in the state senate. Had he desired a political career he would undoulrtedly have risen to^ high ix>si- tion,, but he decided tO' remain a private citizen and devote his entire time to his family and to his business affairs. He has been active in edu- cational matters, and as school commissioner ac- complished much g(j(xl for the public schools. In 1876 he was appointed by the governor one of the regents of the normal schools, and served ■ the public in that capacity faithfully for fifteen vears. In 1S92 President Harrison appointed Mr. Hav a member of a commission toi examine the mints of the United States at Philadelphia. He has been an attendant oif the First Congregational church of Oshkosh, and has traveled extensively in this and foreign countries; is of broad views on all relations of life. He has contributed gen- erously to all the religious .societies irrespective of denomination. Mr. Hay was married in 1852 to Miss Maria E. Spaulding. of Oshkosh. R[rs. Hay died in 1875. He has three children — two sons and a daughter. 21 4i8 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST WASHINGTON PORTER CHICAGO ILL, The name of Wasliington Porter has been in Fresno county, California. Fresno is now one connected with tliat of the history of Chicago of tlie great fruit producing regions of tliis con- fer oA'er thirty years. He has a thorougli under- tinent, Init in 1869 it took men with such per- standing of its business and business industries. severance and courage as Mr. Porter always had He is a hue representative of a class, much displayed in the luanagement of business affairs more numerous in Chicago^ and to promote, what seemed to many, a visionary throughout the United States project. than is suspected by many, of In i8f,y Mr. Porter also brought the first good English stock, both on the full carload of bananas to Chicago from the paternal and maternal side. The Isthmus of Darien. or of Panama, as it is now generallv called. Mr. Porter maintained an act- ive commercial interest in the fruit trade between the Pacific states and tlie states of Central Amer- ica and Chicago, until liis retirement a few years familv of Porter is known for fully three hundred years among the large landed proprietors of the English County of Norfolk. From there, Thomas W. Porter, ago from active business. He now enjoys the father of ^^'ashington Porter, came to the United case and dignity of a large proi>erty owner. States in 1830. He married ^liss Charlotte whose fortune is the result of foresight, energy Lane, also of English birth. Mr. Thomas Porter and honesty. settled first in New York state, engaging actively The public life of Mr. Porter has been of in merchandise, but in a short time the heredi- signal benelit ti.i Chicago, He was one of the tary instinct for land (nvning and management of small resolute and brainy coterie to whose efiforts agricultural affairs asserted itself, and he moved the establishment of the World's Columl)ian Ex- to Boone county in the state of Illinois, and be- position in Chicago was tlue. He was a member came a successful farmer on a large scale. of the committee a])pointed to wait upon congress Washington Porter was born at the Booue with intent to secure legi.slation favi ralile to county homestead October 26, 184C, and was ed- Chicago, and fnmi the first day of the session of ucated in the public schools of the neighborhood, 1890 until the passage of the act by which Chi- and in the high school of Belvidere. After some cago was designated as the place to which the preliminary commercial experience, he came to eyes of the world should be turned in 1893 as Chicago, in 1869. He was then twenty-three tlie center of the most wonderful eximsition years of age, and true to the instinct of the fam- ever made of the arts, .sciences, agriculture and iiy began to exploit the great fruit-growing re- manufactures of all nations. ^Ir. Porter was in- sources of the far west. During his first year's cessant in argument with representatives and residence in the city he shi])]>ed the first full car- senators from all the states. During the con- struction ]ieriod of the great enterprise Mr. Porter was an active meml>er of the Ways and Means Committee, and when the great exposition was an accom])lished fact he was chairman of loai)te(l the golden rule, reserving- Ut liimself the lews good judgment, ctMnbined with energy and right t<.) think for liimself and according the same application. That Mr. Gile is one of the success- right to others. ful class need not be told to tliose who know him. In this broad country success invariably fol- He is a man of whom Oshkosh is proud. OLIVER CLYDE FULLER MILWAUKEE, WIS. Among the leading financiers, and one of the most public-spirited and progressive citizens of Milwaukee, is the subject of this sketch. Oliver Clyde Fuller was l^orn September 13, i860, at Clarksville, Georgia, and is a son of Hen- ry A. and Martha C'ar(jline( W'yley) Fuller. Henry A. Fuller was engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Atlanta, Georgia, and was one of the oldest and best-known merchants of that state. The subject of this sketch is descended on his mother's side directly from General John Sevier, of Revokitionary famie, and the first governor of Tennessee. He can also trace his ancestry tO' Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, to whom a monu- ment is erected in Tennessee, in recognition of his services to his countr\' in the Rex'olutionary war. Governor Sevier's grandfather, Valentine Sevier, moved to England from France and the orig-inal name, Zavier. was Anglicized to Sevier. He was a descendant of the royal house of Na- varre. Mr. Fuller was educated at the public and private schools of Atlanta, and at the University of Georgia, and in 1880 began his Ixisiness career as a clerk in the wholesale grocery house of Fuller & Oglesby, of Atlanta. He filled one position after another until 1882, w hen he became a partner in the firm, the name of which was then changed to H. A. Fuller & Son. This partlner- ship lasted for about five years, when the senior member of the firm decided to retire from busi- ness, and Mr. Fuller spent the next year or two in winding up the business, which was begun at the close of the Civil war. Having always had a preference for finance rather than for com- mercial affairs, Mr. Fuller gave his attention to the business of Jones & Fuller, investment brok- ers, a firm in which he had become financially interested. In the meantime, through the death of her father, Mr. Fuller's wife had become interested in a large estate in Milwaukee, the management of which required so much of his time that in 1891, Mr. Fuller finally moved to that city. He then established the present business of Oliver C. Fuller & Co., first as a private banker and dealer in commercial paper and securities, and later dealing exclusively in high-class bonds. Iiu a coni])arati\el\' short lime he had won the con- fidence and the respect of a large circle of the wealthiest and mi;)st influential citizens of the state of Wisconsin. Mr. Fuller is a man of active and energetic temperament, and while devoting the closest per- sonal attention tO' his own business, as well as to the affairs of several large private estates en- trusted to his management, at the same time has taken a prominent part in the public and social affairs of his adopted city ever since he came to Milwaukee. As an evidence of the esteem in which Mr. Fuller is held in Milwaukee, it may be mentioned that on the occasion of the visit to Milwaukee of President McKinlev and his cabinet, in 1899, at a inrblic meeting of citizens held to arrange for the important event, Mr. Fuller was unanimously se- 424 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Itclel as cliainiian of llie cninmittee on arrange- ments and enlertainnient, with autlmrily to ap- point all sub-committees. He was one of the leading sjjirits in the or- ganization in 1897 of the Milwaukee Carnival Association, which through its annual carnivals for several years, did so nuich to ad\crtise i\Iil- waukee. Mr. Fuller is treasurer ami a trustee of Forest Home Cemetery, the principal cemetery of Mil- waukee, whidi is under the control of St. Paul's (Episcopal) cluu-ch. of which he is a vestryman, and is president of the Wisconsin Society, Sons of American Rexolution, and an officer or direc- tor of a number of local institutions and corp<5ra- tions. He is an active meml>cr of the Milwaukee Club, the :\lilwaukce Country Club, the Bankers' Club, the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the Milwau- kee Yacht Club, the Southern Society of New York, and a number of golf and social clubs in the south, where, with his family, he spends a part of each winter. On yh\\ 25, 1S81. Mr. Fuller was married to Kate Fitzlnigh Caswell, of Atlanta, Georgia, and they have six children, four daughters and two sons. Mr. I'ullcr has always avoided ])olitical of- tices and i)olitics generally, excepting to vote. Up to i8(j() he had always been a Democrat, but that year he voted for President McKinley, and has voted with the Republican party ever since. Mr. Fuller has traveled at different times o\er many parts of Europe, the West Indies, Mexicij and the United States, and being a close observer. is well informed as to the conditions existing in the countries he has visited. While as a v(;uih he was inclined to be delicate in health, by travel and active and regular ])articipation in athletic sports he has succeeded in building up a sound and hardy constitution. As a devotee to base ball, boxing-, tennis and golf, in turn, he has a cabinet full of cups and prizes as an evidence of his success. CHARLES BARBER. OSHKOSH, WIS. Charles Barber has made an indelible impres- sion on the public life of Oshkosh and through- out the State of Wisconsin. .\s a lawyer he stands pre-eminently high, and through his twenty-eight years of practice is recognized as one oi the most able practitioners at the bar. Charles P.arber was born in Burlington, Ver- mont. September 21. 1851, and is the eldest son of Dr. Ammi P. liarber, a distinguished physi- sician. Mr. I'.arber's mother, who before her marriage was Miss Kimetia Emily Noyes, was a daughter of Judge Breed Noyes, of Hyde Park, La^Ioille county, Vemiont, and both of his parents l)elonged to old New England fam- ilies, the original Noyes ancestor in this country being a clergyman who moved from Salisbury, England, to Connecticut in 1634. Mr. Barljer's father was a native of Vermont and his grand- father was one of the early settlers of the Green Mntuitain State. Antecedent ancestors were among the colonists of Connecticut ; and the descent of this branch of the Barber family in America is from an ancestor who came to this country fmm the North of Ireland in 1635. Dr. Annni P. P>arber moved to O.shkosh from Vermont in 1857 and his son Charles was brought u]-) in this city. He obtained his early education in the public schools and was a mem- ber of the first class graduated from the high- school in 1868 and was the first president of the Alumni Association. Mr. Arthur Everett, a PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 427 scholarly and accmnplishcd gentleman, was then principal of the hig-h schnol ami after being- graduated fmni that institution. Mr. LJarher en- ttred uijon and ciinii)leted the etpiixalent of a collegiate course of study imder Mr. Everett's pri\-ate tutorship. While pursuing this course of study, he also began the study of law in the olifice of Earl P. Fincli, one of tlie leading members of the old Ijar of Oshkosh. He was assistant and \ice- l)rincipal cjf the Oshkosh high school three years; and in 1873 went to Xew York city, where he tuuk the full course in the Columbia Law School. Returning, to Wisconsin, he was admitted to practice in the Circuit Court of Winnebago county in the summer of 1874, and immediately tliereafter formed' a co-partnershiii with his former [ireceptor, Mr. Finch. This partnership continued up to the time of the death of Mr. Finch, which occurred in 1888; and the firm thus constituted was long recognized as one of the leading law firms in northern Wisconsin. From September, 1874, to September, 1875, Mr. Barber filled the office of inspector of the city schools of Oshkosh, which nfficc correspond- ed to the present one of superintendent of schools. He also seryed as school commissioner and in 18S3 held the office of city attorney. With these exceptions, he has held no official position and is wholly without political ambition; but has freely given his time when required f(jr the in- terests of the Democratic party and has been con- sjjicuous in its councils and conventions. As a lawyer Mr. Barber's practice has grown to yery large proportions, extending into the higher courts of Wisconsin and other states and into the United States Courts. In 1877, he ar- gued his first case in the United States Supreme Court. It involved the title to school lands in Indian reservation and settled issues of much importance in the State of Wisconsin. Mr. Bar- ber is at present senior member of the law firm of Barbers & Beglinger, which is composed of himself, his brother, Henry Barber, and Fred- erick Beglinger. vSince entering upon manhood, Mr. Barber's career has ])een an acti\-e and busy one. He has been and is now identified with numerous busi- ness interests in Oshkosh. lie was for ten years ])resident if the Street Railway Company. He is director of the National Union Bank and was for }-ears director of its predecessor, the Union National. Fie was tme of the organizers of the Cjermaui National Bank and is a stockholder in that and other Ijanking institutions. Mr. Barber is president of The Times Pub- lishing Company and takes an active interest in its management and its affairs. He took a lead- ing part in the organization of this company, as well as of numerous others that ha\e been es- tablished in this city and surrounding section. Mr. Barber is president of the Smith Grove Land Company of Oshkosh, and is vice-presi- dent of the Buckstafif-Sprague Lumber Company, the Morris Manufacturing, and the IMorris & A\'hitconil) Railway Company, which last trio form a large lumber industry at Morris, Shawano CI lunty, \Visconsin. Mr. Barber's tastes are decidedly literary, and notwithstanding the great draft upon time and energy that his large i)ractice and business interests entail, he is a constant student and great reader. He is a man of letters in every sense of the term. His information obtained by years of systematic and well-directed study is practical- l\- boundless and his judginent and tone in liter- ary matters is tluit of a polislied, t'mished scholar- ly gentleman, Mr. Barber is also a man of large, whole- some public spirit and of intense patriotism, gen- eral and local. E\-ery mm-ement that has for its moti\e and impulse the advancement of city or country is assured in advance of Mr. Barber's hearty assistance and sui)port. His energy and sagacity — which he is always willing to supple- ment in a financial wav — have been the dominat- 428 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST iiig' iiilluence of man\' a profitable and advanta-. geous public project. His is a strong character and one that by reason of its power and mag- netism could ncjt fail ,to l)e of effect in the mold- ing of the tliDUght and trend of the community of which it fnriued an integral factor. Mr. Barber's record as a lawyer in northern Wisconsin is so well known that detailed men- tion would be superfluous. His life ever since he was admitted to the liar has been spent in the courts of our State and the records of these courts tell a large part of his life story. That this story is decidedly commendable and worthy, Mr. Barljer's h'igh standing at the bar and in the ciimnuuiity prov-es incontrovertibly. For twenty-five years he has been local coun- sel of the C. M. & St. P. Railroad Comi>any, and was for many years local counsel of the C. & N. \y. Railroad Company. He has been connected with nearly all the important criiuinal cases in this part of the state. He was apixjinted by the state to prosecute the Berlin banker. C. A. Mather, and defended' the banker, Leonard Perrin, in a case which lasted forty days. He was counsel in the Campfield nunxler case, the most sensa- tional case in northern Wisconsin, ann the outbreak of the Civil both spheres before he entered the army. His PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 431 wife, Marion Elizal^eth Hulse, daiigliter of Lucian Hulse, was tern in Pennsylvania, of Dutch ancestry, and came to Appleton, Wiscon- son, with her parents in childhood. She was well educated and a woman of strong- character and high personal attainments. Milton C. Phillips was born in Royalton, Wisconsin, July 25, 1856. His primary educa- tion was received in common and select schools, and in 1872 he entered Oberlin College, where he was a student for four years, when he left the institution to take a place as station agent on the Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul Railroad. After some years spent as station agent, and in manu- facturing, he began the study of law in the office of Brown & Bump, in Waupaca, Wisconsin, and was admitted to the bar in 187Q. Immediately after admission he began the practice of his pro- fession at Clintonville, Wisconsin, where he re- mained five years, succeeding in building up a business reputation. During his last years there he was in partnership with C. H. Forward. In 1884 he and his partner moved to Oshkosh, where a partnership was formed with George Gary under the firm name of Gary, Philips and For- ward, which was dissolved in 1886. Mr. Phillips is now associated with E. R. Hicks, the firm be- ing Phillips & Flicks. He has lieen connected with much nf the imijortant litigation in Osh- kosh and \icinity, where he stands in the front ranks of his profession. His special taste for in- surance law has led him to devote much of his time to this branch of practice, and he n(jw ap- pears in much of the litigation of that character in the state. He is retained by a number of do- mestic as well as foreign companies. In April, 1897, he was appointed by Presi- dent McKinley, United States district attorney for the eastern district of Wisconsin. Mr. Phil- lips has always been affiliated with the Republi- can partv, and has taken an active part in \kA\- tics. In 1894 he was chosen chairman of the Republican cummittee nf Winnebago county, one of the largest counties in the state, being again selected to the responsible position in 1896. The Republican plurality during the time of his management was the largest which the county ever gave. He is a Knight of Pythias, an Odd Fellow and a Mason of high standing, and a member of the Presbyterian church of Oshkosh. Mr. Phil- lips was married in 1878 to Marcia H. Eastman, youngest daughter of Rev. M. L. Eastman, of Royalton, \\'isconsin. His family consists of five children. Bradford E.. Ermine J.. Phillip, Lewis and Mariam H. Pliilliiis. CHARLES W. FELKER OSHKOSH, WIS. Mr. Charles W. Felker was born in Penn Van, Yates county, New York, on the J5th day of November, 1834, and is a son of Andrew and Maria (Pri.xley) Felker. His father was a farmer and for some years resided in Canan- daigua. Ontario county. New York. His father lost his property in the bankruptcy days of 1837, and in 1844 removed to McHenry county, Illi- noi.s, and in 1846 to Winnebago county, Wis- consin. In addition to a common-school eiluca- tion Mr. Felker recei\ed an academical education at the Bmckport Collegiate Institution, New York, and at the Charlotteville Institute, Scoharie county. New York. Mr. I'elker has been a resi- dent of Wisconsin since the spring of 1846. In 1856 Mr. Felker became the editor of the Osh- kosh Democrat, a newspaper published in the city of Oshkosh, and remained in that position for a 432 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST year and a lialf. and later on he became tlie editor of the Oshkosh Times, a newspaper l)iil)lisiied in the cit}' of Oslikosli, which he edited until Septcniher, iS88. In June, 1862, he was married to Miss Sarah C. Duuty. Three daugh- ters and two sons living" are the issue of the marriage. Mr. Felker was admitted to the bar in March, 1858, and was in 1875 aihnitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. His prac- tice was quite large throughout the state in both the state and federal courts. In 1864 'Slv. Felker enlisted in the 48th J'iegiment. Wisconsin Vi)lunteer Infantry, and was elected captain of Company .\. He was mustered out of the service in June. 1866, and began the practice of law in the spring of that year, with ]\Ir. Charles A. Weisbrod. Mr. \^'eisbrod died in the spring of 1876, after which time, with the exception of one year, he was engaged in the practice of law alone, vintil June, 1892, when he associated himself with Mr. Frank C. Stewart, and his son, Mr. Fred- erick Felker. At the time of his death he was senior memljer of the legal firm of Felker, Stew- art & .McDonald, of O.shkosh. Air. Felker was a- Democrat politically but was not a politician or a partisan. lie was not a member of any ecclesiastical organization, but lie was an attendant of the Episcopal church and believed in its doctrines. His law library was among the largest in the state, as was also' his collection in the line of general literature. Mr. Felker died at his home in Oshkosh, Xo\eniber 5, 1 90 1. He was universally regarded as one of the most brilliant lawyers O'f the state of Wis- consin. FRANK G. HOYNE CHICAGO, ILL. Frank (I. Ibiyne, one of the active and able came to Chicago in 183,^. being married to .business men nf Chicago, has wun hnucirable (lis- Thomas Hoyne in 1840. tinction by the capalile manner in which he has Mr. Hoyne is indebted to the puljlic schools discharged the public duties entrusted to his care. of the city for his early education and to the Uni- He is a wurthy representative of that t\pe of \ersit}- of Chicago' for the higher learning, but .\nicrican character and jjrogress- left before graduating to- accompanv Professor i\e spirit which promotes public Sali'ord on a western trip, who was under en- good in advancing individual gagement by the government t(j make a new war prosi)crit\- and conserving pi>pu- nap of Kansas and Colorado. In 1872 the l;ir interests, winning for himself young" man returned from surveving and entered mist favoralile criticism from the firm of Culver, Page, Hovne & Company, men I if all classes. blank book manufacturers, starting at a salary of Air. Hoyne was born in the five dollars a w"eek and advancing until he be- city of Chicago, July 17, 1854. came superintendent of the city manufacturing his father being a well-known department. When this firm snld out in 1884 he lawyer of the city and a pioneer j<>ined his brother, James F. Hoyne. in the real resident of Chicago when it was but a frontier estate business, under the firm name of Hoyne town, having come from Ireland and settled here Brothers, in w"hich he is still interested, in 1837. His mother w"as born in Virginia, but In 1886 Mr, Hoyne was appointed United PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 433 States appraiser, during President Cleveland's lirst administration, the uflice being retained un- til iS(jo. Four years later he was reappointed to the same office during Cleveland's second term, giving the greatest satisfaction during the entire time of his incumhency. In his political affiliations Mr. Hoyne is a Demucrat, who strongly advocates the principles of his party, and was at oiie time \-ice-president of the Co(,)k count v Democracy. He has had some military experience, as he joined tlie First Regiment In- fantry in 1875, and remained with the regiment until 1880, when he was appointed by Brigadier- General J. T. Torrence (then commanding" the First Brigade) to the position of brigade quar- termaster. Wihen General Torrence resigned in 1885 Mr. H(\vne also retired, and entered the Veteran Corps of the First Regiment, in which organization he still takes an interest. Mr. Hoyne was married in 188.^ to Miss Florence Ashton, daughter of Congressman Washington Ashton, of Virginia, a lineal de- scendant of the George Washington family. They have two daughters, Leonora and Helen. Mr. Hoyne was one of the organizers and principal movers in the establishment of the Iro- cpiois Club and is one of its most active and pnn gressive members. He is also one of the charter members of the Athletic Club and has always taken a keen interest in athletic sports of all kmds. He is a man of pleasing personality, genial manner and true courtesy, and his many admirable cpialities of mind and heart have en- deared him greatly to his many friends. SAMUEL W. ALLERTON CHICAGO, ILL. One of the best-known men in the city of Chicago is Samuel W. .\llerton, in Imsiness, political and social circles, and he is a man whose ability, integrity of purpose are conceded as a matter of course by all who know him. He has been long and prominently con- nected with many of the large business ventures occurring in Chicago, and in which his con- servatism, e.xcellent business abil- itv, foresight and sormd judg- ment particularly fitted him for leadership. He is (piick to con- cei\e an idea, cautious in the de- termination of its value, and resolute in its accomplishment when once he has decided upon a course of action, and it nnist also be siud that he is ])ul>lic spirited as well as mind- ful of his personal welfare. Samuel W. Allerton was born in Dutchess county, New York, in 1829, of farmer parents. He had only" su'ch ad\antages of education as could be g'ained from the somewhat inefficient public schools of the first half of this century. Mr. Allerton has attained commercial, social and political distinction. He is a director of the First National Bank and of the Chicagoi City Railway Company, and has large interests in the principal stock yards of the United States. Mr. Allerton has not achieved wealth in any gigantic specu- lation. He has built his fortune on the sure and honoralile foimdation of industry, economy, sound judgment and resolute action. He worked on a farm until eighteen years of age, when he be- gan stock raising on his own account. By the time he was twenty-one years of age he had ac- cumulated nearly five thousaml didlars. This was nearly sixtv-six years ago, and sixty-five years ago five thousand dollars had a larger op- erative power than it has now. ^^'ith this capital 434 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Mr. Allerton purchased a stock farm in F'iatt county, Illinois, yet. even then. Chicago had its fascinations for Mr. Allertdu. He was a frequent visitor to the future metropolis Init always with an intent to sell or buy. He soon Ijecame famous as a successful breeder and raiser of stock. His farms increased in numl>er and his flocks and herds in value and magnitude. He was also a shrewd purchaser of real estate in what was to be the great city of the west. He was one among the first who discerned the needs and uses and profits of stock yards as centers of the cattle trade, and was among the earliest and most act- ive ])r()ni()ters of the system. And thus, by the exercise of strong industry, strict integrity and sound judgment. Mr. Allerton has achieved rank among the millionaires of the conntrv. I'nt it is not alone as a financier is he known ar.d respected. His political acumen is as re- markable as his commercial sagacity. Few mo\-es are made on the Republican checker-board of Illinnis withi.ut the knmvledge of Mr. .\ller- ton. He never has sought office, but in i8(j3 the Republican nomination for mayor was literally thrust upon him. He made a gallant figlit, but it was an off year for the Republicans, and that past-master of political tactics, the late Carter II. Harrison, defeated him. In the same year Mr. .\llerton rendered great service to the public as a member of the \\'orld's Fair directory. He is a xalued member of nianv social and political organizations and (me wlinse ad\ice is often sought in their management. Mr. .\ller- ton has been twice married and has twn children. Koljert H. and Katie R. Allerton. GEORGE M. PAINE OSHKOSH. WIS. The greatest sash and diKjr manufacturing in- stitution in the United States, and probably in the world, is that of the Paine Lumber Companv. of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, of which George M. I'aine. the subject of this sketch, is president and the actual as well as nominal executive head. 7"his is also a lumber manufacturing institution on a con- siderable scale, though its mills are operated chiefly for the supply of its factory. And so the buying of limber and logs, the management of sawmills and yards, of a great factory employing a thousand men. with side issue, such as hard- wf>od decorative work and glass, and the dispo- sition to wholesalers and retailers throughout the United States and in a number of foreign coun- tries of this enormous output, all comes under the .general control and all is harmonized, made effi- cient and profitable by the ability and wise guid- ance of George M. Paine. Sitting in his private office or seen anywhere about the great plant of which he is the presiding genius. Mr. Paine is always the same calm, thoughtful, deliberate man. He accomplishes an enormous amoimt of work l>v the a\'oidance of that haste which makes waste and by seldom hav- ing to revise a conclusion once reached or reverse a jx)licy once adopted. He keeps in personal touch with all the departments of his great ])lant but cinicerns himself very little about the details. He reser\-es his strength and his time for the larger affairs and for that general oversight w hieh is necessary to bring all parts of the great ma- chine into harmonious action. Therefore he is a man who always .seems to have leisure, though if one unnecessarily obtrude upon his time he will find that cotirteosly but firmly his visit is brought to a close. Yet his courtesy is not purely of a business sort but sjjrings from the natural temper PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 435 of a gentleman, and all who reach his private office go from it feeling that they have met a man who is a gentleman, who is more than merelv ccjnrtcous, whd has a. genuine kindness of heart which finds necessary expression in his manner. George M. i'aine is of ancestry of which any American might be iinrnd. His father, Edward Lathrop Paine, was a native of I^omfret, Con- necticut, and helonged to a New England family that was among the early settlers of tliis cmmtry. His mother, Eleamir Ross, was a direct descend- ant of John iVlden and Priscilla, of Maytfower fame, and of John Hancock, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. She was also a direct descendant (jf Betsy Ross, one of the orig- inators of the American flag. George M. Paine was born at Orwell, Brad- fortl county, Pennsylvania, November ii, 1832. He received his academic education at Idmira Academy and at .\lfred Seminary, Alfred, Xew York. In his young manhood, with his brothers, lie worked in the water power sawmill operated by their father on the Canisteo' river, and they re- moved with him to the west in 1855. They took with them the machiner_\- for a sawmill, which was erected in Oshknsh and was the nucleus from which has grown the largest sash, door and blind factory in the world. Until 1882 the business was operated as C. N. Paine & Company, Init in that year it was incorpor- ated as the Paine Lumber Company, with C. N. Paine, the elder brother, as president and George M. Paine as vice-president. On the death of the former in 1885, George M. Paine became president. The other officials of the company are J. W. Himebaugh, vice-presi- dent; A. B. Ideson, secretary; and C. R. Nevitt, treasurer. Prominent also in the busine.ss are Mr. Paine's two sons, Edward \V. and Nathan Paine. The plant of the Paine Lumber Company oc- cupies about sixtv acres in the west end of Osh- kosh, and George M. Paine lives in the same block w here stands the office. On this same sixty acres are the sawnnlls, the factory, the lumber yards, enormous warehouses and a Are engine house. The factory is a great three-story structure, which has been and is the scene of more interest- ing and profitable experiments in sash and door niamifacture than probably any other factory in the country. In it were first given form many of the ideas that have almost revolutionized the sash and door industry; and probably to-day, if per- mission could be secured to study the plant, there would be found in it machines and modifications of machines different from those found anywhere else. The Paine Lumber Company has always made a very close study of manufacturing econ- omy. Tliis has been seen in both the machinery equipment and the utilization of what in most plants is refuse. Practically nothing goes to waste, and there is not refuse enough to run the power plant and so coal is purchased. Besides the great institution at Oshkosh, there are branch distributing agencies and warehoitses at Minneapolis and Cleveland, Ohio, and selling agents in Pittsburg, New York city, Boston and London, England. The Paine Lumber Company was one of the pioneers in the export of American made sash and doors. What the capacity of tiiis great plant is we do not know precisely, but a few years ago its product was estimated at two thou- sand doors a day. They are of styles to meet every demand, including the export. Executive ability consists in no small meas- ure of the faculty of choosing the man for the work : and so. tlie Paine Lumber Company is ex- ceptionally well ecjuipped with men proficient in their various lines. Tliis is not only true of the officials of the company but of the mill employes, superintendents, foremen, etc. From the Paine Lumber Comi>any's plant and office have been graduated men who have made their mark in 436 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST mechanical and manufactnring lines. George M. Paine is not a man who has aspired to any ])(ilitical preference or any social i)romi- nence ontside of that which would naturally coine to a man of his ahilitv and standing. Politically he is a Repul^lican. hut not an intolerant one. As a comparatively young man, in 1872, he was ap- pointed a delegate to the Republican national con- vention at Philadelphia which nominated Presi- dent Grant for his second term. At the age of twenty-four he was appointed on the military staff of Governor Alexander W. Randall, with the rank of colonel. He was married in 1865 to Miss Mardia Wheeler, of New Haven, Vermont. They have two sons, Edward W. and Nathan, spoken of above, and three daughters. DR. NOBLE MURRAY EBERHART, M. S., M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Dr. Noble M. Eberhart was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, April _'i. 1870. and is a direct descendant on his father's side ivom the Eber- harts wild were fi>r luindrcds of years kings of Wnrti'iiburg. Dr. Kbcrharl was educated in the public schi'dls df buva. Wis- consin and lllin. Their first child. Xoble .Murray. Ir., born in 1892. died in infancy. In 1 90 1 Dr. El)erhart gave up general prac- tice and now limits bis work to office consultation an.d general surgery. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 437 MARCUS ALONZO HANNA CLEVELAND, (JHRJ Marcus Alonzo Hanna, junior senator from keenly feels that Mr. Sherman's eminent services the state of Ohio, was Iwrn at New Lisbon, now to the countr\- in securing tiie resumption of Lisbon, Oliio, September 24, 1837. sun of Leon- ard and Samantlia (Converse) Hanna. His grandfather was Imni in \'irg'inia and his grand- mivther in X'eminnt. His father was a pliysician and later a mer- chant of Cleveland. Ohio, w which place the family rem(i\ed fri.m Xew Lislion in 1S52, the father becoming identified at that time with the firm of Hamia- Carrettson & Company, wlmle- sale grocers. The son was educated in the specie payment and the firm esta))lishment of the nation's credit and honor was never adtcpiatelv recognized. Mr. Hanna took charge of Major IMcKin- ky's ]ireliminary canvass for the jiresidency in 1X95 and '96, and so> well did he conduct it that he was chosen chairman of the Republican National Committee, and given entire conduct of the campaign, which he carried t(j a success- ful issue. An indefatigalile worker ami full of confidence himself, he inspired e\'erybo(ly about him with like faith and enthusiasm: moi-e a busi- ness man than a politician, he carried his business public schools of Cle\-eland, and at the age of methods into the management of the campaign, twenty entered the employ of his father's firm, eliminating" as far as possible the item of chance, assuming control of the business on the death He has always l^en an active business man, or- of his fatlier in 1862. This firm dissolved in ganizing and controlling many industries, em- 1867. and he associated himself with the firm of ploying a large number of men, at one time as Rhodes & Com]>any. successors to Rhotles, Card high as six thousand (6,000). He has always & Company, the pioneer coal and iron finu of sought to obtain the confidence and respect of Cleveland. He retained this connection imtil his employes by dealing with them fairly; at all 1887, when he became the senior partner of the times approachable, he has ne\er failed to con- firm, the name being changed to Al. A. Hanna & sider any grie\-ance or C(jmplaint that aiiy man Company, of which he is still the head. In 1887 in his cmi)l(>y had to make. This relationship he organized and e(piippcd tlie Cle\xland Tran.s- lias in political matters given him great infiu- portation Company, one of the largest lines op- ei;ce among- them becau.se he has secured and dating on the Great Lakes. Following the merited their confidence. organization of the L'nion .Xatioual Bank, of His entrance into political affairs grew frmn Clexeland. he was elected to its presidency in tlie conviction that all business men and intei'csts March, 1884. and still holds this office. He was controlling large industrial concerns shtnild take a delegate at large from the state of Ohio to the an active part in pu1)lic afifairs, and give their Republican national conventions of 1884 and country the benefit of their experience and judg- i8g6. and was a district delegate in 1888. A ment. It was this, in addition to' his personal warm friend of Senator Jc^hn Sherman, he was admiration and respect for ^Ir. McKinley. that energetic in advocating him for the presidential induced him to devote his whole time for more n.omination in 1880, 1884 and 1888, and still tiian two years to his nomination and election. 438 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST On March 2, 1897, Governor Bushnell, of \va_\ Company and a director in numerous busi- Ohio, appointed him I'nited States senator to ness concerns. In 1885 President Cleveland fih the vacancy caused by th.e resignation of John appointed him a cHrector of tlie Union Pacific Slierman ; in 1898 lie was elected by the legis- Railway Company. Ir.ture to that \acancy. and also for a full term He was married September 2"]. 1864, to C. of six years, which will expire Alarch 4, Augusta, daughter of Daniel P. and Sophia 1905. (Russell) Rhodes, of Cleveland. They had three He is president of the Clexcland City Rail- children, one son and two daugiiters. HON. JOHN C. SPOONER MADISON, WIS. By Hon. Frank Abial Flower The Spooners undoubtedly entered England from P'riesland. taking root near the ancient Roman town of Colchester, whence, later, they emigrated to Warwickshire and W^orcestershire. In 1637 some of the more militant members of the family left England and settled at Dart- mouth, Massachusetts, spreading thence to Plym- outh, New Bedfortl and elsewhere along the coast and in the eastern portions of the colony. The family, always patriotic, plucky and ag- gressive, was prominent in colonial affairs, act- i\e in the French and Indian war, in the fiire- front I if the Revolution (standing with the min- ute men at Lexington), effective in the war of 1812, conspicuous in the Mexican war and first in the line of battle during the Rebellion of 1861-5. John Coit Spooner was liorn at Lawrence- burg, Indiana, on January 6. 1843, where his father ( Philip Loring) was a distinguished law- yer. In 1859 the family removed to Madison, Wisconsin, in order tO' escape the destructive floods of the Ohio river and be near the Wis- consin State University for the education of the children. John C. at once entered the city schools, in which he was a ra|)id and comprehen- sive student. In i860 he began in the State Uni- versity to ]>repare to join his father in the prac- tice of the law. His record in that institution is one of acknowledged brilliancy. In debate, civil government, history, constitutional law and oratory he was the leader of his class. On April 22, 1864, the governors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin tendered eighty-five thousand troops for one hundred days, to be paid and equipped by the government the same as other volunteers, but to be credited to no draft and to receive no bounties. This brave offer, made in the face of the fact that the states had just comi)leted their quotas under the call for seven hundred thousand volunteers, was to be filled in twenty days from acceptance. The offer was accepted, and young Spooner. in order to assist in making Wisconsin's tender good within the brief time allotted, secured a recruit- ing commission, and, txarrowing three hundred dollars from a hxal banker, Mr. Hill : raised a company. Then, although entitled to a commis- sion as captain, he proposed that his entire class enlist as privates, himself included, and then choose officers by election. He demanded, how- ever, that the class should be graduated the same as though all had remained t be professional honor and personal friend- ship. And thus, and not to become a candidate for the United States Senate, as has been al- leged, he left the "Omaha." From 1881 to May 5, 1884, Mr. Spooner de- voted himself almost entirely to the business of the railroad company, which, by consolidation, had come to control al)out eighteen hundred miles of road, extending through Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa into Nebraska and Dakota. He had sole charge of all the legal business, which was extensive and important. Grover Clcvekuul was elected and James G. Blaine defeated at the election of November, 1884, and the Republican party was pretty thor- oughly disheartened. Mr. S]>ooner had participated very acti\-ely and effectively in the camjiaign, as he had done in every campaign of his partv since leaving the army, and the Republicans had elected a ma- jority of the legislature that was to choose a suc- cessor to .\ngus Cameron in the United States senate. There were several distinguished candidates PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 443 fnr the liuiKU". liut its more progressive mem- liers declared lliat the waning fortunes of tlie part}- demanded a retnrn In the militant methods anil spirit fif i headway. His reputation as a very learned lawyer and effective orator had preceded him, and he was received with consideration and respect. His committee assignments were more im- portant than are usully bestowed iqinn new sena- tors; but that his brethren made no mistake was proven by the acknowledgement that, as chair- wnn of the committee on claims, his great in- dustry and legal acumen had saved the treasury more than thirty million dollars. Mr. Spooner's first speech in the senate was upiin the death of Vice-rresident 'J'. -\. Hen- dricks — like himself, an Indianian by birth, and a life-long friend of his father's. It was an in- ncwation in senate eulogy and attracted attention throughout the country f(jr its beauty, its sin- cerity and its originality. It is impracticable here to review Mr. Sixx)n- er"s first six years in the senate. He was in- tensely active, attentive and faithful to every duty and very inlluential in shaping important legislation. His principal speeches were in reference to relations between the senate and the executive department; interstate and foreign commerce; the admission of South Dakota to statehood — favoring it; the political outrages in Washington county, Texas; the Blair educational bill — op- posing it; placing sugar on the free list — favor- ing it; reciprocity as to articles not produced or made but needed in the United States in e.\- cliange for articles produced or made here but not abroad; on the Franz case from Aberdeen, I^lis- sissippi, which grew out of the failure of Sec- retary of War Redfidd Proctor to lower 4he flag on his department to iiaif-mast at the death of Jefferson Davis, who had served as secretarv of war prior to the rebellion; the federal elec- tions Ijill; the Columbian E.xposition ; the admis- sion of tlie senators from Montana — favoring it; the eight-hour law — advocating it; mortgage in- delitedncss: irrigation; the effect of free trade upon (ircat Britain, besides scores of running debates upon all sorts of suljjects. In 1890 W. D. Hoard was a candidate for re-election as governor of Wisconsin on an issue which alienated so many Repul^licans that he v.as defeated l>y thirty tlmusand, althnugh two years before he had been elected l)y over twenty th'usand majority. The Democrats also* elected a majority of the members of the state legisla- 444 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WESi tiire, and in January, 1891, Colonel W. F. Vilas was chosen to succeed Mr. Spooner after March 4 in the United States senate. Mr. SixDoner had been very popular in that Ix^dy and when he left it the members of the committee on claims tendered to liim one of the finest banquets ever g-iven in Washington, at- tended by the president and menil)ers of his cabi- net, the vice-president and many other distin- guished persons. The speeches in honor of the guest, especially those of Messrs. Evarts, Hoar and Hale, and by leading Democrats, were of the most complimentary character, lauding him as a senator, lawyer and man of great ability, fair- ness and integrity. It was a demonstration of lionor, friendship and respect accorded under similar circumstances to no other senator. Removing from Hudson to Madison in order that his sons might be at home while attending the State University, he at once resumed his law practice, which seemed to return to him full- swing where it left olT when he entered the senate. The legislature which elected his successor also reapi)ortioned the senate and assembly dis- tricts of the state. This reapportionment was of such a nature that the Republicans cliaracterized it as a "gerry- mander" — an iniquitous subdi\'isii>n that was un- constitutional and void. Suit was brought Ijefore the state supreme court, on the relation of a citizen, to set the apportionment aside. The case was nmcl and the majority of lawyers lielieved the court had no right to assume original jurisdiction of a matter involving a prerogative of a co-ordinate branch of the government. Mr. Spooner held the con- trary- view and made an exhaustixe argument both as to the unconstitutionality of the act and the power of the court to assume jurisdicion of a suit to set it aside. The unanimous judgment was in his favor, three members nf the court filing separate ()|)in- ions containing' additional reasons in support of their action. Governor G. W. Peck at once summoned the legislature in special session to enact a new ap- portionment, which was supposed to be accom- plished in July, 1892. However, as the second act had been framed in defiance of the opiniun of the supreme court, another suit was brought praying the court to forever enjoin the secretary of state from issuing any notices of election un- der it. The attorney-general (J. L. O'Connor) re- fused to appear and the court gave him twenty- days in which tO' answer in behalf oi the secre- tary of state. At the end of that time, as he still refused to appear, the court assumed juris- diction without it for the purpose of hearing the case on its merits. The two great questions were whether the court had the right to entertain such a suit at the hands of a private citizen, the attorney-general liaving refused to- assent thereto, and whether the law sought to be set aside thereby was un- constitutional. On these two' points Mr. Spooner made a great argumait. Senator W. F. Vilas being the chief opposing counsel. Again the court assumed original jurisdic- tion and again held that the apportionment was unconstitutional and void, forcing Governor Peck to call a second special session of the legis- lature for the purpose of a third time dividing the state into senate and assembly districts. Of course there were no fees in these gerry- mander cases. Mr. Spooner's responsible con- nection with tliem was merely a contribution to public justice and tlie welfare of the people and of his party. While these vital suits were pending Mr. Spooner was unanimously nominated by the Re- publicans for governor. He protested that the office was not one t(^ his liking: that it it were a matter of choice he would m H accept the office PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 445 if it CDukl be tendered tu liini \vith(jut an election, and lie iuiped the nuniinatiun wtjuld gu tu some of tiie distinguished gentlemen who really wanted it. The answer was that he could poll more votes than any (jther man in the party ; that the strong- est men were needed to restore the party to jKiwer and it was his duty to accept. To this he could n(jt reply, and as no other person re- ceived any votes in the convention, he felt that the nomination was a command from liis party which he could not disobey. His campaign was altogether the most bril- liant in the annals of the state. He traveled night and day in all sorts of weather, speaking in mills, school-houses, lumber-camps, tlie open air and everywhere, to very large audiences. He was defeated, but cut the previous Demo- cratic majority of thirty thousand down to- a plurality of seven thotisand seven hundred. He has delivered many great and brilliant speeches in the United States senate and before the courts, but for elocjuence, feeling and effectiveness none that equalled the addresses made in this cam- paign to the people he had known all his life. In January, 1895, he received the unanimous Republican vote of the Wisconsin legislature for United State senator- — not enough, however, to elect. In 1896 the campaign for members of the legislature was made with the open understand- ing that if the Republicans should elect a ma- jority of that body, the people would e.xpect it to return Mr. Spooner to the United States sen- ate. The result was an overwhelmng victory, the opposition electing only thirteen out of one hun- dred and thirty-three members of both houses. Not only was there no Republican candidate against Mr. Spooner (an unprecedented situation in Wisconsin) but he had the unusual honor of receiving Democratic votes in the joint legisla- tive convention which, in January, 1897, elected him to succeed Senator William F. Vilas, by whom he had Ijeen defeated six years before. His welcome to the senate by those who had known him during his first term was indeed cor- dial, regardless of party afifiliations. His repu- tation as one of the best-equipped and most able and conscientious lawyers in the nation had grown more rather than less sul>stantial during his absence of six years so that by common con- sent he at once became the leader of the senate. One of his first acts after returning to his seat was reporting a bill to make balloting by voting machines for members of congress legal. He believed that self-regis'tering voting ma- chines, which would show the total number of votes cast the moment the last ballot was re- corded would tend to eliminate the possibilities of fraud. His first important appearance was in behalf of seating Henry W. Corbett as a senator from Oregon. The Oregon legislature of 1897 ad- journed without efYecting an organization and therefore without electing a successor to United States Senator J. H. Mitchell. Tiiereupon the governor of the state appointed Mr. Corbett. The committee on privileges and elections. 10 whom liis credentials were referred, reported that Mr. Corbett lie not seated. In opposition tn the adoption of tliis residu- tion, in February, 1898, Mr. Sp(X>ner delivered the most exhaustive speech ever heard in con- gress on that subject. He pleaded for the elevation of the proceed- ings of the senate in such matters to the highest plane of judicial calmness and fairness, devoid of every personal and partisan feeling, and showed by an overwhelming array of authori- tes that the governor of Oregon had acted whollv within the provisions of the constitution in making an appointment to fill a vacancy in the United States senate caused by th.e inability of the legislature to elect. 446 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Mr. Ccrljctt's credentials were rejected liy a \£ry large majority; but later the firce and righteousness of Mr. Spooner's arguments were strongly felt in the senate. The legislature of Pennsylvania adjourned in March, 1900, in dead- lock, without electing a successor to United States Senator ]\I. S. Quay. Thereupon the gov- ernor appiiintcd Mr. Quay to be his own suc- cessor. The credentials of the appointee being chal- lenged, the question of whether the vacancy that had occurred as stated was such as the g(.i\ernor had a right to fill by appointment, was again raised in the senate. As Mr. Spooner had always contended that any, except perhaps an original vacancy in the senate, could be filled by appointment by the gov- ernor of the state in which the hiatus occurred, he repeated, in April, 1900, and in some respects enlarged upon the argument which he made in favor uf seating Mr. Corbett. The powerful leaven which he had sown was beginning to take effect and Mr. Quay, who was defeated by one vote only, unquestionably would have been seated if he had been without enemies or political rivals in the senate. The leading lawvers of that boily voted with ]\lr. Spooner. Mr. Si)ooner's first argument of consetpience (111 the no\'el and vital (juestions growing out of the clash with Spain was made on Ai)ril 15, 1898, in op])osition to the form of the resolution reported by the committee on foreign affairs declaring that "tlie people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent" antl di- recting the president to demand the withdrawal or Spain from Cuba and, in case of refusal, to use the army and na\y to drive her from that island and the surrounding waters. He opposed the formal adoption of the great Instorical falsehood that Cuba was already free while with the same breath the president was being directed to use the army and navy of the United States to make her free. He also proved l)y internatii>na] law and jirecedent that it was beyontl the pro\ince of congress to make a formal demand upon any foreign nation — that such de- mand could rightfully emanate from the presi- dent alone. He also protested against forcing President ]\IcKinley to make war before we were ready to take the field, or before the possibilities of diplomacy had been exhausted. His next great speech was on "The .\cquisi- tion of Territory," in February, 1899. In it he re]ilied to those who pretended to hold that the government was without power to acquire terri- tory except for the purpose of erecting it into and admitting it as ecjual states of the Union. He urged the ratification of the pending treaty with Spain as abundantly right and lawful not only but as an act of humanity which the gov- ernment could not escape. He admitted that Hawaii was acquired in \iolation of the constitution, having been an- nexed by joint resolution of congress and not by treaty as cedetl conquest or prize of war; but showed that Spain possessed undisputed power to cede, and the president, by and with the ad- vice and consent of the senate, unquestioned au- thority to accept the Philii)pine Islands. The treaty was ratified and the supreme court confirmed ]\Ir. Spooner's contention that the president and senate possessed authority to ac(pnre the Philippine Archii>elago regardless of whether the United States intended to hold it as a mere dependency or ultimately to admit it to the union of states, or was witlnuit any in- tention precedent concerning it. In April, 1900, he made an argument in sup- port (jf the ix>wer of congress to legislate for the government of Porto Rico and, for the sup- port of that government, to le\v a tariff upon such products of the island as nnght be imported into the United States. Incidentally he assailed the absurd shibboleth PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 447 that "the Ci-nstituticni fullows the flag" by its u\\ 11 life ami force, showing that if this cunten- tiun were true the constitutiun entered Cuba when the federal soldiers landed \\ith the flag at Santi- ago and, without anv aid frt)ni congress or else- where, had become the supreme law of that island — a manifest absurdity. In May, kjoo, he addressed the senate during three days upon a bill tO' suppress insurrection in and for the g"o\'ernment of the Philippine Archipelago. It was an exceedingly efifective and in some respects a startling speech because of its broad and unanswerable enunciation of the power of the United States to legislate in behalf of any territory or "place subject to its jurisdicion," as well as because of its merciless expcjsure of the crooked operations of Aguinaldo. He had gathered and read to the senate numbers of the letters, proclamatious and orders of that slippery adventurer, hitherto unknown to the people, which showed how the insurrection was planned and begun before the treaty between Spain and the United States had been signed, and how Aguinaldo attempted to induce the Spanish army ( against which he had pretended to be in re- bellion with bitter hatred) to join with the Fili- pinos for the annihilation of the Americans! Again he held up to ridicule the Fourth-of- July rant that "the constitution follows the flag" and demonstrated Ijy all written laws, decisions and practices that the very situatii-n created by accepting the Philipiiines by treaty cession as prize of war was contemplated and amply pro- vided for by the framers of the constitution. .\ characteristic piece of legislation is termed the "Si)ooner bill." for th.e go\-ernment of the Philippines. It consists of but a few words and merelv n.iakes the ])resident the agent of congress to estal>lish the machinery of civil governmeut in those islands. This measure was Ijitterlv attacked bv the Democratic press and orators as making an "emperor" of the president — Ijestowing upon him unlimited autocratic ix>wer. The fact is it did the very opposite. Prior to the passage of that bill the operations of the president in the Philippines, as commander-in- chief of the army, were restricted b}- no limit in any direction except those imposed by the indefi- nite provisions of the law^s of civilized warfare. The Sjjooner bill cut off all of the president's powers and prerogatives in the Philippines ex- cept tho'se e.xpressly named in the bill — which were to appoint agents to establish ci\il order and government and a system of public educa- tion in that territory. Instead of creating an emperor. Mr. Spooner bound the president hand and foot with a rigid- itv that was known to no' predecessor in the White House except, perhaps, Andrew Johnson during the period of reconstruction; and the withes that he put upon ;\[r. INIcKinley are flrnily bmding- the bands of his successor, Mr. Roose- velt. In his remarks upon the various Philippine measures he took occasion to explode the "con- sent of the governed" nonsense ,as it had been used by the enemies of the administration in their efforts tt:> oppose and obstruct the operations of the army to suppress insurrection in those islands, and stated that we would have a perfect right to take and hold even Canada without the consent of its people if England, as a result .of war, should conclude to cede it to us. In February, 190 J, he reported for passage a bill to specially and heavily tax oleomargarine and other imitations of butter. In answering the argument of the opposition he declared that congress bad the un(piestioned i)ower to control the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine by special taxation and, in any event, he volun- teered that the makers of that article were wealthy and able to appeal to the courts if they 448 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST believed the laW' lu be unconstitutiunal, wliile tlie hundreds of thousands of dairymen scattered over the country were unable to invoke the aid of courts for protection against the competition of fraudulent and spurious articles of butter. Mr. Spooner opposed the earlier bill provid- ing for the construction of the Nicaragua canal by the government of the United States through the agency of the Maritime Canal Company and without regard to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, which instrument he ileclared to lie in full force and effect. He favored the canal project but wanted to secure a perfect title to the lands necessary for its construction and to abrogate the Clayton- Bulwer treaty liy dignified and orderly proced- ure before embarking uimn a vast expenditure of money so far from home. Finally, in January, iyo2, the treaty in cpies- lion having been formally abrogated by the j(jint and friendly action of Great Britain and the United States, as he had suggested, and the Nica- ragua and Panama factions in congress appear- ing to be unable to comixjse their differences as tC' which was the more feasiljle route, he pre- sented a bill authorizing the president to ascer- tain, negotiate for and actjuire the cheaper, Ijet- ter and more easily maintained right of way. His last notable effort in the senate consisted of a speech made on Feliruary 22, 1902, in sup- pcjrt of the Philippine tariff bill. Once incire he took occasion to lay before the senate startling original documents proving the cupidity of the so-called Philippine leaders and the terribly disastrous effects upon American life and treasure of the efforts of those in the senate and elsewhere who' were discrediting the govern- ment, denouncing our operations to suppress ii; surrection and disorder and giving aid and com- fort and holding otit false hopes to the islands rebels. This portion of his speech was a terrible arraignment of the fire-in-the-rear party — alto- gether the most effective that had been heard in the senate. Amongst other things he saiil : "I stand here to say — and I say it regretfully, I say it with no spirit of unkindness in my heart — that in the main, in my judgment, the responsibility for the duration of this struggle in the Philippine Archipelago is upon the minority party in this country. "There never was. in my judgment, a wickeder thing than the prostitution of that situation to party purposes. Right or wrong, we had acquired the Philippine Archipelago. We had furnished an army to the president. He had informed us that he would employ that army to enforce the sos'ereignty of the United States and obedience to its authority in that archipelago. Then there was projected for party purpose a false and malign issue in the United States which could not fail, which did not fail, to prolong the insurrection and entail great cost upon the people of the United States in money and life." In March, 1902, Mr. Spooner made a very important rejiort, which was duly adopted, upon the assumed right of the house to participate with the senate in negotiating treaties which (like reciprocity treaties) affect the tariff. This as- sumption had long been a source of feeling be- tween the twO' houses, and prior to Mr. Sixion- er's rqjort was cpiite generally believed to have some ecpiitable foundation. He showed that it has nO' such foundation, and that the right to negotiate treaties rests ex- clusi\'elv with the jiresident and the senate, re- gardless of the tariff character of the instru- ments. He holds, also, that the clause in the Dingley tariff law limiting the time in which reciprocity treaties could lie negotiated to two years is in- valid, because congress had no authority to limit the constitutional powers of the senate, and its attempt to do so' amounted to nothing. His pre-eminence as a lawyer is so great that his mere report is regarded as settling this old and irritating controversy. He voted against the Hanna-Frye ship sub- sidy bill, saying he believed the proposed sub- vention to lie a mere gift, but was persuaded l>y personal friends in the senate to make no speech against it. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 449 Mr. SpiiiHier never reads a speech in the senate or elsewliere, nor has it committed tu w riling. He makes sucii preparation as seems to be needed for great occasions, but always speaks extemporaneously and always gracefully permits interruptions, especially from opixinents or Dem- ocrats. During his principal speeches he is compelled tc> submit to more interruptions than are put ui)on all the other senators combined. Sometimes during a single speech he endures scores and even an hundred interruptions from a single Populist. On one occasion Senator Allen, of Nebraska, shouted to him: "You do not know what a Populist is." "Yes I do," snapped Mr. Spooner. "A Pt>ini- list is one who is opposed to everything that is, and in favor of ever}-thing that is n(»t, never was, and never can be." While he was pleading" for the admission of South Dakota, in whicli he was stationed as a soldier when it was inhabited by little else than buffaloes and wild Indians, he was interru[>ted by Senator Butler, who- declared that he was op- posed to a territory "trying to break into the Union." Mr. Spooner instantly retorted that Dakota had as much right to try to break into' as Sijuth Carolina (Butler's state) had to try to break out of the Union. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, who jjursues Mr. Spooner with unnumbered cpies- tions, arguments and denials, on being called to order by the chair for iiis unparliamentary inter- ruptions, declared that he could not restrain him- self: that the senator from Wisconsin, by his elo- quence and smartness, "jn.st bamboozled the sen- ate and be [Tillman] was forced to get up and ex])ose the process of bamboozle." These tilts '.intensely delight the galleries, which are always filled when Mr. Spooner is ex- pected to speak ; and, instead of resulting in dis- comfiture, they are certain to rouse him to better effort and to bring' out more instead of to sup- pressing or breaking the force of the kind of in- formation which the opposition is seeking to destroy. For years Mr. Spooner was a member of every Republican state con\-ention in Wisconsin and three times a delegate tO' national conven- tions. He nominated Rusk for president in 1888 and seconded the nomination of Harrison in 1892. He has several times declined cabinet portfolios, twice declined appointment t(j the United States supreme bench, and declined Mr. Harrison's earnest request to take charge of the presidential campaign of 1892. He takes the keenest delight in the broader and hiigher duties of a senator, giving all im- portant subjects that ci>me before congress ex- hausti\'e and careful examination : but the stream of correspondence from his constituents and from the country at large has become so great that it is not unusual to see one thousand letters ijcfore him for dictation or signature. His offi- cial errands are numberless ; his callers come by dozens and scores every day and he is sum- moned to the White Hou.se more frequently than any other senator — one of the president's cronies excepted: an.d thus the slax'ish routine and more lietty affairs of his great office take so much of his time that to at all fulfill his high ideal of a senator he is compelled to work far intO' every night and to forego the usual rest of holidays and Sundays. Measured by toil, he has already lived more than a century: yet he is as youthful in manner, apijearance and heart as a man of twenty-five, and carries the immense burdens of his position as cheerfully and enthusiastically as though la- JMir were his chief pleasure. Although easily the leader of the United States senate, his great reputation in that body and out of it is that of a lawyer — profound, high- minded, judicial and conscientious. He has no ta.f government, in the process of selecting- pul>he servants. His home is at MacWson, Wisconsin, in a large house with ample grounds overlooking the lake. He has not wealth nor even a competence. Indeed, as public men are now reckoned, he is poor. While in active practice his earnings are large, but they go to his family, wbich has al- ways lived in luxury. His personal habits are puritanically correct and his entire life has been conspicuously clean and high-toned. His wants are modest, his ways democratic. In September, iSfiy, he was married to Aliss Anna E. Main, a woman of brilliant musical and other accomplishments. They luue three sons — Charles P. and Willet Main, wlm are practicing their father's profession, and L'hilip L., \\lu> is just finishing his education. Recently there has been no small amount of discussicjn of ]\Ir. Spooner as a\ailable presi- dential timber of the very highest quality, but he says he has "neither the presidential nor any other bee in his bonnet." He is happy to serve when the people call him, but personall}- will not turn a single stone to secure the highest office in the republic. HON. ALEXANDER STEWART WAUSAU, WIS. lion. Alexander Stewart is one of the pioneer province, and during his young manhdod he was lumlx'rmcn of the Wisconsin ri\er \alley and engaged in lumbering and k>gging in the pine president of the .\lexander Stewart Lumber and spruce forests of Xew Brunswick. In 1849 Company, one of the most important concerns of he mo\-eil to the United States, and after a Ijrief its kind in the great north and one of Wausau's slop at Blackberry, Illinois, he went northward to greatest financial feeders. More than half a cen- the little settlement of Big Bull Falls, in the terri- tury of Mr. Stewart's busy life has been spent in ti^iry of Wisconsin, now Wausau. Here Mr. Wausau. and the history of these years is one of Stewart, with his brother, started logging in the nicrited success. He has during that time l)uilt white pine forests. The business at first was i;p a great business and surrounded himself with small, but each year saw a substantial gain. The a host of friends. The various offices of respon- mill of the Alexander Stewart Lumber Company sibility and distinction he has Ijeen called upon is the oldest in the valley above Graiul Rapids. to fill have atlded to the profound respect in which It was built in 11^38 bv George Ste\'ens, who had he is held. In prisate life and jjublic office he is aeijuireil a title to the water power at this iK>int. always the same reliable, honorable man and citizen. .\le.\ander Stewart was born in York county, in the province of Xew Brunswick, Canada, Sep- tember 12, 1829, and is a son of Thomas and Jane Moody Stewart, of Scotland. He probabl\- The present mill bears very little resemblance, however, to that pioneer mill, for alxait all that remains of it is the site. The old Stevens mill became the property of John and .Mexander Stew- art in i87_^. In 1874 their business hail grown until thev could not attend tO' all the details and owes many of the sturily qualities of his nature Mr. Walter Alexander was taken into partner- to his long line of Scotch ancestry. His educa- sh.ip, the firm name becoming J. and A. Stewart tion was received in the schools of his native & Company. In 1881 the Alexander Stewart '-(^lyi/l^f^!^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 453 Lunihcr Cnnipaiiv was inciirpnratcd. with Alex- anler Stewart as president. In iSyo the i)resenl commodious structure was 1)uilt. Among the mills of Northern Wisconsin it ranks as one of the largest, and its product is k-nown throughout many states. In additinn to the Wausau plant, the cimipany owns stock in sc\-eral luniher com- panies in Wisconsin and Michigan, many valu- ahle tracts of timber, a sawmill in Arkansas, stock in the \\'ausau Paper Mills Company and stock in a number of lumljer _\ards in Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. In 1894 and 1896 Mr. Stewart was elected by the Republicans of the ninth congressional district for congress, and re-elected in 1898, each time by an increased majority. He was again offered the noniination but declined it. In con- gress he did splendid work on the committees on Indian affairs and im manufactures. On mat- ters pertaining to the northwest his ad\ice was sought and his opinions highly respected. He holds the gratitude of his district for securing adequate protection for the lum1)er industry. Mr. Stewart has dune nuich for Wausau and has lieen alwa_\-s ready to make sacrifices of time and mi ine_\' when a good end is to be promoted. Merit alone wins such distinction, and such a record does not need the complimentary notice of the historian, as it speaks for itself. \\'ith similar opportunities few men have accomplished so much and few men have been able to look back upon a life of usefulness conscious of the cordial approval of all, Mr. Stewart was married March 23, 1858, to Miss Margaret Gray. They have tlu'ee daughters now li\-ing, Margaret J., Marv E., and Helen G. Stewart. HON. JOHN J. FEELY CHICAGO, ILL. Hon. John J. Feel}*, member iif congress from the secimd district of lllinnis, was born on a farm in Curtis tnwnship. Will cnunty, Illinois, August I, 1875, being a son uf Jnhn 11. and Winifred (Pennon) Feely. He was educated in the inib- lic schools, Niagara University at Niagara brails. New ^'(lrk, and Yale Paw School, graduating with the degree of PP. P). in 1897; was admitted tn the bar in Connecticut in 1897, mii\-ed ti.i Chicago and was admitted tn the Plinois bar in i8(;8, and ])racticed law, being a member (jf the firm of Murray & Feely from 1899 to 1901, and now is a member of the law firm of Blake & Feelv, his partner being Mr. Freeman K. Blake. Mr. Feely was elected to the fifty-seventh congress November 6, 1900, covering the term of 1901 to' 1903. Pie is a member of several associations and cluljs, also' of the Chicago Bar Association and Chicag'o Athletic Association, and has traveled extensively throughout the United States. In religious matters he is a Riinian Catlmlic and pohticallv a Democrat. Mr. Feely is not married and enjoys the dis- tincticn of Ijeing the youngest man in the fifty- sc\enth congress, and the youngest man ever elected to congress save John Young Brown, of Kentuckw elected in 1858. He has earned con- siderable ])rominence and called' special atten- tion to himself in the house of representatives by the prominent ])ru-t he took on the oleomar- garine bill February 11, 1902, 454 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST WALTER ALEXANDER WAUSAU, WIS. There is no more jxjpular man in Wausau represented wIkjH)- Ijv its \\ ausau plant. It uwns tlian Walter Alexander, of the Alexander Stew- stock in several lumber companies in Wisconsin tart Lumber Company. He is known through- and Michigan, owns a valuable tract of timber out the state as a man of broad humanity, strici valued at several hundred thousand dollars, and integrity and firm principles. He counts among a sawmill in Arkansas ; has consideral)le stock in liis friends men of all ranks, and with his em- the W'ausau Paper Mills Company, and owns ployes he is as popular as with the citizens. He stock in a number of lumber yards in Nebraska, has a firm faith in Wausau and her people, and Iowa and Illinois. shows his home loyalty at e\-ery opportunity, and Mr. Alexander has always taken an active in- no movement is inaugurated for the common terest in politics and the issues affecting tlie wel- good but that he is a controlling spirit. He is fare of the state and nation, participating in the the active manager of the wide interests of the Republican party councils and working with zeal Alexander Stewart Lumlier Company. He is and enthusiasm for the triumph of his party's direct in method, a tireless worker and never re- principles. He has often l)een urged to become a laxes his energy until the matter in hand is com- candidate for office luit has always declined to pleted, and has justly attained a position of dis- accept nomination, except that he has served his tinction in the business world. ward as a member of the common council. He Mr. Alexander entered the firm in 1874. the was unanimimsly elected to represent the ninth firm name Ix-ing J. and A. Stewart & Company. congressional district as delegate to the Repub- In 1881 the Alexander Stewart Lumlier Com- I'can national convention which nonn'nated the ])any was incorporated with a capital stock of late President ^^IcKinley the last time, and was five hundred thousand dollars, but there was no also appointed on the committee to notify him of change in the ownership or management. The h.is election at the meeting held at Canton, Ohio, officers first elected were : President, Alexander These honors were entirely unsolicited on his Stewart ; vice-president, John Stewart ; secretary I«rt and were in recognition of his valuable aid and treasurer, Walter Alexander. These officers to the party. He was recently strongly urged by have continuously been re-elected at each election liis friends to become a candidate for governor, since held. '*i't declined to enter the race because of business This lumber company is one of Wausau's interests, very much to the regret of his numerous greatest financial feeders, contributing in a most admirers who have the good of the part>- at heart, important degree to the industrial prosperity of Mr. Alexander has a just pride in a Scotch the city. During the sawing season about twn ancestry. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in hundred men are employed about the mill, and 1849. He settled in \\'ausau in 1856 ;md worked the monthly pay roll is alM)ut ten tlnjusand dol- in the mill of which he is now part owner for lars, or nearly eightv thousand dollars for the fifteen years prior to becoming a partner in 1874. sawing season. The company has a large amount He was married February 11, 1874, to ]\Iiss of uncut timber in the valley, all of which will Sarah Strobridge, who was born in Pennsyl- come to this mill. vania. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander exert a wide The business of the company is by no means social influence. -ip by He,— -rylo^yfn:' Jf Ch=.:^aa C^^A-^^Ca^^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 457 ORRIN N. CARTER. CHICAGO, ILL I he liislor)- uf such ;i man as Judge Carter increases the respect which hiwyers entertain for their profession. His record at the Ijar and bench lias been su clear, sO' irreproachable and So just and commendable that all accord hinv tlie highest respect and admiration, and at the same time acknowledge his superior ability in tlie in- terpretation of the law, his applicatioii of its [irinciples and his broad understanding of the science of jurisprudence in its manifold and com- l^lex departments. Farm life, limited means, a district school education, the labor of held and meadow, such were the conditions of his early years. He is a man whose professional career has been one of success from the beginning. His keen powers amount to almost a genius for the law. Judge Carter was born in JetYerson county, New York, January 22, 1854, and when ten \ears uf age accompanied his parents to Illinois, the family locating in Du Page county, where he remained throughout his minority, devoting his summer months to farm work and the winter months to pursuing his studies in the district school, where a strong desire was awakened within him to fit himself for life's responsible duties. At length, he was enabled to enter W'heaton College and graduated from that in- stitution in tlie class of 1S77. In order to meet his expenses while pursuing his collegiate course, he taught school and performed janitor service at the college. In the meantime, he had deter- mined upon the practice of law, and after grad- uation he came to Chicago and pursued his law studies under the direction of Judge M. F. Tnley and General I. N. Stiles. He was county, superintendent of schools of Grundy county for two and one-third \cars, and also during that time taught school. He resigned in 1882. Ad- mitted to the bar in 1880, Judge Carter began the practice of his profession in Morris, the coun- ty-seat of (irund\- county, Illinois, and two years later was appointed prosecuting attorney for that county, a position which he filled most creditably for a period of six years. His tastes led him to give attention more exclusively to the law, and by several railroad companies he was employed to condemn rights of way in the county. Since 1888 he has maintained his residence in Chicago. One of the most important criminal cases with which he has been connected was that of the trial of Henry Schwartz, and Newton W'ott, for the murder of Kellogg Nichols, an ex- press messenger on the Chicago, Rock Isl- and & Pacific Railroad. Judge Carter was counsel on the part of the prosecution, and although opposed by some of the most brilliant lawyers of Chicago and Philadelphia, he suc- ceeded in having both men con\-icted and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1892 Judge Carter was appointed attorney for the Sanitary district of Chicago (Drainage Board) and performed the duties of that position with, admirable tact and success from March of that year until the fall of 1894, when he resigned, having accepted the nomination of the Republi- can ])arty for the office of count v judge of Cook county, to which position he was elected bv a ])lurality of over fifty-two' thousand votes. It was during his term of office as attorney for the Drainage Board that almost all of the right-of- way for that marvelous ship and drainage canal was obtained and later purchased, tO' the value of more than two million dollars. On November 8. 1898, Judge Carter was re-elected judge of the county court of Cook county by a plurality of more than twenty-eight thousand votes. Judge Carter has won high encomiums from 458 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST the bar, press and public. The amount of work devolving upon him as county judge is simply ent)rmous. There are more insolvency cases ami trials for insanity in his court than in all the other counties of the state cnmbined. The special assessment cases handled by this court also out- number all similar cases in the state, outside of Cook county, amounting to a sum from seven to fourteen millions per year. There are also a number of cases involving the right, and all these added to the general common law work of the court. lUit beside all these strictly judicial cases, the judge of the county court of Cook county is the real head of the board of election commissioners and has charge of the election machinery of the city of Chicago and the Un\n of Cicero, and the duties which arise in this con- nection are many and arduous. Jn his private, professional and official life Judge Carter has always been opposed to fraud, intolerate of wrong and always prepared for the defense of abstract right or of an oppressed in- dividual; and although his intellect is of a keen ar.d incisive quality, he jjrefers the arguments of right and ecjuity to any that savor of sophistry and subtleties. He has always taken an active interest in state and national politics, and has de- livered many addresses in advcKacy of Republi- can principles. His is a distinctively legal mind, \\e\\ trained in the science of jurisprudence. As a judge he is learned and upright, with a won- derful quickness of comprehension. His opin- ions are noted for their terseness, conciseness and brevity, and at the same time, for their compre- hensiveness and simplicity of their language. Judge Carter was united in marriage in 1881 to Miss Nettie Steven, of LaSalle county. Illinois, daughter of Allen and Margaret Steven. Thfey have two cbihfren, Allen and Ruth Carter. BENZETTE WILLIAMS CHICAGO, ILL. Benzettc Williams, the noted Ci\il engineer The earlv davs of Mr. Williams were spent of Chicago, was born near West Liberty, Logan on a farm, where he was occupied in connnon county, Ohio, November 9, 1S44, and is a son work when not at school. His early inclination oi Asa and Edith (Cadwalader) Williams. led him toward the civil engineering field, and Probably the first ancestor to arrive in this with this in view he attended the Universitv of country was Thomas Macy. who Michigan, and was graduated in 1869. In that located in Salisbury, Massachu- _\ear he began his first work in the office of the setts, in 1640. Many other an- late E. S. Chesbrongh, who was for manv years cestors came to America between city engineer for Chicago. He remained here a 1650 and 1700, among them lie- short time and took a position with the city en- ing- Robert Stanton. This branch gineer of Milwaukee, remaining during the year of the family settled in New Eng- 1870 and then engaged with the Milwaukee, land. The mother's branch lo- Lake Shore & Western Railway, serving two cated in Pennsylvania about 1700 years, then engaging with the Chicago, Burling- and the Williams branch in North ton & Ouincy Railroad Company. In 1872 he Carcilina in 1 7fio. Both Mr. Williams' grand- was made assistant engineer of Chicago, re- fathers were of Welsh extractiou on their fa- maining as such until 1878, when he was ap- ther's side, InU on their mother's were English. [lointed engineer of the sewerage department of PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 459 the city. He later resigned and started in husi- In 1886-87 '^^ ^^'i^ 'i member uf the Drain- ness for himself and later huilt the water and age and Water Works Supply Conimissi(jn of sewerage system of Pullman. During this time Chicago. Mr. Williams is a member of the he was employed by a numljer of cities design- ing water and sewerage work and acted as con- sulting engineer for many companies and cor- porations. In 1890 he planned the sewerage and water works systems of the city of Seattle, Washington. Western Si^ciety of Engineers, and has been chairman of the .Nssociation of Engineering So- cieties from the time it was organized. He married Miss Lydia June Terrell, of Cleveland, Ohio. Seiitember _'", 1X71. and thev have foiu' children. FREDERICK A. SMITH CHICAGO, ILL. No matter what wealth one may possess in- Illinois, in 1835 and entered from the gox'ern- (lividually, or how fortunate he may be in his ment a tract of land that he still owns. In Cook ancestral connections, progress at the best can county \-oung Smith grew to manhood, attended only be secured through individual merit. The the public schools at Chicago, and in i860 en- legal profession demands a high order of aliility tered the Chicagcj University Prq>aratory de- and a rare combination of talent, partment. Two years later he became a student learning, tact, patience and in- in the university, remaining there until 1863, dustry. The successful lawyer and then throwing aside his books, enlisted as a and the competent judge must private in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth n-i't only possess a comprehensive Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, serving in Missoin-i knowledge of law in its \aried and Kentucky until the regiment was mustered departments, but also must have a out of the service in 1864. Entering the uni- fund of general information that versity again he graduated in 1866, and from the will enable them to cope witli the Union College of Law — now^ the law department intricate questions involved and oi the Nortlnvestern Universitv — in 1867. Was 4 c determine w ith accuracy the points of law gleaneil from voluminous text books. Such qualities are characteristic of the professioiial record of Fred- erick A. Smith, whose splendid intellectual power admitted to the bar August 20, 1867. Entering upon his professional career he be- came a memlier of the law firm of Smith & Kohlsaat, which which he continued until 1873, has .gained him prestige among Chicago lawyers, after which he ])racticed alone until 1885. At ar.d to-day he is numbered among the distinct- that date, the tlrni of Millard & Smith was or- ively representative citizens of Northern Illinois. ganized, the senior ])artner Iieing S. M. Alillard. Mr, Smitb was born in Norwood Park, Cook That partnership continued until 1889, and the county, Illinois, February 11, 1844, and is a son following year Mr. Smith became .senior mem- cf Israel (1. and Susan P. ( Pennoyer) Smith, her of the linn of Smith, Helmer & Moulton. both of \\h(.m were born in the year t8i6; the Since that lime but one change in the firm has former in the state of New York and the latter in occurred, that being in 1895, when H. W. Price Connecticut. The father came tO' Cook count\', became a partner and the firm name then became 460 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Smith, Helmer, Muultun & Price. Mr. Smitii engages in general [jractice t>l law, and his legal lore embraces a thorcmig-h knowledge of the prin- ciples oi jnrisprndence in all branches. His i>rac- tice is of an important character. His standing is high in the professioiial circles. In 1887 he was chosen president nf the Law Club of Chicago, and in 1890 was made president of the Chicago- Bar Association. In 1891 he was made president of the Hamilton Club. Politically Mr. Smith is a Republican. In June, 1898, he received the nomination for the position of one of the judges of the supreme cnurt, and is nnw (1902) the regular Republican nominee of the Republi- can party for judge. He is a man of scholarly tastes and is deeply interested in educational mat- ters. He has been a trustee of the New Chicago University since the organization of th^ institu- tion. He isi also a member oi the board of tnis- tees O'f Rush Medical College, and in addition, the Hamilton) Club, is also a memljer of ■ the Marquette Club and the Union League, three of the leading political organizations of Chicago. Mr. Smith was married to Miss Frances B. Morey, of Chicago, in 1871. HON. WILLIS CHISHOLM SILVERTHORN WAUSAU, WIS. During most of the active years of his life Judge W. C. Silverthiirn has been a citizen of W'ausau, Wisconsin, contributing by his public spirit, his rare abilities and his high social quali- fications to the renown of the city of his residence and t(.) the dignity of his profession. He is re- garded as the leading member of the W'ausau bar. He is a man whose opinions are listened to with respect by all associates of the bench and bar of Wisconsin. He brought to the bench not only [jrofound learning but that which is quite as use- ful, a wiile c.\i)cricnce in affairs and an almost unerring judgment. He has been actively en- gaged in the practice of law for over thirty-four years, and his present en\iable position in the esteem of the general public has been gained by his sterling cjualities, which command respect both at home and abroad. Willis Chisholm Silverthorn was born at Toronto, Canada, .August 30, 1838; he was edu- cated at .Mbion Academy and at Wisconsin State Uni\ersity. He was a law student of the late General George B. Smith and Judge Arthur B. Brailey, of Madison, who for thirty years occupied the nninici[ial bench of Dane county, and never had a case reversed or remanded by the supreme court, and who was known all over the state as the "terror" to wrongdoers. Judge Sihcrtliorn moved from Jefferson county to Wausau in 1864 and opened a law' office. He was that year elected district attorney for Marathon county, and held that office for six years. He was a member of the assembly in 1868 and 1874, and state senator in 1875 and 1876. In 1873 Mr. Hurley was taken into i)art- nership, and the firm was known as Silverthorn & Iliudcy, and in 1883 Mr. Ryan came into the firm, and Mr. Jones in 1886. Judge Silverthorn w'as nominated for gover- nor in 1896 by the Democratic party, and his campaign is a matter of state history, he having run something like ten thousand votes ahead of the national ticket. A vacancy was created upon the circuit bench by the appointment of Judge I'ardecn to the supreme court in January, 1898, and Mr. Siherthorn was called to fill the same /^ Q^fAiAT^fi^i (/: PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 4^3 ])y Governor Sco-field, liis former oppiment in tlie in out-door sports, taking the greatest pleasure memorable campaign uf 1896. in horseback riding, and at the head of the John judge Silverthorn has been anidug the fore- Gilpin Club, a C( ngregation of dashing riders must in festering the line arts, and holds a high which wmild scr\e in a regiment of rough riders position in literary circles, being regarded as one with honors. 1 le stands ami ng the men of Wan- of the leading writers and speakers of the state. sau who have made it, and is one of its repre- He is warm hearted and companion;il)le, delights sentatixe men in the best sense of that term. OSCAR ZACHARY BARTLETT MILWAUKEE, WIS. Milwaukee, at one time, could boast of being the grain-shipping center of the United States, and even now its business in this line forms one of its greatest sources of wealth and activity. Its "Board of Trade" is as .important as any in the country outside of Chicago, and its brokers are among the city's most enterprising and suc- cessful business men. One of the leading of these is O. Z. Barlett, whose career as a grain dealer has been marked with great success from its Ijeginning. He is a whole-souled, genial gen- tkman. tpiick and active in business, and nuni- hers his friends by the score. Air. Hartlett was born January 31, iSOi. at Spring (ireen, Wisconsin, and is a son of [^eman Bartktt and Eliza Uai n.-ird-Bartlett. Leman liartlett was a .grain broker, and until recently was an acti\e member of the .Milwaukee Imard. Me was l>orn in \'ermunt. and is descended from an old Scotch family, whose rejjresentatives set- tk-cl in Vermont and other New En.gland states in the se\enteenth century. He moved to Wis- consin in 1855, and took up his residence in Mil- waukee in 1866. O. Z. Bartlett was educated in the public schools of Al'ilwaukec. and also attended the Milwaukee Academy. When twelve years of age he entered the employ of his father's hrni — Zinkeisen, Bartlett & Company, — as an ot^ice boy, working before and after school hours. 23 W hen ei.ghteen years of age he was given em- ployment with the firm as a clerk, and showed great ability in mastering the details of the business. In 1886 the firm of Zinkeisen, Bart- lett & Comi)any was dissolved, and Mr. Bartlett became a partner in the firm, which his father then organized, — L. Bartlett & Son. This part- nership existed until July. 1901, when L. Bart- lett retired, and O. Z. Bartlett organized the present stock company, L. Bartlett & Son Com- panv, of which he is the president. This con- cern is the largest general grain brokerage house in Milwaukee, and does both an option and a receiving and shipping business, combining all the branches of grain brokerage. Not since the estab- lishment of this business in 18O7 has the house ever suffered financially, Init c\en in seasons of extreme financial dejiression it has always pros- pered. It has branch houses in Chicago, Minne- apolis and St. Louis, and its already large cli- entele is constantly increasing. Besides bein.g president of the L. Bartlett & Son Company, O. Z. Bartlett is a partner in the firm of F. R. Morris & Company, of Milwaukee, w ho operate the Northwestern Marine Elevators. two in number. Mr. Bartlett is a memljer and a director of the Chrnnber of Connnerce. and is on several important committees. He is also a member of the Chica.go Board of Trade. Mr. Bartlett belongs to the Milwaukee Club. 464 PROMINENT MEN OE THE GREAT WEST tlie Country Clul). the Dcutschor Cluh. tlie .Mil- waukee Yacht Club, tlie Milwaukee Athletic As- Sdciation and tiic Chicaso Athletic Association, lie is also an l'".lk. In iSSo 1k' was married to Miss Annie I.. ShalTer. dau!;hter of Cajitain |. |. ShalTer. a well- known southern gentleman, and a prominent sugar planter of Louisiana. Mr, liartlclt's home overlooking Lake Michigan, in the fashionable East Side residence district of Milwaukee, is one nf the most striking architectm-al structures in the cilv, and is "eneralh- admired. CHARLES VALENTINE WESTON CHICAGO. ILL. I'harles X'alentine Weston was Ixirn I'ebru- pany, and retained this position until the earl\- a.ry 14, li^^J. at Kalamazoo, Michigan, and is a part of 1888. lie then came to Lliicago, and Son of jolin Weston ;md Katharine (Clark) soon after his arri\;d was employetl bv the citv Wtstcju. His father is a retiied contractor, now of J^ake \'ie\v to take charge of the construction a resident of Chicago. .Mr. Weston is descended of the in-take crib and water-su]iplv tunnel under from an old I'.nglish family, some Lake Michigan. While this work was being _ membei's of which came to .\mer- done the cit\- of Lake \'iew was annexed to Chi- ica with the Pilgrim ['"atliers and landed nu I'Kninulh Rock. Ills father, Mr. John Weston caiue to the Cnited .States in 1854, and stltk'd in .\'ew ^'nrk, .and in i85() came west and Idcated at KalauKi/i 10, Michigan. c.ago, and Mr. Weston was retained in ch.arge of the work until ['"ebruary, 1890, when he resigned to take ch.arge of the construction of the tunnel for tlie West Chicago Street Railway, under the Chicago ri\er and the yards of the I'ennsyhania k.'iilro.ad. This was a \ery iiiijjortant piece of work, .and inxoKcd the construction in open It was in the public schools of trench of a tunnel of thirty feet clear span and K.al.am.azoo that .\lr. Weston re- marly si.xteen hundred feet in length, ])assing ceivetl his early education, and in 1878 he entered under large liusiness blocks. This splenditl engi- tlie employ of the Te.xas 'i'runk Railway Com- neering work occupied neaii\- all of Mr. Weston's p.any as a transitmau in the surveying coq)s. time until 1894, when it was completed and he I wo years later he was .issistant engineer in the .accepted the [xisition of chief engineer of the eni]>loy of the .Missouri. K.uisas & Te.xas Rail- Xortluvestern Elevated Raih-oad Company of read, .and was located in Tex.is until 1881, when Chicago. This elevated road is gener.allv con- lie accepted a similar iKvsition with the Kansas sidered one lny ot' the Xnrthwestern I'llevat- ed ('iini]>aiiy, Mr. W'estnn imt imly had chargeof tlic ccJiistructiini and de\ einpinenl l)iil desit^Mied llic nvllino- stock lil" this i'( ad. in |amiai"\-. hjoi. .\ir. Weston se\ered liis cnnneclinns in nrdei" In enter intn l>nsiness with his hrntlier (ieiiri;e, wiu' hkew'ise is an engineer of niucli al>ilit\'. The lirni formed is known as tlie Weston Jirotliers, and ah'eady their Inisincss as con.snlting and coii- stnicting engineers lias hecome one of the largest in Chicago. The new lirm is already assuming a position of considei'ahle ini])orlanee. .\s consulting and contracting engineers, the lirm inidertakes the estimating, drawing of plans and specilications and the super\ision of the work geneiTill\- handkd 1i\' engineers. particularK- in the line ol steam and electric r;iilw;i\s. liridL;es. l.uildings. foundations, tunnels, etc. Charles \'. Weston is a niemher of the .\mer- ic'ui Society of Ci\il luigineers. the Western So- ciety of Ci\il I'jigineers and the Technical Club of Chicagi). lie was mrn"ried in i(SS() to Cath- erine Dyer, of White Water, Wisconsin, and they ha\e one child, I'dorence Weston, now ten years of ap-e. GEORGE WESTON CHICAGO, ILL. (Jeorge Weston was horn jauuar\' 30, iSdi. at Kalamazoij, .Micliigan. and is a son of John Weston and Katherine (Clark) Weston. The family is of I'jiglish ile.seent, although branedies of it number ;unong- the oldest American families. John Weston is a retired con- tractnr. now a resident of Chi- cago', and came toi .\merica in 1854, settling in .\'ew ^'ork. and t\yo years afterward in Michigan, (jeorge Weston receiyed his early education in Kalamazmj, Alichi^an. ruid in iSSo joined the engineering corps of the Mis- souri, Kansas & 'i'exas Railroad Conipany, as a roilman, and as- sisted in the w ■ rk r.i construction south fmni iMtrl Worth, Texas. I )nring the pti'i'id belwt'en tlie years of iSS_> and iS,S3 he was engaged in nicrcantile business. In the fall of 1885 he en- tered the euii)loy of the Cnlf. C'olorado & Santa h'e Railroad Cinipau}'. as rodman with their en- gineering corps. He was advanced successi\el\ to instrument m:ni and .assistant engineer in charge of construction, and |-eniaiued in this com- pany's cm])loy until the spring of iSSj, when he resigned his position tii C(.me to Chicago and en- ter the service of Charles T. Verkes, \yho had tlien just commenced the work of constructing the North Side Cable lines. Mr. Weston had full charge of the coustriicliou of the Clybotu-n .\ye- ni;e Cable Cine, the .Milwaukee ,\\enue Cable l.ine and the lilue Island .\\'euue and llalstml Street Cable Lines for the .\orth and West Chi- cago Street Railroads. L'uder his sui)er\ision about se\-enty-ri\e miles of h^rse-car lines of the Wtsi ('hicago .Street l\ailri ad Com])au\- were rebuilt into electric lines. In July, |8(/), Mr. Weston resigned froni the em])loyment of the street railway comp.anies ;nid look a jxosition as manager of the ci luslruction de]iartment with .Vaugle, llolcoinb iS: ('om])an\', pi'onioti'i's ;md builders of electric and steam r.ailri lads. While associated with this lirm, in iNijd and i8()j, he had charge of the construction of the .Snburb.au K'ru'lroad Com|),my. of Chicago. This work ii.- \iil\x'd the electrical c(piipnient of several miles of steam ro;id ])esicles a long line of hea\'v elec- 466 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST trie mad uf tlic street-railwav t}i)e. He also had charge of tlie i>peration of tliis road. During the time that Mr. Weston was engaged on tlie coii- struction of the Suburban Raih-oad Company, of Chicago, he had charge, as suijerintendent, of the operation of the old Chicago Terminal Transfer ixailway. the greater portion of which was ciranged from a steam to an electrical road. In 1898 he was given the general management, for Naugle, Holcoml> & Company, of all the con- struction work of the Tennessee Central Rail- way. This work he conipleted intiv Monterey, Tennessee, in October, 1900. The work of con- struction of the Tennessee Central Railway was generally admitted to ha\e Ijeen an engineering WDrk of considerable magnitude. He retired from the employ of Naugle, Holcomb & Com- pany to join the firm of \\'eston Brothers, with his brother, Charles \'. We,str and as a citizen he fills a conspicuous place. Mr. Hurley was born at I'.ytown, now Ot- tawa, Canada, October 22, 1840. His father, William Hurley, was a graduate of Trinity Col- lege, Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Hurley's grandfather on his mother's side was a lieutenant in the famous regiment, the "Scotch (irays," in the Briti.sh army, and was killed at the battle of Waterloo. The family moved to Ogdcnsburg. New- York, and tliere Mr. Wiilliam Hurley died in 1850. leaving his wife so prostrated at his death that she was for several years an invalid. Thus bereft of parental care, yx)ung Michael was left at ten years of age to shift for himself. During liis childhood he had the benefit of his father's tutorship, anil reeei\'ed from him his first initi- ation into the study lA Latin and Greek. He found \\x)rk on a farm in the vicinity of Ogdens- Ijurg, immediately after his father's death, where he remained until he was sixteen, and ol)tained the benefits of the pulilic schools in the vicinity. He then started out as a sailor on the great lakes, using the money earned to educate himself. In December, 1856, he went to Schoficld, Wiscon- sin, and worked in a sawmill, and with the four hundred dollars thus earned went ti_) Stevens Point and found a position where he could work for his board and have plenty of spare time to study. He employed two local clergymen, one to teach him Greek and the other Latin, and the principal of the high schi>o! to give him a course of mathematics and the higher branches, pur- suing his efiforts in this manner for several years, teaching school himself part of the time. In (l ^, cnhL-^-^x^i^iy PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 469 1861 lie went tn Cliicago and olitaincd a situalicni as a hotel clerk, and studied for six years, taking- private lessons from the professors of the old Chicago University, mastering the entire scien- tific and literary courses, lie then went to Ber- lin, Wisconsin, and studied law with liis present law partner, Mr. R}an. Jn i8()y he was admitted to the bar at Dartford, Green Lake county. He began the practice of law at Berlin, where his abilities were quickly recognized. He was elected district attorney and held the office about a year, wlien, appreciating the great resources of the Wisconsin valley, he resigned his office, went t'> Wausau, and formed a partnership with Air. Silverthorn in 1873. The business was very suc- cessful and established a name sccnnd ti) nune in the valley. About 1881 they were employed liy the original owners of the Gogebic iron lands to recover the titles which were apparently hope- lessly lost through tax titles. The litigation was carried on with masterly skill, and bmuglit suc- cess to their clients and one-fourth interest to themselves, which thev still own, in this valu- able tract of iron lands. I'heir clients' grati- tude was ;dso shown in naming the ci[\' oi Hurley. Jn J883 Mr. Kyan was admitted intoi the lirm, and Mr. Jones in i88(). .\ few years later Mr. Hurle)- mo\e(l to California to take charge of the Hurley (iold Mining Company, .\fter re- mainmg in California some years, he opened a law office in San Francisco, and practiced law there about two years. In the fall of 1897, he returned to Wausiui and rejoined his old firm. In 1898 the senior member of the firm, Hon. W. C. SiKerthorn, was elected judge of the circuit court, and the firm was re-organized under its present name. Mr. Hurley was luarried to Miss Clara H. Leonard, June 16, 1874. Mrs. Hurley is a charm- ing' and popular lady ; she is the president of the Ladies Auxiliary Society of the \\'ausau Ad- vancement Association. They ha\e one child living, a son, Judd. An older son. Fred, a \erv promising young luan, died while the familv lived in California. DAVID MELVIN DURFEE PHILIPSBURG, MONT, Judge Da\-id M. Durfee, county attorney of (iranite county, Montana, was born July 22. 1855, in Schenectady county. New York, and is a son of David Potter and Margaret Eliza (Rec- tor) Durfee. His education was received at the Schoharie Academy, of Schoharie, New York, and in 1878 he entered the law oftice of Nathan P. Hinman, remaining a year, when, because of lack of funds, he taught school in Somerset county, I\Iaryland, remaiuing three years, and in the meantime reading law in the office of Levin T. Waters, and was admitted to the bar at .\n- napolis, Marvland, in i88_', and at once started for Montana, where he secured a |)ositii)n as teacher in the public schools of Phili]).>])urg, and later practiced law. In 1884 he was the nominee for ]irobate judge, i)ut suffered defeat. In 1886 he was elected first county attorney of Deer Lodge county. Montana. In 1889 elected u'.ember of the constitutional convention, and in the fall of that year was elected district judge of the third judicial district of Montana, being the first judge electetl for that district. In 19OU he was elected county attorney for Granite coun- X\ Montana, which office he still holds. Judge Durfee is a member of the Selish Tril)e. No. 14. Improved ( )rder of Red Men. and holds the office of senior sagamon. He is a Democrat and Cath- 470 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST (ilic, and is a recognized leader dt his pnlitical and is liiglilv ])rized 1)v tlic jinlilic. lii-> nmn dc party. phuiie is Gerald Hart. Judge Durfee was married Fel)ruary i, 1888. Judge Durfee was born and raised a farmer, at tlie Cathedral, by Cardinal Gibbons, to Miss and still retains a love for tilling the soil. He lunelie J. Irving, daughter of Thomas J. Irving. owns a sniall farm near Philipsburg. .Mnntana. a manufacturer, oi Baltimore. Maryland, and a His famil\- residence is in Missuula. Alnntana. noted writer of romance. His ])rincii)al book, a '{"here are fnur children, three daughters .nnd a novel entitled "In the Rapids," wdu much praise son. JUDGE T. C. RYAN WAUSAU, WIS. Judge Ryan, of the l;i\\ firm df R_\an. Hurley with his lirothcr John, two years his senior. At tS: Jones, of W'ausan. W'iscuiisin, deser\-e(ll\ occu- lirst the boxs hired out to work on a farm, but ])ies a ciinimanding pnsitinn ;unong the niemhcrs soon became apprentices to the shoemaker's trade, cif the bench and l>ar (pf his state. The ]il;ice be and thcr'eafter. until iSOi, worked at their trade h;is W(in in llie legal prt)fessi(in is accorded him in the winter time and ;it farming during the re- in recognition of his ability, and niainder of the \ear. the position he occupies in stxial b'rom the spring of 1861 to the spring of life is a tribute to his genuine 1863 he and his Ijrother served as privates in worth and true nobleness of char- Com])anv G, b'ifth Wisconsin Infantrv. The acter. A lilieral education fitted ])criod of his ;u"m\- life gave him much time for him for his calling. In the early stud}', which was devoted to the langtiages, da_\s of hi> practice he was an Latin, (ireek, German and I'^rcnch. He received ^eiTtj'iive jury lawyer, but later he three wcvunds while in the army, the last two in turned his attention to e([uit\ the same battle, one of which was so serious as to practice and real-estate law, in which he has \von result iiu his honorable discharg-e from the serv- fame and met with great success. He has fine ice. He then returned to his former place of resi- liter.ary ability and has done a great amount of dence, Berlin, \\'isconsin. While in the army he literary work, and owns a private library of about sa\'ed sufficient from his bountx", pav and clotliing lifteen hundred \-olumes, the gradual accuniula- allowance to sup])ort him din-ing his preparation tion of many years. He spends many of his for the bar. He studied law in the office of pleasantest hours with his books. Truesdell & \^'aring■, at Berlin. In the fall of Thomas Curran: Ryan was born at I'tica, Xew 1865 he was admitted to the b.ar at Dartford, ^'ork. July _i. 1S41. His ])arents died during his (ireen Lake comity. He then taught school one childli I. ;nid his earl\- life was spent upon a term, rmd in \H()6 began tlie ])ractice of law at farm in the town of Henungford, Lower Can- licrlin. During his career in that city he was ada. .\s a child he had a great desire for an edu- elected district attorney for three successive cation, and was encouraged hy his grandfather terms, and then county judge. His business in- and l)\- an uncle. James Ryan, both men of edu- creased and he became an equal ])ut has no desire for and kindly expression of them. ARISTIDES EDWIN BALDWIN, M. D., LL. B., D. D. S. CHICAGO, ILL. One of the most popular dentists of Chicago is Dr. Aristides E. Baldw in. A man w idely trav- eled, of hroad culture, a graduate physician and surgeon, a graduate lawyer and a graduate and l)racticing dentist, he is regarded by all as a leader in his chosen profession. Dr. Aristides E. Baldwin is a son ui Sebrean and Lo\ina (Stevens) Baldwin, and was horn at Greenwood, McHenry county, Illinois, February 5, 1852. His early edticatiou was received at the public schools of his native place. At fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to the carriage- making trade, and worked at that two years, keeping up his studies at the work bench and at night, solving many difficult problems whik working with his hands at his trade. At si.xteen lie began teaching a country school in ]\IcHenry ctmntv, Illinois, and taught such school for four years, keeping" up in his studies out of school hours, taking up in time all the advanced school work, such as geometry, botany, geology, astron- omy, zoology, etc. He then Ijecame principal oi the schools of Genoa Junction. Wisconsin, for four years, the last three years studying medicine at all hours out of school and preparing for med- ical college work. He entered Rush ^ledical College in 1875 and graduated from there in Feljruary, 1878. Dr. Baldwin then commenced the practice of medicine at Toulon. Illinois, and soon was en- trusted with an extensive practice, and by some l)rilliant surgical operations became very promi- nent in that part nf the state as a surgenn. Three years later he mo\-ed to Woodstock, Illinois, de- siring a wider held of operation. He here en- joyed as large, or larger, practice than any other physician in the county. In 1882, on account of ill health of his wife, the Doctor sold his practice, and for nearly a year traveled with his wife. On her recovery he entered a dental office in Chicago, matriculated as the first dental student in the first dental college in Chicago, and in July, 1884, was the first graduate of that school. Since then he has had a large and select practice at his resi- dence on the west side. As a mental discipline, he took a three-year course in a Chicago law col- lege and was graduated as an LL. D. In Febru- ary, 1 90 1, on invitation of Dr. J. S. Marshall, he moved his office to 1013 \'enetian Building in Chicago. Dr. Baldwin helped to organize the North- western University Dental School, and was pro- fessor there for years, and has also been a teacher in medical colleges for many years. In 1899 he was elected Ui the chair as adjunct professor of surgery (stomatology) in the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of Chicago, the Medical De- partment of the University of Illinois, which po- sition he still retains. Dr. Baldwin is a ihirty-second-degree Ma- son, a member of the National Union, Chicago Academy of Medicine, Chicago Medical Society, Chicago Dental Society, .'vmerican Medical As- sociation, and has been for years an officer of C{\ E^/^rU^^^ in^'i,' ^ PROMINENT MEN Oi' THE GREAT WEST 479 section of stomatology and iiicmhcr of general business committee of the American Medical As- sociation and a member of the literary society called "The Gnogis." He has travelcil exten- sively b(jtli abroad and in his nwn cnuntry, in Mexico and British America, lie is a mcmljer of Genoa Junction, Wisconsin, who later settled at Pasadena, California. They ha\e two daughters, Alice Estelle, born in 1881 and educated at ])ul)- lic schoiils. Lewis Institute, and who graduated at Francis Scheiner Academy, at Mt. Carroll, Jllintiis, in kjoo; Helen L has many senate. He then sold out his store and remo\e(.l business interests in Chicago. He is a man of to Chicago and again went to work for .\. L. strong character, unswerving integrity and great Flale & Brother. He left that firm to engage in ability. In the world of business be plays an im- the real estate and loan Inisiness, and formed a portant part. cojiartnership with Carter LI. Flarri.son in 1874. Harvey T. Weeks was born Ou November 20 1884, be commenced to operate in Lockport, Illinois, NoNember the Chicag-o Horse & Dummy Railway, being 20, 1842, and is a son of Joseph its president. Lie financed and sui)er\iscd its M. and Martlia L. (Lane) construction and changed its name to the Chicago ^\'eeks. His early education was Passenger Railway at the suggestion of J. \i. had at the public schools of Lock- \\'alsh. port. After leaving school be Wlien Xorman T. (iassett died Mr. Weeks worked in a plow factory for his was elected president of the Masonic Temple .\s- uncle, John Lane, and clerked in sociation, and with others, financed and carried. a general store. Leaving Lockp^ort in \^^y) he through to completion the Masonic Temple. He removed to Chicago' and worked in a mechanical was aiiiminted West Park commissioner in May, bakery, and from there went to* work for A. L. i8<)4' h\' (ioN-ernor Altgeld, and served two Ji:de & Br(.ther, wholesale furniture dealers, brom there he went to Pentwater, .Michigan, to wdrk in a general store for Charles Mears. Re- terms as ])resident of the board of commissioners. .\fter the election of Go\crnor Tanner he was discharged. Mr. Weeks is a member of the Chi- moving to Chicago in 1862, he enbsted in the cago Stock Exchange, Chicago Real b^slale Chicago Mercantile Battery and served until the Board, Illinois Cluli, Giicago .\thletic Associ- close of the war. He then went to Lockport and ation and Cimk County Club, Garden City Lodge oiiened a general store, and was ap|>ointed post- and Oriental Consistory Masons. He has tra\-- master under Andrew Tojm.son, holding the office elcd nuich, having \isited Australia, New Zea- 48o PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST land, Cliina, Japan. Hawaiian Islands, Mexico and generally in the United States. Mr. Weeks is a director in the National Bank of Ciiicagoi and West Chicago Street Railway Company. He is a man possessed of many high traits, and as a citizen is everywliere known as onghly honest, conscientious and rt-lial)le, while his strict adherence to principles command the re- spect of all his husiness associates, acquaintances and friends. Mr. Weeks was united in marriage June i, 1870, to Miss Joanna F. Marcy. <_if Cape May, possessing the highest integrity, being thor- New Jersey. WILLIAM R. PLUM CHICAGO, ILL. William R. Plum is one of the ablest mem- rejoined on the Atlantic campaign, and was in hers of the Illinois bar, and his extensive legal the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, with him. Had busness at once indicates his skill in handling the management of the Atlanta office during Sher- inlricate problems of jurisprudence. He has been man's occupatiim of the city. He returned to General Tlmmas" headquarters at Nashville and was with him in the battle of Nashville. He held cipher keys thmughciut his ser\ice; among them was one that was known unly at Grant's, Shei'man's and Thomas' headquarters and the war department. Resigned at the close of the war after three and a quarter \ears' service. He declined offer of appointment b\' tlie president to West Point tn attend college in New Haven, Connecticut. His sax'ings running lnw. he ac- of actively engaged in the practice of law in Chi- cago since 1867, and has acquired a truly en\i- able position in the esteem of the general public and of his brother practitioners. William R. Plum was born at JMassillon, Ohio, Stark county, March 25, 1S45. and is a son of Henry and Nancy North Plum, from Con- necticut, who were married sixty-five and one- half years. His early education was acqtiired at Cu.)ahoga Falls, Ohio, and at New Haven, Con- necticut. At the early age of fifteen years he cepted the night management of the city tele- learned telegraphy and at sixteen had charge of graph office, which he held two years, in the an office, and was promoted in three months to meantime studyin.g law and graduating from management of the headquarters office of the Yale Law School in 1867. Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company at Cleveland, Ohio. Before he was seventeen years of age he joined the Military Telegraph Corps, United States Army, in Kentucky, and in eight- een mi.niths more was prom-r>-'^^ 7 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 483 Society nf the United States Military Telegrapli Coqjs, and is a member of tlie Congregational churcli, and of various telegraph societies, of the Law Institute and the Chicago' Bar Association. lie has tra\elcd extensi\el\- in the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Wales, Scotland, Ire- land, Belg'ium, Holland, I^enmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Austria, Switzerland, (jtrmany, France and It.al}'. Politically he is an earnest Republican. Mr. I'hun was married .Xjiril 10, 1867, tn Miss Helen M. Williams, daughter of Cynthia M. Williams and a direct descendant of Roger Williams. Mr. Plum is a man of high char- acter. He is (|uite a writer and is author of "History of the United States Military Tele- graph Corps," two octavo volumes, 1881. His ])ractice is in the state and also the United States courts. As a lawyer he stands high, and as a citizen is everywhere kni)wn as possessing the highest integritv. HON. DAVID BREMNER HENDERSON DUBUQUE, lUWA David I!. Ilendcrsim, member of congress [jointed commissioner df the Ixi-ard of enrollment from the thirtl district of Lnva, and speaker of of the third district of Iowa, serving as such tlie house of representatives for the hfty-sixth ni-.lil June, 1864, when he re-entered the army as and fifty-seventh congresses, and senior meiuber colonel of the Forty-sixth Regiment. Iowa In- of the great law firm in Dubuque, Iowa, of Hen- fantry Viilunteers, and served therein until the derson, Hurd, Lenehan & Kiesel, close of his term of service; was collector of in- was born at Old Deer, Scotland, tcrnal re\-euue for the third district of Iow;i from March 14, 1840, and is a son of Xo\-eiuber, 1865, until June, 1869. when he re- Thomas and Barbara (Legge) signed and became a member of the law firm of Henderson. His family settled Shiras, Van Duzee & Henderson; was assistant in Illinois in 1846 and in Iowa United States district attorney for the northern in i84(j. He was educated at the division of the district of Iowa about two vears, ]iiiblic schi ols of Illiuois and resigning in 1871 ; is now a member of the law iowa and at the Upper Iowa Uni- firm of Henderson. Hurd, Lenehan & Kiesel; versitw at l'"ayette, b)\\a. an tire forty-eig-bt, forty-ninth, fif- tpiit college to enter the army ; studied law with tieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, tifty-third, fifty- I'-issel iv Shir.'is, of l)ubu(]ue, and was admitted fourth, fiftv-fifth and lift\-sixtb congresses, and to the bar in the fall of 18(15; was rearetl on a re-elected to the fifty-se\-entb congress; was farm until twenty-one years of age; enlisted in elected speaker of the fifty-sixth and re-elected the Ihiion army in September, i86i, as private speaker of the fifty-seventh congresses. Mr. in Com]ian)' C, Twelfth Regiment, Iowa In- fantry \'oIunteers, ;',nd was elected ami commis- sioned first lieutenant of that company, ser\-ing with it until discharged, owing to the loss of his leg, I'ebruary 26, iSC^t,: in May, T8r)_^, was ap- Heuflerson is a ^Iasi>n, Knight of Pythias, Elk, Shriner, G. A. R., Loyal Legion, L^ujon Veter- ans' LTnion, and was first comm.'inder of the Iowa Loval Legion. He has traveled extensively both in the United States and in France, Scotland, 484 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WESi Htilland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. at West Union, Iowa, to Miss Augusta A. He attends tlie Second Presbyterian church of Fox. They liave three chihh-en. Mrs. Angie l>"hu(|ue. Peaslee, Bellie S. Henderson and Don A. Hen- .\lr. I Icndcisnn was ni.'irried Mai'ch 4. \H(t(\. derson. HON. NORMAN S. GILSON FOND DU LAC, WIS. Judge Norman S. Gilson was horn at Middle- field, Geauga county, Ohii:>, March 2^, 1839, and is a son of W'illiard H. and Sylvia (Frisby) Gil- son, both of I'nritan stock, and whose ancestors were prominently identilied with the wars of 1776 and 1H12. The mother's family was among the earliest settlers of Vermont. The paternal Ijranch of the famil_\- in America was founded by Joseph Gilson, who emigrated from luiglaml and settled in Massachusetts in 1600. The boyhood days of the subject of oiu' sketch were passed on his father's farm. After atiending the district schodl during the winter months he pursued a higher course of study in the Farmington .\cadeniy. Feaving there, he taught school for a year in Ohio, and in Ajiril, i860. mo\-ed lo Wisconsin. He studied law in the office of his uncle, Hon. L. F. Frisby, at West I'.end, in the latter stale, and made considerable progress in his stuilies. When the war broke oui he enlisted, .September 17. iSfu. as a private in Gompany I) of the Twelfth Wisconsin \'(jlun- teer Infantry. lie went to llie front with his regiment in j.-mnary. iSfu, where he remained r.ntil June 10, the same year, at which time he entered the Army irf the Cumberland, under Gen. Robert l>. Mitchell, in which he served until after the battle of I'erryx'illc. lie then rejoined his regiment in October, T8rij, and on ]\fav 3, 1863, was promoted to sergeant major. .\t Natchez, Mississippi, on /\ugust 17, 1863, he was com- missioned first lieutenant of Company II of the F"«rty-eighth Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, and was later appointed adjutant and subsecpiently lieutenant coh.mel of the same regi- ment, afterward being bre\etted colonel of vol- unteers. He was judge advocate of the district of Natchez and department of Mississippi, and while in the Department of the Mississiiipi was on the staffs of (Irills, Osterhaus and Whis in i8(')5. He was mustered out of the army at Vicksburg, June 12, 1866, after hav- ing been four years and nine months in the serv- ice of his country. In September, 1866, he resumed the study of law at the .\lbany Law School, at which he grad- uated in May, 1867. In January, 1868, he set- tled at I-'ond du Lac, where he entered the prac- tice of his profession. He was moderately suc- cessful at the start, and because of his ability, soon attracted the attention of his fellow-citizens, lie was honored by being elected city attorney in 1874. and in 1876 was elected district .attorney f(.r Fond du Lac county. In 18S0 he w;is ele- \;ited t \isit b'.urope to lie with her son, William Scherzer. while he was pursuing" his stud- ies at the Po'Iytechnicum. at Zur- ich. Switzerland. The mother, accoinjianied by lier two' sons ruid daughter, traveled e.xlensiveh' throughout I'.nrope before .\lbert Scherzer start- ed his studies at the Technical lligli .School. Zurich. .\tter coni])leting the course of sludv in the iechnical lligh .School, and further travel in luu'ope, .\lbcrt Scherzer returned to the Lbiited State.s, .and. in iSSj. became identified with the Illinois Zinc ('om]>an\-. of Peru, one of (lie larg- est firms in the world engaged in the smelting and rolling of sheet zinc. He remained with that company ni various capacities for the following eight years. During this period of time he de- voted much of his leisure to) the stud)- of litera- ture and law. In the year i8yo Air. Scherzer came to Chi- cago and entered the Union College of Law, iiur- suing the regular course leading to the degree of LL. B., and graduating therefrcim with the class of [S()2. He obtained practical ex^jierienee in the law offices of seyeral able attorneys, and lta\ing the law department of the Lake Shore & ^Michigan Southern Railwa)' Company, estab- lished an office and entered upon the practice i>i his profession at Chicago. Upon the death of his brother William, .\lbcrt H. Scherzer gave his attention to the de\elop- meiit of the .Scherzer Rolling Lift Ilridges and the e.xtension of the business founded by Will- iam Scherzer. In order to prepare himself for the work he h;id vmdertaken. Mr. .Scherzer made cxtensise studies in bridge construction, more especially of mo\al)le bridges; also of harbors, docks. ri\'ers and canals, and in ])ursuit of his studies along these lines traveled e.\tensi\ely in both this Country and F.uro])e, \-isiting all the ]irincipal structures and works of this class. 488 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST y\r. Schcrzcr ln'canic president and chief en- recognized as autliiiritati\e nimn the sulijects gineer (it tlie Sciierzer RnlHng Lift Bridge Com- treated and widely circuhited at Imme and pany, and under liis management anil direction abroad, lie has also' contributed a number of the scope of the business has been widely ex- articles on Ijridge engineering and the imjirove- kndcd. As a director of the company, Mr. n^ent of rivers, harbors, docks and canals, to vari- Scherzer's nK.lhcr. W'ilhelmina Scherzer. now ous American and foreign scientific and tech- nearly eighty years of age, has always taken a nical publications. Some of these articles, which deep interest in the artistic development of the have received' the most widespread notice, were Scherzer Rolling Lift Jiridges and the extension of the business of the company, and has invari- ably sup])(irtcd her \ie\vs with Iniancial assistance. The main ofliccs (if the cc/mpany are at Chi- cago, L. S. A., but permanent offices have also been established at St. Petersburg, Russia, and other large cities throughout the world, the lousi- ness of the com])anv being protected by numer- ous foreign patents. Mr. Scherzer is the author of -several books written with a view of calling attention t(.i the undeveloped c(.indition of the great rivers and natural harfiors of the L'nited States and the necessity of a ship canal within the L'nited States connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, bv wa\- of the Ihulson ri\er, and another shi]> canal connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico by way of the Mississippi river system. These improvements have now become an indispensable economic necessity to the United PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 489 States. They present nejtlier engineering nor financial difficulties that cannot easily be over- come, in view of the fact that the Dominion of Canada, with less than one-sixteenth of the popu- lation of the United States, has already inipro\-ed the St. Lawrence river and constructed shii) canals which complete their system of waterways connecting the (ireat Lakes and the Atlantic Mr. .Scherzer is a member of the Union League, Athletic, (iermania and ^larcjuette Clubs, of Chicago. Till-; .'^c'Li i^Kzi-K i;oi.i,i xc, i.ri-T nuiDoi-: comivwy. The Scherzer RnUiiig Lift Dridge fulfills every requirement essential to a movable bridge. Ocean through Canada. Russia, Germany, France and other world powers have already en- tered upnn great systems of shii)-canal construc- tii'U. with a view of carrying ocean steamships and war vessels into the interior of their com- mercial, manufacturing and industrial centers. These ship canals are intended to supplement the existing railroads and will be indisi)ensable in reaching, without re-handling, the great for- eign markets of the world. Its introductiiiii m;irked a new cr.a in the progress i/f bridse desitin and ci nstrnction. It eliminates the objectionable features of the pivnt, trunninn or bascule briilge, the swing bridge, the direct- lifting bridge, and is ni(ire ccunnuiical than the liigh level bridge. It spans navigal.ile waterways in a nidst simple, efficient and least expensive manner. The efficiency of the .Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge in accomnnidaling Ijoth the largest land 490 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST aiid water traffic and its siiperinrity cner furnier types of movable bridges and liigli-level bridges has been dennjnstrated Ijeyund (juestiim by the many large bridges of the Sclicrzer type now in successful operation in many parts of the world ; and tlie further fact that it has been approved, adopted and used by the management and engi- neers of the largest ami most progressive rail- roads in the L'nited States for the largest and most difficult movable railroatl bridges ever built, and in many cases has superseded the swing bridge after ouly a few _\cars of service. The Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge has been adopted and the Scherzer Company has completed plans for a large numljer cf railroad, street railway and highway bridges in ccurse of construction in various parts of the world. The swing bridge has lung been recognized by erigineers as a primitive form of movable bridge, as it obstructs the middle and best part of the dredged, improved or navigable channel of a river, harbor or canal. It compels the spanning of two inadequate channels where only one ade- cjuate channel is required. The slow movement of vessels through the narrow side openings pro- vided by swing bridges obstructs and delays rail- road, street railwa}-, highway and vessel traffic. In opening or closing the swing Ijridge moves in a horizontal plane and makes useless valual)le dock and other property. The swing bridge must always Ije made narrow so as not to occupy ti.-i) much of the na\igable waterway when the bridge is opened for the passage of vessels. The swing bridge, when open, opens a chasm in the roadwav which lias fref|uently resulted in dis- astrous accidents and the loss of many lives. This defect in the swing bridge is becoming of greater importance each vear because of the in- creased traffic and increased speed of railroad, street railway and highway traffic. With the Scherzer RoUing Lift Bridge the sup])orting piers mav lie on shore in a narrow channel, or on tlie sides oi the dredged and na\'i- gable cliannel in a wide river. No center pier or protection pier olxstructions are necessary. The navigable channel in a wide or narrow ri\er may alwa_\s ]je cleai' and unobstructed. When opened for the passage of vessels the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge acts as a barrier, closing the roadway and thus absolutely prevents the man\- disastrous accidents connrnm to the swing bridge when opened. Without additional cost the ])ridge itself forms the most perfect, substantial and successful bridge gate and signal ever invented. The Ijridge moves in a vertical plane within the lines of the roadway, no dock space lieing wasted and no e.xtra land or water space being required for moving the bridge. Increased traffic requiring additional railroad tracks may be accommodated by adding additional single or double-track Scher- zer Rolling Lift Bridges to the existing Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge. This is impossiiile with the swing bridge, as it must be discarded and re- moved wdienever increased traffic demands a wider bridge. The Scherzer Bridge may be of \c-r\ artistic design. In addition to the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridges already mentioned, the more prominent ones are the six-track bridge in operation for the New York, New Ha\en & Hartford Railroad Company across Fort Point Channel, at tlie en- trance to the South Terminal Station, Boston, Massachusetts; the eight-track Scherzer .Rolling Lift Bridge across the Main Drainage and Shij) Canal, Chicago, used l)y the Pittsljurg, Cincin- nati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Conip;my, the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company, the Chicago Junction Railway Comj^any and other lines, making it not only the largest mov- al)le railro;id briened, for the passage of ten vessels of the size of the steamship Occa)iic side by side. These results can only be accomplished by the intelligent application of the invention of William Scherzer and the improve- ments made by his successors. LLOYD MILNOR CHICAGO, ILL. Lloyd Mihior, president of Spanking & Com- their employ for about five years, and in 1881 pany, jewelers, was born at Baltimore. April 6, became connected with Moses Taylor & Com- 1856. His father was John Nelson Lloyd Mil- pany, one of the oldest and most substantial mer- nor, a leading merchant of Baltimore, and his cantile houses in New York, and continued with mother, whose maiden name was Susan Johns this fu-ni until they went out of business in Semmes was a first cousin of 1889. Raphael Stnnnes, the Confed- Mr. ]\Iilnor visited Chicago in January, 1890, erate naval hero. His parental and there entered the honse of Spaukling & Com- grandfather was Josejih Kirk- pany, in the capacity of treasurer. His connec- bridge Mihior, a native of Xew tion with this well-known fimi has been most jersey, and for many \ears an successful, and in l-'ebruary. 1896, he Ijecame extensive importer of Chinese president of the company, retaining the office of merchandise and the owner of treasurer as well. In Chicago Mr. Milnor has mercantile houses both in Xew become identified with several of the more promi- York and China. nent social organizations, among them the Union Mr. JMilnor was educated at ])rivale schools Club, the Chicago Club, the \\'a.shington Park in Baltimore and Xew York, but at the age of Club and the Chicago Athletic Association, of sixteen' he entered the world of business as an Chicago; (den View Golf Club, of Evanston, Illi- office boy in the banking house of Morton, Bliss nois, Exnioor Cmmtry Club of Highland Park, & Company, New York City. He remained in Illinois, and Lambs Club, of New York. He is a 492 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST sound-money DenuKrat in his iKjlitical affiliations, to Miss Gertrude Louise Palmer, daughter of hut lias taken no active part in politics, so much Fretlerick E. aiul Harriet H. Palmer, of Xew has his time been occupietl in business. York, and has two' children. Dorothy Semmes Mr. IMilnor was married October 7, 1896. and Jose])h Kirkbride Milnor. THOMAS DEAN CATLIN OTTAWA, ILL. Thomas Dean Catlin, manufacturer and banker, is one of the best known men of Ottawa, or in that section of the state of Illinois. Pos- sessed of broad capabilities and fertile resources, his keen tliscrimination, sound juilgnient and business sagacity has enabled him to carry for- ward to successful completion many large under- takings. Mr. Catlin was broportions, great abilitv and souml judgment. He acted as In- dian agent, counsellor, sjiiritual guide and gen- eral law-giver. He had live children, one being Mrs. Philena Catlin. Her son, Thomas Dean Catlin, acquired his education at Hamilton Col- lege, graduating in 1837. He is still a member of the college societ_\- known as Signa Phi. In 1838 he came to Ottaw.a. llHuois, and ob- tainetl employment with the Chicago, Rock Isl- and & Pacific Railroad. His connection with the establishment of telegraphic communication is historical. He became secretary of the Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Company, established in 1849, ^'"'^ "f tht first in the west, and owner eka & Santa he enlisted as a private in the Ee Railroad Company, and from then until 1895, I^^irst Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. with the exception of two years, managed the Later he was promoted lieutenant legal affairs of that great corporation. While and captain of the Thirty-first resident in Kansas Mr. Peck attained enuuence Wisconsin Infantry, marched in the management of the higher issues of ix>li- w ith Sherman to the sea, and, after three years tics. WHien in the early months of 1893, uix>n of active service in the field, at the age of twent\-- the accession of Governor Lewelling to' power, two, put himself in training for participation in the capitol of Topeka was filled with angry legis- those great forensic battles that have made h'is lators, manv of whom were as reatly to draw name famous in the courts. He silent six years weapons as tO' produce arguments, and the State as a law student, law^ clerk and practicing lawyer House and surrounding grounds were more like in Janesville, Wisconsin, and then sought a an armed camp than the gathering place of law- broader field of action in Kansas, where, from yers, Mr. Peck's force of character was made 1 87 1 to 1874, he occupied a leading jKJsition at manifest, and by his wise counsel and resolute the bar in the then pnvminent town of Indepen- courage temporary anarcli)- with its un\-arying dence. In January of the latter year President accompaniment of bloodshed was averted. For Grant appointed him United States attorney for ten years Mr. Peck was one of the leaders of the the district of Kansas, with' headquarters at To- Republican party in Kansas. In 1892, upon the ]>eka. Within a month of the date of his appoint- death of Senator Plumb, Governor Humphrey ment he was instructed by the attorney-general offered the vacant seat to Mr. Peck, but the splen- at W^ashingtou' to bring a suit for the establish- did honor was declined, ment of the claim of the federal government to In September, 1894, Mr. Peck resigned the 496 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST general sulicitorsliip nf tlie Atchison system of roads, and accepted tlie position of general coun- sel of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- way Company. Judge Caldwell, of the Eighth United States Judicial Circuit, in accepting the resignation of Mr. Peck, passed a warm eulogium upon his manageiuent of the legal affairs of the AlchisdU, Tiipeka ^ Santa Fe Railway, and ex- pressed a hope that the henefit of his counsel would be extended to it during tlie period of reorganization throiigh which it was then- passing. Amid his \arii)us occupations as solicitor, statesman and lawyer. Mr. Peck has cherished a Icve of letters. He has been honr)red by twn uni- versities with the degree of LL. D.. and his ora- tions before the students and faculty of Knox College in 1894 and before the University of Vir- ginia in 1895 were [irinted and cnnimcnted upon In the leading newspapers of Virginia. Texas. Kansas and llliiiciis. Mr. Peck was Imrn in Steu- ben county. New York, in 1843. and thus is still in the i)rime of life, the future of which may be predicted from its past. MERRITT STARR CHICAGO, ILL. By Hon. E. B. Sherman Merritt Starr is one of the sons of the Em- pire state who has achieved emiaice in this great commiinwealth. A native of Ellington, Chautau- qua county. New York, he is a descendant in the ninth generation of Dr. Comfort Starr, of x\sh- ford. Kent, England, who in 1635 crossed the At- lantic in the sailing vessel Hercules and took up his residence in Boston, and whose second son. Comfort Starr, A. M., of l-'mmanuel's College, Cambridge University, was one of the founders and a meml)er of the Charter Board of Fellows of Harvard College. On the maternal side Mr. Starr is descended from John \\'illi;ims, who was a member of the Rhode Psland Senate dur- ing the Re\'olutionary war, and grandson of Roger Williams, the founder of the colony of Rhode Island. Both of the families were rep- resented in the American army during the strug- gle for indei>endence. In his early boyhood Mr. Starr's parents re- moved to Rock Island, Illinois, where he attended school preparatory to entering Griswold College at Daveni>ort, low-a. Later he was a student in 01>erlin College, from which he received the de- gree of A. P), in 1875. Having become imliucd with the desire to enter the legal profession, he read law for three years in the office of the at- torneys for the Chicago, Burlington & Ouincy Railroad Company, and in 1878 entered the col- lege and law department of Har\'ard University, at which he graduated in 1881, receiving simul- taneously the degrees oi Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws. The degree of Master of Arts was subsequently conferred upon him by Oberlin College. Upon graduation at Harvard Mr. Starr came at once to Chicago, was admitted id the liar and entered ujion a successful professional career. His first professional work was prejiaration of briefs for some of the prominent attorneys O'f Chicago. While he was thus engaged he pre- pared and ])ublishc(l some valuable contributions to legal literature. Anicug these are Starr's Reference Digest of \\'isconsin Reports, the ])rac- tice chapters in the treatise known as (iould on the Law I if Waters: and in conncctiim with the late R. H. Curtis, Starr & Curtis' Anno-tated Statutes of Illinois. He was the first editor of the decisions of the supreme court of Illinois for PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 497 tlie Niirlliwestoni Kcixn'tcr, and held tlial [XJsi- titiii fur two. years, at the end nf which time he was forced 1:}- the demands of <;rowin,n' private Inisiness tO' resign it. He has been a frexinent contrii^utor tO' legal pnblications. is an orator of recognized a])ility. and is listened to often with l)leasure Ijy local clnbs. law societies and popnlar audiences. On the suspension of the Indiana hanks in 1883, he conducted the litigation carried on in Cliicago on behalf of their creditors and estal3- lished in the supreme court of Illinois tlie then ni)vel doctrine that banks nuist hold the entire funds of the garnished depositor for the benefit of all the creditors who may thereafter perfect claims under the statute. In these important and warmly contested cases he met the late \\'. C. Goudy, the firm of Jewett, Norton & Earned, and other leaders of the Chicagi> bar. Mr. Starr was honored with the friendshi]) of the late Cory- don Beckwith, late judge of the supreme coin't of Illinois, and assisted him in im])nrtant matters. In 1890 he formed a i)artnershi]) with the Iloti. John S. Miller, e.x-corporation counsel of Chi- cago, and e.x-Senator Henry W. Leman, under the firm name of Miller, Starr & Leman. Two years later the junior meml>er of the firm retired, and Messrs. Miller and Starr continued their business relations, and in the autumn of 1893 Ijecame associated with Col. George R. Peck, then general solicitor of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, and more recently general counsel for the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. The firm of Peck, Miller & Starr occupies a prominent position at the Chicago bar. It has for years represented the Railway Conductors" Association and the Chicago Live Stock Exchange, the latter being charged with the duty of protecting the rights of stock shippers and commission men of Chi- cago, against a combination of large ranch own- ers and other corporate interests, — the firm thus representing both corporations and laboring men. The firm has als(t acted as the legal counsel for the Chicago Public Library Hoard, Chicago Gen- eral Railway Company, the Mercantile Trust Company of New York, the Boston Safety De- posit & Trust Compau}', and other equally large curprirations. Mr. Starr has taken part in such cases as the National Bank of .\merica vs. The Indiana Banking Company; the extended tunnel litiga- tion leading to the tunneling of Chicago' river for pri\'ate enterprise; the injunction, franchise and right-of-way litigation of the Chicago Gen- eral Railway Company; the foreclosure of the Jacksonville, Louisville & St. Louis Railroad Company, Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railroad Company and the Topeka Water Company; such public and municipal litigation as that establish- ing the validity of the municipal organization of North Chicago; the Swift-Hopkins election con- test; the Northwestern Land Tunnel litigation against the city of Chicago, and the receivership of the Northwestern Life Assurance Company. As a lawyer Mr. Starr is distinguished for clearness of perception, tireless industry and keen discrimination. In an important case his brief gives evidence of exhaustive research, legal acumen, forcible statement and faultless logic. But Mr. Starr is not content with being simply a lawver. He is a man of wide and generous culture. A great reader, he is familiar with the best books, classical and modern, and is blessed with a memory loyal to its trust, by which he can. when occasion demands, bring forth from the rich store house of the world's wdsdom treas- ures new and old. Not unfamiliar with art, science and philosophy, his great delight is in the domain of literature, wdierein he finds rest from professional toil. He is a true and stead- fast friend, a genial companion, prizing all the amenities and courtesies that make life pleasant and friendship valuable. Recognizing his obligations as a citizen, Mr. 498 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Starr lias taken an acti\-e part in e\ery effort to improve municipal gi i\crnmcnt, and labored earnestly in securing the passage of the law by which the merit system has become operative in Chicago. He adheres to the principles of the Republican party, and is connected with various societies and organizations for the promotion of social, literary and i)hilanthropic aims and pur- poses, and is a member of the Union League Club, the Chicago Literary Club, the Congrega- tional Club, the Chicag-o Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Chicago Law Institute, of which latter he was president for two terms. He is also a trustee of Oberlin College and keeps in close touch with Harvard University, his cherished alma mater. For two tenns he has represented W'innetka in the Xew Trier town- ship board of education, in charge of the Xorth Shore high school. Mr. Starr was united in marriage September 8, 1885, to Miss Lelia Wbeelock, of Cleveland, who was a fellow student in Oberlin College. Mrs. Starr is a member of the Chicago Woman's Club and takes an active interest in literary and philanthropic work. EMERY B. MOORE CHICAGO, ILL. Emery Brown Moore, long and favoraljly artistic beauty, faultless construction and great known as one of the representative business men durability. of Chicago, is a man of marked individuality, Mr. Moore was born in W'hately, ]\Iassachu- conscrxatism and excelleiU business ability, while setts, and is the son of James and Fidelia ( Bard- his sterling honestv and integritv win for him the well) Moore. He is of colonial stock, his ances- res])ect and esteem of all. Mr. Moore decided tors being identified with American history. His early in life tt> make Chicago the lield of his op- great-grandfather, Xordi Bardwell. was an officer erations, the marvelous citv whose resources have in the Re\'olntionar\ war. ]\lr. Moore's early .in.creased so wonderfully as to attract the atten- education was recei\-ed in the public schools and tion of the world. Mr. Moore arrived in the city the Wilbrahani Academy at Whately. He first soon after it had arisen from the ashes of the started out as a Ixjokkeeper at twenty-one years great fire, and estalilished the enterprise that has of age, and at twenty-four we find him at the grown with the cit}''s growth, until a great Inisi- head of the firm of I. S. Parsons & Company at ness has been built up. Mr. Moore is now the Florence, Massachusetts. His health being some- largest individual dealer of wood and parquet what impaired, he decided to take a rest and coane floors in the United States, and also deals largely west to seek a witler field for his enterprise and in hard lumber. It has not only needed good energy. He reached Chicago in 1871, and estab- business rerpnrements. but artistic .sense as well, liehed the business that has gnnvn to its pres- to liring the business to its present successful con- ent great proportions and made his name known dition, as a high style of art is used both in the all over the country. design and construction of this class of work. In his private life Mr. IMoore is the model He manufactures great quantities of beautifully of the thorough gentleman and the soul of genial- designed floor materials. The work done under ity. It is this quality, added to his pleasing con- his name has 1:)ecome known everywhere for its versational po^vers, that makes him so great a T/C V* A. wn^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 501 favorite in business and home circles. He is always ready to sacrifice personal comfort and his own interests to promote any undertaking he be- lieves to be for the best welfare of his home town of Austin, Illinois. He takes a deep interest in the First Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder and trustee. Mr. Moore is a man widely traveled and a valued member of \arious social organizations. He was the president of the board of education, school district No. 2, Cicero, from 1892 to 1896, and is the treasurer of the Royal Arcanum Na- ticjnal Union. Mr. Moore was married to Susan Ella Smith, of Northampton, Massachusetts, November 28, 1867. They have a keen appreciation of the hip'her fomis of art and their beautiful home in Austin is the center of a cultured society circle. EDWARD SAMUEL LACEY CHICAGO, ILL. Edward S. Lacey, president of the Bankers' National Bank of Chicago, enjoys a national reputation as an able financier, and has won his way to his present honored position in the busi- ness, social and political world through his pre- eminent ])erse\-erance, foresight and integrity. He was born in the town of Chili, Monroe coun- ty. New York, November 2(). 1835, and is a son of Edward DeWitt and M,-irtli;i C. Pixley Lacey. Edward D. Lacey was l)orn in Bennington, Vermont, and (lied at Charlotte, Michigan, No- vember (>, 1862, aged nearlv fifty-three years. He possessed in a notable degree those (|ualities of integrity, intelligence and tenacitv of purpiise for which the people o'f the Green Mountain .'^tate are notable. He removed with his parents to Monroe county. New "S'ork, when but ten years of age, and was educated at Henrietta, in that state. The subject of this l)iography was about seven years old wdien the family settled in Eaton county, Michigan, where he continued to reside until 1889. He was educated at the public schools and Olivet College. At the age of eight- een years he began his business career as clerk in a general store at Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1857 he returned to his home at Charlotte, Michigtan, and jn 1862, in partnership with Hon. Joseph Musgraxe, established a private bank, which became in 1871 the First National Bank of Charlotte. He was the active manager of the instituticjii from its organization, officiat- ing as director and cashier, and upon the death ui Mr. Musgrave became its president. He was distinguished fur ability and thoroughness in methods, and I>ecame identified with many im- portant business interests. He was a director, and for many years treasurer of the Grand River Vallev Railroad Company, which he helped or- ganize. His first official position was that of register of deeds of Eaton count}-, which he held for four years, beginning in i860. In 1874 the governor of Michigan apix>inted him a trustee of the State Asvlum for the Insane and he continued to fill this i)osition for six years. In 1876 he was a delegate to the national Republican convention at Cincinnati, and from 1882 to 1884 was chair- man of the Republican state central committee of Michigan. He also served as the first mayor 01 Charlotte, and assisted in augmenting its ex- cellent system of public ini])rovements. In 1880 502 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST he was elected to congress fnnii tlie third Michi- gan (Hstrict, and served two terms. He was nciniinated 1)\' acclamatiim and elected l>y a vote far ahead cf his ticket in each instance. He de- clined to accept the candidacy for a third term, hut in 1886 hecame a candidate for the United Slates Senate, in which he was unsuccessful, al- thoug'h he showed great strength and popularity. In congress he ser\ed on the cummittee on pcstoffices and postroads, and coinage, weights ar.d measures ; but he was distingnisiied chiefly through the ability displayed in the consideration of financial questions. In the forty-eighth con- gress he attracted wide attentimi by a masterly speech on the siKer question. His address on the use of siKer as money, delivered before the American Bankers' AssociaitJon in Chicago in 1885, was recei\e(l with marked attention, and increased his pnpularitv among financiers. His priMiiinence in monetary circles caused him to be recommended fi;r the position of comptroller of the currenc} , to which he was appointed in 1889. This ofilice. so far as regards national finance, is second onl\- to that of secretary of the treasury. His administrati'in. extending frum 1889 to 1892; he resigned in June, 1892, to accept the presidency of the Farmers' Xatidual r.;uik nf that city. On New Year's day, 1861, Mr. Lacey mar- ried Miss Annette C. Musgra\-e. daughter uf his business partner, Hon. Joseph Musgra\e. of Cbarlotte, Michigan. Two daughters and a son, named Jessie P., Edith M. and Edward Mus- grave, complete the famdly. Since coming to Cook county the family has resided at Evans- tun, where it is identified with the First Congre- gational church. Mr. Lacey is a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolutinn. the Union League Club, Bankers' Club (of which he has been president). Bankers' Athletic Associ- ation, Evanston Club and Evanston Country Club. He has always been an enthusiastic Re- publican, and wields a strong influence in the l)arty councils. JAY J. THOMPSON, M. D. CHICAGO ILL. .\miitig the able and pii iniincnt members of the medical profession and a practitiuner of re- nown is Dr. Jav J. Thompson. Jay J. Thompson is a son nf Juds<.in and Lydia M. ( Berry) Tliompson. and w as born near Rochester. Minnesota, January 21. 1857. On his maternal side he traces his ancestry back to the Pilgrims, and his father's family being among the earliest settlers of X'ermont. Dr. Thompson's father came west from Onondaga C( unt\-. Xew ^'ork. to Wisconsin at the age of sixteen and settled at Xeenah. Afer his marriage he moved to Minnesota, where Jay J. was born. The serious Indian troubles of this time caused the family to move back to Wisconsin when the son was two vears of age, and where the father has resided every since. Dr. Thompson's early education was such as the best local schools afforded and in time he en- tered the Lawrence University at Appleton, Wis- cimsin, leaving, however, at the age of twenty- one years to accept a i»sition as teacher in the public schools. He filled the position of prin- cipal in several schools throughout the .state, and became well and very favorably known as an e<:lu- cator. In 18S2 Dr. Thompson was called back to Appleton to take charge of one of the public schools of that city as principal. While serving in that capacity he devoted all his spare time to the study of medicine, and during his last year of PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 505 ttacliint^' lie was uiuIlt tlic tutelas^e nf Dr. Reilcy, a ])li\'sician of tlie res^ular scIkhiI. He then came Ui Cliicai;(} anil cuntinueil his medical studies, enterint;' the Honienpathic Col- lege and graduated fnni that institutii)ii with the class of 1888. After graduating Dr. Thnmp- siin was fur three years associated with Dr. E. H. I'ratl in the nianagenient of the Lincoln Park Sanitarium. Xot being altog-ether in harmoiiy with his associates lie sold his interest in the fall of 1891 and spent six months in tra\el in Ein"i)i>e, returning in 1892. Resuming practice he made a specialty of gynecological, rectal and genilo^urinary surgery, in wliich liranches he has achie\ed a high repu- tation, in the fall of 189J Dr. Thompson \vas appointed to the chair of Orificial and Plastic Surgery in the National Homeopathic Medical College, and also as gynecologist and rectal sur- geon to the Baptist Hospital of Chicago. He has also^ served as president of the Cook County Homeopathic ^ledical Society and a member of the .American Institute of Homeopathy, and pres- ident of the Illinois State I lomeop;iiliic .Medical Association, chairman of the Ihireau of .Sur- gery in the organization last named. Xow' pro- fessor of siu'gcry and surgical gvnaecologisl in Herring- Medical College, gynaecologist to the Frances WilLard National Temperance Hospital, gynaecologist to St. .\nlhon\'s i'olish Hosjiital, gynaecologist to National lunergency lIos])ilal. He is a contributor to stand.ard medical litera- ture, being himself the author of several mono- graphs, which have been widely circulated. Among Some mav be mentioned "Medicine and Morals," "Use and Alnise of Orificial Surgery," "Circumcision — History, Necessity and Dene- ticial Effects," and "Rectal Irritation as a Source of Disease." Politically Dr. Thompson is in- de[)en(lent. tlif lieutenant, captain, colonel, brigadier-general and major-general, and was one of the sixteen persons who constituted the board of control, who had the entire management of the order, which had a list of over one million members scattered throughout the entire north. He joined the A. F. & A. M. in August, 1867, and later took the degrees in W^ashington Chapter, R. A. M. Mr. \'an Allen cast his first presidential \-ote for Jobn C. Fremont. He has never sought public office, though in 1871 he was elected town assessor of Lake View and town engineer in i88j, and also served as school trustee in 1870. ]\fr. Vim Allen is not a member of any church, li.-iving a belief entirely different from the dog- mas of any of the organized churches. Never- theless, none arc more generous in contributing to church work, and an appeal for charity is never addressed to him in vain. Besides his real estate business he has taken an active interest in building and loan associations, and has been the president of the Surety, of Chicago, and also general manager of the St. Charles Land Asso- ciation. On the 1 2th day of October, 1857, Mr. Van Allen was married to ]\Iiss Martha Bowen. in St. Lawrence county. New York. Mrs. Van Allen is on her mother's side descended from Tames Wilson, who was for thirty years a mem- ber of the Provincial Parliament of Canada, and on her father's side she traces her ancestry back through the Warwicks, the king-makers of Eng- land, the first Plantagenets and the family of ^""h^rrnn P„b. Ce.C\'=tf* PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 509 William the Conquerer to Drogo de Montacutu, w'lio was a prominent officer and personal atl- viser of William the Conqnerer, and who came from France with that monarch. I'rom Droigo de Muntacut(j the line is traced hack tO' some of the Norsemen who' settled in Normandy in the eighth century. They have four children, three of whom are now living, the fourth having died in infancy. The eldest, Miss Jennie, is a journalist in Chicago. The only son, Frank, is a physician now doing medical missionary work in South India, while the youngest, JNIiss Martha, is teach- ing vocal and instrumental music in Wisconsin, For many years Martin Van Allen has Ijeen a prominent figure in Chicagoi business circles and was probal:)!}' the first man to broach the subject of drainage in what is now the drainage district of Cook county. On this subject he was deeply interested and wrote several articles, which were published in the daily papers as early as 1863 and at different times at later periods. He has been connected with Chicago during the better part of his life and has done as much as any other man towards helping along the different enter- prises that have brought the city to its present prominent standing. HON. ELBRIDGE HANECY CHICAGO, ILL. Judge Hanecy was born in Wiscijnsin on the 15th of March, 1852, and is a son of William and Mai-y (Wales) Hanecy, who were natives of Massachusetts, ivom which state they removed to Wisconsin about 1850. The father served in the Mexican war as a non-com- missioned officer and was en- rk gaged in mercantile pursuits in T^ Springfield, Massachusetts, prior W to his removal to the west. On /t* his arrival in Wisconsin he pur- ^ cha.sed a tract of land in Dodge county, where he carried on ag- ^_ ricultural pursuits until his death in 1852. The Judge acquired his ])reliniinarv educa- tion in the common schools of his native state and afterwards pursued his studies in the Col- lege of Milwaukee. Reading and study has ever Ijeen with him a source of delight and he is a man of broad general infi>rmation. His connecticjn with Chicago dates from 1869, when he came to this city and accepted a position with the firm of Field, Leiter & Com- pany, with whom he remained until after the luemorable fire of 1871. He was afterwards with John D. Farwell & Company for a short time, but wishing to enter a broader field of labor and one more congenial to his tastes, he engaged in the study of law in the office of Hervey, Anthony & (ialt, under whose precq)tor- ship he continued his preparatory reading until his admission to the bar, September 11, 1874, wdien he immediately entered upon the practice of his chosen profession. In 1889 lie formed a partnership with George P. JMerrick, who had formerly been a law student in his office and the firm of Hanecy & Merrick continued at the head of a large and successful law business until the election of the fonner to the circuit bench. In his profession he is an untiring worker, and while in active practice prepared his cases witl: the utmost regard to the detail of facts and the law involved. On the bench his administration has been uniformly marked liy commendalile dignity and 5IO PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST the most scrupulous reg^ard to justice. He limks mcu.sly — for the adjustment of differences be- upon tlie law as a system of social and political philo'sophv and not as a collection of arbitrary rules foamdecl on technical distinction. His style as a judge is clear, accurate and concise, and in readings his opinions no doubt is left in tween the Bricklayers and Stonemasons Union and their employers, a fact that shows how great- ly his fair-mindedness is regarded in the com- munity. On the 1st of March, iS/f), the Judge was tlie mind as to the point decided. His language married to Miss Sarah I'arton, a daughter of is chaste ;md forcible, while his composition is a William .\. llarton. and thev have six children; model of judicial statement. He sat as judge Olive. lulith. Ruth. M\ra, Hazel and Harriette. from December, 1893, to Jidy, 1895, when be Their only son is deceased. The Judge is proni- vvas assigned as a chancellor of the circuit, which inently identified with a number of social clubs, position he held until Septeml>er, 1897. ^^ including the Union League. Chicago Athletic was three times elected referee of the board of and \\'ashington Park Clubs and the Hamilton arbitral ii's--tbe second and third terms unani- Club. DR. FERNAND HENROTIN CHICAGO, ILL. It is pleasant to trace the history of the life was connected with the Rush ^Medical College, of an eminent and successful man; one who by after which he served two yKU's as county physi- native force and hard study has won his present cian of Cook county. Then he became surgeon position as a leader in his profession. Dr. Hen- of the police and fire departments. He remained n.tin is a man of strong, decisive character and connected with the former fifteen years and the one of the foremost surgeo-ns in .America, whose latter twenty-one years; for a number of years he gratifying position has been achieved through also served as surgeon of the First Brigade of the lu-.tiring de\otion toi a noble ])ro'fession. Illinois National Guard. He was connected with ['"ernand Henrotin was born in Brussels. Bel- the medical staff' of the County Hospital as physi- cian for several years, and later as gynecologist. .\l ])rc^cnt the Doctor is surgeon at the Alexian Brothers' Hospital, gynecologist at the Chicago old citizens of Chicago as one of the prominent Polyclinic and consulting gynecologist at St. Jo- l)ractitioners from 1847 to 1873. st-ph's Hospital, as well as acting g}-necoiogist at Dr. hVrnand Ilennitin received his cducatinn the German and St. Luke's Hospitals. With all entirely in Chicago, and after graduating from these positions, he manages a \cry large practice, tlie high school studied medicine at Rush Aledi- almost entirely surgical, and finds time to do an cal College, and graduated in 1868 after a three- incredible amount of society wurk. years course. From the very evening of his grad- Dr. Henrotin is a member of all the local nation be has led a most active professional life. societies, and of the most prominent national so- arid is fond of claiming that he never lost a day cieties, and was for many years secretary-gener;U from physical disability in over thirty-your years for America of the International Gynecological of practice. For two years after graduation be and Obstetrical Congress. He was elected presi- gium, September 28, 1847. I lis father and grand- father were buth physicians, the former, J. F. Henrotin, being still well remembered among the ^.(f7^£..r^J^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 5J3 ilciii 111" the Chicago AlwUcal Sucict)- in iSyj, unaniniDUsly re-elected the foUoiwing; year, but de- ch'iied tu serve, l>elie\'ing" there sin mid he nitatiini ill office. He has written many nmnographs of im- portance, which have made his name well known, most of tlian treating of gynecological subjects. The doctor is a worker, full of energy and prac- tical sense, and, as he fretjuently says, "The Iwys dont's forg-e very far ahead oi him yet." He is a broad-minded man, a, genial, helpful friend, with a kindly feeling towartl the world, never carrying resentment, hut withal, gifted with an excellent judgment and a large stock of good, e\ery-day common sense. His numerous articles on "Pelvic Septic Diseases in Women" have been cjuote'd the world over, and he was the first to perform a deliberate vaginal hysterectomy for supparati\e pcKic disease in America. His "Ec- topic ("lestatiiin in the Practice of 01>stetrics by American AutlKirs" and his treatment of the sub- ject of gynecohj'gy in "idle International i'e.xt- book of Surgery" are particularly worthy of note. In politics he has alway.s believed in perfect independaice of opinion, and votes according to liis intcrprctaliiin of the pending issues; a iniblic- spirited citizen, ixjssessed of bnjad and liberal views upon questions of common interest. .Such, in brief, is the record of one whose mental char- acteristics are of the solid and practical kind, although t)'f brilliant order. Dr. Henrotin was married in 1S73 to Miss Emile B. Prussing. They have nO' children, but their home is made happy by an unusually large circle of warm personal friends. Tliey reside on the north side, at No. 353 La Salle avenue. JAMES J. KELLY CHICAGO, ILL. Bv Harvey Strickler James J. Kelly was born March 21, 1871, in Chicago, Illinois. He is a son of Thomas Kelly and Ellen (Stapleton) Kelly. He received his edu- catidU in \arious educational institutions in Chi- cago and was graduated from the Northwestern Universit\- Law School in the class of 'litical office. He is a Roman Catholic in He is at present associated with .\iulrew J. religion. Although tn the manor horn, Mr. Ryan in the i)ractice of the law. Mr. Kelly is Kellv is of stin-(l\- Irish stock, and has as a heri- a bachelor. JUDGE JESSE HOLDOM CHICAGO, ILL. Judge Jesse Holdom was elected in 1898 to the bench of the superior court in Chicago, Illi- nois, and is a jurist of great ability and one whose talents have enabled him to maintain a foremo.st place in legal circles. He was born in London, England, August 23, 185 1, and is a son of Will- iam and Eliza (Merritt) Holdom. His ancestors were Huguenots, who fled from France on the eve of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, and set- lied in that part of Lon(k)n called Spitalfiekls, in the year 1572. From that time until the birth of Judge Holdom, a period of nearly three hun- dred years, the Hokloms were all born in the same parish and within half a mile of the place where their ancestors originally .settled. Judge Holdom was educated in London, England, and when seventeen \eai-s of age crossed the .\tlantic to the United States, locating in Chicago in July, i8()8, ami where he has since resided. He scKin began the study of law, dili- gently applying himself to the mastery of the underlying principles of jurisprudence, and at the age of twenty entered the office of the late Judge Joshua C. KnickerlxKrker, under whose guidance he studied for two years, being admitted to the bar September 13, 1873, just after his twenty- second birthday. Law schools were not so popular then as now for the reason that they had not attained their present state of efticiency. l)ut more particularly because lawyers had not ceaseil to give their clerks and students careful and thorough train- ing in the elementary branches of the profession. Hence, a clerkshii) in the oflice of a prominent legal firm at that time was of considerable value. It was in an office of a firm of this kind that Judge Holdom went out into the legal world. For two years after his graduation in law he was chief clerk in the oiifice of Tenny, Flower & .\ber- combie, a firm at that time doing the largest bank- ruptcy and commercial business in Chicago, and here again he was much lienefitted through his personal contact with men of abilitv and high standing in the ])rofession. .\fter two years with lids firm he l)egan the practice of his profession akvne, and was successful from the start. In 1878 he formed a partnership with a brother of Judge Knickerliocker, the firm being Knicker- iK'cker & Holdom, which continued until 1889, since which date and up to the time of his elec- tion to the bench of the snpreme court, in 1898, he practiced alone, and during this time of twenty-five years of active legal practice he estab- lished himself firmly in his profession and be- came one of the strongest men at the Chicago bar. His aggressive methods, together with his breadth of practical experience, gained him the reputation of being a formidable antagonist be- fore either court or jury, and during the ten vcars of this time when practicing alone he built PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Si? h]) an excellent practice, which was not conlined tn any specialty, although in matters of real estate and prohatc law his counsel was widely sought, while he was much consulted in probate cases and in litigated questions involving con- tests of wills. Upon the death of Judge Knickerljueker he was publicly mentioned for the vacant probate judgeship, and was afterward, without any per- sonal solicitation, appointed l>y Governor Fifer as public guardian, and at the Noveml^er election in iSgS was elected judge of the superior court, which high position he now holds. His judicial temperament, his natural ability and his equable disposition have enabled him tO' fill the office with credit, not alone to himself but to his constituents. Judge Holdom is a prominent memjjer of the Hamilton Club, of which he was president in 1897. Under his management the club took a new start and moved downtown to' commodious cjuarters. He is also a member of the Union I-eague Club, and a menil)er oi its political action ctjmmittce. He has been secretary and treasurer and is one of the oldest members of the Law Club, and he is further identified with the American, Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations. He also holds mcnilicrship in the Marijuette, Ivenwood, Ca.xton and Midlothian Clubs, and in the Law- Institute, the Art Institute and the Field Colum- bi;m Museum. He is a vestryman of Trinity Episcopal church. Above all, Jndge Holdom is a literary and cultured gentleman. His scholarly tastes are in- dicated b}' a, large library of rare and old bwoks, as well as many de luxe and limited editions, which are his special delight, wdiile some O'f his hapi)iest hours are spent studving the works of master minds, which ha\c enriched his own storehouse of wisdom until he is regarded as one of the best-read lawyers in Chicagtx Politically he is a stanch Re]ni1)lican. In 1896 he was a delegate tO' the .\mcrican l!ar .\s- sociation convention held in Saratoga, New ^'(jrk. In Jul)-, 1900, Judge Holdom was elected president of the Illinoiis State Bar Association, a position of great honor, and previously held, suc- cessively, by General Benson Wood, Senator Trumbull, Senator J);ivid Davis, Chief Ju.stice Inillcr, Senator O. H. Browning and other equally noted men. In the records of the history of the Hamilton Club appears the following well- deserved tribute : "During the past year, 1897, the club has had, and still retains, as its president, Mr. Jesse Holdom, one of the Ijest-known :uid highlv re- spected lawyers of the bar of Chicago. It is largely due to> his untiring efforts in the club's bdialf that it has achicA-ed so much. The record of his administration is a record of brilliant ac- coni[)lishn-ients ; and in the face of the pretliction, f(ciation, the Illinois State Bar .\ssocia- gan the study of law in the office of Dupee, tion and the Phi Beta Kappa and other College Tudah & Willard. In 1886, he was admitted to fraternities. ^Ir. Wolf is a bachelor. ALLAN A. GILBERT CHICAGO, ILL. Mr. Allan A. (iilbert, of Gill)ert & Gilbert, attorneys, ranks high among the lawyers at the Illinois bar. He is a man of great natural abil- ity and resource, and as a member of his tirm contributes largely to its re])utation for the thor- oughness, ability and integrity which so signally characterize the discharge of its professional obligations, and have in a few sliort years made it one of the solid, reliable firms of the city. !\Ir. (iilbert possesses all the es- sential qualitications of an able lawyer, and from his first arri\al in Chicago, entered ui)on an c.iiiiienily successful career. Allan A. Gilbert was born at Sumter, South Carolina, .\ugust J4, i8C](); and is the son of Al- lan A. (jilbert and Sarah E. (iilbert. He re- ceived bis earlv education, graduating" from Yale University in 1890, He came to Chicago in the same year, being first admitted to the bar in Con- necticut, and afterwards to the bar of the state of Illinois, Mr, Gilbert is an acti\e member of several societies, a member of the Lnion League Club and of the Hamilton Club, of which be has been a director. He is also a member of the Inde- ]iendent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Ma- sonic order. Politically Mr. Gilbert is a life-long Repub- lican, supporting his ]>arty"s principles at all times. He takes a deep interest in church work, being a member of the otticial board of St, James ]\Iethodist l^piscopal church, and a teacher in the Sundav-scbool. lie joined the Methodist PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 519 cliurcli w hen twelve \-ears of age and lias been an active wnrker e\'er since. Mr. Gilbert was married to ^liss Grace J. Thnrstiin January 2, 1894, tlie only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. 11. Thurston, of Chicagd, They have one child, Allan A., jr. JUDGE ARTHUR HENRY CHETLAIN CHICAGO, ILL. In the hands of such an one as Judge Chet- lain the indi\idual and stale feel that every in.- terest is safe and that the law will be admin- istered with the broadest intelligence and with a just regard for ecjuity. He was born at Galena in 1S49 and is descended fromi a notable ancestry. His father, General Augustus L. Chetlain, is a Huguenot, of French-Swiss ex- traction, his parents having emi- grated to .\merica from the canton of Neufchatel, Switzer- land, in 1 82 1. They came by the way of Hudson Bay to Red river of the Selkirk settlement of Brit- ish .Vmerica. thence to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1823. and in 1826 to the celebrated lead mines at Galena,, where the old homestead was founded. In that locality General Chetlain was reared and became the first commander of the regiment raised by General U. S. Grant. He participated in all the battles of his division of the war of the Rebellion, and when hostilities had ceased was brevetted major-general of volunteers. During President Grant's administration he was ap- pointed United States consul to Brussels, Bel- gium. He was the founder and first president nf the Chicago Home Natinnal Bank and was a ])romi- nent figure in business and military circles for }'ears. Judge Chetlain accjuired his iireliminarv edu- cation in the public schools, and then entered the Uni\'ersit"\' of \\'f the Lung" w'as an epoch-making paper and showed his great versatility in surgery. Although still a young man. Dr. Murphy is already recognized as one of the masters of his art, with a national and international reputation. He is a striking representative of the material that has brought Chicago into prominence as a great center of medical ad\'ancenient and medical education. Dr. Murphy had the honor of receiving the Laetare medal from the University of Notre Dame, March 22, 1902. He was chosen not only for his success in surgery and medicine but in recognition as well for his worth as a man of generous and Christian heart. Yearly, for nine- teen years, the Laetare medal has been bestowed upon some great American by the university. Dr. Murphv is a member of various social or- ganizations, the Washington Park Club, Chicago Athletic and Union League Clubs ; a man of schol- arly tastes, and one whose mind has been culti- vated by extensive reading and research carried into many fields of literature and science. His manner is modest and reser\'ed, yet ever most courteous and kindly. Those who are admitted to his friendship find him an entertaining, social man, quick to recognize commendable traits in others, and alwa_\'s worthy of the highest re- gard. Dr. Mur])hy was married November 25, 1885. to Miss Nettie Plamondon, of Chicago, who is a lady of brilliant intellectual endowments, great Ixauty and popularity. 524 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST GEORGE W. WARVELLE CHICAGO, ILL. Tlie name oi George \\ . \\ arxclle, one of the most prominent jurists of CliicagO' and one of . tlie Ijest-known Masons in the state of IlHnois. is known throughout the city with whicli he lias been identified for nian_\- years. ^Ir. Warvelle is a nati\-e of Kennslia, W'ls- crinsin, where lie was liorn Mav 3, 1852, of En- ghsh and Irish ancestry. He acquired an aca- demic education in tiie schools of liis native city, and at tlie age of nineteen rears entered the law ofifice i:f the late Hon. O. S. I lead, of Kenosha, and commenced the stud\' of law. lie spent the ne.xt seven years in preparatory study at his home r.nd in Chicago, and in 1S76 was admitted to practice by the courts of Wisconsin. Since that dale he has devoted his time and energies to his profession and has succeeded in Iniildiug uj) a large and remunerative practice. In i(S8i, realizing that his abilities demanded a larger field of work, he mo\'eook in many of the leading law schools of the country. Mr. Warvelle has also l>een connected as con- tributor and otherwise with the staff of several of the leading law journals. He has also written a number of historical and legal monographs, and for many years has enjoyed the distinction of being an authority upon Masonic archeology and cognate subjects. In recognition of his ability in the line of authorship, he has received from St. Ignatius College and several other collegiate in- stitutions the honorary tlegree of LL. D. In 1896 he received the ai>prointment of dean of the Chicago Law SchcKiI, a ixjsition which he still holds. He is a member of several learned soci- eties, including the American and Illinois State Bar Associations. In 1877 Mr. Warvelle was married to Miss Lydia Bangs, of Kenosha, Wiiscon.sin, and they have five children. In respect to the fraternity orders, there are many interesting details that might l)e related, but only the main outline is given here. Mr. Warvelle was initiated intO' the mysteries of Ma- sonry in Covenant Lodge, Xo. 526, in Chicago, in February, 1875, and since then by successive graduation has advanced through all the bodies of the York and Scottish rites, rounding out his Masonic career in 188S, when he was crowned with the thirty-third degree by the Supreme Counsel, A. A. S. R., for the n.^. at Ed- sui)er\ision of 'his father. Following his gradu- wardsville, Aladison county, Illinois. His father, ation in 1882 from this institution, he taught Sanniel IT. Deneen, Ph. 1)., was professor of school in Ja.sper and Madison counties for three Latin and history at McKendree College, Leba- years, and at the end of that period came to Chi- non, Illinois, for thirt\- \'ears, and cag(» and entered the office of Master in Chancery his mother, Mar\- V. ( .\sliley ) Waller, as clerk. Mr. 1 )eneen has been a mem- I )eneen, was a graduate of a well- L-er of several law firms. His first partner was known woman's college at Cin- II. Waldo Dikeman, known as Dikeman & De- cinnati. Mr. Deneen's paternal r.een. Later he was a member of Deneen & Mc- grandfather, Ke\'. \\ illiam L. Fwen, of Blanke, Chytraus & Deneen, of Cli_\'- Deneen, was a pioneer Methodist trans & Deneen and of Deneen il- Hamill. While ]ireaclier in the early days of Illi- he was a member of the firm of Blanke, Chytraus niiis, and his great-grandfather, & Deneen both Messrs. Blanke and Chytraus Kisdon Moore, a resident of die were called to the bench of the superior conrt. state as early as iSij, was a nianber of the first Jr. 189J Mr. Deneen was elected a member of the territorial legislature of Illinois, and also of the Illinois legislature from the old second senatorial first, third and fourth state legislatures. Mr. district. He .served one term. In December, Deneen was a student in the public schools of 1895 he was appointed attorney for the sanitar}' Lebanon and at McKendree College, where his district. Later he was elected state's attorne}', 528 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST and has won a high i)hicc in i)ii[)nlai" eslinia- factory. Mr. Dencen was nnited in marriage tion l>y his energetic and fearless conduct of this ]\Iay lo. 1891, at Princeton, Illinois, to Miss office. An unusually large numl)er of prosecu- Bina Day ]\laliincy, of Mount Carr. 11, Illinois. tions have fallen to his lot_, and his vigorous con- They have three children: .Vshley, Dorothy arid duct of them has heen in the highest degree satis- Francis. DAVID SPENCER WEGG CHICAGO, ILL. Da\-id S. \\'egg, chairman df the Railroad Sui)|)ly L'umpany of Chicago, and formerly cnun- sel for the Northern Pacific Railroad Companv, \\^isconsin Central Division, and president of the Chicago & Nortliem Pacific Railroad Company, is accorded a distinguished place among the rep- resentative American legists and husiness men of the United States. No mure capahlc man could possil)ly have been found for the many high and responsible positions he has filled. He has that cast of mind, an indispensable attribute of the suc- cessful lawyer and business man, which enables him to recognize beneath the exterior or surface formation the structural elements and to deter- mine the inflexible laws which underlie all things. His career has been remarkably successful, and has been achies^ed by untiring (le\-oti(^n, ]^rofound knowledge and a rare faculty for seizing oppor- tunities. Mr. Wegg is a native of Ontario, Canada, and was born in the village of St. Thomas, December 16 1847. His parents, John W. and Jerusha (Dunconibe) Wegg, were of English lineage. His mother'.s familv, "the Duncombes," traces its descent from Sir Charles Duncombe (Lord Feversham), who came to America in 1730. His father was born in Norfolk, England. His an- cestors were mainly engaged in mechanical pur- suits, although among them were an admiral of the English navy and a representative of the crown on the island of Trinidad. Mr. Wegg, as a }-outh, took e\"ery opportiniity to obtain an cdncatinn. and when strong enough he worked in his father's carriage shop and ac- quired proficiency at the trade. By hard study before and after hours of labor he qualitied him- self for teaching, and, while fulfilling his duties as a teacher in the schcxjls of St. Thomas, he be- gan the study of law. At the age of twenty-five years he went tO' Madison, \\'isconsin, where his uncle. Chief Justice Lyon, resided, and availing himself of the kind offer of this relative to make his house his home, he entered the law school of the University of Wisconsin and was graduated w ilh the class of 1873. He was immediately em- ployed by the law finn of Fish & Lee, of Racine, and soon became a partner. In 1875 he accepted an offer of partnership from ex-Chief Justice Dixon, of Milwaukee, and the firm of Dixon, Hooker, Wegg & No)-es will always be remem- bered as one of the most Ijrilliant law firms of the northwest. When the association was dissolved on ac- count of the ill health of Judge Dixon, Mr. Wegg entered the firm of Jenkins, Elliot & Winkler, which was largely employed in railroad interests, and made the law of corporations a .specialty. From this agreeable and lucrative partnership Mr. Wegg was called to the position of assistant general solicitor of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company, and in 1885 he took charge of the law department of the \\'isconsin Central Railroad Company, a position which iiccessitated his removal to Chicago, where he iiansvdiioh't iCftgo PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 531 lias since resided. Here without reliiu|uisliing tiic legal duties wliicli tlie de])artnient required, there was added a vast financial and managerial responsihility. It hecanie necessary, in order for the Wisconsin Central toi obtain a terminal in Chicago, tO' organize a new corporation, the Chi- cago Northern Tacihc Railroad Company; and of this road Mr. Wegg became president, and upon him rested, without the title of manager, the vast responsibility of its financial and construc- tive, as well as legal, management. He pur- chased the right of way, conducted condenmation proceedings, negotiated bonds, built a magnifi- cent depot and attended to the thousand details of the immense undertaking with tiie skill of a trained expert and the prudence and sagacity of a trained lawver. More recently when the Northern Pacific Rail- road Company acquired possession of the Wis- consin Central, Mr. W'egg was elected a director of that great continental corporatirm, a position which he has recently voluntarily relinquished. Eloquent advocates and learned lawyers have been produced in ever)- coimtry where the com- mon law has prevailed. In America, they have not unfrequently shown qualities of the highest statesmanship when called into councils of state. As a lawyer ^Ir. Wegg seems to liave assim- ilated the principles of law and to be able to sup- pl\-, from his judicial mind, a correct solution to any new combination of details that will stand the test of se\'erest criticism. In the earlier years of bis practice be excelled, in bis skill in the presen- tation of cases tO' juries, while Ijcfore the court his master)' of legal principles, familiarity w ith prece- dents, and poAver of logical and forcible argu- ment, made him almost inxincible. He has o'ften been a trustee for large estates and has held num- erous positions of trust and confidence with cor- p<;ratit)ns other than those mentionecl. As coun- sel, bis services have been in great demand, and he has Ijeen extensively retained in important and complicated litigations in New York and other eastern cities. Outside of professional studies Mr. Wegg is well informed, and, in some lines of literature and science, an adept. He is a free and interest- ing conversationalist, an agreeable comrade, and a most fascinating companir)n. He is a member of the Literary and Union League Clubs of Chi- cago; the Milwaukee Club, of Milwaukee; and the Manhattan Club, of New York. He was married in 1878 to Miss Eva Russell, daughter of Mr. Andrew Russell, of Oconomo- woc, Wisconsin. They have two sons, Donald Russell Wegg and David Spencer Wegg, Jr. HON. LORIN C. COLLINS CHICAGO. ILL. 'J^'acing his ancestry back as far as the May- fiower. Judge Lorin C. Collins jjossesses all tb(ise characteristics which made that little liand of de- tennincd men and women cross the ocean and brave the terrors of an unknown and almost unexpbjred region. Gifted with ability of a superior order and with a positive: purpose in life. Judge Collins is now recognized as one of the foremost legal lights of this country. He is a native of Windsor. Connecticut, born in .\ugust. 18-18, and the sou of Lorin C. Collins and Mary (Bemis) Collins. The parents were also of Amer- ican descent and for many years the father was a [irominent and influential minister of the gos- pel, es])ousing the faith of the Methodist Episco- ])al church, with which be remained in harmony until a disbelief in the ([uestion of eternal punish- ment on bis part led him to withdraw. This was 532 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST v\liilc he was a luadini;' iiiemher uf the ]\Iinncsota cunference, and tlie iii(le])en(lencc and self-reli- ance then manifested in the character cjf the father \\as in a strikini^' des^ree transmitted to the son, who is disposed tf the highest and humblest in his bmne city of Chicago and throughont the I'nited States. Dr. Price was born at Troy, Xew York, De- cember II. 183J, and acrpiired his preliminary education in the public schools of that city, and was graduated from college in 1852. He soon after this commenced the study of medicine, and received the degree i.if M. D. in 1830. In 18O1 he moved to Illinois, .settling at Waukegan, where be engaged in the practice of his profession with marked success. Dr. Price will always be remembered as the ]iionecr in the manufacture of i>ure cream of tartar baking powder, ^\'hile a student he en- joyed unusual advantages in the study of chem- istry, and the chanical laboratory of his college was the place above all others where he was most ^"l h Unary Taylor Jf Chtago ^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 533 iit'lcn In l)c fduiid. Here. ;miited to universal use. Long research and experiment were rewarded by the discovery of the ingredients which nict those requirements. In 1865 he gave up his jiractice of medicine, formed a partnership for the manufacture of baking powder and successfully launched the plan he had in mind for so many years. The growth of tlie business was rapid, and Dr. Price's baking powder soon Iiecame kmiwn thrciughout the cmni- try. At the commencement of the Inisiuess the sales were frecpiently by ounces, while tons are now the unit of measurement uf the daih manu- facture. Dr. Price pm-chased his i>artner's interest in i(SS4 and formed an incorporated compan_\' under the name of the Price JJaking Powder Compau)', w hich has since carried on the business. In 1893, dihposing of his interest in this companw Dr. I'rice fiirmed the Price Flo\-oring E.xtract Com- p;iny, fnr the manufacture of fla\-oring extracts. He was one nf the hiunders of the Lincoln Na- tional Dank and was its presitlent for eleven years, from its organizatiim until transferred to the Bankers" National Bank of Chicago. Dr. Price was married in 1856 to Miss Har- riet ]•:. W'liite. daughter of Dr. White, of Buffalo, Xcw \'ork. They ha\-e four children. .\s is knnwn to all. the career of Dr. Price has been eminenth' successful. It h;is been acliiexed b\- sing'lcness of purpose and rare business sag.acitv. He is ;i man (if bmad humanitarian ])rinci])les. decj) thought and strong intellectn- alilv. In all the relatinns of life he commands the respect and esteem which is e\er rendereil true wnrth. WILLIAM MEADE FLETCHER CHICAGO, ILL. William M. Idetcher, member of the law brm of Collins & hdetcher, was burn at Rappahan- rmck, N'irginia, and is a son of James \V. :nid C. M. (Jkleade) Fletcher. He ])ursued his lit- erary education at the Episcopal high sciiool near .\lexandria, and the University ^ _^ -i of \'irginia, at which latter in- ^^^^^^ stitution he completed the ]ire- ^^^^^^r ^^' scribed law cnursc, recei\iug the ^^H^^ "^^ degree of Bachelor of Law . .\fler ^^■fl^&yMF his graduation and admissinn to J^^^^^^f^ ll'^-' ''^'' 'ic entered uixiu the ])rac- ^^^^^. Ab ^'^"^' "^ ''^^^ '" Montana, where he ^^^^** l>ecame attorne_\- for some of the largest banking, mining, corpor- ate and Inisiness interests in Afontana. After sjiending five years in the west and meeting with much success in his profession, he determined to seek a broader field for his efforts, ;u!d in 1S95 located in Chicago, where he has w.on distinction as an able member of the Illi- nois bar. ScMJu after coming to Chicago he be- came a member of the firm of Collins, Gobject that tended toward the advancement of education, though the advan- tages he had personally in his early life were few, he gave all of his children a liberal educa- tion. He died, aged seventy-nine, in the vear 1881. The mother was a daughter of the late Jacob Hauser, of Dayton, Ohio'. She was always identified with and an acti\-e worker of the Baptist church, and reared a family of six children, twn boys and four daughters. ~\lv. J. II. Gray, of Cincinnati, being the other son. Mr. W. H. Gray received his early education in and graduated from the Piqua high school and then entered the Denison L^niversity, where he graduated three years later. He assisted his father in the building ojDerations then on hand for a time and later entered the employ of the Lake Erie eS: Western Railroad Company as a civil engineer. L^pini the failure of this company he entered the lumljer business until after the Chicago fire in 1871, v. hen he solel out and be- came Connected with a life insurance company, and had quarters at Indianapolis, Indiana. Sub- sequently he was transferred tO' Ohio, and in 1877 he organized the Knights Templar and Ma- sons Mutual Aid Association of Cincinnati, Ohio, which under bis management became the leading company at that time in the United States. In 1883 he severed his connection with this company, leaving it in splendid financial condi- ti( n, and si:)ent a year engaged in private busi- ness, and then came to- Chicago, and ^lay 4, 1884, he organized the Knights Templar and iMasons Life Indemnity Company of Chicago, Illinois, and with this company, as director and general manager, be has been identified e\'er since. The success this companv has met from the first up to' the present time is truly phenome- nal. To-day it stands giiarantee for upward of thirty million dollars of insurance, a result mainly attrilnitable to the management and great admin- istrati\e ability of Mr. Gray. Mr. Gray has been active with others in the development of the Indiana natural gas fields, arid owns interests there. He owns o\-er six thousand acres of land in Texas. se\-en hundred acres in Indiana, iMie thousand acres in Illinois ^^^^-7^^^^ ?^ PROMINENT MEN OE THE GREAT WEST. 537 and several line Iniuses in Chicay-n. He eun- ceived llie i>lan and was tlie cri^-inatur of the company whicli removed tlie old Lihhy Prison, of Richnuuid, Virginia, to Chicago. For a time he was its treasurer, being, in fact, its sole (jwner until (hsijosed of to a syndicate, who owned it for years and had it situated in Chicago on Wa- bash avenue on what is now the site of the pres- ent Coliseum. He is a \alued member of \-arious social or- ganizations, incluchng tlie Union League and ]\Lir(juette Chibs, and is also a member of St. Bernard Commianfler\- ( K. T.) and (jthcr [Ma- sonic bodies. A man of scholarly tastes and one whose mind has been cultivated l.iy extensive reading- and research, carried into many fields of literature. Mr. Cray has tra\elcd extensivelv and de- lights to spend his summers on the coast of Maine or at his line country home near Indi- anapolis, which is his chance of securing a much- needed rest for a short time each year. INIr. (iray is a Baptist in religion and a Re- publican in ]jolitics. Ide was married February 17, 1 881, to Miss Opha E. Buckingham, a gradu7 ate of Mt. Carrt>ll (Illinois) Seminary. The union has been blessed with three children, named Ira B., William B. and I'^alpli B. Gray. Mr. Gray has been very active in tiie management of the now renowned Knights Tem])lar charity balls, which have become events of the season, and has served as chairman of the inyitati->n committee of the sixth and seventh and chair- man of the general committee of the eighth ball. MAJOR LAWRENCE M. ENNIS CHICAGO, ILL. ]\Iajor Lawrence 'SI. Ennis, one L^f the pop- Walker. This firm e.xisted four years, until in ular attorneys at the Chicago' bar, is a man of 1884, when ]\Ir. Walker went into the state's at- great n.atural ability, a graceful and elociuent torney's office. In March, two years later. Mr. orator of as]}iring ambition and of restless en- Emiis formed a partnership with Hon. William erg)-; brave, resolute and fearless, as his whole E. Mason, now United States senator from llli- life's career has evinced. nois, under the firmi name of Masou & Ennis, ]\Ir. Ennis w-as born in Chi- which continued until 1895, when the partner- cagO', November 3, 1859, ''"^ is ship was dissolved on Mr. Mason's election to a son of James Ennis, a native the United State's senate; and Mr. Ennis formed of County Wexford, Ireland, and a new firm with Mr. John J. Coburn, under the ^lary A. (Saxton) Ennis, a na- firm name of Ennis & Coburn, which contimied ii\-e of Chicago. Lawrence ^M., until ]Major Ennis accompanied his regiment, the F^nnis w-as educated in the public Seventh Illinois Infantry, to the Spanish war, schools and St. Patrick's Acad- he being in command of the famous Second Bat- emy of Chicago, under the Chris- talion of that regiment. The regiment served He graduated from the North Di- in the Second Brigade, Second Division, Second N-ision higli school, Ijcing class orator in 1877. Army Corps, thniughout the war. He read law in his father's office and was ad- Major Ennis began his niiilitarv career by niitted to the bar in 1880. Upon the death of enlisting in Company F. First Infantry, I. N. his father he formed a jiartnership w-ith Francis G., as a private in 1881, and served a three years' W. Walker, under the firm name of Ennis &' term. Soon after his discharge he joined the lian Brothers. 535 PRO^IIXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST. \'eteran Corps, of wliicli he has Ijeen an active member ever since. When the First Infantry visited Charleston, Atlanta and other southern cities in 1895, it was accompanied by the Veteran Corps, and Major Ennis was made special guardian of the "Flag of Friendship," t\'i)ifving the reunion of the Xorth and South. December 5, 1896, he was elected Major of the Seventh Illinois Infantry, and served witii the regiment through the times of peace and during the Span- ish war, Ijeing commissioned major of the Se\-- enth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in Alay, 1898. At the close of the year 1900, ]\Iajor Ennis re- signed from; the service, but when the service men of the Spanish war organized, he was made Cdunnander of Bucky 0"Xeill Camp. He is also a companion of the Illinois Commanderw Xaval and Militar\' Order of the S])anisli-.\merican Wlar. April 2. 1902, ]\Iajor Ennis was elected commander of the department of Illinois uf the service men of the Spanish war at the first na- tional convention held in Spnngfield. Just pre- vious to this, on Alarch 10, 1902, he was elected president of the \'eterate Corps of the First In- fantry, I. X'. G. Politically ]Major Ennis is a Democrat and acti\-e in party affairs. He has always manifested an interest in educational mat- ters, and presented for many years a gold medal for the best English essay to the graduating class of the Xorth Division high school. It is known as the Ennis Essay Medal. On October 2, 1884, Mr. Ennis was married to Elizabeth Gertrude Ouinlan, of \^'oodstock,■ Illinois. Thev have four children, ]\Iarv, (jer- trude, Lawrence and James. Mr. Ennis is a (lex'out Roman Catholic, following the faith of liis fathers. EDWARD CHARLES DARLEY CHICAGO, ILL. Edward C. Darley, the late eminent ci\'il en- gineer, was born at Tarrytown, New Ydrk, Janu- ary 28, 1846, and was a .son of William George Darley and Mary Esther (Weeks) Darley. Fie was educated in the schools of \\'arren, Ohio, and at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Before his twentieth year he was employed, as civil engineer of the X'ew Castle & Beaver Valley Railroad, at New Castle, Pennsyh-ania. In 1866 he went to Brazil, Indiana, to build a blast furnace, and in 1867 toi St. Louis, Missouri, where he followed his profession as a mechanical engineer, build- ing blast furnaces until 1887, when he was called to Ashland, Wisconsin, to build a large blast fur- nace there, which todk some time, and when fin- ished he, in 188X, went to Portland, Oregon, and built a large blast furnace there. In 1889 he re- tiuMied to Pittsburg, Penns^ivania, and was em- ployed with. J. P. \\'itherow as general superin- tendent of blast furnace construction until 1892, Then he practiced mechanical engineering until 1897, when he came to Chicago', Illinois, as gen- eral western agent for the .Vultman & Taylor [Ma- chinery Company, Mansfield, Ohio, and the "Cahall" water tube boilers. 1\1\-. Darley enlisted in the One Hundredth Pennsylvania X'olunteers, February 27, 1864, strving his country until the close of the war in 1865, and receiving an honorable discharge. He was a memiber of several societies and clubs, among them the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, of which he was one of the charter members, and of the Institute of IMining Engineers. He was a Mason, having joined that order in 1867, a Republican and a memb.T of the Episcopal church. ■-^ . -er , . ,_^i."l,- Zh tifjo- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WESi 541 Mr. L)arley"s life was one of untiring activity, antl was erowned with a high degree of success. ] le l)tn'lt no less than forty-fovu' l)last furnaces, steel plants and ro'lling mills in different parts of the United States. He was a man of pleasing nersonalitv. genial manner and true courtesy. cago, Illinois. J lis death was very sudden and due to the administration of chloroform to per- form a slight oiveration on his throat. He left a widow, Miary Elenora ( W'.atson ) Darley, to whom he was married January u. tUChj. She is a daughter of William Watson, l)anker of I lis m;un- adniirahle qualities of mind and heart Xew Castle, PennsyKrmia. and one son. William endeared him greatly to his many friends. W. Darley, was horn .Septeniher 2_', 1S70, at i\ew Mr. i)arle\- died Fehruary if), Kjoi, at Chi- Castle, Pennsyhania. HON. OLIVER H. HORTON, LL. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Hon. Oliver H. H(jrton, LL. D., was born in Cattaraugus crnmty, New York, October 20, i(S35, the son of Henry \V. and Mary H. Hor- ton. He came to Chicago at the age of twent}' and fo'und employment in the lumber business. It was not until five years later, at an age w hen the young man of to-day considers himself unfor- tunate if lie is not fairly well established in business, tbat young Horton entered the law office of Hoyne, Miller & Lewis, and ser\-ed in the several capaci- ties of office attendant, student and clerk. He also took a regu- lar course in the o^ld Chicago University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1863. His diligent study, howe\er, had enabled him to pass the examination for admittance to the bar some little lime previous to this, and when, in the early part oif iiSri.;, the firm of Hoyne, Mjller & Lewis was dissoKed, a new partner.ship' was formed by the late Ibni. Thomas HoyMie. lienja- min F. Ayer and .Mr. Ilorton. in which Mr. llor- ton's name a])peared as junior memlier. Mr. Ayer withdrew the following year and the firm of Hoyne & Horton was organized, the name being changed again in 1867 to that of Hoyne, Horton & Hoyne, and thus it remained until the death of Mr. Hoyne, the senior partner, in 1883. From then imtil 1887, when Mr. Llorton went on the bench, it was known as Horton & Hoyne. Judge Horton received his first judicial nomi- nation to the Cook county circuit court in 1887 by a vote of the members of the bar, at which ninety per cent, of the ballots were in his favor. -Mthotigh a Republican in his affiliations, he was a candidate on the non-partisan ticket in the elec- tion whicli followed. In the twice that he has since been nominated, however, his name has ap- peared on both Republican and Democratic tick- ets, a fact which shows the esteem in which he is held the bar and tlie public generalK', and in March, i8(;8, he was selected as a judge of the appellate court of the first district, a legal honor of considerable magnitude, and which further in- dicates the respect with which he is regarded by tlie bench. Judge Horton is not a politician and has hehl but one public office, and in that instance, as he has been heard to say, "only because there was n(_> hel]) for it." This was the position of cor- poration coimsel, to which Mayor Roach nomi- nated him without his knowledge and while he was absent from the city. Xotw ithstanding that he withdrew his name as soon as he heard ot it. 542 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST tlic nomination was confirniecl l)y unanimous member of the Afethodist Episcopal chuixli, liav- Mle iif the common council, and, under these ir.g held ever}^ official position therein to which circumstances, he finally decided to accept. It a layman is eligilile. In 1880 he was sent as a was only a matter of some two months, however, after this that he was released from these duties, which came to him sO' unsolicited, by h's election to' the bench. In social and jvrofessional circles Judge Hor- ton has taken a prominent place. He has been a member of the L'nion League Club since its organizatioii, and is identified with the Chicago delegate to the (piadrennial general conference of that denominatinn. which met in Cincinnati, and in the year following was elected a lay dele- gf.te to the ecumenical conference which met in London. He is president of the Rock River Methodist l^piscopal Lawman's Association, which originated the resolutions making equal lay representation in the Methodist Episco- Literary Club, the Martpiette Club, the Hamilton pal general conference, and was the active Club, the Forty Clul), the Chicago Athletic Club, head and leader in that movement and remained tlie Veteran Union League and the Glen View such until success was attained. He was again Club. He is a member of the Bar Association; elected lav delegate to the general conference was for years an active member of the Law In- and was a meml)er of that body which convened stitute; served several terms as its treasurer and in Chicago in Mav, 1900, and hv which lav rep- afterward as president. He has served as presi- resentation in equal numbers with the clergy was (knt of the Union College of Law and of its accepted and liiially accomplished. He has been a member and a trustee of the Grace, and after- ward Trinitv Methodist Episcopal church for many years. Judge Horton"s wife was Miss Frances B. Gould, a (l;iughter of T^hilip H. Goiild, one of \crsit_\-. He is ]>resident of the board of trustees Chicago's pioneer residents. They have had two of the riarrett Biblical Institute, mid a devoted cliildren, neilhcr of win mi arc now living. .\lumiii Association; was a charter member and nas president of the Medico-Legal Society; is now one of the fne trustees oif the Lewis Insti- tute, and has been for nian\- vears a trustee and was first xnce-iiresident of the Xorthwestern Uni- J. CHARLES STAMM, M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. 1'liere are none of the younger class of prac- from the University of Munich on March 24, titioners in the city wluv have a larger practice 1866, recei\ing extraordinarv honors, than that enjoyed by Dr. Stamm. In fact niglit The Son of Andreas and Helena ( b'eile) and dav his office and residence are so^ besieged Stamm, J. Charles Stamm is a nati\'e of Cliica- by patients that he is not allowed the time for go, where he was born on the 2d of February, necessary rest, tO' say .nothing of recreation. 1868. Being a Roman Catholic and in accord Dr. Stamm's a1>ilities as practitioner are per- with his religious l^elief, he was educated at St. haps inherited in part from his father. Dr. An- Ignatius College, taking a classical course. Pre- vious, however, he had some e-xiiericnce in his father's drug store and naturally conceived a lik- ing for the medical profession. He had already made considerable progress in the study of phar- dreas Stamm. The latter was born at Bingen on the Rhine, studying medicine at the Univer- sities of Munich and Heidell^erg under Liebig. Niemeyer, and other masters. He graduated ! o^i/i' lie in the front ranks. JUDGE EDWARD H. THAYER CLINTON, IOWA Judge Edward H. Thayer, editor and oue of who at that time was able to report speeches the proprietors of the Clinton (^lowaj Morning verbatim. In the political campaign of 1852 he Age, was born at Windham, Maine, Novemlier reported speeches made by Stephen A. Douglas, 27, 1832. His father, Ludo Thayer, was. born Lewis Cass, Horace Greele}^ Sam Houston and in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1796, and his other distinguished gentlemen. He reported the n-,other, whose maiden name was Rlioda Penni- speech of General Scott which was made in that man, was born at Windsor, Vermont, the same city, iii which occurred the noted phrases "sweet year. F(vr many years he atteuded the district German accent" and "rich Irish brogue." He ac- schools at Orono, state of Maine, graduating from companied the party that escorted General Scott the East Corinth Academy in 1850. That year he started for Portland, Oregon, although at that time Greeley had not given young men that ex- cellent advice "to buy a Hoe press and go west." At Albany he look passage on a canal boat for Buffalo, thence by lake boat to Cleveland, where to the Blue Lick Springs, reporting the speeches made on the route of that celebrated chieftain. He also' reported se\eral speeches made by Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot. In the spring of 1853 ^^^- Thayer was ad- mitted to the bar, passing the very thorough ex- he was taken sick, preventing his continuing his amination at that time made imperative by law, journey. his certificate authorizing him to practice his pro- He remained in Cleveland three years, read- fession in all the courts of the state. In May of iiig law in the office of Bolton, Kelly & Griswold, that year he started further west, spending a week attending lectures of the Medical College and or two in Chicago. By railroad he went to Free- doing local work on the Herald and Plain Dealer, ijort, Illinois, thence by stage to Saxannah, and newsi>apers of that city. While in Cleveland the down the river by boat to Muscatine, Iowa, where subject of this sketch learned slmrthand writing, lie cimimenced the ])ractice of law. In 1854 he being one of the very few [persons in the country was elected county attorney on the Democratic 26 546 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST ticket. In 1856 he was elected cotnity judge of IMuscatine county, and re-elected in 1S58, both times as a Democrat. In 1858 he married Miss Delia E. Payne, of Westport, New York, who during their forty-three years of married Ufe has i)een his nmst \-ahial>le lielpmate. 'i'lie fruits of this marriage were three daughters, all now re- siding in Clinton. In i860 he was elected by the Democratic state convention as a delegate to the Charleston convention, being made the Iowa member of tlie committee on permanent organiza- tion, before wiiich committee the first contest was made between the Douglas and Breckenridge fac- tions. In that convention Judge Thayer voted fifty-six times for Stephen A'. Douglas for candi- date as president. The convention, without select- ing a candidate, adjourned to Baltimore, where on the first ballot Judge Douglas was placed in nomination. In 1862 Judge Thayer was the Dem- ocratic candidate for congress, but was defeated by Hiram Price. During his residence in Musca- tine Judge Thayer was engaged in the newspaper business, and in 1868 he moved to Clinton, where he established the Age, which paper he has since continued to edit and manage. He at once took a prominent jiart in advocating the construction of railroads, was director in several railroad com- pciuies, president of the Iowa Southwestern road, building a portion of that road and then operating it. He has been acti\e through his paper in urg- ing capital to establish manufactures in Iowa, has 1)cen a leader in champinning the educational in- terests of the state, a persistent advocate of good roads, his work in that direction running through a period of twenty years. He has made the beet sugar industry a study, beginning the agitation of tliat subjecit in 1S73 and from time to time pul> lishing a vast amount, of valuable infonnation which had much to do with the establishment of beet sugar factories in this country, and he is now a firm believer in the practibility of growing sugar beets and manufacturing beet sugar in Iowa. In 1875 Judge Thayer was elected a member of the lower house of the general assembly of Iowa, and the following year he was appointed by Governor Kirkwood a trustee of the State Nor- mal School, assisting in the establishing of that institution, holding the oftice sequently when the National League of Good Roads was formed he was made chairman of the executive committee, which office he now holds. In Janu- ary, 1893, lie addressed the Iowa Bankers" Asso- ciation at their annual meeting, taking for his sub- ject, "Good ri)ar (iear the Iowa member of the Mississippi ri\'er states commission, taking a prominent part in the an- nual meetings which were held in New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis and St. Paul. This commit- tee consisted of one member from each state Ijor- dering on the Mississippi river. It served the public many years and until congress recognized the importance of its work by providing for the exi-sting- national commission. For almost half a century Judge Thayer has been a familiar face in Democratic state conven- tions. He lias often been placed on the commit- tee on resolutions and he presided over the delib- erations of the convention of 1864, held at Des Mnines. In January, 1902, the Democratic members of the Iowa general assenil>iy voted unanimously for Judge Thayer for the office of United States sen- ator. J'"(ir se\'eral \-ears he was a memlier (if the school biiard of the city of Clinton, and fur twenty-five years a vestryman in St. Jnhn's Epis- copal church. In local matters the Age, under the direction of its editor, has been active in advo- cating and urging forward the material interests' of the city. At an early day, realizing the fact that railroads were essential to the growth, pros- perity and welfare of the state, the Age zealously and untiringly not only advocated gridironing the state with railroads but discountenanced and con- dennied the spirit of antagonism toward railroads which at times prevailed on the jiart of some of the |)eople and some of the lawmakers. WILLIAM FREDERICK CARROLL CHICAGO. ILL. William F. Carroll, attorney at law, repre- senting large corporate interests, is an actixe and able nienil)tr of the bar and has won honorable distinction for the capable manner in which he 'has cared for the litigation entrusted to his care. His specialty is tax and corpora- tion law, and in the last few years he has handled the bulk of the tax and special assessment cases before the countv and su- preme courts. William F. Carroll was born at Cincinnati, ( )hio, l-'ebruary 24. 1858, and is a son of William and Ceorgiana (Xorman) Car- roll. He was educated in the pulilic and high schools of Chicago. In 1874 he left school be- cause oi the financial misfortmies of his father. and took a position with Eugene Cary, manager of the German-.American Insurance Company, of Chicago, at six dollars per week, and at the same time worked evenings from six to ten P. M. at the Chicago' Public Lilirary, at three dol- lars ]>er week. At these employments he con- tinued for twoi years and in the meantime, at odd liours, .Sundays and iK-lidavs, studied short- hand. l!y Februru'X', 1877, he was proficient enough ti> accept the pi/sition of private secretary to C. H. Da\is, the accountant of the Pullman Car Coui])any. .and on Jul\- of that vear, on recommendation of Mr. l);i\is, he was ap]jointed private secretary to the general manager of the -M. I\. iX- T. Railway Company, at Sedalia, Mis- souri, at a salarv of eightv-five dollars ]5er month. During this lime he had been reading law nights.' and on September i, 1877, ga\-e up the position 54^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST and returned to Chicago at a much reduced sal- ary to stud}- law in tlie office of Hon. E. D. Cooke, late congressman, and Henr}- D. Beam, prominent attorneys of the Chicago bar. He re- tained this position a year and on September i, 1878, accepted a position as private secretary to James R. Wood, general passenger agent of tlie C. B. & Q. Railroad, and a few months later took the same position with C. W. Smith, gen- eral manager of the sajiie road. During all this time he ke]>t up his study of law, and in April, 1879, at the age of twenty-one years, he tiKik the examination and was admitted to the bar. For the ne.xt three years he was law clerk for the late F. H. Kahis, and other lawyers of Chi- cago, and in the spring of 1883 went to Dakota, and later was api»inted attorney and manager of a large mortgage loan comixmy, at Huron, South Dakota. In 1886 he removed to St. Paul, Minnesota, and practiced law until he came to Ciiicago in 1893, where he managed a World's Fair Custom-house E.xhibiting Agency for a year and a half and then CDUimenced the practice of law in Chicago. In 1895 and 1896 he held for a time the position of county attorney in charge of tax matters, and assistant attorney of the Chicago Drainage Board. In 1896 he stumped the states of Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky for McKinley. Since 1897 Mr. Carroll has devoted his act- tive time and energy to his law practice and has worked up a large business. He has made a specialty of tax, sj>ecial assessment and corjxira- tiiin law, and is now in receipt of a large inciime from his practice. Mr. Carroll was a member of the Drill Corps of Company C, First Regiment, of Chicago, from 1876 to 1878. Politically he is a stanch Republican, and in religicms l>elief an Episco- palian. Mr. Carroll was married in February, 1884, to Miss Jeanie Charlotte Adams, daughter of the late James .\dams of Ouincy, Illinois, and a de- scendant of the .\dams of Massachusetts. Her mother was of the Arrowsnu'th family, of Xew York. JOHN CHAUNCEY TRAINOR CHICAGO, ILL. John Chauncey Trainor, one of the promi- nent lawyers of Chicago, represents many large interests in the city and is highly \alued for his great ability and his success is his profession. John C. Trainor was born at Watertown, Jefferson county, New York, May 18, 1858. and is the son of James and Catherine Tnainor. His education was ac(|uired in his native place, and upon its completion he began the study of law in the office of Hannibal Smith, who was the princiixil of the Watertown high .school when he first entered that institution, and an nld and valued friend. During the winter terms of 1878 and 1879 he temiMirarily left the law office to teach in the village scIkhiI at East Rodman, Jefferson ci unity, Xew York, after which he re- sumed his legal studies in the office of Edmund B. Wynn, general cixmsel for the Rome, Water- town & Ogdensburg Railroad Company. He was admitted to the bar January 6, 1882. by the supreme court held at Syracuse, Xew York. Air. Trainor came to Chicago August 27, 1883. first opening an office at the suburb of Kensington, and after establishing a permanent practice, he removed his office to Chicago, his residence still being in Kensington. Mr. Trainor was married October 14, 1880, to Miss Deette M. Cavanaugh, of \\'atertown, PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 551 New ^'| rk. (laughter of Thomas T. and ]\lar_v E. Ca\enaiigh, and grand-daughter of Chandler C. Chase, of W'atertown. Mrs. Trainor's i)ar- ents owned and operated a large dairy farm of between three hundretl and four hundred aerea; at the junction of the three towns of Rodman, Rutland and Watertown, and about seven miles from the city of W'atertown. Her grandfather, Mr. Chase, was a well-to-do farmer in the town- shi]> and died in April, 1803, at eighty-three vear-j of age. Mr. Chase liad been assessor of his township for a number of years and was one of the best-known and most respected men in Jef- ferson county. Mrs. Trainor died in Septemlwr, 1893, leaving five children, three girls and two boys. She was a beautiful wcjman, of rare in- tellectual end( )wments. Mr. Trainur is an energetic, successful huv- }er ; he has a tine home in Kensington and other investments there. Jn politics he is a Republi- can, whose activity and zeal are of recognized \'a]ue to the party. ORSON SMITH CHICAGO, ILL. Orson Smith, president of the ^Merchants' this early age determined to become a banker he Loan & Trust Comjiany, is one of the noted finan-- could hardly ha\-e found a lietter instructor. Mr. cicrs of Chicago and has been conspicuous in all the movements, changes and evolutions that ha\e helped to make Chicago a great financial center. He is a man noted for his con- servatism, excellent business aliil- ity, foresight and sound judg- ment, 'i'he zeal with which he has de\'oted his energies t(.i his business and the careful regard for the interests of all his deposi- tors and an assiduous and unre- Adams was a successful banker and had or- ganized his house in 1852. With him Mr. Smith labored for eleven years, rising from one clerk- ship to the next in importance until 1863, when a cliange was made in the n;nne and character of the bank. Mr. Adams had concluded to go to- New York City. A charter was taken out for the 'i'raders" Bank and Mr. Adamis' private insti- tution became merged into a state bank of that large and successful business. name. Later on the name was changed to the Traders' National Bank, Mr. Smith remaining laxing attention to all the details through all these years, until the vear 1870, hav- ha\e brought to his bank a very ing reached the position of chief clerk and as- sistant cashier. For many years Mr. Smith haJ Mr. Smith is a native-born Chicagoan. Lie been interested in the affairs of the Board of was born here Decemlier 14, 1841, and received Trade, and when, about that time, there was or- his education in the public and private schools of ganized the Corn Exchange National Bank, the this city. His ambition to begin the battle of lif-J intention of the promoters \yemg to cater largely for himself induced him to leave his studies at an to the Board of Trade business, he resigned from' early ]>eriod. When but thirteen years of age he tlic Traders' National Bank and took a position in entered the retail store of Potter Palmer as bun- the new concern. The Corn Exchange National die boy. where he remained one year, when ha Bank was organized with Julian S. Rumsey as secured a position as clerk in the private banking president, S. A. Kent as vice-president and Orson house of F. Granger Adams. Had he even at Smith as cashier. In 1881 this bank went out of 552 PROMINENT -MEN OF THE GRI-AT WEST. existence. Inil ui)on it.s foundatinn aiK.ther insti- tution v.:is started. Tliis was a state organiza- tion and was called the Ci^rn E.xcliange Bank. JMr. Smith was retained as cashier and held the positiiai until the spring of 1884. when he re- signed and accepted the vice-presidency of the ^lerchants' Loan & Trust Comi)an_\-. This posi- tion he held until elected to the i)rcsitlency in 1898. As has been mentioned. Mr. Smith has fi.n many years been closely identilied with the affairs of the Chicago' Board df Trade, lie has held many positions (.)f trust in this l)i;d)-, among theiii that of treasurer, to which office he was elected annually from 187^ to 1878. He is also inter- ested in the Chicago Stock Exchange and has been a member of the governing committee, and for several years has also been a member of the executive committee of the Chicago Clearing House Association. The .Merchants' Loan &: Trust Company is one of tile dldest banking institutions in the stare cf Blini:is. having been organized in 1857. Start- ing out with a capital of half a million dollars, it has since been increased to two milHun dollars. Mr. b hn 11. Dunham was the lirst president. The thirteen original trustees were Isaac N. .\rnold, \V. E. Doggett, U. R. lb It, William B. Ogden, John 11. Foster, Waller I.. .\'c\\ Terry, Henry b'arnuni, Jonathan Burr, (ieorge Steele. J. H. Dunham, F. B. Cooley, A. II. lUirley and John High, names that must awaken a host of recollections to the Chicago resident of ante- bellum days. Most of these have ])assed away in the great beyontl. and of those sur\-i\'ing only one, Air. A. H. Burley, is now actively identified witli the institution. The Merchants' Loan & Trust Company now occupies the elegant new building named after it on the corner (.)f Clark and -'vdams streets, where they have the whole of the lianking floor. Mr. .Smith is a well-known man in Chicago and 111 lids actixe memberships in many of the prominent clubs and social organizations of the citv. He has never had any inclination to a pub- lic life, as his carlv educatinn and business train- ing fitted him f( r a financier, and as a banker iie prefers to be and is best known. He was united in marriage December 14. 1871, to Miss Anna Rice, daughter of Jnhn B. Rice, who was twice mayor of Chicago. JUSTUS CHANCELLOR CHICAGO, ILL. lustus Chancelliir was born near the town of Oxford. Bentim co.unly, Indiana, Octnber 1..', 1863. His father was Jnhn Cooper Chancellor, of Scotch-Irish iiarentage. a native of Virginia. withi-Ut examinations. He attended the -Vnrtli- western Uni\ersity, but never entered college. ha\ing sought means of earning a living, and tak- ing the steps he thought best to cpialify him for and wdio at an carlv date mcxed to Indiana and entering updU a professional career. He knew, eno-ao-ed in farming. His nicther, I^lizabeth however, that this cculd m n 1>e secured until he Jennie fustus, was of Cicrmaii and W elsh par- had secured, sufficient capital to meet the neces- c„t;ioe. sarv ex])eiiditure. He accordingly began work Mr. Chancellor acquired his literary cduca- upon the farm and also at carpentering and build- tion in the public school of Yincennes, Indiana, ing, and u.sed these means as stepping stones to where be graduated from the high school with a something liigher. During this period of labnr, standiii"- entitling him to admissi(.n U> the cnllege while he was earning money with which to enter ^i^d^eC^^^{^^^yy^ Tie L.e\yts puilishin^ Co PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 555 the law school, he took up a course of study under DeWolf & Chamhcrs, prominent attorneys at X'incennes, and in Octoher, 1883, he came to Chicago and entered the Union College of Law. \\'hile at home during vacation the same year he was stricken with t_Yphoid fe\-er and confined to his bed seven months. At the end of this time, the college season being far advanced, he did not deem it advisable to return until the f(.>llowing October, when he resumed his studies and after- \A-ard graduated in 1886. In the fall of 1884, when he returned to com- plete his law course, ne accepted a clerkshipi in the office of Charles S. Thornton in order to familiarize himself with the practical w'orkings of the law and the methods of the court room. He continued in this capacity until 1888, when the firm of Thornton & Chancellor was organ- ized. Mr. Chancellor as a real estate and corpora- tion lawyer has won distinguished preferment, and his connection with some of the most im- [lortant law suits that ha\-e been hear in the ci\il courts have given him a reputation that places liim high aljove the a\-erage lawyer. He is well \-ersed in the \-arious branches of the law. His arguments are logical, clear and con\'incing. Tiie firm was counsel in the celebrated embezzel- ment and forgery case of Rand. McX'alh- & Com- l)any against Charles R. Williams, when nine- ti.n indictments had been f(juntl against their client. The trial lo.jk si.\ weeks and the verdict was "not guilt}-." The well-known Ayer contro- \ersy was another case of note in which Mr. Chancclli^- displayed much skill. The estate of John Cayer against the bondholders of Riverside Improvement Company had been in litigation many years and the firm of Thorniton & Chancel- k)r, as counsel for the estate, succeeded in secur- ing a first judgment, in which the bondholders w'ere defeated. Mr. Chancellor, owing to his knowledge of corporation law, is constantly in charge of very important interests. He is an indefatigable worker. A Republican in politics, he takes great interest therein, and in 1884, when Hon. James ( ;. Blaine was the Rqniblican nominee for the presidency, Mr. Chancellor devoted his time to making speeches throughout the campaign. Mr. Chancellor was married in May, 1889, to I\Iiss Hattie Theodosia Lincoln Harper, a Vir- ginian by birth. They have a son and daughter and live at Lake \'iew, where, being a man of scliolarlv tastes and studious habits, he spends manv hours with his favorite authors. He has a \ erv large and well-selected library. He is a member of the Marquette Clul), the Chicago Hussars, and belongs to the order of the Knights of Rvthias; is a Knight Templar, a thirty-second decree ]\lason and a n(.ble of the Mvstic Shrine. HON. WILLIAM BENNETT CUNNINGHAM CHICAGO, ILL. Juilge Willi.nn \'>. Cunningham, senior mem- ber of the law tirm of Cunningham, Vogel & Cun- ningham, with oflices in the Chamber of Com- merce building, Chicago, was born June 11, 1838, ])aternal grandfather was born in rennsyhania and his maternal grandfather was Donald Mc- (jregor of Coiuitv ln\erness, Scotland. ^fr. Cunningham was educated at Hiram, at New Castle, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Ohio, and on leax'ing school he read law with S. Joseph and Janet (McGregor) Cunningham. His W. Dana in New Castle, Pennsylvania, until 556 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST December, 1861, when he went to war as pay- master anent six months at Jackson. Mississippi, in said convention. He was chairman of the committee on education and i)ersiinally prepared the scliool law of the state of Mississippi. He was then elected to the house of representati\es and served one year, when he was elected judge of the coun- ty court I if Maclison count v and serxed as such two years, when he was made judge of the circuit court for the district cumprising Madison, Holmes, Yazoo, Leake and Atalla counties, and held court seven years in that district. The cir- cuit Court was also the criminal court, and the murder trials during the reconstruction [leriod were numerous and many times great excitement pre\ailed during said trials, especially in Yazoo c('Unty. Judge Cunningham was married in 1867 to Katherine Morhead, of Penn.sylvania, who died in Mississip])i. in 1876, leaving three cliildrcn. On May i, 1877, Judge Cunningham moved to Cliicago, desiring a wider field of operation, and commenced the practice of law, which he has con- tinued e\cr since with great success. His prac- tice is large, embracing many cases of an im- portant character in the state courts and lately has l)een nuich engaged, the courts of the United States re(pnring a knowledge of the intricate IMoblems of jurisprudence. He has appeared in many noted cases and is regarded as one of the leading lawyers of the Chicago l)ar. He has trav-i eled extensively throughout the United States. Politically he is a Republican, and cast his first vote for Aliraham Lincoln. Li religious matters he is a Presbyterian and has always at- tended that church. His three children are all living in Chicago and William B., his son, is his law partner. LEMUEL CONANT GROSVENOR, M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Lemuel Conant Grosvenor, I\L 1)., as his name indicates, is descended from two noted colonial families, the Grosvenors and the Conants, whose i)n.!minence in medicine, in the ministry ar.d as anti-slavery workers is a matter of his- tory. His father. Deacon Silas N. Grosvenor, was a leading business man of Paxton, Massa- chusetts, and his mother, whose maiden name was IMary A. Conant, was a daughter of Rev. Gains Conant, for tw^enty-five years pastor of the Paxton Congregational church. It was his mother's wish that her eldest son, Lemuel, should become a clergyman, Imt the l)o\'s inclination was in another direction, and from an early age it was his earnest desire to enter the medical profession. The Doctor was Iwrn at Paxton in 1833, at- tended Williston Seminary, at Easthampton, Massachusetts, and on the removal of the family to ^^'orcester. entered the high school there, where he remained a student four years. He en- tered the kx'al literary societies and received the valuable literary training that later in life has gained for him the prestige of being among the PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 559 ablest piihlic speakers in Cliicago. It was here also that he fdiind lime to cultivate his musical tal- erits, acquirins;- what has since been to him one of the i^reatest sources of recreatinn during the busiest years of his professional life. When lie was seventeen years old his ]>arents moved to Sauk county, Wisconsin, then considered well toward the western frontier, and the rugged pio- neer life he there encountered exercised consid- erable influence upnn the development of the strong side of his character. With the desire to live to some noble purpose, the first winter after settling in Wisconsin he secured a een con- nected with the Cbicagoi Homeopathic Medical College, in which he holds flie chair of clinical obstetrics. For many years he held the chair of sanitary science in the same institutions, a chair wbicli was created especially for him, and which was the first full professorship created in that de- partment by any college in the country. He has been on the executive board of the college for a considerable period, and for twenty-five years was a member of the Chicago Academy of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, serving for three terms as president. He was for two years president o^f the American Paedological Society, and for many vears an honored member of the .\merican Institute of Homeopathy. As a lecturer the Doctor is well known. His lectures entitled "Our Boys," "Our Girls" and "The Value of a Purpose" have been delivered quite extensively throughout the country and have proven especially i>opular and are a great help to yovmg people. He is a member and trus- 560 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST tec of the Liiiciilii Park Cungregatiunal church, and also a cliarter memlier of the Chicago Con-. gregational Clul). His first wife was Miss Helen M. Prouty, i)f Dorchester, Massachusetts, whom he married in 1865. She was a daughter of Lorenzo Prouty and a granddaughter of Da\id A. Prouty, the in\ent(ir of the first iron plow. Mrs. Grosvenor dietl in i>^74. ]ea\ing three chil- dren, Lorenzo M. and Wallace P., both of wdiom are practicing physicians, and Ellen Elfreda, who died early. Li 1877 the Doctor married Miss Xaomi J(.iscphine llassett, of Taunton. Massachusetts. There were fnur children fmm this second marriage. Inez and Gertrude died wlien two and three years of age, respectively. Tlie two sur\iving children, David Bassett and Lucy Ella, are l>eautiful and interesting children. Dr. Grosvenor possesses a rugged constitu- tiiiu, and has a host of friends to whom he has endeared himself by his kindly manner, his warm- hearted and sympathetic nature and his untiring efforts in behalf of suffering humanity. He has achieved renown in his professiou and is con- sidered the leader in his chosen field ; vet it is as a citizen and a man among" men that the Doctor is held in highest esteem. LOUIS EISENDRATH CHICAGO, ILL. Louis Eisendrath, of the well and favorably known house of Strauss, Eisendrath & Com- jjanv, manufacturers of ladies' waists, skirts and boys" and children's clothing, of Chicago, Illinois, is one of the most active business men of that city. He cares for the large busi- ness of the firm with an ease born of li>ng experience, which shows famiharity with every detail of the many dq>artments of this great manufacturing" and jobbing concern, whose goods are sold throug-hout the United States. Louis Eisendrath was born in Westphalia, Germany, October 16, 1853, and is a son of Levi and Helen Eisen- drath. With his parents he came to America carl\- iu life and was educated in Chicago, where he has since resided. ^Ir. Eisendrath's first busi- ness experience v.as as a cash l:)oy in one of the large dry goods stores and later was a traveling" salesman. He organized and started the present firm in 1886, at first in a small way, and which he built up and enlarged yearly until now the house is recognized as one of the leaders in its line in Chicago and the west. Mv. Eisendrath is a member of the Standard Club of Chicago. He has tra\eled extensively lx)th in Europe and America. Politically Mr. Eisendrath is a stanch Re- publican, ha\"ing supported his party since cast- ing his first vote. In religious matters he is of the liljeral Jewish faith. Mr. Eisendrath is a man of strong character, remarkable nerx-ous energy and business force, an.d is one who is always doing something and wlio makes every miinite count during business hours. Pie is recognized as a prominent citizen of Chicago and a man of affairs. Mr. Eisendrath was married June 2, 1874, to INIiss Hannah Strauss, daughter of Levi Strauss, of Ouincv. Illinois. They have three children: r^Irs. Blanch E. Spiesberger. wife of Sam E. Spiesberger; Joseph L. : and Leon L. Eisendrath. The family reside on Calumet avenue, Chicago, where thev own a handsome residence. PKO.MIXEXT .MEN OF THE GREA'I" WEST 561 HON. DAVID R. FRANCIS ST. LOUIS, MO. Da\ieaker, is entirely demo- cratic in his tastes and has a natural and charm- ing personality. When the World's Fair enterprise came t(.> be considered, by common consent and absolute unanimity Governor Francis was called on to head the gigantic enterprise. He accepted the commission and entered upon the work with a zeal and determination that were infectinus, and gave inspiration to his lieutenants. He devotes, entirely without compensation, nearly all his time to the World's Fair w'ork, and has organized it so thoroughly and systematically that its success is already assured. Go\-ernor Francis was married in 1876 to iSIiss Jennie Perry, of St. Louis, and they ha\'e six children, all boys. ANSON B. JENKS CHICAGO, ILL. Anson B. Jenks, a great scholar and a greai. lawyer, one of the most solid professional men of the city, has been in active practice in Chicago for forty-three years, ha\-ing in that time gained an eminent and commanding position at the bar. Anson B. Jenks was born at Berkshire, Tioga county, New York, in the year 1836, and is a son of Calvin and Annis (Brown) Jenks, the first peo])le to settle in that county. He was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1858, upon examina- tion at Norwich, New York, and immediately began practice at Owego, where he remained until the fall of 1859, when he came to Chicagrl and o^pened a law office, in partnership with Hon. G. C. Walker, since governor of Virginia, under the firm; name of W'alker & Jenks. TwO' years later this partnership came tO' a close and Mr. Jenks continued' tO' practice by himself until 1865, when he became associated with Mr. F. G. Bradley, the firm being known as Jenks & Brad- ley. This partnership was dissolved at the thv.< of the Chicago fire in 1871, and since that time ^Ir. Jenks has practiced alone. His profes- sional career has been highly successful, he hav- ing been identified with many important cases. During the two- score years or more that he ha? been a member of the Chicago bar he has devoted' his entire energy to his profession, and by so doing built up a large practice, composed for the a.i^.%€^c^^^^<^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 565 most part of civil cases. He is tlioroughly Dem- elementary questions of law to the conn and is ocratic in his political l)€liefs, hut prefers not to pre-eminent as a lawyer, al)le and well read, a take an acti\e part in political matters. good husiness man and an upright, influential Mr. Jenks is aj)! and furceahlc in ])resenting citizen. GENERAL JOHN M. PALMER SPRINGFIELD, ILL. John McAuley Palmer, major general of vol- unteers, governor of the state, United States senator and candidate of the national Demo- cratic i)arty for president nf the L'nitcd States in 1S96, has been a leading figure in Illint)is for sixty years. His activity continued almost up to the time of his death, and his name is as fa- miliar to- the young men of to-day as it was to th.eir grandparents. He was practically the last of the "old guard,"' the companions and friends of Lincoln and his associates. General McCler- nand, a contemporary, died recently, and about the only one left now is Colonel William R. Morrison, new living in retirement in Wa- terloo. General Palmer w-as born in Scott county, Kentucky, on September 15, 1817, making him a few days over eighty-three at the time of his death. His father came from Virginia, as did his mother, and his paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary w-ar. He was of mi.xed Saxon and Celtic descent, some of his an- cestors coming from England and others from Scotland and Wales. His middle name McAuley was derived fmni his paternal grandmother, who was the daughter of a Scottish immigrant. In 183 1 his parents moved to Illinois, set- tling within ten miles of Alton, and he went along. The family li\ed in a Itjg house. In 1834, when he was se\-enteen years old, his father "gave him his lime. " The next day, without money or a change of clothes, he walked to Upper Alton, where a college had just been established. He got a job as helper to a builder and earned money enough to enable him toi attend school. In 1838 he became a scIkxjI teacher near Canton, Fulton county, studying law in the meantime, and in 1840 he began the practice of his profession at Carjinville, Macoupin connty. He also took his first hand in politics this year, working and sj>eak- ir.g for the election of Martin Van Buren. From this time on John M. Palmer began to he known in southern Illinois, which at this time was the tnore important part of the state. In 1843 he was elected probate judge, and in 1847 a delegate to the constitutional convention of that year. In this convention he made a strong attempt to incorporate in the organic law of the state a clause providing for free schools, but as he himself put it afterwards, "it was too' early for the adoption of a free school policy, and the con- vaition paid no attention to me." He was again elected probate judge, and in 1848 county judge. In 1852 was elected state senator, and re-elected in 1854 as an anti-Nebraska Democrat. Then came the formation of the Republican party, and John M. Palmer, who- had come to be recognized as one of the more influential Dem- ocrats of the state, joined it. He was chainnan of the first Republican state convention which as- seml)Ied in Illinois. This was in Blooming^on, in 1856, and Lincoln, Yates, and others as well known were delegates, .\fter this Mr. Palmer thought he was through with politics and went back to the practice of law, but in 1859 he was nominated for congress. He w'as beaten, how- 566 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST ever, by (jeneral Jolin McClernand. the Demo- cratic cainlidate. In i860 he was chosen a presi- dential elector and cast his vote in the Electoral College f( r Lincoln. Then came tlic Ci\il war, anil four well- known IJemocrats. or former Democrats, from the southern part of the state were commissioned as colonels of Illinois regiments by President Lincoln, who knew them all well. They were Jolm AI. Palmer, Jului A. Logan. William Mor- rison and John A. McClernand. Colonel ]Morri- son was severely wounded at Fort Donelson early in the war and had to retire from the service. The three others continued throngh to the end, ren- dering distinguished ser\-ice. John M. Palmer was rapidly promoted, and was made a major general for conspicuous ability and gallantry at Stone River. At the close of the war he was appointed military governor of Kentuckv, his native state. Here he found many vexed matters to deal with, not the least of which was the question as to whether or not the emanci- pation proclamation applied to Kentucky, which had never seceded, although furnishing as many men to the Confederate as to the Federal army. General Palmer issued his general order. Xo. 32, in which the freedom of the slaves of the state was practically recognized and in return the grand jury of the coimty in w hich Louisville is situated indicted him for actions contrary to the laws of the state. Kentucky l>eing under martial law and Gen- eral Palmer in complete control> it was not thought he would pay any attention to these writs. lie. however, did recognize the authority of the civil courts, and. taking off his miifiirm, went into co'iu't and pleaded to the indictments. The cases were never pressed. Li 1866 General Palmer was offered by Cieneral Grant a commis- sion as brigadier-general in the regular army. He refused it, however, and, returning to Illinois, went to S])ringfield and entered into a law part- nerslii]-) with IMilton Hay. The partnership only lasted two years, and then (jeneral Palmer was nt/minated for governor of Illinois by the Republicans and elected in 1868. He found a corrupt legislature on his hantls. and scon made himself extremely unpopular with the members of both houses by the frecpiency and sharpness of his vetoes. Altogether he vetoed one hundred and twelve bills, an unheard of num- ber in tliose days, when the \'eto power was but rarely used, and not the least important of the bills which he refused to sign was the bill grant- iiig the Illinois Central Railroad its present hold on the lake front of Chicago. The legislature, however, passed this bill over his veto. It only took a majority vote to accomplish this under the state constitution at that time. It was during his term as governor the Chi- cago tire occurred, and with it an incident which showed that while the slaverj- question and the exigencies of war times had made John M. Palmer a Republican, he still clung tO' the old doctrines of a strict construction of the constitu- tion which formed the backbone of the then Democratic creed. In the confusion after the great fire some leading citizens of Chicago, look- ing around for a\ailal)le police protection, called on General Phil Sheridan, then stationed in this cily, to take command and use the troops under him and such as could be raised for [xjlice. Gen- eral Sheridan agreed and took charge. Then the governor of the state arose in his wrath. He hurried militia from other cities to Chicago, and at the same time sent a peremptory demand to General Grant, then president, to with- draw at once tlie federal troops from Illinois, de- claring that they would not be allowed here unless the governor if the state had first made a request for federal aid. which in this case was not need- ed. There was nothing else for General Sheridan to do Init get out with the best grace he could, l)Ut the aft'air caused much controversy here at the time, and the feeling was heightened by the unfortunate shooting of a well-known citizen by PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 567 one of Slicridan's pickets. Governor Palmer, hii\\e\er, at (jiice called a special session of the legislature, which \-oted Chicago material aid. Sfioii after this General Palmer went back to the Democratic party anil the practice of law. He li\ed quietly in Springfield, and he and ev-ery one else supposed he was out of politics for good. This same year the Democrats held a state cons'entiiin in Springfield and h\- unanimous \'ote asked Jomn M. Palmer to become their candidate for governor. He consented, and in his speech of acceptance, in speaking of recent labor troubles at the stock vards in Chicago, and the duty of the state executive in such matters, made use of the term which became the slogan of the campaign, ".\s strong as the law, no stronger; as weak as the law, no weaker." It was a remarkable campaign. General Palmer carried Cook county for the first time it had been carried by a Democrat in a Presidential election since 1876, and for a time it looked as if he was elected. He was defeated, but Gov- ernor Fifer"s majority was less than fifteen thou- sand. Two years afterwards General Palmer did a new thing in politics. With the argument that if United States senators could not be elected by a direct \-ote of the people, it would be an ap- proach to it if the people knew who the member of the legislature for whom they were asked to* vote would vote if he were elected. At his sug- gestion he was nominated by the Democratic state convention of 1890 as the party candidate for United States senator, and the convention in- structed all Democratic members of the legisla- ture to vote for him for that office. The election resulted in the famous "loi" legislature. On joint ballot it stood one hun- dred and one Democrats, ninety-eight Repul)li- cans and three Populists, h'or two months they ballotted for United .States senator. F be kept in ignnrance of its proceedings until a proper cnmmiltce df its mem- bers, duly selected, waits on us and formally notifies us of our nomination. Hence, it would be the height of political impropriety for either of us to say anxthing on this occasion. I may, however, be allmved to remark that General Buckner and myself find ourselves a great deal in the. same position we were at the time of the BlackJiawk war. They first drafted us, and then alhjwed us to volunteer." For the last four years of his life General Palmer lived quietly at Springfield practicing law. Two years before lie died, however, his magnificent health tailed him, and lie had to stn]) work. He had never been a moneymaking man, and Congress offered hinii a pension of $ioo a ninnth. He declared that was more than he needed, but he would accept $50, and he lived on that ever after. (jeneral Palmer left a widow and the fol- lowing children 1)\' a former wife: Mrs. Jessie Palmer Webber, who is librarian of the State Historical Library; Mrs. Matthews, living at Carlinville; Mrs. E. C. Crabbee, Mrs. William Jayne, Lewis Palmer, all of this city; John Mayo Palmer, of Chicago. A grandson, John M. rainier, Jr., is in the regular anm- serving in the Philippines. General John M. Palmer died at his residence in Springfield, Illinois, Tuesday, September 25, 1900, being eighty-three years of age. JOHN W. DUNTLEY CHICAGO, ILL. John W. Duiitley, president of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, and its organizer and foumler, stands prominent lamong the men oi the west whose success has been based upon ex- perience. This company was the pioneer in the applica- tion of compressed air to various appliances de- signed to take the place of the hand tools for- merly used. Though still a young man, Mr. Duntley has attained a life's success. He had his first experience in practical Inisiness as a foundn'- man at Northville, Michigan, where he spent his boyhood, shifting from there to Detroit, Milwau- kee ;uid Chicago as each opportunity for ad\-ance- mcnt presented itself. Graduating from the superintendency of one of the largest foundries in Chicago, Mr. Duntley entered the railway sup- ])ly business, and for many years was recognized as one of the most successful salesmen in that line, representing during that time many leatling houses, notably the American Steel Casting Com- pany, the largest of its kind in the United States, the St. Louis Steel Foundry, National .Machinery Company and like concerns. It was during this period that he formed the acquaintance of i\Ir. Joseph Boyer, of St. Louis, ^**v ^/^Q). PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 571 a mechanical g'enius oi extrai)nliiiar\- ul)ilit_\'. Mr. Buyer had iiu'cntcd a railway speed recorder and a cianiHilini;' machine which were cunsidereil marvels of ins^enuitv. lie had also an idea i>\ a])plyinf4' compressed air lo' a hammer for the purposes for which o,rdinary hammers were used in manufacturiu,!:;" ])]ants, in foundries for cliip- ])iny iron, in holler shops for riveting and calk- ing, in stone _\ards for stone cutting. Mr. Dunt- ley, with his keen perception of merit, foresaw the i)ossiljilities of this small beginning and inter- ested himself in the sale of the Buyer hammer. With his [lersonal standing as a foundation and his indomitable push and selling ability, he sotMi demonstrated that the pneumatic hammer was not only a mechanical possibility but a commer- cial necessity. In the course of a year he had blazed the path so' clearly that he could see his way to a greater application of this wonderful power ti> mechanical purposes, and at about this time he organized the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, with a capital of sixty thousand dol- lars. Xe\er tiring' in his zeal, he pushetl ahead until at the present time his comp-an_\' is capital- ized at one million dollars. The Xew Taite- Howard Pneumatic Tool Comiiany was or- ganized in Europe with a capital of five hundred and fiflv thousand dollars. Other foreign con- nections were made on a very broad basis, vmtil now the current annoimcement of the company that "Chicago pneumatic tools are used all over the world," the e"atch-line of the company's pres- f enl acKertisement, is literally true. It may lie said that no representative sliip-^ard, railroad shop or manufacturing plant is with.out theiu. From the nucleus of the hammer the line has been extended until it now includes almi_)st e\'ery ciMiceivable sort of tool formerly o|)erated by ha.nd. In fact, there is scarcely a line of work in foundry, machine shop or .ship-yard to which some of the ajipliances of this company are not adapted. Every year sees such an immense increase in the business of the conijiany that the plans for the erilargenient of the various plants in anticipation o| orders made the year [)re\-ious are entirely outstripped, and the greatest (lilificult\- encoun- tcTed by the company is the proni])t filling of o.rdcrs. Heretofore the main factory has lieen at St. Li uis, still under the direction of Mr. Boyer, and the main eastern jilant at Olnev. a suburlj of Philadelphia, where the plants of the Ohiey Metal Co>mpany, National Pneumatic Tool Company and the W^bitelaw Company, formerly of St. Louis, ha\-e been consolidated into one plant. The factory at Detroit is the largest and finest machine shop for the manufacture of small tools in America, but even now it is feared that an enlargement of this great concern must l>e made to meet the requirements of the company. The company now have offices at Xew \ Hrk, Boston, Pittsburg, Cleveland, San Francisco, Houston, St. Louis, Detroit and Pbiladelphia, and also in London, Glasgow, Berlin, Paris, Brussels, \'ienna, St. Petersburg and Stock- holm. During one of Mr. Duntley's visits to Europe, at least two of wbich he makes annually, the Em- peror of Germany was so much interested in the operation of these tools at the German na\y yard tbiat he de\'oted the larger portion of a day to their inspection and operated the tools with his o\\ n hands. All through the countries of Europe the same interest is taken in these wonderful tools by the public offices. The company made two separate and distinct exhibits at the Paris E.xhibition in 1900, eclipsing anything attempted in a similar line. In addition to the presidency of the Chicagi> Pneumatic Tool Company and the Xew Taite- Howard I'neuniatic Tool Company, Mr. Dunt- ley is also president of the New York Air Com- ])ressor Compan_\-, New York, and vice-president and director of the Franklin Compressor Com- pa.ny, Franklin, Pennsylvania. He is still a \dung man, under fort\- \ears of age, ambitious. 27 572 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST full of energy, and it is evident tu the most casual observer that his career lias just begun. With his domestic and foreign prestige, the many friends he has made both at home and abroad, his genial manner and impressi\e ])resence, he has a glorinusly successful future befure him. ^Ir. Duntley has just succeeded, after two months' negotiation in consolidating the pneu- matic tool manufacturers of the United States and Great Britain, combining their interests, and ninety-five per cent, of the pneumatic tools will be made by the new cimipany. The deal was carried out in London in June, 1902. wlien the Chicago I^neumatic Tool Company and the Standard Tneumatic Tool Company of Chicago arid London were consolidatetl. The Standard Companv gives way to the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Comiiany. and the officers of tiie fonner concern will h-old high otifices in the community of interests, while the officers of the latter com- pany will retain their executive positions in the new corporation. Other firms in the combine besides the two mentioned are : The Tate Howard Company of London : I'ranklin Air Compressor Company of Franklin, Pennsylvania: Boyer Machine Com- panv, Detroit: Chisholm & ]\biore Machine Com- panv, Pneumatic Crane Company, Cleveland, Ohio; International Tool Company of London. The pneumatic riveter for heavy shipbuilding ar.d the drills for coal mining are among the im- portant tools maile In- the corporation. HON. CLAYTON EDWARD CRAFTS CHICAGO, ILL. Hon. Clayton Edward Crafts, senior member of the well-known law firm of Crafts & Stevens, was born in Auburn, Ohio, July 8, 1848. He is descended from one of the oldest colonial fam- ilies, embracing a long list of soldiers and pio- neers — his great-grandfather, Edward Crafts. having fought in the Revolution, anil his grand- father, William Crafts, having been the first white settler in the county in Ohio where he lixed. and where Mr. Crafts' father, Edward, was born. At si.xteen Clayttni E. entered the Eclectic Institute of Hiram, later known as Hiram Col- lege, of which James A. ( iarficld was at one time president. Ill health comiielled him to give up his studies, but a year later he entered the Ohio State and Cnion College of Law, at Cleveland, Ohio, from which he graduated, with honors, in 1868. He passed his examination for admittance to the bar before the supreme court of that state soon ;iftcr, and in the fall of that vear went to Walkins, New York, when he entered into the practice of law with Judge John J. \'an Allen. A year later he located in Chicago and became associated with Henry Lincoln, under the firm name of Lincoln & Crafts. This partnership continued until 1873, and from that time until 1885 he ])racticed alone. In the last named year he united his practice with George M. Stevens, under the firm name of Crafts & Stevens. This partnership still continues, and engages for the most part in corporation and real-estate law. Although handling a considerable business of a general nature. Mr. Crafts has been prominently befi>re the ])ublic for many years not only as a lawyer of exceptional ability but as a meml>er of the state legislature. He was elected a member of the house of repre.sentati\-es from the se\-enth dis- trict in 1883 and served for seven consecutive terms, being speaker of the liou.se in 1891 and 1893, and the acknowledged Democratic leader PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 575 ot tliat body fniiii JS87 until his retirement fnmi politics in 1895. IJuriui;- this time his party won its only victories in tlic state since the C'ixil war, a c Wesleyaui Univer- sity, Delaware, Ohio, graduating in 1872, and was admitted tO' the bar liy the supreme court of Ohio in 1874. He commenced the practice of his profession the same year in Indianapolis, where he has since resided. He was elected a trustee of the Ohio Weslcyan Universit}- in 1S85: was chairman of the Indiana Re- publican state conventions in 1892 and 1898; was unanimously chosen as the nominee of the K'epnblican jiarfv for United States senator in the Indiana legislature in i8()3. and received the en- tire jjarty vote Iiut was defeated by David Tur- pie, Democrat. He was elected to the United States senate January 20, 1897, this being his first puljlic ofhce. He was delegate at large to the Republican national con\'ention at St. Louis in 1896, and was temporary chairman of the con- vention. He was delegate at large to* the Rqxib- licau national con\ention at Philadel])hia in 1900, ar;d as chairman of the committee on resiilntions reported the platform. He was a])[)ointed a member of the United States and British joint high commission which met in Quebec in i8<)8 for the adjustment of Canadian (|uestions, and was chairman of the United States high conuuis- sioners. He is a member of the McKinley me- morial conunittee and president oi the Benjamin Harrison memorial committee. In religious mat- ters he is a Methodist, being a member and trus- tee of the Meridian Street Methodist Episco])al 576 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST clnirch of Indianapolis. Senator Fairbanks is He was married, in 1874, to Miss Cornelia one of the great statesmen of the coimtry and a Cole, of Marysville, Ohio, danghter of Jiulgo coming man in the nation. Cole O'f that place. ADELBERT H. TAGERT, M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Dr. Tagert is justly proud uf his descent, which he traces direct from the Douglasses, O'f Scotland, through his maternal ancestors. His grandmother was of this historic 1>ranoh. After h.er marriage to his grandfather, who was a pros- perous gentleuran farmer and stock raiser, the family emigrated to America, locating in Ver- mont at a very early day. Here he followed the same occupation, and became one of the pioneers of the Blue Mountain state in the raising of tine sheep. Dr. Tagert's immediate ancestors were natives of Venuont. He is the son of Dr. Flugh Tagert, a prominent [ihysician of Vermont, and Lucy A. Tagert, and was born in Hinesburg, \'ermont, October 2, ii>4^. He attended school in his native place until fourteen years of age and then with his parents removed to Shelburne, where he entered the academy of that town, and also worked upon his uncle's farm while not in school, lie was ipiite fond of mathematics and mechanics, and later studied medicine and took a great interest in surgery. He was only seventeen years of age when he matriculated in the medi- cal department o>f the University of Vermont, t;dre- sents other large eastern and local interests. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 581 Mr. Strong is a nieml>er of the Marqtiettc nett Medical College in 1892, whicli ])osition lie Club and the Chicago luir Association; in poll- still holds. In 1893 he was elected a member of tics he is a Republican, and is liberal in his re- the board of trustees of that college, and has ligious \ie\vs. He was elected to the chair of served continuously on the board since that medical jurisprudence and insanity in the ISen- time. EDWARD W. CULLEN CHICAGO, ILL. luhvard W". Cullen, lawyer, was born Janu- Chicago, and has practiced there since 1885, ary 3, 1862, in the township of Linn, Walworth devoting his energies to a general law prac- county. Wisconsin, and is a siin of Jiihn and ^L■lrv ( Mas- sey) Cullen. He was educat- ed at Har\ ard, Illinois, and at the L'iii\ersit)- of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, graduating' tice. Politically he is a Democrat, and active in the affairs of his party. Mr. Cullen was married Xoveniber 7, 1899. to Miss Catherine C. Touhy, of Rogers Park. Illinois, daughter of P. L. 'i^mhy and Catherine there, from the law ilepart- Rogers Touhy and granddaughter of Philip Rog- ment, in 1883; later came to ers, founder of Rogers Park. CHARLES C. ADSIT CH1CAG(J, ILL. 'J"he family from which Mr. Adsit sprang has long been considered one of the prominent ones of this section of the state, and in the classi- fication of Chicago's financial and business in- terests the name will always occupy a notable place among the citizens of this city, as standing without reproacli among the first rank of dis- tinguished men of the state. Mr. Charles C. Adsit is one of the most prom- inent and influential members of the Chicago Stock Exchange and a native Ixirn Chicagoan. His birthplace was on the site of the old Inter Ocean' building and he was born July 14, 1855, being a son of the late James M. Adsit. Chicago's first banker, and who has so often been s]W)ken of as her first father of banking. Charles C. Adsit was reared in the atmosi)here of stocks, bonds and naoney, and was educated at the Chi- cag"0' University and in Cornell Unixersitv, and in 1877 began his business career with the Mer- chants Loan & Trust Company. Later he be- came receiving teller of the Commercial National Bank. lie still later held the position of paying teller with the Northwestern National Bank. He entered into business f(.)r liimself as a dealer in stocks, bonds and investment securities in 1887, and in which he has met with a high degree of success, having gathered about him customers, man-v of them the wealthiest citizens of Chicago, who were his father's friends and business as.so- ciates. Mr. Adsit is one of the most active lirok- ers on the floor of the local exchange, and for 582 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST years lias l)ecn a power of intUieiice in its affairs. Mr. Adsit is a nicinl>er of the Union and the He was a iiienil)er of its Iv.ard of directors for a Chicaon Chihs. He was married in iSqo to Miss a>nsideral)le period, and in iSi;7 was president of Mary 1! Asliby. of T,ouis\ illc, Kentucky, and the lK.iard. has a fanviiv of two children. JC311N FREDERIC EBERHART, A. M., LL D. CHICAGO, ILL. John iM-cderic h'.hcrhart, liftli ciiikl of Ahra- Salhi>t and iienHl(ktns. and tliat Icnn he had two ham and ICsther l-Iljerhart, was horn Jannary Ji, slndies more than were nsually taken. 1827, in Hickory townsliip, Mercer count}', Duriuij' the time lie was so earnestl\- de\ elop- Peiins\l\ani.i. ;nid spent his Imyhocd nn his fa- inj; his mental powers he did not neglect his lher"s farm, in what was then a new settle- physical system, sip that he soon tjot to he (|nite inent. I lis father was one of the early settlers an ;uh]cte and gymnast, and was one of the two of Mercer ciunty. arrix-iiii^' there in iS_M. and of the three hundred and Iwenty-tivc students was the huildcr of the first sawmill in the wlio lifted a brass cannon in the arsenal at Mead- eount\. ville, I'ennsylvania, wei.^liinij- nine hundred At the age of eigfht vears he movetl with his i)oniuls. This was the cannnn presented to the parents to liis.;- Ford, on the .Mlcs^hany river, in state of Pennsylvania hy ( leneral La h'ayette. N'enango couiilv, Pennsvlvania, where he lived He could .also ontjnmp any nf the students antl and worked mi his father's farm, attending- .school outrun all hnt one. during the winters until sixteen years of age. At 'i'wo davs .after graduating he made the tl'.at age he taught his tirst schiiol at the month of Fourth of July onUion at Rocklanil, l'enns_\l- Oil creek, near Franklin, rennsylvania. for eight \;mi:i. ne;ir his home, to' about seven thousand dollars and a half per nu nth, and "Ixiardetl jieople, who were wild with delight at his school- 1-,-und." hoy oratorical tlights. h"ew large assemblies .\fter attending school se\eral terms at Cot- were e\-er so pleased ;uid swayed as this one. t.-'.ge Hill Ac-idemv, h'llsworth, ( )hio, and teaching ( )n the lirst of Scpteniher next .after gradu- one winter at ■■.\nderson"s Mill'" and one winter aliug he entered upon his duties as jjrinciiial of in "Craig's District." in the home neighborhood. tlu- Albright Seminary, at ricrlin. SmncTset lie entered .\lleglianv College in the s])riiig of county, rennsylvania (afterward changed to a 1S49 and graduated |ulv _'. 1S33. lie paid his college). It was the lirst institution of learning wav through college bv te.aclhpg penmanship and t'nuidcd by the Evangelical .\ssociation. and dm- other branches during the >pring and f;dl vaca- ing his .admiiiislnition llourislied beyond expecta- tions and mowing and cradling in the harvest ti.'n — having auKiig its puiiils such men as Rev. field during the summer vacation. H. W. Thoma<. now of the People's church m While at college he was very studious ;inil Chicago: Kc\ . William I'.. C.regg. of the Dela- ambitious. so that during his entire college course ware ciuference i^f the Metho(li>t h.piscopal he was never marked below the highe.st grade, ex- church: l\e\ . 1.. llornherger. of the F.ast Penn- cejjt one term in two studies in the classics, viz., syban'a conference, and Rev. Hall, of the Pitts- '=J(f4n,9^'S^t^^^J~- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 585 burg conference nf tlic iMangelical Assdciatimi. witli many others who lia\e risen lo i)roniinence and usefuhicss in life. H'e had entered uix>n liis work with great zeal and enthusiasm, intending to make teaching a life work, but before the close of the second year he w'as forced to resign' on accoimt of failing health, as three leading physicians had given it as their opinion that he could not li\'e over six months. "This," he says, "was the greatest sacrifice of my life, to- gi\e up my cherished plans." But he ceased from all labor, and came west, arriving at Chicago' .April 15, 1855. After a short stay in the "muddy city" he went ti> Dixon, Illinois, where he siient tlic summer in outdoor exercises, such as fishing and hunting, as soon as he was strong enough to do so. This and the change of climate had a wonderful efTect on his health. During the time he was at Dixon he edited arid puljlisbcd the Dixon Transcript, but as it was a political paper it did not suit his taste, so he sold' it. He spent the following winter in delivering a course of ten popular and scientific lectures on chemistry, natural philosophy, meteorology and astronomy. He usually deli\ered these lectures before institutions of learning, illustrating with apparatus, etc., which made t'hem \'ery instructi\'e and popular. He next traxeled about a year in tlie interest of New \'ork publishers, Ix'ison & Phinney, and A. S. Barnes & Company, but as he had a desire for more distinctively educational life he piu'chased, ])ul)lished and edited the North- western Home and School JoiuMial (jf Chicago for three years. During these three years he spent much time in lecturing before "teachers' irslitutes." and frc(|uentlv conducting them, lie lectured niostlx' in the state of Illinois and Iowa, and was also employed by Hon. Henry Barnard, chancellor of the Wisconsin State University, to hold institutes in that state. This kind of work he enjoyed and \alued greatly l>ecause it not only ga\'e him a general knowledge of the educational work of the country but brought him in contact with the great and indefatigable workers in the cause — even such men as b'lihu l^urritt and ilor- acc Mann. In the fall of iS^i; he was elected sujierintend- ent of the schools (»f Cook county, in which Chi- cago is situated, and continued in that office for ten consecutive years. The)- were ten years of hard work and much of it at that time but poorly understood and appreciated. The free schools had nc\er been under pniper supervision, and were in a neglected condition. To remedy this e\il he \'isited ex'cry school once a year at least and conferred with teachers and directors, and also organized "teachers" institutes," and in every p'o'ssible way tried to inspire interest aufl strengthen the cause. But finding it impossible to secure teachers fully fpialified. he commenced agitating and advocating the erection of a County Normal School. At first he met with but little encouragement from any source, but at the end of se\'eral \-ears the supervisors (if the county were induced to appropriate the necessarv funds, and the sclioul was ojjened in September, iSOj, at I'.lue Island, with thirty-twD' pupils and 1). S. \\'entwiirth as ])rinci])al. It was afterward moved to' Normal, where it continues to grow and jirosper. From l>oyhood up Professor Fberlr'art had been devoted to the cause of education, and noth- ing but failing health could ever ha\-e driven him from the school-room pro]ier, and even then be took refuge in a more dix'ersified and general work, such as editing educatiimal journals, con- ducting teachers' institutes, lecturing on educa- tional subjects, and filially 1)ecoming superintend- ent of schools. He always affiliated with asso- ciated eft'orts. He was among the first organiz- ers of the Illinois State Teachers' Association, and attended seventeen of its consecutive and an- tutal sessions. He also assisted in the establish- ment of the State Normal University, and the 586 PROMINENT MEN OE THE GREAT WEST construction and ])assag;e by the stale legislature of many amendments to the school laws of the state, including;- the rict authorizing counties to establish normal schools. He was the ])rinci])al mo\er in forming the Slate Association of Countv Superintendents, and the first president. He was also a member of the American Institute of Instruction, and was one of the first meml>ers of the National Teachers' Association. He was also associated with many other edncational and charital^le so- cieties having for their o1>ject the care and edu- cation of those who have not the wisdom and means to care for themselves. As president of the connt\' board of education, he was the means of introducing the kindergarten into the Cook Countv Normal School, and greatly aided in es- tablishing the free kindergarten schools in the city. At difTcrent limes he had offered to him very prominent edncational ])ositions, such as a pro- fessorship or president's chair in some f>f om^ l)est institutions of le;irning. but declined because he belicvcil his healtli would not endmx' that kind of a life. In Ins earlier years he had but little desire or expectation to make more money than to afford a comfortable living, with a little left to buy books, etc. Tie always had a great desire to travel and ]io])cd in some way toi accunudate enough tc gratifv his c enlisted in c\ery wortln- effort looking toward the amelioration of the woes and l)urdens of humanit\- and the dissi])alion of ignorance and miserw In julv. H)0<). Mr. I'dierliart was honored by his alma mater, .\lleghany College, with the title LL. D. The action of the college in conferring this degree was enthusiastically receixed and shows the warm place Dr. Eberhart holds in the hearts of the students and alunnii as well. In politics yir. Eberhart was an early Repub- lican and hater of human slavery, and has c\'er taken an active interest in clean politics, with no personal desire for political honors. In religious belief be was bred a IMetliodist. but has always been a man of broad humanitarian views, and is now a prominent member of the People's church, whose pastor. Rew 11. W . Thomas, was formerly his pupil, and was by him first induced to take work in this city. \'ery naturall)-, they are close jiersonal friends. He was married on Christmas exening. iSf)4. to Miss Matilda Charity Miller, daughter of Jo- seph C. and Mercie H. Miller, of Chicago, and. as he puts it. "the best woman in the world." She was born .\pril 15. iS.^7. in Toronto, Can- ada, but emigrated to this country when she was one \car old. She receixed her education in .\urora and Ciiicago. finishing in Chicago high school. She afterward taught in the city schools. She is an accmniilished. generous woman, who is alwavs chcerfullv i)lanning for the comfort and education of her children, as well as for the ele- \-atioii and education of ]ioor "waifs" and orphan children, bv securing homes and free kinder- garten and other schoi:ls for them. Mr. Eberhart is a man of fine general culture, has a well-selected library, is a great student, a good public speaker, an acute metaphysician and a strong debater, and there are few ])1iiloso]>hies. tlieories or activities in life that he has not stud- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 587 ied and has not formed matured \ie\\s upon. for advice; and lie easily receives tlie respect and He is, witlial, and extensive home traveler, inmler confidence of all who kno-w him. He well de- and fisherman, and there are few places in North serves the title that has Ijeen a])plied to him, viz., America, cither wild or inhahitcd, that he has not "The Father of Cook Count}- Public Schools." \-isited and explored. For manv years he has de\oted almost all of In his business and social intercourse he is his time to' the interests of the schools of Co(jk genial and cordial in his manners; and his sin- count}-, and their ]irosperons and nourishing- cerity, kindness and uniform courtesy ha\-e en- condition to-da}- is largely due to his early cleared him tu his friends, who often seek him eft'orts. AMOS JOSEPH HARDING CHICAGO, ILL. Amos Joseph Harding", underwriter and western manager of the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Conipany, was born in Mor- row count\-. Ohio, Mav 2, 1839, and is a son of ('haunc\- Commodore Harding, born in Clifton, Pennsylvania, January 14, iSoy, and Rachel (Story) Harding. He is a descendant of John Harding, who emigrated from England in i'')23, and settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts, later ^ V ji>ining Roger Williams at Provi- ^ ^^ dence. Rhode Island, where he became prominent in the Baptist church. His great-grandfather, Al)rahani Harding, moved to Orange county. New York, and from there to the Wyoming \-al- ley, Pennsyh-ania. His son, Amos, settled at Clifford, Susquehanna county, I'ennsylvania, in 1800, mo\-ing to what is now Mrjrrow count\-, (^l.ii), in 1817. and was the father of Chauncy Commodore Harding. Mr. Harding's mother, Rachel Story, was descended fn)m William Story, who emigrated from N'orwich. Norfolk countv, I'.ngland. in I'l^S, and settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts. Her grandfather, Jose])h Story, moved from Essex county to' Oxford county, Maine, late in life, and died there in i8_'6. Her father, Nelien-iiah .Story, born at Piillerica, Essex count}-, Massachusetts, in 17S2. was niarried to k:ichel, daug'hter of William Low. of Hopkin- ton. New Hampshire, in 1801. Amos Joseph Harding was educated at (Jhio Central College; when se\-enteen }ears old he left college and taught school for some months, and with a ca])ital of one hundred and forty dol- lars went to Nebraska City, Nebraska, taking twelve da\-s to make the trip and arriving there Ajiril 28, 1857. He had no business or profes- sional training Iieyond cutting wood at fifty cents ],ier cord, with which to Ijuy b(X)ks and later clerk- ing in a store fi>r Hall & Baker. He studied law , but has never jiracticcd. I"i r four summers he was engaged chiefly as a surveyor of government lands. At the outbreak of the war he joined the First Nebraska \^)lunteers, and served two years as a ]M"ivate, he was then placed on detached serv-ice and transferred to St. Louis to the depart- ment of military justice. In May, 18^4, he was transferred by ])romotion to tlie Sixth Missi'uri Cavalry, with raiik of first lieutenant, and as- signed to duty as district jndge advocate on the slaff of General Clinton P>. Fisk and served until the close of the war, when he was lionorably nnistered out. During the time he served as .so licitor for freediiien's courts in the district of 588 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Kentucky, Tennessee and nortli Aialiama, he es- tablislied at Xasliville the first cnurt ever held in Tennessee wherein tlie lilack man cnukl testify against the white. The principal hattlcs in which he was engaged were Furt Donelsnn. Shiloh and Cape (jirardeau. He was twice promoted and brevetted for gallant antl meritorious service dur- ing the war. Mr. Harding has huilt up nue of the most successful local agencies for fire and life insur- ance in the west. In 1868 he accepted a field position with the Home Insurance Company of New York, and continued with this company in connection with his local husiness for about four years. In 187 J he accepted the western special agency of the Phieni.x. of Brooklyn. During the four years he remained with this company its business increased o\cr fnur hundred per cent, in his territorw with a loss ratio of not exceeding' forty per cent. Later he became west- ern manager of the Springfield Fire and ^Marine Ir.surance Company. The wonderful growth of this company under Mr. Harding's management has been ])henominal. As an underwriter he is conservative, aggressive and a firm believer in organized co-o])eration. He was one of the founders of the Union of \\'estem Managers, or- ganized in 1879, and has been vice-president and president. He tmik a jjrnminent jKnrt in the po- litical affairs of his county and state while resid- ing in Nebraska and was a delegate to- every Republican state consention from 1867 to 1875. He was jiresident of the State Snldicrs' and Sail- ors" convention in 1868, delegate to the Repub- lican national con\'ention of that year, which nominated General Grant for the presidency, and commissioner of registration, 1868 to 1871. He was a luember of the grand lodge of the Order of Good Templars in both states, also a repre- sentati\-e from Nebraska to the grand lodge of North America in Alay, 1867. at Richmond, In- diana, and Baltimore, in 1872. He is a member 0+ the A. F. & A. M., the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, a life meml)er of the Society o'f the Army of the Tennessee, of which he has been vice-]3resident : a memlier of the Geo. H. Tliomas Post, G. A. R. : the Illinois Society of the Sons of American Revolution: a Knight Templar, and a memlier of the Union League Clul). Politicallv i\Ir. Harding was a Whig, cast- ing his first \-ote for Mr. Linculn. and has been a Republican ever since. Mr. Harding was married at St. Joseph, Missnuri. Niivember jo, 1864, to Miss Eliza Helen, daughter of James H. and ^largaret (Wallace) Cowden. They have fi\e children: Lucien F., Albert D.. Rachel II., Jolm C, and Dwight S. JOHN J. COBURN CHICAGO, ILL. Jiihn J. Ciiburn was biTu March 14, 1801, in the town of Cicero, where ihe village of Clyde is now situated. His father, Henry Cuburn, was born in the County of Wexford, Ireland, and his muther, Elizabeth Chittick, was a native of Enniskillen, Ireland. They were married at \\'illiamsburg, Canada, and removern in Boston August is. 183: .\ftcr mar- riage Mr. and Mrs. Harnett located in Missis- sippi until iSfiQ, \\ hen thev moved to' (ialena, Illinois. August 20, 1862, Daniel Hartnett tnlisted in the Ninetieth Illinois Volunteers and ser\ed through all the battles with that compan\- until honorabl)' discharged June 6, i8fi3. when he returned home, and died January 31, 187.}. He was never well .nfter his rcttu'n from the war. James Hartnett began teaching school at the age ()f nineteen at Moline. Illinois, leaching there until 1889, when he took charge of the pul)lic scliools of Hem-y, Illinois, being abl\' assisted by a competent stafif of teachers. In the meantime he read law, principally at night and in \-acations, in the office of Hon. Fred S. Potter, removing 10 Chicago Septemlicr, 189 1, and was admitted to the bar in Chicago in September, 1892. September, 1893, Mr. Hartnett associated himself with ]\Ir. Daniel Donahoe and Judge Russell ^I. \\ ing, in the trial of a case of the People vs. Daniel Coughlin. Soon after this trial the partnership of Donahoe & Hartnett took eftect. Mr. Hartnett is a familiar figure at the bar and has represented some notable cases, and he and his partner are among the best-known law- yers in Chicago. Mr. Ilartnett's facility and power as a trial lawyer does credit tO' his persistent and sys- tematic efforts, and a few instances will serve to illustrate his strong qualifications. Before Judge Sears, in March, 1895, the genuineness oi three bills was in question. Mr. Hartnett claimed each of three bills were genuine twenty- dollar bills. It was a great trial, but he won out and proved his clients imiocent. The O'Brien case tried in the criminal court, in December, 1895, was another strong case won. .\ trial lawyer's work taxes the strongest powers and the greatest endurance to the utmost. Mr. Hartnett's aliility in that direction has been severely tested, lor in- stance the trial of People vs. Sampsen, et al.. tried in the criminal court l>efore Judge Ewing, one of the most important cases that ever came before court or jury — a case that so excited the activity of a jjolitical clul) as to bring it into na- tional prominence in generrd mo\ement for a higher niunici])al life and greater sacredness of PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 595 the ballot. Air. llartnett, at the close of the ar- nine of his fellow men. The entire machinery of jjument for the pmsecution, an;se and addressed a great state was placed in the hands of a public a most intelligent jury. With the strong power prosecutor and a private council, and the great of a trained psychologist lie iiupressed upon engines were working against his clients. It was them tile great principles of the law of liberty. a powerful and e.xliaustive effort, enabling the aiid that the men I. n trial slmuld be acquitted. As jury to say that they had received hel]) where one of the two lawyers, he was fighting a great they needed it and that the defendants were not battle against fearful ndds and fur the liberty of guilty. HON. CHAMP CLARK BOWLING GREEN, MO. Hon. Champ Clark, member of congress from the ninth district of Mis.sonri, is a Democrat in politics and was burn March 7, 1850. in Ander- son county, Kentucky; educated in the common schools, Kentucky University, Bethany College, and Cincinnati Law School; 1873-74 was presi- dent of Marshall College, West Virginia ; worked as a hired farm hand, clerked in a country store, edited a country newspaiier, and practiced law ; was citv attnrnev of Louisiana and Bowling ( jreen ; deput\- prosecuting attorney and prose- cuting attorney; presidential elector; delegate to Trans-Mississippi Congress at Denver; married Aliss Genevieve Beimett; has had four children born to him : Little Champ, Ann Hamilton, Ben- nett, and Genevieve, the two latter still living; was elected to the fifty-third, fifty-fifth, fifty- sixth and re-elected to the fifty-seventh con- gresses. DANIEL DONAHOE CHICAGO, ILL. BY JAMES HARTNETT Inten.se as if the feelings and motives of a acter that led him to examine the princi- thousand years centered in his being is Daniel pies of lil)erty and justice; that led him Donahoe. This intensity came not from the en- vironments of his birth, for he was born on a farm in AlcHenry county, Illinois. This in- tensity came not from schools. f':r he was educated at the pub- lic schiiols. at Elgin Academy and at Xntre Dame Uni\ersitv. to meditate ui)on the words of the noblest of men, and not only to meditate upnn their words, but to dwell among their thoughts and feelings. i(j the end that thev became an intrinsic and essential part nf himself. Such tpiality compels him. with his strong consti- tution and giant-like intellect, to take uj) the This intensity came as an honest cause of his fellow man. and to carrv it ti> its heritage from J<^hn Donahoe and just ci inclusion. Such cause lie carries a day, a Johanna Donahoe, his parents, — week, a niDiith, a year, — he has carried .such, parents of Celtic Blood and birili. when necessarv, for \ears. It is this element in his char- The nali\e elements in Daniel Donahoe were 596 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST -such as to cumpel him to peruse and practice the l)c otiierwise tlian that he should lie identified principles and profession of law. Fur more than with the greatest cases and causes, and so it has twenty years, in the heart uf Chicago, the dour lieen. Together with liis associate. ]a.mes Hart- of 'lis (iffice has heen open tn the fortunate and nett, he lias U>r nn-.re than eight vears cuniiucted unfortunate alike. For more than twenty years an imi)orlar,t practice in the state and federal they have intrusted him with their property, their courts. confidence, their liherty and their lives. Jt is well said of him that he lives for his With the native elements uf an orator and a wife, for his hoys and for the good that he does lawver, and with vears of industry, it could not and may do. PHILIP DANFORTH ARMOUR CHICAGO, ILL. We all know what pioneer conditions will pr(.>duce, hut how few have lieen ahle to' survixe success and build ui) and on to< still greater achie\ements ! One of these few was I'hilip Danforth Armour, deceased, whose eventful ca- reer was a remarkable blending of industi"y, per- severance in the face of trying obstacles, roman- tic adventin-es antl unostentatious philosophy. In few l)iograi)hies is there recorded a life service sc long continued and so \aried. He was suc- cessively a sturdy son of a farmer, a clerk, a gold-himter in California in 185S, a packer in 1863, and iin moving to Chicago he was, for twenty-ll\'e years, one of her most ijhilanthropic citizens, contributing energeticall\- to the (le\elop- ment of her mighty resoiu'ces, and up to the time when he departed this life he had stamped him- self a i)re-emincntly successful man, uni\ersally r(S])cclcd bv his telli>w men nnt only as a worthy and U])right citizen, but as a benefactor of man- kind. -Mr. Armour was of Scotch-Irish ilescent (^the son of Danforth and Juliana Brtxiks Armour), born at Sti ckbridge, Madison county. New \'ork. May iC), 1S32. The parents, who were farmers, ga\'e their family, six Ijoys and twi> girls, all the educational ad\antages within their reach, and rm admirable training lo enalile them to success- fully face a busy world. Many anecdotes are told cif Philip's Ixiyish pranks while attending a neighboring village seminary, in which he was a g'eneral leader in everything which required dash and courage. During the winter of 185 1-2, the opportunity ])resenting itself to get out into the world, Mr. .\rmour was one of a small part_\- of friends who had been seized with the then prevailing gold fe\er, and in the early spring (1852) this band of x'oung pioneers began the long overland jour- ney to California, requiring a period of six months, during which they had to encounter and o\-erconie the e.\traordinar_\- pri\-ations and bard- sh.ips and danger which characterized traveling across the plain and mountains from St. Josq>h, Missouri, and which obstacles lined the pathway to the Coldeu state with the graves of many sturdy pioneers. P.ut yoimg Armour, firm courageous and resolute, bravely faced every ob- stacle attendant upon the long journey, and with all of his companions reached the goal of his hopes. After a \aricd exjicrience in mining enter- ]5rise, ^Ir. Armour returned to the Fast in 1S56, bringing with him, it was believed, a goodly PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WESF 597 aniDunt of o-nld-dust as a result nf his \cnlure. Jlut lie (lid 111 it liiuii I'eiiiain at hoiiK'. llic slurdi- ness of character which he had developed, and wT.icIi seemed tn ha\e heen Imrn of the hardsliijjs and |iri\atinns nf the ]>iiineer life he had ex])e- neneed, iinluced him aL;'ain to \isit the then wild west; and this tinie he Inrated in Milwaukee, W'iscoiism, where he tnrmed a partnership with Frederic B. Miles in the commissinn business. He was connected with Mr. Miles until i2 in the grain commission business, liut three years later he was induced to surrender his interest in that enterprise to a younger brother, Joseph F. .\rmour, while Herman proceeded to New \'ork to take charge of the interests of a new business lirni under the name of .\rmour, I'lankinton & Conii)any. The lirm name of II. O. .Armour & C"o'm[)an\ was, howexer, continued in (/hicago un- til 1870, and conducted a very successful grain and general commission business, commencing in connection therewith in 1868 the packing nf hogs. This part of the business was continued after 1870, under the hrm name of .\rmour & Com- pany, which soon thereafter transacted all the 28 brsiness in that line in Chicago. In 1871, in or- d'_T to keep abreast of the demands of the market, the lirm ot I'lankinton iS: Companx was estab- lished at Kansas t'ity under the charge of an ildcr hrothei". Simeon I!, .\rmom-, and in 187^ l'hili|) Danfortli Arnioni- mcAcd to Chicago, where he became the eeiitral lignre of :ill ihc Aniionr In^;- ness htnises, and he continued to reside in (,'hi- cago until he dep.arted this life. The growth of the business of .\rmr,ur & Company has-been mar\elous in the e.\treme, tlieir establishment dning a Larger business than any firm (d' its kind in the wurld. I'hilip 1). .\r- moiur remained its active head until his demise, and always dictated the general policy o-f the con- cern. While ill the midst of his acti\-ities Mr. I'hilip I). .\nii< nr once im re turned his attention to the great west, and in Kansas City organized in 1879 the .\rniour iirothers Banking Company, installing as its president his brother, .Andrew Watson .\rniom", who conducted the affairs of the institution with such skill and integrit\- that it soon became established in the west a.s a house of financial strength and commanding influence. So th'oro'Ughl)- identified was Mr. P. D. .\r- mour with Chicago, and so widely known, that whenever a resident of that citv was asked to name a man as the re])re5enlati\e of western life, ideas and ability — representati\-e in success and representati\-e in [lersonal character — the in- variable rejily was. "Phili]> 1). Armour." This statement finds corroboration in a piqiular ('hi- cago magaxine, a writer for which says: "1 had not met Mr. .\nnour; f had iie\ti" seen him. 1 had gone tii Chicago with an eye uiinse — by ])reference a Chicago man." Aly in- rpiiry, plainly ])ut through that city, was tor the one in;in who best re])reseiited western life and success. There was no \ariel\' in the response. 598 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST It came always, Thilip D. Armour," ur 'i'liil Ar- mour," as tlie case might be. " ^Ir. 1*. D. Armour gave largely of his wealth to various charitable and educational institutions, to say nothing of his various gifts toward other worthy enterprises, and the many endowments of which no public mention is made. In 1881, upon the death of his brother, Joseph h". Armour, he was gi\en charge of a trust fund of one hundred thousand dollars, with which to found an institu- tion whose purpose it should be to reach the people with the teachings and influence of the gospel of Christ, and to insure the care and development of the children and youth of that part of Chicago where it should be located. Mr. Armour took his brother's bequest as a suggestion, and his bene- faction has been nniltiplied many times beyond the original bctpiest, his own gifts reaching into the millions. The result has been not only the building of the Armour JMission, but the Armour Flats, with adjacent structures, and later the Ar- mour Institute, a building of architectural beauty which will stand a monument to his memory for. all lime. The instituti(jn referred to has, in eight years, taken its place with the foremost technical schools of the world. ]\Iore than one thousand students are in daily attendance in its splendidly equipped laljoratories and shops. Sci- entific engineering in all its branches is a feature of the institution, and magnificent results are itb- tained. Hundreds of the graduates are to-day employed by the great railways and leading elec- trical and architectural firms of the country, and so great has been the apjjlications for the ser- vices of these graduates that almost before the annual list has been cmnpleted they are in general demand in the world of effort and achievement. Philip D. Armour was married at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1862, to Miss Malvina Belle Ogden, daugh- ter of Jonathan Ogden, and there were born to this union two sons, J. Ogden Armour, the pres- ent head of the great Armour interests, and Philip D. Armour, Jr., who died in January, 1900. W. J. H. ALBERT H. PUTNEY CHICAGO, ILL. Albert H. Putney was born at Boston, Massa- chusetts, Sqjtember 28, 1872, where the first twenty-five years of his life were spent. He graduated from Vale College in 1893 with the degree of A. B., receiving special honors in politi- cal econc ni\" and history and being one of the "Townsend ])rize" speakers at the commence- ment exercises. In the fall of i8(;_^ he entered the Boston Uni- \ersity Law School, from which institution he received the de- gree of LL. I'l. in 1895. The de- ' gree of LL. M. was conferred upon him in 1900 and that of D. C. L. iri 1902. j\Ir. Putney was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts in 1S95, and i)racticed in Boston from 1895 to 1898, when he came to Chicago, and was admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1899, since which time he has practiced in Chicago, his s[)ecial line of practice being in chancery cases. Mr. Putnev is well known as an instructor of law and has achieved great success as professor of constitutional and international law in the Illinois College of Law. The success of the post- graduate department of this institution is mainly PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST S99 - due to liis persmial efforts. Air. ]\Uney has con- crat, and a menll^e^ of tlie County Deniocracv trihuted to \arious legal papers, including a series Club, the Tuscarora Club, the W'atita League, of articles on "Landmark Cases in United States and has been on the stump for his partv in the Conslitutinnal Law." Politically he is a 1 )enio.- last three campaigns. ALMON W. BULKLEY CHICAGO, ILL. Mr. Alnion \V. Bulkley, senior member oi the well-known law tirm of Bulkley, Gray & ]\Iore, is a man of great legal learning and rec- ognized as one of the leading and honored mem- bens of the Chicago bar, now distinguished for the brilliant achievements and deep learning of its members. During the years that be has practiced in the courts of this commonwealth he has won a name and fame that have left their impress ujxjn its judicial history. Air. Bulkley was born in Groton, New York, April 13, 1852, coming of distinguished ancestry, con- nected with one of the oldest families both in this country and in England. The original etymology of the name was Buclough — changed in the thirteenth century to Bulkeley, and modi- fied four centuries later by the omission of the first "e." The complete record of the family be- gins with Robert, Lord oi Bulkeley, County of Cheshire, England. Foi" several centuries his descendants lived and prospered in Cheshire and other parts of England. They were lords and nobles, bishops and canons of the church, all cele- lirated for their great wealth and nobility of character. The founder of the American l.)ranch of the family was Rev. Peter Bulkley, who was l)orn in Odcll. Bedfordshire county, England, Jannar_\- 31, 1583, and who died in Concord, Massachusetts, March 9, K'jSQ. He was edu- cated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he afterward became a fellow. Later he took or- ders and succeeded to the living of his father in Odell, where he remained for twenty-one years, when he was silenced for nonconformity. In 1635 he sold his estate and emigrated to iVmer- ica. After several months spent in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he made his way into the interior and founded the town of Concord, where he established the first church in 1636, and where he lived until his death. Three of his live sons emi- grated to Fairfield, Connecticut, where the grand- father of the subject of this sketch was born. From this stock is descended .Mmon W. Bulkle>% son of Lorenzo and Juliet A. (Coonley) Bulkley. His mother was of Holland Dutcii lir.eage. Alnion \\'. Bulkley, having acquired his preliminarx' education in the i)ul)lic scIktoIs. en- tered the Cornell University and was graduateil with the class of 1875. Attracted by oppor- tunities afiforded young men in the west, he came to Illinois soon after his graduation, turning bis attention to- school teaching. He regarded this, howe\'er. as sim])ly a means to an end, h;i\"ing de- termined to study law; and in Morris, this state, he gained some practical e.xperience in connection with the profession while serving as deputy clerk of the circuit court. Later, going to Ottawa, be there completed his legal studies and at the sanie time served as de]nity clerk of the appellate court. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar, and 6oo PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST since 1880 lias practic«I with marked success in Cliiaigo. For some time he was associated as partner with Edward J. Judd, afterward prac- ticing alone for a time. In 1883 he became a member o\ the firm nf W'ciglew iSulkley & (lra_\', his partners being" branU S. W ciglev and l*ldward 1^. (iray. This cnnncctiim was maintained until May I, i8(j5, wlien the present firm ni I'ulkley. Gray & Mure was furmed, Air. W'eigley ha\ing retired, while Claire E. More was admitted u> an iriterest in the business. Their firm enjoys a large clientage and has gained an en\iablc repu- tation in general practice as well as in corpora- tion and connnercial law. Individually and in these firms j\Ir. Bnlkley has been interested in immerous cases of importance. He was the prin- cipal counsel for The Times in the case of The Times vs. West, and he and iNlr. W'eigley were instrumental in causing the in\-estigatiiin of the work of the IwnHllers. which led ti' the prosecu- tion, conviction and imprisonment of several county commissioners for malfeasance in oliice. .\s a lawyer Mr. Bulkley has nnich natural abil- ity, but is, withal, a hard student and is never cfmtented until he has mastered e\er\- detail nf his cases. He believes in the maxim, "There is no excellence witlmut lalnr." and he fi-Ilnws it cliisely. lie is never siu'prised In' some unex- pected discnvery of an upposing lawver, fnr in his mind he weighs every pnint and furtilies him- self as well fnr defense as attack. ]\Ir. Bulkley was married in 1882 to Miss ]'"lla J StalTord. daughter of Joseph Stafford, nf Juliet, Illinois, wlm died in January, 1897, leav- ing him with twn little daughters, Helen and Josephine. Sixiallv Mr. Ihilkle\- is connected with the Alasonic fraternitw holding membership in the Garden City Lodge, .\'o. 141. A. F. & A. yi.: Farwin Chai)ter, No. if)i, K. A. M. : and Chevalier Bay;u'd C'omm.andery, No. 52, K. F., of which he is past commander, lie is a \alued member of the Hamilton anil Hryn Mawr Clubs and a worthy rejiresentatixe of the Chicago Bar Association. HENRY JEFFERSON FALL HUDSON, WIS. Henrv J. ball was born in the town of Onon- daga, Onondaga count}-. New \'ork, March 15, 1845, ^"^ is ''• son of Townsend and Lucretia (Sholas) Fall. In boyhood our subject a.ssisted his father, who was a tanner and who also owned a farm. His education was limited to the com- mon schools, which he attended until his seven- teeinh vear. About the time of the Ijreaking out of the war the death of his father compelled him to seek his own living. When President Lincoln isijued the call for volunteers Mr. Fall enlisted in the Second Pennsylvania Sharpshooters, and served with the armv un patrol duty in \'irginia and Tennessee. In 1863 he was nnistered out, cause disaljility. Mr. Fall then settled at Taylor's I'alls, Minnesota, where he obtained employment in the sawmills. He was soon ad- vanced and was placed in charge of the mills after being a foreman in a logging camp for a time. In 1878 he became part owner of a port- able sawmill and located at or near Clear Lake, anil in coimcction w ith his i)artner, under the firm name of Fall & Jones, did a good business for one year. In 1879 and 1880 he became interested in the firm of Glover & Johnson at New Rich- mond, \\'isconsin, and while there he also be- came connected with the Mill River Lumber Com- pnny. In 1885 he formed a partnership with R. II. -al^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 603 McCoy, wlio at that time was casliicT dl the Mill River Lumljer C'linipanv. ami tlic firm nf I'all tK; McCoy was organized and Mr. I-'ali retired frcmi all conneclicins at Xew Riclnnnnd. The new hrni hegan operatic ms at l,akeland. Aiinnesota, where thev cimducted a snccesstul hnsiness nnlil lainiarv 1, !<^'»o. when Mr. h'all and his family moved l the mercantile firm of Fall & Tlmmpson, at New Richmond, Wisconsin. Mr. Fall as a business man stands high in the state. During the many years nf bis active lile he has earned an hcjnorable name and a hand- sduie competency, lie is a strong believer in men in preference to ])arties, and so v(Jtes as to secure for public olfice the best men obtainable. Mr. l'"all has iieen married twice, the first time in i,Sf>f) to Miss Maggie Manning, of Tay- lor Falls. She died in 1881, leaving three chil- dren, JIarvey T., .\ellie M. and Edward K. I'all. In 1882 lie mai'ried Miss Ida Thompson, a resident of Washington county, [Minnesota. They have two daughters, Florence 'i\ and Hazel M. Fall. Mr. Fall is a thirty-second de- gree Mason, Scottish Rite, and a noble of the Mystic Shrine. \\'hile living at Lakeland Mr. Fall was nomi- nated for representative Ijy the Democratic jiarty, but, as the district was Republican, was de- feated. DANIEL KIMBALL PEARSONS, M. D., LL. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Daniel K. Pearsons, philanthropist, capital- ist and perhaps one of the best known men of the west, justly celebrated for his numerous and gen- erous gifts to western colleges, was born at Brad- ford, Vermont. April 14, i8_'o. and is a son of John and 1 iannah Pearsons. His father was a farmer, and his mother of good old Ivevolulion- ary stock and' a connection of General Putnam, and her father was one of the "Green IMountain boys," famous for their courage in the trying- years of the Rex'olution. She li\-ed to be ninet\'-' three years old, and died at Holyeen great travelers in years past, bax'ing visited all parts of Europe and the United States, and in 1890 spent the winter in Egypt. HON. WILLIAM E. MASON CHICAGO, ILL. H(jn. ^^'illiam E. Mason, the junior senator from the state of Illinois, was born in the village of Franklinville, Cattaraugus county, Xew York, July 7, 1850, and is a son of Lewis J. and Xancy (Winslow) Mason. The father, Lewis J., at the time of our subject's birth was engaged in mer- cantile pursuits; was a man i-i high character, very active in politics, and in his early manhood was identified with the abolitionists, ami became an active mem1>er of the Rei)ublican ]>arty on its organization, being an ardent adherent of John C. Fremont for the presidency in T856. In 1858 the family moved to Bentonsport, Iowa, and lived there until the death of the father in 18^5. William at the age (jf fifteen was thus thrown upon his own resources, and proceeded to battle with the world. Previous to this he had received the rudiments of an education in the public schools of Franklinville and Bentonsport, and had studied two years in the Binningliam College, and was making fair progress. Alter his father's death he began teaching school and studying until 1868. During the next two' years he taught public school at Des Moines, Iowa. He then l)egan the study of law in the office of Hon. Thomas F. W'inslow, an enunent corpora- tion lawyer, who was soon after this time ap- pointed general solicitor of the Chicago, Rock PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 607 J.slaiul & I'acilic Railmad Company, and inn\c(l to Cliicag'n. Mr. Akison accompanied Iiini, and remained in his office one year, when lie liegan to study in the office of tlie Hon. Jolm X. Jewett, where lie tinished his preparatinn for admis.sion to the bar. For several years he remained in the office of Mr. Jewett and tlien fnrmed a ])artner- ship with Judge M. R. ]\1. Wallace in 1S77; later was senior memher uf the law hrm of I\Ia- son & Bemis. Mr. IMason has always been an ardent Re- publican and acti\e in [wjlitics. Before be was thirty he was a member of the general assembly of Illinois, and in 1SS2 was sent to. the state sen- ate of Illinois. In 1888 he was elected to the fiftieth congress, and re-elected to the fifty-first congress. He took an active part in securing the World's b'air for Chicago. He was elected to the Ciiiled States senate January 20, 1897, for a term, of si.x years, and took bis seat March 4, that year. Senator iNIason is a man uf great natural abil- ity. He is a gTacefuI and eloquent orator, a man of the people, and from e.xperience knows their needs and always enters heartily into any mo\e- iiient calculated ti> lietter their condition. Per- scnall)- he is one of the most jwpular men in the senate. In the campaigns of 1888, 1892 and 1896 he became widely known as an effective and convincing" political sijeaker, winning" renown as an orator who seldom failed to carry cmuiction to the minds of bis auditors. In 1873 Senator Mason married Miss Edith Julia White, daughter of Mr. George White, of Des Moines, low-a. They have a family of seven children. NAPOLEON B. VAN SLYKE MADISON, WIS. Napoleon 1!. \'an Slyke, one of the best- known bankers in the state of Wisconsin, has been president of the First National Bank at Madison, Wisconsin, since 1865. He is als(» ime of the pioneer residents of the city, and has for main" \ears l)een one of its rep- resentative citizens. Mr. \'an Slyke was burn in Saratoga county, New York, De- cember 21, 1822, obtained his education in the pul)lic schools, and in 1844 engaged in farming until 1850, when be left the farm and entered the salt trade in Saliiia, now ])art of Syracu.se, In 1853 he remoxed to Madison, Wisconsin, and organized the Dane County Bank, now the First National Bank, of which he is presi- Xew \'(:rk. dent, and also \-ice-])residciit nf the Sa\"ings, I.oan & Trust Company. He has servetl in various caiiacities, such as l)resident of the W'isconsin State Bankers" Asso- ciation, and the same office in several cor[)ora- tions. During" the Civil war he was assistant quartermaster-general of the state until the gov- ernment took charge of and furnished all mili- tary supplies, when be, more a business manager than a military officer, was put in charge of iiro- \iding all the clothing, cam|) and garrison e(|ui- page and quartermaster's stores for the Wiscon- sin soldiers in the state, holding the successive ranks of captain, major and lieutenant colonel, and at the close of the war was mustered out with I)re\el rank of lieutenant colonel. With the reorganization of the Wisconsin State University in 1866 he was made resident 6o8 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST rti.'^ent. and for twelve years chainiian of the tlie welfare of llie state and community in whicli extcutive committee. He is tlie only surviving lie lives, lie has taken no active part in partisan original incorjxirator of the State Historical So- ixilitics and has held no renuinerative office ex- cietv, and has long been one of its curators and cept the postniastershi]) under President Polk, chairman of its finance committee. He prefers to be at home and at his de.sk. Being a man of independent thought and ac- His history is one of usefulness, such as con- tion. he owes no allegiance to any political party. stitutes tlie record to hel]) make a state's pros- \\hile deei)1v interested in (piestii>ns concerning perity and pride. WILLIAM P. BLACK CHICAGO, ILL. Caplaiu W illiam P. I'.lack is one of the great blue April 13, 1861, as a private, and on the ex- la wvers of the lllin.iis bar, and has been in active piration of the three-months term was nuistered nractice in I'hicauo since iS()(). He is a man of out as a corixiral. In the meantime it was seen charming personality, profound legal wisdom, that the war was to be no ho|id;iy affair, and and the (juiet dignity of an ideal follower of his President Lincoln issued his call for three-year (,.,]jj,,o-. men. C'orjioral lilack then at once assisted in Mr. lilack is a native of Kentucky, and was recruiting a company in \'ermilinn county, Illi- born in W'kiodford county in 1842. He is of nois, and was elected as captain. The troops Scotch-Irish lineage, and is a son of the Rev. were mustered in at Chicago as Company K, John Black, 1). D., who died when the son was Thirty-seventh Illinrofession in .1 held which was not over- and at an earlx' da\- be was enabled to in\cst large crowded, led him in 1864 to cross tbe ])lains to sums of mone_\' in L-uids and mines, soon taking New Me.xico. Finding it necessary, at once, to rank as one of the largest land proprietors in tbe master the Spanish language, Mr. Elkins be- country and an extensive owner in tbe silver came |)roficient in that tong'ue within one year. ir.iues of Colorado. Stalwart ;md cajialile. be soon .-itlracted im- Tn 1873 Mr. I'dkins received an election as portatit clients and a large ])ractice, ami gained ilelegate from Xew ]\le\ico to congress, defeat- ])o|>u!arity and influence. In 1866 he was elected ii^g bis o])jioiK'nt, a Mexican, l)v four thousand to the legislature. His speeches in that body re- ni;ijc;rit)-. In congress he served his constituents vealed great force of character and devotion to .so well tbat, in 1875, while traveling in Europe, the welfare of the territory. In 1867 he rose to notwithstanding a positive refusal to accept the the jxjsition of attorney general of Xew Mexico. office again, his district re-elected him band- 6l2 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST somely to the forty- fmirth congress. He could do no less than accept the honor thus bestowed and serve a seci.md term. In congress he quick!}' gained prominence li\- iniluslry, al>ilit_\- and effect- ive support of important measures. During his second term he was especially untiring in efforts to secure the admission of New Mexico as a state, ^^■hile in cimgress Mr. l^lkins married a daughter of e.x-Scnator Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia. Four years of experience in Washington brought Mr. Elkins well into the arena of public affairs. His advocacy of constructive measures made him. during his first term in congress, one of the leaders of his party, and in 1875 a mem- ber of the Republican national committee. Upon this committee he served during three presiden- tial campaigns. In 18S4 the executive committee elected him chairman. A warm and intimate friendship soon sprang up between James G. Blaine and Mr. Elkins, and the latter was influ- ential in bringing about the nomination of Mr. Blaine for the presidency in 1SS4. He was equally instrumental in the nominaion of Benja- min Harrison in 1888 and 1892. December 17, 1891, he became secretary of war imder President Harrison. His appoint- ment brought into the service of the army a man of intellectual .^-.trengtli, an excellent organizer and a courteous gentleman. He was invariably cordial and obliging to persons engaged in pub- lic business and exceedingly helpiul to .senators and manbers. Patient in invesigation. prompt in (Iccisiiin and sinccrel)' desirous of promoting the welfare of the army, he ])ro\ed a successful and useful secretarx' of war. Mr. Elkin's reputation does not rest entirely u.pon his public ser\iccs. His progress in the held of business and tin;uice has been marked. Alxnit 1878 he removed fri'm Xew Mexico to West \^irginia. and tliere devoted himself, in company with ex-Senator Davis, to the dev-elop- ment of the railroads of the state and the co;d and timber lands of the Cumberland regiim. While practical affairs soon cnnipclkd him to abandon legal practice in the courts, yet he has always re- tained his interest in the law, and superintends all legal matters connected with his various en- terprises. Success has followed effort in these enterprises, but it should be mentioned, that wdiile adding to some extent to his private for- tune Mr. Elkins has conferred upon the people of his adopted state for greater benefits than he nas received. He has 1>een vice-president of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway Company since its organization, and of the Pied- mont & Cumlierland Railroad, and is president of the Da\is Coal & Coke Company. Through his agency large amounts of capital ha\e been brought into the state and employment ])ro\ided for thousands of men. In December, 1892, Mr. Elkins received the complimentary vote of the Republicans of the legislature of West Virginia for United States senator. Diu'ing the campaign of 1894 he led the Re]niblicans of West Virginia in the strug- gle, which, for the first time since the peritxl of reconstruction, broke the solid south. Four Re- publicans were elected to congress: the legisla- ture was made Republican by twenty-nine ma- ioritv on joint balli^t. and the state carried by thirteen thousand majority. As a result of this revolution the legislature elected Mr. Elkins United States senator in 1895. His home is the beautiful country seat of "Ilalliehurst," at b'-lkins. in Randolph county. \\'est Virginia. This large mansion stands upon a mountain site of unusual beauty, commanding a magnificent view (;f the valley beneath and the forests and nmnntain [jcaks which fr.nme the scene. The house, four stories high, with towers, seems from a distance greatly like an old-time castle. .\ ])orch surrounds the structure on three sides, and the main hall, fifty-eight feet long by PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 613 twenty-five feet wide, indicates tlie size ul the uther apartments. During his casual residence in Xew Vurk, where liis l>usiness affairs requireil liini U* ])ass nuicli (if his time, he assdciated himself with nian\- Incal interests, tlioroughly in accord with his energetic nature, and became a memlier nf the Union League, Republican, Oliid, United Serv- ice, MetropoHtan and Manhattan Athletic Clubs, and the Southern Society. Like other public- spirited citizens, he also contributed to the sup- port of those favorite projects of retined Xew Yorkers, the Metropolitan .Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History, as well as the American Geographical Society. A man of strong and sturdy build, more than six feet in height, with fine features, and a large head set firmly on innverful shoulders, he is yet in the prime of life and an active force in affairs. His favorite room at hoane is his library, and he spends most of his time there, in the company of a large and well-selected collection of books. JAMES FRAKE CHICAGO, ILL. James Frake is numbered among the able members of the Illinois bar. .\s a lawyer he stands pre-eminently high. His familiarity with legal principles have won him many a case. His practice is large and of an important nature, and demands thorough underst;uiding of the intricate problems of )uris- ]irudence. James Frake was born March 29, 1 84 1, at Loughborough. Lei- ^^jg ■ cestershire. England, and is a son of George b'rake, who died March 2-^. x'l^^i^, and was buried at \\'heeling. Cook count}-, Illi- nois, and .\my Taylor Frake. who died in Chicago, 1887. and was buried at West Nortbfield, Cook county, Illinois. They emigrated to America in 1844. James Frake received his early education in a log school house and followed tliat by a course at the Northwestern University at I'A'anston. Illi- nois. He then taught for a vear at the Bloom Academy to gain' means for i)ro'fessional studies, and then attended tlie law school connected with the University of Chicago, from which he grad- uated in June, i86y. He at once opened an office for the practice of his profession and has con- tinued the same ever since. He has been con- nected with many im|)ortant cases, as the records will show, and it is needless to say that he has won many hartl-fought legal victories. Mr. Frake was a member of the board of edu- cation from January, 1880, to June. 1882, and has been secretary of the Newsboys' and Boot- blacks' Association for twenty years, a director in the Home for Destitute Cripple Children since its organization, and is a member of the Lincoln and Illinois Clubs. He has traveletl considerablv. having made four different trips to Eurojje. In religious matters he is a Methodist, and politi- cally a Republican. Mr. Frake has liecn twice married. His first wife was Miss M.nlinda Doty, of Will county, Illinois, vvho' died in '^^~t,\ no children. ^Ir. Frake then married Miss Evelyn .Mien, whose Ijcople came from ^'ermont and settled in Elk Grove, Cook county, Illinois, in 1834. where .she was born. Of this marri;ige four children have been born to them (two having died), a son, .'Mien, and a daughter. Emily Frake. Mrs. Frake was a member of the board of education of the city of Chicago from July, 1895, to July, 1898. 6i4 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST ALBERT GOLDSPOHN, B. S., M. D. CHICAGU, ILL. Dr. Allicrt ( I'lldspdlin. prdfessnr n\ <;ynecii1- ogy of the I'ost-draduate Medical ScIiduI, and sciiiiir g-_vneciiliji;i.sl td the (ieniian Hnspital uf Chica.i^o. was liorii in W'iscDiisin. Se])teinl)er 23. 1851. and is a .son of \\ iUiani and I-'redereke (Kohhnann) Goldspohn, hmh df wluun were na- tives of Gemiany, wliere they were educated, l^ut came to America l>efore marriage. His paternal grandfather \vas one of the few survivors of the ccld, famine and fatigue df the menidrable re- treat of Najxilcdn frdni Mdscdw in 1812. The parents taught their children the i)ro])cr German language. ''Hochdentsch." and this has been of great value to^ Dr. Goldspdhn wliile pursuing his literary and professional studies, and especially while taking the two-_\ears post-graduate course in Germany. A,s the eldest child of a pioneer farmer, his boyliO(xl days were thdrdnghly schooled in in- dustry. He cared little t'dr play hut tdok great interest in lnwiks and stnilw lM"oni the hrst his inclinatidu was all toward a thorough scholar- sliip. which was approved strongl}' h}' his i)ar- ents. wild though pdor were educated and knew the value of an educatidn. In due time he ;n- tended the graded sclidnls. where he still further exhibited his schdlarlv tendencies. Afterward he s])ent two and a half vears ;is a clerk in a drug stdre. where as prescriptidn clerk and as student df drugs he first determined u])on a Cdllegiate conrse and the ultimate study uf medicine, .\fter com]>leting his preliminary educatidn he entered North western Cullege. of Xaperville, Illinois, taking the Latin scientific Cdnrse of studies and graduating in 1875 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He then attended Rush Medical Col- lege for three consecutive years, and obtained his n-.edical degree in 1878. Dr. Gi Idspdhn then entered Cdok County Ho.spital as interne, and gained wide experience and knowledge during his eighteen months of service. lie then determined td further equip himself fur the ])rofessidn by taking a post-grad- uate course in the great uni\-ersitie> of lun"t>pe. To enable him to do this it was necessary fur him to enter private practice, which he did in the town of Desplaines. Illinois, and with such success that he was enabled to take the cd\eted trip abroad in 1885. For two years he pursued his studies in the famous universities of Heidel- berg, ^\'uerzburg, Stras.sburg. Halle and Berlin, directing liis attention generally to surgery and particularly to gynecology, and in w hich specialty he has since acfjuirecl well-merited distinction. Thus reinforced professionally by broad experi- ence and training he returned to Chicago in 1887 and commenced practice. Six months later he was appointed Miecology in the l^ost-tjradnate .Scliddl and Hospital of the city. Dr. Goldspdhn is an active member df the jMedical. ^ledicd-lcgal, Gynecdlogical and uf the Pathological Si>cieties of Chicagd; df tlie Illinois State Medical Society: of the Mississi])pi Valley ]\Iedical Association ; of the American Medical Association: of the .Xmerican Academy of Medi- cine; of the .\inerican Association of Obstetri- cians and (i\-necologists, and of the Internatidnal Periodical Congress of Obstetricians and Gyne- cologists. For a number of years he has l)een a quite regular contributdr of original articles on gynecological, siu-gical or hygienic subjects to the annual transactidns df all except twd df these ten scientific medical organizations. Politicallv he is a Republican, and in religious 'C^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST G17 inallcrs a I'rntcstant, l)cin<^" a nicnihcr nf tlic (.)ctiil)L'r 22, 1^79, J )r. ( inlclspnhn was mar- Evangelical Assucialiiin. 1 )r. (inldspilm is a ricd to .Miss V'ictnria \L. I'-scIkt, wlm died June careful and tlmnaii^lt sludcn!, kccpinti' al)reast of 29, 1885. I'rior to Ins return tn America, nu the times and up in the hest medical literature of August 4, 1887, he was married tu Miss Cornelia the daw and liesides is a \alued contriliuKir, ]■'. W'alz, of Stuttgart, w ho also died, after a long especialh' i.n subjects ol his sjiecialty. illness, on March 1 90 1 . ANDREW JACKSON AIKENS MILWAUKEE, WIS. iVndrew Jackson Aikens, editor of The Even- ing Wisconsin, one of the most intluential and prosperous newspapers west of the great lakes, son of Warren Aikens and Lydia Cobb, was born on a farm adjoining that of his grandfather, in Barnard, X'ermont, on October 31, 1830. Soon after graduating" from high school of his locality he betrayed a partiality fur the printing business. and sought and obtained a position in the print- ing establishment of Charles G. Eastman, at Woodstock, and de\-elopexl so much adaptability to the bnsiness and such early journalistic talent that at the end of four years he became editor (jf the paper then published at Woodstock, and at Bennington, Vermont, he also published a paper. At the age of twcnt_\' lie left Vermont for Massa- chusetts, and for two years conducted a paper at North Adams in that state; l)ut his soul yearned for a wider field of action, and in less than two years thereafter he located in Boston, where he was oi^'ered and accepted the position of reporter in the legislature, and proofreader in the state printing office, and taking a deep and active in- terest in the political cjuestions of the day, he early attracted attention by his ability as a speak- er and organizer, and was sent as delegate from Massachusetts to the Free Soil convention at Pittsburg in 1S52, which nominated John P. TTalc for president. In the fall of 1854 Mr, Aikens was offered and accepted the position of western correspond- ent of the Xew York Evening Post, and while upon this trip' he visited Milwaukee and made the accjuaintance of William E. Cramer, of The Evening Wisconsin, he being at that time alone in the management of that paper. Mr. Cramer ipiickly recognized the worth and ability of the young correspondent, and iniluced him to remain and accept a position on the staff' of his journal, and he has been associated in the management of that successful newspaper since August, 1854, in which he has displayed not only good judgment and rare tact, but developed mechanical talents in connection with the enterprise which stamped him as a man of marked ability. During the upwards of fifty-si.x years that Mr. Aikens has been coimected with 'J"he hLvening Wisconsin the writings of Mr. Aiken ha\e com- manded general attention, and his letters from Europe during his two trips abroad in 1877 and 1878 were greatly admired, not only on account of their literarv worth, but also for their faithful portraiture of the lands and ]ieoples he \isited. Tn answer to the cpiestion as to how he came to originate the ])ractice of ])rinting country ricwspapcrs partlv upi;n one side, at a central of- fice, with news and general advertisements, and ])artly at home offices with the local news and local advertisements. Mr. Aikens says: "I first conceived the idea when an ;i])])renticc to the ])rinting liusiness in the Spirit id' tlie .\ge office in Woodstock, \'ermont, in 184^1. Two i:r three 6i8 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST of the printers of the ot^ce had gone to the Mex- ican war, and they were sliort-handed in De- ceml)er of tliat year to set the type for President Pcilk's message to congress, so two pages of tlie Boston Herald were ordered printed willi the message and sent up to tlie Woodstoci-; paper, whicli printemmiin\vealth as far back as tlie days of tlie Puritan settlers. He was educated in his native town antl at the academy of Shellxiurne I-'alls, where lie was graduated in 1839. He entereil business life at once, at Xcirthami)ton, Massachusetts, but in Sep- tenil>er, 1S65, nrnved li> Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he lias since resided. He was for several years connected witli the dry goods firm of F. R. Sheriom & Company. His first active appear- ance in politics was in the (irant-Greeley cam- paign of 187 J, when lie was active in organizing the Young Men's Republican Club. Since then he has been in continuous service as an ottlcer of the Rqniblican party organizations in the city, state and nation, having been secretary and presi- dent of the ^'oung Men's Reiniblicau Club, sec- retary and chairman of the Republican cuunty C(/mmittee of .Milwaukee enmity, and secretary and cliairman of the Ivepublican state central committee of Wisconsin. In j88o he was elected a member of the Republican national committee, and has continuously held that position, havin.g l)articipated in that ca]iacity in five presidential campaigns, and has l)een a member of the execu- tive committee of the national committee during three presidential campaigns. During the first ]\lcKinley campaign of 1896 he was in charge of the western heaikpiarters in Ciiicago. In |anu- ary, 1875, lie was apiwinted postmaster at Mil- waukee, holding the office about ten years, until the Democrats succeeded to the control of the national government. He has been active in business affairs, and held impurtant offices in many corporations, such as president of the Wis- consin Telephone Company, president of the Mil- waukee City Railroad Company and of the Cream City Railway Company. Through his efforts all the street railways in the city of Mil- waukee were consolidated into the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, of which Mr. Payne was vice-president and manager. He was also president of the Fox River X'aliey Elec- tric Railway Company, and the acti\e head of the Milwaukee Light, Heat and Traction Com- pan\-, wliicli has built and is operating the suburban electric railways running out of Mil- waukee. In 1887 Mr. Pa\iie was elected presi- dent of the ^Milwaukee & Northern Railroad Com])anv, and continued as such until the road was consolidated with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company. In 1893 he was appointed one of the receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. In Decenil>er, 1901, Mr. Payne was appoint- ed by President Roosevelt postmaster-general of the United States. Mr. Payne was married in New York City, October 15. 1867, to T^ydia W., daughter of Rich- ard and Marv W. fThomas) Van Dyke. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 623 NICHOLAS SENN, M. D., LL. D., Ph. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Dr. Xicliiilas Senn was Ixini in the Canton of St. (iall, in eastern Switzerland, (Jctuber 31, 1844. His parents, wlio' l)elonged tOi tlie indus- triims and hardy t_\ [te of agriculturists, were in hunilile circumstances, and. wishing to gixe their at the L'ni\'ers.tv nf Munich, recei\ing' fruni that institution the degree of Al. 1). Upon his return to America he was elected by the College of I'liy- sicians and Surgeons of Chicago to the cliair ol practice of surgery and clinical surgery, in which children the benefit of greater advantages to be capacity he ser\ed three years, after which he found in America, they came to this country in accepted the chair of principles of surgery in 1852, and settled in Washington county, Wis- Rush Medical College. Since 1891 he has oc- consin. Here in the district schools Nicholas cujiied the chair of practice of surgery- and clin- acquired his early education, after which he went ical surgery. He is also professor of surgery to Fond du Lac and attended the grammar in the Chicago Polyclinic, attending surgeon to school, from which he graduated. Following the Presbyterian Hospital and surgeon-in-chief this he taught school for several years and in to St. Joseph's Hospital. He has served as presi- 1864 began his medical studies in the office of Dr. dent of the American Medical Association and E. Munk, of Fond du Lac. Two years later he is ex-president (jf the American Surgical Asso- came tO' Chicagc) and entered the Chicago ]\Ied- ciatiiui, an honorary fellnw in the College of ical College, from which he graduated in 1868. Physicians (PhiladelphiaL a life member of the He then passed a competitive examination and (lerman Congress of Surgeons, a corresponding secured the appointment of resident physician to Coo'k County Hospital, and ser\-e(l in this ca- pacity the regular term of eighteen months. In 1869 Dr. Senn removeil to ,\shf(jrd. Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, and took up the prac- tice of his pro'fession, but five years later he set- tled in Milwaukee in order to obtaiia a wider held than is allowed tO' the country [ilixsician. He soon became attending pliysician to the I\lil- member of the Harveian Society (London), an honorary member of La Academia de Medicina de Mexico, an honorary member (.f the Hayes Agnew .Surgical Society (Philadelphia), a mem- ber of the British Medical Association and of the prominent national, state and local medical so- cieties. Dr. Senn is also surgeon-genera! of the National Cuard of Illinois, ex-president of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United waukee Hospital, and afterward, as his practice States, and in the late Spanish-American war was directed into other channels almost purely was chief surgdiU of the United States A'ulun- surgical, he became either attending or consulting teers and chief of operative staff with the arm_\- in surgeon to nearly all the important charities of the the field. He recei\-ed official recognition from ci unty. Within a few _\ears his fame as a sur- the war dci)artment fur meritorious service in geon extended e\en beyond the confines of the surgical work din-ing the Cuban campaign .and great northwest. Dr. Senn was actively en- for scientilic stud\' nf t\phoid fe\cr among- the gaged in professional work in MiKvaukee for troops. several years. In 1S78 desiring to come in contact ith scholars and investigators in medical science in Europe, he went abroad and studied for a year 29 A mere mention of Dr. Scnn's publications will indicate to some extent their scope and value. Among them are the fi'lldwing, all of which are accepted as high autln irities, not only 624 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST in America, but in Europe: "Principles of Surgery," "Experimental Surgery," '"Surgical Bacteriolog}-," "Intestinal Surgery," "Tubercu- losis of the Bones and Joints," "The Pathology and Surgical Treatment of Tumors," and "Tul>erculosis of the Genito-Urinary Organs," and then his great wurk just cnm])]eted. "Prac- tical Surgery." Dr. Senn has conferred a lasting benefit on Chicago and the west generally by his presenta- tion to the Newbury Library of tlie famous Senn collection of rare medical works. A large share of these were gathered from year to year by himself, Ijut the must valuable portion of them constituted at tnie time llie library of the cele- brated Dr. William Baum, late professor of sur- gery in the University of Gottingen, antl one of the founders of the German Congress of Sur- geons. This collection of rare books, the result of half a century of careful acounmlation. were saved from the fate of a public auction bv Dr. Senn, and were donated, together with his own extensive library, to the Newberry Library, where they are separately shelved and catalogued and known as the "Senn Collection." Recently he purchased and presented to the Newberry Li- brary the library of the famous physiologist, Du Bois Raymond, of Berlin, Germany. Dr. Senn has just recently taken one of his "active rests," or vacation bv making a trii> around the world. HON. LUCIEN BONAPART CASWELL FORT ATKINSON, WIS. Lncien B. Caswell, a distinguished citizen of Wisconsin, widely known as a lawyer and states- man, was born at Swanton, Venuont, November 27, 1827. He is a son of Beal and Betsey Cas- well, nee Chapman. His grandfather on his ma- ternal side was a Revolutionary soldier, and his father was a farmer, who died when our sul)ject was three years of age. In 1837 ^1^' with his uKjther and stepfather, Mr. Augustus Churchill, moved to Rock comity, Wisconsin, then a wild country. Constant per- sonal attempts at self-instruction enabled Mr. Caswell to enter Milton Academy, and later he took a few terms at Beloit College, which latter institution conferred upon him the tlegree of A. M. He was twenty-three when he began to> study law under the late Hon. Matthew Cari>en- ter. In 1851 he was admitted to the bar. In 1852 he commenced the practice of his profession in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, where he has re- sided until tlie present lime. ha\ing continuously practiced in all the courts of the state and the supreme court of the United States. Mr. Caswell has been a Republican since i860. In 1855 and 1856 he served as district at- torney, and in 1863 became a member of the state legislature of Wisconsin. From September, 1863, to May 5, 1865, he was also commissioner of the second district board of enrollment of the state, and actively engaged in recruiting the army. In 1868 he was a delegate to the natiijnal Re- publican convention held at Chicago, which nomi- nated General U. S. Grant for his first term. In 1872 and 1874 Mr. Caswell again ser\ed as a member of the Wisconsin state legislature. In the latter year he was elected a meml>er of the forty-fourth congress, and re-elected to the forty- fifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses. In 1882 his county was set on to the first district and he was not returned to the forty-eighth con- gress. The following terms, however, he was elected in the first district and served through the sessions of the forty-ninth, fiftietli and fifty- first congresses, making fourteen years in all. Congressman Caswell entered upon his duties as PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 627 a congressman willi zeal and was sonii recognizetl as a man nf aliility. In the fi irt_\-sevcnth con- gress he secnred the pass^vge ot the law changing the rate of postage from three to two cents. For portance in his state and district. In iS(>^ he was one 111 the founders of the First National Banl of Fort Atkinson, and has heen connected with its management for years; was cashier for the last six years he was on the committee on twenty-five years and then A'ice-president. judiciary. In 1867 lie was the prime mover in the or- In the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses he ganization of the Northwestern Alanufacturing took an active part in the bills creating the cir- Company, capital twenty-five thousand dollars, cuit court of appeals, to relieve the labors of the since increased to two hundred thousand dollars, supreme court. He was the author of the direct He was one of the founders of the Citizens' State' ta.x bill for the refunding, to the states, of fiftee Bank, which opened for business February 18, million five hundred thousand dollars, by which 1884. the state of Wisconsin recovered four hundred Mr. Caswell was married August 7, 1855, to and forty-four thousand dollars. Miss Elizabeth H. Ma}-, of Fort Atkinson, who In the fifty-first congress he was chairman of died January 31, 1890. There are six children tlie committee on private land claims and secured by their marriage : Chester A. : Isabella, wife the passage of a law creating a court for the ad- of Guy L. Cole, of Beloit; Lucien Pj.. Ir. : George justment of the Spainsh and [Mexican land \\'. ; Elizabeth Alay, now ]\Irs. Dr. F. J. Perry, of grants, which had been before congress for over Fort Atkinson: and Plarlow O. March 10, 1898, forty years. Mr. Caswell married Miss Anna R. Rogers, Mr. Caswell has always been found in connec- daughter cif the lale Rev. Eart(.)n F. Rogers, of tion with enterprises of great scope and im- Fort Atkin.son, Wisconsin. HON. THOMAS M. JETT, M. C. HILLSBORO, ILL. Hon. Thomas M. Jett, member of congress of Bond and .Miintgcinerv until he was twenty from the eighteenth district of Illinois, state's years of age, after which he attended the Nortli- attorney and lawyer, is a man of distinction in his section of the state and stands high in the esteem of his fellow citizens in Hill,sl>oro. He is one (if the eminent lawyers of the Illinois bar, where his ability ern Indiana Normal School, \'alparaiso, Indiana. After leaving scIkioI he taught school for three terms and read law w ith Judge Phillips, of Hills- boro, Illinois, Iieing adnntted to the practice of his profession in ^lay, 1887. Two years later lias long been recognized by the he was elected state's attorney of jMontgomery profession and bench. county and served two terms, covering a period Thomas Marion Jett was of eight years. He is now serving his third term born on a farm in Bond county, as member of congress, having been elected to Illinois, May i, 1862. He is the the fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh con- son of Stephen J. Jett and Nancy gresses. He is a representative Democrat,! fBooher') Jett. He attended the always active and alert, and contributes much to common schools of the counties the strength of his partv. Mr. Jett is a member 628 PROMIXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST of sex'eral sucities; he is a member nf the Ma- son ie crder. a Kni,^hts Templar, a Knight of I'vthias, a \\'i)(.ihnan, h'.lk anil nther (irders. Mr. Jett was married December 24. 1889. to Miss ]\b)llie Clntfeltes. They have two children, Ross W. and .Marimi C. HON. SHELBY MOORE CULLOM SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Hon. Shelbv M. Cullom. senati r trim Illi- nois, was lj(jrn at Munlicelln. Kentncky. Xovem- ber 22. 1820. His father, Hon. R. X. Culli)ni. was a farmer, who moved with his family to Illi- nois in 1830. Young Cullom grew up with a thorough knowledge of the humble fare an 1 rough work incident to farm life in a compara- tivelv new country. Having early formed the l)urpi se lit devoting himself to the profession cf law. he s])ent two years in study at the Rock River Seminary, Mount ]\Iorris, Illinois, sup- porting hintself by giving a portion of his time to teaching. In 1853 he entered the law office of Stuart it Edwards at Springfield, Illinois, and in 1855 began the practice of his professiun in that citv, of which he was soon elected attorney, thereby being brought into constant contact with such lawyers as Ste])hen T. Logan, John T. Stuart, .\braham Lincoln, B. S. Edwards, John A. McClernand and others. His pleas in the cir- cuit cmu't bespoke haljits of close application and exhibited logic and conciseness. The Civil war causing much new litigatiun, 'Mv. Cullom found himself during that period jxissessed of a yearly inc(;me of twenty thousand d('llars. But lie had alrcadv entered the political field, having been elected a member of the Illinois house of repre- sentatives in 1836. Identifying himself with the newlv formed Repulilican party, he was re-elected in 1860, although a majm-ity of his constituents were of the opjiosite pnlilical allegiance. H;s party having then a majority in that organiza- licn. he was at once chosen speaker of the house. being at that time the youngest member upon whom this honor had been conferred in the his- tory of the state. In 1862 President Lincoln appi inted liim. in conjunction with Governor Boiitwell. i.f Massa- chusetts, and Charles A. Dana, of Xorfolk. a commissioner to examine and pass upon the ac- ci-unts of the L'nited States quartermasters anc'f disbursing officers. In 1864 he received the nom- ination for congress and was elected by a ma- ji rity of seventeen hundred and eighty-five against his old law preceptor, the Hon. John T. Stuart. In the house of representatives he lie- came an active and aggressive member. He heartilv favored the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the United States con- stitution, and in the memorable contest Ijetween the legislati\e and executive branches of the ciiuntrv gave unwavering su|jport to the con- gressional pidicv of reconstruction. As chairman I if the committee on territories he first recognized the necessity of dealing severely with the prac- tice of polygamy in Utah, and intri'ducesed the house. He was re-elected in 1866 and i8('i8. In 1872 he was again returned as a member of the state legislature and again elected speaker of the Illinois house of rejiresen- tatives. He was re-elected to the assembly in 1874. In the centennial year of 1876 he was elected governor of Illinois, and in the adminis- tratiiin of that office faithfully endeavored to keep public cx]ienditures within due bounds, to PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 631 extinguisli the state's hulehledness and tn exer- cise intelligent super\'isiiin uvtv the ses'eral state irstitutions. At the end of his first term he was chusen U) a second, the first instance of snch r'c- election in the state. He ser\cd until Eehruary 5, 1883, when he resigned. ha\ing heen elected to the United States senate to succeed David l)a- \is. Senator Culloni was a delegate to the national Republican convention at Philadelphia in 187J, being chairman of tlie Illinois delegation, and piaced General Grant in nomination : was a dele- gate to the national Republican convention in 1884, and chairman of the Illinois delegation; was re-elected United States senator in 1888, 1S94 and again in lyoo; was a member ecame the wife of ^\'illiam Barret Ridgely, of Springfield, Illinois, now comptroller of currency of the United States, while Catherine married Robert Gordon Hardie, an artist of distinction in New York. She died May 17, 1894. Some years after his wife's death Mr. Cullom married her younger sister, Miss Julia Eisher. Two* children were born of this union, Init both died in infancy. HON. GEORGE MARTIN CURTIS CLINTON, IOWA Georo-e M. Curtis, manufacturer, member ol congress, banker and senior member of the lirni of Curtis Brothers & Company, the largest man- nfactiir\' of sash, doors, blinds, etc., in the wnrld, was l)iirn at ()xfnrd, Chenango covmty. New York, April 1, 1844, itnd is a son of John S. and Elizabeth Carpenter Curtis. He was educated at the common schools of his native town and at Mount Morris Seminary, at IMount Mnrris, Illinois. In 1862 and 1863 he taught school during the winter months and helped his father on the farm in the summer. In 1864 and 1865 he clerked in a store at Rochelle, Illinois, and in 1865 to 1867 was a dial merchant at Courtlaufl, Illinois, and since 18^)7 has been en- gaged in the manufacture of doors, sasli, blinds, etc.. the ciimpany's name lieing Curtis Brothers & Company. He is vice-president and director of the City National Bank of Clinton, Iowa, and director of the b'irst National Bank, Dewitt, Iowa. Mr. Curtis enlisted in 1864 but was rejected on account of ph_\-sical disability; was a mem- ber of the loiwa state legislature in 1887 and 1888, and as a Republican was elected tu con- gress in 1894, against a Democratic majorit\- <>{ nine thousand, and re-elected in 1896: was ten- dered the nominatiiin again in 1898, but declined. He was a delegate to the Republican national con\-entiou in 1892 anil again in 1896. He is a Mason, and attained the thirty-second degree in 1871; memlier of the commanderv and ex-emi- nent commander {nv twelve years ; master of Rose Croi.x Chapter of bnva Consistory Masons. He has traveled extensively lioth in Europe and America. Mr. Curtis was married Sejitemlier 4, 1872, to Miss Ettie Lewis. Thev had four children born, tw'O living", George L. Curtis, married in !\fay, 1900, to Miss Frances \Mlcox, and Eugene J. Curtis. Mr. Curtis is a man of prominence in his city and state, and has gained eminence in bulh 632 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST political and business affairs. His life has been interested in the welfare of his city and state and active and has been crowned with a degree of is always foremost in any movement tending in success that is attained by but few. He is much that direction. HON. CHARLES MUSKOGEE, Judge Charles W. Kayniund was burn at Du- buque, Iowa, the son of Capt. William .M. and Mary E. Raymond. His father, while captain of Company E, Fifty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, lost his life at the battle (if Nashville. Young Charles being left witlmut a father or an estate, was by tlie motlier put upon a larni in Woodford county. Illinois, when he was twelve years of age, under an agreement tlial be should work for his board and clothing until he was twenty-one years of age, when a team and tann- ing utensils should be given him, with which to begin the battle of life. After serving an appren- ticeship oi four years the young man Ijecame de- sirous of obtaining an education, and followed his mother to Onarga, Illinois, where be entered the public schools. While here during vacation be worked as tow Ixjy in the flax mill, earning enough money with which to finish liis common- school education. He next taught school and studied higher branches at Grand I'rairie Semi- nary at Onarga. He then removed to Watseka. the county seat, and obtained work in the county clerk's office at one dollar and a cpiarter a day. He then became court bailiff, dei)uty county clerk, deputy circuit clerk, master in chancery and county judge, holding court for a time in Chicago for Judge Carter. He and President McKinley were warm friends and acc|uaintances from the fall of 1885. When the campaign for delegates to the national convention at St. Louis was on, the president asked him to stand as one of the delegates from W. RAYMOND IND. TER. the twelfth congressional district. He at once took i)art in the campaign, and was one of the leaders in the fight for McKinley instructions at the Illinois state con\-ention in the spring of i8g6. At that time he was president of the Re- publican League of Illinois, and contributed much to adwuice the interests of McKinlev in that slate. As soon as Mr. McKinley became presi- dent he tendered to Mr. Raymond the position of United States ci\il service commissioner, which had formerlv been filled b\- Theodore Roose\'elt. Tliis position Mr. Raymond declined, desiring to devote his entire time to the practice of law. He was admitted to the 1)ar in 1886, and became one of the leading lawyers in Illinois, and was named by President IMcKinley as judge of the United States court for Indian Territory in June, 1901, and at once entered upon his duties, with official lieadquarters at Muskogee, Indian Territory. His name was sent to the senate l>y President Roosevelt and at once c(jnfirmcd. ^Ir. Raymond has for the last twenty years taken a leading part in the political campaigns of Illinois, and made speeches for the Republican ])nrty in nearly every county of his state. He is a great friend of Congressman Cannon, in whose district be resides. He is a member of the Illinois Commandery. Sons of American Revolution, and was one of the delegates to the national convention in New York city in iQCO, and also at Pittsburg in 190T. He is a member of the Loyal Legion, and belongs to the Illinois Commanderv. ^Wju^r^c ar of Illinois, and in the following year was appointed assistant general solicitor of tho 636 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Cliicago & Eastern Illimiis Ivailroad Company. January i, 1888, he was made j^eneral solicitor, and on Mardi 15. j8(>2. 1)ecamc i^eneral cimnsel of the road, and this important position he has since licld. Mr. Lyford has made a close study of railroad law, miw recog-nized as one of the most important and intricate departments of the science of jurisjirudence, and has conducted some notable litigation, his efforts being crowned with success for the corporation which he represents. He never loses sight of any detail bearing upon his case, at the same time giving the more prom- inent i>oints due importance. His knowledge of law is exact, his preparation of a case painstak- ing, and his piiwer befurc judge and iur\' acknowledged by all. He stands high at the bar, where his great earnestness and force i.f n^anner give him an almost irresistible influence. Mr. Lyford was married (jn the 28th of April, 1886, to Miss Mary IMcCmnas, of Nebraska City, Nebraska. He is a member of the Chicago Club and the Chicago Athletic Association, and in politics is a Republican. JOHN ELLIS GILMAN, M. D. CHICAGO, ILL. It was in 1638 that the prngcnitnr i.f the American branch nf the Ciilman family came over from Old England and settled in New England, and its members, of stanch Puritan stock, com- menced almiist immediately to becnmc real fac- tors in the progress of the new cmnUry. Dur- ing the Revolution, Nicholas Oilman was a mo\-- ing spirit of the times, having served as a mem- ber of the continental congress, and subsequently was chosen as I'nited States senator from New I lanipsliire. John Taxlor (iilman was go\ernor of the (iranile state for fourteen years during the last portion of the eighteenth and the lirst of the nineteenth century. Dr. (iilman's immediate ancestors were pio- neers of the pioneer territory of the northwest, his grandfather, Bartholomew Oilman, locating at Belpre, not many miles soutliwest of AL'irietta. Afterward be removed to Kentucky, but not be- fore the birth of his son, J(/hn C. Oilman, the father of the son in whom we are now most inter- ested. That child, John E. (lilnian. was liorn at Har- luer, a suburb of -Marietta, on the 24th of July, 1841, and it seemed predestined that he should be a physician. His father was a member of the profession and he had the inifuence of example from his mother's family. Formerly Miss Eliza- beth C. Fay, she came from an old historic Massa- chusetts family, her sister, Catherine l*"ay, l>eing for many years an Indian missionary and fonuider of the system of county orphan asylums in the state of Ohio. But the fact that may lia\ e had a bearing upon the future of the boy John, aside from his father's wishes and directions, was that of the eleven I"ay children of his mother's gen- eration three of the daughters married physicians. His uncle. Dr. George Oilman, was also for many }-ears a leading meml)er of the profession in Lex- ington, Kentucky, and his elder Imther, previous tc> entering the ministry, practiced medicine for some time at ^Marietta. When he was five years of age Dr. Oilman's parents removed to Westboro, ^lassachusetts, and, although they returned to Marietta for a time, the boy received his eaidy education in the school of the former town. By the time he was seventeen he had been graduated from the high PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 639 SL-liiHiI, ])re|);irccl I'nr ciHeq-e, scr\cr almnt three }eru-s. In i Marietta, where he ai^'ain turned his musical and mechanical knowledge to account in the conduct oi a piano store. It is evident, however, that his ultimate aim was to establish himself in the profession whicli his father and so nian\' nf his relatives liad Imu- ored, since, while conducting" his business at Marietta, he continued his medical studies with his brother, and when he subsequentlv rennned to Toledo and followed the same mercantile pur- suit he found a medical instructor in the jierson of Dr. George Hartwell. After thus employing three years of his time he embarked in several oil speculations at Marietta, and then settled down in earnest to make a name for himself in the med- ical profession. Contrary, ho'we\-er, (n the instruction of his father and that of the se\'eral i-.ther prece])tors who had guided his studies, the young man evinced his originality of mind and independence of spirit by deciding to adnjjt the jirinciples of the liomeopathic school. Coming to Chicag^O' in 1867, he entered Hahnemann Medical College, receiving his degree therefrom in the spring of 1871. He at once established himself in prac- tice at the old Crosby Djiera House, his abilities l)eing quicklv and substantiallv recngnizefl. and he was one of the originators of the art gallery which attracted so many to the opera house. Naturally. Dr. Gilman shared materially in the benefits derived bv the managers of the opera hduse in this influx of fashion and wealth. ;ind at the time of the great fire h;id made ra])id strides toward popnlarity and prosperity. But that wholesale calamitv was also his priwUe mis- fortune and all bis worldly possessions went u\) with the llames. Vastly to his credit, however, he w;is the lirst phxsician in the cit)- tn offer his services to the citizens' relief cummillee, being apjKiinted chairman of the medical department, hi this capacity he organized the burnt territory iuli) districts, ap]3ointed the i)hysicians in charge, instituted the upeniug of hospitals and (lis])eusar- ies, attending personally to the relief of sufferers temporarily sheltered in the Eighth rresbyterian. Tark Avenue and American Reformed churches until the management of the work was assumed by the Chicago Relief and .\id Society. During the frillowing winter and sjiring', as secretarv of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society and I'hvsi- cians of the Herrick Free Dispen.sary, Dr. (iil- n-an added to his laurels both as a physician and man. In 1883 Dr. (iihiian was elected tn the chair of physiology, sanitary science and hygiene of Hahnemann Medical College, holding that ])ro- fessorship for a decade, when (in 1893) he was called to the Materia ]\[edica in the same insti- tution. ]]oth as a priwite practitioner and ])ublic educator, therefore, for the jiast ipiarler of a century his reputation has been continually grow- ing until it now ])laces him in the front rank of homeopathic jiliysicians in the west. Few members of the ]irofession. outside their chosen field, have made so fair a mark in litera- ture as Dr. Gilman. His contributions to medical literature have been many and highly valued, and holli as an authority and a writer on art matters he has made quite a name for himself. Not onlv has he l)een thus identified with the Chicago press as a contributor hut was for some time, in coni- pan_\- with Joseph Wright, editor of the Chicago .Art Journal. It follows also, as a matter of Course, tha.t his associations with the medical so- cieties of the school of which he is so distin- guished a representative is both wide and inti- mate. In Jul\-, i8r)0. Dr. Gilman was married at 640 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Adrian, Michigan, to Miss Mary D. J<;ihnson, of family. They liavc mie sim, WilUam T. Gihnan, Westboro, Massaclniselts. They were friends of wlio is also a graduate in medicine and in prac- vouthful davs, his wife also being of a Puritan tice in the city of Chicago. ANDREW J. RYAN CHICAGO, ILL. Andrew J. Ryan, ex-city attorney, ranks among the ablest lawyers of Chicago, and has won distinguished honors at the bar. He is a representative Denn crat. but his pnpularity is m t confined to his iavu party. Without solici- tation on his own jmrt. as he was in ni; sense a candidate, he was cbi sen as his party's representa- tive fi r city attorney, was elected. :ind also rc-clccted in .April. 1901. wlien he resigned to resume his ])rivale practice. His administra- tion of the affairs of the office was able and forceful, and credit- able alike to his jiarty and his friends. The ability and integrity which so- sig- nally characterize the discharge of his profes- sional obligations, has made him known, in a few short 3'ears, as one of the must snlid and reliable attorneys in the city. Andrew J. Ryan was born in Cliicago De- cember 29, 1869, and is the son of William F. and Ellen (Farrell) Ryan. His father was a native of Ti])perary, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1S58, settling at Schenectady, New York, where he was in tlie railroad Inisi- ness for a few vears. He later removed to Chi- cago, where he died in 1874. His widow is still ]i\ing in this city. Andrew J. Ryan attended the i)ublic schools until nine years of age, when the feeling that he ought to do something to assist in the support of the family, his father being dead, determined him to seek employment. His first pcjsition was with the firm of Field, Leiter & Company, in the capacity of errand boy. After two years and a half he ga\e this up and entered the em- ploy of The Farmer's Re\iew, a paper published in. Chicago, remaining two years, before accept- ing a position with Lyon & Healey as department cashier. He was promoted from time to time until when he left this firm in 1893, after ten vears' service, he held the responsible position of credit man. He gave up this lucrative posi- tion to fulfill his long cherished ambition of de- voting his talents and energies to the pursuit of law. During- the time he was with Lyon & Healey he attended the night law ci 'liege of the Lake Foi'est University, from which he gradu- ated June I, 1891. Two years later he liegan the active practice of his profession, which be has continued ever since. His success has been bril- liant and enduring, as he possesses those (piali- ties and the force of character which in any sjibere of life command success. Mr. Rvan is a leading member and officer in manv fraternal and barevolent societies, among them l)eing tlie Rnyal League. Knights of Co^ lumlnis and other kindred societies. He was at- torney for the ^^'est Town Board in 1894, and is now director of the Chicago Pulilic Library. He was for five years state secretary of the Cath- olic Benevolent Legion, and has also assisted to organize and place on a solid foundation several other benevolent enterprises. Mr. Ryan was married Augtist 26. 1896, to Miss Nellie T. Cahill, the well-known contralto singer of St. Patrick's church. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 041 HARRY F. ATWOOD CHICAGO, ILL. I\Ir. Harry F. Atwood, assistant state's at- turney of Chicago, was born on a farm near Morgan Park, Illinois, January i, 1870, and is a son of Orville E. and Martha E. (Townsend) Atwood. His early education was re- ceived at a district school and later at the Illinois Military Acadeniw where he liecanie ca])- tain I if Ci mpany A. Com])leting his course in this institution he entered the Uni\-ersit_\' of Chi- cago, fnim which he graduated in 1897. During his course he . - ^ was elected president of the De- bating St>ciety, the Oratorical Association and i)f the Northern Oratorical League, winning several prizes in oratorical contests and deliates. He subsequently took up the study of law and grad- uated from tlie Illinois College of Law and the Chicago College of Law. After receiving his diploma he located at Seattle, Washington, and there was associated with the well-known law hrm of Kerr & Mc- Cord. Since his return to Chicago he has prac- ticed individually up to the time he accepted his present position of assistant state's attorney. Mr. Atwood was one of the first to volunteer at the breaking out of the Spanish-American \\ar, and was made a sergeant (if the First Illi- nois Volunteer Caxalrv. He is a member nf se\'- eral clubs and social organizations, a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Hamilton Club, Cook County Marching Club, and the Masnnic fraternit}', and is widely known in ci.iUege. political and legal circles. He has taken an active part in Republi- can affairs for several years, making speeches in local campaigns, and in 1900 .^tumped the state of Washington. He now resides in one of Chicago's line residence suburbs, Morgan Park. MORITZ ROSENTHAL CHICAGO. ILL. Moritz Rosenthal was born at Dixon, Illinois, ]\Iay 4, ]866. and is a son of Samsim and Miiia (Calm) Rosenthal. He was educated at the pub- lic and high schools of Dixon and in the literary department of the University of Michigan. He studied law with ]\lr. Williaiu Ijarge, of Dixon, and was admitted to the bar and began practice in 1890. He came to Chicago in 1891, and was associated with Mr. William S. Forrest, the noted criminal lawyer, from 1891 to 1897, and then became a member of the firm of Moses, Rosenth.al & Kennedy. Mr. Rosenthal is a young man, but has been counsel in manv celebrated cases, among them the Debs case, and more recentlv in th*" celebrated board of trade bucket shop cases, in which he with W. S. Forrest and Benjamin Bachrach, de- fended McLain Brothers. Mr. Rosenthal was the first lawyer called in the case. The first mo\-e he made after taking the case was to buv a fen-day membership in the board of trade and study the workings of the board. He thus learned by prac- tical experience the whole workings of the entire routine. He scored a great triumph in cross- 642 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST examination of witnesses in the McLain case, ex- I\Ir. Rosenthal is a meml>er of the Iroquois amining' all Init twf. and every one of the hundred Club and the bar associations, and politically is a brought forward Ijy the i^rDsecntiun proved tirst- Democrat. class witnesses for the defense. Mr. Rosenthal was united in marriage April Quick to comprehend and prrmipt to execute. u. 1897, to Miss Virginia, daughter of Mr. he is a forceful speaker. Adolph Moses. Thev have one son. HON. JOSEPH V. QUARLES MILWAUKEE. WIS. Joseph V. Ouarles, senator frum Wisconsin, was horn in the \illage of Southport, now Keno- sha, Wisconsin, December 16, 184,^. His father, Joseph V. Quarles, Sr., was born in New Hami>- shire, and his mother was Miss Caroline Bullen, a native of New York. They were among the early settlers of Wisconsin, and were married at Southport. Joseph V. Ouarles attended the public schools in his native town and graduated from the high school uf Kenosha at the age of seventeen. His father was one of the fi Hinders df tlie factory now the llain Wagon Ci>mi)any. The jianic of 1857 forced the former's pre\iinisl\- prosperous busi- ness to suspend operations and the father was left with scant means to assist his sons in their col- lege aspirations. Jnseph taught sclnxil in Keno- sha, did literar\' work, burrowed nmney froni well-to-do relatives and entered the University of Michigan in 1862. While there in the freshman year he was elected president of the class, and de- livered the oratiiin on class day, ])ut intcrrui)ted his course of stuch' in the spring of 1864 to- enter the army as a ]n-ivate in the Thirty-ninth Regi- ment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry: was ap- ])ointed first lieutenant of Company C; mustered out at the end of his term (if enlistment; returned to college, and graduated in 18^)6 with the de- gree of A. B., 1>eing chosen tO' deliver one of the graduating orations. Having but limited funds, he attended the law department of the university but one }'ear. and returned ti> his Imme and en- tered the law office of Mr. (). S. Head, ime of the oldest practitioners of the state. Mr. Ouarles was admitted to the bar in 1868 and then formed a partnership with ]Mr. Head, the firm being Head & Ouarles. Mv. Head being advanced in j-ears, and wcll-td-do, declined the more active duties of the firm, and ]\Ir. Ouarles was soon called into the higher courts. During his association with ]\Ir. Head, until his death in 1875, Mr. Ouarles was district attorney for Keno- sha cijunt\' si.x years. In 1876 was elected mayor of Kenosha: declined ren<>mination : was ])resi- dent of the board of education in 1877 and 1878; member of the assembly in 1879, and rq>resented Kenosha antl W'alworth comities in the state sen- ate from 1880 tO' i88j. In the United States .sen- atorial contest of 1881 he received a very flatter- ing vote, but insisted on having his name with- drawn. At the expiration of his term of office he moved to Racine and formed a partnership with lohn B. ^^'inslll\v. the firm being dissoK'ed on the elevation of Air. Winslow to the bench. A year later T. \\'. Spence removed to Racine from Fond du Lac and became associated with ATr. Ouarles. under the firm name of Ouarles & .Spence. which later, on the rulmissinn of a son of fudge Dver, became Ouarles, Spence & Dyer. In 1888 the firm moved to Milwaukee and began a successful career under the name Ouarles, Spence & Ouarles, Mr. Ouarles' yoimger brother PROMIXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST 645 l_>eing admitted to tlie firm. It is iinw one of the His term (;f oftice will expire March 3, 190^. leadin,^- tinns in the state. In 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Senator Ouarles was elected to the United A. Saunders, of Chicago, and they have three States senate to succeed John L. Mitchell, Demo- sons, William C, Joseph H. and Edward L. crat, and entered upon his duties Alarcli 4, 1899. Ouarles. HENRY S. TOWLE CHICAGO, ILL. Mr. Elenry S. Towle, one of the foremost Dent and Goodwin & Lamed. He hecame per- lawyers of the Illinois bar and member of the well- mianently associated with the firm last mentioned, known legal firm of Offield, Towle & Linthicum, being admitted as a partner in 1869, under the has long been prominentK' identified with one of firm name of Goodwin, Earned & Tnwle. His the most impiirtrint branches of law practice. association with this firm initiated him into what Air. Towle was born in Mishawaka, Indiana. became a specialty, which he has steadih- [mv- ■Qctober 10, 1S42. His father was Gilraan Towle, sued, his business for many years having had an honored citizen of that state and widely and relation principally to patents, trade-marks and favorably known. He married Miss Beekman. copyrights, including all litigation incident Both trace their ancestry to patriots of the AmeJ- thereto. Mr. Towle, however, for a number of ican Revolution. Henrv S. Tnwle acquired his }'ears was con.nected with practice in ether lines ])reliminary education at Mishawaka, Indiana, to some considerable extent. On the retirement lieing in attendance at the higli school at that of Mr. Earned and the admission of Mr. Charles place wlien the country became involved in cix'il K. Offield as a partner, in 1874, the finn of Good- war. He made several efforts to secure admis- win, Oftield & Towle almost entireh' gave up sion to' the \dlunteer ser\-ice of the government, general practice and gave their attention otilv to Ijut was pre\-ented by ill health. Being unwilling the specialties above mentioned. On the death to forego any ser'.ice for the assistance of the ijf Mr. Goodwin the other two partners contin- go\-ernnient, he became C(jnnected with a sani- ued the Ijusiness relations, and more recently tary expedition, whicli was organized under the were joined by Charles C. Linthicum. in the or- dircctiim id' (Inxcrni r Mi rton, for the relief of ganization of the present firm of Offield, Towle Indiana's s(;]diers in the field. This first ti>ok & Linthicum. The long association of ?^Iessrs. liim to the battle grounds of Shiloh and later \o Oilield and Towle indicates congenialitv and an other places. agreeable division of laJKr, in which Mr. Towle Mr. Towle subsequentK- entered upon a col- has been highly successful and proficient, besides legiate course at \'alparaiso, Indiana, and he manifesting abilit\- and business (jualities as well pre])are;, able and enjo\'s the respect and confidence of his and in tlie early }'ears of his residence here was associates at the bar. TJie practice of his firm ■connected with the law firms I'f .\rringtiin '"t in their special lines nf litigation in the federal 646 PROAIIXEXT MEX OF THE GREAT WEST courts extentls from Boston to San Francisco, an.d tlieir clients represent many of the most ])r(iniineiit interests wiiich depend uiion protec- tion under patents and trade-marks, bringing his tirm for years into numerous important suits in- \ol\ing patents and trade-mark property. W'liile the extensive practice of the firm has engrossed liis close attention and has brought him as well as other members of the firm a wide ac(|uaintance with luisiness men and affairs, he has all the while manifested a deep interest in educational and phi'anthropic work, as well as other matters of public interest. He has al- ways retained his interest in the University of Michigan, having served as president of the Chi- cago Alumni Association of that university. He has been a trustee of the Northwestern Univer- sity for over twenty years. He was one of the trustees of the Union College of Law when it was a joint department of the old University of Chicago and the Northwestern University. He has been a factor in the management of the same law school since it has been entirely under the control of the Northwestern University. ]\Ir. Towle has taken special interest in elevating the standard of legal education in Chicago, and has served as chairman of the committee of trustees of the Northwestern University, having charge of the law school, formerly the Union College of Law. The cause of education has had no more earnest advocate in Chicago than the sub- ject of this sketch, who has not only for years urged a high standard for admission to the bar, but has also worked earnestly in endeavoring to secure for our city the advantages of the most thorough instructi(!n m all the departments of uni\ersitv W( I'k. He has given special attention to the work of the Chicago Home Missionary, a church extension society with which he has been connected as a trustee and officer for twenty years. He has also been long identified with t!ie !\Iethodist Episcopal church and has been active in various departments of church work. He holds membership in the Chicago^ Bar Associa- tion, in connection with which association he has served as president. He holds membership in the Illinois State P.ar Association and the American Bar Association, and is a valued member of the Union League Club, as well as the Hamilton Club and several other social organizations. :\[r. Towle vvas married in 1868 to a daugh- ter of Rol)ert F. Oueal, of Evanston, Illinois, Tier death occurred in 1881. Li 1884 he mar- ried :\Iiss Sarah A. Meacham, of Oak Park, Bli- nois, at which place ]\Ir. and Mrs. Towle now reside. HON. WILLIAM BOYD ALLISON DUBUQUE, IOWA Hon. William I'.. Allison, senator, was born trict sciiools, where he showed great proficiency at Perry, Ohio, March 2. 1829. He was of Irish and eagnerness to learn. \\'hen sixteen years of descent, his grandparents ha\-ing emigrated to age he went to the academy at Wch^u^^ ^^^5^9^-, ^ X PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 649 county clerk. His puliiical leanings were tmvard tlic uld-Inie Whig's, who afterward laiil ihe foun- dations of the Republican party. He was a dele- gate to the state convention of 1856, and in the campaign supported Fremont for president. The next year he renKJved to- lo'wa and settled in Du- buanion. He is an in\etcrate reader and has af land became or,e of the largest dealers in real estate. He held ofiices and was a director in several liauks and railroad companies, always favoring all meas- ures tending to the development of the railroads c»f the northwest. Mr. Wells died in A]iril. 1902, leaving a large estate, estimated to be the greatest in Wis- consin, to his family, bis friends and to charity. -^^^J^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 651 HON. W. A. CLARK BUTTE, MONTANA W. A, Clark was iDorn on the 8th day of Jan- uary, iS.^";, near Connellsville, Fayette connty, I'cnnsyhania. Jle is the son of John and Mary ( Anth'cws) Clark, lidth natixcs of that count}'. The father of Jnhn Clark, whose name was also John, was a nati\-e of County Tyrone, Ireland, who emigrated to this country and settled in Pennsylvania soon after the Revolutionary war. The grandfather of the suhject of our sketch was m;'.rried to Miss Reed, of Chester county, Penn- sylvania, wdicse parents were also from the n(jrth of Ireland. On the maternal side, \\'illiam and Sarah Andrews, tlie grandparents of our suh- ject, were also frcjni Ci.iunty Tyrone, Ireland, and settled in western Pennsylvania ahout the heginning of this century. Sarah Andrews' maiden name was Kithcart. She was a descend- ant of the Cathcart family who were originally Huguenots, and the name became changed to I\ithc;irt l)y an error made by a registrar in the transfer of a tract of land. The Cathcart fam- ily emigrated from France to Scotland at an early period, and later moved tO' the north of Ire- land. Subsequently they emigrated to- the United States and dittcrent Ijranches of the fam- ily settled in New York and Pennsylvania. The parents of our subject were married in Pennsylvania, where they resided until 1856. They then moved to \'an lluren county, Iowa, where John Clark died in 1873, aged seventy- six years. In religious belief he was 1 Presby- terian, and an elder in that church for forty years before his death. Mr. Clark's father was a farmer and his boy- hood days were spent on the homestead, where he enjoyed the advantages of three months' win- ter school, and nine months of such farm work as the boy could turn his hand to. At the age of fourteen he entered Laurel Ilill Academy, 30 and accpiired a good English cduc;ition. In 1856 his father moved to Iowa, and there Will- iam assisted on the farm, teaching a term of school the succeeding winter. He then ;ittended an academy in Iju-mingham one term, and after- wards entered the university at Mount Pleasant, becoming a disciple of Blackstone. Here he prosecuted his legal studies for two^ years, but did not afterward engage in the profession. In 1859-60 he was teaching school in Missouri. In 1862 he crossed the great plains, driving a team to the South Park, Colorado, and that winter worked in the quartz mines in Central City. In 1863 the news of the gold discoveries at Bannock reached Colorado and Mr. Clark was among the first to start for this new El Dorado. After sixty-five days' travel with an ox-team he arrived at Bannock, just in time to join a stam- pede to Horse I'rairie. Here he secured a claim, which he worked during this and the following season, cleaning up' a net fifteen hundred dollars the first summer, wdiich formed the basis of his future operations in Montana. During the en- suing five years, instead of working in the placers be took advantage of the opportunities offered for trade and business, and in less than b.alf a decade was at the head of one of the largest wholesale mercantile establishments in the territory, Ijuilt up from the smallest of be- ginnings. In February, 1866, Mr. Clark joined a stampede to Elk Creek, where he established a store and sold goods to' the miners during the season. He sold out in the fall and took a trip to the Pacific coast, going as far as San Fran- cisco. He then returned to ^lontana with a stock of goods, which he readily disposed of at large profits. In October of 1866 Mr. Clark went cast by wa}- of Fort Benton and the "Macinaw Route." 65: PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST After visiting the principal cities ui tiie L'niun, including a sojourn in the south, he returned to Montana the following year. In iH()j he con- tracted to carry the mails on the star route he- tween Missoula and Walla W alia, a distance of four hundred miles. In 1868 he went to New ^■nrk City, and there fc'rmed a co-partnershii) with Mr. K. W. Don- nell for the purpose of engaging in the wholesale mercantile and banking business in Montana, and also established an extensive wholesale business at Helena. In 1870 the business was transferred to Deer Lodge, and consolidated with that of Mr. Donnell. At this time Mr. S. E. Larabie was admitted, and the tirm became Donnell, Clark lit Larabie. They soon closed out their mercantile business and gave exclusive attention to banking, first at Deer Lodge and at a later date at IxJth that place and at Butte City. In May, 1884, IMessrs. Clark & Larabie purchased the interests of Mr. Donnell in their ^Montana business, and subsequently Mr. Clark and his brother, James Ross Clark, came into full owner- ship of the Butte Bank, disposing of his Deer Lodge interests. The banking house- of W. .\. Clark & Brother, of Butte City, Montana, has since that time grown into one of the strongest banking institutions of the west. But it is in his mining investments and in the operation of vast mills and smelters for the treat- ment of base ores that Mr. Clark has made the great success of his life. In 1872 he first began to give attention to the quartz prospects of Butte. In 1880 • he organized the Moulton Company, which at once proceeded to the erection of the Moulton Mill and the development of the mine. W. A. Clark is president of the Moulton, and his brother, Josqih K. Clark, manager. The United Verde Copper Compan_\-'s property in Arizona, owned I)y him. is the wonder of the mining world. It is probably the richest and most ex- tensive copi)er mine in the world, not excepting the Anaconda, Mountain View or any of the big properties of Butte. He has completed and equipped a railroad to this mine, connecting with the Santa Fe system. Mr. Clark established the first water systenr in Butte, also the first electric light plant. He is the owner of the Butte Miner, one of the lead- ing daily papers of the state. He also is \)v\n- cipal owner and president of the cal>le and elec- tric railways of Butte and largely interested in m.any other industrial enterprises besides the mining and smelting of ores. In 1876 Governor Potts appointed him state orator, to represent Montana at the Centennial Exhibition. In 1877 he was elected grand master of the Masonic Lodg'e of Montana, and in 1878, during the Nez Perce invasion, received the commission of ma- jor and led the Butte Battalion to the front against Chief Joseph. He was elected a dele- gate from Sih'er Bow county to the first consti- tutional convention in 1884, being chosen presi- dent of that body, in which position he won new laurels as a presiding officer and master of parlia- mentary law antl tactics. In 1884 he was com- missioned by President Arthur as one of the commissioners of the World's Industrial and Cotton Exhibition at New Orleans. In 1888 Mr. Clark received the Democratic nomination for delegate to congress, and maile a brilliant canvass of the territory, but was de- feated. AMien Montana was admi/tted to the Union, in 1889, and a second constitutional con- \ention was necessary, he was again elected a member uf that Ijody, and, as before, was chosen its presiding officer, rendering splendid service in that capacity. Upon the first legislative as- sembly, which convened in Helena in January, 1890, devolved the duty of electing two United States senators. The Democrats elected W. A. Clark and Martin Maginnis, and the lvei)ublicans W. F. S. Sanders and T. C. Power, Mr. Clark receiving the unanimous vote of his party in caucus and in joint session. Each presented their claims to the United States senate and Alessrs. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 653 Sanders and I'owcrs were declaretl elected. Again a senator was tn he elected ti> succeei! Colonel Sanders i)y the legislatnre that enlivened in Helena in January, JS93. In this body the I'dljulists with three members held the Ijalance of l)ower. Mr. Clark again received the Demo- cratic caucus nominatiun, but a small contingent of l^emocrats refused to go into caucus tjr to abide by the decision of the majority. As a con- sequence the contest was protracted through the entire session of sixty days, and the gavel fell at the last joint session with no election for United States senator. No man in Montana has been more highly honored by his party than Mr. Clark, but it re- mained for the year 1894 to bring him his great- est triumph and most enduring laurels. In this year the permanent seat of government of Mon- tana was located. In 1892 the first capital con- test, in which several towns were entered, re- . suited in leaving Helena and Anaconda in the field as the only candidates which could lay claim to the suffrage of the people. Helena was the temporary capital. Anaconda Ijeing the Ana- conda Company's candidate, had an immense financial backing and enjoyed the advantage of a powerful political alliance. For a time it seemed that this t(jwn, owned and controlled 1)}' one corporation, would win the day. People who feared the consequences ni such an outcome were without a leadership on which they could lean with confidence. Helena forces were without organization. At this juncture W. A. Clark cast aside all personal and political ambitions and en- tered the fight for the people. From the ilay that he made his position known through the columns of his newspaper, the Butte Miner, until election (lav he was the recognized leader of the Helena forces. Not only did he contribute liberaly of his time and means, but he took the stump and addressed the people in the princi]>al cities of the state, making a most powerful and eloquent ap- peal to their pride and patriotism. Ne\er in the history of this or au)^ other state was a battle iiKjre intense or e.xciti'.ig; never did the people ir,(jre keenly feel that their rights and Iil)erties were at stake, and ne\er ilid a citizen receive a greater or more siioutaneous ovation than that ^\hich Mr. Clark enjoyed when, after ha\ing un(juestioiial)ly snatched \ictory from defeat, the people of the state gathered in thousands at Helena to do him honor. The citizens l)ore him on their shoulders from his train, placed him in a carriage, and then, detachin,g the horses, took their places at the pole and triunii)hantlv hauled it to the city as a \ictor's chariot. It was a vic- tory which easily gives Mr. Clark rank as the first citizen of the state, and one of the most commanding figures of the west. Mr. Clark is extensively engaged in bank- ir.g, nnning, manufacturing and various other business enterprises; in politics has always been a consistent and active Democrat ; was elected United States senator January 28, 1899. to suc- ceed Hon. Lee Mantle, Republican; a memorial was filed in the senate asking that the election of Senator Clark he investigated, which was re- ferred to the comnnttee on privileges and elec- tions; after an investigation a resolution was re- ported to the eft'ect that the election was void: this resolution was not acted upon by the senate, as Senator Clark, in a speech on May 15, 1900, stated that he had sent his resignation to the gov- ernor of Montana and desired to submit the mat- ter to the i)eople of his state, and would abide by their verdict; the acting go\ernor of the state im- mediately appointed him to fill the \acancy created by his resignation, but he did not pre- sent himself to be sworn in under the credentials; in the Democratic state convention held in .\bin- tr.na in September a resolution was unanimously adopted demanding bis re-election to the senate, and a legislative ticket favoraljle to his re-elec- tion was overwhehningly elected in November, and on Jaiuiary 16, 1901, he was re-elected for the term of six years to succeed the I bm. Thomas 654 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST H. Carter, and took his seat j\Iarcli 4, 1901. His term will expire ^larch 3, 1907. In March, 1869, Mr. Clark was married to Kate L. Stauffer, a highly accomplished lady of Connellsville, rennsyKania. The couple startetl tn their wedding day for their distant home in the mountains. They made their residence at Helena, and here their first child, :\Iary C, was l)orn, in January, 1870. Locating that year in Deer Lodge, their other children were born in this town, with the exception of the youngest cl-.ild, Francis Paul, who was Imrn in Paris, iM-ance. Six childr , were born to Mr. and Mrs. Clark, one of them Jessie (twin sister of Kath- erine L., now livii i), died in Deer Lodge in April, 1888, at the age of three years. The old- est, Mary C, was happily married in April, 1891, to Dr. E. M. Culver, of Xew York City, a successful practitioner, and is the mistress of a beautiful home in the metropolis. Charles W'., th.eir eldest son, is a graduate of Yale College. In 1879 Mr. Clark took his family to Paris, where they remained three years, all of them be- sides himself having accjuired a thorough knowl- edge of the French language. He then sent them to Dresden, Germany, for two years to acquire a knowledge of the German language. During these years Mr. Clark spent the winters in Europe, and he and Mrs. Clark and the elder children tra\elcd extensively through Europe. In late years, besides their beautiful home in Butte, they have maintained a residence in Xew York City, where a iiortion of each year is .s])ent. HENRY C. REW CHICAGO, ILL. Henry C. Rew, capitalist and philanthropist, has been a resident of Chicago since 1868. He was born in Maumee, near the present city of Toledo, Ohio, April 2, 1839, and is the sou of Frederick Augustus Rew, who was l)orn at West Bloomington, New Jersey, and Sarah Adams (Stow) Rew. His grandfather, Ephraim Rew, one of the early pioneers and a soldier of the Revolution, came from the Perkshire hills and settled near the present site of West P.looming- ton, clearing the forests and cultivating the soil. Plenry C. Rew's parents were school teachers before their marriage and resided in the vicinity of Newark, New York; shortly after their mar- riage they went to Maumee, where Henry C. Rew was born. While he was still a child they returned to Newark and there he remained imtil nineteen years of age. He has always taken the deepest interest in his boyhood home, often re- turns to visit it. is known personally to many of tlie residents and by name and reputation to all. Henry C. Rew acquired a grammar school and academic education and was appointed deputy postmaster during the term of Hiram Clark, postmaster mider President Buchanan. He soon resigned, owing to ill health, and took a position with Mr. Knight, who conducted a nursery. Rapidly regaining his health from the open air exercise, he accepted an office position wMth Es- bon Blackmar. The winters of 1857 and 1858 he again attended school, after which he went to Albany, New York, carrying with bun letters of recommendation from a number of Newark's citizens, and obtained a ])osition with Blackmar & Irwin, grain merchants. [Mr. Rew asserts that these letters had a strong infiuence U])on his character, as from that time he endeavored to merit the many kind expressions of confidence which were spoken for him. He started at the lijwest round, becrunc collector and clerk and PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 657 linally buukkeepcr and cashier. In the fall of 1S60 Mr. Inviii Ijecanie ill and was unable to siqjei-intend the business and .Mr. Kew, tlien mily twenty-one }-ears (jf age, assumed its manage- ment and conducted it with gratifying' success. In 1866 he went to Buffalo, New York, where he conducted a grain Ijusiness for twoi years. In 1868, in partnership' whh 1). \\'. Jrwin, he opened an office in Chicago in the same trade, which was continued until 18S0, when a special pai1:nership was formed. In 1883 Mr. Rew re- tired entirely from the grain commission busi- ness and has since devoted his time and attention toi the manufacture of water gas. He first be- came interested in water gas in 1875, and after repeated failures has finally won success in its l)roduction. ]\Ir. Rew fmmisbed the means to Iiuild the Cicero gas works in the town of Cicero, a suburb of Chicago, in 1892, and since 1893 th.is plant has been in successful operation, being the most complete and perfect gas plant in the world, nsing- tlie cheapest material and sending- out the brightest cpiality of artilicial light. This induced the building of a large plant in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1895, and caused a, reduction in the price of gas in tl-at city from one dollar and sixty cents to cue dollar per thousand, and increased the con- sumption fi\c hundred per cent., being largely used for fuel purposes. Mr. Kew has for many years owned the property in Newark, New Jersey, which his fa- ther bought over sixty years ago and wdiere the family resided. He has recently erected a beau- tiful tcn-thousand-doljar building for a public library, u])on this site, which he has presented to the city. The building is designed as a memorial to his parents. The gift included thorough equipment and the installation of a professional lilirarian at Mr. Rew's expense for one year, after which the city is to maintain it as a free public library. I\Ir. Rew has traveled extensively in England and the continent, in Mexico, No^a Scotia, Alaska, Bennuda Island. Jamaica and the Hawaiian Islands, and also throughout the United States. Mr. Rew was married in 18^)3 to Miss Thereasa M. Irwin, of Albany. He is a mem- ber of the Union League and Washington Park Clubs, the Athletic .Association and .\rt Institute of Chicago. Politically he is inde- pendent. SYDNEY E. SINCLAIR CEDAR RAFIDS, IOWA S. E. Sinclair (if the well-known packing- fit m of T. ;M. Sinclair & Company, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is one of the representati\-e busi- ness men of that city, where he is justly regarded as a man of affairs. S. E. Sinclair was born at Belfast, Ireland, and is a son of Thomas and Elizalicth S. Sin- clair. His education was received at Belfast. Ireland, Clifton, England, and Dresden, Ger- many. He was sent to the Royal University of Ireland in 1875 and into the packing business in Belfast in 1877: was with the firm in Indi- anapolis, Indiana, in 1881, and later the same year m New York, and in 1882 in Cedar Rap- ids, Iowa, where be remained until 189J, when he was called to the house in Liverpool, Eng- land; remained six years, and in 1898 returned to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and has since had charge of the firm's business there. Mr. Sinclair was president of the Cedar Rap- ids Y. M. C. .\. from T887 to 1892. He has traveled extensively in England, Scotland, Ire- 658 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST land, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Hoi- Mr. Sinclair was married in Belfast. Ireland, land, Belgium. Canada and the United States: is April lo, 18S5. to Miss i\Iarie Louise Matice, of a Presbyterian in religious belief, and. politically Belfast. They have two children, S. Mervyn chiefly interested in securing clean, business-like and G. Marguerite Sinclair. administrations. HENRY WATERMAN CHICAGO, ILL. Henry Waterman, of the Gook county bar. degree LL. IM'. He was admitted U> the bar in arid member of the firm of Sims & Waterman, is June, 1897, and entered into partnership with a son of Levi and Alatilda Waterman, and was Mr. Charles B. Sims, the firm being Sims i!t Wa- born at Geneseo. Illinois, Seirtember i. 1872. terman, which still continues. 'i'he father, Levi Waterman, is a well-known In 1897 ^'''- \\ aterman became quiz master business man of western lllino:s of Illinois College of Law. In iS(;,S be was ap- :niil was president of the board pointed instructor in personal ])ropcrty. and in of Joliet penitentiary commis- 1900 was appointed professor of contracts, which sioners under Governor .\ltgeUl. position he still holds. He has served continu- Hem'v \\'aterman was edu- cated at the ]niblic schools of Geneseo, gi-aduating in iX(>o; W^ Prejiaratory School, iS()0-iS9i; Jk ^^^ Cornell I'nix ersity. ;it Ithaca. ^Sk'W^ Xew \'ork, iS9i-iS(>5. f n mi which institution he graduated, receixing degree of Ph. B. : attended ^'ale Law School, New Haven. Connecticut, 1895-1896: arid Chicago Law School. 1896-1897. graduating and receiving degree LL. B. Attended Illinois College of Law, 1897- 1898, graduated, receiving ously on the faculty since the organization of the scliool. and is one of the yomigest members. ;md has met with line success in his school work. .Mr. Waterman's law ])ractice is large and ot ;in important nature. He is of the Jewish faith, old line: a Democrat in politics and active in politi- cal matters, unniru'ried. and a member ot 11 nai IVrith. \. 'M. C. A., secretary of Ideal Club, a ])rominent north side Jewish organization. Mr. '\\'aterman is now serving his second term, and is well known in north side social and ])olitical circles. NIELS ANTON CHRISTENSEN MILWAUKEl:. WIS. The fame of the snliject of this sketch h;is. lirake i> known by reputation at least all o\er in a surprisingly short period of time, reachecl the ci\ilizeil world. I lis road to success was not beyond the limits of the boundary of the United an easy one. but he overcame all obstacles and States, and. like his famous predecessors, in the even after he had accomplished successfully the various fields where American genius has tri- work of years and perfected his invention, he umphed, the inventor of the Christenseii Air had to fi.ght for his rights in the courts of the PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 659 land. X. A. Christcnscn is still a \'(run<;' man, and with certain turtunc, as well as hcinurs in store ftu" him, he is Imund tn attain an even higher jx>sition in liis chosen field. Niels Anton Christeiisen was horn August 16, 1865, at Torring, Jutland, Denmark, and is a son of Christen Jensen and Anna Maria (Niel- sen) Jensen. The family can trace its ancestry- back to the old A'ikings, and for three centuries the family has lived on the same estate. Mr. Christensen attended the public schools in his native city until he had reached the age of four- teen years, when he was apprenticed as a ma- chinist in a local shop. During the evenings he attended a technical school in Veile, near his birthplace. At the age of eighteen he attended the Technique Institute, at Copenhagen, Den- mark; graduating therefrom three years after- wards, and ha\-ino- jjassed satisfactory examina- tions, was entered in the Royal Danish Navy as a constructor. At an early age Mr. Christensen evinced a desire to "build things," and partic- ularly in the line of marine construction. Be- fore he was twenty \ears of age he had desigTied the plant for the Danish government's light- house at Hanstholmene, on the dangerous west coast of Denmark. This is one of the largest lighthouses in the world. At the age of twenty- two years, while fulfilling his duties as con- structor in the Royal Danish Navy, he took the examinations for both first and second grade naval engineer, and passed successfully. Retir- ing from the navv in i8(S8 with high honors and a stipend to travel aliroad and gain knowledge of navel construction, with a permanent leave of absence, Mr. Christensen went to- England. He sought in London a position as draughtsman, but owing to his inability to< fully master tlie Engli.sh language he was unsuccessful. In order to gain a knowledge of English he shipped as a third assistant engineer on an English steamer engaged in Mediterranean trade. At the end of a six months' voyage he returned to London and secured a ])osition as draughtsman in one of the largest English manufacturing concerns. Here his ability was sotjn recognized, and amongst the im])ortant works' which lie designed was a new water works system lor the city of Calcutta, India, and also plants for Colonel North, the Nitrate King of Chih. In the fall of 1889 he was transferred to the main offices of the con- cern at Liverpool and given charge of the de- signing of some of the most important work, in- cluding marine engines, sugar machinery, hy- draulic machinery, air compressors, gas engines and j)umping engines. He remained with this firm for about two years, when he was given the principal charge of a large manufacturing concern's designing department, where he not alone planned the construction of engines, air compressors, sugar and hydraulic machinery, but textile machinery and paper manufacturing machinery as well. The plant of this firm was at Darwin, near Liverpool, and while here he was also a teacher in the technical evening classes of that city. In the latter part rjf 1891, Mr. Christensen came to America, going direct to Chicago, where he entered the employ of the Fraser-Cbalmers Company, first as a designer and later as consulting engineer, in chai\ge of engine and i)ower-])lant contracting. In 1893 he retired from this position and took the con- tract for the installation of the power ])lant which was to be used in the prospective high tower at the World's Columl)ian Exposition. In August, 1894, he came to Milwaukee, having been engaged by the E. P. All is Company as a designer, and he remained in the employ of that company until 1896. \\'hile in the employ of the E. P. .Mlis Company !\fr. Christensen de- veloped a new style of blowing engine for steel works, which has lieen universally adi>pted. In 1892 Mv. Christensen began experiments and investigations in the air-brake field, and after four years of ahnost constant application he succeeded in perfecting the air brake whicli 66o PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST bears his name. His patent was granted in 1896, and hardly had his papers 1>een granted before claimants of jjrior invention appeared to contest liis claims. The litigatitin resnlted in the com- plete victory of Mr. Christensen. His patents were held to have been the lirst filed, and the l)rioritv of his invention was fully recognized bv the courts. Realizing the value of his patent air brake. Mr. Christensen. for some time after he had perfected it. met witli discouraging ef- forts to have it adopted by electric roads, for which it is particularly adapted, but in 1897 he succeeded in having his air brakes placed on the cars of the South Side "Alley" Elevated Rail- road of Chicago. The Christensen Air Brake factory was of a small lieginning, but now the plant at Milwaukee is the largest of its kind in the world, and gives employment to over six lumdred men. The iiutput goes all over the world, and so much is the increase in business that the plant is soon to be enlarged one and one- half times the present size. Mr. Christensen, besides his interests men- tioned, is president of the Machinerv E-xchange, of Chicago, and has other business interests, buth ■at home and abroad. He has traveled extensive- ly, and is a fluent conversationalist, speaking" several of the miulern European languages. He is a thirty-seci-'ud-degree Mason. He is a d(j- mestic man and has no desire for club life. He v.as married in Milwaukee, in 1S94, to ]\Iatilda Thomessen, and thev have on child, a daughter. EDWARD STUYVESANT BRAGG FOND DU LAC, WIS. CJcneral Edward S, liragg, suldicr, congress- man, lawyer, and at present counsel general at Havana, was born in Unadilla, New ^'ork, Feb- ruary 20, 1827. He studied three years in Gen- eva (Now Hobart) College, then left to study law in the office of Judge Noble in Unadilla. After being admitted to the bar in 1848 he sliortlv removed tO' Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. In 1854 he became district attorney for the county of Fond du Lac and served two years. As a Douglas Democrat he was a delegate to the Charleston conventimi in \Hf)0. When the Civil v.-ar commenced he entered the national seiwice as captain May 5, 1861, and held all the inter- mediate grades up to that of lirigadier-general, with which rank he was mustered out on Oc- toljer 8, 1865. He took part in all the campaigns of the Armv of the Potomac excejit those of the Peninsula, Gettysburg and Fi\e Forks. lie was appointed postmaster of Fond du Lac in 1866 by President Johnson ; the same year he went as a delegate to the Pluladelpbia Loyalists conven- tion. In 1867 he was elected to the state senate and ser\ed a term ; the following year he was a delegate tO' the soldiers' and sailors' convention which nominated Horatio- Seymour for the presi- dency; he was elected successively to the fnrty- fifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses and then went as a delegate to the national Dcmo- ciatic convention of 18S4, when, as chairman, he stconded the nomination of Grover Cleveland for president. The same year he was elected to- the fcrty-ninth congress. Throughout his con- gressional career be was considered one of the most formidable debaters in the house. Though small of stature, he was apt to be belligerent in bearing and possessed rare powers of sarcasm and invective. General Bragg was ajipointcd counsel-general at Havana, Cuba, May 5, 1902, bv President Roosevelt, which position he now fills. General Bragg has practiced law fifty-two years; was minister to Mexico during President n^^^ 'P;r,-,i PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 663 Clfvclancrs adminislratinn, ami in the C'i\il war ficni Imis^' distances, and the cclcliration of Felj- was coniniandcr cf the famous "Iron Hrigade." ruary 20, 1902, was ahnost a state e\-enl. 'J'iie General's hirthday aiinixersaries have fosition until m min- and at the Walton (New York) Academy. lie ;,tcd for the fifty-fifth congress. In May, 1895, began the study of law at Walton in the office fie was appointed citv attorney of Oshkosh, for a of Fancher & Sewell, and graduated from the term of two years, and in the fall of the same Albany Law School, as president of the class, in year was elected member of congress for the term 1884. He was a teacher in the public schools of 1896 to 1902. Mr. Davidson is a member of of Delaware and Sullivan counties, New York, the Masonic order, of the Elks, the Knights of 664 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Pytliias, the liKlepciuk'iU Order of Odd Felli>\vs. Mr. l)a\ids(iu was married ()cti)1)er S, 1889. the Ancient ( )rder of I'nittd Workmen and of to Miss Xiva i". Wilde, of Ripon, Wisconsin. tlie Mo(lern Woodmen .\ssociation. THOMAS BRENAN CHICAGO, ILL. Few men, if any, liave I>een more closely identified with the growth of Chicago than Thomas Brenan, dnring his long, honorable and unostentations bnsiness career, and dnring an al- niost coiitinnoiis residence here for half a cen- tnr\-, inclnding a period of over thirty-fi\'e years si>ent in jnihlic and official life. Thomas Brenan was Ixirn on Prince Edward . f|fc» ^Ei - Island, in Nova Scotia. I lis fatiier was Martin I'.renan. a farmer in Wex- ford, who went to Dnhlin for a wife, rmd shortly af- terward the two sailed for America. Accident cansed them t(! 1,-miI 1 11 T'rince Edward Island, and there they decided to remain. Martin Prcnan had some n'.oney, which lie in\ested in a general stock of goods, and then set himself up as a merchant. He prosjjered for some years, and dnring the time his son Thomas was born. In the schools on the island the lad received his first instruction in books, but the father's ambition was now awakened, .'uid he determined to seek a larger field of endeav( r in the Ihiitcd States. He re- mox'cd in 1844 with his family to Postou, but not finding there a business for his capital be soon after went (-n a prospecting tour through the west. He made three tours of the kind, which consumed altogether aliout three years. All this time, and for two^ years longer. Thomas was hard at study in an excellent Boston school. At last the father was in Chicago, and. being satisfied that this was the i)lace of all others to> make his home, he sent for mother and son. They arrived in 184Q and at once occupied a two-st<»rv frame building on the corner of Lake street and Wabash a\enue. Thomas I'.renan had a good education and was now at an age when he felt he should be self-supporting. He helped in his father's store, but that did n( t satisfy him. He first took a po- sition w itli Stearns & Springer, dealers in bard- ware, on Wells street ( no-w Fifth avenue), and then took the position of head clerk in the Peoria Hotel, at I'eoria, Illinois. After two years in this situation he was in\itc(l to take p.art in the C(.in- struction of the Purcau \'alle\ K.'iilroad from Peoria to' Rock Island; he accepted the ])osition of accountant and p:i\inaster and continneil at it niilil the completion of the work. He then be- came bookkeeper in .'i li(|ui;r house doing a job- bing trade on South W.ater street. Soon the head of the firm died and Mr. Brenan inn-chased the estate's interest and went mi with the business under the firm name of Brenan & Cillen, which continued until the outbreak if the war. During these years he took little |)art in poli- tics: he was one of the iinmoters of the Shields Guards, and was In'mself a mcmher of that line niilitarv company. He was also ;i member ol the historic vi>luntccr fire department. The engine which he helped to man was Red Jacket Xo. 4, and his captain was D. J. Swenie, who was for fifty years chief of the fire department of the citv. Mr. Brenan has always been interested in PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 665 all matters ptrtainino- u> the C.'atlnilic cliurcli. and he assisted in the cry-anixation and maintenance nf Catlidlic literary societies, lie was a meniher (if the same literary suciety with James A. Alnlli- t^an. P.. G. Caulfield, W. J. Onahan and other lirilliant }'(>nng' men. On the nnthrcak of the v,ar patriotic Irish citizens swiftly came tooether in considerable minibers under the leadership of Mulligan. Uix)n the formatiou of the Mulligan Guards, Mr. Brenaii was appointed second lieu- tenant, hut \\arts were included in the conimand of Colonel Thnburn, of Pennsylvania. With this olTicer they went to Richmond in time to wit- ness General Lee's surrender. Dren.'in was. how- c\er, down with an illness at about that time, and before the army disbanded he was granted sick lca\'e and came home. He was nnistered out of the ser\'ice at Springfield. In 1865, being once more in Chicago, be went again intO' mercantile life, but as a clerk in the dry goods house of Peter Smith on Clark street, where lie remained for a number of years, and did such good work that be was rc]ieatcdl\' ad- \ .anced in [losition and salar\-. lUU be had no great liking for mercantile pursuits, and so when his friend W. J. Onahan was appointed city col- lector he accepted a responsible ])oisition in that office. He liad made himself so useful in the position that Mr. Onahan's successor, though of the o])i)i)site ])olitics. was glad to continue him in it through bis ciuire term. .Vow both a i)ersonal and i)olitical friend of bis, the genial and ])opular Dan O'Hara, was elected city treasurer and be was asked to take the place of assistant treas- urer, Mr. O'Hara greatly strengthened himself by appointing Mr. I'.rennan to be his assistant. The reputation of his assistant fur excellence as an accountant and his tried honesty inspired added confidence that the city treasury was in ]M-oper hands. He continued in the position through ]\Ir. O'Hara's term, and turned the office over to the new treasurer, Clinton Briggs, whose first act was to appoint his predecessor's assistant to be his own. Mr. Briggs was succeeded l)v ^^'illiam C. Seii>p, wlio also appointed Mr. Brenan to be his assistant — in fact, he was the virtual treasurer — and Mr. Seipp was succeeded by Rudolph Brandt, who, too, gave over the run- ning of the office to Mr. Brenan. .At last he re- signed to take the office of assistant count v treas- mer, a more important position, which he llllcd with e(|ual success. In recent years Mr. Brenan has nc.t been act- ive in politics, and is certainly not a stanch ]:;artisan. He is a Democrat, l>ut Iras- no ])arf\- purpose to accomplish, and contents himself with simply ca.sting his vote: and be does this some- tunes quite independently. Much of bis time is ocaipied in superintending a force of men em- ployed in managing under the bishop his church's real estate business and the two cemeteries of Calvary and Mmmt Olivet. Mr, Brenan is more proud of his long con- nection with the schools of the city than of ;m\- other thing in bis public career. His first ;iii- pointment as member of the school board was in 1878, and made by 'M.ayor Heath, a Re])nblic;in. This' was only twenty-four years after the be- ginning of the present school system, and he has been continuously a member of the board ever since. It is hence seen that he has been a con- stant instrument in almost the entire develops 666 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST ir.ent of the public scliool system of tlie city. Me lias not made a lig"lu lalxir of any part of it all. He has rendered no perfiincton- service from the first down to the present. The roll sheets of nearly every meeting- in all this long time will be found to contain his name. Justly is he proud of this conscientious service rendered to the com- munity, and riglitly does he feel that the public schools reflect lasting credit uixm him. He did not much need to have a school buiUling named Brenan in his honor, but his fellow members of the board unanimously voted him the compli- ment. Thev have also honored him Iw placing linn on the leading committees of the board. He is chairman of the committee on school manage- ment and a member of the committees on the proi:)ertv fund, on the high school, on college preparatory sclrools and on sanitary service: and he, with E. J. Rosenthal and Ella G. Hull, has charge of the entire seventh district. Mr. Brenan, in beautiful testimony of iiis interest in the schocil children, .some years ago had made the Brenan n-.edal, or medals — one is of gold and the other of silver — which he occasionally in person gives as a reward of goinl scholarship as he makes his rounds of inspection. Further, he has done prob- ably more than rm_\- other man to bring about friendly relations lietween the public anf Shell Creek, Nebraska, in command of twenty men. lie had a severe en- gagement with about three hundred Pawnee In- dians, defeating and inllicting upon them heavy loss in killed and wounded. His venture to California proving quite successlul. he again cros.sed the plains in 1834. taking with him a drcjve of cattle and some horses and oxen and re.-ichiug Sacramento with them in excellent con- dition and a small percentage of loss. On his last return from California he was a passenger on the ill-fated steamer ■■^■ankee Blade." which was wrecked and tot;illy lost .September 30. 1834. oil the Pacilic oce.nn ne.ir \'> int .\guilla, from which he narrowly escaped and was picked up on a barren coast five days later. On his return Iiome he engaged in the mercantile, milling and live stock business with his father and brother at Drake\ille, in l)a\'is county, and afterwards on his oAvn account at Unionxille. Appanoose CLiunty until the outbreak of the Ci\il war. In 1861 he enlisted and was commissioned captain of a company, which was organized into Colonel Edwards" Indepeiulent Iowa Regiment, of which he was elected and commissioned major, and with this command served through the critical times of 1861 in Missouri, driving the reliel forces under General Patton from the northern part of the state . He was assigned l)y General Prentiss to the conunand of St. Joseph, lioldiug the position at the time of Colonel ^Mulligan's surrender to General Price at Lexington, and de- fending the attack at St. Joseph soon afterw ards. At the organization of the Thirtj'-sixth Iowa In- fantry in i86_' he was commissioned lieutenant- colonel, and in the military histtjry of the three years' hard and efficient service of that regiment, placing it among the distinguished regiments of Iowa, his name stands conspicuous. He took prominent jiart in the campaign of General Steele from Little Rock to reinforce General Banks on his Red river expedition in Louisiana in 1864, and rendered imix>rtant service. His gallant defense at Flkins Ford on the Little Mis- soiUM river while in command of Ine Inuidred men against General Marmaduke's di\isiou of three thousand men, resulting in holding the ford after a .severe engagement lasting from daylight in the morning until near noon was highly com- mended bv his superior officers, and he was soon after placed in command of his l)rigade. On ^ A^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 673 llie _'5th lit April, 1SO4, al llie liloody battle of Marks Mills, while in Cdiiiinanfl of his brigade, less than tifteen humlrtd men, lighting the com- bined caxalry forces cjf Kirb)- Smith, aljont eight thousand, commanded Ijy Major (ieneral Fagan, he was severely woimded in the left thigh and fell iiUo the hands of tlie enemy. The \\^tan(ling and is a member df the Commandeiv and of t'.ic Iowa Military Order of the I.oyal Legion of the United States. In politics he has ever been a Republican. .\t the call of the biwa state Repuljlican conveiUidU in jartment and graduated and was admitted to the Ijar in 1895, since which time he has practiced law in Chicago. Politically Mr. Butler is a Democrat and is a memher of all the Masonic hodies except the thirt\-third degree. He is a memher of the Chicago Athletic Association and Germania Clul), also the Royal League, Royal Arcanum and other cluhs and societies, l)oth political audi social. Mr. Pjutler was married, in August, 1893, to Miss IVLatilda E. Tschirch, daughter of Rev. Ernst T.schirch and Louise (Felthotf:') Tschirch, of Diseldorf, Germany. ROBERT JOHN BENNETT CH1CAG(J, ILL. Rohert J. liennett, vice-president of the firm of W. M. Hoyt Company, one of the largest and oldest houses in the wholesale grocer\- line in Chicago, is one of the best-known and highly respected merchants of the western metropolis. He has won liis present well-merited dis- tinction hy his energetic husiness ahility, together with great integrity of purjjose hacked liy liis iiulomitahle energy. Robert J. Bennett was born at Pulaski, Os- wego county, New York, February 9, 1839, and is a son of Reulien J. and Alta Haskins Bennett, The former was born in Oswego county. New York, and the latter in Rutland, \'ermont. Mr. Bennett received his education at the Waukegan Academy, of Waukegan, Illinois, and at the high school of Racine, Wisconsin. He taught school for a time, and came to Chicago in ]\Iarch, 1863, and filled a position as bookkeeper and cashier. February i, 1865, he became a wholesale fruit dealer, and August i, 1874, l>e- canie a member of the firm of W. M. Hoyt Com- prny and its secretary and treasurer, and is now the vice-president of this great firm, to the up- PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 67: building df which he has cniitrihuted largely. Mr. Bennett in politics is a stalwart Kepujjli- can, and has always slrong]\- sn[)i)iirte(l his party. Altliough nut an office seeker, yet he has served as alderman at Lake I-'orest, Illinois, and member of the schi" 1 board at Ra\-ensvvcx)d. He has been a l)ank director and president of the Jllinois ('hiklren's 1 Ionic and Aid Society; memljer of the board of the Chicago City Missionary So- ciety; trustee of Wheaton College and of the V. M. C. A. of Chicago and many other positions of like nature. Air. Dennett has traveled exten- si\-ely both in this couiitr_\- and abroad, liaving \isited Europe, Egypt, Palestine, China, Japan and the Hawaiian Islands. He attends the Con- gregational church. Mr. Bennett was married April y, ]^(y2. to Electa M. Ployt, sister of W. M. Hoyt. She was Ijorn in Vermont, came west at fourteen years of age and married at twenty-two. She is a lady of marked culture and refinement and a member of a well-known old Vermont familv. GEORGE ALBERT WHITING NEENAH, WIS. The business career of George A. Whiting, majorit_\- had become the iX)ssessor of sufficient from the time he came to Neenah at about the funds to embark in business for himself. Air. close of the Ci\'il war, when a boy of si.xteen, Whiting had become a close student of paper and how by degrees be has become one of the making, and foreseeing" tlie great possibilities most extensive manufacturers of paper in the thereof decided tO' embark in the industry. In northwest, reads like a romance. 1S72 we find him one of the original organizers Mr. Whiting was born June (). 1849, in the and stockholders in what is now the Kimberly old Empire state, and is a son of Charles and & Clark Company. 1 le did not remain a member Katherine ( EfnerJ Whiting, and came to Wis- of the concern long, howe\er, and in 1875 pur- consin with his parents in 1854, settling in chased an interest in the Winnebago Paper Mills. Uilioii, where the boy grew up in a manner not In 1881 he disix)sed of his stock in the Winne- unlike most boys. But at the early age of si.x- bago, and in partnersbii) with William (iilbert teen he decided to do something for bimself. erected the Gilbert & Whiting mills. Five years His ])arents were averse to his leaving home. later he bought Mr. Gilbert's interest and has but being e\en at that age possessed of the same since operated his plant alone. His mills to-day inilomitable courage and self reliance that has are among the m<_)st modern in this section, ha\'- lieen si 1 characteristic of the man throughout his ing licen entirelv rebuilt after the lire of 1S88. life, he ran a\\a\', with a vvvy limited cajiital. He manufactiu'es fine machine and lliiished su]>er lndeeer of other important investments. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Menasha, and in 181J3 assisted in founding thci Citizens' National Bank at Stevens Point, in which sound financial institution he is still a heavy stockholder. Jn a word, George A. Whit- ing has had a most remarkably successful ca- reer, never ha\ing been connected with a single venture that prcjved un])nifilable whether he re- mained therewith or not, which clearly denotes that he is a man gifted with unusual faculties for foretelling the outcome of investment. Air. Whiting has never aspired to i>olitical preferment, respectfully but most emphatically declining all tenders in that direction. In earlier years, howe\er, he was induced to become an alderman and in 18S4-85 ser\ed at the head of the municipal government. He is a firm believer, however, in the ix)licy of the Republican party and never fails to do his duty to advance the in.terests thereof. He was appoiiUed colonel on the staff of Governor Schofield in 1897 and ac- cepted the honor with ease and grace. Mr. Whiting is very prominent in fraternal work, especially Masonry, of which order he has been a member for many years, ha\'ing been master of Kane Lodge for six years. He is a thirty- second-degree Mason and a Shriner and takes an active interest in the welfare of the order. j\lr. Whiting's home is constructed chiefly of handsome monolith red sandstone, the stone used m the building being the celebrated monolith taken from the Prentice quarry near Bayfield. This was the largest single stone ever quarried in the United States, being one hundred and fifty feet long and ten feet square at the base and four by ten feet at the top, and weighing something like one million five hundred thousand pounds. It was oft'ered to the World's Colum- bian Exposition as well as to the city of Alil- waukee, but was found to be too heavy to move in one piece. Air. Whiting purchased and had it converted into building material for his new home, which is said to be one of the finest and costliest in this' section. Air. Whiting has an accomplished wife, whom he married in 1870. She was Miss Edna F. Babcock, daughter of Rev. O. W. Babcock. She is a highly cultured lady, and has gained nuich praise from connoisseurs as an artist of undoubted ability, l^ery painting in the Whit- ing home is from the brush of Airs. Whiting. One son. Master Frank, aged sixteen, a most promising son, rounds out the ])leasures of houie life for Mr. and Airs. Whiting. PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 677 JOSEPH P. COBB, m. D. CHICAGO, ILL. Dr. Jo.sepli 1'. Cuhlj was Ixirn at Abington, legi.strar of the cnllege. lie lias l)een senior pni- Massacliusetts, June u. 1857, and is the son of fessor of physiology and has held his present title JMlward W. and l''.lniina C'ohh. He was educated af seni(jr professor of di.seases of children for in a ])ri\ate school at W'allhani, Massachusetts, seven years, and clinical [vrofessor of diseases of and at ] harvard University, where he received children, Hahnemaini Hospital, for eight years, tile degree of A. B. His medical Dr. Cobb is a member of the .Vmerican Insti- training was acquired at Hahne- tute of Homeopathy, Homeopathic Medical So- niann Med:cal College of Chi- ciety of Illinois, Homeopathic Medical Society of cago. Dr. Cobb has lived in Chicago, Southern Homeopathic MecHcal Asso- Chicago since 1880; he began the ciation, Clinical Society of Chicago and the Sun- practice of his profession in 1883 set Club. and has since enjoyed a large Dr. Cobb is a Republican in politics and a general practice in the South Side member of the Swedenlx>rgian church'. of the city, principally in Ken- He was married at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, wood. He has been connected Sq>tember 18, 1882, tO' Miss Edith H. Persons with Hahnemann Medical College and Hahne- of that city. They have one son, Edmond P. mann Hospital since 1888 and was for six years Cobb. HON. JOHN TAYLOR HAMILTON CEUAR RAPIDS, IOWA John T. Hamilton, senior member of the firm ids, Iowa, February 2, 1868, and engaged in the of Hamilton Brothers, president of the Mer- sale of agricultural implements, .seed and coal, un- chants' National Bank and president of the der the firm name of Averill & Hamilton, and is Cedar Kapids Saxings Bank, is one of the lead- now senior member of the firm of Hamilton ing financiers of the state of Iowa. He is a man Brothers. He has been president of the Cedar of prominence and influence in his city, both in Rapids Savings Bank since its organization, in business circles and public and political afl:'airs ; 1883, and president of the Merchants' National has 1>een a congressman, member of the loAva Bank since July, 1899. state legislature, speaker of the t\\ enty-secoinl Mr. Hamiltou has always been active in poli- general assembly and mayor of Cedar Kapids. tics, is a Democrat, and was mayor of Cedar John T. llainiltoii was born in Cornw.all, Kapids in 1878, member of the Ijoard of su])er- visors for Linn county 1881 to 1884, member of the Iowa state legislature from 1885 to 1890; lor) Hamilton. His education was received at was speaker of the Iwenty-second general assem- the district schools and the Geneseo high school. bly, and a memlier (if the fifty-second congress From May, 1864, to December, 1867, his busi- from the fifth district of Iowa, ness was fire insurance. He moved to Cedar Rap- He is a Mason, a member of the Crescent Henry county, Illinois, October 16, 1843, <'"'! '■'^ a son of James Steel and Mary Elizabeth (Tay- 678 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST Lodge, A. F. & A. AI.; Trowell Cliapler, R. A. M. ; Aixjllo Commandery, Xo. 26, K. '['., and has served as worshipful master, high priest and emi- nent commander. He has traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, Alexico and Japan, and attends the Episcopal church. Air. Hamilton was married October 16, 1873, at St. Andrews, Quebec, to Miss Sarah A. Junes, only daughter of Edward and I'lmebe Jdues. Four children have been born to them. Two died in infancy. The elder, James E., and voungest. Mabel baure, arc now living at Imme. CHARLES S. THORNTON CHICAGO, ILL. Charles S. Thornton, cx-corpcjration counsel fall, in the otTices of Lyman & Jackson, antl Isham of Chicago, and now senior member uf the law & Lincoln, was admitteil to practice, upon exam- lirm of Thornton & Chancellor, is a man whose ination before the supreme court of Illinois at knowledge of the law is comprehensive, his appli- Ottawa. Lnmediately thereafter he opened an cation of its principles exact, and his experience office in Chicago and entered upon his profes- in all branches of jurisprudence so extensive that sionul career. At a later date he entered into his fitness for his professicju is at once recognized partnership with Justus Chancellor, which con- by all. He is of strong mentality, with a ready nection, with the addition of several well-known command of English, and before court or jury lawyers, still continues, and the firm of Thornton his arguments are forcefid, logical and convinc- & Chancellor has become one of the largest and iug. With masterly skill and tact he manages most prominent in llie legal fraternity of Chicago, his cases, winning the laurel in many a forensic JMr. Thornton was not long in securing a combat. Li a profession that depends upon intel- liberal clientage, and has gained distinctive pre- lectual prowess, distinction can only be won by ferment in sexeral branches of the law. He has individual eilort, and the eminent position which made a specialty of corporation and real-estate Air. Thornton occupies at the Illinois bar at once law and is dioroughly informed on all matters indicates the lalior and diligence that have en- pertaining to these departments. He has con- abled him to attain splendid success. ducted many suits involving large interests, and. Air. Thornton is a native of Alassachusetts, having been called upon so frequently to adjust his birth having occurred in the city of Boston, the rights of owners of lands, he is recognized on the I2th of April, 1ful >i)cech to the jury on behalf of the defendant in this case. occu])yiug twn tlays in delivery, at the end <<\ a trial of great ])ublic interest, which lasted six week>;, placed him in the proud rank nf enuncnt jury advocates. His PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 679 precision mark the ])rc'|)aratinu of lii> cases, and liis essentially clear-headedness enahles him ti) grasp at once the salient points in a case and ti 1 present tlicm with niiusual cnncisencss and directness. Previous tu the annexation of the town of Lake, uliich at th;U time contained one hundred thousand inhahitants, Mr. Tiiornton was elected to the office of corporation counsel, and most efficiently served in that ca])acity. In 1897 he was appointed by Ma\or Harrison corporation counsel i \alley, and then, after land, jtme 11, 1843, and is a son of John and being honorabl}- discharged e\-entna]|\- locilcd at Mary i^ockey. His parents came to .\merica and Helena, IMontana, where he has since resided, located at Dubuque. Iowa, where Richard Loekey lie is a Republican and in religious matters a received his education. Methodist, has served on the school board, has I'rom i8r)j to 1865 he served in the quarter- been alderman, and a member of the state legis- master and commissary departments during the lature. He has lieen a Mason since 1867, I. O. Cvhrzi^^X^^ PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 683 O. F. since 1869, Good Templar, A. O. U. \V., Miss Eniil\- E. Jeffery and tliey liavc two cliil- Eik, Sons of St. George, etc., at varinus times. dren, ]\Iary I. and I'tichard, now l)eing- educated Mr. Lockey was married June 7, 1870, to at Stanfnrd University. HON. CHARLES DICK, M. C. AKRON, OHIO Emerson said, "Notliing" succeeds like suc- cess," and it wiinld seem General Gliarles Dick is a Ii\-ing emlxnliment of the truth n\ that epi- grammatic utterance. Though comparatively young in years, his ca- reer affords a most striking illus- tratimi of the po.ssi1>ilities of American citizeu'-hip. Few men in SO' short a time have gained the commanding influence in poHtical life wielded hy General Dick, now ser\-ing as member of congress fr(im the nineteenth Ohio dis- trict, and for the si.xth time as chairman of the Ohio Repul)li- can state executive committee. He is the son of Gottlieb ami Afary Dick, and was lx)rn in Akron, November 3, 1858. Of hum- h\e though sterling parentage, his was the neces- sity of making his own way, commencing at the \cry lowest round of the ladder. Educated in the ])ublic schools, he commenced acli\-e life as a clerk in the empkij^ of Chipman & liarnes. hat- ters and furnishers. Two years later he accepted a position as bookkeeper for the Citizen's Savings & Eoan Association, a leading lianking institu- tion of his native city. After six years be re- signed this position, to^ accqit a similar one with the Empire IMower and Rca|)cr Company. With tl'.is firm he remained two years, and in 1881 be associated himself with L. C. ]\Tiles in the pro- duce and grain commission business, the firm name later on, through the purcliase of I\[r. Miles' interest, changing to Dick & Peterson. On June 30, iS8[, General Dick and Miss Carrie M., daughter of Dr. J. H. Peterson, oi .\kron, were united in marriage, and they have a delightful home and charming family in that city. Always an ardent and enthusiastic I'iepnbli- can. General Dick early took an active part in political work. In 1886, in recognition of abilitv and fealty to his party, he was elected auditor of Summit county, and in 1889 was re-elected by a largely increased majority. In 1894 he was ad- mitted to the bar, and in 1897 to practice l>efore the United States supreme court, being at present an active member of the law firm of Dick, Dovle & Brv-an, of Akron, Ohio. Frr>m early life General Dick has been promi- nent in both secret society and military affairs. He is a Scottish Rite Mason, and Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias. Starting as a private, he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, Eighth Regiment, O. N. G. In this capacity he went with his regiment, known as the "President's Own," to Cuba fo-r acti\e ser\ice during- the Spanish-American war. ll;i\ing witnessed the surrender of Santiago^, he was shortly after com- missioned by General William R. Shafter, in command of the American forces, to proceed to \\\ashington and |)ersonally present to the presi- dent the conditions confronting the American army in Cuba. At M'ontauk Point he rejoined his regiment, ar.d with Mrs. Dick, whn came to assist in the work, co-operated personally with others to the fullest possible extent, in the task of alleviating 684 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST the sickness and sufferiiii;- lA the tmops. So great became the attachment of the rank and tile. l)y reason of liis acti\e interest in tlieir welfare, that shortly after the return to Ohio he was chosen colonel nf his regiment, and stihseqtiently brigadiei- gener;il, and then major general, com- manding the ()]iii> \'atii;nal (iuard. which rank he now hi>lds. He is a charier member and a member of the council of the Snciet_\- of the .\rmy of Santiago de Cuba. From the hrst he has been recognized as a piilitical leader. For \-ears he was a menilier of the Summit county Republican executive com- mittee, and several times served successfully as its chairman. His prowess as a manager attract- ing attention, in i8(>2 he was selected chairman of the Ohio Republican state executive ccunmit- tee. Besides that campaign he has served in this capacity for the years 1893, 1894. 1899 and 1900. In 1892, when many states considered stead- fastly Republican were swept from their mi;nr- ings into Democratic or l^upulist seas. Chairman Dick, by his untiring L-fTorts .and ihrciugh his ad- nnrable organization, held Ohin in the Reinibn- can coltimn. The rare ability he manifested that year as a campaigii manager made him his own successor in 1893. Phenomenal success attend- ing his dircctinn of Governor McKinley's second cr.mpaign, and bv cnmmon consent, he was again selected to lead the Republican hosts to victory. And what a \ictiiry! I'ndcr his leadership in the campaign of i8(;4, the largest phu-alit_\- ever given the ]\ei)u])lican ticket in Ohii> was seciu'ed. In the national camiiaign of i89r) General Dick iifliciated as secretary at the Cdiicago Re]>ul)- h\an head(|uarlers. subsecpiently being made sec- rttarv nf llu- Rfpublicm uatinnal cunnnittee. strxiug until July. 1900. when he resigned tc assume charge of the Ohio campaign. He was closely assrx:iaterifadest sense degree the orator's most effectix'c attri1)nle, per- stands for all that is hig-hest and hvsl in social, sonal magnetism. business and political life. JOHN FARSON CHICAGO, ILL. John Parson, hanker, la\\_\er and senior mem- ber of the well-known banking house of Farson, Leach & Co., of Chicago and New York, is one of the best-known men in financial circles ihroug'hont Ihe L'nitcd .States, lie is ;i son of the Rev. John T. I'arson ( M. I*-, clergyman) and Harriet C. ( I'age ) h'arson. and was born in Union City. Indiana. October 8, i{ Washington ; and is a member of the best clubs and social organizations of Chicag(j. Mr. Farson was married Septemlier i, 1881, in Chicago, to M.amie .\. .\sliworth. They reside ;it "I'leasant-Home," ( )ak I'ark, Illinois, theirs being one (f the finest residences in that beautiful suburb of Chicago. Mr. b'arson has never held or desired p< litical office. HON. WESLEY L. JONES NIJRTH YAKIMA, WASH. Hon. \\'esle\- L. Jones, memljer of congress at large of Washington, was born at Bethany, Illinois, October i>, i8C)3, and is a son of Wesley and I'hoelie Jones. He was educated at the common schodl and graduated from Southern lllint)is College ;it En- field. He studieil l;iw in Chicago, teaching night school at the same time, and was admitted to the bar in March. 1886. He then taught school for two years, and moved to North Yakima, ^\'asl^- ington, in 1889. lie began the practice of law in 1890; in 1898 electetl to the hft\-sixth congress and re-elected to the fift_\-se\entli. He belongs to the Sons of Veterans, Macca- bees and Kni,ghts of Pythias, and has been com- m:mder of \\'ashington Dix'ision Sons of Veter- ans. He h;is tr.aveled extensixely in United States, Canad.-i .and Alask.a. Politically he is a Republican, ,and in religion a Protestant. Mr. Jones was married October i,^ 1886, to I\riss Minda Nelson. They have two children, ;i. son thirteen and a daughter three years of age. 686 PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST HARRY HART CHICAGU, ILL. Harry Hart, senior meml)cr of the well- known Cliicag-o firm of Hart, Schaffner & Marx, is one of the best-known and most active bnsiness men in Chicago. He is a man of strong person- ality and great farce of character. These ciualities have helped him win his way to the high position he now holds. Mr. Hart was born in Eppels- Iicim. Rhenish Ilessia, Febrnary 17. 1S50. His parents were lac'ib and Alinnie Hart. In 1858. when bnt eight years of :ge lie came to America with his l>arents, settling in Chicago, where he received his edncation. After the usual struggles of a young man working himself up in business life, Mr. Hart is now the senior member of the firm of Hart, Schaffner & Marx, one of the largest w'holesale houses in the west. Their large nine-story build- ing is located at Xo. 220 to 230 Van Buren street, besides thev also have a large factory on the west side, and do a business that extends ail o\er the United states. Air. Hart is a member and was vice-president of the Sinai congregation and a walued member of the Sta.nclard and Hamilton Clubs, also a director in the Home for Aged Jews and \ice- president of the Assftciated Jewish Charities of Chicago, The extensi\e business interests of Mr. Hart (111 not prevent him fmni dexoting nuich time and attention to the ui>rk of charity and congre- gational affairs, and in the councils of Jewish ciimmercial institutions his i)ractic;d suggestions an.d business methods are readily heeded and willinglv followed, and here his ability, jjurity of character and integrity are conceded. Mr. Hart was married in Septeml>er, 1873, to Miss Addie Cline, daughter of Levi Cline, of Chicago, now deceased. Six children ha\e l)een born to them, four <:if whom are now living: Mrs. Louis H. Kohn, ]^Irs. ^\■illiam Lnwenbach. Liilie and Jacob. GAINES A. KNAPP FOND UU LAC Wli^. Gaines A. Knapp, cashier of the I''ond du Lac National Hank, \\;is burn at Green r>ay, Wiscon- sin, May 31, 1848, and is a son of William .-\. and Lucinda A. Knapp. His education was obtained at the schools of Oshkosh. His first occuiwtion was working on the farm at hnme. In iS(>5 he was messenger bii\' fur the h'irsl .Xatinn.al liank of Oshkosh for a time, lie niii\ed tn Oshkosh permanently in 1867, and was clerk in a hardware store for four years. In 1873 he was Iwokkeeper in the Fond du Lac Savings Bank, ami in 1878 was made treasurer nf that hank, and held that po- sition until the Inink was closed in 1880. In 18S7 he was made cashier of the F( nd du Lac Na- tional Bank, a jwisition he still 1 ccupic^. Mr. Knapp is a thoniugh banker, well versed in finan- cial matters, knnwn tfiriiugln nt the stale as an al'le banker and safe financier. In i88f) he was citv treasurer of h'nnd du Lac and in 1887-8S member of the state assembly: in 1888 delegate to the Rquiblican national con- vention. He is a Knight Templar and high up in PROMINENT MEN OF THE GREAT WEST 687 the Masonic order and a Knigfht of Pythias. He time he cast his first vote. ]\Ir. Knapp was united has traveled extensively in the United Stales. in marriage Sqjteniher 12, iSji, to Miss Flor- Po'liticallv he is a Repuljlican and has supported ence L. Gallaway. They have f the Repuljlican superior coiu't of Cincinnati. This ])osition he occupied until the ist of May, i88j, wlien, on ac- X'olunteers (March 19, 1865, "for efficient serv- ices during the campaigns in North Carolina and Georgia"), and was assigned to duly as aide- dc-cani]) on the staff of General Slovum. This position he helil until he was mustered out ol the service at the close of the war. After the war Captain Foraker resumeil the ])artv for governor of Ohio, but was defeated by his Democratic opponent. Judge Hoadley. In 1884 Mr. Foraker was by acclamation chosen a delcgate-al-Large to the national Republican casition had melted away. Witlmut the for- mality of a caucus and by the unanimuus vote of his party he was elected to the senate of the United States for the term of six years, coiu- mencing with March 4. 1897. Senator Foraker took a ])roniincnt part in the debates jjreceding the Sp;mish-.\merican war. He earnestly advo- cated the cause of Cuba, ami w as the author of the resoutlions under which the United States government interxened in the affairs of that isl- and. He alsn rendered imixirtant sur\ ice as chairman (f the C"nimittee im I'acitic islands and Porto Ricn, in framing and ad\-ocating the act providing for tlie civil governmeni of Porto Rico. The state Republican convention of 1896 was held in (.1 Inmbus mi March 10 and 11. Senator P'oraker presided iixer the ci nnentic.n a.^ its chainnan and was by acclamation chosen for the fourth time to represent the state of Ohio as one of its delegates-at-large to the Republican national con\enti' 11 held at St. Louis on the I'lth of the f()llowing June. In this con\ention he for the .second time acted as chairman of the committee on resolutions, and also made the speech nominating William McKinley for the presidency. In 1900 he was again luianimously chosen by the Ohio Rqniblicans to represent theiu as a delegate-at-large in the national Republican con- vention at Philadelphia, and made the speech re- nominating President .McKinley. Such is the brief outline of the career of one of the great men of Oliio. Senator l-'oraker is in his prime. He is regariled with admu'ation not onlv bv the people of the state which he hon- ored and which Ik iiors him. but also b_v the ])eo- ple of the whole nation. He is primarily a man of the people. His sympathies are broad and patriotic. He is strongly tm the side of the peo])le and is devoted to American inter- ests in the highest and best sense of that teriu. His instincts as an eld soldier of the Union are blended with the patriotism of the civilian, com- posing a character as admirable as it is humane. ** o . . • .-s * -.V*^^/ -^"^ '^^ *-./ .-A. %<** •■■■ * AT ^ ^°^ .V "^ ''..o' .0 0' ^^^*»T^T.'^/'' "-oj ...„