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# Woman of the Century/Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta

​BOTTA, Mrs. Anne Charlotte Lynch, author, born in Bennington, Vt., in 1820, died in New York City, 23rd March, 1891. Her father was a native of Dublin, Ireland, and at the age of sixteen he joined the rebel forces under Lord Edward Fitzgerald. He was captured, imprisoned four years, refused to take the oath of allegiance, and was banished. He came to the United States, where he died a few years after his marriage. Anne was educated in Albany, N. Y. She showed a literary bent in childhood, and, while still a girl, she published a number of productions. She removed to Providence, R. I., where she edited "The Khode Island Book" 1 Providence, 1842), which contained productions from the pens of the authors of that state. She next moved to New York City, where she made her home until her death. In 1855 she was married to Professor Vincenzo Botta, the educator, who was filling the chair of Italian language and literature in the University of the City of New York. For years their home was a literary and artistic center, and they entertained many of the famous authors, painters and musicians of Europe and America. In 1870 and 1871, when funds for the suffering women and children of Paris were collected in New York, Mrs. Botta raised $5,000 by the sale of an album of photographs, autographs and sketches by famous artists. As the Franco-Prussian war closed before the collection was complete, the money was used to found a prize in the French Academy for the best essay on "The Condition of Women," to be awarded every fifth year, when the interest on the fund should reach f 1,000. She excelled as a writer of sonnets. Her literary productions include a great number of stories, essay's, poems and criticisms. In 1848 she published her first volume of poems, and in 1884 she brought out a new edition, illustrated by eminent artists. In 1845 she published "Leaves from the Diary of a Recluse" in "The Gift." Another important book from her pen is "A Hand-book of Universal Literature" (New York, 1860), which has run through several editions and has been adopted as a text-book in many educational institutions. Mrs. Botta's style in verse is finished, elegant and melodious. Her prose is clear and telling.
# Woman of the Century/Annah Robinson Watson

​WATSON, Mrs. Annah Robinson, author, was born in the Taylor homestead, near Louisville, Ky. She was the daughter of Mrs. Louise Taylor Robinson and the grand-daughter of Hancock Taylor, a brother of President Zachariah Taylor. The two brothers spent their boyhood in the old house which was built by their father, Cot. Richard Taylor, who moved with his family from Virginia to Kentucky while the future president was a child. ANNAH ROBINSON WATSON. Annah was a romantic, poetic, imaginative child. After some years of quiet life in the old homestead, her family moved to Louisville, and in that city and Chicago she was educated. Her studies covered a wide range, and, after completing her course, she entered society in Louisville. Her poetic bent became very strong, and she did much literary work. In 1870 she became the wife of James H. Watson, a son of Judge J. W. C. Watson, of Mississippi. In spite of domestic cares that have taken most of her time, she has continued to write, and her productions in both verse and prose have been widely copied. Her poem, "Baby's Mission," has gone over the earth and was included in the London, Eng., "Chatterbox." Several years ago, when the New York "Churchman" opened a contest for the best lullaby, she sent one, which was one of the five selected from the many hundreds that were sent Besides the poems and stories which she has published over her own name, she has done much important work unsigned, including reviews and editorials. Her earliest married life was spent in Mississippi, but several years ago the family removed to Tennessee and settled in Memphis, where Mr. Watson is practicing law. She has been recently elected president of the Nineteenth Century Club, the largest woman's club in the South. She is a member of the Episcopal Church and an earnest worker in the charitable institutions of the city.
# Woman of the Century/Anne Bozeman Lyon

​LYON, Miss Anne Bozeman, author, born in Mobile, Ala., 25th February, 1860. Her father's people were English and Welsh. He was connected with some of the leading families of Virginia, among them the Temples, the Pendletons and the Strothers. "Porte Crayon," General Strother of the Union Army, the noted artist and descriptive writer, was his cousin. Mr. Lyon was a man of remarkable influence and was noted for his learning and marvelous memory. His name was Thomas T. A. Lyon. ANNE BOZEMAN LYON. Miss Lyon's mother was Mary Coffee Heard, a descendant of two illustrious Georgia families. Anne is the oldest of ten children, six of whom are living. Her father died in 1888. In early youth she resided in Mobile and in the swamp country of the Mississippi, where her father was constructing a railroad She always had the best instructors. Her favorite studies were French, history and mythology. She read poetry with a passionate love and a clear perception. Her associations have always been congenial and conducive to her art. Miss Lyon's successes have been in poetry, short sketches and novels. Her poetry is particularly pleasing. She has contributed to many well-known paper- "No Saint" (Louisville), her first novel, made- an immediate name for itself. It is well written. "At Sterling's ​Camp," her second novel, maintains the author's standards. She excels in descriptive work.
# Woman of the Century/Anna Maria Nichols Hammer

​ANNA MARIA NICHOLS HAMMER. HAMMER, Mrs. Anna Maria Nichols, temperance worker, born in Pottsvtlle, Pa., 14th September, 1840. Her father was Alfred Lawton, one of the pioneers of the coal region. On both sides of the house Mrs. Hammer is descended from Revolutionary stock Her mother's great-grandfather was Michael Hillegas, the confidential friend of Washington and the first Continental Treasurer of the United States. Mrs. Hammer's great-grandfathers, General Francis and General William Nichols, distinguished themselves in the Revolutionary War, as did also her great-grandfather Lawton, who was a surgeon in the army and for many years was surgeon at West Point. Her grandfather Nichols was an officer in the war of 181 2. Anna was educated in Philadelphia, Pottsville and Wilkes-Barre. Pa. In the former city she became the wife of William A. Hammer, and returned with him to Schuylkill county. After several years they removed to Newark, N. J. There a great spiritual awakening came to her, followed by her entrance into temperance work as a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, very soon after the inauguration of that movement. Her national connection with the work has been as superintendent of three departments, work among the reformed, juvenile work and her present work, social or parlor work. She is also vice-president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for the State of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Hammer ranks high as a clear, forceful and ready speaker. At present her home is in Philadelphia, where her husband is in charge of the Reformed Episcopal Theological Seminary She is a cultured woman of strong individuality, an earnest expounder of the work in Bible readings, and greatly interested in the instruction and training of the young.
# Woman of the Century/Anna Matilda Larrabee

​LARRABEE, Mrs. Anna Matilda, social leader, born in Ledyard, Conn., 13th August, 1842. She was the oldest child of Gustavus Adolphus Appelman and Prudence Anna Appclman. Her father's family is of German lineage. Her grand-father, John Frederick Appclman, was the son of a Lutheran minister stationed in Wolgast, near the city of Stettin. ANNA MATILDA LARRABEE. He arrived in the United States in 1805, and shortly afterwards took up his residence in Mystic, Conn., engaging in the fishing business and ship-rigging. His son, Gustavus, early followed the sea, and was, while still a very young man, placed in command of a whaler, upon which he made a number of long and very successful voyages. Mrs. Appelman, the mother of Mrs. Larrabee, was the daughter of Erastus and Nancy Williams, of Ledyard, Conn. Mr. Williams was in succession judge of New London county and member of both houses of the Legislature in his native State. Captain Appelman. tired of a sailor's life, in 1854 abandoned the sea and removed with his family to the West to engage in farming. He settled on a farm near the village of Clermont, Iowa. The educational facilities which the new community offered to the children were rather meager, but home tuition supplemented the curriculum of the village school. At the age of fourteen years, Anna was sent East to enter the academy in Mystic, Conn. She remained in that institution two years, pursuing her studies with unusual vigor. After her return to Clermont, she was placed in charge of the village school, which had an enrollment of over seventy pupils, but the young teacher proved equal to her task. On t2th September, 1861, she became the wife of William Larrabee. Their family numbers three sons and four daughters. Mrs. Larrabee is the constant companion of her husband, sharing his reading at the fireside and accompanying him in his travels and political campaigns. There can be no doubt that to her fascinating manners, pleasant address and nice perception is due much of Governor Larabee's popularity and political success. Her home, which, since her marriage, has been continually in Clermont, is a temple of hospitality. While Mrs. Larrabee is averse to frivolous pleasures, she possesses all the graces of a true hostess and leader in refined society. She forms positive opinions upon all questions agitating the public mind, but is always a lenient critic and a merciful judge. Though not a member of any religious denomination, she is deeply religious in her nature. She is interested in Sunday-school and temperance work, yet her innate love for humanity expends itself chiefly in those words of kindness ana deeds of charity which shun public applause, and find their reward solely in an approving conscience.
# Woman of the Century/Anna Smeed Benjamin

​BENJAMIN, Mrs. Anna Smeed, temperance worker, born near Lockport, Niagara county, N. Y.. 28th November, 1834. Her father and mother were the oldest children of their respective families, both bereft of their fathers at an early age, and both from circumstances, as well as by inheritance, industrious, energetic and self-reliant in a remarkable degree. A clear sense of right with an almost morbid conscientiousness characterized both. All those traits are markedly developed in their daughter, who, too, was the oldest child. She was educated in the Lockport union school, in Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and in Genesee College, now Syracuse University. In each of those institutions she ranked among the first in her classes. In 1855 she was married to G. W. Benjamin, a thorough-going business man, who ANNA SMEED BENJAMIN. has constantly aided her work for God and home and native land. One child, a son, was born to them. In due time Mrs. Benjamin was drawn into the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary ​Society. From that she naturally passed into the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, founded in 1874 as the systematized form of the great Ohio crusade. In that society her abilities at once marked her as a leader. Suffering from a morbid shyness which, as a school-girl, made the simple reading of an essay a most trying ordeal, she sought nothing more eagerly than the privilege of working in obscurity, but circumstances pushed her to the platform, where her own natural abilities have won for her a foremost place. At the convention held in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1874, she was made chairman of a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws for the newly organized Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the Fifth Congressional District. She is now the superintendent of the national department of parliamentary usage, and the drills which she conducts in the white-ribboners' "School of Methods" and elsewhere are attended by persons of both sexes At the Chautauquas, where she has had charge, these drills, attended by hundreds, have met an ever increasing need and have been among the most popular meetings held. Mrs. Benjamin has for years been a victim to neuralgia, but her remarkable will power has carried her on until she has become one of the leaders in State and national work. She is a logical, convincing, enthusiastic speaker with a deep, powerful voice and urgent manner. She has been elected president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for the fifth district of Michigan for thirteen consecutive years, and has built up white-ribbon interests in the Bay View Assembly, until that foremost summer camp has become a model for all others in that particular. Mrs. Benjamin is a notably excellent presiding officer and a skilled parliamentarian.
# Woman of the Century/Anna Symmes Harrison

​HARRISON. Mrs. Anna Symmes, wife of William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born near Morristown, N. J., 25th July, 1775, and died near North Bend, Ohio, 25th February, 1864. She was a daughter of John Cleve Symmes. She received a thorough education and was a woman of marked mental powers along many lines. She became General Harrison's wife 22nd November, 1795, without the consent of her father. The marriage was performed during Mr. Symmes' absence from home. The father was soon reconciled to the marriage. During her husband's illustrious career as soldier, as secretary of the Northwest Territory, as territorial delegate in Congress, as governor of the Territory of Indiana, as a leader in the war of 1812 and 1813. as commissioner to the Indians, as a member of the House of Representatives, as a United States Senator, as minister to the United States of Columbia, as county court and state Official in Indiana, and finally as President of the United States, Mrs. Harrison was his helper and guide. She was well informed on political affairs. Her husband was inaugurated President 4th March, 1841, and died on the 4th of the next month. Mrs. Harrison had remained in North Bend, Ohio, on account of sickness, and was unable to attend him in his last hours. She remained in North Bend until 1855, when she went to the home of her son. Her children were John Scott Harrison, born in 1804 and died in 1878 and Lucy B. Harrison, afterwards Mrs. David K. Este, born in Richmond, Va., and died in 1826. Her grandson, Benjamin Harrison, born in 1833, was elected President of the United States in 1888.
# Woman of the Century/Anna Weed Prosser

​PROSSER, Miss Anna Weed, evangelist, born in Albany, N. Y., 15th October, 1846. At the age of seven years she removed to Buffalo, N. Y., where she has since resided. Reared in a luxurious home, she sought no higher ambition than the applause and favor of the world of fashion in which she moved. As early as four years of age she can recall deep stirrings of conscience at times and heart-longings after God. Left without even the instruction of the Sabbath-school, she grew up in entire ignorance of God's Word. At the age of fifteen she voluntarily entered the Sabbath-school of the Presbyterian Church in the neighborhood. ANNA WEED PROSSER. Leaving school very young, she began the usual career of a "society" girl. Gradually her health failed under the incessant strain, until at last she was taken with a congestive chill, which was followed by a serious illness. She was carried to her room, and ten weary years of invalidism followed. Two of those years she spent in bed, and for five years she was carried up and down stairs. One disease followed another, until finally, all physicians failing, she was removed from home on a mattress, too low to realize much that was passing around her. When every human hope had fled and death seemed inevitable, she was led, in March, 1876, to a Christian woman of great faith, who pointed her to Christ as the sinner's only hope. Then and there, realizing herself for the first time a perishing sinner, she cast herself upon His mercy and was healed of her iniquities and her diseases. Awakening thus to the "newness of life, " in a double sense, in Christ, in gratitude and joy she dedicated her life unreservedly to His service. In a few weeks she was able, in answer to prayer, without the use of medicine of any kind, to walk three miles without injury, and returned to her own home, a walking miracle in the eyes of all who knew her. Declaring to all whom she met the work wrought in her body and soul, she met incredulous looks from many, and soon also with bitter opposition in her attempts to carry on a work for the fallen. She took up a city mission work under the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, where she labored with interest and joy for several years. Feeling led to open a mission of her own, her steps were directed to the old Canal Street Mission in Buffalo, of which she undertook the charge, assisted by her Bible-class of reformed men. Many diamonds were feathered out of the mire and filth of that most rightful locality. The musical talent, which had formerly been used for the applause of the world, she then dedicated to God alone, and it has since become the most prominent feature of her work. About ten years having been spent in ministry among the fallen, many calls having come from churches all over the land, among them several invitations to assume the pastorate of a church, she entered general evangelistic work, and is at present the president of the Buffalo Branch of the National Christian Alliance. It is composed of members of various evangelical churches. She now lives in Kenmore, a suburb of Buffalo.
# Who's Who in the Far East/CHAO WEI, General

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​ CHAO WEI, General (P'U-ERH), native of Yunnan. Appointed Brigade-General, P'u-erh, Yunnan, 1903.
# Who's Who in the Far East/CHAPMAN, Arthur

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​ CHAPMAN, Arthur (HONGKONG), Assessor of Rates; Major, Hongkong Volunteers; b. Dec. 1, 1861. Assessor of taxes, 1889; acting assistant Superintendent, Fire Brigade, 1891-92; J.P., 1894; Lieut. Hongkong Volunteer Corps, 1893; Capt., 1897; Major, 2nd in command, 1899; acting Commandant on several occasions; thanks and medal for services during plaguev 1894; member of committee on Volunteer Corps, 1898; commandeer Volunteers during disturbances in New Territory, 1899; commanded Hongkong and China Coronation contingent, 1902. Club: Hongkong..Address: Treasury, Hongkong.
# Who's Who in the Far East/CHAPPELL Rev. Benjamin

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​ CHAPPELL Rev. Benjamin (TCKVO), A.M.; Clergyman; b. April 3, 1852; m. June 21, 1890. Educ.: Mount Allison University, Canada; graduated A.B., Mount Allison, 1873; A.M., 1881. Entered the Methodist Ministry in 1874; pastorate of churches in New-Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1874-1880, and' 1882-1889; Missionary work among new settlers in British Columbia,. 1880-1882; joined Japan Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church,. ​1890; Dean of School of Theology, Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo, 1896-1897; Dean of College and Principal of Academy, Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo, 1899-1936. Publications: " Christianity and War." Address: Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo, Japan.
# Who's Who in the Far East/CHAO WEI-HSI

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​ CHAO WEI-HSI (KWEICHOW), Chinese Official Service; native of Kiangsi; metropolitan graduate, 1890. Appointed Literary Chancellor, Kweichow, 1901.
# Who's Who in the Far East/CHAPMAN, William Thomas

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​ CHAPMAN, William Thomas (SKIIEMBAN), B.A., Cantab.; F.M.S. Civil Service; b. Dec. 25, 1876. Cadet, Negri Sembilan, 1899; acting assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Seremban, June, 1903; acting Registrar of Titles, Nov., 1903 r appointed Inspector of Schools but continued as acting Collector of Land Revenue, Seremban, Jan., 1904; District Officer, Christmas Island, 1904. Address: Seremban, Negri Sembilan, Federated Malay States.
# Who's Who in the Far East/CHARRIN, Jean Juilien Louis

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​ CHARRIN, Jean Juilien Louis (TANAN), Resident; Administrator, 2nd class; b. Feb. 26, 1853. Joined Indo-China Civil Service, July 1, 1884; Administrator, 4th class, July 1, 1893; Administrator, 3rd class, Sept. 1, 1898; Administrator, 2nd class, Jan. 1, 1903. Address: Tanan, Province of Tanan, Cochin-China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/CHATER, Sir Catchick Paul

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​ CHATER, Sir Catchick Paul (HONGKONG), Kt,; C.M.G.; Member of the Executive Council; Consul for Siam; b. 1846; s. of Chater Paul Chater, of Calcutta. Arrived in Hongkong, 1864, as assistant in Bank of Hindustan, China, and Japan; resigned from bank and started business as exchange and bullion broker, 1886; J.P., 1888; sat in Legislative Council as acting member during the absence on leave for one year of Mr. F. Sassoon, 1886-7; was on holiday in India when Mr. Sassoon resigned, 1887, and was unanimously elected for a term of six years to represent the Justices of the Peace; was re-elected for a further period of six years, 1893, and again in 1899, retiring upon the expiration of his third term of office, Jan., 1906; during office as unofficial member was elected to the Executive Council, which seat still retains; in 1884 started a godown business at Kowloon, purchasing the sea, beach from the Government and erecting godowns; in 1883 amalgamated with Jardine, Matheson and Co., and established the existing Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., reclaiming foreshores and erecting present godowns and wharves; originated the Praya Reclamation in 1887 by writing to the Government and submitting a scheme, which was accepted by marine lot holders; visited England later and received the sanction of the Secretary of State to carry out the work, the foundation stone being laid at the corner of existing cricket ground by the Duke of Connaught in 1890; presented statue of the Duke of Connaught to the Colony in commemoration of the event; work was concluded on the reclamation in 19J5, the result being the addition to the Colony of considerable foreshore upon which has been erected some of finest hongs east of Suez; was the first to advocate the acquirement of the present New Territory on the mainland of China, writing to the Government four years before the actual leasing of the territory; organised an appeal to the Government later by the Chamber of Commerce, the China Association, and the unofficial Members of the Legislative Council, and successfully urged the negotiation for a lease of the territory, which was subsequently granted by China; has been identified in most public movements since arrival in Colony; ​was treasurer and.afterwards chairman of Queen's Jubilee Committee; Chairman of Diamond Jubilee Committee (then created C.M.G.) erected first Anglican Church at Kowloon; is chairman and director of principal public companies, including Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company; supports all sports; has been steward of the Jockey Club for 25 years and President for many years; was created Knight in 1992. Clubs: Hongkong; most sporting. Address: Marble Hall, Conduit Road, Hongkong.
# Who's Who in the Far East/CHATHAM, Hon. Wm.

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​ CHATHAM, Hon. Wm. (HONGKONG), M.I.C.E.; Director of Public Works. Educ.: Royal High School, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University. Assistant to Messrs. Thos. Meek and Son, C.E., Edinburgh; and afterwards to the engineer of the Bristol Docks; appointed Executive Engineer in, the Public Works Department, Hongkong, in 1893, and Director of Public Works in 1901; member of the Executive and Legislative Councils; Vice-President of the Sanitary Board; chairman of the Public Works and other committees; was a member of the Queen's Jubilee Committee, 1897, and acted as Hon. Secretary formany years, during the carrying out of the permanent memorials (on which a sum of 20,000 was expended) in the shape of Hospital for Women and Children and the construction of a road, five miles in length, along the southern part of the island. Club: Hongkong. Address: The Peak, Hongkong.