The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-03-14
SFAUNTON. VIRGINIA. MARCH IA. 1859.


Safes. Starting in life with nothing btl
I a clear head, a strong will and bray
heart, he has, by his own force. reache,
his present position of distinction an,
wealth, The Press on Wednesday las
Published the most complete sketch of Mr.
Wanamaker' S life that has ever been giver
to the public. 1t filled four columns, and
the strong Individuality of the man cropped
out in every line. In his great battle. il
the world OF business he has. peyer lost
heart. OAce or twice he was very nearly
beaten, but, like Wellington S veterans
his want Of capacity to recognize. partial
defeat brought him an unquestioned vic
tory. Mr.. Wanamaker is in the prime of
life He will not be 50 years old until the
llth of July. He was born in Phladel-
phia in the old house down at Twenty
third and Federal streets. His father was
Nelson Wanamaker. His mother was
Elizabeth kochersperger and came from
Montgomery county. Mr.. Wanamaker
married in 1861 sister of Nathan Brown,
his first business partner. He also began
business in that year. The establishment
at Thirteenth and Chestnut streets, is a
monument to his capacity for orgaAiza-
tior. Tie number Of his employees there
runs from 5000 up to $500 at different
seasons of the year. His retail business
amounts to between Al 100000 and $l5j-
/ 0OO.000 annually. In addition to this he
does wholesale business of nearly Sl2,.
600 600 year. He personally. directs both
his retail and wholesale estab 'ishments.
lie is one of the busiest of men, yet he
never appears TO be hurried. AS chairman
OF the Advisory Committee to the Repub-
lcan National Committee last fall he at.
tracted the attention Of the whole country.
He carried the same spirit, the same In
domitable energy into the field of politics
that had marked his career in the business
world A gentleman who was at the Ma
tiona headquarters throughout the cam
palgD. said: John Wanamaker never
doubted that General Harrison would be
elected. When others were scared or de
spondent he was always cheerful and cons
tented Very often he was our only com~
forter.n
Secretary of the Iaterior-John W. Noble,
of Missouri
Gen. John w, Noble, Missourl's repre-
sentative, is one of the strongest lawyers
at the St. Louis bar. He has high repu-
tation for problty, learning and industry.
When st. Louis was threatened with VIC
leuce and blocdshed by Anarchists and
communists during the great railroad
strike Of 1877 General Noble promptly be-
gan organizing Ills fellow citizens for the
maintenance order and the enforcement
Mr. Justice Miller. General Bristow and
General Henderson. He entered the civil
war as adjutant of the 81 Iowa Cavalry.
By galantry and ability he rose to. be its
colonel. lie showed himself to be a brave,
enterprsing aDd capable official at all
times. He took part in numbeIless en-:
gagements and enterprises in Arkansas
Missouri. Tennessee. Tennessee. Alabama
and Georgia, and always with credit to
himself. His regiment was attached to
He led it in its dismoanted night attack
upon the Notifications covering Column
bus, when. with the gallant boys of the
10th Missouri and 4th Iowa, they swept
over all obstacles, capturing oyer 5000!
prisoners, fifty-two guns. two gunboats 4
and a vast amount of stores. ammunition
ard cotton. 1t was this achievement Of
Col. Mobiles that won his breyet of brig
adler general and proved himself to be
worthy of still higher promotion. His ed:
ucation at Miami University and Yale
College. and his training as a lawyer pc:
cuIiarlY fitted him to perform provost
marshal duty and to write paroles, which
be was Fl quently called upon 10 do. AT
the close Of the war be was recognized as
one Of that brilliant assem- lage of cavalry
officers who had done SO much to end the
struggle in the. central Southern States.
Only the end of the war prevented him
from reaching high rank and important
command, for he was rapidly rising into
prominence. When he was mustered out
he resumed the practice of law in keo-
kuk. He wanted a. broader field and went
to st. Louis, where he rapidly acquired
prominence. He vas appointed United
States Attorney for that judicial districte
and rendered most important service in
the prosecution of the whisky ring.
Secretary of War fsesificIa Pr0etOr.eof
- Vermont. sss@ % ~s.'v-
tt, 4 81 a. ant 10
the recognized leader OF the Republican
party in the Green Mountain State. He
was chairman the Vermont delegation
to the Chicago Convention. last June, and
he seconded the nomination of General
Harrison. His was the only delegation
that CAST its vote solidly from first to last
for General Harrison. While on his way
home from trip to CaliforL ia afsW weeks
ago be called upon Gen. Harrison at In
IdianapoIis, The visit is said to have been
MAIDS at the request OF the President
elect. He is supposed to have been ten
dered a seat iii the Cabinet at that time.
Ex Governor Proctor is afarnlerOn alarge-
scale. He lives at Proctor, a town
lUUUQEu Ny MN. q INV ublSo Aioh' Aeo"
land. He is in practical control Of the
whole output of the Vermont marble
quarries, and is one Of the largest dealers
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Attorney. G eneral-w Fl. III. miller, Of
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| William Henry Harrison Miller was for
many years the law partner of President
! elect Harrison. He was born in Augusta,
Oneida county, n. Y. and is not yet As
| years of age. His fatberwas a Wing and
an ardent admirer Of General Harrison
4 At Is he eD+ ered4 Hamilton College and
graduate when iii his Goth year. He
taught school and featl law for two years
i after leaving -schooIr He finished bis
i studies in the office OF Judge Waite, of
i Toledo, l3aio, the late Chief Justice of the
4 United States Supreme Court He re
>, turned to Oneida county after lie wa
admitted to the bar and was married. III
u short time Removed to FL. Wayne, Ind.
where lie began practice. Miller res
rapidly in his profession and .sooa stood a
the head of the Fert Wayne'bar.. In 1877
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