Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-09

Bind AS Tor the keutuckian. his name is
tr.. Lesion. Naturally In such multi
-. one dnds an sorts and conditions
lt mon and women who may have met
v.l great success.
SOUTHERN DOCTORS GALORE.
1..-. than half Of New YorKs promi-
SOD. doctors are southern men. one OF
t.a.e .s Dr. II. Marion Sims, son OF
U- Marion Sims. who revolutionized
MANY lrinchcs OF operative surgery, and
q. whose excrti0us the city owes us
1..m4.'s Hospital. Dr. William NJ. Polk
. mo SON of Bishop Leonidas
..k Ir Polk is Tennesseean, ana
frs.I 90 his state. Or. Folks beauttul
,.-. Is au Albanian, as Is Mrs. Ihomas
al.. Emmett ur. Emmett. d Nirginian
tv adoption, Is another Of the famous
southern doctors. Dr. John Alan Wyeth
halls from Marshall county. Alabama
sd got his early education at Lagrange
Military Academy. Americas first post
lr.duate medical school-the New YORK
Ioyclinlc-was opened in 1850 directly
r.uuLh pr. Wyeth's influence. His writ
.Asi have won recognition.
Among his assistants in the Polytechnic
is Dr. Robert c. Myles, who was born
.l Mississippi and mad a North-of Ire
land father. DR.. ". Gin Wyhe II
native OF south Carolina. lie IS Scotch
through his mother. lie is now officially
Connected With Bellevue Hospital, the Sc
hoy Hospital Of Brooklyn, and almost all
tho prominent medical sOcieties-Ameri-
can and foreign. Ills wife Is Of New
E.-laud extraction. although born in ~.
Louis.
ln1th~r south Carolinisn Is d.. Theo-
a.l. G!lard Thomas, a graduate oil
Charleston and Bellevue medical colleges.
d II
81. host Nrs. Dew, who before marriage
,.- Hce... Martin. of Memphis. Tenn,
r.ckonel the beauty OF the southern
So Then there are Or. Nathan Bozcman.
Professor John IL. Metcalf. Dr. Y. j.
gHr.y. Dr. IL. G. 81. Page, and ever 90
many others.
N.r SUCCESS IN WALL STREET.
Val street has several Aladdins who
,... from The south. The home OF one
.t them is ou Fifth ayenue-NO. S4. The
.u.tt. John 3D. lnman. rs a native OF Ten
r.....-a- is Mrs. lnman. though she
l.l a Sew England grandfather, the
a,et president ot GrceneVille College.
1r imm began his New York career
AS clerk Iu 3D. c1ttou-brOkers Oihce. Later
Do. founded the firm Of lnman, Swami q
a.. Prom that Dee has gone on 10 RAN
Ntr. aud general finance. Few men nave
DON. .. much as bee toward accumulaung
o.. millions southern men nave got out
O. N.I street. since the war
Tennessee. may' plume herself upon an
Other mau OF millons-R u. Wilson. His
su married 900 Astor. one daughter
G....I. and another the Hon. Mr.. Her
l.u. secretary of Ale British legation
aud Younger brother 10 an earl Horace
E Garth. PRECEDENT Of the Mechanics
N.t..4l Bank is likewise Iennessean.
l....l. tl.fe are several Of them IN wan
Street and cut OF 10 ready an 20 declare
... their own state beats Kentucky all
l.w tof either bluegrass, whiskey'
,.. women. fast horses, or daring
......ers.
.lE-E CAME FROM KENTUCKY.
Then. Is much. though. 10 be said on
other side. Addison Cammack came
.t .f the dark and bloody ground. So
. Major j. l.. Robertson, who has made
billions ont Of the railway business. 80
c joe Nouin Green. and 80 does John
l Latham. who enjoys the distinction
beading banking house whose name.
.rI uue have been unchanged
30 "a quarter II a century. lie was
.r n Hcrkusv.llc. Ky. Like so many
...I. lr fought four years for the Con-
...y Then Doe stayed 40 home lonG
,l..a 90 make q little money al mer-
OarlIse When it was made he came TO
Ne street and set up the house OF
Latham. Alexander q Co, private bank
s.
entirely 20 Dis charge there has been
ST ug u hIs native town "a granite shaIt
lr memory Of 1Ul unknown Con-
f...r.t. s.flers who died In the
hospital There early IN 1861. and Of
us chez, Was no other memorial
Tf.r .t. base are the words "Coniede-
l.t. r.a" tp0n a bronze panel facing
case. r touching inscription; Around
t-a column 81 buried all 90 heroism that
,. u.e." vet tbe donors name appears
..at..c about the SHAFT. II Is Erected
q. H. place III h.s b.rih by d surviving
tnlI. to commemorate the virtues OF
o.. Confederate dead"
t...lel S. r. White was born In
N..h rohua and brought up In Mis-
s.. boz can hardly be ranked among
I.. ..rt-eru element. That rs not the
... rIm Dr James IA. Parker, a North
C...uau who is a bank president, a
president Of the Southern Society
..I lrst lieutenant commander Of the
Confederate Veterans Camp. Oiher
f..tt.u bank presidents are Charles NJ
r.e. vs. f. ST. John. Orson Adams. James
. Woodward. u. j. Edwards. and John
lotuemey
SOME RAILROAD MAGNATEs.
Among railway magnates there are
Samuel Thomas. John c. Calhoun, and