Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27


Order of Railway Conductors, was
born in New York state, and is about
43 years old. He was yet a young man
when he entered the railroad service,
and he was elected to his present post
of honor in the year 1890. He served
as passenger conductor at the time of
his election on the Denver, Rio Grande
& Western railway.
The order of which he is president
numbers more than 10000 members
and disburses annually about $500,000
in sick benefits and burial money
Under Mr.. Clark's administration the
order has grown as well in numbers
as in finances and in influence in
every direction.
The order is organized on the line
of all the railroad brotherhoods and
their transactions are generally con-
coded to be marked by wisdom, con-
servatism and fairness to all con-
cerned.
Mr.. Clark did effective work toward
securing the passage of the arbitra-
ton law of 1898, believing that it af-
forded means of equitable settle
ment of all disputes between employer
and employee. On many occasions he
has assisted in settling disputes be-
tween railroad employees. He also
served at times as arbiter in disputes
of other labor organizations than the
one of which he is the chief
Thomas n. Watkins.
Thomas H. Watkins, whose appoint
ment was due to his knowledge OF the
coal mining business was formerly of
the firm of Simpson & Watkins, of
which G. D. Simpson was the senior
member. Mr.. Watkins was born at
has lived in Scranton for the last 20
years. About four years ago Simpson
e Watkins sold their coal interests
to the Temple Iron company, now Son-
trolled by the Reading railway COM
pany. Since then Mr.. Watkins has
not been actively connected with the
anthracite business. He is reputed
to be Millionaire and is largely inter-
ested in the Mexican Central and
Alamagordo and Northern Railroad
companies He also has extensive
| lumber interests in the west. His
| business relations are still connected
with G. D. Simpson, who is a director
of the Mexican Central railroad
John Lancaster spaIdng.
John Lancaster Spalding, Catholic
bishop of Peoria, ILL.,, was born in
Lebanon, Kentucky, June 2, 1910, and
is a nephew of the late Martin John
Spalding, archbishop of Baltimore.
Bishop Spalding was educated in the
United States and Europe. Before
reaching the canonical age he was or
dained under dispensation on Deem
Der 10, 1868, and attached to the ca
thedral at Louisville as assistant.
In 1869 he organized congregation
of colored people and built for their
use the church of st. Augustine, of
which he was appointed pastor. He
of the diocese and secretary to the
| bishop.
He left Louisville in 1873 and went
to New York where he did missionary
work in the parish of ST. MichaePs,
becoming noted as an eloquent preach
er and lecturer.
When the diocese of Peoria was ere
ated in 1877 his appointment was
recommended to the pope and he was
consecrated bishop of the new see by
Cardinal McClosky in the cathedral of
New York
Bishop Spalding was one OF the
most active movers in founding the
Catholic University in Washington
and it is through him that Miss Cald-
well, now Baroness Won Zedwitz, be-
came interested in the enterprise and
gave 100000 toward it's endowment.
Bishop Spalding toured many parts of
the United States, making eloquent
appeals for the university and secured
large sums of money.
Bishop Spalding is well known in
the literary world and is regular con-
tributor to Catholic publications. He
is the author of a Life of Bishop
Spalding, Essays and Reviews, Re
ligious Mission of the Irish People,
Lectures and Discoveries, Education
and the Higher Life and many other
books.
Carroll Davidson Wright.
Col. Carroll Davidson Wright was
born in Dunbarton, N. H. July 25, 1910.
He taught school when Is years of
age and studied law, and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1865. He was
| a successful patent lawyer and en-
gagged in politics in Massachusetts,.
Colonel Wright was appointed by
Governor Washburn as chief of the
Massachusetts bureau of statistics of
labor in 1873. In 1880 he was ap-
pointed supervisor of the United
States census for the commonwealth
of Massachusetts. In January 1885,
he was appointed by President Arthur
as United States commissioner of
labor. In October, 1898, in accordance
with a special act of congress, he was