Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-10-13
BRIEF NOTES OF NOTABIFI
CAPT. ALFRED T. lIAI,>-

CAPT. ALFRED T. MAHAN ..
noted authority on naval matfers '"s
| born in West Point, y. Y. So" Was
-. 1910 After serving in the I-r',.
| states navy Tor forty years he -
IN 1876 to devote himself 10 Re- ,,,,.I
WORK. During the Civil war Cans H.
nan was i'll the south Atlantic ana ~
Grh 1 W. Ssquadrons and did good SERVE
In 1885 he Went u the Pacific oca.,. b.
! command of the Wachusett. In ~
| he was made president of the navel N.Y.
college and held that position urti 1E,,.
and again from 1892 to 1852 II ,'
IN this position that he devplonod ri.
STUDY Oh naval strategy in which h.
! became exceptionally proficient. so NM
! so that his writings became famous a,,.
all the world. Capt Mahan was a de1-
| gate TO The Hague peace conference l..
recent years he has had houora1-, l.
grees showered upon him by Fnrlisr
| Canadian ana American universities
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU. the mos+
picturesque figure in the present French
cabinet, was born September Is. 1S4I
at Mouilleron-e Pareds. In the poIItirs
of France NJ. Clemenceau is a sort of
Joseph Chamberlain in that. while maj
| being the leader, he has the more agarls
sive and daring intellect. He has passed
through every phase of stormy p6Iitjcel
life in France. 1t is not improbable thar
! he would have ended his DAYS in Aunr-
lea had it not been for the Frauco.Ger-
man war and the breakup of the am
pire. These events brought home many
men who had fought for the empirn l.,
its days of glory and omnipotenre
/ among them Clemenceau. He is a for
mer senator and still a journalist. He
was educated at Nantes and went Il,
| Paris in 1860. From 1860 to 1864 ba
| in hp fnit
siding on this side of the Atlantic he
married the daughter of j. Plumber of
| New York, from whom he has since be-
come separated
MISS ANNIE RUSSELL was born
September 20, 1869, in Liverpool. Eng
land, but her entire career has been
identified with the American stage Her
parents came to Canada when She was
about years old. In order to increase
the family income she sought stage EN-
ployment when a mere child, making
| her first appearance with Rose BY
tinge. The first role which made her
name known throughout the coun-
try was that of Esmeralda, in Mr.
Gillette and Mrs Burnett's play of that
name, produced in New York in 1881
She played the part for two years, leav-
| ing 1t to assume, on her nineteenth birth
day, the title role in Hazel Kirke."
part which brought her increased prom
inence. She remained with the Madison
| Square company in New York until
1889, when i'll health compelled her re-
tirement from the stage, and it was not
until five years later that she reap
peared as leading woman with " c.
Goodwin. remaining with the comedian
for two seasons. Her real arrival as a
popular star was made in 1899. at the
! Lyceum, in Miss Hobbs" Since then
she has scored time after time not only
in this country, but in England, where
one of the critics once styled her the
American Duse." Two years ago Miss
Russell was married to Oswald Yorke,
a popular English actor.
EARL ROBERTS, the most popular
fighting man of England, was born in
Cawnpore, India September 80, 1882.
He came of military stock, his father
having been Gen. Sir. Abraham Roberts,
while his mother was the daughter Of
an English army officer. Earl Roberts
has served continuously in the army
since 1851. and since that time has
risen from the rank of second lieutenant
to the lOftiest post in the service, and
to the peerage of the realm. A few Of
his military exploits may be summarized
as follows: Has been commander-in-
chief in India, commander OF the
forces in Ireland, served throughout tie
siege and capture of Delhi throughout
the operations connected with the relief
of Lucknow and the battle of Gavin
pore. was present at the capture of The
city of Kabul. took part iii the AbyS-
sinian expedition in 1861. commander
in-chief in South Africa, relieved KIM
berley in February, 1900 and took Com
mandant Cronje and his i}oer army prs
Oners for which he received the tHahns
of both houses of Parliament ana was
made commandments of the BRITISH
| army.
JOSEPH CLAY STILES BLACK
| BURN. United States Senator from
Kentucky. and for forty odd years prom
inent in political affairs OF the bl'e
Grass state, was born in that state Ue-
Der /. 1850 His father was breeder
of thoroughbreds. but Joseph took ["
the law. After graduating from Center
college he spent two years IN ,ui'5I'
and returned to the south III lS0V pc
began his political career as meh-o.-
of the state legislature Prior 10 that "r
had been an elector on the Brechehf.d-t
and Lane ticket, had fought in tie army
aud had sDent some time IN Arkansas
as n cotton planter. lie entered '.#
lower house of Congress in 1910 ana '.-
NAMED there ten years He then served
| IN the Senate twelve years, and loss ..-
seat when the Democratic craft Wt4- '
pieces in the silver storm. W hen n '-,
tucky returned to the Democratic ~
! blackburn returned to the SENATE ii'
took his seat in 1901. and next Jaha"..
tha I LEGISLATURE will elect ms su'oe~>
In 1896 Senator Blackburn was H.
/ Toned as the choice Of kenturNE
mocracy for the Presidency OF u.
ed States