Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-09-29
BRIEF NOTES OF N0TABLES.

GEN. WEILER, or, to give him his
full name. Senor Don Naleriono Y Wpy-
Ter NicolaE, Marquis of Teneriffe, was
born in the Balcaric islands, September
II, 1888 Though he was soundly de-
nOunced i'll America for his "butchericS'
III Cuba, which indirectly led to the
Spanish American war, there never has
been any disposition to belittle Gen.
Weyler'S military abilities. He is ev-
erywhere recognized as one of the ablest
soldiers attached to the fallen fortunes
Of the Spanish monarchy. After grad
uating from the infantry school in lS53.
the young officer entered the army as an
under-lieutenant. Ten years later found
him a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry, ana
thereafter his promotion WAS rapid. He
saw active service in the campaigns of
Santo Domingo and Cuba and in the
civil war III the north of Spain. IL is
last work in the field was to suppress
the insurrection in the Philippines, and
according to all accounts he made bloody
work of it. After the Spanish war with
America. Gen. Weyler was made cap
tain-general of Madrid, the most cher
ished post in the Spanish military serv
ice. He also has served in two cabinets
as secretary Ut war.
DIR. WALTER COURTNEY, chief
surgeon of the Northern Pacific railway
since 1888 was born i'll LambtoE coun-
ty, Ontario. September 49, 1850. He
was educated at the local public schools,
Strathroy Collegiate institute and the
University of Michigan DR. Courtney
is one of the most eminent members OF
his profession i'll the northwest. He is Il
former president of the Minnesota State
Medical society. member of the Ameri-
can Medical association, the Interna-
tional Association Of Railway Surgeons
IF Ctbo ,;a,,
tiOns. He has served as president of the
Upper Mississippi Medical society and
has been given an honorary membership
in the North Dakota Medical society.
ETHAN ALIEN HITCHCOCK.
who has been secretary of the interior
since early in 1899, was born in Mobile.
great-grandson of Ethan Allen. the lead
en- of The Green Mountain Boys As
Il young man Mr.. Hitchcock settled in
st. Louis and engaged i'll mercantile
business until 1860 when l'o wpnt to
China as representative of Il business
firm in which he soon after became IA
partner. He always took an active in
terest i'll politics. and in 1897 he was APP
pointed United States minister to Rus
Sia. which post he resigned to enter the
cabinet of President Mckinley. Mr.
Hitchcock is very democratic, though
! man OF great wealth. ana all III all may
he regarded as an excellent representa-
tive of the enlightenment. progress and
industry of the great west beyond the
| Mississippi.
JAMES NORRIS GILLETT, who re
Gently defeated Gov Pardee in a contest
for the Republican gubernatorial nominal
ton in California. was born in Viroqua.
Wis, September 20, 1860, and received
his school in the neighboring town of
Sparta. He left Wisconsin when
young man and settled in Humboldt
county. California, where. with grit as
his only capital, he had hard row to
hoe for several years. He opened law
office and served six years as city attor-
ney of Eureka. With this record behind
him he was elected to the STATE Legisla-
ture in 1897. He made good record in
the Legislature and the result was his
election II Congress from the First dis
trict of California in 1908. Although
candidate for mining constituency. ana
not Il mining man. he defeated Senator
Ford, Il mining attorney of Nevada City,
and two Years later was reelected with
an iucrp9 sod lotity