Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-10-19
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

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! NICHOLAS l.. the reigning Prince of
/ Montenegro. was born October Z. 1S4l.
He was educated at Trieste and attend
/ ed the University of Paris. On August
/ IA, 1850, he succeeded his uncle Danilo |.
/ as prince of Montenegro, and I'M 1900 he
i assumed the title Of Royal Highness. He
was married in 1860. to Millena petrovna
/ Nucoticova, a Russian lady of high rank
and great wealth. The couple have three
sons and six daughters. Among the latter
/ is Queen Helena. consOrt of King Vie
! tor Emmanuel Of Italy. The heir to the
principally is Prince Danilo Alexander.
/ who was born June %, 1871 Prince
i Nicholas is a member of the Greek
church and is strongly Russian in MS
! tendencies. The princes yearly income
j from his prncipality amounts to about
! 100000. TO which considerable sums are
/ added by Russia aud Austria under an
/ old diplomatic agreement.
| MAJ.-GEN. GEORGE NJ. RANDALL
who retired from the active service or
the United States Army two years ago
and has since resided in Wyoming, was
born in Ohio, October =, 1911. At the
/ beginning of the civil war he entered
/ the volunteer army as a private in the
/ Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry. For gal
lantry at Antietam he was brevetted
captain and again for gallant action in
AA0sil u 4 tAtiAUui~ UG WIS pfNiboieU 10
the rank of major. At the close of the
war he entered the regular army as n
captain of infantry. In the early los
he was promoted TO the rank of colonel
for gallant services in the Indian wars
| in Arizona. lie was the first comman-
der OF the military department OF Alas
| ka To which he was appointed in 1897.
The following year. at the beginning of
the Spanish war, he was promoted To
/ the rank of hrigadier general of yelun-
/ teers and saw considerable active SER
/ vice during the short campaign in Cuba.
| GEN. LEONARD WOOD, at present.
in command of the forces in the Philip
| pines and who in the course of events
will rise TO the highest command in the
army within the next few years. was
/ born October 8, 1860. in Winchester.
| n. III. His position is unique in the
history OF the American regular army.
| inasnlch as 1t is extremely rare for I'm
officer to rise SO high in the army who
might almost be said To be without mill
| tary training. Gen. Wood received a
medical education and his first eonnec-
/ ton with the army was in 1856 when
/ he was appointed an assistant surgeon.
| In the Geronimo campaign of the same
year he went with the forces to the front
and afterward received medal of honor
| for his services. Ills opportunity came
when war was declared with Spain At
the beginning of the conflict the young
! surgeon. assisted by President Roose-
welt who had resigned his position ms
assistant secretary of the navy. organ
ICED the famous regiment of Rough Ri
ders. Wood was made colonel of the
regiment Roosevelt being lieutenant
colonel Upon the surrender OF the
Spanish forces at Santiago in 1898,
Wood was appointed military governor
of that city and after that his rise was
rapid. In December, 1899. he became
military governor of Cuba, and by the
fall of 1903 he had been advanced to the
rank % major general in the regular
army.
VICTOR II. METCALF secretary OF
the United States, was born in Utica,
n. Y, October 10. 1853, and was edu-
Gated in the Utica Free academy and at
the Russell Military academy of New
Haven, He entered Yale in 1876, but
left I'M his junior year TO enter the law
. school, from which he graduated the
same year. Following his graduation
! Mr.. Metealf was admitted 80 practice in
the supreme court of Connecticut ana
the Following year was admitted 10
practice In the supreme court of New
York For two years Mr.. Metcalf prac-
ticcd ia Utica. and then moved to Oak
land, Gal. LIN his new home he gained
eminencc as an attorney. and was con.
nected with some Of the most noted
cases ever tried in the courts OF Calfor-
MIA. Ia 1898 he was elected a repre-
sentative in Congress from the Third
district Of California, aud was twice
reelected. In 1904 President Roosevelt
appointed him as secretary of the newly
created department OF commerce aud In
Dor, and his services in that depart
ment made such an impression upon the
President that when vacancy occarred
IN the secretaryship OF the navy MIR.
Metcalf was promptly offered the port
folio.
HARRY AUGUSTUS GARFIELD,
recently elected to the presidency of
Williams college, is the eldest son of
james A. Garfield, twentieth President
| of the United States, and was boru De-
tober II, 1863, at Hiram, o. He was
graduated from Williams college in 1888.
studied law at the Columbia university
| law school and then went abroad and
spent year Ut oxford and the Inns Of
Court ia London. In 1883 he began the
practice Of law in Cleveland and soon
| became prominent IN the commercial and
| railroad business Of that city, 1t was
| through his efforts that the Municipal
| Association of Cleveland was formed
He also took an active interest In the
work Of the National Municipal league.
| the National Civil Service Reform
league, and the American Social Science
association. In 1903 Princeton univer-
sity invited him to take the chair OF
politics. lie accepted the offer. retired
/ from the practice Of law and moved to
! Princeton. Here he remained, Ieeturing
| to large classes on colonial government
and government by party, until he was
| elected president Of Williams short
/ time ago
! CHESTER L. LONG, United States
senator from Kansas, was born at Perry.
/ Pa, October Il, 1860. AS young child
he removed with his parents 10 Davies
| county, Mo, and his education was re
/ eeyed for the most part IN the public
schools OF that district. In 1879 he
went 10 Kansas aud located 1T Paola,
where he studied law, and was admitted
To- the bar IN 1885. lie began his public
career as a member Of the Kansas state
Senate, in which body he served two