Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-01-05
PROMINENT PEOpTF

., ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY
nero OF the Battle of Manila 81, Z l. tie
a. ,a MoltPeller' VI, Dec. 20. ISL 'at4
that state in 1854. After his ,r from
from the academy in 1858 he 9, sa.,la
the Mediterranean sduadro1, i Eeu IN
outbreak of the civil war, unit the
during the war he was nor+;
"a many OF the principal naval ,,Iaut
Ilons along tae gulf coast and iPega-
49, ,U~ei AllsSSlssippi. He was In I%sr ,ae
gut squadron which forced tho ut. "1fl-
OF Fort St Philip and Fort ,te llt1sSage
April, 1862, and participated in Ton ia
sequent tights with gunboafs a, t'ie sub
clads which gave Farragut possol': non
New orleans. In the smoke Of ~ VI
tie OF Fort Hudson, Lieut.. Dew ua'-
ABOARD the steam sloop Nisyj;"a was
Mh i I9st her bearings and ran 'p.'
ohi;g;,,et ny Il suas OF the land batrerie.
oohglng the officers and men 10 to1-..>'
the boats. W take ID
After the war Lieut. Dewey ..n..
on various stations and rose suc.o..;,,.'yr1
through the grades of commando -lF
tam and commodore. which last-,''.g,"l',
rank he reached in 1896. At tba 'L5,'L,N
nlng OF 1898 he assumed comma9d W.,
ne Aslauc station. On May /. 1SgS NJ
Manila bay. he commanded in tLa ,., III
est naval battle that had taken 7 N.Y.
since Trafalgar, completely annibian,,&a''e
the Spanish Asiatic fleet UNDER t."S
MonteJo, destroying eleven and jz,nri,r;r".lI
hve vessels and all the land hat+o,r'illS
without the loss of man on tba A,,,n
can side. Immediately upon the rnca;,i.
OF the ollclal news OF the victory he Was
promoted to the rank of Rear 4 J,,ia'S
and thanked by resolution of C nn,,ra,"I''
Subsequently Congress revived tba LIT.
of admiral in his honor, '""N
LORD LEN ESTER. the "Fat,,or e
the English House of Lords = er,ta.' "
upon his S5th year December 20 and y ,,.gi
the recipient of many congratuIatio"s
from his fellow peers. Lord Ieicestor
given his title of Father of the Honto
of Lords" because of the length nf ~
continuous service. In point Of no, "l 'i'S
is the junior of Lord Gwydyr, VIA T..
30 years old, and Lord Field. who was
90 last August. vas
Lord Leicester acted as page at tlo
coronation of Queen Victoria. nparIl. SOW.
enty years ago. He has principally dis.
tinguished himself by having married
twice and begotten no less than nineteen
children, there being a difference If sv-
actly fifty years between the age of liz
eldest child, Lady Powerscourt. and thar
of his youngest child who was born in
1894.
HENRY FITZALAN HOWARD
Duke of Norfolk, was born DeceuIbrr ~
1917. His grace is the head and 'front.'
of the peerage Of Great Britain and IN
rank somes next to the princes Of the
blood. His family is the Oldest Saxon
nobility i'll England and We're auripnfIv
the herewards. As earl marshal If
England the Duke of Norfolk arrange>
the professions of state on occasions uf
royal corOnations and the like cercmo-
MES. Although immensely rich. The
duke is one of the hardest worked men
in England. He has served faithfully as
county councillor of London, as mayor If
Sheffield and as postmaster general of
the kingdom. lie is the head of every
Roman Catholic movement in the three
kingdoms, and has proudly preserved the
faith of his fathers through all the Vi
cissitudes of the centuries. Several du-
cal Towards have suffered death in the
tower, but no one forsook the faith Of
the famous house.
PRESIDENT WOODROW VIII
son of Princeton university, who is re-
idential nominee on the Democratic
ticket, was born at Staunton, Va, De-
cember %, 1856. He began his aca.
demic studies at Davidson college.
In 1915 he went to Princeton and
graduated with high honors. From
Princeton he went to the University of
Virginia. where he studied law for sev-
eral years. Afterward he practced law
in Atlanta, Ga. Leaving Atlanta lie
went to Johns Hopkins university 10 de-
vote his whole time to his chosen
studies. In 1886 he received his Phi d.
from Johns Hopkins and the next three
years he spent as professor at Bryn
Mawr. In 1887 Lake Forest college
made him an Ii. d. and in 1887 he
was elected to the chair of history and
political economy at Wesleyan miver-
sity.
In February. 1890, he was made pro-
fessor of jurisprudence and political
economy at Princeton and in 1902 he
became president of the university.
President Wilson has been conspicuous
as a lecturer and public speaker and has
written number of notable works On
political economy. He has lately been
mentioned for the Democratic n0mna-