The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-05

his ~eycuurh birthday quietly iu his
IuuI avenue home in New \ urk,
Monday, November -. 1907. with
his wife and dlu-htcs. Some al.-
uurties give $500 as the year of Mr.
tarnrglr'~ birth, but the famous puIlaU
tlr0ptst himself asserts that it was in
1851 that the light first came to his eyes
over the heather Of his native Scotland.
lie appears today to be in as rugged
health aus if III all his seventy years he
had been free and wild ia the land o
cakes 10y hrae and burn. instead Of amas-
sing millions to give away with con-
science paug that it is not good To die
rich. Mr.. Carnegie continues to give
away his millions in IN Cndcayur to be
come poor. but each year he is finding it
more difficult matter to bcStuw his
wealth judicluusly. The gift of Libraries
was a great thing while it lasted and
through this medium Mr.. Carnegie man
aged to part from about SJO,tOONO.
When nearly every place of consequence
in the United States and Canada and
many places in Europe rs well had been
supplied with libraries, the philauthroplsl-
capitalist conceived the idea Of the Car
nrgic Hero fund. winch afforded an out
let for several million dollars. Now, with
his vast fortune ever increasing. Mr..
Carnegie is at somewhat of II loss To find
judicious outlets of philanthropy and be
netccncc anywhere near in proportion to
his income. Though he has given mil
lions away during the past twelve
months, principally to colleges and uni
ycrsitcs it is probable that he is richer
than he was on his last birthday.
JOHN BIGELOW, well known to
the older generation rs an author and
dplOmatst Of wide fame, received the
congratulations of numerous friends at
his home in Gramercy park, New York
Monday, November -, 1900, ON
the occasion of his ninctcth birth
day. Mr.. Bigclow VAS graduated from
Union college m 1880, was admitted TO
the bar in 1899 and ten years later be
came joint proprietor with William Cui-
len Bryant. aud managing editor of the
New York Evening Post, Mr.. Blgc-
lows public career began in 1861, when
he was appointed consul ut Paris 10y
President Lincoln. Later he served soy-
cral years as the American minister TO
France. While acting in this capacity
he hCcamc possessed of the original
manuscript Of the autobiography of Ben
amin Franklin, from which he pub
lishcd in 1865, the first correct copy ever
printed of that famous story. Mr.. Bigc.
low was one Of the executors of the Will
Of the late Samuel j, Tilden, and was
president If the board Of trustees Of the
MED NJ De Lcssops on tour Of inSpcc-
tion of the Panama canal. aud two years
later he was the official representative
of the United States at the international
exposition in Brussels.
JOHN JAMES TIGERT, bishop Of
the Methodist church, was born Noycm-
Der -, 1886, in Louisville Ky. He
graduated at the Louisville high school
and aftcrward at Vanderbilt university
He studied two years in the Southern
Baptist Theological seminary nj Louis
Vile, and was licensed TO preach in 1870
From 1881 TO 1890 he was a professor
at Vanderbilt university, and the next
four years he occupied a pulpit in Kan
sas City. In 1894 he became editor of
The Methodist Review. He is equally
well known as "a preacher, educator and
author. and has received honorary dc
grccs from the University Of Missouri
ana other colleges. He is the author Of
several we'll known theological works
BEIG-GEN. CHARLES FRANK
LIN ROBE I. ). A., retired,
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