Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-10-12
MEN OF PROMINENCE.

recent revolutionary disturbances III hl~
country, was born September 2S, 1864
He is the son of the late King Louis j.
and his Queen Maria Pia, daughter Of
the late King Victor Emmanuel of Italy,
who still survives. In 1856 Charles was
married to Marie Amelie, daughter of
the Count of Paris, and three years later
he succeeded to the throne of Portugal
Two children have been born to them.
the eldest being the crown prince, Louis
Philippe. Duke of Braganza, who is now
twenty years old. The reigning house
of Portugal belongs to the House OF
Braganza, which dates from the end of
the Fourteenth century Both King
Charles and his Queen are said to be
personally popular with their subjects,
but the national affairs have been so
mismanaged as to bring the country to
the verge of ruin. As a consequence the
discomfort of the people has reached a
most acute stage and recent cable dis
patches from Lisbon have contained the
information that King Charles seriously
contemplates abdicating the throne.
T. NJ. CULLINAN. whose name has
been given to the huge diamond that the
Transvaal government proposed to pre-
sent to King Edward VII. was born in
Cape Colony, September %, 1862. He
went to the Rand in the early days and
soon became one of the big men in the
diamond fields. Starting first as a build
er and contractor lie rapidly accumu-
lated a large fortune. After the Boer
war he had a chance to buy farm near
Pretoria, which was believed to be dia-
mondiferous, though it had never been
tested by experts. Mr.. Cullinan decided
TO take a chance on the property and
paid the owner nearly 100000 for it.
Practically his entire fortune was risked
in the venture. 1t was lucky specula-
ton, however, for today the old farm is
valued at over SS0,000,000, and in the
first year or two it yielded diamonds to
the value of several million dollars. The
greatest find was the huge diamond
which bears Mr.. Cullinan's name and
which weighs one and one-half pounds.
HENRY AUGUSTUS BUCHTEL, the
present governor of Colorado, was born
at South Bend, Ind, September 80, 1S47,
He went to DePauw university from
which institution he was graduated in
1872, and entered upon his first pastor
ate in the Methodist Episcopal church at
louisville in the fall of that year. Later
he occupied pulpits in various cities and
towns before going to Denver, Colo.
where he built the Trinity NJ. Il. church.
the greatest Methodist Episcopal church
building in that section of the country.
In 1891 he returned to Indianapolis,
where he preached for FIVE years, and
from indianapolis went to Morristown,
n. j., where he remained another FIVE
years. He was then elected chancellor
of Denver university, prominent
Methodist institution. A year ago he
was selected as the Republican candi-
date for governor of Colorado and was
elected in spite of fierce opposition put
up by the so-called Democratic organiza-
ton in that state.
EDWARD MORRIS, who recently
succeeded his father, the late Nelson
Morris, as the head of the great meat
packing concern of Nelson Norris & Co.
was born in Chicago, October /, 1866.
He received his education in the public
schools of the city and embarked in BUSH
ness with his father in 1880. Rapid pro-
motion followed and at the time of the
death of Nelson Morris the son was vice
president and treasurer of the company.
lie is also an officer or director in numer-
GUS other large concerns allied with the
packing industry in Chicago and is Il
prominent member of the Chicago board
of trade. Though one of the richest
young men Of Chicago Mr.. Morris is
little known outside of business circles.
holding membership in few clubs and
taking little interest in the doings of So
ciety.
GEN. ALEXANDER F. STEW
ART. the ranking officer of the Confed-
crate army, was born in Hawkins coun-
ty, Tenn. October 2, 1921. After COM
pleting his early education in Tennessee
he was sent to the military academy at
West Point and was graduated from
that institution in 1912. Ranking third
in his class. he was at once appointed
second lieutenant in the United States
artillery. Later he served for a time
as an instructor at West Point. but re-
signed his position and returned to Ten
nessee on account of delicate health. At
! the outbreak of the Civil war he was one
of the earliest volunteers in the Confed-
crate army. After the battle of Belmont
| he was appointed a brigadier general
| At the battle of Shiloh he commanded a
division after Gen. Charles CLARK had
/ been wounded. In 1868 he became a
major general and commanded Il division
4 in Hardee's corps throughout the opera
tons in middle Tennessee and during the
retreat to Chattanooga. At the battle
of Chickamauga the division commanded
/ by Gen. Stewart was distinguished by
conspicuous service. and again at Mis-
sionary Ridge the division took a prom
! inent part in the conflict. In 1864 Gen.
Stewart served with his division through
out the campaign of Atlanta. Since the
war Gen. Stewart has made his home
4 in Chattanooga.
ELEANORA DUSE. According to
most authorities Eleanora Duse the
great tragic actress of Italy, was born
October 3. 1889, ON a railroad train be-
tween Padua and Venice. though regard
| ing the exact date there has been some
dispute. She comes of race of noted
actors. One of her ancestors was a ia
nous comedian. and her grandfather was
the founder of the Theater Garibaldi
at Padua. Eleanora made her first bow
to the public at the age of 3 years. and
has been on the stage ever since. At the
age of Is she played Francesca ia Rimini
and at IA. at Verona, the famous per-
formance of Juliet that gave her the
first breath of fame. 1t was not. how
ever. until 1879 that she first created a
name for herself in other lands than
her own. In that year she appeared in
Paris and London and was hailed by the
critics as one of the greatest actresses
of the day, Since then she has made
several tours of America and has been
received with much favor.