Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-15
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

THE PRINCE OF WALES. heir APP
parent 10 the British throne, was forty
two years old Monday. having been born
june >, 1865. Flags were displayed
every where i'm London In token of the
anniversary and the customary Samtes
were fired in the Long Walk and nj the
naval and military stations throughout
the empire.
PAUL NJ. POTTER, the well known
dramatiSt, was born al Brighton. Eng
land, june ;. 1888. Though an English
man by birth his professional career has
been Identified almost wholly with the
stage in America. He began his career
as London correspondent of the New
York Herald in 1871. and retained his
connection With that paper for thirteen
years. He came to America in 1850 and
tor time was on the editorial staff of
Chicago newspaper He began writ
ing plays in 1889. his first production be-
ms The City Directory" The success
of his initial effort prompted him to
more ambitious work and in lS92 he
Wrote comedy called The American
Minister which was produced by w. III.
Crane. sheridan, or the Maid of Bath.
was written for l.. III. Sothern in 1898.
and in the same year another of Mr.. Pot
,
produced 10y Daniel Frohman. In 1895
he Aramatized Du Maurier's novel of
"Irllhy,' which met with wonderful sue
cess ia both the United States and Eng
land. Other well known pieces from Mr..
Potter's pen have been The Conquer
ors Under Two Flags" "Notre Dame"
and The School Girl
GEN. LORD WOLSELEY. one of
EngIand's greatest soldiers, was born
june /, 1893, He is Il veteran of many
wars. and for his successful services in
the field has had honors and cmolumcntS
heaped upon him by the English govern
ment. His first service in the field was
during the second Burmese war in 1893.
when he was wounded. Through the
greater part of the Crimean war and all
of the Indian mutiny he served on the
staff Of Sir Hope Grant At the siege
OF SebaStupOl he was again severely
wounded. In 1858 he was promoted
major, in 1859 lieutenant colonel. and i'm
1861 he was sent To Canada in conse-
Quence Of the difficulties arising with the
United States over the Trent affair. In
1860 he commanded the forces that sup
pressed the Riel inSurrection. and was
knighted for his services. For his serv-
ices in the Ashantee war of 1874 he
was made major general, received the
thanks of Parliament and a grant of
Sl25,000. Later he served in Natal.
cyprus and other parts of the British
dominions. After the decisive battle Of
Tel-el-1[ ebir. when he crushed the revolt
Of Araby pasha. he was created Baron
Wolselcy In 1884 he commanded the
expedition to relieve Gordon at khar-
toum. and on his return TO England was
elevated to the rank of viscount In
1895 he was made commandments
of the British army.
DIR. JAMES CARROLL. curator of
the Army Medical museum in Washing
ton, was born in England, June ;, 1851
and received his early education ut an
academy at WOolwich. Emigrating to the
United States he attended the medical
school of the University of Maryland and
later took Il graduate course at
Johns Hopkins. Dr. Carroll was mem
Der of the commission to Cuba IN 1900
to investigate the yellow fever situation
and he offered himself for experiment 10
determine the theory of mosquito trans
mission of thG yellow fever germ. lie
voluntarily submitted to the bite of II
contaminated mosquito that had previous
~ been caused 40 bite three weil-markcd
cases of yellow fever. Within four days
he was taken i'll and suffered a severe
attack on the disease, this beng the first
case Of experimental yellow fever on rec
proposed 10 retire him with the rank Of
lieutenant colonel. but the war depart
ment considered him too valuable Il man
to be placed on the retired list and he
was consequently promoted TO be a maj
or on the active list and assigned TO
tho medical corps of the army.
ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA. the
present Empress Of Russia. was born
June q. 1872. the daughter of Ludwig
~, Grand Duke of Iesse. Before her
marriage she was known rs Princess
Alix, a name given by her royal grand
mother, Queen Victoria Of England who
called her Alix instead of Alice that the
relatives Of the child might avoid the
difficulty which Germans often find in
pronouncing the latter name The En-.
press is beautiful woman of the re-
fined blonde type. She has a thorough
education and is wholly English In taste.
accomplishments and sentiment The ar
rangencnts for her union with the pres.
ent Gar. then cZaruyltz, were made IN
der the direction Of the late Gar. Alex
ander III. The marriage took place No.
yember -. 1894 at the winter palace.
st. Petersburg. few weeks following
the death Of Alexander III The i'm
perial couple have been blessed with five
children. four daughters and a son Tho
latter who is heir apparent 10 the throne
of Russia. is named the Gr1Md Duke
Alexis aud was born August - 1914.
MALCOLM RICE PATTERSON.
whom the Democrats Of Tennessee hon
ored with the cnvcrnorsbip a. the last
election. is native Of Alabama, In which
state he was born June Z, 1861 With
his parents he moved 10 Tennessee soon
after the close Of the Civil war and bc-
came resident Of Memphis His edu-
cation was received mt the Christian
Brothers college in Memphis and al
Vanderbilt university. After his gralua-
ton he read law in his fathers office and
was admitted 70 the bar in 1855 In 1891
he was nominated for the Legislature
by the DcuOcra Is. but was defeated. IN
| 1894 he WAS elected attorney general 1f
Shelby county, in which capacity hr
served for six years, resiguing iu 1000
TO accept the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the Tenth district. When hc
entered the contest he was almost M
known. bat he pursued a vigorous cam
paign and Von the nomination and elrc-
ton by an Overwhelming majority He
was renominated in 1892 and 1904 with
ont opposition. Last year be resigned his
seat IN Congress 10 make the race for