Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-24
PROMINENT PEOPL E.

|, SIR FREDERICK HAYNES. Great
Gritan'S senior and oldest field MARSHAL.
was born August, 10. 1919. In lNsQ,
when twenty years of age, lie entered the
British army as an ensign in the 4th
Kings Own. He saw his first active
service with Sir Hugh Cough in the Suit
lei campaign of 1915. Under Cough he
displayed gallantry in service, which
earned him several promotions In the
Crimeau war he was present at Alma.
Balaclava, lnkerman and SehaStopol
For year 1879 1SS0-he acted as com
mauder-iu-chief in AfghaniStan. where
houses Of ParlameA He was dftv.
eight years old when he WAS honored
with knighthnod and Sevcnty-six when
he got his baton. He has now completed
sixty eight years of active service in the
army without break. He is in good
health for a man of his great age and
is familiar figure in London society
and club circles.
JUSTICE JOS. M'KENNA was "a
years old Aug. 10 He is ont. nf the three
Youngest members of the supreme trih-
u1tal aud will not lee eligible to retire uu-
I'll six years heBce.
Justice McKenna, though ackuowl-
edged to he one of the ablcSt men who
ever sat ON the Supreme bench, i com
paratlVcly unknown to the general pub
lie, As attorney general in President
MckinleyS cabinet and also during his
service in Congress ne took more
prominent part in the social life of the
national capital than has been the ease
since he was elevated to the supreme
bench Mr., Mckcnna aud Justice Brew
er are said to hS the two most regular
Il AFT hA ia.
ton.
COY. ROBERT Il. GLENN of North
Carolina, whose successful efforts Ia en-
force the railroad rate law in his state
have recently brought him prominently
before the public, WAS horn in HuCklug-
ham county. \. G, August II. lS.l4 lie
was educated first IN the high school at
leakSyille and then went Ia Davidson
college for three years. For two years
he was at the University of Virginia.
lie studied law under Chief Justice
Pearson during 1879 and 1876. and was
admitted tu the bar in 1877, In tSS1
he was sent to the legislature aud four
years later was made district solicitor
in the ninth judicial district He was a
/ Cleveland elcctur in 1881 and 1892. and
substituted as Cleveland elcctor in
1883 In 1881 he was appointed United
States district attorney 10y president
Cleveland and served for ti<years. III
! 1852 he was II state senator. and WAS
| member of the Senate committee that
| framed the North Carolina constitutional
amendment. In 1901 he was elected gov
ernor and has three years more in of
| flee
JAMES W. WADSWORTH. JR..
/ speaker of the lower branch of the New
! York Legislature, was born August II.
! 1871. His father was Il member of
| Congress for more than twenty years
and prominent in New York politics.
! The Younger WadsWorth was graduated
| from Yale in 1898. When the Spanish
! American war broke out Il few weeks
after he had received his degree. he en-
! listed as u private For n short time
| he served in Porto Rico. and later saw
| active service in the Philippines In
! 1890 he returned home aud engaged in
! farming in Livingston county. ~ T. lie
/ was first elected an '"TSScmhlymHn in
! 1904, when - years old. Shortly after
! his graduation from college Mr.. Wads
] worth was married to Miss Alice Hay
/ daughter of the late secretary of state
Dr. Goodwin Smith, the celebrated
/ historian and publicist, was born An
/ gust 10, 1923. He is IN Englishmal
| by birth. but has lived in Canada fol
nearly forty years. His education was
received at Elton and Oxford IN 1864
/ he first visited the United States ON a
| lecturing four Prior to that time he
/ had become noted in England az a
writer and educator He met with an
/ enthusiastic reception in America. and
| Brown university conferred upon him
| the honorary degree of Ill. -. On his
return home he published works dealing
with the relations between England and
! America. and with the American Civil
| war In 1869, having resigned his chair
/ at oxford. he settled in the United
! States as professor at Cornell uni
vcrsity. This post be occupied till 1871.
/ when he removed to Canada. where hr
was for n time Il member of the senate
of the University Of Toronto. For near
/ ~ forty years he has lived al The
/ Grange" neal the city of Toronto. Dur.
/ ing that period his life has been devoted
/ Ia literature. journalism. philnutmopy
and all the higher duties cf citizenship.
! He has been aud IL still "A prolific writer
and his writings have covered wide
variety Of subjects
| Prince Henry Of Prussia. brother of
| Emperor William was born on August
| Ia. 1862. in Potsdam, lie WIS at once
! destined for the naval career, 90 follow
| in the footsteps Of his uncle. the first
/ whom the organization and spirit of the
! German navy are in large measure due
| Prince Henry's love Of the sea aud his
ADVENTUROUS spirit were thoroughly graft
| fed when II youth. by several long
cruises around the world 1t was in
| 1884 that he was appointed 10 the rank
Of lieutenant captain. aud in 1892 he
attained 10 the rank Of captain at sea
aud on September -. 1899. that Of rear
| admiral lie was married ou June -.
| 1855. to Princess Irene - iIcssc, a
/ granddaughter If thc late Queen Victoria
and a sister Of the present tzarina of
| Russia In 1902 Prince Henry mad" an
! extended tour II the United States aud
/ was everywhere accorded most On
/ thulasti" reception. At that time he
/ visited Milwaukee
/ S,uaDor Albert j. Hopkins If Illinois.
/ Wba-,. term viii expire III 1909. and who
I is now sighting for reelection, was born
+ i'm be Rulb county. Illinois. August -,
! 1886 f!is education WAS received al
! HiH~dait college. iu Michigan. and after
graduating from that institution h''
/ stud iod laN and was admitted 10 the bar
n. hogan the practice Of LAW "a Aurora.
(which ciry g." has over since made his
I.f,ln His first public office WHs That