Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-04-27

. AGAINST Fort loyal. lie - w more SprV-
Ice iu the James Island expedition. NJ
llarr!Son's Landing, at Antietam. Chick
amHpga, Chattanooga aud-uther fields
and SO pleased was Gen Grant with
him that Gen. Porter was put on the
stan as ald-de-camp, with the rank of
ljeuteuant-colonel Five times during The
four years of the war he was promoted
for gallant, faithful and meritorious
services in the field, In 1873 Gen. Por
ter became vice president of the Pullman
company, and since that time lie has
been connected with many important
railroads. financial concerns and com
mercial enterprises. lie is hupnt
writer, a lover of books and au accom-.
phSaed linguist.
j. rIERPONr MORGAN on April Il
reached the age of three score and ten
and rounded ont half century in the
banking business. During the past
thrcc years Mr. Morgan has been de.
voting more attention to art than to
finance. He is now in Europe and it is
understood that before he returns homo
tc will have arranged for several not.l-
tile additions To the great collections thar
now nil his private galleries in New
York and IN his London home
Though MIR Morgan is still hale and
hearty aud hopes to live many years
The time i'm life when he must round on!
has business affairs and put them in
such condition that his large interests
would not suffer were he suddenly to
die. 10 this end lie has been gradually
turning over the cares OF business 10 lis
SON and his partners
Though MIR. Morgan has been in the
banking business half century il WAS
but little over five years ago that he
was first looked upon as one of the IN.
duStrial kings of the United States.
This was when he began To rcorgauize
railroads and finance some of the great
est industrial combinations that the
world has ever known
In American financial history Mr..
Morgan will be chiefly remembered for
the part he took in floating the United
States Steel corporation. For many years
prior To that achievement Mr. Morgan
had been an important figure in the
Steel business, even if Mr.. CarnpgeS
prime position in that field had served to
| obscure his rivals prominence. 10 MIR
Morgan is due the greatest share of
credit for bringing about the big com
bmation. Since the violent decline in
| the securities OF the steel trust four
/ years ago and the storm of criticism that
broke forth from the thousands of in
veStors. it has been Mr. M0rgnns chief
ambition, SO il is said. TO see the steel
securities in such position in the market
! that his most bitter critics must coucede
that he built the great trust on sub
Stantial foundation.
/ CHARLEMAGNE TOWER, who is
! in this country on leave of absence from
/ his post of United States ambassador at
I Berlin, was born in Philadelphia. April
/ Il, 1913. He was educated at Phillips
! Exeter academy and Harvard university
and afterwards studied foreign languages
and literature in Europe Returning to
his home in Philadelphia he studied law
and was admitted to he bar in 1878.
] For five years. from 1882 to 1887. he
made his horne in Duluth, Mimi, where
! he was interested in iron mines and rail
roads. I'm 1897 he was appointed United
! States minister to Austria Hungary,
/ where he served two years aud was then
| given the amhaSsudurShip to Russia. In
! l3O2 he WAS transferred to the embassy
at Berlin. \ considerable share of Mr.
| Towers attention has been devoted Ia
! literary work, and in that he has
achieved more or less distinction. He is
Il trustee Of the University of Pcnnsyl
vania and holds membership in score
of learned and scientific societies ia
America and Europe,
CHARLES NJ. SCWAB. former pres
! ident of the United States Steel corpora
! ton, and one of the young men whom
/ Andrew Carnegie converted into million
/ aires overnight WAS born in Williams
burg, Pa, April Is. 1867 He received
! but common school education and ms
| Il boy his first work was in driving q
! stage through the Pennsylvania noun
! tains When he approached manhood "
| entered the service as a stakeboy in the
| engineering corps at one Of the plants Of
! the Carnegie company. He had Il pleas
! ing voice and played the organ, and il is
/ said that il was the latter accomplish
| ment that first attracted the attention 81
/ Mr. Carnegie. IoweA or this may be il
| is certain that young SchWab was ad
| vaGced steadily. learning the steel husi
! ness thoroughly as he went along. lie
/ was scarcely 30 years Of age when he
l. became superintendent Of the Homestead
! works. and II few years later found hin
/ president Of the Carnegie company
| When the latter was merged into the
/ great United States Steel corporation
! known as the steel trust. and the promot
ers cast about for the most available
man TO become the head Of the corpora
! tion il was Mr.. Carnegie who recon-
| mended that the best man for the plac,
was Mr.. Scbwab. This position Mr.
| Schwab held for several years until fail
/ ing HedlIh brought about ms Fe~iEUAInf
| Enulati tho example Of Mr. Carnegie
| Mr. Schwab has made several notahl,
| phianthropic gifts. lie gave to the town
/ Of Loretta. in Pennsylvania, a new
church costing $4,000. and AT Home
| stead he established the Schwab Indus
| trial school. where boys are taught Tia
| practical side Of the steel making indus
try.
/ NAPOLEON BONApARTE BROW
/ ARD. tie present governor Of Florida
( was born in that state, April 10. 1851
| The phrase. - self made man" may h
! truthfully applied To Gov Broward II,
! lost both parents when T. years old ga,
was left 20 make his own way IN TIA,
/ world. After receiving such education
4 ms the country schools af thar time If
! fordcd he struck out for himself From
/ the time he was II until he became %
age ho worked in the log camps. as
farm hand. as a steamboat rouStabout
/ as u codhsherman ou the Grand Bank
and as % sailor before the mast H.
/ saved some money and invested IN
river steamboat This markord the be-
ginning Of most successful bushes
career He became interested in polite
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