Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04

SENATOR W. MURRAY CRANS of
MASSACHUSETTS,, who is receiving some
mention as possible candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination i}4A
year. was boru at Dalton. Mass. Anru
- 1888. After his graduation from
NtliSton seminary he cutcrtd upon Il
business career, In 1897 he was elected
heutenantt governor of Massachusetts
aud two years later was elected govern
or. Previously he had been dcicsate-at-
large 10 the Republican conventions of
1872, lS:6 aud l!i04 ON each of which
oCca SiouS be was elected as his states
member of the national committees. lie
was appointed to the lujted States Sen
ate on October II, 1904, following the
death OF Senator lIoar. and was elected
by the Legislature ia January, 1905
Senator Crane is man of immense
wealth, being the head Of the largest
paper manufacturing concerns in the
~wurd,
CYRIL MAUDE, the English actor
who toured America Il year ago. was
born in London, April n lS62. Mr..
Maude was no stranger 10 America
when he cume over II year ago, for it
was on this side of the Atlantic that
he gained his early stage training, When
lie was Il youugSter his rowing instincts
took him from home. lie WAS wander
ing through the United States when his
funds gave out, Having recourse to "A
talent he had used hitherto as an anna,
teur he sought employment rs an actor,
and IN a short time was a member at
Daniel Randmaun's company. With
that veteran he played for several years
lie went back to England about twenty
years ago and within four years of his
return he had gained a foothold In Lon
don. His rise since then has been rapid.
In 1896 he vcntured to take fan title Of
actor manager. and became partner
in the management of She Iiaymarket
theator. Mr.. Muude has had the assist
ance of his wife, Miss Wmifrcd Emery.
in most Of the plays in which be has
appeared since he became manager.
GUGLIELAIO MARCONI. the Young
Italian electrical engineer whose iuycn-
ton % wireless teleeraphy apparatu.
several years ago placed him in the front
rank among the inventors and scientists
of the present day. WAS born in Bologna,
! April -, 1879. Though c,Iucatcd IN
! Italy, hc has lived q good deal ia Ire
! land and later in America. His mother
| was m Irish woman and many of the
| Young inventors characteristics are more
! Irish than Italian. Ills first practical
! experiments with wireless biography
were made in Dublin bay. In 1859 he
| established wireless communication be
! tween France and England across the
| English channel. Ills system is now
used exclusively by Lloyd's aud the prin-
ciplc shipping companies IN England ana
! abroad and is also employed hv the
nayics of Great Britain. Italy and other
| powers 4 few years ago the maximum
! distance that wireless message could
| he transmitted was fourteen and one
| half miles. Since then it Inns been found
! possible 10 communicate across tire Al
| lautic ocean by the wireless system.
! For his contributions to science Siguur
Marcoui has been decorated 10y several
of the European governments.
LEWIS HARCOURT. Who WAS re-.
Gently elevated to the British caltjlI,.i
was born April %. 1868 He is the old
est surviving son Of ihc late Liberal lead
cr. Sir William Vernon llarcou1 Lewis
Harc0urt WAS elected 90 Parliament two
years ago and II is said that he wuuId
have been included in the cabinet when
the present government was Formed II
lac had then POSSESSED little more JaI.
liamcutnry experience. But he had NOT at
that time made his FIRST speech IN the
House of Commons Since then, now
ever. ne has made q most excellent rec.
ord. lie js n 6rst-rate speaker a#d he
gave good evidence If his skill 30 pilot
Il bill through the House last session
when he WAS in charge Of the plural
voting bill. II is said lIc will hc IN
trusted with the new land bin to be- IN.
troduccd shortly. Mr. Harcourt was
married ia 1880 10 the daughter oi the
late Walter II. Burns Of New York
JOHN ELBERT WILKIE. cuicf Of
the United StatcTa secret service, WAS