The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

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GEN. RT.-HON SIR REDVERS
BULLER, who commanded the British
forces in South Africa during tie late
Boer war. was born December I. 1899,
ana was educated mt Eton. He entered
the British army in 1893. During his
military career of half a century he has
taken part in nearly every foreign cam
paign III which England has engaged dur
ing that period. He served in China in
1850. in the Rcd river expedition in 1870.
in the Ashanti war in 1874, the kailir
war in 1878. the Zulu war of the follow
ing year, the first Bocr war. and the
Soudan war in lSSt During the last
liocr war lie served first as general COM
handing the forces in South Africa,
and afterwards rs general officer com
handing IN Natal, and conducted the
operations for the relief of ladysmith,
which was successfully accomplished aft
er an investment of IFS days For his
distinguished services Gen. Butler has
received many houors from the British
government and people
ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM HENRY
O'tONNELI. the successor of the ven
cradle Archbishop William as head of
the Roman catholic province of Boston.
was born in Lowell. Mass, December
$. 1859. and was educated in the schools
there Later lc was graduated from
Boston college, and entered the North
American college at Rome in 1881. -Four
years later he was ordained n priest and
remained in Italy. In 1899 hc was made
rector of the North American college.
In 1901 he rctudued TO America to boz
come bishop of Portland, Me. Prior to
leaving Rome he was Consecratcd in the
Church of ST. John Iatcran. He re-
manned i'll Portland but a few years
when he was named n coadjutor to
Archbishop Williams Of Bosom, with the
right of succession. In January, 1901,
Il further honor was bestowed upon him
through his appointment as assistant at
the pontihcal throne
THOMAS II. PAINTER. who re
Gently took his seat IN the United States
Senate Us one of the two representatives.
of Kentucky. was born December =.
1871. on farm in the mountainous re-
giou of Lewis county. ky. After grad
uatlng from Center college he studied
| law at NauCoburg. aud was admitted to
the bar i'm 1873. lie began his public
career ass county attorney of Greeuup
county which Ollie, he held from l~1G
10 lNS2 He was elected to Congress
from the Ninth district in 1883 and was
twice reelected. Ilo then became chief
justice of the kentucky court of appeals,
and was uu the bench when most of the
Goohrl laws, Gocbcl contest for gov
cruur aud GuchpI assassination casu-
were handled 10y the court lie is idrnt-
! fed with IA" bockham wing of the Dem
ocratic party in Kentucky, and year
ago Waa chosen by the LEGISLATURE rs the
successor Of j. &, :. Blackburn in the
United States Senate. Senator puyutcr
is man of commanding physique and is
considered a brilliant lawyer.
DIR LUDWIG LAXARE XAMEN-
llOI, who has become widely known MS
the inventor Of Esperanto, was born at
Byalstock, in Russia. December TO-
lSI9. lie was educated for the medical
profession, but for some years has been
praCticmg rs an oculiSt in Warsaw. In
his CoIlcg" days he became interested in
the question of a universal language, ow-
ing To the racial differences which exist
ed among tine mixed population of his
native place. Before he put forward
Espcrnatp, however he had practically
completed another language, but this did
not appear very successful, and it was
not until 1887 that Esperanto was pre-
scented To the public Though opinion diff
tcrs aS to the value of language made
for universal use, it is generally ne
knowIcdgcd that Esperanto has been
more lngcnlously constructed than NOlu-
puk and other of its predecessors. Many
loudly praise its merits with the result
that its inventor has become a celebrity.
1t has been taken up enthusiastically
by numbers OF people in the various
countric of Europe and To Il lesser extent
in America. Several international con
crosses have been held 10y the Esporau-
lists, the ore thia year meeting in Eug-
land with an attendance of several thou
sand persons.
BISHOP WILLARD FRANCIS
MAILAIlEE one of the grand old
men" of the Methodist Episcopal church.
was born December II, 1888. in Sutton.
Massachusetts. He received common
and high school training, and was grad
uHtcd in 1851 ut Wesleyan university
The following year he WAS admitted to
membership in the New England CON
ference. He soon began to make his
mark in the ministry, and became one of
the leaders of his denomination in New
England, In 1867 he declined the prcsi-
dcnCy of Central Tennessee college. pre-
fcrring 20 remain in the ministry. He
made tour of Europe IN 1870 for the
purpose Of studying educational. rcli-
gious and social conditions. In 1881
he was elected bishop of the church
During the next eight years his resi-
dencc was in New Orleans, but in 1892
was changed to Buffalo. In 1883 he
again visited Europe, this time to study
the development of mission work in Rus
STA Four years later he visited the
missions Of Asia, travelling extensively
in japan, COrea and China. At other
times he has inspected the missions of
the church in various parts Of Europe,
India. Mexico and South America
RI. REV HENRY MOELLER,
Roman Catholic archbishop Of Cincin-
natl received congratulations today on
his ifty-eighth birthday. Archbishop
Moclpr is native of Cincinnati and re-
ceived his early education there, In
1850 he was appointed secretary TO the
late Archbishop Elder and later he was
made chancellor of the diocese. In 1900
he was appointed bishop Of Columbus
and upon the death of Archbishop Elder
he succeeded the latter as head of the
archdiocese OF Cincinnati.
WILLIAM J. ROLFE Of Cambridge.
Mass, the well known writer and
Shakcspcarcan scholar, received the CON
CALCULATIONS Of many fricids bee. 10Th on
he occasion of his cigbtcth birthday, nr.
Rolfc was born in 1877 In Newhuryport.
but has been resident nf Cambridge for
nearly bali century. In his early years
he was 4 school teacher and has always
taken an active interest in educational
affairs. He began his editorial aud liter
airy labors in 1865 since which time he
has written many text hooks. criticisms.
guides and magazine articles. Notwith.
standing his four score years he Is still
busy with his pen, turning off n quantity
Of work which would exhaust many Il
Younger man In his multitude of lahnrs