The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-08-20
NOTES OF NOTABLES,

NOTES OF NOTABLES.
] CAPT. CHARLES j. BADGER. SUI
/ pcrintendent of the United States naval
academy at Annapolis, was born August
&. 1888. ut Rockville, Md. and was APP
pointed to the naval academy i'm 1850
! He graduated from the academy in 1878
and the following year was commits
stoned rs ensign. Since then he has
seen n wide variety of service. From
! 1873 to 1919 he took part in the survey
of the Gulf of California. In 1854 he
was executive officer of the Alert of the
! Greedy relief expedition. The following
year he was attached to the ship Ten
neSSee. while serving with the cNpcdi-
| tiOnarS force sent to the ISthmuS of
/ Panama. Capt. Badger was in com
mand of the water front interests of the
! United States ut san Francisco ut the
time of the great earthquake aud fire
, and was warmly thanked 10y the muuiC-
/ ipal authorities for the aid he furnished
1 them. L. July of last year he was ap.
pointed to succeed Admiral Sands rs SUI
/ pcrutCudout Of the Annapolis academy.
POWELL CLAYTON, leader Of the
/ Republican party in Arkansas, was born
/ in Bethel, Pa, August !, 1888. and WAS
educated at the Bristol academy in Penn
p SNl\IllV. Later lie SlUil'b 'lNll 'lEA.
ncerug at Wilmington, Del. In 1879
! he was chosen engineer and surveyor of
/ Leaveuworth, Kan, and that marked til"
/ beginning Of his career in the west.
! At the beginning of the Civil war he
/ enlisted as captain Of the First Kansas
infantry, and Il year later was appointed
4 lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Kansas
cavalry. In the same year he was mad"
colonel The greater part of his mill
! tary service was carried on in Arkansas,
where he led several minor expeditions.
for which he was commissioned brgadier
/ general. After the close of the war
he settled in Arkansas and rapidly
gained i'll popularity. In lists he WAS
/ elected governor of Arkansas and from
/ 1871 Ia 1877 he served rs United States
senator from Arkansas. In 1891 he was
appointed United States ambassador to
| Mexico, which position he held until
/ 1909. He always took leading part in
the Republican party of his state and
has been a member of every Republican
national convention from 1872 to the
present day. At various times he has
! been connected with various commercial
enterprises in Arkansas and has held
the position of president and general
manager of the Eureka Springs railway
Arkansas. Ills business interests are
quite extensive and he has acquired Il
large fortune.
SAMUEL BENEDICT ClIKISTl,
4. professor of mining and metal
lurgy and recognized authority
on mining matters, was horn
in san Francisco, Cal, August :, 1850.
lie was graduated from the University
Of California rs Phi. Il. in 1874 and r..
ccivcd the degree of Sc. -. from Column
hiu university in 1902. He is professor
of mining and mctallurgy in the univcr-
sity of California. Ire was vice prcSi-
dent of the American Institute of Mia
Ing Engineers in 1891 and 1873 aud
from 1907 to 1909 is "A member of the
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Of
London, the Society of Mining. Metal
urgy and Chemistry of South Africa. the
Society for the Promotion of Engineer
iug Education, and the California Mining
association. lie is the author of uu-
merous papers on the mining and metal
lur2y of gold silver. quicksilver etc.
and ou engineering education, and he is
the inventor of processes for treating
gold ores,
WILLIAM MORRIS STEWART. one
1 of the leading men of the state of Ne
yadu which he represented for several
/ terms III the United States Senate. was
/ born III Lyons, \. y, August .. 1877
/ lie spent his youth in Ohio aud. when
/ quite young, became a teacher in that
state. With his savings he hoped to OBJ
/ tain classical education. He entered
! Yale. but when the gold fever broke
out. he discontinued his studies and went
! to Nevada county, California where lac
/ pr"Spectcd for gold. He was not sue
/ ccSstul, however, and soon deserted the
mining camp to devote himself to the
| practice Of law. After he had been al
mittcd TO practice in 1852, he entered
the field of politics and was elected dis
/ trCt attorney. He made considerable
money out of the Comstork lode Htiga-
ton IN 1860, by which time he was n
citizen of Nevada. He helped 10 make
the territory state and in 1864 was
elected United States senator for the
! first time. He was sent to the United
| States Senate four times. the last time
/ III lN!tj. In the course of his career
he has gained and lost several fortunes.
| When h" left the Senate in 1903 he was
| financially embarrassed, but Since then he
| has made another fortune In mining on.
terprlses. While in Washington. -. G..
Senator Stewart was highly popnlar qnd
was known throughout the city rs "ph
Santa Claus owing to the fact that
h" wears long white beard. which gives
him a patriarchal appearance.
REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES +
| CLARK. |. :. ~ retired, was horn
| August 10, 1873, in the town of Brad.
/ ford, VT, and entered the United States
| Naval academy ia 1850. During The
closing years of the Civil war hr was al
/ tachcd to the West Gulf Blorkadiu-
| squadron and participated in tho bnit,s
Of Mobile Bay and the bombardmcu of
I Fort Morgan. His subsequent promo
/ tiou~ were 70 master in 1866. hrutpu1lt
IN lNbr ieul"nanlcommaudcr IN 1858,