Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-19

New York went West. He made
fortune by striking 1t rich" In Nome,
Alaska. lie was a member OF the
class Of 1877 at Cornell. but left to
accompany his father in the famous
elobe-circling trip Of 1880.
Rutherford b. Hayes had dis.
tinguished career In the armies of the
United States long before he became
President Webb c. Hayes, his only
son, has followed In his fathers foot
steps as far as the army part Of 1t
goes.
Few knew much Of Hayes until
1898, when he offered himself for the
Spanish war. He had been In bust
ness In Ohio and was member OF the
Ohio National Guard, Troop A. When
war started Troop A was made into a
squadron and It was known as The
Presidents own" Mr.. Hayes was
commissioned major. But the crack
Ohio corps didn't get to the front. and
, Major Hayes waXed impatient. So he
had himself transferred to Gen. Shaf.
ter's staff. He saw plenty OF fighting
after that, taking part at Santiago
and afterward in the Philippines. He
was promoted lieutenant colonel on
the staff of Gen. Chaffee. and saw
more fighting around Picking. He is
, row in China representing the Gov.
eminent in an official capacity.
Two of President Garfield's sons
have certainly distinguished them.
selves; they have followed close on
the heels of their father. Harry
Augustus Garfield Is President of
Williams College. and James Rudolph
Garfield is Secretary Of the Interior in
President RoOsevelt's Cabinet.
Harry A. Garfield was born in 1868,
just as his father, as general, had
wound up brilliant career I'm the
Union Army to run for Congress In
ohio. He was graduated from VIII
l!ams College In 1885 and, after mar.
| rying Miss Belle Mason, of Mentor,
o.. In 1888, began the practice of law
In Cleveland. He rapidly became
prominent In commercial and railway
interests, as well as in politics. In
l?O3 he accepted the professorship of
politics at Princeton, but this was
not to last long, for when the Rev. Dr..
Henry Hopkins resigned as president
or Williams College last year Prof.
GARFIELD was shosen by the trustees to
succeed him. President Garfield has
Just begun his work at the New Eng.
land College, where he was graduated
twenty.three years ago.
James Rudolph Garfield was grad.
uated from Williams three years after
his father, the President. who died
from the effects Of Guiteau's bullet
He became lawyer, too, and entered
; Ohio politics. He was first elected q
, State Senator, and later he was put
on the United States Civil Service
Commission. Afterward he was made
chief OF the Bureau of Corporations
! IN the Department of Commerce and
I Labor.
| He put his training as civil ser
vice man into practical effect and
: soon his bureau was running like q
! sewing machine. President Roosevelt,
d. looked things over and saw that they
were good. SO, last year, he mad,
4 Mr.. Garfield his Secretary Of the In
), terror. He Is the youngest member
of the Cabinet and one Of the young
! est men that ever had portfolio.
5 There are two other sons OF Presi
" dent Garfield-Irvin Mcdowell Gar
S field and Abram Garneld-who liv,
r quietly in Cleveland. Both are mar
/ ried.
!, Irwin Garfield. thirty.n;ne years old
\ is in business and Abram, thirty'sever
: years old, Is an architect. The lattel
n has held several minor Republican
J. Offices.
e New York knows little Of Chester
Il Alan Arthur, only son of Presiden
Arthur. He has lived almost contin
l. uously abroad or out West, though III
i maintains membership In the UnioI
S end one or two other New York clubs
r He married Mrs. Clarence Andrews. |
d beautiful Divorce, In France, In 1900
d and soon afterward went to Colorado
> Springs to live. He seldom comes t
= New York.
e Two little boys are the direct mall
d descendants of Grover Cleveland. frs
h elected President in 1884 to succee,
l. President Arthur One Is Richar
l. Folsom Cleveland. eleven years old
Is and the other is Francis Grover Cleve
n land five years old.
Russell d. Harrison, only son q
e President Benjamin Harrison, ha
IS been much In the public eye. Fl
l. went TO war in 1898 as major In ia
IL InspectorGeneral's department II
d was sent to Cuba. and was one of tn
l. first to fall Ill OF yellow fever. He r,
T. covered however, and raised tn
Stars and Stripes over Havana. Ate
r, ward he went to Porto Rico. II
y mustered out In 1901. Since then h
.e has studied law, and has an Office |
O. Indianapolis, where he lives.
e. These are thirteen sons of Pres