Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-02-19
NOTES OF NOTABLES.

NOIE Ed OE NOIAbLES.
BRYANT BUTLER BROOKS. gov
ernor of Wyoming, was born in Bern
ardston, Mass. February 5, 1861. He
passed his youth in Chicago and received
his education in the public schools of
that city In the early eighties he went
to Wyoming and engaged in business as
a stock grower, in which he was emf
nently successful. His public career
dates from his election as a member of
the Wyoming Legislature in 1892. Four
years later he was a delegate to the ma
tional Republican convention at st.
Louis, and stumped Wyoming for Nc
Kinley. Mr.. Brooks was first elected
governor of his adopted state in 1904.
His administration was very cuccessful
and at the expiration of his four years
term he was reelected, running far
ahead of his ticket. In addition to his
extensive ranch interests he Is a direc-
tor of several banks and other large
financial and commercial enterprises and
of late years he has been prominent in
every public movement relating to
the development and welfare of the west
FRANCIS WILSON, the well-known
comedian, was born in Philadelphia,
February Z, 1854. His parents were
Quakers, who intended their son for a
commercial career. Instead of that, how
ever, he became negro minstrel. In
1877 he first engaged in legitimate com
edy at the Chestnut Street. theater in his
native city In 1880 he began a success
full career in comic opera as Sir Joseph
Porter in "PinafOre." He became lead
ing comedian of the McCaull Opera COM
pany and of the Casino company in New
York Subsequently he organized his
own company and for a number of years
he toured successfully in musical come
dies. Among his notable successes were
''The Little Corporal" THE Strollers,"
and a revival of Erminie" In addition
to his work as Il player Mr.. Wilson
has written several books.
GEORGE j. GOULD. capitalist and
railroad magnate, was born in New
York city. February 6. 1864, the eldest
son of Jay Gould, the eminent financier
He was educated in private schools, and
at an early age began his business ca
reer as a clerk in banking house of
which his father was a partner. His
active interest in railroad affairs dates
from 1888, when he became vice presi-
dent of the Little Rock & Fort Smith
Railroad company, of which he became
president a few years later. Since the
death of his father Mr.. Gould has been
the head of the family, and has looked
after the Gould interests in railroad and
other properties, including the Missouri
Pacific, Texas & Pacific, International
x Great Northern, and st. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern railroads. The
Rio Grande and other prominent west
ern roads also came under his control
and he has been one of the dominant
factors in the Western Union Telegraph
company and numerous other large cor
porations.
United States consul general, was born
in New York city, February s, 1873. He
received his education at Kenyon col
lege and New York university and at
several schools abroad. He began his
career as a newspaper and magazine cor
respondent and represented the New
York Herald in the Porto Rican cam
paign in 1893. He began his public ca
reer in 1900, when he was appointed
collector of customs at Monte Christi,
Santo Domingo, where he was engaged
at the time as a sugar planter. Suisse
quently he served as consul at several
points in Central and South America
and in 1905 he was transferred to Next
co City and since the reorganization of
the consular service he has been one of
the four consuls general-at-large.
ARTHUR T. DAVIS, one of the en-
gineering experts invited to accompany
President-elect Taft to Panama, was
born III Decatur, ILL.,, February 8, 1861,
and received his education at Columbian
university, Washington, ID. 6. In 1884
he was appointed topographer of the
United States geological survey This
Office he held for ten years, conducting
surveys in Arizona. New Mexico and
California. After Uhat he was hydro
grapher in charge of all government
stream measurements and in 1898 went
south as photographer in charge of the
examination of the Nicaragua and Pana-
ma canal routes. He is now chief en-
gineer of the United States reclamation
service. He is a member of the Ameri-
can Society OF Civil Engineers. of the
Washington Academy of Sciences. and
of the National Geographical society
JUDGE ALBERT BARNES AN
DERSON of the United States district
court of the district of Indiana. who is
to preside at the coming trial of the
Standard Oil company in the so-called
Alton rebate case, was born in Boone
county, Ind, February 10, 1887. He
graduated from Wabash college in 1879
and studied law in Indianapolis and
Charlottesville. He was admitted to the
bar in 1881 and began the practice of
law in Charlottesville. In 1856 he was
elected prosecuting attorney of Mont
gomery county. He has been a Judge
of the United States district court since
1902, in which years he was appointed
TO succeed Judge John Fl. Baker. Since
his appointment he has presided at near
~ all of the important cases tried in the
federal courts in the Indianapolis district.
One of the noted cases tried before Judge
Anderson was that of Banker John r.
Walsh in Chicago.