The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-09-16
NOTES OF NOTABLES.

| internationally famous as a naturalist
was born in Bucks county. PennsyJva-
MIA, August IA, 1850. After receiving
a common school education he went
ABROAD ana Spent several years in study
| iii European universities. Un,n h;e 20
turn to America he became a lecture,.
and writer on zoology and bioloov and
soon established for himself n bio5 ror1,,-
tation among scientists. For a numbey.
of years Mr.. Brown has been vice-nresi-a
dent and curator of the Academy of
| Natural Sciences of philadelphia and
manager of the Wistar Institute Of Ana
| tony. In 1907 the University of Penn
sylvania conferred upon him the hon
orary degree of Doctor of Science.
RT.-REV. ALFRED HARDING,
bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Wash
ington, d. c., was born in Lisburn Ire
land, August 10, 1852. He was edu-
Gated at Pypus academy in Belfast and
in the public schools of Dublin. Coming
to the United States he entered Trinity
college at Hartford, Conn.,, from which
he was graduated in 1879 He studied
theology at Berkeley Divinity school and
was ordained a deacon in 1882. by the
late Bishop Littlejohn of Long Island.
His first charge was as curate of Trim
ity church at Genesco, N. Y. He be-
came curate of st. Paul's church, Bal
timore. and remained there until 1887,
when he accepted a call to become rec
tor OF ST PauPs church in Washington.
Last November he was elected to sue
coed the late Bishop Satterlee.
CHARLES d. CARTER. representa-
tive IN Congress of the Fourth district
of Oklahoma, was born near old Fort
TowsOn, in the Choctaw territory, Au-
gust is, 1868. On his mothers side he
was descended from the Shawnee In
Nhr ar1xy a1I of+ ~,
congressman was limited to brief term
at the old Miss Crook log school, Be
fore he was 10 he was working on his
fathers ranch as a cowboy. He con-
tinued life as COW herder until his
twenty-first year, when he became
were spent in study, and when he en-
tered politics in 1892 he was equipped
with a good education that had been ac-
quired wholly through his own efforts.
When Oklahoma was admitted to the
statehood Mr.. Carter was selected ON
the Democratic ticket as a representa-
tive to the Sixtieth Congress and a year
ago he was reelected by an increased
majority.
RICHMOND PEARSON HOBSON,
representative in Congress from the
Sixth Alabama district, was born in
Greensboro, Ala, August II, 1870 Aft
d
university he entered the United States
Naval academy and was graduated III
1889. In 1898 he was promoted to the
grade Of naval constructor, and as such
was on active duty with the North At
lantic squadron at the beginning of the
war with Spain. 1t was during this Pc
Rod that he rendered efficient service at
the bombardment of MatanZas and in the
expedition against San Juan, Porto Rico.
Shortly afterward he gained wide fame
by his heroic feat in sinking the collier
Merrimac in the harbor of Santiago to
stop the egress of the Spanish fleet COM
manded by Admiral Cervera. After the
war Capt. Hobson served period in the
east and upon his return to the United
States in. 1903 he resigned from the navy
to go on the lecture platform. Shortly
afterWard he was nominated and elected
to Congress on the Democratic ticket.
REAR ADMIRAL ROBLEY d.
EVANS, u. S. N, retired, one of the
navy, was born in Floyd county, Vir-
ginia, August Is, 1916. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools of Washing
ton and appointed to the United States
naval academy from Utah in 1860. He
graduated from the academy in 1865,
was promoted to the grade Of lieutenant
in 1866, lieutenant commander. in 1878,
1901. In the Civil war he participated
in the two attacks OH Fort Fisher. and
was severely wounded. In 1891 he
earned the title of Fighting Bob" while
in command of the cruiser Yorktown at
Valparaiso, Chill. In the war, with
ship Iowa and took an active part in
the destruction of Admiral Cervera's
fleet off the harbor of Santiago. After
the Spanish war he commanded the Ash
attic feet for three years, and upon his
return home he was given command of
the North Atlantic fleet. In the famous
world cruise of American battleships
Rear Admiral Evans was in command
from the time of departure from Hamp-
ton Roads until the arrival of the feet at
San Francisco. A year ago he was
placed on the retired list on account of
age.
50 vi
FRANK A. LEACH. who has re-
signed the dictatorship of the United
States mint to accept the presidency of
the Peoples Water company of Oakland,
Cal, was born il Auburn, N. Y. Au-.
gust 10, 1916, and received his early
education in the public schools of his
native place. At the age of 20 he be-
gan his business career as a newspaper
publisher in Napa, Cal. Later he estab-
and the Oakland Enquirer, both of
which papers he sold. In 1897 he was
appointed superintendent of the United
States mint at San Francisco. His eff
cient work in the position attracted the.
favorable notice of the secretary of the
treasury and in 1907, after a service of
ten years in San Francisco, Mr.. Leach
was transferred to Washington as di--
rector of the United States mint.
OTTO H. TITTMANN, the famous
geodesist, who is the United States.
representative ON the International com
mission to resurvey the boundary line
between the United States and Canada.
was born in Belleville, Ill.,, August 20.
1850, and received his education in the
public schools of st. Louis. In 1867 he
joined the United States coast and
geodetic survey. In 1874 he was assist
ant astronomer to the transit of Venus
expedition to Japan and since that time
he has been engaged in numerous sur
veying expedition on both the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts of the United States.
He was sent to Paris in 1890 to bring
to the United States the national stand
ard meter and to inspect the weights and
measures offices in London, Paris and
other capitals of Europe Prof. Tit
mann also represented the United States
at the international geodetic conference
held in Berlin in 1895, and four years
later he represented the United States in
the demarkation of the boundary be-