The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-05-13
NOTES OF NOTABLES.

NOTES OF NOTABLES.
DORADO TAFT. the noted sculptor
who was recently awarded a contract
for a statue of Columbus, to be erected
in the plaza of the Union station in
Washington ID. c., was born in Elm-
wood. H., April 20. 1860. After grad
uatng from the University of Illinois
in 1879 he studied art in Paris and other
cities of Europe. Since 1856 he has
been an instructor in the Art Institute
of Chicago and lecturer on art in the
university extension department Of the
University of Chicago. His works are
numerous and he has received several
medals OF honor from the international
cXpOsitions held in Paris, Buffalo and
st. Louis. Among his other works Mr..
Taft has written an extensive history
of American sculpture.
WILLIAM II. CRANE. the we'll
known actor, was born April 81. lNbb,
at Leicester, Mass. lie received his edu-
cation in the public schools. He made
his first appearance on the stage at
Utica, y. y, July Is, 1863. For eight
years thereafter he was with Mrs. llar-
rirt lluluaus company, and next he
/ became the comedian IN the Alice Oates
! Opera company. In 1870 he became the
/ leading comedian with the stock COM
pany at liooley's theater in Chicago. Ills
I first experience MS Il star was IN part
ncrShip with the late Stuart Robson.
! In 1877 the two appeared in a comedy
entitled "Our Boarding House" at the
! Park thcatcr in New York This was
! followed by numerous successes, the
most notable Of which was THE Hen
/ rietta," with which play the two CO.
| medianS achieved an unusual degree of
| fame. Robson and Crane parted in
| 1899, since which time Mr.. Crane has
/ devoted himself exclusively 10 the pro-
| duction of American plays,
THE DUKE. OF CONNAUGIIT
! third son OF the late Queen Victoria and
only living brother of King Edward
/ VII, was born at Buckingham palace,
/ May /, 1850. He entered the military
academy ut Woolwich as a cadet in
| 1866 aud has continued To follow a mill
/ tary career. In recent years he has oc-
| cupicd some of the most important posts
in the British military service. In his
youth he Travelled extensively and Wis
tied India, Canada and other parts of
the British empire In 1874 he was
created Duke of Connaught and Strath-
harm, aud Earl Of Sussex, and in the
same year he took his seat in the House
or Lords The duke was married IN
/ 1879 to Princess Louise Margaret of
Prussia. They have three children, two
daughters and SON The eldest dauEh-
ter, Princess Margaret Victoria. is the
wife Of the crown prince of Sweden.
CHARLES GUSTS HARRISON.
provost of the University Of Pennsyva-
mia, was born in Philadelphia. May ).
! 1871 and was educated 1T the Episcopal
academy and the University of Pennsyl.
II 81, law IDt NJ ~
of age he abandoned his plans in that
| direction in order TO engage in business.
| With other members of his family he
| established Il sugar refinery in PhlladeI-
phla and in the course of time the en-
| tcrprsc became one of the largest Of It's
| kind in the country Mr. HarrtSon's
connection with the University of Penn
sylvania dates from 1876. i'm which year he
was elected a trustee Of the institution.
! I'm 1888 he was installed as provost. He
has been a liberal contributor to the
university and during his administration
he has raised over S6,0OoooO, which
have been applied greatly 10 the advan-
taEe and development Of the university.
HUGH J. CHISHOLM, one Of the
most widely known among American
capitalists, was born at Niagara -on-the-
Lake. Ontario, May =, 1917, and was
educatcd in the local schools aud after
q
At the age of Is be entered practical
business life as a train boy in the serv-
lee Of the Grand Trunk railway. lie ad-
yanccd steadily aud before his thIrticth
year he was Il publisher and dealer in
railway literature At Portland, Me,
and 4 manufacturer Of paper aud pulp.
In the early SOS he became impressed
with the vast unused water power of
the AndroscOggin river at Rumtord
Falls. Me, aud organized the Rumford
! Falls Power company. lie took an ac-
tive part in the formation of the Inter
national Paper company, a combination
Of about thirty of the leading eastern
newspaper and pulp mills with ca
lpacity of over 1900 tons Of finished
product. daily. Mr. Chisholm has been
president uf this concern sIuce 1898 and
lis heavily interested in a number of
Iothcr large industrial enterprises.
PROF. CHARLES ZUEBELIN. a
noted socioloEjst and au instructor and
lecturer ON sociology nj the University
Of Chicago for nearly twenty years, was
horu mt ptnd'eton, Ind, May 1, 1866.
He is Il graduate of the University Of
PENNSYLVANIA and tine Northwestern uni
vcrsitv. For three years he studied at
the University Of Leipzig, after which
he entered actively upon sociological
work. In 1892 he founded the North
western University Settlement in Chi
, cncn. aud from that time on he was &C
lively interested in a number of move
/ meuts aioag the same line He also has
done much lecturing, and in 1898 was
lecturer mt the E1inhnrCh summer
/ school. From 1907 10 1902 he was presi
. dent Of the American League for Civil,
\ Improvement, and he is a prominen
member of numerous other societiev
( which have for their aim the hettermen
\ If the masses.