The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-04
NATIONAL. BIOGRAPHY.

The National CYclops ediJ OF American
Biography: Being ths History OF The
United States as Illustrated in the
lives OF the Founders. Builders, ana
Defenders OF The Republic. and OF the
Mon and Women who are Doing TIE
Work and Moulding the Thought az the
Present Time. Edited by Distinguished
Bioera piers. Selected from Each STATE.
Revised ard Approved by the most
Eminent Historians, Scholars. ana
Statesmen of the Day. Supplement l..
Published by james I. White ~ Com
paDy. Now York.
This new volume Of the National Cy-
clopsedia of American Biography is IS
sued to supplement the work IN the
previous volumes In accordance with
the general plan and scope of the pub,
lication. The idea is to make this tho
most systematic and complete work on
the subject of American Biogra ply
ever issued. The plan in compiling
the work is that it shall comprehend
every period OF American history, and
nc representative OF nvory section of
the country. and complete along certain
we'll defined lines. These lines cover oil
the leading branches cf opportunity,
both materinl and inte!lcatual- Tie
cyclopaedia gives the Presidents of tho
United States and their cabinet officers,
The heads Of the various departments in
Washington. all the United Strtcs Sen
aud EmbSsSndors TO foreign countries,
the Governors Of all tlc States. the
chief justices Of the highest State
courts, the justices Of the Uaitcd States
Supreme Court. the heads oi the various
departments OF the army, commission
crs and delegates 10 important national
congresses. conferences. otC. presidents
ot the universities and colleges, .bish-
ops of the various churches. directors
of astronomical observatorIcs, presi
dents of the leading scientific and lit
erary societies. of railroad organiza-
tIons rs wen as clubs and social insti-
tutions of more than local fame.
The contents Of the present volume
are largely made up of biographies of
those officials who have come to their
positions since the issuance of the for
MGR volumes. The same standard re
spcctmg the Inclusion of miscellaneous
names is maintained, and there arc
found herein thc biographies of those
prominent contemporaries who within
the past decade havc become distin-
guishcd in the church. at the bar. in
literature, IN the arts and sciences, and
IN the commercial and industrial world
There are besides the biographies of
Presidents Roosevelt and Taft and their
cabinets and the new officials under
their administrations and in the vari-
Gus departments Of the Government,
forty-threc United States Senators,
thirty eight ministers TO foreign couu-
tries, ffty-nInc Governors of States.
thirty eight college presidents, fifteen
bishops of churches, fourteen chief JUS
tees or jurists. sixty-niuc presidents of
scientific and literary societies, eighty
ninc authors. thirty actors and mu-
sIcidns, twenty-ninc artists and scuIp-
rors, eighteen inventors, scventv-three
merchants, sixteen railroad presidents.
seventy seven lawyers, forty two cugi-
nccrs and architects, forty. five phvsi-
clans and surgeons. cighty-six scicn-
tlsls. and thirteen reel picnis of notable
media Is and awards. The biographies
arc full and unusually complete. Suf-
hcIcnt space is taken under every name
to give all desired information upon
the subjects treated The noted rail
road men Of the decade, the great fnan-
cIcrs and capitalists. are all carried in
The volume. and it is ono that is ez-
trcmely desirable TO have in every IL
brary, public or private