Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-18

He was almost as we'll known in the
| United States. which he visited fire.
quently, as in his native land. In
| 1898 he wrote an article entitled III
Christ Came to Chicago" which Great
| ed a furore in this country. In later
years Mr.. Stead was interested In the
occult and his researches In article
form We're given wide prominence IN
two continents.
| Frank D. Millet, the artist, whose
canvases are known in every civilized
country on the globe, was born at Mat
! tapoisett, Mass, in 1916, and almost
from his boyhood had been a rover,
He roamed the seven seas and the
Ave continents, and 1t has been said
of him that there was no port on earth
| where some one did not know him or
where he did not know some one. A
! traveller still, he went to his death
with the Titanic. .... ~
| At the outbreak of the civil war, Mr..
Millet enlisted as drummer boy. He
! was later promoted to the position OF
assistant in the surgeons corps. At
ter the war sMillet entered Harvard
university and upon his graduation en-
tered newspaper work. He Joined the
staff of the Boston Advertiser and lat
er was made city editor of the Boston
Courier. Still later he became editor
OF the Saturday Evening Gazette.
Millet ever had talent for art and
in 1871 he entered that neld, studying
at the Royal academy at Antwerp,
where he won honors during his first
year. In 1877 he became war cores
pendent for New York newspaper
and went through the Russo-Turkish
war. His journalistic work attracted
attention in London and he was ap'
pointed by the editors Of the London
Daily Mail to succeed the celebrated
Archibald Forbes.
Millet not only wrote wonderful de-
scriptlons Of the battles, but drew
vivid sketches. He returned from the
war with six medals for bravery under
fire. @
! BENJAMIN Guggenheim, member OF
the family that has attained interna
tional prominence because Of their
mining and smelling interests, was
born in Philadelphia, October rs, 1865.
He was the fifth Of the seven sons OF
Meyer Guggenheim, founder of the
famous house of Meyer Guggenheim
e. Sons. At the age Of 20 BENJAMIN
Guggenheim was sent to Colorado by
his father to take charge of mining
a! Interests.
| He quickly recognized the possiDil-
! tiles of the smelling business and In
duced the family to enter that line a
q business in which they have led ever
since. The first smelter was built at
Pueblo and was in charge of Benja
min. The results attained led to the
I, erection of other "smelters in various
parts of the country.
! Guqgenheim Heads smelter Trust.
/ The Guggenheim interests are 80
large that they have become the rut
1 ing factors in the American Smelling
and Refining Co. BENJAMIN Guggen.
helm married Miss Floretta Seligman
daughter Of James Seligman, banker
| of New York. Three daughters were
born of the marriage.
1 In 1903 Benjamin Guggenheim erect
1 ed a large plant at Milwaukee, Wis.
! for the manufacture of machinery
/ Three years later the plant was merg
ed with the International Steam Pump
/ Co. in which Mr.. Guggenheim had
(! been for years a heavy stakeholder
He was made chairman of the execu
I tive committee, in which he served un
/ til 1909, when he was elected presi
dent.
4 Henry B. Harris, one Of the most
prominent Of New York theatrical
4 managers. was born in St. Louis. Dec
II. 1865. Mr.. Harris received his edu
cation in the public schools Of the
Missouri metropolis and in Boston
where his family moved when he was
still a boy. It was In the latter city
i that he first entered the theatrical pro
4 fession, becoming connected with the
old Howard Athenaeum. He left that
house to become partner in the firm
of Rich & Harris for many years &C
tive in the theatrical history of Boston
/ Harris Managed Many Stars.
4 Among the stars whom Mr.. Harris
managed during his Boston career
were MAY Irwin. Peter Daley and Mrs
|Langtry. Mr.. Harris produced "The
/ Climbers" with Amelia Bingham in the
principal role, This was his opening
i wedge into New York theatricals
Later he started Robert Edeson on his
4 starring career. Mr.. Harris entered
New York as manager Of the Hudson
! theater in West Forty-fourth street, 8
position he has held constinuously
ever since
i In 1906 Mr. Harris acquired the
Hackett theater and short time later
won his greatest theatrical victory II
the production of Charles Klein's 1.-THE
Lion and the Mouse" Other big
/ Harris successes were "The Travelling
/ Salesman and 1.-THE Third Degree"
i For several seasons lately Mr.
Harris has had from sixteen to TWEEN
,ity companies on tour.
i Mr.. Harris was president OF the
Henry B. Harris Co., and the Nationa
Producing Managers Of America, direc
tor in the Theater Managers Associa
4 ton Of Greater New York. treasurer o
the Actors Fund of America ant
| trustee of the Hebrew Infant Asylum
of New York.
i Mr.. Harris belonged to number o
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