BIOGRAPHY 



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first puisne judge, and in 1896. was chosen last Presi- 

 dent of the Orange Free State. 



Stirnson, Frederic Jesup ("J. S. of Dale"), lawyer, 

 author; born in Dedham. Mass.. July 20. 1855; grad- 

 uate of Harvard. 1876; Harvard Law School. 1878. 

 .ber of N,-\v York and Boston bars; assistant attor- 

 ney-general. Massachusetts. 1884-85; general counsel to 

 the United States Industrial Commission. 1898-1902. 

 Professor of comparative legislation. Harvard. Besides 

 writing law books, he has written several novels (the 

 earlier ones under the pen-name. "J. S. of Dale"), 

 essays, etc. Author: " Hollo's Journey to Cambridge," 



"Guerndale, 1'he Crime of Henry Vane," "American 



ite Law" (two volumes). "The Sentimental Calen- 

 dar," " First Harvests," "Stimson's Law Glossary," 

 "In the Three Zones." "Government by Injunction.' 

 in Its Relation to Law." "Mrs. Knollys and 

 ries," "Handbook to the Labor Law of the 

 United States," "Uniform State legislation." "Pirate 

 " King Noanett," "Jethro Bacon of Sandwich," 

 also a series of magazine articles on "The Ethics of 

 Democracy." etc. 



Still man. .lames, president of National City Bank; 

 born in Brownsville, Tex., June 9, 1850; youth spent in 

 Hartford, Conn., and in private school at Sing Sing 

 V V. ; partner. 1871-73. in Smith. Woodman <fc Still- 

 inan. and since 1873, in their successors. Woodman & 

 Stillman, cotton commission merchants; now senior 

 partner; din-dor New York Central & Hudson River 

 Railroad Company, Northern Pacific Railway Company. 

 Union Pacific Kail road Company, Chicago & Alton Rail- 

 road Company, Chicago & Alton Railway Company. 

 :igo & North-Western Railway Company. Chicago. 

 Kurhnnton & ^uincy Railway Company. Baltimore & 

 Ohio Railroad, Delaware, Lackawanna Ar Western Kail- 

 road Company (member board of managers). Western 

 Union Telegraph Company, Northern Securities Com- 

 pany. Allis-Chalmers Company. Hanover National Bank, 

 National Citizens Hank, Second National Bank, Riggs 

 National Bank (Washington). Southern Pacific Com- 

 pany. United States Trust Company, Lincoln National 

 Bank, Bank of The Metropolis. Amalgamated Copper, 

 nran Surety Company. George A. Fuller Company, 

 New \ork Life Insurance Company, Northern British 

 & Mercantile Insurance Company, Queen Insurance 

 ;-any. and many railway, financial, insurance, and 

 other corporations, etc. 



Moivpln, Peter Arkazhevlch, Russian prime min- 

 born in 1863; the son of a popular general, he had 

 a brilliant career at the University of St. Petersburg, 

 and. after graduating in 1884. obtained an appointment 

 Mini-try of the Interior. After two years he was 

 red to the Ministry of Agriculture, where he re- 

 mained another two years, then retiring for a time into 

 private life, and devoting himself to the management of 

 his estate in Kovno Government. He served as marshal 

 of the district nobility, president of the arbitration 

 board and justice of the peace, and in 1899 became 

 marshal of the provincial nobility. He was appointed 

 vice-governor of Grodno in 1902, governor of Saratoff 

 and from Saratoff he was called to St. Peters- 

 burg to take up the portfolio of the interior. He was 

 lie few ministers to whom the Duma was ready 

 en. \\hen M. (loremykin resinned in 1906, M. 

 ceded him as premier, and was thanked 

 < zar for his services and appointed a member of 

 .unary 13. 1907. His in- 

 tegrity mid e,|intv are rccomii/ed on all hands. 



-lorev. >l oo rfleld, lawyer; born in Roxbury. Mass., 

 March 19. 1845; graduated from Harvard, isr.r, \ \i 



Harvard Law Schexil; admitted to bar, Septem- 

 ber. 1869; private secretary to Charles Sumner. 1867-69; 

 editor. "American Law Review," 1873-79; overseer 

 Harvard College. 1877-78, ai s'i2; president 



of American Bar Association. 1896; president of Massa- 

 chusetts Reform Club; it. dependent in pol;> 



imner (statesman sriei) t pamphlet 



JIM a I >>it > and as a Career." Al< > 



\ Year's IA-V 

 i Cities." also various 



resses. President of New England Anti- 

 ague. 1905. 



iticprima donna; born in 



being a lawyer in the international c., M it*of . 



Childhood .-Ment in Morton; studied r 



ad eonearte; studied u Pan*. d. but m r in* Grand Opera. 



1801; N '. mmi; m regular opera seasons 



ites since. Offlcier d'Aeademie 



Story, painter, from whom she is now divorced. 



Story, Joseph, a distinguished American jurist: 

 born in Marblehead. Mass.. in 1779; graduated at Har- 

 vard College in 1798. and after being called to the bar 

 rapidly rose to eminence as a special pleader. In 1809. 

 he entered Congress, and in 1811. became one of the 

 justices of the United States Supreme Court. As a jurist. 

 and an exponent of international law. Judge Storv stands 

 in the front rank, not only in his own country, but also 

 in Europe. His published works embrace the masterly 



Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws," "Cornmen- 

 tanes on the Constitution of the United States.' 

 mentaries on Equity Jurisprudence." "A Treatise on the 

 Law of Agency/' etc. Died. 1845. 



Story, William Wetmore, born in 1819; son of the 

 above; published "Contracts not under Seal," and other 

 legal works, but afterwards devoted himself to literature 

 and sculpture. Among his publications are several 

 poems, "Origin of the Italian Language and Literature." 

 'Conversations in a Studio." etc.. and he has ev 

 numerous monuments, statues, and busts. Died. 1895. 



Stowe, Harriet Beerher, an American novelist; 

 was born in Litchfield. Conn., in 1814; a daughter of 

 Dr. Lyman Beecher, and married, in 1835, Professor C. 

 I E. Stowe of Andovcr. In 1850. she made a sensation 

 | in the literary world by the publication of "Uncle Tom's 

 Cabin," a work of fiction which had quite an astonishing 

 success, and was translated into almost every language 

 of Europe. To this book she added a "Key" in 1852. 

 Her later productions comprise "Dred, a Tale of the 

 Great Dismal Swamp." "The Minister's Wooing." 

 Agnes of Sorrento." and "Oldtown Folks." In 1869. 

 she brought out a brochure entitled "The True Story 

 of Lady Byron's Life." in which she accused Ix>rd Byron 

 of incest. This article evoked a storm of literary criti- 

 cism. which was by no means allayed by the publication. 

 in 1870. of Mrs. Stowe's work, entitled "Lady 

 Vindicated." In 1871. appeared "Oldtown Fireside 

 Stories," "Pink and White Tyranny." and "M 

 and I," or "Harry Henderson's History." Died. 1896. 



Strathcona. Baron, Canadian statesman; born in 

 1821; joined the Hudson Bay Company at an early age, 

 and acted as special commissioner in Red River Re- 

 bellion; became governor of the company and direct * 

 of Canadian Pacific and other Canadian railways; honor- 

 ary president. Bank of Montreal; chancellor of Aberdeen 

 University and Mc(Jill University; represented Selkirk 

 and Montreal in the Dominion House, and in 1896. be- 

 came high commissioner for Canada. Raised Strath- 

 cona's Horse for service in South African War; has been 

 a munificent benefactor to Canada. \V;th Lord Mount- 

 Stephen. gave an endowment of 16.000 a year to the 

 king's hospital fund. 



Straus, Oscar S., secretary of commerce and labor 

 since 1906; was born December 23. 1850; graduated 

 from Columbia College (now Columbia Urmer 

 New York City, and Columbia Law School; practiced 

 law 1873-81: engaged in mercantile pursuits as a 

 member of the New York firm of L. Straus A Sons; 

 minister to Turkey, 1887-89. 1897-1900; appointed by 

 President Roosevelt, in 1902, as a member of the perma- 

 nent court of arbitration at The Hague in the place of 

 e\-l'resident Harrison, deceased. Author of numerous 

 publications dealniu with history and international law: 

 "The Origin of Republican l-'orm of Government in tho 

 United States." "Roger Williams, the Pioneer of Re- 

 ligious Liberty," "The Development of Religious Lil 

 in the United States," "United States Doctrine of < 

 nttihip and Expatriation." "Reform m the Consular 

 Servii II. !>.. Brown l"ni\crMty. and I.I 



University of Pennsylvania, Washington and Ixc, and 

 Columbia universities. 



niss, itn h.ml. musical composer; was born 



June 11. IM'.I, 111 Munich, where hi* early Mudien begun. 



tier beinu first horn pla\er in the orchestra of the 



Court < >per Appointed conductor at Memmgrn 



in i xx:,. fro,,, ixx. to iv. i I,,. rat Hofkapellnv iter 



with Ediiard Lasaen) at Weimar, and 



at the Munich Opera-house. He has written many 



charming songs, but DM dutinctiveness M a modern 



composer IM chiefly due to r \traOftlillMiq Lib 



-trum.- A Richard Strauss festival 



at St. Jamea'd Hall m .! 



t from his pen were performed. Km onera "t*a- 

 I -used on Oscar Wilde's work, has provoked much 



M ii.it i. .l.i in. - I . It., bom in 1R3.1; American tn- 

 nenrioM to the Confederate*, 

 his chief exploit* being the night attack of Auu< 



nhen ..-,:,! I'.,,., , ,,,, u,-,e . :l , ,, , ... | . ; ,,,l tin- , :l ,| 



acroiw the Potomac in the same year. He was mortally 

 wounded at Ashland, and died (1804). at Richmond. 



