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Show CROSBY SLATED TO RULE PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON. July 15. Oscar Terry Crosby, president of several public pub-lic utility corporations at Wilmington, Del.'; Chester, Pa., and Trenton, N. J., i being considered by President Wilson Wil-son lor governor general of the Philippines. Phil-ippines. Unless present plans are changed, his nomination probably will V" to the senate tin- weok. Mr. i inahj ' home is at Warrenton, Va., though he was born in Louisiana. He is an electrisal engineer by profession; profes-sion; was graduated from West Point in 1882 ana resigned from the army after several years' service in the corps of engineers. Mr. Crosby's interest in world affairs, and particularly those of the orient, which is believed to nave been considered hv the president as one of his qualifications, led him in 1000 to explore portions of Abyssinia and the Koudan, anil in 1903 portions of Turkestan and Thibet. It is President Wilson's intention to in. inmate a governor neutral and ptob ahlv make two other changes in the Philippine commission very soon, that the new officials may become settled In their duties before the legislature meets in Oetober. |