Show NEW MINISTER ho he Is said to do bo a gentleman Gont Gent loman and a scholar the enviable career of henry dufily do lome loine of uke ca court fit at injia rec urd ora at other capitals glenry dupuy do lome the now new spanish minister to this country comes f a distinguished ancestry anil and has already at tho the age of forty one achieved a renowned career ilis ilia family is is french his ancestry dating back to hugo 0 imundo lla dupuy who served with N it li godefroy G 0 dearoy do dc bouillion and one of whose many estates was that of loine which was added to the family name the father of the minister says frank lesliea Le weekly was vas n man mail of fino fine attainments tain ments and a voluminous contributor to the literature of his time lie ile was notable for the intro introduction dul of steam machinery into spain in in connection with the silk in and in recognition of liis his enterprise received a gold medal from his countrymen ile he occupied many positions under the government ern ment having been governor of several provinces beffie the revolution henry dupuy do de lome was born in in august 1511 in valencia lie ile studied in the famous college of barcelona and subsequently pursued the study of law entering a diplomatic career ho he was employed in the state department in 1860 and in 1873 3 was made third secretary tary in the ministry of state in the following year he was attached to the legation of japan in 1875 was sent to brussels in 1877 was made second secretary of legation at montevideo in in was advanced to the of legation at buenos ayres and was for a timo time cliar cliare charge e d aff af aires faires in june 1881 lie he became becam secretary of legation at paris and in october of the year following became first secretary of the legation in washington at the time of the suicide of the minister senor barca a he was charge d af afra faires ires and his services were largely appreciated in connection with the adjustment of the filia 1 I al 4 ft t ka k fill I 1 ENRY 11 DUPUY DE LOUE LOME buster troubles in 1884 he was transferred to berlin as first secretary in in 1686 he was the spanish delegate to the international congress for jhc thc alio 0 consideration of commercial questions of importance and in 1888 was sent as delegate to rome in connection with the prorogation of the treaty of commerce in that relation lie he was of great service to valencia in the same year he became 1 the representative of spain in montevideo where his services commanded wide commendation after serving for a time as chief of the section of commerce and consulates in the spanish ministry he has now been made minister at washington ca thus lie he has for twenty years been continuously engaged in the diplomatic service of his country meanwhile he has found time to engage in literary pu pursuits and has published a number of volumes of great value upon economic and other subjects it has been his habit in his travels to utilize his opportunities in gathering cra information of value to his countrymen as to the world at large lie ile lias ila also contributed various important articles to spanish newspapers notably to la Ilustr acion espanola y ame americana ile he has especial fondness for liter literary arv work and his library is rich in volumes volumes on international law and historical imd and cias classical classi ic crl 1 subjects ile he has given special consideration to the subject of tarin tariffs s iio is a man of profound sympathy with all charitable enterprises anci while at montevideo 10 founded the spanish hospital raising in in a 11 single y year yar ar in its behalf his wife is di distinguished for charitable charitably impulses and although a woman of fashion and beauty loses no opportunity to promote enterprises looking to the welfare of the unfortunate while at buenos ayres she conducted a mem orallo festival which resulted in securing for a charitable object min minister ister do de lome is is a man of most engaging manners and of great dig dignity mity y without the slightest pretension being as courteous and genial to inferiors as to his equals ile he speaks english with great fluency and is master of Fi rench lie ile is active and alert in the per performance forin of all public duties and it ig s regarded as fortunate that he has been appointed as minister to this country at a time when he will be able to contribute to the success of the great columbian festival in which spain has an equal interest with ours oure elves it is believed by those who know him that he will prove one of the most popular ministers ever sent to our national capital |