| Show 1 I THE LATE COL DAVIS HE WAS A MAN OF GREAT FAI of the th aai I 1 if anti 10 aeo oeo of efte chief I 1 naters of th clr or forstat stat 1 eberso of the civil 1111 mr ter and ail tr tars col it 11 davis late director general of the world a fair and who lied in chicago recently aas a a man of f extraordinary executive ability and bad a varied career lie ile was wag a I 1 lawyer aw ye r 1 a I politician and a bual bulnes man lie an bora born in palmer mass january 3 16 1810 10 of 0 velh elsh scotch parent parents in 1860 he graduated from williston academy and pent spent the neit to tso eare ears in business with hie his father in at the outbreak of the war bo he en lifted listed and went to the front ax an captain of company if 1 of tho lighth I 1 0 r I 1 4 r I 1 0 1 1 I I 1 b I 1 0 I 1 it I 1 t I 1 I 1 I 1 rl I 1 N I 1 POL GF n D ma etts tt afta with distinction ht he a commission with the tard island 1 r and rid later be he wio w promoted to the at 0 ma SOT jor at the CIO clow of at the war he hc bad nad the brevet rank tank of colonel and became attached to the Wad quarters of 0 gen sheridan and later was mile ina ie superintendent up erin ct 1 l railroad aher and ocean I 1 transportation lie ile was wa in the icalan in llan camin camp filgas lei ot of the west in 1868 and followed gen sheridan Bh to chicago where here in 1871 he resigned to acht the management mana Rement of at the interests ol 01 ae keral eastern insurance comp com pAnlee artles carter 11 harrison defeated him for congress in ili 1876 but two years later mr air 1 bivie ivia wae was elected twice thereafter he aaa an re elected and served hie his district lct with distinction U hen he retired froni from in 1831 he be still continued to be a m ab or of the republican national natio jal ron con in cittee tit itee and of the national executive co amit tee it wai was his intention at that birne to retire from active politic politics but he was persuaded to make the run for county treasurer and was as elected then bo he becaro identified with the preliminary plane plans for the columbian olum blin exposition and was selet celetee cel eted ted in as director general ills success tn in this capacity won von for alm him ilm the crow ing point of his life the past tew few years ot of his life he devoted to lib his business bustnes interests |
