Show MEN OF TODAY gurdon W wattles gurdon W wattles the newly elected president of the trans and international exposition ia in every way fitted to occupy the office this is the beconi term that lie has held this important position he ie a r aident of amaba and is with the financial and commercial interests in teresta 0 that city he moved to omaha from the east in 1892 and engaged in the banking business at present ha is the vice president of the union national bank ot omaha iv benthe exposition enter was first mentioned a year ago mr wattles was elected president ot the first director of eleven citizens and under hie guidance foundation was laid upon which to build the future enterprise which had krown into a project of great magnitude charles F crisp jr oharles F crisp jr alio will complete bis fathers term as speaker ot the representatives is only 26 years 0 for several years he was his fathers right band man and ie conrid cred thoroughly competent to nil the office ol 01 breaker his official position was known table bleik to the ep which means practically prompter to the speaker speaker chirp relied implicitly upon his eon and ft anyone wanted any favors from him it was well for him to etina well with young charley speaker crisp bad no from bis sou among other things said 0 young crisp the fact may be mentioned that he has had more pretty than any other young bachelor in washington joseph H choite joeph 11 choate who it is believed may oe secretary of elate in major mc cabinet is one of alie most eminent of living american lawyers it would require volumes to recount the famous casee in which he has appeared as leading counsel mr choaja was born in balem mas ia 1832 during his stay in harvard college he was the hobt brilliant student there he attended lectures at the dane law school and was admitted to the bar in 1855 his fame as a lawyer ie worldwide world wide he has always been an ardent republican and since 1856 has resided in new york ilia family was one ol 01 the oldest in new england hie speeches always glow with wit and humor rios rivera major general juan rios rivera alio assumed command of the insurgent forces in the province pinar del rio after the assassination ol 01 general antonio maceo Is a white man of spanish taze general maceo baa repeat edy designated general rivera as hie sacco he was born on tho island of borte rico in ia 1817 and i in at the of cubas famous for freedom in 1868 known as the ten yeara war young alvera pave bie services lo 10 the e and ought with distine dis tion to the cloce of the war he refused to surrender in 1878 aad pare bis machete to a friend telling him to keep it until it should be necessary to draw it again in cubas cause last bo landed in cuba and joined maceba command he Is an able strategist a brave lighter and is admired and loved by the cuban patriots ue ahumada Ab marquis DeAb in the second in command of the spanish forces in cuba though it is alleged that he was COL necked with the killing of general maceo under a flag of true it is not believed all hope of general maceo being alive has been riven up spain denies that be was murdered by poison or any other and assert that the cuban leader was killed in a fortuitous encounter between the in gure ente and the spanish troops under major Ciru jeda general reputation alone is said to be such as to refute the of ilia connection with the disgraceful affair i general maceo was murdered as it is reported that he was general the rebellion in cuba ha lei the Phllip pire to revolt also and it it Is raid they lire supported by at least insurgents the philippine islands form the only other important spanish colony general polavieja lavieja Po succeeds general blanco llanco as governor of the islands general blanco is by the people and the natives as be was trusted by the spaniards and admired by him for bie bone accord his successor general polavieja lavieja Po is a typical soldier it is said the church regards the change aa a gain the fact that more spanish troops are to be sent to he islands is a sufficient indication of the extent of the rebellion which is y by at active insurgents one fourth 0 the latter are ernieo and used to solid earthworms earthworks earth works while many have only bar barous weapons |