Walla Walla
a city and countyseat of Walla Walla co., Wash.; on the Walla Walla river, and on the Navigation Company's, the Oregon-Washington and the Northern Pacific railroads; 160 miles E. of The Dalles, Ore. It is the trade center of east central Washington and contiguous parts of Idaho and Oregon. Here are Whitman College (Cong.), St. Vincent's Academy, De La Salle Institute, Fort Walla Walla, a United States military post, United States and State penitentiaries, National and other banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. The industries include foundries and machine shops, and flour and lumber mills. Pop. (1910) 19,364; (1920) 15,503,
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Wallace
SUSAN ARNOLD EL- STON, an American author; wife of General Lewis Wallace; born in Crawfordsville, Ind., Dec. 25, 1830; was married to General Wallace in 1852. Besides contributing to periodicals she wrote: "The Storied Sea" (1883); "Ginevra" (1886); "The Land of the Pueblos" (1888); "The Repose in Egypt" (1888); etc. She died in 1907.
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2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) ALFRED RUSSELL, an English naturalist; born in Usk, Monmouthshire, England, Jan. 8, 1823; was educated at Hertford grammer school. He spent many years in traveling, especially in South America and the Asiatic Islands. His observation of animal life early led him on the track of natural selection, and before Darwin gave his famous work to the world he had published "Speculations on the Origin of Species." Wallace differed from Darwin on the subject of the intellectual, moral, spiritual nature of man, and claimed to be at once a Darwinian and an anti-materialist. He was president of the Land Nationalization Society and a member of various scientific bodies. The Royal Society of London awarded him the royal medal in 1868, and the Geographical Society of Paris the gold medal in 1870. He wrote: "Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro"; "The Malay Archipelago"; "Tropical Nature"; "Geographical Distribution of Animals"; "Natural Selection" (1870); "Miracles and Modern Spiritualism" (1874); "Australasia" (1879); "Island Life" ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE (1880); "Land Nationalization" (1882); "Bad Times" (1885); "Darwinism' (1889); "The Wonderful Century" (1898); and many scientific and popular papers. He died in 1913.
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Wallace (II)
HENRY CANTWELL, an American editor and public official, born in Rock Island, Ill., in 1866. After graduating from Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1892, he engaged in farming and in the breeding of pure-bred live stock. He was also professor of dairying at the Iowa State College, from 1893 to 1895. After having been connected with several farm papers, he became, in 1895, manager and assistant editor of "Wallace's Farmer," and from 1916 was editor of this paper. He was a member of the executive committee of the United States Live Stock Industrial Commission. During the World War he was a member of the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A., chairman of the Iowa War Work Council. He became Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of President Harding, assuming office on March 4, 1921.
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Wallace (III)
HUGH CAMPBELL, an American diplomat, born at Lexington, Mo., in 1863. He was educated in public and private schools of his native town, and under private tutors. He was a member of the Democratic National Committee in 1892, 1896, and 1916; a delegate-at-large from the State of Washington to the Democratic National conventions of 1896 and 1912; and took a prominent part in the national campaigns of 1892, 1912, and 1916. In February, 1919, President Wilson appointed him United States Ambassador to France.
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Wallace (IV)
SIR RICHARD, an English philanthropist; born in London, England, July 26, 1818; removed to Paris; and became heir to the large fortune of the Marquis of Hertford, including a very valuable collection of paintings and other objects of art, to which he made large additions and which his widow bequeathed in 1897 to the nation. It is valued at $25,000,000 and is permanently on exhibition in Hertford House (the original of Gaunt House in "Vanity Fair"). Sir Richard was well known for his extensive benefactions, especially during the period of the Paris Commune, and these services were recognized in 1871 by his elevation to a baronetcy and his appointment as a commander of the Legion of Honor. In 1873 he was elected to Parliament. He died in Paris, July 20, 1890.
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Wallace (JOHN FINDLEY an American civil)
JOHN FINDLEY, an American civil engineer, born at Fall River, Mass., in 1852. He was educated at Monmouth (Ill.) College and at the University of Wooster, and received honorary degrees from Monmouth_College and from Armour Institute. From 1871 to 1876 he was assistant United States engineer on the upper Mississippi river, and in connection with the improvements of the Rock Island rapids. Beginning with 1878 and until 1904 he was connected in various capacities with several mid-Western railroads, the greater part of this time being spent in the service ice of the Illinois Central railroad, of which he was general manager from 1901 to 1904. In the latter year he became the first American chief engineer of the Panama Canal. In 1905 he was made an Isthmian Canal Commissioner and vice-president and general HUGH C. WALLACE manager of the Panama Railroad and Steamship Company. From 1906 to 1917 he was president and chairman of the board of directors of Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company. He also de- Figned and constructed the terminals of the World's Fair at Chicago, the new passenger terminals for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad at Chicago, and acted at various times as adviser and consultant to large corporations. He was president of the American Society of Civil Engineers and of the American Railway Engineering Association, as well as a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Great Britain.
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Wallace (LEWIS better known as LEW)
LEWIS (better known as LEW), an American military officer and author; born in Brookville, Ind., April 10, 1827; was lieutenant in the Mexican War in 1846-1847; took a distinguished part in the Civil War in which he served in the campaigns in West Virginia and Kentucky; commanded a division at the capture of Fort Donelson; led the attack in the second day's fight in the battle of Shiloh; took part in the subsequent advance on Cor- GENERAL LEW WALLACE inth; saved Cincinnati, O., from capture by Gen. E. Kirby Smith; and was president of the court appointed to investigate the conduct of General Buell. In 1864 he commanded the Middle Department and the 8th Army Corps, and in the battle of Monocacy (July 9, 1864), prevented the capture of Washington and Baltimore by General Early. He was a member of the commission which tried the assassins of President Lincoln, and in the same year presided over the court which tried Captain Wirz, the commandant of the Andersonville prison. In 1866 he was sent to Mexico on a secret diplomatic mission to President Juarez; was appointed governor of New Mexico in 1878; and was United States Minister to Turkey in 1881-1885. When not engaged in public service he practiced law and devoted himself to literature. His publications include: "The Fair God"; "Ben Hur, a Tale of the Christ"; "The Prince of India." He died at Crawfordsville, Feb. 15, 1905.
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