Barker, Wharton, Populist

candidate for the Presidency, was bern in Philadelphia, May 1, 1846. He comes from a distinguished ancestry and is highly related. Given many advantages in his youth, he improved them so well that he rose to prominence and held many responsible poaitions, His education was received at the Pennsylvania University, of. which he is an active trustee, and has been active in politics, busine and literature for twenty-five yeare. He traveled much abroad, and in 1876 superintended the construction of cruisers for the Ru ian Government at the Cramp shipyards. He also performed other services for Alexander II., who conferred upon him the order of Stanislaus. In 1895 he became interested in railroad conce ions and construction in China, but his ventures proved disastrous, and, becoming offended at the money power, he supported Bryan in 1896, and soon after became a Populist. He ‘was nominated by that party for the Presidency at the Cincinnati Convention, May 9, 1900.