BARKER, ROBERT

Np eric Trish artist a ociated with Edinburgh. American financier and publicist, born in Philadelphia. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1866, having previously served in the Civil War. He entered the banking busine , became a financial agent of the Ru ian Government and later obtained valuable conce ions in China. In 1869 he founded the Penn Monthly, a periodical devoted to social and economic problems, which afterwards changed its name to The American. He was active in politics, was an ardent supporter of Garfield and Harrison and an equally ardent opponent of a third term for General Grant. In 1896 he shifted his allegiance to the Populist party and in 1900 was its candidate for President.