“ An American author and journalist, born in New York City. He joined the staff of the New York Daily Graphic in 1875, but within a year he left it and was on the staff of the New York Sun until 1895, gaining a world-wide reputation as a correspondent. In 1896 he became London correspondent for the New York Journal, was with the Turkish armies during the Græco-Turkish War in 1897, and in 1899 went to South Africa, as war correspondent for the London Daily Mail. ”