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Pillsbury, Albert E

lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 19, 1849, in Milford, N. H. He has attained eminence as one of the foremost lawyers of New England, and has a large practice in Boston, Mass. He has filled various positions in financial, charitable and other corporations and associations. During 1876-78 he was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives; a member of the Massachusetts state senate in 1884-86, and president of the senate in 1885-86. In 1.891-93 he was attorney-general of Massachusetts; and now holds the chair of constitutional law in the Law school of the Boston university. He has received the honorary degree of A. M. from the Harvard university.

PILLSBURY, CHARLES ALFRED, merchant, was born about 1843 in Warner, N. H. In 1869 he came west and settled in Minneapolis. He went about the study of milling flour in a scientific way and in a short time mastered it. At that time there were four or five oldfashioned mills in the town, and he undertook to introduce new methods by replacing the old stone grinders with steel ones. In 1872 he enlarged his plant, took his father and brother into partnership, and by 1890 he had built up the largest flour mill in the world. The new process created a demand for hard spring wheat, which had always ranked as less desirable than the soft winter cereal. In 1890 an English syndicate capitalized the concern, and Mr.

Pillsbury is its manager. The Pillsbury mills are run on the profit-sharing plan.