The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Whitmarsh, Hubert Phelps

WHITMARSH, Hubert Phelps, American journalist: b. Madoc, province of Quebec, 10 Aug. 1863. He was a druggist in New York and Boston in 1887-1900, and in the latter year became the representative of the Century in Cuba. He subsequently went to the Philippines for the Outlook and in 1900-01 was governor of Benguet, P. I., resigning in the last-named year. He has published &lsquo;The World's Rough Hand&rsquo;; &lsquo;The Golden Talisman&rsquo;; &lsquo;Mysterious Voyage of the Daphne&rsquo;; &lsquo;The Young Pearl Divers,&rsquo; etc.