Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 1, Part 69

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 1456


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CLEMENS, Samnel Langhorne:


AAnthor: b. Plurida, Mo, Nuv. 30, 1835; s. John Marshall and Jane ( Lampton) Clemens; ed. commun schools at Hammbal, Mo .; hon- orary M .A., L H.D., Yale, 1901: LL.D., Univ. of Mo., 1902: Litt.D., Oxford, England, 1907; m. 170. Olivia L. Langdon, Elmira, N. Y. ( died 1901) ; two daughters: Clara D., Hoan. Worked at printing trade, becoming expert compositor, beginning Ists, for several years; later steamboat pilo: went, 1-81, to Nevada, as privato see. to his brother, who had been appi'd territorial serretary there: became Fenty editor Virginia City ( Nev.) Enterprise. where his gift of humor first attnieted atten- tiun: afterward miner in Calaveras Cn : made a voyage to Hawaii, and became tre- turer and writer of fiction under the nom


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¡bok, called by the name of his first story, | CLEMENT, Frank H .: The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, the myrss of which, together with his humorous fortures, rapilly extended his fame; made rirursion to the Orient, 1857-68; editor Buf- ( lo Express, 1:09-71; connected with the Ablishing house of Charles L. Webster & (0, 1-54.94; the failure of that house led him :. make a lecture tour around the world, 1.5.000, by means of which he reestablished ins fortune and more than cleared his com- merrial hovor. Author: The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, 1:67; Innocents Abroad, Www: Roughing It. Is 2: The Gilded Age with Charles Dudley Warner), 1.73; . Ad- Mintures of Tom Sawyer, 1:00; \ Traup Abroad, les0; The Stoleu White Elephant, 1-2: The Prince and the Pauper, 1 2: Life on the Mississippi, Iss2; Adventures of Huck- Wberry Fmn, 1 5; A Connecticut Yankee at king Arthur's Court, last; The American { Himant, 1:92; Merry Tales, 1:32; The £1,- 10,Em) Bank Note, 1993; The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1:24; Tom Sawyer Abroad, 1 94; Personal Recollections of Joan of Are, 1896; More Tramps broad, 197; l'ollowing the Equator, 1:07; The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg, 1900; A Double-Bar- reled Detective Story, 1902: My Debut as a Literary Person, 1903; Adam's Diary, 1904; A Dog's Tale, 1901; A Ilorse's Tale, 1905; Eve's Diary, 1905: Thirty Thousand Dollar Bequest, 1900: Christian Science, 197: Chap- tors from My Autobiography (serially in North Am. Review from Sept., 100g). Edited Mark Twain's Library of Humor, 1 -. s. Clubs: Anthors, Lotos. Address: 21 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.


CLEMENS, William Montgomery:


Criminologist : b. Paris, Ohio, Jan. 16, 1860; s. JJohn and Sarah E. (P'lickinger) Clemens; od. in public school of Akron, Ohio, and Buchtel Coll .; m. 1st July 2, 1ssl. Rosa Gar- t.eld (deceased ) ; 2d. Hackensack, N. J, April 25, 1901, Edna Graves: children : Rhea, b. 1954, Mina, b. Isch, Marian, b. les, Flor- erce, b. 1.400. Local Editor Akron Argus, 1:56-77, Pittsburg Leader, 1:59. Dispatch, lo 0; associate editor Ledger, Cleveland, Ohio, 1>sl, eity editor Cleveland Sunday Voice, 12: editor and publisher Vanity Fair, Cleveland, 1ss4, correspondent U'nited Press in campaign of last: editor and publisher San Diego Sunday News, 1>>>>9: on editorial staff San Francisco Chronicle, 1-90-94: editor Literary Life, N. Y. City, 1-9;, Am. Press Ass'n, 1805; revision editor Ridpath Library cf Universal Literature, J905. Anthor: Fa- mous Funny Fellows, 1 -2: Life of Mark Twain, 1401: Depew Story Book, 1-00; Sixty and Six, Iso7; Life of Theodore Roosevelt, 1-0>: Life of Admiral Dewey, ho; Hasty Pudding Poems, IST. A Kon of Kipling, 1-99; The Choate Story Book, 1902; The Gilded Lady (novel), Pr3; The House of the Hundred Doors, 2006. Contributor of thousands of article's to eneyelpadias, esfi- cially the Eneyelojaslia Americana and the Britannica Supplement. Has traveled ex'rn- sively in Europe and America. Enzared in Imisiness as expert in criminal investigations, 16.0. Republican: I'nitarian, Recreation: l'ishing. Mom. National Union. Clubs; Sal- megetlikli (N. Y. City, Shillington l'ield. Residence: Millington, N. J. Address: Met. ropolitan Life Bld'g, N. Y. City.


Civil eng'r; b. Philadelphia, 1553; s. Sam- nel L. and Mary Grice (Shedaker) Clement; cul. iu Philadelphia; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 15, ISS, Auna Louise Dietz. Engaged in civil en. "'ring; pres. F. If. Clement & Co., and src. R. E. Dietz Co. Republican. Served 17 years iu Ist Reg't Nat. Guard, Pa. Menu. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs. Clubs: Republican, Engineers, N. Y. Athletic, Old Guard (N. Y. City) ; Art ( Philadelphia ) ; Country ( Baltimore). Ad- dress: 124 W. 4sth St., N. Y. City. CLEMENT, George Anscl .:


lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Teb. 22, 1:51; s. William J. and Ann M. Clement; ed Quack- enhos Collegiate Ii.st., N. Y. City, Columbia Coll., Law Dep't, LL.B., studied law in of- fiees of Charles O'Connor and B. F. Dun- ning, Was editor Port Jervis Gazette about 1-13; returned to N. Y. City about leiti, where has since practised profession ; was law partner of Horatio C. King until latter's removal to Brooklyn. Was an officer on staff of Col. William Seward, 9th Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Law Inst., N. Y., State Bar Ass'n. Editor: Annotated edition of the Code of Civil Pro- cedure of the State of New York: author of a legal work on l'ire Insurance. Residence: 551 W. 132d St. Address: 3 Broad St., N. Y. City.


CLEMENT, Maynard N .:


State excise comm'r: b. Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., Oct. 12, 1850; of French Hu- quenot desrent: ed. common schools and ('anandaigua Aend .; m. Canandaigua, N. Y., Dec. 12, 13, Clara Mower J'itch: seven ehil- cren. Worked on farm and taught schonl until 1877; studied Jaw at Canandaigua, N. Y .; admitted to bar, les0, and practised there until 1-06. Served as clerk and att'y for town and village of Canandaigua, and piertral without opposition, 1005, as pires. of the vil- lage; dist. att'y Ontario Co., 1>>1-93. Be- came a prominent advocate of revision of the exrise laws to inelude high license, and as- sisted in preparation of the Raines lignor- tax law: was deputy commi'r of excise, 19mi- 1:06; appt'd by Gov. Higgins, May 2, 190G, State comm'r of excise. Has lectured on exrise question before various organizations, colleges and societies. Royal Arch Mason. Residener: Canandaigua, N. Y. Oficial ad- dress : Albany, N. Y.


CLEMENT, Stephen M .:


Banker; b. Fredonia, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Nor. 4, 1-9; s. Stephen M. and Sarah E. ( Leonard) Clement; prepared for college at Buffalo State Normal School, Yale U'ni- versity, B.A., 1-2; m. Buffalo, Mar. 27, 1 ~~ 1, Caroline J. Tripp. After 9 months' travel abroad following graduation entered the Ma- rine Bank, April 1, Je-3: elected ass't cashier, Dec., 1-3, cashier, Der., Iss, pres. sinro 1-15. Has been rhm'n Buffalo Clearing Honso Com. since 1-92. First v .- p. Buff.do and Susquehanna Iron Co .: pres. and treas. Buffalo atal Suymchanna Steamship Co : di- rector Hoian Abstract Title Co, Ontario Puwer Co,, Power City Bank of Niagara Falls, Internat. N'y Co, of Buffalo, Ropab- livan; Presbyterian; pres. B'd Trasteros Wist- minster Presby'n Ch. V.p. B'd Trustees Buffalo State Normal School, pres. B'd Trus-


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tees Y. M. C. 1 .; treas. Buffalo Orphan | v .- p. and director Am. Planograph Co. : pres. Asylum. Clubs: University N. Y. City ; Aurora Mining Co .: director Nat. Litha- graphing Co., C. & M. Envelope Co. Ri- dence : Englewood, N. J. Address: Broadway, N. Y. City. University, Buffalo, Country ( Buffilu). Ad- dress: Care Marine National Bark, Buffalo, N. Y.


CLEMENTS, J. Morgan .:


Mining geologist and eng'r. b. Montgom- ery, Ala., Feb. 12, 1st9; s. Rufus Hargrove and Martha Lavinia (Bushce ) Clements; grad. Univ. of Ala., B.A., 1si: went abroad immediately and remained until 1892, study- ing at various univs .; ]>>7-90, U'niv. of Leip- zig, Ph.D .: summer semester, 1>90, Mining Acad., Freiberg, Saxony; winter semester, 1.00.91, Univ. of Munich: summer semester, 1×1, Uriv. of Heidelberg; winter 1-01-92, College de France, Paris. Ass't on Geol. Survey of la,, 1:52-93; ass't prof. economic geology, Univ. of Wis., 1593-1902; also, 1-93- 10 1, ass't geologist, U. S. Gcol. Survey. Ilas traveled over Europe, Canada, U. S., Mexico and Western S. America. Man. Gool. Soc. America, A. A. A. S., Nat. Geog. S c., Am. Inst. of Mining Eng'rs. Mem. Kappa Aloha fraternity, Fag'rs Club. Joint author: Crys- til Falls Iron-Bearing District of Michigan, Monograph 36, U. S. Geol. Survey. Author: Vermilion Iron-Bearing District of Minne- sota, Monograph 45 and Atlas. U. S. Geal. Survey, and various shorter articles in seien- tifie magazines. Address: Enameers' Club (office), 15 William St., N. Y. City.


CLENDENIN, Frank Montrese:


Clergyman; b. Washington, D. C., Sept. 17, 1933; s. George and Charlotte Cloudemin ; ed. Columbian Univ., Princeton, 1sf9 (S.T.D., Nashotah, 1993) ; m. Gabriele, d. late Horace Greeley. Ordained to priesthand. 1ss. by Bishop Seymour: rector St. George's Ch., Belleville, III., 1880-83, Grave Ch. Cleveland, 0., 1>-3-7, St. Peter's Ch., West Chester Av, N. Y. City, since 1:57. Took lendiaz jart in successful movement for annexation of West Chester to N. Y. City. Author: Idols by the Sea and Other Sermons; The Name of the Church: alsa reviews, articles, addresses, pamphlets. Mim. Authors' Guild, Churchmen's Ass'n. Clubs: City, New York. Address: The Rertory, West Ches- ter, N. Y. City.


CLEPHANE, James Ogilvie:


Promoter of inventions: b. Washington, D. C., Feb. 21. 1>12; s. J.imos C. and Cle. phane; educated in public schools and sind- ied law. Became interested in the type- writer: with his sid and under his direction the first Sholes for Remington, typewriter was built: suggested to Ottmar Mergenthaler the idea of a typesetting machine, and (r- nished the means für the experiments from which the present linotype machine his been evolved, and is still a director in the Lino- type Co .: was instrumental in developing the graphophone cinventim of Profs, Gra. ham Bell and Sumner Tainter), and after its development organized Am. Graphoph fir Cu. Also organized and became por. 4. of the Hor- toon Basket Machine Co. and the Late Stoel Bett Ca; now mazed in developing the planograph, a machine which, in ronnertion with the processes to be used in conjunction therewith. will, it is claimed, take the place of all uther typewriters at present in use. as well as all typesetting machines, and do away with electrotyping and stereotyping:


CLI VELAND, Clement :


Obstetrician; b. Mass., 1913; grad. Har- vard, A.B, 1:07. A.M., 1-70; Coll. Phys. and surg., M.D., 1si1. Attending surgeon Char- ity Hosp .; surgeon Woman's Hosp. Mem. County Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine, etc. Address: 39 W. 29th St., N. Y. City. CLEVELAND, Frederick:


Lumber dealer: h. Albany. N. Y., April 22, 1574; s. Frederick and Gertrude M. (Von Vranken) Cleveland; ed. Albany Acad., les1- 90; m. Boonville, N. Y .. Nov. J0, 1597, Anna E. Crosby; one daughter, Marion, b. 1003. Engaged in lumber business since 1:00; now pres. and treas. Brown's Tract Lumber Co., v .. p. Kellogg Lumber Co. of Long Pond, Maine; director Christy, Moir Co., N. Y. City; pres, and treas. Fulton Chain Electric Co., Fulton Chair, N. Y. Traveled to Pa- cific Coast, 1892, and in 1894 traveled up Vile to First Cataract, through Holy Land and across the European continent. Repub- liean; Presby'n. Trustee Southern Adiron- dack Mission: non-resident mem. Ft. Schuy. ler Club, L'tica, N. Y. Address: Fulton Chain, N. Y.


CLEVELAND, Frederick Albert:


Publicist; b. Sterling, Il., Mar. 17, 1965; s. William 1. and Mary Theodocia (ilumas- ton) Cleveland; ed. Northwestern U'niv. Acad., 1 5 /d; grad. Defauw I'niv .. Ph.B., J-O0; studied law, Jas9-91, practised law, 1-91-96; fellow palit, science, Univ. of Chi- CHZO, 1997.99: fellow economics. Univ. of Pa., 1-90-1900, Ph.D, 1900: m. Philadelphia. July 17, 1900, Jessica England Lindsay; one son, Lindsay Cleveland. h. 1905. Mem bar State of Washington; mem. N. Y. Bar: instr. in finance, Univ. of Pa., 1900-03; prof. finance, School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, N. Y. Univ., 1003-07. Sec. Com. on Munici- pal Accounts and Statistics, Nat. Municipal League, since 1912; rhum'n Com. on Munici- jal Finance and Statistics of Am. Econ. .1ss'n, 1903-01: mem. Advisory Comin'n on Finance and Taxation appt'd by Mavor Mc- Clellan to investigate the finances of N. Y., 1903: technical director, Bureau of Municipal Research, since 1907; mem. Com. on Account- ing and Reporting, League of Am. Munici- palities. Author: Growth of Democracy in the United States, 195: Constitutions Rewrit- ten for Class Sindy, 1-09: Funds and Their U'ses. 19/2; First Lessons in Finance, 19003: The Bank and the Treasury, 1905: Financial History of Riihre ds in the United States - Promotion and Capitalization, 100%; chapters in Municipal Administration and Accounting. 1908. Mom. Am. Acad. Polit, and Social Spinner: Bonn. Ass'n, Am. Hist. 1ss'n. m. Palit. Science Ass'n. Phi Kappai Psi Clubs: Lawyers, Civ. Graduates (N. Y. City), Quadrihgle ( Univ. of Chicago) Residener :


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CLEVELAND, James Wray:


Lawyer, ser. Title Guarantee and Trust Co .: b. N. Y. City. Nov. 1. IND: s. Harvey T. and Elizabeth ( Wray) Cleveland; m. Jan,


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2, 1596, Edith R. Marshall; children: Mar- | the Port of N. Y., tendered him by President jurie, Robertson Lispenard. Admitted to bar. | Grant through Senator Conkling, and has 1.n. 2s, 1951; after practising a few years, Ireame connected with Title Guarantee and Trust Co., of which was ass't see., IST-19; Art. since 1904. Second tip. and director twice declined tender of Republican nomina- tion fur mayor of N. Y. Organized the famous Committee of Seventy which led in the overthrow of the Tweel Ring, having city Real Estate Co .: treas. and director N. : selver3 and nominated 15 out of the Y. Investors' Corporation: v .- p. and director forizinal members. Served many years as Judge Company, Enlisted in Co, 1, 7th treas. Am. Geog. Soc. and Suc, for Pre- vention of Cruelty 12 Animals, Author : Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street; The Wall Street Point of View; Fifty Years in Wall Street; and has made numerous con- tributions to magazines. Clubs: Union League (one of founders), Union. Army and Navy, Turf and l'iekl. Residence: 630 Fifth Av. Address: 15 Lroad St., N. Y. City. Reg't, N. G. S. N. Y., June 29, 18:3, end hell various grades un to Ist lient. therein ; aide de camp to Gov. Roosevelt, Jan. 1, 1859, to Jan. 1, 1901. Insp. on staff maj .- gen. commanding Nat. Guard of N. Y., of grade of heut .- col., Feb. 27. 1902, to Jan, 20, 2008. In- spectur-General, Jan. 30, Bous. Independent in politics. Mem, Mil. Service Inst'n, U. S. Cav. Ass'n, U, S. Inf. Ass n; Soc. Colonia! CLEWS, James B .: Wars, Sons of Buvoliti m. Clubs: The Hiding, Army and Navy (N. Y. City), Cres- rent Athletic ( Brooklyn). Residence: 131 F. (4th St. Address: 1.6 Broadway, N Y. City,


CLEVELAND, Rose Elizabeth:


AAnthor; b. Fayette ville, N. Y .; d. Rev. Richard F. and Ann ( Nevi) Cleveland; sister of ex.President Grover Cleveland. When she was still a child her father was called as pastor of Preshy'n Ch, at Holland Patent, V. Y., and died there, 1st: ed. Houghton Som., N. Y .: taught for some time, then took charge of a school in Lafayette, Ind , and afterward in Pennsylvania; then re- turned to Houghton sem, to lecture on his. furiral subjects. When hey brother was elerted President of U. S., she was mistress of the White House until his marriage, June, 1-66. Author: George Eliot's Poetry and Other Studies; The Long Run (novel) ; numerous magazine articles. Taught in New York several years; since then, principally occupied with newvel. merking Vienna hes headquarters. Address: Dath Harbor, Me. CLEWS, Henry:


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Staffordshire, England; eineation designed for the ministry, but visiting U .. S. with father nt 15, hecame so impressed with the country thit pro- enred permission to remain ; m. Lucy Madison Worthington of Ky,, grandnicer uf President Madison, and great-granddaughter of Gen, Andrew Lewis twho ranked next to Gen. George Washington in Revolutionary AArmy, and whose mattersal grandisther was Lord Linnhe of Loch Linnhe, Se tland). Berame clerk in importing house of Wilson G. Hant & Co., N. Y. City. soon reaching hizh position with firen: became, 15, mem. of newly organized banking firm of Somt, CLINCH, Edward Sears: Clews & Co., soon after changed to Liver- Lawyer: b. N. Y City: s. Frederick and S. Sophia (Delliht) Clinch: ed. public schools, grad. N. Y. Coll. and Columbia Law Sch .: m. N. Y. City, Sept. 15, 1 9, Cornelia B. Todd. Made specialty of com. m reial, probate and real estate branches of law : appt'd justice Supreme Court for First Judicial Dist. if N. Y., But; v .p. N. Y. City Bapt. Mission Soc. Republican; Bap- iist. P: sidential elector, 19; mem. Bapt. t Social Inion; Nat. Gong. Soc., 1. 1. 1. 8. Nat. Audaloon Soc. Municijed Art Soc , N. Y. Hist. She, Am. Mus. Natural History. mure, Clews & Co .. When Civil War broke out was outspoken advocate of Union cause and full of faith in its final triumph: appt'd by Secretary Chase as Gov't ag't fur sale of U. S. Treasury nutes and Gov't bonds, then regarded by investors as risky securities, and carried out the trust with great enterprise ard with signal sieo. s. His firm subscribed to the national loans at the rate of from one to five millions per diy. Continued in banking Imsiness after war, and in IS;7 arzanied present firm of Henry Clews & Co. Ilas heen twice offered, ! Clubs: Hardware, Quill, Harlem Republican, Mt Morris Republican. Address: 133 W.


but declined, position uf Secretary of the Treasury ; also declined post of collector of


Banker; b. Dunkirk, N. Y., Aug. 4. 1869; s. John and Sabina ( Dayman) Clews: ed. Chamberlain Coll., Randolph, N. Y .: unmar- ¡ried. Early training in gen, offices Red Line I Transit Co., and U'nion Steamboat Co., Buf- falo, N. Y. At one time pres. Toledo, Ann Arbor & N. Mich. R'y Co. Was chui'n On- tario & Western R. R. Stockholders' Com., Which succeeded in dissolvine the Voting Trust. Mem. firm Henry Clews & Co., bank- ers; chm'n D'd Directors Standard Cordaze Ca .: pres. Cannabis Mf's Co., Irving Pub- lishir: Co .; chairman Finance Com., New Amsterdam Casualty Co. Trustee of several larze estates. Republican. Episcopaliau. Trustee Northwestern Dispensary, N. Y. City. Clubs : Union Leagne, Artomobile of Anter- ica. Address: 56 W. 59th St., N. Y. City. CLIFFORD, Chandler Robbins:


Publisher; b. Boston, Mass., 1-58; s. Maj. Samuel W. and Mary Annette Clifford; ed. Boston Latin and English Hich Schs .: m. Sept. 15, 1555, Eva M., d. Francis Davidson, of N. Y. vity; children: Cora Treat, Geurge J., Irene B. Took up trebuical journalism at age uf 21; mom. firm Clifford & Lawton, publishers of technical works. established. lleeted first pres., and was many years director, Am. Trade Press Las'n. One of publishers and editor of The Amer- iran Silk Journal, The Upholsterer, The Wall Paper News and Interior Decorator. Mem. Internat. Jury. La. Parchase Exp'a, Mem. Soc. Illuminating Eng'rs. F. and A. M., Sons of Revolution. Anthur: Period Decoration: The Philosophy of Color: Color Value: The Decorative Periods. Clubs: Patria, Entertainment. Aldress: 19 Union Square, N. Y. City.


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CLINEDINST, Benjamin West :


Arist; b. Woudstork, Va., Oct. 14, 1859; s. Barnett M. and Mary, ( South) Clinedinst ; od. Va. Mil. Inst., Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris; m. June, Less, Emily G. Waters; children: Josephine Il., Wendel W. Mem. Nat. Acad. Design, Soc. Am. Artists, Am. Water Color Soe. Awarded Evans Prize, 1:00, Am. Water Color Soc .; medals Buffalo Exp'n, 1890, Charleston Exp'n, 1:91. Direc- tor N. Y. Sch. Applied Design for Women. Mem. Phi Kappa fraternity. Illustrator for principal magazines and periodicals, und hooks of such anthors as Stevenson, Ilaw- thorne, Parkman, Page, Clemens, Stawe, etc .; now principally engaged in portrait paint- ing. Instr. Cooper Union Art School. Clubs: Century, Fencers. Address: 1000 Madison Av., N. Y. City.


CLINTON, Charles William:


Architect ; b. N. Y. Cny, 1:28; s. Dr. Alex- ander and Adeline Arden ( Hamilton) Chin- ton : descendant of old N. Y. family, great- grandson Gen. James and grandnephew Gov. Ih Witt Clinton; ed. in N. Y. City; studied architecture with Richard Upjohn; m. Emily de S. Gorsuch; children: Charles Kenneth. b. 1-$9, Margery Hamilton, Dewitt, b. Dec. 1, 1893 (died 1-55). Now senior mem. firm Clinton & Russel, architects. Architect of Mutual Life Ins. Bld's, 7th Reg't Armury, Brown Bros. & Co., Wilkes Central Trust, Bank of America, Mechanics' Bank, Con- tinental Insurance Company and Stakes Bld'es, and in conjunction with Mr. Russell, of B'd Exchange, Exchange Court, Wall Exchange, Atlantic Mutual, Sixty Wall Street, Hotel Astor, Fist Reg't Armory, and other important bliles. Mem. ith Rog't, N. G. N. Y. Served as v .- p. Am. Inst. Arelut- tects. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Archi- tecture Lengte, Municipal Art Der. Clubs: Tuxedo, Riding, N. Y. Yacht Century. Ad- dress: 39 E. 5ith St., N. Y. City.


CLINTON, George:


Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y .: grad. Columbia Law Sch., 1969; m. Jan. 1s. lst, Alice Thora- Ion. Mem. Assembly, last; Park Commis- sioner; mem. of I'd of Trunk Sewer Comm'rs, Buffalo Hist. Soc., Acad. Natural Sciences: pres. Merebants' Exchange, 1:95. Mem. comin'n to investigate expenditure of $9,000,000 on canal improvements, lsus; mem. Internat. Waterways Comm'n (U. S. and Great Britain, ajaja'd 3002; pres. Erie Co. Bar Ass'n, 100G. Address: Buffalo, N. Y.


CLOSE, Stuart:


Physician; b. Oakfield. Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Nov. 24, 1-00; s. David and Sophronia ( Wells) Cluse; gon. education in public schools of Wis : grad. N. Y. Homeopathic Med. Coll., M.D., 1-5; two-year course in Med. Dep't Univ, of the Pacific, San Fran- cisco, Calif .; took private post-graduate in- struction under Dr. Phineas Parkhurst Wells and Dr. Bernhardt Fitche: m. Boston, Mass .. April 21, 1-5, Evangeline Lowna Lewis: chil. dren : May Lewis, h. 1>>6, Elizabeth Start. b. Isi, Bernard Wells, b. I.s. Resident in California, Ita 4: studied medicine I'niv. uf Pacitie; traveled in South Sea Islands 1 -:: making spreial studies of elephantiasis and tropical fever -; Independent in politics: Con- gregationalis. Prof. Human pathic philiso- phy N. Y. Homwo. Med. Coll .; mom, and


ex-pres. Internat. Hahnemannian Ass'n; men. Am. Inst. Homwopathy, N. Y. State Hmmou. Med. Soc., Carl V. Vischer Med. and Surg. Sve., Philadelphia; hon. mrm. Cour. Homoo. Med. Sor. ; fvander Brooklyn Hahnemannian Ass'n; mem. Homwo. Med. Sve. County of Kings, Sons Am. Revolu- tion, ( Empire State Sue. ), Brooklyn Cauoe Club, Long Island Ilist. Soc. Recreations: Collecting rare books and paintings; litera- ture; canoeing and camping; genealogy, (lingages and records of Close, Wells, and MeConkey families). Frequently called upon to address medical societies and colleges in different States; author of many published papers in medicine, and frequent contributor to medical journals; specialist in Humwropathic therapeuties and materia medica. Address:


2is Hancock St., Brooklyn, N. Y.


CLOVER, George Frederick:


Clergyman, sup't St. Luke's Hosp .; b. in Mass., June 12, 1-06; s. Rev. Lewis P. (D.D.) and Sarah .A. (Ackerman) Clover; ed. 1lo- hart Coll., 18 9; m. Louisville, Ky., April 22, 1-90, Laura Brand. Rector Calvary Ch., Hu- mer, N. Y., 1991-92; ass't pastor and sup't, 1:02-1900: since 1900 pastor and sup't St. Luke's Hosp., N. Y. City. Canon and regis- trar, Cathedral St. John the Divine, N. Y. City. Pres. Hosp. Conference of Greater A. Y. Member of the Hospital Committee of the State Charities Aid Association. Mom. Kappa Alpha Soc. Clubs: Century, Pilgrim. Address: St. Luke's Hospital, N. Y. City.


CLOW, Stephen G .:


Bunk publisher. b. Murray Harbor, Prince Edward Island, Can., June 5, 1873; s. James and Lucy ( Graham) Clow; of English and crutch extraction; ed. in Prince Edward Island schools: married. Founded and now proper Broadway ( back) Publishing Co., in 1902, and has developed it into an exten- sive business, having brunght out many val- uable books, among them the best life of L.dgar Allan Poe ever issued; founded in April, 1908, the bi-monthly magazine Book Chat. Has traveled in Canada and C. S : was niem. Press Gallery, House of Commons, Ottawa, Can,, for several years. Hlas written widely for newspapers and magazines in Canada and U. S. Author: The Decay of Poetry; A Barrel and an Ancient Seaman -- Same Staves: also of articles on the origin and nature of poetic art. Ile is an exponert of Macaulay's theory that the critical and imaginative faculties are absolutely incom- matilde, this explaining the absence of poets to-day, and he believes we shall see no more great postry, nor do we bred it. Republican. Presbyterian. Address: 29 W. 27th St., N. Y. City.


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CLOWE, Charles Waldron:


Lawyer: h. Hudson, N. Y .. Aug. 25, 1873; 8. Roy Giporze Wyman and Hannah Wiswall ( Waldron ) Clowe; ed. Alexander Mil. Inst., White Plains, N. Y. . Hudson High Sch., and I'mjan Col .. A.B., 19#: m Hudson, N. Y . Oct. 15, 203, Mary Jossup Mary. Admitted to bar 100; engaged in practice in State and Federal Courts. Lreturer Brooklyn Law Sch. since 1903. Republican; Baptist. Mom. N. Y. State Ilist. Sve,, Delta Phi fraternity, I'nion Coll. Mumni Ass'n. Clubs: St. Elmo, Graduates. Summer residence: Lake George,




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