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also a member of the Finance, Insurance, and Rules committees, and holds the same positions in the present Senate. His chief legislative achievement has been the passage of the present Election Law of the State and the well known Raines Liquor Tax Law, of which the receipts up to Sept. 30, 1901, from April 30, 1896, were $73,504,425.93. As the Republican candidate for Senator in 1898 he received 12,815 votes to 9,098 cast for Patrick J. White, Democrat; nominated for a fifth time for State Senator in 1900. In 1901 Mr. Raines was once more appointed chairman of the committee on Railroads, and was also appointed a member of the following committees: Finance, Insurance and Rules; and upon the death of Hon. C. R. Parsons, in 1901, he was chosen chairman of the committee on Insurance; reappointed in 1902 chairman of the com- mittee on Railroads, and also was ap- pointed member of the committee on In- surance, of the committee on Finance, and of the committee on Rules. He was elected to the present Senate by a plural- ity of 5,284 over George P. Price, Demo- crat. Mr. Raines as president pro tem. and Republican leader, by vote of the Sen- ate was made chairman of the committee on Rules and a member of the Finance Committee, the Cities Committee, and the Judiciary Committee. Address, Canan- daigua, N. Y.
RAINSFORD, William Stephen:
Clergyman; born in Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 30, 1850. He was educated in the schools of England, subsequently studying at St. John's College, Hartford, where he graduated in 1886. He was curate at the Church of St. Giles, Norwich, England, 1873-76, traveling later as missionary in the United States and Canada. In 1876 he became assistant rector of St. James' Cathedral, Toronto; 1883, called to the rectorship of St. George's Church, New York, where he has since continued. He has here built up a large parish, and is one of the strongest preachers in the city. He has published a volume of his sermons and is author of "Peacemakers of Faith," "The Church's Opportunity in the City of To-day," "Good Friday Medi- tation." Address, 209 East 16th St., New York.
RALSTON, Thomas A .:
Sub-manager of the New York office of the Northern Assurance Company of Lon- don; born in Baltimore; educated in the public schools of that place and be- gan business life as a clerk in a Balti- more branch of a New York commercial house; in 1879 moved to New York to accept a higher position in the head of- fice. He entered the insurance business in 1883 as a clerk in the New York office of the London & Provincial Insurance Company of England, and on the retire- 17 -
ment of that company from the United States entered the service of the United Fire Re-Insurance Company of Manches- ter, England. He remained with that company until 1889, when he was ap- pointed chief clerk in the New York office of the Northern Assurance Company of London; in 1896 was appointed to his present position. Address, 38 Pine St., New York.
RAMAKER, Albert John, A.B .:
Educator and author; graduated from University of Rochester in 1895; gradu- ated from Rochester Theological Semi- nary, 1886; pastor Case Avenue Baptist Church, Cleveland, O., 1886-1889; profes- sor German department, Rochester The- ological Seminary, 1889-1903. Author of "Ein Überblick über die Geschichte der Deutchen Baptitem," 1897; "Die Christ- liche Heidenmission," 1898. Address, 11 Tracy St., Rochester, N. Y.
RAMPSBERGER, Samuel J .:
Democratic State Senator, representing the Forty-eighth Senate district; born in Buffalo, N. Y., April 25, 1862; early educa- tion received in St. Ann's Parochial School; subsequently entered Canisius College, from which he graduated in 1876; 1884, elected Alderman of the Fifth Ward of Buffalo on Democratic ticket, to which office he was elected three successive terms; for the past twelve years has been member of the Democratic General Com- mittee of Erie County, of which he was secretary, 1896 to Jan. 1, 1899; was elected to Senate of 1899-1900; re-elected, 1900 and 1902; in 1903 appointed member of follow- ing Senate committees: Cities, Canals, and Engrossed Bills. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.
RAMSDALE, William C .:
Lawyer; graduated from University of Rochester, 1879; practiced law at Albion, N. Y .; county treasurer of Orleans Coun- ty, 1890; county judge and surrogate of Orleans County. N. Y., 1896; member of Board of Education, Albion, N. Y., 1898- 1903. Address, Albion, N. Y.
RAMSEY, Frank De W .:
Captain, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; cadet at the U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1881; gradu- ated, June 14, 1885. Second lieutenant, Ninth U. S. Infantry, June 14, 1885; first lieutenant, Second Infantry, Jan. 25, 1892; transferred to Fourteenth Infantry, Feb. 9, 1892, and to Ninth Infantry, Aug. 12, 1892; captain, March 2, 1899. Address, General Staff, Washington, D. C.
RAND, Charles F .:
Iron mine owner; born in Canaan, Me., Aug. 17, 1856; married. Was financial officer of a railway company at Milwau-
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kee, Wis., and now owner and manager of iron mines in Lake Superior iron dis- trict and in Cuba. President of Spanish- American Iron Company, of Cuba, and other corporations. Member of the fol- lowing clubs: Lawyers, Down Town, En- gineers', Colonial, Seawanhaka-Corinthi- an Yacht, Essex County, Country, Union, of Cleveland; also Union of Santiago de Cuba, and Milwaukee Club, Milwaukee, Wis. Address, 71 Broadway; residences, 347 West End Ave., New York and West Qrange, N J.
RAND, Ezekiel C. M .:
Railway Expert; born in Louisville, Ky., 1855; educated in Franklin, Ind., at Frank- lin College. Was practically originator of the
profession of Railway Ex- pert and the first one to be recognized in the United States. Was for seventeen years railway expert for Hon. Russell Sage and through that connection as- sociated with practically all the leading corporations which underwent reorganiza- tion between the years 1888 and 1903. Is president of the Security Protective Association, an organization of United States banks and financial institutions, for the purpose of establishing a "Central Point" of corporate records; ascertain- ing the intrinsic and actual values of se- curities and to take steps when neces- sary, to protect the interests of security holders in foreclosure and reorganization proceedings. Has examined the physical condition of practically every railroad in the United States. In the interests of above association has the most complete library extant in relation to corporate records, dating as it does back to 1831. He has made life study of United States corporations; also the sole manager of several important properties and adviser in the administration of the affairs of many of the largest rail- roads. Author of numerous articles on banking, securities and inter-state com- merce subjects and laws as well as the application of the various State laws to corporate acts and requirements. Ad- dress, 49 Wall St., New York.
RANDOLPH, Carman F .:
Lawyer; was born in Jersey City, N. J., in 1856; studied at Harvard Law School; was a delegate from his native State to to Democratic National Convention in 1884, and a member of the New Jersey Constitutional Commission of 1894. Has written "The Law of Eminent Domain," which has been characterized by a high authority as "the recognized standard text-book dealing with that branch of pri- vate law by which the land of the private individual may be taken for public pur- poses." He has published also the work on "The Law and Policy of Annexation": is the author of a number of articles and
monographs, chiefly on questions of con- stitutional and international law. Ad- dress, 40 Wall St., New York.
RANKINE, Richard Francis:
Secretary and treasurer of Interna- tional Railway Company, treasurer of the International Traction Company, Buf- falo, N. Y .; was born Feb. 4, 1862, in the City of Geneva, Ontario County, N. Y., and is of Scotch-English ancestry. His father, the late Rev. James Rankine, D. D., LL.D., was at one time president of Hobart College, and until his death was dean of the De Lancey Divinity School and rector of St. Peter's Protestant Epis- copal Church, all of Geneva, N. Y. His mother was Miss Fanny Meek, daughter of Charles B. Meek, of Canandaigua, N. Y. He was prepared for college at Canan- daigua Academy, and subsequently gradu- ated from Hobart College, at Geneva, N. Y., in 1882, with the degree of B. A. From 1883 to 1894 he was engaged in the bank- ing business at Beatrice and at Omaha, in the State of Nebraska; from 1894 to 1899 was treasurer of the Niagara Falls Paper Company. In the summer of 1899 he went to Buffalo as secretary and treas- urer of the various companies owned and controlled by, and also as treasurer of, the International Traction Company; was also secretary and treasurer of the State Reservation at Niagara, from 1892 to 1894; is a trustee and treasurer of De Veaux College, at Niagara Falls. He is a mem- ber of the Buffalo Club, of the Ellicott Club, of Buffalo, and of the Niagara Club, of Niagara Falls. He was married on June 26, 1886, to Miss Jane Wilson, daugh- ter of the late James Wilson, Esq., of Geneva, N. Y. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.
RANKINE, William Birch:
Lawyer; was born in Owego, Tioga County, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1858; educated at Hobart and Union Colleges, graduating from Union in. the class of 1877 with the degree of A. B., and later receiving the degree of A. M. from both colleges. His father, the Rev. James Rankine, D. D., LL.D., of Geneva, N. Y., was prominent, during his life, in educational work hav- ing been a professor at Trinity College, a trustee of Union and Hobart Colleges, president of Hobart College, and the rec- tor of the Delancey Divinity School, of Geneva, N. Y. Admitted to the bar in 1880, William B. Rankine was engaged in the general practice of the law in New York City until 1890, since which time he has devoted his time particularly to the development of Niagara power and other interests on the Niagara frontier; in 1899 he changed his residence to the city of Niagara Falls. He is the second vice-president and treasurer of the Niaga- ra Falls Power Company, Niagara Junc- tion Railway Company, and Niagara De- velopment Company; vice-president of the Canadian Niagara Power Company; vice-
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president of the Francis Hook & Eye & Fastener Company, of Niagara Falls; sec- retary and treasurer of the Cataract Con- struction Company; director and chairman of the executive committee of the Natural Food Company, of Niagara Falls, of the Cataract Power & Conduit Company, of Buffalo, and of the Tonawanda Power Company; secretary of the Tesla Com- pany; a director of the Bell Telephone Company, of Buffalo; a director of Rama- po Iron Works and Niagara Research Laboratories; a trustee of the Equitable Trust Company, of New York, and a di- rector and member of the executive com- mittee of the International Railway Com- . pany. Mr. Rankine is a trustee of the De Veaux College and a life trustee of Union College; a member of the Buffalo Club of Buffalo, and of the University, Metropol- itan, Lawyers and Alpha Delta Phi Clubs, of New York City; of the Bar Association of the City of New York, and of the New York State Bar Association. He is un- married. Address, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
RANSOM, George B .:
Commander, U. S. Navy; appointed from New York; cadet engineer, Oct. 1, 1871; assistant engineer, Feb. 26, 1875; passed assistant engineer, July 4, 1880; Plymouth, N. A. Station, 1875-76; Essex, S. A. Sta- tion, 1876-79; special duty, Chester, 1879-
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80. Naval Academy, 1880-83. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 1884-85; Omaha, Asi- atic Station, 1885-88; special duty, Uni- versity of Wisconsin, 1888-91; Pinta, spe- cial service, 1891-93; special duty, San Francisco, Oct., 1893-94; Navy Yard, New York, April, 1894. Promoted to chief en- gineer, May, 1895; Navy Yard, Ports- mouth, N. H., Feb., 1895; inspector of ma- chinery, Elizabethport, Nov., 1895; U. S. S. Boston, March, 1897; U. S. S. Concord, and in Manila Bay battle May 1, 1898, March, 1898 to 1900. Promoted to lieu- tenant-commander, March 3, 1899; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, June 23, 1900, to 1903. Promoted to commander, 1903. Address, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H.
RANSOM, Rastus S .:
Lawyer; was born at Mount Hawley, Peoria County, Ill., March 31, 1839. In early boyhood his parents removed to Elmira, N. Y., where he was educated at the public schools and at the Elmira Free Academy, and where, within three weeks after the breaking out of the Civil War, he, as first lieutenant of Company H, Fif- tieth Regiment Volunteer Engineers, en- listed and was mustered into the United States service, and was with the Army of the Potomac throughout the famous Pen- insular campaign. Not long after the close of the Civil War he removed to New York, and became a law partner of Ches- ter A. Arthur (afterward President of the United States) under the firm name of Arthur, Knevals & Ransom. In 1887 he was the candidate of the United Democ-
racy (a union having been made between the , County Democracy and Tammany), when with Judge Abram R. Lawrence and Morgan J. O'Brien as nominees for Supreme Court judges, John R. Fellows for district attorney, Theodore W. Myers for comptroller, and Rastus S. Ransom for surrogate, the Democracy was com- pletely successful in the metropolis, Mr. Ransom polling the majority of over 52,- 000. After serving a full term as sur- rogate, he, in 1893, resumed the practice of his profession, and has since had charge of some of the most intricate and important cases of litigation coming be- fore the New York bench. He is a mem- ber of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, G. A. R., and president of the Society of American Authors. Residence, 338 West 77th St .; office, 128 Broadway, New York.
RATHBONE, Robert C .:
Insurance manager and broker, New York City; born at Ballston, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1825; came to New York at the age of fourteen years and was a clerk, first in a hardware and afterward in a dry goods house. In 1853 he began business for himself as an insurance broker in New York and as an agent for Mutual Life Insurance Company; 1857 appointed assistant secretary of the Metropolitan Fire Insurance Company of New York, and in 1861 went to the front for a short service with his regiment (the Seventh). He continues insurance brokerage busi- ness, however, taking in partners from time to time. In 1885 Mr. Rathbone ac- cepted the post of metropolitan manager for the Sun Insurance Office of London, which he retained until 1887; was president for ten years of the old board of insur- ance brokers, and also president of the second board, now extinct. At the present time his firm, R. C. Rathbone & Son, are managers of the National Standard In- surance Company and the Assurance Com- pany of America. Address, 118 West 130th St .; office, 45 William St., New York.
RAUSCHENBUSCH, Walter:
Clergyman; graduated from University of Rochester in 1885, and Rochester The- ological Seminary; pastor Second German Baptist Church, New York City, 1886-97; professor new testament exegesis, Ger- man department, Rochester Theological Seminary, 1897-1903. Professor of Church History, Rochester Theological Seminary, since 1902. Address, 10 Shepard St., Roch- ester, N. Y.
RAY, George W .:
Jurist; was born in Otselic, Chenango County, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1844; was brought up on a farm and educated in the com- mon schools and at Norwich Academy; was a private in Company B, Ninetieth New York Volunteers, and brigade clerk. First Brigade, First Division, Nineteenth
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Army Corps; was discharged at the close of the war. He studied law, and was ad- mitted to practice in Nov., 1867, and prac- ticed his profession until appointed judge of the Northern District of New York. He has been chairman of the Republican County Committee of his county, and was a member of the Republican State Com- mittee in 1880; was elected to the Forty- eighth Congress; is president of the board of education of Norwich Academy and Union Free School, and manager of N. Y. S. W. R. C. Home at Oxford, N. Y. In July, 1899, he was offered the appoint- ment as justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York in place of Justice David L. Follett, deceased, which position he declined; was elected to the Fifty-sec- ond, Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress, which of- fice he resigned Sept. 19 1902, to become judge of the U. S. District Court, North- ern District of New York. Address, Nor- wich, N. Y.
RAYMOND, Andrew Van Vranken:
President of Union College; born at Visscher's Ferry, Saratoga County, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1854. His father was a minister of the Reformed Church, a graduate of Yale College in the class of 1825, and of the New Brunswick Seminary in the class of 1828; his mother was Katherine M. Miller, of Little Falls, N. J. Prepared for college in the Troy High School and with a. private tutor, entering the sophomore class at Union College in 1872, and gradu- ating, June, 1875, with the degree of A.B .; graduated from the Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, N. J., in 1878, and was ordained the same year and installed pas- tor of the First Reformed Church of Pat- erson, N. J .; in 1881 became pastor of the Trinity Reformed Church of Plainfield, N. J., and in 1887 was called to the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Albany, N. Y. The trustees of Union College elected him to the presidency in Jan., 1894, and he was installed the following June. His own college conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1887, and Williams College gave him the degree of LL.D. in 1894; in 1901 was elected president of the Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Middle States and Mary- land, and has been a member of the Uni- form College Entrance Examination Board from its organization. Is a member of the Century and University Clubs of New York, and of the Adirondack League Club. Married Margaret M. Thomas, of Middleville, N. Y. Address, Union Col- lege, Schenectady, N. Y.
RAYMOND, C. H .:
General agent of the Mutual Life In- surance Company in the City of New York; is a native of Albany, N. Y. His insurance experience began with a clerk- ship in the New York State insurance
department, where he became in time deputy superintendent; went to the war in 1861 with the Albany Zouaves, and served in the Mississippi River campaign; on re- turn to New York accepted the secretary- ship of the Widows' and Orphans' Benefit Life Insurance Company, and on the resignation of ex-Governor Robinson. as president, succeeded him in that office. When the company was reinsured in 1871, he became a partner of John A. Little, general agent for the Mutual Life Insur- ance Company for metropolitan district, and later was appointed to full control of agency. He was the first president of the Life Insurance Association of New York and was president of the National Association in 1892. Member of Down Town, Lawyers, Union League, West- minster, Kennel, and Morristown Clubs. Address, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y.
RAYMOND, Robert R .:
Captain, U. S. Army; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 5, 1871; educated at Dor- chester High School, Mass .; Washington High School, U, S. Military Academy and Engineer School, at Willets Point. Pro- moted to second lieutenant, Corps of En- gineers, June 12, 1893; promoted to first lieutenant, July 5, 1898; served in the construction of fortifications in New York, Boston and Pensacola Harbors; defenses of New York and Boston by sub-marine mines; member of board to prepare speci- fications for electric plants in coast de- fenses; promoted to captain, 1903. Ad- dress, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
RAYMOND, Rossiter Worthington, Ph.D .:
Lawyer, mining engineer and metallur- gist; born in Cincinnati, April 27, 1840; son of Robert R. and Mary Ann Raymond. He was graduated from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1858; studied at the Universities of Munich and Heidel- berg, and at the Mining Academy of Frei- burg, Saxony. Married Sarah M. Dwight in 1863. Served in the Union army for three years during the Civil War as aide- de-camp; from 1864 to 1868 was engaged in New York as consulting engineer; was United States commissioner of mining sta- tistics from 1868 to 1876; lecturer on eco- nomic geology at Lafayette College, 1870- 82; editor of the American Journal of Mining, 1867-68; editor and special con- tributor Engineering and Mining Journal for many years. Dr. Raymond was one of the original members of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, of which he was successively vice-president, presi- dent, and has been since 1884 secretary He is an honorary member of the Society of Civil Engineers of France and other kindred societies; United States commis- sioner to the Vienna Exposition, 1873; New York State commission of electric subways for Brooklyn, 1885; lecturer on mining law at Columbia University. 1903. Author of "Mineral Resources of the
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United States, West of the Rocky Moun- tains" (8 vols.); "Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms"; "Die Leibgarde" (German); "Brave Hearts"; "The Man in the Moon"; "Two Ghosts"; "Life of Alex L. Holley"; Life of Peter Cooper"; technical works and papers especially on mining law. Residence, 123 Henry St., Brooklyn; office, 99 John St., New York.
RAYMOND, William H .:
Lieutenant, U. S. Army; born in Johns- town, Fulton County, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1869; educated at public schools and Johnstown Academy, Johnstown, N. Y. Enlisted in Twenty-seventh Infantry, U. S. Volun- teers, at New York City, July 13, 1899; served as sergeant and first sergeant in Company C; left Camp Meade, Pa., Aug. 30, 1899, with regiment en route to San Francisco, Cal .; left San Francisco with regiment, Sept. 21, 1899, for Philippines, arriving at Manila, Oct. 27, 1899; com- missioned lieutenant in Twenty-seventh Volunteer Infantry, Nov. 27, 1899; on post duty in vicinity of San Felipe de Neri from Nov. 28 to Dec. 20, 1899; at San Mateo, Dec., 1899, to Jan., 1900; on scout- ing duty in vicinity of Boso Boso, Luzon, P. I., Jan., 1900, to Feb., 1901; on road and bridge work in Engineering Depart- ment, U. S. A., Feb., 1901, to Sept. 24, 1901, at Calamba and Batangas; mustered out of volunteer service June 30, 1901; accepted appointment to first lieutenancy in Artillery Corps, Sept. 25, 1901, and as- signed to Sixty-third Company; sailed from Manila, Dec. 10, 1901, arrived in San Francisco Jan. 9, 1902, and joined Sixty-third Company, Artillery Corps, at Alcatraz Island, Cal. Address, Ft. Casey, Wash.
REDDALL, Frederic:
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Born in London, Eng., in 1856; teacher, author, dramatist and lecturer on music and musicians in New York since 1880; lecturer to Board of Education; sometime director of music at Adelphi College. Writings include miscellaneous stories and sketches; novels, . "Hepsie Follett," "The Other Man," "A Crucible of Gold," "Figs from Thistles," "A Transaction in Rubies"; reference books, "Fact, Fancy and Fable," and "A Dictionary of Music and Musicians"; two plays, "The Other Man" and "Loyal Foes." Address, The Pouch Gallery, 345 Clinton Ave., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
REDFERN, Frederick C .:
Clergyman; graduated from the Uni- versity of Rochester in 1898, and from the Rochester Theological Seminary in 1901; pastor of the First Baptist Church, Walworth, N. Y., 1888-91; Alabama, N. Y., 1891-94; Plymouth Avenue Baptist Church, Rochester, N. Y .. 1894-99. De- livered six memorial addresses before the Sons of Veterans, Rochester, N. Y., 1894- 99; chaplain of Monroe County Almshouse and Hospital, 1897-1902; addressed the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, Roches- ter, N. Y., 1901. Life member New York Baptist Union for Ministerial Education since 1896. Author of a number of ser- mons, addresses and articles on current topics, both in religious papers and secu- lar press. Address, 169 Tremont St., Rochester, N. Y.
REDFIELD, Henry Stephen:
Professor of law, Columbia University, since 1901; born at Corning, N. Y., July 31, 1851; son of Jared A. and Mary Hayt Redfield, both of New England descent. Early education in the public schools; was graduated from the Elmira Academy in 1867. Engaged in business for about five years, after which he prepared for college and entered Amherst, from which he was graduated in 1877, with the degree of A.B .; the degree of A.M. was subsequently re- ceived from the same institution, and in 1901 it conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. After graduation he studied law with George M. Diven, of El- mira, N. Y .; was admitted to the bar in 1879, and at once formed a partnership with Mr. Diven, which continued until Mr. Redfield's retirement from the firm in 1898 to accept a position at Cornell Uni- versity. The practice of the firm was largely of a corporate character, among the corporations which they represented being the Northern Central Railway Com- pany and the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Professor of practice and pro- cedure, College of Law, Cornell Univer- sity, Aug., 1898, to July, 1901; profes- sor of law, School of Law, Columbia Uni- versity, New York, since July, 1901. Mem- ber Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon Fratern- ity,' Amherst Association of New York, American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association. Author of "Cases on Code Pleading and Practice." 1903; contributor to legal journals. Married, 1880, to Susan Woods Curtis, of Canan- daigua, N. Y. Address, Columbia Uni- versity, New York; Residence, 567 West 113th St., New York.
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