Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 107

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: 751

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six months he pursued post-graduate studies, then traveled extensively in Eu- rope, studying philosophy and economics in Paris and Berlin. He became a fellow of sociology at Columbia University, and later studied law at the New York Law School, and was admitted to the bar in Syracuse in 1900. As official representa- tive of the College Young Men's Chris- tian Association of America he visited from 1889 to 1893 a large majority of the universities of Great Britain and the Continent, at the same time studying the problems of social reform. Failing health compelled his return to America, and, in 1894, he became the Head Worker of the University Settlement of New York; was an active worker of the Committee of Seventy in 1893 and was on many of its working committees. In the fall of 1896 he was one of the committee of fifteen of the City Club to prepare plans for the Municipal campaign of 1897; was also a member of the State Tenement-house Commission of 1900, appointed by Gover- nor Roosevelt, and was subsequently chairman of the executive committee of the Citizens' Union in the campaign of that year. When Mr. Low was elected to the mayoralty in 1902 Mr. Reynolds became his secretary, in which position he maintained an active interest in polit ical and social reform. On July 16, 1898 he married, at London, Eng., Miss Flor ence Blanchard Dike, of New York City He belongs to the Century, City, Nationa Arts Clubs, the Municipal Art Society the National Municipal Reform League and the Mid-day Club. Address, Cit Hall, New York.

REYNOLDS, Paul Revere:

Agent for English publishers and liter ary agent for authors; born July 13, 1864 educated at Boston Latin School; gradu ated from Harvard in 1887 and took degree of A. M. in 1889. Married, in 1899 Miss Amelia F. D. Stead. From 1892 t 1898 he acted as the representative o Cassell & Co. (Limited), of London, an now represents William Heineman Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. (Limited) and Archibald Constable & Co., all o London, and also acts as the representa tive for various authors. Member of th University Club. Residence, 68 Sout Washington Square; office. 70 Fifth Ave New York.

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RHEES, Rush:

Clergyman; born in Chicago, Ill., Feb. 8, 1860; prepared for college in Plainfield, N. J., and entered Amherst College in 1879, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1883. Was Walker instructor in mathematics in Am- herst College, 1883-85; entered the Hart- ford Theological Seminary in 1885, and was graduated from that institution in 1888; became pastor of the Middle Street Baptist Church, Portsmouth, N. H., in March, 1889, and resigned July 1, 1892, to become associate professor of New Testa- ment Interpretation at the Newton Theo- logical Institution; was made full pro- fessor in the same department at that in- stitution in 1894, and served until July 1, 1900, when he became president of the University of Rochester, which office he still holds. Was married July 6, 1899, to Miss Harriet Chapin Seelye, Northampton, Mass. Published the "Life of Jesus in Nazareth, a Study," Scribner's 1900, be- sides numerous contributions to periodi- cals and reviews. Address, The Univer- sity of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y.

RHINELANDER, T. S. Oakley:

Member New York bar; born in New York, June, 1858; member of old and dis- tinguished Huguenot family; mother was of Cruger family; grandson of well known Judge Oakley; graduated from Columbia College with degree of A. B., 1818; stud- ied law, receiving degree LL.D. in 1880; does not practice law. Manager of the Rhinelander estate, largest in New York after that of Astor's; active in progres- sive movements. Member Seventh Regi- ment, Sons of the Revolution, St. Nicho- las Society, Society of 1812, Huguenot So- ciety; lieutenant-governor Society of Colo- nial Wars; governor Seventh Regiment Veteran Club; vice-president Seventh Regiment Veteran League; president Del- ta Phi College Club; also member Metro- politan, Union and Country Clubs. Ad- dress, 36 West 52d St., New York.

RHODES, Eli A .:

Educator; graduated from the Univer- sity of Rochester A. B. in 1886; A. M. 1889; principal Classical Union Free School, Webster, N. Y., 1886-87; Union School, Cattaraugus, N. Y.,

1887-1890; Union School, Hammondsport, N. Y., 1891-96; Public School No. 1, Buffalo, N. Y., 1896- 97; No. 41, Buffalo, N. Y., 1897-1903. Ad- dress, 284 Riley St., Buffalo, N. Y. .

RHOADES, Henry, Eckford:

Lieutenant, U. S. Army; was born in New York City, June 15, 1844; is a de- scendant of Zachariah Rhoades, who set- tled in Rehoboth, Mass., after the arrival of the Mayflower (about 1630), and was an early friend of Roger Williams. One of his grand-uncles was Zachariah Rhoades, who became a lieutenant in the navy in Oct., 1798, and another, William

Rhoades, was a carpenter in the navy, and resigned to become naval instructor for the Turkish government. The father of the subject of this sketch was a chief engineer in the navy, and died in 1885. Received his early education in the pub- lic schools of New York City, and in 1858 began to study medicine; but a year later decided to become an engineer. While an apprentice in the Allaire Works, New York, he took a special course in mechanical and civil engineering, and before he finished assisted in building the engines of the Shamrock, Puritan, Dictator, and other vessels. In the early part of the Civil War he served in the army on the staff of the surgeon-in- chief of the Army Hospitals, Frederick City, Md. On the night of Sept. 5, 1862 (the day before the Confederates under Stonewall Jackson occupied Frederick City), he was detailed to take charge of conducting about three hundred convales- cent Union soldiers to Gettysburg, thence to York, Pa., marching part of the dis- tance and hiring conveyances, where ob- tainable, to carry the sick men the rest of the way. On Feb. 11, 1865, he received his commission as third assistant engineer in the volunteer navy, and after the war, in Dec., 1866, started on a cruise in the Asiatic Squadron, and was at the open- ing of the ports of Hiogo, Osaka, and Kobe. Japan, on Jan. 1, 1868. During the Japanese rebellion, when Prince Bizen's men fired on the foreign sailors in the streets of Hiogo, he was in command of one of the companies sent on shore, and led the engineer contingent into the mountains close to the rear of the Japan- ese force. The forces from the foreign vessels were kept on shore several days, during which time Mr. Rhoades assisted in building up earthworks around the American legation. He received an hon- orable discharge from the volunteer navy April 22, 1869, and on Feb. 25, 1871, after a competitive examination, received his commission of second assistant engineer in the regular navy. When the sloop-of- war Juniata was ordered, in 1873, to be fitted out for a two years' cruise in the Arctic, in search of castaways of the Polaris Expedition, Mr. Rhoades applied for and received orders to duty on that vessel; among his associates were Lieu- tenant-Commander DeLong and Lieuten- ant Chipp, both of whom lost their lives in the Arctic. On this cruise he, at his own request, was detailed with another officer to lead an expedition to prospect for coal on the Greenland coast; making the search in a small steam launch, and sleeping at night in the Esquimaux skin sleeping-bags, and under canvas tents. His search was successful, three veins of excellent bituminous coal being dis- covered, from which he and four men got out about thirty tons; the mine was named by him and Ensign Keeler the "Eureka." (His report on this coal, for which he was complimented by the Sec- retary of the Navy, was printed in the

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report of the Navy Department for 1873.) This expedition, however, proved unfor- tunate for him, since, during it, he con- tracted angina pectoris (neuralgia of the heart), a severe disease from which he has suffered intensely since, and which, greatly to his regret, caused him to be placed on the retired list on Dec. 31, 1874. In 1869 he married Miss Sarah M. Stone, a descendant of Samuel Stone, the found- er of Hartford, Conn. A son. Winifred C., is a Congregational clergyman, and his daughter is the wife of a Presbyterian minister. In 1889, he was offered the consulship at Yokohama by Secertary Blaine, but declined because of an opinion by the attorney-general that to accept would mean resignation of his navy com- mission; in 1892 was offered the Repub- lican nomination for Congress from the Sixteenth New York district, but declined it; 1893, was elected a member of the Board of Education of Mount Vernon, N. Y., and in 1894 was re-elected for the long or four years' term. He was also one of the founders of the Mount Vernon . Public Library, in 1896, and has been continued as one of the trustees. He was employed on the staff of the New York Tribune for several years, as ma- rine reporter. commercial reporter, as- sistant city editor, and in 1893 he was made editor of the Tribune Almanac. On April 27, 1898, he was detailed for duty at the New York Navy Yard, during the Spanish War, and in Nov., 1903, was again detailed for duty at that yard. Ad- dress, Mount Vernon, N. Y.

RICE, Calvin Winsor:

Electrical engineer; born in Winchester. Mass., Nov. 4. 1868: son of Edward Hyde and Lucy J. (Staples) Rice; graduate with the degree of S. B. in electrical engineer- ing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1890, Entered employ

of Thomson-Houston Electric Company, and its successor. General Electric Company. working up to the position of assistant engineer of the power and mining denart- ment until 1895. when he was appointed engineer at Cincinnati for same com- pany. In 1895-1902 was engaged as en- gineer with large operations in mining and power transmission in the West, and with lighting interests of Greater New York, etc .; 1902-1903. vice-president and sales manager Nernst Lamp Companv. Present position, consulting engineer to General Electric Company. 44 Broad St .. New York City; vice-president American Institute of Electrical Engineers: mem- ber American Society of Mechanical En- gineers. of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (London); nresident M. I. T .. Alumni Association of Pittsburg: mem- ber American Association for the Ad- vannement of Science. Brooklyn Engi- neers' Club. Society of Colonial Wars. etc. Address. 348 Central Park West, New York.

RICE, Dr. Joseph M .:

Physician; editor of The Forum; born in Philadelphia, Pa., 1857; educated in Philadelphia and New York; graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1881; practiced medicine in New York, 1881-88; studied psychology and pedagogics, University of Jena and Leipsic, 1888-90. Has published many articles on educational subjects, and has recently founded the Society of Educa- tional Research. Author of "The Public School System of the United States," "The Rational Spelling Book." Residence, 35 Mt. Morris Park West; office, 125 East 23d St., New York.

RICH, Adelbert P .:

Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York; born at Cato, Cayuga County, N. Y., May 16, 1860, and edu- cated there; studied law under his father, Frank Rich, Esq., and admitted to the bar in 1882. President of Board of Edu- cation, 1882-1883; special county judge of Cayuga County, 1884-87; district at- torney, 1888-94; elected justice of the Supreme Court, 1899. Married, in 1880, Ida M. Chase, of Cato, N. Y. Address, Auburn, N. Y.

RICH, Burdett A .:

Lawyer, and author of various legal works; born Oct. 24, 1854, at Cattaraugus, N. Y .; graduated in 1878 from Wesleyan University; admitted to bar, 1880; in prac- tice until 1886; since then engaged chiefly upon legal publications. Author of "Di- gest of United States Supreme Court Re- ports," 1887; editor of General Digest of American and English Reports from 1888 to 1900; editor Lawyers' Reports Annota- ted since 1889; reporter of decisions of the United States Supreme Court, Lawyers' Edition, since 1899; editor of Case and Comment since 1894; contributor to Amer- ican Law Review and other legal period- icals. Member of the International Law Association, the American Bar Associa- tion, etc .; trustee of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary since 1903; secretary and man- aging editor of the Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company: Address, Aqueduct Building, Rochester, N. Y.

RICHARDS, Charles Herbert:

Congregational minister; born March 18, 1839, at Meriden, N. H .; the son of Cy- rus S. Richards, LL.D., and Helen Dor- othy (Whiton) Richards. He is a de- scendant of the eighth generation from William Richards, who came to Plymouth Mass., in 1832. One of his ancestors was at the siege of Louisburgh, and two others were officers in the Revolutionary army. He received his preparatory train- ing in Kimball Union Academy (Meriden, N. H.); was graduated from Yale in 1860,

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and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1865. Instructor for two years in Kimball Union Academy, and served for six months in the "Christian Commission" in the Army of the Potomac. He married Marie M. Miner, daughter of the Rev. Absalom Miner, in Charles City, Ia., in 1868; they have had six children, four of whom are living. He was pastor of the Congregational church, Kokomo, Ind., 1866-67; of the First Congregational church, Madison, Wis., 1867-90; and of Central Congregational church, Philadel- phia, Pa., 1890-1903. Secretary of the Con- gregational Church Building Society since March, 1903. He was conductor of Mon-

ona Lake Assembly (the Wisconsin Chautauqua). 1881-84; president of the Wisconsin Home Missionary Society, 1885- 90; trustee of Donner College, Wis., 1887- 90; Yale lecturer on Hymnology and Church Music, 1895; was a member of the executive committee of the Congre- gational Home Missionary Society (Na- tional), 1880-1902; president of the Evan- gelical Alliance of Pennsylvania, 1900- 1903; is a corporate member of the Amer- ican Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; a trustee of the National Coun- cil of Congregational Churches, and one of the directors of ministerial relief, and a trustee of Howard University (Wash- ington, D. C.). He has published "Will Phillips" (a story for boys), "The Re- ligious Rights of a Christian State," "Evolution of a Redeemed Humanity," "What Is Your Life?" "God Our Help," "Spiritual Nurture of Children." He is the editor of "Songs of Christian Praise," 1880; "Selections for Responsive Read- ing," 1880; and "Songs of Praise and Prayer," 1889. His residence is in Mont- clair, N. J., and his office is 4th Ave. and 22d St., New York.

RICHARDSON. Frank - Wood:

Manufacturer and merchant; born in New York City, Dec. 24, 1862; graduated from Trinity College as Bachelor of Arts, 1884; Master of Arts, 1887; member of Phi Beta Kappa Society and Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. Corresponding secretary Cay- uga County Historical Society, 1886-1902; vice-president of the same. 1902; trustee and member of the executive committee of George Junior Republic, 1897; president of the Dolphin Club, Owasco Lake, 1889; governor and secretary of Owasco Country Club; member of Board of Education, Au- burn, N. Y., 1899, all of which offices he has held up to the present time. president of the board. 1901-2: formerly president of the Board of Trade; of the Young Men's Christian Association. and of the Kinder- garten Association of Auburn; original member of the National Arts Club; also member of the University and Players Clubs, the Trinity Alumni Association and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of New York. Permanent address, 46 South St., Auburn. N. Y.

RICHARDSON, Ransom L .:

Lawyer; born in Angelica, N. Y., Jan. 25, 1873; son of David P. Richardson, who is still practicing law there. Re- ceived the degree of LL.B. from Cornell in 1895. Was admitted to the bar in 1894, and has practiced law in Fillmore since 1895. Address, Fillmore, N. Y.

RICHMAN, Julia:

Educator, writer, and communal work- er; born New York, Oct. 12, 1855; edu- cated at Union School, Huntington, L. I., 1861-6; public school 50 and Normal Col- lege, New York, 1866-72; School of Ped- agogy, New York University 1897-8; appointed teacher in 1872, principal of public school 77 in 1884, and district superintendent of schools in 1903; pioneer in many reform educational movements, including introduction of manual training, mothers' meetings in public schools, spe- cial instruction for deficient children, the abolition of written examination tests for promotion, music recitals in schools, etc. Only woman chosen as district su- perintendent of schools in Manhattan;, writer of articles in The Outlook, the Educational Review, School Work and other educational papers; founder and editor of Helpful Thoughts (1896), a mag- azine for Jewish chuldren. Member of the educational council the Jewish Chautauqua Society; active worker on lower east side, 1885-1904 as director of Hebrew Free School Association; one of the organizers and most active members of the Educational Alliance; charter member of the Council of Jewish Women and chairman of its committee on re- ligious school work, 1893-1899; first presi- dent of the Young Women's Hebrew

Association, 1886-90. Address, Public School 2, New York.

RICHMOND, George Chalmers:

Protestant Episcopal clergyman and au- thor; born in Springfield, Mass., April 10, 1870; prepared for college at Williston Seminary; graduated from Yale College, 1895, and from the Hartford Theological Seminary, 1898; pastor of the Union Con- gregational Church in Somersville, Conn., 1898-1900, and of the First Congregational Church in Prescott, Mass .. 1900-1901. In Sept., 1901, entered the Episcopal Church. Ordained deacon, 1902; priest, 1903, by the Right Reverend F. D. Huntington, D. D., bishop of Central New York. Assistant minister to Bishop Huntington at Syra- cuse, N. Y., 1901-3; pastor of the Church of St. John the Divine, Syracuse, N. Y., 1903. Assistant minister, Church of the Holy Trinity, New York City, 1904. Au- thor of sermons, "The Glory of Life," "Spiritual Discrimination," "The Progress of Life," "Inspirations of Life." Lectures, "Concio ad Clerum," "The Pulpit in the New Century," "The Authority of the Preacher." Address, 316 East 88th St., New York.

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RICHTER, George P .:

Democratic Assemblyman, representing Eighteenth Assembly district of N. Y .; born of German parents in New York on May 4, 1861. Attended public schools and then the German school connected with Church of St. Mary Magdalen, on East Seventeenth Street. After leaving school he went to work in a law office, but soon became connected with the German de- partment of the New York Daily News. Later employed in the firm of Foster, Hil- son & Co., cigar manufacturers, where he learned the business of cigar-making. He then went into business for himself. Elected to Assembly 1900, 1901 and 1902. In 1903, was appointed a member of the following Assembly Committees: Public Buildings and Railroads. Address, New York City.

RICKARD, Richard D .:

Secretary and treasurer New York, On- tario and Western road; born June, 1856, in Michigan; educated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Entered railway service Nov., 1878, since which he has been division clerk middle division New York, Ontario and Western road at Mid- dletown, N. Y .; 1881 secretary to general superintendent; Feb., 1887, purchasing agent and paymaster; April, 1889, to date, secretary and treasurer same road. Ad- dress, 56 Beaver St., New York.

RIDDER, Herman:

Journalist; was born in New York City of German parentage on March 5, 1851, and has lived here all his life. When he was eleven years old he went to work as an errand boy in a hat store. Later he became a messenger in a Wall street bro- ker's office. In his thirteenth year he entered the employ of a fire insurance company, and at the age of twenty he was an insurance agent. When he was twenty-seven he had made up his mind to enter the newspaper business. In 1878 he established the Katholisches Volks- blatt, a German Catholic weekly, and eight years later he started the Catholic News, which in a very short time was recognized as the leading Catholic paper in the country. Mr. Ridder in 1890 be- came a stockholder in the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung and was elected trustee, treasurer and manager. He has held these offices ever since. Mr. Ridder has taken an active part in politics as an Independ- ent Democrat. He was a prominent par- ticipant in the Cleveland campaigns and in the Reform movements. In the Ger- man-American Reform Union he has been especially active. Besides being a trus- tee of the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank and of the German Hospital, he is a director of the Associated Press and treas- urer of the New York Publishers' Asso- ciation. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Manhattan, Lie- derkranz, Arion, Catholic, Reform, Demo- cratic, City, Press, German Press and

Hardware clubs. Mr. Ridder has devoted much time to charitable work. He is a member of the Charity Organization So- ciety, the Isabella Heimath, the German Society, the St. Vincent de Paul Society, the Legal Aid Society, and a large num- ber of other such bodies. He was mar- ried in 1880 and has three sons. Address, The Staats-Zeitung, New York.

RIDEAL, Charles Frederick:

Author; born in England, June 10, 1858; educated Cowley School, Lancashire; studied medicine, but abandoned it be- cause of ill health; entered upon litera- ture and journalism; was editor Life, Lon- don also Magazine and Book Review; es- tablished and edited the Nursing Record, the Nursing News and the Medical Re- view, and took a prominent part in se- curing a charter for the incorporation and enrollment of the hospital trained nurses of England as the Royal British Nurses' Association; founded the Medical Defense Union (England). Writer and lecturer on works of Charles Dickens; has written, compiled or edited 25 volumes in various branches of literature; elected fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, England, 1887; for some years was a member of the council of the Lecturers' Institute of Great Britain; president and treasurer of the Dryden Press and "Print Shop," New York. Member the Sea Cliff Yacht, and also the Playgoers and Vaga- bond Clubs, London. Address, 131 Edge- comb Ave., New York.

RIDER, Ira Edgar:

Member of Congress; Democrat, of New York City; was born Nov. 17, 1868, in Jersey City, N. J .; was educated at the public schools, City of New York, the College of the City of New York, and is a graduate of St. Lawrence University; is associated with the firm of Lexow, MacKellar, Guy & Wells, attorneys; was secretary of the borough of Manhattan from 1898 to 1902; was married June 30, 1898, to Sophia R. Funke; was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress, and again re- elected to Fifty-ninth Congress. Ad- dress, 1297 Lexington Ave., New York.

RIDER, Wheelock, M. D .:

Graduated from University of Rochester in 1883, Syracuse University, 1885; oph- thalmic surgeon to Rochester City Hospi- tal, St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, N. Y., New York State Sailors and Soldiers Home, Bath, N. Y .; consulting surgeon Craig Colony for Epileptics, Sonyea, N. Y .; president Monroe County Medical So- ciety; ex-president Hospital, Medical and Rochester Pathological Societies; secre- tary National Association U. S. Pension Examining Surgeons. Member American Ophthalmological Society, American Oto- logical Society: Fellow American Academy of Medicine. Address, 53 South Fitzhugh St., Rochester, N. Y.

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RIDGWAY, Thomas:

Captain, U. S. Army Artillery; born in New York. Cadet at U. S. Military Acad- emy July 1, 1879; graduated June 13, 1883; second lieutenant Fifth United States Artillery, June 13, 1883; first lieu- tenant, Fourth Artillery, Feb. 12, 1891; transferred to Fifth Artillery May 23, 1891; transferred to Sixth Artillery, March 8, 1898, and to Fifth Artillery, April 29, 1898. Captain, March 18, 1899. Served in Spanish-American War and in China Relief Expedition, 1900-1901. Address, Fort Snelling, Minn.

RIIS, Jacob August:

Journalist; born in Ribe, Denmark, May 3, 1849; emigrated to America in 1870; married Elisabeth Nielsen, of Ribe, Den- mark, in 1876. Reporter on New York Tribune and Evening Sun. Reformer, lec- turer and author of many articles and books on tenement house and poverty conditions; executive officer Good Gov- ernment Club, 1896-7; secretary of Small Parks Committee, etc. Books, "How the Other Half Lives," "The Children of the Poor," "The Battle with the Slum," "The Making of an American," "Children of the Tenements," "Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen." Address, 524 Beech St., North Richmond Hill, Long Island, N. Y.

RIKER, John L .:

Commission drug merchant; vice-presi- dent Atlantic Trust Company Bank of New York, and Fifth Avenue Safe De- posit Company; trustee Greenwich Sav- ings Bank and Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company; director Continental Insurance Company, New Jersey Zinc Company and Second National Bank. Member of Union League, Metropolitan. Riding, Downtown, New York Yacht, City Clubs and Holland Society. Address, 19 West 57th St., New York.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 107

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: 751

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: 751