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BERG, Charles I .:
Architect; born Philadelphia, Pa., 1856; educated in Phila., subsequently became student in architecture in the 'Ecole des Beaux Arts of Paris; began practicing as architect in 1880 in New York City, asso- ciated with Edward H. Clark, under the firm of Berg & Clark; practicing alone since 1896; erected the Ambulance Sta- tion and Vaccine Laboratory for the Health Department of New York City, the Gillender Building, cor. Wall and Nassau Streets, believed to be the tallest build- ing for size of lot in New York City; Windsor Arcade, on site of the old Wind- sor Hotel; Hotel Touraine, New York City, etc .; ten years secretary of the Architectural League of New York; three years secretary of the New York Chap- ter, A. I. A .; member of the Board of Examiners for Unsafe Buildings in the City of New York; appointed by the A. I. A. delegate to the National Conven- tion of Architects, 1901-2-3; fellow of the American Institute of Architects; member of the Architectural League of New York, the Beaux Art Society, The National Arts Club, N. Y., Grolier, Camera and Knollwood Country Cluos. Address: Windsor Arcade, New York. BERG, Ernst Julius:
Electrical engineer; born Astersund, Sweden. Jan. 9, 1871; graduated from Royal Polytechnical Institute, Stockholm, 1892; employed as electrical engineer with General Electrical Company since 1892; member of American Society of Electri- cal Engineers. Author of several papers before that body and articles in techni- cal journals. Inventor. Address, Sche- nectady, N. Y. .
BERG, Walter Gllman:
Civil engineer; born New York City, Jan. 12, 1858; son of Albert W. Berg, composer and musical critic of New York City; educated in New York City, France and Germany; gradu- ated civil engineer, Royal Polytechnic Institute, Stuttgart, Germany, 1878;
draftsman and shop inspector, Delaware Bridge Company, New York, 1878-79; bridge inspector and engineer in charge, Richmond and Alleghany, R. R., 1879-82; principal assistant engineer, East Ten- nessee, Virginia and Georgia R. R., 1882- 83; assistant engineer, principal assistant
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engineer, engineer Maintenance of Way, Lehigh Valley R. R., 1883-1900; chief engi- neer, Lehigh Valley R. R., New York City, 1900 to date; member American So- ciety of Civil Engineers, American Rail- way Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association, American Roadmasters and Maintenance of Way Association, Eastern Maintenance of Way Association, American Association of Railroad Super- intendents. Society for Promotion of En- gineering Education, American Society; for Testing Materials, New York Rail- road Club; past president, Association of Railway Superintendents of Bridges and Buildings; Founders and Patriots of America; gold medal, in 1876, for prize treatise on "Spherical Conic Sections." Author of "Buildings and Structures of American Railroads," "American Railway Bridges and Buildings," "Strength of Timber," "American Railway Shop Sys- tems," and from 1876 to date of numerous special articles, reports and papers on technical, railroad and general subjects published in U. S. monographs, technical press and proceedings of societies. Ad- dress, 261 West 52nd St., New York, N. Y.
BERGHOLZ, Leo Allen:
U. S. Consul; born at Burlington, Vt., in 1857; attended the public schools from 1872 to 1876; studied at the "Gymnasium" at Hildesheim. Germany; entered Wes- leyan University, Middletown, Conn., in 1878, and remained there until 1882, leav- ing one month before graduation to ac- cept the position of private secretary to the late John Russell Young, then United States ininister to China; remained at the legation at Pekin from the middle of 1882 to 1887, with the exception of about two years and a half, when he was vice-consul in charge of the consulate at Chinkiang, and, at the same time, act- ing consul for Japan; returned to the United States in 1887; from 1888 to 1896 held various positions-secretary of a railroad company, an electric company, deputy sheriff, and agent of the Colora- do Humane Society at Cripple Creek, Colo., and at the time of appointment to Erzerum was foreign correspondent of a law firm in New York; appointed consul. April 25, 1896; appointed consul at Pres- cott, Canada, in 1903, which is present address.
BERLINER, Solomon:
U. S. Consul; born New York City, Oct. 6. 1856; educated in the schools of that city and in Germany; was in mercantile business from 1880 to 1894; appointed con- sul at Teneriffe, Canary Islands, March 4, 1898; retired, April 21, 1898; re-appointed, July 18, 1899. Address, Teneriffe, Canary Islands.
BERNHEIMER, Mayer Simon:
Cotton manufacturer; born in New York City, July 3, 1861; son of Simon and Rosetta (Gosling) Bernheimer; attended the public schools and took a course of studies at Columbia Grammar School and
Columbia College; in 1880 entered the em- ploy of Adolph Bernheimer & Co., the oldest and most widely known houses in the cotton business; at the end of four years was invited to become a junior member of the firm; the firm dissolved in 1884, and the new firm of Jacob S. Bern- heimer & Brother was formed, composed of Jacob S. and Mayer S. Bernheimer; upon the death of Jacob S. Bernheimer, the head of the firm, Mayer S. was made the senior member, continuing the busi- ness under the present firm name; be- sides his connection with the firm of which he is senior member, he is direc- tor in the Lowell and Suburban Street Railroad Company, and is officially con- nected with several otlier successful cor- porations; was married, in 1884, to Miss Bachman; he is a member of the Repub- lican, Criterion, Manhattan, Country and Arkwright Clubs, of New York; Old Town County, the American Yacht and Dalton Clubs. of Newburyport, Mass., and num- erous other social organizations. Ad- dress, 16 East 62d St., New York.
BERNSTROM, Victor:
Artist, illustrator, engraver; born Stock- holm, Sweden; pupil Royal Academy, Sweden; awarded medal World's Colum- bian Exposition; silver medal Pan-Ameri- can Exposition; member Society American Wood Engravers. Address, Grandview- on-Hudson, N. Y.
BERRI, William:
Merchant, banker, writer; born Brook- lyn, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1848; sole owner of the firm of William Berri's Sons, carpet merchants, Brooklyn-New York, estab- lished, 1848; principal owner of the "Standard Union" newspaper, and of the trade publications known as "The Carpet and Upholstery Trade Review" and "The Furniture Trade Review;" one of the organizers of the Hamilton Trust Com- pany, of which he is the vice-president; inventor of several type casting machines and other mechanical devices; director of the National City Bank and the Kings County Electric Light and Power Com- pany and of the Edison Illuminating Com- pany; last president of the Board of Trus- tees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge; member of the Chamber of Com- merce, Union League, Lotus, Sphinx and Press Clubs of Manhattan, and of the Hamilton, Brooklyn and Oxford Clubs of Brooklyn; appointed by Governor Odell a member of the New York State St. Louis World's Fair Commission and vice- president of same. Address, 526 Fulton St., New York, N. Y.
BERRY, Lucien G .:
Captain U. S. Army. Born in and ap- pointed from New York; cadet at the Mil- itary Academy. July 1, 1882; Second Lieu- tenant 4th Artillery, July 1, 1886; First Lieutenant 5th Artillery, Nov. 28, 1892; graduate of the Artillery School, 1892; Captain, unassigned, Dec. 15. 1900. Pres- ent address, Fort Sheridan, Ill.
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BERWIND, Edward J .:
Financier; born Pennsylvania, about 1850; graduate of Naval Academy, 1869; Ensign, July 4, 1870; Master, March 24, 1872; retired, May 14, 1875; title changed to Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1883; president Berwind White Coal Min- ing Company and International Coal Com- pany; director twenty-three other finan- cial, railroad, coal and other corporations; member of Union, University, Riding, Metropolitan, Yacht, Racquet, Army and Navy, Turf and Field, of New York, and Metropolitan, of Washington. Office, 1 Broadway; residence 2 E. 64th St., New York, N. Y.
BERWIND, John E .:
President United States and Porto Rico Navigation Company; vice-president Ber- wind White Coal Mining Company; direc- tor New York Shipping Company. Office, 1 Broadway; residence, 102 E. 39th St., New York, N. Y.
BETTLE, Samuel:
Traffic manager of the International Navigation Company, of New York; was born at Oaklyn, N. J., Oct. 15, 1866; son of William and Mary (Sharpless) Bettle; was educated at the William Penn Char- ter School, and graduated from Haver- ford College in 1885; immediately after became connected with the International Navigation Company. of which he is now traffic manager and a large stockholder; he is a member of the Philadelphia Club, the Rittenhouse Club, the Philadelphia Country Club, and the Merion Cricket Club, of Philadelphia; the Union, Racquet, Players, Down Town, Mid-day, St. An- drew's Golf Club, the New York Yacht Club, of New York, and the St. James' and the Riverside Clubs of London, Eng- land; was married, in 1899 to Miss Helen Biddle Griscom, daughter of Clement A. Griscom, president of the International Navigation Company. Address, Fifth Ave. and 26th St., New York.
BETTS, Craven Langstroth:
Author; born St. John, New Brunswick, April 23, 1853; of New England ancestry; educated in native town; came to New York, 1879; took up business pursuits and literary studies. Author "Songs from Beranger" (translation of 61 chansons), "The Perfume Holder, A Persian Love Story;" (co-author with A. W. Eaton) "Tales of a Garrison Town," "A Garland of Sonnets"; member of Society of Ameri- can Authors, of the Canadian Society, Municipal Art Society, and Salmagundi Club. Residence, 507 W. 112th St,, New York.
BETTS, Frederic Henry:
Lawyer; born Newburgh, N. Y., March 8, 1843; descended on his father's side from Thomas Betts, one of the founders of Guilford, Conn .; from Josiah Rossiter, Assistant of Connecticut; from Comstock Betts and Uriah Betts, of the Revolution- ary Army, and on his mother's side from John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians; from
Governors George Wyllys and Samuel Wyllys, of Connecticut, and from Colonel Andrew Ward, commander of a detach- ment at the siege of Louisburg; graduated from Yale University, 1864; A. M., 1869; L. L. D., 1901; L. L. B., Columbia, 1866; married, Oct. 16, 1869, M. Louise Hol- brook, daughter of John F. Holbrook, and had three children, Louis Frederic Hol- brook Betts, M. Eliot, wife of Russell H. Hoadley, and Wyllys Rossiter Betts; in 1872-73 counsel for the Insurance De- partment of the State of New York; lec- turer on Patent Law in Law Depart- ment of Yale University, 1873-84. Author of pamphlet on "Policy of Patent Laws," 1879; member of Republican County Com- mittee of New York County, 1884-85; member of Citizens' Committee of Fifty, 1882; member of Citizens' Committee of One Hundred, 1883; member of People's Municipal League, 1890-91; vice-president of City Reform Club; vice-president of Yale Alumni Association; founder of "Betts" Prize in Yale Law School; vestry- man of St. George's Church, New York; trustee of St. Andrew's Dune Church, Southampton, L. I .; has been counsel in patent cases for the Western Union Tele- graph Company, American Bell Telephone Company, City of New York, Edison Elec- tric Light Company, General Electric
Company, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Westinghouse Air Brake Company, and many others. Address, 22 E. 65th St., New York N. Y.
BETTS, James A .:
Justice Supreme Court, New York; term expires Dec. 31, 1912. Residence, Kingston, N. Y.
BEVIER, Benjamin:
Special agent of the Queen Insurance Company in the Middle Department; was born in 1854 at Napanoch, Ulster County, N. Y., and at the age of fifteen began business life in a general store at Wood- bridge, N. J., in which vocation he continued until 1877, occupying similar positions at Bridgeport, Conn., and Na- panoch; he began his insurance career with the local agency of Neafie, Ter- williger & Post, of Ellenville, N. Y., re- maining with the firm until 1883, when he became bookkeeper for the Mechanics' Insurance Company of Brooklyn, and later city surveyor in the New York Metropolitan District; in 1888 he was ap- pointed special agent of the Queen In- surance Company, which position he still retains; Mr. Bevier has served on the executive committee of the Association of the Middle Department, and as it chair- man, has been vice-president, and was chosen president in 1898, and at present is chairman of the electrical committee of the association. Address, 419 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BEYER, Henry Gustav:
Surgeon, U. S. Navy; born in Ger- many; appointed from New York Assis- tant Surgeon, May 19, 1876; Passed As-
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sistant Surgeon, April 30, 1880; Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, 1876-77; monitor Pas- saic, July to August, 1877; training- ship Portsmouth, 1877-79; U. S. re- ceiving-ship Colorado, New York, 1879- 80; took examination of M. R. C. S., Eng- land, in May, 1881; special duty, Wash- ington, D. C., 1881-82; coast survey steam- er Blake, 1882-84; special duty, Smith- sonian Institution, 1884-87; took degree of
Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, in June, 1887; U. S. flagship Trenton, 1887-88; training-ship Ports- mouth, 1889; Yantic, training-ship, 1889- 91; promoted to Surgeon, May 19, 1893; Naval Academy, Oct., 1891; U. S. S. Raleigh, June 6, 1896, to Dec. 23, 1896; U. S. S. Newark, from Dec. 23, 1896, to March 17, 1897; U. S. S. Amphitrite, Aug. 2, 1897, to Feb. 7, 1898; U. S. R. S. Wabash, 1899; Prairie, Nov., 1901, to 1903; member of Board on Barracks; received degree of M. D. in New York 1876; M. R. C. S., England, 1881; Ph.D., Johns University, 1887. Address, care Hon. George P. Westcott, Portland, Me.
BICKMORE, Albert Smith:
Naturalist; born St. George, Me., March 1, 1837; graduated, Dartmouth, 1860; stud- ied in Laurence Scientific School under Agassiz; travelled Malay Archipelago and Eastern Asia, 1865-69, collecting zoölogi- cal specimens; 1870, professor natural history at Madison University, Hamilton, N. Y .; connected with American Museum of Natural History, New York; some time superintendent; 1885, curator of ethnological department; in charge of public instruction, giving lectures before New York public school teachers and nor- mal schools; member of scientific socie- ties to which he contributes many pa- pers; publications, "Travels in the East India Archipelago" (1869), "The Ainos or Hairy Men of Jesso," "Sketch of a Journey from Canton to Hangkow." Ad- dress, 130 West 80th St., New York, N. Y.
BIDDLE, James:
Colonel, U. S. Army; born Pennsyl- vania and appointed from New York; First Lieutenant, Tenth New York In- fantry May 2, 1861: Captain, Fifteenth Infantry, Aug. 5, 1861; Colonel Sixth In- dian Cavalry, Nov. 11, 1862; brevetted Brig .- Gen., March 13, 1865; Major, Sixth Cavalry, Feb. 21, 1873; Lieutenant Colonel, Fifth Cavalry, Oct. 19, 1887; Colonel, Ninth Cavalry July 1, 1891; retired, De- cember 11, 1896. Present address, Ber- keley Springs, W. Va.
BIERCK, Albert B .:
Railway official; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1867; son of Julius and Emma (Wilkinson) B .; entered railway service in 1884 with Pennsylvania Railroad, New York; 1886, in charge floating equipment Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, New York; 1888, traveling . agent Northern Pacific Railroad, Idaho Division; 1889, - auditor Prospect Park and Coney Island Rail-
road; 1896, auditor Long Island Rail- road, as at present; also auditor Mon- tauk Steamboat Company, Ocean Elec- tric Railway, Nassau County Railway, Northport Traction Company, Montauk Water Company and Montauk Company, one of the framers of the law regulating the profession of public accountancy in the State of New York; a certified public accountant under this law; professor of post graduate course railroad accounting and finance New York School of Ac- counts; vice-president National Society of Certified Public Accountants; director various railroad companies; member Transportation Club, New York. Ad- dress, 263 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y.
BIGELOW, John:
Journalist; born Malden, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1817; graduated, Union College, 1835; admitted to practice of law in New York, 1839; subsequently gave up law for jour- nalism; editor of The Plebian and the Democratic Review; 1845-48, inspector at Sing Sing Prison; 1849, partner of Will- iam Cullen Bryant in ownership of Eve- ning Post; 1849-61, editor of same; 1861, United States Consul to Paris; 1865-67, United States Minister to France; 1867 and 1868, Secretary of State for New York; 1868, honorary member of Chamber of Commerce; trustee of Samuel J. Til- den's property, left for establishment of New York City Public Library, As- tor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations; also his authorized biographer; president of board of trustees of New York Public Library. Author of "Jamaica in 1850, or, The Effect of Sixteen Years of Freedom on a Slave Colony," "Life of Fremont" (1856), "Les Etats-Unis d' Amerique in 1863" (Paris), "The Wit and Wisdom of Haytiens" (1876), monograph on "Molin- os the Quietest" (1882), "France and the Confederate Navy" (1888), "Life of Will- iam Cullen Bryant" (1890); also edited autobiography of Franklin from original manuscript, and edited his works; mem- ber of Century Club. Address, Gramercy Park, New York, N. Y.
BIGELOW, John Jr .:
Major, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1875; Second Lieutenant, Tenth Cavalry, June 13, 1879; First Lieutenant, Sept. 24, 1883: Captain, April 15, 1893; Major, 1903. Ad- dress, Monterey, Cal.
BIGGS, Hermann Michael:
Physician; born on Sept. 29, 1859, Tompkins County, N. Y .; graduated from Cornell in 1882, taking the degree of A.B., and from Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- lege in 1883; was appointed on the Resi- dent Staff of Bellevue Hospital (competi- tive examination) in April, 1883, and served for a year and a half; after leav- ing the hospital studied abroad, especially bacteriology and pathology in the Uni- versities of Berlin and Greifswald, and
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then returned to take charge of the Car- negie Laboratory of the Bellevue Hospi- tal Medical College at the time of its opening in 1885; in 1886 he was commis- sioned by the directors of Carnegie Lab- oratory to visit Paris to study the treat- ment of hydrophobia at the Pasteur In- stitute by the method then just an- nounced by Pasteur; he remained director of the Carnegie Laboratory for a number of years and professor of general pathol- ogy and pathological anatomy in Bellevue Hospital Medical College; he resigned these positions to accept the chair of therapeutics and clinical medicine in 1892, and in 1898 became adjunct professor of the practice of medicine; he organized and directed the work of the Bacteriolog- ical Laboratories of the Department of Health of New York City, which were the first municipal laboratories in the world; in 1901 he was appointed general medical officer of the Department of Health; he is attending physician at Bellevue, St. Vincent's, Willard Parker and Riverside hospitals; is a member of the board of directors of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Address, 5 West 58th St., New York.
BILLINGS, John Shaw:
Physician, New York; son of James and Abbie (Shaw) Billings, grandson of Jesse Billings; born in Switzerland Coun- ty, Indiana, April 12, 1838; degrees, A. B. 1857, A. M. 1860, Miami University; M. D. 1860; Medical College of Ohio; LL. D. Edinburgh 1844, and Harvard University 1886; M. D. Munich 1889; D. C. L. Oxon, 1889; R. C. P. I. and R. C. S. I. 1892; M. D. Dublin, 1892; D. D. Budapest, 1896; LL.D. Yale, 1901; LL.D. Johns Hop- kins, 1902; resident physician, St. John's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1858-59; resi- dent physician, Commercial Hospital, Cin- cinnati, 1859-60; demonstrator of anat- omy, Medical College of Ohio, 1860-61; ap- pointed Acting Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, November, 1861; commis- sioned Assistant Surgeon, April 16, 1862; March 13, 1865, Brevet Lieutenant Colo- nel, United States Army; July 28, 1866, Captain and Assistant Surgeon, United States Army; Dec. 2, 1876, Major and Surgeon; promoted, June 16, 1894, to Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Surgeon General, United States Army; served from Nov., 1861, until 1863, in charged of hos- pitals in Washington, D. C., and West Philadelphia; then with the Army of the Potomac, being with the Fifth Corps at the battles of Chancellorsville and Get- tysburg; from October, 1863, to Feb., 1864, served on hospital duty at David's and Bedloe's Islands in the vicinity of New York City; sent on special mission to West Indies; also acted on a board of enrollment, after which, became medi- cal inspector to the Army of the Potomac, and in December, 1864. was ordered to the Surgeon General's office, Washington, where he had charge of the organization of the Veteran Reserve Corps until 1875; also of the library of the surgeon gen-
eral's office until his appointment, Dec. 28, 1883, as curator of the Army Medical Museum and Library; was in charge of division of Vital Statistics, Eleventh Cen- sus, and medical adviser of the board of trustees, Johns Hopkins; 1895, was retired at his own request; engaged in the reorganization of the United States Ma- rine Hospital Service in 1870; 1879-82, vice- president of
the National Board of Health; he was professor of hygiene, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, 1891; director of the Laboratory of Hygiene, University of Pennsylvania, 1893; and also of the University Hospital, 1890; 1896, he re- signed position of Director of the Labora- tory of Hygiene to accept that of Director of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations; is a mem- ber of a number of scientific societies, among which are, 1882, Academy of Na- tional Sciences of Philadelphia; 1871, Philosophical Society of Washington, and ex-president; 1880, American Medical As- sociation; 1882, American Social Science Association; 1883, American Academy of Medicine; 1883, American Association for the Advancement of Science; 1883, Na- tional Academy of Sciences, and treasur- er; 1884, American Statistical Association, and vice-president, 1889; 1886, American Surgical Association; 1888, Congress American Physicians and Surgeons, and ex-president; 1890, American Academy of Political and Social Scientific, Phila- delphia; 1893, Internationl Statistical In- stitute; 1893, Committee of Fifty to in- vestigate Liquor Problem; 1899-1900, pres- ident New York Library Club; 1901-02, president American Library Association; 1902, a Director Carnegie Institution and vice-chairman; he is also an honorary member of the following societies: 1880, Medical Society of the State of New York; 1881, Medical Society of London; 1881, Clinical Society of London; 1891, Harvard Medical School Association; 1883, College of Physicians of Philadelphia; 1891, New York Academy of Medicine; 1893, Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium, and others; publications, besides various pro- fessional reports and papers, "Biblio- graphy of Cholera," 8vo., 1875; "Medical Libraries in the United States," 8vo., 1876; introduction to "A Treatise on Hy- giene and Public Health," "Principles of Ventilation and Heating," 8vo., 1884; sec- ond edition 1893; "Mortality and Vital Statistics of the United States." 2 vols., 4to., 1885; "Index Catalogue of the Li- brary of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army, Washington, D. C.," 1880-94. Address, 40 Lafayette Place, New York, N. Y.
BILLINGS, Luther G .:
Paymaster, U. S. Navy; born Remsen, Oneida Co., N. Y., of New England par- entage; son of Hon. Andrew Billings; at breaking out of the Civil War. entered the U. S. Navy as acting assistant paymaster in volunteer service; served throughout the war with marked distinction; June, 1864, while attached to the United States
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steamer Water Witch, in Georgia waters, wounded and captured in rebel attack during which showed much gallantry, and taken to the hospital at Savannah, Ga .; later transferred to stockade at Ma- con, where with others attempted to es- cape; while being transferred to Charles- ton. S. C., escaped, but was recaptured and removed to Libby Prison, at Rich- mond, Va .; at length exchanged on the James River, and on March 3, 1865, pro- moted to Assistant Paymaster; subse- quently promoted fifteen numbers in his grade for "extraordinary heroism" on Water Witch; May 4, 1866, promoted to grade of Paymaster; 1866, was attached to Wateree on the Pacific coast, destroyed by tidal wave during earthquake; 1889, made cruise to west coast of Africa, and completed a three years' cruise as Fleet Paymaster of the North Atlantic Squad- ron, on board the flag-ships Baltimore and Philadelphia; January, 1893, was appoint- ed purchasing and disbursing officer at New York, and on January 9, 1895, re- ceived his final promotion to the grade of Pay-director; retired March, 1898. Ad- dress, 396 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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