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BRUCE, Dwight Hall:
Postmaster, Syracuse, N. Y. He was born at Lenox, Madison County, N. Y., in 1834. Received his education in the schools of his native town and was gradu- ated at Jordon Academy. Was made postmaster of Syracuse in 1872, holding the office for five years. In the subse- quent years was engaged in journalism until reappointed postmaster in 1897. Au- thor of "Syracuse, Onondaga County's Centennial," 2 vols .; "The Empire State in Three Centuries," 3 vols. Is identified with business affairs and humanitarian work and is a member of several clubs. Address, 720 James St., Syracuse, N. Y.
BUEL, Clarence:
Clergyman; he
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at Troy, N. Y .; graduated from Union College in 1849; afterward pursued the study of the law and became a practicing lawyer in Troy, N. Y. Was associated with his father, the late David Buel, Jr., and oth- ers, until he entered the military service in 1861. He raised a squadron of cavalry for the Second New York Volunteer Cav- alry Regiment (the Harris Light Caval- ry) in which he served as captain until something more than a year later, he was offered the colonelcy of the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. While in command of this regiment was severely wounded in a skirmish near Suffolk, Va. After two months he rejoined his regiment at Folly Island, S. C., where he took part in the siege operation before Charleston. While there he was attacked by typhoid malar- ial fever which finally compelled his resig- nation from the service. Some two years later he was admitted to Holy Orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church, in which he continued to serve until compelled to give up active duty by ill health. While in civil life he held office for four years as Recorder of the City of Troy. He was a member of the National Union Con- vention which nominated candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States. Member of the Loyal Le- gion and also of The Society of Colonial Wars. Address, 23 First St., Troy, N. Y.
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CARTER, James Lowell:
Banker; born Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 21, 1849. Served in Civil War as aide to spe- cial agent, Treasury Department, in care of captured and abandoned property, and as second lieutenant Nineteenth Massa- chusetts Volunteer Infantry; promoted first lieutenant One Hundred and Fourth U. S. C. Troops. Educated at U. S. Na- val Academy. Connected with Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Company from 1870 to 1901. At present in banking busi- ness with J. P. Morgan & Co., Wall St.,
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New York. Served many years in various grades in Massachusetts Volunteer Mili- tia and on the staffs of four governors of the State, attaining rank of inspector- general with rank of brigadier-general and now retired with that rank. Mar- ried Louisa H. Frost, of Worcester, Mass., in 1870. Member of Calumet Club, New York. Residence, 55 East 65th St., New York.
CHUBB, Percival:
Educator; born in Devonport, England, 1860. Was for a number of years lecturer on literature in the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Became head of the English Department at the Brooklyn Manual Training High School and in- structor in pedagogy at the Pratt Insti- tute; later became connected with the New York Society for Ethical Culture. and is now associate lecturer for the so- ciety, and teacher and supervisor of the English in the Ethical Culture School; is also editor of and contributor to the Ethical Record. Has been recently ap- pointed as lecturer on Methods of Teach- ing English at the New York University School of Pedagogv and does a great deal of general lecturing on ethical, education- al and literary subjects in New York and elsewhere. Has edited several English classics and is author of "The Teaching of Literature." Resides at Summit, N. J .; office, 33 Central Park West, New York.
COFFIN, Charles Albert:
Financier, manufacturer; born Somerset County, Maine, in 1844. He was educated in the public schools and at the academy at Bloomfield, Maine. Engaged in manu- facturing business in Massachusetts and in 1881 formed one of the number who bought the Thomson-Houston Electrical Company. This in 1892 was merged into the General Electric Company together with the Edison General Electric Com- pany. Was elected president of the Gen- eral Electric Company and continues to hold that office. Is a member of Union League, Lawyers, National Arts, Barnard, City. Midday, and other clubs of New York and Boston. Was married to Caro- line L .. Russell of Holbrook, Mass, in 1872. Residence, 165 West Fifty-eighth St. New York.
COOPER, William Albert:
Photographer; born in London, Canada, Aug. 27, 1843. Educated in the Union School, London. Studied Photography under his brother, John Cooper, a pio- neer photographer of London. Practiced in various parts of Ontario, including Toronto, and finished his Canadian career in St. Thomas. Ont. Studied the carbon process in London, England, and assisted Lambert to introduce it into America in 1876. Studied photo-mechanical printing with Obernetter, at Munich, and intro-
duced the Artotype process in the United States. Studied with Guillaume at Paris, and in 1889 brought the half-tone process to America. In 1892 took up the study of reproducing paintings with Color-Values and in 1894 opened a studio permanently in New York and has since reproduced many private galleries. Has also taken up the work of interior photography and has photographed many of the finest homes. President "London Old Boys As- sociation of Greater New York," and a member of the Canadian Club of New York. Address, 106 East 23d St., New York.
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CORTELYOU, George Bruce:
Secretary of Commerce and Labor; born in the city of New York July 26, 1862; was educated at public and private schools; graduated at Hempstead (L. I.) Institute and State Normal School, West- field, Mass .; received the degree of LL.B. from Georgetown and that of LL.M. from Columbian University, and on June 10, 1903, the degree of LL.D. from the former university; in 1883 was a general law and verbatim reporter in New York; was prin- cipal of preparatory schools in New York from 1885 to 1889; in the latter year en- tered the public service, and has been pri- vate secretary to various public officials, among them the post-office inspector in charge at New York, the surveyor of the port of New York, and the fourth assist- ant postmaster-general; November, 1895, was appointed stenographer to President Cleveland; February, 1896, executive clerk; July 1, 1898, assistant secretary to President Mckinley; April 13, 1900, secre- tary to the President; reappointed March 15, 1901, and on Sept. 16, 1901, reappointed by President Roosevelt; was appointed secretary of the newly established De- partment of Commerce and Labor, Feb. 18, 1903, and was confirmed the same day. Home, Hempstead, N. Y .; address, 2111 Bancroft Place, Washington, D. C.
COSGRAVE, John O'Hara:
Editor of Everybody's Magazine; born in Melbourne, Australia, July 11, 1866. Educated in Auckland, New Zealand, and came to San Francisco in 1886; was en- gaged on the San Francisco Call for three years. Began publication of The Wave in 1899 and continued as editor and man- ager until 1900. Became managing editor of Everybody's Magazine, 1901; editor, in 1903. Residence 3912 Washington Sq., New York.
CRICKMORE, H. G .:
Journalist; born in England, 1839; re- ceived public school education. Served as an enlisted man and officer in Union army during the Civil War. In 1866 became a newspaper writer and for many years was the turf editor of the New York World and published Krik's Turf Guide. Re- signed place on the World to accept an
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offer made by D. D. Withers to become officially connected with the Monmouth Park Racing Association. Has for the past fifteen years been an officer of New York racing associations. Address, Gilsey House, 29th St. and Broadway, New York.
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DAGGETT, V. Chapin:
Pharmacist; born at South Weymouth, Mass., May 8, 1859; educated in common schools of that town; served an appren- ticeship in the drug business in Rockland, Mass .; graduated from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1883, with honors, and was valedictorian of his class. Moved to New York, 1885; subsequently became manager of the pharmacy at Thirty- fourth street and Broadway; founded the firm of Daggett & Ramsdell at 328 Fifth avenue, 1890; business incorporated, 1898. Director of the Pharmacists' Manufac- turing Company; member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Manhattan Pharmaceutical Association and the New York College of Pharmacy. Residence, Richmond Hill, N. Y .; address, 17 West 34th St., New York.
DARNELL, Henry Faulkner:
Clergyman of Protestant Episcopal Church; educator and author. Educated, Universities of Dublin and Cambridge, England; D. D. of Kenyon, O .; ordained deacon in 1858; priest, 1859; held im- portant ecclesiastical and educational po- sitions in England and Canada; rector of Zion Church, Avon, N. Y., 1883 to pres- ent time. Author of numerous published works in prose and verse. Address, Avon, N. Y.
DAWSON, Miles Menander:
Actuary, translator, author, poet; born at Viroqua, Wisconsin, May, 13, 1863. Pa- rents, John Dawson and Martha Wright (Ady) Dawson. Educated public schools and Kentucky University. Married Grace Luenette Burnett. Profession, consulting actuary. Associate, Actuarial Society of America and Institutes of Actuaries of Great Britain; member, German Actuarial Society of Berlin. honorary member In- surance Institute of New South Wales, Australia. Fellow, American Statistical Association, Royal Statistical Society and American Geographical Society. Member of Psychical Research Society, American Economic Association and American Academy of Political and Social Science. Author of "Elements of Life Insurance," 1892; "American Life Insurance Methods," 1893; "The Effect of Free Surrender and Loan Privileges in Life Insurance," 1894; "Assessment Life Insurance," 1895; "Prin- ciples of Insurance Legislation," 1896; "Practical Lessons in Actuarial Science," 1897; "The Function of Insurance in Modern Society," 1898; "Various Derived
Tables, American Experience," 1900;
"Things Agents Should Know," 1900; "Development of Insurance Mathematics," 1901; "Poems of the New Time," 1902. Translator; "Elsie," a novel (from Nor- wegian of Alexander Kjelland), 1892. Residence, 858 West End Ave .; office, 11 Broadway, New York.
DE ANGELIS. Jefferson :
Comedian; was born in San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 30, 1859, and being of a theatri- cal family has followed the profession all his life. Has taken up every branch of it from vaudeville to tragedy and finally has devoted himself to comic opera. He has travelled all over the world. First ap- pearance in New York in comic opera was with the McCaull Opera Company in 1886. Since that time has appeared in many operas in New York City. For the last eight years he has been at the head of the De Angelis Opera Company. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity 32d de- gree, the Mystic Shrine, the Lambs Club of New York and the City Club of Yonk- ers. Address, Yonkers, N. Y.
DE FOREST, Robert Weeks:
Lawyer; born in New York City, April 25, 1848; studied at Yale College, gradu- ating in 1870. and, after study of law in New York and at Bonn, Germany, entered the law office of his father and uncle, Weeks, Forster & De Forest; subsequently entered into partnership with his brother. He is active in philanthropic work being president of the Charity Organization So- ciety; founder and first president of the Provident Loan Society; president of Na- tional Conference of Charities and Cor- rections, Atlanta, Ga., 1903; manager of Presbyterian Hospital and chairman of the Tenement House' Committee of New York State. Is vice-president of the Cen- tral Railroad of New Jersey; trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Is also connected with Niagara Fire Insurance Company, Continental Trust Company, and various other corporations. Resi- dence, 7 Washington Square, New York.
DIXON, Thomas, Jr .:
Author; born Shelby N. C., Jan 11, 1864. He graduated from Wake Forest College, N. C., going thence to Greensboro, where he studied law. Was admitted to the bar in the courts of North Carolina, U. S. Dis- trict and Supreme Court. In the mean- time he had been elected to the North Carolina legislature, term 1884-86. In the latter year he was ordained to the Baptist ministry, filling in turn pastorates at Raleigh, N. C., Boston, Mass., and New York. Is president of the Standard Tur- pentine Company. Author of novels: "The Leopard's Spots," and "The One Woman." Address, Dixondale, Va .; Ash- land House, New York.
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EMILIO, Luis Fenollosa:
Soldier and author; was born Dec. 22, 1844; educated in schools at Salem, Mass., Beloit, Wis., and in the preparatory de- partment of Beloit College. Entered U. S. service in the Twenty-third Massachu- setts Regiment in 1861; ultimately became captain of the Fifty-fourth Massachu- setts Regiment; succeeded to command of the regiment in assault of Fort Wagner, after the death of Colonel Robert G. Shaw; honorably mustered out in 1865. He went to San Francisco in 1867, and was prominently identified with large real estate and building operations in that city; since 1881 has resided in New York City. Member of the Loyal Legion, Union League Club, Army and Navy Club, and Salem Club of Salem, Mass .; was also member of the former New York Real Es- tate Exchange. Author of "History of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry," besides many published and unpublished articles and papers, among which are: "Occupation, Defense and Fall of Roan- oke Island," "Organization of the Fifty- fourth Massachusetts Infantry," "The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry in Assault of Fort Wagner," "Siege of Fort Wagner," and "Expedition to Florida." Address, New York City.
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FORD, Simeon:
Proprietor of the Grand Union Hotel, New York City, and one of the most suc- cessful men in his line of business. He is known to everybody in New York and to nearly everybody out of New York. as the wittiest after-dinner speaker in Manhattan. Address, Grand Union Hotel, New York.
FOSTER, Pell W .:
President of Power Specialty Company; born in New York, April 26, 1862; son of William Foster. Jr., and Caroline M. En- tered School of Mines, Columbia College, 1879. Clerk in Brown Bros. & Co., ban- kers, 1883-87. With Retsof Mining Com- pany, 1887-95. President of Power Spec- ialty Company, 1895 to present time. Ad- dress. 126 Liberty St .. and 158th St. and Hudson River, New York.
FRIEDENBERG, Albert Marx:
Lawyer and author; born in New York City, Jan. 9, 1881; son of Leopold Fried- enberg, and Fannie (Stern) Friedenberg. Educated in the Chapin School; New York, Grammar School 69; B. S., College of the City of New York, 1900; LL.B., Columbia University, 1903. Has been correspondent of Jewish Comment since 1902; practices law in New York City.
Publications: "Zionist Studies," Bloch Publishing Company, New York, 1904; several monographs under the auspices of the American Jewish Historical Society. Is a contributor to the "Jewish Encyclo- pedia" and to a number of magazines, in- cluding the Jewish Quarterly Review. Address, 186 West 135th St., New York.
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GOSS, Wright Dillingham:
Manufacturer; born in Edinburgh, O., Oct. 25, 1856; educated in Hiram and Mount Union Colleges; taught school, 1871-76; ac- countant, Singer Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, O. He came to New York in 1878, and engaged in building material business; incorporated Goss & Edsall Com- pany, 1891; Empire Brick and Supply Company; became president in 1902. He is a member of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, Building Ma- terial Exchange, Mechanics' and Trades- men's Exchange; officer Veteran Associ- ation Seventy-first Regiment; had been a member of the Seventy-first many years; resigned in 1902; member Old Guard. Married Minnie E. Morehouse in 1891, and has six children. Address, 874 Broadway, New York.
GREBLE, Edwin St. John:
Captain, U. S. Army; born in New York; appointed from Pennsylvania: cadet, Mil- itary Academy in July, 1877; second lieutenant, Second Artillery, June 11,
1881; first lieutenant, May 2, 1887; cap- tain A. A. G. Volunteers, May 12, 1898; honorably discharged from Volunteers, May 12, 1899; major A. A. G. Volunteers, Sept. 5, 1899; honorably discharged from Volunteers, June 30, 1901; captain Second Artillery, March 2, 1899; Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, West Point, N. Y.
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HALLOCK, William:
Professor of physics at Columbia Uni- versity; born in Milton, Ulster County, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1857; graduated at Colum- bia College in 1879, studying later at the University of Würzburg, where he ob- tained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. For two years after his graduation at Würzburg. in 1881, he assisted in the phy- sical laboratory at that university, thence becoming physicist of the U. S. Geologi- cal Survey. In 1884 he was called to the chair of physics at the Corcoran Scientific School, Washington, in addition to his work on the geological survey, holding this position for two years. In 1889 he accepted a call to the chair of chemistry and toxicology at the National College of Pharmacy, leaving this, as well as the geological survey, in 1891, to assist in the astrophysical laboratory of the Smithson-
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ian Institution. In 1892 he was made ad- junct professor of physics at Columbia and ten years later received the full pro- fessorship. He is a fellow of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Philosophical Society of Washington, American Physi- cal Society, etc. Address, 417 West 118th St., New York. .
HALPINE, Nicholas J. Lane Trowbridge:
Lieutenant, U. S. Navy; born in New York. Entered Naval Academy, June 9, 1871; graduated, cadet midshipman, June 10, 1877; Alliance, 1877-79. Promoted midshipman, June 18, 1879; Relief Expe- dition, 1880. Promoted ensign, Oct. 1, 1880; receiving-ship Passaic, 1880-81; En- terprise, 1882; Palos, 1883-84; Essex, 1884- 85; Hydrographic Office, 1885-87; C. S. S. Eagre, 1887; C. S. S. Blake, 1887-88. Pro- moted lieutenant (junior grade), Oct. 31, 1888; Tallapoosa, 1889, to Jan., 1892; re- ceiving-ship Wabash, May, 1892-95. Pro- moted to lieutenant, July 4, 1893. Retired, November, 1895. Address, 183d St., Uni- versity Heights, New York.
HASWELL, Gouverneur K .:
Lieutenant commander, U. S. Navy; born in New York. Appointed from New York, Nov. 25, 1859; Naval Academy, 1859-61; attached to steam frigate Roan- oke, North Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1861-62; engagement with rebel ram Merrimac and Sewell's Point batteries, March, 1862; steam sloop Adirondack, West India Squadron, 1862. Promoted to ensign, Oct. 7, 1862; steam frigate Colo- rado, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-64. Commissioned as lieutenant, Feb. 22,
1864; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864; steamer Vanderbilt, spe- cial cruise, 1866-67. Commissioned lieu- tenant-commander, July 25. 1866; steam sloop Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1868; re- ceiving-ship Portsmouth, 1869-71; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1872. Retired, Nov. 23, 1876. Address, 324 West 78th St., New York.
HAYWARD, George North:
Lieutenant, U. S. Navy; born in Connecticut. Appointed from New York. Naval cadet, May 19, 1884; ensign, July 1, 1890; lieutenant (junior grade), April 13, 1898; lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Pensa- cola, 1888; Baltimore, 1890-96; Philadel- phia, 1896; Monadnock. May. 26. 1896-99; Branch Hydrographic Office, Philadelphia, 1899; training-ship Essex, January, 1901, to 1903. Address, 308 N. State St., Chi- cago, Ill.
HITCHCOCK, Benjamin W .:
Publisher and operator in real estate; born in New York in 1836; educated in public schools and College of the City of New York. Music and book publisher, and extensive operator in real estate. Founder of Woodside, Corona, Ozone Park
and villages on Rockaway Beach, Long Island; and also the founder of Palisades Park, Bergen County, N. J. Address, 49 Eighth Ave., New York.
HOLT, Walter V .:
Elocutionist; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1857; studied elocution at Paris and London, where he early resided. Com- ing to the United States, he became a reader for literary and other gatherings, later accepting charge of the oratorical department at Adelphi College in Brook- lyn; also became instructor in operatic and ballad diction at the National Con- servatory of Music, being also long in- structor of oratory at the Pratt Institute. He is now conducting the American School of Elocution, founded by him in Brooklyn in 1891. Is married and resides at New Canaan, Conn. Address, 345 Clin- ton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
HOURIGAN, Patrick Willlam:
Lieutenant, U. S. Navy; born in and ap- pointed from New York. Cadet midship- man, June 24, 1876; graduated, June 22, 1882; ensign (junior grade), March 3, 1883; ensign, June 26, 1884; lieutenant (junior grade), June 30, 1892; lieutenant, June 12, 1896; Dolphin, 1892-95; Naval Academy, 1895-97; Concord, 1897; Olympia, 1898; training-ship Alliance, April, 1901 to 1903. U. S. S. Kearsarge, 1903. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
HUBBARD, John Flavel:
Lieutenant, U. S. Navy; born in and appointed from New York. Naval cadet, Sept. 5, 1884; ensign, July 1, 1890; lieu- tenant (junior grade), March 14, 1898; lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Galena, 1888; Vesuvius, 1890-93; Naval Academy, 1894; C. S. S. Eagre, 1895; Terror, 1897; train- ing-ship and station, Newport, 1898; Es- sex, August, 1901 to 1903; U. S. S. Maine, 1903. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
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IRWIN, John Arthur:
Physician; born in Ireland, June 17, 1853; son of John Irwin, High Sheriff of Sligo, 1852, and lineal descendant of Sir William de Irwin, Armour Bearer of Rob- ert Bruce. Graduated M.A. from Cam- bridge University, England, and B. A. M. A., and M. D. from Dublin University. Is a member of Royal College of Sur- geons, England; College of Physicians, Dublin, Ireland, 1875. He is a life fellow of the London Obstetrical Society, a fel- low of the New York Academy of Medi- cine, and a member of various American and foreign medical societies; after hold- ing the highest positions at hospitals in England, he came to the United States in 1882. Several years physician St.
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George Society. Member of New York, and of British Schools and Universities Clubs, being president of latter, 1900, 1901 and 1902. Address, 14 West 29th St., New York.
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JACKSON, Abraham' Valentine Williams:
Professor of Indo-Iranian languages in Columbia University since 1895; born in New York City, Feb. 9, 1862; son of Da- vid Sherwood . Jackson and Elizabeth (Williams) Jackson; educated in the pri- vate and public schools of New York; en- tered Columbia College 1879 and gradu- ated at the head of the class in 1883. Was fellow in letters at Columbia, 1883- 86; received the higher degrees, A. M., 1884; L. H. D., 1885; Ph.D., 1886; was in- structor in Anglo-Saxon and Iranian lan- guages, 1887-91, spending two years (1887-89) abroad in advanced study at the University of Halle, Germany; mar- ried Dora Elizabeth, daughter of the late John P. Ritter, of Yonkers, on June 25, 1889; appointed adjunct professor of the English language and literature at Colum- bia in 1891; in 1895 advanced to occupy the newly-created chair of Indo-Iranian languages, which he has continued to hold since that time; interview in New York Herald, Oct. 14, 1903; is director of the American Oriental Society. During visit to Persia in 1903, ascended the moun- tain rock at Behistan to study the great inscriptions of King Darius; till then no scholar had accomplished this somewhat perilous task since the days of Rawlinson, early in the eighteenth century. the re- sults of this re-examination are published in the Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol xxiv, 1903. Residence, 16 Highland Place, Yonkers, N. Y.
JEFFERIS, William W .:
Banker; born at West Chester, Pa., Jan. 12, 1820; son of Horatio T. and Hannah (Paul) Jefferis; was educated at public schools of West Chester; is a mineralo- gist of prominence. His life interest and work outside of business hours has been mineralogy and botany; he is referred to by Professor Dana in a published work as having given him much valuable informa- tion and assistance, and has been spoken of as an authority of mineralogy by other authors. He has one of the finest collections of minerals in the world; mar- ried Anna E. Elmore, Dec. 14, 1898; mem- ber American Philosophical Society, Buf- falo Society of Natural History and Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- phia, Pa. Address, 442 Central Park West, New York.
JENKINS, Mary Emma:
President of the Syracuse Herald Com- pany; born in Syracuse, N. Y., May 5, 1879. the only child of Arthur Jenkins, the founder of the Herald, and also its prin- cipal owner and publisher. She was ed-
ucated in the public schools of the city and was graduated from its high school. On the death of her father she succeeded to his post as president of the Herald, in which she takes a deep and active inter- est. Address, Syracuse, N. Y.
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