Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 41

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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De FOREST, Lakewood:


Artist; born in New York, 1850; parents. Henry G. and Julia M .; New York and abroad; married, New York, 1880, Miss Kemble; studied art with Herman Cor- rode, Rome, 1869; Frederick E. Church and James M. Hart, 1870; Egypt, Syria and Greece, 1875 and 1876; Greece and Egypt, 1877 and 1878; associated with- Mr. Louis C. Tiffany in decoration, 1879;


in India studying oriental art and col- lecting examples of interest in 1881 and 1882; at the Lahore Exhibition of 1882 he exhibited India wood carving made under his direction; he received medals for Indian carving in the Colonial Exhi- bition in London, and at the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893; elected Century Association in 1879; associate of the Na- tional Academy of Design, 1891; Acade- mician, 1898; member of the Metropoli- tan Museum of Art, Artists' Fund So- ciety, Artists' Aid Society, Architectural League, Arts and Crafts, Boston, etc. -


Address, 7 East 10th St., New York.


DE GARMO, William Burton, M. D .:


Professor surgery New York Post- Graduate Medical School and Hospital; born at East Troy, Wis., April 24, 1849; descendant on father's side of Pierre de Garmeaux (the spelling of name having been changed), and Caatje Vander Hay- den, who settled in Albany about 1682; on mother's side descended from Thomas and Susanna Coleman, Nantucket, 1650; prepared at common schools and by pri- vate instruction in Rochester, N. Y., and Ann Arbor, Mich .; began medical studies in University of Michigan, 1870-71, and graduated in medicine at medical depart- ment of the University of the City of New York in 1875, and has followed the practice of medicine and surgery in this city since that date; is a member of American Medical Association, New York State Medical Association, New York County Medical Association; fellow New York Academy of Medicine, Medical So- ciety of the State of New York, and mem- ber New York County Medical Society; honorary member of the Virginia State Medical Society; fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- ence; married Elizabeth Emery Milligan, New York, Feb. 20, 1873; contributor to leading medical journals of articles upon surgical subjects. Address, 56 West 36th St., New York.


DE KAY, Charles:


Author. journalist, lecturer on art, etc .; born in Washington, D. C., July 25, 1848; son of Commodore George Coleman de Kay and Janet Halleck Drake; grandson of Joseph Rodman Drake, descended from Willem de Kay, of Haarlem, Hol- land, fiscal (treasurer) of New Amster- dam in 1641; many of his ancestors in America were aldermen of the city; one of them. Jacobus, owned the major part of the land on the Hudson, where Co- lumbia University and St. Luke's now are; graduate of Yale in 1868; married Edwalyn. daughter of Major Edward Lees Coffey, of the British East India Army, postmaster general of Scinde, and of Lucy Edwalyn Haxall of Richmond. Va. For twenty years connected with New York Times as literary, art and editorial writer; in 1880, founded the


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Fencers Club, N. Y .; in 1882, the Au- thors Club, N. Y .; in 1892, the Na- tional Sculpture Society; in 1895, the Berliner Fecht Klub of Berlin and in 1899, the National Arts Club, N. Y .; from 1894 to 1897, consul general of the United States at Berlin; editor American Con- noisseur, 1903; his writings include a novel, "The Bohemian"; "Hesperus and Other Poems"; dramatic poems in two volumes, called "Vision of Nimrod," and "Vision of Esther"; a study of myths in ancient Europe, called "Bird-Gods"; es- says in the Century Magazine on Ancient Ireland and in St. Nicholas, on the Won- ders of the Alphabet; other poems in one volume, called Love Poems of Louis Bar- naval; "Life and Works of Barye the Sculptor"; edition de luxe for the Barye Monument Association; translation from the German: "Family Letters of Henry Heine"; various translations from the French of Alphonse Daudet; articles, chiefly on art and archæology, in the magazines. Address, National Arts Club, 37 West 34th St .; residence, 413 West 23d St., New York.


DE KOVEN, Reginald:


Musical composer; born Middletown, Conn., April 3, 1859; prepared abroad; entered St. John's College, Oxford, 1879, where he graduated with B.A. degree; early showed talent for music, studying first with William Speidl, at Stuttgart, and after Oxford course, harmony and piano under Dr. Lebert and Prof. Pruck- ner, also at Stuttgart; later took up har- mony and counterpoint with Dr. Huff, of Frankfort and singing under Signor Van- nucinni at Florence; finally he studied under Richard Genee, the famous opera- tic composer; has composed many operas and songs which have become popular; among them being the operas "The Be- gum" (1887); "Don Quixote" (1889); "Robin Hood" (1890); "Knickerbockers" (1882); "Fencing Master" (1892); "The Algerians" (1893); also songs, "Marjorie Daw," "O Promise Me" and "Indian Love Song"; member of many social clubs; married, 1884, eldest daughter of ex-Senator C. B. Farwell, of Illinois. Address, Knickerbocker Club, New York.


DE KROYFT, Susan Helen (Aldrich) :


Born Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1818; graduate of Lima Seminary; married to Dr. William De Kroyft, of Rochester, who died from accident upon wedding day, Mrs. De Kroyft becoming blind from grief; shortly after went to the New York Institution for the Blind to become an organist. Published "A Place in Thy Memory" (1849), a volume of letters writ- ten from institution; "The Story of Little Jakey" (1871); "Mortara" (1888); "The Foreshadowed Way" (1901). Address, Dansville, N. Y.


DELAFIELD, Francis:


Physician and pathologist; born New York City, 1841; studied in private schools of New York; he graduated from Yale in 1860; studied medicine at College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, receiving M.D., 1863, and after vis- iting London and Paris hospitals, begin- ning practice in New York; 1875 adjunct professor of medicine in College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, full professor, 1882; has made much original research of pa- thology; has been connected with Belle- vue Hospital; also pathologist to Roose- velt Hospital, and surgeon to New York Eye and Far Infirmary; member of New York County Medical Society, New York Academy of Medicine, Pathological So- ciety, Association of American Physi- cians; also of Century, Riding, City, and Yale Clubs, and St. Nicholas Society of New York; received LL.D. from Yale, in 1890. Author of "Studies in Pathological Anatomy" (1892); "A Handbook of Post- mortem Examinations and Morbid Anat- omy" (1872); paper on "Renal Diseases" (1892), etc. Married, Jan. 17, 1870, Miss Katherine Van Rensselaer, of New York City. Address, 12 West 32d St., New York.


DELAFIELD, Richard:


President of the National Park Bank; was born Sept. 6, 1853, at New Brighton, Staten Island, the son of Rufus King Delafield; his mother was Eliza, daughter of the late Wm. Bard; Rufus was a prom- inent merchant in New York; the family, de-la-Field is French, and it antedates the year 1,000; the Counts de la Field in Alsace long resided at the castle that bears their name; the Delafields of Amer- ica are descended from John Delafield, a Count of the Holy Roman Empire, who came from England during the last cen- tury; he married a daughter of Gen. Jo- seph Hallet, of Hallet's Cove (now Asto- ria); John Delafield was the father of seven sons and three daughters; Richard Delafield was educated at the Anthon Grammar School, New York. In 1873 he entered a New York mercantile house as clerk, and eventually became manager, and in 1880, he began business in the California trade; he is senior partner of his firm; a member of the Union League, Tuxedo and Church Clubs; a member of the Society of Sons of the Revolution; he is a trustee of the Co- lonial Trust Company, and a director in the Frankfort American, Mount Morris Bank, National Surety, Plaza Bank, Scarsdale Estate and Thuringia Ameri- can Fire Insurance companies; he is also interested in many charities, and was a World's Fair Commissioner from the State of New York; he is a vestryman of Trinity Church, and president of the Staten Island Philharmonic, and secre- tary of the New York Symphony socie- ties. Residence, 40 West 47th St .; office, 214 Broadway, New York.


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DE LANCEY, Edward Floyd:


Lawyer and author; son of William Heathcote D .; born Mamaroneck, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1821; studied at University of Pennsylvania, and graduated at Hobart College, 1843; at Harvard Law School, 1844-5; admitted to bar, Dec., 1846, prac- ticing in New York City; traveled widely in Europe, Egypt and Asia Minor; 1873-77, president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1874-9 of West- chester County Historical Society, 1880-1 of St. Nicholas Society; since 1879 domes- tic corresponding secretary of New York Historical Society; edited Jones' "His- tory of New York During the Revolution- ary War" 1879, also "Secret Correspond- ence of Sir Henry Clinton" (1883); pub- lished, "Memoir of the Hon. James De Lancey, Lieutenant-Governor of the Pro- vince of New York" (1851) ; "The Capture of Fort Washington the Result of Trea- son" (1877); "Memoir of James W. Beek- man" (1879); "Memoir of William Al- len, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania" (1879); "Origin and History of Manors in the Province of New York" (1886) ; "History of Mamaroneck County, N. Y." (1886). Address, Ossining, New York.


DELANY, John J .:


Lawyer; born, 1853; has long been a prominent member of Tammany and a leader in its political campaigns; in 1889 he was assistant corporation counsel and later assistant district attorney; he had charge of Fire Chief Edward F. Croker's fight against Commissioner Sturgis; ap- pointed by Mayor-elect George B. Mc- Clellan corporation counsel, to take office Jan. 1, 1904; is prominent in Roman Catholic circles and was supreme grand knight of the Knights of Columbus. Address, 27 William St., New York.


DE LEMOS, Theodore W. E .:


Architect; born 1850 in Holstein, Ger- many; participated in the Franco-German War, in the Fifth German Army Corps; studied his profession at Berlin, Royal Academy of Buildings; thereafter em- ployed principally on army buildings by the German Government; came to the United States in 1881; designed the Eden Museé Building together with the late Mr. H. Fernbach, and completed this building on the latter's death in 1883; formed partnership with Mr. W. A. Cordes, 1884, under the firm name of De Lemos & Cordes, who were the ar- chitects of the Arion Club House, 59th Street and Park Avenue; the Siegel- Cooper department store, the Adams de- partment store, the Macy department store, the bank building for Messrs. Spey- er & Co., 24-26 Pine Street, the office building for the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, in Mexico City; also of many other well known office, public and business buildings; Mr. De Lemos is a fellow of the American In- stitute of Architects, and a member of


the American Geographical Society. Ad- dress, Fulton and Nassau Sts., New York.


DEL MAR, Alexander:


Author; born New York City, Aug. 9, 1836; education received in New York and England; 1854 financial editor of American Daily Times; later editor in chief of Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, Social Science Review, Financial and Commercial Chronicle, National Intelli- gencer (Washington) ; The Age (Phila.) ; 1865 director of bureau of statistics; 1866- 68 superintendent of United States popu- lation census; 1869 retired from statistics bureau, practicing civil engineering; 1871 led municipal reform movement of Brook- lyn, resulting in final overthrow of ring; 1872 United States representative to in- ternational statistical congress, St. Pe- tersburg, Russia; from 1874 connected with movement to remoneytize silver; March, 1890, editorial manager of Cam- bridge Encyclopedia. Author of "Gold


and Paper Money" (1862; "Essays on Political Economy" (1863) ; "Essays on the Treasury" (1865) ; "What : Free


Trade?" (1867) ; "The Resources, Pro- ductions and Social Conditions of Egypt" (1874)) ; "History of the Precious Metals" (completed, 1880); "History of Money in Ancient States" (1885) ; "Money and Civ- ilization" (1886); "The Beneficent Effects of Silver Money During the Seventeenth Century" (1890); "History of Monetary Systems" (1895); "The Science of Money" (1899); "Barbara Villiers: A History of Monetary Crimes" (1899); "The Worship of Augustus Cæsar" (1900) ; "The Mid- dle Ages Revisited" (1900); also of two important pamphlets: "Letters on the


Finances" and "Impeachment of the Treasury." Address, P. O. Box 160, Madi- son Square, New York.


DEMING, Philander:


Pioneer stenographer; born in Carlisle, N. Y., in 1829, and graduated from the University of Vermont and the Albany Law School; after completing his educa- tion, Mr. Deming engaged in newspaper and' legislative reporting in several


states; in 1866, he performed the signal service of introducing short-hand into the Supreme Court Circuits of Albany and the adjoining counties; during a noted trial at which the Hon. Lyman Tremain was one of the attorneys, a long altercation took place between the law- yers as to the exact character of a piece of disputed testimony; Mr. Deming set- tled the matter by laying before the judge an exact transcript of the disputed passage, thus demonstrating the absolute necessity of stenography in court pro- ceedings; his official appointment as court reporter soon followed, a position which he continued to hold until his retirement in the year 1882. Author of "Adirondack Tales," "Tompkins and the Other Folks," and various tales and sketches in the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines;


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was one of the earliest to see the im- portance of the typewriter in connection with stenography. Address, 12 Jay St., Albany, N. Y.


DEMOREST, William C .:


President of the Realty Trust; born in Charlton St., New York City, on Aug. 2, 1859; son of late William Jennings Dem- orest, one of the most noted men of New York City; his education was completed at Columbia College, graduating there- from with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1881, and in 1883 the degree of LL.B. was conferred upon him; studied law in the office of Norwood & Coggeshall, be- ing especially connected with their title and mortgage departments, and for sev- eral years after he left college he devoted himself to the practice of the legal pro- fession; but the management of his fath- er's large estate made such demands up- on his time and attention that he finally abandoned his law practice, and having a thorough knowledge of conveyancing, devoted himself entirely to the care of the business affairs of his father, and made real estate his specialty; he accordingly mastered that business in every detail, and acquired quite a reputation for his ability in that line, and in 1896, on the organization of Realty Trust, became its president, and has ever since held that position. Is an expert in the management of real estate, suburban as well as city, and upon all questions bearing upon the value of properties and upon financial operations connected with mortgages is a recognized authority. In his official ca- pacity as an officer of Realty Trust and its allied companies, he has an extensive influence in the real estate field; his chief interests at present are found in connec- tion with prominent operative builders and in the development of large proper- ties, but to all matters relating to real estate, conveyancing, investments, etc., the company of which he is the head de- votes special attention. In addition to be- ing president of the Realty Trust, Mr. Demorest is a director and member of the executive committee of the Irving National Bank, president of the Cleve- land and director of the Royal and Price Baking Powder Companies and the Tar- tar Chemical Company, allied together; director of the Typobar Company, treas- urer and director of the State Realty and Mortgage Company and of Demorest & Little, Incorporated, and is also chairman of the executive committee of the Bank- ers' Life Insurance Company; a member of the Chamber of Commerce, of the Bar Association, Lawyers', University Glee, Nineteenth Century, National Arts, Municipal Art, Knollwood and Niantic clubs, of the St. Nicholas Society, the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, and the Pilgrims; also a trustee of the Woman's Hospital and the Hospital Guild; he married, in 1884, Miss Alice Gilbert, and has three chil- dren. Mr. Demorest's chief characteris- tics are his activity and strict attention


to business details; he has a thorough grasp of his business affairs, and has shown that determination and individu- ality are strong traits in his composition; the eminence he has achieved in his chosen profession, and in all his business connections, certainly entitles him to be classed among successful Americans and as a thoroughly competent authority on real estate. Address. 68 East 66th St., New York, and Hukoo Lodge, Loon Lake, Adirondacks, N. Y.


DENNIS, James Shepard:


Presbyterian clergyman and author; born Newark, N. J., Dec. 15, 1842; son of Alfred L. and Eliza (Shepard) Dennis, was graduated from Princeton University in 1863; studied law at Harvard Law School 1863-4; entered Princeton Theo- logical Seminary, 1864, and was gradu- ated in 1867; ordained to the ministry by Presbytery of Newark in 1868; went to Syria as a foreign missionary in au- tumn of same year; was principal and professor of theology in the Seminary of the Syria Mission at Beirut, 1873-1891; prepared several theological text-books in the Arabic language; returned to the United States in 1891; students' lecturer on missions at Princeton Theological Sem- inary 1893 and 1896, repeating the latter course, by invitation, at Lane, Allegheny and Auburn Seminaries the same year; chairman of committee on statistics, and member of executive committee of Ecu- menical Conference on Foreign Missions, New York, 1900; author of "Foreign Mis- sions After a Century," "Christian Mis- sions and Social Progress" (3 vols.), and "Centennial Survey of Foreign Missions": member of Princeton, Apawamis, and Quill Clubs, Society of Mayflower De- scendants, Society of Colonial Wars, Presbyterian Union New York, Chi Alpha, Sigma Chi, American Academy of Political and Social Science, Fellow of the American Geographical Society, mem- ber of Metropolitan Museum of Art, and of American Museum of Natural His- tory: received honorary degree of doctor of divinity from Princeton University, 1879. Address, 17 . East 37th St., New York.


DENISON, Mrs. Dimies T. S .:


President of Sorosis Club, New York City; as the pioneer club of New York City, the founder of the general federa- tion of women's clubs and of the New York State Federation, Sororis must al- ways occupy a position unique among clubs; it is purely a literary and social club, and in the quaint language of its certificate of incorporation, which is dated Dec. 30, 1868, several months after its or- ganization, "the particular objects for which the said society shall be and is formed and incorporated, shall be and are hereby declared to be the promotion of agreeable and useful revelations among women of literary, artistic and scientific


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tastes; the discussion and dissemination of principles and facts which promise to exert a salutary influence on women and on society; and the establishment of an order which shall render the female sex helpful to each other and actively ben- evolent in the world"; in the last clause is seen the germinal idea of the great federation, which the latter years de- veloped. Sorosis has so long since passed the formative stage that the club is some- times criticised because it retains its conservatism; but it has been a training- school and has almost become a club of presidents-a "Loyal Legion"; it can af- ford to retain its customs and venerate its traditions, for its officers and mem- bers are leaders in the most practical activities of the hour, and these are the bonds that connect it with all clubs and promote the agreeable and useful rela- tions among women for which the club was founded. Address, care Sorosis Club, New York.


DENNISTON, Henry Martyn:


Rear admiral, U. S. Navy; born in New York, June 13, 1840; entered the service as assistant paymaster Sept. 9, 1861; pro- moted to paymaster April 14, 1862; pay inspector Aug. 19, 1876; pay director July 31, 1884; duty as follows: Nov., 1861, to Sept., 1862, gunboat Winona, West Gulf Squadron; at bombardment of Forts Jack- son and St. Philip, and capture of New Orleans; Dec., 1862, to Jan., 1863, supply steamer Blackstone; March, 1863, to May, 1865, steamer Ticonderoga; at both bat- tles of Fort Fisher; Aug., 1865, to Aug., 1868, storeship Onward, South Atlantic Squadron, and naval storekeeper, Rio de Janeiro, Oct., 1868, to Oct., 1871; steamer Michigan, on the lakes; Sept., 1872, to Sept., 1874, fleet paymaster, North At- lantic Squadron, flagship Worcester; Sept., 1875, to Jan., 1876, navy yard, Phil- adelphia; Jan., 1876, to Jan., 1879, navy yard, League Island; Feb., 1880, to June, 1882, member of board of inspection; June, 1882, to July, 1884, fleet paymaster, Pacific Squadron, flagship Hartford; Oct., 1884, to July, 1887, inspector provisions and clothing, navy yard, Mare Island; July, 1887, to June, 1888, navy pay office, San Francisco; March, 1889, to March, 1892, Naval Home, Philadelphia; March, 1892, to May, 1895, navy pay office, Phil- adelphia; April, 1896, to June, 1899, gen- eral storekeeper, navy yard, Portsmouth; July, 1899, navy nay office, New York, 1902; retired June 13, 1902, with rank of rear admiral. Address, Washingtonville, N. Y.


DENSLOW, William Wallace:


Illustrator: born Philadelphia; son of William Wallace Denslow; studied draw- ing at Cooper Institute and National Academy of Design, New York; worked on most of the principal newspapers and magazines of the United States and for the Roycroft Shop of East Aurora, N. Y .; among his best-known works are the


pictures "What's the Use" and "Victory"; since 1899 he has devoted himself prin- cipally to the illustration of books for children, which are as follows: "Father Goose, His Book," "The Wonderful Wiz- ard of Oz," "Dot and Tot of Merryland," "Denslow's Mother Goose," "Denslow's Night before Christmas," "Denslow's One Ring Circus," "Denslow's Humpty Dump- ty" and "Denslow's Picture Books for Children" (12 volumes); the last three mentioned being compiled or written by Mr. Denslow; he signs his drawings with a totem, the "Hippocampus," or Sea Horse. Address, 234 West 21st St., New York.


DEPEW, Chauncey M .:


Senator; born at Peekskill, N. Y., April 23, 1834; on his father's side he comes from Huguenot stock, his ancestors hav- ing left France on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and founded New Ro- chelle, in Westchester County, New York; on his mother's side he is descend- ed from Roger Sherman, of historical fame; after a preliminary education in his native place, Mr. Depew entered Yale College, from which he graduated in 1856; he subsequently studied law in Peek- skill, and was admitted to practice at the bar in 1858. He had already manifested a decided tendency towards politics, and developed that oratorical ability to which he owes his wide-spread reputation; while still studying law, he was recog- nized as a valuable aid to his party, the Republican, and was sent as a delegate to the Republican State Convention of New York in 1858; in 1859 he began legal practice, but in the same year took the stump in the political campaign, in which he showed marked power as a political orator. In 1860 Mr. Depew became a candidate for the State Legislature, and was elected, though his district was Dem- ocratic; he was re-elected in 1862, and during this term served as chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means; in 1863 he received the Republican nomina- tion for secretary of State of New York; in the campaign he showed an industry and capacity that have rarely been equaled; for six weeks he made speeches twice a day, and with such effect that he was not only elected, but received the triumphant majority of thirty thousand; at a later date he was offered the post of United States minister to Japan, which he finally declined after retaining the commission in his possession, under con- sideration, for some months. In 1866, Mr. Depew withdrew from political life to de- vote himself to his profession, and was appointed by Vanderbilt attorney for the New York and Harlem Railroad; in this position he showed such industry and skill that in 1869 he was made attorney for the New York Central and Hudson . River Railroad,-formed by consolidation in that year; ten years later the entire Vanderbilt system of railroads was placed under his legal care, and he was made a director in the board of each road; this


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important field of duty gave him an abundance of labor, much of it requir- ing the highest legal skill, but in 1872 he ran for lieutenant-governor of the State as the candidate of the "Independ- ent Party" which arose that year; this party proved very short-lived, and Mr. Depew's candidacy died with it. In 1874 he was made regent of the University of the State of New York, and was ap- pointed on the commission to superintend the erection of the State Capitol; in 1881, at the time of the resignation of Senators Conkling and Platt from the United States Senate, Mr. Depew became one of the candidates for the vacant seats; the struggle was a protracted one, his force growing till on the twenty-fourth bal- lot he lacked but ten votes of election; the murder of President Garfield ended the struggle. It became imperative that New York should be represented in the Senate, and Mr Depew withdrew his name in favor of his leading opponent. In 1882, on the retirement of Mr. William H. Vanderbilt from the presidency of the New York Central, and the election of Mr. J. H. Rutter in his place, Mr. De- pew was made second vice-president. The new president died in 1885, and Mr. De- pew was elected to the presidency in his place; this important post he filled until 1898; he was president of the West Shore Railroad Company. Was elected United States Senator, 1899; among other posi- tions which have been occupied by him are those of president of the Union League and of the Yale Alumni Associa- tion, director in the Union Trust Com- pany, the Western Union Telegraph Com- pany, the Equitable Life Assurance Com- pany, and St. Luke's Hospital, and mem- ber of the New York Chamber of Com- merce. As a lawyer, Mr. Depew has been a remarkably hard worker; he is best known, however, for his telling oratory, which has been heard effectively in na- tional Republican conventions (as in his striking presentation of ex-President Harrison's claims at the convention), at the Chicago World's Exposition, and on many other important occasions. Mar- ried, in 1901, Mary Palmer. Address, 27 West 54th St., New York.




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