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nature, establishing the science of for- estry in the United States; editor and publisher of Forestry Quarterly, the first professional journal of its kind in this country. Address, Ithaca, N. Y.
FERNOW, Berthold:
Author of historical works; born Inow- raclaw, province of Posen, Prussia, Nov. 28, 1837; son of Edward Fernow, royal councillor; studied at royal gymnasium of Our Lady
at Magdeburg, Saxony, also at Bromberg, Posen. Came to United States in 1862; enlisted in U. S. army during war, becoming lieutenant Third U. S. Colored Corps, later topographical engineer; subsequently one of New York State librarians, keeper of historical rec- ords, editor of twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth volumes of "Documents Re- lating to the Colonial History of New York" (1877-85); "State Archives" (1887); "Albany and Its Place in the History of the United States" (1887); "The Ohio Valley in Colonial Days" (1889); "New York Names and their Origin" (1897); "Records of New Amsterdam" (1897-98); compiler of New Jersey Archives vol. XXI., etc. Companion Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, Army and Navy Club, New York.
FERREE, Barr:
" Author and editor; born Philadelphia; son of Samuel Patterson Ferree and An- nie Appleton (Drown) Ferree; writer and lecturer on art and patriotic subjects; honorary and corresponding meinber of the Royal Institute of British Architects (London); corresponding member Acad- émie d'Aix-en-provence; corresponding member Société Archéologique du Midi de la France, Toulouse; corresponding member of the American Institute of Architects; past president Department of Architecture of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N. Y .; secretary of National Sculpture Society, New York, 1895-98; founder and editor of Shakespeariana, Philadelphia and New York, 1885-92; architectural editor of the Engineering Magazine, New York, 1892- 94; founder and secretary from the be- ginning of the Pennsylvania Society and editor of its Year Book; member of the Architectural League of New York. Has contributed many articles to the leading magazines, chiefly on art subjects, in- cluding the Century, Scribner's Magazine, the Cosmopolitan, the Architectural Rec- ord, the Westminster Review (London), the Builder (London), Stone, Education, American Antiquarian, the Nation, the Critic, the Yale Review, the Inland Arch- itect, the American Architect, Architec- ture and Building, Scientific American, Building Monthly, etc .; interested in pop- ular movements in art and in patriotic effort; graduate in architecture of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1884. Address, 7 Warren St., New York.
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FERRIS, John Mason:
Clergyman; born Albany, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1825; graduated University of City of New York, 1843; studied for ministry at New Brunswick Seminary; became min- ister in Dutch Reformed Church 1849, subsequently having charge of several churches; 1865 secretary of board of for- eign missions; 1883 editor of Christian In- telligencer; 1886 treasurer of board of foreign missions; published "History of Foreign Missions" (1869). Address, Flat- bush Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
FERRIS, Morris Patterson:
Lawyer; born New York, Oct. 3, 1855; son of Isaac F., D. D., LL.D., late chan- cellor of University of New York; edu- cated at University of New York; gradu- ated from its law department., 1876; mar- ried, Sept. 4, 1879, Mary Lanman, daugh- ter of Colonel John de Peyster Douw, of Poughkeepsie. Gentleman of the Council, Society of Colonial Wars; companion of the Council, New York Commandery Mili- tary Order of Foreign Wars; trustee, New York State Historical Association; secre- tary of Sons of Revolution; registrar of Society of War of 1812; member American Historical Association, Huguenot Society, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; treasurer and counsel of the So- ciety of American Authors; counsel in the United States for British Society of Au- thors; Westchester County Bar Associa- tion, and many clubs and patriotic so- cieties. Residence, 676 West End Ave .; office, 115 Broadway, New York.
FETTER, Frank Albert:
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Professor of political economy and finance, Cornell University; born Peru, Ind., March 8, 1863; son of Henry G. and Ellen (Cole) Fetter; married Martha Whitson, Atglen, Pa., July 16, 1896; edu- cated in public schools of Logansport and Peru, Ind; entered Indiana University, 1879; in mercantile business, 1882-90; re- entered college; graduated A. B., Indiana University, 1891; winner interstate ora- torical contest at Des Moines, 1891; White fellow in political science, Cornell University, 1891-2; Ph. M., Cornell, 1892; studied in Paris 1892-3, in Germany 1893- 4; Ph.D., Halle, 1894; instructor in politi- cal economy, Cornell, 1894-5; professor of economics and social science, Indiana Uni- versity, 1895-98; professor of economics, Leland Stanford, Jr., University, 1898- 1900; traveled and studied industrial and social institutions in American cities, 1900- 01; professor political economy and finance Cornell, since 1901; member of National Conference of Charities and Corrections and on its committee on poli- tics, 1898-99, and chairman of commit- tee on subsidies in 1901; member of its standing committee on insurance of wage earners, 1902 on; secretary and treasurer of American Economic Association since 1901. Author of "Versuch einer Bevoel- kerungslehre," Jena, 1894, and contributor
on economic questions to Quarterly Jour- nal of Economics, Annals of the American Academy, publications of the American Economic Association, and other periodi- cals. Address, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
FINCH, Edward P .:
Lawyer; was born in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, Nov. 15, 1873; son of Edward Lucius Finch and Annie Ridley Crane; entered Yaie Uni- versity in 1891, graduating therefrom with the degree A. B. in 1895; while at Yale took special honors in political science and law, and was a member of the schol- arship society of Phi Beta Kappa; im- mediately upon graduation went abroad for travel and study; graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1898, with the degree of LL.B., being admitted to the New York bar in the same year; former member of the firm of Tappan & Finch, 49 Wall St., and now head of the firm of Finch & Coleman, 32 Nassau St., Mutual Life Building. Elected to the leg- islature to represent the Fifth Assembly District, New York County, three suc- cessive times, namely as member of the legislatures of 1901, 1902 and 1903; re- ceived in addition to the continual Repub- lican support the support in fusion years, of the Citizens' Union, Independent Dem- ocrats and all allied bodies opposed to Tammany Hall. While in the legislature, was noted for independence and watch- fulness of the city's interests; author of the bill familiarly known as the "Finch Law," placing those who fail to register and vote upon a preferred list for jury service; also author of the laws designed to protect the labor of women and chil- dren familiarly known as the "Child Labor Laws"; also identified with edu- cational laws and movements and author of important measures affecting the gov- ernment of the City of New York; a student, writer and lecturer on Muni- cipal government. Member of the follow- ing clubs and societies: Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution, State Bar Association, Bar Association of the City of New York, National Bar Association, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Republican Club, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni, Yale Club, Baltus- rol Golf Club, Hillside Tennis and Golf Club, and Fort Orange Club of Albany; identified in New York City with the work of betterment and uplifting of boys and young men. Address, 32 Nassau St., New York.
FINCH, Francis NIles:
Lawyer; born in Ithaca, N. Y., June 9, 1827; graduated Yale, 1849; while there . editor of "Yale Literary Magazine" and wrote numerous songs; at centennial of Linonia Society of Yale, 1853, read poem containing lyrics, especially "Blue and the Gray," subsequently published in Atlantic Monthly; studied law at Ithaca, where was admitted to bar; during
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Grant's first term collector of internal revenue for Twenty-sixth district, of New York; one of first trustees of Cornell University; May, 1880, judge of Court of Appeals to fill vacancies, New York State; 1881, elected for term of 14 years; since 1891, dean of Cornell Law School; 1895, professor of History and Evolution of Law; recipient of honorary LL.D. from Hamilton and Yale; married, May, 1853, Elizabeth A. Brooks, of Philadel- phia; president New York State Bar As- sociation, 1899. Author, "Nathan Hale," etc. Address, 3 Fountain Place, New York.
FINCH, William Albert: 1
Educator; born Newark, N. J., June 8, 1855; father, G. A. Finch; mother, Anna M. (Woodruff) Finch; resided, Ithaca, N. Y., since eleven years old; educated, Ithaca Academy, Ithaca High School; de- gree, A. B., Cornell University, 1880; studied law with Judge Francis M. Finch; admitted to practice, May, 1880; prac- ticed in Ithaca, N. Y., till Sept., 1891; professor of law in Cornell University since 1891; member of Phi Beta Kappa, and of Delta Chi (law fraternity). Au- thor "Finch's Cases on the Law of Prop- erty in Land" (Baker, Voorhis & Co.), "The Law of Property in Land" (a syl- labus published by author), and of sun- dry small pamphlets. in the nature of syllabi for students. Unmarried. Ad- dress, Ithaca, N. Y.
FINCK, Henry Theophilus:
Journalist and author; born at Bethel, Mo., Sept. 22, 1854; son of Henry Con- rad and Beatrice F. (née Fink), both of Wurtemberg, Germany; in 1862 the fam- ily moved to Oregon, and in 1872 he re- turned to the East and entered Harvard University, where he graduated in 1876 with highest honors in Philosophy; in 1878 he received from Harvard the Har- ris fellowship, which enabled him to spend three years at the Universities of Berlin, Heidelberg and Vienna, studying comparative psychology and sociology. It was his intention to secure a position as professor of philosophy, but receiving an offer from the New York Evening Post and Nation, he accepted and became a member of their editorial staff in the autumn of 1881, writing editorials, re- views, etc., particularly musical criti- cisms, with a strong bias for Wagner, Liszt, and other modern composers. His books include four on musical topics: "Chopin and Other Musical Essays," "Wagner and His Works," "Songs and Song Writers," "Paderewski and His Art," three volumes of travel sketches, "Pacific Coast Scenic Tour " "Spain and Morocco," "Lotus-Time in Japan," and two volumes entitled "Romantic Love and Personal Beauty," and "Primitive Love and Love Stories"; he has edited "Pictorial Wagner," "Fifty Master .
Songs," "Fifty Schubert Songs," and a memorial volume on Anton Seidl, and has written many magazine articles on the woman question, and on psycholog- ical, musical and gastronomic topics. Married, 1890, to Abbie H. Cushman. Res- idence, 485 Manhattan Ave .; office, Even- ing Post, New York.
FINK, Henry:
President of the Norfolk & Western Railway; born in Germany, Nov. 29, 1831; educated in the Polytechnic School at Darmstadt. He entered railway. service as rodman and transitman on the Western Maryland Road in 1851, and has since held various offices on different railways; Oct., 1851, topographer and draughtsman to surveys and location of Parkersburg branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; fall of 1852, resident engineer on construc- tion of same branch and road; July, 1855, resident engineer construction of Norfolk & Petersburg Road; Nov., 1858, master of road and master of transportation; Nov., 1867, superintendent of transporta- tion of same road and the South Side & Virginia and Tennessee Roads; 1871, su-
perintendent of transportation, Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Road; June, 1876, re- ceiver and general manager of Norfolk & Western Road; May, 1881, second vice- president and general manager of the Nor- folk & Western Road; Nov., 1881, to Jan., 1885, vice-president and general man- ager East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway, and general manager Memphis & Charleston Road; Nov., 1881, to Oct., 1888, general manager Virginia, Tennes- see & Georgia Air Line; Jan., 1885, re- ceiver East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway; June, 1886, vice-president same road; April to Dec., 1887, vice-president Richmond & Danville Road; May, 1887, to July, 1892, vice-president Memphis & Charleston Road; Nov., 1890, to March, 1893, vice-president Cincinnati, New Or- leans & Texas Pacific Railway; Nov., 1890, to Nov., 1893, vice-president Alabama Great Southeastern Road; June, 1892, to July, 1894, receiver East Tennessee, Vir- ginia and Georgia Railway; July, 1892, to Feb., 1898, receiver Memphis & Charles- ton Road; Feb., 1895, to Oct., 1896, re- ceiver Norfolk & Western Road; Oct., 1896, president reorganized company of the Norfolk & Western Railway. Resi- dence, Plaza Hotel; office, 27 William St., New York.
FINLEY, John Huston, Ph.D., LL.D .:
President of the College of the City of New York; born near Ottawa, Ill., in 1865; parents came from Pennsylvania; ances- tors prominent in early educational and religious history of this country, one of whom, Dr Samuel Finley, was president of Princeton in 1755. He was educated in the country "district school" and pre- pared for college in the Ottawa Township high school; he entered Knox College at Galesburg in 1882, and graduated in 1887.
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During his student days, before he was in college and while he was in college, he taught, having charge of a district school when he was seventeen and interrupting his college course at the end of his fresh- man year for the principalship of a school which he held for a year; before he went to college or began teaching he worked as a farmer's boy, and during his col- college course he learned the printer's trade. He was valedictorian of his class at college and held first place in oratory; In 1887 he began a post-graduate course in Johns Hopkins University as a student of history and economics and while there was associated with Dr. Herbert Adams and Dr. Richard T. Ely in editorial work, including the joint authorship of a work on "Taxation in American States and Cities"; he also contributed to various periodicals articles on sociological topics; the result of this work was that he was tendered the secretaryship of the State Charities Association of New York. He
was engaged in this work until 1892, when he was invited to a professorship in Leland Stanford University. At the same time, however, and when only twenty- eight years of age, he was offered the presidency of Knox College, his own alma mater, which he accepted; he held that position until 1899, being probably the youngest college president in the country. In spite of the pecuniary limitations of that institution, his presidency was an entire success and he left it well organ- ized; in 1892 he married Miss Martha Ford Boyden, daughter of the Hon A. W. Boyden, of Illinois: in 1899 he undertook editorial work for Harper's and McClure's, being the work for which he had especial- ly equipped himself during his university course. He had, however, hardly begun this work when he was called to the newly established chair of politics in Princeton University; this place he filled for the last three years, at the same time continuing literary and editorial work; in April, 1903, he was called to the presi- dency of the College of the City of New York and was formally installed in Sep- tember, 1903. Address, College of City of New York, New York.
FISH, Hamilton:
Assistant U. S. treasurer at New York, since April, 1903; born in Albany, N. Y., 1848; son of Hon. Hamilton Fish, ex- governor of New York and secretary of State during administration of President Grant; graduated from Columbia College, 1869. Was a member of New York As- sembly for several years, and speaker of the house, 1895-96. Member of Metropoli- tan, Union, Union League, Republican Clubs, and St. Nicholas Society of New York, and Metropolitan Club of Washing- ton. Address, U. S. Sub-Treasury, New York.
FISH, Pierre A .:
Professor comparative physiology and pharmacology, Cornell University; born
Chatham, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1865; graduate Cornell, 1890; D.Sc., 1894, D. V. M., 1899; married Aug. 25, 1897, Arethusa Poff; fel- low American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science; member of Amer- ican Society of Zoologists. Author of numerous papers for scientific journals and laboratory manuals for physiology and pharmacology. Residence, 915 East State St., Ithaca, N. Y .-
FISH, Stuyvesant:
Railway official; son of late Hamilton Fish, at one time governor of New York, also secretary of State during Grant's administration; graduated from Columbia University 1871; became director of Illi- nois Central Railroad in New York State 1876; since May, 1887, president of same road; member of Union, Metropolitan, Downtown and St. Anthony Clubs; mar- ried to Miss Marian G. Anthon. Summer residence, Newport, R. I .; office, 214 Broadway, New York.
FISKE, Bradley Allan:
Commander, U. S. Navy; born at Lyons, N. Y., June 13, 1854; appointed to United States Naval Academy, Sept. 21, 1870; was graduated second in class, May 30, 1874; promoted to ensign, July 17, 1875; master, Feb. 2, 1881; lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1883; lieutenant, Jan. 26, 1887; lieutenant-commander, March 3, 1899; served in U. S. S. Saratoga, Con- stellation, Pensacola, Plymouth, Powhat- an, Minnesota, Brooklyn, Atlanta, York- town, Petrel, Monadnock and Massachu- setts. In 1882 married Josephine, daugh- ter of Joseph W. Harper, head of firm of Harper & Brothers. In 1883 wrote "Elec- tricity and Electrical Engineering," which is in its tenth edition, though it has never been revised, or in any way changed, since it was first written. He was a mem- ber of the First International Electrical Conference, held at Philadelphia in the fall of 1884. Invented a number of instru- ments and apparatus, most of which are for naval use; among these are an ap- paratus for lowering and hoisting boats in a seaway, the stadimeter, and the naval telescope-sight, all of which are in use in a number of naval. ships; his elec- tric range finder has been used in many vessels, but as the instruments got out of order their use was discontinued until recently, when a simplified form was in- stalled in the Cincinnati; other instru- ments of Mr. Fiske's invention were an electric gun-training apparatus, an elec- tric ammunition-hoist, a range indicator, a battle-order telegraph, an electric en- gine-telegraph, a helm-indicator, and a speed and direction indicator; these were installed in many warships; and, though they have since been superseded by im- proved devices, they were the pioneers, and led the way to the final solutions of the previously unsolved problems of the
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naval use of electric power and interior communication; in 1896, while under the Bureau of Ordnance, Mr. Fiske invented the special form of the Ward Leonard system which was adapted for turning turrets; it has been installed in all bat- tleships constructed since that time, and is to be installed in all now in sight; in 1896, he invented his semaphore system of day signals. After two years test in the Kearsarge and Alabama it was in- stalled in all the battle ships in the North Atlantic Fieet. In 1898 he invented his system of steering torpedoes by Hertzian waves and an electric steering system; in 1900 he invented his combined range finder and turret, and in 1901 a naval telescope and mount, and a method of handling au- tomobile torpedoes. Commander Fiske was in the Yorktown under Commander Robley D. Evans in Valparaiso during the critical times just following the Baltimore incident, and was in the San Francisco, Admiral Benham's flagship, when he cleared the fleet for action, to enforce the rights of neutrals in the harbor; he was navigator of the Petrel at the battle of Manila, and was reported to the depart- ment by his captain, Commander E. P. Wood, for eminent and conspicuous con- duct in battle, and by Admiral Dewey for heroic conduct on this day; he was also navigator of the Petrel at the taking of the city of Manila, and was navigator of the monitor Monadnock during the four months following the outbreak of the Fili- pino Insurrection. Besides minor engage- ments, he took part in the bombardments of Paranaque and Malabon; as executive officer of the Yorktown he took part in the bombardment of San Fernando in Aug., 1899; 1902, inspector of Whitehead torpedoes during experiment, manufac- ture and test; Massachusetts, Feb., 1902- 03; promoted commander, 1903; inspector of ordnance at Cramp & Sons and Neafie & Levy Shipbuilding Companies, Philadel- phia, Pa., 1903. Address, Neafie & Levy Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
FISKE, Haley:
Vice-president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York; born at New Brunswick, N. J., March 18, 1852; was prepared at that place for Rutgers College, which he entered in 1867, and from which he was graduated in 1871, at the age of nineteen years. His first vocation after graduation was journalism, which he later abandoned for the law; he studied in the office of Arnoux, Ritch & Woodford, with whom he subsequently became a partner. He practiced his pro- fession, appearing in many important cases, until his election, in 1891, to the vice-presidency of the Metropolitan Life, of which he had for some time been spe- cial counsel. He has devoted himself as- siduously to the interests of this great and beneficent institution since he be- came its second officer. Is a member of the principal clubs and of the Bar Asso-
ciation. Address, 1 Madison Ave., New York.
FISKE, Mrs. Minnie Maddern:
Actress; was born in New Orleans in 1865. Her father, Thomas W. Davey, be- ing a theatrical manager, she was early introduced to the stage, playing a child's part at the age of three; at twelve she was taking leading rôles, and at fifteen began her career as a star, assuming the name of Minnie Maddern. During the years 1889-93, she temporarily retired from the stage and devoted herself to study; has since starred in various plays. Mar- ried Harrison Grey Fiske, March 19, 1890. Address, 121 West 42d St., New York.
FISKE, Stephen:
Author and journalist; born New Bruns- wick, N. J., Nov. 22, 1840; graduated from Rutgers College, 1862; editorial writer and special correspondent on New York Her- ald; later dramatic critic on New York Herald; went to England on first ocean yacht race, 1866; manager of St. James' Theatre, Royal English Opera Company, London, and Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York; is dramatic editor of Sports of the Times. Member of Lotos, Dramatists', American Authors' Clubs, New York, and Savage and Scriblers' Clubs, London. Au- thor of several popular books on plays. Address, 64 Fifth Ave., New York.
FITCH, Ashbel P .:
Lawyer; was born at Mooers, Clinton County, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1848, of early New England ancestry; received his education in the public schools of New York City and at Williston Seminary, where he was prepared for college; his college life was passed in the Universities of Jena and Berlin, Germany. After his return home he entered upon the study of law at the law school of Columbia College, and was admitted to the bar in 1869, at twenty- one years of age. Mr. Fitch continued actively engaged in legal practice with much success. He became counsel for many corporations early in his career, and came to be the legal adviser of some of the leading mercantile concerns of the city; he was also prominent politically, and in 1884 received the Republican nomi- nation for Congress to represent the Thir- teenth District of New York. This nomi- nation he declined, on the ground that he was not in full sympathy with the Repub- lican doctrine of high protection. In 1886, General E. L. Viele, a Democrat who be- lieved in high protection, was re-nomi- nated, and Mr. Fitch now accepted a nomination against him, which was ten- dered him regardless of his well known views on the tariff; he was elected, and became a member of the Fiftieth Con- gress. The new member was assigned to the committees on Military Affairs and on Reform of the Civil Service, appoint- ments very complimentary to an untried legislator. He helped make up the Army
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Appropriation Bill, and in the develop- ment of the West Point Military Acad- emy. His freely expressed views on pro- tection were sustained in his action on the Mills Tariff Bill, for which he voted, while Mr. Randall and some other Demo- cratic members voted against it. A speech made by him on this bill was printed by the Reform Club of New York, and in the following two Presidential campaigns was reprinted by the Demo- cratic National Committee, and largely circulated in German and English. His course in regard to this bill took him out of the ranks of his party, and in the sub- sequent election he ran as a Democratic candidate, and was re-elected. In the Fifty-first Congress he served on the com- mittee on Foreign Affairs and was chair- man of some minor committees; he took an active part in the contest for an in- ternational copyright law, and was prom- inent in the struggle against the en- actment of the Force Bill and the Ship Subsidy Bill, and also in that against the Mckinley Tariff Bill. He was particularly active, however, in regard to the silver question, and has been constantly heard in all subsequent debates on the side of sound currency and in favor of the gold standard. In the election of 1890 he was again a candidate of the Democratic party and was once more elected to Con- gress; in this Congress he took an active part in opposition to free coinage, and was prominent in the debates which end- ed in the defeat of this measure; he also introduced a resolution concerning the Federal election laws, and was appointed chairman of a committee to investigate the operation of these laws. He was again elected to Congress in 1892, and in this Congress served on several important committees and was prominent in the struggle for the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act; his Congressional career closed in 1893. in which year he was elected comptroller of the city of New York, serving from 1894 to 1898. Aside from his public and professional service Mr. Fitch has been an earnest stu- dent of literature, and has a large and valuable library, rich in German litera- ture, and containing the most complete collection in this country of books relat- ing to the life and works of Goethe; he is a member of the following clubs: Met- ropolitan, Manhattan, St. Nicholas, New York Yacht, Lawyers', Knollwood, Ards- ley, Liederkranz, Arion. Sons of the Rev- olution, and Foreign Wars; president of The Trust Company of America since 1899. Address, 149 Broadway, New York ..
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