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thor in biography and history, and an editorial writer in daily and religious pa- pers; began as a writer of history of cam- paigns in the Civil War, 1862-63, which were published. His other published works are "A Memorial of John S. C. Ab- bott," 1878; . "The War With Mexico," 1887; "Ramona Days, a Magazine of In- dian Education," 1886-88; "The History of New Mexico," 1888; "The Founding of the Episcopal Church in Dutchess Coun- ty, N. Y.," 1895; "Grace Church Chimes," monthly, 1897-1904. He was married, 1863, to Harriett Vaughan Abbott, a daughter of John S. C. Abbott, D. D., and has two sons and two daughters. Is one of the oldest members of the American Histori- cal Association; a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Delta Phi college fraternities, and a charter member of the Maine State Society of New York City; also a member of the Brooklyn Clerical (Episcopal) Club. Address, Jamaica, L. I.
LAFFAN, William M .:
Editor and publisher New York Sun; director in Harper & Brothers; was born in Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 22, 1848; educated in schools of Dublin. He has been editor and publisher in United States since 1867. Member of following clubs: Arts (Lon- don), Chicago (Chicago), Union, Racquet and Tennis, New York Yacht and Rocka- way Hunt. Address, Sun Building, New York.
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LAMB, Charles Rollinson:
Artist, architect; was born in New York. His specialty is memorial and his- torical art; architect "Dewey" arch, erect- ed in Madison Square, New York, 1899. Member of Fine Arts Federation; trustee Public Art League; member Architectural League (ex-vice-president), American Fine Arts Society (vice-president), Na- tional Sculpture Society (vice-president), Art Students' League (ex-president), Municipal Art Society, Society of Mural Painters, S. A. R. (trustee); trustee of National Arts Club; also a member Nine- teenth Century, Reform and Church Clubs. Studio, 360 West 22d St .; office, 27 6th. Ave., New York.
LAMB, Ella Condie:
Artist; was born in New York; daugh- ter of James and Ellen (Harrison) Con- die. Married, New York, Charles Rollin- son Lamb. Studied at National Academy and Art Students' League, New York; in England under Hubert Herkoman, R. A .; and in Paris under M. Collin. Is ex-vice- president of Women's Arts Club; member National Arts Club, Art Students' League, Woman's Municipal League. Re- ceived Dodge prize National Academy of Design, 1889; honorable mention World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; Pan-Ameri- can Exposition, 1901; gold melad, Atlanta
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Exposition. Makes a specialty of por- trait and decorative painting. Studio, 360 West 22d St., New York.
LAMBERT, Edward W .:
Physician; graduated A. B. Yale, 1854; A. M., 1857; M. D. College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1857; interne to Bellevue Hospital, 1857-58; visiting physician St. Luke's Hospital, 1862-72; Nursery and Child's Hospital, 1861-64; attending phy- sician Demilt Dispensary, 1858-59; medi- cal director Equitable Life Assurance Society since 1859. Member of University and City Clubs. Address, 126 E. 39th St., New York.
LAMBERT, Marcus Bachman:
Educator; was born in Stouts, Pa., Jan. 11, -1862; graduated from Lafayette Col- llege; was professor in Nebraska College, 1882-83; topographer U. S. Geological Sur- vey, 1889-92; instructor in German in Boys' High School, Brooklyn, 1892. Au- thor of text-books. Address, 252 Madison St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LAMBERT, Samuel W .:
Physician; graduated from Yale, 1880, Ph.B. 1882; received M. D., Columbia, 1885; attended clinics in Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Frankfort and Paris, 1887-89; in- terne first medical division Bellevue Hos- pital, 1885-86; attending physician Mid- wifery Dispensary, New York City, since 1890; clinical assistant, Vanderbilt Clin- ic since 1889; visiting physician New York Hospital since 1897. Member of Univer- sity, City, and Racquet Clubs. Address, 130 E. 35th St., New York.
LAMONT, Thomas William:
Secretary and treasurer Bankers Trust Company; was born in Claverack, Co- lumbia County, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1870; son of the Rev. Thomas and Caroline D. Jayne; prepared for college at the Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N. H., 1884-88; Har- vard, A. B., 1892. Assistant city editor New York Tribune to Nov. 9, 1894; sec- retary, later president, Cushman Bros. Company to 1901; president (inactive after March, 1903), Lamont, Corliss & Co., ex- porters and importers, 1901. He married, Oct. 31, 1895, Florence Haskell Corliss. Member Harvard, Players, City, Metropol- itan, and Englewood Golf Clubs. Resi- dence, Englewood, N. J .; office, 7 Wall St., New York.
LAMONT, Daniel Scott:
Capitalist; was born in Cortland Coun- ty N. Y., Feb. 9, 1851; educated at Union College. In 1870 he was appointed a depu- ty clerk in the New York State Assembly, and was subsequently chief clerk in the Secretary of State's department. In 1877 bought an interest in the Albany Argus and became managing editor of that pa-
per; was appointed military secretary to Governor Cleveland with title of colonel; afterward became Grover Cleveland's pri- vate secretary; was private secretary to the President of the United States from 1885 to 1889, and secretary of war, 1893 to 1897. At the close of the Cleveland ad- ministration he formed important business relations in New York. He is president of the Northern Pacific Express Company; vice-president of the Crosstown Street Railway Company, Northern Pacific Rail- way Company, and Rocky Fork Coal Com- pany; director Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, Manhattan Trust Company, and Northern Securities Company. Member of Union, University, Manhattan, Metropoli- tan, Lotos, Riding, and Lawyers Clubs. Residence, 2 West 53d St .; office, 49 Wall St., New York.
LANDON, Francis G .:
Republican assemblyman, representing the Second Assembly District of Dutchess County; was born in New York, Aug. 20, 1859; son of Charles Griswold Landon and Susan H. Landon. Among his ancestors were Sir John Leverett, governor of the Colony of Massachusetts from 1673 to 1679, and Captain David Landon, of the Army of the Revolution. Received his educa- tion at several schools and finally was graduated from the John C. Green School of Science, of Princeton University, in the class of 1881. Member of the Seventh Regiment of New York, and for four years was adjutant of that regiment; in 1895 he became captain of Company I. In 1889, in company with an associate officer, Captain Landon went to England to rep- resent the Seventh Regiment and Nation- al Guard of the State; he resigned and received full and honorable discharge in 1902. He is a member of the American Geographical Society and of the Metro- politan, University, Princeton, New York Athletic, New York Yacht, and Racquet Clubs. In 1897 was married to Mary
Hornor Toel. Was elected to Assembly in 1900, upon the Republican ticket; re- elected in 1901 and 1902. In 1903 appoint- ed a member of the following Assembly committees: Chairman of the committee on Public Education, and member of Ways and Means, and Canals. Ad- dress, "Mansewood," Staatsburg-on-Hud- son, N. Y.
LANDON, George Isaac:
Broker; was born in Charleston, S. C .; son of James George Landon and Emma Lewis. He received his education in the schools of New York City, where his parents removed when he was quite young, and his first introduction into the business world was in the Metropolitan Bank of New York, where he served in minor positions until he earned a clerk- ship, which he held until the beginning of the war, when he was appointed loan
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clerk in the United States Sub-Treasury in New York. He held that position dur- ing the war and until 1868, when he en- tered Wall Street as a broker. He is prominent in both the Atlantic Yacht Club and the New York Athletic Club. In 1875 was married, in Brooklyn, to Florence Avinoff, daughter of G. W. Wright. Residence, 45 West 73d St .; of- fice, 20 Broad St., New York.
LANDON, Melville D .:
Humorist; was born in Eaton, N. Y., in 1840; passed the sophomore year at Madison University, and graduated from Union College in 1861. After graduating was appointed to an office in the United States Treasury; assisted in organizing and served in the Clay Battalion; served in Civil War on staff of General A. L. Chetlain at Memphis. In 1864 he resigned from the army and engaged in cotton planting in the States of Arkansas and Louisiana. In 1867 he went abroad, trav- eling over Europe and into Russia, and was chosen by General Cassius M. Clay, then minister to Russia, as secretary of Legation to St. Petersburg. On Returning to America, in 1870, his first public writ- ing was a history of the Franco-Prussian War. His humorous writings in the Com- mercial Advertiser, New York Sun and Graphic, in 1872, made his fame world- wide. Under the name of "Eli Perkins" he has published several books, among them "A Biography of Artemus Ward," and "Thirty Years of Wit." Is a mem- ber of the Colonial Club. Residence, 304 West S5th St., New York.
LANE, Smith Edward:
Lawyer; born in New York, July 22, 1829. On his paternal side George Lane, from whom he is fifth in descent, was the first known ancestor. He came from England, and resided at Rye, County of Westchester, New York, from 1666 to 1716. Graduated University of City of New York, 1848. A. B., later receiving A. M. Ad- mitted to the New York Bar 1852, and has since practiced in New York. Is a member of Tammany Hall and for thirty years member of general committee. A commissioner of parks, New York, 1878- 83; was member of the board of bridge commissioners of Williamsburg Bridge. Is member New York Historical Society. Union Club. Delta Phi Club, both of New York; Society of the Sons of the Revolu- tion, Society of . Colonial Wars, Saint Nicholas Society, Society of Tammany or Columbian Order, and other kindred insti- tutions. Residence, Union Club, New York.
LANE, William B .:
Second vice-president of the Manhat- tan Life Insurance Company; was born in New Jersey, April 10. 1839; graduated from Princeton College in 1861, and Belle-
vue Hospital in 1864. For several years he served as surgeon in the United States army, after which he practiced medicine until 1872. In that year he became .con- nected with the Manhattan Life, and was for many years superintendent of agen- cies; in 1901 he was elected second vice- president. Address, 66 Broadway, New York.
LANGDON, Loomis L .:
Colonel, U. S. Army; was born in New York, Oct. 25, 1830; appointed from New York. Cadet at U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1850; graduated, July 1, 1854; bre- vet second lieutenant, Fourth Artillery, July 1, 1854; second lieutenant, First Ar- tillery, Aug. 21, 1854; first lieutenant, July 13, 1860; captain, Aug. 28, 1861; major, Second Artillery, March 20, 1879; lieuten- ant colonel, Dec. 1, 1883; colonel, First Artillery, Jan. 25, 1889. Brevet rank- brevet major, U. S. Army, Feb. 20, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Olustee, Fla .; lieutenant colonel, U. S. Army, Sept. 29, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services in the at- tack on Fort Gilmer, Va .; retired from active service, Oct. 25, 1894. He is a member of the hospital committee of St. John's Hospital, and a director in the. Brevoort Savings Bank of Brooklyn. Ad -. dress. care J. S. Morgan & Co., London,, England.
LANGDON, Russell Creamer:
Captain, U. S. Army; born in Brooklyn, N. Y .. June 20, 1872; appointed to the U. S. Military Academy from Second Con- gressional District, New York; graduated from U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., June 12, 1896, and appointed' ad- ditional second lieutenant of Eighth In- fantry same date. Served: At Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo .. Sept. 29, 1896, to Feb .. 14, 1897; promoted to second lieutenant, First Infantry, Nov. 7, 1896; transferred to the Eighth Infantry, Dec. 12, 1896, at his own request. In command of post of Camp Pilot Butte, Rock Springs, Wyo .. to May 15. 1897. charged with protection of Chi- nese miners at that place; at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., to April 20, 1898, except while on annual practice march of second battalion. Eighth Infantry, through south- eastern Wyoming, Aug. 10 to Sept. 3, 1897, and on detached service as range officer at the annual infantry target competition,. Department of the Platte, in Oct., 1897, at Fort Niobrara, Neb. Left post with regiment for the Spanish-American War; April 20, 1898; in camp at Chickamauga National Park, Ga., and Tampa, Fla., to. June 7, 1898, when regiment embarked with General Shafter's expedition to Cuba. He served in the campaign against San- tiago de Cuba, June 14 to July 17, 1898, as adjutant, Second Battalion. Eighth U. S. Infantry, being engaged in the battle of El Caney, July 1, and bombardment of the
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city, July 10 and 11; in camp near San- tiago de Cuba to Aug. 13, 1898, when reg- iment embarked for its return' to the United States; in camp at Montauk Point, L. I., as acting regimental adjutant, Eighth U. S. Infantry, to Sept. 15, 1898; on sick leave until Nov. 10, 1898; on re- cruiting duty at Brooklyn, N. Y., to Aug. 31, 1899. Promoted to first lieutenant of Infantry, Dec. 20, 1898, and assigned to Eighth Infantry; transferred to Third In- fantry, Aug. 14, 1899, at his own request. On duty at recruit camp Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., to Sept. 21, 1899, when detailed as quartermaster and commis- sary of the chartered army transport Charles Nelson, on which he sailed to the Philippines, Oct. 1, 1899, arriving at Man- ila, P. I., Nov. 5, 1899. Joined regiment at Baliuag, Bulacan Province, Luzon, P. I., taking command of Company "M," Third Infantry, and served at that station, per- forming scouting, outpost and escort duty, etc .. until Dec. 19, 1899, when he took station with his company at the town of Bulacan (same province), where he was in command until June 10, 1900, being en- gaged in scouting and reconnaissance work, secret service work from arrival to July 31, 1901. Established municipal civil government in the "Pueblo" (town) of Bulacan (population 12,000) on Jan. 4, 1900. Was appointed provost judge at same place by Major General Otis, Feb., 1900; appointed collector of Internal Revenue for Province of Bulacan, July 16, 1900. While performing this duty he took part voluntarily in occasional scouting work. Relieved from duty as collector of internal revenue and detailed as acting adjutant at Malolos, Jan. 23, 1901; appointed adju- tant of Second Battalion, Third Infantry, March 1, 1901, and took station with the battalion at Baliuag, Bulacan Province, same date. Sick in hospital in Manila, P. I., May 4 to Aug. 4, 1901, when he em- barked for the United States on sick leave. Promoted to captain. Ninth In- fantry, Dec. 5, 1901; Dec. 26, 1901 he pro- ceeded to join his regiment, arriving in Manila, P. I., Jan. 26, 1902. He conducted recruits to Island of Samar and reported at headquarters of his regiment, Calbayog, Samar, P. I., Feb. 17, 1902; served at that station in command of Company "A," Ninth Infantry, until regiment was con- centrated at Manila, P. I., April 11, 1902; served in Camp Wallace, Manila, P. I., until May 19. 1902, when regiment em- barked for the United States, arriving in San Francisco, Cal., June 21, 1902; transferred at his own request to Third Infantry, June 21, 1902. Served with sec- ond battalion, Third Infantry, in command of Company "G," Third Infantry, in camp at Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., until Aug. 23, 1902, when the battalion proceed- ed to take station at Columbus Barracks, O., where it now is; served with company at maneuvers at West Point, Ky., Sept. 26 to Oct. 13, 1903. Author of honorably
mentioned essay on the "Organization of a General Staff," published in the Journal of the Military Service Institution, March, 1901. Member of the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba; secretary and treas- urer of the California branch of that so- ciety at its organization in July, 1902; member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; member of the Society of the Army of the Philip- pines, and the Society of the Carabao of the Philippines; also member of the Co- lumbus Club, Columbus, O. Address, Co- lumbus Barracks, Columbus, O.
LANIER, Charles:
Banker, Winslow, Lanier & Co .; born in Indiana; educated at New Haven. Presi- dent Masillon & Cleveland Railroad Com- pany, and Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chi- cago Railway Company; director Ameri- can Cotton Oil Company, Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company, and Western Union Telegraph Company; director and. vice-president Central & South American Telegraph Company; director National Bank of Commerce in New York, Central Trust Company. Southern Railway Com- pany; treasurer . American Museum of Natural History. and Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital. Member of the Century, Metropolitan, New York Yacht, Tuxedo, Union, Knickerbocker and Lawyers Clubs. Residence, 30 East 37th St .; office, 59 Cedar St., New York.
LANNING, Edward:
Vice-president of the Continental Insur- ance Company of New York; was born in Trenton, N. J .. Nov. 3, 1858, and was edu- cated in the Boston public schools. He entered the insurance business as a junior when eighteen years of age, and has de- voted himself to it. He was appointed secretary of the Continental in 1891, hav- ing been some years preceding, it's as- sistant secretary; elected vice-president in 1903. Address, 44 Cedar St., New York.
LANZA, (Marquise) Clara:
Author; daughter of the' late Surgeon General William A. Hammond, of the U. S. Army; was born at Fort Riley, Kan. At the age of six went to New York and . was there educated by tutors at home and also at a private school. Her first liter- ary . efforts were a series of scientific translations from the' French, German and Italian, published in the Popular Sci- ence Monthly, when she was but seven- teen years of age. A year later married the Marquis Manfredi Lanza di Brolo, of Palermo, Sicily. Later took up journal- ism. Author of "Mr. Perkins' Daughter," 1881; "A Righteous Apostate," 1883; "Basil Morton's Transgression," 1886; "A Golden Pilgrimage," 1889; "A- Modern Marriage," 1891; "Horace Everett." . 1898. Has be-, sides contributed to the leading maga- zines; has written two books in collabora-
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tion, "Tales of Eccentric Life" (with Dr. Hammond), 1882; "Scarabaeus, the Story of an African Beetle" (with James Clar- ence Harvey), 1890. Address, 1328 Massa- chusetts Ave., Washington, D. C.
LARNED, Charles W .:
Colonel, U. S. Army; professor U. S. Military Academy; was" born March 9, 1850, in New York City; graduated from U. S. Military Academy, June 15, 1870, and second , lieutenant, Third Cavalry, same date; transferred to Seventh Caval- ry; first lieutenant, June 25, 1876; lieu- tenant-colonel and professor, U. S. Mili- tary Academy, July 25, 1876. He served with regiment in Kansas, 1870; on re- construction duty in the South-Kentucky and Tennessee-with regiment, 1871-73; with regiment under Custer in Stanley expedition against Sioux Indians, Dakota and Montana, 1873; action, of Little Big Horn, Aug. 14, 1873, with Sioux under Sitting Bull. Contributor to magazines and periodicals on various subjects con- nected with religion, military matters, and art. Compiler of "The Great Discourse," published in .1890. Member of Century Association, Union, League Club of New York, Architectural. League, Society of American Wars, Seventh Cavalry Mess, West Point Army Mess. Address, West Point, N. Y.
LARNED, Josephus Nelson:
Author; was born at Chatham, Ont., May 11, 1836. of American parents; son of Henry Sherwood Larned and Mary A. Nelson; educated in the public schools of Buffalo. He was assistant editor of the Buffalo Express, 1859-1869; editor, .1869- 72; agent of the United States Treasury Department to report on trade with Cana -. da, 1869; superintendent of education in Buffalo, 1872-73; superintendent of the Buffalo Library, 1877-97; president of the American Library Association, 1893-94. Author of "Talks about Labor," 1877; "History for Ready Reference," 1895; "Talk about Books," 1897; "History of England for Schools," 1900; "Primer of Right and Wrong," 1902; "History of the United States for Secondary Schools," 1903. Editor of "A Multitude of Counsel- lors," 1901; "The Literature of American History," 1902. Address, 35 Johnson Park, Buffalo, N. Y.
LARNED, (Mrs.) Linda Hull:
Was born in little Falls, N. Y., 1853; daughter of David H. and Mary Schemer- horn Hull; educated in Syracuse at Keble School. Married Samuel B. Larned, of Syracuse. She is a speaker and writer upon all subjects pertaining to the house- hold. Mrs. Larned is president of the Na- tional Household Economic Association. Author of "The Hostess of To-day," and regular contributor to newspapers , and magazines. . She is considered an expert
upon the subject of home economics and as such has addressed many audiences of club women in this country, as well as special ones in London, Paris, Dresden, Holland and Canada. Has accepted in- vitations to speak at the biennials of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, at many State federations and other large organizations of women. She is now well known as an authority on domestic sci- ence, home economics and all matters per- taining to home making. Address, 309 West Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y.
LARREMORE, Wilbur:
Lawyer in New York City, largely en- gaged in the trial cases as referee. Since 1890 he has been editor of the New York Law Journal, the official legal paper of New York City, which, besides publishing matters of legal information, reports judi- cial opinions in 'important cases, and dis- cusses editorially topics of legal and pro- fessional interest; has delivered addresses before a number of bar associations. He has been a frequent contributor to the legal periodicals, and, has also written on literary and miscellaneous subjects for the magazines. Address, New York City.
LATHROP, Rose H .:
Author and artist; was born at Lenox, Mass., May .20, 1851; she is the youngest child of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the great novelist; studied art in Dresden, Germany, in 1870, and in London. In 1871. she was married, in London, to George P. Lathrop, the author. Her talent for writing has completely outshadowed her talent for painting, although that is of no mean order. In 1888 her first book, a collection of poems called "Along the Shore," ap- peared; "Memoirs of Hawthorne," 1897; also writes short stories and sketches for the magazines and short sketches for the little folks, which are published in "Wide Awake" and "St. Nicholas." Has devoted herself since 1896 to conducting a home for : destitute cancer sufferers. In 1900 became a. Dominican Religious, taking the name of Mary Alphonsa; in 1901, in ad- dition to the home for the destitute can- 2 , cer patients in Cherry St., that order ob- , tained a, second home at the village of Hawthorne, N. Y., where both sexes thus afflicted are nursed. Address, 426 Cherry St., New York.
LAWRENCE, Abraham Riker:
Jurist; born in New York City, Sept. 19, 1832; son of Hon. John L. Lawrence, member of Assembly, State Senator, Chargé d'Affairs in Sweden, treasurer of Columbia College, comptroller of New York City, etc., and Sarah Augusta Law- rence, daughter of General John (Tangier) Smith; Representative in Congress and United States Senator from the State of New York. ,Educated at private schools; studied at Ballston Spa Law School, also.
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in the offices of his father and Hon. Jas- per W. Gilbert, justice of the Supreme Court. He was admitted to the bar in 1853; assistant corporation counsel, 1853- 56, and from 1857-58; member of the Con- stitutional Convention of the State of New York, 1867; Democratic candidate for mayor, 1872. Elected justice of the Su- preme Court, 1873, and re-elected, 1887; served until Dec. 31, 1901, having occu- pied the bench for twenty-eight years. Married Eliza, only daughter of the late Dr. William Miner, of New York. Au- thor of "Compilation of the Tax Laws of the State of New York, with notes of cases." , President of the St. Nicholas So- ciety for two terms, 1882-83. Member of the Bar Association of the City of New York and Bar Association of the State of New York, also member of the Union, Manhattan and Century Clubs of New York, the Society of Colonial Wars and of the St. Nicholas Society. Residence, 285 Lexington Ave .; office, 149 Broadway, New York.
LAWRENCE, Isaac:
Lawyer; son of the late William Beach Lawrence, governor of Rhode Island; born in London, 1828, where his father was minister at the Court of St. James; stu- dent under Abram S. Hewitt at Columbia College Grammar School, and graduated from Columbia in 1847; student at Har- vard Law School under Greenleaf and Parsons. He was presented to Queen Vic- toria and Napoleon III. in 1852. Member of Natoinal Democratic Convention, 1864; U. S. consular agent at Coburg, 1862, and at Port Hope, Canada, 1872 to 1876. Editor of Democratic Review. Author of "Life of Hon. William B. Lawrence." In 1878 was Democratic candidate for governor of Rhode Island. Address, 15 East 90th St., New York.
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