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ARMSTRONG, David Maitland:
Artist; born Newburg, N. Y., 1837; graduate Trinity College, Hartford, 1858; student art in Paris and Rome; United States Consul-General at Italy for four years; director for American Art Depart- ment, Paris Exposition, 1878, and received decoration of Legion of Honor; is head of decorative glass manufactory in New York; member of American Artist and National Society of Mural Painters. Ad- dress, 61 Washington Square, South, New York.
ARMSTRONG, William W .:
Republican State Senator, representing the Forty-fourth Senate district; born Rochester in 1864; parents soon after re- moved to Albion, N. Y., where he passed his boyhood, and was educated in the pub- lic schools of the village; was clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Orleans County from 1884 to 1887, and admitted to the bar in 1888, and removed to Rochester, where he has since practiced his profession; in 1893 elected to Board of Supervisors from Rochester; was elected to the Assembly in 1894, and served four consecutive terms, during which he served as chairman of the Codes and Judiciary Committees; 1898 elected State Senator; 1899, was appointed chairman of the Committee on Roads and Bridges, from his well-known interest in road improvement, and also a member of the following committees: Finance, Canals, Military Affairs, Public Printing, and Internal Affairs of Towns and Coun- ties; re-elected, 1900, and in 1901 was ap- pointed chairman of the Committee on Roads and Bridges, and a member of the following committees: Finance, Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties, Military Affairs, and Public Printing; elected again in 1902, and in 1903 received the following Senate committee appointments: Chair- man of Internal Affairs, member of Fi- nance, Judiciary, Canals, and Forest, Fish and Game.
ARMSTRONG-HOPKINS, Salenl:
Physician, surgeon, author, lecturer; born London, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 21,
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1855; daughter of Rev. William L., M. D., and Elizabeth (Summers) Armstrong; educated public schools of Michigan, high school of Blair, Neb., also one year North- western University, Evanston, Ill., 1877- 8; traveled and lectured consecutively from 1879 to 1882; and, during summer vacations, from 1882 to the autumn of 1886; did city missionary work in Chi- cago, while attending school at Evans- ton, 1877-8, and also in New York City, while a student in the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary, 1882- 3; was graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, receiv- ing the degree of Doctor of Medicine, March 11, 1885; and from Mount Ver- non Institute of Elocution and Lan- guages, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Elocution, June 19, 1885; and also from the Philadelphia Lying-in Charity, a post- graduate course in obstetrics and gynecol- ogy, March 16, 1885; took thirteen small waifs from Philadelphia and Chicago to the West and established them in homes among the farmers of Platte County, Neb., writing out indenture papers, get- ting signatures, affidavits, etc., during the spring of 1885; Interne of the New Eng- land Hospital, of Boston, Mass., 1885-6; one of the founders of Park Hill Or- phan Home, which later on formed the foundation upon which now stands the Mothers' Jewels' Home, in York, Neb., of the Woman's Home Missionary So- ciety, of the Methodist Episcopal Church; sent out by Bishop William Taylor, as a medical missionary to India, Nov. 27, 1886; founder of, and physician-in-charge to Khetwadi Castle Hospital, and Khet- wadi Castle Medical Missionary Training School for Nurses, Bombay, India, 1887-9; rescued from death, or worse, and adopt- ed seven East Indian infants, 1887-8; elected by the World's Woman's Chris- tian Temperance Union of Bombay, India, as National Lecturer on Heredity, 1888; elected honorary member managing com- mittee of the National Association of the Countess of Dufferin's Fund for Sup- plying Female Medical Aid and Instruc- tion to the Women of India, 1889; filled two positions as medical officer under English Government appointment; phy- sician-in-charge to Lady Aitchison Hos- pital, Dispensary and Training School for Nurses, Hyderabad, Sindh, India, 1893; married, Karachi, India, April 4, 1893; George F. Hopkins, A. M .; returned to America, Aug. 27, 1893; brought from India to America, at own expense, and helped to educate six natives of India, two of whom have already completed their education, one medical and one theological ,and have now returned to India as missionaries to their own peo- ple; resident physician private hospital, Omaha, Neb., 1893-5; has since practiced medicine and surgery, lectured and preached the Gospel in the states of Colo- rado, Delaware, Virginia, the District of Columbia and New York. Author of "Motto and Resolutions of a Little Girl," "A Divine Call to Foreign Missionary
Service," "Record of Daily Work," "Ex- tra-Uterine Foetation," "Fruit of Suffer- ing (a volume of poems), "Within the Purdah," "Heroes and Heroines of Zion," "In the Zenana Homes of Indian Princes," "Record of Daily Work and Diary," "Khetwadi Castle"; member of the So- ciety of American Authors, the New York State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the Society for the Encouragment of Arts, Manufac- tures and Commerce, of London, Eng- land, which latter society was founded in the year 1754, and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1847. Present address, Ludlowville, Tompkins County, N. Y.
ARNOLD Conway Hillyer:
Captain, U. S. Navy; born N. Y. City; entered Naval Academy, Sept. 30, 1863; graduated, 1867; Minnesota, special cruise, 1867-8; promoted to Ensign, 1868; Powhat- an, Pacific Fleet, 1868-70; flagship Severn, N. A. Station, Aide to R. A. Poor, 1870-1; promoted to Master, 1870; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1871; receiving-ship Vermont, 1871; Aide to P. A. Stringham, 1871-2; Wasp, South Atlantic Station, 1872-4; Naval Observatory, 1874-5; Hartford, flag- ship, North Atlantic Station, 1875-7; Pow- hatan, N. A. Station, Flag-Lieutenant and secretary to R. A. Trenchard, 1877-8; commanding Wyandotte, Navy Yard, Washington, 1878-81; Lancaster, European Station, secretary to R. A. Nicholson, 1881-2; Miantonomah, special service, 1882-3; Nipsic, S. A. Station, 1883-6; Navy Yard, New York, 1886-9; secretary to R. A. Gherardi, N. A. Station, 1889, to June, 1893; Galena, Kearsarge, Dolphin, Balti- more, Philadelphia; promoted to Lieuten- ant-Commander, Jan. 10, 1892; board for inspection merchant vessels, New York, 1893; Aide to R. A. Gherardi, Navy Yard, New York, 1894; charge Branch Hydro- graphic Office, New York, 1894-6; battle- ship Massachusetts, 1896; commanding Bancroft, European Station, 1897; Light- house Inspector, Sixth District, 1898; pro- moted to Commander, May 11, 1898; com- manding Bennington, April 3, 1899, to April, 1901; commissioned Captain, Sept. 17, 1902; President Wireless Telegraphy Board, Aug. 18, 1902, to 1903; command- ing U. S. R. S. Puritan, Navy Yard, League Island, Pa., to date. Address, Navy Yard, League Island, Pa.
ARNOLD, Conway H., Jr .:
Captain U. S. Army; born in New York; appointed to the U. S. Military Academy from N. Y., June 17, 1891; grad- uated and appointed additional second lieutenant of Fifth Artillery, June 12, 1895; second lieutenant Second Artillery, Nov. 26, 1895; transferred to Fifth Artillery, Jan. 30, 1896; first lieutenant, March 2, 1899; captain artillery corps, July 1, 1901. Present address, Fort Bayard, New Mex.
ARNOLD, Rev. F. S .:
Clergyman; born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1871; graduated at Harvard
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College, taking the degree of A. B., in 1898, and of A. M. in 1899; studied theology at the General Theological Seminary, New York, and at the Epis- copal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., receiving from the latter school the degree of S. T. B. in 1901; from 1901 to 1903 was curate at Grace Chapel, New York; now curate at the Church of the Holy Comforter, Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; member of the Harvard Club, the New York Churchman's Association, and of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Address, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
ARNOLD, Maurice:
Composer; born St. Louis, Jan. 16, 1865; studied music at Cincinnati, at Cologne, and Berlin, in the latter places with Brush, Wuellner and Jensen; composed the well known "American Plantation Dances," produced at Madison Square Garden, 1894; the first performance in Germany of "American Plantation Dan- ces" took place in Dresden at the Royal Belvedere, July 4, 1902; was a special concert and the entire American colony was present; this success immediately fol- lowed by performances in Wiesbaden, Mayence, Cologne, Copenhagen, etc; the dances were also introduced by Sousa in Berlin, Hamburg and Paris (Exposition concerts); while in Germany, composed first symphony, which is still in manu- script; since his return to America last Feb., has contracted with the Cosmopoli- tan Music company to issue arrangements from Wagner's operas, the first of which, "Flower Maidens' Chorus from Parisifal," has appeared; the same firm has pub- lished his most popular song, "Clover Blossoms; has also composed the inci- dental music of Marion Crawford's play, "Unorna"; at present is at work on two serious operas "Cleopatra," and "The Devil's Thrill." Address, 10 E. 17th St., New York.
ARNOLD, Percy W .:
Lieutenant U. S. Army; born New York; appointed from the Army a second lieu- tenant of Seventh Artillery, June 23, 1898; accepted, July 6, 1898; transferred to Fifth Cavalry, March 29, 1899; to rank, from June 23, 1898; first lieutenant Twelfth Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901; trans- ferred to First Cavalry, July 30, 1901; pre- vious service, private and corporal Troop F., First Cavalry, Aug. 31, 1896, to July 5, 1898. Present address, Fort Clark, Texas.
ARNOLD, Samuel B .:
Captain U. S. Army; born New York; appointed to U. S. Military Academy from pointed second lieutenant First Cavalry, June 11, 1892; first lieutenant, March 2, 1899; captain, Feb. 2, 1901; staff positions held, adjutant of regiment, June 6, 1901. Present station, Fort Clark, Texas.
ARNOUX, WIIllam Henry:
Lawyer and jurist; born in the city of New York, is of French descent, his grandfather coming to this country in
company with Count de Rochambeau dur- ing the Revolutionary War, in which he fought and was wounded; Judge Arnoux's father was brought by his parents to New York City while still a child, and here the son was born and received his education; the boy was precocious as a scholar, be- ginning to learn Latin at eight years of age, Greek at eleven, while at fifteen he was prepared to enter Princeton College; his father, however, preferring to bring him up to a mercantile life, placed him in a cloth house in New York, where he remained for four years; at the end of that time his father withdrew him from busi- ness and placed him to study law, and four years afterwards he was admitted to the bar; in 1855 Mr. Horace Holden, in whose office he had studied, offered him a partnership with himself and T. H. Thayer; this firm continued in existence until 1858, Mr. Arnoux demonstrating his legal knowledge and ability and gaining a promising practice at the bar; upon the dissolution of the firm he engaged in practice for himself, and continued for ten years without a partner; he then be- came a member of the firm of Wright, Merrihew & Arnoux, and in 1870 formed the legal partnership of Arnoux, Ritch & Woodford, a business connection which persisted for twelve years subsequently; in 1882 Governor Cornell appointed Mr. Arnoux judge of the Superior Court of the city and county of New York, to suc- ceed Judge Speir, who had resigned his seat; several questions of grave import- ance were brought before him, among them the construction of the newly re- vised Sunday laws; Judge Arnoux's de- cisions were widely approved, and brief as was his term of service, he won the general respect of his profession and the public, and retired from the bench with a gratifying reputation; after his retire- ment Judge Arnoux rejoined his firm and entered again actively into legal practice. Since that time he has ranked among the leaders of the New York bar. Judge Ar- noux has been an earnest advocate of the cause of governmental reform, and an officer and worker in a number of benevo- lent and religious societies; he was one of the founders of the Union League Club and the New York Bar Association, and was president of the State Bar Associa- tion in 1889-90, during which he was very active in the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the formation of the United States Supreme Court; he is a profound student of the Bible, and has collated numerous unpublished Biblical manuscripts. Residence, Vineyard Haven. Mass.
ASSIS-BRASIL, Joaquim Francisco de:
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Brazil to the United States since 1898; born Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, July 29, 1858; graduate St. Paulo University Law School, 1882; practiced in native state, later representing it in legis-
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lature; took active part in Republican movement to overthrow empire, 1885-91; member Constitutional Congress, 1890-91; Brazilian representative to Argentina, 1890; special emissary to China, 1894, and to Portugal, 1895; member Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon. Address, 30 West 59th St., New York.
ASTOR, John Jacob:
Capitalist; the fourth to bear that name, was born July 13, 1864; son of William Astor and great-grandson of the founder of the family; he received his preliminery education at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and was con- sequently entered at Harvard, of whose Delta Phi Society he is still a mem- ber; he followed the example of his fa- ther in making an extended European tour, spending considerable time in Greece and Turkey; walking tours, with Athens as his headquarters, made him familiar with many a classic locality; also visited the North Cape, Norway, where he made an extended sojourn; on his return to the United States he entered upon a course of American travel, visiting Cuba and Mexico, where he studied the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and mak- ing several expeditions to the Rocky Mountain region, along the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad; Mr. Astor's love of sport was no doubt inherited from his father, and in pursuance of it he has become a member of several societies de- voted to out-door amusements; among these are the Riding, the Racquet and Tennis, the Country, the Tuxedo, and the New York Yacht Clubs; of the various forms of enjoyment, he is particularly addicted to yachting, his large steam yacht, Nourmahal, being kept active- ly cruising from port to port during the summer months, under his personal direc- tion. The breeding-stables at Ferncliff, established by his father, are kept up by him, but instead of racers, hackney and carriage horses are now raised there; the celebrated stallion "Confident Shot" is one of the treasures of his stables. His time is not solely given to those employ- ments, he attending daily to the interests of his great inherited estate when in New York, while he is also a director in nu- merous banks and trust companies. Like his ancestors he is modest and unassum- ing, but always ready to perform his full duty as a citizen; he built in 1897 the As- toria Hotel, adjoining the Waldorf, which later was built by his cousin, W. W. As- tor, the two now forming the Waldorf- Astoria, one of the largest and costliest hotels in the world; he was a Colonel on the staff of Governor Morton, and in May, 1898, was commissioned Lieutenant- Colonel of U. S. Volunteers; he presented to the U. S. Government a completely equipped battery of mountain artillery for use in the Spanish-American War, at a cost of over $100,000; was Inspector General on the staff of Gen. Breckinridge, at Camp Chickamauga, and afterwards
on the staff of Gen. Shafter, in the opera- tions in Cuba; in one direction Mr. Astor has shown a power not previously mani- fested in his family, that of invention, several useful devices having been pat- ented by him; one of which, shown at the Chicago Exhibition, is a pneumatic machine to remove the worn-out material from roads before the new stone is laid down; it acts by means of an air-blast, which blows off the pulverized stone after being crushed. This is likely to prove of great utility in the macadamizing of country roads, and has been highly com- mended by The Scientific American; an- other invention, more ambitious, but of more doubtful utility, is one for the in- ducing of rain; its purposes is to move large volumes of surface air, by any suitable machinery, and convey this air to the upper atmosphere through a con- duit; it is the conception rather than the mode of operation to which he has so far confined himself, he proposing to convey a volume of warm moist air to the colder and drier upper regions, and prevent it mingling with the atmosphere while ascending, with the belief that it will then discharge its moisture as rain; he has also invented a practical turbine engine; in addition to these mechanical conceptions, Mr. Astor has entered the field of authorship, having published a novel entitled "A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future," and which is devoted to an ideal concep- tion of the inhabitants of the planets Ju- piter and Saturn; the work is curious and interesting, its plot being handled in a very original manner. Mr. Astor was married in 1891 to Miss Ava L. Willing, of Philadelphia, a descendant of a prominent family of the Quaker City whose ances- tors came to this country with William Penn, and who still hold much of the original family property. By this mar- riage two of the leading Knickerbocker and Quaker family stocks are united, Mr. Astor's mother being of the best blood of old Dutch New York; Mr. Astor is a member of many New York social clubs, including the Knickerbocker, the Union, the Metropolitan, and others, and the So- ciety of the Colonial Wars. Address, 23 W. 26th St., New York.
ATHERTON, Gertrude Franklin:
Author; born on Rincon Hill, San Fran- cisco, California; educated at various pri- vate schools and at home; married George Henry Bowen Atherton, of Valparaiso, Chile, then living at Menlo Park, Cal .; widowed soon after, and has spent much of her life in Europe and England. Au- thor of "The Doomswoman," "The Splen- did Idle Forties," "A Whirl Asunder," "Patience Spark Sparhawk and Her Times," "American Wives and English Husbands." "The Californians," "A Daughter of the Vine," "His Fortunate Grace," "Senator North," "The Aristo- crats." "The Conqueror." Address, 75 Kaulbachstrasse, Munich, Bavaria.
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ATKINSON, George Wesley, Jr .:
Clergyman; born Charleston, Kanawha Co., W. Va., July 23, 1872; son of ex- Governor Geo. W. Atkinson and Ellen Eagan, his wife; after high school educa- tion graduated Linsley Institute, Wheel- ing, June 18, 1892, University of West Vir- ginia, 1895-97; entered Nashitah Theologi- cal Seminary, Nashitah, Wis., 1899; grad- uated, 1901; ordained deacon, June, 1901; received priest's orders, Dec., 1901; as- sistant at St. Mark's Church, Philadel- phia, 1901-02; assistant St. Mary the Vir- gin, New York, Sept., 1902. Address, 145 W. 46th St., New York.
ATWATER, Edward S .:
Banker; born Cincinnati, O., April 10, 1853; son of John P. and Jane Phelps At- water; graduated from Yale College in 1875; married Caroline Park Swift, daugh- ter of Charles W. Swift, in 1880; home, since 1870, has been at Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; defeated as Democratic candidate for State Comptroller in 1898 and 1900; presi- dent of the Farmers' and Manufacturers' National Bank; vice-president Pough- keepsie Savings Bank; director of Dutch- ess Insurance Co., Poughkeepsie Iron Co .; president of Dean Iron Co., and trustee of Vassar College. Address, Poughkeep- sie, N. Y.
ATWELL, George W .:
Lawyer; born Lima, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1852; son of George W. and Mary A. (Gillin) Atwell; graduated from Amherst College, 1874; chose legal profession; admitted to bar Oct. 13, 1877; practiced since that time. Author "History Union Lodge No. 45, F. & A. M.," and various papers re- lating to family and local history. D. D. G. Master 33d Masonic District (N. Y.), 1897-9; married Jane, daughter of Amasa H. and Julia A. (Garfield) Martin, 1887. Address, Lima, N. Y.
ATWOOD, John Warren, M. D .:
Born Marion, Wayne Co.,
N. Y. descended on the mother's side from the Adamses, of New England; stu- dent of medicine in Jefferson College, Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1888; has been in active practice ever since; the last six years at Fishkill-on- Hudson, N. Y .; member of the staff of the Highland Hospital, of Matteawan, of the N. Y. State and American Medical Association; he is the attending physician to the Protestant Episcopal Orphans' Home of New York; member of the Board of Education of the Fishkill-on-Hudson High School. Address, Fishkill-on-Hud- son, N. Y.
AUCHINCLOSS, John W .:
Trustee Mutual Life Insurance Co .; director Ilinois Central Railroad Co., National Safe Deposit Co., Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Co. Address, 22 Wiliam St .; residence, 26 East 48th St., New York.
AUERBACH, Joseph S .:
Lawyer; director Albany Trust Co., Audit Company of New York, and Knick- erbocker Trust Co. Address, 32 Nassau St .; residence, 11 West 10th St., New York.
AUGUR, Jacob A .:
Colonel U. S. Army; son of Brigadier- General C. C. Augur; born New York, Aug. 21, 1849; graduated from the Mili- tary Academy, June 15, '69; second lieu- tenant Fifth Cavalry, June 15, '69; first lieutenant, Jan. 11, '71; captain, June 14, '79; major, June 2, 1897; served with the Republican River expedition of '69, was engaged in the affair on Prairie Dog Creek; on field service in Western Ne- braska during Jan. and Feb., 1879; and in the Ute expedition during the fall and winter of 1879; participated in raising the siege and action of Milk Creek, Col .; promoted to major, June 2, 1897; served in Spanish-American War; promoted lieutenant colonel, Feb. 2, 1901; colonel, June 9, 1902; Acting Commandant Corps of Cadets, Aug. 10 to Aug. 31, '87; Act- ing Superintendent u. S. M. A. and Com- manding Post of West Point, N. Y., from Aug. 10 to Aug. 28, '87. Address, Fort Robinson, Neb.
AUMAN, William:
Brigadier-general, U. S. Army; born in Pennsylvania Oct. 17, 1838; actual rank, private company B, 25th Pennsylvania infantry, April 18, 1861; discharged July 29, 1861; corporal and sergeant company G, 48th Pennsylvania infantry, from Sept. 9, 1861, to June 27, 1864; second lieutenant 48th Pennsylvania infantry June 28, 1864; first lieutenant 48th Pennsylvania infan- try July 28, 1864; captain 48th Pennsyl- vania infantry March 3, 1865; honorably mustered out July 17, 1865; second lieu- tenant 13th U. S. infantry May 11, 1866; accepted Dec. 22, 1866; first lieutenant Oct. 5, 1867; captain March 26, 1879. Brevet rank, brevet captain volunteers, April 2, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, Va .; service, in the field during the war of the rebellion 1861-1865; with the army of the Potomac and 9th Corps in its various campaigns through Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylva- nia, Kentucky and Tennessee on fron- tier duty in the west from 1867 to 1894; staff positions occupied, R. Q. M. 13th infantry from Jan. 1, 1870, to Aug. 1, 1871; battles, skirmishes, etc., par- ticipated in seventeen general engage- ments, and severely wounded in the face in the assault on Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; member military order Loyal Legion; G. A. R. and Society Foreign Wars; promoted major April 26, 1898; lieutenant- colonel Sept. 7, 1900; colonel Oct. 16, 1901; brigadier-general April 16, 1902; retired May 10, 1902. Address, 115 Bidwell Park- way, Buffalo, N. Y.
AURINGER, Obadiah Cyrus:
Clergyman, author: born Glens Falls, N. Y., June 4, 1849; was educated
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in the public schools of native town and by private tutors; began to con- tribute stories and verse to New York papers and magazines at 17; was attached to the United States Marine Corps on board the flagship Worcester, in the trop- ics, 1871-75; was disabled, and returning, began preparation for the ministry under Revs. A. J. Fennel, of Glens Falls, and J. N. Crocker, of Saratoga Springs; or- dained Presbyterian minister at Lake George in 1890, and filled charges of Northwood, N. Y., and the Third Church of Troy, in turn, till 1899, when ill health compelled him to resign; since has been active in missionary work in the north- ern counties of the State; member of the Author's Club, 1890; has contributed verse to the leading magazines and journals, and issued four volumes of verse-"Scythe and Sword," 1887; "Heart of the Golden Roan," 1890; "Book of the Hills," 1896; and "The Christ," with J. Oliver Smith, in 1899; has written on prehistoric anthro- pology in various magazines and papers, and is collector of state antiquities. Au- thor of various biographical sketches of literary people, and of "The Enchanted Marine," a novel of sea life, nearly ready for publication. Address, Grant, N. Y.
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