Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 81

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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President of Adelphi College, Brook- lyn, N. Y .; was born Oct. 15, 1856, in Mansfield, Conn .; received preparatory ed-

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ucation in the schools of Lebanon, Conn., in the Monson Academy, Monson, Mass., and in the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn .; graduated from Yale Col- lege, 1879, with commencement honors. He was employed as principal of the Guil- ford Institute, at Guilford, Conn., in Sept., 1879; remained in that position for four years; resigned that position in June, 1883, in order to study history and poli- tics at the Johns Hopkins University. He entered that institution in Oct., 1883; was appointed university fellow in history for the year 1884-85; was instructor in history and German in the Hopkins Gram- mar School, at New Haven, 1885-86, at the same time retaining connection with the Johns Hopkins University; received the degree of Ph.D. from the Johns Hop- kins University in June, 1886. He pre- sented as doctor's thesis an essay on Town Government in New Haven, which was expanded into a volume, entitled "The Republic of New Haven," and was published by the university in the same year, 1886, as extra volume 1 of its series of studies in history and politics. He ac- cepted appointment as instructor in his- tory in the University of California, and remained in that position from Sept., 1886, till Jan., 1888; resigned in order to ac- cept election as assistant professor of his- tory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Jan., 1888; was elect- ed professor of history in the institute in 1889; remained in that chair until Sept., 1893, being also chairman of the commit- tee charged with the management of one of the departments of the institute; re- signed professorship in Sept., 1893, in order to accept election as principal of Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn; received, in June, 1896, the rank and title of presi- dent of Adelphi College, an institution chartered by the regents of the University of the State of New York. Author of "The Republic of New Haven: A History of Municipal Evolution," published by Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, in 1886; "Syllabus of Lectures upon Political History Since 1815, third edition, W. J. Schofield, Boston, 1893; "The Academy Song-Book," Ginn Co., 1896; "The Abridged Academy Song-Book," Ginn & Co., 1898. Address, 30 St. James Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

LEVERSON, Montague R .:

Physician; was born March 2, 1830, in London, Eng .; became early an advocate of "equal rights for all," and in 1847 spoke publicly in favor of what was then called "The Repeal of the Union," and later the "Home Rule for Ireland." Befriended the political exiles of 1849, and Pianciani ded- icated to him "La Rome des Papes," styl- ing him "the fearless defender of justice." In 1862 was about to come to this coun- try to enlist for the Union, but the Hon. C. F. Adams, the U. S. minister to Great

Britain, requested him to stay in England, as he could do much more good for the Union cause by endeavoring to enlighten the people in England than by carrying a musket. He did so, and at the close of the war he received a warm letter of thanks from Mr. Adams for the services he had rendered. Came to the United States in Jan., 1865; detected and exposed the naturalization frauds of New York; furnished the argument employed by ex- Judge Davis before the Circuit Court, and the attorney-general before the Supreme Court in the Rosenburg case. Conducted gratuitously and with great success classes in political economy and legisla- tive science at Cooper Institute; 1870, enunciated before Liberal Club of New York the theory of the great antiquity of man upon earth, which up to that time, even Sir Charles Lyell had not claimed as more than 50,000 to 60,000 years. Dr. Leverson, on data drawn from the sciences of ethnology, philology, archiology, physical geography, geology, and astronomy, claimed to be not less than 800,000 and probably more than 3,000,000 years. His claim was ridiculed in the press of the day; it is now common knowledge among men of science. In 1894 he saw a diseased condition indistinguish- able from syphilis , invaccinated upon a. perfectly healthy child by the New York Board of Health's "Pure Calf-Lymph," was thereby startled into investigating and was thereby startled into investiga- ting the subject of vaccination. In pur- suance of this study, and to watch the effect of vaccination, he himself became vaccinated in 1894, and suffered greatly in consequence. He considers that vac- cination to be a factor in the very painful disease called Herpes Zoster. He has de- voted himself. almost uninterruptedly,. since Feb., 1894, to the study of the path- ology of vaccination, and has now a work which will comprise over 600 pages with an atlas of several hundred illustrations. ready for publication upon the subject. He joins with the eminent physicians who believe that vaccination is causing a de- terioration of the race wherever it pre- vails. Has written largely upon legisla- tive science. economic questions, law re- form and education. Address, 81 Lafay -- ette Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

LEVY, Jefferson M .:

Lawyer; graduate of the University of New York; admitted to the New York bar. He inaugurated reform in the surrogate's: office; active Democratic reformer in mu- nicipal affairs. Author of the code on election laws. He was elected to Con- gress from the Thirteenth District, 1899- 1901; leader of the Gold Democrats in the House. Author of "The Repeal of the War Revenue Taxes." First organizer of and first vice-president of the Democratic Club; member of Manhattan, New York

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Yacht and Sandown Park Clubs, Sons of the Revolution. Address, 66 East 34th St .; office, 20 Broad St., New York.

LEWING, Adele:

Pianiste, piano-teacher, composer; born in Hanover, Germany, Aug.

6, 1866; daughter of George and Cecilia Lewing; granddaughter of August Christian Prell, Royal first solo violincellist in Hanover; graduate High School of Hanover and Royal Conservatory of Music, Leipzig, 1885; student under Professors Dr. Carl Reinecke and Dr. S. Jadassohn, of Leipzig, and after studied under Professor Theo- dor Leschetizky in Vienna, 1893-96; com- position under Professor Robert Fuchs, Vienna. Married at New York, Oct. 19, 1899, to Dr. B. W. Stiefel Senta. Musical début Gewandhaus. Leipzig; concert tours in America; recital of own compositions in Boston. Received first prize (among 264 compositions) for a song from Musi- cal Record Competition, Boston. Award and medal World's Columbian Ex- position, 1893, for compositions. Compos- er of songs: "Fair Rohtraut (prize song), "Love Song," "Wanderer's Night Song,"

1901. Address, "Proposal." "Springtime," "By the Manila, P. I. Rhine," "Evening Rest," "Winter Night," lullabys, ballads. etc., etc. Piano pieces: LEWIS, John V. B .: "Legende," "Old French Dance," "Medi- tation," "Berceuse," with violin obligato; "Romance," "Song without Words," "Pre- lude and Scherzino," "Canzonetta," "Greet- ing," "Children in the Woods," "Chil- dren's March," "Funeral March," "Scher- zo," "Andalusienne," etc., etc. Studio, Steinway Hall, New York.

LEWIS, Charles B. (M. Quad.) :

Author; born at Liverpool, O., Feb. 15, 1842; graduate of Michigan Agricultural College. He began life as an apprentice in a weekly newspaper office at Lansing, Mich .; served as a volunteer from 1861 to 1865, and from thence on for twenty-two years was the humorist of the Detroit Free Press. Is the author of "Quad's Odds," "Field, Fort and Fleet," "Sawed- Off Sketches." "Brother Gardner," "Mr. Bowser," and several other works. Has produced several successful plays. Is a contributor to magazines and does syndi- cate work, and was very successful as a writer for juveniles. Widower. Address, 71 Third Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

LEWIS, Danforth R .:

Lawyer; born in Niles, Cay County, N. Y., 1867; graduated from Cornell Univer- sity, 1896, in which year he was admitted to the bar and entered the practice of law in the City of Auburn, N. Y. He is a Re- publican in politics. Justice of the peace of the City of Auburn, 1897-99; elected special county judge of Cay County, 1901. Owner and quite largely interested in real estate holdings, also corporation en- terprises. Address, 85 Genesee St., Au- burn, N. Y.

LEWIS, Eugene Howard:

Lawyer; born Potosi, Wis., in 1852. Graduated from Yale, 1873; studied at Columbia Law School, graduating in 1875; admitted to bar, 1876. Member of New York Bar Association, University, Yale, New York Yacht, Indian Harbor Yacht, Players, Lawyers, and Rockaway Hunt Clubs, also of Metropolitan (Washington). Address, 44 Broad St., New York.

LEWIS, Frederick W .:

Lieutenant, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York. At Military Academy, June, 1892, to June, 1896; pro- moted to additional second lieutenant, June 12, 1896, and to second lieutenant, Aug. 27, 1896; at Fort Crook, Neb., Oct., 1896, to April, 1898; in camp at Tampa, Fla., April to June, 1898; en route to Cuba, June 14 to 22, 1898; in Santiago, Cuba, June 22 to July 5, 1898; instructor in drawing at the Military Academy, Aug. 29, 1898: promoted to first lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1898; assigned to Seventeenth Infantry, Jan. 1, 1899; transferred to Twelfth In- fantry, Oct. 2, 1899; captain, Twenty- ninth Infantry, July 1,

Lawyer; born in Orleans County, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1848; spent early life at family home in Albion, N. Y .; was graduated from Hamilton College in 1870; studied law and was admitted to the bar. He commenced practice of law at Albion, N. Y., but soon engaged in the practice of law in New York City; continued law practice there for fifteen years or more with success. He withdrew from law practice in 1890, and since then has de- voted much time to the gratification of literary tastes, collecting a miscellaneous library of choice books. Has traveled through the United States and in Europe. Residence, Morristown, N. J .; New York . address, 9 East 44th Street.

LEWIS, Merton E .:

Republican State Senator who represents the Forty-third Senate district (part of · Monroe County); was born at Webster, Monroe County, New York, Dec. 10, 1861. His education was received in common schools and in the Webster Union School. He then studied law in the office of Per- kins & Hays in Rochester, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1887; entered poli- tical life in May, 1890, being elected to represent the Sixteenth ward of Roches- . ter in its Common Council. Was re- elected three times. He was prominent in the council, serving as Chairman of the Law and Finance Committees and also as chairman of a special committee to revise the charter of the city of Roch- ·ester. In 1893. was elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention from the Twenty-eighth Senate district, and in that body was a member of the Commit-

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tee on Cities, Banking and Insurance, and Industrial Interests. In 1894 and 1895 Mr. Lewis was president of the Common Council of the city of Rochester, and upon the resignation of George W. Aldridge, as mayor, in Jan., 1894, succeeded him in the office of mayor and served as such until Dec. 31, 1895. In 1896 was first elec- ted an Assemblyman from Monroe Coun- ty for the district which he now repre- sents. In the fall of 1897 Mr. Lewis was nominated by the Republican party for the office of mayor of Rochester, but ow- ing to a nonpartisan movement in Roch- ester, was defeated for that office. In 1898, was again elected to Assembly, be- ing re-elected in 1899. At the session of 1900 he caused the passing of a bill which repealed the Horton Sparring Law, which had virtually permitted prize-fighting Again elected in 1900; elected State Sen- ator in the Forty-third district (part of Monroe County), in the fall of 1901; re- elected in 1902. In 1903, was appointed on the following Senate Committees: Chairman of the Committee on Public Education, member of Cities, Railroads, Taxation and Retrenchment, and Public Printing. Address, Rochester, N. Y.

LEXOW, Clarence:

Lawyer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1852; educated at the German-Ameri- can Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn. At the age of sixteen he went abroad to equip himself more thoroughly in art, literature and the languages. To this end he entered the University of Bonn. While pursuing his studies, he realized that his tastes and talents inclined toward law: accordingly he returned to America and entered the law school of Columbia College, from which he was duly gradu- ated in 1872. On his admission to the bar, he formed a partnership with Wil- liam H. Haldane, the law firm of Lexow & Haldane remaining in existence until 1892, when he formed a partnership with T. Tillotson Wells. Mr. Lexow has always been an ardent Republican, and in 1882, removing from New York to Nyack-on- the-Hudson, took an active interest in his party's affairs in that section of the State; in 1887 he received the nomina- tion for county judge, but was unable to overcome a large Democratic majority. In 1893 he was elected to the State Sen- ate, in which he at once assumed leader- ship. While serving in the Senate he in- troduced his bi-partisan police bill, call- ing for an investigation of the New York Police Department. Address, 43 Cedar St., New York.

L'HOMMEDIEU, Irving:

Republican State Senator, representing the Forty-fifth Senate district, composed of the counties of Genessee, Niagara, and Orleans: born Shelby, Orleans County, N. Y., June 12, 1865; educated in com- mon schools, Medina Free Academy, and Albany Law School. In 1884 began study

of law in the office of the late Hon. Ed- mund L. Pitts, and was admitted to the bar when he was twenty-one years of age. After his admittance to the bar, he formed a partnership with Edwin B. Simonds, at Medina, N. Y., which firm was continued until 1901, when the senior member of the firm was elected county judge, of Orleans County, and the part- nership dissolved. Is a member of the Board of Education of Medina, and was for two years attorney for the village. In 1898 elected member of the Republican State Committee and held this position for four years; in 1899, was appointed post- master at Medina; 1902, elected State Senator; in 1903, was appointed to the following Senate Committees: Chairman of Trades and Manufactures, member of ' Cities, .Taxation, and Retrenchment, Codes, Canals, and Indian Affairs. Ad- dress, Medina, N. Y.

LIBBEY, Laura Jean (Mrs. Van Mater Stilwell):

Author; born in New York, March 22, 1862; daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Libbey. Married Van Mater Stilwell, lawyer, Sept. 23, 1898. She first came into prominence through the publication of her novel entitled "Miss Middleton's Lover" Author also of "A Forbidden Marriage," "That Pretty Young Girl," "Lovers Once, but Strangers Now," "Oli- ver's Courtship," "When His Love Grew Cold," and other books. Has for years contributed under contracts to the New York Ledger, Fireside Companion, and Family Story Paper, and was also special writer for the New York Evening World, editing, at the same time, The New York Fashion Bazar. The publishing house of J. S. Ogilvie & Co. publish all her novels; the report that she publishes them herself being an error. Address, 916 President St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

LIDDELL, Eva Louise:

Author; a native of Boxford, Mass .; daughter of Phineas Warren and Harriet Russell Barnes. She is a direct descend- ant of Phineas Warren, who, with five sons, took part in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Was educated in public and private schools. Married, in 1887, to Dr. Henry Liddell, journalist, traveler and explorer. Entered on literary work in 1889 as con- tributor to magazines and newspapers; editor, for a number of years, of Sun- beams Young People, and Sunbeams Lit- tle Folks, published in New York. Au- thor of "Polly Perkins' Adventures," pub- lished. 1902. Address, 137 East 17th St., New York.

LIDDELL, Henry:

Author and traveler; born at Bishop Wearmouth. England, 1843; educated at Burdis Academy and the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-on-Tyne; studied med- icine in the United State, and graduated

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in 1891. Between 1865 and 1882, traveled extensively in Asia, visiting and explor- ing New Guinea, Borneo, Central and Western Australia, Korea, Eastern Si- beria, Manchuria, Mongolia, and the trans-Himalaya countries. Between 1873 and 1880 was employed in the service first of the Japanese government and later in that of China. Author of "Traces of Pre- historic Civilizations in Northwestern Australia," "The Islands of the Antarc- tic," and of numerous articles on travel and exploration. Address, 137 East 17th St., New York.

LILLARD, Benjamin:

Pharmacist; was born in Kentucky in 1847, at Harrodsburg, Mercer County. At an early age he became a student of med- icine, and subsequently served for a time as a drug clerk. To fit himself better for this business he entered upon a course of studies at the College of Pharmacy of Philadelphia, supplemented with spe- cial courses in chemistry and botany; there he graduated in 1867; after gradu- ating he proceeded to Nashville, Tenn., where he engaged in the drug business, and at the same time filled the chair of professor of pharmacy in the Tennessee College of Pharmacy. During this time he was also editor of the Pharmacal Ga- zette, the first weekly paper for retail druggists in the country. In 1874 he gave up these positions, came East, and ac- cepted the post of manager of the Boston Journal of Chemistry; in 1878 he removed to New York, where he assumed the man- agement of the journal known as New Remedies, but which is now the American Druggist. For over seven years he re- mained connected with this journal, and the publishing house of William Wood & Co .. which prospered greatly under his management. In 1885 he became the con- ductor of, and purchased a considerable interest in, the Druggists' Circular and afterwards also in the Oil, Paint, and Drug Reporter. In 1895 he purchased one of the first journals with which he had been connected, the old Boston Journal of Chemistry, then published in New York, the name having been changed to Popular Science or Popular Science News; twenty other papers have been since bought and merged into it. Having sold Popular Science News he announced the Practical Druggist and Pharmaceutical Review of Reviews in the summer of 1896, and commenced its publication as a monthly in Jan., 1897. It was followed by the Practical Druggist Institute, a cor . respondence school for drug clerks. which school has been very successful. He was married, in 1871, to Miss Martha D. Hall, daughter of a prominent physician of Nashville. Having devoted so much of his life to the improvement and advance- ment of the drug business. he still takes a very active interest in Practical Drug- gist, which has rapidly attained a very high and prominent position among Am-

erican drug journals. He was one of the originators of the American Trade Press Association and also of the New York Drug Club. Address, 108 Fulton St., New York.

LILLIE, Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck:

Rear-admiral, U. S. Navy; was born in New York; entered Naval Academy, Sept. 24, 1862; graduated, 1866; Saco (fourth rate), North Atlantic Station, 1866-67; Kearsarge (third rate), Pacific Station, 1867-70; promoted to ensign, April, 1868; promoted to master, March 26, 1869; pro- moted to lieutenant, March 21, 1870;

Shawmut (third rate), North Atlantic Station, 1871-73; Brooklyn (second rate), North Atlantic and Brazil Stations, 1874- 76; Constellation, Paris Exposition, 1878; Nipsic, European Station, 1879-83; receiv- ing-ship Vermont, 1883-85; Juniata, Asi- atic Station, 1885-86; Tennessee and Rich- mond, North Atlantic Station, 1886-88; promoted to lieutenant-commander, Jan., 1887; Baltimore, Pacific and North At- lantic Stations, March, 1892, to May, 1893; sick leave, May, 1893, to Oct, 1893; light- house inspector, Fifteenth Lighthouse District, June, 1894, to June, 1897; pro- moted to commander, Sept., 1895; Vicks- burg, Oct. 23, 1897, to May 24, 1899; Navy Yard, New York, July 1, 1899, to March 25, 1901; Marcellus (experimental duty), Nov. 2, 1899, to Jan. 6, 1900; promoted to captain, March 3, 1901; commandant U. S. Naval Station, Key West, Fla., to 1902; captain of the yard, Navy Yard, League. Island, Pa., Dec., 1902-03; retired, March 6, 1903, with 'rank of rear-admiral. Ad- dress, 138 East 45th St., New York. .

LINDSAY, George Henry:

Congressman; was born in New York City and removed to Brooklyn with his parents in 1843; educated in the public schools, and for many years engaged in. the hotel business. He is a Democrat in politics; was elected to the State As- sembly from the Seventh District, com- prised of the Sixteenth Ward of Brook- lyn, in 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, and 1886; in 1886 was elected coroner for the Second District of Kings County and served six years, being re-elected in 1889; in 1898 was appointed assistant tax commissioner in the department of taxes and assess -- ments of the City of New York; was elect- ed to the Fifty-seventh Congress, and re- elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Ad- dress, 244 Bushwick Place, Brooklyn, N. Y ..

LINDSLEY, Elmer:

Captain, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; cadet at the Mil- itary Academy, June 16, 1887; graduated and pronioted in the army to second lieu- tenant of Cavalry, June 2, 1891. Served from Sept., 1891, to May, 1892, at Fort Mckinney, Wyo .; May, 1892, to Sept., 1898, at Fort Yellowstone, Wyo .; promoted to first lieutenant, First Cavalry, June, 1898; chief of scouts and in charge of the

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protection of Yellowstone Park, Nov. 1897, to Sept., 1898; at Fort Keogh, Mont., Oct., 1898; promoted captain, Feb. 2, 1901. Ad- dress, Fort Clark, Tex.

LINDHEIM, Moses:

Real estate broker; born in Germany, in 1846; in 1863 came to the United States, and engaged in a mercantile business at Alexander, Va. Later he removed to New York City; during most of that time, however, his inclinations were strongly towards real estate interests, in which business he finally launched himself. He has carried a great many important deals to a successful culmination, and is to- day one of the most prominent men in his line. Address, 149 Broadway, New York.

LINES, Amella Wilkes, M.D .:

Though eighty years of age, is a busy practicing physician, and with exception of Dr. Emily Blackwell, of Manhattan, is probably the oldest woman physician in the world in period of practice, having been the first woman to secure a doctor's license in the State of New York. Since her admission to the profession she has witnessed the dying out of the wide- spread objection to women as physicians, and a great increase in the number of her sisters devoted to that calling. Dr. Lines was born on the Isle of Wight, but came to this country in her youth; her brother was a surgeon in the British navy, and she herself early displayed a liking and a gift for the healer's art, which eventually impelled her to the course of study which brought her a diploma. She has been a skillful and efficient practitioner, and has gained a wide reputation in the big city where she has lived many years; hale and active, she is still a busy woman with a useful future before her. Dr. Lines's hus- band also physician, and her daughter and her grandson follow her footsteps and share her office with her. Address, Brooklyn, N. Y.

LIPPINCOTT, Willlam Henry:

Artist; was born at Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 6, 1849. He is the son of Isaac and Emily Lippincott. He commenced the study of art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. and became a designer of il- lustrations for publications and later a scenic artist, practicing that branch of art for six years, at the same time con- tinuing to paint easel pictures. In 1874 went to Europe to study as a pupil .of Léon Bonnat of Paris. Remained in Paris until 1882; returned to America and established a studio in New York City. For three years held the professor- ship of the painting class at the National Academy of Design; 1887, elected an as-

sociate and in 1896, elected academician of the National Academy of Design. Painter of portraits, figures, composi- tions and landscapes exhibited at Paris Salon, and is a regular contributor to the American Art Exhibitions; devoted a por- tion of time to scenic painting, having painted the scenery for "Salammbo," "La Bohème," "Manru," and other operas. Most important oil and water-color pic- tures are "Un Jour de Congè," Paris Sa- ion, 1879; "The Duck's Breakfast," Cen- tennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; "Pink of Old Fashioned," Water-color So- ciety, 1882; "Helena," National Academy of Design, 1885, and "Infantry in Arms," "Love's Ambush," and "Pleasant Reflec- tion." Address, 7 W. 43d St., New York.

LIPPMANN, Miss Julie Mathilde:

Poet. author, critic; born in Brook- lyn, N. Y., June 27, 1864; educated in private schools. Early began writing. Is a contributor to leading magazines. Au- thor of "Jock O'Dreams," "Miss Wild-

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 81

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

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