Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 89

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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MAXWELL, J. Rogers:


Banker and broker; chairman executive committee Central Railroad Company of New Jersey; president Atlas Portland Ce- ment Company and Garwood Land and Improvement Company; director Ameri- can Cotton Oil Company, American Ex- change National Bank, Temple Iron Com- pany, and Lehigh Valley Railroad Com- pany. Member of the New York Yacht Člub. Residence, 78 8th Ave., Brooklyn; office, 30 Broad St., New York.


MAXWELL, William H .:


Superintendent of Public Schools, New York; was born March 5, 1852, at Stew- artstown, Ireland; son of Rev. John Max- well, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Brigh; educated in a local National school in the common branches and stud- ied classics under his father, and classics, modern languages and mathematics with the Rev. George Macloskie, well known for his connection with the Green Scien- tific School at Princeton; entered Queen's College, Galway, in 1872, and won his baccalaureate degree with honors. Be- gan teaching immediately as sub-master in the Royal Academical Institution, Bel- fast, Ireland, where he gave instruction in English and classics; was also lecturer in English literature in the Ladies' Col- legiate Institute, Belfast; received degree of master of arts from Queen's University in 1874. Subsequently came to America, taking up literary work as a reporter on the New York Tribune and the New York Herald; later became associate editor of the Metropolitan, a weekly newspaper, and, finally, managing editor of the Brooklyn Times. a position which he held for five years. During the last two years of his editorship he entered the educa-


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tional field again as a teacher and lec- turer in the Evening High Schools of Brooklyn. In 1882 he was elected asso- ciate superintendent of schools by the Brooklyn Board of Education, a position which he held for five years; in 1887 was elected superintendent of schools in Brooklyn to succeed Calvin A. Patterson, who became principal of the Girls' High School, and to this position he was re- elected three times. He introduced into the State Council of Superintendents the resolution which led to the introduction into the Legislature of the bill signed by Governor Morton, which requires that all teachers licensed and appointed in the public schools of the cities of New York State shall be graduates of a high school and a school for the professional train- ing of teachers or from institutions of equal or higher rank. In 1898 he was elected city superintendent of schools of New York City under the revised charter, which went into effect in that year. This office carried with it the chairmanship of the board of examiners, and, also, con- ferred the right of fixing the minimum qualifications for licenses in New York City. Has been prominent in the councils of many of the State and National edu- cational associations; has been .president of the State council of superintendents and head of the department of superin- tendents of the National Educational As- sociation; was a member of the con- ference on English that reported to the Committee of Ten, presided over by Pres- ident Elliot, of Harvard, which devised the well known report on the course of study in the secondary schools; also on the committee on English appointed by the Association of Colleges and High Schools of the Middle States and Mary- land, whose recommendations have been ratified by practically every college in this country and have revolutionized the teaching of English in high schools. Was chairman of the committee of fifteen ap- pointed by the National Department of Superintendents; has been a prominent speaker at nearly every educational meet- ing of importance in the East in recent years; in 1903 appointed chairman of the committee on instruction in municipal government in American educational in- stitutions under authority of the Nation- al Municipal League; was given the hon- orary degree of doctor of philosophy by St. Lawrence University in 1890; and that of doctor of laws by Columbia University in 1901. He has been a trustee and fel- low of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of "Primary Lessons in English," "A First Book in English," "Introductory Lessons in Eng- lish Grammar." and "Advanced Lessons in English Grammar," and joint author with George J. Smith of "Writing in Eng- lish." For a number of years he was as- sociate editor of the Educational Review, of which he was one of the founding edi- tors; his connection with this magazine


ceased in 1896. Residence, 121 West 82d St .; office, Park Ave. and 59th St., New York.


MAYER, Henry:


Caricaturist; born at Worms-on-Rhine, Germany, July 18, 1868; educated at the Gymnasium at Worms, graduating in 1885; came to the United States in 1886. He is an illustrator for leading magazines of England, France and Germany, and for Life, Judge, Harper's, Century, etc., of New York. Author of "In Laughland," "Adventures of a Japanese Doll," "Trip to Toyland," etc. Address, 30 West 24th St., New York.


MAZET, Robert:


Lawyer; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 15, 1857; graduated from Columbia, 1879; LL.B., Columbia Law School, 1880. Mem- ber New York Assembly, 1897-99; mem- ber commission of New York Legislature, 1897, to investigate trusts; chairman Ma- zet Commission, 1899, to investigate gov- ernment of New York City. Republican in politics. Has practiced law since 1880. Is chairman of the State Board of In- heritance Tax Appraisers. Has been in the National Guard for over twenty years, and is a captain in Seventh Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y. Address, 257 Broadway, New York.


MEADE, Richard Worsam:


Railroad official; born at Cold Spring, Putnam County, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1870; son of Rear-Admiral Richard Worsam Meade, U. S. Navy, and Rebecca Paulding. In 1889 entered railroad business as a clerk in office of president, St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Company, New York; 1891, sec- retary to general manager, New York & Northern Railway Company; 1894, secre- tary to general manager, New York Cen- tral & Hudson River Railroad Company; 1898, enlisted in U. S. Navy for war with Spain as boatswain's mate, U. S. S. Yan- kee, and served through the war on south coast of Cuba; 1899, general foreman of freight terminals of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, New York; 1902, assistant to president, Metro- politan Street Railway Company, New York, which position he still holds; also vice-president and director of Metropoli- tan Securities Company, and director of the Metropolitan Street Railway Com- pany,' Third Avenue Railway Company, and other subsidiary companies of the Metropolitan system. Member of New York Railroad Club, Society of Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, 621 Broadway, New York.


MEARS, (Miss) Mary Martha:


Author; born in Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 2, 1874: daughter of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears and John Hall Mears. Her mother


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had attained some reputation before her marriage as a writer of plays and roman- ces, writing under the name of "Nellie Wildwood." Educated in the State Nor- mal College, Oshkosh, Wis., and went for a short period abroad; since 1891 has re- sided in New York City. In 1896 her novel, "Emma Lou-Her Book," was pub- lished by Henry Holt & Co .; has written since 1896 for Harper's, McClure's, and other magazines. Address, 131 West 23d St., New York.


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MELTZER, Charles Henry:


Journalist and playwright; born in Lon- don, England; educated in Landon and Paris, where he subsequently became cor- respondent of the Chicago Tribune; later traveled in Europe and Egypt as corres- pondent for the New York Herald; 1888, reorganized the dramatic and musical de- partments of the latter newspaper and was its dramatic critic for four seasons; 1893-96, was dramatic reviewer of New York World. Author or adapter of the following plays: "Hannele" (Gerhardt Hauptmann), "The Story of Rodion, the Student," "Mme. Sans Gene (Sardou and ter) ; "The Sunken Bell" (Gerhardt Haupt- mann), 1899; "Manon Lescaut," 1900; "The First Duchess of Marlborough," 1901. Was appointed, 1903, private secre- tary to Mr. Heinrich Conried and house dramatist of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Address, 112 East 103d St., New York.


MELVILLE, George W .:


Rear-admiral, U. S. Navy, and Arctic explorer. His name will ever be associat- ed with the Jeannette Expedition, and he was a volunteer for two other well known ventures to the far north, each of which accomplished its mission "tuto, cito ju- cunde"-owing, in great measure, to the knowledge which he had of the things to be provided-a complete outfit being the necessary adjunct of success in undertak- ings of this nature. De Long, in his jour- nals, bears full testimony to his cheerful and steady co-operation during that try- ing drift through entirely unknown seas. When the supreme moment came, and with their own resources cut down to the lowest amount. the party had to make for an unknown shore. over a vast extent of ice and water, Melville was equal to the occasion. He commanded one of the three boats engaged in the retreat, and accom- plished the feat of bringing that whale- boat's crew out alive-while the others perished, either in the icy waters of the Arctic or the equally inhospitable waste about the Lena delta. Most men would have thought that they had done enough; but, after a few days of rest to recuperate his forces. he again took his life in his hands and led a party which discovered, far down in that lonely wintry waste. the bodies of De Long, Dr. Ambler and


their ill-starred companions. One boat, he rightly judged, had been lost during a night of storm, as they were approach- ing the land. In searching for the other boat's crew "he fought his perilous and painful way, mile by mile, through the rigors of perpetual winter and floating archipelagoes of ice along the Arctic coast for over five hundred miles, surviving the privations which had been fatal to so many, and persevered until his search was rewarded by the recovery of all the records of the Jeannette Expedition." In the face of obstacles presented by the worst season, he penetrated to the mouth of the Lena in his search, and left no doubt that the unfortunate crew of the third boat had not succeeded in reaching the shore. As it was, he contributed to the geography of the world a new and important chart of that region. It was under his charge that the rude but mas- sive tomb was built which sheltered the poor remains of the lost, "and the rites of Christian burial were performed over these martyrs to science and humanity, where perpetual winter had embalmed them." They were, however, subsequent- ly exhumed by order of the United States government and brought home, to be laid among the dust of their kin. with impressive ceremonies. The Russian gov- ernment offered every assistance to the officers who accomplished this pious mis- sion, while our own government conferred substantial rewards upon those who had aided Melville in his extremity. For his Arctic services Engineer Melville after- wards received special promotion and a gold medal by act of Congress with the approbation of the whole navy and of the country at large. Engineer-in- Chief Melville was born in New York, of Scottish lineage. on Jan. 10, 1841, and acquired his education in the public schools. the school of the Christian Broth- ers and Brooklyn Polytechnic School; en- tered the navy at the outbreak of the Civil War, and served well and faithfully, both during that trying period and after- wards -- when peace came-on our own coast, in the West Indies, in Brazil and on the East India Station. besides duty at navy yards. Was made engineer-in- chief of the Navy and chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering in Aug., 1887, and in Jan., 1892, was recommissioned in the same office. with the entire approba- tion of the whole navy. as well as that of the great industrial establishments with which he necessarily came in contact in conducting a vast business. As an in- stance of his ability to accomplish un- usual feats, and his capacity for extraor- dinary effort. we may mention the fact that in the summer of 1887 he prepared the general designs of the machinery of five vessels of the new navy. Jan., 1896. reappointed for the third term as chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. and again for the fourth time in 1900. Re- tired, with the thanks of the President"


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for his long and efficient services to the country, in 1903. Address, 620 North 18th St., Philadelphia, Pa.


MELVILLE, Henry:


Lawyer; born in Nelson, N. H., Aug. 25, 1858; son of Josiah H. and Nancy (Nesmith) M .; graduated from Dartmouth in 1879; A. M. and LL.B., cum laude, Harvard, 1884; admitted to New York bar, 1885. He was for a number of years an officer in the Eighth Regiment, N. G. N. Y .; captain of Company A, Eighth Regi- ment, New York Volunteers, during war with Spain; Captain James M. Jarvis command, Spanish War Veterans; mem- ber of board of managers of New York State Reformatory at Elmira; secretary of executive committee of Republican Club of the City of New York; president of the Dartmouth Club. Author of "The Ancestry of John Whitney." Address, 120 Broadway, New York.


MENKEN, D. Stanwood:


Lawyer; graduated from Cornell Uni- versity in the class of 1890, taking the degree of bachelor of letters; after a post- graduate course for a year, went to Co- lumbia Law School, and was graduated in the class of 1894, taking the degrees of A. M. and LL.B. On leaving the law school, entered the office of (Judge) Hen- ry R. Beekman. In 1896 started the Hall of Records Association, an organization of about four thousand citizens, with the purpose of securing proper housing for public records of the City of New York; after about a year and a half succeeded. in this, with the result that the city ap- propriated $8,000,000 therefor. In 1897 was nominated for judge of the City Court on the Citizens' Union ticket, head- ed by Mr. Low, and on the Peoples' tick- et, headed by Mr. Henry George, re- ceiving the largest vote of any of the candidates on the County ticket. Since then has practiced law, and has devoted himself to the interests of the Philbin, Beekman and Menken firm, of which he has been a member since 1895. In 1899 married Gretchen; daughter of Ar- thur Von Briesen, of New York. Is a member of the Manhattan, City, Law- yers', Cornell and Century Country Clubs, and of the Bar Association and the Sons of the American Revolution. Address, 52 William St., New York.


MERRELL, John Porter:


Captain, U. S. Navy; was born in New York; entered Naval Academy, July 20, 1863; graduated, 1867; Ticonderoga and Franklin, European Fleet, 1867-68; pro- moted to ensign, 1868; Plymouth, Euro- pean Fleet, Dec., 1868 to April 26, 1870; signal duty, Washington, May 16, 1870 to July 22, 1870; Guard, fishing banks and Darien Expedition, July 22, 1870 to Aug., 1871; torpedo duty, Jan. 25, 1872 to Sept. 13, 1875; Swatara, North Atlantic Fleet,


Sept. 13, 1875 to Aug. 24, 1877; in charge of naval ordnance proving grounds, Sept. 24, 1877 to Feb. 6, 1879; Marion, North Atlantic and South Atlantic Fleets, Feb. 6, 1879 to Oct. 18, 1881; Shenandoah, South Atlantic Fleet, Oct. 18, 1881 to May 22, 1882; Naval. Academy, Sept. 1, 1882 to Aug., 1887; flagships Pensacola and Quin- nebaug and Lancaster, European Station (staff of commander-in-chief), Aug. 24, 1887 . to June 24, 1889; Naval Academy, Aug. 12, 1889 to June, 1893; promoted to master, March, 1870; lieutenant, March, 1871; lieutenant-commander, May, 1888; Baltimore, Asiatic Station, June, 1893 to Nov. 17, 1895; Oct. 1, 1895 to March 5, 1896, special duty as member of a' com- mission sent by State department to Chengtu, Province of Szechuan, China, to investigate anti-foreign riots in that pro- vince; Olympia, Asiatic Station, Nov. 18, 1895 to March 20, 1896; special duty, staff of commander-in-chief, Dec. 21, 1895 to March 20, 1896. . Promoted to commander, Nov. 1, 1896; lighthouse inspector, 1897; Naval War College, Newport, R. I., 1898; equipment officer, Navy Yard, New York, Nov. 10, 1898; commanding Montgomery, April 1, 1899 to Sept., 1900; equipment of- ficer, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Oct. 15, 1900. Promoted to captain, Sept. 26, 1901; com- mandant, Naval Station, New Orleans, La., Nov. 15, 1901, which is present sta- tion.


MERRILL, Abner H .:


Colonel, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; cadet at Mili- tary Academy, Sept. 1, 1862; graduated and promoted second lieutenant, First Ar- tillery, June 18, 1866; first lieutenant, May 1, 1870; captain, Aug. 14, 1887; major of artillery, Feb. 23, 1899; lieutenant-colonel, Aug. 1, 1901; colonel, Artillery Corps, April 14, 1903. Served at various stations on the Atlantic coast from 1866 to 1880; three years, 1872-75, on college detail, Amherst, Mass .; 1880 to 1890, on the Pa- cific coast, one year at Vancouver Bar- racks, three years at Alcatraz Island, six months at Presidio of San Francisco, and balance of time at mouth of Columbia River; 1890 to 1896, posts in New York Harbor; 1896 to 1899, Key West Barracks; Nov., 1899, to Nov., 1901, Philippine Is- lands; Nov., 1901, to May, 1903, Alcatraz Island and Fort Baker, Cal. Address,


Fort Schuyler, N. Y.


MERRILL, Edward Bagley:


Lawyer; born in New Bedford, Mass., Jan. 25, 1835; second son of Edward and Mary Converse Merrill, both natives of Maine and of early Colonial ancestry; a descendant in the direct line from Na- thaniel Merrill, of West Newbury, Essex County, Mass .; his great-grandfathers were both soldiers in the Revolution. Pre- pared for college at the Phillips Exeter Academy, 1853; graduated from Bowdoin College in 1857; A. B. and A. M., Harvard


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Law School, 1859, and admitted to New York bar in 1860. Has contributed some- what to the newspaper press and maga- zines, and has delivered public addresses which were well received. He is a mem- ber of the University Club. Married, Sept. 12, 1861, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander and Mary Gibbs, of New Bedford, and have one child, Edward Gibbs Merrill, a graduate of Columbia University, 1897. Residence, 147 West 12th St .; office, 25 Broad St., New York.


MERRILL, Frederick J. H .:


Director of New York State Museum and State geologist; born in New York City, April 30, 1861; son of Hamilton Wil- cox Merrill and Louisa Kauffman; gradu- ated from Columbia School of Mines, Ph. B., 1885 (Ph. D., Columbia, 1890); Sept. 1, 1887, married Winifred Edgerton. From 1885 to 1887 was assistant on the geologi- cal survey of New Jersey, and in 1886 was appointed fellow in geology in Columbia College, which position he held until 1890; Oct., 1890, to June, 1893, was assistant State geologist of New York; in Dec., 1890, was appointed assistant director of the New York State Museum, and during 1892 and 1893 was director of the scien- tific exhibit of the State of New York at the World's Columbian Exposition; in June, 1894, was made director of the New York State Museum and in Dec., 1898, received the additional appointment of State geologist. During 1900 and 1901 was director of the scientific exhibit of the State of New York at the Pan-Am- erican Exposition at Buffalo. Is a fellow of the following scientific societies: Am- erican Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society of America; member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, American Society of Naturalists, National Geographic Society, New England Historic Genealogical So- ciety, and of the following clubs: Uni- versity, New York Athletic (New York), Fort Orange, University, Country (Al- bany). Author of numerous bulletins of State Museum and many scientific ar- ticles. Office, Geological Hall; residence, Altamont, Albany County, N. Y.


MERRILL, William Henry:


Editor; born in Stockton, N. Y., July 3. 1840; eighth lineal descendant of Na- thaniel Merrill, one of original settlers of Newbury, Mass., 1635. Editor Western New Yorker, Warsaw, 1861-75; executive clerk, State Senate, 1866; member State Constitutional Convention, 1867; editor Golden Rule, Boston, 1875-80; leading ed- itorial writer of the Boston Herald, 1880- 86. Married, 1863, Flora A. Judd, Warsaw (died, 1880); second, Julia M. Briggs, 1883. In charge of editorial page New York. World under Joseph Pulitzer since 1888. Residence, The Dakota, 1 West 72d St .; office, New York World, New York.


MERRITT, Douglas:


Lawyer; born New York, Dec. 4, 1847; son of George Merritt, eminent merchant of New York, and Julia Douglas, of Troy; descendant of Thomas Merritt, of Rye, Westchester County, 1670. He was educated at McMullen's School and the Columbia Grammar School, spent two years in Europe, and was graduated at Columbia College Law School in 1874. Married, in 1876, Elizabeth Cleveland, daughter of Rt. Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, bishop of Western New York; and have two children, Ethel Douglas and Alan Douglas. In 1875 he purchased his country place, Leacote, near Rhinebeck, and made his residence there. Has been trustee of the public school; vestryman for twenty-five years of the Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck; delegate for thirty years to New York Diocesan Convention; secretary of St. Stephen's College, Annan- dale, and trustee of Hobart College, from which he received the degree of M. A. in 1889; fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London; life member of the New York Historical Society and the New York Genealogical Society. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars and the Society of the Sons of the Revolution; also of the Church and Reform Clubs, and Metropolitan Club of Washington. Ad- dress, Rhinebeck, N. Y.


MERRITT, Thomas E .:


Captain, U. S. Army; born in New York, Jan. 10, 1841; retired; appointed from California-civil life. Private, Com- pany C, Thirteenth New York State Mili- tia, April 23, 1861; discharged, Aug. 6, 1861; sergeant, Company H, Fifty-third New York Volunteers, Sept. 6, 1861; dis- charged, March 21, 1862; sergeant, Com- pany I, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth New York Volunteers, Aug: 22, 1862; sec- ond lieutenant, One Hundred and Twenty- eighth New York Volunteers, June 15, 1863; discharged, Aug. 30, 1863; paid to Aug. 31, 1863; captain, U. S. C. T., Oct. 3, 1863; mustered out, Sept. 9, 1864; cap- tain, Seventh U. S. Veteran Volunteers, March 1, 1865; mustered out, April 23, 1866; second lieutenant, Eleventh Infan- try, May 11, 1866; accepted, Sept. 17, 1866; transferred to Twenty-ninth Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866; first lieutenant, Nov. 2, 1867; unassigned, April 25, 1869; assigned to Twenty-fourth Infantry, Jan. 1, 1871; captain, June 28, 1878; retired, March 20, 1879, for disability resulting from disease contracted in line of duty. Address, 2040 Seventh Ave., New York.


MERRITT, Wesley:


Major-general, U. S. Army; born in New York, Dec. 1, 1836; appointed from Il- linois; cadet at U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1855; graduated, July 1, 1860; bre- vet second lieutenant, Second Drag., July 1, 1860; second lieutenant, Jan. 28,


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1861; first lieutenant, Second Cavalry, May 13, 1861; captain, Second Cavalry, April 5, 1862; brigadier general, June 29, 1863; accepted, July 11, 1863; brevet major general, Oct. 19, 1864; major general, April 1, 1865; accepted, April 1, 1865; honorably mustered out, Feb. 1, 1866; lieutenant colonel, Ninth Cavalry, July 28, 1866; ac- cepted, Sept. 20, 1866; colonel, Fifth Cav- alry, July 1, 1876; brigadier general, April 16, 1887; accepted, April 21, 1887; he was commissioned major general of Volun- teers, April 1, 1865, for gallant services; promoted to major general, April 25, 1895. Brevet rank, brevet major, July 1, 1863, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa .; brevet lieu- tenant. colonel, May 11, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Yellow Tavern, Va .; brevet colonel, May 28, 1864, for gallant and meritorious ser- vices in the battle of Hawes' Shop, Va .; brevet brigadier general, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Five Forks, Va .; brevet major general, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign ending with the surrender of the insur- gent army of Northern Virginia; brevet major general of Volunteers, Oct.+19, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Winchester and Fisher's Hill, Va .; July 5, 1887, to July 9. 1891, 'in coni- mand of the Department of the Missouri; July 9, 1891, to May, 1895, he was placed in command of the Department of Da- kota, with headquarters at St. Paul; re- assigned to command Department of the Missouri, May, 1895, to April, 1897; April, 1897, to May, 1898, in command of the Department of the East; May, 1898, was placed in command of Philippine Expedi- tion, and arrived at Manila on July 27, and captured the city on Aug. 13. He was then ordered to Paris, France, for conference with the Peace Commission, arriving there Oct. 3; he returned to the United States, Dec. 17, and was relieved as governor general of the Philippine Is- lands. In command of the Department of the East. Jan. 7. 1899. to 1900: retired. June 16. 1900. Address 1622 Rhode Island Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C.




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