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Germany, March 23, 1874; son Peter and LIDDELL, Eva Louise:
Elizabeth Leyendecker; came to U. S. in childhood and was educated at public schools and Art Institute of Chicago; studied under Julien, Paris; awarded prizes for cover Century, 1896. Member Society of Illustrators. Residence, 438 Lexington Ave .; address, 160 5th Ave., N. Y. City.
L'HOMMEDIEU, Irving :
Republican State Senator, representing the Forty-fifth Senate district, composed of the counties of Genesee, 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 office of the late Hon. Ed- munu 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; at this time the senior member of the firm was elected county judge, of Orleans County, and the partnership 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 postmaster at Medina; 1902. elected State Senator; in 1903, was ap- pointed to the following Senate Com- mittees: Chairman of Trades and Man- ufactures, member of Cities, Taxation, and Retrenchment, Codes. Canals, and Indian Affairs. Address. Medina, N. Y. LIBBEY, Laura Jean (Mrs. Van Mater Stilwell) :
Author; born N. Y. City, March 22, 1862; daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Libbey. She first came into prominence through the publication of her novel en- titled, Miss Middleton's Lover. Author: A Forbidden Marriage; That Pretty Young Girl; Lovers Once, but Strangers Now; Oliver's Courtship; When His Love Grew Cold, and other books. Has for many years contributed under contracts to the New York Ledger, Fireside Companion, and Family Story Paper, and was also special writer for the New Yorn 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 published them her- self being an error. Married Van Mater Stilwell, lawyer, Sept. 23, 1898. Address, 916 President St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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: Polly Perkins Adventures. (pub- lished, 1902). Address, 137 East 17th St., N. Y. City.
LIDDELL, Henry :
Author and traveler; born Bishop, Wearmouth. England. 1843; was edu- cated at Burdis Academy and the Royal Grammar School. Newcastle-on-Tyne; Studied medicine in the U. S., and grad- uated in 1891. Between 1865 and 1882, traveled extensively in Asia, visiting and exploring New Guinea, Borneo, Central and Western Australia, Korea, Eastern Siberia, 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: Traces of Prehistoric Civilization in Northwest- ern Australia; The Islands of the Ant- arctic, and of numerous articles on travel and exploration. Address, 137 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.
LIEB, John William, Jr .:
Born Newark, N. J., Feb. 12, 1860; at- tended the Newark Academy and the Stevens High School, Hoboken, N. J .; was graduated from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1880, with the degree of M. E .; 1880, engaged as draughtsman with the Brush Electric Co., Cleveland, O .; entered the employ of the Edison Electric Light Co., of N. Y., in 1881 as draughtsman and was transferred to the experimental department at the Edison Machine Works in 1882; assisted in the tests of the first "Jumbo" direct-con- nected Edison dynamos and by Mr. Edi- son put in charge of the installation of the electrical equipment of the old Pearl St. Edison station, under the direction of Mr. C. L. Clark, chief engineer; assisted in the tests and experiments incident to the starting up of this pioneer station, the first commercial station in the U. S. supplying current for incandescent light- ing and power from an underground sys-
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tem, and on the inauguration of regular fellow graduates of the Stevens Institute with appointments within their gift, such as President of the Alumni Association, Alumni trustee, etc. Mr. Lieb has re- cently been decorated by H. M. the King of Italy, with the insignia of Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy. Address, 869 West End Ave., N. Y. City.
service, Sept. 4, 1882, under the auspices of The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of N. Y., was appointed its first elec- trician. A syndicate of Italian capital- ists, with Prof. Colombo as technical ad- viser, having purchased the complete equipment of boilers, engines, dynamos and Edison underground system for Milan, Italy, Mr. Lieb was selected by Mr. Edison to direct the installation. The Milan station, equipped with Bab- cock & Wilcox boilers (six 150 H. P.) Armington & Sims engines and Edison "Jumbo" dynamos, began regular ser- vice in 1883,, Mr. Lieb remaining in
charge of the organization of the Italian Edison Co. He was appointed in turn its chief electrician, director of stations and chief engineer in general charge of the technical departments of the com- pany, engaged in manufacturing electri- cal apparatus, installing isolated plants and constructing and operating lighting and power stations throughout Italy. The Milan Edison Co. was among the first to exploit the alternating current systems of distribution, beginning with a plant in Milan, Italy, in 1886, and using also the Thomson-Houston Arc lighting system extensively. Mr. Lieb's last work in Italy was in the electric railway field in connection with the installation of the trolley system in the City of Milan. Of- fered an appointment in his old company -The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of N. Y .- he returned, in 1904, at first in the capacity of assistant to the first vice-president and advancing by steps to third vice-president and general man- ager. On the consolidation of various lighting interests in N. Y. City, under the corporate name of the N. Y. Edison Co., was appointed third vice-president and associate general manager, which position he now holds; also president of the Electric Testing Laboratories and di- rector in several electrical corporations. Mr. Lieb is President of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, mem- ber of Council of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American So- ciety of Civil Engineers; Past President of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies and the N. Y. Electrical So- ciety; member of the Associazione Elet- trotecnica Italiana, The Franklin Insti- tute of Philadelphia, the Engineers Club, The Municipal Art Society and the Am- erican Museum of Natural History. Has been honored on several occasions by his
LIEBLING, Leonard:
Journalist and music critic; born N. Y. City, Feb. 7, 1874; was educated in College of City of N. Y. and university study abroad; connected with Outing (1892); Musical America (1898-99); vari- ous European papers (1899-1901) and
since 1901 associate editor and critic of the Musical Courier, N. Y .; married Eda F. Battger, Sept. 4, 1904; studied piano and composition abroad (1890-92) and toured extensively in Europe and the U. S. as concert pianist; several composi- tions published by Schirmer; connected with Utica Conservatory of Music, 1894. Address, care Musical Courier office, St. James Bldg., 26th St. and Broadway, N. Y. City.
LILLARD, Benjamin:
Pharmacist; born Kentucky, 1847, at Harrodsburg, Mercer County. At an early age he became a student of medicine, and subsequently served for a time as drug clerk. To fit himself better for this busi- ness he entered upon a course of studies at the College of Pharmacy of Philadel- phia, supplemented with special courses in chemistry and botany; was graduated from it, 1867, with highest honors, and received the honorary degree of Doctor in Phar- macy from the Baltimore College. He then 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 Gazette, the first weekly paper for retail druggists in the country. In 1874 he gave up these posi- tions, came East, and accepted the post of manager of the Boston Journal of Chemis- try; in 1878 he removed to New York, where he assumed the management of the journal known as New Remedies, but which is now the American Druggist. For over seven years he remained connected with this journal, and the publishing house of William Wood & Co., which prospered greatly under his management. In 1885 he became the conductor of, and purchased a considerable interest in the Druggists' Circular and afterwards also in the Oil,
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Paint, and Drug Reporter. In 1895 he [ 6, 1903, with rank of Rear-Admiral. Ad- dress, 138 East 45th St , N. Y. City.
purchased one of the first journals with which he had been connected, the old Bos- ton 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 corre- spondence school for drug clerks, which school has been very successful. He mar- ried, in 1871, Miss Martha D. Hall, daugh- ter of a prominent physician of Nashville. Having devoted so much of his life to the improvement and advancement of the drug business, he still takes a very active inter- est in Practical Druggist, which has rap- idly attained a very high and prominent position among American drug journals. He was one of the originators of the Am- erican Trade Press Association and also of the N. Y. Drug Club. Address, 108 Fulton St., N. Y. City.
LILLIE, Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck:
Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy; was born in New York; entered Naval Academy. Sept. 24, 1862; was 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; promoted to lieutenant, March 21. 1870; Shawmut (third rate), North Atlantic Station, 1871-73; Brooklyn (sec- ond rate), North Atlantic and Brazil Stations, 1874-76; Constellation, Paris Exposition, 1878; Nipsic, European Sta- tion, 1879-83; receiving-ship Vermont. 1883-85; Juniata, Asiatic Station, 1885- 86; Tennessee and Richmond, North At- lantic Station, 1886-88; promoted to lieu- tenant-commander, Jan., 1887; Balti- more, Pacific and North Atlantic Sta- tions, 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 Yest, Fla., to 1902; captain of the yard, Navy Yard, League Island, Pa., Dec., 1902-03; retired, March
LILLIE, (Mrs.) Lucy Cecil:
Writer of juvenile stories; born N. Y. City, 1855, (née White). Author : Mil- dred's Bargain; The Story of Music and Musicians; Rolf House ; The Colonel's Money ; Jo's Opportunity ; The Household of Glen Holly; The Story of English Literature; Ruth Endicott's Way; Ali- son's Adventures; Elinor Belden; Es- ther's Fortune; Family Dilemma; For Honor's Sake; Four Macniols; Girl's Or- deal; Helen Glen ; Honest Endeavor ; Ken- yon's Wife; Margaret Thorpe's Trial ; Millbrook Library; Phil and the Baby; Squire's Daughter. Address, 110 E. 47th St., N. Y. City.
LINCOLN, Charles Z .:
Lawyer; born Grafton, Vt., Aug. 5, 1848; son Pratt Lincoln; academic educa- tion at Chamberlain Institute, Randolph, N. Y. Taught district schools; studied law; admitted to Bar, 1874, and practiced at Little Valley, N. Y., of which village he became successively president, trus- tee, attorney, supervisor, and served sev- eral years on its Board of Education. Has been delegate from the 32d senate district to N. Y. Constitutional Conven- tion, 1894; chairman N. Y. Statutory Re- vision Commission; legal advisor to Governors Morton, Black and Roosevelt, 1895-1900. Author: History of the Bench and Bar of Cattaraugus County, N. Y., and many articles in law journals. Mar- ried, 1874, Lusette, daughter of William Bonsteel, of East Otto, N. Y. Residence, Little Valley, N. Y .; office, Albany, N. Y. LINDHEIM, Moses:
Real estate broker; born Germany, 1846 ; in 1863 came to the U. S., and en- gaged in a mercantile business at Alexan- dria, Va. Later he removed to N. Y. City; during most of that time, however, his in- clinations were strongly towards real estate interests, in which business he final- ly launched himself. He has carried a great many important deals to a success- ful culmination, and is to-day one of the most prominent men in his line. Address, 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LINDSAY, George Henry:
Congressman; born N. Y. City and re- moved to Brooklyn with his parents in 1843; was educated in the public schools, and for many years engaged in the hotel business. Democrat. Was elected to the State Assembly from the Seventh Dis- trict, comprised of the Sixteenth Ward of Brooklyn, in 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, and
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1886; in 1886 was elected coroner for the | spread objection to women as physicians, Second District of King's County and served six years, being re-elected in 1889; 1898, appointed assistant tax-commis- sioner in the department of taxes and as- sessments of the City of N. Y .; was elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress, and re-elected to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses. Address, 244 Bushwick Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. LINDSAY, William:
Lawyer; born in Rockbridge County, Virginia of Scotch ancestry; educated in Virginia; Confederate
soldier, 1861-65; Judge Kentucky Court of Appeals; Chief Justice of the State of Kentucky; United States Senator from Kentucky; National Commissioner Chicago World's Fair; Na- tional Commissioner Louisiana Purchase Exposition; Trustee Carnegie Institute of Washington; member of the American Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of N. Y., the Clan Lind- say of Scotland, Southern Society, Man- hattan and Lawyers Clubs, the Virgin- ians, the Kentuckians, and the Confeder- ate Veterans. Married, first, Henrietta Semple, daughter of Isaac Robertson Semple, of Kentucky. She died, leaving one daughter, Marion, who is now the wife of Frank O. Suire, of Cincinnati, O. Judge Lindsay's present wife is Eleanor Holmes, daughter of Dr. George N. Holmes, a native of Kentucky with Massachusetts and English ancestry. Address, 205 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
LINDSLEY, Elmer:
Captain U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; cadet at the Mil- itary Academy, June 16, 1887; was grad- uated and promoted in the army to sec- ond lieutenant 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 Cav- alry, June, 1898; chief of scouts and in charge of the protection of Yellowstone Park, Nov. 1897, to Sept., 1898; at Fort Keogh, Mont., Oct., 1898; promoted Cap- tain, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort Clark, Tex.
LINES, Amelia Wilkes, M. D .:
Is eighty years of age and, with excep- tion of Dr. Emily Blackwell, Manhattan, is probably the oldest woman physician in the world in period of practice, hav- ing been the first woman to secure a doc- tor's license in the State of N. Y. Since her admission to the profession she has witnessed the dying out of the wide-
and a great increase in the number of her sisters devoted to that calling. Dr. Lines was born in Portsmouth, Eng- land, 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 heal- er's art, which eventually impelled her to the course of study which brought her a diploma. She has been a skillful and effi- cient 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. Dr. Lines's hus- band was also a physician, and her daughter and her grandson follow her footsteps and share her office with her. Address, 285 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LIPMAN, Clara:
Actress; born Chicago; first played in- génus with Mme. Modjeska, afterward with A. M. Palmer's Co .; created lead- ing part in "Incog" and played variously in German and English companies in classical drama; created character of Julie Bon Bon, the girl from Paris; starred for five years jointly with Louis Mann, her husband; starred alone, season 1903-04; wrote play Pepi. Address, 1239 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.
LIPPINCOTT, Sarah Jane ("Grace
Greenwood") :
Writer and journalist; born Pompey, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1823; daughter Thaddeus and Deborah Clarke; while in Europe and also at Washington, was special corres- pondent for N. Y. and Chicago papers. Author: Greenwood Leaves; Recollections of My Childhood; Haps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe; Countries I Have Seen; Records of Five Years; Victoria, Queen of England; Merry England; Bonnie Scot- land; Stories and Legends of Ireland, France and Italy; Stories of Many Lands; Stories from Famous Ballads; New Life in New Lands; Stories and Sketches. Married, 1853, Leander K. Lippincott. Address, New Rochelle, N. Y.
LIPPINCOTT, William Henry :
Artist; born Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 6, 1849; son of Isaac and Emily Lippincott; commenced the study of art at the Penn- sylvania Academy of Fine Arts and be- came a designer of illustrations for pub- lications and later a scenic artist prac- ticing that branch of art for six years, at the same time continuing to paint easel pictures. In 1874 went to Europe to study as a pupil of Leon Bonnat of
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Paris; remained in Paris until 1882; re- was elected to
turned to America and established a studio in N. Y. City; for three years held the professorship of the painting class at the National Academy of Design; 1887, elected an associate, and in 1896, elected academician of the National Academy of Design. Painter of Portraits, figures, compositions and landscapes exhibited at Paris Salon, and is a regular contributor to the American Art Exhibitions; de- voted a portion of time to scenic paint- ing, having painted the scenery for Sal- ammbo, La Bohème, Manru, and other operas. Most important oil and water color pictures are Un Jour de Congè, Paris Salon (1879); The Duck's Break- fast, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia (1876); Pink of Old Fashioned; Water- color Society, 1882; Helena, National Academy of Design (1885), and Infantry in Arms, Love's Ambush, and Pleasant Reflection. Address, 7 W. 43d St., N. Y City.
LIPPMANN, Miss Julie Mathilde:
Poet, author, critic; born Brooklyn, N. Y., June 27, 1864; educated private schools; contributor to leading maga- zines. Author : Jock O'Dreams ; Miss Wildfire; Dorothy Day; Sweet P's; Dear- ie, Dot and the Dog; Every Day Girls; A Fool and His Money; Cousin Faithful; The Facts in the Case. Address, 17 W. 84th St., N. Y. City.
LISMAN, Frederick J .:
Broker; vice-president and director of Detroit Southern R. R. Co .; director of Bush Terminal Co .. Crane's Nest Coal Co., Iron Ry. Co., Michigan Traction Co. and Southwestern R. R. Co. Residence, 311 W. 16th St .; office, 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
LITT, Jacob:
Theatrical manager; born Milwaukee, 1860; son I. J. and Henrietta Litt; owner of Broadway Theatre, N. Y .; McVickar's Chicago; Bijou Opera House, Minneapo- lis; Grand Opera House, St. Paul; Bijou Opera House, Milwaukee. Residence, 325 W. 86th St .; office, 1441 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LITTAUER, Lucius Nathan:
Congressman; born Jan. 20, 1859, Glov- ersville, N. Y .; removed to N. Y. City in 1865; was educated there until he en- tered Harvard University, where he was graduated, 1878; immediately engaged in the glove manufacturing business of his father at Gloversville, to which he suc- ceeded in 1882, and is at present en- gaged extensively therein, Republican;
the Fifty-fifth, Fifty- sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty- ninth Congresses. Address, Gloversville, N. Y.
LITTELL, William Jackson:
Paymaster U. S. Navy; born in and ap- pointed from N. Y .; assistant paymaster, March 15, 1894; passed assistant pay- master, Sept. 11, 1895; paymaster, Sept. 1, 1899. Alert, 1894-97; Navy Yard, N. Y., 1898; Kearsarge, 1900; Massachusetts, 1900-03. General storekeeper, Navy Yard. League Island, Pa., 1903; charge Naval Clothing Factory, Navy Yard, New York, 1904, which is present address.
LITTLE, Caroline Frances:
Author; born Elizabeth, N. J .; daugli- ter of the late William H. and Caroline F. Little, of N. Y .; was graduated from Knox Seminary, Galesburg, Ill. Author: The Three Vocations; Little Winter Green; Thoughts for the Christian Year, Lives of St. Matthew and of St. Mark. Also writer of serials, short stories, bio- graphical sketches, and verse for various periodicals. Address, 331 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LITTLE, Joseph James:
Printer; born England, June 5, 1841, his father, a mechanic, emigrated with family to the U. S. in 1847, and settled in the central part of N. Y. State. At four- teen years of age was apprenticed to the local printer; at age of seventeen had completed his apprenticeship and came to N. Y. City. At once he secured work at his trade and at the age of twenty- four became foreman. At the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861, he joined the Thirty-seventh Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., and in 1862, 1863, and 1864, volun- teered with his regiment when President Lincoln called for emergency troops; reached the rank of first lieutenant; 1866, married Josephine Robinson, a direct de- scendant of the John Robinson of the Pilgrim band; has had a family of three sons and five daughters. In 1867 com- menced business on his own account; since 1876 has been known as J. J. Little & Co .; has devoted time to fraternal or- ganizations and art; is
a prominent Freemason, having served several terms as master of Kane Lodge; been grand master of his district, and for some years has been the representative of the Grand Lodge of England in this country, King Edward, when he was Prince of Wales and grand master of the Masons of Eng- land, having given him the appointment;
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is now the chief commissioner of ap- [ Methodist Episcopal Church. Address, Glens Falls, N. Y.
peals of the Grand Lodge of N. Y .; is the commander of Lafayette Post, No. 140, Grand Army of the Republic. For some years was Colonel of the Veteran Corps of the Seventy-first Regiment; has served for a number of years as a school commissioner in N. Y. City. In 1891, as chairman of the Committee on Buildings of the Board of Education, reorganized the building department of the educa- tional department of the city, placing at its head a young and able architect, and is therefore entitled to great credit for the magnificent school houses which adorn the various portions of the city, built since that time; after the formation of the Greater N. Y., was twice elected president of the Board of Education, re- signing while president on account of poor health and press of business; has represented N. Y. City in Congress; is ad- visory director of the Astor Place branch of the Corn Exchange Bank, a trustee of the Excelsior Savings Bank; has been president of the American Institute and also of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen; is a life member of both of these institutions as well as of the American Geographical Society. Ad- dress, 23 W. 45th St., N. Y. City.
LITTLE, Robbins :
Lawyer; born Newport, R. I., Feb. 15, 1832; son William Jr., of Boston, and Sophia Louisa (Robbins); was graduated from Yale, 1851; tutor and A. M., Yale; LL. B., Harvard; admitted to N. Y. Bar; became successively instructor in inter- national law, U. S. Naval Academy, An- napolis; examiner of claims, War De- partment, Washington; superintendent and trustee Astor Library (now N. Y. Public Library). Clubs: Century, Knick- erbocker of N. Y., and Metropolitan of Washington. Address, Century Club, N. Y. City.
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