Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 109

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Vice-president and actuary of Home Life Insurance Co. of N. Y .; entered the service of the company in 1866; pre- viously a teacher of mathematics; was appointed actuary in 1877, and has had continued service with the company for over thirty-five years. Charter member of the Actuarial Society of America, and a member of the Hamilton and other clubs. Address, 256 Broadway, N. Y. City.

MARSTON, Edgar Lewis:

Banker; born March 8, 1860, Burlington, Iowa; he attended Jefferson School in St. Louis until he was fourteen years of age, at which time he entered LaGrange College. He was graduated in 1878. In 1881 he was also graduated from the Law School of Washington University at St. Louis. In 1887 he made N. Y. City his permanent residence and in 1893 became a member of the firm of Blair & Co., bankers. Member Union League, Metro- politan, Apawamis, Quill, Westchester Country, Nineteenth Century, Larchmont Yacht, Union Harbor Yacht, Country Club of Lakewood, New England Society, Downtown Association, Automobile Club of America. He is a trustee of the Bankers Trust Co., U. S. Savings Bank, and a member of the directorate of the Mechanics National Bank, Madison Av- enue Co., Title Guarantee and Trust Co., Thompson-Starrett Co. and of Borden's Condensed Milk Co. He is vice-president of the Sussex Realty Co., and president of the American-Phamacal Co., Pond's Extract Co. and Texas and Pacific Coal Co. In 1884 he married Miss Jennie C. Hunter, of St. Louis. Residence, 23 East 57th St .; office, 24 Broad St., N. Y. City. MARSTON, Edwin S .:

President and director of Detroit, Hill- side and Southwestern R. R. Co., The Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., The Fort Wayne and Jackson R. R. Co .; director Citizens' Mutual Gas Co., The National City Bank of N. Y., New Amsterdam Gas Co., The N. Y. Mutual Gas Light Co., Queen Insurance Co., of America, and The Standard Gas Light Co. of the City of N. Y. Residence, 291 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y .; office, 22 William St., N. Y. City.

MARTIN, Benjamin Ellis :

Author; born N. Y. Author: About England with Dickens; Old Chelsea; In the Footprints of Charles Lamb; The Stones of Paris in History and Letters

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(with Charlotte H. Martin). Member | ment of Bridges, N. Y., since Feb. 1, Century and Players Clubs. Address, 16 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City. 1902. Member Long Island Historical Society, American Society of Civil En- gineers. Address, 194 Berkeley Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

MARTIN, Bernard F .:

Democratic State Senator represent-

ing the Thirteenth Senate District, one of the N. Y. County Senate dis- tricts; born Ireland, 1845, and, though still a comparatively young man, is a veteran of the Civil War; enlisted in the Thirty-seventh Regiment, N. Y. State Volunteers, and served until the war was ended. He then joined the Volun- teer Fire Department, receiving at its abandonment an honorable discharge. For some time after the war was con- nected with the N. Y. News Co., and was advanced to the position of man- ager of the wholesale department, and here remained until elected alderman. After serving as alderman, was elected coroner; later appointed a police justice. In the fall of 1895 first elected State Senator; re-elected 1898, 1900, 1902 and 1904. In 1903 received the following Senate Committee assignments: Cities, Railroads, and Roads and Bridges; dur- ing his membership in Senate, caused to pass several important bills. It was at his suggestion and by his untiring efforts that the "Knock Out Drop" law was enacted, which made it a felony for any person to have in his possession stupefying drugs; also secured

the passage of the law increasing the pen- alty for the crime of arson in the first degree from twenty-five to forty years' imprisonment; has supported the bills in the legislature in the interest of la- boring men. Address, N. Y. City.

MARTIN, Celora E .:

Jurist; born Newport, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1834; son of Ellis and Lucetta Brayton Martin; studied law at Newport, N. Y .; admitted to Bar, 1856; practiced Whit- ney's Point, Broome Co., 1857-67; Bing- hamton, 1867-77: 1877-95, justice Su- preme Court; 1887-95 designated justice of general term; judge of N. Y. Court of Appeals since 1896. Republican; mar- ricd, Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1901, Ada L. Mills. Address, Court House, Binghamton, N. Y.

MARTIN, Charles Cyril:

Civil engineer; born Springfield, Pa., Aug. 30, 1831; was graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, 1856: for some time first assistant en- gineer, and since 1883 chief engineer and superintendent N. Y. and Brooklyn Bridge; consulting engineer to Depart-

MARTIN, Clarence Augustine:

Architect and educator; professor of architecture in charge of the College of Architecture, Cornell University. Born Medina County, O., Sept. 29, 1862. Re- ceived preliminary education in Seville, Ohio, High School, and Oberlin College Preparatory Department. Studied arch- itecture at Cornell University and under leading architects of Philadelphia and N. Y. City. Author: Details of Building Construction, and occasional contributor to technical and popular magazines. Mar- ried Gertrude Shorb, Ph. D., in 1896. As- sociate American Institute of Architects; member Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity and various clubs. Address, Edgecliff, Ithaca, N. Y.

MARTIN, Edward Sandford:

Journalist, author; born "Willowbrook" near Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1856; son of E. T. Throop and Cornelia Williams Martin; graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover, 1872; Harvard, 1877; admitted to Bar, N. Y., 1884; married, 1886, Julia, daughter of George J. Whitney, Rochester, N. Y. Author of: Sly

Ballades in Harvard China; A Little Brother of the Rich, and other poems; Pirated Poems; Wind- falls of Observation; Cousin Anthony and I, Some Views of Ours; Lucid In- tervals; Poems and Verses; The Luxury of Children and Other Luxuries; The Courtship of a Careful Man. Clubs: Uni- versity, Century, Harvard. Address,

178 East 64th St., N. Y. City.

MARTIN, John Calvin:

President of The John C. Martin Edu- cational Fund; born Millersville, Pa., Nov. 13, 1845; Educated public schools of Lancaster City and Millersville State Normal School of Pa .; was enrolled and mustered into the U. S. service at Fort Delaware in 1862 as first lieutenant Co. D, 157th Pennsylvania Volunteers; hon- orably discharged on resignation for disability, 1864; engaged in manufac- ture of lumber and mining of coal in Cambria County in 1869, where he ac- cumulated an extensive estate, and is regarded as one of the successful men of Pennsylvania. Fifteen years ago Mr. Martin removed to N. Y. City, his pres- ent residence, and from here conducts his large business interests. In 1899 Mr. Martin founded the John C. Martin

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Educational Fund to promote the intel- came president of the Martin Anti-Fire lectual, ethical and spiritual advance- ment of Christian ministers, church officers, Sunday school teachers and others to do work especially among the two million white illiterates and the nine millions of negroes in the South. The work is inter-denominational. Ad- dress, 1 Broadway, N. Y. City.

MARTIN, Newell:

Lawyer; born in 1854; was graduated from Yale, 1875. Member of the N. Y. City Bar Association, Century Associa- tion, University, City, Yale, Lawyers, and City Mid-day Clubs; also a member of the firm of Smith and Martin. Ad- dress, 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.

MARTIN, Tomas Commerford:

Editor Electrical World and Engineer since 1883, author, lecturer; born London, Eng., July 22, 1856; son of Thomas and Catharine Commerford Martin; was edu- cated in England; student in divinity: married, 1880, Kingston, Jamaica, W. I., Elizabeth Gould; special expert U. S. Census Office, 1900-1905. Author: The Electric Motor and Its Applications; In- ventions, Rescarches and Writings of Nikola Tesla. Member English Insti- tution Electrical Engineers, American In- stitute of Electrical Engineers, N. Y. Academy of Sciences, N. Y. Electrical Society, Franklin Institute, Municipal Art Society, National Civic Federation. Clubs: Automobile Club of America, En- gineers, N. Y. Athletic. Residence, 40 Morningside; office, 114 Liberty St., N. Y. City.

MARTIN, Walton :

Physician; born Staten Island, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1869; son of Kingsley and Clem- entin Walton Martin; educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H .; graduate of Yale, 1889; College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, 1892; instructor sur- gery, College of Physicians and Surgeons; assistant attending surgeon Roosevelt Hospital. Author: Physics and Chemis-

try (Dr. Gallaudet's series); Revised Green's Pathology. Member Yale Alum- ni, University Club. Translated Vol. 1. Von Bergman's Surgery. Address, 25 W. 50th St., N. Y. City.

MARTIN, William:

Clergyman, inventor, consul; born England, March 1, 1848; brought to Am- erica when seven years of age, entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the State of N. Y., 1871; in- vented the system of steam heating of railway trains, 1882; organized and be-

Car Heating Co. of Dunkirk, N. Y., 1883, continuing as its president until 1897, when he was appointed consul of the U. S., at Chinkiang, China, by President Mckinley; ordered to Nanking, China, during the Boxer troubles in 1900, and appointed consul at Nanking, China, by President Roosevelt in 1902. Present address, Nanking, China; home address, Dunkirk, N. Y.

MARTINY, Phillippe :

Sculptor: born Alsace, then France, May 19, 1858; studied in France under St. Gaudens; married, 1881, Miss Minnie Horning. Member National Academy of Design, Architectural League, American Sculptors Association, Society of Ameri- can Artists. National Arts Club. . Resi- dence. Rockville Centre. L. I., N. Y .; studio. 7 Macdougal Alley, N. Y. City.

MARTYN, William Carlos:

Presbyterian clergyman; director The Abbey Press since 1897; born N. Y., 1843; son of Rev. J. H. and Sarah Towne Smith Martyn; was graduated from the Union Theological Seminary, 1869, D.D., Litt. D .; married, 1866, Mer- cedes, daughter Don Fermin Ferrer; or- dained, 1869: held pastorates at

St. Louis, Mo., Portsmouth, N. H., Newark, N. J., Chicago and N. Y. Author: John Milton; Life of Martin Luther; History of the English Puritans; History of the Huguenots; The Dutch Reformation; The Pilgrim Fathers of New England; Wendell Phillips, the Agitator; William E. Dodge: John R. Gough, the Apostle of Cold Water; Christian Citizenship, Sour Saints and Sweet Sinners (novel). Residence, West Brighton, Richmond Borough; office, 114 5th Ave., N. Y. City.

MARVIN, Rev. Frederic Rowland, M. D .:

Born Troy, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1847; he studied at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., and at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa .; was graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y., 1870; professor in N. Y. Free Medical College for Women, 1872-75; was graduated in theology at Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church, New Brunswick, N. J .; pastor of Congregational Church, Middletown, N. Y., 1879-83; pastor Con- gregational Church, Portland, Ore., 1883-86; pastor Congregational Church, Great Barrington, Mass., 1887-95. Au- thor: Literature of the Insane; Death in the Light of Science; Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women; Christ Among the Cattle; Flowers of Song

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from Many Lands, and Consecrated | giving recitals of chamber music in N. Womanhood. Address, 537 Western Ave., Y., which were continued from 1855 to Albany, N. Y. 1866; has published Two Pianoforte MARZO, Eduardo: Methods and Piano Technics; also Touch Vocal teacher, musician, composer; and Technic; Memories of a Musical Life; has composed over fifty pianoforte pieces; received the degree of Musical Doctor, Yale, 1872. Residence, 14 W. 16th St .; studio, Steinway Hall, 109 East 14th St., N. Y. City.

born Naples, Italy, Nov. 29, 1852; son of Carlo and Angiola Bertolè-Viale Mar- zo; studied Naples, Italy, under Pappal- ardo; was musical director for many years; his compositions include several masses and other sacred pieces; decorated by King Humbert Knight of the Crown of Italy, and in 1892 was elected a member of the Royal Academy of St. Cecilia, Rome. Married, 1882, Clara L. Philbin; Member Manuscript Club. Residence, 155 W. 94th St .; music room, 26 E. 23rd St., N. Y. City.

MASON, (Mrs.) Caroline Atwater:

Author; born Providence, R. I., July 10, 1853; was educated Friends' Board- ing School, Providence, and elsewhere; studied in Germany one year; removed to Rochester, N. Y., 1874, and mar- ried there in 1877 John H. Mason, who is now professor of the English Bible in the Theological School of Rochester. Author: A Titled Maiden; A Minister of the World; The Minister of Carthage; The Quiet King; A Woman of Yester- day (1900); A Lily of France (1901) ; The Little Green God (1902); Lux Christi (1902), and Holt of Heathfield (1903). Residence, Culver Road, Rochester, N. Y.

MASON, Daniel Gregory:

Musician, author; born Brookline, Mass., Nov. 20, 1873; son of Henry and Helen Augusta Palmer Mason; graduate of Harvard, 1895; studied music both here and abroad. Composer: Elegy (for piano); also songs. Author: From Grieg to Brahms; editor; Masters in Music (a Boston Magazine); Beethoven and His Forerunners (Macmillan, 1904). Lecturer on Music in Extension Department of Columbia University. Married Mary Lord Taintor Mason, Oct. 8, 1904. Ad- dress, care the Macmillan Co., 66 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

MASON, William:

Pianist, teacher and composer; born Boston, Jan. 24, 1829; son of Lowell Mason and Abigail Mason; studied in Germany from 1849

to 1854, under Moscheles, Hauptmann, Dreyschock and Franz Liszt; played in public at concert recitals both in Europe and America; was the first to give recitals of solely pianoforte music in the U. S .; united with Theodore Thomas and others in

MASON, William Pitt:

Professor of chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; born N. Y., Oct. 12, 1853; son of James and Emma Wheatley Mason; was graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, C. E., 1874; B. S., 1877; M. D., Union University, 1881; married, 1886, Emilie E. Harding, Phila- delphia; Fellow A. A. A. S. Member of American Philosophical Society, Wash- ington Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society, American Water Works Association, New England Water Works Association, American Public

Health Association, American

Institute

of Mining Engineers, the Franklin

Institute, Royal Sanitary Institute,

Great Britain. Author: Examination of Potable Water; Water Supply; Notes on Qualitative Analysis; Examination of Water. Address, Troy, N. Y.

MASSON, Thomas Lansing ("Tom Mas- son") :

Literary editor of Life since 1894; born Essex, Conn., July 21, 1866; son of Malvina M. Masson and Capt. Thomas L. Masson, famous old ship captain; his early boyhood was spent at sea; was educated public schools, New Haven, Conn .; business career in N. Y. and St. Louis up to 1885; began literary career then as news editor of American Press Association, and contributor to N. Y. Times; afterwards, until 1894, assistant managing editor and humorous editor of American Press Association. Author: The Yankee Navy (Life Publishing Co., 1899); editor of Masterpieces of Ameri- can Humor (Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903); In Merry Measure (Life Publish- ing Co., in preparation). Is a regular contributor of short stories, verses and humerous and satirical material to Life, The Cosmopolitan Magazine, Smart Set, Ainslee's Magazine, Town Topics, Puck, Harper's Bazar, N. Y. Sunday Herald, N. Y. Sunday Times, Detroit Free Press, Brooklyn Life, and many others. Resi- dencee, 53 Woodland Ave., Glen Ridge, N. J .; office, 19 W. 31st St., N. Y. City,

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MASTERSON, Kate:

Writer of verse, journalist; born New- burgh. N. Y., 1870; educated Convent School, Brooklyn; contributor of verse, Saturday Evening Post, Life, Judge and Puck; on editorial staff Dramatic Mir- ror; N. Y. Herald, and special corres- pondent for other papers; awarded one of three prizes for best answer to Mark- ham's Man With the Hoe; wrote The Dobleys (series of stories). Address, The Albemarle, N. Y. City.

MATHER, Frederic Gregory :

Journalist and author; son of the late Samuel Holmes Mather, LL.D., and Em- ily W. Gregory Mather; on father's side descended from Richard Mather, the first of the name to settle in America; his four great-grandfathers were offi- cers, on the American side, iii the Rev- olutionary War; born Cleveland, O., Aug. 11, 1844; was graduated from Dartmouth, 1867; studied law, Cleve- land, O., 1867-70; was editor-in-chief Binghamton, N. Y. Republican, 1874-79; special representative in Canada of U. S. Bureau of Education, 1874-75; edi- torial writer Albany Evening Journal, 1879-80; special Albany correspondent

of different newspapers, 1880-97; edited and compiled New York in the Revolu- tion (1898), and Supplement to same (1901); and prepared much original mate- rial relating to the War of 1812; has written much for numerous journals,

and over 200 articles for magazines and cyclopaedias, beside making sev- eral historical. political and genealog- ical compilations. Treasurer of the Am- erican Canoe Asociation; trustee of the Ft. Orange Club, Albany; and member of the Country and Burns Clubs, the Al- bany Institute, all of Albany, and the Society of American Authors. Resides, New York City, Albany. N. Y., and Stam- ford, Conn. Address, 164 Fairfield ave., Stamford, Conn.

MATHER, Robert:

Lawyer; president The Rock Island Co .; chairman executive committee Chi- cago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co .; born Salt Lake City, Utah, July 1, 1859; was graduated from Knox College. Gales- burg, Ill., 1882; married Alice Caroline, daughter of Horatio Jell, of Walker- ville, Ont., April 23, 1892; admitted to the Bar in Chicago, 1886; local attorney. C. R. I. & P. Ry. Co. at Chicago, 1889 to 1891; assistant general attorney, same Co., 1891 to 1894; general attorney, 1894 to 1902; since then general counsel, second vice-

president same Co., 1889 to 1903; then first vice-president till 1904, when he be- came chairman of its executive commit- tee; first vice-president St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co. since 1904; president the Rock Island Co. since 1904. Republi- can. Address, 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.

MATTHEWS, Albert ("Faul Siegvolk") :

Lawyer, author; born N. Y., Sept. 8, 1820; son of Oliver and Mary Field Mathews; was graduated from Yale, 1842; studied law, Harvard Law School and N. Y. City, 1842-45; was admitted to the Bar, N. Y., 1845; married (first) 1849, Louise Mott Strong; (second), 1861, Cettie Moore Gwynne (died, 1884). Author: Walter Ashwood, a Love Story; A Bundle of Papers, Thoughts on Codi- fication of the Common Law; Memorial of Bernard Roelker; Ruminations-The Ideal American Lady and Other Essays; Incidental Protection a Solecism; A Few Verses. Member Authors Club. Residence, The Chelsea, 222 W. 23d St .; office, 31 Pine St., N. Y. City.

MATHEWS, John Alexander:

Metallurgist, and assistant manager, Sanderson Works Crucible Steel Co. of America; born Washington, Pa., May 20. 1872; son of William Johnston and Frances Pelletreau Mathews; was graduated from Washington and Jeffer- son College, B. S., 1893 M. S., Sc. D .: A. M., Ph. D., Columbia; married, 1903; Florence Hosmer King; three years in- structor in chemistry in Columbia Uni- versity; awarded. 1900, Barnard Fellow- ship for Encouragement of Scientific Research; also in 1901 and 1902; as well as from Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain, the Carnegie Scholarship in 1901, and in 1902 was the first recipient from same institution of the Carnegie Gold Medal. U. S. Assay Commission, 1900 and 1905; now with Crucible Steel Co. of America. Fellow: American Association for Advancement of Science; member American and International Societies for Testing Materials; American Chemical Society; and Society of Chemical Indus- try, University Club, Syracuse. Address, Syracuse, N. Y.

MATHEWSON, Charles Frederick:

Lawyer; born in Barton, Vt., May 3, 1860; son of Azro B. and Amelia S. Ma- thewson. He married Jeanie Campbell Anderson, daughter of General Samuel J. Anderson, prominent citizen of Port- land. Was graduated from Dartmouth College with degree of A. B. in 1882, val- edictorian for first scholarship, with

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prize awards in Greek, Latin, mathe- matics and oratory; was graduated from Columbia University Law School with degree of L.L. B. in 1885; admitted to Bar in New York City, 1885, continuing there in the practice of his profession from that time, largely corporation law. Prominently identified with college and amateur interests and sports before and since graduation, having been president of the Dartmouth College Association of New York two terms, 1895-97; first pres- ident of Dartmouth Club of New York; since 1894 trustee of Dartmouth College by selection of alumni; one of incorpor- ators, governors and vice-president of University Athletic Club, and presider Metropolitan Association of Amateur Athletic Union. Is also a member New York Law Institute, Bar Association of the City of New York, Down Town As- sociation, New England Society, Society of Vermonters, Dartmouth Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon Club, Baltusrol Golf Club, St. Andrews Golf Club, Apawamis Club, and Westchester Golf Club. Address, 1 West 68th St., N. Y. City.

MATTHEWMAN, Lisle de Vaux:

Journalist; born Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, Feb. 23, 1867; son of Charles and Jane Exley Matthewman; educated in England Institute, Delessert, Switz- erland, and University of Berlin; on Philadelphia Evening Telegram, 1º 02. Author: Crankisms; Brevities; Rips and Raps. Residence, 112 E. 27th St .; office, 70 5th Ave., N. Y. City.

MATTHEWS, Brander:

Author; born in New Orleans, Feb. 21, 1852; educated at Columbia, receiving degree of A. B., 1871; LL.B., 1873, and A.M. in 1874 ;. D.C.L., University of the South, 1898; Litt.D., Yale, 1901; LL.D., Columbia, 1904; professor of dramatic literature at Columbia. He is one of the founders of the Authors Club, the Play- ers, the Dunlap Society, the American Copyright League, the Columbia Uni- versity Press, the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Author: The Thea- tres of Paris, (1880); French Dramatists of the Nineteenth Century, (1881). Mar- gery's Lovers, a comedy (produced in. 1884); The Last Meeting, a story. (1885); A Secret of the Sea, (1886); A Gold Mine, a comedy (produced in 1887, published in 1894); Pen and Ink; On Probation, a comedy, with G. H. Jessop (produced in 1889); In the Vestibule Limited, (1892) ; Tom Paulding; The Decision of the Court, a comedy (produced in 1893) ;

The Story of a Story, (1903); Vignettes of Manhattan, (1894); The Royal Marine; His Father's Son, (1895); Bookbindings, Old and New, (1895); An Introduction to American Literature, (1896); Aspects of Fiction (1896); Outlines of Local Color, (1897); A Confident To-morrow, (1899) ; Peter Stuyvesant, a comedy, with Bronson Howard, (1899); The Action and the Word (1900); The Philosophy of the Short Story, (1901); Notes on Speech-making, (1901); The Historical Novel, (1901); Parts of Speech, Essay on English, (1901); The Development of the Drama, (1903). Mem- ber of Century, Players and Authors Clubs, New York; also Athenæum and Savile Clubs, London. Address, 681 West End Ave., N. Y. City.

MATTHEWS, Franklin:

Editor New York Sun; born St. Jo- seph, Mich., May 14, 1858; son of J. H. and Mary Force Matthews; was grad- uated from Cornell University, 1883; married 1886, Mary Crosby. Lecture agent for J. B. Pond, 1883-86, when he became reporter for Philadelphia Press, then editor; since 1890 editor for N. Y. Sun. Author of: Philadelphia, (Pan-Am- erican delegates souvenirs), Our Navy in Time of War, The New-born Cuba. Club, Cornell. Address, 33 Van Buren St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

MATTHEWS, George Edward:

Editor of Buffalo Express since 1889; born Mar. 17, 1855; son J. N. Matthews; graduate of Yale, 1877; also president The Matthews-Northrup Works, print- ers and publishers. Residence, 276 Elmwood Av .; office, 179 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y.

MATTICE, Burr:

Jurist; born Jefferson, N. Y., July 10, 1856; son George and Dellissa Pickett Mattice; was graduated from Oneonta High School, 1876; admitted to the New York Bar, 1880. District attorney Otsego Co., 1889-92; co-judge Otsego Co., 1893- 95, when he succeeded Judge Martin of the Supreme Court on expiration of whose term he was elected to serve t . 1910; appointed justice Supreme Court. Mar- ried Meredith, N. Y., 1880, Charlotte L. Johnson. Republican. Address, One- onta, N. Y.

MAURICE, Arthur Bartlett:

Joint editor of The Bookman with Professor Harry Thurston Peck since Sept., 1899; born Rahway, N. J., April 10, 1873; educated in public and private schools in Rahway, Paris, France, New York, Mount Pleasant Military Acad-

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emy, Ossining, Richmond College, and lish literature in the Ladies' Collegiate Princeton University. Editor Wood- Institute, Belfast; received degree of bridge Register, Woodbridge, N. J., 1895; city editor Elizabeth, N. J., Daily Herald, 1896; special writer New York Commercial Advertiser, master of Arts from Queen's University in 1874. Subsequently came to Ameri- ca, taking up literary work as a re- 1897-98. Au- thor: New York in Fiction, (1900); The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature (with Frederic Taber Coop- er, 1903). Member Authors and Players Clubs, New York, and Colonia Country Club, Colonia, N. J. Residence, 16 Gramercy Park; office, 35th St., and Fifth Ave., N. Y. City. porter on the New York Tribune and the New York Herald; later became as- sociate editor of the Metropolitan, a weekly newspaper, and, finally, manag- ing editor of the Brooklyn Times, a po- sition which he held for five years. During the last two years of his edi- torship he entered the educational field again as a teacher and lecturer in the Evening High Schools of Brooklyn. In Banker and broker; chairman execu- tive committee Central Railroad Com- pany of New Jersey; president Atlas Portland Cement Company and Gar- wood Land and Improvement Company; director American Cotton Oil Company, American Exchange National Bank, Temple Iron Company, and Lehigh Val- ley Railroad Company. Member New York Yacht Club. Residence, 78 8th Ave., Brooklyn; office, 30 Broad St., N. Y. City. 1882, elected associate superintendent of schools by the Brooklyn Board of Education, a position which he held for five years; 1887, elected superintendent of schools in Brooklyn to succeed Cal- vin 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 Legisla- ture of the bill signed by Governor Mor- ton, which requires that all teachers Editor Metropolitan Magazine since 1900; journalist; born New York, Jan. 11, 1866; son Alfred Chester and Mary Louise Perriton Maxwell; educated Brooklyn, and Brooklyn Art School; married New York, 1893, Myra Schuyler. 1888-1900 successively on editorial staff New York Recorder, New York Sun, World, Journal, Cosmopolitan, Philadel- phia Saturday Evening Post. Author: Masterpieces of Art and Nature; Ameri- can Art and Artists. Residence, Living- ston, S. I .; office, 3 West 29th St., N. Y. City. 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 training of teachers or from institutions of equal or higher rank. In 1898 was elected city superintendent of schools of N. Y. City under the revised charter, which went into effect in that year. This of- fice carried with it the chairmanship of the board of examiners, and, also conferred the right of fixing the mini- mum qualifications for licenses in N. Y. City. Has been prominent in the councils of many of the State and Na- Superintendent Public Schools, New York; born Mar. 5, 1852, at Stewarts- town, Ireland; son Rev. John Maxwell, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Brigh; educated in a local National school in the common branches and studied classics under his father, and classics, modern languages and mathe- matics with the Rev. George Macloskie, well known for his connection with the Green Scientific School at Princeton, entered Queen's College, Galway, in 1872, and won his baccalaureate degree with honors. Began teaching immediate- ly as sub-master in the Royal Acade- mical Institution, Belfast, Ireland, where he gave instruction in English and classics; was also lecturer in Eng- tional educational associations; has been president of the State council of superintendents and head of the depart- ment of superintendents of the Nation- al Educational Association; was a mem- ber of the conference on English that reported to the Committee of Ten, pre- sided over by President Eliot, of Har- vard, which devised the well known re- port on the course of study in the sec- ondary schools; also on the committee on English appointed by the Associa- tion of Colleges and High Schools of the Middle States and Maryland, whose recommendations have been ratified by practically every college in this coun- try and have revolutionized the teach- ing of English in high schools. Was

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 109

Author: Publication date: 1904- Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc. Number of Pages: 1100

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