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SEDGWICK, Arthur George:
Lawyer; born N. Y. City, Oct. 6, 1,844; son of Theodore Sedgwick; was gradu- ated from Harvard, 1864; served in Civil War, becoming first lieutenant, Twentieth Massachusetts regiment; was graduated from Harvard Law School; admitted to Massachusetts Bar and practiced in Bos- ton; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1875; on edi- torial staff of Evening Post, and contribu- tor to other papers. Author: (with F. S. Wait) A Treatise on the Principles and Practice Governing the Trial of Title to Land; Elements of Damages; Edited 5th, 7th and 8th editions of his father's Meas- ure of Damages; one of authors Essays on the Nineteenth Century. Member Bar Association, Century, N. Y. Clubs. Ad- dress, 8 E. 10th St., N. Y. City.
SEDGWICK, Ellery :
Editor; born New York, Feb. 27, 1872; son of Henry D. and Henrietta Ellery Sedgwick ; educated Groton (Mass.) School; was graduated from Harvard, 1894; on editorial staff Worcester Gazette, 1896; Youth's Companion, Boston, 1896-
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1900, since which time he has been editor | Navy, who was favorable towards intro of Leslie's Monthly Magazine. Married, Sept. 24, 1904, Mabel Cabot, daughter of Walter C. Cabot, Brookline, Mass. Au- thor: Life of Thomas Paine. Member Harvard Club. Residence, 74 Madison Ave .; office, 141 5th Ave., N. Y. City. SEDGWICK, Henry Dwight:
Lawyer; born Stockbridge, Mass., Aug. 16, 1824; son of Henry Dwight and Jane Minot Sedgwick; was graduated from Harvard, 1843; Harvard Law School; mar- ried, New York, 1857, Henrietta Ellery. Admitted to New York Bar, 1846. Au- thor: Sedgwick on Damages; Sedgwick's Leading Cases on Damages; contributor to magazines. Member Bar Association, Society of Colonial Wars, University and Century Clubs. Residence, Stockbridge, Mass .; office, 45 Cedar St., N. Y. City. SEE, Horace:
Engineer and naval architect; born Philadelphia, 1835; son of Margaretta Hil- yard and Richard Calhoun See. After receiving a classical and mathematical education in private schools he engaged with Messrs. I. P. Morris & Co., of Phil- adelphia, passing through their shops and office. In the year of 1879, after pass- ing through subordinate positions with Messrs. Neafie & Levy, of Philadelphia, the National Iron Armor and Shipbuilding Co. of Camden, N. J., with George W. Snyder, of Pottsville, Pa., and Messrs. Wm. Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, he became superintending engineer of the latter concern, and was very successful in the methods introduced by him to raise the standard of work in this estab- lishment, whereby the ships not only made records for speed, but at the same time were found to demand only a mini- mum amount to maintain. These char- acteristics are exemplified in the per- formance and reliability of the S. S. Ala- meda and Mariposa, on the Pacific; the steamer Monmouth is another example, this vessel having since her arival in New York Harbor in 1888 maintained her position as a pacemaker, notwithstanding she is now in her eighteenth year and many improvements have since then been introduced in vessels of her character to bring about better results. In 1886 he induced his firm to modify the Govern- ment designs for machinery of the gun- boat Yorktown and cruiser Newark by substituting the triple expansion for the double compound engine. This led to considerable opposition, but he made it so clear to Mr. Whitney, Secretary of the
ducing that which would improve the character of the vessels, and succeeded so well in convincing him that it would be a mistake to neglect the opportunity of doing so, that his plans were adopted. The wisdom of this decision has been evidenced in the superior performance of these vessels and that of the Philadelphia, although the engines were of the hori- zontal type with its supposed limitations. The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius delivered to the U. S. Government in 1889 is an additional example. The engines of this vessel were of the four crank vertical triple expansion variety, the first of this kind in the Navy of the U. S., if not that of any country. The performance was highly satisfactory, a speed of nearly twenty-two knots being attained in a vessel of over eight hundred tons dis- placement at this early date. It attracted considerable attention both here and abroad. The vessels and machinery de- signed by him contain many improve- ments of his invention not only in the design but also in the methods of con- struction which have enabled the vessels to be successful from the very beginning of their life. The cylindrical mandrel by securing a perfectly true bearing and journal exploded the erroneous idea that it was necessary for an engine to begin with hot bearings and that time was necessary to remove such a condition. The value of this invention has been notably exemplified not only in the per- formance of the S. S. Alameda and Steamer Monmouth, above noted, but also in all the vessels where it has been employed. The radial valve gear in- vented by F. C. Marshall and afterwards abandoned by the inventor on account of excessive wear has been improved and employed by Mr. See with much success and with less wear and tear than can be obtained by the Stephenson link motion. The water-tube boiler has received im- provements at his hands by which its safety, as well as economy and durability, have been increased. Other improvements of his include the grease extractor, evap- orator, piston, and last but not least, the ash ejector by the use of which the ashes are forced by a jet of water through a pipe from the fire room floor upward and outside the vessel above the water line, thereby reducing the labor, avoiding noise and securing cleanliness. This in- vention has been further improved by the introduction of an air vessel near the
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jet. The success attending this new feature led him to extend the application of an air vessel to a fire hydrant, where the air surrounds the pipe leading to the nozzle to form protection against freezing, act as a cushion to prevent water-ham- mer and to secure a steadier flow of water. Many improvements have also been introduced by him in the construc- tion of the hull of a vessel, that of the patented folding hatch cover being one that has not only expedited the handling of large covers, but made the operation safer and the hatch tighter. He was also the first in this country to employ the lap-butts in the outside plating, the bilge-keel, the water-tight air port in the pilot-house, etc. He came to New York in 1889, where his field of operations was enlarged, acting as consulting engi- neer of the Newport News S. & D. D. Co., superintending engineer of the Southern Pacific Co., superintendent of the Crom- well S. S. Co., and superintending engi- neer of the Pacific Mail S. S. Co., as well as consulting engineer for different parties. There have been built or altered from his design and under his superin- tendence since his location in New York very nearly thirty vessels in the construc- tion of which he has introduced many improvements both in the hull and ma- chinery, improvements the use of which is not confined to this country but has also extended to others. His designs have not been of the sensational order or made to cater to a fashion, but simple and direct in order to obtain the best results. He has just completed designs for a steel barge and tug for the N. Y. State Canal Commission to ascertain whether two boats loaded to ten feet draft could be built to carry 1000 tons of wheat each and of such dimensions that two could be readily passed through the locks at one time. He has also been called upon by the Panama R. R. Co. to design ves- sels for this company. He is a member of the British Institute of Naval Archi- tects, American Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, North-East Coast Institute Engineers
and Shipbuilders, England; associate member American So- ciety of Naval Engineers, U. S. Naval Institute; past president American Socie- ty of Mechanical Engineers; Fellow Am- erican Association for the Advancement of Science; member American Geograph- ical Society, Chamber of Commerce of New York, New York Yacht Club, Cent- ury Association, Colonial Society of Penn-
sylvania, Sons of the Revolution, Pennsyl- vania Society of N. Y. City, of which he is one of the founders, etc., etc. He has been a member of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, holding the position of adjutant in the Twentieth Regiment during the July riots of 1877 and later that of captain of the First Regiment. Address, 1 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SEE, Milton :
Architect; born Rochester, N. Y .; as- sociated for many years with J. Cleve- land Cady and Louis DeC. Bergh, the firm being Cady, Bergh & See. Many notable buildings in N. Y. City and else- where have been designed and executed un- der their supervision, the following among the number: American Museum of Nat- ural History, south front and new lecture hall, costing about $3,000,000, new build- ings of the Presbyterian Hospital, costing about $1.000,000; extensive additions to the New York Hospital, costing over half a million dollars. The Gallatin Bank Building, Wall St .; the National Shoe and Leather Bank, N. Y. City; the Rogers Building, 6th Ave., 13th and 14th Sts .; Hudson Street Hospital; St. Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church; Park Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church; Grace Meth- odist Episcopal Church; American Bank Note Buildings in New York, Ottawa. Canada, and Philadelphia, Pa .; Chitten- den Hall, Hendrie Hall, White, Berkeley, Fayerweather and Pierson Dormitories. Lampson Hall, Winchester Hall and New Laboratory at Yale; Fiske Hall and the new gymnasium at Wesleyan University; Morgan Hall and gymnasium at Williams College; First Presbyterian Church, Ith- aca, N. Y .; Phoenix Mutual Life Insur- ance Building, Hartford, Conn. Member Society of the Sons of the Revolution, American Institute of Architects, Archi- tectural League, etc., etc. Address, 6 West 22d St., N. Y. City.
SEELYE, Elizabeth Eggleston:
Author; born St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 15, 1858; daughter of Edward Eggleston; came to Brooklyn when but twelve years of age and was there educated; married, 1877, Elwyn Seelye. Author: Brandt and Red Jacket; Tecumseh, Montezuma, Po- cahontas (with Edward Eggleston); The Story of Columbus; The Story of Wash- ington; Lake George in History; Saratoga and Lake Champlain in History. Ad- dress, Joshua's Rock, Lake George, N. Y .; (winter) Ithaca, N. Y.
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SEIBERT, Henry :
Trustee of the Nassau Trust Co .; direc- tor of the Albany & Hudson R. R. Co., Brooklyn Heights R. R. Co., Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban R. R. Co., Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., Brooklyn Union Elevated R. R. Co., Coney Island & Gravesend Ry. Co., Evansville & In- dianapolis R. R. Co., Evansville and Terre Haute R. R. Co., Lanyon Zinc Co., Man- hattan Brass Co., South Brooklyn Ry., Surinam Hydraulic Co., Toluca Electric Light & Power Co., and Railway Auto- matic Sales Co. Office, 45 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SEITZ, Don Carlos:
Business manager of The New York World; born Portage, O., Oct. 24, 1862; son of Rev. J. A. Seitz; married East Deering, Me., 1890, Mildred E. Blake. City editor, Brooklyn Eagle, 1889-91; man- aging editor Brooklyn World, 1893-94; on the N. Y. World since 1895. Member Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sphinx, Grolier, Ohio Society. Residence, 310 Stuyvesant Ave., Brooklyn; office, 61 Park Row, N. Y. City.
SELIGMAN, Albert Joseph:
Banker, merchant, stock raiser; born New York, Feb. 24, 1859; son of Jesse and Henrietta Seligman; educated New York public schools; was graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M. E., 1878; studied two years at Royal Berg- Academie Freiberg, Saxony, and one year at Royal School of Mines, Liege, Belgium; interested in mines in Montana. Member Montana territorial legislature, 1884-85. In 1899, became member of firm of Selig- man & Meyer, bankers and brokers. Member Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Institute of Mining Engineers, Criterion, Republican Clubs. Residence, 66 West 52d St .; office, 52 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SELIGMAN, Edwin Robert Anderson:
Educator, author; born New York, April 25, 1861; son of Joseph Seligman; educated Columbia Grammar School; was graduated from Columbia, 1879 ; LL. B., Ph. D., 1884; LL. D., 1904; special studies at University of Berlin, Heidelberg, Gene- va and Paris; married, 1888, Caroline Beer. Prize lecturer, 1885-1888; adjunct professor political economy, 1888-91; pro- fessor of political economy and finance 1891-1904, and since McVickar professor of political economy at Columbia Uni- versity. Editor Political Science Quar- terly; Columbia Serles in History, Eco-
nomics and Public Law. Author: Rail-
way Tariffs; Finance Statistics of
American Commonwealth, (American
Statistical Association, Boston); The
Shifting and Incidence of Taxation ;
Progressive Taxation in Theory and
Practice; Essays in Taxation; Owen
and the Christian
Socialists; Two
Chapters on Mediaval Guilds of Eng- land ; Economic Interpretation of His- tory. President American Economic As- sociation, 1902-1904. Member Metropolitan Museum of Art, Municipal Art Society, National Sculpture Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia Alumni Association, Na- tional Arts, Authors and City Clubs. Ad- dress, 324 W. 86th St., N. Y. City.
SELIGMAN, Henry:
Banker; born March 31, 1857, San Francisco, Cal. He is the son of the late Jesse Seligman, banker, a man promi- nent in public affairs. His mother was Herniett Hellman Seligman; was educat- ed at the New York University, from which institution he was graduated in 1875. Upon the completion of his studies, he went to San Francisco, where he en- tered the Anglo-California Bank, Limit- ed, starting in the humble capacity of errand boy, from which position he rose gradually to the office of assistant cashier. After remaining with the bank for five years he returned to N. Y. City and en- tered the firm of J. & W. Seligman & Co. He had meanwhile thoroughly familiar- ized himself with the banking business by his California experience and made rapid progress in the concern with which he had now become connected. Upon the death of his father, he assumed a very active interest in the firm of which he is still a member. He is interested as a director in many other prominent organizations, prominent among which are the William Cramp & Sons Ship & En- gine Building Co., the Buffalo Gas Co., the Welsbach Commercial Co., Helena & Livingston Smelting Co., Syracuse Gas Co. and the Syracuse Electric Light Co. He was married on March 11, 1899, to Addie Walter Seligman. Member Law- yers, Lotos, Knickerbocker, Athletic, Hol- lywood, Golf, Century, Country, Criterion, Suburban, Deal Golf and Midday Clubs. Address, 30 West 56th St., N. Y. City.
SELIGMAN, Isaac Newton:
Banker; born Staten Island, July 10, 1855; was educated in the Columbia Gram- mar School, and subsequently entered Columbia College, where he was graduat-
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ed with honors in 1876; was one of the | famous university crew that won the championship at Saratoga in the inter- collegiate races in 1874. In 1876 he en- tered the New Orleans branch, and in 1878 was called to New York, entering the banking firm of J. & W. Seligman & Co., becoming at once an active member of the firm. Upon the death of his father, the founder of the firm, he became a partner, and upon the death of his uncle, Jesse Seligman, in 1895, he became the recognized head of the banking firm, be- ing prominently identified . with many large negotiations; it was this firm that reorganized American Steel & Wire Co. (now U. S. Steel Co) and other compa- nies, the great Cramp Steamship Co., and they are the largest stockholders He was a member of the Republican Na- tional Finance Committee, and in 1897 was appointed by Governor Morton as trustee of the Manhattan State Hospital, in charge of eight thousand insane of the city, and was reappointed by Governor Roosevelt to the same position. He Is a director U. S. Savings Bank, trustee of Rossia Reinsurance Co., and director
of the Munich Fire Insurance Co., chairman of the St. Louis and San Francisco Reorganization Committee, di- rector of Western New York & Pennsyl- vania R. R., now acquired by Pennsyl- vania R. R .; member of committee Na- tional Conference of Charities and Cor- rections; trustee and treasurer of City & Suburban Homes Co. (model tenements) ; trustee of Columbia University Memorial Hall; director of N. Y. Forest Preserve Association; trustee and treasurer of St. John's Guild; director of Sound Money League; director-general of Grant Tomb Committee; member of committee on Mu- nicipal and State taxation of Chamber of Commerce; trustee of Mckinley Memorial Association; trustee of United Hebrew Charity; trustee People's Institute; trus- tee National Arts Club; member of ad- visory committee of Republican National Committee; trustee Co-operative Com- mittee on Play-grounds, and trustee He- brew Charities Building, founded by his father-in-law; trustee and treasurer of City Club and chairman of Finance Com- mittee and treasurer of the Citizens' Union, and trustee of Legal Aid Society, alumnus and director of Columbia Uni- versity. Trustee and member Finance Committee of National Civic Federation. Trustee of University of Wichita, Kan. Vice-president and treasurer of Andrew
Green Memorial Committee; chairman of Finance Committee National Child Labor Association. Member of Committee of Nine to reorganize Police Department. Chairman of Finance Committee. In 1883, he married Miss Guta Loeb, the daughter of Solomon Loeb, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., bankers, of N. Y. City; the marriage took place in Frankfort, Germany, and they have two children, Joseph L. Seligman, born in 1897, and Margaret V. Seligman, born in 1895. Member Lotos Club, Uni- versity, Athletic Club, Arts Club, Colum- bia University Club and Midday Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Lawyers Club, the St. Andrews Club, the Lake- wood Country Club, the Garden City Golf Club, Seabright Club and Republican Club. Address, 36 West 54th St., N. Y. City.
SELIGMAN, Jefferson:
Banker; born Nov. 26, 1858; son of James and Rosa Content Seligman ; edu- cated at Columbia Grammar School; was graduated from Columbia. 1878; member of firm of J. & W. Seligman & Co., bankers. Member Stock Exchange, N. Y. Botanical Gardens. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Columbia University Alumni Association, Automobile, Coney Island Jockey, Criter- lon, Lotos, Republican Clubs. Residence, 11 E. 69th St .; office, Mills Building, N. Y. City.
SELL, Edward Herman Miller:
Physician ; born Upper Saucon Town- ship, Pa., Aug. 16, 1832; son of Samuel and Mary Miller Sell; graduate of Penn- sylvania College, 1856, A. M., 1859; of Get- tysburg Theological Seminary; held pas- torates five years; graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1866, and of Vienna University (master of obstetrics) 1872. In 1871 he organized at this uni- versity the first, and at that time the only practical gynecological operative course in the world. One of the seven organizers American Academy of Medi- cine, 1876; delegate to International Med- ical Congresses of 1890 and 1894, to Brit- ish Medical Association, 1870, 1873, 1876; editor of Physician and Pharmacist, 1869- 80. Author: The Opium Habit. Member Huguenot Society, Fellow N. Y. Academy of Medicine, Medical Association of Greater N. Y., American Medical Asso- ciation, The N. Y. State Medical Asso- ciation. Address, 137 West 94th St., N. Y. City.
SELLEW, Walter Ashoel:
Free Methodist bishop since 1898; born Gowanda, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1844; son of
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Ashbel R. and Jane M. Tucker Sellew; | practice of law at Minneapolis, Minn., was graduated from Dartmouth College, 1866, A. M., 1869; married, 1873, Jennie R. Peters (died, 1895); 1897, Mrs. Re- becca E. Muse of Jamestown, N. Y. En- tered ministry Free Methodist Church, 1872; officer of many church organizations and institutions. Address, Jamestown, N. Y.
SELLSTEDT, Lars Gustaf:
Artist; born Sundsvall, Sweden, April 30, 1819; educated there and at Herno- sand, Sweden; on U. S. man-of-war, 1837- 40; located in Buffalo Co. in 1842, devot- ing himself to the study of art. One of the founders of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and its superintendent for twenty-five years. Academician National Academy of Design. Member Saturn and Liberal Clubs of Buffalo; married, 1856, Caroline, daughter of Dr. Wm. K. Scott, of Buffalo. Address, 78 Mohawk St., Buffalo, N. Y.
SEMNACHER, William M .:
Pianist, teacher, composer; born Wür- temburg, Germany. March 6, 1839. He began the study of music at the age of eleven; at the age of fourteen came to the U. S. and lived with an uncle at Troy, N. Y .: he became a pupil of E. Thor- becke, and in 1857 began teaching in Baltimore, and continuing his studies with Ernest Szemetenyi
and Charles Leuschow; afterward taught at the Luth- erville Seminary, 1858-60. He returned to Germany, and during 1860-63, he studied under many famous masters at Stuttgart; returning to the U. S., he taught for two years in Lexington, Ky .; was professor of music in the New York Conservatory of Music in 1866 and 1867; after taking a course from Dr. William Mason, Otto Singer and Chevalier de Kontski he gave a series of concerts. In 1874 he made another visit to Germany, remaining there until 1879. Since that time he has pur- sucd his musical work in New York, where he established and is now the head of the National Institute of Music. Among his compositions are: Spring Breezes Nocturne; Valse Elegante Bar- carolle; Caprice Elegante; Un Jour de Printemps; Song Without Words; Rondo Scherzo, (duet); Progress Rondo, etc. Address, 179 East 64th St., N. Y. City. SEMPLE, Oliver C .:
1886-91, and in N. Y. City since 1891. Citizens' Union district leader, Fifth Assembly District of New York County 1897 and 1901, and member City Commit- tee and Committee on Legislation ; Re- pub .. can and Citizens' Union candidate for Municipal Court judge, 1899 ; assistant corporation counsel. 1902-03. Member Bar Association, City Club, Republican Club. Amherst Association, Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Upsilon Fraternities. Address, 52 William St., N. Y. City.
SENNER, Joseph Henry :
Journalist; born Austria, Sept. 30, 1846; received early education at the gymnas- ium at Brunn and was graduated in law from the University of Vienna in 1867; practiced law in Brunn from 1867 to 1880; then came to the U. S. and engaged as correspondent of German and Austrian newspapers; was on the staff of the New York Staats Zeitung in 1881 and 1882; chief editor of the Milwaukee Herold in 1882-85; foreign editor of the Staats Zei- tung. 1885-93; United States Commission- er of immigration for the port of New York from 1893 to 1897. In 1897 bought and has since conducted the National Provisioner, a paper devoted to American meat and allied trades. In 1882 delivered a series of lectures in German on the History of Civilization. He was for five years president of the German Social Scientific Society; four years president of the National Organization of German- American Journalists; president of the Austrian Society; admitted to the New York Bar in 1890. Recently purchased and is now conducting, also. Cold Storage, a monthly trade paper. Residence, 348 West 123d St .; office, Produce Exchange, N. Y. City.
SERRELL, Edward Wellman:
Engineer; born Nov. 5, 1826; son of William and Anne Serrell ; was educated at home and at the school of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York, and at academic schools; studied chemistry at College of Physicians and Surgeons ; entered engi- neering profession with his father, and as- sisted in making the base line for the sur- veys of N. Y. City. Assistant engineer to the commissioners of the Erie R. R. On April 6, 1848, married Jane Pound, who died in 1896, and Sept. 6, 1900, married Marion Seaton Roorbach, who died No- vember, 1904. He was assistant to the Chief of Topographical Engineers, U. S.
Lawyer; horn at Bennington, Vt., July 29, 1861, of Scotch-Irish and New England parentage; was graduated from Amherst College, 1883. Teacher in Lowell, Mass., 1883-84; Columbia Law School, 1885-86; A., in locating Panama R. R. in 1848-
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49, and selected the northern terminal at Aspinwall, now Colon; had charge of the surveys for the Northern R. R. of New Hampshire, of the engineering work in changing the course of the Mer- rimac River, and many other prominent engineering projects. His plans for the Niagara River Bridge at Lewiston were adopted, and he superintended its con- struction; also superintended the con- struction of the bridge at St. John, N. B., and planned the bridge over the St. Lawrence at Quebec; projected the first railroads west of the Mississippi, and was identified with the construction of the Union Pacific. Among other prominent engineering enterprises with which he has been connected was the Hoosac Tun- nel, the largest work of the kind in the world when it was made. Served in the Civil War, at first in organizing volunteer engineers, and afterward as colonel of an Engineer regiment. Participated in the siege of Charleston, and was wounded before Fort Wagner; promoted succes- sively to chief engineer of the Tenth Army Corps, chief engineer Department of the South, and chief of staff of the Army of the James; invented and directed the construction of the Swamp Angel, which shelled the city of Charleston. Was brevetted brigadier-general. Made many important inventions, among them long wire, electric coast defences and electric test boxes, and is consulting en- gineer for several corporations. Address, West New Brighton, N. Y.
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