Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 173

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ment for civil service reform, which fin- ally resulted in the adoption of the Federal Civil Service Act, and in the N. Y. Act on this subject, now in force; he was for seventeen years chairman of the executive committee of the N. Y. Civil Service Reform Association, and was chairman of the City Civil Service Commission for seven years. He was in 1893 a member of the Committee of Sev- enty, and took active part in the cam- paign for the election of Mayor Strong; he was for two years president of the Reform Club of this city, and for two years president of the Church Club; in 1894 he was candidate of the Demo- cratic Party Reform Organization for governor of the State of New York. In 1891 he took an active part in found- ing, and has ever since been president of the East Side House, one of the Social Settlements in this city. He is a mem- ber of the Century, Reform, City, Down Town, Church, Alpha Delta Phi, City Col- lege and Barnard Clubs, the N. Y. Histor- ical Society and the Society of Colonial Wars. Author : Modern Law of Carriers, Harter Act; Knowledge of Faith, and Dan- iel Webster, Expounder of the Constitu- tion. He has been chairman of the committee on international law of the

American Bar Association

from 1895 to date, and is now one of its vice- presidents. He is a delegate-at-large of the Citizens' Union, and was one of its founders. Residence, 735 Park Ave .; of- fice, 21 State St., N. Y. City.

WHEELER, James Rignall:

Educator; born Burlington, Vt., Feb. 15, 1859; son of John and Mary Con- stance Rignall Wheeler; was graduated from University of Vermont, 1880; Har- vard, A. M., Ph. D., 1885; special courses at American school at Athens and at Berlin and Bonn Universities. Married, 1882, Jane Hunt Pease, Burlington, Vt. Lecturer Johns Hopkins University, 1886; instructor Greek and Latin, Har- vard, 1888-89; professor of Greek, Uni- versity of Vermont, 1889-95; professor Greek, Columbia, since 1895; was secre- tary American School of Athens, and associate editor of American Journal of Archaeology. Member of Harvard and Century Clubs. Residence, 433 W. 117th St., N. Y. City.

WHEELER, Jerome Byron:

Capitalist; born Troy, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1841; son of Daniel B. and Mary J. Wheeler. Received his education at the public schools of Waterford, N. Y.

an early age he entered a factory at Waterford, but at the breaking out of the Civil War, was enlisted in the Sixth N. Y. Cavalry, remaining with the regi- ment throughout the entire war, and leaving the service as brevet major. In 1870 he married Harriet Macy Valentine. He became a bookkeeper in Troy, and later a clerk and partner in the commis- sion house of Holt & Co. In 1879 he be- came associated with Charles B. Web- ster in the purchase of the entire busi- ness of R. H. Macy & Co., with which house he had for several years previous been connected. In 1882 he became largely interested in mining, smelting, banking and real estate interests in the West, and organized at Aspen, Colo., the Aspen Smelting Co., and also the J. B. Wheeler Banking Co., at Manitou, Colo .; presi- dent The Croesus Gold Mining and Mill- ing Co., owning mines in Sierra Co., Cal. Mr. Wheeler is a member of the Union League, Goethe, Manhattan, Law- yers and Commonwealth Clubs, and of the New England Society. Address, Broad Exchange Building, N. Y. City.

WHEELER, William Egbert:

Capitalist; born Portville, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1843; was graduated from Yale, 1866. Engaged in the business of tanning leather and manufacturing lumber in Pennsylvania and N. Y. Member of the N. Y. State Legislature in years 1892, 1893, and 1900; vice-president of the First National Bank of Olean, N. Y., president of the Acme Milling Co., Olean, N. Y .; vice-president Olean Street Ry. ; president of the Chicago Lumbering Co., of Michigan ; mills and main office at Man- istique, Mich .; president Manistique Lum- ber Co., owning pine timber lands in Cal- ifornia. Address, Portville, N. Y.

WHEELER, William Morton:

Zoologist; born Milwaukee, Wis., March 19, 1865; was graduated from German- American College, 1884; became curator at Milwaukee Public Museum, 1887, three years later becoming Fellow and assist- ant in morphology at Clark University, Worcester, Mass., from which he re- ceived the degree of Ph. D., in 1892. In that year he left Clark University to be- come instructor in embryology at

the University of Chicago, and in 1897 as- sistant professor. In 1899 he was called to the chair of zoology at University of Texas, where he remained till 1903. being in that year given charge of the department of of invertebrate zoölogy at At the American Museum of Natural His-

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tory at N. Y. Member American Mor- phological Society and Society of Ameri- can Naturalists; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- ence. He is a writer on zoological sub- jects. Residence. Lawrence Park, Bronx- ville. N. Y .. Address, American Muse- um of Natural History, N. Y. City.

WHEELOCK, Edwin Dwight:

Investment securities ; born Bedford, ( .. Feb. 15, 1853; son of Bloomfield J. and Adeline C. Wheelock; was educated in common and high school of Bedford, and attended for a time the Hanover College of Indiana. Married, March 15, 1876, Harriet C. Sheldon. He began his business life in a chair factory, and was successively a manufacturer, country merchant, auditor, real estate dealer, and is now a dealer in industrial securi-

ties. He is a Christian Socialist, and

an occasional' writer on sociological themes. He organized in Chicago in 1893 and is now president of the Chris- tian Socialist League of America, for- merly the National Christian Citizenship League. Address, 10 Wall St., N. Y. City. WHEELOCK, William Almy:

Banker; born Providence, R. 1., March 23, 1825; son of Joseph and Amelia Ames Wheelock; was educated at the New York University, and in 1850 was mar- ried, in Buffalo, to Harriet Efner. He is a director of the Central National Bank, the American Surety Co., the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the Gold and Stock Telegraph Co., and is prominently connected with other finan- cial institutions. Retired from active service in 1864. Member American Fine Arts Society, the New England Society, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and of the American Museum of Natural His- tory; also a member of the Union League and of the Lawyers Clubs. President of the Council of N. Y. University; presi- dent of the Central National Bank for fifteen years (resigned in 1887). Elder in Presbyterian Church

for forty years. Summer residence, East Hampton, L. I .; winter residence, Washington Heights, N. Y. City.

WHICHER, George Meason:

Teacher; born Muscatine, Iowa, July 29, 1860; son of Stephen Emerson and Anna Meason Whicher (Whittier) ; was educated at public schools and Iowa College, Grinnell, Ia .; A. B., 1882; A. M., 1885; student at Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, 1884-85; teacher of mathematics and German, Muscatine High School, 1882-

83; professor of Greek and German,

Hastings College, Neb., 1883-88 ; princi- pal of preparatory department, Iowa Col- lege, 1888-89; classical master Lawrence- ville School, N. J., 1889-92; professor of Latin and Greek. Packer Institute,

Brooklyn, 1892-99; Normal College, N. Y. City, 1899. Editor of Latin texts for be- ginners and author of minor poems and essays in current magazines. Address, 68 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y.

WHIGHAM, Henry James:

Journalist; born Drumley, Tarbotton, Scotland, Dec. 24, 1869; son of D. D. Whigham, Dunearn, Prestwick, Scot- land; was graduated from Queen's Col- lege, Oxford, England, 1888-93, B. A. Was amateur golf champion for U. S., 1896-97; war correspondent, Chicago Tri- bune during Spanish-American war; war correspondent for the London Morn- ing Post and the London Daily Mail in South Africa, during Boer War; war correspondent London Morning Post and Scribner's Magazine during Chinese Boxer uprising. Author: How to Play Golf; The Persian Problem. Address, care Scribner's Magazine, N. Y. City.

WHINERY, Samuel:

Civil engineer; born near Salem, O., Nov. 20, 1845, of Quaker parentage. Moved to Jennings County, Indiana, in 1853, and grew up on his father's farm; was educated in the common schools. followed by two terms in Indiana Uni- versity; taught school three years be- gonning at age of eighteen. Obtained employment in 1868 in engineering corps locating Indianapolis and Vincennes road, and becoming interested in the work, adopted civil engineering as a vo- cation; promoted to resident engineer in charge of constructing thirteen miles of the road. In 1869 was appointed resident engineer on the Indianapolis & St. Louis road at Terre Haute, Ind., in charge of construction, and later built the railroad shops at Mattoon, Ill., and other build- ings on the road. First assistant engin- eer for two years on the location and construction of the Cincinnati, Rock- port & Southwestern R. R. in southern Indiana; 1873 to 1878, connected with the location and construction of the Cin- cinnati Southern R. R., first as topog- rapher on surveys, then as resident en- gineer on construction, and later as di- vision engineer in charge of the Chat- tanooga division; 1878 to 1880, U. S. as- sistant engineer in charge of improving upper division of Mussel Shoals, Tenes-

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see River. From 1880 to 1884 had charge | Paymaster General's Office, Washington, of locating and constructing northern di- D. C. vision New Orleans & Northeastern R. WHIPPLE, Charles William: R., acting also as superintendent dur- ing first year of operation; then engaged in private engineering practice until 1887; among other things, completed the first incline railroad up Lookout Moun- tain, at Chattanooga, Tenn .; the road rises 1,200 feet in about three-quarters of a mile. From 1887 to 1901, connected with the Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving Co., one year as assistant manager, twelve years as vice-president and gen- eral manager and six months as presi- dent, until the company was merged into the Asphalt Trust; during that time engaged also in engineering practice as consulting engineer. Member of engineer commission to report on new water works for Cincinnati, O .; president wa- ter commission and manager of the water works of Wyoming, a suburb of Cincinnati. Since March, 1901, engaged in practice as consulting engineer in N. Y. City; member board of expert en- gineers on Manhattan terminal of Brook- lyn Bridge, reporting in October, 1901; chairman of committee on engineering and sanitation, Merchants' Association of N. Y., on transportation problems of city, report published Aug., 1903; re- ported to Commissioner of Docks on extension of pierhead line, North River, Manhattan, Oct., 1903 ; consulting engineer for street pavements, Borough of Man- hattan, City of N. Y. Member, director for four years, and vice-president for two years of the American Society of Civil Enginerrs; member American So- ciety of Mechanical Engineers, Ameri- can Institute of Mining Engineers, and Engineers Club, of N. Y. Author: Munici- pal Public Works (Macmillan, 1903), and of numerous papers and discussions in Transactions of Societies and in the Technical Press. Lectured before engineering department, University of Cincinnatti, University of Illinois and Cornell University. Married, 1875, Eliza- beth Crawford, of Somerset, Ky. Resi- dence, Fast Orange, N. J .; office, 97 Liberty St., N. Y. City.

WHIPPLE, Charles Henry :

Colonel, U. S. Army; born Adams, N. Y., June 12, 1849; appointed from Min- nesota, Major, P. M., Feb. 18, 1881; lieu- tenant-colonel, deputy paymaster-general, May 3, 1901; colonel and assistant pay- master-general, January 25, 1904. Served in Spanish-American War. Address,

Major, U. S. Army; born Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 28, 1846; son of Major Gen- eral A. W. Whipple and Eleanor Sher- burne Whipple. Appointed to West Point by President Lincoln, July 1, 1864 ; was graduated June 15, 1868; assigned to Battery D, Third Artillery, stationed at Newport, R. I .; was transferred in Feb. 1869, with headquarters and Batteries B and D by steamer to Key West, Fla .; joined Light Battery C at Light Artil- lery School, Fort Riley, Kan., Sept. 1, 1870; transferred with battery to Charles- ton, S. C., April, 1871; reported at West Point, Aug., 28, 1871, as instructor in drawing. Relieved at West Point the following year upon his own application; joined Battery F of his regiment at Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Sept. 1, 1872; transferred in February with battery to Oswego, N. Y., and to the Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va., as student officer May 1, 1873 ; was graduated May 1, 1874, and reported for duty at Fort Hamilton, N. Y. Harbor, From July, 1874, to Dec., 1875, on duty with the Wheeler Survey in charge of parties working through southwestern Colorado, northern New Mexico and Southern California. Transferred to ordnance de- partment as a first lieutenant, July 19, 1875, and in December assigned to duty at the Government Building, Centennial Exposition; Feb., 1877, inspector at the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring, N. Y. From 1883 to 1887 in charge of the U. S. Proving Ground, Sandy Hook, N. J .; captain, May 9, 1885; ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., April, 1887, as chief ordnance officer, Department the

Missouri; Nov. 6, 1890, member of board of officers in connection the World's Columbian Exposition; July 19, with 1892, on duty in office of the chief of ordnance, Washington, D. C .; Sept. 3, 1895, assigned to duty at Springfield Armory, Mass .; May 30, 1898, ordered as chief ordnance officer of the expedition to the Philippine Islands; June 22, 1898, appointed inspector general of volunteers, with rank of lieutenant colonel. Mem- ber Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and of the Sons of the Revolution. Re- tired on account of disability, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, 181 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.

WHIPPLE, George Chandler:

Consulting engineer, sanitary, expert,

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writer, educator ; born New Boston, N. H., Leaves Mar. 2, 1866 ; son of Joseph K. and Sarah A. Whipple! educated at Chelsea, Mass .; was graduated, civil engineering course, from Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, 1889; married, Chelsea, Mass., 1893, Mary E. Rayner; consulting profes- sor of water analysis, Brooklyn Poly- technic Institute Author: Microscopy of Drinking Water, and various articles to technical periodicals. Member Society of Chemical Industry, American Chemical Society, Fellow of the Royal Microscopi- cal Society, American Microscopical So- ciety, associate member American Society Civil Engineers, American Public Health Association, and Engineers (Brooklyn) Club. Residence, 16 Kenmore Place, Brooklyn, N. Y .; office, 220 Broadway, N. Y. City.

WHIPPLE, James S .:

Clerk of the State Senate; born Oct. 1, 1852, Steamburg, N. Y .; educated in common and union schools. Justice of the Peace; Coroner; Supervisor and Chairman of Board of Supervisors of Cattaraugus Co. Member of Assembly, 1888-91. Clerk of the State Senate since 1898. Republican. Address, Salamanca, N. Y.

WHISTLER, Garland N .:

Major, U. S. Army; born New York; appointed from New York. Second lieu- tenant, Fifth Artilley, Oct. 9, 1867; first lieutenant, Oct. 7, 1874; captain, First Artillery, March 8, 1898; transferred to Fifth Artillery, May 7, 1898; served in Spanish-American War; major. Artil- lery Corps, Aug. 22, 1901. Married Ellen Wharton Everitt of Wilmington, N. C .; member Army and Navy and Manhat- tan, also Loyal Legion, War 1812, and N. M. Order of Spanish-American War. Address, Fort Wadsworth, N. Y.

WHITAKER, Epher:

Presbyterian clergyman; born Fair- field, N. J., March 27, 1820; son of Reuel and Sarah Westcott Whitaker; was graduated from Delaware College, 1847, A. M., 1850; D. D., 1877; Yale Universi- ty, A. M., 1867; married, 1852, Hannah Maria Force of Hanover, N. J .; 1851 pastor First Church, Southold, Long Isl- and, N. Y., now pastor emeritus; mem- ber General Assembly Presbyterian Church several years; stated clerk, Long Island Presbytery, 1856-1903. Author: The War of Death; New Fruits from an Old Field; History of Southold, 1640-1740; Old Town Records; Ready for

of All Seasons-Hymns and

Other Verses. Address, Southold, N. Y. WHITAKER, William Force:

Clergyman; born Southold, N. Y., May 6, 1853; son of Rev. Epher and Hannah M. Force Whitaker; was graduated from University of Pennsylvania, 1873; A. M., 1876; Union College, D. D., 1899; was graduated from Union Theological Sem- inary, 1876. Ordained by Presbytery of Long Island, 1876; pastor Bridge Hamp- ton, N. Y., 1876-77, Orange, N. J., 1877- 94; 1st Presbyterian Church, Albany, N. Y., since 1894. Was for years stated clerk Presbytery of Morris and Orange and permanent clerk Synod of N. J .; vice-moderator of Synod of New York, 1897; director Union Theological Semin- ary, since 1894, commissioner Auburn The- ological Seminary, since 1901. Traveled

in Europe extensively. Unmarried. Au- thor: Swiss Travel; Southold's Centu- ries ; also historical and other addresses. Member Sons of the Revolution, Histor- ical Society (Suffolk, N. Y.) and Pres- byterian Union. Address, 363 State St., Albany, N. Y.

WHITBECK, John F. W., M.D .:

Was graduated from University of Rochester, 1867; student of medicine at University of Berlin, Vinna, Heidelberg, Breslau, and London, 1870-73; physician, Rochester, N. Y., since 1873; health com- missioner, Rochester, N. Y., member State board of health, 1893. Member

American Medical Association, New York State Medical Society, American Association of Obstetricians and Gyn- ecologists, Central New York Medical Society, Monroe County Medical Society; surgical staff, Rochester City Hospital. Address, 322 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y. WHITE, Andrew Curtis:

Librarian; born Nov. 25, 1854, Kirk- land, N. Y .; prepared at Utica Free Academy and was graduated from Ham- ilton College, A. B., 1881, and Cornell University, Ph. D., 1885; married, June 25, 1890, Minnie Langworthy of Utica, N. Y .; instructor in Latin, 1885-86, and in Latin, Greek and Ancient History in Cornell University, 1886-89; assistant librarian in same since 1889; member American Library Association; author: Roderick White and His Descendants. Address, Ithaca, N. Y.

WHITE, Andrew D .:

First president of Cornell University; born Homer, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1832; edu- cated at Hobart College and Yale Uni- Duty; | versity, graduating from the latter in

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1853. Traveled in Europe and studied at Universities of Berlin and Paris, 1853- 56; returned to America in 1857 and be- came professor of English literature and history at University of Michigan; re- signed from the university in 1862; elect- ed to the Senate of the State of New York in 1863; president of Cornell, 1867- 85. One of the Presidential electors of the State of N. Y. in 1872 ; delegate to Nat'l Republican Convention, 1872, and in 1884 ; chairman of a jury of public instruction at Philadelphia Centennial, 1876 : honorary commissioner to the Paris Exposition, 1878; United States Minister to Germany, 1879; American Minister to Russia, 1892- 94; member of Venezuelan Comission, 1896-97; ambassador to Germany. 1897- 1902 ; appointed member of Peace Commis- sion at the Hague. Feb. 6. 1890. Is a regent of the Smithsonian Institution and officer of the Legion of Honor of the French Republic. Address, Ithaca, N. Y.

WHITE, Arthur H .:

Deputv consul general; born Hudson. N. Y .. Jan. 2. 1873. Since leaving school he has been a bookkeeper and account- ant; appointed denutv consul general at Shanghai. China. 1897. Address, Shang- hai. China.

WHITE, Erskine Norman:

Corresponding secretary of the Presby- terian Board of the Church Erection Fund; born New York, Mav 31. 1833, son of Norman and Mary A. White. He was graduated from Yale in 1854. receiving the degree of A. M. in 1857. and the degree of S. T. D. from the University of the City of N. Y. in 1874. He was married to Eliza T. Nelson in 1859. He was ordained a minister in 1859, and his pastorates were Richmond, N. Y., 1859- 62; New Rochelle. 1862-68; Buffalo. 1868- 74; New York. 1874-86, since which time he has been the corresponding secretary of the Board of Church Erection. He was chaplain of the 22d New York Vol- unteers for a time during the Civil War. Author: The Personal Influence of Abraham Lincoln, (1865); History of the West Twenty-third Presbyterian Church, (1876); Why

Infants Are Baptised, (1900), and is the author of many maga- zine articles and reviews. Residence, 635 Park Ave .; office, 156 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

WHITE, Henry:

Social economist and lecturer; born Baltimore, Md., May 21, 1866; educated in the public schools of New York, and

studied law; learned the business of clothing cutter, and in 1893 became the business agent of the Clothing Cutters' Union of New York; assisted in the organ- ization of the United Garment Workers of America, and was elected general auditor, serving until 1896, when he was elected general secretary. Editor: The Garment Worker, afterword merged into the Weekly Bulletin of Clothing Trades, of which he is the present editor. He is a member of the National Civic Federa- tion, and trustee of the People's Insti- tute. He represented the State of New York at the Chicago Trust Conference in 1899, having been appointed by Gov- ernor Roosevelt. Served on executive committee of the Citizens Union, and is a member Society of Ethical Culture, and Social Reform Club. Is a lecturer and a contributor to magazines on social and economical topics. Address, Bible House, N. Y. City.

WHITE, Horace:

Republican State Senator from the Thirty-sixth Senate District, Onondaga County; born October 7, 1865, Buffalo; is the son of Horace K. White, of Syra- cuse, and a nephew of Andrew D. White, ex-president of Cornell University, ex- ambassador to Russia and ambassador to Germany. He went to Syracuse with his parents in 1869, and has resided there ever since; there he attended the public schools and the high school, and thence entered Cornell University, grad- uating with honors in 1887. After study- ing law two years in ex-Senator His- cock's office, he took the law course at Columbia Law School; was admitted to the Bar in May, 1890, and then studied for another year in Mr. Hiscock's office; then formed a partnership with Harry F. King, on whose death in Feb., 1893, he formed a partnership with Jerome L. Cheney, which still contiues. Mr. White was elected Senator in 1895; re-elected in 1898, 1900, 1902 and 1904. In 1903 he was appointed a member of the follow- ing Senate committees: Chairman of the committees on Cities, member of Canals, Public Education and Indian Affairs. Address, Syracuse, N. Y.

WHITE, Horace, M. A., LL.D .:

Editor ; son of Horace White, M. D., and Elizabeth McClary Moore White; born at Colebrook, N. H., Aug. 10, 1834. In 1837 the family removed to that part of Wisconsin territory where the city of Be- loit now stands-at that time unoccupied. Horace entered Beloit College in 1849, and

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was graduated in 1853 ; in 1854 he went to | literature of that period. In 1895 he wrote Chicago and secured a position on the staff a book entitled Money and Banking Illus- trated by American History, with the special object of supplying information and argument for the Presidential campaign of 1896. This work was immediately adopt- ed as a text-book in many colleges and universities and was in large demand by political committees and public speakers. A second and revised edition was pub- lished in 1902 and later ones in 1903 and 1904. Mr. White is a member of the Cen- tury, University, City, Barnard and Greek Clubs. In 1899 he published a translation of the Roman History of Appian of Alex- andria in two volumes, upon which he had bestowed the labor of some years in the intervals of his editorial work. He has also edited the Sophismes Economiques of Frederic Bastiat and the Scienza delle Finance of Luigi Cossa. Mr. White has been twice married; first, in 1859, to Martha Hale Root, daughter of Rev. David Root, of New Haven, Conn. (died in 1873) ; second, in 1875 to Amelia J. MacDougall, daughter of James A. MacDougall, of Joliet, Ill. (died in 1885). Three daught- ers by the second marriage live with Mr. White at his residence, 18 West 69th St., N. Y. City. of the Evening Journal of that city; in 1855 was appointed agent of the New York Associated Press in Chicago. In 1856 the Kansas war broke out and Mr. White was appointed assistant secretary of the Na- tional Kansas Committee, whose head- quarters were in Chicago. In 1857 he de- cided to settle in Kansas, and went thither and filed a claim for 160 acres of land, which, however, he did not perfect, since, upon his return to Chicago to close up his business affairs, he received an advantage- ous offer of a position as editorial writer on the Chicago Tribune, the chief editor of which was Dr. Charles H. Ray. In 1858, while holding this position, he was designated as staff correspondent to ac- company Abraham Lincoln in his political campaign against Stephen A. Douglas for the office of Senator of the United States. The notable features of this campaign were given to the public chiefly through his letters to the Chicago Tribune, and were subsequently written out by him, at the instance of William H. Herndon, and published in the latter's Life of Lincoln. In 1861 Mr. White was sent to Washington as correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, and while there he filled successively the WHITE, J. Blake, M.D .: . places of clerk of the Senate committee on Born Charleston, S. C., Oct. 9, 1850 ; A. B., Harvard, 1873; M. D., College Phy- sicians and Surgeons, 1874; visiting phy- sician, City Hospital; consulting physi- cian, House of Refuge; lecturer, Post Graduate Medical College. Member of County Medical, Manhattan Medical, and Surgical Societies, Delta Kappa Epsilon Society. Address, 1013 Madison Ave., N. Y. City. Military Affairs and clerk in the War De- partment. In the latter capacity he was assigned to the special service of P. H. Watson, assistant and later of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. In 1865 he became part owner and chief editor of the Chicago Tribune, which place he filled until Sept., 1874, when he resigned and was suc- ceeded by Mr. Joseph Medill ; he spent the year 1875 in Europe. In 1877 he removed WHITE, James Gilbert: to New York and became associated with Henry Villard in the latter's railroad en- terprises, especially that of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, of which he was the treasurer for the next few vears. In 1881 he joined with Mr. Villard in the purchase of the New York Evening Post, of which he became the president and one of the editors, in conjunction with Carl Schurz and Edwin L. Godkin. Mr. Schurz retired in 1884, Mr. Godkin in 1899, and Mr. White in 1903. Mr. White is best known by his contributions to the various campaigns for Sound Money that have been fought in the political arena since the close of the Civil War. In addition to his editorial work he has been a frequent con- tributor to the magazines and pamphlet

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 173

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

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