Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 19

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Mineralogist and explorer; born N. Y. City. 1826; was graduated from Yale, 1852 S. Ph. B .; honorary A. M., Dart- mouth, in 1853 geologist and mineralogist for U. S. Pacific Ry. explorations and surveys; 1856-60, editor Mining Magazine and Journal Geology; 1860, exploration of Comstock lode; appointed mining cngi- neer Japanese Government; 1863, explor- ations in China and Alaska; 1864, pro- fessor of geology and mining, College of California; organized school of Agricul- ture and Mechanic Arts for College of California; from 1896 to 1904, professor of geology and mining, University of Arizo- na; director of Arizona School of Mines and Geologist of the territory; connected officially with the great international ex- positions, 1853 to 1904. Author of works and contributions to journals on geology, mining and metallurgy; inventor of roast- ing furnace; member of various scientific societies; president Cosmos Club (sci- ence), Tucson. Residence, in summer, Mill Rock, New Haven, Conn.

BLAKER, Ernest:

Educator; was graduated from Univer- sity of Kansas, B. S., 1893, and Cornell University, Ph. D., 1901; married; mem- ber of Beta Theta Pi and Sigma XI Fra- terniues; assistant Professor of Physics in Cornell University. Address, 324 Heustis St., Ithaca, N. Y.

BLAKESLEE, Francis Durbin:

Clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Central New York Conference, and president of Cazenovia Seminary; born Vestal, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1846; he pre- pared for college at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., and was graduated in the first class from Syracuse University in 1872; he received the degree of A. M. from that institution in 1875 and the de- gree of S. T. D. from Wesleyan Univer- sity, Connecticut, in 1889; Sept. 9, 1869, married Augusta M. Hubbard, daughter of the Hon. S. Hubbard, of Geneseo, N.

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Y .; he began teaching in the public schools war; he entered himself for a course in of Pennsylvania In 1863; was quartermas- ter's clerk of the Fiftieth New York En- gineers, Rapahannock Station. Va., dur- ing the winter of 1863-64. and clerk in the office of quartermaster general. Washington, D. C., from Feb., 1964, to July, 1865; he was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Canisteo. N. Y .. from Jan. to Aug., 1969: was principal of the Union School at Whitney's Point. N. Y., In 1869-70; was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at East Groveland. N. Y .. from Ang., 1871 to Aug., 1873; was the principal of the East Greenwich Academy, Rhode Island, from 1873 to 1884, when he resigned and spent nearly a year in European travel; in the spring of 1886 he was appointed pastor of the Thames St. Methodist Episcopal Church of Newport. R. I., where after one year of pastoral service he was ro- called to the principalship of the East Greenwich Academy. which position he held from 1887 to 1899. when he was elect- ed president of the lowa Wesleyan Uni- versity at Mount l'leasant, Ia., where after one year's service he was called in 1900 to his present position at Cazenovia. N. Y. Member of the D. K. E. and Phl Beta Kappa Fraternities and was n dole- gate to the General Conference of his de- nomination in 1892. He made a second trip to Europe in 1889. Address, Cazeno- via, N. Y.

BLANCHARD, James Armstrong:

Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N. Y .; born village of Henderson, N. Y., Aug. 6. 1845; he was the youngest of the six children of Philip and Cathar- ine Drummond Blanchard, the former of whose ancestors were English, with a strain of French Huguenot-a people who have contributed much to maintain- ing a high standard of intellectual cul- ture in this country; when nine years of age, young Blanchard's parents re- moved to Fond du Lac County, Wis .. where they settled on a farm; but the father died when James was but fifteen years old, and the lad was thrown en- tirely upon his own resources; for sev- eral years following the death of his father, he worked on his mother's farm, and spent his spare hours in studying, and during the winter attending the dis- trict school; but when the Civil War was in progress, enlisted in the army and served in Company I, of the Second Wis- consin Regiment, until the close of the

Ripon College, soon after leaving the mill- tary service, completed his preparation for college and diligently pursued the classical course in that Institution, gradu- ating In 1871; he then removed to N. Y. City and matriculated at Columbia Law School, was graduated in 1873 and the same year was admitted to practice In the courts of the State; was appointed In Jan., 1899, by Gov. Roosevelt, a judge of the Court of General Sessions and served one year, was the candidate of the Re- publican party for the office in the fall of that year, but was defeated, in Sep- tember. 1900, he was appointed by Gov- ernor Roosevelt, a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and in November. 1201, was elected to that of- fler. the term expiring, 1915; Is a member of the Bar Association, of Lafayette Post, Grand Army of the Republic; Kane Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; the Union League Club of N. Y. City, and the Re- publican Club, of the latter of which he has been honored with the presidency: and he was elected for five successive years to represent the State of N. Y. on the executive committee of the Republ !- can National League; In the councils of local city and State politics he has taken a prominent position; he was a member of the Committee of Thirty that organized the Republican party in N. Y. County some years since, and was a member of the Committee of Seventy that organized and accomplished the defeat of Tammany Hall in 1894; he Is universally recognized as one of the most sterling and stalwart members of the party organization, which owes not a little of its success in past campaigns In State and Nation to his counsel and guidance. Residence, 17 East 80th St .; office, Court House, N. Y. City.

BLANCHARD, Rev. Joseph N., D. D .:

Clergyman; born Albany, N. Y .; was graduated from Amherst College, 1871; from Berkeley Divinity School, Middle- town, Conn., 1874; M. A., Amherst, 1874; D. D., Amherst, 1895; rector St. James', Fordham. N. Y. City, 1875 to 1885; St. John's, Detroit, Mich., 1885 -- 90; St. James', Philadelphia, 1890-1900; deputy to General Convention Episcopal Church, 1886, 1889. 1892, 1895; delegate to Missionary Coun- cil since 1895 for Pennsylvania; mem- ber Standing Committee, Diocese of Mich- igan. 1885 to 1890; president Detroit Con- vocation, 1889-90; president Northwest Convocation, Philadelphia, 1889 to 1901

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member Alpha Delta Phi Club, New Pastel Societies; has lectured on art at

York Loyal Legion. Address, 328 West

57th St .. N. Y. City.

BLANCHET, John Baptiste:

Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church; author and hymn-writer; son of Alexis and Leocade Oulette Blanchet; born in Ste. Anne, Illinois, June 23, 1856; was educated at the Kankakee (Ill.) High School; was graduated from Ho- bart College with honors in 1882; attended lectures at Harvard University and the Episcopal Theological School at Cam- bridge, 1883; was graduated from the General Theological Seminary, New York, 1885; ordained deacon in the Church of the Transfiguration, N. Y. City by Bishop Seymour, May 29, 1885; degree of A. M., Hobart College, June, 1885; appointed cur- ate at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Chicago, 1885; ordained priest in All Saints' Cathedral, Albany, N. Y., by

Bishop Doane, Nov. 18, 1885; and has since served continuously at the church's altar; in 1897 St. John's College (Md.) conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity for advanced and independent research in Christian evidences, church history, canon law and sociology; he is a member of the Academy of Social and Political Science, of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, of the Masonic, and Odd Fel- low's Orders, and takes deep interest in all civic, economic and social questions of the day. Author of For His Sake, dedi- cated to the Y. M. C. A., The Crucifix- ion, Good Friday Three-hour Service, Life and Poems of William Cullen Bryant, The Sacred Wreath, French Drills, ad- dresses, lectures, hymns and poems, etc .; Dr. Blanchet belongs to an old distin- guished French family which has given abbots, bishops and archbishops to the Church, besides authors, playwrights, generals and senators; married Miss Lu- cretia, daughter of Robert R. Cross, Esq., of Geneva, N. Y., June 2, 1884, whom he survives, with one son, John Leon. Ad- dress, 175 West 102d St., N. Y. City. BLASHFIELD, Edwin Howland:

Painter; born N. Y. City, Dec. 15, 1848; educated Boston Latin School and Harvard; 1867 sent abroad to study art, and worked ten years under Leon Bon- nat at Paris; made visits to Italy, Switz- erland, Germany and Belgium; returned to United States 1881-82; artistic decorator of inside of buildings and houses; mem- ber and president of Society of American Artists, Association of the National Acad- emy, 1888; member of Water Color and

Columbia, Harvard and Yale; works, A Poet (Paris Salon, 1876), Toreador and Monseigneur (1877), The Augur (1878) A Roman Emperor (1879). A Fencing Lesson, Roman Ladies (1880). The Be- sieged; exhibited at Royal Academies of London and Edinburgh, Liverpool, Man- chester, Bristol and Glasgow. Author (with wife) of Italian Cities; co-editor (with wife and A. A. Hopkins) Vasari's Lives of the Painters. Address, Carne- gie Building, N. Y. City.

BLAUSS, John Lincoln:

Editor of The American Banker; born N. Y. City. February 16, 1865; educated in public schools of Wallace College, Berea, O .; married Katherus Regina Hirn, of Brooklyn, July 3, 1890; author: "A Brief Review of the Silver Question," and con- tributor to newspapers; banking topics; is and independent Democrat. Address, 399 Mott Ave. (Bronx), N. Y. City.

BLAUVELT, Lillian Evans:

Prima donna soprano; born Brooklyn, March 16, 1873; daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Blauvelt; educated public schools and National Conservatory of Music, N. Y. City, under M. Jacques Bouhy in New York and Paris; sang in concerts in all large cities of Con- tinental Europe and United States, and at Court of Italy and England; sang at Handel Festival, Crystal Palace, Lon- don June, 1900; received decoration of order of St. Cecilia at Rome, April 7, 1901 (only woman ever so honored) ; married, first, Royal Smith; second, William F. Pendleton, of N. Y. City. Address, 21 Hamilton Terrace, N. Y. City.

BLEECKER, John Van Benthuysen:

Captain United States Navy; born N. Y. City; entered Naval Academy Oct. 9, 1863; graduated 1867; Minnesota, special cruise, 1867-68; promoted to ensign 1868; Congress, North Atlantic Fleet, 1869-72; promoted to Master 1870; commissioned as lieutenant, 1871; torpedo service, 1873; Colorado, North Atlantic Station, 1873-74; Frolic, South Atlantic Station, 1875-77; Navy Yard, Washington, 1877-78; Naval Academy, 1878-81; training-ship Minne- sota, 1881; training-ship, New Hampshire, 1881-82; Kearsarge, North Atlantic Sta- tion, 1882-83; training-ship Minnesota, 1883-84; Hartford, Pacific Station, 1884- 87; Inspector of Steel, new cruisers, 1878- 88; receiving-ship New Hampshire, 1888- 89; Torpedo Station, 1889-90; Essex, South Atlantic Station, April, 1890, to August, 1893; promoted lieutenant commander,

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June 30, 1891; Navy Yard, Boston, Aug., 1893-94; ordered to Naval War College, June, 1894-96; ordered to the San Francis- co, June, 1896-97; commissioned as Com- mander, Dec. 1897; commanding U. S. S. Bancroft, Jan., 1898, to April, 1898; duty with Isla de Luzon, Nov. 27, 1899; com- manding Marietta, Jan. 31, 1900, to Oct. 1901; commissioned captain, June 3, 1902; captain of yard, also inspector of ord- nance, Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash. BLEISTEIN, George:

Head of the Courier Printing Co., 1903; chosen chairman Erie County Home Rule Democracy; as editor and proprietor of the Morning Courier for some years he was also the president of the New York State Press Association for two terms. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.

BLENNER, Carle Joan:

Artist; born Richmond, Va., Feb. 1, 1864; educated Marburg, Germany, was graduated from Yale Art School; Julian's Academy, Paris; exhibited Paris Salon, 1887-88-89-91; World's Columbian Exposi- tion, 1893; medal at Boston, 1891; Hall- garten Prize, 1899, National Academy of Design; member Players, Salmagundi, Yale Alumni clubs. Address, 58 West 57th St. N. Y. City.

BLEYTHING, George Dacre, M. D .:

Born Morris County, N. J., Oct. 17, 1842; educated private tutor and Acad- emy, Trenton, N. J., and Columbia Col- lege; served as interne at St. Luke's Hos- pital, N. Y. City, for some time; mem- ber Pathological Society, County Medical Society, Lenox Medical Society, Alumni St. Luke's Hospital and Physician's Mutual Aid Society. Address, 616 Madi- son ave., N. Y. City.

BLISS, Cornelius Newton:

Merchant; born Fall River, Mass., Jan. 26, 1833; educated in public schools and academy of native town, and subsequently High School of New Orleans; entered office of step-father at latter place, later going to Boston and being engaged in dry goods house of James M. Bebee & Co. Later partner of commission firm of John S. & Eben Wright & Co .; subse- quently head of branch house opened in N. Y. City under name of Wright, Bliss & Fabyan, firm later being reorganized to Bliss, Fabyan & Co .; active in poli- tics as Republican; delegate to several State and National Republican Conven- tions; 1883-84; chairman N. Y. State Re- publican Convention; 1887-97, president of Protective Tariff League; treasurer of National Republican Committee, 1892,

1896, 1900 and 1904; 1897, 1898, Secre- tary of Interior in the cabinet of Presi- dent Mckinley; subsequently resigned; member of International Conference, Washington, 1889; director of Fourth Na- tional Bank, of Equitable Life Assurance Co., Home Insurance Co .; trustee Central Trust Co., and American Surety Co .; president of Union League Club, 1902-03- 04; member of Metropolitan, Century, Lotos, Republican, Lawyers Clubs, N. Y .; and Metropolitan, Washington; also has been president of New England Society; member and vice-president of Chamber of Commerce; president of New York Hos- pital. Residence, 198 Madison Ave .; ad- dress, 117 Duane St., N. Y. City.

BLISS, Eliphalet W .:

President of the U. S. Projectile Co., and inventor of special machinery; born Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1836, and was educated at the public schools; at age of sixteen he was apprenticed to Metcalf & Livingston, who ran large machine shops near Cooperstown, N. Y .; ultimately be- came a journeyman machinest to the New York Central & Hudson River R. R., at Syracuse, and afterwards held the same position at the large metal works of the Charles Parker Gun Co., at Mer- iden, Conn .; at twenty-three he was man- ager of the gun company, and left it to go to fight for the Union; he joined Com- pany I, of the Third Connecticut Regi- ment, and he was honorably discharged at the end of his term of service; after the war again managed the gun works; subsequently he joined Andrew Campbell, une inventor of the Campbell Printing Press, and worked with him for one year; then he started for himself, in a modest way, in the city of Brooklyn, as a manufacturer of special machinery for sheet metal goods; he made special ma- chinery for stamping out cans for oil paint; to-day he is at the head of a cor- poration controling a capital of over $2,- 500,000, . and employing one thousand skilled mechanics; he controls the patents of the Whitehead Torpedoes and is pres- ident of the U. S. Projectile Co .; in 1886 married, at Cooperstown, a daughter of one of his former employers; for many years he has been a large holder of Brooklyn real estate, and owns a beauti- ful residence, observatory and park at Bay Ridge, which overlooks New York Bay. He is a member of Union League, Metropolitan and Brooklyn Clubs, and

the New York, Atlantic, American, Larchmont and Eastern Yacht Clubs.

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Residence, 4 East 61st St., N. Y. City; the Pacific; life member of National Office, 17 Adams St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Academy of Design. Address, Short Hills, N. J.

BLISS, Robert Woods:

U. S. Consul; born Aug. 5, 1875, at St. Louis, Mo .; resident of N. Y. City; was graduated from Harvard University; clerk in office of secretary of Porto Rico; later appointed private secretary to Governor Hunt of Porto Rico; appointed consul at Venice, Italy, June 18, 1903. Address, Venice, Italy.

BLISS, William Dwight Porter:

Clergyman, lecturer, author; born Con- stantinople, Turkey, 1856; educated at Robert College, Constantinople; Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass .; graduated Amherst, 1878; Hartford Theological Sem- inary, 1882; married 1884, in London, Mary Pangalo of Constantinople; after Congregational pastorates at Denver, Col., and So. Natick, Mass., he entered the Episcopal Church and was ordained in 1886. In 1887 he was called to Grace Church, So. Boston, remaining until 1890; Linden, Mass., 1890; rector Church of The Carpenter, Boston, 1890-96; San Gabriel, Cal., 1898; Amityville, L. I., 1902; organ- ized 1st Christian Socialist Society in U. S., 1889. President National Social Reform Union; edited the Dawn, 1889-96; author: Handbook of Socialism, and Tracts on Christian Socialism. Edi- tor, Encyclopædia of Social Reform. Ad- dress, Amityville, L. I., N. Y.

BLISS, William Henry:

Lawyer; born Cuyahoga Falls, O., Oct. 27, 1844; married. Was assistant and afterwards United States District Attorney at St. Louis, Mo., 1872-87; later vice- president and general solicitor St. Paul and Duluth R. R. Co., and then associate counsel Northern Pacific R. R. Co. Mem- ber Union League, Metropolitan, Grolier, Players, Barnard and Riding Clubs; also the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Down Town Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Municipal Art Society, Metropolitan Club of Washing- ton, and St. Botolph Club of Boston. Ad- dress, 6 East 65th St., N. Y. City.

BLISS, William Root:

Merchant, historical writer; born Jew- ett City, Conn., Oct. 20, 1825; son of Rev. Seth and Jeanette (Root) Bliss; educated in Boston schools; was graduated from Yale 1850; married Elizabeth Fearing. Author: Quaint Nantucket; September Days on Nantucket; Side Glimpses from the Colonial Meeting-House; The Old Colony Town and Other Sketches; Colon- ial Times on Buzzard's Bay; Paradise in

BLOEDE, Gertrude:

Poet; born Dresdin, Germany, Aug. 10, 1845; daughter of Dr. Gustavus Bloede, prominent as liberal in revolution of 1848; early came with family to U. S., residing in Brooklyn; began to contribute verses to magazines; 1875, published vol- ume of Poems, favorably criticised by Richard Grant White in New York Times; for this criticism the poem Angelo was dedicated to him, and, being published, went through twenty-three editions, (1877-96;) published also Giorgio (1881); Beyond the Shadow and Other Poems, (1888); Piero da Castiglione, (1893). Ad- dress, 34 Greene Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

BLOOD, Charles Hazen:

Lawyer and judge; (son of late Gen. Charles F. Blood; was born 1867, Ithaca, N. Y .; was graduated from Ithaca High School, 1883, and Cornell University, Ph. B., 1888; LL. B., 1890; member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity; District Attorney of Tompkins County, 1895-1904; County Judge and Surrogate of Tompkins County since Jan. 1, 1904; Republican ; lec- turer on Criminal Law in Cornell University Law School, 1898; trustee or director of Cornell University, Ithaca Sav- ings Bank, Ithaca Trust Co., Ithaca Con- servatory of Music, and First Presbyteri- an Church of Ithaca. Residence, Itliaca, N. Y.

BLOODGOOD, Clarence Edelbert:

Lawyer; born Feb. 3, 1849, Jewett, N. Y .; was prepared at Stamford Seminary and was graduated at Yale College, 1875; admitted to the Bar in Jan., 1885; School Commissioner, 1875-1884. Married, Jose- phine Case, Sept. 23, 1897; Democrat; State Senator, 1892-94. Address, Catskill, N. Y.

BLOOMINGDALE, Emanuel Watson:

Merchant; born Rome, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1852; ras graduated from Columbia with degree of LL. B., 1877; married Adele Bernheimer, Jan. 3, 1887; Trustee Na- tional Mckinley Memorial Association. In 1900 he was Republican presidential elec- tor; director of Society for the Reforma- tion of Juvenile Delinquents of Jewish Juvenile Asylum, of Lotos and Columbia College Alumni Association and other clubs. Republican. Address 42 West 69th St., N. Y. City.

BLOOMINGDALE, Lyman G .:

Merchant; commenced business life at an early age. He started the first busi-

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ness of his own at Leavenworth, Kan., Clubs. Residence, 912 Fifth Ave .; office, in the year 1862, and later became a trav- 44 Wall St., N. Y. City. eling salesman for his father's business. BLOSSOM, Benjamin: On April 17, 1872, started in the Retail drygoods business with his brother, under the firm name of Bloomingdale Bros., at 938 Third Ave. The first year's sales amounted to only $31,000. As business grew rapidly thereafter the firm removed to the northwest corner of Third Ave. and 59th St. in October, 1886, where they first occupied a building containing but 14,500 square feet, while there buildings now cover over 70,000 square feet of ground space. Married Hattie Collinberger, May 21, 1871. Mr. Bloomingdale is regular con- tributor to forty or fifty charitable Insti- tutions in this city, including hospitals, homes for the aged and orphans, sanita- rium for consumptives, clubs and schools for the beterment of the condition of poor children, etc. He is treasurer of the Montefiore Home, a hospital for Chron- ic Invalids and Country Sanitarium for Consumpuves, and of the Temple Beth- El, 76th St. and Fifth Ave. Is president and director of the Arcade Realty Co., of the Walters Piano Co., and a director BLUMENBERG, Marc A .: of the Hudson Oil Co. and the Vulcan Detinning Co. Member of the Republican Harmonie, Lotos and National Arts Clubs, Chamber of Commerce and a veteran, be- to the Lafayette Post. Address, 21 East 63d S., N. Y. City.

BLOOR, A. J .:

Consulting architect in building cases needing arbitration; many years trustee and secretary American Institute Arch- itects and its New York Chapter; a found- er and life member Metropolitan Museum of Art; member Willard Architectural Commission, supplying museum with large models of famous buildings; life member American Numismatic and Arch- æological Society; member various art socities, American and foreign; mem- ber New York Century Club. Author of many monographs on diverse subjects; translator from most European languages; assistant secretary U. S. Sanitary Com- mission during Civil War. Address, Cen- tury Club, N. Y. City

BLOSS, James Orville :

Merchant; born Sept. 30, 1847, in Roch- ester, N. Y .; president of New York Cot- ton Exchange, 1892-3, and member of its Board of Managers, 1SSG-93; vice-presi- dent of Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Co .; director of the Duluth, South Shore & At- lantic Ry .; member of Chamber of Com- merce, Union League, and Metropolitan

Merchant; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 20, 1858; son of Charles W. and Mary W. (Cooke) Blossom; educated at private schools and Columbia College School of Mines. He is a partner of the firm of E. Nelson Tibbals & Co., N. Y. Member of the Union League Club of N. Y., N. Y. Riding, N. Y. Yacht, N. Y. Club, Suburban Riding and Driving Club, Nassau County and Tuscarora Clubs, Member of following clubs in California. California Club of Los Angeles, Cal .; Los Angeles Country Club, Pasadena Country Club, Pasadena, also of Sons of Ameri- can Revolution, American Museum of Natural History, Veteran Association, Twenty-third Regiment, and Company A Twenty-third Regiment; honorary mem- ber of Company A and Company I, Twen- ty-third Regiment, N. G. N. Y. Married, (first) Sarah B. Smith, Oct. 7, 1886; (sec- und) Minnie Pettigrew Cole. Address, 844 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City, and 955 Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena, Cal.

Musical editor and authority on musi- cal affairs and musical literature; born Baltimore, May 21, 1851; educated Loyola College, Baltimore; editor Musical Courier since 1880; president Blumenberg Press Corporation ; expert in acoustics and musical instruments, pianos in particular; also on the voice and for musical performances generally. Address, 1135 Broadway, N. Y. City; London, Hotel Cecil; Paris, Hotel Chatelaines, 184 Bou- levard Hausmann.

BLUMENTHAL, Maurice B .:

Lawyer; born N. Y. City, 1870, educated in public schools; College of the City of N. Y., and the Uni- versity of the City of N. Y .; during the period of his attendance at college he supported himself, and paid the expenses of his education through his earnings as a newspaper reporter and contributor to literary magazines. He was for several years editor of the Literary Review; ad- mitted to the Bar in 1891. He is the son of School Inspector Benjamin Blumenthal, and the grandson of the late Rev. Simon Blumenthal, who was the first rabbi of the present Congregation Rodeph Sholom, at 63d St. and Lexington Ave. Upon the reorganization of Tammany Hall, in 1895, was assigned to organize a Speakers' Bu- reau, which he established as a perma- nent auxiliary of the Tammany Hall Ex-

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 19

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