Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 193

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President American Geographical So- ciety; president Eighth International Geographical Congress; member American Society Civil Engineers; honorary and cor. member various geographical soci- eties; Civil Engineer, U. S. Navy, with rank of Cammander; born Cresson Springs, Penn., May 6, 1856; oldest child of Charles N. Peary and Mary Wiley Peary; married Josephine C. Diebitsch, City.

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of Washington, D. C., 1888. Educated at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, (class of '77). Entered U. S. Navy, 1881; assistant engineer Government Surveys Nicaragua Ship Canal, 1885-86; recon- naissance Greenland Inland Ice, 1886; sub-chief engineer Nicaragua Canal Co., 1887; superintending engineer U. S. Nav- al Dry Dock, Leage Island, 1888-91; first expedition to North Greenland: determi- nation of insularity of Greenland, 1891- 92; second expedition to North Green- land, 1893-95; Arctic summer voyages, 1896-97; discovery and securing of the Cape York meteorites, the largest known meteorites in the world; third Arctic ex- pedition for discovery of the North Pole. 1898-1902; rounded northern end of Greenland, the most northerly known land in the world, and reached 84º 17' North latitude, the highest latitude yet attained in the Western Hemisphere: Gold Medalist of the Royal. Roval Scottish. Paris, American, and Philadelphia Geo- graphical Societies. Publications: Var- ious papers in geographical and other journals; Northward Over the Great Ice, a Complete Narrative of Active Work, 1898. Address, Navy Depart- mnt, Washington, D. C.

PECKHAM, Rufus W .:

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; born Albany, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1838; his father was a native of Albany County, and had been district attorney of the county, justice of the Supreme court of the State, and at the time of his death in the shipwreck of the Ville de Havre, November 22, 1873, was one of the judges of the Court of Appeals of N. Y. State. The son was educated at the Albany Academy, and at one of the schools in Philadelphia; he studied law in the office of his father, who was then in partnership with Lyman Tremain, attorney-general of the State, practicing law under the firm name of Peckham & Tremain, in the city of Al- bany; he was admitted to the Bar of the State in December, 1859; his father was in that year elected to the bench of the Supreme Court, and the son formed a partnership with the former partner of his father, under the firm name of Tre- main & Peckhanı, which continued until the death of Mr. Tremain in Dec., 1878. In 1866 Mr. Peckham was married to a daughter of D. H. Arnold, an old New York merchant, and at that time presi- dent of the Mercantile Bank in N. Y. In 1868 he was elected district at-

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torney of Albany County; was subse- quently corporation counsel of Albany City, and in 1883 was elected a justice of the Supreme court of the State. While serving as such he was elected, in 1886, an associate judge of the Court of Appeals of N. Y. State, and while oc- cupying a seat on that bench, he was, in December, 1895, appointed by President Cleveland an Associate Justice of the Su- preme Court of the United States. Ad- dress, Washington, D. C.

PENROSE, Boies:

U. S. Senator; Republican; of Phila- delphia; born Philadelphia, Nov. 1, 1860; prepared for college by private tutors and in the schools of Philadelphia; was graduated from Harvard College in 1881; read law with Wayne MacVeagh and George Tucker Bispham, and was ad- mitted to the Bar in 1883; practiced his profession in Philadelphia for sev- eral years; was elected to the Pennsyl- vania House of Representatives from

the Eighth Philadelphia district in 1884; was elected to the Pennsylvania State senate from the Sixth Philadelphia district in 1886, reelected in 1890, and again in 1894; was elected president pro tempore of the senate in 1889, and re- elected in 1891; was a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1900; was chairman of the Republican State committee in 1903-04; was elected to the TJ. S. Senate to succeed J. Donald Cam- eron, and took his seat March 4, 1897; was a unanimous choice of the Republi- can caucus of both houses and was reelected by the full party vote in the legislature in 1903. His term of office will expire March 3, 1909. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.

PERRY, Bliss:

Author; editor of the Atlantic Month- ly since 1899; born Williamstown, Mass., Nov. 25, 1860; son of Professor A. L. Perry, the political economist; married Annie L. Bliss of New Haven, Conn .; educated at Williams College; Berlin and Strasburg Universities. Professor of English, Williams College, 1886-93; Princeton University, 1893-99. Publi- cations: The Broughton House; Salem Kittredge, and other stories; The

A Plated City; The Powers at Play; Study of Prose Fiction; The Amateur Spirit; edited various English and American authors for school and college use. Member of University, Oakley Country, Boston; Authors and New York Clubs. Address, 4 Park St., Boston, Mass.

PHELPS-WARD, Elizabeth Stuart:

American author; born Andover, Mass., Aug. 13, 1844; daughter of Professor Austin and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; mar- ried Herbert D., son of W. Hayes Ward, editor of New York Independent. Pub- lications: Gates Ajar (1869) ; Hedged In (1870); The Silent Partner (1870); The Trotty Book (1870); Trotty's Wedding Tour (1873); What to Wear (1873); Poet- ic Studies (1875); The Story of Avis (1877)); The Gypsy Books (1877); My Cousin and I (1879) ; An Old Maid's Par- adise (1879) ; Sealed Orders (1879) Friends (1881); Doctor Zay (1882); Beyond the Gates (1883); The Madonna of the Tubs (1887); The Gates Between (1887) ; Jack the Fisherman (1887); Struggle for Immortality (1889); Come Forth (with H. D. Ward, (1890); The Master of the Ma- gicians (with H. D. Ward, 1890); Austin Phelps (1891); Fourteen to One (1891); Donald Marcy (1893); A Singular Life (1895); Chapters from a Life (1896); The Story of Jesus Christ (1897); Loveliness; Mary the First; Avery. Address, New- ton Center, Mass .; East Gloucester,

Mass. (summer).

PROCTOR, Redfield:

Republican United States Senator of Proctor; born at Proctorsville, Vt., June 1, 1831; was graduated from Dartmouth College and at the Albany Law School; served as lieutenant and quartermaster of the Third Regiment of Vermont Vol- unteers, on the staff of Maj .- Gen. Wil- liam F. ("Baldy") Smith, and was major of the Fifth and colonel of the Fifteenth Vermont Regiments; was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1867, 1868, and 1888; was a member of the State Senate and president pro tempore of that body in 1874 and 1875; was lieutennat governor from 1876 to 1878 and governor from 1878 to 1880; was a delegate to the Republican na- tional convention of 1884, and chairman of the Vermont delegation in the same conventions of 1888 and 1896; was ap- pointed Secretary of War by President Harrison in March, 1889; in November, 1891, he resigned from the Cabinet to accept the appointment as United States Senaor, to succeed George F. Edmunds, and Oct. 18, 1892, was elected by the Vermont legislature to fill both the un- expired and the full terms; was elected Oct. 18, 1898, to succeed himself for the term beginning March 4, 1899. His term of service will expire March 3, 1905. Address, Proctor, Vt.

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PUTNAM, Herbert:

Librarian of Congress, Washington, since 1899; born New York City, Sept.

20, 1861; son of George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven. Was educated at private schools, New York; Harvard (A. B.), 1883; Columbia Law School, New York. Librarian, Minneapolis (Minn.) Athenæum, 1884-87; Librarian, Minneapolis (Minn.) Public Library, 1887-91; Librarian, Boston (Mass.) Pub- lic Library, 1895-99; president Massa- chusetts Library Club, 1896-97; president

American Library Association, 1898,

1903-94; member Board of Overseers, Harvard University; represented United States as a delegate at International Li- brary Conference, London, Eng., 1897. Mr. Putnam represented the United States

at the celebration of the 500th an- niversary of birth of Johann Gutenberg,

Mainz, 1900; member Administrative Board on Congress of Arts and Science, Louisiana Purchase Exposition; Hon. Litt.D., Bowdoin, 1898; Hon. LL.D. Co- lumbian University, 1903, University of Illinois, 1903, and University of Wiscon- sin, 1904. Has written no monographs, but is the author of various articles in magazines and periodicals, and in pro- fessional journals. Member of Tavern, Boston; Metropolitan, Cosmos, Washing- ton, Clubs. Address, Library of Con- gress, Washington, D. C.

BEPPLIER, Agnes :

American essayist born Philadelphia, 1858. Was educated at Sacred Heart Convent, Torresdale, Pa. Unmarried. Lived several years in Europe. Author of Books and Men, 1888; Points of View, 1891; Essays in Idleness, 1893; Essays in Miniature, 1893; In the Dozy Hours, 1895; Book of Famous Verse, edited, 1892; Varia, 1897; Philadelphia: The Place and the People, 1898; The Fireside Sphinx, 1901. Address, 1900 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

RIDEING, William Henry :

Associate editor of the Youth's Com- panion, Boston, Mass., since 1881; deal- ing especially with distinguished British and European authors; born Liverpool, England, 1853, of a line of sea faring men, his greatuncle having been Admiral Sir Edward Walpole Browne, R. N., and his father a well-known Sunard officer; married Margaret Elinor, daughter of C. E. Bockus, editor Boston Herald. Was

educated privately. Went to the United States in 1869; at the age of nineteen be- came an assistant editor New York Tri- bune; afterwards special correspondent of New York Times with United States Geographical Surveys for three years; a frequent contributor to Harper's publi- cations, The Century, Scribner's Maga- zine, etc .; attached to the staff of the Youth's Companion since 1881; appointed managing editor North American Re- view, 1888; resigned 1899. Author of thirteen volumes of fiction, travel and criticism, including A Little Upstart; A-Saddle in the Wild West; Thackeray's London; In the Land of Lorna Doone; The Boyhood of Living Authors; How Tyson Came Home, 1904, etc. Recrea- tions: rural walks and drives and ocean steamers, about which he has written much, and of which his knowledge may be said to be "extensive and peculiar." Member of New Vagabonds, The Players and New York Clubs. Address, care of The Youth's Companion, Boston, Mass.

ROCKHILL, William Woodville:

Ex-Director of the International Bu- reau of the American Republics; born Philadelphia, 1854; son of Thomas Cad- walader R. and Dorothy A. Woodville of Baltimore; married Edith Howell Perkins of Connecticut. Educated at Ecole Spe- ciale Militaire de St. Cyr, France. Sub- Lieut. Légion Etrangére (Algeria), 1873- 76; entered U. S. diplomatic service, 1884; Second Secretary Legation, Peking, 1884- 85, 1st Secretary Legation, Peking. 1885- 88; two journeys of exploration in China, Mongolia, and Tibet, 1888-89 and 1891-92 (gold medal (Patron's) of Royal Geo- graphical Society); chief clerk, Depart- ment of State, 1893-94; 3rd Assitant Sec- retary of State, 1894-96; First Assistant Secretary of State, 1896-97; Minister to Greece, Rumania, and Servia, 1897-99; Commissioner and Plenipotentiary of the U. S. to China, 1900-1901. Publications: Life of the Buddha, (London, 1884); Land of the Lamas, (London, 1892), Diary of a Journey in Mongolia and Tibet, (Wash- ington, 1894); The Journey of Friar Wil- liam of Rubruck, (London, 1900); a num- ber of other shorter works, on Oriental subjects mostly. Appointed Envoy Ex- traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Pekin, China, March, 1905. Club, Met- ropolitan, Washington. Address, Pekin, China.

SHAW, Leslie M .:

Secretary of the Treasurey; born Mor-

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ristown, Lamoille County, Vt., November 2, 1848. When four years of age his peo- ple moved to Stowe, where he received a common school education, with a few terms in the village high school and in People's Academy, at Morrisville. When twenty-one years of age he went to Iowa, was graduated from Cornell College in 1874, and from the Iowa College of Law in 1876, having earned the means with which to educate himself. After gradua- tion he located in Denison, the county seat of Crawford Co., Iowa, and engaged in the practice of law. He was led by the demands of the community into the ne- gotiation of farm loans, and from that into general banking at Denison, at Ma- nilla, and at Charter Oak, in the same county. While keeping the practice of law in the foreground, he was thus kept in touch with financial matters, both East and West. Until 1896 he took no active part in politics, excepting in national campaigns, when he frequently made speeches in defense of the principles of the Republican party, in which he was a firm believer. In 1896, at the request of the State central committee, he placed his entire time at its disposal. This led to his nomination for governor and elec- tion in 1897, and his reelection in 1899, in which he doubled his previous plurality and quadrupled his previous majority. He preemptorily declined a third term, and planned to return to his law practice and business interests. A few days be- fore the close of his term, however, with- out solicitation or suggestion from himself or friends, he was tendered the position of Secretary of the Treasury, and assumed the duties of the office on February 1, 1902. Address, Washington, D. C.

SHONTS, Theodore P .:

Head of the Isthmian Canal Commis- sion. Mr. Shouts was picked out for his new post by reason of his experience and skill in railroad construction. He was a lawyer originally, but dropped that for work more to his liking. He was called in by the head of the Iowa Construction Co., which had a contract for building some branch lines in Iowa, and found itself unable to get the work done on time. Mr. Shonts took it up, and by his remarkable ability in the way of organ- ization succeeded in rushing the work through. He personally directed the work of so many different gangs that he seemed to be everywhere along the line at the same moment. It was this strik-

ing success which led to his being put in charge of the work on the "Three Eyes" in Illinois. After he finished the con- struction work on this road he was

elected its president. From there he went to the "Clover Leaf." Mr. Shonts is Pennsylvania-born, but spent his early youth in Centreville, Iowa, where he met Miss Milla Drake, who became his wife. She has been president of the Womans Athletic Club in Chicago. They have two daughters, who attend a boarding school in Washington. Address, Washington, D. C.

SMITH, Charles Emory :

Journalist and ex-Postmaster General; born Mansfield, Conn., Feb. 18, 1842; son of Emory B. and Arvilla T. Smith, and a descendant of Isaac Smith, a Cap- tain in the Revolutionary War. The family removed to Albany, N. Y., when he was seven years old, and here he was educated in the public schools, Albany Academy and Union College, Schnectady, where he was graduated in 1861. He ed- ited a daily paper in Albany for six months when he was sixteen years of age, during his school life at Albany Academy. In 1861 he became engaged under General Rathbone in raising and organizing regiments for the war; after- ward taught for several years in Albany Academy, and in 1865 became editor of the Albany Express, to which he had previously contributed leading articles. During this interval, in 1863, he married Ella Huntly. They have no children. The Express greatly developed under Mr. Smith's editorial control, but he left it in 1870 to become editor of the Albany Journal, the recognized Republican organ in that city. He remained connected with the Journal till 1880, meanwhile taking an active part in politics, especially in connection with the Republican State Committee, the State party platforms for several years being practically his work. He was the first to introduce in these platforms an indorsement of the new doc- trine of civil service reform. He served as Regent of the University of New York, 1879-1880. In 1880 Mr. Smith removed to Philadelphia, where he became editor of the Press, the most influential Republican organ of that city. He has since that date been editor of that journal, which has played a leading part in party poli- tics under his control. Mr. Smith's ac- tive connection with political affairs has been long continued, and he has taken part in several Republican National Con-

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ventions, in which he was an efficient aid | Senator for the term beginning March 4,

in preparing the party platforms. In 1890 he was appointed by President Harrison United States Minister to Russia, where he remained until 1892; and in April. 1898, he became a member of President Mc- Kinley's Cabinet as Postmaster General. In this position he had much to do with the establishment of free rural delivery of the mails, and remained in office until after the assassination of President Mc- Kinley, resigning on Jan. 15. 1902, under the Roosevelt administration, to resume his editorial duties. During this period Mr. Smith received the honorary degree of LL. D. from Union College, 1889; La- fayette College, 1899; Knox College, 1900, and Wesleyan University, 1901. He is a member of the Masonic order, the Union League, Philadelphia, and the Union League Club, New York. Address, 2008 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.

SFOONER, John C .:

U. S. Senator ; born Lawrenceburg. Dear- born Co., Ind., Jan. 6, 1843; removed with father's family to Wisconsin and settled at Madison June 1, 1859; was graduated from the State University in 1864; was private in Company D, Fortieth Regi- ment. and captain of Company A, Fifti- eth Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Vol- unteers; was brevetted major at the close of service; was private and military sec- retary of Governor Lucius Fairchild, of Wisconsin; was admitted to the Bar in 1867, and served as assistant attorney- general of the State until 1870, when he removed to Hudson, where he practiced law from 1870 until 1884; was member of the assembly from St. Croix County in 1872; member of the board of regents of the Wisconsin University; was elected U. S. Senator to succeed Angus Cameron, Republican, for the term beginning March 4, 1885; was chairman of the Wisconsin delegation to National Republican Con- vention in 1888; was succeeded as U. S. Senator Mch. 4, 1891, by William F. Vilas. Democrat, receiving, however, the full vote of the Republican members of the legislature for reelection; was chairman of the Wisconsin delegation to National Republican Convention at Minneapolis in 1892; was unanimously nominated as Re- publican candidate for governor of Wis- consin in 1892, but was defeated; removed from Hudson to Madison in 1893; was ac- tively engaged in practice of his profes- sion from 1892 to 1897; unanimously nom- inated in Republican

1897, to succeed William F. Vilas, Demo- crat, receiving 117 votes against 8 votes for W. C. Silverthorn and 2 votes for Ed- ward S. Bragg; was tendered by Presi- dent Mckinley. in December, 1898, posi- tion in his cabinet, as Secretary of the Interior, vice Cornelius N. Bliss, resigned, and declined it; was also tendered in 1898 by President Mckinley membership of the U. S. and British Joint High Commission, and declined it; was tendered by Presi- dent Mckinley, Jan. 3, 1901, position of Attorney-General, to take office March 4, 1901, and declined it; July 6, 1900, in com- munication to Republicans of Wisconsin announced unalterable purpose not to be a candidate for reelection; Jan. 27, 1903, he was, notwithstanding, reelected for another term, beginning March 4, 1903, receiving 105 votes, every Republican vote in both houses, against Hon. Neal S. Brown, Democrat, who received 27 votes. His term of office will expire March 3, 1909. Address, Washington, D. C.

SPRECKELS, Claus :

Sugar refiner; born Lamstedt, Hanover, 1828. Came to the U. S. 1846; was em- ployed at Charleston, S. C., and New York; went to San Francisco, 1856; con- ducted a store, and later a brewery; es- tablished Bay Sugar Refinery, 1863, pro- curing raw material from Hawaii; in- vented new refining processes; acquired sugar properties in Hawaii; built new refineries; has

a beet-sugar farm of 30.000 acres and factory at Watsonville, Salinas, Cal .; large owner in Oceanic Steamship Co., plying between San Fran- cisco and Honolulu. Address, 327 Market St., San Francisco, Cal.

TAFT, William Howard:

Secretary of War; born Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1857; was graduated in 1874 from Woodward High School; was graduated from Yale University in 1878; graduated in law from Cincinnati College in 1880, in which year he was admitted to the Bar of Supreme Court of Ohio; appointed assistant prosecuting attorney in 1881; resigned in 1882 to become col- lector of internal revenue, first district, Ohio, under President Arthur; resigned collectorship in 1883 to enter practice of law; in 1887 was appointed by Governor Foraker judge of the superior court of Cincinnati; resigned in 1890 to become Solicitor-General of the U. S. under ap-

caucus Jan. 13, 1897, and duly elected Jan. 27, 1897, U. S. I pointment of President Harrison; resigned

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in 1892 to become United States circuit | changes in State affairs, and he was put judge for sixth judicial circuit; in 1896 became professor and dean of law depart- ment of University of Cincinnati; re- signed in 1900 circuit judgeship and dean- ship to become, by appointment of Pres- ident Mckinley, president of the U. S. Philippine Commission; in 1901, by ap- pointment of President Mckinley, be- came first civil governor of the Philip- pine Islands; was appointed Secretary of War by President Roosevelt Feb. 1, 1904. Address, Washington, D. C.

TARKINGTON, Newton Booth:

Author; born Indiana, July 29, 1869; son of John Slosson and Elizabeth Booth Tarkington; was graduated from Exeter Academy, 1889, Princeton, 1893 (A. M., Princeton, 1899). Author: The Gentle- man from Indiana, (1899 M16); Monsieur Beaucair, (1900 M16); The Two Van- revels, (1902 M16); Cherry, (1903 H1). Married Laura Louise Fletcher, June 18, 1902. Address, 1100 N. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind.

TALYOR, Charles H .:

Editor and manager of Boston Daily Globe, since 1873; born Boston. July 14, 1846; was educated in Boston public schools; (A. M., Dartmouth, 1896). Start- ed in life as printer and reporter on Boston Daily Traveller; for three years was private secretary to governor of Massachusetts; member Massachusetts legislature, 1872; clerk Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1873. Served

during Civil War in 38th Massachusetts regiment; wounded at Port Hudson, La., June 13, 1863; lieutenant-colonel on staff of Gov. Claflin, 1869-71; brigadier-general on Gov. Russell's staff, 1891-93. Address, The Daily Globe, Boston, Mass.

TILLMAN, Benjamin Ryan:

U. S. Senator (Democrat) of Trenton ; born Edgefield County, S. C., August 11, 1847; received an academic education under the instruction of George Galphin at Bethany, in the same county; quit school in July, 1864, to join the Con- federate Army, but was stricken with a severe illness, which caused the loss of his left eye and kept him an invalid for two years; followed farming as a pursuit and took no active part in poli- tics till he began the agitation in 1886 for industrial and technical education which culminated in the establishment of the Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College, at Calhoun's old home, Fort Hill; the demand £ for educational reform broadened into a demand for other

forward by the farmers as a candidate for governor in 1890; after an exciting and heated canvass he received the nomina- tion in the Democratic convention by a vote of 270 to 50 for his opponent, and was elected in November following; this was his first political office, and he was re-elected in 1892 by an overwhelming vote; his term as governor was signalized by the passage of the dispensary law for the control of the liquor traffic by the State and by the establishment of an- other college, the Winthrop Normal and Industrial College for Women, at Rock Hill, an institution which bids fair to lead all similar schools in the South; entered the race for the Senate against General Butler and the two canvassed the State, county by county, with the re- sult that Tillman was elected by the general assembly by a vote of 131 to 21 for Butler; was re-elected in 1901. His term of service will expire March 3, 1907. Address, Trenton, S. C.

TOWER, Charlemagne, LL.D .:

Chicago; American Ambassador to Ger- many since 1902; born Philadelphia, April 17, 1848; son of Charlemagne and Amelia Bartle Tower, 8th in descent from John Tower who emigrated from Hingham, in Norfolk, to Massachusetts, in 1637; mar- ried. 1888, Helen, daughter of G. Frank Smith of San Francisco, California. Ed- ucated Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, 1868; was graduated from Harvard Uni- versity, 1872; called to the Bar at Phila- delphia, 1878. LL. D., Glasgow, Scot- land, 1901. Attaché, U. S. Legation, Madrid, 1872-73; studied history and liter- ature in Spain, France, and Germany, 1873-76; President, Duluth and Iron Range Ry .; managing director Minnesota Iron Co .. 1882-87; president Finance Co. of Pennsylvania, 1887; minister to Aus- tria-Hungary, 1897; ambassador to Rus- sia, 1899-02; Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour of France. Publication: The Marquis de La Fayette in the American Revolution, (1895). Member Metropoli- tan, New York; Rittenhouse, Union League, Philadelphia, Clubs. Address. American Embassy, Berlin, Germany.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 193

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