Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 26

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the State of New York (1903). Board ex- aminer in toxicology and physiology; pro- fessor of toxicology and physiology in the Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences; public lecturer in toxicology for the board of Education of the City of N. Y .; toxicologist to the Bushwick Hospital, etc .; professor of toxi- cology, physiology and hygiene in the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (1898-03); some time teacher in Southern universi- ties. On train in Johnstown disaster. moving to N. Y. from the South; lost all his property, packed in several trunks, on ill-fated "Day Express." and barely es- caped with his life: an official commis- sioner representing Brooklyn at the Ten- nesse Centennial Exposition, Nashville, Tenn., 1897; formerly member and exam- iner in toxicology of the Board of Phar- macy of the City of N. Y .; founder of the Brooklyn Medical Society and formerly president of the same: one of the found- ers and formerly president of the Brook- lyn College of Pharmacy; ex-president of the Kings County Pharmaceutical Socie- ty: honorarily elected life member New York State Pharmaceutical Association; was formerly vice-president of the same; member of the American Medical Asso- ciation, the American Pharmaceutical Association; the American Microscopical Society; the American Anthropological Association; the American Association for the Advancement of Science: the New York State Medical Association; the


Medical Society; the Kings County


Brooklyn Pathological Society; the Asso- ciated Physicians of Long Island; Physi- cians' Mutual Aid Association, etc. Au- thor of A Manual of Toxicology (4th edi- tion, 1904) being a concise presentation of the principal facts relating to poisons, with detailed directions for the treat- ment of poisoning, etc .; also author of Practical Points in Physiology (2d edi- tion, 1904), also of various contributions on Pharmaceutical and medical subjects in pharmaceutical and other journals. such as The Dangers of Self-Medication; The Stability of Mercurous Chloride in Tablet Form; The Physician and His Mission; The Secret of Success; What a College of Pharmacy Does for a Drug Clerk; Disaster and Destruction in the Drug, etc. Address, 1073 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.


BRUNDAGE, Frank:


Jurist; born Jan. 4. 1847. Allen, N. Y. educated Friendship (N. Y.) Academy; admitted to the Bar, 1868; practiced law


at Angelica, N. Y., 1869-72, at Lockport, 1872-83, and at Buffalo since 1883. Mar- ried, Feb. 15, 1871, Ella S. Brown; district attorney. 1875-77 and County Judge and Surrogate of Niagara County, 1879-83. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.


BRUNNER, Arnold William:


Architect; born N. Y. City. Sept. 25, 1857; was graduated in special course in architecture in Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1879; entered office of George B. Post. After extended travel in Europe he commenced practice in architecture with Thomas Tryon, under the firm name of Brunner & Tryon, in 1885. Mr. Tryon withdrawing from the firm in 1893; was architect of the Cleve- land post office, custom house and court house. Mount Sinai Hospital buildings, School of Mines, Columbia University, N. Y., and many other public and pri- vate buildings in N. Y. City; designed pavillons in Wm. H. Seward Park, Thomas Jefferson Park. Public Baths, etc. He was appointed by Governor Nash, of Ohio, one of the three super- vising architects to prepare group plans of the public buildings and grounds for the City of Cleveland; appointed mem- ber of Board of Education of New York, 1902; member of the Architectural Idague of New York and twice presi- dent. 1903 and 1904: member of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects and twice vice-president, 1901 and 1902; Fellow of the American Institute of Architects; member of Con- tury Club, Players Club, and Sculptors Society, Cosmos Club. Washington; and Union Club, Cleveland. Author: Interior Decoration, and of Cottages. Contribu- tor to Russell Sturgis' Dictionary of Architecture. Residence, 1748 Broadway; office, 33 Union Square, W., N. Y. City. BRUNS, Christopher L .:


Lieutenant U. S. Navy; born in and ap- pointed from New York; midshipman, July 1. 1867; graduated, June 6, 1871; ensign. July 14. 1872; master, Sept. 30, 1876; lieutenant, junior grade, March 3, 1SS3; retired. January 15, 1884 .. Address, 2649 Broadway, N. Y. City.


BRUSH, George Jarvis:


Minerologist; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1831; in 1835 removed with par- ents to Danbury, Conn., returning in 1841; educated at schools in these cities and Western Connecticut, but though fond of science, entered business in New York, 1846. Severe illness in 1848 decid- ed him to become a farmer, and went to


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New Haven for six months' course in [sions in Brooklyn; member Kings County agriculture; remained two years more, Medical Society, New York State Medi- cal Society; president of the Congrega- tional Club of Brooklyn, president Man- hattan and Brooklyn Conference of Con- gregational Churches. Address, 462 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. studying chemistry and mineralogy. In Oct., 1850, became assistant to Professor Benjamin Silliman, Jr., at University in Louisville, Ky .; 1851, traveled in Europe with Professor Silliman, Sr .; received de- gree of Ph. B. from Yale in 1852; LL. D., BRUSIE, Charles Frederick: Harvard, 1886; assistant in chemistry, 1852-53, at University of Virginia, where, with J. L. Smith, made important exam- inations of American minerals, publish- ing results in vols. XV. and XVI., Ameri- can Journal of Science, 1853-55, studied at Munich and Freiberg; 1855, professor of metallurgy, Yale Scientific School; 1864, professor mineralogy at same; 1855- 56, studied at Royal School of Mines, London; visited mines and smelter works in Europe; secretary (always treasurer) of Sheffield (Yale) Scientific School, 1862- 98; also director of governing board. In 1868 he was elected to National Academy of Science; in 1880 was president of Am- erican Association for the Advancement of Science; also member of other societies at home and abroad; married Harriet Silliman Trumbull. He is a contributor to American Journal of Science, and has published Manual of Determinative Min- eralogy (1875). Address, 14 Trumbull St., New Haven, Conn.


BRUSH, George W .:


Physician; born village of West Hills, town of Huntington (L. I.), N. Y., 1842; prepared at public school and academy of his native town; was graduated from the Long Island College Hospital in 1876; enlisted in 1861 as a private soldier in the 48th Regiment, N. Y. S. Volunteers; promoted to corporal and sergeant, pro- moted to 2d lieutenant 34th U. S. C. I. in June, 1863, to 1st lieutenant and cap- tain, same regiment; honorably dis- charged in December, 1865, on account of ill health. Received Congressional Medal of Honor "for conspicuous gal- lantry in action"; deacon Plymouth Church and Superintendent of Sunday School; later deacon Central Congrega- tional Church and superintendent Sun- day School for seven years; member of the State Assembly, 1895; State Senate, 1896-97-98; member Union League Club of Brooklyn, Sons of American Revolu- tion, Military Order Loyal Legion, Medal of Honor Legion of U. S. and past com- mander U. S. Grant Post 327, G. A. R .; past commander, assistant surgeon, 13th Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y .; president Board of Examining Surgeons for pen-


Educator; principal of the Mount Pleas- ant Military Academy, at Ossining-on- Hudson; born in Peoria, Ill., June 22, 1864; son of William and Elizabeth (Snaw) Brusie; 1891, married Maud Ster- ling, at Gambier, O .; educated in public schools and Dunlop Academy; A. B., Wil- liams College, 1887; A. M., Williams. 1893, for work on text-books. From 1888 till 1890 he was principal of the Princeville Academy, Princeville, Ill .; 1890-92, in- structor in German at Kenyon Academy, Gambier O .; 1892-94, McIllvaine professor of English at Kenyon College, Gambier, O .; 1894, principal Mount Pleasant Acad- emy, Ossining, N. Y. member of the Gro- lier Club and National Arts Club, N. Y. City; Phi Beta Kappa Society, American Philological Association, American His- torical Association, Modern Language Association of America: director of Os- sining National Bank, Ossining Printing & Publishing Co. Editor of Grechichten aus der Tonne (Ginn & Co.); Das Mäds- chen von Treppi und Marion (Henry Holt & Co.) Address, Ossining-on-Hudson, N. Y.


BRYAN, Henry B .:


Clergyman of Episcopal Church; born Philadelphia, Oct. 30, 1862. Educated at the Episcopal Academy, University of Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia Divinity School. In 1887 he married Miss Jeanette Young, Aug. 1. 1895; was elected Canon of the Cathedral at Garden City, and Feb. 7, 1899, was chosen Archdeacon of Queens and Nassau, which position he retains. Address, The Cathedral Close, Garden City, (L. I.), N. Y.


BRYAN, Mrs. Mary (née Edwards) :


Journalist and novelist; born Florida, 1846. Author: Mauch; Wild Work, a Story of the Reconstruction Period in Louisiana: The Bayou Bride; Kildec. Address, N. Y. City.


BRYANT, Frank Augustus: Physician; born N. Jackson, Penn., Oct .. 1851. Worked on a farm and as a clerk. He was ambitious to enter pro- fessional life, and in 1879 hegan the study of medicine. He is a specialist for speech defects, and head of the Bryant system for Stammering. He is


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a member of the N. Y. County and State party; appointed paymaster-general of


Medical Associations. In 1871 he married Miss Mitchell, of Hollisterville, Pa. Ad- dress, N. Y. City.


BRYANT, Joseph D., M. D .:


Physician; born East Troy, Walworth, Wis., 1845; educated at Norwich, N. Y., Academy and Bellevue Hospital Medical College; interne in Bellevue Hospital, 1869 to 1871; sanitary inspector N. Y. City Health Department, 1873-79; commission- er N. Y. Board of Health, 1887 to 1893; surgeon Seventy-first Regiment, S. N. Y., 1873-82; surgeon general on the staffs of Governors Cleveland, Hill and Flower; professor of anatomy at Bellevue Medical College, 1877 to 1897; professor of surgery at University and Bellevue Hospital Medi- cal College since 1897; visiting physician to Charity Hospital, 1881-82; visiting surgeon to Bellevue Hospital since 1882; St. Vincent's, since 1887, consulting sur- geon of the New York Insane Asylum. Author of numerous articles on surgery, and of Bryant's Operative Surgery, two volumes, fourth edition. Was former president of the N. Y. Academy of Medi- cine and of the State Medical Associa- tion; also member of the American Medi- cal Association, etc. Medical adviser and personal friend of former President Gro- ver Cleveland and family. Address, 32 West 48th St., N. Y. City.


BRYANT, William Cullen:


Publisher Brooklyn Times since 1875; born New York, Aug. 1. 1849; educated in Brooklyn public schools and Polytech- nic Institute; married Mary W., daughter of Bernard Peters; commissioner Fire Department, Brooklyn; secretary and manager American Newspaper Publish- ers Association; treasurer Publishers Press. Residence, 539 Bedford Ave .; of- fice. The Times, Brooklyn, N. Y.


BRYCE, Lloyd :


Author; born at Flushing. Long Island, Sept. 20, 1851; son of Major J. Smith Bryce, of Georgetown, District of Colum- hia; first attended Jesuit College at Georgetown, but after the war became pupil of the late Professor Anthon, in New York. In 1867 he traveled in Europe; entered Christ Church College, Oxford, in 1869, graduating with B. A. and later with M. A. On his return to New York he engaged in the study of law at the Law School of Columbia from which he was graduated though did not follow the pro- fession. He early entered political life, becoming a member of the Democratic


New York: in 1886, elected a meni- ber of Fiftieth Congress. While en- gaged in public duties, has occupied his liesure in essay and novel writ- ing; wrote papers on a number of in- teresting subjects for the leading maga- zines and published several novels, in- cluding: Paradise; The Romance of an Alter Ego, and A Dream of Conquest. In May, 1889, by will of his freind, Allen T. Rice, editor and proprietor of the Northli American Review, was bequeathed the controling interest in the Review; pur- chased the remaining interest from the heirs and assumed the control of the magazine, which he conducted until 1896. Member of Century, Knickerbocker, Met- ropolitan. Union. Tuxedo, Meadow Brook and Authors Clubs. Address, 12 N. Washington Sq, N. Y. City.


BUCHANAN, Joseph Ray :


Editor; born Hannibal, Mo., Dec. 6, 1$51; learned the printing trade in Louis- lana, Mo .. and published a daily news- paper in that town in 1876; went to Den- ver in 1878 and engaged in publishing business as editor and manager. Married Lucy A. Clise, Dec. 16, 1879. Became in- terested in the labor and reform move- ments; established The Labor Enquirer in 1982; went to Chicago in 1887 and started The Chicago Labor Enquirer. Removed to New York in 1888, accepting a position on the editorial staff of the American Press Association. where he remained sixteen years; accepted posi- tion on staff of New York Journal, Aug., 1904, where he now is: active in organi- zation of People's party in 1892, in Oma- ha. Member of the National Committee for New Jersey in 1892, 1896 and 1900; was twice nominated for Congress from Sixth New Jersey district, but was de- feated. Author: The Story of a Labor Agitator. Residence, 88 Watchung Ave., Montclair. N. J .; office, 45 Park Place, N. Y. City.


BUCHANAN, William Insco:


Diplomat; born Covington, O., Sept. 10, 1853; educated in common schools; 1874- 75, engrossing clerk in Indiana House of Representatives; went to Piqua, O., in 1876; to Sioux City, Ia., in 1882, where he was connected in the organization and management of the first four "Corn Pal- aces," Sioux City; Democratic member of Iowa to World's Columbian Commis- sion, 1890; chief Department of Agricul- ture, Live Stock and Forestry, World's Columbian Exposition; 1894-1900, envoy


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extraordinary and minister plenipotenti- BUCK, Gertrude, Ph. D .: ary to Argentine Republic; 1899, designat- ed by Chilean and Argentine governments deciding member of joint commission to fix boundary between the two countries north of latitude 23; 1899-01, director- general Pan-American Exposition, Buf- falo; 1901-02, United States delegate to second International conference of the American States held at Mexico. Resi- dence, Sioux City, Ia .; address, Buffalo, N. Y.


BUCK, Albert Henry:


Physician; born N. Y. City, Oct. 20, 1842; was graduated from Yale (1864) and from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. New York (1867); clinical pro- fessor of diseases of the ear, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Uni- versity (1887-1904); consulting aural surgeon, N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary (since 1884), and Presbyterian Hospital (1894-1904); edited Zlemssen's Cyclo- paedia of Medicine (English translation, 18 volumes, 1875), Hygiene and Public Health (1879), Reference Hand-book of Medical Sciences (1887 and 1901); has written Diseases of the Ear (1898 and 1901), and Vest-pocket Medical Diction- ary. Address, 105 E. 19th St., N. Y. City.


BUCK, Dudley :


Composer, organist; born Hartford, Conn., March 10, 1839; studied at Trinity College, and later at Leipsic Conserva- tory of Music, under Hauptmann, Riche- ter, Rietz, Moschelles and Plaidy; asso- ciated also with A. Sullivan; then studied under Schneider at Dresden; 1861-62, at Paris; for years organist of Music Hall, Boston; in 1875 he became assistant direc- tor of Garden Concerts, New York, on invitation of Theodore Thomas; 1876, composed cantata, sung at opening of Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, executed by 800 voices and 150 instru- ments, conducted by Theodore Thomas; was organist of Church of Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, and director of Apollo Club for twenty-five years; he retired from all but theoretical work and composition in 1902; published large number of compositions for organ, including prize Te Deum; Le- gend of Don Munio (1874); Marmion (1880); The Golden Legend, for Cincinnati May Festival, winning $1,000 prize; com- posed music to Edmund C. Stedman's poems; wrote Dictionary of Musical Terms and Influence of the Organ in His- tory (1882).


Address, 183 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y.


Educator; born Kalamazoo, Mich.,


July 14, 1871; was graduated from Uni- versity of Michigan, 1894; following ycar was Fellow in English at University of Chicago; 1896-97, assistant in English at her Alma Mater and later instructor of same in High School at Indianapolis; 1897, became instructor in the English department at Vassar College and since 1901 has been associate professor; au- thor of several works on rhetoric and English composition, among them being; The Metaphor; A Study in the Psychol- ogy of Rhetoric (1898); A Course in Argumentative Writing (1899), A Course in Expository Writing with E. Wood- bridge (1899). Address, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.


BUCK, Harold Winthrop:


Electrical engineer, inventor; born New York, May 7, 1873; son of Albert H. (M. D.) and Laura Abbott Buck; was grad- uated from Yale, 1894, Columbia (School of Mines), E. E., 1895; married, Niagara Falls, N. Y., 1902, Charlotte R. Porter; on his graduation from School of Mines entered employ of General Electric Co. at Schenectady; inventor of mechanical and electrical devices; since 1900, electrical engineer Niagara Falls Power Co .; mem- ber American Institute Electrical Engi- neers. Address, Niagara Falls, N. Y.


BUCK, Leffert Lefferts:


Civil and consulting engineer; horn Canton, N. Y., 1837; was graduated from St. Lawrence University, B. S .; 1863 M. S .; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute., 1868; served during entire Civil War in 60th N. Y. Vols .; chief engineer, New East River bridge; designer and engineer for numerous other steel arch bridges; married, Paducah, Ky., 1902, Mira Re- becca Gould; member American Society Civil Engineers, Military Service Institu- tion, Loyal Legion, Burns Society; clubs: Engineers, Century, Hanover (Brooklyn). Residence, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y .; office, 18 Broadway, N. Y. City.


BUCK, William B .:


Superintendent of Inspection, State Board of Charities : born Kalamazoo, Mich., April 3, 1874 : educated at Kalama- zoo High School, Albion College. A. B., 1895: Harvard University, A. B., 1896 ; A. M., 1898; secretary N. Y. County Visit- ing Committee of the State Charities Aid Association, 1901-02 ; superintendent of In- spection, State Board of Charities, N. Y., 1903, to date; married Miss Anna Louise


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Bacorn, August 27, 1904. Address, Cap- years; 1866, became pastor in Brooklyn;


itol, Albany, N. Y.


BUCKEY, Mervyn C .:


Captain in Artillery Corps, U. S. Army ; born Buckeyestown, Md., April 11, 1873; appointed to U. S. Military Academy from District of Columbia, June, 1893; was graduated therefrom and appointed additional second lieutenant Fifth Artil- lery, June 11, 1897; March S, 1898, second lieutenant; transferred to Fifth Artillery, April 22, 1898; promoted first lieutenant, Third Artillery, March 18, 1899; captain Artillery Corps, Aug. 22, 1901; attended public schools, Washington, D. C .; was graduated from Washington High School; served as private and corporal in Engi- neer Corps, District of Columbia; Na- tional Guard, 1892-93; services at Fort Slocum, N. Y., Sept., 1837, to March, 1898; Fort Hancock, March to April; at Tam- pa, Fla., and Santiago, Cuba, to July, 1898; expedition to Porto Rico, engage- ment at Guanica, Porto Rico, July 25, 1898; Yanco, Porto Rico, July 29, 1898; Philippine insurrection, battle Imus, Jan. 7, 1900; engagements at San Laguna Pro- vince, P. I., Jan. 21, 1900; ordered to in- spect mountain batteries of England. France and Holland, Aug., 1899; sent to Philippines in charge of twelve dynamite guns, 1899; on special duty with dynamite guns, Eighth Army Corps, Manila, to Jan. 6, 1900; adjutant Third Artillery Bat- talion, Manila, March to June, 1900; gar- rison duty at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y .. 1901. Address, Fort Totten, N. Y.


BUCKINGHAM, Charles Luman:


Patent and corporation lawyer; born Berlin Heights, O., Oct. 14, 1852; educa- ted at University of Michigan and Colum- bian University; member Ohio Soc., Univ. of Michigan Alumni Association; clubs: Metropolitan (Washington) University. Residence, 104 E. S1st St .; office, 195 Broadway, N. Y. City.


BUCKLEY, James Monroe, D. D .:


Editor of the Christian Advocate; born Rahway, N. J., Dec. 16, 1836; prepared for college at Pennington (N. J.) Semi- nary; was a member of the class of 1860 in Wesleyan University, but owing to fanure in health did not graduate with the class; later pursued studies of the curriculum under private tutors. Entered Methodist ministry, and was admitted to membership at New Hampshire Con- ference in 1859; after five years in that State, pursuing study of theology, trav- eled in Europe for one year; then became pastor in Detroit, Mich., remaining three


elected member of general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church


every four years since 1872.


In 1880


Mr. Buckley was elected editor of The Christian Advocate, and has been successively re-elected once in four years to the present time. Was president of the board of managers of the State Ep- ileptic Village of New Jersey from its foundation until two years ago, when he resigned; member of board of managers of State Hospital for the Insane, at Morris Plains, N. J., for the last ten years; has been and is president of the board of managers of the Methodist Episcopal ( Seney) Hospital in Brooklyn from its foundation. Author of Christians and the Theatre; Supposed Miracles; Oats Versus Wild Oats; or, Common Sense for Young Men; The Midnight Sun, the Czar and the Nihilist; Faith, Healing Christian Science and Kindred Phenomena; Travels in Three Continents, History of Method- ism in the U. S .; Extemporaneous Oratory for Professional and Amateur Speakers; contributor to the Century Magazine, North American Review, and Review of Reviews. Address, 150 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.


BUEL, Clarence :


Clergyman; born Troy, N. Y .; was grad- uated from Union College in 1849; after- ward pursued the study of the law and became a practicing lawyer in Troy, N. Y. Was associated with his father, the late David Buel, Jr., and others until he en- tered the military service in 1861. He raised a squadron of cavalry for the Second New York Volunteer Cavalry Reg- iment (the Harris Light Cavalry) in which he served as captain until some- thing more than a year later, he was offered the colonelcy of the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth New York Volunteer In- fantry Regiment. While in command of this regiment was severely wounded in a skirmish near Suffolk, Va. After two months he rejoined his regiment at Folly Island, S. C., where he took part in the siege operation before Charleston. While there he was attacked by typhoid mala- rial fever which finally compeled his res- ignation from the service. Some two years later he was admitted to Holy Orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church, in which he continued to serve until compelled to give up active duty by ill health. While in civil life he held office for four years as Recorder of the City of Troy. Married Laura E. David,


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Dec. 30, 1863. He was a member of the National Union Convention which nomin- ated candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the U. S .; member of the Loyal Legion and also of The So- ciety of Colonial Wars. Address, 23 First St., Troy, N. Y.


BUEL, Clarence Clough:


Writer, editor: born Laona, N. Y., July 29, 1850; received his early education in Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, 1870- 72; University of Berlin, 1872-73; Poly- technic School and University, Munich, 1873-74; married Sept. 12, 1888, Mary Alice Snow (died 1898).


Assistant editor Minneapolis Tribune, 1874-75; on staff N. Y. Tribune, 1875-81; assistant editor Cen- tury Magazine since 1881. Joint editor (with Robert Underwood Johnson) of Bat- tles and Leaders of the Civil War (4


vols.). Author: The Degradation of State, or the Charitable Career of the Louisiana Lottery, (Century Magazine, Feb., 1892); member, Century Club, Play- ers, N. Y. Churchman Association, Amer- ican Fine Arts Society, Union College Alumni, Dunlap Society. Residence, 131 East 16th St .; office, 33 East 17th St., N. Y. City.


BULGER, Charles N .:


Lawyer; born Aug. 19, 1857, Fulton, N. Y .; was educated in public schools, at Falley Seminary, Fulton, N. Y., and was graduated from St. John's College, Ford- ham, New York City, A. B., 1875, and since received, from same college, honor- ary degrees of Master of Arts and Doc- tor of Laws; admitted to the Bar, 1879; corporation counsel of Oswego, 1882-83; judge Recorder's Court, Oswego, 1883-1902; first deputy attorney-general, 1903-1904; delegate to Democratic Na- tional Convention, 1892-1900, and alter- nate delegate-at-large to same, 1904; was Democratic candidate for lieutenant-gov- ernor in 1902; eloquent advocate and public speaker; delivered memorable ad- dress on "Purposes of Party Organiza- tion and Correct Political Procedure; married, June 5, 1883, Caroline Adelaide Dunn. Address, Oswego, N. J.




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