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mittee to make plans and estimates for rapid transit; 1895-98, member Board of Consulting Engineers to Dock Depart- ment; 1896 consulting engineer to Public Parks Department; in charge of build- ing Harlem River driveway and bridges; 1896, appointed by President Cleveland on board to locate deep water harbor on South California coast; 1898 to date consulting engineer of Department of Bridges, N. Y. City; 1899 appointed by President Mckinley member of the first Isthmian Canal commission; 1904 appoint- eu by President Roosevelt member of Great Isthmian Canal Commission; 1903 Chairman of Commission on additional water supply for N. Y. City, to date; consulting engineer to Aqueduct Commis- sion of N. Y. City; member Board of Trustees of Cathedral of St. John the Divine; member American Society of Civil Engineers, institute of Civil Engi- neers of Great Britain, National Geo- graphic Society, etc. Author: The Stresses in Bridges and Roof Trusses (1881); The Elasticity and Resistance of Materials (1883); Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal (1902). Address, 151 W. 74th St., N. Y. City.
BURRELL, David James:
Author, clergyman; born Mt. Pleasant, Pa., Aug. 1, 1844; son of David Burrell; was graduated from Yale, 1867; Union Theological Seminary, 1870 (D. D., Par- sons College; LL. D., Hope College); served as a missionary in Chicago; held pastorates at Dubuque, Iowa and Min- neapolis, Minn .; and since 1891, Marble Collegiate Church, N. Y. City; author: The Religions of the World; Hints and Helps; Gospel of Gladness; Morning Com- eth (1893); Religion of the Future; Spirit of the Age; For Christ's Crown and Covenant; The Golden Passional; The Wondrous Cross; God and the Peo- ple; The Gospel of Certainty; The Un- accountable Man; The Church in the Fort; The Wonderful Teacher; The Early Church; Christ and Progress; Christ's Teaching Concerning the Scriptures; member West Side Republican, Presby- terian, Union and Reformed Church Union. Address, 248 W. 75th St., N. Y. City.
BURRILL, Middleton Shoolbred:
Lawyer; born Oct. 16, 1858, N. Y. City; son of John Ebenzer Burrill; was grad- uated from Harvard College, 1881, and at- tended Columbia Law School; admitted to the Bar, 1881; married, 1885, Emilie
Neilson; member of Union, Knickerbock- er and Rockaway Hunt Clubs, City, Bar and Down Town Associations, and Sons of Revolution. Residence, 36 East 38th St .; office, 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BURROUGHS, John:
Author and naturalist; born Roxbury, N. Y., April 3, 1837; son of farmer; left home at seventeen to try fortune; next year spent one term at Cooperstown Seminary and one at Ashland Seminary; taught following 8 or 9 years, then clerk in treasury department, Washington. 1867-73, first as vault-keeper, later chief in an organization division bureau of national books; 1873, receiver of Wallkill National Bank, Middletown, N. Y., fol- lowed by 10 years as bank examiner; 1874, settled on farm in Esopus, N. Y., occupying himself with literature and fruit culture when not away on bank duties; fond of nature, of which he writes much in prose and poetry; 1903, accom- panied President Roosevelt on his trip in West; publications: Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (New York, 1867) ; Wake Robin (Boston, 1871); Winter Sun- shine (1875); Birds and Poets (1877); Locusts and Wild Honey (1879); Pepac- ton (1881); Fresh Fields (1884); Signs and Seasons (1886); Indoor Studies (1889) ; Riverby (1894) ; Whitman, a Study (Boston, 1896); Literary Values (1904); Far and Near (1904). Address, West Park, N. Y.
BURROUGHS, Marie:
Actress; born San Francisco, Cal .. 1866; in 1883 came to New York and made her debut in The Rajah as Gladys; was in E. S. Willard Company and will be long remembered as Mary Blenkarn in The Middleman; Vashti in Judah; had her own company; starred with Robt. Hilliard and with Stuart Robson; mar- ried, 1st, Louis F. Massen; 2d, 1901, Rob- ert Barclay Macpherson, N. Y. Ad- dress, The Oakdale, 36 W. 35th St., N. Y. City.
BURROWES, Peter E .:
Editor; born Dublin, Ireland, 1846, of the family of the historical Peter Bur- rowes, who, with Grattan, Emmett, Fitz- gerald and Tandy founded the old Society of United Irishmen which played so con- spicuous a part in the rebellion of 1798; began to write for the press as a con- tributor to Zozimus, the Irish Punch, a short lived, but brilliant enterprise of late A. M. Sullivan of editorial and par- liamentary fame; always partially blind, could not find settled work in literature;
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took to bookselling early in life and with Sons; has traveled widely in Europe and incursions into religious activities as mis- Egypt; has lectured on literary subjects in Chicago, New York and other cities; contributor to Atlantic Monthly, Chau- tauquan and other journals; author of Browning's Women; Literary Land- marks, etc .; has edited The World's Lit- erature; The Story of the German Iliad; editor of Stories from Plato, Ginn & Co., co-editor of The Eugene Field Book, The Child Life Chart, Ginn & Co .; The How- ells Story Book; The Boy General (from works of Elizabeth Custer); Fanciful Tales (from F. R. Stockton); The Liter- ary Primer; Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca; Peracles, the Hero of Thebes; The Cable Story Book; Don Quixote, also edited The Sidney Lanier Book; editor of Poems that Every Child Should Know, Double- day, Page & Co .; editor of Birds and Bees, from the works of John Burroughs, Houghton, Mifflin & Co. City address, 19 East 95th St., N. Y. City. Summer ad- dress, Parkside Cottage, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. sionary and author, made up the years; in 1885 came to America and settled in New York, as editor of religious publi- cations, War Cry; Little Soldier, and marrying the late Jane Reading, of Lon- don, England, returned to bookselling; settled in Brooklyn, where for some years the old book store known as The Curio, of Montague St., was a favorite resort of literary men; during that time was devoted to the cause of socialism from the standpoint of a philosopher who regarded the period of the individual life as closed; wrote extensively as an essayist and poet in the progressive press of America; became a lecturer for, and has been without intermission a nominee of, the socialist party in every election up to date; published a rough outline of monopsychic philosophy under the name of Revolutionary Essays, in 1893, the first of a projected series; also author of The Crime of Ruby Rochfort, a novel, and some serial stories; takes a writer's part BURT, Silas Wright: in the Arts and Crafts movement init- iated in London by the late William Morris and now enlisting the sympathetic attention of many of the intellectual leaders of American Society. Address, 79th St. and 5th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. BURROWS, Lorenzo, Jr .:
Physician; born Albion, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1567, and reared in Saginaw, Mich .; en- tered College of Physicians and Surgeons o. N. Y. City, Oct. 4, 1886, graduating June 13, 1889; assistant to professor of ophthalmology and otology. University of Michigan, during session of 1889 and 1890; established in practice in Saginaw, Mich., July. 1890; removed to Buffalo, N. Y., June, 1896. and continued practice of pro- fession: ophthalmologist to Buffalo Gen- eral Hospital. Address, 482 Franklin St., Buffalo, N. Y.
BURT, Mary E .:
Educator; born Lake Geneva, Wis .; educated in public schools of native town, also at Geneva Lake Seminary and Ober- lin College; taught in schools of Wis- consin and Chicago, Ill .; also for three years instructor of literature at Cook County Normal School; took full college course in private classes and study clubs in the evenings; also studied drawing at Chicago Art Institute; member of Chi- cago School Board and chairman of com- mittee on drawing for three years; since 1892, instructor in John A. Browning School; also general editor for Scribner's
Civil service reformer; born, Albany, N. Y., April 25. 1830; son of Thomas M. and Lydia (Butts) Burt; educated at Al- bany and Kinderhook academies; was graduated from Union College, A. B., C. E., 1849; married, Logansport, Ind., 1855, Jeanette S. Ferrell; 1861-68, collector and assistant inspector general N. Y. State; special deputy naval officer port of New York, 1869-78; naval officer, 1878-83; chief examiner, State Civil Service, 1883-85; naval officer port of New York, 1885-89; civil service commissioner State of N. Y., 1895-00; officer and a founder of Civil Service Reform Association of New York, and National Civil Service Reform League; member Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Psi, Union College Alumni. Residence, 256 W. 57th St .; office, 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
BURT, Stephen Smith:
Physician; born Oneida. N. Y., Nov. 1, 1850; son of Oliver T. and Rebecca (Johnston) Burt, of Syracuse, N. Y .; ed- ucated at Allen's Classical School, West Newton, Mass .. 1862; Eagleswood Mili- tary Academy, Perth Amboy, N. J., 1864; Edwards' Place School, Stockbridge, Mass., 1866; Cornell University, class of 1872; was graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons, department of Columbia University, M. D., 1875; Roose- velt Hospital, 1877; honorary degree M. A., Yale University, 1890; professor of thoracic diseases, University of Vermont,
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1884-85; professor of medicine and phy- sical diagnosis, New York Post-Gradu- ate Medical School and Hospital, since 1884; instructor in same department from 1882 to 1884; attending physician New York Post Graduate Hospital; formerly attending physician out-door service for diseases of the heart and lungs, Bellevue Hospital; examiner for Society of First Aid to Injured; member of Kappa Alpha Society, Cornell Chapter; Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Founders and Patriots of America; Hospital Graduates Club; New York Academy of Medicine; New York State Medical Society; Medical Society of the County of New York. Ad- dress, 207 W. 44th St., N. Y. City.
BURTIS, Areunah Martin:
One of the secretaries of the Home In- surance Co. of N. Y. City; native of that city, and educated in its schools; soldier of the War,
Civil returning from which he entered the service of the Home in the autumn of 1864 as a clerk, and in subsequent years ad- vanced by successive steps through the positions of adjuster, special agent and assistant secretary to his present position, to which he was elected in March, 1898. Address, 56 Cedar St., N. Y. City. BURTIS, Arthur:
Pay director (Rear Admiral, retired), U. S. Navy; born N. Y .; appointed as- sistant paymaster from that State by Mr. Lincoln in 1862; his grandfather, Arthur Burtis, was an Alderman of the City of New York from 1813 to 1819; his great- grandfather and great-great-grandfather both served in the Revolutionary War; his father was the Rev. Arthur Burtis, D.D., an eminent clergyman of Buffalo, N. Y .; his first orders dated July 21, 1862, were to duty under Admiral Farra- gut at New Orleans, La., in the Sagamore, but on the way there in the supply steamer Rhode Island he contracted yellow fever, and he was sent north; upon recovering was ordered to the Connecticut, employed in convoying the Californian steamers through the Carribean Sea; the Connecti- cut, of North Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, next on the blockade, capturing four noted blockade-runners; also caused the destruction of four more, in the course of which duty she was engaged with Fort Fisher; from 1864 to 1866 was attached to the Muscoota, of the Gulf Squadron; while in the Muscoota, he was promoted to paymaster, May 4, 1866; from 1867 to 1869 stationed at League Island; from 1870 to 1873 was attached to the Brook-
lyn, which ship brought the body of Ad- miral Farragut from Portsmouth, N. H., to New York, and then went for a cruise in European waters-part of the three years' cruise on the Brooklyn he was the Fleet paymaster of the European Fleet. Upon his return home, after service at the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, Navy Department, 1873, he became inspec- ter of provisions and clothing at the navy yard, Philadelphia, from 1874 to 1877; most of the time he had the additional duty of paymaster of the receiving-ship St. Louis; in 1878 he was a member of the Board of Examiners; again ordered to League Island, but after about a year's service there went to the practice-ship Constellation for her summer cruise with the cadets of the Naval Academy. After this he was for some time on special duty at navy pay office, New York; from 1883 to 1886 he was attached to the Galena, of the North Atlantic Squadron; the Ga- lena was at Aspinwall in the spring of 1885; during the rebellion on the Isthmus, and when that city was burned, the offi- cers and crew of the ship prevented much destruction of property and loss of life; the Galena also seized at St. Andrew's Island the filibustering steamer City of Mexico in February, 1886; from June, 1886, to May, 1889, was the paymaster of the navy yard, New York; he next went to the Vermont, receiving-ship at New York, and in January, 1890. was ordered as fleet paymaster of the Pacific Squad- ron to the flag-ship Charleston; the Char- leston brought King Kalakua from the Sandwich Islands to California, and took his remains back to Honolulu in January, 1891; from the Charleston he was trans- ferred to the flag-ship San Francisco, March 31, 1891; the San Francisco was in Chili during the revolution in 1891, and in Valparaiso when Balmaceda's army was defeated and the Congressional forces captured that city, Aug. 28, 1891; was promoted to pay inspector, Sept. 21, 1891; was detached from the flagship San Fran- cisco, Jan. 30, 1832; Navy Yard, N. Y., Dec., 1892-95; settling accounts, member Board of Inspection and Survey, Jan., 1896-97; U. S. S. New York, fleet pay- master, July, 1897, North Atlantic Sta- tion; the New York was at Tortugas when the Maine was destroyed in Ha- vana, Feb. 15, 1898; captured the Spanish steamer Pedro, April 22, 1898, and later several other prizes; action with the Ma- tanzas batteries, April 27, 1898; engage- ments, San Juan, Porto Rico, May 12,
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1808; engagements, Santiago de Cuba, [ phia, 1886; member National Sculpture June 6. 1898; action, Santiago, June 16, Society; Architectural League: National 1898; action, Aquadores, Cuba, July 1, Arts Club; Municipal Art Society; Soci- ety for Preserving Scenic and Historic Places; Sons American Revolution: May- flower Society; his most notable works are the statues Justinian, in Appellate Court, and decorative figures Hall of Rec- ords, N. Y. City: the Indian Buffalo Hunt for Chicago World's Fair; group, Truth. for Pan American Exposition. as well as the statues of Gen. Meade and Gen. Reynolds at Gettysburg. Address. 37 W. 34th St., N. Y. City, and Newburgh, N. Y. 1898; action, resulting in destruction of Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera by the fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Sampson; Santiago, July 2, 1898; action July 3. 1898; promoted pay director. May 5. 1899; detached from New York, July 3, 1899; in charge of Navy Pay Office, Bos- ton, Mass., Dec. 30. 1899-02: Navy Pay Office, New York. 1902; retired. Nov. 21. 1902. with rank of rear admiral: received the honorary degree of A.M. from Ho- bart College; member of the Saint Nicho- BUSH, Robert Wilder: las Society. of New York; the Holland So- Mechanical engineer; born Dec. 26, 1864, Northboro. Mass .; was graduated from Harvard College, A. B .. 1889; con- nected with the Metropolitan Works of the Brooklyn Union Gas Co .; member of Harvard Club, Country Club of Boston: Sons of American Revolution and Squadron A, N. G .. N. Y. Residence, 10 Monroe Pl .; office, foot of 12th St., Brook- lyn, N. Y. ciety, of New York; the Sons of the American Revolution, the Kapna Alpha Society. the Saint Nicholas Club, of New York; the Union Club. of New York: University Club, Buffalo; the Council of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, care Brown. Shipley & Co., Bankers, London, England. Address, 530 Lafayette Ave .. Buffalo, N. Y. BURTON, Henry Fairfield : BUSH, W. Herbert:
Educator; horn Elyria, O .. July 17, 1851; was graduated from University of Mich- igan, 1872. A. M., 1875; and special stud- jes in philology. 1875-77, at University of Leipzig: married, 1st, June 28, 1883. Anna Cushing Mckay; 2d, June 14, 1898, Marian Williams Perrin: for two years instruc- tor in Latin and Greek at Denison Uni- versity, and instructor in Latin one year at Michigan University; assistant pro- fessor Latin, University of Rochester. 1877-83. since which time he has been professor of Latin and was acting presi- dent. 1898-1900; member American Philo- logical Association. American Oriental Society, Archeological Institute of Am- erica. Adress. 4 Dartmouth St., Roch- ester. N. Y.
BURTON, James:
Photographic illustrator; horn London. England, Jan. 1, 1871; common school ed- ucation: married, Oct. 21. 1898, Miss E. H. F. McMillan; came to U. S., 1894; 1l- lustrator for Harper's, Leslie's and other New York and London daily papers; dur- ing Santiago campaign. 1898, was photog- rapher for Harper's Weekly. Address, 487 W. 22d St., N. Y. City.
BUSH-BROWN, Henry Kirke
Sculptor; born, Ogdensburg, N. Y .. April 21. 1857; educated at Siglar's School, Newburgh. N. Y .; student at National Academy Design; also studeid under Hen- ry Kirke Brown, and in Paris and Italy; married Margaret W. Lesley, of Philadel-
Clergyman ; born Philadelphia, April 23, 1867 : educated at Protestant Episcopal Academy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Protestant Episcopal Divin- ity School; 1893, minister in charge of the Church of the Ascension, Gloucester City, N. J .: 1894, rector of the same; 1894. as- sistant minister St. John's Church, Nor- ristown, Pa .; 1897, priest in charge of All Saints' Chapel; 1898, rector of All Saints' Church, Norristown, Pa .; also since 1903, minister in charge of the Washington Me- morial Chapel, Valley Forge, Pa .; married Abbie J. Reeves, Sept. 25. 1894; degrees: B. A., 1890, University of Pennsylvania; B. D., 1893, University of Pennsylvania; deacon, 1893; priest. 1894. Address, All Saints Rectory, Norristown, Pa.
BUSH, William Wirt:
Lieutenant, U. S. Navy; horn Mary- land. appointed from New York; cadet midshipman, Sept. 25, 1880; honorably dis- charged. June 30. 1886; assistant engineer, June 28, 1889; passed assistant engineer, March 28, 1896; rank changed to lieuten- ant. March 3. 1899; San Francisco, 1890; Navy Yard. Norfolk, 1893; torpedo-boat Cushing, 1894; inspector machinery, Seat- tle. 1895; Philadelphia. 1898; Hartford, 1898-1901; torpedo station. 1901; Union Iron Works. Aug., 1901; Wyoming, Dec., 1902-04. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
BUSHNELL, Clarence Munson:
Lawyer; born Feb. 2, 1856, at Bethany,
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Pa .; educated at Princeton University, A. | St. Nicholas Society, Lawyers Club, N. M., 1895; director Niagara Gorge R. R. Y., N. Y. Yacht Club, N. Y., Republican Club; Metropolitan Club of Washington. Address, 1535 I St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Cc .; attorney for International Traction Co. and Bell Telephone Co., of Buffalo; member of Buffalo, University and Inde- pendent (president) Clubs, Sons of Amer- BUTLER, Edward Hubert: ican Revolution and Society of Colonial Wars; member of State Bar Association, Buffalo Historical Society and Liberal Club. Residence, 645 West Ferry St .; of- fice, 864 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y.
BUTLER, Charles Henry :
Lawyer, author, Reporter of the de- cisions of the Supreme Court of the United States; born N. Y. City, June 18, 1859; son of Wm. Allen Butler and Mary Marshall Butler; grandson of Benjamin F. Butler, Attorney General of the United States under Presidents Jackson and Van Buren, and of Charles Henry Marshall, sea-captain and owner of the Black-Ball line of packet ships between New York and Liverpool; educated at private schools in Yonkers, Poughkeepsie and Princeton, and in class of 1881 (par- tial course only), Princeton College; ad- mitted to practice law in N. Y. State in Sept., 1882, after course in office of his father's firm, Butler, Stillman and Hub- bard; practiced law in N. Y. City under firm names of Holt & Butler, Butler & Wyckoff, and Butler & Harwood, from 1884 to 1903; in 1898 was one of the coun- sel for the Anglo-American Joint High Commission at Washington and Quebec; in 1898-99 published a number of political pamphlets on subject of Our Relations with Spain; Cuba Must be Free; Inter- vention the Proper Course; The Voice of the Nation; The Story of the Virginius, and on the subject of Freedom of Private Property at Sea from Capture During War; in 1902, published 2 volume work on The Treaty Making Power of the United States; Banks Law Publishing Co .; delivered one of the funeral ad- dresses at Yonkers on President McKin- ley; was on platform during campaign of 1900, and has always been a Republi- can since and including Garfield; in Dec., 1902, was appointed Reporter of the de- cisions of the Supreme Court of the Uni- ted States to succeed J. C. Bancroft Dav- is, resigned; reports commencing at vol- ume No. 187; resided in Yonkers, N. Y., from 1865 to 1903; in 1882, married Marcia Flagg, daughter of Ethan Flagg, of Yonkers, N. Y., and has three sons and one daughter; member of Amercian, New York City, and New York State Bar As- sociations, International Law Association,
Editor and proprietor Buffalo News; born Le Roy, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1850; edu- cated at public and private schools; founded Buffalo Sunday News in 1873, and 1880, the Evening News; member State Editorial Association, Grade Crossings Commission; trustee Grosvenor Library; Associated Press; Lotos Club (N. Y. City), Buffalo Club. Address, 522 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
BUTLER, George Bernard:
Artist; born N. Y. City, Feb. S, 1838; began study of painting with Thomas Hicks; 1859, worked in Thomas Couture's studio, Paris; autumn of 1860 returned to United States; joined Union Army and lost arm at Gettysburg; 1865, returned to Europe and took up painting of animals; spent two years in work under Couture at Senlis, and winter 1867-68 in Italy; then returned to United States, going back in 1873 and spending following ten years at Rome and Venice, Italy; here met Whistler, who greatly influenced his work; since 1883 has been painting chiefly portraits; 1872, elected member of Na- tional Academy of Design. Address, 116 W. 88th St., N. Y. City.
BUTLER, Howard Russell:
Artist, lawyer; born New York, March 3, 1856; son of William Allen and Mary (Marshall) Butler; was graduated from Princeton, 1876; LL. B., Columbia, 1881; married, 1890, Virginia Hays; practiced law in New York till 1884; studied art in Paris till 1888; honorable mention Paris Salon, 1886; medals Paris Exposi- tion, 1889; Atlanta, 1895; Philadelphia Temple, 1888; Paris, 1900; Buffalo, 1901; president American Fine Arts Society, which he organized in 1889; president Carnegie Music Hall since.1896; member of National Academy
Design, Society American Artists, New
York Water Color Club, Architectural League, Muni- cipal Art Society, Fine Arts Federation; clubs: Century. Lotos, University. Resi- dence, 22 E. 91st St .; studio and office, Carnegie Music Hall, N. Y. City.
BUTLER, Nicholas Murray :
President of Columbia University; born Elizabeth, N. J., April 2, 1862; was grad- uated from Columbia College, 1882; Fel- lowship in philosophy, 1882-85; student at Berlin and Paris during 1884-85; assis-
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tant in philosophy at Columbia, 1885; tutor, 1886, adjunct professor, 1989; dean of faculty of philosophy, also professor of philosophy and education, 1890; elected president Jan., 1902; organized N. Y. College for Training Teachers, 1886, and president until 1891; member of New Jer- sey State Board of Education, 1887-95; president of Paterson, N. J., Board of Ed- ucation, 1892-93; life director of National Educational Assn .; member of Amer- ican Philosophical and American Psychol- ogical Associations, and of National
Council of Education; president (1995) of National Educational Association; chair- man, since 1901, of the College Exami- nation Board; editor of Educational Re- view; of Great Educators series; of Teachers' Professional Library; has pub- lished The Meaning of Education, and other works; member of Century, Metro- politan, University, Barnard, Church, City, Garden City Golf, and Ards- ley Clubs; received the following de- grees: M. A. and Ph.D. from Columbia; LI. D. from Syracuse, Tulane. Johns Hopkins, Princeton, University of Penn- sylvania, Yale and University of Chicago. Address, 119 E. 30th St., N. Y. City.
BUTLER, William Allen, Jr .:
Lawyer; born New York, July 14, 1853; son of late William and Mary R. Mar- shall Butler; graduate of Philips Andover Academy, 1871; Princeton, 1876; Columbia Law School, 1878; married, Yonkers, N. Y., 1884 Louise T. Collins; admitted to Bar, 1878; now member firm Butler, Not- man, Joline & Mynderse; member Asso- ciation Bar City of N. Y., Institute Mu- seum of Art, American Fine Arts So- ciety, New York Botanical Gardens; clubs: University. Meadow, Princeton, Lawyers, Shinnecock Hills Golf. Resi- dence, 30 E. 72d St .; office, 54 Wall St., N. Y. City.
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