Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 3

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lawyer: born 1867 N. Y City, Was graduated from Columbia College- A. B. A. M., 188S. Ph. D. 1590, and attended Columbia Law School, member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, New York Athletic Club, Columbia I'niver Ity: Al- umni Association. Sons of Revelation anil Society of Colonial Wars. Residence 312 West 78th St ; office, 5 Nau St., N Y City.

AITKINS, James Fley :

Priest of the Episcopal Church; barn June 1. 1870. Derby. England: educated at Diocesan School, Derby, and Staunton Preparatory School, Staunton Vn. ; stud- ied theology at Virgina Seminary: was curate at Grace Church. Brooklyn N Y -; in 1897, married Miss Bessie Pearl Dein. Address. Rector of St. John's Church, Huntington. L. I. N. Y.

ALBEE, Ernest:

Educator: was graduated from the I'ni- versity of Vermont. A. B., 1887, and Cor- nell University, Ph. D., 1824; single; mem- ber of Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity; assist- ant Professor of philosophy in Cornell University and co-editor of the Philo- sophical Review; author of a History of English Utilitarianism ( Macmillan). Ad- dress, 138 Cascadilla Place. Ithaca. N. Y.

ALBING, Otto F .:

Editor; born Hanover. Germany. 1840; educated at Göttingen and Heidelberg Universities; came to the U. S. in 1866, his first work in journalism in this country being in connection with German papers; 1875-1901. connected with the Buf- falo Courier as editorial writer: in 1885 became editor of the Buffalo Democrat. which position he holds at present (1904). Address, 428 Vermont St., Buffalo, N. Y.

ALBRO, Addis:

Clergy man. educator, lecturer; born Middleburgh. N Y., Feb. 18. 1$55; son of William Bliss and Ann Elizabeth ( Wood) Albro; educated at Fort Edward, (N. Y.). Collegiate Institute: was graduated from lawrence University, B. S., 1850; M. S. 1942; was graduated from Albany Law School, Union University. 1556. LL. B .; honorary D. D., Grant University; mar- ried Mary Allee Scribner. daughter of Myror Eugene and Mary ( Kromer) Serih- mer of Schoharie. N. Y .. Feb. 19, 1878; college president and professor, 1880-86; pastor First M E. Church, Moline, Ill., And Fint M. E. Church, Utica, N. Y., 1547 46 feld secretary New York State Sabiath Association, 1893-98; chaplain New York State Senate_ 1593-91; chaplain Michigan Military Academy. 1900-03; del- ogato National Republican Convention. 1600: general secretary American Reform AAMsociation since 1sos; member of Baron - Id Order of Runnemede. Society Colonial Wir. Sons of the American Revolution, Founder and Patriots of America, May- fower Descendants Descendants of Colo- ral Governors Knights Templar, A. A. S R Michigan Club. Author of History of Our Country's Fng Address, 307 Mer- rich Ave .. Detroit, Mich.

ALDEN, Carlos Coolidge:

Lawyer, professor, author; born Wil- mingten. Ill ._ June 4. 1866; lineal descend - utn of John Allen. of Puritan fame; ed- ucated at Bangor, Me .: received degree of L.L. B. 192. New York University Law School that of LL. M., In 1893, J. D. in 1904; admitted to Bar. 1893; professor of law. New York University Law School, since 1596; member of law firm of Alden & Carpenter, 170 Broadway, N. Y. City; ap- pointed dean of Buffalo Law School in 1904. Author of Abbott's Forms of Plead - ink. 2 vols .. (1998.) (1900); Hand-book of New York Code of Civil Procedure. (1901 ). Residence, 27 Ashland Ave .. Buffalo; off- ice. 170 Bradway, N. Y. City.

ALDEN, Cynthia Westover:

Author and journalist born Afton, Ia .. 1862; was graduated from University of Colorado at Boulder, taught in public school at Boulder; Inspectress of Customs. N. Y. City. 1887; private secretary of Street Cleaning Commissioner, N. Y. City; editor of the woman's page, New York Recorder; editor of the woman's page, New York Tribune; founder of the Inter- national Sunshine Society, 1896, and pres- ident general; it has a membership of over 200.000, besides 3.000 well organized branches all over the world. Author: Manhattan Historic and Artistic, and

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Bushy, Money Earning for Women, and [ of the staff of the Providence Journal in editor of What One Woman Thinks. Ed- itorial writer on staff of Ladies' Home Journal and other periodicals; married John Alden, 1896. Business office, 96 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City; home address, Hotel Montague, Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y. ALDEN, John Ferris:

Civil engineer, wrought iron and steel bridge manufacturer; born Cohoes, N. Y., March 19, 1852; was graduated from Rens- selaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., in 1872. Member of the Alden Kindred of America, being of the eighth generation of direct descendants of John Alden who arrived in the Mayflower. Upon gradua- tion, for two years was assistant engi- neer upon the railroad bridges being built over the Hudson River at Albany for the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co. From 1874 to 1878 was principal assistant engineer to the Leighton Bridge & Iron Works at Rochester, N. Y. From 1878 to 1880 chief engineer and a member of the company. From 1880 to 1885 leased the works with M. Lassig of Chicago under the firm name of Alden & Lassig. Also erected and operated for five years a bridge works plant at Chicago under the name of Las- sig & Alden. From 1885 to 1901 was sole proprietor of the Rochester Bridge & Iron Works of Rochester. In 1901 sold same to the American Bridge Co. Has been connected with the building of many miles of iron and steel bridge work for our leading railroads. Member of the Rensselaer Society of Engineers, The Am- erican Society of Civil Engineers. Mem- ber of the Rochester Chamber of Com- mrce. Director of the Traders' National Bank Director of the Genesee Valley Trust Co. President of the Rochester Securities Co. In June 1885, was mar- ried to Miss Mary E. Bogue of Brooklyn, N. Y. Address, Rochester, N. Y.

ALDEN, Robert Percy:

Lawyer; attended Yale College. class of 1870, and was graduated from Columbia Law School, 1875; A M., Yale (Honorary), 1875; member of University Club. Ad- dress, 55 Liberty St., N. Y. City.

ALDRICH, Herbert Lincoln:

Publisher; born Massachusetts; educat- ed at Cornell University, 1880-83; married; publisher of Marine Engineering and of the Boiler Maker. Residence. Hotel San Remo. Central Park West; office, 17 Bat- tery Place, N. Y. City.

ALDRICH, Richard:

Editor; born Providence, R I., July 31. 1863; educated in the schools of that city and in Harvard, where he was graduated in the class of 1885, became a member

August of that year, first as reporter, then as musical and dramatic editor, and final- ly as editorial writer; spent the year 1888 in Europe in the critical study of music; in 1889 became private secretary to U. S. Senator Dixon; 1890, musical critic, Wash- ington Star; 1891, became member of N. Y. Tribune staff; Oct., 1902, appointed mu- sical editor New York Times; writer on musical subjects in magazines and other periodicals; author of A Guide to Parsifal, The Oliver Ditson Co., (1904); one of the two American contributors to re- vised edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music. The Macmillan Co., (1904); trans- lated Mme. Lilli Lehmann's book, How to Sing, The Macmillan Co., (1902); mem- ber Century Club and Harvard Club. Ad- dress, New York Times, N. Y. City.

ALDRICH, Spencer:

Lawyer; born Jan. 19, 1854, N. Y. City; was graduated from Columbia Universi- ty, A. B., 1874 and LL.B., 1876; married; treasurer of Adirondack League Club; member of Union League, St Anthony and Church Clubs, Wyandanch Club of Smith- town, L. I., and Delta Psi Fraternity. Residence, 271 West 72d St .; office, 45 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ALEXANDER, Charles Beatty:

Lawyer and author; born New York, Dec. 6, 1849; son of Henry M. Alexander and Susan Mary Alexander; married, April 27. 1887, Harriet Crocker, daughter of Charles Crocker, of California; grad. tate of Princeton University, 1870; re- ceived the honorary degree of LL.D. Princeton University, June, 1895, and from Washington & Jefferson College, at Cen- tennial. Oct., 1902; trustee of Princeton University; admitted to New York Bar June 17, 1872; California Bar Dec. 19, 1888; Bar of the Supreme Court of the U. S. Nov. 5, 1884; member of law firm of Alexander & Green, 120 Broadway, and counsel to the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U S., and other large cor- porations and firms; member of the So- ciety of the Cincinnati and of numerous clubs. Author: Alexander on the New York Law of Life Insurance. Residence, Tuxedo Park, New York; other addresses. 4 West 58th Street and 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ALEXANDER, De Alva Stanwood:

Republican Representative in Congress from Buffalo; born July 17, 1846, Rich- mond, Me .; at the age of 15 entered the Army, serving three years, and until the close of the war, as a private soldier; upon leaving the service prepared for col-

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lege at Edward Little Institute, in Au- burn, Me .; and took his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College in 1870; afterwards located at Indianapolis, Ind., where he studied law and practiced in partnership with Hon. Stanton J. Peelle, now judge of the Court of Claims in Washington; was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1872; was secretary of the Irdiana Republican State Committee from 1874 to 1878; in 1881 was appointed Fifth Auditor of the Treasury Department, and during his residence in Washington was elected and served one term as command- er of the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic; on leaving Washington, removed to Buffalo, forming a law partnership with his college class- mate, Hon. James A. Roberts, formerly comptroller of the State of New York; in 1889 was appointed United States At- torney for the northern district of New York, holding the office until Dec., 1893; was elected to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth and re-elected in the Fifty-ninth Congress. Has been a member continuously of the Judiciary and Rivers and Harbors Committees. Ad- dress, Buffalo, N. Y.

ALEXANDER, George :

Clergyman; born West Charlton, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1843; was graduated from Union College in 1866, and received the degree of D. D. in 1884; Pastor of the East Avenue Presbyterian Church, Schence- tady, N. Y., from 1870 to 1883; pastor of the Presbyterian Church on University Place, N. Y. City, since 1884; vice-pres- ident of the Council of New York Uni- versity; president of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church; president of the Board of Directors of New York College of Dentistry; Trustee of Union College; director of Princeton Theological Seminary. Address, 47 Uni- versity Place, N. Y. City.

ALEXANDER, Henry Martyn:

Lawyer; educated at Princeton College; director Equitable Life Assurance Society; member of Princeton, Calumet and Uni- versity Athletic, and Ardsley Clubs, and Bar Association of City of N. Y. Resi- dence. 4 West 40th St .; office, 120 Broad- way, N. Y. City.

ALEXANDER, James Wadde':

President Equitable Life Assurance So - ciety of the U. S .; born Princeton, N. J., July 19, 1839; son of Rev. Dr. James W. Alexander, pastor 5th Avenue Church; was graduated from Princeton University, 1860 (A. M.); Nov. 24, 1864, married Eliz- abeth Beasley Williamson, Elizabeth, N. J .; admitted to New York Bar, 1862;

trustee Princeton University; director Mercantile Trust Co., Delaware and Hud- son Co., National Bank of Commerce in N. Y., Equitable Trust Co., Fidelity Trust Co. of Newark, Commercial Trust Co. of Philadelphia, Franklin National Bank,

Philadelphia, and other financial bodies; president University Club eight years, Princeton Club, six years; president So- ciety of the Virginians. Author: Prince- ton, Old and New, (189S). Address, 4 E. 64th St., N. Y City.

ALEXANDER, John White:

Artist; born Allegheny City, Pa., Oct. 7, 1856; studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Munich; awarded gold medal, Phil- adelphia Academy of Fine Arts, 1897; also at Paris Exposition, 1900, and Pan-Amer- ican, Buffalo, 1901; has taken the Lippin- cott prize, Philadelphia; the first prize, Washington, D. C., Art Society; first Car- negie prize, Society American Artists; medal, Munich Academy; represnted in Luxembourg, Paris, gallery St. Peters- burg; private galleries, London, and Edinburgh, Scotland; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts; Willstach collection, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia; Elkins collection, Philadelphia; Boston Museum Fine Arts; Metropolitan Museum, New York; Cin- cinnati Fine Arts Institute; Princeton University; Harvard University; Rhode Island School of Design; Congressional Li - brary, Washington, D. C .; Chamber of Commerce, New York; Cooper Union, New York; State House, Trenton, N. J .; City Hall, Albany, N. Y., and in private collections in nearly all of the large cities of the U. S .; painted a portrait of Pres- ident Loubet, which hangs in the Elysee Palace, Paris; degree of A. M., Princeton University, 1892; Chevalier of Legion d'Honneur, 1901; academician of National Academy, 1902; member of Societe Na- tionale des Beaux Arts, Paris, and other European societies; also of Society of American Artists, of National Society of Mural Painters, Architectural League, etc .; member of Century, Metropolitan and Union Clubs, N. Y. City; member National Institute of Arts and Letters; awarded Academy Gold Medal of Honor, Philadelphia, 1904; gold medal, St. Louis, 1904. Residence, 116 E. 65th St .; studio. 123 E. 62d St., N. Y. City.

ALEXANDER, Lawrence D .:

Stockbroker; was graduated from Jef- ferson College, Pa., now Washington & Jefferson College, 1864; member of Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Century Asso- ciation, Players, Virginians, Kentuckians,

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Sons of the Revolution. Residence, 222 | American Revolution and Dwight Alumni

W. 23 St .; office, 20 Broad St., N. Y. City. ALEXANDER, Samuel, M. D .:

Physician; was graduated from Prince- ton College, 1879, and Bellevue Hospital Medical College; Lecturer in Surgery Gen- ito-Urinary system in same; professor of same in Cornell University Medical Col- lege since 1900; surgeon to Bellevue Hos- pital; member of Princton, University and New York Athletic Clubs. Address, 5 West 58th St., N. Y. City. ALEXANDER, Walter:

Lawyer born Jan. 3, 1866, St. Charles, Mo., early education in St. Charles Col- lege; was graduated from Harvard Uni- versity, A. B., 1887, and LL. B., 1890; member of University, Harvard, and Metropolitan Clubs, St.

Andrews Golf Club and Association of the Bar of the City of N. Y. Residence, 981 Madison Ave .; office, 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City. ALEXANDER, William:

Secretary Equitable Life Assurance So- ciety; was graduated from University of Virginia, A. B .; member of University, Union, Lawyers, Tuxedo, and Salmagun- di Sketch Clubs, and the University of Virginia Alumni Association. Residence, 14 West 37th St .; office, 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ALLDS, Jotham P .:

Republican State Senator, representing the Twenty-sixth Senate District (Sul- livan, Chenango and Delaware Counties); born Claremont, N. H .; educated in pub- lic schools of that town, removed to the State of New York in 1876, and was grad- uated from Colgate University in 1883; admitted to the Bar in Jan., 1887, and began the practice of law in Norwich, Chenango County, N. Y., where now re- sides; Mr Allds was first elected to As- sembly in 1896, and at the sessions of 1896 and 1897 was chairman of the com- mittee on Excise; in 1898 was chairman of the committee on Codes, and in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902 was chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means and ma- jority leader; Nov., 1902, elected to Senate from the Twenty-sixth Senatorial dis- trict, and re-elected in 1904; in 1903 as a State Senator he received the following Senate committee appointments: Fi- nance, Judiciary, Taxation and Retrench- ment, Forest, Fish and Game, and Roads and Bridges. Address, Norwich, Chenan- go County, N. Y.

ALLEN, Addison:

Lawyer born Feb. 28, 1865, N. Y. City; was graduated from Columbia University, A. B., A. M. and LI. B. Member Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, Quill Club, Sons of

Association. Residence, 300 Central Park West; office, 120 Broadway, N. Y. City. ALLEN, Alfred:

Author and playwright; born Alfred, N. Y., April 8, 1866; he studied at Johns Hopkins, Alfred, Harvard and Columbia Universities; subsequently became pro- fessor of Alfred University, of which his father, Dr. J. Allen, was president; also spent four years teaching at Baltimore. After 1890 traveled extensively, spending much time in mining camps, "boom towns" on the frontier, and on tenting and fishing trips, or in the forecastle to England, working his way. Has pub- lished two novels and four plays, one of the latter; Chivalry, being published in Town Topics and receiving $1,000 prize. Is author of many short stories in the leading magazines at present on the ed- itorial staff of the New York Dramatic Mirror. Address, 316 West 57th St., N. Y. City.

ALLEN, Annie Winsor:

(Mrs. Joseph), born Winchester, Mass., 1865 (Annie Ware Winsor), daughter of Frederick Winsor and Ann Bent (Ware) Winsor; went to Radcliffe College, Cam- bridge, Mass .; taught history, etc., in Breasley School, New York, 1889-1900; assistant secretary of the Social Reform Club, 1894-98; member of its council, '94- '02; secretary of Mercantile Inspection Committee, 1895-96; member of Board of Managers for House of Refuge, Hudson, N. Y. Address, Hudson, N. Y.

ALLEN, Augustus Henry:

Lawyer; born Aug. 6, 1841, N. Y. City; educated at New York University Law School; admitted to the Bar, 1872. Mar- ried. Member of firm of Allen & Talmage. Member of Republican. Fordham and Bedford Park Clubs. Residence, Bedford Park; office, 320 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ALLEN, Calvin H .:

Civil engineer and railroad builder; born 1827, Central New York; president Union Security Co .; manager and presi- dent Copper Mining Co .; vice-president Chemical Electrical Co. Member of Colo- nial Club, New England Society, Ameri- can Society of Civil Engineers, Metropol- itan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, Genesee Valley Club. Residence, 1 West 72d St .; office 52 Broad- way, N. Y. City.

ALLEN, Charles Herbert:

Banker; born Lowell, Mass., April 15, 1848; was graduated from Amherst Coi- lege, 1869 (A M.); made LL. D., 1900. Was a lumber merchant at Lowell; inem- ber of the Massachusetts General Court,

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1881-1882; member of the State Senate, of the defences of Natchez, Miss .; and in 1883; was elected member of Congress, 1884, and served two terms, holding im- portant places on the Committee on In- dian Affairs and Post Offices, was Re- publican candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1891, but defeated by a small majority by Governor Russell; suc- ceeded Theodore Roosevelt as Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy, 1898, and served during the exacting period of the war with Spain was, in 1900, made the first Civil Governor of Porto Rico under American authority and organized the new government; for these services was offered by President Mckinley the choice of several diplomatic appointments, but In preferred to return to private life 1902 became President of the Appleton National Bank at Lowell, and February,

1904, was made vice-president of the Morton Trust Co. Married Nov. 10 1870, Harriet Coleman Dean; has two daugh- ters; is a member of the Union Club of Boston, the Metropolitan of Washington, the Yorick and Vesper of Lowell; and the Metropolitan and University of New York. Residence, 50 West 45th St .; office, 38 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

ALLEN, Charles J .:

Brigadier General U. S. Army; born New York, January 31, 1840; son of Charles H. and Melissa M. Kissam Allen. At the age of fourteen he was a mem- ber of a military company attached to the Seventy-fourth Regiment, New York State Uniformed Militia (later, styled National Guard); was private sergeant and Cap- tain. In 1856, when the company was regularly mustered into the service of the State he was commissioned by the Gov- ernor as captain in the Seventy-fourth Regiment. Was cadet at the U. S. Military Academy (being appointed from New York), July 1, 1860; was graduated June 13, 1864; actual rank-first lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, June 13, 1864; Cap- tain, March 7, 1865; Major, January 10, 1883; promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Febru- ary 5. 1897; promoted Brigadier General U. S. Army, January 22, 1904; placed on retired list, January 23, 1904; brevet rank -captain, August 24, 1864, for highly mer- itorious services in the sieges of Forts Gaines and Morgan, Ala .; Major, March 26, 1865, for gallant and meritorious ser- vices during the campaign against the City of Mobile and its defences; service- served during the Civil War, 1864-1866, in the Military Division of West Mississippi and also in the Department of Louisiana, being engaged in the siege and capture of Forts Gaines and Morgan, Ala .; in charge

rconnaissances and preparatory opera- tions for the Mobile campaign of March and April, 1865; he was acting chief en- gineer of the Sixteenth Army Corps at the siege of Spanish Fort and in reconnais- sances in the vicinity of Fort Blakely, Ala., and in erecting heavy batteries against Forts Huger and Tracy, in Mo- bile Bay, and during the march of the Corps to Montgomery, Ala., from March 27 to April 25, 1865; he was also in charge of the defences of Mobile and from June 1 to Aug. 5, 1865, was chief engineer of the Army of Observation on the Rio Grande, Texas; he was thrice commended in official reports by his superiors in the field, including his corps and division commanders. In the summer of 1877 he drilled and instructed part of the Missouri Provisional Militia organized by the citi- zens of St. Louis; since the Civil War of 1861-1865, he has served continuously on construction of fortifications, on works for improvement of rivers and harbors, on construction of bridges, and on surveys, besides having been a member of numer- ous boards of engineer officers, etc., on important works; during the Spanish War, 1898, he was in charge of the Defences of Washington, D. C. He married, January 20. 1869, Elizabeth Wallbridge Cleveland, at Rock Island, Ill. Their children are: Philip Cleveland Allen, in railroad busi- ness; George Wallbridge Allen, electri- cal engineer; Charles Kissam Allen, law- ver, and Grace Elizabeth Allen. Gen. Allen is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, U. S., and of other military associations. Address, Washing- ton, D. C.

ALLEN, Charles Warrenne:

Physician; born Flemington, N. J., Dec. 4, 1854, educated at Lycée, Imperial Nantes, France, and was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, 1875, and Co- lumbia Med. Dept., 1878; professor of Der- matology N. Y. Post-Graduate Medical school and hospital, and consulting sur- geon for skin and genito-urinary dis- eases in various hospitals Author of Handy Book of Medical Progress, Practi- tioner's Manual Radiotherapy and Pho- totheraphy Address, 30 East 33d St,, N. Y. City.

ALLEN, Elmer Alva:

Lawyer; born Nov. 26. 1844. in Amenia. N. Y .; was graduated from Union Col- lege. 1865. Member of Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity and its alumni associa- tion in N. Y. City. Married. Member of Bar Association of City of New York,

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and Union College Alumni Association. Residence, West 109th St. and Aqueduct Ave. (Bronx); office, 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ALLEN, Ethan:

Lawyer; born Monmouth County, N. J., May 12, 1832; son of Samuel Fleming Allen and Phœby Goble; grandson of Capt. Samuel Allen, a minute man of the Rev- olution; his great-uncle, Stephen Fleming, was a captain in the New Jersey line of the Revolution, and after that war went to Kentucky and gave his name to a county in that State; was graduated from Brown University, 1860, and was orator of his class; was graduated from the New York University Law School, and was the valedictorian of that class; married. Aug. 20, 1861. Eliza Clagett, of Washington, D. C., who died Feb 8, 1899; practiced his profession in N. Y. City from 1870 to 1890. when he retired from the Bar; never lost a case before a jury; from 1861-1870, was Deputy United States

District Attorney for Southern District of New York under Lincoln administra- tion; resigned, in 1862, to enter the army, but was ordered by Secretary of War to stay at his post of civic duty; obtained from governor a commission as colonel to recruit for the army, and organize the Blair Brigade during such time as could be spared from official duties; was chair- man, in 1872, of national convention of Liberal Republicans to make Horace Greeley President of the United States; in 1870, was president of the Cuban League of the United States to secure justice to the Cubans; after the peace, following the rebellion begun in 1868, was constantly engaged in exposing the Span- ish tyranny, until the rebellion was opened again in 1895, under Morti Gomez; again revived the Cuban League of the United States and became again its president; it numbered over a million of men, and was one of the greatest influ- ences that forced Congress to proclaim war with Spain in 1898; its mission be- ing ended, the league at once disbanded. Author of Rozina, a society drama; also Washington; or the Revolution, in dramatic form, blank verse, also in prose. Residence, 35 West 52d St .; office, 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 3

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

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