Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 53

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Clergyman; born Albany, N. Y., 1836; received elementary education in schools

of Albany; 1885, was graduated from Manhattan College; after studying for four years at the Troy Theological Sem- inary, was ordained to the priesthood; was selected to take advanced course at the Catholic University; received degrees of S. T. B. and S. T. L .; the former being the first degree conferred by the university; for three years Father Dris- coll taught the philosophical branches in the Theological Seminary at Brighton, Mass., and for several scasons he has been a regular lecturer at the Platts- burg Summer School; his principal phil- osophical works thus far published are two treatises entitled, respectively, Chris- tian Philosophy: the Human Soul, and Christian Philosophy: God. Address, Fonda, N. Y.

DRISCOLL, Michael Edward:

Lawyer; member of Congress; born Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1851; educated in the district schools, Monro Collegiate In- stitute, at Elbridge, Onondago County, and Williams College; was elected to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh and Fifty- eighth Congress, and re-elected to the Fifty-ninth Congress. Address, Syracuse, N. Y.

DRONE, Eaton Sylvester:

Editor, writer; born Zanesville, O., Jan. 25, 1842; was graduated from Har- vard, 1866; admitted to New York Bar, 1869; on editorial staff of N. Y. Herald since 1880; author: Law of Property in Intellectual Productions, Embracing Copyright and Playright; member Har- vard Club. Address, The Herald, N. Y. City.

DROUET, Robert :

Actor, playwright; born Clinton, Ia., 1870; adopted the stage at an early age; had a company of his own in Shakespearean repertoire; played leading parts with Robert Downing, Gen. Dela- rouche, Joseph Haworth, Effie Ellsler, Mary Mannering and stock companies; was the original John Storm in The Christian in the Viola Allen Co .; also Col. Jack Brereton in Janice Meredith; married, 1899, Mildred, daughter of M. A. Loring; author: (plays) To-morrow; An .dyl of Virginia,; Doris; The White Czar; Montana; Fra Diano; Captain Bob. Ad- dress, Players Club, N. Y. City.

DROWNE, Henry Russell:

Merchant; member of the Rhode Island Society, of the Cincinnati and the N. Y. State Society of the Sons of the Revolu- tion; born N. Y. City, August 31st, 1860; son of Henry Thayer and Sarah Arnold

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Drowne; educated at Dr. Callisen's School; | Farmington, Me., August 7, 1839; removed started as a young man in the dry- with his parents, when in his seventh year, to Massachusetts, fitted for college at Worcester, Mass., and entered Yale University, intending to drop the legal profession, but before fully completing his course was obliged to leave on account of ill health; subsequently he graduated with the class of 1865; during a period of enforced rest he made a special study of life insurance, and in 1875, at Newark, N. J., originated and founded the Pruden- tial Insurance Co. of America, becoming its first secretary and, in 1881, its presi- dent, a position he still holds; was also one of the founders of the Fidelity Trust Co., is identified with the management of various street railways, banks, and other large financial enterprises of New Jersey and New York; has been a Re- publican all his life, but was more active in business than in politics; was one of the New Jersey Presdential electors at large in 1896 and 1900; was elected to the U. S. Senate to succeed the late William J. Sewell on Jan. 29, 1902. His term of service will expire March 3, 1907. Ad- dress, Newark, N. J. goods commission business; after being with several prominent houses, in Dec., 1895, established the woolen commission house of Stockton & Drowne, which was later succeeded by the present firm of Lawrie, Mann & Drowne; has a fine col- lection of books and engravings, Revolu- tionary and early documents connected with American history, old coins, paper money and historical relics; for ten years was secretary of the American Numis- matic and Archæological Society of New York, later its first vice-president; in 1901 was elected life member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical So- ciety, and in 1903 became secretary of that society; member of the Na- tional Arts Club of N. Y. City; July 4, 1898 was elected an hereditary member of the Rhode Island Society, of the Cin- cinnati by right of his great-grandfather, Dr. Solomon Drowne, surgeon 2d Regi- ment Infantry, Rhode Island State Bri- gade in Continental service; also in 1888 became a member of the Sons of the Revolution of New York; the Drowne family are descended from old New Eng- DUANE, Alexander: land stock, its ancestors dating back to early Puritan days, and with the Arnold, Rhodes, Stafford, Greene, Russell, Rice, Loud and Tillinghast branches are promi- nently connected with the early history of the State of Rhode Island. Address, 61 Leonard St., N. Y. City.

DRURY, John Benjamin:

Clergyman and editor; born Rhinebeck. N. Y., Aug. 15, 1838; was graduated from Rutgers College, 1858, and from the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, 1861; entered ministry of the Dutch Re- formed Church and became pastor at Da- venport, Ia .; 1864 to 1887, pastor of the First Reformed Church, Ghent, N. Y .; 1886, elected president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church; 1887, elected trustee of Rutgers College and

still continues to hold that office; since same year he has edited the Christian Intelligencer at N. Y. City; he is on the board of superintendents of the Theolog- ical Seminary at New Brunswick; has delivered many lecures on theological and ecclesiastical subjects and is author of various works in the same line. Resi- dence, SS Livingston Ave., New Bruns- wick, N. J .; office, 4 Warren St., N. Y. City.

DRYDEN, John Fairfield:

Republican U. S. Senator; born near

Physician, writer; born Malone, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1858; son of Gen. J. C. and Har- riet W. Duane; was graduated from Union College, 1878; College Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y. City, 1881; mar- ried, 1891. Susan Williams Galt; dur- ing Spanish-American War in charge 2d district Coast Signal Service; member N. Y. County Medical Society, N. Y. Acad- emy Medicine, Medical Association Great- er N. Y., Hospital Graduates Club, N. Y. Ophthalmological Society, associate mem- ber American Ophthalmological Society; member Naval order of U. S. Naval and Mil. Order Spanish-American War, Phi Beta Kappa Association, N. Y .; clubs, University, Sigma Phi. Author: Student's Medical Dictionary; Fuchs' Text-book of Ophthalmology; Motor Anomalies of the Eye, Rules for Signaling on Land and Sea (adopted for instruction of Naval Militia of U. S.); wrote medical terms for Webster's International Dictionary; contributor to Murray's New Dictionary of the English Language (London); Fos- ter's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Medi- cine; works of De Schwenitz & Randall, and Posey and Wright on Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Address, 49 East 30th St., N. Y. City.

DUANE, James May :

Banker; educated at Brown University,

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1872; member of firm of Brown Bros. & Co., members of N. Y. Stock Exchange; member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity, mem- ber University Club and Down Town As- sociation, N. Y., Rittenhouse Club, Phila - delphia, Sons of Revolution, Pa., Penn- sylvania Society, N. Y., Brown Universi- ty Association. Address, 62 East 55th St., N. Y. City.

DUCEY, Thomas James:

Clergyman (Roman Catholic) ; born Ireland, Feb. 4, 1843; came to this coun- try at age of five and was adopted by James T. Brady, 1859; educated at Col- lege of St. Francis Xavier, N. Y. City; studying theology at Troy Theological Seminary; was ordained to priesthood, 1868, and appointed to Church of the Nativity, 1869, where he preached ser- mons denouncing Tweed ring; 1872 con- nected with St. Michael's; 1873 began organization of Roman Catholic socie- ties; 1880 established Church of St. Leo; was one of the founders of People's Mu- nicipal League and Social Reform Club; is a brilliant theologian and preacher and active in charitable work. Address, 16 East 29th St., N. Y. City.

DUDLEY, A. Palmer, M. D .:

Born Phippsburg, Me., 1853; M. D., Dartmouth Medical School, 1877; profes- sor surgeon at New York Post-Graduate Hospital and Medical School and at Uni- versity of Vermont; attending surgeon Harlem Hospital and to Randall's Island Hospital; member County Medical So- ciety, Obstetrical Society, Academy of Medicine, Physicians' Mutual Aid Asso- ciation. Author of various professional articles. Address,

678 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.

DUDLEY, Edgar S .:

Colonel U. S. Army; born Oppenheim, N. Y., June 14, 1845; retiring year 1909; appointed from New York; cadet U. S. Military Academy Sept. 1, 1866; was graduate 15. 1870; sec- June ond lieutenant First N. Y. Light Ar- tillery, May 2S, 1864: honorably mus- tered out Nov. 2S. 1864; second lieuten- ant 2nd U. S. Artillery. June 15, 1870; first lieutenant, Oct. 29, 1875; captain assist- ant quartermaster. Dec. 20, 1892; major, judge advocate general's department, Feb. 2, 1901; lieutenant colonel, May 24, 1901,; colonel Nov. 22, 1903, mem- ber of

Society of Colonial the Wars; Sons of American Revolution; War of 1812, and Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U. S .; in Masonic Orders Knight-Templar, and 33d degree

Mason of the Scottish rite; has held office of Grand Commander Knights-Templar of the State of Nebraska; Grand Sword Bearer of the Grand Encampment, ment, Knights-Templar of the United States; and Deputy of the Supreme Council A. A. Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction of the U. S. for the Army of the U. S., its Posts, etc .; Honorary member of Covington Commandery, No. 7 Kentucky Knights-Templar; Raleigh Com- mandery No. 4, North Carolina, Mount Vernon Commandery No. 1, Columbus, Ohio; and of the "Association de Veter- anos Masones de la Isla de Cuba" and of the "Supremo Consejo de Colon," Habana. Cuba ; received

degree of LL. B. from Union University, Al- bany Law School, N. Y., 1875, and LL. D. from the State University of Nebraska 1904; on the staff of Major General Brooke, U. S. Army and Major General Leonard Wood, U. S. Army, as legal adviser in civil and military affairs during their office as Military Governors of the Island of Cuba, from Dec., 1898, to May, 1901; professor of law, Military Academy, Aug. 1, 1901. Address, West Point, N. Y.

DUDLEY, Philemon Henry :

Inventor; civil and metallurgical engi- neer; born Freedom, Ohio, May 21, 1843; son of Charles and Sarah Dudley; edu- cated there and at Eclectic Institute, Hi- ram. Ohio, Ph. D .; chief engineer city Ak- ron, Ohio, 1868-72; Valley Ry., 1872-74; in- dicator, the stremmatograph and other railroad devices and designed and intro- duced, 1883, first five-inch steel rail used in the U. S .; expert on railroad con- struction and equipment; reporter for U. S. on the Nature of the Metal for Rails to International Railway Congress, Paris, 1900, and on Rails for Lines with Fast Trains (seventh session); married, 1871, Lucy May Bronson; member Am erican Institute Mechanical Engineers; Scientific Alliance. Engineers Club. Ad- dress, 80 Pine St., N. Y. City.

DUELL, C. H .:

Jurist; Patent Law a specialty; born Cortland, N. Y .. April 13, 1850, edu- cated in Cortlandville Academy, Ham- ilton College, Hamilton College Law School; member N. Y. State Assembly, 1878-80; U. S. Commissioner of Patents, Feb., 1898, to April, 1901; assistant treas- urer Republican National Committee, 1904; December, 1904, appointed by Presi- dent Roosevelt associate justice of the Court of Appeals of District of Colum-

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bia; married Harriet M. Sackett, Nov. commissioner of emigration; while this 20, 1879; counsel for many large manu- facturing, financial and business) cor- porations; also officer or director in same lines; Republican. Clubs: University, Re- publican, Sons of the American Revolu- tion, American Bar Association. Resi- dence, Majestic Hotel; office, 220 Broad- way, N. Y. City.

DUER, Francis X .:

Was born in College Point, N. Y., of German parents, in 1872; in 1899 he was elected supervisor of the borough of Queens, an office which was abolished by the Greater N. Y. charter; elected to assembly 1901 and 1902; member of the following assembly committees; Internal Affairs, and Fisheries and Game. Ad- dress, 93 Second Ave., College Point, N. Y.

DUFFIELD, Howard:

Clergyman; was graduated from Princeton University, 1873, and from Princeton Seminary, 1877; entered the ministry of the Presbyterian denomoina- tion and was called to a charge in Lea- cock. Pa., June 1877; in 1880 he went to Beverly, N. J., and in 1884 to Detroit; 1891 came to N. Y. City to be over the Old First Presbyterian Church, corner Fifth Ave. and 12th St .; a director of the Princeton Seminary, trustee of the Pres- byterian Hospital, Sailor's Snug Harbor, and Leake & Watts Orphan Home. Mem- ber of Century and Quill Clubs, Society of Colonial Wars and Sons of the Revo- lution. Address, 12 West 12th St., N. Y. City.

DUFFY, Richard:

Editor and dramatic critic; born N. Y. City, Nov. 26, 1873; son of John Giblon and Annie O'Brien Duffy; educated in schools of N. Y. City and St. Mary's College, Northeast, Pa .; married, 1895. Louise Chauvet; editor Ainslee's Maga- zine since foundation. Address 156 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.

DUGRO, Philip Henry :

Jurist; born N. Y. City, Oct., 1855; educated at Columbia College, from which he received the degree of A. B. in 1876; also was graduated from Co- lumbia College of Law; elected to the Assembly in 1878 from the City of N. Y .; in 1880 elected to Congress; defeating Mr. William W. Astor; in 1884 he was nominated by the Democratic conven- tion as comptroller of the City of N. Y .; this nomination he declined; shortly thereafter he was nominated by Govern- or Hill to the State Senate of N. Y. for

nomination was pending in the Senate he was elected, in 1886, judge of the Su- perior Court of the City of N. Y .; the consolidation of the courts by the recent constitution placed him in the Supreme Court in 1895; in 1900 he was elected a justice of the Supreme Court of the State; in 1889 he organized the Union Square Bank in the City of N. Y., and in 1890 built the Hotel Savoy. Address, Hotel Savoy, N. Y. City.

DUKE, James B .:

President American Tobacco Co .; Brit - ish American Tobacco Co., and Consoli- dated Tobacco Co .; director American Surety Co., Havana Tobacco Co., and Morton Trust Co. Residence, Somerville, N. J .; office, 111 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City. DUMBELL, Rev. George William:

Priest; rector of Goshen, New York; born Douglas, Isle of Man, England; edu- ucated Rugby School and University of Cambridge, both in England; married Georgiana Mary, eldest daughter of the Hon. Austin Cox, Belize, Honduras. De- gree of Doctor of Divinity from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., June, 1892. Ad- dress, St. James Rectory, Goshen, N. Y. DU MOND, Frank Vincent:

Artist; born Rochester, N. Y., 1865; studied under Boulanger, Lefebvre and Benjamin-Constant, Paris; was awarded medal (3d class), Paris Salon, 1890; gold medal, Boston, 1892, and Atlanta Exposi- tion, 1895; 2 silver medals, Pan American Exposition, 1901; associate National Acad- emy of Design; member: Society Mural Painters, Architectural League, Artists Fund, Art Students League; member of National Arts, Lotos, Salmagundi Clubs. Address, 25 W. 67th St., N. Y. City.

DUNBAR, Olivia Howard:

Journalist, writer; born Bridgewater, Mass., Feb. 21, 1873; daughter Nathaniel William and Olive Howard Dunbar; was graduated from Smith College, 1894; iit- erary editor The Spy, Worcester, Mass., 1894-95; on staff N. Y. World, 1895; with exception of 1898-99, when abroad, as European correspondent for several papers; contributor to magazines. Ad- dress, 53 Washington Sq., S., N. Y. City. DUNCAN, Louis:

Electrical engineer; born Washington, D. C., March 25, 1862; son Thomas and Maria Thomas Duncan; graduate of U. S. Naval Academy, 1880, and served in Naval Service until 1887; Johns Hopkins University, Ph. D .; married, 1887, Edith McKee, Philadelphia; professor applied

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electricity, Johns Hopkins University,

1887-98; head department electrical en- gineering, Massachusetts Institute Tech- nology, 1902-1904; contributed to Ency- clopædia Brittanica, article on Electric Traction; honorary member Franklin In- stitute; fellow American Philosophical Society; member Mathematical Society of France; clubs: University, Engineers (N. Y.); Maryland (Balitmore); U. S. Naval Academy Alumni; Army and Navy (Washington); Automobile Club of America. Residence, 1770 Beacon St., Brookline, Mass .; 56 Pine St., N. Y. City. DUNCAN, William Butler:

Railway official; born March 17, 1830; son Alexander and Sarah Butler Duncan; educated at Edinburg, Scotland, and was graduated from Brown University, R. I .; president, since 1874, Mobile & Ohio R. R. Co .; interested as officer or director in railroad and other corporations, in- cluding Southern & Atlantic Telegraph Co., U. S. Guarante Co .; member: Cham- ber of Commerce, National Academy of Design, Brown University, also Metropol- itan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History; member of Players, Lawyers, Manhattan, N. Y. Yacht, Rac- quet Clubs, Dunlap Society. Residence, 1 Fifth Ave .; office, 80 Broadway, N. Y. City.

DUNCKLEE, John B .:

Civil engineer; born Boston, Mass., July 7, 1848; educated in the public schools and

the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard, graduating in 1866 with the degree of S. B .; subsequently (from 1866-68) took a special course in mining engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; engaged as civ- il engineer on the construction of the Brooklyn Park system from 1868-74; from 1870-74 was division engineer in charge of one-half of Prospect Park, all the smaller parks of Brooklyn and the Ocean Parkway; in 1874, was appointed as civil engineer in U. S. Engineer De- partment, at Washington, D. C., from 1874-82 was engaged on various river and harbor improvements in District of Co- lumbia, Maryland and Virginia; from 1882-99 was resident civil engineer on the Potomac River improvement, at Washington. The cost of this work was about $2,300,000; during the same period was also in charge of the construction. of the Aqueduct bridge across the Poto- mac River, at Washington, and of the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge across the Anacostia River, at Washington; also 10

prepared design for the Memorial bridge, from Washington to Arlington, for the South Capitol Street Bridge and for the Massachusetts Avenue

bridge across Anacostia River, at Washington; also de- signed the new iron and steel wharf at Fort Monroe, Va .; in 1900 removed to South Orange, N. J., and engaged in gen- eral practice; in 1901 prepared for U. S. Engineer Department designs and plans for the new Long bridge across the Po- tomac River, at Washington; member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and of the Engineers Club. Residence, 35 Fairview Ave., South Orange, N. J., office, 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.

DUNHAM, Edward K .:

Physician, educator; born Newburg, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1860; son of Carroll and Har- riet E. Kellogg Dunham; married, N. Y., 1893, Mary Dows; professor of Pathology, N. Y. University, since 1898; member: N. Y. Academy of Sciences, American Chem- ical Society, American Medical Assn., N. Y. Academy of Medicine; Fellow A. A. A. S., N. Y. Botanical Gardens, Metropoli- tan Museum Art, Scientific Alliance, So- ciety Chemical Industry, N. Y. Zoologi- cal Society; clubs: Century, Chemists, City, University. Address, 338 E. 26th St., N. Y. City.

DUNLAP, Andrew:

Captain U. S. Navy; born N. Y., en- tered Naval Academy April 23, 1862; graduated 1867; Minnesota, special cruise, 1867-68; promoted to ensign, 1868; Mohi- can, Mohongo and Jamestown, Pacific Fleet, 1868-70; promoted to master 1870, and commissioned as lieutenant, 1871; Worcester, flagship, North Atlantic Fleet, and Canandaigua 1871-74; receiving ship Sabine 1874-76; Hydrographic Office, 1877; Ossipee and Powhatan, North At- lantic Station, 1877-81; Torpedo Station, 1881; ordnance duty, navy yard, Wash- ington, 1881-82; assistant lighthouse in- spector, 1882-83; Kearsarge, European Station, 1883-84; Lancaster, European and South Atlantic Stations, 1884-86; ord- nance duty, navy yard, Washington,

1887-89; Dolphin, North Atlantic Station, 1889 to June, 1891; Bennington, South At- lantic Station, June, 1891, to April, 1893; promoted to lieutenant commander Aug. 2, 1891; navy yard, Washington, Aug., 1893, to May, 1896; commanded coast sur- vey steamer Blake, May, 1896, to April, 189S; commissioned commander Feb. 1, 1898; commanded ambulance and hospital ship Solace during the Spanish-American War and the Solace afterwards as a

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naval transport to the West Indies and | Corporation Counsel since 1889; in charge the Philippines, April, 1898, to April, of the Bureau of Street Openings since its organization in 1893; member of Com- mercial Club. Residence, Creston Ave., near Highbridge Road; office, 90 West Broadway, N. Y. City. 1900; War College June and July, 1900; equipment officer, navy yard, Norfolk, Va., July to Oct., 1900; lighthouse in- spector Tenth District, Oct., 1900, to Oct., 1902; commissioned captain, June 8, DUNNE, Finley Peter:

1902; commandant naval station San Juan, Porto Rico, since Oct. 11, 1902.

DUNMORE, Watson Thomas:

Jurist; born Rush, Pa., March 28, 1845; son of Matthew and Sarah James Dun- more; prepared for college at 'Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa .; graduate of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., class of 1871; member of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity; subsequently principal of Bradford Academy, Bradford, Vt., and of high school at Susquehanna Depot, Pa .; also superintendent of schools at Hornellsville, N. Y .; read law with ex- Governor Roswell Farnham, of Bradford, Vt., and was admitted to the Bar in June, 1874; was graduated from the law department of Hamilton College 1875, lo- cated at Utica, N. Y., Sept., 1875; elected treasurer of the N. Y. State League of Building and Loan Associations in 1887- 88-89-90-91; elected president in 1892; elected special county judge of Oneida County in 1886, and in 1889; elected coun- ty judge 1892 and 1898; president of the Homestead Aid Association of Utica since 1895; director in Utica Knitting Co .; president of Pine Lake Club; alternate delegate to Republican National Conven- tion in 1890; one of five Americans chosen to prepare an address to

the World's Congress of Building and Loan Associa- tions held in Chicago in 1893. Address, Utica, N. Y.

DUNN, Elias Bound:

President Excelograph Co .; born Brook- lyn, March 23, 1855; educated in public schools; entered U. S. Weather Bureau, 1874; local forecast official, N. Y. City, fourteen years. Address, 11 Park Pl., Brooklyn.

DUNN, Francis E. V .:

Lawyer; born Feb. 3, 1872, N. Y. City; was graduated from St. Francis Xavier College and New York University Law School; single; ex-assistant Corporation Counsel; member of City Bar Association and Xavier Alumni Association. Resi- dence, 341 East 18th St .; office, 21 Park Row, N. Y. City.

DUNN, John P .:

Lawyer; born 1860, N. Y. City; was graduated from Columbia Law School, 1885; admitted to the Bar, 1887; assistant

Journalist, author; born Chicago, July 10, 1867; son of Peter and Ellen Finley Dunne; educated at

Chicago public schools; on editorial staff Chicago Even- ing Post and Times-Herald, 1892-97; ed- itor Chicago Journal, 1897-00; married, Margaret Abbott, New York, 1902. Au- thor of Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War; Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Coun- trymen; Mr. Dooley's Philosophy; Mr. Dooley's Opinions; Observations by Mr. Dooley. Address, 14 W. 29th St., N. Y. City.

DUNNELL, Elbridge Gerry:

Journalist; born N. Y. City, April 9, 1845; educated in public and private schools; married Marie C. Fish; learned the printing business in office of Orange (N. J.) Journal, and after service there entered the establishment of Baker & Godwin, New York, where he familiarized himself with book-making; in 1868, joined the staff of the Orange (N. J.) Chron- icle; returning to New York he became a reporter for the New York Evening Post, 1873; was employed in political writ- ing, and in 1875-76 was Albany corres- pondent for the Evening Post, reporting the State conventions and campaigns for that paper. Immediately after campaign of 1876 joined the New York Times, and soon after began writing on political sub- jects for that paper; was made Albany correspondent of the Times at the begin- ning of the legislative year, 1879, and continued to occupy that post until the close of the Conkling-Platt campaign for a re-election, in 1881; accompanied James A. Garfield on the trip from Men- tor to New York, in 1880, to attend the conference in New York to arrange a truce between the "stalwart" and "half- breed' factions of the Republican party, and wrote a daily report of the progress of that campaign from the headquarters of General Arthur, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel; in Nov., 1881, was transferred to the Washington bureau of the New York Times, of which he was placed in charge in 1883; assisted in reporting the National Convention of 1880, and was in charge of the representatives of the Times at the National conventions of 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896 and 1900; has trav-

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 53

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