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QUEEN, Emmet :
President of the Great Lakes Coal Com- pany; born in 1854 in Queenstown, Pa., and in the early seventies became active- ly interested in oil. He was a success- ful operator and in 1883 associated him- self with J. M. and W. S. Guffey, and is still active in the oil business, the firm being now Guffey & Queen. In 1902 as- sociated himself with a number of the prominent partners of the Carnegie Steel Company in the formation of the company of which he is now President. Prepara- tions were made for the opening of the mines and the accommodation of the workman, and to-day it is one of the most important independent coal enter- prises of western Pennsylvania. Address, Carnegie Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
QUINN. Arthur Hobson:
Author, educator; born in Philadelphia. Feb. 9, 1875; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. B. S .. 1894; studied modern philology at University of Munich, 1897-1898; also in graduate school, University of Pennsylvania, Ph. D., 1899; Instructor of Mathematics. 1894- 1895. English since 1895, University of Pennsylvania. Member of
(Secretary Pennsylvania Delta Chapter) Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi. Member of Fac- ulty and Writeabout Clubs: Secretary Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of Middle States and Maryland. Author of "Pennsylvania Stories." Editor (with introductions and notes). George Eliot's Silas Marner. "The Faire Maide of Bristow" (reprint from quarto of 1605). Address, College Hall, University of Penn- sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
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KAHAUSER, Joseph P .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Franklin County; Was horn in Antrim Township, that County, May 4, 1554; educated in the pub-
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lic schools of his native township, in F. G. Ziegler's select school, Greencastle, and in the . Millersville State Normal School; taught in the public schools for five years: later on entered the hardware and im- plement business with his brother, under the firm name of J. P. Rahauser & Broth- er, at Greencastle, in which they were engaged about twelve years; subsequently followed the occupation of growing apples and peaches. Is now and has always been Republican, but never held any po- litical position until he was elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, Greencastle, Pa.
RAKER, J. H .:
Pastor Lutheran Church; born Raker, Pa., Jan. 1, 1863; educated at Neff College of Oratory, Philadelphia, Pa., and Muhl- enberg College, Allentown, Pa .; also pub- lic schools, Lutheran Theological Semi- nary, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa. Taught public school; pastor of St. John's Lu- theran Church, Pen Argyl, Pa., 1892 to 1897; Trinity Lutheran Church, Lebanon, Pa., 1897 to 1900; Superintendent Luthier. an Orphans' Home, Topton, Pa., since 1900. Married D. Estella Weiser, of Lebanon, Pa., June 5, 1599. Was one of the State Speakers in 1889, when the amendment of the Constitution was be- fore the people of the State. Raised over $13,000 in less than one month's time for - the debt on Orphans' Home. (Bryan) Prohibitionist. Address, Lutheran Or- phans' Home, Topton, Pa.
RALSTON, Robert:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, March 11, 1863; educated in the Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia, and after graduation in . 1STS entered the service of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company. A year later he accepted a position in the Reading Iron Works, and in 1\$2 began the study of law. He entered the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1883. gradu- ating and obtaining admission to the Phil- adelphia bar in 1565; since then he has been an active and successful practitioner. In 192 he was appointed Assistant United States District Attorney, holding this po- sition with much credit for four years. He was elected a First Lieutenant in the Third Regiment National Guards in 1893. and in 1895 succeeded Edward Morrell as Colonel of the regiment. In his legal career Colonel Ralston has conducted many cases of leading importance and has been an author on legal subjects, his
essays including "Sales of Individual In- terest in. Personal Property" and "Dis- charge of Contract," while he has edited "Mitchell's Lectures on . Real Estate," "Adams' Equity," and "Field's General Practice." Among his public duties is that of Secretary of the Gynecean Hos- pital. Address, 5900 Woodbine Ave., Phil- adelphia, Pa.
RAMBO, Ormond:
Lawyer; born Sept .. 1, 1859, in Phila- delphia. He received his carly education at Chester, Pa., in private schools. When he was nine years of age his family re- moved to Philadelphia. and here he was graduated from the High School in 1878. Upon graduating he entered the office of J. A. Bowman, and began the study of law, and was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia Oct. 9, 1881, and two years later to practice in the Supreme and United States Courts. He was at one time Captain of Company B, Third Regi- ment, Pennsylvania National Guard, but professional duties compelled him to re- sign. He has always taken an active interest in educational matters. and is a Dircetor of the public schools of Phila- delphia. On Oct. 4. 1SS7, he married Miss Ida L. Kennedy, daughter of Amos D. Kennedy, a retired builder and real estate dealer of Philadelphia. Address, 608 Penn Mutual Building, Philadelphia.
RAMSAY, Francis M .:
Rear Admiral United States Navy; born in the District of Columbia. Appointed Midshipman from Pennsylvania, Oct. 5, 1850: Naval Academy, 1850-1851; practice- ship Preble, 1851; frigate St. Lawrence, Pacific Squadron, 1851-1855; Naval Acad- emy, 1855-1856. Promoted to Passed Mid- shipman, June, 1\56; sloop Falmouth, Brazil Squadron, 1857. Appointed Act- ing Master, June 24, 1857; steam frigate Merrimac. Pacific Squadron, 1:57-1960. Promoted to Master. Jan. 22. 1:58: pro- moted to Lieutenant. Jan. 23. 1\58; ord- nance duty, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., 1860: sloop Saratoga, African Squad- ron. 1560-1862. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, July 16. 1862: commanding ironclad Choctaw, and Third Division of Mississippi Squadron, 1863-1861; com- manding Unadilla, North Atlantic Squad- ron, 1864-1865; engagements with Fort Fisher. N. C .. and in 1865 several en- gagements with Fort Anderson. Va .: Naval Academy, in charge of Depart- ment of Gunnery. 1865-1966. Promoted
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to Commander, July 25, 1866; naviga- tion duty, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., 1866-1867; Fleet Captain and Chief of Staff, South Atlantic Squadron, flagship, .Guerriere, 1867-1869; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, Washington, 1869-1572: Bureau of Ordnance, 1572; Naval Attache, London, 1872-73; commanding Ossipee (third rate). North Atlantie Station, 1874-1875; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1875-1876; Inspect- or of Ordnance, New York, 1876-1878; promoted to Captain, December, 1ST7; in charge of Torpedo Station, 1378-1981: commanding Trenton, flagship, European Station, 1881; Superintendent of Navai Academy, 1SS1-1886; Board for Examina- tion of Officers for Promotion, 1886-1SST;
commanding Boston, 1887-18S9; Com- mandant Navy Yard, New York, Feb. to Nov., 1SS9. Promoted to Commodore, March, 1SS9; Chief of Bureau of Naviga- tion, from Nov. 1, 1899, to April 5, 1897. Promoted to Rear Admiral. April, 1894. Transferred to retired list, April 5, 1897. Address, 1923 N St. N. W., Wash- ington, D. C.
RAMSEY, John Everton:
Banker; born near Oxford, Pa .. July 10, 1853; son of James Reid and Mary (Dickey) Ramsey; Scotch-Irish origin; at- tended the publie school of his district and was fitted for college at the Ox- ford Academy; entered Prineton in 1871. Left at the elose of Sophomore year to engage in business. Cashier of the Na- tional Bank of Oxford for some twenty years and is now Vice President; Treas -. urer and member of Board of Trustees of Lincoln University, near Oxford, Pa .; a Director of Chester County Trust Com- pany, West Chester, Pa. Member of the Prineeton Club of . Philadelphia, Presby- terian Social Union of Philadelphia, etc. Married June 7, 15SS. to Emma Eugenie Alexander of New Wilmington, Pa., a daughter of Rev. Josiah Alexander. Ad- dress. Swarthmore, Pa.
RAMSEY, W. W .:
Cashier of the German National Bank, Pittsburg, Pa., with which institution he remained for fifteen years, reaching the position of assistant cashier. In 1899 he resigned to accept the position of eashier. In 1902 was honored with Chairmanship of Group S of the Pennsylvania Bankers' Association. Address, 5800 Walnut S :. , E. Pittsburg, Pa.
RAND, Theodore Dehon:
Scientist; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 16, 1836; son of Benjamin H., and Eleanor
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S. Rand; edveated at Episcopal Academy; attended Polytechnic- College; admitted to the bar, 1858; practiced law; married, March 10, 1864, M. Elizabeth Belrose: Engaged as amateur in scientific work, chieity in mineralogy and geology; has published a number of papers on these branches, and has lectured before scien- tific bodies. Fellow American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Seience; Director Mineralogical and Geological Secretary Academy of Natural Sciences; Vice President Franklin Institutc. Mem- ber of the American Philosophieal Socie- ty; Treasurer of the American Institute of Mining Engineers for many years. Ad- dress, Radnor, Delaware County, Pa.
RANDALL, Burton Alexander:
Physician; born in Annapolis, Md., Sept. 21. 1858; son of Alexander and Elizabeth Randall. Graduated ( saluta- torian) from St. John's College, Annapo- lis, in the class of 1877, with the degree of A. M. after a post-graduate course, 1SS0; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, in 1880, Ph. D., same in course auxiliary to medieine; married. May 30, 1893. Emma F. Leavitt, Assistant Demonstrator of Histology, Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, 1880-1SS2; eye and ear surgeon to Episcopal Hospital, 1882-1891; same to Children's Hospital, 1885; Professor of Ear Diseases, Philadel- phia Polyclinie, 1SSS-1902; Clinical Pro- fessor Ear Diseases, University of Penn- sylvania, 1891; eye and ear surgeon, Methodist Hospital, 1896-1901; member of American Ophthalmological Society. Am- eriean Otological Society; College of Phy- sicians of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia County Medieal Society, Pennsylvania State Medieal Society, American Medical Association, Philadelphia Pathological So- cicty. Joint author of "Photographic II- lustration of the Anatomy of the Ear," 1887; "American Text-book of Diseases of the Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat," 1899: wrote "Refraction of the Eye." Ameri- can Journal of Medical Sciences. July, 1885, ete.
Address, 1717 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RANDALL, Charles A .:
Born near Toronto, Can., Dec. 27, 1846; son of Edward B. and Mary A. King Randall. natives of Pennsylvania and of Quaker parentage. When quite young he removed with his parents to lowa; was educated in the common schools of that
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State and the Iowa State University. In 1865 he went to the oil regions of Penn- sylvania, and in 1867 to Tionesta. In 1875 he was elected Justice of the Peace; in 1879 Sheriff of Forest County. Was a member of the Electoral College from the Twenty-fifth Congressional District in 1SS4; was elected to the Assembly in 1886 and re-elected in 1SSS; has conducted the Rural House in Tionesta since 1874. Was married in February, 1871, to Miss Mary A. Hansor; he is a member of the F. and A. M. and of the I. O. O. F. Dur- ing the war was employed in the Post Quartermaster's Department, Nashville, Tenn. Address, Tionesta, Pa.
RANDALL. Edmund:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant 116th Pennsyl- vania Infantry, July S. 1$62; honorably discharged, Jan. 27, 1863; elected Nov. 2, 1890. Address, 607 Hale Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
RANDALL, Howard E .:
Physician and. school principal; born Sept. 27. 1859, at Brownsburg, Bucks County, Pa .; educated in the public schools in that district; was graduated from First Pennsylvania State Normal School at Millersville. Pa., scientific course, in 1887; taught five years in the above named institution. Was gradu- ated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1SS9; practiced his profession for sev- eral years; later served as assistant principal of Palmer's College, Philadel- phia. Pa., and as assistant manager of the Central Educational Bureau, Phil- adelphia; established the Randall School. Betz Building, Philadelphia, of which institution he is still principal. Mem- ber of St. Johns Lodge No. 115 F. and A. M .; Lancaster Lodge No. 67 I. O. O. F., Citizens' Corps. Naval Post No. 400 G. A. R., and Homeopathic Medical Society, County of Philadelphia. Office, 920 Betz Building, Philadelphia, Pa .; res- idence, Southampton, Pa.
RANDOLPH. Wallace F .:
Major General United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; private Company F. Seventeenth Penn- sylvania Infantry. April 18 to June, 1561; Second Lieutenant Fifth Artillery, May 14. 1861; First Lieutenant, March, 1962; Captain, July 23. 1966: Major Third Ar- tillery, April 25, 1NSS; Lieutenant Colonel,
March 8, 1898; Brigadier General Volun- teers, May 27, 1898; was honorably. dis- charged from Volunteers, Nov. 30, 189S; Colonel First Artillery. Oct. 17, 1899; Ar- tillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901. Assigned as Chief of Artillery, April 9, 1901: Briga- dier General Chief of Artillery, Feb. 27, 1903; Major General, Jan. 22, 1904: bre- vetted Captain. June 14. 1863, for gallant and meritorious services in the defence of Winchester, Va., and Major, March 13, 1865. for good conduct and gallant ser- vices during the war. Address. 1317 New Hampshire Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C.
RANEY, James A .:
President of the Mahoningtown Bank. Address, Mahoningtown, Lawrence Coun- ty, Pa.
RANK, Daniel W .:
Lawyer and soldier; born in Union County, Pa .. Feb. 16, 1835. He read law in the office of Robert Hawley, Muncey, Pa., and was admitted to the bar of Ly- coming County in 1559; he practiced at Millersburg till the outbreak of the war in 1861, when he entered the army as First Lieutenant of Company M, Seventh Regiment. Pennsylvania Cavalry. He served throughout the war, being pro- moted Aug. 31, 1864, Assistant Adjutant General in the First Brigade of the Sec- ond Division of Cavalry; he afterward commanded the detachment which guard- ed Sherman's transportation line. After the war he returned to his legal practice, and in 1872 removed to Scranton, where he was appointed District Attorney of the Mayor's Court. He married in 1872 Mary C. McKune, daughter of the Mayor of Scranton, and has since continued to practice in Lackawanna Couty. Address, Scranton, Pa.
RANKIN, George H .:
Lawyer; born in Pittsburg in 1869; his parents were members of old Allegheny County families on both sides. He was educated in the public schools of the city and is a graduate of the Pittsburg High School; after graduation he entered the employ of the H. C. Frick Coke Com- pany, but later left that company to finish his education at the University of Vir- ginia: he studied law under the late John B. Minor. LL. D .. and in 1\94 finished his law course at the University of Penn- Sylvania. In the fall of that year he was admitted to practice at the Allegheny
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County bar, since which time he has de- voted all his time to the practice of the law on the civil side in the County, Su- preme and Superior and United States Courts, Address, Frick Building, Pitts- burg, Pa.
RAPP, Eli M .:
Superintendent of the Public Schools of Berks County, Pa .; born in Oley Town- ship, March 20. 1865; was educated in the public schools, Oley Academy, Key- stone State Normal School. and Univer- sity of Pennsylvania; taught in the pub- lic schools for fourteen years; teacher of the Fleetwood High School in 1890; in 1891 supervising principal of the Ham- burg schools; County Superintendent, 1896-1902. Active member of the Penn- sylvania Educational Association and the National Educational Association. Ad- dress, Hamburg, Pa.
RAUDENBUSH. Abraham S., M. D .;
Born July 24, 1841, in Salfordville, Mont- gomery County, Pa .: educated in the public schools and entered Freeland Sem- inary, Collegeville. in 18.3. Studied medi- cine with Drs. Keeler and Groff in Har- leysville, Pa., and was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- phia, with the class of 1$64; practiced medicine in Adamstown, Pa., eighteen years; removed to the city of Reading in 1882, where he has since practiced his profession. Address, Reading, Pa. --
RAVENEL, Mazyek Porcher:
Bacteriologist; born in Pendleton, S. C .; son of Henry Edmund and Selina E. Ravenel; was graduated from the Uni- versity of the South, and soon after took a course in medicine. Married. October. 1$98, to Jennie Carlisle Boyd of Phila- delphia; appointed bacteriologist State Live Stock Sanitary Board of Pennsyl- vania in 1896. Member American Philo- sophical Society. American Public Health Association, American Society Patholo- gists and Bacteriologists, Philadelphia Pathological Society, South Carolina Hu- guenot Society. Has published numerous papers on medical and bacteriological subjects, especially on tuberculosis and rabies. Address, Swarthmore, Pa.
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RAWLE, James:
Car manufacturer; born in Lancaster. Pa., Nov. 15, 1812; descendant of James Rawle, who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1686. while
his grandfather, William
Rawle, was a friend and counsellor of 'Washington. He graduated from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1861, and be- came an engineer in the Pennsylvania Railroad service, aiding in the construc- tion of the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad: he was then engineer of construction at the Sunbury shops till 1865, and at Wil- liamsport till 1872. In 1872 he became one-third owner of the J. G. Brill Car Works, which. as the J. G. Brill Company, now does a very large business in the building of street railway cars and has an extensive plant in West Philadelphia. He has been a member of the First City Troop since 18$1, and has served as First Lieutenant; also member of the Histori- cal Society and various clubs. Address. "Castlefinn," Radnor, Delaware County, Pa.
RAWLE, William Brooke:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 29, 1843, being the eldest son of Charles Wallace Brooke. deceased. by his first wife, Elizabeth .Tilghman. daughter of the well known lawyer, William Rawle (the younger), granddaughter of the cel- ebrated jurist, Edward Tilghman, who is remembered as one of the "Leaders of the Old Bar of Philadelphia." and great granddaughter of Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania before the Revo- lution. Mr. Brooke was a member of the Philadelphia bar, who attained a high place thereat for his ability and bril- liancy, but died in 1849 at the early age of thirty-six years. His father, Robert Brooke, son of Captain John Brooke of the Revolutionary Army, was well known as a surveyor and civil engineer in Phil- adelphia, and his mother was a daughter of Colonel (afterward General) Andrew Porter of the Revolutionary Army. The subject of this sketch was educated in the best schools of his native city, en- tered the University of Pennsylvania in the fall of 1559, and was graduated there- from as Bachelor of Arts. July 3. 1863. having received during his senior year leave of absence from the college authori- ties to enter the army, and taking his degree while actually engaged in the battle of Gettysburg. He received his degree as Master of Arts, July 3. 1966. He entered the army during the War of the Rebellion as Second Lieutenant in the Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and served continuously with the Army of the Potomne from early in 1\63 until some time after the close of the war.
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attaining the lincal rank of Captain, and being brevetted Major and Lieutenant Colonel for gallant and meritorious ser- vices at the battle of Hatcher's Run, and in the campaign terminating with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, respectively. Upon his discharge from the army, declining a commission in the Seventh United States Cavalry. he began the study of law with his uncle, the late William Henry Rawle, and was admitted to practice at the Philadelphia bar May 18, 1867, shortly before which, by legal authority, he assumed the name of Wil- liam Brooke Rawle in lieu of William Rawle Brooke. He was associated in practice with Mr. Rawle until the death of the latter in 1889, when he succeeded him at the head of the law office which had been established in 1783 by his great grandfather, William Rawle (the elder). one of the greatest lawyers of his time. Colonel Brooke Rawle was one of the earliest members of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and one of the organizers of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution. Ad- dress, 211 South Sixth St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
RAY, Frank P .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Crawford County; born near Quincy, Ill .. July 30, 1838: re- moved to Clarion County, Pa., in 1848: began teaching school when seventeen years of age. In 1 58 he entered Alle- gheny College, Meadville, and was grad- uated in the class of 1862; in April, 1861, he enlisted in Jefferson County, where he was teaching, in Company K, Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, and served under General Patterson in the Valley campaign of 1861. He was admitted to the Craw- ford County bar in July, 1\62; he went West and was admitted to practice in the courts of Illinois in February, 1563; he returned to Pennsylvania in the latter part of 1864, and in 1865 began the prac- 'tice of law at Meadville, where he has since remained. He served as District Attorney in 1869 by appointment; elected to the House of Representatives in No- vember, 1902. Address, Meadville, Pa.
RAY, John A .:
President of the Washington National Bank of Burgettstown, Pa .: born at Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa .. June 2, 1865; educated at the public , University at Middletown, Conn .;
schools at above place. He entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at the age of fifteen as tele- graph operator and was promoted rapidly to train dispatcher, chief train dispatcher, and division operator. After nineteen years service he entered the employ of Mr. John H. Jones, coal operator, of Pittsburg, Pa .. as real estate and special · agent. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
RAY, J. Milton :
Manager of Manufacturing Indutsries of the Western Penitentiary of Pennsyl- vania: son of John Ray and Mary Ann Hall Ray; born in West Alexander, Pa .. June 27, 1837; educated in the schools and academy of his native town. He was a private in Company C. 140th Regi- ment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Aug. 22. 1862: Sergeant, Sept. 4, 1862; First Ser- geant, Sept. 23. 1863; Second Lieutenant to date Aug. 22. 1863, by an order from the War Department; First Lieutenant, Jan. 29. 1864; First Lieutenant and Ad- iutant, Dec. 10, 1564; Captain, Dec. 13. 1864; honorably mustered out to date May 31, 1865. He participated in all the important operations of the Second Corps. Army of the Potomac, at Chancellors- ville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Mine Run. Wilderness, Todd's Tavern. Poe River, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Totopotomy Creek, Cold Harbor, in front of Petersburg, Reame's Station. Deep Bottom Nos. 1 and 2, Hatcher's Run. Southerland Station, Sailor's Creek, and Farmville, Va., and was on the skirmish line when Lee surrendered to Grant. April 9, 1865. Member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion since 1991; Colonel Encampment No. 1. U. V. L .. 1891: Post Commander Duquesne Post 259, G. A. R., 1896; Second Vice President Society of the Army of the Potomac. 1899: President of the Second Corps Club in 1998. He removed to Pittsburg in 1684 and was variously engaged until 1890. when he became clerk of the West- ern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, and since 1897 Manager of Manufacturing In- dustries in the same institution. Mar- ried in 1869 Catherine Lucretia (McClain) Coen of Wheeling, W. Va. Address, Al- legheny, Pa.
RAYMOND, Henry Warren:
Born in New York City, Sept. 10. 1817: son of Henry J. Raymond. editor and founder of the New York Times; edu- cated partly abroad; prepared for Yalo was
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graduated from Yale in 1869 with degree of A. B .; won eight literary prizes and took first prize in broadsword contest; editor Yale Lit; member Skull and Bones; received degree of A. M. from Vale in 1871, and LL. B. from Columbia in 18;1. He was in the law office of Scudder & Carter, New York, one year, and prac- ticed two years in Chicago, He began newspaper life as correspondent New York Times in 1969, remaining three years as reporter and editor; on Evening Post as exchange editor and editorial writer, and on Brooklyn Union as law reporter and editorial writer: on Chicago Tribune four years as literary and musical editor; also as dramatic critic; proprietor and ed- itor Germantown Telegraph, 1883-1901; Board of Education lecturer in New York on naval topics. Member Blaine Exec- utive Committee in Chicago; Deputy Marshal United States twice; private sec- retary to Secretary of the Navy B. F. Tracy four years; appointed Solicitor State Department by President Harrison, but Senate adjourned without action; de- feated for Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Theodore Roosevelt. Member of Union League Club of Philadelphia, Chi- cago Literary Club, Science and Art Club of Germantown, Psi Upsilon Association of Philadelphia. Yale Alumni Association. Sons of the Revolution, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States. Married in 1875. Address, Germantown, Pa.
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