BATCHELDER, RICHARD N.-Brigadier-General (retired), Union League Club, New York City. Born in Lake Village, N. H., July 27, 1832. Educated in Manchester, N. H. (Single.) Volunteered as private, 1861; promoted for meritorious conduct and retired at end of war as brevet brigadier-general, 1865; entered regular service, and became, in 1890, brigadier-general and quartermaster-general United States Army. Awarded medal of honor for "distinguished gallantry in action" during Civil War. Member Union League and Army and Navy Clubs, New England Society, and Loyal Legion.

BATCHELLER, GEORGE CLINTON-Merchant, 345 Broadway, New York City; residence 237 West 72d street. Born in Grafton, Mass., Sept. 27, 1834. Educated at Barre (Vt.) Academy ('55). (Married.) Head of the firm of George C. Batcheller & Co. Member Colonial, Republican, Patria and Merchants' Clubs, New England Society, Sons of the American Revolution. Founders and Patriots of America, American Institute of Civics, West End Association, and Chamber of Commerce.

BATCHELLER, GEORGE S.-Lawyer, Saratoga. Born in Batchellerville, N. Y., July 25, 1836. Admitted to New York Bar. Inspector-general New York Militia, 1865-9; United States representative, and in 1883, president International Tribunal of Egypt,

United States Consul-General to Egypt, 1889-93.

BATCHELOR, JOSEPH C.-Sales Agent; residence Buffalo. Born in Abington, Pa., Feb. 28, 1847. Educated in Abington. (Married.) Sales agent Delaware and Hudson Co.; vice-president Savings and Loan Co. Member Liberal and Westminster Clubs.

BATES, ARTHUR EARL-Bookkeeper, 8 Orchard street, Cortland; residence 37 Maple avenue. Born in Cortland, May 15, 1878. Educated at Cortland Normal School. (Single.) Is connected with T. T. Bates, in the plumbing business. Member Tioughnioga Club and Normal Athletic Association.

BATES, CHARLES AUSTIN-Advertising, 132 Nassau street, New York City; residence 330 West 71st street. Born in Indianapolis, Ind., 1866. Educated in Indianapolis. (Married.) Member Colonial, Hardware and Sphinx Clubs.

BATES, DAVID H., JR.-Lawyer, 27 Pine street, New York City; residence 345 West End avenue. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 9, 1869. Educated at Columbia. (Single.) Member of the firm of Bostwick, Morrell & Bates. Member Zeta Psi, Colonial, and Amateur Comedy Clubs, Ohio Society, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

BATES, HENRY B.-Dyewood, 55 Beekman street, New York City; residence 461 West 144th street. Director New York and Boston Dyewood Co. Member New York Athletic Club, Down Town Association and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

BATES, HENRY W.-Lawyer, 74 Wall street, New York City; residence 3474 Broadway. Born in New York City, June 11, 1854. Educated at School of Mines, School of Arts and Law School, all of Columbia University. (Married.) Member Columbia University Alumni Association, Church Club, and New England Society.

BATES, WILLIAM G.-Lawyer, 146 Broadway, New York City; residence 47 West 37th street. Born in New York City, July 14, 1860. Educated at School of Arts, Columbia ('80) and Law School, Columbia ('82). (Married.) Member Union League, New York Athletic and Psi Upsilon Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, Columbia University Alumni Association, New England Society, and Military and Naval Order of Foreign Wars.

BATES, WILLIAM OSCAR-Editor, 206 West 83d street, New York City. Born in Harrisburg, Ind., Sept. 19, 1852. Educated at Cornell ('75). Successively connected with Indianapolis "Journal," Cincinnati "News Journal," St. Paul "Pioneer-Press," New York "World" and New York "Commercial Advertiser." Author of "Our Foreign Correspondent," a four-act comedy produced at St. Paul in 1888; "Uncle Rodney," a one-act comedy produced at the Empire Theatre. New York City, 1896, and of "Recitations and How to Recite." Member Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Delta Theta Fraternities, Society of Colonial Wars, Shakespeare Society of New York, and Arts Club.

BATTERSON, HERMON GRISWOLD-Protestant Episcopalian Clergyman, 156 West 73d street, New York City. Born in Litchfield County, Conn., 1827. Educated privately and at Nebraska College (D.D.). Deacon 1861; priest 1866. Held various pastorates in Texas, Pennsylvania and elsewhere until 1891, when he became rector of the Church of the Redeemer in New York City. Author of "Missionary Tune Book," "Pathway of Faith," "Manual of Plain Song," "Vesper Bells" and other works. Honorary member Historical and Welsh Societies, and life member New England Society, all of Pennsylvania.

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BATTIN, SYLVESTER S.-Jeweler, square, West, New York City; residence 786 Broad street, Newark, N. J. Member of the firm of Battin & Co. Member Union League and Essex County (N. J.) Country Clubs.

BATTLE, GEORGE GORDON - Lawyer, 100 Broadway, New York City; residence 103 East 16th street. Born in North Carolina, Oct. 26, 1868. Educated at Hanover Academy, University of North Carolina and University of Virginia. (Married.) Member of the firm of Weeks, Battle & Marshall. Has been assistant district attorney of New York County. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Southern Society, Calumet and Seneca Clubs, and Alumni Association of the University of Virginia.

BAUCUS, JOSEPH D.-Lawyer, 52 Wall street, New York City; residence 19 West 34th street. Director Maguire & Baucus (Ltd.). Member Manhattan, Marine and Field, Princeton and Democratic Clubs, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

BAUDOUINE, JOHN F.-Trustee, 1181 Broadway, New York City; residence, 318 West 72d street. Member Lotos, New York Athletic, Larchmont Yacht and New York Yacht Clubs.

BAYLOR, THEODORE T.-Lawyer, 149 Broadway, New York City; residence Murray Hill Hotel. Born in Junction, N. J., Feb. 24, 1866. Educated at Union College, New York University ('89) and New York University Law School ('91). (Single.) Member of the firm of E. P. Baylor & Co., Junction, N. J., and treasurer Junction Water Co. Member West Side Republican and Psi Upsilon Clubs, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

BAYNE, HOWARD R.-Lawyer, 16 Exchange place, New York City; residence New Brighton, S. I. Member Southern Society, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

BAYNE, SAMUEL G.-President, 18 Broadway, New York City; residence 108th street and Riverside drive. President and director Seaboard National Bank and Atlas Improvement Co.; treasurer and director New York Produce Exchange Safe Deposit and Storage Co. Member New York Athletic Club.

BEACH, BENNETT S.-Physician, 210 West 34th street, New York City. Born in Thomaston, Conn., Jan. 29, 1862. Educated in public schools and at College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York ('87). (Married.) Attending physician Trinity Dispensary; surgeon 22d Regiment, N. G. N. Y. Member Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, New York Parthological Society, and New York Medical Associa

tion.

BEACH, FRANK H.-Merchant, 218 Chenango street. Binghamton; residence 121 Murray street. Born in Little Meadows, Pa., May 16, 1867. Educated at Cortland Normal School, United States Military Academy and Eastman's Business College. (Married.) Member of the firm of Ford, Beach & Powell. Formerly discount clerk Binghamton Trust Co., manager Bradstreet's Binghamton office, and transfer clerk United States Leather Co. Member Binghamton and Country Clubs, Otsiningo Lodge No. 435, F. & A. M., and a thirty-second degree Mason.

BEACH, HARLAN PAGE-Professor, 3 West 29th street, New York City; residence Montclair, N. J. Born in South Orange, N. J., April 4, 1854. Educated at Phillips' Andover Academy, Yale ('78) and Andover Theological Seminary ('83). (Married Lucy L. Ward, of Chicago, Ill.) Taught at Phillips' Andover Academy, 1878-80; missionary in China, 1883-90; in charge of School for Christian Workers, Springfield, Mass., 1892-5; educational secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions since 1895. Has introduced and established in over five hundred colleges and universities the systematic study of foreign missions. Secretary Christian Missions, Museums and Library. Author of "The Cross in the Land of the Trident," "Knights of the Labarum," "Dawn on the Hills of T'ang." and others. Member Outlook Club of Montclair, American Oriental Society, and Fellow American Geographical Society.

BEACH, JOHN NEWTON-Merchant, 320 Broadway, New York City; residence 178 South Oxford street Brooklyn. Born in Lodi, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1837. Educated at Ovid Academy and Hamilton College ('93). (Married Mary Linnette Nelson.) In dry goods business at Watkins, N. Y., until 1867; now in wholesale dry goods business in New York City. Member Merchants' Club, and Chamber of Commerce.

BEACH, MILES-Supreme Court Justice, County Court House, New York City; residence 1111 Broadway. Born, 1833. (Son of Hon. William A. Beach.) Educated at Union College ('54). Judge of Court of Common Pleas, 1879-94: Supreme Court Justice since 1894; term expires, 1907. Member Union and Manhattan Clubs, and Union College Alumni Association.

BEACH, WILLIAM N.--President, 26 Cortlandt street, New York City; residence 56 West 58th street. Born in New York City, June 6, 1872. Graduated from Yale ('92). (Married.) President and director Lawrenceville Cement Co., Pennsylvania Cement Co. and Metropolitan Crushed Stone Co. Member University, Yale and Lawyers' Clubs, and Delta Phi Fraternity.

BEADLESTON, HENRY COLWELL-Lawyer, 27 Pine street, New York City; residence 32 West 36th street. Born in New York City, May 31, 1871. Edu

cated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., Yale University (B.A.) and New York Law School (LL.B.). Member University, New York Athletic, Riding. Yale and Psi Upsilon Clubs, Bar Association, and Wolf's Head (Senior) Society of Yale.

BEADLESTON, WILLIAM LANGDON-Broker, 52 Broadway, New York City; residence 25 West 51st street. (Single.) Member of the firm of Cooper, Cramp & Beadleston, members New York Stock Exchange. Member Riding, Yale, University and Suburban Riding and Driving Clubs.

BEAL, WILLIAM R.-President, 350 Alexander avenue, New York City; residence 1 West 121st street. Born in Newark, N. J., May 13, 1838. Educated at Grace Church School, Newark. (Married.) President and director Central Union Gas Co. and Northern Union Gaslight Co.; director Acker Process Co., William R. Beal Land Improvement Co., American Gas Co. (Philadelphia) and New York Suburban Gas Co. Member Harlem, New York Athletic, Fairfield County (Conn.) Golf, Salmagundi, and Larchmont Yacht Clubs, American Geographical Society, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

BEALL, JOHN ALEXANDER-Lawyer, 150 Broadway, New York City; residence 248 West 105th street. Born in Hancock, Md., Dec. 12, 1842. Educated at Rugby Academy and Columbian College, Washington, D. C. (Married.) Director Central Park Improvement Co.; trustee New York P. E. Public School Society, and the General Theological Seminary of the P. E. Church; manager House of the Holy Comforter. Member Lawyers', Reform and Church Clubs, Southern Society, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

BEALL, JOSEPH H.-Lawyer, 237 Broadway, New York City; residence Bronxville. Born in Charleston, W. Va. (Married.) Member of the firm of William Hildreth Field, Deshon & Beall. Member Democratic and Lawyers' Clubs and Southern and Charleston Societies.

BEAM, WILLIAM H.-Lawyer, 45 Wall street, New York City; residence 96 High street, Passaic, N. J. Born in New York City, Sept. 3, 1855. Educated at Public School No. 40 and at the College of the City of New York. (Married.) Member of the firm of Theall & Beam. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Authors' Guild, Appalachian Mountain Club of Boston, Mass., and North Jersey Country Club.

BEAMAN, CHARLES C.-Lawyer, 52 Wall street, New York City; residence 11 East 44th street. Born in Holton, Me., May 7, 1840. Educated at Harvard College and Law School. (Married.) Member of the firm of Evarts, Choate & Beaman. President Brearley School; director Denver and Rio Grande R. R. Co., and Mexican National R. R. Co.; trustee Provident Loan Society. Member Union, Union League, City, Metropolitan, Riding, Harvard, Rockaway, Hunting, Republican, Players' and University Clubs; Century Association; New England, American Fine Arts and American Geographical Societies, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

BEAN, HENRY WILLARD-Lawyer, 11 William street, New York City: residence 12 West 10th street. Born in Onondaga County, N. Y., March 22, 1865. Educated at Harvard College and Law School. (Single.) Member Harvard and Reform Clubs, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

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BEAN, TARLETON H.-Commissioner; rary address: Paris Exposition, Paris, France. Born in Bainbridge, Lancaster Co., Pa., Oct. 8, 1848. Educated at State Normal School, Millersville, Pa. ('66). Degrees of M.D. from Columbian University in 1876, and M.S. from Indiana University in 1883. (Married Laurette H. Van Hook, 1878.) School teacher and principal, 1866-74. Connected with United States Fish Commission, 1874-95; director New York City Aquarium, 1895-8; represented United States Fish Commission at the Centennial Exhibition (1876), the World's Columbian Exposition (1893), and the Atlanta Exposition (1895). Edited the fish and fishing columns of "Forest and Stream," 1888-98. United States Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1900; in charge of forestry

and fisheries exhibits. Author of works on ichthyology, and of many published papers on fisheries, fish culture and the management of fishes in the aquarium.

BEARD, AUGUSTUS FIELD-Clergyman, 287 Fourth avenue, New York City; residence Norwalk, Conn. Born in Norwalk, Conn. Educated at Yale ('57). (D.D. Syracuse University.) (Married Annie Deming Barker.) Was pastor of Central Church, Bath, Me.. 1862-9; Plymouth Church, Syracuse, N. Y., 1869-83; American Church, Paris, 1883-6; later, foreign secretary American and foreign Christian Union. Since 1886 secretary of education American Missionary Association. Member of Yale Corporation; director Norwalk Lock Co.

BEARD, DANIEL CARTER-Pen Artist and Writer, 204 Amity street, Flushing. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 21, 1850 Educated at Worralls Academy, Covington, Ky., and at Art Students' League, New York. (Married.) Teacher of animal drawing and illustrating at Woman's School of Applied Design. Writes and illustrates for "Scribner's," "Century," "Harper's," "Life," "Cosmopolitan" and "Ladies' Home Journal." Served a term as vice-president of the Art Students' League, and six years on Board of Education. Author of "American Boys' Handy Book," "American Boys' Book of Sports," "Moonblight" and "Six Feet of Romance." Member Camp Fire and Twilight Clubs, Ohio, Linnean, Zoological, and National Historical Societies, Aldine Association, Ornithological Union, and chairman Friends' Philanthropic Society of Flushing.

BEARD, FRANCIS D.-Storage, 13 William street, New York City; residence 140 Amity street, Brooklyn. Director Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Co. Member Crescent Athletic, Oxford, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Turf and Field Clubs.

BEARD, JAMES CARTER-Illustrator, 5431⁄2 Hancock street, Brooklyn. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 6, 1837. Lawyer, but does not practice. Illustrator for high-class books and periodicals, making a specialty of pictures of animals. Member Twilight Club.

BEARD, SAMUEL S.-Tea Merchant, 180 Duane street, New York City; residence Lakewood, N. J. Senior member of the firm of Samuel S. Beard & Co. Member Union League, Whist and Mendelssohn Glee Clubs, and Down Town Association.

BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK-Artist, 51 West Tenth street, New York City; residence 54 West Tenth street. Born in Painesville, Ohio, April 13, 1825. Educated in Europe. Resident of New York City since 1861. Paints especially humorous pictures of animals, some of the best known being "Power of Death," "Overboard," "Witches' Night," "Four Elements" and "Speech of Welcome." Author of "Humor in Animals" and "Action in Art." Member Authors' Glee Club, National Academy of Design, and Century Association.

BEARDSLEE, JOHN B.-Dry Goods Merchant, 328 Broadway, New York City; residence 104 West 84th street. Born in Mildfordton, Ohio, Feb. 20, 1825. Educated at a Mildfordton common school and at a select school in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. (Married.) Connected with the firm of Tefft, Weller & Co., since Dec. 1. 1868, (then Tefft, Griswold & Kellogg). Member of Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery F. & A. M., and Knights Templar of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and of Mecca Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of New York City.

BEARDSLEY, SAMUEL R.-President, 394 Washington street, New York City; residence 130 Clinton avenue, Newark, N. J. Born in Pennsylvania, Feb. 12, 1844. Educated at a public high school. (Married.) President J. W. Beardsley's Sons, mf'rs of food specialties. Director Haite Gold Mining Co., Vulcan Metal Refining Co., and Vulcan Western Co. Member Produce Exchange and of the Essex, Hardware and Wool Clubs, and Loyal Legion.

BEARDSLEY, WILLIAM C.-Lawyer and Banker, Auburn; residence 91 South street. Born in Venice, N. Y., 1816. Educated in Aurora and Homer. (Married.) Was presidential elector, delegate to several national conventions, postmaster of Auburn, and has held several professional offices. Is trustee Auburn Savings Bank. Member City Club.

BEARDSLEY, W. P.- Manufacturer, Auburn; residence 102 South street. Born in Auburn, Aug. 4, 1852. Educated at Phillips Andover Academy. (Married.) Assistant treasurer and secretary Oswego Starch Factory, and secretary Ohio Tool Co. Member City Club.

BEATTIE, HANS S.-Treasurer, 621 Broadway, New York City; residence 2072 Fifth avenue. (Married.) Treasurer and director Metropolitan Street Railway Co. and Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry R. R. Co., Central Park, North and East River R. R. Co., Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry R. R. Co., and Twenty-third Street Railway Co.; director Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown R. R. Co. Member Manhattan Club.

BEATTY, DAVID C.-Lawyer, 195 Broadway, New York City; residence 447 East 26th street, Flatbush. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1865. Educated at the University of the City of New York Law School. (Married.) Member Flatbush Republican Club, Kings County Lodge, F. & A. M., and Midwood Council, R. A.

BEATTY, ROBERT CHETWOOD-Lawyer, 115 Broadway, New York City; residence 3 East Ninth street. Born in New York City, May 18, 1872. (Single.) Ex-assistant corporation counsel; counsel in charge of change of grade matters for the City of New York. Member Zeta Psi Club, South Shore Country Club of Long Island, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Columbia University Alumni Association, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

BEATTY, WILLIAM GEDNEY-Architect, 111 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 3 East Ninth street. Member Architectural League, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, and National Sculpture Society.

BEAUDRIAS, ISIDOR J.-Lawyer, 45 Warburton avenue, Yonkers; residence 24 Gold street. Born in New York City, March 15, 1868. Educated at the College of the City of New York, and Columbia Law School. (Married.) Member Democratic Club, Turn Verein of Yonkers, and K. of C. and K. of P.

BECK, CARL-Surgeon, 37 East 31st street, New York City. Born in Neckargemuend, Germany, April 4, 1856. Educated at Heidelberg and Berlin, and graduated from the University of Jena (M.D.). (Married.) President medical board St. Mark's Hospital; surgeon to St. Mark's Hospital and German Poliklinik; president medical board and consulting surgeon Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asylum; professor of surgery New York School of Clinical Medicine. Author of "Manual on Surgical Asepsis," and of "Text-Book on Fractures." Trustee Society of Medical Jurisprudence. Member German Medical Society, New York Academy of Medicine, County Medical, Arion and German Charity Societies; American Medical Association, Liederkranz, German Club and many others.

BECK, HOWARD-Lawyer, 56 Wall street, New York City; residence 159 West 44th street. Member of the firm of Feitner & Beck. Member New York Athletic Club, Blooming Grove Park Association, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

BECKER, GUSTAV L.-Musician, 1 West 104th street, New York City. Born in Richmond, Tex., May 22, 1861. Educated in private schools in Texas and New York City and at Royal High School of Music in Berlin. Studied with Moszkowski, Ph. Scharwenka, Spitta, Bargiel, and others in Europe. (Married.) Teaches piano and theory at Hasbrouck Institute, Jersey City. Conducts the "Becker lecture-musicales" at his studio, now in their fifth year. Member Society of American Musicians, Men's Club of the Church of the Messiah (on executive board), Avon Club for the study of Shakespeare, Society of Science, Letters and Art of London, Eng., Mosaic Lodge, F. & A. M., Polaris Council, Royal Arcanum, and Bach Assembly, Order of Registered Musicians.

BECKLEY, JOHN N.-Railroad President, Grand Central Station, New York City; residence Rochester. Born in Clarendon, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1848. Educated at Syracuse University. (Married.) Was corporation counsel of city of Rochester, and president Rochester Railway Co. Now president Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Ry. Co.; trustee Massachusetts Electric Companies; director Rochester Ry. Co., and Rochester Gas

and Electric Co. Member Lawyers', Psi Upsilon, Transportation and National Arts Clubs, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Syracuse University Alumni and Down Town Associations, and Genesee Valley Club of Rochester.

BECKWITH, CHARLES L.-Secretary, 346 Broadway, New York City; residence 18 North Maple avenue, East Orange, N. J. Born in Glens Falls, N. Y., May 12, 1855. Educated at Glens Falls Academy. (Married.) Secretary and director The Bradstreet Co. Member Congregational Club.

BECKWITH, JAMES CARROLL-Artist, 58 West 57th street, New York City; summer residence Tannersville. Born in Hannibal, Mo., Sept. 23, 1852. Educated at National Academy of Design and Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. (Married.) Chairman ways and means committee National Academy of Design. Member City, and Fencers' Clubs, Century Association, Society of American Artists, American Water Color Society, National Academy of Design, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

BEDELL, FREDERICK-Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca; residence 106 Cook street. Born April 12, 1868. Educated at Yale and Cornell (Ph.D.). (Married.) Assistant professor of physics at Cornell University. Editor of "The Physical Review." Past general secretary American Association for the Advancement of Science. Author of scientific works. Member Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Physical Society of London, England, American Physical Society, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, and other scientific and engineering organizations.

BEEBE, CHARLES W.-Tea Merchant, 130 Water street, New York City; residence 939 Madison avenue, Plainfield, N. J. Born in New York City, 1839. Educated at Putnam's Academy, New York City. (Married.) Member of the firm of Beebe & Brother. Member Montauk Club of Brooklyn, Union County Country, and Hillside Tennis and Golf Clubs of Plainfield, Down Town Association and New England Society.

BEEBE, CLARENCE-Paper, 150 Nassau street, New York City; residence 227 West 121st street. Born in New York City, March 13, 1852. Educated at Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, and Cornell University. (Married.) Member Sons of the American Revolution and Cornell Club.

BEEBE, IRA LOVEJOY-Paper and Pulp, 132 Nassau street, New York City; residence Allendale, N. J. Born in Ghent, Columbia Co., N. Y., Feb. 25, 1841. Educated at Grammar School No. 35, New York City. (Married.) President Ira L. Beebe Co. Member Sons of the Revolution.

BEECKMAN, R. LIVINGSTON-Stock Broker, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence 319 Fifth avenue. Connected with the firm of David Lapsley & Co. Member of the New York Stock Exchange, and of the Knickerbocker, Racquet and Tennis, Country and Marine and Field Clubs.

BEEKMAN, HENRY RUTGERS-Supreme Court Justice, County Court House, New York City; residence 35 West 17th street. Born in New York City, Dec. 8, 1845. Educated at Columbia ('65) and Columbia Law School ('67). Admitted to the New York Bar, 1867. (Married Isabella Lawrence, 1870.) Was member of the firm of Ogden & Beekman; school trustee, 1884; park commissioner, 1885-6; president Board of Aldermen, 1886-8; corporation counsel, 1888-9; Justice Supreme Court since 1895, for term expiring 1908. Member University, Union, City, Manhattan, Reform and Democratic Clubs, Holland Society, Columbia University Alumni and Century Associations, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

BEEKMAN, CHARLES K.-Lawyer, 111 Broadway, New York City; residence 55 Fifth avenue. Born in Milburn, N. J. Educated at Columbia College ('89) and Columbia Law School ('92). (Single.) Member of the firm of Philbin & Beekman. Member Union, University and St. Anthony Clubs, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Educated in Hamilton. (Married.) Director Consolidated Gas Co. of New Jersey, Traders' Fire Insurance Co. of New York, and New York and Pennsylvania Brick Tile and Terra Cotta Co.; trustee Industrial Christian Alliance, Young Men's Christian Association, Young Women's Christian Association, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Historical Society. Member Sons of the Revolution.

BEER, WILLIAM C.-Insurance, 346 Broadway, New York City; residence 12 Bell place, Yonkers. Born in Bucyrus, Ohio, Jan. 23, 1863. Educated at West Point. (Married.) President's confidential agent New York Life Insurance Co.; ex-Eastern superintendent National Surety Co. Member Lawyers' and Union League Clubs, and Ohio Society.

BEERS, LUCIUS HART-Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 35 West 82d street. Born in New York City. Educated at Columbia College and Columbia Law School. Member of the firm of Lord, Day & Lord. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Century, Columbia University Alumni, and Down Town Associations, and Sons of the Revolution.

BEERS, MATTHEW H.-Merchant, 410 Broadway, New York City; residence 1044 Fifth avenue, and Far Rockaway, L. I. With the firm of Calhoun, Robbins & Co. Member Merchants' Club, American Geographical Society, American Museum of Natural History, Chamber of Commerce, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

BEHRISCH, GABRIEL I.-Lawyer, 175 Remsen street, Brooklyn; residence 154 Montague street. Born in Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 20, 1863. Educated at Grammar School No. 40, New York City, Norwich, Conn., Free Academy, Yale University, and law office of Wait & Greene (Norwich, Conn.). (Single.) Reader of abstracts of titles to real estate in the Brooklyn office of the Title Guarantee and Trust Co. Member Reform and Yale Clubs, Yale Alumni Association, and Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.

BEINECKE, BERNHARD-President, foot West 59th street, New York City; residence 23 West 76th street. President and director Eastmans Co.; director Beinecke & Co., Germania Bank and William Ottmann & Co. Member Transportation and American Yacht Clubs, American Museum of Natural History and Liederkranz.

BELASCO, DAVID-Dramatic Author, 883 Seventh avenue, New York City; residence 247 West 70th street. Born in San Francisco, Cal., 1862. Educated at Lincoln College, California. Author of "The Heart of Maryland," "Lord Chumley," "Men and Women," "The Girl I Left Behind Me," "Hearts of Oak,” "Naughty Anthony," and others; adapter of "Zaza.”

BELDEN, JAMES JEROME-Banker, Manufacturer and Contractor, Syracuse. Born in Fabius, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1825. Educated in Fabius and Pompey public schools. (Married.) Has been Mayor of Syracuse, member of Congress, president of Syracuse Northern R. R. Co., president of extensive blast furnaces, and general contractor. Now president Robert Gere Bank and "The Post-Standard" Co.; trustee Syracuse University, and director in various corporations. Member Republican and Transportation Clubs of New York City, and Order of Founders and Patriots of America.

BELDING, MILO MERRICK-Manufacturer, 455 Broadway, New York City; residence, 10 West 72d street. Born in Ashfield, Mass., April 3, 1833. Educated at Shelburne Falls Academy. (Married.) President and director Belding Bros. & Co., and American Union Life Insurance Co.; vice-president and director Commonwealth Insurance Co.; director Retsof Mining Co., Avery Salt Co., Genesee and Wyoming R. R. Co., Belding, Paul and Co. (Ltd.), of Montreal, Can., and National Light and Power Co. Member Colonial and Merchants' Central Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, American Geographical Society, Founders' and Patriots of America, and Chamber of Commerce.

BELDING, MILO MERRICK, JR.-Merchant, 455 Broadway, New York City; residence 10 West 72d street. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14, 1865. Educated at Adelphi Academy (Brooklyn) and by private tutor. (Married.) Director and treasurer Belding Bros. & Co., and American Union Life Insurance Co.;

director and secretary Belding, Paul & Co. (Ltd.), of Montreal; director Commonwealth Insurance Co., Livonia and Lake Conseus R. R. Co., Retsof Mining Co., and Park National Bank of Holyoke, Mass.; vicepresident and director Genesee and Wyoming R. R. Co. Member Union League, Lawyers', Colonial, Knickerbocker Athletic, New York Athletic, Merchants' Central and West Side Republican Clubs; Marine and Field, and Crescent Athletic Clubs of Brooklyn, Sons of the Revolution, American Geographical Society, Founders and Patriots of America, and Chamber of Commerce.

BELKNAP, W. E.-Civil Engineer, Pier "A," North River, New York City. Residence 102 West 93d street. Born in Yonkers, N. Y. Educated at New York University. (Married.) Assistant Engineer in Department of Docks and Ferries. Member American Society of Civil Engineers.

BELKNAP, WALDRON PHOENIX-146 Broadway, New York City; residence 29 Washington square, West. Born in New York City, Feb. 8, 1873. Educated at Lawrenceville School and Cornell University. (Married.) Connected with Title Guarantee and Trust Co. Member Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, and Society of the Cincinnati.

BELL, CHRISTOPHER M.-Physician, 320 Fifth avenue, New York City. Director New York Warehouse and Security Co. Member Metropolitan Club, American Fine Arts Society, and American Museum of Natural History.

BELL, CLARK-Lawyer, Journalist and Author, 39 Broadway, New York City; residence 200 West 78th street; country residence Bell View Farm, Dundee. Born in Rodman, Jefferson Co., N. Y., March 12, 1832. Educated at Franklin Academy, Prattsburgh, Steuben Co.; fitted for Yale, but ill-health prevented matriculation. Studied law at Hammondsport, N. Y. Admitted to the Bar in 1853 at Rochester. Practiced in Hammondsport. Succeeded Governor Campbell_in firm of McMaster & Bell, in Bath, N. Y., in 1862. Removed to New York City in 1864, where he has since resided. Has been attorney for Union Pacific Railway, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., and other corporations. President Medico-Legal Society in 1872, and several times later; was re-elected for 1900. Was originator and president Saturday Night Club, in 1883. Author of Bell's "Medico-Legal Studies," of which six volumes have been published, and a writer of distinction on sociological and scientific subjects. Was president Palette Club five years; of New York Infant Asylum eight years; International Medico-Legal Congress of 1889 in New York; of 1893 at Chicago, and Medico-Legal Congress of New York of 1895. Degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Taylor University of Indiana, and by Rutherford College of North Carolina. Honorary member of a large number of foreign and home scientific bodies, and of historical societies. Editor and founder of "Medico-Legal Journal," standard authority on medical jurisprudence, now in its seventeenth year of publication. Editor and author of "Supreme Court of the States and Provinces of North America." Stands in front rank of American medico-legal jurists. Holds a prominent position at the New York City Bar. Member Press, Union League, Twilight, Thirteen and Sunrise Clubs, and of various other societies.

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BELL, DIGBY-Comic Opera Singer, 1476 Lexington avenue, New York City. Born in Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 8, 1849. Educated at Charlier's Institute, New York City. (Married Laura Joyce.) Made first appearance on island of Malta in "La Sonnambula." Returned to the United States and played in leading baritone roles of comic opera. For several seasons at the head of his own company. Member Players' and Lambs' Clubs, Elks and Actors' Order of Friendship.

BELL, EDWARD-Broker, 80 Broadway, New York City; residence 251 Lexington ayenue. Born in New York City, Feb. 28, 1860. (Married.) Was commissioner of education, commissioner of public parks and school trustee. Now trustee of Knickerbocker Apartment Co.; president of Police Riot Relief Fund of New York City, and trustee of Mott Memorial Library. Member Manhattan, Union, Lambs', Carteret Gun, New York Yacht, New York Athletic and Meadow Clubs, Shinnecock Golf Club of Southampton, and Maryland Club of Baltimore.

BELL, EDWARD A.-Artist, 226 Central Park, South, New York City; residence 262 West 54th street, Born in New York City, Dec. 18, 1861. Educated at New York National Academy of Design. Studied un

der Von Loefftz, in Munich, Germany, 1881-3. Received silver medal Royal Academy, Munich; bronze medal, Paris Exposition, 1889; second Hallgarten prize, New York Academy of Design, 1893.

BELL, EDWARD HAMILTON-Artist, Decorator and Landscape Gardener, 424 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence Quaker Ridge, Mamaroneck. Born in London, England, 1857. (Married.) President Hamilton Bell & Co.; secretary Municipal Art Society and Fine Arts Federation. Member Players', National Arts and Apawamis Clubs, and Architectural League.

BELL, EDWARD R.-Director, 50 West 21st street, New York City. Director Baltimore and Ohio Southern Ry. Co. and Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. Member Union and Players' Clubs, National Academy of Design, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

BELL, EDWARD W.-Lawyer, 15 Dey street, New York City; residence 160 Central avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Marlborough, Conn., Dec. 23, 1841. Educated at Yale University and Columbia Law School. (Married.) Connected with the legal department of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, State Bar, and American Statistical Associations, American Geographical Society, American Academy of Political and Social Science, and American Institute of Civics.

BELL, HILLARY-Editor, 38 Park row, New York City; residence 115 West 45th street. Born in Ireland, Feb. 11, 1857. Educated in Ireland. (Married.) Musical and dramatic critic New York "Press"; editor "Insurance Economist," and director Mutual Reserve Insurance Co.

BELL, JAMES M.-Wholesale Wines, 21 Warren street, New York City; residence 16 West 83d street. President James M. Bell Co. Member Colonial, Hardware, Phoenix, Lambs', Suburban Riding and Driving, Garrick and Pequot Clubs.

BELL, LOUIS K.-Editor, 100 William street, New York City; residence Bedford. Born in Sing Sing, N. Y., 1815. Educated in Bedford. (Married.) Vicepresident and secretary "Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter" and "Druggists' Circular." Member Drug Club and General Society of Mechanics and Trades

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BELL, WILLIAM DUFFIELD-Physician, 160 West 83d street, New York City. Member Army and Navy Club, Sons of the Revolution, and Sons of the American Revolution.

BELLAMY, FREDERICK P.-Lawyer, 204 Montague street, Brooklyn; residence 260 Henry street. Born in 1847. Educated at Union College. (Married.) Trustee and secretary board of trustees Packer Collegiate Institute, and other institutions. Member Lawyers', Barnard and Reform Clubs, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, and Union College Alumni and Century Associations.

BELMONT, AUGUST-Banker, 23 Nassau street, New York City; residence 190 Madison avenue. Born in New York City, Feb. 18, 1853. Educated at Harvard ('75). (Widower.) Senior member of the firm of August Belmont & Co., and member New York Stock Exchange. Acting president and director Audit Co. of New York; chairman and director Louisville and Nashville R. R. Co.; director Bank of the State of New York, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. Co., Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Fifth Avenue Trust Co., Guaranty Trust Co., Long Island R. R. Co., Manhattan Trust Co., National Park Bank, Westchester Racing Association, Westinghouse Electric and Mf'g Co., Zanesville and Ohio Ry. Co., Plaza Bank, New Amsterdam Gas Co., Republic Iron and Steel Co., Mount Morris Bank, and First National Bank of Hempstead, L. I. Member Union, Manhattan, Democratic, Knickerbocker, Lawyers', Harvard, New York Athletic, Racquet and Tennis, Meadow Brook Hunt, Atlantic Yacht, New York Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, New York Press, Turf and Field, Coaching, Jockey (chairman), American Kennel, Coney Island Jockey and Westchester Polo Clubs, Down Town Association Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Sons of the Revolution.