NELAN, CHARLES-Cartoonist, Herald square, New York City. Born in Akron, Ohio, April 10, 1859. Educated at Buchtel College; studied art at National Academy of Design, New York City. (Married Margaret A. Kennedy.) Began cartoon work on Cleveland "Press," 1888. Now connected with the New York "Herald." Member Cleveland Art Club (secretary, 1895).

NELLANY, MICHAEL-Manufacturer, Buffalo; residence 268 Georgia street. Born in Ireland, May, 1840. Educated in Buffalo. (Widower.) President Homestead Savings and Loan Association; director German-American Bank. Member Buffalo Park

Board.

NELSON, ABRAHAM-Lawyer, 235 Broadway, New York City; residence 137 West 82d street. Born in New York City, Jan. 22, 1864. Educated at College of the City of New York and Columbia College. (Married.) Examining counsel Lawyers' Title Insurance Co. Member of the Saturday and Sunday Hospital Collection. Member Democratic and Progress Clubs.

NELSON, CHARLES ALEXANDER-Librarian, 116th street and Morningside Heights, New York City; residence 510 West 143d street. Born in Calais, Me., April 14, 1839. (Son of Israel Potter and Jane [Capen] Nelson.) Educated at Harvard (A.B., '60 and A.M., '63). (Married, July 25, 1872, at Newbern, N. C., Emma, daughter of Benson and Eliza [Quick] Norris of Slaterville Springs, N. Y.) Began library work in 1854. Assistant in Harvard Library, 1857-60 and 1863-4; served as civil engineer in Quartermaster's Department, United States Army, 1864-5; engaged in literary work, 1866-79; professor of Greek at Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 1879-80; catalogue librarian at the Astor Library, New York City, 1881-8; librarian at Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, La., 1888-91; assistant at Newberry Library, Chicago, Ill., 1891-3; reference librarian at Columbia University since 1893. Author of "Waltham, Past and Present" (1879) and "The Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Bequeathed to the Long Island Historical Society by S. B. Duryea" (1897); also of various contributions to the "Library Journal." Compiled and edited the "Catalogue of the Astor Library" (four vols., 1886-8); also edited the "Catalogue of the Avery Memorial Library" (1895). Secretary finance committee of the trustees of Leland University, New Orleans, La. Charter member, ex-president and ex-secretary New York Library Club; member and ex-secretary American Library Association; also member Harvard Club, New York State Library Association, Booksellers' League, Bibliographical Society of England and America, Chicago (Ill.) Literary Club and American Historical Association.

NELSON, EDWARD BEVERLY - Educator, Rome; residence 711 Madison street. Born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 26, 1850. Educated at Harvard ('73). (Married.) Principal Central New York Institution for Deaf Mutes. Member Teugega Country and Rome Clubs, Reform Club, American Numismatic and Archaelogical Society and Sons of Oneida of New York City, Fort Schuyler, Arcanum and Masonic Clubs and Oneida County Historical Association of Utica, National Geographic Society of Washington, D. C., American Geographical Society, Western New York Harvard Alumni, Central New York Harvard Alumni, Harvard Athletic and American Canoe Associations, American Mechanics, Royal Arcanum, Sons of the American Revolution, Knights Templar and a thirtysecond degree Mason.

NELSON, HENRY LOOMIS-Journalist, 331 Pearl street, New York City; residence New Rochelle. Born in New York City, Jan. 5, 1846. Educated at Williams College ('67) and at Columbia (A.M. and LL.B.). Admitted to the Bar in 1869. (Married Ida Frances Wyman.) Editor-in-chief of "Harper's Weekly." Member University, Reform and Players' Clubs and Century Association.

NELSON, HORACE O.-Cashier and Insurance, 56 South street, New York City; residence 71 Franklin place, Flushing, L. I. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1866. Educated in private schools. (Married.) Secretary William F. Wall Rope Co.; director New York and Long Island Construction Co.; ex-secretary and treasurer Lothair Bank Note Co. Member Flushing Golf Club.

NELSON, ROBERT W.-Manufacturer, 27 William street and 34 Park row, New York City; residence Giffords, S. I. President and director Thorne Type Setting Machine Co.; general manager and director American Typefounders' Co. Member Richmond County Country and Reform Clubs and Aldine Association.

NELSON, STUART G.-Banker, 18 Broadway, New York City; residence 33 East 81st street. (Married.) Vice-president and director Seaboard National Bank; trustee New York Security and Trust Co. and United States Savings Bank. Member Union League, Lotos, New York Athletic and Lawyers' Clubs, New England Society and Chamber of Commerce.

NEU, JACOB-Lawyer, 303 Washington street, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, April 7, 1855. Educated in public schools; read law in the office of John W. Lawton, and was admitted to the Bar in 1879. Member of the firm of Lawton & Neu until 1891; Civil Justice of the First District, 1891-9; was candidate for sheriff on the Republican ticket in 1899. Now member of the firm of Neu & Reid. Member Arion Society, United German Singing Societies, Brooklyn Lodge No. 22, Order of Elks, Mystic Shrine, Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor, Bushwick Club, Liederkranz and other organizations.

NEUMANN, WILLIAM FREDERICK-Physician and Professor, 116th street and Morningside Heights, New York City; residence 114 East 59th street. Degree of M.D. Assistant in bacteriology at Columbia University in the City of New York.

NEUSSELL, C. E.-Dry Goods Merchant, 15 Greene street, New York City; residence 451 West End avenue. Born in Bahia, Brazil, March 30, 1862. Educated in Bremen, Germany. (Married.) Member of the firm of John Menke & Co.

NEVERS. GEORGE G.-Sugar Broker, 101 Wall street, New York City; residence 208 Mount Pleasant avenue, Newark, N. J. Member of the firm of Nevers & Callaghan. Vice-president and director Evening Star Mining Co.: director Morning Star Consolidated Mining Co. and Ward Consolidated Mining Co. Member North End Club of Newark, Down Town Association, New York Botanical Gardens and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

NEVIUS, JOHN H. C.-Hangings, 420 Broome street, and Jewelry, 33 Union square, West, New York City; residence 310 West End avenue. Member of the firm of Nevius & Haviland. Member Reform Club, Good Government Club of the Nineteenth Assembly District, and Citizens' Union.

NEW, CLARENCE HERBERT-Hydraulic Engineer and Publisher, 1267 Broadway, New York City; residence 459 Waverly avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, 1862. Educated at Betts Military Academy in Stamford, Conn., and at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Toured the world in 1880; was the sole surviving passenger of wreck of the "Eric the Red" on Cape Otway reef, southern coast of Australia, Sept. 5, 1880; with Ward Steamship Line, 1881; secretary of the T. New Mf'g Co., 1882-93; traveled in South America, 1884; made a second tour of the world, 1891; magazine writer and novelist, 1893-5; associate editor of "Truth," 1895; manager and editor "New York and London Literary Press"; manager publishing department of Harry Bentz American Advertising Agency, 1898. Director Frank L. Fisher Co. Formerly member Lawyers' Club, Union League Club of Brooklyn, Melbourne (Australia) Club, and social clubs in Sydney, Calcutta and London.

NEWBOLD, FREDERIC R.-Poughkeepsie. Born in New York City, 1853. (Single.) Member Knickerbocker, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Hudson River Ice Yacht Clubs, and Ardsley Casino of Ardsleyon-Hudson.

NEWCOMB, HORATIO VICTOR-Capitalist, 683 · Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in Louisville, Ky., July 26, 1844. Educated in Louisville; also studied in England and France. Engaged in commission business in New York City for many years as a member of the firm of Warren, Newcomb & Co. After the death of his father, who had been president of the Louisville and Nashville R. R. Co., became a director, soon after vice-president, and later president of that company; retired because of ill-health in 1880. Organized, in 1880, and was for several years president of the United States National Bank of New York City. Member Union, New York Athletic, Suburban Riding and Driving, Calumet and Tuxedo Clubs, American Museum of Natural History and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

NEWCOMB, JAMES EDWARD-Physician and Instructor, 118 West 69th street. New York City. Degrees of A.B. and M.D. Clinical instructor in laryngology, Cornell University Medical College, New York City.

NEWCOMB, JAMES G.-Oils and Cooperage, 26 Broadway, New York City; residence 267 West 79th street. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1849. Educated in Cleveland. (Married.) Has been with Standard Oil Co. for about thirty years, and now manager of one of the largest departments of that company. Member Ohio Society.

NEWCOMBE, CHARLES M.-Broker, 15 Wall street, New York City; residence 157 West 81st street. Born in New York City, 1864. Educated in public schools and at College of City of New York. (Married.) Member of the firm of Wm. D. Barbour & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Church Club.

NEWELL, EDWARD A. - Men's Furnishings, 246 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 140 West 21st street. Born in Cheshire, Conn., Feb. 4, 1838. Educated at Cheshire Episcopal Academy. Present business established in 1863. Director Retail Dealers' Protective Association; trustee North River Savings Bank. Member Republican, Lotos and Twilight Clubs and New England Society.

NEWELL, EDWARD J.-Lawyer, 32 Broadway, New York City; residence 140 West 21st street. Born in New York City, Aug. 3, 1863. Educated at New York University, University of Leipzig, Germany, and Columbia Law School. (Married.) In journalism for several years; connected with the New York "Herald" in Paris, France, the "Morning News" and other newspapers. Author of several historical works and novels, and contributor to "American Cyclopaedia" and other works of reference. Member Alpha Delta Phi, Democratic and New York Press Clubs, Liederkranz and New York Graduate Association.

NEWELL, ROBERT HENRY-Author, 128 First place, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, Dec. 13, 1836. Educated in common schools. On editorial staff of the New York "Mercury," 1858-62, and of the New York "World," 1869-74; edited for a time "Hearth and

Home," a weekly journal. Author of "Orpheus C. Kerr Papers," being four volumes of humorous letters on the Civil War, "The Palace Beautiful, and Other Poems," "The Cloven Foot," "Versatilities," "The Walking Doll," "There Was Once a Man," "Studies in Stanzas" and many other works.

NEWKIRK, WARREN B.-Printer, 20 Vesey street, New York City; residence 80 Grove street. Member Salmagundi and Dry Goods Clubs and Sons of the Revolution.

NEWLAND, DAVID J.-Lawyer, 20 Broad street, New York City; residence 55 East 76th street. Director Manhattan Tunnel Ry. Co. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon Club, Baptist Social Union and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

NEWMAN, JARED TREMAN-Lawyer, Savings Bank Building, Ithaca. Born in Enfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., Nov. 4, 1855. Educated at Cornell (Ph.B.) and Union College Law Department (LL.B.) (Married.) Member of the firm of Newman & Blood. Trustee Cornell University and Auburn Theological Seminary. Member Delta Upsilon Fraternity.

NEWMAN, JOHN L.-Banker, Cohoes; residence 258 State street, Albany. Born and educated in Albany. (Married.) President National Bank of Cohoes. Member Fort Orange Club, Historical and Art Society of Albany, Sons of the Revolution, and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.

NEWMAN, RANDOLPH M.-Lawyer and Real Estate, 149 Broadway, New York City; residence 121 West 111th street. Born in Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 10, 1878. Educated at New York Law School ('98) and New York University Law School ('99). (Single.) Vice-president Metropolitan Trading Co.; treasurer Young Men's League of New York City; director Santa Emilia Copper Co. Member City, Clef and Students' Clubs and New York Preparatory School Alumni Association.

NEWMAN, ROBERT-Physician, 148 West 73d street, New York City. Born in Koenigsberg, Germany. Son of Gustav Lebrecht and Rosalie [Molkentin] Newman.) (Married Ada Blackwell, 1877.) Took part in the war for liberty, fighting in the barricades, and later as adjutant of the Battalion Homburg, in the Palatinate. Being defeated, Adjutant Newman accompanied General Sigel's column to Switzerland, and later emigrated to America. Became a pupil of Dr. Joseph Kammerer, gynecologist to German Dispensary in New York City; attended lectures at New York Medical College; received degree of M.D. in 1863 at Long Island College Hospital and at Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1869. Was commissioned State Volunteer surgeon, going to the front several times by order of the Governor. Physician to Northern Dispensary, 1863-5; prosector and chief of surgical clinic, Long Island College Hospital, 1864-7; sanitary inspector, 1864-6, in council of hygiene and public health; district physician New York Lying-inAsylum, 1865-70; sanitary inspector Metropolitan Board of Health, 1866-7; surgeon Northwestern Dispensary, 1875-89. Consulting surgeon to Hackensack Hospital since 1888, to Bayonne Hospital since 1889, to Home for Aged and Infirm at Yonkers since 1891. to German Dispensary (West Side), New York City since 1893, and to the McDonough Memorial Hospital. Has made a special study of electrolysis, is the originator of the electrodes bearing his name, and is author of many papers and contributions to medical literature on this and kindred subjects. Member Medico-Legal (founder and its first vice-president), New York Pathological, Boston Gynecological, New York Electric, Medico-Historical, New York German Medical, Berlin Cremation, Ulster County Medical and Northwestern Medical and Surgical Societies, Medical Society of the State of New York, Bellevue Hospital Medical College Alumni, Long Island College Alumni and New York Physicians' Mutual Aid Associations and many other national, state and local medical organizations.

NEWTON, HOMER G.-Banker, Sherburne. Born in Sherburne. Oct. 25, 1835. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Served as assistant surgeon to 131st Regiment, New York Volunteers, during Civil War, and later as surgeon to Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital. Now vice-president and director Sherburne National Bank.

NEWTON, RICHARD HEBER-Protestant Episcopalian Clergyman, 781 Madison avenue, New York City. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 31, 1840. (Son of Rev. Richard and I.ydia [Gretorex] Newton.) Educated at University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Divinity School. Degree of D.D. from Union University. (Married Mary E., daughter of Charles S. Lewis of Philadelphia.) Ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1862; became his father's assistant in St. Paul's Church, and afterwards in the Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia; accepted the charge of Trinity Church, Sharon Springs, N. Y., in 1863, but returned to Philadelphia and became the rector of St. Paul's Church in 1866. In 1869 he was called to the Anthon Memorial Church, now known as All Souls' Church in New York City. Author of "The Morals of Trade" (1876), "Womanhood" (1880), "Studies of Jesus" (1880), "Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible" (1883), "The Book of the Beginnings" (1884), "Philistinism" (1885), "Social Studies" (1886) and "Church and Creed" (1891); also many articles in magazines and periodical literature.

NEWTON, WILLIAM L.-Lumber Merchant and Manufacturer, 528 Union street, Brooklyn; residence 839 Park place. Born in Brooklyn, 1871. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Yale ('93). (Married Florence L. Brown.) Secretary and treasurer A. J. Newton Co. Member Hamilton Club, and Lawrence Club of Lawrence, L. I.

NICHOLAS, GEORGE S., JR.-Importer of Wines, 43 Beaver street, New York City; residence 44 Park avenue. Born in New York City, Dec. 22, 1870. Educated at Columbia ('92). (Single.) Member Union, Westchester Golf, Youantakah Golf and New York Athletic Clubs, Psi Upsilon Fraternity and Columbia University Alumni Association.

NICHOLAS, HARRY I.-Stock Broker, 11 Wall street, New York City; residence Babylon, L. I. Member of the firm of H. T. Nicholas & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Director Madison Square Garden Co. Member Metropolitan, Union, Lawyers', Knickerbocker, South Side Sportsmen's and New York Yacht Clubs, and South Shore Country Club of West Islip, L. I.

NICHOLS, ACOSTA-Banker, 27 Pine street, New York City; residence 36 East 31st street. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 19, 1872. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute ('89) and Williams College ('93). (Single.) Member of the firm of Spencer Trask & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange. Treasurer and director New York and Ottawa R. R. Co.; director Ottawa and New York R. R. Co., Mexican Mineral Ry. Co. and Mexican Coal and Coke Co. Member Polytechnic and Calumet Clubs, St. Nicholas, Kappa Alpha, Long Island Historical and New York Zoological Societies. Sons of the Revolution, Society of Foreign Wars, Williams Alumni Association, Metropolitan Museum of Art and 7th Regiment, N. G. N. Y.

NICHOLS, CHARLES M. Banker, 95 Liberty street, New York City; residence 287 Quincy street, Brooklyn. Born in Providence, R. I., Nov. 22, 1847. Educated in Brooklyn. (Married.) Family homestead in Providence, R. I., built in 1620. Was engaged in mercantile business until 1890. Successfully financed the building of the New Jersey Electric Railroad from Singua to Hoboken. Member Montauk, Union League and Aurora Grata Clubs and Long Island Wheelmen.

NICHOLS, EDWARD LEAMINGTON-Physicist, Cornell University, Ithaca; residence 5 South avenue. Born in England (of American parents), Sept. 14, 1854. Educated at Cornell ('75) and at the Universities of Leipzig, Berlin and Göttingen. Degrees of B.S. and Ph.D. (Married Ida Preston of South Dover, N. Y., 1881.) Professor of physics and chemistry at Central University of Kentucky, 1881-3; professor of physics and astronomy at University of Kansas, 1883-7; professor of physics at Cornell University since 1887. Founder and editor-in-chief of the "Physical Review." Author of "A Laboratory Manual of Physics and Applied Electricity" (two vols., 1894), "Lectures on the Galvanometer" (1894), "The Elements of Physics" (three vols., 1896) and "The Outlines of Physics" (1897); also of numerous memoirs on physical science. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Electrical Engineers,

American Physical Society and other scientific organizations; member Reform Club of New York City, Town and Gown Club and Delta Upsilon Fraternity.

NICHOLS, EFFINGHAM H.-Lawyer, 47 Cedar street, New York City; residence 620 Fifth avenue. Educated at Yale. Member Union League and Church Clubs, Yale Alumni Association and National Academy of Design.

NICHOLS, ERICKSON NORMAN - Broker, 15 Broad street, New York City; residence 52 East 78th street. Born and educated in New York City. (Married.) Served in First United States Volunteer Cavalry, ("Rough Riders") in Spanish-American War. Master of hounds of Richmond County Hunt. Member Union, New York Athletic, Richmond County Country and Staten Island Polo Clubs and Squadron “A," N. G. N. Y.

NICHOLS, GEORGE FREDERIC-Merchant, Plattsburgh. Born in Plattsburgh, Jan. 6, 1835. (Son of John and Julia [Lynde] Nichols.) Educated in Plattsburgh. (Married Emma C., daughter of Samuel P. Bonner of Montreal, Canada.) Entered army as major of 118th New York Volunteers, 1861; promoted to lieutenant-colonel and later to colonel; wounded at battle of Drewry Bluff and later at capture of Fort Harrison; brevetted brigadier-general for gallantry in the field. Warden and vestryman of Trinity Church, Plattsburgh, for the past thirty years. Member Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Sons of the Revolution and Society of the War of 1812.

NICHOLS, GEORGE L.-Lawyer, 67 Wall street, New York City; residence 66 East 56th street. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 9, 1860. Educated at Williams College (A.B., '81, and A.M.) and Columbia College Law School (LL.B., '83). (Married Mary Chickering.) Member of the firm of Masten & Nichols. Served as a civil service commissioner of the City of Brooklyn for four years. Vice-president and director Chickering & Sons; director Phenix National Bank, Lalance & Grosjean Mf'g Co., Tinplate Decorating Co. and Woodhaven Water Supply Co. Member Metropolitan, Union, University and Grolier Clubs, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, St. Nicholas, New York Historical, Zoological, Long Island Historical and New York Geographical Societies, Down Town, Williams College Alumni, American Bar and New York State Bar Associations, Sons of the Revolution, Society of the War of 1812, Society of Foreign Wars, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Botanical Gardens, American Museum of Natural History and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

NICHOLS, HARRY P.-Civil Engineer, 280 Broadway, New York City; residence 5 East 41st street. Born in Middletown, Conn., Aug. 8, 1867. Educated at Columbia. (Married.) Director Nassau Stamp Co. Connected with Engineering Bureau in Department of Finance, City of New York.

NICHOLS, JOHN A.-Lawyer, 36 Wall street, New York City; residence 437 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Richmond County, N. Y., August 28, 1831. Educated at a private school and at Newark (N. J.) Academy. Honorary degree of A.M. conferred by Kenyon College. (Married.) Was chairman of the Republican County (Kings) Committee, 1881, quarantine commissioner for twelve years and president of the Brooklyn Warehouse and Storage Co. until 1895. Member of the firm of Nichols & Bacon. Member Union League and Lawyers' Clubs, and Church Club of the Diocese of Long Island.

NICHOLS, O. F.-Civil Engineer, 84 Broadway, Brooklyn; residence 42 Gates avenue. Born in Newport, R. I., July 29, 1845. Educated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. (Married.) Chief-engineer of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad, 1888-92, and general manager and chief engineer of same, 1892-5. Now principal assistant engineer new East River Bridge; president Department of Engineering, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Member Railroad and Engineers' (secretary) Clubs, Church Club of the Diocese of Long Island, American Geographical Society (Fellow), American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Institution of Civil Engineers.

NICHOLS, STARR HOYT-Retired, 59 Liberty street, New York City; residence 17 West 30th street. Born in Bethel, Conn., Nov. 16, 1834. Educated at Yale ('54). (Widower.) Vice-consul at Bremen, 18568. Was pastor Congregational Church, Mansfield, Ohio, New England Church, Chicago, Vine Street Congregational Church, Cincinnati; ex-president Delaware and Anthracite R. R. Co. Member University and Nineteenth Century Clubs and Yale Alumni Association.

NICHOLS, WILLIAM E.-Broker, 15 Wall street, New York City; residence 117 West 58th street, and East Haddam, Conn. Born in New York City, Aug. 27, 1862. Educated at Seabury Institute in Saybrook, Conn., at Yale ('86), and studied abroad, 1896-8. (Married.) Was founder and director East Haddam Public Library; first president of Connecticut Amateur Press Association; editor of "The Favorite," and contributor to various periodicals. Now vice-president

and director New York Net and Twine Co.; trustee Columbia Trust Co. Member Lotos, Lawyers', Delta Kappa Epsilon and National Arts Clubs, Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, and Yale Alumni Association.

NICHOLS, WILLIAM H., JR.-Mining Engineer, 11 Broadway, New York City; residence 304 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn. Born Sept. 14, 1873. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Columbia University. (Married.) Mining engineer Nichols Chemical Co. President San Carlos Copper Co. Member Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, and American Institute of Mining Engineers.

NICHOLS, WILLIAM S.-Broker, 35 Broad street, New York City; residence 369 Fifth avenue. Director Herter Bros. Member New York Stock Exchange and of the Union League Club, New England Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art and National Academy of Design.

NICHOLSON, JOHN E.-Builder, 644 Hudson street, New York City; residence 311 West 89th street. Educated at Princeton. Member of the firm of Nicholson & Galloway. Member Princeton Club, General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen and Building Trades Association.

NICOLL, BENJAMIN-Mining Engineer, 68 Wall street, New York City; residence Morristown, N. J. Educated at Princeton ('77). President and director Mount Pleasant Mining Co. Member University, Racquet and Tennis, Meadow Brook Hunt and Princeton Clubs, Down Town Association and American Institute of Mining Engineers.

NICOLL, DE LANCEY-Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 123 East 38th street. Born in Bayside, Long Island, N. Y., June 24, 1854. Educated at St. Paul's School, Princeton College ('74) and Columbia Law School ('76). (Married Maud Churchill.) Member of the firm of Nicoll, Anable & Lindsay. Assistant district attorney, New York County, 1885-7; district attorney. 1891-3. Member Constitutional Convention of 1894. Member Tuxedo, Metropolitan, Union, Lawyers', University, Democratic, and Racquet and Tennis Clubs, Down Town Association and others. many

NICOLL, HENRY DENTON-Physician, 51 East 57th street, New York City. Educated at Williams College. Member Mendelssohn Glee and City Clubs, Williams College Alumni and Century Associations, Presbyterian Union and Sons of the Revolution.

NICOLL, JAMES CRAIG-Artist, 51 West Tenth street, New York City. Born in New York City, Nov. 22, 1847. Educated at Quackenbos School. (Widower.) Was secretary of the International Jury of Awards on Paintings at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Has exhibited at all the principal expositions and has been awarded many prizes. Was one of the founders, and for ten years secretary, of the American Water Color Society. Member New York Etching Club, National Academy of Design (ex-secretary), Century Association, Artists' Aid (secretary) and Artists' Fund (ex-president) Societies and other organizations.

NICOLL, MATTHIAS Marine Insurance, 51 Wall street, New York City; residence 119 West 48th street. Born in Shelter Island, October, 1841. Educated at

Williams College ('61). (Widower.) Vice-president Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Co.; auditor Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co.; trustee Atlantic Trust Co. Member University Club.

NICOLL, WILLIAM C.-Marine Underwriter, 52 New street, New York City; residence Shelter Island, Suffolk County. Born in New York City, Oct. 26, 1829. Educated at New York University. (Married.) President and director Central Tunnel Co.; director Underground R. R. Co. Member St. Nicholas Society.

NICUM, JOHN-Educator and Lutheran Clergyman, Rochester. Born in Winnenden, Germany, June 6. 1851. (Son of John and Margareth [Schaefer] Nicum.) Educated in Pennsylvania, College and at Philadelphia Theological Seminary at Mühlenberg (D.D., '93). (Married Josephine, daughter of Rev. D. Tanner of Tremont, Pa.) Held pastorates at Frackville, Pa., 1876-8, Frankford, Pa., 1878-80, and at Syracuse, N. Y., 1880-7. Since 1887, pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church, Rochester; president of Wagner College since 1894. Secretary and treasurer Oriental Industrial and Trading Co. Served as secretary of the General Council of the Lutheran Church in North America 1886-97, and as president of the Board of Home Missions, Lutheran General Council, 1888-97. Author of "History of the New York Ministerium," "Confessional History of the Lutheran Church in the United States," also of treatises on the laws of the State of New York relating to churches. Translated Wolf's "The Lutherans in America." Frequent contributor to religious journals. Member American Society of Church History.

NIEHAUS, CHARLES HENRY-Sculptor, 148 West 36th street, New York City; residence 32 West 112th street. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 24, 1855. Educated in Cincinnati (Ohio) public schools. (Single.) Member Players' and National Arts Clubs, National Sculpture and Ohio Societies and Architectural League.

NILES, ARTHUR L.-Stock Broker, 35 Broad street, New York City; residence 315 West 80th street. Member of the firm of L. H. Niles & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Revolution. Member Sons of the

NILES, JOHN BARRON-Stock Broker, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence Bedford Park. Born in Cohoes, N. Y., 1866. (Single.) Member of the firm of Niles Brothers, members of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Republican, New York Athletic and Calumet Clubs, and Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-onHudson.

NILES, LUCIEN H.-Stock Broker, 35 Broad street, New York City; residence 18 East 74th street. Educated at Brown. Member of the firm of L. H. Niles & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Brown University Alumni Association.

NILES, NATHANIEL-Lawyer, 140 Nassau street, New York City; residence Madison, N. J. Union League Club and New England and Authors' Member Societies.

NILES, ROBERT L.-Stock Broker, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence Fordham Heights. Born in New York City, 1857. Educated at Stephens Institute. (Married.) Member of the firm of Niles Brothers, and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member New York Athletic and Republican Clubs, New England Society and Society of Colonial Wars.

NILES, WILLIAM W.-Dentist, 172 East 116th street, New York City. Born in Binghamton, N. Y., 1868. Educated at New York and Baltimore Dental Colleges; degree of D.D.S. with Dr. Ferdinand Hasbrouck, 1890-4; since 1894 in (Married.) Associated general practice of dentistry. Member Harlem and Congregational Clubs, Odontological and First District Dental Societies and Harlem Wheelmen.

NILES, WILLIAM WATSON-Lawyer, 11 Wall street, New York City; residence Bedford Park. Born in West Fairlee, Vt., March 26, 1822. (Son of Hon. William and Relief [Barron] Niles.) Educated at Bradford (Vt.) Academy, Newbury (Vt.) Seminary and Dartmouth College ('45); studied law and was admitted to the Bar in Indiana. Practicing in New York

City for almost fifty years. Member of the firm of Niles & Johnson. Served as a member of the New York State Assembly, and as a park commissioner of the City of New York. Member Calumet and Republican Clubs, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

NISBET, JAMES DOUGLAS-Physician, 10 East 43d street, New York City. Born in Lancaster, S. C., June 30, 1861. Educated at Davidson College ('81), Louisville Medical College ('86), and also studied in New York, Paris, Tübingen and Berlin. (Single.) Adjunct professor, diseases of the digestive system, New York Polyclinic and Hospital. Author of "Diseases of the Stomach." Member National Arts Club and National Sculpture and Southern Societies.

NISBET, JOHN L.-Investments, 36 Wall street, New York City; residence 20 Highland place, Yonkers. Born in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 2, 1850. Educated at Princeton. (Married.) Was secretary West Shore R. R. Co., and secretary and treasurer New York, Ontario and Western Ry. Co. Member Princeton Club.

NITCHIE, HENRY E.-Treasurer, 65 Downing street, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, 1858. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. (Married.) Member Brooklyn Whist and Hamilton Clubs.

NITCHIE, JOHN E.-Architect, 21 Park row, New York City; residence 65 Downing street, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, 1873. Educated at Cornell. (Single.) Member Kings County Tennis and Brooklyn Skating Clubs and Brooklyn Oratorio Society.

NIVEN, WILLIAM — Mineralogist, 108 Fulton street, New York City; residence Bath Beach. Born in Bellshill, Scotland, Oct. 6, 1850. Educated in Scotland. (Married Nellie Blanche Purcell of St. Louis, Mo., 1886.) Resident of the United States since 1879. Discovered the remains of a prehistoric city, hundreds of square miles in extent, in the State of Guerrero, Mexico, in 1891. Member New York Mineralogical Society, Scientific Alliance and American Museum of Natural History.

NIXON, LEWIS-Shipbuilder, 71 Broadway, New York City; residence 32 West 38th street. Born in Leesburg, Va., 1861. Educated at United States Naval Academy, and Royal Naval College, England. (Married Sally Lewis Wood, 1891.) President New East River Bridge Commission, International Smokeless Powder and Dynamite Co.; vice-president New York Auto-Truck Co.; proprietor Crescent Shipyard, Elizabeth. N. J.; consulting naval architect, Cramp's Shipyard. While an officer in the United States Navy, designed the battle ship Oregon. Member Union, Richmond County Country, Press, New York Yacht, Atlantic Yacht, Democratic and Seneca Clubs, Metropolitan and Army and Navy Clubs of Washington, D. C., Rittenhouse Club of Philadelphia, American Geographical (Fellow) and Tammany Societies, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (Fellow), Board of Trade and Transportation and Chamber of Commerce.

NOBLE, ALFRED A.-Treasurer, 343 Broadway, New York City; residence 108 Montague street, Brooklyn. Born in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1860. Educated in Albany public schools. (Married.) Treasurer Wm. Schwarzwaelder & Co. Member Brooklyn Republican Club, Commonwealth Lodge F. & A. M., Magnolia Lodge Odd Fellows, Brooklyn Council No. 72, R. A., Orient Chapter No. 138, R. A. M., Logan Wheelmen and Royal Arcanum Aid Society.

NOBLE, FRANCIS L.-Lawyer, 2 Wall street, New York City; residence 321 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn. Member Crescent Athletic and Union League Clubs of Brooklyn.

NOBLE, HENRY HARMON-Albany; residence Essex. Born in Essex, May 9, 1861. Educated in private schools in this country and England. (Married.) In office of New York State Historian since August, 1895. Member Fort Orange Club, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, General Society of the War of 1812, New York Commandery, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States, Albany Institute Iroquois Lodge No. 715 (Master Mason), Cedar Point Lodge No. 259, R. A. M., and De Soto Commandery No. 49, Knights Templar.

NOBLE, HERBERT-Lawyer, 141 Broadway, New York City; residence 49 West 57th street. Born in Dorchester County, Md., March 7, 1867. Educated at St. John's College, Annapolis, Md. (B.A., '89), University of Virginia and Columbia University (M.A.) and Law School (LL.B., '93). (Married.) Member of the firm of Noble & Villard. Lecturer for four years on carriers, insurance and domestic relations at Columbia Law School. Member Lawyers' and Phi Delta Phi Clubs, Delaware, Maryland and Southern Societies and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

NOBLES, MILTON - Actor and Dramatist, 139 First place. Brooklyn. Born in La Pierre County, Michigan, Sept. 28, 1847. Educated in Madison, Wis. (Married.) Made first appearance in the West, 1867. Played in support of Edwin Forrest, Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, Lawrence Barrett and others; began starring in plays written by himself, 1875. Author of "Shop Talk," "Under Martial Law," "A Man of the People," "Love and Law," "The_Phoenix," "Interviews," "A Son of Thespis," "For Revenue Only," "Love Goes on Forever," "From Sire to Son," "Bilgeville Junction," "A Blue Grass Widow," "Why Walker Reformed," "Belinda Bailey's Boarders" and other works. Member Players' and American Dramatists' Clubs of New York City, and Actors' Order of Friendship.

NOCK, T. G.-Physician and Surgeon, 211 West Embargo street, Rome. Born in Windsor Locks, Hartford Co., Conn., Aug. 13, 1859. Educated at Rome (N. Y.) Academy, Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass., and Syracuse (N. Y.) College of Medicine. (Married.) House surgeon New York Cancer Hospital, 1889. Coroner of Oneida County since 1891; director First National Bank of Rome. Member Rome Medical, and Oneida County Medical Societies.

NOE, FREDERICK-Instructor, Cornell University, Ithaca; residence 717 East Buffalo street. Degree of M.E. Instructor in mechanical engineering, Cornell University.

NOONAN, THOMAS H.-Lawyer, 75 White Building, Buffalo; residence 3 Fargo avenue. Born in Ferrisburgh, Vt., Dec. 17, 1865. Educated at Middlebury (Vt.) College. (Single.) Buffalo attorney for American Hide and Leather Association of Boston, Mass.; secretary Buffalo Society of Vermonters. Member University, Independent and Acacia Clubs, and De Molay Lodge No. 498, F. & A. M.

NORDLINGER, EDWIN H.-Coffees and Spices, 369 Washington street, New York City; residence 45 East 80th street. Rorn in New York City, Aug. 25, 1861. Educated in public schools and at College of the City of New York. (Married.) Member of the firm of Henry Nordlinger & Co. Member Phi Beta Kappa Society, Harmonie Club, Verein Freundschaft and Alumni Association of the College of the City of New York.

NORMAN, CHARLES R.-Manager, 12 Broadway, New York City; residence 36 Lefferts place, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, Jan. 31, 1851. Educated in New York City and Philadelphia, Pa. (Married.) Manager floating equipment of the Tide Water Oil Co.; director Maritime Association of the Port of New York. Was member of the Board of Port Wardens of Philadelphia for six years. Member De Witt Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar.

NORMANN, MAX M.-Ship Broker, 4 Stone street, New York City; residence 220 Central Park, South, and Lake Hopatcong, N. J. Born in Lillesand, Norway, Nov. 30, 1856. Educated in Lillesand schools. (Married.) Conducts business under the firm name of Benham & Boyesen. Member Produce and Maritime Exchanges and Lake Hopatcong Club.

NORRIE, A. LANFEAR-Mining Engineer, 41 Wall street. New York City; residence 17 East 41st street Vice-president and director Ohio Mining and Manufacturing Co.; director F. O. Norton Cement Co.; trustee Continental Trust Co. Member Metropolitan, Union and Tuxedo Clubs, Country Club of Westchester, Down Town Association and American Institute of Mining Engineers.