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STUART, WILLIAM COUCH-Retired, 131 West 70th street, New York City. Born in Rye, N. Y., June 11, 1849. (Son of James Stuart.) Educated in New York City. (Married.) Engaged for many years in the importing business as a member of the firm of A. C. Downing & Co., and later as a member of the brokerage firm of W. C. & J. M. Stuart, of which he was the Stock Exchange member. Director Atlantic Mining Co.; ex-president Allouez Mining Co. Member Colonial Club, St. Andrew's Society and West End Association.

STUART WORTLEY, RALPH MONTAGUE · Broker, 70 Broadway, New York City; residence 65 West 68th street. Born in Yorkshire, England, July 2. 1864. (Son of Francis D. and Maria [Martin] Stuart Wortley.) Educated in England at Wellington College. (Married Virginia M., daughter of Rear-Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, United States Navy.) Member of the firm of Price, McCormick & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Endowed by Queen Victoria with the title of Honorable in May, 1900. Member Stock Exchange Luncheon, British Schools and Universities, and Union Clubs and St. George's Society.

STUDER, JACOB H.-President, 114 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1840. Educated in common schools and printing offices. (Widower.) President and director Natural Science Association of America. Author of "The Birds of North America" and "History of Columbus, Ohio." Member Ohio Society, Sportsmen's Association and American Ornithologists' Union.

STUDLEY, ELMER E.-Lawyer, 702 Morgan Building, Buffalo; residence 122 Morgan street. Born in East Ashford, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1864. Educated at Cornell. (Single.) Served in Cuba as a first lieutenant in the United States Volunteer Army during the Spanish War. Member University and Independent Clubs.

STUDWELL, FREDERIC B.-Vice-President, 27 William street, New York City; residence 149 Willow street, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, 1864. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. (Single.) Vicepresident The Bush Co. (Ltd.). Member Crescent Athletic, Hamilton, Dyker Meadow Golf and Garden City Golf Clubs of Brooklyn, and Reform Club of New York City.

STURGES, ARTHUR PEMBERTON-Securities, 74 Wall street, New York City; residence 36 Park avenue. Educated at Princeton ('88). Director Hygeia Distilled Water Co. Member Metropolitan, Princeton, Calumet, New York Athletic, Players' and University Clubs and Down Town Association.

STURGES, FRANK D.-Lawyer, 71 Wall street, New York City; residence 37 West 20th street. Educated at Columbia. Member New York Athletic and American Yacht Clubs, Columbia University Alumni Association and Liederkranz.

STURGES, HENRY CADY-Author, 56 East 34th street, New York City. Born in Fairfield, Conn., May 31, 1846. Educated at Columbia ('69). (Married.) Member New York Yacht, University, St. Anthony. and Grolier Clubs, Dunlap, American Geographical, Archaeological and Historical Societies, Columbia Alumni Association and American Museum of Natural History.

STURGES, WILLIAM C.-Treasurer, 76 Wall street, New York City; residence 37 West 20th street. Born in New York City, June 9, 1824. Educated in New York City. (Married.) President and trustee Seaman's Bank for Savings and Sailors' Cemetery Association; treasurer and director American Seamen's Friend Society; director Leather Manufacturers' National Bank; trustee Robert College of Constantinople, Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. and Haven Relief Fund; trustee and chairman Madison Square Presbyterian Church.

STURGIS, APPLETON - Insurance, 45 Cedar street, New York City; residence 90 East Tenth street. Member Mendelssohn Glee and Union Clubs, Down Town Association, American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art and National Academy of Design.

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STURGIS, FRANK K.-Banker, 30 Broad street, New York City; residence 3 West 36th street. Member of the firm of Strong, Sturgis & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. President and director Madison Square Garden Co.; vice-president and director Standard Trust Co.; director Charleston and Ohio River Road, Consolidated Ice Co., National Horse Show Association, New York Quotation Co., Quicksilver Mining Co. and Standard Finance and Trust Co. Formerly president of the New York Stock Exchange. Member City, Union, Knickerbocker, Coaching, Metropolitan, Larchmont Yacht, New York Yacht, Turf and Field, Jockey, Coney Island Jockey and Rockaway Hunting Clubs, Westchester Racquet and Century Associations and American Geographical Society.

STURGIS, FREDERICK RUSSELL - Physician, 16 West 32d street, New York City. Born in Manila, Philippine Islands, July 7, 1844. Educated in England and the United States. Graduated in medicine from the Harvard Medical School (M.D., '67). (Married.) Established in practice in New York City, and was for a time a member of the faculty of the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and for twenty years visiting surgeon to the City Hospital. Author of several medical works. Member New York Athletic and University Clubs and Harvard Alumni Association.

STURGIS, ROBERT-Lawyer, 111 Broadway, New York City; residence 152 East 38th street. Educated at Harvard ('81). Director Maritime Canal Co. of Nicaragua. Member University Club, American Geograpical Society, Harvard Alumni and Down Town Associations and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

STURGIS, RUSSELL-Architect and Author, 307 East 17th street, New York City. Born in Baltimore County, Md., Oct. 16, 1836. Educated at the College of the City of New York ('56). Degrees of A.M. and Ph.D. Studied architecture in Europe. (Married Sarah Barney of New York City, 1864.) Was associate editor on the "Century Dictionary," "Webster's International Dictionary," "Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia" and the "Dictionary of Architecture." Director Elkhorn Valley Coal-Land Co. and Empire Coal and Coke Co. Member Grolier, Players', University, Yale and Commonwealth Clubs, St. Botolph Club of Boston, Mass., College of the City of New York Alumni, New York State Forestry and Century Associations, National Sculpture, Municipal Arts, Numismatic and Archaeological, Phi Beta Kappa, Free Trade and Archaeological Societies, Architectural League, National Academy of Design, Society of Mural Painters, American Institute of Architects, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

STURGIS, THOMAS-Builder, 42 East 23d street, and 72 Trinity place, New York City; residence 138 East 36th street. Connected with the Sturgis & Hill Co. President and director Electric Selector and Signal Co.; director Consolidated Ice Co. and Western Live Stock and Land Co. Member Union League and New York Athletic Clubs, Century and Down Town Associations, New England Society and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.

STUYVESANT, JOHN READE - Treasurer, 33 Wall street, New York City; residence 222 Fifth avenue. Born in Hyde Park, N. Y., March 10, 1850. Educated by Rev. C. W. Everest and at Vermont Episcopal Institution and Rutgers College. (Married.) Treasurer Guayaquil and Quito Ry. Co. Member Union, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Delta Phi Clubs and Rutgers College Alumni Association.

STUYVESANT, ROBERT R. Broker, 40 Wall street, New York City; residence 213 Madison avenue. Director Stuyvesant Insurance Co. Member New York Athletic and Union Clubs and American Geographical and St. Nicholas Societies.

STUYVESANT, RUTHERFORD Capitalist, 16 Exchange place, New York City; residence Allamuchy. Educated at Columbia. Vice-president and director Tuckerton R. R. Co.; director New York Life Insurance and Trust Co. Member Racquet and Tennis, Union, City, New York Yacht, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Atlantic Yacht and Carrol's Island Clubs, Down Town, Columbia University Alumni and Century Associations, American Fine Arts and American Geographical Societies, American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Academy of Design and Scientific Alliance.

SUDDS, HENRY-Banker, Gouverneur. Born in London, England, March 25, 1839. Educated at Manor House Academy, London, England, and Gouverneur (N. Y.) Wesleyan Seminary. Came to the United States in 1850. (Married.) Vice-president and cashier Bank of Gouverneur. Has been village president of Gouverneur; president of the Board of Education and treasurer Water Board. Member Citizens' Club.

SUGAR, SOLOMON S. - Patent Solicitor, 189 Broadway, New York City; residence 350 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Norfolk, Va., 1874. Educated in Brooklyn public schools and at Cooper Institute. (Single.) Formerly secretary and director Universal Trading Co.

SUGDEN, JAMES T.-Manufacturer, Amsterdam; residence 69 West Main street. Born in London, England. (Married.) Treasurer Amsterdam Board of Trade; director Amsterdam Savings Bank and First National Bank; trustee Amsterdam Free Library; chairman trenching committee Amsterdam Sewer Commission; member Board of Education.

SULLIVAN, ANDREW T.-Banker, 101 Broadway, Brooklyn; residence 933 St. Marks avenue. Born in Brooklyn, Aug. 11, 1854. Educated at St. Francis Xavier College. (Married.) Formerly member Board of Education; postmaster of Brooklyn, 1893-7. Now president Nassau Trust Co. of Brooklyn. Member Brooklyn, Hanover and Bushwick Clubs, Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Society of Brooklyn, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and Emerald Association.

SULLIVAN, ARTHUR T.-Wholesale Woolen Goods Merchant, 329 Broadway, New York City; residence 584 Fifth avenue. Member of the firm of Sullivan, Vail & Co. Director Blackinton Co. Member Metropolitan, Union League, Carteret Gun, New York, New York Yacht, Manhattan, New York Athletic, Riding, and Racquet and Tennis Clubs.

SULLIVAN, GEORGE H.-Lawyer, 45 Wall street, New York City; residence 16 West 11th street. EduIcated at Harvard. Member of the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell. Director Dame & Townsend Co., Deseret Light and Power Co., Enterprise Cold Storage Co., Scarsdale Estates and Evangelist Publishing Co. Member Alpha Delta Phi, New York Athletic and Harvard Clubs, Southern Society and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

SULLIVAN, JAMES WILLIAM-Journalist, 29 West 23d street, New York City. Born in Pennsylvania, 1848. Has been connected with the editorial staffs of various publications and is now associated with the publishing house of Henry Holt & Co.

SULLIVAN, JOHN A.-Vice-President and General Manager, 160 Broadway, New York City; residence Hotel Empire. Born in Rondout, N. Y. Educated in public schools and at Kingston (N. Y.) Academy. (Married.) Vice-president and general manager City Trust Safe Deposit and Surety Co. of Philadelphia; treasurer and trustee St. Patrick's Cathedral; director Seventh National Bank. Member Lawyers'. Democratic and Catholic (president) Clubs and Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.

SULLY, ALFRED-Lawyer, 29 Broadway, New York City residence 1235 Pacific street, Brooklyn. Born in Ottawa, Canada, May 2, 1841. Educated in Buffalo, N. Y., and at Cincinnati (Ohio) College Law School. (Single.) Resident of New York City since 1872. Has made a business of the organization and management of railroads and has been president of the Ohio Southern R. R. Co., Richmond and Danville

Co., Richmond and West Point Terminal Co. and many other lines and was connected for a time with the Philadelphia and Reading Co. Member Atlantic Yacht and Lotos Clubs.

SULZBERGER, CYRUS L.-Importer, 95 Prince street, New York City: residence 58 West 87th street. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 11, 1858. Educated at Central High School, Philadelphia. (Married.) Member of the firm of N. Erlanger, Blumgart & Co.; also connected with the Velutina Bias Co. Trustee Temple Israel of Harlem. Formerly treasurer of the Harlem Library and United Hebrew Charities, and president of the Harlem Democratic Club. Member Reform Club and Chamber of Commerce.

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SULZER, WILLIAM-Congressman, House Representatives, Washington, D. C., and Lawyer, 45 Broadway, New York City; residence 232 East 12th street. Born in Elizabeth, N. J., March 18, 1863. Educated in public schools and at Columbia. (Single.) Has practiced law in New York City since his admission to the Bar in 1884. Member of the State Legislature, 1890-4, and was Speaker in 1893. Has represented the Eleventh New York District in Congress since 1894; present term expires in 1901. Member Democratic, Manhattan, Press, Pilot, Bohemian, Craftsmen's and Jefferson Clubs, Fort Orange Club of Albany, and many other organizations.

SUMMERS, JAMES COLLINS-Editor, 23 Duane street, New York City; residence Elmhurst. Born in Southgate, England, Feb. 19, 1854. (Son of Rev. James Summers, professor of Chinese language in the British Museum, London.) Educated at King's College, London. (Married.) Served as yachting editor New York "Journal," 1883-5; New York "Sun," 1885-91; New York "World," 1891-7, and as special correspondent on the staff of the New York "Herald." Served for eight years in the New York State Naval Militia and as lieutenant in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. Author, compiler, editor and publisher for ten years of "Who Won?" the official yacht record. Editor of "Yachting" and yachting editor of "Collier's Weekly." Vice-president and director Burgee and Pennant Co. Member Press, Knickerbocker Athletic, Atlantic Yacht, New York Rifle and Brooklyn Revolver Clubs, United States Licensed Masters' and Pilots' and United States Revolver Associations, Old Guard, Second Naval Battalion, Excelsior Lodge No. 195, F. & A. M., Palestine Commandery No. 18, Knights Templar, and a thirty-second degree Mason.

SUMMERWELL, EDWARD K.-Lawyer, 346 Broadway, New York City; residence East Orange, N. J. Born in Covington, Ky., May 15, 1857. (Married.) Member of the firm of Summerwell, Shoup & Vermilya. President and treasurer American Association; vice-president United Commercial Lawyers; treasurer Commercial Law League of America; counsel of Empire Steel and Iron Co. Editor "Credit and Legal News." Member East Orange (N.J.) Republican and Arkwright Clubs.

SUMNER, CHARLES P.-Merchant, 18 Broadway. New York City; residence Elizabeth, N. J. Born in Boston, Mass., August, 1849. Educated in Boston. In business in New York City since 1870, and is now senior member of the firm of Charles P. Sumner & Co. Founded the Sumner line of steamships, comprising a large fleet of live-stock steamers trading between New York and Liverpool, and other ports in Great Britain and the East Indies.

SUMNER, EDWARD A.-Lawyer, 141 Broadway, New York City; residence 213 West 85th street. Born in Rome, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1857. (Married.) Member of the firm of Sumner, Robinson & Robinson. Member West Side Republican Club, Marine and Field Club of Brooklyn, New England Society, and Empire State Society of Sons of the American Revolution.

SUSSDORFF, LOUIS A.-Broker, 20 Broad street, and Merchant, 66 Beaver street, New York City. Member of the firms of Sussdorff Bros., and Sussdorff, Zaldo & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange.

SUSSDORFF. WILLIAM H.-Broker, 20 Broad street. Member of the firm of Sussdorff Bros., and of the New York Stock Exchange.

SUTCLIFFE, JOHN-Mining and Mechanical Engineer, 171 Mansion street, Poughkeepsie. Born in England, 1837. Went to Poughkeepsie in 1841 where he was educated. (Married.) Superintendent Peekskill Blast Furnaces, 1861-2; designed and built blast furnace at Cold Spring, N. Y., 1863; followed building operations, 1864-5; superintendent of Eagle Slate Quarries, Vt., 1866-70; Chapman's Slate Quarries, Pa., 1870; contractor and builder of filter-beds and dock of Poughkeepsie Water Works, 1871; built Hudson River Rolling Mill and Docks at Poughkeepsie, 1872; superintendent Franklin Iron Works, 1873, Pennsylvania Blue Stone Co., 1874; general manager Vaillecillo Silver Mining Co., Mexico, 1875-85, and Steel Co. of Canada, and Londonderry Iron Co. of Nova Scotia, 1885-90; has been acting as consulting engineer and contractor in various lines of his work in many parts of the country since 1890. Member Engineers' Club of New York City, American Institute of Mining Engineers, Canadian Society of Civil Engineers and Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania.

SUTER, GEORGE A.-Heating and Ventilating Engineer, 114 Wooster street, New York City; residence New Rochelle. Senior member of the firm of G. A. Suter & Co. Member Merchants' Central and Engineers' Clubs and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

SUTHERLAND, JOHN LANSING-Lawyer, 71 Wall street, New York City; residence 17 West 37th street. Born in Albany, N. Y., March 31, 1829. (Son of Jacob Sutherland, a Justice of the Supreme Court, grandson of John Lansing, Jr., a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1798) and second Chancellor of the State of New York; also great grandson of David Sutherland, colonel of the 6th New York Regiment during the Revolutionary War.) Educated at Union College. (Married.) Member University, Democratic and Alpha Delta Phi Clubs, St. Nicholas Society, America's Founders and Defenders, Sons of the Revolution, American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Union Alumni Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

SUTHERLAND, W. A.-Lawyer, 1005 Wilder Building, Rochester; residence 2 Arnold Park. Born in Hopewell, N. Y., May 30, 1849. Educated in Lima, N. Y. (Married Inez L. Jackson, 1878.) Member of the firm of Shuart, Sutherland & Toole. Member Republican National Committee for State of New York, 1992-6; grand master of Masons in the State of New York, 1897-9; president Rochester Bar Association. 1898. Member Lotos and Craftsmen's Clubs of New York City, Albany Club of Albany and Syracuse University Alumni Association.

SUTPHEN, JOHN S., JR.-Glass Merchant, 9 Desbrosses and 34 Vestry streets, New York City; residence 18 West 83d street. Educated at Columbia. Member of the firm of Sutphen & Myer. Member Colonial and Wool Clubs, Columbia University Alumni and Blooming Grove Park Associations and Holland Society.

SUTPHEN, JOSEPH WALWORTH-Lawyer, 164 Montague street, Brooklyn; residence 35 Second place. Born in Brooklyn, Jan. 26, 1853. Educated at Rutgers College and Columbia Law School. (Married.) Member of the firm of Sutphen & Lefferts. Was secretary Civil Service Commission in Brooklyn under Hon. Seth Low. Member Chi Phi and Congregational Clubs of New York City, Long Island Historical and Holland Societies, Church of the Pilgrims and Rutgers Alumni Association.

SUTPHEN, W. G. VAN TASSEL - Author, 331 Pearl street, New York City; residence Morristown, N. J. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 11, 1861. Educated at Princeton ('82). (Single.) Author of "The Golficide," "The Golfer's Alphabet" and "The Cardinal's Rose." Member Morris County (N. J.) Golf and Princeton Clubs.

SUTRO, THEODORE - Lawyer, 280 Broadway, New York City; residence 320 West 102d street. Born in Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, March 14, 1845. Brought to this country, 1850. Educated at Baltimore City College, Phillips Exeter (N. H.) Academy, Harvard College (A.B.. '71), Boston University Law School and Columbia Law School (LL.B., '74). (Married. Florence Edith Clinton, 1884). Established and conducted wholesale commission business in Boston while a stu

dent at Harvard and the law school, 1868-74. Admitted to the Bar, 1874. Defeated foreclosure proceedings of Sutro Tunnel property in Navada, and saved property for the stockholders, 1886-9; tax commissioner of New York City, 1895-8. Has acquired wide reputation through his knowledge and experience with respect to the laws of taxation. President Sutro Tunnel and Comstock Tunnel Companies, and German-American Reform Union; secretary Washington Heights Century Club; delegate National Democratic Convention, Indianapolis, 1896, and has been delegate and officer to many State and local conventions, political and otherwise. Member Harvard, Patria, National Civic, Reform, Folk-Lore, University Glee, Hundred Year (vicepresident), Drawing Room and Country Cycle Clubs, Phi Beta Kappa, Genealogical and Biographical, Authors', Medical and Legal Relief (president) and Oratorio Societies, State Bar, Phillips Exeter Academy Alumni, West End, Riverside and Morningside, and United Real Estate Owners' (first vice-president) Associations, Signet Club of Harvard University, Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, Deutscher Verein, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Society of Medical Jurisprudence (vice-president) and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

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SUTTON, GEORGE H.-Hosiery and Underwear Merchant, 55 Leonard street, New York City; residence 119 West 126th street. Born in Massachusetts, Dec. 16, 1847. Educated in Massachusetts. (Married.) Member of the firm of Sutton & Co. Treasurer National Machine Co. Formerly vice-president Republican County Committee; member board of trustees Mt. Morris Baptist Church; alternate from the Fifteenth Congressional District to Republican National Convention, 1896; trustee Southern Baptist Association of New York. Member Central Republican, Harlem, Arkwright (vice-president) and Harlem Republican Clubs and Baptist Social Union.

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SUYDAM, R.-Banker, 41 Wall street, New York City; residence 11 Gramercy Park. President and director Adirondack Ry. Co.; director American Coal Co. Member Metropolitan, Union, New York Yacht and Racquet and Tennis Clubs and Down Town Association.

SUYDAM, WALTER LISPENARD-43 East 22d street, New York City, and Blue Point, L. I. Born in New York City, May 20, 1854. Educated in New York City, and Paris, France. (Married.) Formerly secretary-general Society of Colonial Wars; delegate to Republican National Convention of 1896 from First District, State of New York; chairman Republican town committee of the town of Brookhaven, N. Y., and was for many years one of the board of managers New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Member Metropolitan, Penatiquit Yacht, Mt. Desert Canoe and Westbrook Golf Clubs, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution and New York Produce Exchange.

SWAIN, SANFORD S.-Restaurateur,, 25 Park row, 6 Beekman street, 109 Nassau street, 40 Broad street and 140 East 14th street, New York City; residence 200 West 139th street. Treasurer and director Dennett Surpassing Coffee Co.

SWALEY, HERBERT H.-Banker, 514 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in Somersworth, N. H., Oct. 8, 1864. Secretary Fifth Avenue Trust Co.

SWAN, ALDEN S.--Oil, 151 Maiden lane, New York City; residence 189 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn. Born in Hancock, Berkshire Co., Mass., Dec. 30, 1838. Educated at the College of the City of New York. (Married.) Formerly treasurer and trustee New York and Brooklyn Bridge for twelve years; collector of taxes, City of Brooklyn, for six years; ex-director Market and Fulton National Bank. Now president E. Blunt Mfg Co., Swan & Finch Co. and Salisbury and Harvey R. R. Co.; vice-president Burnet Co. Member Democratic and Olympic Clubs, and Crescent Athletic, Hamilton and Brooklyn Clubs of Brooklyn.

SWAN, JAMES ANDREWS - Wholesale Dry Goods Merchant, 2 Walker street, New York City; residences Passaic, N. J., and Newport, R. I. Educated at Yale ('67). Treasurer and director Syndicate Trading Co. Member University, Yale, Manhattan, New York Yacht, Wool and Arkwright Clubs.

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SWAYNE, ALFRED HARRIS Lawyer and Banker, 10 Wall street, New York City; residence University Club. Born in Washington, D. C., April 5, 1870. Educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., Yale ('92) and New York Law School ('94). (Single.) Was assistant manager North American Trust Co. in Cuba, with headquarters in Havana, from Dec. 1, 1898 to Nov. 1, 1899. Secretary Bankers' Trust Co. of New York since Nov. 1, 1899. Member City, Yale and University Clubs, Military Order of the Loyal Legion and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

SWAYNE, FRANK B.- Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 326 West 90th street. Educated at Yale ('72). Member of the firm of Swayne & Swayne. Member University, Yale, Church and Lawyers' Clubs, Ohio and New England Societies and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

SWAYNE, NOAH H.-Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City: residence 1 West 43d street. Educated at Yale ('70). Member of the firm of Swayne & Swayne. Member University Glee, Yale and City Clubs, Ohio Society, Sons of Veterans and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

SWAYNE, WAGER-Lawyer, 71 Broadway, New York City; residence 10 West 43d street. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1834. Educated at Yale ('56) and at Cincinnati Law School ('59). (Married Ellen Harris of Louisville, Ky., 1868.) Served with Ohio Volunteers during Civil War and lost a leg at Salkehatchie, S. C. Appointed major, Aug. 13, 1861; lieutentant-colonel, Dec. 14, 1861; colonel, Oct. 18, 1862; full brigadier-general, March 8, 1865; major-general, June 20, 1865, and brevet brigadier-general and majorgeneral in the United States Army on July 28, 1866, "for gallant and meritorious services during the war"; retired on July 1, 1870. Practiced law in Toledo, Ohio, until 1880 and since then, in New York City. Member of the firm of Swayne & Swayne. President and director American Church Missionary Society; director North American Trust Co. Member City, Lawyers', Union League, Church and Yale Clubs, Ohio Society, Military Order of the Loyal Legion and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

SWAYZE, ROBERT H.-Manufacturer of Brass Goods, 23 Murray street, New York City; residence Bound Brook, N. J. Trustee Crockery Board of Trade. Member Congregational, Republican and Hardware Clubs.

SWEENY, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY - 120 Franklin street, Astoria. Born in New York City, Aug. 29, 1871. Educated in public and private schools and academies in New York City, and Augusta, Ga. (Single.) Has contributed to the press and has now in preparation a biography of his father, Gen. Thomas W. Sweeny, United States Army. Member and exsecretary New York Association of California Pioneers; member executive committee Aztec Club of 1847. Member American-Irish Historical Society, Irish Texts Society of London, England, and Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States.

SWEET, CLINTON W.-Publisher, 14 Vesey street, New York City; residence Yonkers. President and director Architectural Record Co. and United States Building News Co.; treasurer and director F. W. Dodge Co.; director "Record & Guide" Printing Co. Member Union League, Merchants', Lotos, Calumet, Press and Arkwright Clubs and Blooming Grove Park Association.

SWEET, LEONARD W.-Jeweler, 39 Maiden lane, New York City: residence Waterbury, Conn. Born in Mansfield, Mass., July, 1846. President Security Check Co. of New York, and Prentiss Calendar and Time Co.; general manager Monarch Mf'g Co. of Waterbury. Member Republican Clubs.

SWEETSER, GEORGE D.-Dry Goods Merchant, 376 Broadway, New York City; residence Hotel Majestic. Born in Athol, Worcester Co., Mass., 1826. Educated in public schools. (Widower.) Engaged in the wholesale dry goods business in New York City since 1863, and has been senior member of the firm of Sweetser, Pembrook & Co. since 1868.

SWEETSER, J. HOWARD-Dry Goods Merchant, 376 Broadway, New York City, residence 37 West 58th street. Born in Amherst, Mass., March 2, 1835. Educated at East Hampton Seminary and at Amherst College. (Married.) Member of the firm of Sweetser, Pembrook & Co. Member Merchants' Club, New England and American Fine Arts Societies and Amherst Alumni Association.

SWEEZY, RICHARD LELAND-Lawyer, 62 William street, New York City; residence 61 Convent avenue. Born in Riverhead, Suffolk Co., N. Y., June 15, 1853. (Son of Isaac and Sarah [Perkins] Sweezy.) Educated in public schools and at the College of the City of New York ('74). Studied law and has practiced in New York City since his admission to the Bar in 1876. (Married.) Member of the firm of Glover. Sweezy & Glover since 1883. Was president of the Alumni Association of the College of the City of New York from 1991 to 1894, and was inspector of schools by appointment of Mayor Strong, 1896-8. Governor

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SWIFT, CHARLES W.-Coal Merchant, North Front street, Poughkeepsie. Born in Poughkeepsie, Oct. 15, 1859. Educated at Phillips Andover Academy and Columbia Law School ('80). (Married.) President Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Association; vicepresident Old Ladies' Home of Poughkeepsie. Was supervisor for two terms, and formerly treasurer Dutchess County Agricultural Society. Member Amrita, Apokeepsing Boat and Hudson River Ice Yacht Clubs.

SWIFT, EDWIN E.-Physician, 112 West 81st street, New York City. Born in Connecticut, March 23, 1855. Educated in New Haven. (Married Virginia Migron Bancroft.) Member Colonial Club, New York County Medical Society, Yale Alumni Association, New York Academy of Medicine and Sons of the Revolution.

SWIFT, FREDERICK-Broker, 15 Wall street, New York City. Educated at Harvard ('74). Member University, Racquet and Tennis, Union, SeawanhakaCorinthian Yacht, New York Yacht, Atlantic Yacht and Harvard Clubs and Down Town Association.

SWIFT, GEORGE MONTAGUE — Physician, 20 West 55th street, New York City. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1856. (Married.) Associated in practice with Dr. Henry F. Walker. Formerly visiting physician St. Mary's Free Hospital for Children; instructor in medicine, Columbia University. Member Barnard Club and Amherst Alumni, Bellevue Alumni, Academy of Medicine Alumni and Century Associations.

SWIFT, JOSEPH H.-Machinery, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence 27 West 60th street. Born in Ovid, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1832. Educated at Rashville, N. Y. (Widower.) Inventor of the first box nailing machine, now in general use all over the world. Member Congregational Club.

SWINBURNE, GEORGE KNOWLES-Physician and Instructor, 64 East 56th street, New York City. Educated at Harvard ('81). Degrees of A.B. and M.D. Clinical instructor in diseases of the genitourinary system, Cornell University Medical College, New York City. Member Harvard, New York Athletic and Barnard Clubs and Century Association.

SWINBURNE, HENRY H.-Architect, New Rochelle. Born in Newport, R. I. Educated at Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Married Anne Shirewood Trimble.) Formerly in City Engineer's office in Chicago, design

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er for Tiffany Glass Co., and chief of Bureau of Inspection, Department of Buildings, New York City. Member Barnard Club.

SWINTON, JOHN-Editor and Author, 63 Park row, New York City; residence 246 Monroe street, Brooklyn. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1830. Educated in Scotland and at Easthampton (Mass.) Seminary. (Married.) On the editorial staff of the New York "Times," 1860-70, and of the New York "Sun," 1875-97. Since then engaged as writer for newspapers and magazines. Author of "John Swinton's Travels" and "Striking for Life."

SWITZER, CHARLES M.-Broker, 71 Broadway, New York City; residence Hotel Judson. Born in St. Louis, Mo., June 5, 1853. Educated at Princeton ('73). (Single.) Connected with the firm of Thomas & Post. Formerly manager National Linseed Oil Co. Member University, Delta Phi and Princeton Clubs.

SWORDS, HENRY COTHEAL-Banker, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence 48 West 38th street. Born in New York City, Oct. 31, 1854. (Son of James R. and Ann M. [Cotheal] Swords.) Educated in private schools, at Public School No. 35 and at the College of the City of New York. President and director Real Estate Trust Co. since 1890; director Bank of New York. Member New York Stock Exchange (since 1877) and of the Union, Union League, Riding and Church Clubs, St. Nicholas Society, Down Town Association, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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SYLVESTER, I. WATERS - Assayer, 30 Wall street, New York City; residence Passaic, N. J. Born in Albany, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1835. Educated in Claverack. (Married Ida E. Pond.) President of Board of Education of Passaic for three years, and of First Unitarian Society of Passaic for two years. Life member New England Society.

SYMINGTON, R. B.-Thread Merchant, 400 Broadway, New York City; residence 2 Park place, Newark, N. J. Born March 22, 1853. (Married.) Member of Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange. Treasurer Marshall & Co. of Newark, and The Linen Thread Co.; secretary Clark Thread Co. of Newark, and George A. Clark & Bros.; comptroller Spool Cotton Co. Member Merchants' Club, and Essex Club of Newark.

SYMMERS, JAMES K.-Lawyer, 56 Pine street, New York City; residence 106 East 55th street. Member University Athletic Club, Southern and St. Andrew's Societies and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.

SYMONDS, BRANDRETH-Physician, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence 410 West 20th street. Born in Ossining Township, N. Y., March 4, 1863. Educated at Hobart College ('81) and at College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. Connected with Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. Member University and Barnard Clubs and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.

SYMONS, THOMAS W.-Major, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, 1100 D. S. Morgan Building, Buffalo; residence 59 Irving place. Born in Keesville, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1849. Educated at West Point Military Academy. (Married.) Formerly engineer Tenth Lighthouse District, and member State Canal Advisory Board. Now major Engineers' Corps, United States Army, and director Pan-American Exposition Co. Member Buffalo, Ellicott, University, Buffalo Yacht (honorary) and Country Clubs, Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C., American Society of Civil Engineers and Society of Civil Engineers of Western New York.

SYMS, PARKER-Physician, 60 West 47th street, New York City. Member Calumet, University Athletic and City Clubs, New York County Medical Association (president for 1900) and other organizations.

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