lier Club, vice-president of the Sculpture Society, and honorary member of the Architectural League and of the Typothetæ Society; member of the Century, Union League, Players, City and Tuxedo clubs, Civil Service Reform Association, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars and life member of the American Museum of Natural History, the American Geographical, Historical and Zoological Society, the National Academy of Design and the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Avery has been a generous contributor to artistic, literary and benevolent institutions of the city. One of his most noteworthy beneficencies was the creation and endowment in 1891 of the architectural library of Columbia College in memory of Henry Ogden Avery, his deceased son. To those who know him, it is needless to say that he is an authority on fine arts. In 1896 Columbia College conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts and in 1897 he was appointed a member of the municipal art commission. On his seventy-fifth birthday a gold medal was presented to him by leading citizens of New York in recognition of his various public services.

Mr. Avery's wife was formerly Mary Ann Ogden, daughter of Henry A. Ogden, of New York, and her name is associated with many benevolent gifts. Their eldest son, Samuel P. Avery, Jr., succeeded his father in business. Mary H. Avery, a daughter, has been prominent in charitable works. Another daughter is married to Rev. M. P. Welcher.

FRANCIS VINTON GREENE.

Francis Vinton Greene, Major General U. S. V., president of the Niagara Gorge railroad and a director in various large corporations, II Broadway, New York City, is a native of Providence, R. I., where he was born June 27, 1850. In June, 1870, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West

Point, first in a class of fifty-eight members. He was appointed second lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, and after serving two years in that capacity was transferred to the corps of engineers, becoming first lieutenant in 1874. In 1872-'76 he was employed on the commission for defining the international boundary from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains. He was on duty in Washington during 1876 and in 1877 acted as a military representative of the United States in the Russo-Turkish war, being attached to the United States legation at St. Petersburg. In February, 1878,

he reached Constantinople with the advance guard of the Russian army, receiving decorations from the Czar and from the King of Roumania for gallantry at Shipka, Plevna and other engagements. He returned to the United States in January, 1879, and in April his report ("The Russian Army and its Campaigns in Turkey, 1877-'78") was published in two volumes. It was considered of such value, both from a military and historical point of view, that it was reprinted in England and portions of it translated into German, French and Russian.

From 1879-'85 General Greene was assistant

engineer in the District of Columbia, having immediate charge of the work upon the streets, roads and bridges. In February, 1883, he was promoted to a captaincy in the regular army and in July, 1885, was appointed instructor of practical military engineering at West Point. He resigned from the service in January of the succeeding year and soon afterward became vice-president and, later, president of the Barber Asphalt Paving company. In 1891 his efforts in the direction of street cleaning led to the complete reorganization of the department devoted to that work and the appointment of the indefatigable Colonel Waring as its head.

General Greene joined the National Guard of New York, as major and engineer of the first brigade, in November, 1889. He was elected colonel of the 71st regiment in February, 1892, and was in that position when his command volunteered its services for the Spanish-American war; was appointed brigadier general on May 27, 1898, and commanded the second Philippine expedition which arrived at Manila, July 17, of that year, being the officer in command at the battle of Malate and other engagements preceding the capture of the city. In the last assault he led the brigade which was in the advance and for his brave and distinguished services in the campaign was appointed major general of volunteers. Subsequently he made a special report on the situation in the Philippines for the Peace commissioners, at Paris; was placed in command of the Second division, 7th Army. Corps, and of the corps itself; was sent to Cuba to prepare the way for the occupation of Havana, and other points, by the United States troops, and, although offered the military governorship of Cuba, preferred, at the conclusion of peace, to return to the pursuits of civil life.

Early in 1899 General Greene returned to New York and rendered important service to his State, as chairman of the special commit

tee appointed to investigate the canal question and make recommendation as to future official action. At the close of the year he resigned the presidency of the Barber Asphalt Paving company, but is president of the Niagara Gorge railroad and a director of the Seaboard. National bank. He was a delegate to the Republican State convention which met in New York, on April 17, 1900, as well as to the National convention which assembled in Philadelphia in June, and in July, 1900, was elected president of the Republican county committee of New York. As a political manager, in short, he has evinced the same qualities of leadership which have brought him success in the military and business fields. As an author, in addition to the "History of the Russo-Turkish War," before mentioned, he has published "Army Life in Russia," "The Mississippi (Campaigns of the Civil War)" and "Life of Major General Nathaniel Greene."

JOSEPH V. QUARLES.

Joseph V. Quarles, United States Senator from Wisconsin (home address, Milwaukee), was born at Kenosha, that State, December 16, 1843. He is of an old New Hampshire family, both of his parents being among the early settlers of Kenosha. In that city our subject was educated in the primary and academic branches, after which he engaged in teaching and earned enough money to warrant him in entering the University of Michigan. This was in 1862, when he was nineteen years of age, and although his remarkable abilities were even then recognized by his classmates and teachers, he left his studies for the active field of the Civil war, being mustered into the service as first lieutenant of Company C, 39th Regt. Wisconsin Infantry. At the expiration of his term of enlistment, he returned. to the Michigan University and graduated with the class of 1866 (degree of A. B.).

Mr. Quarles then spent one year in the law school, but, on account of his financial condition, could not complete the course, but was obliged to return to Kenosha to continue his studies in the office of O. S. Head, a noted lawyer of those days and that locality. Upon his admission to the bar, in 1868, he formed a partnership with his preceptor, and, as a member of the firm, Head & Quarles, soon obtained high rank at the Wisconsin bar. In 1876 he was elected mayor of Kenosha; served as president of its board of education in 187779; was a member of the State legislative assembly in 1879, and of the State Senate in 1880 and 1881. He continued the active and successful practice of his profession in Kenosha until 1888, when he removed to Milwaukee, where both his business and his reputation have been strengthened and broadened.

HERBERT BATTLES TANNER.

Herbert Battles Tanner, M. D., Kaukauna, Wis., is a native of Whitewater, that State, where he was born February 13, 1859. On both sides of the family house he is a grandson of physicians, Cuyler Tanner being an American surgeon in the war of 1812 and Jason D. Battles a member of the profession, who removed from Massachusetts to Illinois in early life and practiced in that State for more than thirty years, although he did not. commence the study of medicine until he was forty years of age.

When five years old our subject removed, with his parents, from Whitewater to La Fayette, Ind. There, as well as in Chicago (whither the family located in 1872) he received a common school education. He also took a business course in Drew's College, Chicago, and subsequently pursued various occupations until 1876, when by the advice of his grandfather, Dr. J. D. Battles, of Indianapolis,

he matriculated in the Indiana Medical College. Graduating from that institution (now the Medical College of Indiana) in 1878, he enjoyed a clinical training in the hospitals of New York and Philadelphia, during 1879-80, and commenced the practice of his profession in Chicago.

Dr. Tanner remained in that city but a short time, having been a practitioner of Kaukauna since July 27, 1885. He is a surgeon for the Chicago & North-Western Railway company; a member of the American Medical Association, of the National Association of Railway Surgeons and of the State Medical Society, of the last named being secretary of the committee on laryngology in 1899, chairman of the committees on obstetrics in 1892 and materia medica in 1889, member of the committee on practice in 1893, and in 1895 secretary of the committee on obstetrics. He served four years as secretary and treasurer of the Fox River Valley Medical Society and one term as president; is a member of the Medico-Legal Society of New York; was city physician of Kaukauna in 1886-93; served three years as clerk of the South Side school board, during which time the board built the beautiful Nicollet school building; was elected the first Republican mayor of Kaukauna, April 3, 1894, and re-elected for a second term in April, 1895; elected to the common council for a term of two years in 1898; is president of the board of directors of the public library; a member of the pension examining board, 1890-93; and in January, 1895, was appointed by Governor William H. Upham, State supervisor of inspectors of illuminating oils for Wisconsin, being continued in the same office by Governor Scofield.

the college faculty, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., was born in Williamstown, Mass., November 18, 1843. He graduated from Williams College, in 1862; from the Union Theological Seminary in 1867, and received the degree of D. D. from Amherst College in 1880, and that of LL. D. from Princeton University in 1888. He was pastor of the First Congregational church of Burlington, Vt., from 1868 to 1872, and from the latter year until 1889 held various chairs in Williams College. He has been identified with Johns Hopkins University since 1889.

WILLIAM LYNE WILSON.

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William Lyne Wilson, Lexington, Va., born in Jefferson county, Va., May 3, 1843He received his early education at Charleston, Va., and in 1860 graduated from the Columbian University of Washington, D. C. He afterward attended the University of Virginia, and had the title of LL.D. conferred upon him by Columbian University, Hampden-Sidney College, University of Mississippi, Tulane University, West Virginia University and the Central College of Missouri. He was professor of Latin in the Columbian University from 1865 to 1871, practiced law from 1871 to 1882, was president of West Virginia University from 1882 to 1883, member of Congress from 1893 to 1895, and became president of the Washington and Lee University in 1897. He was postmaster general of the United States from 1895 to 1897. He died October 17, 1900.

WILLIAM DWIGHT PORTER BLISS.

William Dwight Porter Bliss, clergyman and author, Alhambra, Cal., was born in Constantinople, Turkey, August 20, 1856. He was educated at Robert College, in that city; at

Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; at Amherst College (graduate of '78) and at Hartford Theological Seminary. He graduated from the last named in 1882 and was a Congregational clergyman in Denver, Colo., and South Natick, Mass. In 1885 he entered the Episcopal church, was ordained a deacon in 1886 and a priest in 1887. For many years he has been actively identified with industrial and labor questions, and during the last named year was nominated by the Labor party for lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts. has been identified with the Christian Socialist Society, the Christian Social Union and the Social Reform Union and is now president of the organization last mentioned. He has also been editor of the "Encyclopedia of Social Reform," of "The Dawn," "American Fabian," and author of many lesser works. As an Episcopalian clergyman he became well known as a rector at Lee, Boston and Linden, Mass., and San Gabriel, Cal.

LUCIEN C. WARNER.

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Lucien C. Warner, manufacturer, was born. at Cuyler, N. Y., October 26, 1841. Received his education at Oberlin College, Ohio, and in the medical department of the New York University, obtaining his degree of M. D. from the latter in 1867. After six years spent in the practice of medicine he abandoned professional life and entered upon a business career. The factory in Bridgeport, which was established in 1874, is conducted in partnership with his brother, Ira De Ver Warner, and now employs about 2,000 operatives. Mr. Warner has made a large fortune in manufacturing and commercial business, and is also identified with many other business enterprises of magnitude. He is a member of the New York chamber of commerce, president of the Hamilton bank, New York City, and director of the Home Fire Insurance company. But his

broad activities are not confined to business and financial projects. First, he has applied himself to the work of making more pleasant the lives of the girls in the employ of his firm and has built for them a convenient and tasteful club house at Bridgeport, costing $100,000. He was also active and liberal in the erection of a $150,000 building for the Harlem branch of the Y. M. C. A., being at the present time chairman of the International Committee of the Y. M. C. A. of North America. It may also be added that he presented a $100,000 building to his alma mater, at Oberlin, and must be placed in the list of philanthropists as well as industrial capitalists.

LYSANDER HILL.

Lysander Hill, lawyer, Chicago, Ill., was born in Union, Me., July 4, 1834. After receiving a common school education he studied at Warren Academy and in 1854 entered Bowdoin college, graduating from the latter institution in 1858. He then entered a law office at Thomaston, Me., and was admitted to the bar in 1860, where he practiced until 1862, when he entered the Federal army as captain in the 20th Maine Infantry. In 1863 he was discharged on account of physical disability. He resumed the practice of law, settling at Alexandria, Va., and also had an office at Washington, D. C. In 1874 he moved to Washington and formed a partnership with E. A. Ellsworth, which continued until 1878, after which he practiced alone until 1881, when he came to Chicago and formed a partnership. with Mr. T. E. S. Dixon, which continued until 1890. Mr. Hill served as register in bankruptcy of the eighth judicial district of Virginia from 1867 to 1869, when he was appointed judge of said district to fill an unexpired term. He served as chairman of the Republican State central committee of Virginia for two years, and was delegate to the National Republican convention of 1868.

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THEODORE B. COMSTOCK.

Theodore B. Comstock, mining engineer, manager, etc., Los Angeles, Cal., was born at Cuyahoga Falls, Summit county, Ohio, July 27, 1849. He received his education in the public schools of Cleveland, at the Pennsylvania State College and at Cornell University. He taught botany in the last named institution in 1868-69, and in the following year joined the Morgan expedition to Brazil as first assistIn 1873 he acted as geologist in the Captain Jones expedition to Northwestern Wyoming and the Yellowstone Park, and two years later served as the president of the Kirtland summer school of natural history, at Cleveland. He led a scientific expedition to British America in 1876, being instructor in geology at the Harvard summer school during the following year. In 1875 he founded the department of Economic geology at Cornell University while in charge of the department of geology and paleontology, and of these he continued the head professor for four years. From 1879 to 1884 Professor Comstock was engaged in various mining enterprises, chiefly as manager of mines, and from 1885 to 1889 he held the position of professor of mining engineering and physics at the University of Illinois. He received the degree of Doctor of Science from Cornell University, 1886. He was assistant State geologist of Arkansas in 1887-88, and held the same position under the commonwealth of Texas, from 1889-91. From the latter year until 1895 he was director for the Arizona School of Mines and from 1893-95 was president of the University of Arizona.

During the past few years Professor Comstock has held not a few scientific positions of national importance. In 1892 he served as vice-president of the National Irrigation Congress held at Los Angeles; in 1894-95 was vice-president of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta