was state's attorney for Essex County. He was a member of the house of representatives of the Vermont state legislature in 1910, Since 1910 he has again been state's attorney for Essex County; and since 1911 has been assistant general counsel of the Central Vermont Railway Company; and resides in Island Pond, Vt.

Amidon, Charles Fremont, lawyer and jurist of Fargo, N. D., was born Aug. 7, 1856, in Clymer, N. Y. In 1893 he was a member of the commission to revise the codes and statutes of North Dakota. Since 1896 he has been United States judge for the district of North Dakota.

Amiger, William T., educator, clergyman and college president, was born July 16, 1870, in Culpeper, Va. He was educated at the State Normal School at Geneseo, N. Y.; attended the Lincoln University of Oxford, Pa.; studied in the Newton Theological Seminary of Newton Center, Mass., and has received the degrees of B.A., M.A. and D.D. In 1903-08 he was pastor of the Third Baptist Church of Springfield, Mass., and since 1908 has been president of the State University, Louisville, Ky.

Amory, John J., manufacturer, president, was born in 1856 in Fond du Lac, Wis. In 1878-80 he was engaged as a miner at Tombstone, Ariz.; in 1883-84 was a hotel proprietor at Billings, Mont.; and in 1885-86 was secretary and treasurer of the Armstrong Manufacturing Company of Bridgeport, Conn. He is now president of the Gas Engine and Power Company; and president of Charles L. Seabury and Company of Morris Heighths, New York city, manufacturers of marine machinery. He is president of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers; and is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

Ammidon, Daniel Clark, merchant, bank director, was born in S. Reading, Mass., Jan 28, 1857. Son of John P. and Sarah E. (Crombie) Ammidon. He was educated in Dr. Pingry's school, Elizabeth, N.J.; entered Princeton, class of 1879, but did not finish course. Married, first at Baltimore, Md., Nov. 1885, Julia A. Bevan; second, at Stamford, Conn., Oct. 1902, Estelle J. Hoyt; four children. President and treasurer Ammidon and company, tin plate; vice-president of Hopkins Place Savings Bank; vicepresident and treasurer The Baltimore Gas Appliance and Manufacturing company; director Maryland National Bank, Continental Trust company, United States Fidelity and Guaranty company, and the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. Director Board of Trade. Republican; Presbyterian. Police Commissioner Baltimore City. Trustee McDonogh school, Nursery and Child's Hospital, Presbyterian Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Clubs: Maryland, Merchants, Baltimore Yacht, Baltimore Country Club.

Anderson, Carl Carew, United States congressman from the thirteenth district of Ohio, was born Dec. 2, 1887, in Bluffton, Ohio. He was twice mayor of Fostoria; is president of the Board of Trade; president of the City Hospital Board, and director in a number of manufacturing enterprises; is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows, Elks, Mystic Shrine, and the Knights of Pythias; was elected to the sixty-first and sixty-second congress as a Democrat; and resides in Fostoria, Ohio.

Anderson, Chandler P., was born in Connecticut, September 5, 1866; educated at St. Paul's school, Concord; graduate of Yale university, 1887, and Harvard law school, 1888; practiced law since 1891, from 1899 to 1911 in New York City in firm of Anderson and Anderson; member of the board of editors, American Journal of International Law; secretary for the United States and Great Britain, of the Bering Sea Claims Commission, 1896-97; secretary, on the part of the United States, of the Joint High Commission for the settlement of Canadian questions, 189899; a counsel of the United States before the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, 1903; counsel in settlement of the Passamaquoddy Bay boundary; special counsel for the Department of State in the preparation and negotiation of treaties adjusting unsettled questions with Great Britain and British North America, 1905-10; agent for the United States in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration at The Hague, 1910; appointed Counselor for the Department of State, December 16, 1910.

Anderson, Charles W. collector of Internal revenue, was born Oxford, Ohio,. He worked his way through college while supporting a widowed mother and two sisters; afterward studied law, but was not admitted to bar. He came to New York, took up newspaper work and later drifted into politics; for several years was supervisor of racing accounts in connection with the New York state racing commissioon; member republican state committe of New York; was chief clerk, state treasury, Albany. He is member of Metropolitan Museum of Art. Member National Geopraphical society; appointed, 1906, collector of internal revenue for second district, New York City and Island of Porto Rico. Is an active political worker among voters of his race, and campaign speaker, and member New York state republican committee.

Anderson, George E., American consul-general at Hongkong, China, was born Aug. 20, 1869, in Bloomington, Ill. He is by profession a journalist and lawyer. He has been American consul at Hanchow, China; American consul at Amoy, China; and is now American consul-general at Hongkong, China.

Anderson, Homer, manufacturer of electrical apparatus and patent solicitor, was born in Mt. Sterling (Hopewell P.O.), Muskingum Co., O., Jan. 18, 1846. Son of Alban and Frances Ann

(Wilson) Anderson. He was educated in Ohio schools; entered U.S. Volunteer Army at the age of 16; served as corporal in company I, 90th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1862; disabled in campaign through Kentucky and Tennessee, Oct. 1 to Dec. 10, 1862; discharged, Dec. 24, 1862; served with army of Potomac in service of U.S. Sanitary Commission, Jan. 1, 1864, to close of war. Married in Verplanck, N.Y., 1866, Pilena Estelle Stinson; children: Homer Alban (lawyer), Katherine Estelle (organist), Douglas De Forest (surveyor). President Anderson, McCutcheon company, and Phæton Heater company, both engaged in making Anderson patent heaters, in Peekskill, N.Y. Served as water commissioner in Peekskill two terms, 1895-98, last term president of board; member Board of Education, 1891-93; secretary of board, 1891-92. Democrat. Methodist. One of original members American Institution of Electrical Engineers (not now member). Member Centennial Hose company, Abraham Vosburgh Post, G.A.R. (past commander); Westchester County Association, G.A.R. (secretary); Lincoln Society, Peekskill; secretary Veterans' Monument Association in Town of Cortlandt (Inc.); president Lincoln Society.

Anderson, James H., United States marshal for Utah, was born Feb. 11, 1857, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has been a printer and associate editor; a school teacher, and is a public lecturer and author. In 1900-04 eh was county commissioner for Salt Lake City, Utah; and in 1906-09 was chief deputy United States internal revenue collector for the district of Montana, Idaho and Utah. In 1902-08 he was chairman of the Utah Republican State Committee; is now United States marshal for Utah for the term of 1909-13; and resides in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Anderson, P. B., was born in Sweden, March 27, 1868; attended public schools there; in 1895 graduated from the Ohio. Wesleyan university, B.A.; began the practice of law in Kane, Pa., Oct. 1897; elected City Solicitor of Kane, 1898; appointed Deputy Collector of Customs at Caibarien, Cuba, under U.S. Military Government of Cuba, for Jan. 1, 1899; from 1900 to 1902 Collector of Customs and Captain of the Port; appointed to the Philippine service, declined in Nov. 1902; American consular agent at Caibarien, Cuba, since 1903, and agent Munson Steamship Line; manager of The National Bank of Cuba, Caibarien, from 1905-07; since then member of the firm of Zarraga and company., bankers and sugar producers; being also president of the Electric company of Caibarien and Remedios, and president of the Caibarien Chamber of Commerce.

Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn, journalist, educator, diplomat, author, was born Jan. 12, 1846, in Albion, Wis. In 1866 he became professor of Greek and modern languages in Albion academy, near his home. In 1869 he became instructor in languages

in the university of Wisconsin, and in 1875-83 filled the chair of Scandinavian languages and literature in that institution, where he also founded a Scandinavian library; and has contributed to Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia; McClintock and Strong's Cyclopædia; the American supplement of the Encyclopædia Britannica; and to the last edition of Chambers' Encyclopædia. He has lectured extensively on the subject of Norse literature and mythology. In 1885-89 he was United States minister to Denmark; and since 1898 has been editor and publisher of Amerika, a weekly Norwegian paper. In 1906-07 he edited the Norrøna Library, in sixteen volumes. As an author of books he has won an enviable reputation, his principal works being Norse Mythology; America Not Discovered by Columbus; Echoes from MistLand; History of the Literature of the Scandinavian North; Viking Tales of the North; The Younger Edda; The Elder Edda; and several works in Norwegian.

Anderson, Sydney, United States congressman from Minnesota, was born in Goodhue County, Minn., Sept. 17, 1880; was educated in the common schools of Zumbrota, Minn., and the University of Minnesota; is a lawyer; served as a private in Company D, fourteenth regiment Minnesota volunteer infantry, during the Spanish-American war; is married and has two children; was elected to the sixty-second congress.

Anderson, Thomas MacArthur, lawyer, army officer, author, was born Jan. 21, 1836, in Chillicothe, Ohio. He was educated at the Mount St. Mary's college of Maryland; he graduated from the Cincinnati law school; and subsequently practiced law. During the civil war he enlisted as a soldier in the sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry. He has been lieutenant in the fifth United States cavalry; captain in the twelfth United States infantry; and was acting field officer during the civil war. He was major in the twenty-first United States infantry; major in the tenth United States infantry; lieutenant-colonel in the ninth United States infantry; and in 1886 became colonel in the fourteenth United States infantry. In 1898 he was the brigadiergeneral of volunteers. He commanded the first expedition to the Philippines, commanded the land forces which took Manila; was made major-general United States army March 30, 1899; and retired Jan. 21, 1900. He later became commandant of the soldiers' home in Ohio. He has been vice-president of the sons of the American revolution; past commander of the loyal legion; besides holding various other positions of honor. He is the author of Conspiracies Preceding the Rebellion; What Are American Principles; and a number of monographs on military, masonic, patriotic and genealogical subjects.

Anderson, Winslow, physician, surgeon, author, was born in 1860 in Middleboro, Mass. Since 1884 he has practiced surgery;

and in 1893-97 and 1900-04 was a member of the California state board of health. In 1900-04 he was surgeon-general of the national guard of California. He is a member of more than a score medical and scientific societies. He is the author of Mineral Springs and Health Resorts of California; Articles on Diseases of the Lungs, written for the 20th Century Practice of Medicine; Notes on Travel, in San Francisco Chronicle, 1890, 1891, 1892.

Andrews, Charles Edgar, Jr., banker, was born in New Bethlehem, Pa., June 22, 1881. Son of Firman L. and Agnes Blanche (Craig) Andrews. He was educated in New Bethlehem public schools, graduated Cheltenham military academy, Harvard college, A.B., 1904 (honorable mention in economics). President Olean National Bank, Olean, N.Y., president The Sligo National Bank, Sligo, Pa., president Lincoln Investment company, New Bethlehem, Pa., vice-President First National Bank, New Bethlehem, Pa., C. E. Andrews Lumber company, New Bethlehem, Pa., Widnoon Coal company, Reynoldsville, Pa., The Headow River Lumber company, Rainelle, W.Va., The Sewell Valley Railroad company, Rainelle, W.Va. Director The Andrews Real Estate company, New Bethlehem, Pa., The Meadow River Coal and Land company, Rainelle, W.Va., Citizens Water company, New Bethlehem, Pa., The West Millville Telephone company, New Bethlehem, Pa. Trustee State Normal school, Clarion, Pa. Consistory and chapter mason, Knight Templar, Royal Arcanum; member Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Harvard Club, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Hamilton Country Club, Olean, N.Y.; Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Member of Baptist church. Republican.

Andrews, Firman La Fayette, banker, lumberman, was born in New Bethlehem, Pa., Aug. 8, 1855. Son of Charles E. and Catherine E. Andrews. He was educated in New Bethlehem public schools. Married, New Bethlehem, May 25, 1880, Agnes Blanche Craig; two children, Charles E., Jr., Elizabeth. President First National Bank of New Bethlehem, Pa., C. E. Andrews Lumber company, New Bethlehem, Pa., The Andrews Real Estate company, New Bethlehem, Pa., The Raine-Andrews Lumber company, Evenwood, W.Va.; vice-president Hawthorn Pottery company, Hawthorn, Pa., Pennsylvania Fuel Supply company, Emlenton, Pa., The Glady and Alpena Railway company, Evenwood, W.Va.; Director The Meadow River Lumber company, Rainelle, W.Va., The Sewell Valley Railroad company, Rainelle, W.Va., The Meadow River Coal and Land company, Rainelle, W. Va., The Bank of Rainelle, Rainelle, W.Va. Republican. Baptist. Was member of Town Council and School Board. Consistory and Chapter Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner; member Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum. Club: Life member Americus Republican, Pittsburgh, Pa.