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soldier in 12th Vermont Regiment, and saw service in Virginia. Translated Count de Montalembert's "Life of St. Elizabeth' (Longmans, Green & Co., 1904). In 1874 was one of the first American pilgrims to Rome. Address: Lakewood, N.J. New York office at 69 Wall St.

Hruska, Frank A., chief claim agent New York Central Lines West of Buffalo. Office: Cleveland, O. Born Oct. 10, 1873, at Toledo, O. Educated in the public schools, Toledo, O. Entered railway service Aug., 1892, as night telephone clerk Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry., Union Depot, Toledo, O., since which he has been consecutively, Nov., 1892, to Feb. 17, 1898, clerk division superintendent's office same road same place; Feb. 17, 1898, to Nov., 1902, chief clerk claim department (operating department); Nov., 1902, to Jan., 1907, district claim agent same road at Toledo; Jan., 1907, to Feb., 1909, special claim agent at Cleveland; Feb., 1909, to April, 1911, chief claim agent same road same place; April, 1911, to date, chief claim agent all New York Central Lines West of Buffalo (except Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Rd.) in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Hubbard, Elijah Kent, Jr., manufacturer, financier; born in Chicago, Feb. 5, 1869; son of Elijah Kent and Anna Jones (Dyer) Hubbard; educated in St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., 18861888; Trinity College, Hartford, 1888-1892, B.S.; married, Chicago, Jan. 15, 1901, Helen Keep Otis; children: Otis L., Chauncey Keep, Helen Kent. Entered employ of The Russell Manufacturing Co., July, 1892, and resigned as treasurer in January, 1913. President of the Maxim Silencer Co. from 1912 to 1914. Director Middletown National Bank. Has been a candidate for state treasurer, and for lieutenant governor. Democrat; Episcopalian. Director Manufacturers' Association of Connecticut, Connecticut State Reformatory; trustee Connecticut Agricultural College; member Society of the Cincinnati, Society of Foreign Wars, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of American Revolution, Grand Army of the Republic; president Young Men's Christian Association for thirteen years; Middlesex Hospital. Recreations: Tennis, horseback riding, driving, baseball. Clubs: Metropolitan, Players', University (New York), Hartford, Middletown, Farmington Golf, Hammonassett Fishing. Residence: "Arawana,' Middletown.

Hubbard, Ernest Valentine, physician, of 11 E. 48th St., New York City, was born, New York City, March 23, 1874; son of Walter C. and Helen Ingalls (Valentine) Hubbard; educated in Columbia Coll., M.A., 1895; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia) M.D,. 1898; married. Practicing as physician in New York City from graduation. Member Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Clubs: Columbia University, St. Nicholas, N.Y. Athletic.

Huber, Gotthelf Carl, of 1330 Hill St., Ann Arbor, Mich., was born, Hoobly, India, Aug. 30, 1865. M.D., Michigan, 1887; Berlin, 1890-91; Prague, 1895. Asst. demonstrator anat., Michigan, 1887-89; instr. histol., 1889-91; asst. prof. histol. and embryol., 1891-98; junior prof. anat. and director histol. lab., 1898-1903; prof. histol. and embryol. and director histol. lab.,

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1903-; prof. anat. and dir. anat. lab., 1914; associate ed. "Am. Jour. Anat'; man. ed. 'Anatomical Record." Prize, Am. Physiol. Soc. 1901. F.A.A., Soc. Nat., Assn. Anat. (secy. and treas., 1904 to 1913; pres. 1914-1915); Physiol. Soc.; Assn. Path. and Bact.; Soc. Exp. Biol.; Am. Med. Assn. ; fel. Royal Micros. Soc. Nerve regeneration and degeneration; microscopic anatomy of sympathetic nerves of vertebrates; sensory nerve endings; neuroglia tissue of vertebrates; neuroglia during degeneration of nerve tissues; degeneration and regeneration of motor and sensory nerve endings; development and morphology of uriniferous tubules in mammals, and numerous other scientific publications.

Hudnut, Alexander M., banker and broker of New York City; born, Princeton, N.J.; son of David A. and Francenia E. (Wright) Hudnut; graduated from Princeton University, A.B., A.M., class 1881. Commenced business in Wall street, 1892; now member of firm of Halsey & Hudnut, New York City. Democrat; Presbyterian. Member Chamber of Commerce of New York. Clubs: University Princeton, Lotos, Grolier, Press, Riding, Deal, Country, Automobile of America, Princeton Golf.

Hudson, Charles Henry, civil engineer, railway manager; born Westminster, Mass., July 10, 1833; son of Charles and Martha (Brigham) Hudson; father's occupation, member of legislature, Congress, naval officer and internal revenue assessor; paternal grandparents, Stephen and Louisa (Williams) Hudson, maternal grandparents, John and Mercy (Brigham) Ryder; educated at Cambridge, Mass., graduated from Harvard University with S.B. degree in 1854; began life as civil engineer, and spent three years in practice of his profession, in railway surveys and construction in Ohio; 1857-8-9 he spent in engineering work and exploration in Wisconsin, and the then wilderness west and northwest of that state; in March, 1860, he entered general freight office of the C.B.&Q.R.R., at Chicago; 1862 he was transferred to engineer corps of same road; 1865 he became engineer and assistant superintendent of Chicago & Great Eastern Ry., from Chicago to Cincinnati (now a part of the Pennsylvania Lines); in 1866 he became head of engineering corps constructing line of present C.&N.W.Ry., from Boone, Ia., to Omaha, on the Missouri river; in 1887 he returned to Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R., in charge of construction of the bridge on the Mississippi river at Burlington, Ia.; also constructed several branches of same road; in 1869 he was transferred to Chicago as superintendent of that division; in 1871, in addition to duties of superintendent, was given charge of mechanical department of the road; in 1872 went to Dubuque, Ia., as general superintendent of C.C.&D. and C.D.&M. railroads; in 1874 returned to the C.B.&Q.R.R. as assistant general superintendent; in 1877 became general superintendent of B.&O., west of Ohio river; in 1881 he became general manager of M.&St. L.R.R., at Minneapolis, Minn.; in 1883 went to Richmond, Va., as general superintendent C.&O. Ry.; in 1885 became general manager of the East Tenn., Va. & Ga. R.R. and associated lines, at Knoxville, Tenn., and upon the consolidation of these and other lines forming the Southern Ry., in 1894, he became chief engineer

of Southern Ry., and located at Washington, D.C., in 1895 and was also mechanical engineer and head of mechanical department; 1899 he retired and moved to Knoxville, Tenn.; married Frances Helen Nichols, Jan. 1, 1862; member Union League, Western Society of Engineers, Association of Harvard Engineers, Lawrence Scientific Association, American Railway Guild, Masonic Order, including both K.T., and 32d degrees; Republican; for many years he was president of the school board at his Illinois home.

Hudson, Marshall A., crockery merchant, of 130 E. Seneca St., Syracuse, N.Y., was born, Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1850; son of Edson A. and Adelia (Spencer) Hudson; educated in common schools, Syracuse, N.Y.; married, Syracuse, N.Y., Mary C. Hawley; children: Marshall Hawley, Fred, May, Eva, Hattie. Commercial traveler twelve years; in retail business in Syracuse, N.Y., twenty-two years; now retired. Traveled through Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Malta, Athens, Constantinople, Palestine, Egypt and Italy. Founded first Baraca Bible Class for men, which added 600 men to church and has since spread all over the world, having 850,000 members in U.S., England, Australia, New Zealand, Cuba and the islands of the sea. Also founded the Ladies' Philathea Bible Class, which has added 300 women, and which has spread like the Baraca, and now numbers over 300,000; classes are doubling in membership. Editor Baraca-Philathea News, national organ of Baraca and Philathea. Writer and publisher of the "How" Book for Men's Bible Classes. Treasurer Baraca Supply, Baraca-Philathea Supply Co., Syracuse, N.Y. Independent in politics. Baptist. Member Lodge 501, F. & A.M.; formerly director Y.M.C.A.

Huff, Perez F., insurance expert, of 84 William St., New York City, was born, Jacksonville, Fla., July 10, 1873; son of J. and Amelia (Fridenberg) Huff; educated in public and high schools, Jacksonville, Fla.; married, Columbus, Ga., Feb. 17, 1898, Olga Buhler; children: Louise B., born Aug. 28, 1901; Emily A., born May 16, 1912. Stenographer Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co., gen. agency, Jacksonville, Fla., at age of 17; special agent, 1891; supt. of agencies, 1893; gen. agent for Equitable Life Assurance Soc., N.Y., 1894. Became mem. ins. brokerage firm Hamlin & Co., 1899, in meantime contracting with Northwestern Mutual of Milwaukee, seven years, until 1901; became mem. firm L. Wachenheim & Son, 1901, later changed to Wachenheim & Huff, Inc., of which he is now president and general manager, doing extensive general insurance business, established since 1866. Contracted with Union Central Life Ins. Co. of Cincinnati, 1907. Received medal from Union Central Life Ins. Co. (in recognition of writing the largest amount of insurance, personally, in the history of the company (forty-five years in existence); ranked first for the company five successive years, 1909-1913), and appointed agency director. He has the reputation of being the largest individual writer of life insurance in the United States, placing business with fifteen or more companies. Recreations: Outdoor sports, athletics. Clubs: Fairview Country, City Athletic.

Hughes, Charles Evans, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was born April 11, 1862, in Glens Falls, N.Y. From 1884 he practiced law in New York City. In 1907-10 he served two terms as governor of the State of New York. Since 1910 he has been associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington, D.C.

Hughes, Dudley Mays, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1848, in Twiggs County, Ga. He was elected state senator, serving one term, retiring voluntarily; was elected president of the Georgia State Agrl. Soc.; serving four years with great ability, declining re-election; was commissioner-general of Georgia to the world's fair at St. Louis. He was elected to the sixty-first and sixty-second congresses as a Democrat; was re-elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Danville, Ga.

Hughes, Edwin Holt, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church; born in Moundsville, W.Va., Dec. 7, 1866; son of Rev. Thomas B. and Louisa Hughes. He was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, A.B., 1889, A.M. (honorary), 1892; and from the Theological School of Boston University, S.T.B., 1892; and he has received the degrees S.T.D. from Syracuse University, 1903, D.D. from Ohio Wesleyan University, 1904, LL.D., DePauw University, 1908. He was ordained in the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1892; pastor at Newton Center, Mass., 1892-1896; Malden, Mass., 1896-1903. He became president of DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., in 1903, continuing until elected, in May, 1908, a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Author, "Letters on Evangelism," 1907; "Thanksgiving Sermons," 1909; "The Teaching of Citizenship," 1909; "The Bible. and Life, 1914. He was a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; and he is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and the University Club of Indianapolis. He married in Atlanta, Ga., June 8, 1892, Isabel Baker Ebbert, and has six children. dress: San Francisco, Calif.

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Hughes, James Anthony, congressman, was born Feb. 27, 1861, in Corunna, Ont. In 1887-88 he was a member of the Legislature of Kentucky; and later in 1894-98 he was a member of the West Virginia State Senate. He was a member of the fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses from West Virginia as a Republican. He was re-elected to the sixty-third congress from the fifth district of West Virginia for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Huntingdon, W.Va.

Hughes, Very Rev. John J., C.S.P., priest; superior general of the Congregation of St. Paul the Apostle; born Dec. 6, 1856, in New York City; educated in the public schools, St. Charles College Md., and was graduated from St. Francis Xavier's College, N.Y. City, in 1878; ordained a priest of the Paulist Community, 1884. Founded and edited the Monthly Calendar for 23 years. Under his direction, with the hearty approval of Archbishop Corrigan, D.D., the Catholic Converts League of New York was started, and he is still one of its vice-presidents. He was the

Father Minister under the administration of Very Rev. Father Hewit, and Assistant Superior to the two former Superiors General, Very Rev. George Deshon and Very Rev. George M. Searle. On July 29, 1909, he was elected Superior General of the Paulist Community for the term of five years. He has under his charge the Paulist institutions in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Winchester, Tenn., Austin, Tex., Portland, Ore., Toronto, Can., and St. Thomas Novitiate in Washington. Address: 415 West 59th St., New York City.

Hughes, William, United States senator from New Jersey, was born in 1872; is counselor at laws; served in the Second New Jersey Volunteers, Spanish-American War; married Margaret Hughes, July 16, 1898; was elected to the fifty-eighth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses, and re-elected to the sixty-second congress for the term of 1911-13. He became United States senator in 1913; and resides in Paterson, N.J.

Hukill, Henry Orville, purchasing agent Pennsylvania Lines west of Pittsburgh. Office: Pittsburgh, Pa. Born May 25, 1844, at Steubenville, Ohio. Educated in public and private schools. Entered railway service 1860 as messenger Steubenville & Indiana Rd., since which he has been consecutively, March, 1864, to 1870, clerk and telegraph operator to purchasing agent Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Ry. and Cleveland & Pittsburgh Rd. (now a part of the Pennsylvania Lines west of Pittsburgh); 1870 to 1886, clerk to purchasing agent; 1886 to Jan., 1894, assistant to purchasing agent; Jan., 1894, to date, purchasing agent same lines.

Hulings, Willis J., United States congressman from the twentyeighth district of Pennsylvania, was born July 1, 1850, in Clarion County, Pa. He is engaged in the mining and petroleum business; and has been a member of the State Senate. He was promoted brigadier-general in the United States Volunteers for meritorious conduct in the Spanish-American War. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Oil City, Pa.

Hull, Cordell, congressman, was born Oct. 2, 1871, in Overton County, Tenn. In 1903-07 he was judge of the Circuit Court of Tennessee. He was elected to the sixtieth, sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third congresses as a Democrat; and resides in Crossville, Tenn.

Hummel, Richard Joseph, real estate, banker; born New Orleans, Jan. 19, 1859; son of Stephen and Maria Sophie (Bachman) Hummel; educated in common school, 1866-1870; married, East Baton Rouge, La.; July 6, 1890, Ellen M. Moore; children; Richard J., Kathleen T. Campton R. Engaged in real estate business since 1902; has handled some of largest deals in Baton Rouge, among which was sale of site to Standard Oil Co. President Denham Springs Realty Co., Ireland Realty Co.; vice-president Louisiana National Bank, and vice-president Louisiana Trust & Savings Bank; member Board of Directors of Brady & Smith Insurance Co., Capital Building and Loan Ass'n, Baton Rouge Grocery Co. Postmaster at Port Hudson, 1879-1884; deputy clerk

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