“ In 1891-95 he served as a lieutenant in the United States army ; and resigned his commission and engaged in railroad work, filling the positions of freight brakeman, switchman, yardmaster, conductor, chief clerk, train-master, assistant superintendent, right-of-way agent, general superintendent, and vice-president and general manager, besides holding various staff commissions. He served in the Spanish-American war as a major in the United States volunteers ; and participated in the siege of Santiago de Cuba. In 1900 he was inspector of safety appliances for the Interstate Commerce Commission ”

“ Hutchins, Francis Sessions, lawyer and banker; born, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 6, 1877; son of Rev. Robert Grosvernor and Harriet (James) Hutchins; graduated from Williams College, A.B., New York Law School, LL.B.; married, New York City, Oct. 8, 1903; Margaret G. Noyes, who died Dec. 23, 1909. Vice-president and director Commonwealth Trust Co.; partner Baldwin & Hutchins; counsel Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Co.; director Registration Trust Co. Republican; Presbyterian. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Phi Beta Kappa Society of New York, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. ”

“ His favorite recreation is farming on the 222 acre estate and local history. He traveled in New Brunswick, England, and in France in 1869 and made various trips through the middle and west parts of the United States and in Canada. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Unitarian Church. Mr. Harwood has written articles on Littleton, in Drake's History of Middlesex County, Mass., and in Hurd's History of Middlesex County, and has written and published Historical sketch of Littleton; and he is on a committee to publish the vital records of Littleton. ”

“ A.M., Ph.D., 1895; intern of Mercy Hospital, Chicago, in 1888 and 1889 ; instructor in biology and head of department of biology, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, from 1889 to 1893; student in Leipzig University, Germany, from 1893 to 1895; professor of physiology at the Northwestern University Medical School since 1895, and junior dean of faculty from 1901 to 1913; lecturer on dietetics, digestion and metabolism in Mercy Hospital, Chicago, and in Wesley Hospital; also lecturer on physiology of muscular exercise at the Young Men's Christian Association Institute and Training School. ”

“ Began business career in wholesale grocery house in Charlotte, 1860; one of the organizers in 1874, and for several years director of the Commercial National Bank of Charlotte; was given by father in 1873, one-fifth interest in Alamance and Carolina Cotton Mills, in which business he became actively interested; in company with his brother built the Belmont Cotton Mills; organized and built the E. M. Holt Plaid Mills, Burlington, N.C., 1883 ”

“ Hemphill, Alexander Julian, banker; born Philadelphia, Pa., 1856; son of William Kerr and Sarah Jane Hemphill ; educated Philadelphia public schools and private tutors; married at Philadelphia, 1880, Jeannette Cadmus. Was connected with Pennsylvania Railroad until 1883, when became secretary of Norfolk & Western Railroad; resigned 1905, to become connected with Guaranty Trust Co., being elected to office of president, 1909. Clubs: Metropolitan, Down-Town, Automobile of America, Aero, Century, Recess, Rumson Country, Union League, Economic, Rittenhouse of Philadelphia, Recess. ”

“ Humphreys, Albert, sculptor and painter, of 7 West 14th St., New York City, was born near Cincinnati, Ohio. Pupil of Gerome, Robert Fleury and Alexander Harrison in Paris. Recent works executed in sculpture: Bust of Beethoven, Fountain for Children, The Marauders; The Pool in the Desert; exhibited sixteen of his works at Society International of Painters and Sculptors, at the Armory Building, New York. He was awarded landscape prize, Paris A.A.A. He is a member of Paris A.A.A.; and the Philadelphia Sketch Club. ”

“ He was educated at the Central Wesleyan College of Missouri, studied under private tutors, and specialized in economics. In 1873 he began in the milling business with his father, which in 1885 was incorporated as the C. Hoffman and Son Milling Co.; and in 1910 became a partner in the Kansas Flour Mills Co. He was the founder and for many years president of the Dickinson County Bank, and also founded the Banking Trust Co., and the People's National Bank of Kansas City, Kan. He retired from active business in 1910. ”

“ City Hall, Chicago.
Harrison, Francis Burton, congressman, was born Dec. 18, 1873, in the City of New York. During the war with Spain was a private, Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry, and captain and assistant adjutant-general United States Volunteers; is a lawyer; is married; was elected to the fifty-eighth congress from the thirteenth New York district; was democratic candidate for lieutenant-governor of New York, 1904; was elected to the sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second congresses; and was re-elected to the sixty-third congress as a democrat; and resides in New York City. ”

“ 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. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Shasta Power Corporation. Member American Institute Electrical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York Electrical Society, National Electric Light Association. Clubs: Engineers (New York) ; Kaweah, Visalia (Visalia) ; Tuolumne Country (Sonora) ; Society of California Pioneers (San Francisco) San Francisco Golf and Country and Press. Residence : Visalia, Cal., and Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco. Office : Visalia, Cal.
Hays, Samuel H., lawyer and banker of Boise, Idaho, was born May 18, 1864, in Wisconsin. He is president of the Idaho building and loan association. ”

“ Director Indiana National Bank, Indiana Railways and Light Co., Indianapolis Telephone Co., New Long Distance Telephone Co., Noblesville Heat, Light and Power Co. Independent in politics; Presbyterian. Member G.A.R., National Geographic Society, American Academy Political and Social Science; trustee Hanover College, McCormick Theological Seminary; president Charity Organization Society; member Board of State Charities; 33d degree Scottish Rite Mason, and member Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. Recreations: Country life, fishing. ”

“ Has been in general practice at Phelps, N.Y., since graduation; was president Nat. Assn. of U.S. Pension Examining Surgeons; ex-president Ontario Co. Med. Soc.; med. examiner N.Y. Life, N.Y. Mutual and other life insurance companies; was coroner of Ontario Co. six years; health officer of village of Phelps ten years; member Bd. Education twenty years; Dep. Corn. of Health State of N.Y., Oct. 1, 1910, to Jan. 1, 1914. Republican; Presbyterian. Member Am. Med. Assn., N.Y. State and Central N.Y. Med. Secs. Mason.
Howell, Joseph, congressman, was born in 1857 in Box Elder County, Utah. ”

“ Hornsby; father was farmer and trustee of Roane Co. for two terms; paternal grandparents William and Rachael (Longacre) Hornsby; maternal grandparents Farl and Elizabeth (Smith) Brady; received education in the county schools; married Savannah E. Peak, Oct. 6, 1878; engaged in farming and merchandising in early life; came to Pin Hook when a boy, where he went to work, later becoming a partner in firm of Peak, Hornsby & Co.; at present engaged in stock raising and farming; also member of the County and High School Boards; Woodmen of the World; Republican: member M.E. Church, South. ”

“ President and director Kendall State Bank, Kendall, Wis. Democrat; German Baptist. Member Wisconsin Eclectic Medical Society; honorary member Illinois State Eclectic Medical Society; member National Eclectic Medical Association; clerk Kendall School, fifteen years; candidate for member of Assembly Democratic ticket 1914, Monroe Co. Odd Fellow. Address: Kendall.
Hill, Robert Potter, United States congressman from the twenty-fifth district of Illinois, was born in April, 1874, near Ewing, Ill. He has been police magistrate, city attorney and a member of the State Legislature. ”

“ Co., as assistant manager, June, 1884; appointed general manager, 1896 (the company does an international business of contracting for the building of complete cane sugar factories; branch offices in New York City and Hilo, Hawaii , Cuba and Manila. Has furnished factories for Formosa, Cuba, 'Porto Rico, Louisiana, Mexico, Philippine Islands and practically all in the Hawaii an Islands; employs about 600 men at Honolulu and Hilo works) . Appointed consul of Denmark, July, 1909. Member Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of German Sugar T. Clubs: Engineers (N.Y.) ”

“ Harrison, George Paul, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Mar. 19, 1841, near Savannah, Ga. He entered the Confederate army as second lieutenant of the first Georgia regulars, and was promoted to brigadier-general. ”

“ He is a member of the Pennsylvania Society of New York. He married in New York City, Oct. 6, 1891, Charlotte W. R. Boschen. Address, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa.
Haas, Kalman, capitalist; born in Germany, Dec., 1840; married, New York City, 1881, Harriet Fatman; children: Robert, George, Edith. Founded in 1867, the house of Haas Brothers, wholesale grocers, San Francisco, Calif., who also control the quicksilver product of the United States. President Somerset Manufacturing Co., Raritan Woolen Mills; director Mutual Alliance Trust Co. ”

“ 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. ”

“ 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 ”

“ Hirschberg ; graduated Newburgh Free Academy, 1862; married at New York City, March 16, 1878, Lizzie McAlles ; children : Harry, born 1879; Stuart, born 1885 ; Frances, born 1887 ; Scott, born 1893. Practiced at Newburgh until elected justice of Supreme Court ; member Newburgh board of education, 1871-83; special county judge of Orange County, 1875-78; district attorney of Orange County, 1889-95; state delegate to constitutional convention, 1894; elected justice Supreme Court of State of New York, 1896; assigned to appellate division, 2d department, Brooklyn, 1900 ”

“ Is one of stewards of National Steeplechase and Hunt Association which controls steeplechasing in the United States; actively interested in automobiling, and one of governors of . Massachusetts Automobile Club. Member Theta Xi fraternity. Clubs: Exchange, Boston Athletic, Boston Yacht, Eastern Yacht, Algonquin, University, Puritan (Boston) ; New York Yacht, Metropolitan, City Midday, City Lunch, Westchester Country, Tuxedo, Stock Exchange Luncheon (New York) ; Newport Reading Room, Metropolitan (Washington) ”

“ 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 ”

“ Clubs: Yale, Cornell University (gov.) ., Reform (trustee and sec.) .
Harden, Percival L., publisher, Metropolitan Bldg., New York City, was born June 21, 1879, in Wheeling, W.Virginia He has been in business for himself since 1894, and is a successful publisher of New York City.
Hardenbergh, James Edward, journalist, author and poet, was born Feb. 11, 1869, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He has devoted most of his newspaper career to perfecting the bureau system of news collecting, and is secretary and manager of the New York City News Association. He is the author of two books and numerous poems. ”

“ 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 ”