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Since 1877 he has practiced law. He has founded several clubs for political reforms. He is part author of A Municipal Program. Deming, Philander, lawyer, author, was bom Feb. 6, 1 829, in Carlisle, N.Y. He graduated from the university of Vermont; and from the Albany law school. In 1878-79 he

was president of the state law stenographers association; and in 1891-92 was president of the alumni of the university of Vermont.

He has written

exten-

on the life of the people in northern and central New York. sively

As a pioneer in court reporting he succeeded in introducing the use of shorthand into the supreme court circuits at Albany, N.Y. He is the author of Adirondack Stories; Tompkins and Other Folks: and The Story of a Pathfinder. Deming, William, the pioneer maker of wrought-iron cannon, was born in 1736. He was employed in the revolutionary army, and contributed two wrought-iron cannon of curious construction, one of which was captured by the British at the battle of Brandywine, and is still preserved in the Tower of London. He died Dec. 19, 1830, in Mifflin, Pa. Demmon, Isaac Newton, educator, author, was born Aug. 19, 1843, in Northfield Center, Ohio. He graduated with the degrees of A.B. and A.M. from the university of Michigan. In 1881-1903 he was professor of English and rhetoric at the university of Michigan; and since that time has been professor of English. He is an expert bibliographer; and is the editor of Shakespeare's As You Like It. He is part author of History of the University of Michigan. Demorest, Frederic Coe, educator, college president, was born June 4, 1864, in Muscatine, Iowa. Since 1900 he has been president of the Southwest Kansas college at Winfield. Demorest, William C, lawyer, banker, real estate expert, was born Aug. 2, 1859, in New York City. In 1881 he graduated from Columbia college with the degree of B'.A. and two years later the degree of LL.B. was conferred upon him by that institution. For awhile he practiced law but subsequently devoted himself to the business of real estate. Since 1896 he has been president of Realty trust of New York City. He is a director and member of the executive committee of the Fidelity trust company; president of the Cleveland baking powder com;



pany; and a director of the Royal and Price baking powder companies, and of the Tartar chemical company. He is treasurer and director of the State realty and mortgage company; treasurer and director of Demorest and Little, incorporated; and trustee of the Irving savings institution. He is a member of the New York chamber of commerce; a member of the New York bar association; and a member of the Metropolitan club and various other clubs and societies. Demorest, William J., journalist, publisher, governor, was born on June 10, 1822, in New York City. In 1860 he began his journalistic career and published the Mirror of Fashion and the Illustrated News. In 1888 he was nominated on the prohibition ticket for lieutenant-governor of the state of New York; and in 1890 was nominated mayor of New York aty. He died April 9, 1895, in New

York City. De Morse,

Charles, soldier, journalist,

was

born Jan. 31, 1816, in Leicester, Mass. He served in the civil war; and attained the rank of colonel. He edited the first daily paper in Texas; and established the Clarksville Standard in 1842. He was reporter ot the house of congress in 1841-42. He died in 1887 in Texas. De Mott, John, legislator, congressman, was bom in New Jersey. He was a member of the New York state assembly in 1833; and in 1845-47 he was a representative from New York to the twenty-ninth congress. He died in New York. De Motte, Harvey Clelland, soldier, educator, college president, was born July 17, 1838, near Carrollton, 111. He served as a lieutenant in the union army during the civil war. For twenty-three years he was professor of mathematics in the Illinois Wesleyan university; for three years was president of Chaddock college; and for six years was superintendent of the Illinois soldiers' orphans' home at Normal, 111. and was principal of Preparatory school of the Illinois Wesleyan university. He died in 1904 in Bloomington, 111. De Motte, Mark L., soldier, lawyer, journalist, congressman, was bom Dec. 28, 1832, in Rockville, Ind. He served as a captain in the union army during the civil war. He was editor and proprietor of the Lexington Register of Missouri for eight years; was an unsuccessful candidate for congress in 1872 and 1876; and in the latter year was a delegate to the republican national convention. In 1877 he returned to Valparaiso, Ind. In 1881-83 he was a representative from Indiana to the forty-seventh congress as a republican. In 1890 he became dean of the Valparaiso university law school. He died

Sept.. 28, 1908, in Valparaiso, Ind.

Dempsey, Edward John, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 26, 1858, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1880-98 he practiced law; and in 18981903 was judge of the superior court. In 1906-08 he was mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.