THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. (Pennsylvania avenue, between Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets NW.) WILLIAM MCKINLEY, President, was born at Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, January 29, 1843; was educated in the public schools, Poland Academy, and Allegheny College; before attaining his majority he taught in the public schools; enlisted as a private in the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry June 11, 1861; promoted to commissary-sergeant April 15, 1862, to second lieutenant September 23, 1862, to first lieutenant February 7, 1863, to captain July 25, 1864; served successively on the staffs of Gens. R. B. Hayes, George Crook, and Winfield S. Hancock, and was brevetted major in the United States Volunteers by President Lincoln for gallantry in battle March 13, 1865; detailed as acting assistant adjutant-general of the First Division, First Army Corps, on the staff of Gen. S. S. Carroll; mustered out of the service July 26, 1865; returning to civil life, he studied law in Mahoning County; took a course at the Albany (N. Y.) Law School, and in 1867 was admitted to the bar and settled at Canton, Ohio, which has since been his home; in 1869 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Stark County, and served a term in that office; in 1876 was elected a member of the National House of Representatives, and for fourteen years represented the Congressional district of which his county was a part; as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee he reported the tariff law of 1890, but in November following was defeated for Congress in a gerrymandered district, although reducing the usual adverse majority from 3,000 to 300; in 1891 was elected governor of Ohio by a plurality of 21,511, and in 1893 was reelected by a plurality of 80,995; in 1884 was a delegate at large to the Republican national convention and supported James G. Blaine for President; was a member of the committee on resolutions and read the platform to the convention; in 1888 was also a delegate at large from Ohio, supporting John Sherman, and as chairman of the committee on resolutions again reported the platform; in 1892 was again a delegate at large from Ohio, and supported the renomination of Benjamin Harrison, and served as chairman of the convention. At that convention 182 votes were cast for him for President, although he had persistently refused to have his name considered. On June 18, 1896, he was nominated for President at St. Louis, receiving 661 out of a total of 905 votes. He was elected President at the ensuing November election by a popular plurality of 600,000 votes, and received 271 electoral votes as against 176 for William J. Bryan, of Nebraska. Secretary to the President.—JOHN ADDISON PORTER (1623 K street NW.), of Hartford, Conn., was born in New Haven, that State, April 17, 1856; is a graduate of Yale University of the class of 1878; is the editor and proprietor of the Hartford Post; was secretary to Representative William Walter Phelps, and Senator Orville H. Platt, of Connecticut, in 1884 and 1885; was elected to the Connecticut house of representatives in 1892; was presented as a candidate for governor in the Republican State conventions of Connecticut in 1894 and 1896; was appointed Secretary to President McKinley February 5, 1897. Assistant Secretary.-O. L. Pruden, 604 Massachusetts avenue NW. Executive Clerks.-William H. Crook, 7 H street NW.; George B. Cortelyou, 1218 North Carolina avenue NE. In charge of Public Buildings and Grounds.—Col. Theodore A. Bingham. EXECUTIVE MANSION RULES. The Cabinet will meet Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 o'clock a. m. The President will receive Senators and Representatives in Congress from 10 to 12 o'clock on all days except Cabinet days. Persons not Senators or Representatives having business with the President will be received from 12 to 1 o'clock every day except Mondays and Cabinet days. Those having no business, but who desire to pay their respects, will be received by the President in the East Room at 3 o'clock p. m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. By direction of the President: JOHN ADDISON PORTER, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (Seventeenth street, south of Pennsylvania avenue.) JOHN SHERMAN, of Ohio, Secretary of State (1321 K street NW.), was born in Lancaster, that State, May 10, 1823; is of Anglo-Saxon ancestry; received an academic education; studied law, and was admitted to the bar May 11, 1844; was a delegate in the national Whig conventions of 1848 and 1852, and presided over the first Republican convention in Ohio in 1855; was a Representative in the Thirty-fourth, Thirtyfifth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh Congresses, and was the Republican candidate for Speaker in the winter of 1859-60; was elected to the United States Senate in March, 1861, and reelected in 1866 and 1872; was appointed Secretary of the Treasury in March, 1877, and served as such during President Hayes's Administration; was again elected to the United States Senate in 1880, and was reelected in 1886, 1892; was President of the Senate from December 7, 1885, till February 26, 1887; resigned his seat in the Senate to accept the position of Secretary of State in President McKinley's Cabinet, and was confirmed by the Senate March 5, 1897. Assistant Secretary.-William R. Day, 1825 Nineteenth street NW. Second Assistant Secretary.-Alvey A. Adee, 1019 Fifteenth street NW. Third Assistant Secretary.-Thomas Wilbur Cridler, 907 Thirteenth street NW. Solicitor.-William L. Penfield. Chief Clerk.-William H. Michael, 215 North Capitol street. Diplomatic Bureau.-Chief, Sydney T. Smith, 713 Ninth street NW. Consular Bureau.-Chief, Robert S. Chilton, jr., 225 Delaware avenue NE. Bureau of Statistics.—Chief, Frederic Emory, The Grafton. Bureau of Rolls and Library.-Chief, Andrew H. Allen, 1807 H street NW. THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. (Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue.) LYMAN J. GAGE, of Chicago, Ill., Secretary of the Treasury (Chevy Chase, until October 1, then 1715 Massachusetts avenue), was born in Deruyter, Madison County, N. Y., June 28, 1836; received a common-school education in his native county, but, his parents removing to Rome, N. V., in 1848, he there received the advantages of the Rome Academy; entered the banking business in the lowest position at the age of 18; going West in 1855 to seek a betterment in fortune, after some trials he obtained in 1858 a bookkeeper's position in the Merchants' Loan and Trust Company, of Chicago; his promotion was rapid; in 1868 he was cashier of the bank; . believing that the national banking system was superior to the State law, under which the Merchants' Loan and Trust Company was organized, he accepted the appointment as cashier of the First National Bank of Chicago in the year 1868; its charter expiring, the bank was reorganized in 1882, with a capital of $3,000,000, and Mr. Gage was made vice-president and general manager, and in 1891 he was elected president; has never held political office, though often pressed to allow his name to be used, notably for the office of mayor of Chicago; on February 15, 1897, he resigned the presidency of the bank in order to accept the portfolio of the United States Treasury; was appointed March 4 and confirmed by the Senate March 5, 1897, and immediately entered upon the discharge of his duties as Secretary of the Treasury. Assistant Secretaries.-O. L. Spaulding, 1213 K street NW.; William B. Howell, Division of Appointments.—Fred Brackett, 20 Huntington avenue, Baltimore, Md. Division of Revenue-Cutter Service.-Chief, Capt. C. F. Shoemaker, 1303 Yale street NW. Division of Stationery, Printing, and Blanks.-Chief, Chas. Lyman, SE. corner of N street and New Jersey avenue. Division of Loans and Currency.-Chief, A. T. Huntington, Vienna, Va. Division of Special Agents.-Chief, W. S. Chance, 1536 Seventeenth street NW. Disbursing Clerks.—George A. Bartlett, 1549 Park street, Mount Pleasant; Thomas J. Hobbs, 1622 H street NW. Private Secretary to Secretary of the Treasury.— SUPERVISING ARCHITECT'S OFFICE. (Treasury Department Building.) Supervising Architect.-William M. Aiken, Hotel Cairo. Chief Executive Officer.-Charles E. Kemper, 1310 Riggs street NW. Inspection and Material Division.-Chief, John B. Clark, 1711 Riggs place NW. Computers' Division.-Chief, Richard Fourchy, 1706 G street NW. BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. Director of Bureau.-Claude M. Johnson, The Woodmont. Engraving Division.-Chief, Thomas F. Morris, 1457 Stoughton street NW. SECRET SERVICE DIVISION. (Treasury Department Building.) Chief.-William P. Hazen, 825 Vermont avenue, The Gramercy. BUREAU OF STATISTICS. (Adams Building, 1335 F street NW.) Chief of Bureau.-Worthington C. Ford, Metropolitan Club. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. (Treasury Department Building.) General Superintendent.-S. I. Kimball, 1316 Rhode Island avenue. COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY. (Treasury Department Building.) Comptroller.-Robert B. Bowler, 1730 K street NW. Assistant Comptroller.-Edward A. Bowers, 1520 H street NW. Chief Law Clerk.-J. W. Nichol, 113 Maryland avenue NE. REGISTER OF THE TREASURY. (Treasury Department Building.) Register.-J. Fount. Tillman, Ebbitt House. Assistant Register.—John B. Brawley, 809 Twelfth street NW. Division of Loans.-Chief, C. N. McGroarty, 210 Fifth street NE. Division of Notes, Coupons, and Currency.-Chief, George M. Titus, 415 Fourth street NW. AUDITOR FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. (Treasury Department Building.) Auditor.-W. E. Andrews, 132 A street NE. Deputy.-Robert M. Cousar, Chevy Chase. Law Clerk.-J. C. L. Gudger, 825 Fifth street NW. Customs Division.-Chief, J. G. Dill, 1004 Massachusetts avenue NW. Miscellaneous Division.—Chief, Cadwell C. Tyler, 1720 Oregon avenue NW. AUDITOR FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT. (Office in Winder Building, corner of Seventeenth and F streets NW.) Auditor.-William W. Brown. Deputy.-Daniel A. Grosvenor. Disbursing Clerk.-Samuel McDonald, 320 Eighth street NW. Archives Division. -Chief, S. E. Faunce, 9291⁄2 New York avenue. Review Division.-Chief, J. A. Nowell, 1325 M street NW. Mail and Miscellaneous Division.-Chief, W. A. Rogers, 1428 Welling Place. Paymaster and Claims Division.-Chief, B. E. Sampson, 326 Delaware avenue NE. Pay and Bounty Division.-Chief, Jackson Kirkman, 806 Twelfth street NW. Military Division.-Chief, J. C. Baxter, 640 A street SE. Law Clerk.-J. C. Littlepage, The Livingston, 1009 Thirteenth street NW. AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. (Treasury Department Building.) Auditor.-William Youngblood, 1325 Vermont avenue. Deputy.-Robert S. Person. Indian Division.-Chief, Isaac Pearson, 1815 Thirteenth street NW. Army and Navy Pension Division.-Chief, Brooke H. Weeks, 1920 Sunderland place. Land Files and Miscellaneous Division.—J. E. R. Ray, 717 Thirteenth street NW. Law Clerk.-B. F. Harrah, 1107 Harvard street NW. AUDITOR FOR THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. (Treasury Department Building.) Auditor.-Frank H. Morris. Deputy-John M. Ewing. Navy Pay and Allotment Division.—Chief, Alfred Hebrard, The Orleans, Twelfth and F streets NW. Paymasters' Division.-Chief, L. K. Brown, 134 C street SE. Record and Claims Division.-Chief, John M. Hoge, 1909 Fourth street NW. AUDITOR FOR THE STATE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. Auditor.-Ernst G. Timme, 1734 Fifteenth street NW. Deputy Miscellaneous Division.-Chief, E. P. Marshall, 413 Sixth street NW. Diplomatic and Consular Division.-Chief, W. P. Armstrong, Brookland, D. C. Division of Judicial Accounts.—Chief, W. O. Bradley, 1007 Massachusetts avenue NE. AUDITOR FOR THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT. (Post-Office Department Building.) Auditor.-Henry A. Castle, 2018 G street NW. Deputy.-William G. Crawford, 1819 F street NW. Chief Clerk.-Richard M. Johnson, near Brightwood, D. C. Assorting and Checking Division.-Chief, William N. Bragaw, 1115 Fifth street NW. Bookkeeping Division.—Chief, D. H. Fenton, Kensington, Md. Collecting Division.-Chief, M. F. Eggerman, 411 Ninth street NW. TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES. Treasurer.-Ellis H. Roberts. Assistant Treasurer.―James F. Meline, 2111 O street NW. Chief Clerk.-S. I. Bradley, 1311 Yale street NW. Cashier.-E. R. True, 2507 Pennsylvania avenue. Assistant Cashier.-G. C. Bantz, 2112 Callow avenue, Baltimore, Md. Vault Clerk.-Alfred R. Quaiffe, The Concord. Receiving Teller.-Crit S. Pearce, 1821 Nineteenth street NW. Paying Teller.-William Howard Gibson, 2136 L street NW. Assistant Tellers.-R. H. Forsyth, 1522 T street NW.; E. K. Harris, 34 B street NE. Redemption Division.—Chief, Albert Relyea, 1435 K street NW. Loan Division.-Chief, Ferdinand Weiler, 1316 V street NW. Accounts Division.-D. W. Harrington, near Alexandria, Va. Division of Issues.-Chief, James A. Sample, 1344 Riggs street NW. National Bank Division.-Chief, George Fort, 1534 Twenty-ninth street NW. Principal Bookkeeper.-Sherman Platt, 1764 Corcoran street NW. Assistant Bookkeeper.-J. O. Manson, 923 S street NW. National Bank Redemption Agency.-Superintendent, Thomas E. Rogers, The Con cord: Private Secretary.-Charles G. Watson, 1504 H street NW. COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. (Treasury Department Building.) Comptroller.-James H. Eckels, 1326 Eighteenth street NW. Deputy Comptroller.-George M. Coffin, 1502 Twenty-first street NW. Organization Division.-Chief, Lawrence O. Murray, 1209 K street NW. Redemption Division.—Superintendent, E. E. Schreiner, 1314 R street NW. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. (Treasury Department Building.) Commissioner.-W. S. Forman, Willard's Hotel. Deputy.-George W. Wilson, The Fredonia. Solicitor-George M. Thomas, 1319 Vermont avenue NW. Chief Clerk and Appointment Division.-E. C. Johnson, 737 Thirteenth street NW. Tobacco Division.-Chief, R. T. Daniel, Woodley Inn, D. C. Law Division.-Chief, O. F. Dana, 1529 Rhode Island avenue. Stamp Division.-Chief, Henry C. Boyd, 2020 G street NW. Assessment Division.-Chief, Charles A. Bates, 1434 V street NW. Division of Distilled Spirits.—Chief, Thomas A. Cushing, 1333 N street NW. Division of Accounts.—Chief, William Hinds, 1443 W street NW. DIRECTOR OF THE MINT. (Treasury Department Building.) Director of the Mint.-R. E. Preston, 53 K street NE. Computer of Bullion.-B. F. Butler, 418 Maple avenue, Le Droit Park. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. (Treasury Department Building.) Commissioner of Navigation.-Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, Metropolitan Club. OFFICE OF STEAMBOAT INSPECTION. (Treasury Department Building.) Supervising Inspector-General.-James A. Dumont, 1807 Nineteenth street NW. Chief Clerk.—William H. Clarke, 1411 Chapin street NW. LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD. (Treasury Department Building.) Chairman.-Capt. W. S. Schley, U. S. N. Naval Secretary.-Commander George F. F. Wilde, U. S. N. Engineer Secretary.—Capt. John Millis, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., street NW. Chief Clerk.-Arnold B. Johnson, Hotel Lincoln. |