Byrne, Maj. John, New York City. He was a native of Maryland and was born in 1845. Died in Mamaroneck, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1905. He was living in West Virginia with his father, a railroad contractor, when the war broke out. Although too young to enlist, he joined the Union army as a scout and served all through the contest. He settled in Cincinnati at the close of hostilities, and became a civil engineer. For over twenty years Major Byrne was identical with the railroad operations of the late C. P. Huntington. He was president of the Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad Company, and of the Shawmut Mining Company. He was also a director of the Detroit City Gas Company and a trustee of the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank of New York and was also connected with other corporations (see page 142). An ardent lover of the land of his fathers, Major Byrne took a very active part in the Land League movement. He was elected vice-president of the League at the great National Convention held at Philadelphia, and served out his term. With the late Eugene Kelly, he was one of the organizers of the Irish Parliamentary Fund in this city, and made a personal contribution to it of $15,000. He also paid the salary of an Irish member of parliament for several years himself.

Curran, James, president of the James Curran Manufacturing Company of New York City; a veteran of the Civil War. He died at his residence, 230 West 99th Street, New York City, Oct. 27, 1905, aged 64 years.