who-s-who-in-the-far-east-1906-1907 — Page 344

VACLE, Joseph, (LAOS), Resident;

Administrator, 1st class; b. Jan. 20, 1857. Joined Indo-China Civil

Service, June 1, 1895; Administrator, 1st class, Feb. 12, 1899. Decoration:

Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.

Address: Laos, Indo-China.

VAN BUREN, Joseph Sheffield (HONG-

KONG), Merchant; b. May 25, 1854. Educ.: Phillip's Academy, Andover, and Yale University. Entered the

service of the Pacific Mail Steam-

ship Company, August, 1874; was Agent in Hongkong from 1891 to end of 1902; at present General Agent for the Great Northern Steamship Company with head- quarters at Hongkong. Clubs : Calumet, New York; Pacific Union, San Francisco; Yokohama United; Hongkong. Decoration: "Loyal Legion." Address: 129, Barker Road, The Peak, Hongkong.

VAN CITTERS, Jonkheer A. J. (PEKING), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for the Netherlands. Address: Nether-

lands Legation, Peking, China.

VAN DER BECK, Joseph Nicholas (SINGAPORE), I.S.O. (1903); Clerk to Governor, Straits Settlements;

b. April 8, 1855, 8. of F.C. Van Der

Beck; m. 1876, Maria Ida, d. of

V

Commandant Polman, of Java; five

8., four d. Educ.: Raffle's Institu-

tion, Singapore. Extra Clerk, Colonial Secretary's Office, Singa- pore, Sept., 1871; 8th Clerk, Jan.,

1873, and attached to Government

House; 6th Clerk, Dec., 1875; Guardian of Government House, May, 1877; 5th Clerk, Colonial Secretary's Office, April, 1879; 4th Clerk, 1879; 3rd Clerk, June, 1880; Clerk, Government House, Dec., 1883; Financial Assistant of Police, Singapore, 1905. Club: Singapore Recreation. Address: Govern-

ment House, Singapore, Straits

Settlements.

VAN HORN, Rev. G. W.

(OSAKA),

A.M.; Minister and Missionary ; b. March 19, 1846, at Alleghany, Pa., U.S.A.; m. 1878, Frances M. Dorsey, of Kentucky. Educ.: Cumberland Univ.; Depauro Univ., Ind., U.S.A. Served in U. S. Army during Civil War from 1861-65; founder and proprietor of Van Horn Institute, Slaughtersville, Ky., U.S.A., 1881; Pastor C. P. Church, Brownsville, Pa., 1886-188S; arrived in Japan as

Missionary, 188S. Address: Osaka,

Japan.

VANRENEN, Major Arthur Saunders (TAIPING), 2nd in Command, Malay

324