Evening star., 1907-11-17

a clerk in the office of the controller or
the treasury. At the same time he was
private secretary for Mr. Charles K.
Buckalew, who was. at that time.
prominent democratic senator from Penn
svlvania 1t was in this position that
Mr.. Warner was first brought into connec-
ton with Legislature business at the Cap
itol.
Studied Law Under Thad Stevens.
In the latter part of 1861 he was made
deputy collector of internal revenue of
the ninth district of Pennsylvania, and
continued his law studies with the late
Thaddeus Stevens. then republican mem
Der of Congress from that district. He
started d paper while in this position
called The Voice of Truth and also aided
in publishing The Father Abraham.
picturesque campaign journal, using the
Dutch dialect.
In 1868 he resigned for the purpose of
completing his course at the Columbian
College Law School in Washington. and
after making tour through the west, as
CORRESPONDENT for the Harrisburg Tele-
graph, entered the school and graduated
a year later He was reapponted to his
old position in the Treasury Department,
but resigned upon his graduation and
entered upon the practice of law, later
entering the real estate business.
Mr.. Warner was one of the charter MEM
Central National Bank and Second Ma
tional Bank a director of the National
METROPOLITAN Bank and National Safe De-
posit and Trust Company, the founder OF
the B. H Warner Company, the Columbia
National Bank and the Washington Loan
and Trust Company. He was president
of the two latter named institutions until
pressure of business led to MS retlfe-
ment and ever since he has been a mem
Der of the board of directors and eXecu-
nT q
founders of the Washinton Public Library
and has been its vice president from It's
ncorporation. He is member OF the
board of trustees of the American Uni
VerSity.
His Business Activity.
Mr.. Warner was one of the founders of
the Washington Board of Trade and It's
second president and the Young lens
Christian Association and many other
Washington institutions. He has been
a member of the various inaugural eX-
ecutfve committees since 1870. During
the last three inaugurations he was
grand marshal of the division embracing
civic organizations. Mr. Warner was
president of the local branch of the Red
Cross during the Spanish American war,
president of the National Philharmonic
Society, secretary of the Yellow Fever
Aid Society and President of the Sound
Il
and dedicated his entire Office force for
several months to the work of that cam
paign He was treasurer of the inaugural
committee when President Harrison be-
came President. He was chairman of the
executive committee of the grand
campment of the G. A. K. in 1902 and is
a member of Burnside Post.
For more than twenty years he has
been interested in Maryland politics and
a prominent member of the republican
party. whose interests he has advanced
by active participation in campaigns In
different sections Cf the state. He was
proprietor of the Montgomery Press for
several years md also preaid mt of the
MARYLAND Republican Editorial Associa
ton. He was also one of the original
proprietors and developers of Takoma
Park Woodside, Forest Glen, Hyatts-
vile and several other suburbs.
Founded Kensington.
In 1891 he founded the town of nen-
sington, Montgomery county, which,
largely through his instrumentality, has
grown to be an active and important
suburb of the National capital.
In politics Mr.. Warner is thorough re-
publican, though not an intense partisan.
He has been frequently mentioned for
Congress in the sixth district of Mary
land but thus far has preferred business
to politics Now that he has retired from
active participation in business. he has,
at the suggestion of many friends, an
nounceG himself d candidate for con-
gressional honors