This author of A Modern Instance wrote about a man who tries
 to marry his daughter Irene into the Corey family before he loses his fortune in the paint industry.
In one of this author's novels the millionaire's Conrad is killed by a stray bullet in a streetcar strike when
 he tries to prevent a policeman from beating an elderly German socialist. In that novel Angus Beaton's
 proposal is rejected by Alma Leighton, while this author wrote about Mr. Twelvemough hosting a foreign
 visitor in A Traveler from Altruria. He wrote about the deteriorating marriage between Bartley Hubbard
 and Marcia Gaylord in one novel, while Henry Lindau and Colonel Dryfoos argue over the magazine Every
 Other Week in his novel about Basil March. This author of A Modern Instance wrote about a man who tries
 to marry his daughter Irene into the Corey family before he loses his fortune in the paint industry. For 10
 points, name this American author of A Hazard of New Fortunes and The Rise of Silas Lapham.
In one of this author's novels the millionaire's Conrad is killed by a stray bullet in a streetcar strike when
 he tries to prevent a policeman from beating an elderly German socialist.
William Dean {Howells}