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 The Legal World at Portsmouth, 0.; member of Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-ﬁrst sessions of Congress; wrote

art of the McKinle

tariff bill; a -

point United States District Judge for t e southern district of Ohio in 1898; one of the ablest lawyers and jurists Ohio has ever pro duced. Trimble, jud e H. H.—At Keokuk, Iowa,

Jan. 9, aged 8.

Democratic candidate for

205

Dubase, john E.——At Bowling Green, Ky., Jan. 10, a ed 62.

Confederate veteran; attor

may for. 'sville and Nashville Railroad; one of the oldest attorneys of Kentucky. Farson,

ohn.-At Chicago, Ill.,

an. 18,

a ed 55. anker and law er; han ed loan w en Cuba, as a new repub ‘c, needed money; director in many traction companies; former

president of American Automobile Associa

Governor of Iowa in 1879;

eneral counsel for

tion.

the Keokuk roads of the

urlington s

Flegenheimer, William-At Richmond, Va., Jan. 27, aged 78. Born near Heidelberg; came to America in 1851; practised in Richmond for forty years; as a penman wrote many important documents, including as the Ordi nance of Secession for the Virginia convention and the bail bond of Jeﬁerson Davis. Gardiner, Col. ohn Ly0n.—-At Easthamp~ ton, L. I., N. ., Jan. 21, a. ed 69. Was graduated from Columbia Law hool in 1863; admitted to the bar in 1866; Civil War veteran; owner of Gardiner's Island, which has been in possession of the Gardiner family since 1639. Gordon, Eugene Corry.——-At Morristown, N. J., Dec. 31, aged 71. Graduate of Colum

since 1881; served ‘in Mexican and Civil

tern ars;

state senator in Iowa from 1855 to 1859. Truax, judge Charles H.—At New York City, Jan. 14, a ed 63. Born in Oneida count, N. Y., of o d American stock; attended

Hami ton College, but left in his junior year; received honorary M.A. thirteen years later and LL.D. fourteen years after that; came to New York in 1898 to study law in the ofﬁce of his uncle, Chauncey W. Shaffer; admitted

to bar within a year; practised ﬁrst with his uncle and later as member of ﬁrm of Truax & Doscher; elected to Superior Court bench in 1880, and served till 1894; elected a Justice of the Sn reme Court in 1895, and served till Jan. 1, 110, when his term ex ired; member

of New York Constitutiona Convention; rendered many wise and important decisions, being earnest, prompt, and ﬁrm in his rul ings; of great learning as a jurist; one of the most loved and revered of the Supreme Court Justices. Vovis, judge john C.—At town, Ky., Jan. 2. Committed suicide after the

failure of his memory in delivering a speech at a dinner; police judge at Danville. Williams, judge Louis I.——At St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 23, aged 56. Judge in Alaska dur ing the Cleveland administration.

bia Law School; practised in New York. Grant, R. E.——At Goldthwaite, Tex., Jan.

20.

City attorney of Goldthwaite.

Grau, Frederick William.——At Corona, N. Y.

Jan. 21. Gregory,

joseph

Minter.—At

Memphis,

Tenn., Jan. 7.

Griswold, Freeman C.—At Boston, Mass, Jan. 30, aged 45. Born in Greenﬁeld, Mass; duate of Yale University and Harvard aw School; represented the Greenﬁeld dis

trict in the legislature; practised in Boston and New York. Harris, A. j.—At Belton, Tex., Jan. 11.

Necrology— The Bar Allen, Frank Dewey-At Boston, Mass,

Jan. 32, aged 60.

Born in Worcester; was

duated from Yale in 1873, from Boston

niversity Law School in 1875; admitted to ‘Suﬁolk bar in 1878; representative in state legislature 1881-2; ap pointed United States Attorney for the district of Massachusetts in 1889. Boyd,

E.

H0lmes.—At Winchester, Va.,

Jan. 19, aged 69. Confederate veteran; for more than thirty ears a member of the ﬁrm of Barton& Boy in Winchester. Dana, I. C. Bales-At Great Barrington, Mass, Jan. 2, aged 63. Retired lawyer. Davis,

Henry M.—At Lock

rt,

N. Y.,

Jan. 26, aged 74. One of the o dest lawyers in Niagara county, N. Y. Dillard, j. R.—At Houston, Tex., Jan. 18.

Well-known colored attorney. Doyle, Austin, j., jr.—-At Chicago, Ill., Jan. 11, aged 35. Dryden, Leonatas, j.—At St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 28, aged 78. Formerly member of Missouri legislature; member constitutional convention of 1875.

Well-known Texas lawyer; member of state senate for several years. Hayes, Ambrose E.——At Brooklyn, N. Y., lIan. 20, aged 39. New York newspaper man; ater member of law ﬁrm of McKenzie & Burr. Howard, T. S.—At Des Moines, Ia., Jan. 22. Former state land commissioner.

jeﬂ’ries, james j.—At Shreveport, Jan. 18, aged 74.

La.,

Born in Texas; practised

many years in Alexandria, La.; twice Lieu tenant-Govemor of Louisiana. Langbein, julius ]. C.—At New York City, Jan. 28. Born in Germany; served in Civil ar as drummer boy; elected to the New York

Assembly in 1877 and 1879; became justice of the Seventh Judicial District Court. Leisenring, jacob S.—At Detroit, Mich., an. 23, aged 63. Born at Selin's Grove, nyder county, Pa.; served in Civil War; District Attorney at Hays City, Kansas; returned to Pennsylvania and practised in IAltoona, Pa.; author of "Leisenring's Book of orms." Lindle, H. Bartlett-At Chicago, Ill., Jan. 1. Gra uate of United States Naval Academy; formerly a contributor to Encyclopedia Britan