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nica; at one time a successful attorney; died in abject poverty in Cook County Hospital. Locke, Ira S.-—At Portland, Me., Jan. 28, aged 57. Born in Biddeford; graduated from Bowdoin College in 1874; retired from prac tice on account of ill health in 1904. Lawndes, Col. ]ames.—At Au ta, Ga.,

Jan. 15, aged 75.

Served in Civil

ar; prac

tised law in Washington up to ﬁve years ago, when he retired on account of ill health. Lowry, Brigadier-General Robert-At Jack son, Miss, Jan. 19, aged 78. Twice Governor of Mississip i; born in Chesterfield district, South Caro na; Confederate omcer in Civil War; wounded in battle of Shiloh; practised law in partnership with Hon. A. G. Mayers; twice served as state_senat0r; author of a popular history of Mississippi. McIntyre, D. H.—At St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 1, aged 76. Captain in Confederate Army; formerly representative and senator in state senate; Attorney-General of Missouri in 1880.

Payne, Col. James G.——-At Washington, D. C., Dec. 28, aged 77.

Born at Erie, Pa.;

admitted to bar in that city and practised till 1862, when he assisted in organizing a regi ment; auditor of Supreme Court of the Dis

W. Vajheld oounty,‘state and federal oﬂices during his lifetime.

Illoore, William W. H.—At New York City, {an 4, aged 85. Formerly president of the ife Savin Benevolent Association of New York and t e Port Societ, and vice-president

of the American Geographical Society; lawyer and business man. Morgan, Ernest I .——At Worcester, Mass;

gn. 19, aged 40.

Practised in Gloucester and

orcester, Mass; former assistant city solic

itor and assistant district attorney. Nast, Samuel B.—At Chicago, Ill., Jan. 8. aged 83. Register in bankruptcy in Iowa for many years preceding the repeal of the bank ruptcy act.

North, john C.—At London, England, an. 11. Resided in Los Angeles; one of the ore most attorneys in California; practised largely in federal courts; an authority on water %uestions; died while representing California ank of San Francisco before the British courts in the case of the Bank v. Matthew Gage. Patterson, C. Godfrey-At Orange, N. 1., Jan. 5, a ed 76.

Co

ate of Co umbia Law

oration lawyer; gradu

hool in 1865.

trict of Columbia in 1879-1910; an authority

Scribner, Gilbert Hilton.—-At Yonkers, N. Y.

on evidence and procedure. Pickard, Alonso C.—At amestown, N. Y., Jan. 12. Oﬁicer in Civil ar; for many years a leading criminal lawyer of western New York. Pond, Ashley.—-At Detroit, Mich., Jan. 12, a d 83. Engaged in active practice until 1 92; for over twenty-ﬁve years general counsel for Michigan Central Railroad. Powell, George K.——At Wilkesbarre, Pa., {an 13, aged 65. Practised in Wilkesbarre or the last thirty-eight years.

Jan. 5, aged 78. Admitted to bar in 1856; member of New York state legislature in 1869; Secretary of State in New York from

Raynolds, Prof. Edward Vilette.—-At New York City, Jan. 26, aged 51.

Born in Grand

Rapids, Mich.; graduated from Sheffield Scien

tiﬁc School in 1880 and from Columbia Law School in 1882; practised in Grand Ragids, 1882—1883; received his LL.M. from ale Law School in 1884, and his D.C.L. in 1885; lieutenant-commander of the United States Naval Militia, 1898-99, afterwards lieutenant commander of the State naval forces in Spanish-American War; lecturer on political science and constitutional law; held chair of comparative law at Yale School at the time of his death. Ritter, Theodore.——-At Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 19, aged 74. Born in New York City;

graduated from Columbia Law School in 1869; book reviewer on New

1902.

Wilson, Percy Ripley-At Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 30, aged 56. Former president of California Club. Winters, Rile D.—~At Lakeport, Cal, aged 49. Born in llinois; admitted to bar and

practised for several years in Salt Lake City. ﬁWood, Walpole.—At Altadena, Cal., Jan. 9, aged 48. Former president of Chicago Bar Association; served a term as president of the Chica 0

Law

Institute; also

rominent in

Los ngeles; almost totally b‘nd for two years.

York Tribune

under Horace Greeley. Schell, Edward Heartt.—-At New York Cit, N. Y., Jan. 25, aged 62. Born in Troy, N. .; duated from Yale in 1870; studied at lumbia Law School; formerly a member of the firm of Hellows, Hoyt & Schell. Middleton, Henry O.-—At Paint Creek, W.

Va., Jan. 16, aged 50.

1870 to 1873; author of “Where Did Life

Begin?" and contributor to Popular Science Monthly. Seaman, Frederic C.—At Wilmington, Del, Jan. 12, aged 30. A New York attorney with offices in the Equitable Building. Wagner, ]. Frank.—At Fremont, 0., Jan. 17, aged 42. Born in Lindsey, 0.; graduated from Ohio State University Law School in 1902; practised in Fremont. Whitcomb, George P.—At Chicago, Ill., Jan. 28, aged 83. Graduate of Dartmouth College in 1853; practised in Chicago 1870

Born at Paint Creek,

Zacharie, Col. Frank C .—At New Orleans, La., Jan. 6, aged 71. Constitutional lawyer

and politician; served several terms as repre sentative from Louisiana at Washington; latterly attorne of the State Board of Health; carried before Supreme Court the case of the State of Louisiana v. State of Mississippi to determine the water boundary of the two states, and won the case.