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Brayion, Gen. Charles R.—At Providence,

Sept. 23, aged 70. Known as “blind boss" Brayton, he was the controlling force in the Republican party for forty years; "Brayton ism" was long an issue in his own party; had brilliant war record. Brown, julins L.—At Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 5, aged 63. Graduate of Harvard Law School in 1871; former railroad counsel; succeeded in

establishing right of a railroad in Georgia to separate its passengers of different races. Crowley, Thomas H.—At Providence, Aug. 30, aged 53. Actively interested in town of Bristol, R. I., where he practised. Fife, Clayton E.—At Philadelphia, Se t. 4,

aged 67. Lawyer and former reporter 0 legal news for the Philadelphia newspapers. Fraser, Duncan Cameron.—-At Guysboro, N. 8., Sept. 27, aged 65. Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia; representative in legislature;

member of the House of Assembly and the Canadian House of Commons.

Fry, Charles.—At Bar Harbor, Sept. 3, aged 60. Had ractised law in Boston since 1885; native of hiladelphia and old resident of Bar Harbor. Gillette, john-At Canandaigua, N. Y., Aug. 31, aged 76. Railroad and insurance

Munn, Henry E.—At Washington, D. C., Sept. 1, aged 84.

Member of the Wisconsin

legislature in 1859; one of the organizers of the Princeton Alumni Association; former patent

lawyer in Washington. Na htaly, ]0seph.—At San Francisco, Aug. 29.

as graduated from Yale in 1863; for

ears a partner of Judge 1. B. Crockett in San rancisco. Oates, Gen. William C.—At Montgomery, A1a., Sept. 9, aged 75. Fotmer Governor of Alabama; member of Con

55 from the forty

seventh to the ﬁfty-thi session; cham ion of the Torrey bankru tcy bill; in 1888 ept the House in a de ock for ei ht days by leading the ﬁlibustering against t e direct tax bill; conducted the investigation into the Homestead troubles of 1892, as a member of the Judiciary Committee. Paddock, George L.—At Chicago, Sept._11v aged 77. Lawyer of ﬁfty-one years’ practice. Peak, john L.—At Kansas City, Sept. 24, aged 71. Ap inted Minister to Switzerland by President sleveland in 1895. Plank, Charles M.—At Reading, Sept. 17, aged 50. Prominent Republican; county charr man for several years. Proctor, Frank W.—At Franklin, N. H_., Sept. 21, aged 60. Practised for two years in

attorney.

Kansas; later member of

Gilpin, H00d.—At Media, Pa., Sept. 13, aged 57. Former assistant United States Attorney; son of a former mayor of Phila delphia. Gleason, john ].—At Flushing, L. I., aged 64. Was graduate of Columbia Law School and member of New York County Lawyers Association. Hanaford, Francis W.—At Plainﬁeld, N. 1., Aug. 30, aged 62. Patent lawyer in New York for nearly twenty-ﬁve years.

Upham & Proctor; cousin of Edna Dean Proc

Harder,

Edson

Se _t. 14, aged 61. po tics.

R.——At

Valatie,

N.

Y.,

Prominent in Democratic

Hatch, Charles S.—At Pe

, N. Y., Aug. 27.

aged 56. Former assistant istrict Attorney and clerk of the Supreme Court in Erie county, Hoyt, Benjamin L.—At Peen Yan, N. Y., Sept. 12, aged 92. Said to be oldest practis ing attorney in the United States. King, Henry W.—At Cambridge, Sept. 3, aged 54. Graduate of Harvard Law School; had large practice in Worcester, Mass. Kingsbury, Frederick ].-—At Litchﬁeld, Ct., Oct. 3, aged 87. Lawyer and banker of Waterbury, Ct.; writer on Colonial history;

former mimber of the Yale Corporation. McFadden, Harry A.——At Hollidaysburg, Pa., Sept. 15, aged 49. Prominent attorney rigid 'ournalist; author of "Rambles in the ar

est."

McNeil, H.—At Indianola, 1a., Sept. 23, age 74. Brilliant Iowa lawyer; assisted the state in the Hossack murder trial. 23McPherson, William _].—At Rochester, Aug.

Boston ﬁrm of

tor, the writer.

Riﬂe-r, Al red.-—At Frederick, Md., Sept. 22, aged 54. ustice of the peace; former secre tar-y of state senate. Rodd, George E.—At New Bloomﬁeld, Pa., Sept., aged 48. Graduate of Princeton. where he won a scholarship at University of Berlin; held chair in Princeton Theological Seminary for a time; admitted to bar about ten years ago.

Rawlands, Orville L.—At Carbondale, Pa., Au. 30. Former district attorney; brother of nator Miles Rowlands. Scott, Kidder M.—At Genesee, N. Y., Aug, 23, aged 70. Graduate af Yale; practised at Genesee and entered Assembly; introduced bill that created State Board of Charities. Sweeney, Edward D.——At Rock Island, Ill.,

Sept. 14, a ed 77. Corporation lawyer and ﬁnancier; nited States commissioner. Updegraﬂ, Thomas.—-At Dubuque, 1a., Oct. 4, aged 76. Former state representative; later Congressman for several terms from fourth Iowa district. Walker, Edwin.—At Wequetonsin'g, Mich., Sept. 2, aged 78. Dean of the Chicago bar; rominent corporation lawyer; special counsel or the United States in the conspiracy case against Eugene Debs arising from the great railroad strike of 1894. Williams, Charles H.—At North Adams, Mass, Oct. 2, aged 73. Prominent New York

corporation lawyer; reorganized several large corporations; once employed as a surve or for the Union Paciﬁc; nephew of the late nited States Senator Dawes.