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Seventh Iowa Cavalry. For some time after the close of the war he remained in the army, ﬁghting Indians, and then went to Fort Scott, Kas., where he

opened a harness shopI wrote verses for the county papers and began to study

of Ironquill, he ﬁrst gained fame as: newspaper poet, many of his poems appearing in the papers of Topeh Kas. His name went abroad as"lrm~ quill of Kansas" and rested onahom

optimism that he put into his verse

In 1871 he was admitted to the

As a writer M r. Vare's best-knownworb

Kansas bar. As a lawyer Mr. W'are flourished, and from the law he entered naturally into politics. From 1879 to 1884 he was a member of the Kansas

are his prairie poems, of whichol! volume, through thirteen “Rhymes editions. of Ironquill," Othersdllli

law.

Senate and he was two times delegate to the Republican national convention. In 1893 he removed to Topeka. He was

United States Commissioner of Pen sions from 1902 to 1905. Since that time Mr. Ware had been senior member of the law ﬁrm of Ware, Nelson & Ware of Kansas City. Under the pseudonym

writings are “Ithuriel," “The Risealll Fall of the Saloon," “The Lyon Cam paign and History of the First l0‘?

Infantry," “The Indian Campaign 1864" and “From Court to Com’ which had four editions. In additi'ﬁl he made several translations and wail

plenteous contributor to legal and lit! ary publications.

Bar Association Meetings Alabama. —The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Alabama Law Association was held July 7-8, at Montgomery and

Jackson’s Lake. President John London

Legislation and Its Operation ll America"; Hon. W. W. Whiteside, “501"

Mistakes of Lawyers and Judges"; 0- C Whitson, “The Subordination of the

in his address discussed recent Alabama legislation, especially that relating to

Judge to the Jury"; Ray RushtmL

local option and the commission form The annual address, delivered by Hon.

These oﬁicers were elected: Presidﬂll' Judge John Pelham; ﬁrst vice-president Gen. Robert F. Ligon, Montgomery?

W. A. Blount, of Pensacola, Florida, treated of “The Past, Present and

second vice-president, Paul Speak‘ Huntsville; third vice-president, T- Sid’

of government.

“Handling the Facts."

Future Status of Employers and Em

ney Frazer, Union Springs; fourth Vl“r

ployees," and was received with a great deal of interest. The papers submitted included the

president, John E. Mitchell, Mobile;

following: Sam Will John, “Our Impera tive Duty to Procure a Judicious Re

Troy, Montgomery.

form of the Judicial Procedure in the

Courts of Alabama"; W. W. Lavendar,

Colorado.—President Charles D‘ Hayt’s address, at the annual meeting

“Judiciary Recall"; L. J. Bugg, “Direct

of the Colorado Bar Association June

ﬁfth vice-president, W. W. Lavendﬂ' Centreville; secretary-treasurer, Alex