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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY .1, 1911 -TWELVE PAOKS.
SlNULK COPY TWO CENTS.
HIDE INDICTED,
'SAYS WILL RESIGN
ITew York City Chamberlain, Charged
. yrith Bribery, Issues Announce-
meat that He Will Quit.
GRAND JTJRY OBSERVES SECRECY
Accused Kan, Appeart in Court in the
Afternoon
ROBIN'S STORY CAUSES ACTION
Loam Asserted Made to Trust Com
pany Under Coercion.
.ENTERS PLEA OP 'NOT GUILTY
BUI Is OitTir(li sf laqalrr lata
Fat I a r ( Carnegie Trut Cm.
pan? and Joseph O.
NKW TORK, May 1 Charle Hiram
Hyd, lh city chamberlain, appeared In
court this afternoon and pleaded not guilty
to th Indictment charging bribery. The
offend charged In punishable by Impris
onment for not more than ten year or a
fine of not more than $5,000 or both.
Mall In I7.D00 was given. Samuel Unter
myer, the chamberlain' counsel, asked
for an early trial, which District Attorney
Whitman promised. .
Th grand Jury which has been Investi
gating -the affairs of the suspended Car
ongls Trust company, found the Indictment
late yesterday. Great secrecy was main
tained over the Indictment, which was
sealed and marked "N. A.," meaning "no
arrest." Samuel Cntermeyer, counsel for
Mr. Hyde, on learning of the Indictment,
assured Justice Davis that his client would
appear in court today for pleading.
Mr. Hyde' Indictment is said to have
followed a story told the grand Jury by
Joseph U. Robin, who Is said to have re
lated that h made loans through tlie
Northern bank to th Carnegie Trust com
pany under what he described a coerc
ion. J. V. Smith, Hyde's secretary. I
alleged to have received a check for about
II I. (Km from the Carnegie company, which
.Smith la said to have told th grand Jury
h turned over to Hyde.
Law Partner of Ciaynor. -Befor
his appointment Chamberlain
Hyde was the law partner of Mayor Oay
nur and has long been his personal friend
and political adviser.
During Hyde' abscnr In the enuth the
Cacnegle Trust company, In which, the city
was a heavy depositor, went down and a
storm of criticism rose against him. It
did not shake th mayor's loyalty, and Mr.
Gaynor cam to hi defense.
' Investigation of th Carnegl Trust com
pany brought ont a batch of Indictments
against those controlling It affairs, who
also ar said to ' hav boasted of their
friendship -with Hyde. Various city de
positories were shown to have made loans
to th Carnegie oompany directly before
or after they received elty deposits.
Chamberlain Hyde tpday Issued a state
ment which mays . ,r .-' -V: .,.. ,
""rof more tuan'"two months the cam
paign ha been carried on against me by
the district attorney and other official
with the active and hearty support of two
newspapers. On April 10 I asked th public
to uBpend Judgment, stating that nothing
had been don by me as city .chamberlain
of which I or my city need be ashamed. I
.' r.av no doubt of th outcome and my com
plete exoneration and I shall endeavor to
await it with patience and equanimity."
Wets Get Lincoln
in City Election
Early Returns Indicate that License
Issue Will Carry by Good
Majority.
(Prom a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. May t ISpeclal Telegram.
Beven precinct out of twnty-on glv th
dry ! against 1.(503 registered by th
adherent of th wet proposition. . Thl
gives the dry a majority of 1M In th
keven preclncta Indication ar that th
dry ar losing vote that were cast two
years ago, and It would not surprise some
to see Lincoln g6 wet again.
Armstrong Is probably elected mayor.
Kleven precincts glv dry 1,98; wets.
z.iw, cutting flown the dry majority and
assuring the city for the wets.
MOTZiujrra or ooia snutiirra
ror. Arnv4. Sailed
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THE WEATHER.
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For IowaFair.
warmer.
Temperature at
Omaha Yesterday.
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Normal temixirature , IA
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Total ekcea since March 1
Normal in - lunaliun 12 Lncli
Deficleiirv for tlie day l!lni'h
Total rainfall since March 1.... 3 IT Inches
Deflotem y since March 1 9 Inch
Deficiency for cor. prlKi. 110.. 4 i.i Inches
DellcWncy for cor. period, law.. J. 70 Inches
Henorte from Stallone at 7 I. M.
Station and
State of Weather.
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lavenport, clear
les Moines, clear ....
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North Plait, cloudy .
Omaha, clear
Pm-tilu, cloudy
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NEBRASKA DOCTORS MEETING
State Medical, . Association : Bring
Representative Physicians.
FINANCES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE
Famda f Orgmnlsatton Chovr General
Prosperity They Praia Work ot
Legislator Formal Open
ing? In Afternoon.
Th forty-third ' annual meeting of th
Nebraska State Medical association which
began at th Roma hotel Tuesday after
noon bring together representative doc
tor from every county In th state. The
morning was spent by the accredited dele
gates In a buslnesa meeting' to which re
ports were made by various committee
and officers. Dr. 8. F. Sanders of Hold-
reg presided over this meeting and will
be president pro tern for the other busi
ness sessions. Th delegates In general
and the guests will apeniv Tuesday and
Wednesday and Thursday morning in dis
suasion and in listening to papers on
various medical subjects, which are divided
under the two heads of medicine snd
surgery. 1
According to reports received Tuesday
morning the finances of . the association
ar In the best possible condition with a
balance of tl.T74.7S In th general fund. Th
special defense" fund has a balance of
nearly $1,000. . Thl fund was founded to
glv doctor 4 chance to subscribe to a
sort of legal Insurance which give them a
defense If attacked in court as a result
ot their practice. , As explained by Dr.
A, B. von Mansfelde, th chairman. It give
no defense to malpractice, but assures a
doctor a fair trial In all cases of attack.
Th committee on legislative affairs
praised highly the work done by the laat
legislature In passing a number of bills
and appropriations. Ths Omaha medical
school appropriation, as somewhat of 1 a
mooted point among th doctors, was not
mentioned.
Aldrlrh Make a Talk.
Governor Aldrlcb, In Omaha to attend
the Ohloana' banquet, happened to' be tak-
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
Retiring President of
Nebraska
Dr. John P. Lord of Omalia, the
retiring president of the Nebraska
State Medical society, has been
prominent In Nebraska surgery since
he caine here, a quarter of a cen
tury, ago. During that time tha
medical association, following tlie
general growth of membership In
the medical profeaeton. baa grown to
be a large and Important body and
the, presidency Is an (honor to any
medical practitioner.
Dr. Lord Is a graduate of Rush
Medical college and a native of Illi
nois. He completed his post gradu
ate work in New Tork and then
ram to Omaha. Sine 1&S he has
devoted bis time exclusively to sur
gery. As a surgeon he has performed In
dally practice th most difficult of
operations and ha becom recog
nised aa unusually skillful. He was
first to call attention to skin graft- ,
tng In bona . -cavities and la an
authority upon othr subjects.
He has been president ot th
Omaha Medical society , and the
Weetern Surgical association and
belongs to many other medical so
cieties of local and national scop.
Mondell Speaks on ?
. Democratic Tree W
;!v; ;:List Tariff ;BiU
' M mm
Wyoming Member. Says Last Demo
cratic Measure Cost Stockmen of
His State Eight Millions.
WASHINGTON. Mav 8. -Under mt
cratlc tariff law losses of more than
$8,000,000 were sustained by the live stock
Interests of th United Ptatea, declared
Representative Mondell of Wyoming today
when the house resumed the free list bill.
He opposed the measure as offering op
portunity for a repetition of such losses to
one of the principal Industries of his state.
Mr. Mondell charged the democrats with
using the Canadian reciprocity bill, which
passed th house and now is In the senate,
as a wedge for the resumption of complete
free trade.
CONDITIONS IN FAMINE .
. DISTRICT ARE IMPROVING
Death Rate from Starvation In North
China Greatly Decreased as
Result of Relief Work.
SHANGHAI, May a A correspondent of
the Asttoclated Press who returned today
from the famine stricken districts of north
ern China found conditions Improved as a
result of the relief work, but still bad.
The dally death rate has decreased from
several thousand in the middle of March
to a few hundred.
Many farms are deserted. Children who
formerly were sold for M cents each ar
now exchanged for a few pounds of grain.
Women are selling themselves Into slavery
to provide succor for their more helpless
ones.
Th Chines gentry are exhibiting a new
spirit, having abandoned the old-time the
ory that famines were a necessary evil
to reduce the surplus population. The con
tinuation of the famine, however, la ex
hausting the relief supplies and relief must
be provided for a million and a half more
persons.
Medical Society
i
No Such Critter.
if
ill -ilMMr lH , IYs
TRUGE MUST BE EXTENDED
Mexican Envoy -Sl?ArriY4.aud
Armistioa Expires Tomorrow.
CARABAJAL EXPECTED .TONIGHT
Inmrrerto Do Not Conceal Pleaam
. at Activity of Their CompatrW
ot In Monthem and On- j
tral Mexico.
EL, PASO. May 1 When Judge Francisco
Carahajal failed to arrive on th morning
train today, Francisco I. Madero, jr., and
his coterie of peac lieutenants were visibly
perturbed. As the armistice expires at noon
tomorrow. General Madero telephoned
across th river to Senor Brentff and Obre
gon, the federal go-betweens at El Paso,
asking concerning Carabajal and whether
the federal government again wished to
extend the armistice.
Th federal go-betweens said they ex
pected to hear from Carabajal today. A
prolongation of the armistice now Is In
evitable. The- Insurrectos today did not conceal
their pleasure at the rebel activity In
southern and central Mexico. They again
entered Into a long conference on th de
mands to be made of the federal govern
ment. Ahram Goniales, provisional gover
nor of Chihuahua, and one of the most
popular ot the chiefs, outlined the rebel
demands today. He said:
"The principal issues Involved ar local
self-government which means th abolition
of the Jefa polltlcoa and the elective In
stead of appointive system of municipal
officers, a guaranty of the autonomy of
the states, which Include the choosing of
governors by the people or the legislature,
but not by the federal government; a free
press, free speech and th sovereignty of
the ballot.
"This secured, the national congress se
lected by the people can enact lawa to
overcome any Injustice that hav grown
out of class legislation by a congress, th
member of which practically hav been
named and controlled by on man."
Will Get Fall Credentials.
"If Judge Carabajal do not bring
with him full credentials from Presi
dent Dlas, It will b due to an
oversight, and w will get them by tele
graph without delay.'' This statement was
made by one of the go-betweens here In
connection with the peac negotiations and
bas reference to a foreboding that formal
negotiations might be further delayed by
the absence of documentary authority for
Judge Carabajal to act.
The tardiness of Judge Carabajal In
reaching this city, It Is explained was due
to a misunderstanding as to the place of
meeting. Juares had not been definitely
agreed upon when Carabajal reached
Saltlllo and accordingly he was ordered to
wait there until the matter was cleared up.
Saturday night he was told to proceed to
Juarex. but the telegram arrived too late
for him to catch th only train leaving for
Laredo that day. He was therefore unable
to resume his Journey until yesterday. It
Is huved he will arrive here tonight.
Mail advices from Torreon state that th
Insurrectos hold absolute possession of
Dardo and Gomes palaclo near there and
have possession of Asarco, a suburb where
the American Smelting company plant la
operating. Perfect order is maintained by
th rebels.
Th municipal palar in Laredo waa
burned and all the prisoners liberated.
Thee men later caused much trouble. On
th Torreon division, nine bridges had been
burned.
San Pedro is threatened with famine and
a thouvand Insurrectos there have ordered
the railroad repaired to Hlpollto. wheie
there ate six cars of' corn, which they
ordered hioukiit In. The rebels have seized
(Continued on Second Page.)
Melville R. Hopewell a Fine
Type of Nebraska's Builders
Melville II Hopewell, whose lit has .
Just terminated, was a fin type ot
the men who have bullded Nebraska
and mad the state great In all re
gard He fame to Nebraska with
no capital but his training In school
and a limited experience at the bar,
and took up the life of the pioneer
with courageous determination. His
material success via great, but it
was the result of patient application
and unremitting Industry, guided by
prudence and such foresight as
brought Its reward. His publlo ser
vices wer many. He served the
people of his district as Judge, and
left a record on the bench that was
a source of Justifiable pride. He
also served as lieutenant governor
during three sittings of the legisla
ture, one of them the most produc
tive of result for good that ever as
sembled in Nebraska. A a member
of the constitutional convention he
had his share In framing the organic
law of the state. In social lit he
was also quietly active, his services
as grand master of the Mason for
Nebraska being but a feature of hi
work In this regard. In business he
was prominent hi. laterVyear of
life being devoted to farming on a
large scale and to banking. Personally,
austerity, but thoee who knew him well
quiet surface.
INFORMER TAKES THE STAND
Abatemaggio Tells of Organization of
the Camorra.
TWO CLASSES OF MEMBERS
SSBB1SBBBSBM
Rerralts Mast Demonstrate Ability to
Commit Crime Wlthosit Detec
tion Before Attaining Fall
Membership.
ITERBO. Hals. May t Oennaro K.
Ahbatemasslo. on whose revelations the
state has built Its case agatnst the Cam
orra, was called to the witness stand today
to verbally confirm th written confession
made for the carabineers after he had been
tricked Into damaging admissions by the
police' spy. Marshal Captxxutl.
The Informer stood the supreme test of
his courage well, repeating his story coolly
and at time eloquently, while he was
assailed with th curses of th other priso
ners In th great steel cage. Every state
ment that he made was denied In chorus
and when he concluded. Enrico Alfano,
the alleged head of the Camorra, rose
and shouted:
"Abbatemagglo deserres thirty years In
prison." , ;
Th Informer began with the statement
that the Camorra existed in a well organ
ised form both outside and' Inside the prls-.
ons of Itsly. 'The first question put to m
man sentenced to Imprisonment when he
witters lh prison was, he said, vfhetheT he
was a cajnorrlst, and. If so whether he waa
"a . full-fledged eamorrlst or.a plcciottl, the
latter being on who ha not taken th final
degree In th criminal society. Each cantor,
or recruits who ar on probation and who
may become eamorrlst proper only when
they have proven their ability to commit
elm without detection.
The witness said the rank of the priso
ners in th society wss ssked in order
that th camorrists and the picclottls might
be grouped separately and communication
between th older members and Incoming
candidate she avoided.,
Abbatemagglo' testimony was nonstantly
Interrupted1 by protests from the prisoners,
accompanied by ugly epithet and Impreca
tions. ,
MeClellan Vlst Conrt.
George B. MeClellan, former mayor of
New Tork, occupied a seat In the space
set apart for the lawyers, where the pris
oners stared at him until th proceedings
opened. Mr. MeClellan has taken much j
Interest In the case, particularly, as it was!
during his tenure of office that Lieutenant
Petroslnl arrested Alfanio in Brooklyn,
and waa subsequently slain when he visited i
Italy., , ;
Abbatemagglo' story of the murder of
Gennaro Cuoccolo and his wife Is already
known. He claimed to hav been on of
those chosen to commit the actual crime
and to hav eacaped this assignment by
feigning Illness. Long after the murder he
fell In with Caplssutl, to whom he con
fided hi ambition to be married and the
fact that poverty stood In his way. The
police spy thereupon told him that he
would furnish th necessary funds If the
other would tell him enough of the Cuoc
colo murders to permit him to become a
member of the Camorra through the us
of hi knowledge. Abbatemagglo was
tempted and fell and when It was too 1st
to retract learned that his friend was an
officer of the law. Af tar aom persuasion,
he decided, to make the .beat of the situa
tion by becoming a witness for th stata.
Of th prisoners th priest, Ciro Vitoxsl,
alona maintained - his composure during
Abbatemaggto'a recital.
Aoonaor Cnfrat Aeenaed.
Th former, named Corrada Sortlno, as
on f th aotual assalllanta of Cuoccolo
and Sortlno. was summoned from th cage
to confront bis accuser. Standing before
th bar, th carabineer between them, th
two men glared at each other for a
moment, when Abbatemagglo continued.
He surprised all with bis graphic descrip
tion of th murder and going into minute
details gave th day and hour of each
event from Its Inception to the commission
of the crime.. He declared that everything
that Sortlno had said in his examination
was false.. Occasionally when Interrupted
he bowed with mock deference to Sortlno
and remarked:. '
"But you know better than I do, as you
wer ther."
At on point th technicalities of killing
wer Involved In. dispute. -Abbatemagglo
had taken a pen-holder from th judge's
bench and used It as a. weapon to Illus
trate tbe knife thurst that ended the life
of Cuoccolo. when Sortlno Interrupted:
"It I imposslbl to murder any man
when holding a knife a you ar holding
that penholder." ,
MACK SIZES UP CANDIDATES
National Monthly Bvsiln Series at
- Articles an Presidential Poent
hllltlea. BUFFALO, May l-Norman E. Mack,
chairman of the democratic national 'com.
mi ties, today published In the National
Monthly, th committee's official organ,
of which he I editor, the first of a' series
I ut articles on democratic presidential pos-
slbllltles fur 1912. Th qualifications of
Governor Thomas R. Marshall of Indian
are set forth In th present article.
" (tin- I
---r wruiaiTi"' awmiimMi iqiifr lama
iinpfCWfTT T
MtliVILLID R. HOPEWELL,
judge Hopewell was reserved almost to
found a most genial nature under the
Columbus Grand
Jury Begins Work
on Bribery Scandal
Officers of Organizations Interested
in Legislation Called to Tell of
Attempts to Hold Them Up.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. May t The Frank
lin county grand Jury met today to con
sider the wholesale charges of bribery In
volving about forty member of th Ohio
legislature. The matter waa taken before
ths grand Jury Instead of a legislative
probe committee on the advice of Gov
ernor Harmon and others In order to pre
vent any accused members from escaping
punishment through the immunity bath.
Scores of witnesses have been summoned
and it is said that the Jury may make a
partial report sometime -tomorrow.
Officers of the state organlxations Inter
ested in legislation before this assembly
have been summoned to tell what they
know of efforts to hold them up by mem
bera. They Include officers of such bodies
as the state board of commerce, the Anti-
Saloon league, the Personal Liberty league
and heads of large corporations.
Among the concern whose . off leers will
testify Is the Cleveland Underground Rail
way company, of which A. B. Dupont,
Thomas P. Schmidt and W.: R. Hopkins
are officers.- Hopkins h.aa represented tb
company here in 'Working for ths passage
of Cleveland Railway bill.
Army Officer Struck
by Car Driven by Moise
Sergeant Samuel S. Gibson Severely
Bruised When Auto Noses
Into Crowd.
Waiting for a westbound Kamam street
car, Sergeant Samuel S. Gibson of th
quartermaster's depot. Department of the
Missouri, was knocked down and badly
hurt in front of the Bee building at 6:46
o'clock yesterday afternoon by an automo
bile, owned and operated at the time by
Walter Molse, president of the Willow
Springs Brewing company.
Sergeant Gibson was taken In the police
ambulance to his home at the Pratt hotel,
212 South Twenty-fifth street, where he
was attended by Police Surgeon C. H. Pep
pers. He was badly bruised about the
arms, knees and head.
When he struck the army officer, Moise
stopped his machine Immediately, but had
to back several feet before Sergeant Gib
son could be taken from under th ma
chine. Th wheels did not strike him.
' Witnesses who saw the accident said
that Molsa was not running hi automobile
at excessive speed, but that the accident
was caused by his disregard of th warn
ings th police have given autolMta to stop
their machines for a crowd waiting for a
street car. Several witnesses said that the
machine waa within six feet of the street
car with a large crowd, waiting to board
the car, between.
Molse waa driving tb car, and there
women wer In th rear seat. After th
accident Molse put a chauffeur, who was
riding with him, at th wheel.
fOKaT T. rLACQJC, lrlden. WZZ.X.IA1C U. KXX.X.XS, Cashier.
J. A. UsTDBsUVAJTO, Tlo lreidnt. W. . BXOSX8, Ass't Oashir.
ae '
City Monal mi
CAPITAL STOCK $300,000
V OMAHA, NEBRASKA
May'Jd, 1011.
Bee Publishing Company, '
Omaha, Nebraska, '
Gentlemen : ,
We have had occasion to advertise quite freely
in The Omaha Daily Bee during the last few years,
and we believe that we have received much benefit
from it, as the splendid growth of our business indi
cates. Our interests huve always been well taken rare
of by their representatives.
Yours truly,
CITY NATIONAL BANK,
v.
LIEUTEHANT-GOV.
HOPEWELL DEAD
OF PNEUMONIA
Passes Away at His Home at Early
Hour Tuesday After Illness
of Week.
LONG PROMINENT IN PUBLIC LIFE
Three Times Lieutenant Governor and
Served on Bench.
WAS EDUCATED IN INDIANA
At Age of Nineteen He Came West to
- Seek His Fortune.
LIVED IN TEKAMAH FORTY YEARS
He Started First Bank in Burt County
in 1873.
HELPED MAKE CONSTITUTION
Member of the t un rntlon ot INTO
Which Dratted Fundamental
Law of State Tribute from
Governor Aldrlrh.
TEKAMAH, Neb.. May :.-(PHclal Tele
gram.) Lieutenant Governor Melville ,
Hopewell died this morning at 4:. 13 o'clock
after an Illness if only a week's dttiiitlon
of pneumonia. Mrs. Hopewell snd the
family were at bis bedside when the end
came. He had been unconscious or under
the Influence of patn-raslng drugs since
late yesterday afternoon. i
Th condition of ' Mr. Hopewell had
changed for the worse about noon and
from S o'clock to the end It was a battle
between what had orlglnnlly heen a strong
constitution and the strength of pneu
monia. At S o'clock this morning he was
thought to have passed away, but rallied
a little, and at :M the end rams.
In the death, of Judge Hopewell. Tekaniah
loses one of Its oldest 'and most highly re
spected citizens, one who has heen active
In the life of Tekamah and Burt county
for over forty years.
The funeral services will, take piece at
the Baptist church at 4 o'clock Thurxdav
afternoon. The Rev. J, C. Williams will
deliver the sermon, the four sons and two
of the brothers of the deceased will be
pallbearers. The Tekamah blue lodge , of
the Masonic order will hav charge of the
details of th Interment. Judge Hopewell
having been for many years a member of
Mount Calvary commandary, Knights Tem
plars, of Omaha. It Is expected that mem
ber of that comandery and also Jordan
commandery at Plalr will Join with the
blue lodge In the obsequies. An oppor
tunity will doubtless be given In th sftwr-
noon for friends to View, the body, at the
residence.. The time, th funeral will
glv out-of- town people, desirous of being
present the opportunity to . reach .here on
tho i o'clock train front Omaha, returning
at S o'clock.
t Native of Indiana.
Melville R. Hopewell was born Marcb t7,
1R45, In Monroe county, Indiana. At th
age of 6 ho went with bis parents to Collin
county, Texas, and In 1867 again moved
with them to Worth county, Missouri. He
waa born and reared on th farm, attend
ing school during winter month only. In
1863 h enlisted In Company U, Third Mis
souri mounted militia, organised to sup
press th bushwhackers and robbers under
Uuantrell and other notorious leaders. H
served until the regiment disbanded In 1S64.
At the age ot 19 he started out to seak
his fortune." He made several trip In
the steamer Denver, plying between St.
Joseph and Omaha, his grade of labor
being roustabout. 11 later became a "bull
whacker" for the government freighting
teams between Fort leavenworth and Fort
Laramie. In th fall of UM he went to
Greencastla. 2nd., where b entered Asbury
university, now DePauw. Her he also stud
led law and was admitted to praotlo In
Indiana In the fall of 1874 h again cam
west and located In Tekamah. He taught
school here th first year and In 1S71 b
established along with W. B. White th
Burtonlan, tit successor to which 1 now
th Journal. In 178 h entered Into th
banking business, starting th first bank
In th county.
In Pabll Lit.
Mr. Hopewell was elected a member of
the state constitutional convention In 1875.
From then until 1S87 h devoted himself to
law, real estate and banking. In 1887 he
was appointed by Governor Thayer a dis
trict Judge, to which position h waa
elected for two regular term. In 16M b
retired from the bench and devoted him
self to hi legal practle and th ear of
his farms. His son 'William was admitted
President.