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The Late Charles O'Conor-A Brief
 Sketch of the Great Jurist's Career.
 NANTUCKET, May 13-The death of Charles O'Conor, the noted jurist, was painless. His mind was clear and sound to the last, aI- though he kept his eyes half shut or closed, except when spoken to. Three minutes be- fore his death he reused up, opened his eyes, put out his hand to the doctor, and in clear strong voice, exclaimed, My God,' and expired instantly without apparent pain or struggle. There were present at his bed side his sister, Mrs. Stone, who was in very nervous state, his nephew, his niece, Miss Mullaney, and Dr. Roth. Mr. o'Connor's last request was that his immediate attend anis should perform the last duties, superin- tended by Dr. Roth. He did not wish any journeyman undertakers. The family left Nantucket with the remains this morning, en route for New York, to the F1ftieth street cathedral. From there he will be inferred in the family vault according to his instruc- tions.
 Mir. OConor was born in New York city in 1904, member of a famous Irish family the O'Connor Don, lineaI descendants of the last of the Irish kings. His education was that of common school, supplemented by home instruction in Latin and French. He studied law in private offices, until admitted to the bar, and afterward in his own office was profound student of the science of law as it's ordinary routine practice. As early as 1927 he had secured recognition at the bar, but his first reported argument in the Su- preme court occurred in 1929 in the case of Diver against Mclaughlin, case mentioned by the leading comments tors of American law. His most noted cases were that of the slave Jack in 1885, the Lispenard will case in 1543, the Goodyear rubber case, the John Mason will case in 1852, the Lennon slave case in 1856 and the Parish will case in 1862. He was the coun- sel of Mrs. Forrest, wife of the actor, in her divorce suit, which lasted for 10 years and was very skillfully and hotly contested. Mr. C'Conor had decided not to take this case and was on his way to notify Mrs. Forrest when he met the actor, who abused him roundly, supposing that he was already re tained. Thereupon MT. O'Conor decided to take the case, and during the long struggle was never defeated on any point MT. O'Conor's last appearance in court in @ private case was in defense of young Walworth, where his services were se- cured through his regard for the family of his old friend, Chancellor Walworth. Prob ably the best public service ever rendered by MT. O'Conor was his last, the conduct of the prosecution of the Tweed ring. Notwith- standing his age and professional cares, he devoted all his energy to the work and car ried it through to success. He was earnestly in favor of suing for the recovery of the stolen money, and when the court of appeals decided that the State could not bring such suits, Mir. O'Conor wrote a very puugent letter to Judge Davis, criticising the decis- ion. Mir. O'Conor never held public office except as member of the State constitutional convention of 1884, and for fifteen months under Pierce as United States district attorney. During the war of the rebellion his sympa- thies were chiefly on the southern side. Per sonally MT. O'Conor was reserved and cold except to the favored ones who shared his intimacy. Hs was self-eentered, aristocratic in his disposition, although genuine demo- crat in his beliefs. He was very opinionated and quick tempered but where he was con- vinced that he had done injustice he was quick to make reparation. Few orators had such gift as he had at invective or irony. He had wonderful and well-stored memory, and during his best days was a royal enter tainer when he chose to be, He will long be remembered as one of the most remark able characters of the age.
 One of the last acts nf Mir. O'Conor was to pay the town debt of Nantucket, but his aversion to public notice was so great that the business was transacted through the firm of E W. Sperry & Co.,, who were under the 1 strictest injunction not to tell who the donor inl hafn hn meeting in 1885. His death has removed the bar to secresy. Recently MT. O'Conor went to New York to consult Dr. Keys, his physician, and probably learned his physical condition for on his return various additions were made to his will and various gifts were made, among which was this gift to the town. His death is great loss to Nantucket, fdf he contemplated should he live few years longer to make other pulp l lie gifts that would have been of permsnence to his home of adoption, in whose prosperity i he was greatly interested. His two | nephews, Dr. Sloan and T. O'Conor Sloan of New York, and Miss Mulaney. his adopted l daughter will doubtless inherit the bulk of his property, his fine law library going to Dr. | Sloan, who is lawyer of rising merit in New York. It is also thought that the St. Mary's church of Nantucket will be remem- 1 bered largely.
 Harvard Ath getics-The Record of the Man Who Is to Meet Brooks.
 BOSTON, May 13-The new Harvard athle= tic grounds on Holmes field were opened this afternoon by meeting of the Athletic asso- citation with the following results: Freshman 100 yard dash, E. H. Rogers II seconds; sophomore 100 yard race, F. s. Billings 103 seconds; mile walk, H. Bemls, '87, 7:4F, the best Harvard time 7:34; junior 220 yard dash, F. w. White, g seconds, best previous liar I yard record 24 seconds: freshman 220 yard | dash, A. S. Hardy 24 seconds. Wendell Baker 1 's6, who is to meet Yale's craekiman Brooks a week from Saturday, ran the 220 yards | against time. dust before the finish he slowed up little and failed to break the 1 collegiate record by 3-4 of 8 second. His time was p 3-4 seconds, while the best col l leRe record was made by Brooks O. Yale at | the inter collegiate games in 1882 in p see- onds Half mile run, 0. F. Brandt '85, 2:1114 It is expected that many records Vili be broken at the regular games satur-
 fine Harvard class races:,were rowed this afternoon in rough water. The seniors won by six lengths Their time for the mile and seven-eighths straight away was Il minutes 12 seconds, Juniors second in 11:38, Fresh men third in 11:45 and Sophomores last in twelve minutes. The races were witnessed by some six hundred spectators
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