The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-22

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aware that he had been in i'll health fos
several months The cause Of his death
was general weakness from old age.
The illness Immediately preceding his
death was of but few days duration,
and for that reason the announcement,
Of his death created surprise.
The kilograms received at the Gov.
ernment building announcing Judge
Drummond's death called forth express
sions Of profound sorrow. Judges
Blod0ett and Gresham at once adjourned
their courts until after the funeral shall
have been held.
The deceased was widower, his wife
having died few years ago. lie was
the father of four childron, one OF whom
Is y son.
The funeral will be held in this city
Monday at 2 p. m. from St. James
Episcopal Church. The services will
be conducted by Bishop McLaren, as
sisted by Rev. Mr.. Ball, of Christ's
Church. Wheaton, and Rev. Mr.. Tuck
erman. OF st. James. The intermen,
will be at Graceland. The pall-bearer.
will be Judges Gresham, Blodgett
Magruder, Dyer and Jenkins, the two
latter coming from Milwaukee, and
Messrs. Edwin Walker, E. h McCagl
and G. NJ. Osborne.
| Tin Bristol. L;ncoln County, Me-. where hi
| grandfather nOved from Scotland before tn,
rvo ution. Thomas Drummond was born ol
Octob r 16, 1aJ9 His father. like all the farmer
on the coast OF Maine ut that time, was ais.
| cnSf and h~ns, ,uIt
among the wholesome surrounding
OF the fields and the sea. wher,
he gained experiences without which hi
| future distinction as lawyer, especially Il
| admiralty cases would have been Impossible
His father served for years In the Main
Legislature. and died In 1887. His mothtr
daughter of Henry Little. Of Newcastle, Ne.
died prcmaturcly.
Thomas Drummond graduated from Bowdoi,
College ut Brunswick, Me-. In 1870, Mt the ag,
Of 2i. after preparing at the Newcastle. Mon
mouth, Pennington and Gorham academies
| Go ng to Ph ladalphia, he studied las
j In the ONCE OF VIII lam T. Dwight son o
! President Dwight, Of Yale College; but whel
this patron entered the ministry Mr. Drum
mcnd finished his studies in the office Q
Thomas Bradford, Jr, and was admitted /
practice at the Philadelphia bar in March, laas
Foreseeing the future importance Of the Wes,
he moved TO Galena, Ill, In 1885. an
| took . prominent position from the first. As
stauuch Wing he was elected to the Illinoi
State Legi>l lture In 1870 and served out the frs
/ and last elective ONCE he ever held. Later h
was associated politically and PROFESSIONAL
with Lincoln, Douglas Judge Trumbull Judg
I Treat, Chief Justice David Davis w. W. Han
llton @. y. Field. Joseph II. Hoyne, and man
others nearly as prominent.
He built up lucrative practice and reputs
tion as keen, profound, and honorable juris
that induced President Taylor to name him q
the successor Of Judge Nathaniel Pope. Of tn
United States District Court OF Illinois, l
1850. In 1854 Judge Drummond mad
Chicago his home, and In 1855
was named as judge Of the newl
organized Northern District Of Illinois. Ser,
Ing with o dawicss record, in Decembe
1889, he was appointed Judge OF the Gil
cult Court OF the United States for tn
Seventh Judicial District, comprising III
nois, Indiana and Wisconsin. He retired |
1884 ut the age OF -. after thirty-four year
service As Federal Judge. In which he wo
the respect, the admiration and the affection
his fellow.citizcns. He gained rather than los
by his close connection and consequent con
parison with many OF the most eminent Ame
lean jurists of his generation.
His last appearance In public was ot the bal
Quet rendered Melville E. Fuller upOn his n
pointment by President Cleveland ~ Gil.
Justice OF the United States Supr. me Cour
He presided and made o speech. His enfeeb.e
condition that made his hands tremble as
palsicd did not deter him from delivering vigo
GUS and c'oquent words that thrilled ever
person present. His was the gem Of II
EVENING"