Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-21

aware that he had been in i'll health for
1everal months. The cause of his death
was general weaknessDfrom 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 tho Gov
eminent building announcing Judge
Drummond's death called forth express
sions of profound sorrow. Judges
Blodgett 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. He was
the father of four children, one of whom
Is 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 interment
will be at Graceland. The pall-bearers
will be Judges Gresham, Blodgett,
Magruder, Dyer and Jenkins, the two
latter coming from Milwaukee, and
Messrs. Edwin Walker, E. B. McCagg
and c. NJ. Osborne.
lin Bristol, Lincoln County, Me-. where his
grandfather moved from Scotland before the
revolution, Thomas Drummond was born on
October is, 1892 His father, like oil the farmers
on the coast OF Maine at that time, was also
cnj1 ND -
among the wholesome surroundings
Of the fields and the sea. where
he gained experiences without which his
future distinction as q lawyer, especially in
admiralty cases, would have been impossible
His father served for years in the Maine
Legislature. and died in 1887. His mother, a
daughter OF Henry Little, OF Newcastle, Me-,
died prematurely.
Thomas Drummond graduated from Bowdon
College at Brunswick Me-, in $780, at the age
of2l, after preparing at the Newcastle, Mon.
mouth, Pennington and Gorham academies.
Going to Philadelphia, he studied law
In the office Of William T. Dwight, son OF
President Dwight, OF Yale College; but when
this patron entered the ministry Mr.. Drum
mond finished his studies in the Office OF
Thomas Bradford Jr., and was admitted to
practice at the Philadelphia bar in March, 1885,
Foreseeing the future Importance OF the West,
took prominent position from the first. AS q
staunch Wing he was elected to the Illinois
State Legislature in 1870 and served out the first
and last elective ONCE he ever held. Later e
was associated politically and professionally
with Lincoln Douglas. Judge Trumbull, Judge
Treat, Ch1efJustice David Davis, w. w. Ham
ilton, O. p. Field, Joseph p Hoyne, and many
others nearly as prominent.
He built up . lucrative practice, and reputa-
n ornfOnn6 i'm fcf
that induced President Taylor to name him as
the successor OF Judge Nathaniel Pope OF the
United States District Court Of Illinois, in
1885, In 1851 Judge Drummond made
Chicago his home, and in 1855 he
was named rs judge Of the newly
organized Northern District OF Illinois Serv-
Ing with flawlesS record, in December,
1862 he was appointed Judge Of the Cir.
cult Court OF the United States for the
Seventh Judicial District, comprising Hi.
no1s, Indiana and Wisconsin. He retired in
1884 at the age OF Is, after thirtyfour years
service as Q Federal judge, in which he won
the respect, the admiration and the affection Of
his fellow-citizens. He gained rather than lost
by his close connection and consequent com.
pariSon with many Of the most eminent Amer
lean jurists Of his generation.
His last appearance in public was at the ban
Quet rendered Melville E. Fuller upon his ap-
pointment by President Cleveland as Chief
Justice OF the United States Supreme Court.
He presided and made speech. His enfeebled
condition that made his hands tremble as il
palsied did not deter him from delivering vigor-
Gus and eloquent words that thrilled every
person present His was the gem OF the
svening.l