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The morning call., 1891-02-25
PERSONAL NOTES.

Judge Murphy has returned from San
Rafael.
Is. +. Trobock has just returned from his
European tour
Rear-Admiral John H. Upshur, U. S. N,
is at the Palace.
Mrs. A; Harrington of San Jose is stop
ping at the Lick.
5. Scion Holl, the Sacramento lawyer,
is at the Baldwin.
A. SHIELD, the Sacramento brewer, is quar-
tered at the Grand,
DIR. ID. Hesh of Cottonwood is among the
guests at the Baldwin.
Professor John Gamble of San Mateo is in
town and at the Palace.
Heryey Lindley OF Los Angeles is spend
ing few days at the Palace.
+. S. NJ. JudSon will leave In a few days
Tor Europe on pleasure trip.
). +. STREET. of Brooklyn, n. Y, is regis
tered at the Hotel PleaSanton.
+. II. Long, a well-known citizen of Lake
port, Is guest of the Occidental.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erastus Corning of Albany,
n. u, are stopping at the Rotel Pleasanton.
+. A. Kline Of Bakersfield is registered at
the Occidental. He is accompanied by his
wife.
John E. Good, proprietor of the Seattle
Brass and Bell Foundry, is in the city on a
business trip.
Colonel NJ. Fl. Hecht has resigned from
the Yosemite Commission and will make
the circuit of the globe.
Richard j. HarbQran, Chief Accounts
Division Of General Land Office at Wash
ington, d. c., is in The city. He is at the
Lick
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The Assembly,

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 24.-The Assembly met al
10 O'clock.
The gislativc Apportlonment Bill, as there
were number Of amendments to be offered,
was made tile special order for $3.50 O'Clock this
afternoon.
Sbanahan proposes TO amend so a. 10 compel
the Second District in HUMBOLDT County
which has population of only Sis, to take in
Del Norte. Tins would make 4 combined popu-.
Ialicn OF only 10,707, nearly 1000 short of the
aY' rage 1920 decided upon. Shanahan viii
ask that Shasta be added TO Trinity rather than
to ModOc. as provided for In the bill, aud would
add TeiiaIna To Piumss.
Tie General Appropriation Bill was then taken
up and discussed. The bill, as amended, pro-
vldeS for an increase Tor the Agricultural Society
from $50, 600 10 $4,000. Biusie did not want
1t acted upon until there was full House as
there was disposition o cut IL down 10 S;5, 600
III went over. Gould moved to raise the Stock
ton ASYLUM appropriation from S4l5, TO
S450Oo0.
Judge Dibbls said that the amendment would
be made in another form and Gould wlthdrew H.
ShdnAhan moved TO strike out the apprOptia-
lion Tor the salary OF Railroad Commissioners s.
IN arguing unou The motion, Shanahan said
lhey we're not worth S35, 900. II they did any
thing worthy OF pay then let n deficiency biz 90 in
to l'ay them. In the past they had not done more
than twenty-four hours work, which was GER
lauly not worth S33, 600.
Dlbble said The proposition was legal absurd
ity, and the gentleman from Shasta had only
made the motion 10 make little political capital
ior his party.
The Assembly went into Committee OF the
Whole and passed Shanahan's amendments but
subsequently IL was reconsidered aud defeated.
Recess.
The Governor sent In a message announcing
that he had signed the bill repeating the act de.
clsrlns klamath River naylgable; also the bill in
cIeaslng the police forces OF various cities TO one
officer 10 every 800 inhabitants.
An evening session OF the House was held for
the transaction OF routine business. Hall intro
duced concurrent resolution ing Director
General Davis OF the Worlds Fair that he APP
point californian at the head OF the Department
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OBITU AR Y.
COMMODORE T. II. ALLEN.


Theodore Henry Allen, by common cour-
tesy called Commodore" Allen, died yes
terday morning a. the Lick House in this
city from the effects of stroke of paralysis.
which attacked him February 5th, at
o'clock in the morning in his room at the
Lick House. No one was near him at the
time, and he lay helpless until servant en-
tered his room at O'clock the same morn
ing. He was one of the best-knOwn men on
the water front, having been for many years
engaged in business as a stevedore in this
city us the senior partner in the firm of Allen
& Young.
There appears to be some difference of
opinion as TO what place had the honor of
calling Commodore Allen its native son.
One report says he was born in New Bed
ford, Mass, nearly siXty-three years ago.
Another is that ne was born in Bridgeport,
Conn, April II, 1919, but it is improbable
that either of these statements is correct Tor
the reason that but short time since the
Commodore informed reporter of this pa
per that he was born in Bridgeport Nav 6.
1913. This would make him Y years .
months and is days Old at the time OF his
death.
He came of a family of sailors. His father,
James &, Allen. was captain of the Liver
pool packet, Sheffield. which sailed out of
New York. Up to 1884 young Allen attend
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HE PLAYED CRAPS.
CoIored Mans Passion for Gaming
Brings Him to Grief

Co1ored Mans Passion for Gaming
Brings Him to Grief.
A short, stout, colored man. wearing an
expression of abused innocence, was
brought to the Southern Station by Officers
Crockett and Dillon last night, and booked
for burglary. This man, who bears the
name of Davis Marshall. rooms at GIT Mis-
sion street, his next door neighbor being a
friend, also colored, named w. 81. Alex
ander.
The latter being sick, Marshall paid him
visit on Sunday to express his hearth cit
sympathy, and so overcome was he with
pity that he carried off coat aud vest and
a bank book, which he found convenient "
within reach. His unselfish solicitude for his
friends welfare, however, was apparently
not appreciated, as no sooner had the
clothes been recovered from Third-street
loan Office and the book from the Hibernia
Bank, than Marshall found himself in the
grasp of a police officer, and subsequently
behind the iron bars of a cell.
He has made clean breast of the affair,
however, saying that he is addicted TO the
game of craps, at which he more often
looses than wins. When without money
his passion for gambling is SO great that no
means by which to procure the wherewithal
TO crafty his passion seems too criminal,
and hence, when he saw his friend helpless
on sick-bed. his natural Gu, idity knew no
restraint.
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SHATTERED THE BRIDGE,
A Runaway Barge Causes Damage on lhs
Sacramento.

CHICO. Feb. 24.-Travel between Chico
and Northeastern Celusa is again shut off
the western end Of the Chico toll bridge.
across the Sacramento River having been
carried away. This morning the steamer
San Joaquin, No. 3, Captain Allen, who was
making his first trip on this part Of the
river, was coming down the river with a
barge of wheat in tow. When nearing the
toll bridge Captain Allen, thinking the draw
could not be opened in time, turned the
steamer around. The barge swung round,
striking the wheel of the steamer, and badly
damaging it, The shock parted the hawser
and let the barge float down the stream.
The current was very swift and the barge
struck the west pier with tremendous force
causing it to give way. The west end of
que que otidge came down on the barge, and
nnated down the river about two miles,
wi men IL was picked up and anchored
a., us pier was weakened considerably by
tne recent big rain-storm. If the part on the
barge can be used, the loss will be only
ABOUT ABOUT $1,000; otherwise it will cost about
$1,000 to replace the bridge. The bridSe
was ,'ias, only COMPLETED last fall, having been
washed out one year ago during The big
fTeShetS. IS '"o VIZ
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supposed to be fraudul Mt. had been ex-
tracted. A streak of mucilage through the
document created a suspicion as to its use.
Experts testified that fragments of a
codiciI or some addition to the original will
still adhered to the muci'age. which sh owed
signs of having been dampened since the
will was opened.
Ex-Governor Stevenson of Idaho testified
that his brother had told him he had added
a codicil to his will which amply provided
for his two cons and grandchildren. whom
he considered it his duty TO provide for as
well as his present wife.
Many letters were read, which had at
various times passed between Mrs. Gov
ernor Stevenson and William Stevenson of
Michigan, showing that undue influence
had been brought to bear on the late Gov
ernor, and in n partial way intimicated him
into making will entirely in his wife's
favor, with the exception of small allott-
ments to his graGdsons. The case was con
tinued over to March 4th, when considerable
valuable testimony will be submitted.
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ed school. Then he sailed on his first voyage
from New York to New Orleans in the ship
Huntsville. Afterward he was for twelve
years in the packet ship Sheffield, which his
father commanded, running to LIVERPOOL
Then he was first officer of the packet
George Washington, of which his uncle was
captain.
In 1915 William II: Webb, the ship-build-
er, bullt gnnboat for the Spanish Govern
ment and Captain Allen sailed her to Ha-
yana and delivered her 10. the purchasers.
be afterward made numerous voyages. as
master and mate of the Rapid, Mortimer,
Livingstone and other well-kuown oid-time
packets.
When gold was discovered in California.
Captain Allen shipped as sailing-master on
the bark Sarah Mcfarland and came here,
and has since made this place his home.
When he came here he commenced lighter
ing and built the first lighter ever con-
structed in San Francisco. He lightered
goods to and from vessels at what is now
the corner of Montgomery and Washington
streets and the corner of Leidesdorf and
Sacramento streets. The pildt-boat L. II.
Allen of this port is named after him. as is
also the splendid clipper ship Commodore
l. IL. Allen, 22I1 tons, which left here last
June with a load of wheat for Europe. The
Commodore is known all over the world by
old shipmasters.. Despite his age, he was
young men. His genial and hearty manners
have won him a large circle of friends who
admired him for his probity. integrity and
general good-nature.
During his business career he has amassed
considerable fortune, much of which is
atoat. He was part owner of the Kappa
hammock and Shenandoah, two. of the iarg-
est vessels sailing to and from this port, and
also the ships Theodore III. Allen and Willie
Rosenfeld. Although married five times, he
has no relatives on this Coast. His last
wife died about ten years ago from heart
disease, and his son, named after him, died
at Portland, Oregon, while acting as agent
OF the Commercial Union Insurance Com
pany. leaving wife and several children.
The Commodore was member of the Pa
cifc Yacht Grub and the Society of Cali
fornia Pioneers. The flags of the Merchants
Exchange and the Pioneer Building and the
shipping are at half-nast out of respect to
his memory.
The body was removed during. the day to
Massey's uudertaking-rooms, where they
were embalmed, ard then removed to
Pioneer Hall, whence they. will be taken
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS.

. birth. marriage and death notices sent by mall
Will not be inserted. They must be handed in at
either of the publication Offices and DO Endorsed
to have tile same pu0lished.l
BORN.
FAUDE-Ih this city, February 10, 1891, TO the
wife of George Faude, 4 daughter
sTRAUs-In thls:city, February "a. 1891. to the
wife OF Louis Stratus. a daughter.
LARkEY-In this city, February 10, 1891 to the
wife of j: j. Larkey n daughter
DoBBAS-In this city February 20, 1891 to the
wife Of b. b. Dobbas, a daughter.
RUTHER-In Oakland, February %, 1891 to the
wife Of Fred Ruther,
soUTER-In this city, February %, 1891. to the
wife OF Ed Souter a sou.
PAPENHAUSEN-ln this city. February %, 1891
to the wife OF Fred Papenhausen, 4 son.
HARMU Thin this city February IL, 1891 to the
wife otM. Harmuta, a daughter.
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OPPORTUNITY DISARMED.
An Irate Stone Cutters Murderous De
SIGNS EruStratad

An Irate Stone-Cutter's Murderous De-
signs Frustrated.
Peter Wilson, a stone-cutter, lately en-
ployed at the Brady gtone-yard, had hardly
been released from confinement for
drunkenness yesterday when he again
found himself behind the bars at the
Southern Police Station.
1t seems that Wilson claims that his dis
charge from employment was procured by
his foreman, c. Sherer, who had become
tired Of his Incorporate habits, and, accord
ingly. on finding himself a free man, he
procured pistol and proceeded to the stone
yard, where he intended to make short
work of his imagined enemy.
Flourishing his derringer, he was on the
point of discnarging its contents at his in
tended victim when he was OPPORTUNITY dis
armed. Officer Brady lodged the prisoner
in jail and placed the charge of assault with
a deadly weapon after his name on the
hook.
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United States Senator Ephraim King
Wilson of Maryland, who had been indis-
posed for several days, died suddenly last
evening in Washington. d. c.
Ephraim King Wilson, Senator from Ma
ryland, was born at Snow Hill, Maryland,
December %, 1921 and being.of a studious
turn of mind he was given the advantage of
an academical education. He first fire.
quented Union Academy, at Snow Hill;
later on he was sent to Washington Acad-
envy, at Princess Anne, Maryland. and
finally he finished his studies at jefferson
College, Pennsylvania, in 1S41. He :hen
commenced to study law at Snow Hill, his
birthplace, and practiced in that profession
for twenty years. His first experience of
politics was when he was elected ismember
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SACRAMENTO. Feb. 24.-The Senate met at IL
O'clock.
Senator Hescock moved to suspend the con.
stiiutionaI provisions and take up bills ont of or
der and make matter Of urgency the bill p o.
Vldlng Tor an Increase In the force In the AtIor-
ney Generals office. The Dill gives that office
two extra deputies. each at n salary of S24OO a
year. II went TO eng ossment and third reading
was read The tEIrd time ana finally passed.
i bill was pd- sed which makes IL unlawful 10
seli-hqnOr withln.a mile of any Institution where
juvenile offenders are kept.
The thu u reading of tue file was then taken I'D
and number OF unimpOft ant bills were passed.
The Governor sent message to Tie Senate an
nouneiug hat lie had signed the bills providing
for The payment vi the claim OF George Feather
stone and The deficiency In the Secretary Of
States office, and the Oil making women eligible
to appointment as admni>ti atTices OF estates.
. After the opening Of the afternoon session
VOORHEES, Legislative ApporiIoameut Bill was
taken up aud read the hrst time.
An evening session OF the senate was held for
the transaction Of routine business. The Com
mitiee on Federal Relations reported fayorably
on the bill excluding Chinese.
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yIsCOUNT KuKI

A cable dispatch was received at the State
Department in Washington, yesterday, an
nouncing the death of VIscount Kuki, for
Viseount Kuki was one Of the most popular
Oriental representatives ever sent 10 this
country. He was the second Oriental rep
resentative to take house and entertain in
the customary Washington fashion. Nine.
Kuki was the second*of the japanese ladies
general society. She had footing on an
equality With her husband. Viscount Kuki
returned to Japan for the express purpose
OF introducing at home American features
of administration. While on duty here he
made the administration of Justice and the
system of Government in all its branches
his constant study, and it was his hope to
graft the same elements upon the Govern
ment of his own country.
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Buildine Its Own Railno.a

ANDERSON, Feb. 24.-The grading for the
branch railroad of the Shasta Lumber Com
pany of this place TO the end of the fIume is
commenced. and will be completed To the
Sacramento River by. the 10Th OF April.
standard gauge, ffty-six-pound iron rails.
The Shasta Lumber Company is a rich cor
poratioD. owning 10000 acres of the finest
sugar pine in the State. This road nm.
dou6tedly will be extended to the valleys
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YUMA'S DANGER.
The Arizona Town Threatened With a Dis.
astrous Flnod

astrous Flood.
PHGNIx, Feb. 24.-Late advices this after
noon say that Yuma is threatened with. in
'undaticn by the ella River changing its he'd
from where it empties into the Colorado
All the wires are down now and it is sup
posed part OF the town is swept awav-
YUMA, Feb. 2i.-4reat excitemen, nre-
walls on the ella and Colorado rivers. Both
are reported to be rising above here and snv
additional flood water will wash Yuma on i
OF sight, unless the levee now being built
can can pe completed before tomorrow morn
ing. Railroad communication east and west
oil here Is entirely suspended owing to serI-
Gus washouts. W '0i'-
HoLBRook tAriz) Feb. 24-The flood still
prevails \ large gang of men are Working
night ana day here to prevent a furfher wnshoui
on The railroad. The river span OF m. iJnIIed
States Military Telegraph line was washed
away last night. ""o"o"
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PIERCED BY LIGHTNING.
EN- Electric Bolt Crashes Through vacaville
College


College.
VAcAvILLE, Feb. 24.-Last night about
80 o'clock, lightning struck the chimney
of the building formerly occupied as the
Baptist California College, situated on a
slight elevation. The northwest corner of
the chimney is broken off, and down the
side is plainly traced n burnt mark The
lightning then tore hole in the roof about
six inches square, then passed through the
ceiling into the assembly room. Here the
hole at the point of entrance is about two
INCHES round, but partition Of lath and
plaster is shattered and the plastering scat
tered over the room, which Is about fifty
feet long by thirty-tive wide. A two-by-four
inch jOist which was nailed to the wall is
torn into splinters and is burnt in spots.
The bolt then passed through the floor of
this room and made hole in the ceiling of
the room below. When it emerged it seemed
to be exhausted. Several parties saw the
lightning strike the building and saw that
the flash was binding. In the telephone
and telegraph Office n large sheet of fame
sprung MP from the wires and for n few
moments communication was interrupted.
This is the first time that lightning ever
struck anything In this neighborhoOd,
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MARRIED..

Observation-Disclosures this city, February 81,
1891. by the Rev o. Groensberg, John Beck and
Tina oellerich.
FoWLER-FowLER-In. this city. February 90,
e 1881, by the Rev. DR.. Stebbins George H. Fowler
and 'lIetea Isabel Fowler.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS this city, February
~ s31, Jacob Salmon and Alice Cohnrelch
TAUSSIG this city. February %
and Emma NJ Henlcke. 80
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WAS THERE A CoDlCILa
Contest Over the VIII of the Late Govern
Stevenson

CARSON (Nev), Feb. c4.-The Stevenson
will case was commenced to-day before
Judge Rising. Mrs. Stevenson testified that
shortly after the Governors death she
opened an envelope containing the will in
the presence of Mrs. William Hardy of
San Francisco, then submitting it to Mr..
Hardy, who read it in their presence. The
plaintiffs held that o codicil had been pl aced
on the original will. which by some means,
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Five Years in San oner.;.

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 24.-W. A. Arm
strong. who was convicted of an assault to
commit murder for having slashed .Tosenh
Welch with razor last Christmas dav. was
to-day. sentenced by Judge Van Fleet 10 five
years Imprisonment at San Quentin,
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LATEST SHIFTING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived.

Tuesday, Feb "a
Br stmr Eton, Newcomb, days from Nanaimo;
1852 tons coal, to John Rosenfeld's Sons.
Mic stmr Costra Rica, McIuyyre, Sls DAYS from
Departure Bay; 200 tons coal, to X Dunsnuir a
Sons.
Bark VIII W Case, whalmaB, 80 days from Homo
lulu: 1896 bags sugar. to Williams Dimond q Co.
Schr ChlS Hanson. LiiyquiSt,S days from Grays
HarDor; 25U NJ IT lumber, to S K Slade Lumber Co.
Domestic Ports.
SAN DIEGo-Arrived Feb 24-Br ship Scandna-
via, from Guaymas.
Consignees.
HONOLULU-Per VIII w Case-J D Spreckels&
Bros; Williams. Dimond g Co: WEIGH & Co.
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on Thursday to the First Unitarian
Church, corner of Franklin and .Geary
streets, and after religious services will be
taken East for interment.
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COLONEL KIcHARD F. O'BEfRYlE,

Colonel Richard f.: O'Beirne, Colonel of
the Twenty-first Infantry, U. S. A, lately
in command at Fort Sheridan, died in New
York City Notwithstanding while East on
leave of absence. He was born in Canada
October %, 1888, and had he lived his retir-
ing year would have been 1897. He was ap-
pointed from civil life. in Michigan, with
the actual rank of First Lieutenant, Four
teenth Infantry, in May, 1861, and accepted
June 2T,-1S61; was made Captain October25,
1861, and accepted October 81, 1861; was
transferred to the Thirty-sec6nd Infantry
September 81, 1866, ana again to the Twenty
first Infantry April 10, 1869. He was APP
pointed Major of the Twenty-foHrth In
fantry March 90 1879 and Lienten ant-Co1-
onel of the Fifteenth Infantry April 1S.
1884. He was breveted Major of the United
States Army August l, 1864, for gallant and
meritOriouS services at the battle of Weldon
Railroad, Va; was on recruiting duty to
May, 1862; in the field till March,.
to July, 1858; in the field till 1865
He was member of a military commission
in Washington and Idaho Territories from
January TO July, 1865: engaged against
hostile Indians OcrQber, 1866, doing scouting
duty and conducting recruits from San
Francisco to Fort Yuma, Cal.,, and Tucson,
AriZ His staff positions were: Quarter
mas, er Of the Second Battslion. Fourteenth
Infantry, September 10, 1861, TO October 81,
1861; Ordnance Officer; Regular Division,
Officer on the staff of General Hunt, com
manding the city of New York; Abide
camp, April S, 1875, to March 20, 1879. He
was engaged at the actions of L4eetown,
Smokers Gap, and operations at Mine Run,
Va, and at the battles of the Wilderness,
Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania and North Anna,
the action of Shady Grove road, battles of
Bethesda Church, Petersburg, AMI the We'll
don Railroad, in which latter battle he was
wounded and in the action of Owyhee
Canyon against hostile Indians in October.
. 1896
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a lot on Bush street. near Octavla, and on
Suffer street, near Octavia. As the purchase
price, less S1345, which the plaintiff is ready
to pay, has already been paid, an accounting
is also PRAYED for
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For Specific Performances.

Mary E. Pleasant has sued Olive j. Clark
for specific performance of contract of
September, 1886, by which in consideration
Of S9S45 she agreed to convey to the plaintiff
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TO THE UNFORTUNATE
sB TELEPHONE eOIa.
Oc29 Sn IF

- DR.: GIBBOS'S DISPENSARy
- 623 hearny street. Estabiishsd in 1851
AishrfA ior the treatment Of special diseases Ds-
sANEsrST plty or diseases wearing ON tue BODY and
STfT mind permanently cured. The doctor ha1
&ESs<sz% visited the hospitals OF Europe and o1.
tanned much valuable inform Atom which
ne can lmpart 10 those in need OF his services The
DOCTOR cures when others fail. Try him No charge
uhlesS ne eneets cure Persons cured at home Gil
OF OF write. Address DIR. j. f. GIBBON, Box 1857,
Ban FRANCISCO Cal Mention this papermyi 2ti OF 81
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of the MARYLAND House of Delegates in
1871; he was also an Eleetor. for Pierce and
King in 1852, and was a Representative in
the Forty-second Congress, serving on the
Committee on Manufactures. Afterward
he was Judge of the First judicial Circuit
from 1873 to 1891.
Mr.. Wilson had always been. stauneh.
Democrat, and in 1884 be was elected to
the United States Senate TO succeed James
b. GrOome Democrat, taking his seat
an honorable part in the proceedings OF
the Senate, and was very much relied upon
by that body in all difficult Questions re-
garding the construction of the law. His
term of Office will expire March 8. 1891.