Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-09

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 JUSTICE JACKSON.
 that the progress of the disease began to cause his family and friends uneasiness. Last year he went on lengthy trip to the far west in search of health. Later he went to Thomasville. Ga., where it was hoped the mild and yet bracing climate would restore his one time vigorous con- stitution. The trip did him little good, and after time he was brought home.
 At his old home Judge Jackson seemed to improve slightly until he went to Wash ington to sit in the second hearing of the income tax cases. He stood that trying trip only fairly well, and after his return home appeared to lose strength rapidly.
 Nevertheless Judge Jackson never took to his bed until last Wednesday a week. Since that time his family and friends re- alized that the end was near, and his death yesterday was not unexpected.
 Justice JacLson's Family.
 Judge Jackson was twice married-the first time to Miss Sophia Malloy, daughter of David B. Malloy, a banker of Memphis, who died in 1873. To this union were born four children as follows: Henry, Mary William H. and Howell Jackson.
 Henry Jackson is at present soliciting freight agent of the Southern railway, NlGn uctuItltlrbcFS dG ALlhHltt- lllldIn H. Jackson is district attorney of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at Cincin- natl. Howell k. Jackson is manager of the Jackson cotton mills at Jackson, Tenn.
 In 1876 Judge Jackson married Miss Mary K. Harding, daughter of General William Harding. Of this union three children sl,rvive-the Misses Elizabeth | and Louise Jackson and Harding A. Jack son. With the exception of Miss Eliza beth and William H., Jr., who are now in Europe, the children were at the bed side when the distinguished sufferer passed away.
 The news of Judg6 Jackson's death caused general sorrow in this city, where he was so well known and admired The | arrangements for the funeral have not been fully completed, but it will take place next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
 When Justice Jackson was so seriously ill this spring that he was not expected to recover, the name of his successor was l considerably speculatcd on. The idea was suggested by some that the president would again name Messrs. Peckham or 1 Hornblowcr of New York while the sclec- ton of a man from the west fell to Don Dickinson. Postmaster General Wilson was strongly spoken of as among the pos | abilities, while the majority of opinion was that Secretary Carlisle could havc the l place if he wanted it. Mir. Carlisle would be especially eligible, as he would be ap- 1 pointed from tho same district that the death of Justice Jackson has made vacant. Justice Jackson's Last Act. | The last time Judge Jackson was in i Washington was on the occasion of the re- hearing in the income tax eases last May. l from the bench sinco the preceding fall, when, soon after the converting of the Oc- tobcr term of the court he had been com pellcd to go south on account of his rapid | ly declining health. During his absence there had been contradictory reports as to his physical condition, but the prevailing opinion among his colleagues on the bench was that he would never again be able to resume his seat.
 Mir. Jackson had the reputation in this city, and especially about the supreme court, of being very sensitive concerning any discussion of his health in the public press, and he referred to the subject very sparingly in his own conversation. The | other members of the court were therefore | poorly advised as to his condition. This state of affairs is said to have been the req son for the equivOcal character of the an nOuncement of the decision to grant re- hearing in the income tax cases, which of necessity depended upon Judge Jackson's presence.
 He was in Washington on the occasion of the rchcaring for several days and gave his attention assiduously to the income ] tax cases. He sat through the argument, which continued for three days; took part in the consultation of the court, and when the day arrived for the announcement of the decision not only listened patiently to the opinions of most of the other mem- bers of the court, but delivered a vigorous opinion of his own Tn sspport of the valid ity of the law. This occurred on the 20th of May and was his last public appearance
 When Judge Jackson was there on this occasion, it was evident to all who came in contact with him that life was slowly but surely ebbing away, and that the ef- fort he made in performing his duties in that emergency was made at the expense of his vitality.
 Howell Edmunds Jackson was born in Paris, Tenn, April 8, 1882, so that he was in his sixty third year at the time of his death
 Justice Jackson was classical scholar, graduating from the West Tennessee col- Age in 1S48. He studied law two years at the University of Virginia and in Jack son under his kinsmen, Judges A. w. O. i Totten and Milton Brown; graduated from the Lebanon Law school in 1856, in which year he located in Jackson and en- gagged in the practice of his profession removed to Memphis in 1859, where he continued the practice of the law; served on the supreme bench by appointment on two occasions and was once a prominent candidate for supreme judge before the nominating convention; reelected in Jackson in 1876; was elected to the state house of representatives in 1880 on the state credit platform; was elected to the United States senate as a Democrat in 1881 and served till April 12 1886; was appointed United States circuit judge by President Cleveland and nominated for associate justice by President Harrison was confirmed by the senate on Feb. Is, 1893, and entered upon the duties of the office on March 4, 1893. @t7 2 1'Ea -+s~ | President Hears the News. l BUZZARDS RAY. Mass AUr O whnv