The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-30
THENINECANDIDATE,
Sketches Of the Nominees for
School Director.
THREE TICKETS IN THE FIELD.
Citizens, A. p. A. and Populists to
Choose Among Detectives to
Guard Against Fraud.

There are three separate tickets and
nine candidates in the field for the honor
OF being elected TO ill the three vacancies
on the school board The election takes
place next Saturday, November .. Two
of the vacancies are for the full term CT
three years. to succeed J. Is. MacDougall
and W. j. Colkett. and the third is for the
unexpired term of D. A. Spencer, who re-
signed. He was elected in 1898, and there
fore his unexpired term Will be one year.
The first of the three tickets TO be put in
the field was the Citizens ticket, whose
candidates are l.. 3. Stedman, J. r. Fox
and A. V. Bell, and the so-called "A P.
A. ticket, with A. Chilberg, A. J. Wells
and Mrs Win;fred Thomas. Last of all
came the Populists, with Henry W. Stein.
W. L. Thompson and Joseph Winship.
The A. =. 4. is preparing 10 guard
against illegal voting and repeating, Of
lenses Of which several persons were con-
victed after the last school election, and
has formed a detective force to be sta
toned at each polling place supplied with
kodaks TO photograph repeaters.
Following are brief Biographies of the
several candidates:
The Citizens Ticket Candidates.
Livingston b. Stedman was born in Bos-
ton in 1864, and attended the old Mather
school. which is well known from the fact
that it was the first free public school of
this country. He went from there 10 the
Roxbury Latin school to prepare for Har
ward. and at the university he graduated
in 1887. He spent two years in the law
schools there, during which he was given
the degree of A. NJ, and then went abroad
for year as tutor TO a wealthy young
Bostonian. When he came 10 this city in
1891 Mr. Stedman entered the office of Col.
j. c. Haines. and remained with him until
he died, when he entered into partnership
with T.. c. Hughes and II. II. A. Hastings.
tender years. and is an F.piscopalian.
Augustus V. Bell was born in 1854 in
Knox county. O. He went to the district
school and after that TO public school in
Brooklyn. n. Y, from which he was sent
to Oberiin college, Oberlin, o. He travelled
for New York manufacturing firm for
some years, and came here in February,
1890. as local agent of the Pacific Mutual
Life Company. He has two children under
school age, and is a member of the First
Presbyterian church.
Jacob E. Fox was born in 1852, near Har-
risburg Pa He lost his parents when 10
years old, and had to hustle for living,
but he managed to get some schooling and
to attend the University of Lewisburg. Pa.
At IS he worked in the sawmlls at Will
Transport, and for nine years was connected
with the Allegheny Lumber Company at
Harrisburg as a maker of saws. He came
here in January 1855, and started in bust
ness DIS d. representative VI SOiut VI iHc
largest saw making concerns in the coun-
try. He has four children of school age,
and does not belong to or attend any
church, but is Protestant by descent
The "a. z. A." Candidates.
A. Chilberg was born In 1S45. somewhere
in Southern Sweden, but he was too young
to remember where when his parents emil
grated to this country and settled in Iowa
In 1860 he left there with his father and
hrnthpY- IN "a In 1Nf2 he
went TO live in Sacramento valley. Cali
fornia, and did farm work there. and also
went 10 school, during two years. and then
moved to Stockton and spent another year
in the same way. His health failing he
Returned to Iowa, by way of Nicaragua,
in 1866, attended public school at Ottumwa,
and later on taught school in a country
district. In 1871 he went to work in dry
goods store at Ottulnwa and was there for
four years. when he came to Seattle.
Here he was engaged in the grocery bust
ness, with his brothers, until 1882 and was
then elected county assessor. He was also
in the life insurance business. From 1854
TO 1856 he was city treasurer. and in the
latter year became city passenger agent
for the Northern Pacific. He held that
position until 1892 when he resigned to as
sumo the presidency Of the Scandinavian
American bank where he now is He Is
a Lutheran, but not regular church goer
or church member.
Asael J. Wells was born in 1852 in Albert
county. New Brunswick, and received a
common school education there When II
he went To Boston and learned carpenter
ing. In 1875 he went TO New York and
worked at his trade. and WAS in charge OF
4 firm there for six years. In ISIS he
went 10 Los Angeles. remained there
a year and removed to Seattle. where he
bought an interest in the Queen City and
Eureka bakery, of which he is secretary
IL haa tu~o 81 -
school age, and attends the North Seattle
Baptist church.
Mrs. Winifred Thomas. the third name
on this ticket, has been away from home
for three days, and returned last evening
but could not be seen. The only facts that
could be learned of her history were that
she was horn in England and Is a leading
member OF the w. {. t. L. and the Prohi-
billion party
The Populist Candidates.
Henry W Stein was born in Germany,
but came 10 this country with his parents
when he was years old They settled In
Lancaster, Pa. in 1888. and in 1879 the boy
graduated at the high school He worked
in a printing office for a time, taught
school in his county. and then went back
TO work a. his trade. He worked in many
printing offices before coming 10 Seattle
IN 1859. For some years until recently he
was proofreader on the Post-Intelligencer
Coast Populist.
William l. Thompson was born in Grant
county. Wis. in 1855. and received an aca-
demic and high sraool education there. In
1888 he went 10 S. Paul 20 study law, and
four years later was admitted 70 the bar
He practiced his profession there until
June, 1850, when he came to Seattle % set
tie. and IS now Of the law firm OF Patter-
son & Thompson. de Joined the Populists
IN 1897 before that being 4 straightout Re
publican. and in that year he was rorli-
mated by the Popuhst party for prosecut-
ing attorney. He attends The First Afeth-
odsst church. but IS not member Of any
church.
joseph winship vas born in 1850 in Mo-
line III. and was educated in tie public
schools there. ~ q he was clsrkfug in a
dry goods store At Colchester. Ill and re-
manned there for six years In me latter
year. 1855 ne was elected councilman. lie
Jeff fcr hIs heaith's sake and came % Sc
attle the year following. and tae next
year IL partnership with q brother. hN
opened tne grocery store which he row
conducts SIR WirsA1p was a Democrat
unel last year. w-8ea he became a Popu-