The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23

Railroad Company. az CssawssSs. and was
admitted 20 the bar IN Columbia county.
Pa in May. 1890 In September OF the
same year he came 20 Seattle. acting as
head clerk in the law offices OF Greene 4
Turner. In 1873 BE formed . law partner
ship with J. f. Boyer, and has been en-
sage5 in the practice 81 law ever since.
Mr.. Cute married Miss Hettie Belle Dean,
a daughter OF Mrs. DIR. = j. Dean. OF this
city. and is the father OF lusty 10y ;
months old.
Edward l.. Blaine.
Edward L Blaine. candidate for the leg
islature for the E'orty-second representa-
tive district. was born N Lebanon. Linn
county. Or. in z&S2 He Is the son OF the
Rev. n. = Blaine. who was the pioneer
Methodist minister in Seattle. In his early
youth his parents returned to the East.
where Mr.. Blaine received his education.
graduating from Wesleyan University. Of
Middletovn. Conn. in IS>S. with special
honors in the Latin language. In college
he fitted for the position OF teacher of the
classics. and upon graduation entered up
on that work in Westerly, r. L. From
there he moved 10 New Hampshire to take
charge OF an academy. where he remain
ed two years before coming West again
10 make his home. In 1875 be purchased
an interest in the abstract business Of
Osborne. Trenper & Co. Inc. in Seattle.
OF which firm he Is now vice president.
He has been quite prominent IN the affairs
OF the First Methodist Episcopal church.
and IS now one Of che trustees OF the
crurch. IN March last he was appointed
BY Mayor Black the member OF the civil
service commission for the long term. and
has had considerable influence in organ
izlng and establishing the system OF civil
service in the city. His family consists
OF wife and one little GIRL He lives in
the Eighth ward. ana will prove winner
when the votes are counted in November.
w. n. L. Barnes.
". II. r. Barnes, Republican nominee
for representative from the Forty-sscond
district. was born in Lodi, Wis, in March
1888. After attending the public schools
OF his native town he was graduated from
Northwestern Business college in Madi-
son in 1875. He was in the drug business
In Dakota for three years. and then re-
moved to Seattle in 1885, since which time
he has resided in the Sixth ward. con-
Quoting for most of the time a drug store
a. First avenue and Battery streets. He
was appointed member of the state
board OF pharmacy In 1891 by the late Gov.
Ferry. and was reappointed by Gov. Nc
Graw in 1895. He has been secretary of
the board since 1892. He was member OF
the first house OF delegates OF Seattle. Mr.
Barnes was married to the daughter OF
u. Buchanan. of Rltzville, one of the
trainers of Washingtoa's constitution.
Edmond :. Meany.
Edmond s. Meany. candidate for repre-
sentative from the Forty-third district.
was born in East Saginaw. Mich. in 1852.
came TO the Pacific coast with his family
in the early los, residing a while in San
Francisco. He came to Seattle in ls9I.
started as a newspaper carrier. and
worked his way up to reporter, editor and
correspondent. Was the Washington
press agent Of the Columbian exhibition.
and is registrar OF the University of the
state of Washington. Mr.. Meany repre-
scented the Forty second district in the
Second and Third legislatures.
John Mcknight.
John Mcknight. one OF the candidates
for representative from the Forty-third
district. was born in County Down, Ire
land, of Scotch-Irish parents. February I,
1886; attended national school for seven
years; served three years as an appren-
tice 10 a wool draper. WAS a Journeyman'
was clerk in wholesale and retaii gro,
Gerry: came TO New York in 1861; served
in the Fourteenth New York infantry four
years during the war. re~enhsted in the
Fourteenth regular Infantry July y, 1850,
and served three years on the Coast ngnt-
ing Indians; went TO San Francisco; vas
a miner five years; general timekeeper on
the Oregon a. California railroad construc-
ton in ls7i-7e. foreman on the Northern
Pacific between Kalama and Tacoma in
1873 Removed to Newcastle, King county.
in 1876. and has resided there ever since.
He has always taken an active interest in
politics, and represented his district in the
Second legislature.
w. A. Elder.
". A. Elder. candidate for representa-
tive from the Forty third district, Is about
81 years OF age. He came TO this state