Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-02-17


HIS HISTORY.
Judge Macfarlane was born in Cal
laway county, Mo-, in 1887. He
attended Richland Academy and
Westminster College at Fulton, leav-
ing there to teacn school and also to
work on his fathers farm. He began
to practice law at Mexico in 1865 and
in 1871 was made Probate Judge of
Audrain county, serving four years.
In 1890, according to the constitutional
amendment enlareing the Supreme
Court, Governor Francis appointed
him to that bench.
In 1892 he was elected for term of
ten years and has only served five.
He was a member of the law firm of
Macfarlane & Trimble, which was one
of the most famous in the state. He
was attorney for the Chicago & Alton
Railroad in Missouri and bas an excel
lent and widespread reputation as an
able lawyer and a generous, kindly
man.
From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The operation was decided upon late
in the afternoon. DR.. Mudd said the
condition of his patient demanded 1t
as a last hope. II was performed at
Q O'Clock in the evening, the Judge
being in the operating room less than
an hour. The existence of ofappendici,ls
was fully shown, complicated by kid
ney trouble, which tends to aggravate
the malady.
The Judge remained semi-conscious
during the night, under the influence
OF opiates. Friday morning his mind
was clear for time and he recognised
Judge Barclay when he called. Soon
thereafter q collapse was observable,
and at noon the family and friends
were beginning to fear the patient
would not rally. The doctor says
there is yet hope and that during the
afternoon there may be an improve
ment. s.-
Judge Macfarlane's age and delicate
frame are somewhat against him. He
was born in 1887 in Galloway county,
Mo-, within sight of the state capitol.
He attended Richland Academy and
Westminster College at Fulton, taught
school and worked on his fathers
farm. In 1855 he began the practice
of law at Mexico, and was made Pro-
hate Judge of Audrain county in 1871,
serving four years. -
When the constitutional amendment
was adopted in 1890, enlarging the
Supreme bench from five to seven
judges, Gov. Francis appointed George
B. Macfarlane, of Mexico, and John L.
Thomas, of Hillsboro, as the additional
judges to serve until the next general
election. In 1892 Judge Macfarlane
was nominated and elected for q term
of ten years, 80 that he has yet five
years to. serve. The law provides
that each division of the court and the
court in banc may elect its own Chief
Justice, but the old custom and the
old law have prevailed OF choosing
the Oldest Judge in commission for
Chief Justice. By this custom Judge
Macfarlane is now Chief Justice OF
Division No. 1. Before his appoint
| ment to the Supreme bench he was
for many years member of the
famous law firm of Macfarlane s
Trimble, at Mexico, and achieved dis
tinction as the attorney for Missouri
of the Chicago g. Alton Railroad.
81 consider Judge Macfarlane," ssys
Judge Barclay, "one of the ablest oi
our Supreme Judges. Personally, he
is one of the simplest hearted an6
kindliest gentlemen I ever knew"
AN OPERATION THE ONLY HOPE.
| From the st. Louis Star.
Judge George B. Macfarlane of the
State Supreme Court of Missouri. who
was operated upon at st. Luke's Hos
pital at 9 O'Clock Thursday night, Wai
very weak to-day. The chances are
against his recovery.
When it was found that the Judge
had appendicitis, the result of an op'
Grafton was feared by both himself
and his attending physicians. DR.. II
II. Mudd, the st. Louis surgeon, whs
was called into the case, feared that il
bis weak debilitated condition, Judg'
Macfarlene would not be able to stant
the shock of surgeon's knife. Al
agreed, however, that if not operatet