The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-08

ms strong INTELLECTUAL features gravely at
,ehtiVe but lurking suspicion of a twin
kie now and then in his eve might sug
gesl that the affairs OF business over, h
might possibly be somewhat more uabend
ing than he appears to BE- at first sight. Il
taet' iris Is the case. and he is said to be
on Inc bench. as light-hearted as a boy
throwing himself with zest into ever!
| means of innocent relaxation.
! Judge Brown was born in 1895. al Souti
| Lee. Mass. After studying law both a
the New Haven and Harvard law schools
he settled in Detroit. where he. rapidly
rose to distinction at the bar. holding
some prominent offices. presiding for fif-
| teen years in the United States district
| judgeship for the Eastern district oil
| Michigan. from which Office he was pro
| NOTED to his present position. He is the
author of Browns Admiralty Reports,
one of the most authoritative law books
| now in use.
Justice Shiras is essentially a student
lie is said to be fonder of books than OF
men. and goes into society only when he
has to. He was born in Pittsburg, Penn,
in 1892. his father being native of that
city. Judge Shras IS the third represent
tative of Yale College now on the SUI
nreme Bench. He graduated in 1853 in
the same class with President White, OF
Cornell University; Wayne MacVeagh, the
late Senator Gibson of Louisiana, and sew
eral other prominent men. He studied
at the Yale Law School and during twenty
years of practice, stood at the head of his
profession. He was appointed to the Su-
preme Court by President Harrison in 1892
The appointment was asked for at one of
the largest meetings of the Allegheny
county bar ever held. the lawyers being
unanimous in their request
Justice White is native of louisiana
where he was born in 1915. He is a grad
uate of Georgetown College in this city,
finishing his collegiate course before he
came of age. He entered the Confederate
service during the war, was admitted aft
erward to the bar at the age of twenty
three. and six years later was elected
State Senator. He was appointed to the
supreme Court by President Cleveland in
1894.
Rufus W. Peckham was born in Albany
in 1898. At the age of twenty he was
admitted to the bar. and Immediately be-
gan practice as member OF his fathers
celebrated firm Like his eminent father,
he passed through the intermediate stages
of district attorney, member of the Su-
prene Court OF the State. and of the
Court of Appeals OF New York.
Judge Peckham was appointed to the
Supreme Court by President Cleveland in
1895. He is handsome, distinguished
looking man, and his prematurely white
hair adds much to the dignity OF his ap
pearance.
Justice Joseph McKenna, appointed I'M
der President Mckinley. was born to
Philadelphia. August 10, 1S43. He attend
ed st. Joseph's College of his native city,
and was admitted TO the bar in 1869. He
was elected member of the Forty ninth.
Fiftieth, Fifty-first, and Fifty Cecond
Congresses. He resigned Congressional
hcnors to accept the position of United
States Circuit Judge, to which he was APP
pointed by President Harrison in 1898.
He resigned this place to accept that af
Attorney General OF the United States in
the Cabinet of President Mckinley, and
was appointed to his present position OF
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
December 16. 1887, and took his heat JAM
uary &c, 1898.