Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-16

self by his uniform success in the pr.
vate practice Of his profession to be
man gifted with all the necessary
attributes for first.class jurlst. Mr..
Ramsay was born near Martinsville,
Of ScOtch.lrish parentage. He com.
menced railrOadlng when boy and
worked In various branches Of the ser.
vice, including that Of telegraph opcr.
ator and clerk, for more than eight
years. He attended the law school Of
McIendree College. where he gradual.
cd. In the fall Of 1890 he was elected
representative to the Thirty-seventh
General Assembly Of the Legislature
and was one of the famous Palmer
1O1 stalwarts.
Merritt w. Pinckney. who has been
nominated for Judge Of the Circuit
Court by the Republican party of
Cook County, Is one of the ablest and
best known members of the Cook
County bar. Mr.. Pinckncy Is eminent
| ~ lOE tuc OiICS "
he has been nominated, being n pro-
found lawyer, a public spirited citizen
and man gifted with the qualities
which go to make up the true judicial
mind. Mr.. Pinckney Is man In the
prime Of life, being just ~ years old.
He was born in Mount Morris. ILL.,,
and was educated ut Rock River Semi
nary. Of which his father, Daniel ].
Pinckncy. was principal He was grad.
uated at Knox College, Galesburg, ILL.,,
In 1881. In that same year Mr.. Pinck-
ney came to Chicago and commenced
the study OF law mt the Union College
Of Law, from which institution he
graduated in 1888.
Mr.. Pinckncy has been practicing
law for twenty-five years. and Is Il
leader In the realm Of Jurisprudence.
He has been for years the leading
member of the well-knOwn and sue
ccssful law firm of Pinckney, Tatge
. & Abbott, Is q lifelong Republican, and
. man who. II elected, will do honor
, to the judicial bench Of Cook County.
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Thomas ]. Webb's reelection to the
Board of Sanitary Trustees will be a
fitting Endorsement of honest and
faithful conduct in important public
, office. Mr.. webb has stood invariably
and on all occasions for the taxpayers
Z interest That has been with him the
paramount issue In every question and
discussion that has arisen In the af'
fairs of the district. He has ut the
= same time been IN active and pro
gressive member of the board. 1t is
). such men as Mr.. Webb the people de-
/, sire I'm important public office. The
|. best citizens, irrespective Of party, will
. vote for the reelection Of Thomas j
|, Webb.
o Hon. A. G. Clark, whose record al
@ a citizen and n business man Is with
q out flaw, has proven himself as 1
t member Of the Legislature to be M
# efficient and upright public official. Mr.
@ Clark Is the proprietor of the well
known dental office furnishing firm II
j. Randolph street and Michigan avenue
n and is as successful In business us III
o is useful and respected In public life.
IS %6~
:, Stuart G. Shepard IL one of the bes
10 men nominated for judicial honors II
the coming fan election.
Mr.. Shepard has won his spurs n
the Chicago bar by dlligent ana con
IL | S,ipntinns WORK n . n urtiVp and
10 cessful lawyer, and the honor tina
e. has been done him by the Democrat
III in nominating him to succeed his II
nj spectcd father, Former Judge Iienr
le NJ. shepard, is highly esteemed b
NJ every member of the bench and la
he of Cook County, and will undoubtcdl
ST he ratified by the voters Oh electio
ne day.
III lie was born in Chicago in 1871 an
20 has resided in this city all his lif
NJ After leaving the grammar schoo
ri he attended the Hyde Park high scho
IL and later graduated from the Chicaa
H. College of Law, a branch of the Lal
IL Forest University. He was admitte
H. to the bar when but twenty-one yea
rs of age.
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at James X. Bruner has succeedt
"a. Page j. ThibOdeauX at 142 South Clai
Ia street, southwest corner of Madist
street Mr.. Bruner has been assOcio
ed with Breen and Kennedy, Owne
st of the celebrated Maryland Reser'
e Pure Rye, and has sold the goods +
he the past eleven years.
of Mr. Bruner has an acquaintance
'st the best kind that extends from OF
of end of Chicago to the other, reachiI
is, from the extreme north to the extren
he south and from the lake to the Wei
in ern limits of the city.
mt In the well established saloon al
u. cafe, formerly known az that Of Pal