The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-09


Judge l. j. Lichtenberg, of Lopez,
one OF the county's most prominent
citizens, died at St. Luke's hospital,
Bellingham, Monday afternoon at |
o'clock, from cirrhosis of the liver.
He had been gradually failing since
last fall but his illness was not con
sidered serious until this spring. He
was urged from time to time to 60 to
one of the hospitals in Seattle or Bel
lingham for treatment but he was
strongly averse to doing so and did
not consent until it was too late for
any treatment to save him. He was
taken to St. Luke's Wednesday, Aug.
80, as reported in the ISLANDER last
week, and was thought to be mprov-
ing slightly wher he passed away
quite suddenly. Neither his wife,
who has herself been quite i'll, nor his
son was with him. The body was
embalmed and sent to New York for
interment.
He was born in New York City
June 5, 1845, being the eldest of four
children. Two brothers survive him,
one of whom is a wealthy glove man.
ufacturer in New York.
Judge Lichtenberg's parents, Jacob
aud Caroline Lichtenberg, were of
German and English descent respec-
lively. His father was manufact-
uring jeweler in New York and from
there moved to Callao, Peru, and la
ter to Valparaiso, Chill, where he
spent the closing years of his life. I.
J. Lichtenberg attended the public
schools of his native city and the
Academy of New York until the out
preak of the Civil war when he drop
ped his studies and joined the Union
army, enlisting when only seventeen
years of age, under an assumed name,
in Company B, Fifth New York Cav
airy. He was wounded in the battle
of the Wilderness, one of the greatest
battles of the war, in May 1864, and
being untitled for further service was
discharged in the fall of that year.
The leg in which he was wounded
troubled him greatly for twenty-five
years and he finally had it amputated
in 1889. After the war he engaged
in business in New York for some
time. He then went to Pottsvile,
Pa. where he studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1874. He
practiced there until 1887, when he
moved to Seattle. When Washing
ton was admitted to statehood in 1889
he was elected as the first superior
judge of King county, though he was
q Democrat and the average Repub-
lican majority in that county in the
same election was nearly 1900. He
was the unanimous choice of his party
for denomination IN 1892, when, how
ever, the Republican majority in the
county was too great for him to over
come. He retired from practice in
1897 and, attracted by the climatic
advantages and scenic beauties OF
this county, bought home at the
north end of Lopez island where ne
spent a large sum in the erection OF
buildings and Improvement OF the
grounds. He was a great reader and
close student of economic subjects
and spent much Of his time among ms
books, having one Of the finest private
libraries in the state.
Judge Lichtenberg was married IN
Pottsyille, Pa, to Miss Emma Barr
Two children were born to them. The
| elder, a daughter, died at the age o.
eight years. The son, Ben, is now 9
resident of Friday Harbor and is IN
the United States Revenue Cutter
service in command Of the launch
ssGuard. "
mn .;<.,.4b GRADE examination held
here Tuesday and Wednesday was "a
| Len by Hannah Sandwith, Guy King,
/ Mabel Broder, Loretta Newhal, Lot
tie Mckay, Kathleen Maxwell, Haze
Shnll and Cora Scribner.