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taught school during the first winter in Ne
brasks. In 1879 she became editor Of the
Osceola Record. She read law with her
husband and was admitted In May. 1882. to
the Nebraska bar. the first woman admitted
to practice in Nebraska. y
Like Mrs. Lockwood and Mrs. Gordon.
Mrs. Caroline B. kilgore OF Philadelphia.
who was the first woman in Pennsylvania
to be admitted to practice. found II ex-
tremely difficult to overcome the opposition
to the admission Of women to the bar. Born
in Craftsburg. Vt. her parents died when
she was a girl.
At IS her guardian decided that two years
education was enough for a girl. At Is she
became a teacher. Three years later she
taught Greek and higher mathematics i n
the public schools at Madison. Wis.
For a few years she was a professor in
a medical college. In 1885 she began to read
law and six years later applied for ad-
mission to the law school OF the University
Of Pennsylvania. She was told by the dean
hat he would resign before he would let
-niggcrs" and women m~atriculate.
1t was not until ten years later that Mrs.
Kilgore was able TO enter the law schools.
Then her troubles began, for no Philadelphia
court would admit her to practice. III
nally, in 1888, through the efforts Of Damon
@. Kilgore, her husband, a Philadelphia
lawyer, she was admitted to practice in
the Orphans Court. In 1883 she was adj
mitted to practice before the Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court.
Through her efforts women were ad-
mitted- to legal practice in Pennsylvania.
nto the law school Of the University Of
Pennsylvania and were eligible to ap-
pointment on local school boards.
In discussing the fact that since 1873
only twenty-eight women Ia beer ad-
mitted TO United States Supreme Court
practice. Mrs. kilgore remarked: women
have been 80 uniformly successful in the
lower courts that their cases have rarely
reached the Supreme Court"
Mrs. Clara Shortridge Foltz, the "Portia
Of the Pacific" was born in Lisbon, Ind. :,
and early moved to California. She was
the frat woman lawyer admitted on the
Pacific Coast and the first woman trustee
OF the California State normal school.
For years she taught school and later
entered newspaper work.
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suranoe that daughter in spite Of al
was safe and sane.
commencement kept us pretty busy.
but we heard all about the fruit Of that
Tho last afternoon while we were packing
our remaining boxes Bert entsred the room
with . largo envelope. +.
Girls. I know you're awfully rushed,
but please give ma . few minutes she said.
You know what . mess I made with thai
Psychology business. never dreamsd--I
wouldn't have done 1t for worldsi I'm
olass Vas such . deadly bore. But I'm ters
ribiy ~repentant. Really l am. Just .
here -
She held out for our inspection her schedule
card Of courses for the next year. Kata
read. PHILOSOPHY. German literature.
century history and evolution M
Child. those are the hardest courses IN
college. You'll kill yourself she said. :
no said tho junior. .but I'm going 70
work. It's q vow. I've registered 1t. and
you are witnesses. And here she con.
thirty Of the worst Of those ~newspapsr
stories. You send me one eack week az Q
tonic and IN brace up and do penanoe,s
Tho culprit grinned. -I'm going TO discf.
pline my mind. One dose Of those pelletsa
week win keep me from .backsiding.s
On 3. her SS , is.e. well. Kate. don't you think
We knew then that she would do IL II she
died In the attempt. OF course she dtdnSS
die. The last ! heard Of her she was at the
University Of Berlin specializing In psy-
cholog. Some day shelf recover from
But that's the true story Of the only ohiifne
dish pink kimono story book college heroinSs
ever met Et q ~ ~ aA-
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she exclaimed, Then she went on reading
article In the Philosophical RsvieW states
that'-quotes statistics gathered. from the
G gyaan.d II n. her her. p%'yS Ss9ts g. ao oI;t; msS Ate
Oh, you have done III.
The junior was white 10 tho lips. yes,
woman swallowed all those made up OBJ
sessions we told her and has put them Into
statistics and published them In the PAil-
c:opAiceI Rssiss. This nswspap.s, speessd
The srt S an. and, here we M Oh. Kate.
go strsight TO Proxy and tell him. and
msybscbe can stop the newspaper.
Stop you grandmother Why. they'll
COPY this from n end Of the country to
the other and vel be labelled q insane
Kate was still hopeful. Maybe Prsxy
could show that it was all q mistake"
YES. explain to the public that one Of
the faculty was 2 blooming idiot and got
That would Be- much worse. il would make
the college ridiculous. You can explain.
I've thought It all over and you can't do Q
thing except watch the articles come out.
I don't mind being q fool myself. but this
makes the college ndiculous.' and the
junior wept.
Within the next two weeks the news
papers from Seattle to Jacksonville al had
their versions Of the statistics. The yellow
Journals declared that ov~erstudy was
driving the future mothers OF the American
peopleSinsene: the socialistic press pointed
out the threatened degeneracy a. the re:
wealth; then the joke papers had their turn
and serious editors wrote heavy articles.
Anxious parents sent Inquiries and the
tpowsrs that Be were kepEbusy- writing ~
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I'm cutting and you needn't look at me
in that Tone Of voice. / haven't much in
~tellect. but such as it Is ! refuse to insult
It by taking II to that class.
the rod Of correction. Bert Bradley.
you've too good q mind to waste Il the way
Il know it," said the oulprit. calmly.
IF I hadn't so many brains I would have
been sse' T fss SsIv to NV % sTs;n. d% sS:s SsS. ' SSs.
vented my intellectual growth. I'm too
Kate gssped and then replied, wither-
ingly It's good you know your failings.
or course you get along easily, taking only
studies that are studies and you'd fnd some
use for your laundering ~brillianoe."
mo use, missionary grinned the friv-
olous junior. Il like my " easy life too
we'll. Cinch courses Tor ma every time.
Now quit scolding me and come down
you didn't like that camel meat they fed
us this morning any better than I did
YES Kate acknowledged, Il do loathe
those what 70 1t hashes, but l can't spare
the time. These books must be back at
the thickest volume and was soon lost to
What's she reading so in~dustriously.'
Bert asked me.
sWilliam James. References for ad-
vanoed psychology, I answered,
psychology Bert threw another sofa cushion
at my studious roommate. And she
prefers that stun to my societyl I call
that insulting. " she said.
Kate woke to defend hcr pet subject.
But this advanced pysch. isn't At all like
oin.ting, Al! about 'obsessions s4d dreams
A00 L0l00k . n
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she spent washing dishes and m b srmsuia1
work. -syl
Having been graduated abe set forth
for Chicago with % and her diploma spd
obtained a place "a a stenographer With.
a salary Of %. She did work for patent
attorneys. became interested In patent
Law. studied law and engineering and finally
opened an Office herself.
Her most famous victory was won sev-
eral years ago. when she literally put out
of business q s5.OOO.O0 0 corporation, "A
man lawyer in speaking Of the oase saA-
That Wal the greatest victory 0ver vpn
in the United States courts by the unal1od
efforts Of q oman s.i
Miss Susan C.. ONeill il q daughAsf II
John O'Neill of Waterbury. Conn. WA
her father and her brother. John J.O9FSQs
she forms the Aw partnership Of OMAN.
O'Neill 4 O'Neill. -
Mrs. Sarah Herring Sorin. who tsstAo
junior member Of the law Arm Of Hax1nn,
Sorin a Ellinwood of Tucson and DSGh1n,
Ariz.. studied law in the otice Of hsr fathqI
william Herring. At Tombstons. 4At1t
abe was graduated In 1894 from tho IL
school Of the University Of tho City a NJ
York. Mrs. Sorin ia q New York girl. stun1a
in Grammar School es and attended ~
Normal College. ~
Miss Mary L. PRESCOTT was q sohodt
teacher In the WilkesbArrs. Pa. puhli1
schools when abe decided TO entsr isw. e
Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskell is the sa4k
woman lawyer in Montana. with o.
in Butte. Two other women were s6F
mitted to practice. but both CAV IL "a
after marriage. In addition to her hIt
practice b 10 engaged in mining operss
lions. ,
Miss Mary Philbrook is the only woman
lawyer in New Jersey who is entitled e
practise before the United States Suprem1
Court. She was a stenographer in q law
Arm when she began to study law. IL
was through her efforts that New Jersey
women were admitted to practice.
The late Mrs. Leila j. Robinson Saws
tell for years practised law in Boston,
being the first Massachusetts woman IA
practise before the United States Supreme
Court and being admitted on tho motion
OF the late Senator George F. Hoar.
Miss Clara l.. Power, the only Massa.
chusetts woman now entitled to practise
before the highest court, Is an assistauS
in the Register If Probate's office in the
court house, Boston.
Mrs. Alice A. Minnick of Lincoln, Neb.::
was the second woman admitted to The
United states Court of Claims and to the.
Circuit Court in Nebraska. .tT
Miss Emma NJ. Gillett is junior msmbsR
OF the firm OF Newton a Gillett Of Wash>
ington and makes a specially Of real prop
erty law.
Mrs. Kate Kane Rossi OF Chicago was
admitted TO practice before he United
States Supreme Court IN motion Of the
ate Robert G. Ingersoll. ,,,
Miss Ida NJ. Meyers. the last woman To.
be admitted to United States Supreme
Court practice. began her legal educstion
through the medium Of a correspondence
school. later graduating from the Wash-,
ington School Of Law. She 10 the senior
partner Of the law firm OF Meyers 4 Com
saul. the latter member being her brothsrs
in-law. 4
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to the bar Of the United States Supreme
Court" This bill passed the House by an
overwhelming majority and the following
Senator Sargent of California and passed
that body by more than a two-thirds ma
jority February Is. 1879,
The bill was signed by President Hayes.
and a few days later. March 3. 1879. Mrs.
Lockwood was admitted to the bar OF the
United States Supreme Court. and March
10. 1879. to the bar Of the United States
Court OF Claims. She has been in active
practice since that time.
Mrs. Laura DeForce Gordon. who was
the second woman to be admitted to United
States Supreme Court practice. died last
April in California at the age Of 81. She
was possibly the most able representative
OF the woma s~uffragists Of the West. The
wife OF a physician, she aided him while he
was surgeon on Gen Banks's staff during
the civil war.
She delivered the first speech made pub
licly for woman suffrage in San Francisco.
February 10. 1888. She was the first woman
in the United States to edit and publish a
daily paper. owning the Stockton (Cal.)
Daily Leader. later changed to the Daily
Democrat. This she conducted successfully
for four years.
She became interested in law and studied
it. With Mrs. Clara Shortridge Foltz OF
San Diego. Cal. she fought for the right OF
women lawyers to practise in California.
These young women, then in their thirties.
were opposed by three leading members Of
tho bar. two being former Supreme Court
Justices, and won a decisive victory, being
admitted to practice in the State Supreme
Court in December. 1879.
Mrs. Gordon was instrumental in securing
much legislation favorable to women.
She was nominated for State Senator in
San Joaquin county. but was defeated.
For thirty years she devoted her time
equally between her law practice and wo-
man suffrage work.
Mrs. Ada NJ. Bittenbender was born in
Asylum. Bradford county, Pa. on August
3. 1913. Her maiden name was Cole.
On August 0. 1878. she married Henry c.
Bittenbender. a young lawyer Of Blooms
burg. Pa. and a graduate Of Princeton
College. They removed to Osceola. Neb..
in November. 1873. Mrs. ~Bittenbender
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I call It the power Of Kate. while Bertha
herself puts the blame for il all on the
psychology class. We three are the only
ones who know the facts Of the case and
o. we disagree you q take your choice.
For more than two years Bert Bradley bad
been . thorn In tho nesh. OF course ve
don't want Q GIRL 20 dig al day and al night
Tor Grams, but when Q Girl simply 1sver
etudis. and hasn't tho shghtest respect
for midyesy and fnals It's irritating.
-f ss1s ". "ns si., :e S. s,~. 3: .b ps: = =. took
II upon ourselves every onoe In . whils 30
reaso with her on the error Of her ways.
Not that u ever. did any good. By the be-
ginning Of her Junior yea all the siris had
given II up in despair: all except Aate;
doesn't mean that abe toes in and doesn't
know how to ~ her clothes. Everybody
outside Of college assumes hat that Ia the
natural and inevitable consequence Of
having . mind and using It.. Particularly
mon. Ia Kate did work her brains Bert's
laziness made hcr very wrathy.
It was abou ime for another explosion
when some one told her that Bertha had been
outing the psychology class nearly every
day for h last two weeks. Still Miss
Wstse's psychology class was about the
never have got that lecture and never have
reached conversion II she hadn't dropped
into our room at exactly the time when We
knew she should nave been listening to the
tiresome Mis- Watts.
She sank lazily on the window seat and
ing a book against time.
sQuit working and como out and play.
It's a lovely morning. she said.
Il thought you had psych. this hour
answered ksts reprovingly.
Not to-day. thank you. Yes. I know
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have been admitted TO practice, the last
1~lns Miss Ida NJ. Meyers Of Washington,
who was admitted last April.
When IL 10 said that more than rs 200
mon have been privileged to appear before
hat court, tho small number Of women
Who nave realized their ambition 10 brought
,nto sharp contrast. OF these twenty-eight
women three have Aince died. There are
less than q thousand, women lawyers prao-
tisng in the United State~ to-day.
The twenty-eight women admitted to
practice before the Supreme Court Of the
United States, with the date Of their ad-
mission, are aAfolows:
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood. Washington.
March 8. 1879.
Mrs. Laura Dsyoros Gordon. California.
February 2. 1855.
Mrs. Ada NJ. Btssnbodsr. lincoln. Neb..
October Is. 1888.
Mrs. Carrie BurnhamAusors. Philsdslphia.
January Q. 1890.
Mrs. Clsr. shortndss-Toss.. San Diego.
Mrs. Leila Robinson savselis. Boston.
Miss Emma M. aiilsts. Washington. April
s. 1900.
Mrs. Kate Kane Rossa. Chicago. May 10. 1890.
Mrs. Marlls M. Kicker. Warrington. May
II. 1891. '"
Mrs. Myrs Brsd~sl. Chicago. March
2s. iso7.
Mrs. Fannie OHM. Ch.d.oo. N.b.. oo.o-
Der II. 1893.
Mrs. Kate H. P,sr Mcintosh. Mivsunss.
January 81. 1904.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Musss,. w..hiAsson.
Mics Alice A. Nlnsea. xAnssin. Nss. jan
usry 10. 1897.
Mrs. Caroline H. Pisr Rosmsr. Milwaukee,
January IS, 1897.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster. washington. Deem
Der 20, 1907.
Mrs. Catherine Waugh Mocunoch. Chicago.
February ~. tSoS.
Miss Clara L. Power. Boston. April 8. 1851.
Mrs. Kate Pier. Milwaukee. February
/, 1900.
Mrs. victons>Conkins-w whitney. 81. Louis.
April o. 1900.
Mics Florence King. Chicago. April 20. ieos.
Miss Susan C. O'Netl. Waterbury. Conn.,.
April IS. 1904.
Mrs. Sarah HsrrinS Sor.n. Tucson. ARA.
April 10. 1904.
Miss Mary L. Trssoott. w~ilkesbarrs. Pa.
April 10. 1909.
Mra Ella Knowles Haskell. Butte. Mon..
April q, 1905.
Miss Mary Phiibrook. Newark. N. j., No.
vember 3, 1909.
Mss Ida NJ. Meyers. District Of Columbia.
April 10, lWU.
Geographically these women lawyers are
widely scattered. Six hail from Washing
ton; Illinois and Wisconsin AVE four each,
Nebraska. three: Pennsylvania. Massachu-
setts and California. two. and Arizona,
Connecticut. Missouri. New Jersey and
Montana. q each.
About one-half OF them have personally
appeared before the Supreme Court in
cases. Mrs. Lockwood has appeared more
than . thousand INES. Mrs. Marlla NJ.
Kicker has probably been in the Supreme
Court oftener than any other woman. with
the exception of Mrs. Lockwood.
Here are some rather interesting points
about these t~wenty-eight women: Mn.
McCulloch il tho only woman justice of. tho
peace. Mrs. Gordon was the first to make
spubltc speech for woman suffrage and the
first TO own and edit q daily newspaper.
Mrs. Kicker In said to be the only woman
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-21
One Sided Justice.

"Roy Bean, Justice of the Peace
The Law West Of the Pecos," was the
sign over the shanty where lived the
man who for years was the only repre-
sentative OF the law i'll the great terri
tory west of the Pecos river in Texas.
Langtry, named for the Jersey Lily,
was his postofFice, and he did business
under the honorary title of Chief JUS
tice Bean Of the Pecos, making a tidy
sum on the side by selling postal cards
bearing the picture of his queer justice
shop. Years ago. when the Southern
Pacific was being built, some cowboys
came in on a tear and shot up the
town, incidentally killing three Chi
nese coolies who were working on the
railroad. There was a roundup, and
the cowboys were brought before
Squire Dean. There was much testi-
mony, and the trial was long. At its
end he grayely said:
'The testimony shows that these
three Cinnamon were killed by some
of the men on trial. 1t IS pretty clear
who did the fatal shooting, but the
prosecution has utterly and entirely
failed to show where the statutes Of
the state OF Texas make 1t crime for
a white man to shoot Chlnaman. The
prisoners are discharged" York
Sun
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-21
FEDERAL TRIALS TO BEGIN.
United States Court VIII Open in
Portland October z.

Assistant United States Attorney
James Cole has prepared the evil
dence in all the pending criminal
cases in which the government is
concerned and will be ready to try
the defendants when the trial jury is
called in the United States district
court Monday, October Z, says the Or
egon Daily Journal.
OF the large grist Of cases ground
out by Mr.. Cole and the federal grand
jury last summer only IL are left. OF
these the defendants of only three
are still in Jail, as follows: The Coon
counterfeiting gang. composed Of E.
r. Coon, John H. Williams. John Jo-
hansen; Dan Hart, statutory offense,
and Charles Anderson, the lone mem
Der Of the postoffice gang.
OF the Coon gang, three members
are out on bail. The remaining cases
are mostly for offenses against the
postal laws. Five are against men
charged with taking mail belonging
to other persons. They are John p.
W. SuiibHB AAthi ,
Master, William J. Bulger and Will
liam Jennings.
Other cases are as follows: j. E
Nelson and the Star Sand company
indicted for dumping refuse into the
Willamette river; Joe Day, for carry
ing whiskey on the Grand Ronde In
dian reservation; J. K. Franklin fol-
sending an obscene letter through tht
mails.
While Mr.. Cole is trying the crimi'
nal cases in Portland, United Statei
Attorney william c. Bristol will b'
in San Francisco before the United
states circuit court Of appeals, ant
later in Chicago before the circui
court Of appeals there in regard t.
the Wisconsin land fraud case.
Although Anderson will probabl!
be the first man tried when the jur.
convenes, Mr.. Cole stated that he ha'
; not definitely decided and may try th'
Coon case first. This case will neces
; state the presence OF a large mum
Der OF witnesses from various part
OF the country. including Captail
Finn OF the secret service In Ney
> York; Thomas B. Foster, another se
cret service officer in eSattle, as wei
; as many witnesses from eastern Ore
gon and Idaho, where several easter
Oregon and Idaho where, several o
the defendants reside.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-21
A Cats Boarding House.

A woman who had engaged board
for two cats at an animal boarding
house stopped at the desk on her way
out and said: "Oh, by the way, forgot
something. What do you give your
cats for Sunday dinnerT "The regu-
lar fare" said the proprietor. II would
like you to make an exception In the
case Of my cats" said the woman.
'AThey have been used to special dishes
at home on Sunday, and I am sure
they would miss them very much. l
am willing to pay extra for the care
and expense" That" grumbled the
animal man after acceding to her re-
quest SIS one Of the peculiar phases Of
this business. Half the people patron
izing place Of this kind insist upon
our providing few choice tidbits for
the Sunday dinner Of their pets. 1t LIS
bound to ruin their digestion, but
whenever there is a clause In the con-
tract to that effect special Sunday and
holiday fare prevails. ."-Philadelphia
Record.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-21
ty, coming to Lincoln county

ty, coming to Lincoln county In
1885.
w. H. Lee, who lives near Lebanon,
Ore, was seriously injured by being
dragged by wild horse. The horse
dragged him about 40 feet until he
came in contact with a tree, dislo-
eating one of his shoulders and
breaking his left arm between the
wrist and elbow.
The fact that there is some doubt
as to the authority by which the
strike of the boiiermakers at the
South Tacoma shops was called is be-
ing used by some members of the
union at Tacoma as a reason for ac-
cepting the offer of the company
temporarily at least.
w. f. Glorfeld, a rancher and
thresherman of Fairfield, WASH, has
broken the record for night work
He was threshing oats on the farm OF
william McCabe and was determin-
ed to finish the job that day. AS the
midnight hour struck the last pun
die of grain was thrown into the sep
arator.
The body of H. Swanson, who was
drowned two weeks ago while un
loading rock for the jetty, was picked
up in Shoalwater bay, near Soutf
Bend, Washington. The body will b'
buried at the expense of the govern
ment unless relatives who live II
Portland and Oswego otherwise di
rect.
The three Nez Perce Indians wh'
were arrested by Deputy Game War
den Nelson the first of the week nea
Meadows on the charge of killinl
deer. were given a hearing at Pol
lock, Idaho county, before a justic
of the peace Wednesday. Two of thu
Indians paid fines Of $40 and costs
and the other $40. Seven hide
were confiscated by the officer.