Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-01

Of the bath room. He did not regain
consciousness and died before physi-
clan, hastily summoned. could reach
the house.
The two daughters Of the jurist
Mrs. James F. Karrich and Mrs. H. j.
Jetm0re. were summoned at once, but
reached the residence too late.
Came From Kansas.
Justice Brewer came to the supreme
court of.the United States from the
federal court in Kansas. He was the
second Oldest member Of the court,
Justice Harlan only being his senior.
He was regarded as the most demo-
cratic Of all the members Of the court.
He was the one man on the bench who
had proof copies of his opinions pre-
pared for the newspapers and this he
did consistently.
Another Characteristic Of the jurist
was that he never took any of the
time Of the court or the public in an
nouncing his decisions. He would give
only In few words his conclusions
and then hand down the proof sheets
Of his opinion, always completely ar
ranged. ~
Justice Brewers sympathies always
were with the West. He dealt largely
with the railroad corporations and In
deed with corporations generally and
he will be missed on the mOmentOue
questions concerning the Standard Oil
and Tobacco cases now under consid-
Grafton.
In his earlier days Justice Brewer
camped regularly in the Rocky Noun
tains and was fond Of outdoor life.
Justice Brewers death raises seri-
GUS question as to the action Of the
court regarding the Standard Oil and
American Tobacco company suits and
It is not improbable that the cases
will have to b retired, since there
now remain buGSeven Justices to pass
upon them, Justice Moody not having
participated in the trials by reason Of
continued illness.
Born In Asia Minor.
David Josiah Brewer was born In
Smyrna. Asia Minor, June 80, 1897,
the son of Rev. Josiah and Amelia
Field Brewer He was graduated from
Yale university in 1856 and the Al
bany law school in 1858. He received
the degree of LII. ID. from the Uni
versity Of Iowa. 1884. Washburn col
lege, 1888; Yale, 1901. University of
Wisconsin, 1900; Wesleyan university
1901; University of Vermont, 1904. and
Bowdoin.
He was brought by his parents to
this country from Asia Minor in the
autumn OF 1888. His mother. the
daughter Of Rev. David Dudley Field,
and her brother, Stephen J. Field, ac-
companied her husband to Turkey as
q missionary in 1880.
After the graduation from the Az
bany, N. Y, law school in 1858, follow
ing studying law in the Office of his
uncle, David Dudley Field, in New
York. he entered the practice of law
in Leavenworth, Kan. He was made
United States commissioner of the civ.
II court In 1861. judge of the probate
and criminal courts of Leavenworth
county. 1s63-64, and of the First dis
trict of Kansas. 1860; district at.
torney for Leavenworth county. 1869.
&c. and judge OF the supreme court OF
Kansas, 1S70-S4.
He was appointed by President
Arthur judge of the United States cir
cult court for the Eighth circuit in
1884, and served five years, and fol
lowing this service President Harrison
appointed him an associate justice of
the supreme court of the United
States.
Decisions Favoring Women.
while on the supreme bench OF
Kansas, Justice Brewer-handed down I
he decision that women were eligible
o the office of county superintendent
( public schools, and another sustain !