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THE BEOOKLTN DAILY EAGIB. NE YORK, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1899. 3S i several organizations, among them the Foresters. His home is at 521 St. Marks way Driving Club, the Constitution Club and others.

Ho lives in the Ninth Ward, at 185 Sixth avenue. Matthew E. Dooley. owner. Mr.

McKeown is in the shoe business. He resides at U3 Adams street. James Mclnerney. James Mclner County Clerk's ofiice. four years of which time he was with the Lawyers' Title Insurance Company as examiner and searcher.

HU specialty as lawyer is real estate and surrogate's business. Mr. Naumer is unmarried and iiveii with his parents at SoJ Putnam avenue, in the Twenty third Ward. He is an zt tendant of the Baptist Church, and is also a member of Nassau Council. Royal Arcanum; America Council.

National Provident Union; Adytum Lodge. and A. M. Brooklyn Chapter. R.

A. Clinton Comma udery, K. T. Ho was a clerk lu die Police Department under Commissioner llaydeu. After he left there hreasm a lawyer, lu Mr.

Huberty was a candidate for justice of tile peace, btlt owing 10 the fact that the independent Demo had a candidate in the he was do f. a' Mr. Huberty lives in T.venty eighth Ward. He to the Bush wick i lie Arion Society and many oUvr organizations. John W.

Kimball. Jr.hr, W. who has been rcnominat eil for oilier of enmity treasurer, is a na i I ALDERMAMC TICKET. John W. Fox.

John W. Fox, renominated by the Democrats of the First District for alderman, is a newspaper man. He was born in Brooklyn in 1864 and has spent all his life here. In fact, ho has a always lived in or near th district in which he is now a candidate fo" ofnee. He was edu john w.

FOX. catea in tne punnc schools and his first newspaper work done on the Eagle. James J. Bridges. James J.

Bridges, renominated for alderman in the Second District, is an old time politician. He was messenger to the Board of Aldermen in the old City of Brooklyn and later was a court officer, but his reputation has been made since he has had a seat in the Municipal Assembly. Mr. Bridges has long been JAMES J. BRIDGES.

ex Congressman John M. Clancy's right hand man and has ably assisted him several times io carrying the district. Mr. Bridges was born in Ireland about 45 years ago. He lives at 2S3 Front street.

Moses J. Wp.fer. Moses J. nominated Democrats Wafer, re by the for alder man in the Third District, was born in Ireland in 1850. As a young boy he came to Brooklyn.

He attended the public schools and when he was of age began to take an active interest in politics. Several times he was elected to the Assembly, and while WAFER. there introduced a number of bills advantageous to working men. Henri R. Wells.

Henri R. Wells, Democratic nominee for Alderman in the Fourth District, was born in the old city of New York in 1866, but came to Brooklyn when a boy and was educated in the public schools; here, graduating from' No. 37 on South Fourth (street. On leaving he took a posi tion in the Japanese Consulate in New HENRI WELLS. York, remaining there for several years.

Then he went into the oflice of the New York Times and learned the printers' trade. For the paest nine years he has been employed in the office of a Brooklyn papei George Fleck, Jr. George Fleck, Democratic candidate for Alderman in the Fifth District, was born in what was then Williamsburgh in 1856. He attended a German school for a while and he graduated from Carpenter's, now the Long Island Business College. He worked for hie father, a well GEORGE FLECK, JR.

known butcher, for some time and in 1S79 went into the business for himself. He is now the proprietor of half a dozen stores. Mr. Fleck belongs to a number of fraternal and social organizations. Valentine J.

Riedman. Valentine J. Riedman represented the Sixth District last year in the Assembly. Now he is a candidate for Alderman and the expectation is that, he will win. Mr.

Riedman was born in Germany on November 7. 1S66. irm ,11 ochial and public jj SCI1UU1 11C IKtXl UGH trade and finally went RIEDMAN. info the real estate bt viiioss. Mr.

Riedman. who failed of renom ination for the Assembly, was permitted to no mo the aldermanic candidate and when the latter, Henry F. Gehring, withdrew, he was nominated for the vacancy. He belongs to several bowling clubs. William Keegan.

William Keegan. renominated for Alderman by the Democrats of the Seventh Assembly District, wm born in the old City of New Y'ork on August 1, 1852. In 1854 he was brought to Brooklyn and in 1861 his parents took him to New Utrecht. He was educated in Van Brunt's WILLIAM KEEGAN. private school there and in Public School No.

2. In 1876 he went into the hotel business at Fort Hamilton. He served as collector of taxes in New Utrecht from 1878 to 1894. Francis P. Kenney.

Francis P. Kenney. renominated for alderman in the Eighth district, was born in the old City' of New York, btlt came to Brooklyn carlv in life. He has looked out for the interests of his constituents during the past two years and is. therefore, well liked by them.

His home is 402 Union street. Frank Hennessy. Frank Hennessy, renominated by the Democrats of the' Ninth District, like Assemblyman Cain, has been long a personal friend of Senator Coffey. He had been in politics for years before he was elected to his present position. He Is in the real estate business at 044 Court street.

FRANK HENNESSY. Francis Byrne. Francis J. Byrne served the people of the Tenth District so acceptably that he has been renominated for Alderman. He was born In Brooklyn thirty five years ago and educated in the public schools here.

Formerly a druggist, he is now a salesman. Ho lltpR nt 50 Clpl mnnf FRANCIS J. BYRNE. ayenue Stephen W. McKeever.

Stephen W. McKee ver, Democratic candidate for Alderman in the Eleventh District, was born in the Sec end Ward, on October 31. 1854. At tho age of 10 he was apprenticed to a plumber ar.d learned the trade. Beside being in the plumbing and gas fitting business, he Is a member of the firm of T3.

.1. McKeever B. W. McKHEVJCR. contractors.

He belongs to the Park MOSES J. Art! MB a. Sri I rs TICKET ROGKLYN VOTERS. he Men Who Seek the Suffrages of the People for Local arte State Offices. i I SKETCHES OF THEIR CAREERS.

i i Many of Them Halve Seen Official Serv ice. While Others Are New Aspirants. 'n Ms address to the campaign speakers. Chairman Shea of the exocuiive mm niit tee used tlH'ie words: 'Tie Democrat Kins 'y wusciotts if its curre. attitude in all matter pertaining to the v.

of the Boroi.gn of Brockly: lb uvrghis of the former seoaralo iLuniciiwiiiy Into th i present Cly of' York. U.JI JS to render to tnc people of Brooklyn ac acovn' of its stewardship." this is no idle boast, is proven by fact thai, twenty seven of its fifty two candidates are re acminaiions. The nemooratic party never presented a ticket which, as a whole, was better than the offered thia year to the voters of Brooklyn. In large majoritv of the men upn were born right here lu the city or have spent practically all their lives here. They are, quote Mr.

Shea again, good clean men whose record entitles them the confidence of their fellow citizens, Following are the local candidates: COUNTY TICKET. John F. Clarke, lohn F. Clarke. Assistant District Attor nev under James W.

Ridgway and Jctsiah T. Marean. was bora in iio old City of New York In February. 1859. md is, therefore.

40 years of age. When he was very young his parents settled in the Eastern District. He attended a private school there and afterward graduated from St. Lawrence College. Montreal.

He studied law in tho office of General Roger A. Pryor and at the age of 21 graduated from the Columbia Law School. To Mr. Clarke fell the wort of proBeeutirtr the corrupt city officials John 37. Clarke, bv th ih ruts fr flstrtct Attorney.

who had formed a ring in City Works Department under Mayor Wurster and he acquitted himself wiih credit. He is a member of" tie Br and awanhaka Boat Club3, the Rova! Arcanum, lesion of Honor. Tilden Club. Sixteenth Ward Democratic Club and many similar organizations. William Walton.

William Walton, the nominee for Sheriff, was widely known as a r.fwsnaper reporter before he was appointed to his present office as Deputy Commissioner of tho Department of Public Buildings. Lighting and Supplies. He was hern on Prcspcct street, near Adams, on February 1S48, and comes of old New England rtUtck. After attending Public School No. on Warren street, he went to a preparatory school in New York, going from there to Leicester Academy at Leicester.

a school well patronized hy Brooklyn ites. In TS65 Mr. Walton became a reporter for the Eagle. He afterward worked for the New York Sun, Herald and Brooklyn Times, finally returning to the Eagle and giving it more than twenty years of continuous service. He was for twenty two years the Rev.

T. DeWitt Talmage's official stenographer and for an even longer period was a stenographer in the Corporation Counsel's office. Mr. Walton is married and has four children. He has been a resident of the Twentieth Ward for William Walton, The rjemocraclt Candidate for Sheriff.

about twenty yeairs. He belongs to tho Brooklyn Club. During Mr. Walton's administra tion the streets of Brooklyn have been better lighted than ever before, the public buildings have been better cared for and the Borough supplies purchased at better advantage than I ever before. Peter Paul Huberty.

Peter Paui Huberty, who has been named for county clerk, was horn in Germany, but camo to this country in 1S6S when a young Peter P. Huberty. Democratic t'aiididiiu '''hiim vk. miin. He had been a school teacher in Ger many and for v.ome time nt'or i ame here taught in the school atiachod to Ihe church I of the Ho'y Trinity, in ihc Eastcru District.

MB FOR 1 7 i i I I i I I 1 i Charles C. Schoeneck. Charles C. Schoeneck renominated for the second time by the Democrats of the Twelfth District as a candidate for the Assembly, was born in Brooklyn, April 10, He attended the public schools and then cook up the trade of 'y an engraver, wiiicn ne dropped fir the newspaper business. Recently he has gone SCHOENKCK.

back to his trade. Mr. Scnoenack's first appearance in politics was in 1883. when he ran for Alderman and was defeated. He i3 an ex captain of the National Guard and belongs to several athletic associations.

His home address is 236 Seventh street. George Siems. George Siems, renominated for Assembly by the Democrats of the Thirteenth District, was born in Armstorf, Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, on December 3. 1S50. He came to the United States in 18C7.

E.ght years later he opened a liquor store on Franklin street, near Java. He moved later to Germania Hall, on G. SIEMS. Franklin street, and finally to 13 1 Greenpoint avenue, where he built a store and residence. Two years ago he gave up the liquor business and since has been a real estate broker and agent of several European steamship lines.

Thomas P. Hawkins. Thomas P. Hawkins. Democratic nominee for the Assembly in the Fourteenth District, was born in the City of New York on January 11, 1864, but was brought to Brooklyn when about a year old.

After attending Public Schools Nos. 22 and 31 and the High School he learn THOS. P. HAWKINS, ed to make gold pens and has been twenty years at that trade. He is a member of the Seymour Club, member and ex treasurer of the Columbian Club and present secretary of the Federated Gold Pen Workers of the United States.

His home is at 213 Freeman street. Charles Juengst. Charles Juengst. re nominated for the Assembly in the Fifteenth District. was born in the old City of New York forty six years ago, but his par ents settled in Green noinr.

when he was a verv small hnv Fnr (m threw forms from IfiRQ to 1S04, he was a member of the Board of Supervisors. From CHPII TCFNCT 1SS1 to 1SS6 he had h. id olfice as a constable. He was a brush manufacturer, but is now in the real estate business, and lives at 58 Union avenue. Mr.

Juengst is past master of Manual Lodge No. F. and A. and is also past master of Justitia Lodge. Robert H.

Roy. Robert H. Roy, Democratic nominee for Assembly in the Sixteenth District, was born in the old City of New York about thirty five years ago, but came to Brooklyn when a boy. He was assistant United States district attorney under James II. Bennett.

no y. Raymond W. Sharp. Dr. Raymond W.

Sharp. Democratic candidate for Assembly in the Seventeenth District, was bora in Camden, Kent. Dc i on August is, 1 862. He graduated from Princeton in 1S84 and later from the Long Island dical College. He has ai ways been a Democrat.

1 he doctor is a member of Oltmans Lodge No. 14(1, F. and A. M. Council.

R. and of many other organizations. He is a charter member ami present treasurer of the Bedford Democratic Club. His home is at 4a ilalsey street. Henry A.

Ball Henry A. Ball, re nominated for Assembly in the Eighteenth District, was born on Lucjueer street in 1857, but moved to the Eastern District and was educated in Public School No. 17. After leaving school ii learned the molders' i foundry in New York. HENRY A.

RALL. ad is still employed there. He is a member of the Catholic Benevolent Legion and has been twice president of Council No. 14. He has been deputy state chancellor of the order.

He Is also a member of the Iron Molders' Union. Mr. Ball lives at 308 Albany avenue. Conrad Hasenflug. Conrad Hasenflug.

nominated for the Assembly in the Nineteenth District, is a saloonkeeper and peddler, and is widely known and well liked in his district. He was born in Germany. William F. Delaney. William F.

Delaney, Democratic candidate for Assembly in the Twentieth Distr i t. was born in Brooklyn on October 31. 1867, and is, therefore, not quite 32 years of age. He attended the parochial school attached to Our Lady of Mercy Church and Public School No. 14.

For the past four years he has been engaged in the W.M DELANEY. sale of printing ink. He as president, two terms, of the Franklin Association of Pressmen. Mr. Delaney belongs 10 tho Catholic Benevolent Legion, the Knights ol Columbus and tho Foresters of America.

He is president of the Empire Democratic Club and a member of the Horatio Seymour Demoeraiic Club. He is married and lives at IS Weir field street. Herman H. Torborg. Herman H.

Torborg, renominated for the Assembly in the Twenty first District, is 30 years old, having been born in the old City or Now York in I860. parents came to Brooklyn, howev when he was only 8 months old. so that he is to ail extents and purposes a native Brooklynit.e. He attended the public schools and then graduated from Browne's Business College. Upon leaving this insti tution he went into the real estate office of Charles A.

McLaughlin, but after a few years he decided to go into business for himself. I Mr. Torborg lives at 1,043 Liberty avenue. 1 msmmm c. o.

ROBKU" it. su.U'.p. if Witt Clinton ISP 11. II. TOttl'lORO.

Matthew E. Dooler. Democratic nominee for Alderman in tha Twelfth District, is the leader of the district. He was born' 'a the old city of New York, in March, 1865, and was brought to Brooklyn in 1867. He 5rill, ty second Ward since 1S76.

He attended E. dooley. Our Lady of Mercy School and Publlo School No. When 16 he apprenticed himself to a plumber and gisfitter and learned the trade. Six years afterward he bought out the man for whom he worked and went into business for himself.

He lives at 384 Sixth street. Owen J. Murphy. Owen J. Murphy, the Democratic nominee for Alderman in the Thirteenth District.

was born April 27. 1S64, in the Fourteenth Ward. He graduated from Public School No. 17, when 15 years of age, and went Into business with his father as a cooper. When 22 years of age Mr.

Murphy was ap 0WEN J. MURPHT. pointed inspector in the Water Department in the old City ot Brooklyn. This position he filled eight years. Patrick S.

Keely. Patrick S. Keely; Democratic nominee for Alderman in tho Fourteenth District, was born in the Fourteenth Ward in 1850, and has resided there ever since. He is a manufacturer of lime. Two years ago Mr.

Keely was nominated for Councilman, but was defeated. On the death of Alderman Sentt he was chosen p. s. KEELY. the latter's associates in the board to euo jed him.

He lives at 79 Berry street. Jacob J. "Velten. Jacob J. Velten, renominated by the Democrats for Alderman in the Fifteenth District, was born in Brooklyn thirty six years ago.

He was educated in Public School No. IS and De La Salle Institute. At the age of 22 he went into the real estate business, in which he is now engaged. He belongs to many sing JACOB I. VELTEN.

ing societies, fraternal organizations, bowling clubs, etc. His home is at 179 MontroB Thomas E. Wall. Thomas E. Wall, Democratic nominee for Alderman in the Sixteenth District, was born in the.

old City of New' York thirty nine years was educated' Stj' '1a Salle leavhig there'xhe waa twelve ye'sxef" in dry goods business. Eight years ago he moved to Brooklyn and went into the un dertaking business. He is a member of Ocean i Hill Council. R. the Furosiers.

Hopkin i son Council and the JeiVeison Club of the Six teenth Assembly District. Abrahom L. Bennett. Abraham L. Bennett.

the Democratic norni i nee for Alderman in the Seventcentn Dis trict. was born in i Brooklyn on December 3, 1S61. For lhe past fourteen years he has been a resident of the Twenty third a d. 1 He is an under taker, and with his father is also in the I livery business. Ho is a member of De Witt Clinton Council R.

Columbia Council No. 14, Loyal Additional Benefit Association, Edmund B. Morrell. Edmund B. Morrell, candidate for jAlder man in the Eighteenth District, was born in Canarsie.

now the Thirty second Ward of Brooklyn 36 years ago. He uas always been A Democrat and has always taken an active part in politics, but never until now was a candidate for office. He is a builder by occupa tion. Mr. in the president of the Veteran Volunteer Fire I men's Association of Canarsie.

Bernard Schmitt. I Bernard Schmitt, re nominated by the Democrats for Alderman in the Nineteenth District, never tield oflice until two years ago. He was born in Germany, but has lived in this ciuntry many years. By strict attention to the interests of his constituents Mr. Schmitt has obtained much popular ity.

His home is at 79 Bernard scidhtt. Evergreen avenue. John T. lang. John T.

Lang, re nominated by the Democrats for Aldex man in the Twentieth I District, was born In RmnWvn nn namnnho. fCfJ 29. 1S64. For the past twelve years tie has been in the liquor business. Long acthro fflrtilfti in Democratic politics, Mn derman in lKnr itnfl derman in 1S93 and was defeated.

He Urea at 127 Central avenue. JOnX T. LANG. a district that had been considered Republican. Bernard Deister.

Bernard Deister. nominee for Alderman in the Twenty first District, was born in Germany and came to this country when 17 years of age. In 18S3 he was fleeted a mem ber of he New Iots School rfoard, a place which he held until the town became the Twenty sixth Ward of Brooklyn. Mr. Deister BERNARD DEISTER.

was president of the Concordia Singing Society ot the Twenty sixth several terms. He belongs to tie Knights of Pythias, the Order ot Cltosea Friends and other organizations. Ha rsslAM at 176 Vermont street. A. L.

DENNETT. jt ILin lf E. B. MORRELL. ney.

renominated for the Assembly in the Third District, was born on Emmet street, October 21), 1874. Ho graduated from St. Peter's Academy in 1SS9 and then attend .,,1 tno Hili' stcHnnl for a couple of years. He entered the New York Law School in IStio and was admitted to the bar in March, 1SS7. His home Is at 219 Carroll street.

Woodson R. Oglesby. Woodson R. Oglesby, candidate for Assembly in the Fourth District, was born in Shelby County, in 1S07. He comes of old Kentucky and Virginia stock.

He was admitted to the bar in Owensboro, and came to New York about ten years ago. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the Twenty third Reg OGLIvSrjY. iment, thinking that it would be sent away, but when he found that it was not to go he secured a transfer to the Seventy first Regi trfent. with which he went to Cuba. He served bravely at the battle of San Juan and in the trenches before Santiago.

For the past five years Mr. Oglesby has been a member of the Brooklyn Democratic Ciub. Alfred B. Penney. Alfred R.

Penney, Democratic nominee for the Assembly in the Fifth District, was born in 1S44 and has lived in Brooklyn since 18f5. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in the Ninth N. Y. S. afterward known as the Eighty third Volunteers, and served three years.

After the war he' entered the employ FRANK S. PARKKTt. of rettingill Bates, advertising agents, and continued with the member of the firm until three yea.rs ago. when he went into the same line of business for' himself. Mr.

Pennev owns the Meriden Base Ball Club in the Connecticut state leaglle He a member of j0 pa Lo(i No wl A. and one of the tnlstees th( veterans. He is aUo an active member of the Brooklyn Lodge of Elks. Mr. Penney resides at 191) Hooper street.

Frank S. Parker. Frank S. Parker, Democratic nominee for Assembly in the Si.xtji District, was born in Canada on October 7. 1S62.

He came In I'no I'nltnH QHtau in 1S6S and has been a resident of the Twetl s8 ly urst ward since 1S71. He is an insurance broker, with an oflice in Manhattan. He belongs to the Royal Arcanum, Bed ford Council, and is treasurer of the Young Men's Democratic Club of the Twenty first Ward. For many years he was secretary of the Gilbert Dramatic Society. His home is at 61)1 Lafayette avenue.

John D. Holsten. John D. Holsten, Democratic candidate for Assembly in tho was born in the 'Kingdom of Hanover. in 1S53.

He came to this country in 80S and obtained a place in a grocery storo on 'i Hudson avenue. In sB the early SO's he form ed a partnership JOHN D. HOLSTEN. John Sehumacker and opened the Annex Hotel on lower Fulton street. Then he had a notel in New York.

In 1SS2 he moved into the Eighth Ward and began operations in real estate. He opened a saloon at Fortv anu niru avenue in lstiu, of which he was the proprietor until recently. He is now engaged in tnc buiiaing bttsiueti Holsten lives on Forty seventh street, be 'ween Third and Fourth avenues. Thomas J. Farrell.

Thomas J. Farrell represented the Eightii District in the Assembly last year and the year before and has now been nominated again. He wac born in New York on Christmas Day. 1S41. When he was only years of age his parents moved to Fulton.

Oswego County, and there he remained until 1S57. when he re T. J. FARRELL. turned to Brooklyn.

He owns steamboats and has been engaged in the transportation business tor a long period of Mr. Farrell lives at Second street. John J. Cain. John J.

Cain, Democratic candidate for reelection in the Ninth District, was born in Rondout. N. in July, 1S52. He was educated in Public School No. 27 In Brooklyn.

Very early in life he began to take an in 'ercst in politics and in 1S94 he was elected to the Assembly, to which he has been re turned every year since. He has served on many important committees while in Albany. Mr. Cain, who is in the real estate business, lives at 322 Van Brunt street. Charles E.

Fiske. Charles E. Fiske. candidate for Assembly in the Tenth District, was born in Portsmouth. on October 17'.

3 869. He as brought to Brooklyn when a boy and was tducated at St. gs: John's College. He 5 entered Columbia College Law School in 1SSS where he studied until IS91. being ad CHA RLE I'lsKE.

mitted to the bar in the following spring. For eight years he was managing clerk of the law ofiice of Michael Furst. and J. Lou Nos rand. He in, and was when the late war broke out, a member of Troop and went away with it, hut was seized with typhoid fever at Ca.np Alger and was laid up for several weeks.

Mr. Fiske now has a law ofiice of his own. Joseph A. Guider. Joseph A.

who has been renominated for the Assembly in the Eleventh District, though less than 30 years of a.j;,'. has served three terms at. lbany, in 1897 and 1S9S. He was born in the Ninth Ward on March 12, 1870. and has bem in business as a builder there since he was He Is a graduate of Guider is a member of High School Merchants and Traders' Exchange and J.

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R. PBXXEY. JOHN J. CAIN. A.

CCIDKR. the the i the Constitution Club: the Bedford Club; the Seventeenth Assembly District Regular Democratic Club, and the Oluck Quartet Club. William Lynch. William .1. Lvneh.

the Democratic nominee for Justice in the Third District, was born in i Brooklyn on February 1. 1863. He attended i Public: School No. 23. and then studied law with Thomas Wilder in the old City of New York.

He was admitted to the bar in 1SS4, and later became a member of the firm of Wilder, Wilder Lynch. Iu 1S90 he was appointed a member of the Board of Education and was reappointed in 1893 and 1896. He was made Deputy County Clerk in On January 1, ISflS. he resigned from the Board of Education, the charter not permitting a man to hold two offices. Mr.

Lyuch Is a member of the Eckford Club, the Seymour Club, the Jefferson Club of the Seventeenth William J. Lynch, Nominated bv the Democrats fnr Municipal Judge in Third District. Ward, the Bushwick Club and the Thirteenth Assembly District Club. He is single and resides at 2 V7 Leonard street. Adolph H.

Goetting. Adolph H. Goetting. Democratic nominee for Municipal Court Justice in the Fourth "eimuiij arm came to this country when young. He has lived in the eastern section o.

the horougn for more than forty years. Judge Goetung has held several political positions, all of them appointive however. He was first a member of the Board of Education, then a police justice and finally Adolpli EC. Goetting, Dmoratic CainlidEitc for Munlripal Judfje in thv Fourth District. by Mayor Van Wyck's appointment a judge of the Muniripal Court.

His home address Is CSS Bushwick avenue. Cornelius Furg ueson. Cornelius Furgueson, nominated for Mu nicipal Court Justice in the Fifth District, is a son of the Cornelius Furgueson, who was; Supervisor of New Utrecht for almost a gener at ion. He studied at the Polytechnic Institute and Columbia College Law School, graduating I from the latter institution in 1877. He was justice of the poac.v for four years in New i Utrecht and in January, 1 8fS, Mayor Van Wyck appointed him justice of the Municipal Court.

Socially he is well known and popular, beina a member of the following organiza I tions: Kedron Lodge. F. and A. Woods I Lodge. 1.

O. O. Utrecht Council. R. Garfield Council.

P. Columbia Council, I Beacon' Light Encampment. I. L. O.

O. F. Arbutus Re'nekah Lodge, I. O. O.

Parkway Driving Club. Crescent. Athletic Club, Dolphin Athletic Club. New Utrecht Rod and Gun Club. Sheepshcad Bay Rod and Gun Club, New i.irecht iiJxcir.pt Mremens Cornelius Furgueson, Democratic Nominee for Municinal Jmlue In tlie Firtli District.

Association. He is president of the Thirtieth Ward Improvement Association and of the Gravesend Bay Yacht Club. ASSEMBLY TICKET. Thomas O. Hague.

Thomas O. Hague. Democratic candidate for Assembly in the First District. vas born near Sheffield. England, in He came to this country in lSfin.

when 20 years of age and obtained employment with 11. B. Claflin Co. In 187H he went into the export trade. He believes in the thoma.s o.

HAGUE, extension of the public school sysiem, in municipal ownership of public franchises and that the wards that pay the taxes should share more largely in the improvements. Mr. Hague is an active member of Plymouth Church. He lives in the Hotel St. George.

John McKeown. John McKeown, renominated for the Assembly by the Democrats of the Second fr District, was born in AH Ireland in 1S30 and came to this country in 1S77. Iu 18S0 he was elected to the Brooklyn Board of Supervisors. He was given a second term in 1S'J2. Two years later he was elected to tho Assomblv and he has J'lIlN MeKEOWN.

been sent back there every year since. Mr. Kco has served on several important committees ill the Assembly, where he is re carded as valuable mini. Last year he was instrumental in putting through Borough President Grout's bill, wi.i 'a assesses the o. of street improvements wholly' upon city, and not in part upon tho property if i I I I one years For thirty years he lias resided in the Twenty second Ward.

He is John W. Kimball, Honuminuted by th for County TrtiaHUrer. a druggist. Prior to his election three years ago Mr. Kimball was for three years a member of the Hoard of Education.

He is a member of the Carleton Club. He also belongs to the American Legion of Honor and the Royal Arcanum Mr. Kimball is interested in build ing and lean associations and is a director of ho Fifth Avemw Bank. The Republican Stato Controller lias said that, the Treasurer's oflice in Kings County is the model office of the state. John Morrisey Gray.

John Morrisey Gray, candidate for register, has long been an active party worker. He was John JMorrissey Gray, Democratic Candidate for Register. born in the Tenth Ward forty five years ago and was educated in Public School No. (. The late Alderman James McGarry was his brother in law.

Mr. Gray, who has always been a Democrat, has for the past five years represented his Assembly district in the executive cominiiiOi. For many years Mr. Gray was messenger to the Board of then he was an investigator in the employ of the Charities Department. When the present ad ministration came into power he was appointed lire marshal for Brooklyn and Queens, but the courts decided that the former fire mar shal held over.

Mr. Gray was then appointed assistant inspector of combustibles in the Fire Department, a place which he held until the White civil service law went into effect. Mr. Gray, who is a member of several organiza tions. political and social, has for some time been the recognized leader of the Eighth As sembly District.

MUNICIPAL JUSTICES TICKET. John J. Walsh. John J. Walh, Democratic nominee for justice of the Municipal Court.

First District, was born in the Fifth Ward of Brooklyn on John J. Walsh, Nominated Cor Court Justice, First District. May 22, lfGa. His father, Andrew Walsh, was for many years judge of the City Hall district police court and was universally beloved and respected. The boy was educated in Public School No.

and in St. James' and St. Francis Xavier's parochial schools. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1888 and the same year was admitted to the bar. He formed a partnership with the present Assistant Corporation Counsel Carr under the firm name of Carr Walsh and law untll December, 1SS9.

Then on the death of his father he was appointed to fill out the latter's term, which did not expire until April 1S93. He was reappointed for the full term of four years. When the Democrats returned to power on January 1, 1898, he vas made an assistant corporation counsel, a place which he now holds. He was a good polico judge and as he is always courteous and obliging, he has made many friends. He belongs to several clubs and societies.

He is married and lives at Bridge street. John Naumer. John Naumer. Democratic nominee fnr Municipal Justice in the Second District, is a John Naumer, Democratic ran ii.l.i for Municipal Judero in i.l illslrlct. lawyer of established reputation.

He was born in the old City of New York In 18n2, but came 10 Ilroeklyn in early boyhood. He is of German iiaremage. and acquired his edu cation in the public schools and a German American privaie academy. He studied law in the Metropidis Law School, graduated, and was admitted bar at Poughkeepsie in May, He began tin practice of the law immediately at 2'i Court street, where lie now is. as oic of the linn of Roy.

Watson and Nannie. hi jjir.lsiiou to the bar lie foi yearn a seacchur in the mm Jg I I.

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