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Seventh Iowa Cavalry. For some time after the close of the war he remained in the army, fighting Indians, and then went to Fort Scott, Kas., where he
opened a harness shopI wrote verses for the county papers and began to study
of Ironquill, he first gained fame as: newspaper poet, many of his poems appearing in the papers of Topeh Kas. His name went abroad as"lrm~ quill of Kansas" and rested onahom
optimism that he put into his verse
In 1871 he was admitted to the
As a writer M r. Vare's best-knownworb
Kansas bar. As a lawyer Mr. W'are flourished, and from the law he entered naturally into politics. From 1879 to 1884 he was a member of the Kansas
are his prairie poems, of whichol! volume, through thirteen “Rhymes editions. of Ironquill," Othersdllli
law.
Senate and he was two times delegate to the Republican national convention. In 1893 he removed to Topeka. He was
United States Commissioner of Pen sions from 1902 to 1905. Since that time Mr. Ware had been senior member of the law firm of Ware, Nelson & Ware of Kansas City. Under the pseudonym
writings are “Ithuriel," “The Risealll Fall of the Saloon," “The Lyon Cam paign and History of the First l0‘?
Infantry," “The Indian Campaign 1864" and “From Court to Com’ which had four editions. In additi'fil he made several translations and wail
plenteous contributor to legal and lit! ary publications.
Bar Association Meetings Alabama. —The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Alabama Law Association was held July 7-8, at Montgomery and
Jackson’s Lake. President John London
Legislation and Its Operation ll America"; Hon. W. W. Whiteside, “501"
Mistakes of Lawyers and Judges"; 0- C Whitson, “The Subordination of the
in his address discussed recent Alabama legislation, especially that relating to
Judge to the Jury"; Ray RushtmL
local option and the commission form The annual address, delivered by Hon.
These ofiicers were elected: Presidflll' Judge John Pelham; first vice-president Gen. Robert F. Ligon, Montgomery?
W. A. Blount, of Pensacola, Florida, treated of “The Past, Present and
second vice-president, Paul Speak‘ Huntsville; third vice-president, T- Sid’
of government.
“Handling the Facts."
Future Status of Employers and Em
ney Frazer, Union Springs; fourth Vl“r
ployees," and was received with a great deal of interest. The papers submitted included the
president, John E. Mitchell, Mobile;
following: Sam Will John, “Our Impera tive Duty to Procure a Judicious Re
Troy, Montgomery.
form of the Judicial Procedure in the
Courts of Alabama"; W. W. Lavendar,
Colorado.—President Charles D‘ Hayt’s address, at the annual meeting
“Judiciary Recall"; L. J. Bugg, “Direct
of the Colorado Bar Association June
fifth vice-president, W. W. Lavendfl' Centreville; secretary-treasurer, Alex
