Show = a MlUVAUKEEa 111 L1f1ER JIISs KATE II riKK WHO ARGUE I riKFOKE THE COURT STATE M7PKEMK An entire family of lawyers sisal Is what the Pier family father mother and Uiree daughters are to be Colonel C K 1ler formerly Fond du JJic now of Milwaukee ol 0 is an old 1 pracUtioner His wIfe and I his eldest daughter are also practicing prac-ticing and his two younger daughters daugh-ters are taking the law course at the Wisconsin State university Mrs Pier and her daughter Kate H Iier were graduated from the law department of the State university in 1SS7 and were two of the only four women lawyers who have thus far taken Urn law course of the State university the other two being Sims La Foliette the wife of Congressman Congress-man La Foliette of Madison who graduated In 1S55 and Miss Jessie Hutchinson of Itichlaud Center Vli who wn irruluatinl last Yenr Mrs Iier aud daughter are associated as-sociated together with an olllce in Uie Miller block and are enjoying a large practice It was Miss Tier who attracted such interest in tho Supreme Court last week from the fact that she was the first woman lawyer whoever who-ever appeared before tho supreme tribunal of the State The attention atten-tion show her was unusual too as i she appeared but as a young girl among the coterie of old lawyers present Among them were ex Secretary of the Interior William F Vilas General K E Bryant and Lucius Fairchild Miss Tier aji I peared for the defense in tho case of Sutton vs Wegner arguing n motion mo-tion to sit aside an order of the superior court makiuga reference to take testimony The case was opened by the appellant himself J J Sutton of Columbus and as soon as he had finished lIl1ss Tier addressed the court For half tan hour her annimeut was followed with Uio closest attention by all present Even the dignified judges seemed to appreciate itosanunusual event and mingled au Increased degree de-gree of austerity with a certain amount of extra IntereSt in the fair young attorney Miss Pier stated her case uuhcsl taUugly and frequently turned to and lied authorities showing an acquaintance with law and a degree of selfpossession At tho conclusion fol H 3 I sion of her address she was cordially cordial-ly congratulated for the successful I lmpre sion she had made and among themselves the lawyers Were unanimously of the opiniju that she made au exceedingly strong and convincing argument It was trying ordeal fur a lady so young as Miss Pier is but 2 I years of age She has a strikingly handsome aud intelligent face an J is I possessed of a wealth of black hair which In a single coil ahuott trails the tloor Like the excels tioual women of today she wears no Longs but combs her hair bark Miss Pier is a native of Fond du Iae Wisconsin and a graduate of the Fond UU Lac high school In ISSi at tIre same time I as her mother moth-er she entered the law department of the State university nUll by taking a double course in 1SS7 obtained ob-tained her decree entitling her to practice in all tile State courts For ten months she held a jiosition In Uie legal I detriment of the Wisconsin Wis-consin Central railway retiring April 1st to associate herself with her mother Miss Piers two sKtcrs who have jut eutcred the State university for a course in tile law dcmrtmcnt are Carrie H aged IS and Harriet 11 aged I7Oliicago YWiune |