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Show Many Yean o the Beneh. On hie decisions in railway and admiralty ad-miralty caies principally rest the fame of Thoinaa W. Drummond, ex-judge of the United States circuit court, who died recently at his home in Wheaton, Ills. In 1660 ha took his seat on the Illinois district bench as an appointee of President Presi-dent Taylor. Nineteen years later President Presi-dent Grant made him judge of the Seventh Sev-enth circuit, comprising the states of Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. In 1384 he retired to private life to pass the remainder re-mainder of his days in well earned repose. re-pose. At the time of his demise he was over 80 years of age. As before remarked Judge Drummond made his great reputation as a jurist in admiralty and railway cases. Born at Bristol, Me., the son of a Scotch sea cap-. cap-. tain, he took an interest in everything pertaining to maritime affairs, and his practical knowledge in this direction naturally natur-ally gave force and weight to his decision of causes involving the rights of owners, shippers or sailors. sail-ors. It was his ; fortune to ait upon the circuit JUDGE HCMom bench during two great financial and railroad crises 1873 and 18T7. By 187S over 16,000 miles of railroad had passed into the hands of receivers appointed by Judge Dmmmond, and each of these receivers re-ceivers had to make detailed reports to the court. The mass of work imposed upon him was almost incalculable, and that he achieved the success he did in Straightening out innumerable financial , tangles will always remain among the lists of remarkable legal triumphs. Two eons and four daughters survive Judge Drummond, all of them well established in life. ,J.. . |