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Show HENDERSON CHOSEN IS IM SENATOR Banker and Attorney of Elko Appointed to Vacancy Va-cancy at Washington. KKXO, Nev., Jan. 4. Charles BpJ-knap BpJ-knap Henderson, banker and attorney of Elko, Nev., was appointed United States senator from Nevada to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis G. Xcwlands, by Governor Emmet D. Boyle. The appointment is ad interim, extending till the next general election, to be held in November. At that time the unexpired term of Seuator Newlands will be filled by popular vote. Senator Henderson 's 'Tedential? will he prepared pre-pared at once and he will leave for Washington as soon as possible. ( harks Belknap ifrnd'Tson was horn in an Jose, C'al., June S, 174. He received re-ceived his a''a dern ic. fjdni-a t ion, a ft er ha viiiT finished t lie public schools of Elko, Nov., at the University of thi' Pacific Pa-cific at an Jose ('al. In l!i2 and 9.'J he was a fdndmt at Stanford nniwr-ity and in th fall of entered the I'nhprsitv of Modi-! igan. .'radua t ins from t ii" law vhool i of that institution in 1 S'.t.j with the degree of l.L. B. In I'fti h tnnlt a post graduale four1--' in law and later bv;ni the practice prac-tice of law in Sa u Fra nrjvo. Mov-ing Mov-ing to Ijko he .erM as district attorney attor-ney fir four years. Hp also represent- cd KIko comity in the slate legislat ure. I liuring the Spanish-American war he j v.-; -(,,,; missioned as second li"n tenant ' of M t roop of the Sec olid regiment of 'j'-u-r, Stoles vobmteer ,-ava!rv. To addition to large banking interests tn Kil.o county Henderson ha-; larg holding? hold-ing? in rrmohing and livestock corporation? corpora-tion? in Nevaoa and California. He is conbidered one of the most prominent Democrats in the state and is a former re'prj of the ntyt nnner-sity, nnner-sity, but was defeated for re-eection a? regent in 1916. He is a grandson of former 1 -rover nor Brad k-y of Neva da and a nephew of H". Belknap, for mauy years a justice of the Nevada supreme su-preme court. |