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Show r-!ss--N---!--:.-.;. 1 PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT tl SIMS WILL TRY AGAIN 1 Edwin W. Sims, United States district attop SHiW ney n Chicago, whoso hard earned victory ovet tho Standard Oil Company has Just been sol aside by Judge Qrosscup, Is preparing to. renew ifl tho government's light upon tho trust. Mr. Slrat jlSjiX L 'B R Canadian y birth, but waa reared and odu- Wfn catod In Michigan. Ho found Journalism a pro .14 paratory exr-orlcnco to tho law, and beginning "fflwl iS!r nB n cul rI)0rter no had worked up to th Vtf"jjkf m point when ho was city editor ot tho old Da; vu?P M City Post, when ho decided to lot bo ot a certalt Jl. Job with a stipulated Income In exchango for the J jiMlim. uncertain field that opened tho way for his am sdlwMVhsfM'l muilllllllli 110 8tud,ci1 m University of Michigan, fflYjffiHQ graduated In 1894, and soon aftor went to Chlca. , go to locate 'It took 801119 11 mP nDl' a deal ot walking up and down to land n place In an ofllco whoro ho could exchango his ambition nnd what ho didn't yet know about law for enough money to pay board, lodging nnd laundry bills. But ho found tho plnco, with a prominent old lawyer, and went to work. Ho was to bo paid $5 a week, and to do anything any-thing and everything. Ono day tho old lawyer told him to draw up a legal opinion- upon n cortaln matter connected with uinrltlmo law. Sims did It, ond usod practically practi-cally a day doing it. Then ho took It to his employer. Tho latter read it carefully through, signed his nnmo to It nnd put it In an cnvolopo, togcthei with a bill for $500 for an opinion. Some dlffcrcnco between $5 for a wcok's work and $500 for n dny!s work and tho young man thought a long time. Then ho went out, rented an office, hung but his own gllt-lettercd sign and began to hustlo. Ho hustled Id a political way, too, nnd thnt brought him cllonts and thon Jobs. First h -was mado county attorney. Then ho was mado a district attorney for the state. When tho department of commcrco and labor was organized ho wai appolntod Its solicitor. And from there he wont to his present position. I INDEPENDENCE, PARTY LEADER . . '1 Thomas L. Hlsgon, tho man nominatod bj rSjsSN tho Independence party as its candldato for fij& president, Is a resldont of Massachusetts, nl- though originally hailing from Indiana. Ills rgmx&- I parents woro Gorman people who first located m&j&ffljf gA "t Albany, N. Y. In 1857 William Hlsgon, tha mjSrJ to father, emigrated with tho family to Petersburg, Wmmfet 0, f ( IntI- where ho opened a store. On Novombor "ftSZP r I 26 01 tho f'Iow'nK J'oir Thomas was born. MM&lltfl .j-V 'le 0PPortunItlos for education wero mea- jtfnKwM- 2 ' sor In tho fifties ond espoclally In tho country UlMimjJ district where tho HIsgen family lived, so Thorn- mTumy na 'ok his education as opportunity presontcd pffiPW itself In tho shapo of tho ordinary country 2liifcEitti5iisl A constantly Increasing family with far from a corresponding Increase In worldly goods necessitated neces-sitated Thomas and his brothers early In llfo taking up a part of tho burden of their fntlior. When HIsgen was about 16 years of ago his fathor moved back to Albany, Al-bany, whoro Thomas and his two brothors became clerks In a clothing stOTo The elder HIsgen had somo knowledge ot chomlstry, and he began trying to invent a compound of patent axlo grease. The brothers wero at first Inclined to discredit their father's attempt, but later experiments that Thomas made demonstrated that tho patent was 0 commercial possibility. HIsgen married Miss Barbara Fox of Albany in 1900, and threo children aro tha result of tho union. Hlsgon ran for state nudltoron tho Democratic nnd Indopendenco Lcaguo Uckot in 190C, polling 150,000 votes, and tho following year ho ran on tho straight Indopendenco Leaguo ticket tor governor, receiving 75,000 votes and placing his party in tha second placo in political powor in tho stato of MassachusottB. I STANDARD'S CHIEF ATTORNEY I 1 John S. Miller, chief attorney for the Standt pfcfrjv ard Oil Company In tho Indiana railroad robato KP'&jvk cases, which havo Just como through tho United m sl5si States court of appeals with a rovorsal, which I means a great victory tor tho Rockofellor forces Vj. KfCX Mpl hy tho "ftlnS ot tbo $29,240,000 flno assessed by ' wkS) Judge LandlB, Is ono of tho best equipped at- V , tornoys practicing In the federal courts. A short Wih-v' " tlmo keforo he entered upon tho trial of tho fSBlS Standard Oil cases in Chicago ho whipped tho Tk25 j United States to a standstill in tho boot trust cnBes, and by so doing led President Koosovolt mA$!A JRSk. to raB0 m n 8D0C'al moBBaBO to congress ngalnst Ji Wfhb tho law tlmt Provon's tuo government from ap- xnBnjjllfjM pealing from "an unjust decision of a federal WMlmBrWll((ll'(m Judge" Ho also had chargo of tho John II. Walsh caso for the defense, and has been in much Important litigation in tho past few years. Miller Is a Chicago marl and was corporation counsel under Mayors Hempstead Hemp-stead Washburne and Ocorgo B. Swift. In that capacity ho won several big cases for tho city. Ho Js 58 years old,-a man of family and known in clubdom aa "a Jolly good fellow." When Judgo Landls assessed tho $29,240,000 flno ngalnst tho oil men Miller Mil-ler was disconsolate Tho oil men wero correspondingly enraged, and whilo MUlor assured thorn that ho could knocl: out the vordlct In a higher court, his cllonts had much doubt In his claims. Tho lawyer persevorcd, however, and maintained his position In tho matter. Ho carried tho caso up to tho appol-lato appol-lato division, and when that tribunal declared in his favor the attorney was overjoyed. Tho incoptlon of tho "immunity bath" is credltod to Miller, who coined tho phraso when ho successfully yanked tho beef trust packers out of tho court's grasp Just beforo sontenco waa to bo pronounced against them. Ho secured a verdict and defeated tho national dopartmont ot Justice. PRINCE OF WALES IN AMERICA I Qeorgo, prlnco of Wales, who is now In Canada S whoro ho went to tnko part In tho Quoboo Torcentonnlnl colobrntlon, may visit the United States beforo his return to England. Europe cnu boast fow scions of royalty who havo tho porsonal popularity of tho Dritlsh heir apparent Ho is tho socond son of tho king and camo to tho Buccosslon by tho death of his elder brother, Prlnco Edward, In January, 1892. In nppoaranco ho rcsombles his fathor somowhat, and his plain manner and dlsllko for ostentation havo endeared en-deared him to tho English people. Ho Is a sailor, sail-or, his service having begun when ho was 12, and at 27 ho was mado a commander of tho 1 royal navy, Ho was in command of tho gunboat J Thrush when ho previously vlsltod Canada, and In that capacity ho was permitted to Indulge hlB own destro for quiet strolls about tho streets of old Quebec and for plain mingling with tho officers about tho clubs upon equal tortus. On tho present occasion, however, ho has seen tho city under different conditions. He Is tho second man ot the kingdom now Its futuro king ho Is hedged about with dignity and state, whilo his own actions aro confined within comparatively narrow lltnlta. Whilo in Quebec ho occupied quarters that woro elaborately furnished and decorated In the old cltadol, that grim und frowning fortress that looks as grandly torrlblo ob it did In other days when It had bo mo claim In being literally tho "Gibraltar ot Amorlca." It is nbt bo much an impregnable fort now and might bo taken without much difficulty, porhapa. It haa a ruggod grandeur, nevertheless, that can hardly fall to Impress tho obsoryer. Tho prlnco Is accompanied by his wlfo and a brilliant staff, headed by Lord Roborts, the veteran whoso pralsoci many writers besides Kipling havo delighted to slug. |