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Show Justice Rufus Peckham Dead. Albany, N. Y. Rufus Peckham, justice jus-tice of the United States Supreme eourt, died at his summer home at Altamont at 8:15 o'clock Sunday night. Justice Peckham was a Democrat, Demo-crat, and before taking a seat on the bench gave considerable attention to politics in New York. He was born in Albany. N. Y., Noevmber 8. 183S, and had been on the bench, state and federal, fed-eral, for twenty-six years. He came from the court of appeals of his native na-tive state. |