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Show NEVADA HAS A NEW SENATOR Reno, Nov., July !. William A. Massey, appointed United States senator sen-ator to fill the vacanoy caused by tho death of Senator Georgo S. Nixon, iB ono of tbe fororaost citizens of Nevada, Ne-vada, o is a Republican, and for many years has been prominent in the business and political affairs of the state, serving as a member of the general assembly and later as district Judge and supreme court Justice. Two years ago he was a candidate for the .H Republican nomination for governor Hl against Governor Tasker L. Oddle, IkH the man who has now appointed him ll to the United States senate, lH Judge Massey was born in Ohio in AH 1856. His father, Dr. William B. Mas- MH seyr was a noted practitioner before hPI the civil war. He was a surgoon Srl general In General Sherman's brigade KH with tho Sixty-eighth Ohio battery. K W Roared In the state of Illinois, Judgo I Massey acquired his education in tho public schools of that state, later sup- H I plementlng his education with tho 1 M study of law In Ashbury university, w H Green Castlo, Ind., As a young man I 1 ho began the practice of his profes- 1 slon in San Diego, Cal., In 1885. In 1 I 1886 he removed to Elko oounty, tiw I Nevada, where ho soon won recognl- fpiJHfl tlon In his profession. nPC Judge Massey's first public service 1m9 was in 1802, when ho was elected a imSi member of the Nevada state leglsla- "flH turo from Elko county. He was elect- H ed to the supreme court of Nevada H in 1896 as a candidato of tho Silver lH pary Jr m "osiened to resume ill the practice c 'H Judge MasBev is a fiery speaker. For H years in the court room and on the jH stump in political campaigns he has jH been a commanding figure for his B blunt, forceful, forensic style. Ho has H blunt, forceful, forensiv stylo. Ho has Vm bor of tho Masonic fraternity. tM no 5 H |