tion given by him to the students widened his own view of the law and had a perceptible influence upon his judicial career.

At the annual meeting of the American Bar Association held at St. Louis in September, 1904, Judge Thayer delivered the annual address, his subject being," The Louisiana Purchase; Its Influence and Development under American Rule." The address is published in Vol. XXVII (1904), of the reports of the Association, and displays care and painstaking research as well as the broad philosophic and humane views of Judge Thayer on this important subject.

To him the court was indeed the temple of justice, and in his view and example was realized that

"Of law, no less can be said than that her seat is in the bosom of God; her voice, the harmony of the universe. All things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power."

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WILBUR FISK SANDERS.

Wilbur Fisk Sanders was born at Leon, Cattaraugus County, New York, May 2, 1834, and died at Helena, Montana, July 7, 1905. His parents were Ira and Freedom Edgerton Sanders. He received a common school education, then removed to Ohio where he taught school and studied law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1856 and entered upon the practice of the law. At the outbreak of the Civil War he recruited a company of infantry and a battery of artillery, and was appointed first lieutenant in the 64th Ohio Regiment and went to the front. He was soon afterwards assigned as assistant adjutant-general on the staff of General James W. Forsyth, and assisted in the construction of the defenses along the railroad south of Nashville. In 1862 ill health compelled him to resign from the service. In the following year he went West

and arrived in Montana in September, 1863. Montana was then a part of the recently created territory of Idaho which embraced the immense area now included in the states of Montana and Idaho. Upon his arrival the young lawyer, who was destined to play such a prominent and memorable part in the history of the state, found a reign of lawlessness prevailing and a murderous band of robbers, known as road agents, exercising a dreaded and practically unquestioned sway. The population of the territory was then mostly located in its southwestern portion, where it had been attracted by the discovery of gold. With few exceptions, it was made up of adventurous but law-abiding and justice-loving men. The courts were too far away to be known to them, and until late in the following year, 1864, no court was held in these parts. Voluntarily organized tribunals, known as miner's courts, to whose jurisdiction the people submitted their disputes, administered justice and settled their ordinary controversies. But there were practically no courts with power over criminals, and the road agents, feeling immune from prosecution, became so bold in their crimes as to be a terror to the community. Sanders's fearless and aggressive nature and his regard for order rebelled against such conditions, with the result that an organization, known as the Vigilantes of Montana, was organized. The most notorious of the outlaws were arrested and tried in open daylight before a jury in a miner's court and in a manner as nearly similar as could be to judicial forms. Sanders acted as a prosecuting attorney and the men were convicted and hanged, and the reign of outlawry was soon ended. In May, 1864, Montana was organized into a territory and later in the year courts were established. The organization which Sanders had been instrumental in forming voluntarily and without resistance yielded its functions to the properly constituted authorities. Forever after Sanders set his face against any invasion of the functions of the judiciary. Lynch law found no favor with him, and his influence was exerted to prevent the meting out of justice to criminals except

through the proper instrumentalities of justice. His action in prosecuting the road agents revealed the nature of the man, ever prone to disregard danger and to strive for principle and order irrespective of possible consequences to himself. His sobriety of judgment was manifested in his loyal support of constituted authority, even at times against the intemperate desires or actions of former associates. He displayed these qualities during the forty-two years of his life in Montana. During that time he was one of the leaders of the Bar. He was a great student, not only of law, but of literature and history.

He was noted for his mastery of the English language and for his eloquence, his power of invective, wit and sarcasm. His keenness of intellect and his powers of speech called forth from Robert G. Ingersoll, to whom he was opposed on the trial of a noted case, the remark that "Sanders was the keenest blade he had ever crossed."

Sanders's career illustrates the great influence which a man of courage, conviction and ability may exercise in a community and state. He served several terms in the state legislature and one short term in the United States Senate, the latter from 1890 to 1893. With these exceptions, he never held public office, although he ran for Congress several times when Montana was largely democratic. During all that period he was the most notable personality in the state. He did not have the money-making instinct and did not seek to make money. Speaking of this, he said, not very long before his death, that he could not have devoted himself to money making without changing the whole course of his career, and that he would not have done so if he could. As a result, he lived and died a comparatively poor man, but he won the respect and admiration of his fellow citizens. His death was universally deplored. Upon his demise a strong, spontaneous movement was started and an organization formed to erect a suitable monument to his memory at the state capital, and have a statue of him placed in the national capitol at

Washington. The organization embraces not only his personal and political friends, but political opponents as well.

He died of a cancerous affliction of which he had suffered for a number of years. He was never heard to complain or show either impatience or discouragement during the progress of the ailment; in fact, he seemed to grow more gentle and more kindly in his disposition as the years went by and the affliction grew.

He always took a lively interest in the American Bar Association and its proceedings, and was instrumental in organizing the State Bar Association. It was largely through his influence that the codification of the laws of Montana was obtained.

NEW JERSEY.

S. MEREDITH DICKINSON.

S. Meredith Dickinson was born in Trenton, New Jersey, June 25, 1839, at "The Hermitage," famous as the country residence of General Philemon Dickinson, commander of the New Jersey Militia during the Revolution.

Mr. Dickinson's family settled in Virginia about 1650. He was the great-grandson of General Dickinson and greatgrandnephew of John Dickinson, who drafted the original articles of confederation, and who was a member of the Continental Congress and governor of both Delaware and Pennsylvania. His parents were Philemon and Margaret Gobert Dickinson.

Mr. Dickinson studied law with the late Mercer Beasley, for many years Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, and was admitted to the Bar in June, 1863, as an attorney, and in June, 1866, as a counselor at law.

On June 17, 1861, he was commissioned acting paymaster in the United States Navy with the rank of lieutenant, and served on the sloop of war "Dale," and was honorably dis

charged October 31, 1862. In 1863 Mr. Dickinson was appointed private secretary to Governor Parker of New Jersey, and afterward held the offices of assistant adjutant-general of New Jersey and deputy comptroller of that state. In 1871 he was appointed chief clerk in the office of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey, a position which he held until his death on January 29, 1905.

It was in this office that he became widely known to the members of the Bar as an authority upon equity law and practice. He was the author of "Dickinson's Chancery Precedents" and "Dickinson's Probate Court Practice." He was one of the advisory masters of the Court of Chancery and heard many cases referred to him by the chancellor. In 1890 he was appointed chancery reporter and published the New Jersey Equity Reports, Vols. 46 to 66 inclusive. Notwithstanding the manifold duties of his office, Mr. Dickinson found time to attend to considerable private practice and numerous social duties. He was for many years president of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the Revolution, a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and Treasurer of the Trenton Battle Monument Association.

He married Garetta Moore, by whom he had five sons and one daughter, all of whom survive him.

Mr. Dickinson was a most kind and lovable man and, while rather retiring in disposition and devoted to a domestic life, had hosts of friends, who admired him for his high character and many sterling qualities.

LUTHER SPENCER GOBLE.

Luther Spencer Goble was born at Newark, New Jersey, on February 5, 1826, and died, January 20, 1905, at Newfoundland, New Jersey, where he had gone in the hope of restoring his impaired health. He was a son of Dr. Jabez G. Goble, a prominent physician of Newark, president of the Medical Society of New Jersey and representative of the Mutual Life