Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1893 — BLOWS HIS OWN HORN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BLOWS HIS OWN HORN.

Nominations by the President for Associate Justice and Minister to Italy. The President, Tuesday sent the following nominations to the Senate: William B. Hornblower, of New York, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme

Court of the United States, vice Samuel Blatch ford, deceased. James U. Van Alon, of Rhode Island, to be ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary toltaly. Judge Hornblower Is a graduate of Printeton University and one of the foremost lawyers of New York city. He has never been active in politics, and has made his excellent reputation purely by his attainments and labors as a lawyer. He is a decendant of Josiah Hornblower, a famous English engineer.

WM, B. HORNBLOWER.