New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . teranClub. He is unmarried and therefore can take time todevote himself to the outdoor sj)orts of which he is sofond. He is, in fact, an athlete of no mean order. Helives at No. 263 Pacific Avenue, Jersey City. Along withhis other good qualities Mr. Bain is a very good after dinnerspeaker, or for that matter at any time, and has quite agraceful delivery. CHARLES A. HESS. Charles A. Hess, one of New Yorks most prominent law-yers of the younger generation, was born in this city in1858 and received an elementary education in th
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . teranClub. He is unmarried and therefore can take time todevote himself to the outdoor sj)orts of which he is sofond. He is, in fact, an athlete of no mean order. Helives at No. 263 Pacific Avenue, Jersey City. Along withhis other good qualities Mr. Bain is a very good after dinnerspeaker, or for that matter at any time, and has quite agraceful delivery. CHARLES A. HESS. Charles A. Hess, one of New Yorks most prominent law-yers of the younger generation, was born in this city in1858 and received an elementary education in the publicschools. He graduated from the University Law School inMay, 1878. His college career was exceptionally brilliant,and he was very popular not only because of his talents, buton account of his charming personality and courteous man-ners. He was President of his class and was also its vale-dictorian. In 1881 Mr. Hess was appointed U. S. AssistantDistrict Attorney by Elihu Root, himself one of the greatestlawyers in America, and one who can appreciate talent in. CHARLES A. HESS. Others. After filling the position with ability for fifteenmonths he resigned in order to attend to his private prac-tice, which had grown very large and lucrative. He is now-head of the well-known law firm of Hess, Townsend &McClelland. The Hess family is Republican by heredity,and after Charles had left college he was attracted to par-ticipation in active politics, rendering yeomans service tohis party in council and on the stump. He was nominatedfor Judge of one of the district courts by his party, in 1890,and, though defeated, polled a very heavy vote. The futureis brilliant with promise from Mr. Hess. His principalpractice is in the United States Courts. 194 NEIV YORK, TJ/E METROPOLIS.
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