For the first time in sixteen years Des Moines county is represented by a republican senator. To this position Hon. Wm. Corse McArthur was elected after a closely contested campaign. He is a native of Iowa, born in Burlington, July 22, 1860, which city has always been his home. After finishing the course of the Burlington schools he attended Cornell university at Ithaca, N. Y., from which college he was graduated in 1881. He completed his legal education at the Columbia Law school, New York. After his graduation he began the practice of law in Burlington. He was married May 1, 1882, to Harriet Grant Hanmer, of Syracuse, N. Y. Their only child, Virginia Corse McArthur, is a charming miss of 14 years. Mr. McArthur represented Des Moines county in the house in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly. The good record he made in that body did much toward his election to the senate. He will be conspicuous in the railroad questions in this session by reason of his location and constituents. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum. With his wife, one of the most popular of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly ladies, he attends the Episcopal church. He was appointed and served as lieutenant-colonel on Gov. Frank D. Jackson's staff. Senator McArthur comes to the legislature as the recognized representative of Senator Gear. His election to the senate was all the greater compliment to him as a politician and popularity as a citizen, in that during the campaign he was confined to his home by severe illness. Last session he served on house committees on code, judiciary, suppression of intemperance, mines and mining, municipal corporations, labor, public health, public libraries, and pardons.

For the first time in sixteen years Des Moines county is represented by a republican senator. To this position Hon. Wm. Corse McArthur was elected after a closely contested campaign. He is a native of Iowa, born in Burlington, July 22, 1860, which city has always been his home. After finishing the course of the Burlington schools he attended Cornell university at Ithaca, N. Y., from which college he was graduated in 1881. He completed his legal education at the Columbia Law school, New York. After his graduation he began the practice of law in Burlington. He was married May 1, 1882, to Harriet Grant Hanmer, of Syracuse, N. Y. Their only child, Virginia Corse McArthur, is a charming miss of 14 years. Mr. McArthur represented Des Moines county in the house in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly. The good record he made in that body did much toward his election to the senate. He will be conspicuous in the railroad questions in this session by reason of his location and constituents. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum. With his wife, one of the most popular of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly ladies, he attends the Episcopal church. He was appointed and served as lieutenant-colonel on Gov. Frank D. Jackson's staff. Senator McArthur comes to the legislature as the recognized representative of Senator Gear. His election to the senate was all the greater compliment to him as a politician and popularity as a citizen, in that during the campaign he was confined to his home by severe illness. Last session he served on house committees on code, judiciary, suppression of intemperance, mines and mining, municipal corporations, labor, public health, public libraries, and pardons.

For the first time in sixteen years Des Moines county is represented by a republican senator. To this position Hon. Wm. Corse McArthur was elected after a closely contested campaign. He is a native of Iowa, born in Burlington, July 22, 1860, which city has always been his home. After finishing the course of the Burlington schools he attended Cornell university at Ithaca, N. Y., from which college he was graduated in 1881. He completed his legal education at the Columbia Law school, New York. After his graduation he began the practice of law in Burlington. He was married May 1, 1882, to Harriet Grant Hanmer, of Syracuse, N. Y. Their only child, Virginia Corse McArthur, is a charming miss of 14 years. Mr. McArthur represented Des Moines county in the house in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly. The good record he made in that body did much toward his election to the senate. He will be conspicuous in the railroad questions in this session by reason of his location and constituents. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum. With his wife, one of the most popular of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly ladies, he attends the Episcopal church. He was appointed and served as lieutenant-colonel on Gov. Frank D. Jackson's staff. Senator McArthur comes to the legislature as the recognized representative of Senator Gear. His election to the senate was all the greater compliment to him as a politician and popularity as a citizen, in that during the campaign he was confined to his home by severe illness. Last session he served on house committees on code, judiciary, suppression of intemperance, mines and mining, municipal corporations, labor, public health, public libraries, and pardons.