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 The Legal World for him. Then let the attorney be to the criminal law for false swearing affidavit, and let him be disbarred iiingl'e fact of the ﬁnding of a jury m.

subject in such by the against

N. H.; second vice- resident, E. E. Donnelly,

Bloomington, Ill.; t ird vice-president, Henry C. Schaertrer, San Francisco, Cal.; treasurer, W. 0. Hart, New Orleans, La. (re-elected);

recording secretary, Cincinnati.

The sixteenth annual convention of the Commercial Law League of America was held at Narragansett Pier Jul 18 to 23. Hon. Amasa

M.

Eaton

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raud, and

described the relation of bankruptcy to commerce as “that of a safety-valve as well as a waste pipe." Addresses were made by Harold Remin n, author of "Remin on on Bankruptcy, ’ by Hon. Nathan Little eld, one of the referees for Rhode Island, by Abram Ellrus, chairman of the s cial com mittee on bankruptcy, by Mr. ward B. Page of New York and by Henry Rosenberg, manager of the National Association of Clothiers. Franklin A. Wagner of New York, in a paper on “A Draft of a Uniform Corpora tion w," expressed his belief that “the time has come when business corporations shall stand out in the open and ﬁght for their rights. When the epic have been educated to understand the injurious effect to business interests and to themselves of baiting and harassing corporations, whether good or bad,

conservative constructive legislation will become the rule and not the exception." H. T. Newcomb of Washington, D. C., expressed

the opinion that certain sections of the latest railroad bill not only impose on the Inter state Commerce Commission what its former chairman, the eminent Judge Cooley, re garded as “superhuman" duties, but that these duties manifestly partake of the character of legislation. A paper by N. W. Littleﬁeld of Providence, on “Commerce and the Bankruptcy Act" was read by Chester W. Barrows, his associate, and “Corporations as Commercial Collection Agen cies" was the subject of an address by Frederick H. Denman of New York. The report of the committee on uniform rates was unanimousl adopted by the conven tion, and the sc edule of fees suggested by them approved as the minimum scale. The secretary reported the total membership of the League to be 2,300, an increase of 275 over last ear. The following oﬁicers were elected for t e coming year: President, A V. Cannon, of White, Johnson & Cannon, Cleveland, Ohio; ﬁrst vice-president, Joseph Madden, Keene,

Henry

W.

Backus,

Necrology-— The Bench Allison,

I.,

welcomed the members in a scholarly address. The annual address of President Henry Deutsch of Minneapolis was most admirable. As a result of the work of President Deutsch through the year, a more friendly relation has been brought about with the Credit Men's Association. Their president, F. H. McAdow, of Chicago delivered an address on the second day, on "The Business Law er and the Credit Man." Hon. C. M. on b, Judge of the U. S. District Court, New ork Cit, delivered an illuminating address on "Ban ruptcy in Relation to Commerce," in which he declared the national Bankru tcy Act a check on crazy credit and bald

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Sioux City,

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may, Bradfard.-—At Ithaca, N. Y., July 4, aged 65. County judge for twelve years; mayor of Ithaca for two years. Barker, Albert N.—At Spencerport, N. Y., July 30, aged 71. Justice of the peace for twenty-four years. Biddle, Craig.—At Andalusia, Pa., July 26, aged 87. Former judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia; served in the state legislature in 1849; heard the noted case of Senator Quay on the charge of de frauding the state. Burns, john M.—At Ashland, Ky., July 20, aged 86. Former circuit judge; city solicitor o Ashland; known as an eloquent orator throughout Kentucky, Ohio and West Vir ginia.

Cook, john M.—At Steubenville, 0., uly 10, a ed 67. One of the most eminent awyers 0

the eastern Ohio bar; former prosecuting

attorney; judge of the Circuit Court of the eastern Ohio district for twenty years; a man of excellent character and high prin ciples. Darling, ]. R.—At Groton, Vt., July 15,

aged 87. For thirt —eight years town clerk of Groton; served in

ermont legislature; state

senator in 1880; assistant judge of Caledonia County. Desnoyers.—At Montreal, Can., Jul 4, aged 75. For many years member 0 the license commission; formerly judge of the Ma istrate’s Court, and judge of the Sessions in iiontreal for thirty-eight years. Garoutte, Charles H.—At Berkeley, Ca1., uly 17, aged 56. One of the brightest legal ights of t e state; district attorney at the age of twenty-three; in 1885 elected to the Superior Court of California; in 1890 elected to the Supreme Court. Gregory, George F.—At St._John, N. B., July 23, aged 71. Former judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick. Hillyer, C.

V.—At Washington,

D.

C.,

July 15. Prominent in Fernandina, Fla.; retired from the bench to enter insurance business. Hoke, Joseph T. At Kingwood, W. Va., July 26, aged 76. Served in the state senate; congressman for one term; 'udge of the thirteenth

'udicial

district;

mted

States

consul at indsor, N. S Lake, George R.—-At Omaha, July 29, aged 64. Practised in the Ohio Supreme Court in 1851; for six years speaker of the