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Nebraska Bar Association and the National Civic Federation on Reform in Legal Procedure, complained that the system in use in the federal and state courts is one hundred years behind the age. Amasa M. Eaton of Providence, R. I., spoke briefly, urging that the ﬁnal courts in each state should take judicial cognizance of the work of the Uniform Laws Conference, and Seth

Low summed up. "If we can't solve the problems of our com mon life," he said, "by the co-operation of the

states it means a tremendous transfer of power to the federal Government. There is not an extreme Republican who wants to weaken the fundamental principles of our Government. It will be the work of years, but the atmosphere is now friendly to the recognition of uniformity in the common interests by the common action of the independent states."

Miscellaneous

and received the degree of LED. both from the University of Missouri and the University of Denver. From the beginning of his practice in Colorado, Senator Hughes gave special attention to mining and irrigation litigation. He delivered lectures upon mining and irrigation law at Har vard Law School and was for many years pro fessor of mining law at the University of Denver. Daniel W. Band. — Judge Daniel White Bond, since 1890 a Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, died at his home in Waltham, Mass, Jan. 22, within a few weeks after he had

presided over the trial of Hattie Le Blanc, in the famous Glover murder case. He was born in Canterbury, Conn., on April 29, 1838. He spent his boyhood in his native town, working for farmers out of school terms and attending the public schools in the winter season. In 1862 he received the degree of LLB. from the Law School of Columbia University. For a time he practised in Providence, R. I., and then he re

It is reported that an international university of international law will be established at The Hague, more or less in connection with the inter national arbitration court. The cost of the

oﬂ‘ice in Northampton. From 1877 to 1889 he served as district attorney for the North western Judicial District of Massachusetts. In

institution is estimated at about £ 10,000,000,

October, 1890, he was appointed by Governor

which will be subscribed by capitalists interested in furthering the world's peace. It is under stood that the plans will soon be ﬁnished.

Brackett a Justice of the Superior Court.

A comprehensive study of the causes of crime and of the lives of persons after their release from prison has just been completed by the Prison Association of New York, and a full re

port will soon be made to the Sage Foundation, which furnished the funds for the work. Seven hundred prisoners and ex-prisoners from Elmira Reformatory were studied by the Prison Asso ciation's specialists, and a complete history of each subject has been made and tabulated. The deductions from this compilation will be used in mapping out recommendations for the prevention of crime.

Obituary] Charles J. Hughes. ——United States Senator Charles J. Hughes, junior Senator from Colorado, died at Denver, Jan. 11, after a long illness.

He

was born in Kingston, Caldwell county, Mo., Feb. 16, 1853, and was graduated from Richmond

(Mo.) College in 1871. He was a law student at the University of Missouri from 1872 to 1873,

moved to Florence, Mass.

He then opened an

Edward B. Whitney. —— Judge Edward Baldwin Whitney of the Supreme Court bench of New York, died at his country residence at Cornwall,

Ct., on Jan. 5, of pneumonia. Judge Whitney was one of the most prominent lawyers at the New York bar prior to his assuming a judgeship on the Supreme Court bench. A descendant of one of the earliest families of New England, he was born in New Haven Aug. 16, 1857.

At Yale

University he was a member of the famous class of 1878. After a year in the Yale Law School he ﬁnished his course at Columbia Law School and was admitted to the New York bar. In 1893 he was appointed assistant Attorney General of the United States by President Cleve land and served for about four years. He had been a lecturer at the New York Law School since 1890. He was a contributor to legal and economic publications, and was heartily wel comed and in much demand as a speaker at Yale alumni gatherings and before economic bodies. In this latter respect his prominence in civic reform movement attracted attention throughout the country.