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The Legal World of James Brown Scott, has already under way a number of important projects. Prof. John Bassett Moore of Columbia University has been invited to under take the preparation and publication of a collection of all known international arbitrations. This plan contemplates the establishment of a basis for future arbitrations similar to that furnished by ordinary law reports. The Division of Economics and History, under the direction of Prof. John Bates Clark, has already advanced a long way in the formulation of a program of scientific study of the historical and economical causes of war, with a view to their pre vention in the future. The Division of Intercourse and Education, which has been placed under the direction of Presi dent Butler of Columbia University, has before it the whole field of propa ganda, publication, international con ciliation, and the education of public opinion, with a view to the permanent establishment of friendly international relations.

make the rest of the building more de sirable for lawyers and insurance men." That was the origin of the famous Lawyers' Club. The Insurance Club was not a success and was soon merged with the other. It resulted in one of the most unique organizations in the world. The Lawyers' Club at one time had 1,820 members, 1,200 resident and 520 non resident. Their annual dues aggregated $156,000, all which of went into the Equitable treasury in place of rent. The club was organized in 1887. William Allen Butler, of Wallace, Butler & Brown, was elected president then and still holds that position. George T. Wilson, vicepresident of the Equitable, is secretary and treasurer of the club. The Gover nors are : William Allen Butler, William C. Gulliver, George T. Wilson, Henry Rogers Winthrop, Frederic R. Coudert, Henry D. Macdona, William Curtis Demorest, Alton B. Parker, William Butler Duncan and R. A. C. Smith.

Obituary

The destruction of the Law Library of 35,000 volumes was one of the unfor tunate features of the recent burning down of the Equitable Building in New York, which deprived a thousand law yers and law clerks of their offices. When the building was first completed the renting agent reported to Henry B. Hyde that it was impossible to find good tenants for the upper stories, which were too dark. For a moment Mr. Hyde Hyde bent his head in thought, then said: "We will organize a lawyers' club on one floor, an insurance men's club on another floor. We will provide a free law library and a free insurance library for both, and provide dining rooms in which the members can meet and take their meals in the daytime. That will give us an income for those floors, and

Allen, Col. Ethan. — Col. Ethan Allen, who died in New York Dec. 7, managed Horace Greeley's campaign for the Presi dency, practised law in New York City, and wrote many books, the best known of which is "The Drama of the Revolu tion." Bigelow, John. — John Bigelow, the venerable lawyer, diplomat and author, died at his home in New York Dec. 19, at the age of ninety-four. Mr. Bigelow was born at Maiden, N. Y., and edu cated at Union College. In 1849 he purchased a third interest in the New York Evening Post. He became United States Consul at Paris in 1862, and later Minister to France. In 1875 he was elected secretary of the state of New York, and after his term expired de voted himself to his farm and to literary