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Fees OF Leading Luwyers-Church mi
State--Subma rine Cables.

Fees OF Leading Latvyers-Church and
State--Submarine Cables. -.
Special Dtspatea to Ths Catea3o Irtbun3. T..
OTTAWA, Sept 1.-THE heartngfof the per
tition Of Joseph Doutre, @. c.; vs., The Queen
has commenced In the ExcheQu uerC CourtheEe,
before Judge Fournier. This petition in-
wolves the rightof the Dominion counsel be-
fore the Halifax Fishery-Award Commission
to larger remuneration than s. goo, tda
amount already paid. EIr. Dontre! claims
$50. 900; and, should hts petition De success :.
$50, coo or 1000, as there are several other
similar claims dependent upon the de-
clsion respecting. this. A. number @.9t
witnesses were. called :to testify ,t@
me membars @ie 3hes' 'Bar as resesa1ns fees; IA
the evidence given is an interesting Eeveia-
ton to 4 large portion of the general public
Mr.. Doutre, @ g., was examined, ana en-.
the Fishery-Awardresulations; and claimed
that, through his absence at ualtfaxso long,
his business had become broken up, and =:
1argely-increasing practice partially de-
stroyed. AS to the question OF remuneration.
he claimed that the fees charged. were DO
higher l.. IN those he received from 4 few
poor habliants on mission to En- gland ior
b them, when he was paid $50 per day. In tha
/ test case of Attorney-General~ Angus -.
an Insurance Company, involving the gonss %
bee, he received S5Oo in fees, although heonly
spent two. days in, court. In ,tne case ;ot
Grant vs.. Bcaudry, known as the Orange
trial." he was paid Sl0 per hour. IN another
case, for the Local Government he was
paid $50 per day additional TO, ne TAXABLE as
| fees. From correspondence with Mr. Dwight
| Foster, who was one of the American coun*
| sci before the Fishery Commission, and wae
! arrived only after the Canadian case ase a1n
been submitted, he learned that ne lt9snlE
hox oil p1aFf. fr0fn e4s
penses, which included those Of his fanny
and q ball. Mr.. Doutre testified further tas ~
| he was engaged 30 days altogether, a. - g.
| per day, making Sl2, ,000; 80 days at ~ pel
ser DAY sso exPs9ses s3G, tqaysiIpx Of eS
| Unpaid Unpaid. $3.50; and for trouble, less: ~:
Of time, etc., in writing to friends Of taa'
Government to secure their Influence e and Daa g.
operation in etteetngg settlement 5chaot
| bault, Duhaniel, and Walker, Of the Montreatt
Bar, were called to testify. as to the am9pm Tha
OF fees usually paid to leading lawyers ~ ss
| three witnesses concurred In each naut,s 9tnnts
statements, and agreed III placing MT; DoHns:
at the head Of the profession in the Proytaes,
stances to show that $50 pei dag was ny ny 10. ~
unreasonable charge, and that they haa - lls,
quently received It. One of the witnesses Wttnse5
% %sta5Sd that 4a dsfen6 Rf bad recently eri@aIna
They all agreed that from SO to Ss5 per fr. aa,:
would not be an unreasonable. charge 1o5 - -
man like Nj. Doutre, especially as ne @ nan ~, ~
leave his home and other business 1Ass
sp<etat Thoateh to The CHICAGO Tribune, !.
| QrEBEc, Sept. 1.-THE Cdnddlen anasats asstr
| ors to make capital against the Liberal Raln
| for protesting against CLERICAL mausnSfE the Ia
elections. In an article on the I1gllls u i,o
T. cloru1 n 1arc IT. dawn .as the CONSERVATIVE