Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-20
AMERICAN BAR.
The Annual Meeting of the AssOcia-
ton Being Held in Saratoga.


Saratoga, n. Y. August 19.-The
nineteenth annual meeting Of the AM
orio,r Dor Assoo;o,ior lit ell.
49, 40 No
OFsah IO-uay III the convention nan, IS
me most eventful SO far in It's history.
Tbs body. repr5senung every S-a5e and
Territory IN the rrni,ed S+o+ss min oo--
tinua in session three dsvs and vii, con
c.ude with 2 banuuet on FRIDAY nigbr
The auxiliary sec[.on NJ LEGAL sduos-ion
and patent will hold sessions on tas
same DAYS.
Lord Russell Sir Francis Lockwood
Montague Crackrntb3rD- and The other
members of the british nsrtv reached
S3rsroga Yesterday ev-rina. ard nro-
ceeded 10 fbe United States Hote, where
par,or s,lis had 5sen rps wed for them.
The Grand Union Ho-el club par.ors.
assigned 10 the use of the assoc. alton for
reception purposes. became the csnter of
attraction for members Immediate up
on their arrival. s screJaries joan Hiak-
iey of Baltimore, Md OF the assoc.a-
tion, and George NJ. Sharp, also Of Bal
,imo-e. Of the section OF legal education.
and their associates. established them-
selves here. They arranged the neces-
sacy ts.ai!s for the annual session.
The first member 70 register was
Mooretield Storey. of Boston. Mass, The
president who made the oQ ming ad-
dress. Papers will also be read by
James ". WOODWORK. OF Omaha; Joseph
3. Warner. Of Boston: Chancellor Nc
CLAIM. Of Ohio University: Prof. Camp
bell of Colorado University. and Prof.
Lee. of Northwestern University. Yes
!erdav evening the members Of the gen
ersl council had q meeting in the receD-
ton rooms and received nominations Tor
members. ana transacted other pre-, M
nary business, all Of which viii be- re-
ported to the association. ThoIcha.rm5n
of the council. George P. VANITY. OF
Grand Rapids, Mich. presided. Az me
close of the session this evening Judge
George S. Bachelor, eX-m.nis,et 90 fui-
tugal. and several years a memoir OF
she international tribunal in Egyp-. WILL
ar his residence extend q reception 10
Lord Russell and other distinguished
Fnglishmen. accompanying the chief JUS
tice.
The American Bar Association was Or
gsnized in 1878. 80 advance me science
of Jurisprudence. promote The admins
tra-ion n Justice and uniformity of leg
tsiar.on t6rouqbout the Union, uphold
The honor OF The profession of the law.
md encourage cordial Intercourse among
rha members of the American bar" For
, MAJ years nh. meetings were always
held IN Saratoga. but in 1889 ii met in
chicago in 1881 in Boston. in 1898 IN
1fuwauI1ee ana in 1895 in Detroit, and
~ the aItern2ts years in Saratoga. The
-, mis- year is particularly inter-
Dst;nr on account Of the presence Of
Iord Pussall of Kili0wen, lord chief
instica Of England. who's address be-
fore the association will be on The sub
10. Of "Intsrnatonal Arbitration
or5 prssaII was known TO the bar. Of
80 - ~ -ras . great leader as Sir
y - pnsss,I H. was the leading
Olall rs IN, I'ue 49, pri.isb government be-
couDSe. zoi ~, TribunaI In the Rering sea
l lot "a esbeTs case Montague Crackan-
.,o-ne $50 an eminent queens coun-
- Iii also read a paper on THE Uses
80 coal History"
VI ~ 80 location has a membership Of
80 600 LAWYERS. representative men
e., al .ba states and territories. The
"a 81 - a-a ,rooreAeld Storey,of Boston,
o .,rssi5sn..0 Iorn Hsakley. of Baltimore,
- c~-,'sr-, and Francis Rawle Of Phil
ode1nbia treasurer Its first president
aue'p Ia-nas = q Rroadhead. Of St. Louis.
80 vas - nrosi5en-s elected annually have
S p'0 osnj,~,fn n. Brstow. New
t Useu' ,,I,,.a,.5 PheIns burlington.
noIA, -, IL - y potter New York.
T., "a. ~ D f.owton Savannah:
AIeXah1ei - d. Newerr. \ /.
I'm 1 W Stephenson. Coylngton, KY;