The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-02

The announcement that Oh. ray.rv.sthsr

| "h"'"Vou'oDb JDdJ tIle IUyeTWehInor
| VIII case has been reopened In the Circuit
Court Of the United States for this circuit will
| give uebh currency to the familiar aphorisms
about the uncertainties OF the law 1t has
generally been supposed that this great lit.
| CATION was ended by the decision of the Court
OF Appeals OF this State In January. 1897 which
! upheld the secret trust created by the will oi
Daniel II. Fayerweather for The benefit OF Il
large number OF Inst .utions OF learning The
| opinion OF tho court was written by Judge
Nann. and concluded with these words: I'VE
thus reach the final conclusion that all obsta.
c'es to the enforcement o! the secret trust
wore lawfully removed, md that it 10 the duty
oil the courts to give full effect to that trust in
accordance with the intention Of the testator
ana the promise OF his re.iduary leRstees. In
announcing this. result. which is the nsares.
approach 10 justice that We are able to AXE.
II Ia a satisfaction to believe that the vas, for
tune involved will lie distributed In accord.
ahce with the controlling: thought and noble
purpose OF the man who made IT," Yet this
conclusion Is now attacked in the Federal
courts 10y residents OF. Iowa. who are nieces
oil MIR. Faysrweather. on the ground that the
| decree OF the Sdrroaate's Court admitting the
Will and codicils TO probate was obtained bv
fraud. In this litigation an order was made
! on Tuesday. by Circuit Judge Iacomhe. which
| il said to have tho effect OF reopening the
whole VIII case; though 1t 10 impossible to
speak positively 90 this noint without an en-
| animation OF the papsrs upon which his Iu-
| dtcial action was based.
| The leading Admiralty lawyers and Judges
! in this country have jus, formed a Maritime
/ Law Association Of the Cpitsd States to CO.
! operate with foreign associations OF like
! character to bring about greater harmony in
] H.
instance Of Messrs. Robert ID. Benedict and
Harrington Putnam OF this city and Mr.. Fred-
ericE Dodge of Boston. IA meeting was held
here on tho 2lst OF June. at which the pro-
posed organization was perfected. and arrange
ments were m ade to send rspresentatives to
participate in conference which IL to he held
in LONDON on the 18th. 14th and 18th o, july
under the auspices ~ the International Mari
time Committee Of Belgium. which has allied
branches in England and several OF the con.
tinsntal States OF Europe. Tho suhIects for
discussion are TO be ~ collisions in which
both vessels are to blame and O. the respon-
sibiity OF shipowners II time permits the
! conference will also consider the feas ihility OF
establishing International rules to regulate
jurisdiction in collision cas-s. and also the
question whether such rules can be applied To
cases arising out OF the rendition Of salvage
services. As might he expected, most Of the
judicial members Of the American association
are on the Federal bench. but We notice on
the roll the names OF Justices Holmes and La
throp Of the Massachusetts supreme Court
and Mr.. Justice: Goodrlch Of the upreme Court
in this State.
We have received the third volume OF tho
new series OF American Probate Rcports
annotated by Mr. Frank s. Rice New York
Baker. Noorhis Il Co... IL 10 q collection Of tho
leading cases on the law Of Wills decided ly
the courts OF last resort In ths several States
OF thu Union. Tho value OF a work OF this
| character depends upon tho discrimination
with which the cases are selected and the abil-
! ity with which the notes are prepared. II the
! editor performs both OF these branches OF his
! task wei! lie furnishes n welcome aid to the
| general practitioner OF the law as well as to
those who devote themselves more particu.
larry to the conduct of tcstamentary cases
| There are lO1 cases in this volume. of which
| 80 are annotated. The notes are Instructive
and satisfactory and the cases for the most
part well selected. In such q series. how.
ever. those which involve merely local statu-
tory law-aa Tor examine the Gould transfer
tax case-are not OF sufficient general interest
to warrant their republication.
1t seems that there are two kinds ut su-
sailed palmistry practfced In England. In one
the one rator rofesses 10 he able to predict the
| future fortunes OF the subject by an eNamina-
| tlon Of tho palm of his or her hand. IN the
other there il no-pretence OF ability to Isl
! what the future will bring forth but the palm
| lat simply reads your character from your
! hand and supplies you with n character chart
! for n given STIPEND A practitioner Of this sec.
! ord branch OF the art was the plaintiff in a
! libel suIt recently tried in the Queens Ben III
! Division bsfore Mr.. Justice Wills and n Jury.
nvainst n society journal which had charac.
! t.ri2ad the Lord Chancellor as A Lord. High
! Johher and certain other Judges a. the dull
! doc. NJ IN. West.rn Circuit. Ia charging the
! ,urv Mr. Justice Wills told them that tho
,,Iointih's ocnunatiou did not involve turpitude
| or u.,,,v an assault mon her cbaract.r "Io
nr.,.nds II, tail psrson's future from the
I Uras on the hands wa, fortune telling and TO
INV. monav for il wa. dissrac.ful. but to L..