The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-02
LONDON news LETTER

London, Feb. 2.-There is talk Of
| appeal from the verdict of man
slaughter found by the literary jury
which recently tried John Jasper for
the murder of Edwin brood. The more
serious-minded members Of the Dick
ems society who expected a careful
weighing Of evidence with the hope
Of ending the controversy over Dick
ems unfinished novel in which Jasper
n brood were the chief characters
are d~isgruntled because the trial de-
veloped into such a farce, land such
a dull farce at that"
There were many who did not APP
p~reciate the humor which G. K. Ches-
terton, as judge. n George Bernard
Shaw, as foreman Of the jury, tried to
inject, and the convicted defendant,
whose part vas taken seriously by i.
T. Harry, asserts that there are ample
grounds for an appeal If for no other
reason than that the verdict was SOLE
ly the decision of Foreman Shaw Ear
rived at during the luncheon inter-
Val' nearly three hours before the end
Of the trial, as the foreman himself
admitted. Most Of the jurors had left
before the trial ended.
Walter Crotch, one OF the counsel
for the defense, is even more severe
4 w L 1IIoH LlS Go LHoI LA1
verdict was "typically Shavian and
therefore t~ypically farcical and I'M
satisfactory. 1t also had the more
fragrant defect Of being absolutely UNI
true, for the jurors were not consulted
as to its terms"
A letter from the Bolivian Survey
commission dated Abuna River, Nov.
25, announces that the expedition
commanded by Herbert A. Edwards of
! tIn TOri{irH ~ ~ hoe nnSoNr1ntnl oyyaF
200 miles of the frontier survey and
incidentally ~"inaugurated a new era in
eXplatory surveying'. The eXpedi-
ton fixed all Of its Iongitudes by wire
less telegraphy from Porto VALID, sit
uated 100 miles from the base of oper-
atoms. Time signals were received
every night by means of a rough re-
ceiVing set and a long wire which was
rugged up on trees. Commander Ed.
ward declares that these methods viii
enable the explorer to dispense will
chonometers and easily and accurately
fix all longitudes.
A record in state pensions is estab,
lished in the case of Viscount Ross
former cabinet minister, whose deatl
occurred recently. He drew a pen.
sion of $10,0 900 yearly for twenty-on
years, his total of 500, 900 in pension
money having been approached onl.
by c. P. Villiers, who established tn,
former record Of $4,000 at his decl
in 1898.
ministers drawing pensions, Lore
George Hamilton, who receives $1,000
d year; Henry Chaplin, whose pension
| is $4,000 yearly, and Lord Balfour O
BurleiCh, who also receives $4,000
These pensions are drawn under Al
act Of parliament which provides tina
, a former member Of cabinet who hay
80 aoor- 30 y,anSnknsa III. l:r-;A. ~
an administer may apply for stat
aid.
A bill is to be introduced in tn,
house of m next session WhicI
aims at giving English women tn
right to practice as lawyers. 1t is
question whether it will receive tn
: support of the government, without
! which stands little chance of sue
I cess.
The matter has been fought in tn
, courts for several years and tn
decision to introduce u bill result
from the judgment of the court G
appeal, which in December decide
that the present law did not Civ
@ women the right to practice, and tina
the only tribunal which, could Civ
{ women such rights was parliamen
= The grounds for this judgment wer
e not that there was any law practice
out merely that there never has, /
fact, been a woman lawyer in Eng
. land. The court held that the com
mon law disability was further sup
e ported by a diCtum of Lord Coke, is
e sued over 800 years ago concernin
:, those who had become entitled t
practice law from time immemoria
9 AS old as it is the dictum is sti
n binding in English law.
Walter Hines Page, the America
r ambassador. has tentatively arrange
to unveil at Weymouth in June tn
e memorial erected in that town t
d Richard Clark and John Endicott. tw
e Weymouthmen who took part in tn
o. early colonization Of America. Mr.
. Joseph Chamberlain Is a d~escendan
of John Endicott and she assiste
: considerably in the movement in
if a~ugurated by the town council for tn
a memorial. The town of Weymouth
Massachusetts, u. S. A., and the cit
of Boston, and towns in Newfoundlan
IS have been asked to send representa-
II tives to the unwilling. The Chamber
lain family will also be represented.