gates at The Hague Conference, and it afterwards became known as "The American Plan." The idea of International Arbitration was not new, and Americans generally had for many years been known to be in favor of it, but it was this plan that was prominently before The Hague Conference, and which was eventually largely followed in the organization of The Hague Court.

It is probably not too much to say that if Mr. Jones had never done anything else of a public character to commend him to the esteem and regard of mankind, his labors in connection with this committee would suffice to bring him lasting commendation, as a friend, not only of his country, but of humanity.

Mr. Jones became a member of the New York State Bar Association in 1892 and served on the Nominating Committee, the Executive Committee and many special committees. He took an active part in the work of the Association and was tireless in his efforts for its advancement.

Mr. Jones died on May 3, 1906, after an illness of a year.

WILLIAM HENRY KENYON

William Henry Kenyon was born in the town of Mexico, county of Oswego, State of New York, February 13, 1839, and died in the city of Oswego, N. Y., May 30, 1905. Mr. Kenyon was the son of a farmer, and spent his early years on the home farm, which was located near the village of Mexico. He attended the district school and the Mexico Academy.

Mr. Kenyon entered the University of Rochester shortly after the breaking out of the Civil War. He enlisted as a soldier from Oswego county in the 110th Regiment of the United States Volunteer Infantry. The

regiment performed very honorable and effective service in the field. Mr. Kenyon was very severely wounded at the battle of Port Hudson, in which his regiment took an important part. He never fully recovered from this wound, and without doubt it was the primary cause of his death. He was a brave soldier and was true to every known duty. Having been incapacitated by his injuries for doing further military duty, he was honorably discharged from the service. He returned to the University of Rochester, from which institution he graduated in 1865, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then spent one year teaching, after which he commenced the study of law in the law office of George G. French, Esq., late of Mexico, N. Y. In due time he was admitted to the Bar. He located and opened an office in the village of Phoenix, Oswego county, where he practiced his profession for three years. In 1872 he removed to the city of Oswego, and there continued his professional work until his death. Mr. Kenyon early earned an honorable position at the Bar. He was a man of marked ability and great industry. He was an able and honorable opponent, and enjoyed the respect of his fellow-members of the Bar. He was unswerving in his principles and had the courage of his convictions. He had the confidence of the public. He was a most loyal friend.

In College Mr. Kenyon was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. In religion he was a Baptist; in politics, a Republican.

He survived his wife one year. He left him surviving a son eleven years of age. He was a constant sufferer from the effects of his wound received at the battle of Port Hudson; he gradually failed until the time of his death, and finally passed away at the early dawn of Decoration Day, 1905, which was, indeed, seemingly the most

fitting time for this old soldier to receive his final discharge and reward.

Mr. Kenyon became a member of the New York State Bar Association in 1882.

WALTER SETH LOGAN

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Walter Seth Logan was born April 15, 1847, at Washington, Litchfield county, Connecticut, and died at New York city, July 19, 1906. The Logan family was Scotch, and among the early settlers of this country. Mr. Logan had double descent from the Rev. Thomas Hooker, the "fighting preacher," founder of Hartford, Conn., and was also descended from Richard Treat, one of the original settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., and from the Sherman family, of which Roger Sherman, one of the signers," and General and Senator Sherman were members. He prepared for college in the Suffield Literary Institute and the Fort Edward Collegiate Institute; graduated from Yale in 1870; from Harvard Law School in 1871, and Columbia Law School in 1872; and in this year he was admitted to the New York Bar. Entering the office of James C. Carter, he became the assistant to Mr. Carter and Charles O'Conor in the famous Jumel will case. As to this, he once said:

"It was in September, 1871, at Cambridge. I had graduated at the Law School in July of that year, but came back intending to spend another year in a postgraduate course. I had enjoyed during the year the special friendship of Professor C. C. Langdell, Dean of the Law School, a formerly distinguished practicing lawyer of New York and associate of Mr. James C. Carter. When I reached my room in Cambridge in September, 1871, I found a note from Professor Langdell asking me to call at his room at once, whether it was

night, day or Sunday. I took him at his word and aroused him from his bed within ten minutes after I had received his note. He said to me that his friend, Mr. James C. Carter, had lately visited him and desired to select from the graduates of the Law School some person to fill a particularly important and delicate position in his office in New York. Professor Langdell added: 'I have held this position for you, and it is yours if you will take it, but you must decide at once; Mr. Carter is waiting. You know how much I would like to have you with me for another year, but this is an opportunity which I do not think you can afford to lightly pass over.' I said, 'I will take it.' I had not unpacked my trunk, so took a carriage, paid the Jehu an extra dollar, and caught the midnight train for New York. The next morning at nine o'clock I met Mr. Carter in his office in New York, and went to work with Mr. Carter and Mr. O'Conor on the famous Jumel case, which occupied for several years thereafter so much of the time and attention of the New York courts. I was able to do good work in that case, and through it make for myself a position in the New York Bar; but more than all else, I was able to win the intimate and enduring friendship of Mr. Charles O'Conor and Mr. James C. Carter, the thing which in my whole career I have valued most."

Since that time Mr. Logan has been in the active practice of his profession. Among the well-known cases in which he has been retained are the Wirt and the Waterman Fountain Pen cases, the Chesebrough Estate and the Phelps Estate litigation, the Andrew J. Davis Will case, the Denison Will case, the Myerle vs. The United States suit, the Van Ingen libel suits, the Delaware Indian Claims and the water right controversies in the southwest. These latter suits brought him much business in Mexico,

and he became a profound student of Mexican law, history and politics.

A public-spirited citizen, Mr. Logan has taken an active part in politics; has been a leading spirit in the several reform movements in New York city, and in 1887-1889 was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Ballot Reform Association of New York State.

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A facile writer, among his publications are: An Argument for an Eight-hour Law," "Nationalism," Nationalism," "Needed Modifications of the Patent Laws," "A Working Plan for an International Tribunal,” “ Peonage in Mexico," "The Siege of Cuautla," "The Bunker Hill of Mexico," "A Mexican Law Suit," "Lawyers and the Trusts," and "A More Socialistic State." His oration before the Literary Societies of Washington and Lee University on "The Mission of the Saxon Scholar," that before the Social Science Association on the intricacies of the Latin Code, his report, as Chairman of the Committee on Commercial Law, to the American Bar Association at Cleveland in 1897 on the subject of "A Broader Basis of Credit," his report to the same Association in 1903 on "Commercial Law and Modern Commercial Combinations," and his address in 1896, as Vice-President of the New York Bar Association an eloquent plea for international arbitrawere but a part of those that attracted even more than national attention.

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In his friendships and his social relations Mr. Logan was particularly fortunate. On his fiftieth birthday, in April, 1897, he was surprised by the presentation of a loving cup, engraved with the names of the givers, including John Fiske, ex-Postmaster-General Wilson, Matias Romero (Mexican Minister to the United States), General Horace Porter, Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff and Judges Daily, Truax and Bartlett of the Supreme Court