Index to Periodicals In a large number of the states councils have been formed to carry on the work of the National Civic Federation. This publica tion furnishes detailed information regard ing the movement, and prints the opinions of a large number of hire men on the need of promoting uniformity in state and federal legislation. Wills and Administration. See Equity Jurisdiction.
Miscellaneous Articles of lnleresl lo (be Legal Profession Biography. “The Judicial Career of Mr. Justice Moody." By S. W. 14 Law Notes 106 (Sept.). A review of the chief decisions of Mr. Justice Moody during his career on the bench of the Supreme Court. "Judson Harmon." By Harry Brent Mackoy. Independent, v. 69, p. 694 (Sept. 29), uReminiscences; II, The Founding of Cornell University and Introduction to Washington Society." By Goldwin Smith. McClure's, v. 35, p. 628 (Oct.). “King Edward VII." By Xavier Paoli. IllcClure's v. 35, p. 641 (Oct.). l'errer Trial. “The American Catholics and the Ferret Tria ." McClure's, v. 35, p. 697 (Oct.). “An American
Catholic's
View
of
the
Ferrer Case." By Andrew J. Shipman. McClure's, v. 35, p. 704 (Oct.). “A Letter Regarding the Ferrer Case." By William Archer. McClure's, v. 35, p. 711. These three articles review the details of this most interesting trial, and a full report
of Mr. Archer's investi ation is promised in the November and geoember numbers. Among the documents consulted by Mr. Archer is the official report of the trial, which he calls “perhaps a unique document in the history of legal procedure." l'iction. See Indians. History. “A Diary of the Reconstruction Period; IX, The Impeachment of the Presi dent.” By Gideon Welles. Atlantic, v. 106, p. 537 (Oct.). Indians. “The Law and the Indian." By Elliott Flower. Atlantic, v. 106, p. 483 (Oct.). There is pathos in this story, which repre sents an Indian deprived of the use of his ancestral fishing grounds by the ame laws. The material for the story was gat ered from the official records of the state of'Wisoonsin. Mexico. "The Betrayal of a Nation." By
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E. Alexander Powell, F. R. G. S. American Magazine, v. 70, p. 717 (Oct.). Dealing with the powerful Cientifico group in Mexican politics and finance, and with its methods of securing special favors for its members. An utterly biased arraignment of those who are foremost in the patriotic service of Mexico. Liberia. "The Liberian Problem." By Sir Harry H. Johnston. Nineteenth Century and After, v. 68, p. 558 (Sept.). This leading authority on the African negro thinks that the best way out of the Liberian impasse would be by the raisin of mone in the United States to pay 0 the 5 Liberian debt. "The Collapse of the Taft I Party Politics. Administration." By Judson C. Welliver. Hampton's, v. 25, p. 419 (Oct.). This article is a manifesto of Insurgency, plainly prejudiced in its estimates. The writer is pessimistic regardin the prospect of the conservatives bein ab e to build up a machine to secure contro of the next Presi dential convention. Pensions. “The Pension Carnival; I, Staining a Nation's Honor-Roll with Pretense and Fraud." By William Bayard Hale. World's Work, v. 20, p. 13485 (Oct.). Political Corruption. “What a Few Men did in Pittsburg." By Albert Jay Nock. American Magazine, v. 70, p. 808 (Oct.). The story of the uncovering and prosecution of graft in Pittsburg. Railways. "The Paying of the Bill." By Charles Edward Russell. Hampton's, v. 25 p. 507 (Oct.). A further installment in Mr. Russell's discussion of alleged domination of California by the Southern Pacific. The road is here charged with violation of the Hepburn act, and with maintenance of unfair freight rates. Tarlfl. "The Mysteries and Cruelties of the Tariff." By Ida M. Tarbell. American Magazine, v. 70, p. 735 (Oct.).
Dealin
particularly with the eflect of
the tari on wool on the “ultimate con sumer." wm Street. "It; An Exposition of the Sovereign Political Power of Organized Business; II, Wall Street on Wall Street." By Lincoln Steffens. Everybody's, v. 23, p. 449 (Oct.). A biased attempt to confute Wall Street bankers by means of their own language in interviews granted the author, and to show
the evil power exercised by the money trust of the United States.
