Mr. Troup was always true to his alma mater, and there was probably no honor that came to him in after life which he more fully appreciated and enjoyed than that of being made trustee of his old college, a position he had held for eight years at the time of his death. After finishing his college course he removed to Perrysburg, Ohio, where he was employed as superintendent of schools.

Mr. Troup, still clinging to the determination he had planned while a boy of becoming a lawyer, soon ceased school work and entered upon the study of law in the office of Hon. Asher Cook, of Perrysburg, and was admitted to the Bar in 1873, when he formed a partnership with his preceptor, Judge Cook, and this firm continued until the death of Judge Cook. Mr. Troup afterwards formed a partnership with Robert Dunn, and afterwards with Hon. F. P. Riegle. The firm of Troup & Riegle continued until the death of Mr. Troup.

He was a member of the county board of school examiners from 1873 to 1878, and for several years was a member of the committee appointed by the Supreme Court of the State for the examination of applicants for admission to the Bar.

Mr. Troup was a pleasant companion, an interesting conversationalist, and one whose company was sought by all classes of people, and was ever ready to render a helping hand to anyone in need.

PENNSYLVANIA.

WILLIAM CORREY STRAWBRIDGE.

After a long period of ill health, for the relief of which many trips to the baths of Germany were without permanent benefit, William Correy Strawbridge, one of the most distinguished patent lawyers in the country, died on September 20, 1908, at his residence in Philadelphia. His last voyage to the baths of Bad Homburg, in the summer of 1908, was taken in the forlorn hope that good might result. He was, however, fatally stricken soon after his arrival, and, with the full realization that his end was fast approaching, insisted upon returning. He sur

vived the voyage only nine days, and passed away, as he had wished, in his own home.

Mr. Strawbridge was born at Elkview, Chester County, Pa., on June 24, 1848, upon a farm which his ancestors had owned, and where they had lived since the time of William Penn. He was the son of James Alexander and Mary Niven (Hodgson) Strawbridge. His early years were passed under the wholesome conditions of country life. After an early education in the country schools, he entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was President of his class, and from which he was graduated in 1870, with the highest honors in engineering, chemistry and metallurgy. While at Troy he married Miss Mary Ruth Liney, of that city, who survives him.

After his graduation, he became for a time assistant superintendent of the Pennsylvania Steel Company at Harrisburg, but was soon attracted to the study of the law, and entering the office of the late Hon. F. Carroll Brewster, of Philadelphia, was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1873.

After two years' association with Judge Brewster in general practice, Mr. Strawbridge, unable to resist his natural bent, became associated, in 1875, with the late George Harding, at that time, and until his death, the most eminent practitioner in the patent law within the United States. After three years' association with Mr. Harding, Mr. Strawbridge formed a law partnership with J. Bonsall Taylor, under the firm name of Strawbridge & Taylor, and continued for twenty-one years, and until the retirement of Mr. Taylor, to confine his energies exclusively to patent causes. Throughout his active life he enjoyed a large and lucrative practice.

He was appointed by President Cleveland special counsel for the government in the Bell Telephone litigation, and as Assistant United States Attorney-General rendered efficient service in that celebrated case.

In the long years of his active practice Mr. Strawbridge was associated with and opposed to the leading patent lawyers in almost every large city in the country, and was generally recognized by the profession as the equal of the best of them.

He was by nature and mental equipment not only a well qualified practitioner in the intricate field of his choice, but was also a winner of cases because he knew both how to prepare and how to try them.

Among his strongest characteristics were his self-reliance and his utter disbelief in the ability of his adversary to overcome him when once he had determined upon his course. He was an aggressive opponent but a charming colleague, strong in a vigorous presence and an attractive personality. In point of fact, he was a man of few close friends, to each of whom, however, his devotion was strong and lasting.

Although essentially a domestic man, Mr. Strawbridge was yet a man of the world in the best sense, a comrade sought for his unobtrusive companionship, his sense of humor, and his common sense, which was not only inherent but fostered and enlarged by a wide experience of men and things.

In his death the federal Bar has lost a representative whose life and practice upheld the highest tenets of professional ethics, and his friends and clients a sincere associate and adviser whose place will not easily be filled.

SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS

OF

STATE BAR ASSOCIATIONS

ALABAMA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.

No report has been received.

ARIZONA BAR ASSOCIATION.

No report has been received.

BAR ASSOCIATION OF ARKANSAS.

No report has been received.

CALIFORNIA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.

No report has been received.

COLORADO BAR ASSOCIATION.

No report has been received.

STATE BAR ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT.

The first annual meeting of the Association to take place after its re-organization, was held at New Haven, on January 16, 1909.

Mr. George D. Watrous, President of the Association, in his annual address, gave a history of the State Bar Association, which was founded in 1875. Mr. Watrous explained that the adoption of the Practice Act was the result of the efforts of the State Bar Association, and that the American Bar Association grew out of the action taken by the Connecticut Association on. January 23, 1878, when a committee of three was appointed to consider the propriety of organizing an association of American lawyers.

The report of the Committee on Jurisprudence recommending an act of legislature to establish judicial separation of husband and wife was adopted. The recommendation in the report of this committee that no legislation should be urged protecting communications of medical and spiritual advisers was adopted. The Association also voted in favor of the control and regulation of the employment of experts in criminal cases.

Matters of Connecticut practice and procedure were discussed. Since the annual meeting, a Special Committee on the adoption of a Code of Professional Ethics has made its report, and has recommended a Code of Professional Ethics, based on the American Bar Association Code, with certain changes deemed advisable for local conditions. This report has not yet been acted upon by the Association.

DELAWARE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.

No meeting of the Delaware State Bar Association was held this year.

BAR ASSOCIATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

This Association holds stated meetings on the second Tuesdays of January, March, June and October, in each year. No addresses are delivered.

THE FLORIDA State Bar ASSOCIATION.

The third annual meeting of The Florida State Bar Association was held at the Elks' Club, St. Augustine, Florida, February 19 and 20, 1909, and was presided over by the President, Frederick T. Myers. The principal address was delivered by Hon. Hannis Taylor, of Alabama, upon "The Science of Jurisprudence."

The annual address was delivered by Hon. Frederick T. Myers, of Tallahassee, the President of the Association, whose subject was, "Which, the Mob or the Law?"

Interesting papers were read by Hon. Rhydon M. Call, Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, entitled "Remarks on the Judiciary Article and Suggestions as to Changes in Present Laws"; and by A. A. Boggs, Esq., on "Proximate Cause in the Law of Torts."