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the Bar in New York city May 19, 1871. He was a general practitioner, but during the latter years of his life he was principally occupied in the administration of estates. He became a member of the New York State Bar Association in 1894.

On June 4, 1879, he married Elizabeth Wordin Naramore, who survives him. He died January 21, 1899.

CEPHAS BRAINERD, JR.

Cephas Brainerd, Jr., was born at Cromwell, Conn., December 18, 1859, was graduated from the University of the City of New York in the Class of 1881, and was admitted to the Bar June 1, 1883. He practiced law in New York city, in partnership with his father, Cephas Brainerd, till his death, which occurred on July 24, 1898. He was a member of the New York State Bar Association for eight years, having joined the Association in 1890.

ABRAHAM LANSING.

Abraham Lansing, one of the leading members of the Bar of Albany county, and an earnest and influential life member of the New York State Bar Association, died at his residence in the city of Albany, on the 4th day of October, 1899. He was the son of Christopher Yates Lansing and Caroline May Thomas, and was born in Albany, February 27, 1835. He attended school in Berkshire county, Mass., and afterwards the Albany Boys' Academy, and entered Williams College in the sophomore class of 1852, and was graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1855. He then studied law in his father's office and entered and was graduated from the Albany Law School, and admitted to the Bar in 1857. He was appointed city attorney of Albany in 1868, and was the first reporter of the Supreme Court under authority of law, having been appointed to

that position in 1869, under the act of that year, by the Governor, Attorney-General and Secretary of State, and published the first seven volumes of the series of decisions of that court, known as Supreme Court Reports. In 1874 he was appointed by Governor Dix as acting State Treasurer. In 1876 he was appointed corporation counsel of Albany, and in 1882 was elected upon the Democratic ticket by a majority exceeding that of any predecessor of his to the office to represent Albany county in the State Senate. He was chairman of the railroad committee of the Senate and member of the financial committee, and was actively identified with the passage of the act providing for a State Railroad Commission, and in the other important measures which came before the railroad committee of the Legislature during his term."

He interested himself in the remodeling of the scientific departments of the State, formed and carried through the acts which accomplished that result, and placed the Capitol and different buildings of the State at Albany in the control of a single superintendent. He took charge of the measure in the Senate which provided for the reservation and establishment of the State Park at Niagara Falls, and earnestly advocated that measure upon the floor of the Senate. Mr. Lansing had been for many years a director of the National Commercial Bank, and in term of service was the senior director of that bank, and also its counsel. He was a trustee of the Albany Savings Bank, a member of the Board of Park Commissioners of Albany, a trustee of the Albany Boys' Academy, one of the governors of the Albany Hospital, a trustee of the Albany Medical College, a member of the board of trustees of the Albany Rural Cemetery, and of the board of trustees of the Dudley Observatory, and was a foundation member of the Fort

Orange Club, one of its first board of trustees, and a member of its first house committee. He was much interested in the formation of the club, drew its charter, and made the draft of its constitution. Mr. Lansing was also a life member of the State Geological Society, a member of the Century Association, and of the University Club and Bar Association of New York city. At the laying of the corner-stone of the present City Hall, he spoke for the county and city. He received the statue of Robert Burns for the Park Commission, and made an address on the inauguration of the present Dudley Observatory on behalf of the board of trustees, and at its request. He was a member of the Holland Society, and of the Albany Burns Club. Mr. Lansing was an active Democrat and at one time chairman of the Democratic county committee. His father was a lawyer, a native of Albany, and son of Abraham G. Lansing, who also held the office of State Treasurer for many years, both by appointment and election, and other public offices in the early days of the city, and was the brother of Chancellor John Lansing, Jr. He is survived by his widow, Catherine, a daughter of Peter Gansevoort.

PROCEEDINGS AT THE BANQUET.

President Logan presiding.

The following prayer was offered by the Rev. Charles A. Richmond:

Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for Thy bounty. We thank Thee for Thy kindness in providing for all the needs of Thy children. We thank Thee for the interest that Thou dost take in all the affairs of Thy children. We beseech Thee that by the spirit of grace and kindness in the hearts of Thy children we may be so guided, and through our lives, whether we eat or drink or whatsoever we do, we may do it unto the Lord, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

President Logan:

Lawyers always eat as a sense of duty, but it is the proceeding after dinner that they enjoy. The speech-making is now to begin. The world is divided into two classes, lawyers and clients. We are all lawyers here to-night, except the Lieutenant-Governor of the State and the clergyman who asked the blessing. The LieutenantGovernor is brought here for two purposes: First, to represent the State of New York, and, second, and best, as the best client in the State. I can certify to that. (Applause.) We have chosen him to represent the State of New York to-night, because we do not want to forget, as you are apt to forget here in Albany, that the little Dutch

town down at the mouth of the Hudson river is really a part of the State of New York. The LieutenantGovernor will now make, perhaps, his last speech in Albany. He has grown so much since he left our little village that the nation claims him. (Applause.) You will miss him in Albany, but we have learned to miss him in New York, and it is just as easy to go to Washington to see him as to come to Albany. (Applause.) I now introduce to you the Hon. Timothy L. Woodruff, Lieutenant-Governor of the State, and here to-night the Governor. (Applause.)

Hon. Timothy L. Woodruff :

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the New York State Bar Association: I am not going to hand down a decision from the bench, of which I am a member to-night, nor do I hold here the manuscript of a pro-Boer anti-British judge's speech. It is simply the menu of this dinner, minus a toast list, but it says: "The speakers will be found by the President among those present." How he ever found me when I come from Brooklyn, after being unable to find the dominie for ten minutes I do not (Laughter.) But I am almost speechless to-night, absolutely appalled, to find my friend, Walter S. Logan, in men's company. It must be that there cannot be, in the whole length and breadth of the United States to-night, a meeting of the Daughters of the Revolution or Colonial Dames. (Laughter.) The fact of my physical unpreparedness for this occasion and my mental unpreparedness is due to the fact that this is not my legal, but is my farming, day. I have been engaged since ten o'clock this morning with the farmers of the State, the Agricultural Society, of which I have the honor to be president, and I have been with about five hundred farmers from all parts

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