COLLIER, WILLIAM MILLER

(1867), diplomat and lawyer, b. Lodi,. Y. He was admitted to the bar in 1899 after graduating from Hamilton College and studying at the Columbia College Law School. His legal activities embraced serving as a referee in bank~ ruptcy for the Northern District of New York in 1898; lecturer on the law of bankruptcy at the New York Law School from 1903 to 1905; special a istant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor; and general legal counsel and diplomatic agent for various American corporations in Europe. From 1899 to 1903 he was president of the New York Civil Service Commi ion and from 1905 to 1909 United States Minister to Spain. He wrote several works on bankruptcy and trust law. W.), town, Ontario, Canada; ‘lumber, grain. Pop. 6,000, 50’ E.), city, on Yarra-Yarra, N.E. suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Pop. ’