The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-10-04
WashingtOa Eotss.

Washington EOtss.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-The SUI
preme court OF the United States will
reassemble Monday. October 8, and it
is probable that all the justices except
Mr.. Stanley Matthews, who is ill, viii
be present. Immediately upon the
opening of the court Chief Justice Full
Ter will take the oath Of office, and af-
ter the transaction of the routine
business, the court will adjourn to call
on the president.
The next day the cali of the docket
will begin. There are already 1,137
cast on the docket and it is expected
that this number will be increased to
about 200 by the time the court
meets.
The first case to be called is what is
known as the government Bell Tele-
phone case, which comes up on an APP
peal from the decision of
The lower court sustaining
the demurrer fled by the
Bell Telephone company to the govern
ment suit. The questions involved are
strictly legal ones, and do not 60 into
the merits of the case. If the decision
of the lower court be sustained it will
constitute an end To the government
case, but if the court should overrule
the court below, the case will then go
back for trial on its merits. There is a
possibility that the telephone case,
though at the head of the list, will not
| be first heard on account of Justice
Matthew'S illness.
Postmaster General Dickinson, as
sisted by Mr.. w. T. Bancroft, general
SUPERINTENDENT of the railway mail ser
vice, has just completed arrangements
| by which a new fast mail train will be
established between Chicago and New
/ York, commencing on the Both inst.
This train will be known as the New
York and Chicago fast mail east
scheduled as follows:
Leaves Chicago at $50 a. IN. and ar
rives at Buffalo HAS p. NJ, Albany
about a. M, Boston about 3 p. m.
reaching New York at 1890 D. M, be
ing 81 hours in transit from Chicago q
New York.
This is one of the most important
improvements it is claimed that hal
yet been made in the east bound facili
ties between the great northwest, the
Pacific coast and the east, in the his
tory of the service. at Chicago direc
connection will be received from thu
east bound fast mail trains from SaI
Francisco, California, via Omaha ant
| IOIIIduu. OICROAs VIC O1' SSuAs Ohu
constituting a fast mail servic
from the Pacific coast to tn
Atlantic seabOard. resulting il
the saving of one business day 70
{ correspondence from the Pacific coas
> states for all point in the east.
AS the investigation of the new
aqueduct tunnel progresses, the NOR
( fragrant and criminal appears tn
fraud. A large number of holes hav
y been drilled through the walls of tn
brick arch of the tunne
. and at but few points wa
; work found to have been done in an
= particular according to contract. d
, the contrary there was in most case
. an entire absence of packing an
: where found it consisted largely c
loose stones and dry dirt, and at best
! miserable pretence. The house cor
! ferees on the deficiency bill hav
already agreed upon a resolution al
; thorizing joint congressional invest
! cation. and as soon as action has bee
taken by the senate and house, and tn
committees can be appointed, the wor
will begun.