The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-09
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER.
Ceremony of Administering The Oath
Yesterday.
The Street Car Trouble in Chicago
Mornons in Mexico.

space allotted to the general public
in the court chamber. was crowded |
oy men and women. Among people
Of note present was judge Thurman,
who was conducted to seat within
The space reserved for the marshal,
and who became the conspicuous CEN
ter of attraction during the half-hour
the entry of the Justices. |
The chief justice arrived at the CAPT. |
tol at half-past eleven, and proceeded |
to his private Office in the court room, |
where he took the oath of allegiance
in presence of the associate justices,
the oath being administered by the |
senior member of the court, associate
justice Miller. At II o'clock, the as
sociate justices entered the room in
procession, justices Gray and Mat
thews being absent. AS usual, the chief
justice was also wearing the robe of
office. He was escorted to a place at
the clerks desk and the clerk read
his commission, after which Judge
Fuller arose and holding a Bible in
one hand read from manuscript the
oath of Office as follows:
81 Melville Weston Fuller do SOL
emnly swear or affirm that will ad-
minister justice without respect to
any person and do equal right to poor
and to rich, and that I will faithfully
and impartially, discharge and per-
form, all duties incumbent on me as
chief justice of the United States, ac-
cording to the best of my abilities
and understanding, agreeably to the
constitution and law of the United
States. So help me God"
His voice was clear, and his enun-
citation firm and distinct at the begin
ming, but before the end was reached,
a marked tremor was manifest. The
chief Justice was now escorted to be-
hind the bar. and to his official seat
in the center. Again the court and
the assem- blage arose; this time with
out any other summons than wave
of the hand by the clerk. Justice
Miller took the hand Of the chief JUS
tice and with smile of welcome ad
dressed him in low voice as follows:
81 welcome you in behalf of this
court, as one of its members and its
chief justice"
The chief justice bowed, took his
seat and proceeded to hear applica-
tions for admission to the bar. At
the conclusion of the ceremony the
court adjourned, in order that the
members might pay their respects to
the president of the United States.
THE STREET CARS NOT MoLEsTED.
CHICAGO, Oct. 8.-Cars were started
this morning over the the north side
lines at 7:30 o'clock. The cars were
drawn by horses and manned by about
a dozen policemen each, and left the
city limits and other car barns, des-
tined for the business center. The
cars were not molested by strikers
and on-lookers gathered around
barns. The down trip was made sue
cessfully, without any Inishaps to
speak of, although the cars were some
what hampered by the crowd of vehi-
cles which took up the tracks. Com
paratively few people rode in them.
MoRMoNs IN MEXICO.
NEW YORK, Oct. S.-A city of Mex
leo special says: Henry Erving,
representative of the Mormon colo
nies in the state of Chihuahua, de-
nies the report that the Mormon
church bought four hundred million
acres of land in that state. formerly
the property of the Zuni Indians.
He also denies the charge that the
Mormons here now number only $50
families, occupying 100000 acres OF
land. In chihuahua there is much
discussion in the press regarding
Mormon Immigration and the gen.
eral sentiment is adverse to it.
THE soULLING CONTEST.
New YORK, Oct. Sat 5 o'clock
this morning the score in the road
sculliug contest stood Gaudaur 70
miles, OConnor 20, Teemer GO, Bu-
bear &C. These look to be men who
will last throughout the race. The
best record for one hour is 12I miles.
Wallace Ross rowed the first mile in
four minutes, and first five miles in
81 minutes. At 2:30 P. NJ. the score
stood, O'Conpor 72 miles, Plaisted II,
Teemer "a, Mckay ", Gaudaur so,
Lee 55, Bubear 70, Hamm 4S, Conley
80, Largan 70, Ross 5S.
WHAT SHERMAN THINKS.
New YORK, Oct S.-Blakely Halls
Washington special to the San con-
tains an interview with Senator Sher-
man, who said he did not think Can
ada was ready for annexation, nor
that the presidents retaliation mes
sage would help either annexation or
q commercial union; it would rather
create hostility. Sherman believed
political union was the inevitable
destiny. II the retaliatory measure
was carried out the results would be
unpleasant. England was a great
free trade country; Canada and the
United States cannot be free trade
countries. That very trouble will
make it difficult for England to con-
sent to our union with Canada.
There can be no such thing as
partial acquisition of Canada. Sher-
man thought retaliation measures
should never have been authorized.
Should Canada in turn resort to re-
taliation measures, it would stop
their trade. Union would be more
valuable to them than to the United
States. The senator seemed to think
annexation necessary or was newt
able.
SOME MORE SUITS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. S.-Two more
actions have been brought against
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