Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-05-19
]. s. SUPREME COURT.
Some Important Decisions Rem
dered To-day.
The MORMONS KNOCKED OUT
But the Big-FOur Beef Trust
Combination of Chicago
Sustained.
Special TO the Journal.

Special to the Journal.
WASHINGTON, d. G. May l9.-
The supreme court has rendered
some of the most important decis-
ever laid down in the history of tie
country and some that will have a
far-reaching effect upon the people.
The first opinion rendered this
morning was one affirming a judg-
meut of the circuit court in the now
famous suit of Cornell university
against Fisk, the well-known Fisk
will contest, and it goes against the
university.
Another important decision rem
dere to-day is an opinion of vital
interest to the Mormon church, in Il
suit of the church of the Latter bay
Saints against the United States,
which comes here on an appeal from
/ q decision of supreme court Of Utah,
I in favor of the United States. This
court affirms the judgment and sus-
tains the far-reachiug anti. Mormon
verdicts of the state court. The
effect is to unite the judicial and ex-
cutive departments of the govern
ment to crush out Mormonism.
TIE MORMON CASE.
| This case grows out of the Ed
munds Auti-Polygamy law, which
dissolved the Mormon Church Cor
poration, and escheated to the
u. S. all real estate owned by the
church. The Mormons entered suit
TO have the law declared unconstitu-
tonal, on the ground that con-
gress by the act of dis
solution assumed judicial power
and the act of the legislative assem-
bly, of the territory of Utah, incor-
porating the church, constituted a
contract which could not be inn
paired by congress, under authority
of repeal of a territorial enactment,
and that the doctrine of escheat was
alien to the spirit of our free insti-
tutiOns.
SUSTAINS ARMOUR EFT AL.
The act of the legislature of Min
nesota to destroy the great Chicago
dressed beef monopoly is nullified
and the "Big Four" are at liberty to
close every butcher shop in reach of
Chicago, and force every farmer to
sell his stock to them.
The supreme court to-day render
an opinion holdings as unconstiution-
al the law of Minnesota, requiring
all fresh meats sold in the states tC
be cut from animals slaughtered
within the state and inspected "a
hours before its slaughter. The case
is one of great interest. 1t is the
dressed beef men who win this time
HISTORY OF THE CASE.
There was a combination of mer
in St. Paul and Minneapolis fight
ing the armour crowd, who were
instrumental III passing the bill
herein referred to, over year ago
The object was to prevent Armour
and other large beef producers u,
Chicago from supplying the Mime
sofa local markets at lower figure
than home producers could afford tC
sell for, and by breaking then
down secure a monopoly of the loca
market. The local dealers have beel
fighting to have the law repealed
ever since and were sustained il
the state courts.
A SuVERT0N CURIOsITY.-Ac cal
, with q fifth leg has attracted mucl
, attention at J. II. Marshbanks
. livery stable this week. The leg
contested at the top of the shoulde
and suspended on the right side
The leg is not dead, but appears to b
as healthy as any other part of tn
body. 1t only has one-half of tn
hoof. Mr.. Marshbanks purchase
the calf of DR.. Rowland of Salem
The animal Is one year old, and MI
NJ. will probably get big figure fo
it.-Appeal.
OFFICERS ELECTED. - The eleC
ton of Co. l, held at Macleay Sa
urday, resulted as follows: Davi
Craig, Captain; VIM. Culve
lst Lieutenant; b, b. Herrick, 2n
Lieutenant.
Ice cream freezers, the best in III
: market, at Steiner d Blossers.
Dr. Mason now has his denti
rooms in the new Eldridge block. t
! The CROP OF lS90.-At Farrar
= Co.'S can he had the first com
p honey of the crop Of 1880. II
delicious.
Jones & Bernardo will move the
candy factory to lOG State street
A. few days.
Chas. DeLeon's barber shop wI
soon be removed to fine new quartz
on State street. " D.
The Bon Ton restaurant j. setliI
the l,est 25-cent meals IN the ci
nov. M0uroc Nye.
NJ NOTICE Irrigation Is positive
prohibited except from ) tos o'elo'
re a. IA. aud 10 9p. III. II this ~
n. is not obeyed the water will be sh
- of without n"tice.
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