Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-03-03
DECISIONS.
Several Important Ones Rendered
BY the u. s. Supreme Court.
The M'KISLEY BILL CONSTITUTIONAL.
No Hope For the Chicago Anarchists Nov
In the Penitentiary--Tho Sealing
Schooner case and Michigan
statute Law.

WASHINGTON, March The three
cases in which importers sought t. test
the constitu, ionality OF the Mckinley
tariff act were yesterday decided by the
United States supreme court. Tho
business firms who brought the suit
were Boyd, Sutton & Co, Herman
Sternbach Il Co. and Marshall,
Field Il Co The grounds on
which 1t was maintained that the
tariff was unconstitutional were that
the tobacco rebate section of the bill
had been omitted IN enrolment after
passage by congress, and Heretofore
the bill signed by the president was not
the bill passed by the legislative de.
partment OF the government; that
the reciprocity feature was n
transmission TO the ex ccutive OF
the law-making power and there
fore void, vitiating the whole act;
and, last y, that the act was void be-
cause of tine sugar bounty provision.
TIE court affirmed the Judgments OF
New York and Illinois courts OF the
United States In favor of tho constitu-
tionality OF the act
HAYwARD-BERISo SEA CASE.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The United
States supreme court has decided In
favor OF the United States In the Hay
ward. Boring sea case, The appllica-
ton for writ of prohibition agains
the Alaska court is denied.
The whole case should not be con-
founded with the negotiations between
the United States and Great Britain
looking to the submission to arbitration
of the Boring sea seal fisheries, which
reached favorable conclusion to-day.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British min.
lister, met Secretary Blaine by appoint.
ment at the state department to-day aud
signed the treaty OF arbitration on
behalf of Great Britain. lie said he
hal been fully authorized by Lord Sal
isbury TO take this action. Mr. Blaine
signed the document on behalf Of this
government and the matter was con
summated 80 far as the diplomatic part
OF the business Is concerned. The
treaty is still subject. however, TO the
action OF the British parliament anC
the Unite States senate.
The exact terms OF the treaty cannot
be stated, but IL Is known that I'll,
board OF arbitration will consist o.
seven persons, two representing tn
United States, two representing Grea
Britain-one OF whom is TO be Cana
dian--and one each representing tn
neutral governments of France, Swc
den and Italy.
DECISION AGAINST THE ANARCHISTS.
WASHINGTON, March |. The suprem
court of the United States has extin
guished the last hope OF the two i'm
prisoned anarchists by affirming tn
decision of the supreme court o
Illinois and the circuit cour
OF the United States for the norther
district of Illinois in the cases OF Sam
uel Fielder and Michael Schwab yer
sus the warden of the Joliet peniten
tiary. These two men were sentences
TO be hanged with Spies and the othe
anarchists for completely in the Hay
market riot in Chicago, but thei
sentences were committed TO life i'm
prisonment by the governor. In tn
application for writs of habeas c, rpu
which the court to-day denied, counsC
for the two men alleged that their sen
tence was in violation of the constitu
ton because the men were not in cour
in person when the Illinois supreme
court rendered judgmen sustaining tn
decision of the trial court and that scr
tence, and that their right to say VIII
sentence should not be passed upo
lem had been denied 1t was ais
coutended that while the governor G
Illinois had power 20 co nmute th
sentence, no warrant was given by La
for the Communication. Other mino
points were also brought In.
MICHIGAN STATUTES SUSTAINED.
WASHINGTON, March THE case q
the Chicago & Grand Trunk Rnilwa
Co VS. Thomas Wellman was decide
by the United States suprem
court to-day, the judgment c
the lower court in favor c
Wellman being affirmed. The poin
at issue was the constitutionality Of
Michigan statute regarding passenge
rates on n mileage basis, the rate b,
log on a sliding scale aud made n,
cording to gross earnings per mile
The railroad attacked the law.
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