The Washington times., 1895-06-14
whisky TRUST SMASHED
Knocked out BY the Supreme
Court of Illinois.
AN ILLEGAL COMBINATION
Attorney General Maloney Confident
That the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany VIII Meet the Same Fate.
Receiver McNuIta Is Swearing in
Deputy Marshals.c

Springfield, Ill, June 13.-The su-
| preme Court of Illinois to-day affirmed
the Judgment of custer, rendered by the
court below, against the Distiiling and
Cattle Feeding Company, thereby break
ing up the Whisky Trust 1t declares that
| the trust is a combination in restraint
of trade and as such is Illegal.
| Attorney General Maloney in discussing
| the decision of the Supreme Court in
! the Whisky Trust case said:
1T is plain also from the language used
| by the Supreme Court in this case that
the Pullman Palace Car Company will
meet with the same fate at the hands
OF this court that the whisky Trust has
met with. The Supreme Court has ex-
pressiy decided that corporations organized
under the laws of this State have only
| such express powers as are granted to
! them, and that their powers must be
strictly construed, and all that is not
given to them in express language is de-
MED"
| Pc WEIR TO HOLD PROPERTY LIMITED
The words of the Supreme Court are: 1T
| should be RENE mbeqred that grants Of
powers in corporate charters are to be
| construed strictly, aud that what is not
clearly given is by implication de MED. The
| defendant Is authorized to own such prop
| erty as is necessary for carrying on its
! diStillery business aud no more. Its
| power TO acquire and hold property is
! limited to that purpose"
Peoria, Ill, June l3.-J. B. Greenhut,
! ex-presideut of the DistillinG and Cattle
| Feeding Company, seemed TO be very well
| pleased with the decision in the quo war
rantu case. He said it was only what had
faEarr
| would be commenced by owners or the
property leased to the trust TO regain
| possession of the same.
| Mr Greenhut says the reorganization com
| mittee now has nothing TO TeorganIZe. He
! says the control OF the plants VIII pass u
owners of fee and litigation viii tie up other
! property. He does not think another com
! bine like the DistillinS and Cattle Feeding
/ possible, because opposition has grown toe
( great. Waiter Barker says the property ol
/ the Distilling and Cattle Feeding is in the
! hands of the court and 1T will protect IL anC
! prevent any one from taking possession oi
! any or it until it determines who it be-
! longs to-
PREPARING FOR TROUBLE.
| Chicago, June Receiver McNulta spent
| the day i'll malii4e warlike preparations that
/ indicated that serious trouble was expected
| from the former owners of the trusts dis
| tilleries. large extra force OF deputy
! maTshals was sworn in during the afternoon
4 and distributed among the various plants.
The receiver also secured a stock of sky
rockets and supplied the deputies With
! them as signals to be used at night in
| case the telephone wires should be cut
| The receiver refused to talk Of the pos
! sibilities OF Trouble further than TO say
! that he intended 10 hold the distillenes
| at any cost and wished to be prepared for
/ emergencies.
Peoria, H.. June 13.-Fifteen more
deputies, all Peoria men, Were sworn in
to-day for duty at distilleries, making a
! force of thirty altogether now engaged in
! guarding Peoria distil cries.
]. o. NJ. Musical Entertainment.
Society Temple was crowded last night
with an appreciative audience, the occas-
ion being complimentary musical and
literary entertainment under the auspices
of Capital Lodge, No. IL, Independent
Order Mech anics Past Master F. W.
Ernst was master OF ceremonies, and the
folio wing programme was crcditably Tend-
cred: Opening remarks, Supreme Prelate
John W. Thompson; piano solo, Prof. i.
E. Mori: tenor solo. A. NJ. Forester;
comic recit atious, James w. Pearson;
piano duett the Misses Barr; comic songs,
S. d. Drane: sentimental songs, W. H.
Esputa; character songs ana sketches,
John l.. Reh and Percy j. Lowe; piano
solo, Miss Eva Thompson; vocal duet,
Mr. T. T. Jones and Mrs. n. B Kelser;
comic stump speech, Sol Goldsmith; vocal
soloA Dr. H. A. Donaldson; vocal duet,
the Misses Mori; recitation, little Miss
Isabel Pearson; song, j. V. Johnson; comic
songs, A NJ Forester, accompanied by
j. a. Venus; closing remarks, Past Su-
preme Ruler L. II. Patterson. Ice cream
and cake were boundfully supplied to
all in attendance.