Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-09-28


 The Cleveland, Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Railroad company ve. Willard
 B. B. own, relating to tAe reepons ibilities of corporation for an accident to an employe while he IS acting under in structions from foreman and had an opportunity to know tho danger he in- cured.
 The United States vs. State of Texas is the well known Greer county cRse and involves the question of title to the lands of Greer county.
 Santiago AiDsa, administrator Of the will of Frank Ely ve. the United States. An appeal from the court of private land claims on the part of the claimants of Las Nogales de Elias Mexican land grant, embracing 29,S99 acres.
 Many other cases before the court of private land claims depend upon the decision in this caee.
 William Ireag8 vs. the board of direc- tors of Modesto irrigation district, from the supreme court of California, relating to iriigating corporations and testing the legality of the Wright irrigation law and confirmation net of the California legislature. The federal questions iO- volved are that the defeOdant was de- nied due process of law" and ''equal protection of tue lsws," and that the iudgms mt of the lower court amounts to taking private property for private uses. Much property is involved in the case.
 The Tourney Livestock company ve.
 William Beck. This is cose where the company filed bill in equity against Csptain Beck, U. $. A., acting Rs sgeR of the Omaha and Winnebago Indian
 reservation in Nebrasks, asking an in
 junction to prevent Beck from interfer- ing with the possession by the company and it's lessees of certain reservation lands which the company had obtained from the Indians. The circuit court of appeals decided against the Tourney company.
 Benjamin H. Jackson, Alvin Nj. Leigh l ton and Samuel Marks vs. the United States three cases involving the act of March 3, 1891, for :he adjudication of Indian depreciation claims. The court of claims decided against the claimants
 and they appealed. About 11,000 cases
 have been filed and perhaps most of them depend upon the principles raised ip these cases before the supreme court. The Steamship Delaware, ThcmGs Thomas vs. Charles Winnett end others, 1 involves construction of tte act of Feb l rusry 13, 1893, relating to navigation of vessels and bills of ladIng. The act was l intended to protect ships ard compel vessels transporting merchandise from | the United States to exercise due delig- ence to make the vessel seaWorthy and ] to be properly manned and equipped. I In the present casa C collision occurred while the vessel was in charge of duly l licensed pilot. The question arises whether the owners are not in such cases exempt from any damage which may Oc- cur. Many similar cases are n the low
 CT court awaiting decision in thls case There are also large number of cr;m- inal cases in which federal questions are involved, set for the 2lst A Dumber oi these came from the Indian territory, ! which always furnishes more than it's
 share. One of the important cases which | will be called early in the term is the case of Lawrence Miller vs. ". Bricgs Green, known as the South Carolina registration case. In this case Chief Justice Fuller sat as a circuit judge and upOH ESQOcCO hSSOClEtO OSliIC llGA Ian allowed an appeal to be made from the decision of thIs court.
 Among some of the important cases which have been filed since adjourn .nent and which will probably receive attention during the coming term are the following:
 The Western Union Telegraph Go. Ys. the State of North Carolina; the United States vs. Elverton Chapman, one Of the sugar witnesses; the North Pacific road vs. Narrise Perier; the Central Railroad Go. of Georgia ard II. NJ. Con- er and k. NJ. Somers, receivers of same, against Wm. Wright, comptroller gener- al of the State of Georgia; United States vs. the Oregon & California railroad company; United States vs. Union Pa oific railroad company; United States vs. Union Pacific and William Dalry m- pie; Chas. D. Long vs. William Loch ren, commissioner of pensions.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24-At the Durrant trial this morning Detective Anthony testified in regard to the arrest of Durrant and his statement afterwards contradicted by himself that he had not seen Blanche Lamont after the morning of A pril 3rd William Sterling, plumb CT, testified to putting in patent gas savers in Emanuel Church on April 2nd and that no gas was escaping after that.
 Harry Partridge, student of the Cooper Medical college. where Durrant studied, testified that the students used blocks of wood in the dissecting room to elevate bodies, in the same manner as the blocks had been used with the body of Blanche Lamont in the belfry of the church.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 25-A private dis patch from Philadelphia says: Two of the leading local banks have offered to deposit S1 100000 gold ID the treasury. sl,O00,O00 in gold has been withdrawn from the sub-treasury by the Merchants Bank of Canada for shipment to Canada.
 AMSTERDAM, Sept. 2l-A dispatch from Batavia, Java, reports that re- bellion has broken out among the natives in the Portuguese portion of the island Troops were sent to quell the insurrectiun and were repulsed and the secretary and three gents of the gov ernment killed. The governor started for the int>rior with reinforcement
 
 SYRACUSE, N, r., Sept. 25-All re- cords for speed in long distance travel which carried this mornings edition from New York to this place has been broken. The distance between Albany and Syracuse is lis miles and 1t was | covered in 130 minutes, an average of l 68 B miles per hour.
 EoPT SMITH Ark Sent 25-IDcI,