The morning times., 1896-12-15
BIC SUITS FINALLY SETTLED
Supreme Court Hands Down De-
cisiOns in Several Cases.
THREE CRIMINALS W0RSTED
They We're Appeals from Washing
ton State Courts-Report on the
Missouri-IOwa Boundary Settled.
Government Wins a Land Suit in
Arizona.

Three appeals in criminal cases from the
State of Washington We're disposed of in
the Supreme Court of the United States
yesterday by Chief Justice Fuller, the
defendants in the several cases all being
worsted.
They Were those of Adolph Krug, de-
and Charles W. NordStrom, convicted of
murder and sentenced to death.
The United States Won its suit against
the Oregon and California Railroad Com
pany and the Oregon Central Railroad
Company for possession OF the lands within
the northwest quadrant OF the circle of
Which Forest Grove, Greg, is the center,
within radius oftwenty miles, which were
originally granted to the Oregon Central
Railroad Company, and forfeited by act
of Congress for failure to complete the
line as proposed.
BOTH ROADS INVOLVED.
The Oregon Central disposed of its rights
to the Oregon and California Company,
and both were made defendants. The
circuit court for the Ninth circuit gave
judgment for the United States, but the
court of appeals reversed that. The Su.
preme Court of the United States, in an
opinion announced by the Chief Justice,
reversed the court of appeals and sustained
the circuit court. <aif
The motion TO dismiss the appeal in the
case OF the Pullman Car Company VS..
the Central Transportation Company, in
volvlng the old lease of the latter by the
former, operating on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, and about three million dollars, was
postponed by the Supreme Court yesterday
| until the hearing of the case on is merits.
OTHER CASES ADVANCED.
M
Murphy VS.. the State of Washington was
Monday Of January. Also the motion to
advance the case involving the new eight
hour law OF Utan. e was Sec for hearIng
on the third Monday of October next term.
In the case of the United States VS.. James
b. Wilson, convicted in the district court
| of Indiana Of violating the law forbidding
the deposit of obscene matter for trans
giisSion through Une niai.s, it was order ed
that the mandate be stayed, and counsel
were given fifteen days in which to file
| briefs. The Judgment of the lower court
| In the case was affirmed without argrl-
| ment.
The C ase OF A A. McCulloughvs The State
| OF Virginia, growing out of the readjust-
ment troubles of the State, was reassigned
| to the docket for oral argument.
STATE BOUNDARY SETTLED.
Attorney General R. F. Walker Of Missouri
yesterday filed in the Supreme Court the
report Of the commission which last spring
| determined the boundary between Missouri
and Iowa as the result of friendly suit
by the law officer of Missouri to settle the
boundaries in the counties of Mercer, Mo-,
and Decatur, Ia. Missouri named j. L.
| Hardy and Iowa Peter Raney, and these
I, two selected Dwight l.. Morgan Of Illinois
as the third member.
AT their request, w. c. Hodgkins, of the
coast and geodetic survey, was detailed
to run the line under their supervision
| The result of his work was submitted to the
| Supreme Court by Mr.. Walker, with a
| request that the report of the commission
| thereon be approved.
This will be done as soon as the attorney