Evening star., 1899-01-02

District supreme Court.
The business Of the Supreme Court Of tho
District Of Columbia was carried on with
| Increased activity during the year just
| closed New suits in equity wera filed to
the number OF lilo. and new suits al law
to the number of 99l. The marriage licenses
issued by the clerk OF the court aggregated
$50.
Many decisions and rulings OF importance
were made The Court of Appeals sustain
| Cd the judgment OF the lower roart in TIE
! famous Holt VIII case, the lower court. X
| VIII be recalled, refused ths probate of an
| Instrument offered the last will Of the
| late Judge Holt. Judge Hasner held that
| the professional earnings Of an individual
| cannot he placed in the hands OF r.
| cairer, pending a suit in equity to recover
| from the same the amount OF judgment
al law On the petition Of The PotomaD
| Electric Power Company. Judge Hagutr
| enjoinsd The United States Electric Light
| ing Company from laying COnduits in lsth
street, gth street. Grant avenue. FIoriua
| avenue and 18th street. The Bar Associa-
| ton considered proposition providing that
| the office of justice of the peace Ia thh Dis
| trict of Columbia he abolished ani an IN
| ferior court substituted in its place. Judge
| Bradley, after a spirited habeas corpus pro-
| cecding, ruled that Mrs. Lucy u. NcNal
| was properly detained at the 81. Elizabeth
| Asylum. Hallet kilhourn, a promiueat cit
| iZen, developed suicidal mania and was I'D
| judged insane. The tres surcr Of the United
! States was enjoued by Judge Hagncr & ON
| paying any money to Providence Hospital
| in connection with an agreement with The
| Commissioners Of the District OF Columbia
for the erection Of an isola;ing ward for
| the trCatmH of minor contagious dis
cases; the Court of Appeals overrul l
| Judge Hagner. and directed that the mu
| praying for the injunction be dismissed.
| Proceedings were instituted by the United
States. through District Attorney Davis,
against the Baltimore and OhiA Railroad
Company for alleged Illegal occupancy Of
! a triangular plot OF grouad GA Delaware
avenue northeast. Judge Cox declined To
grant an injunction. as prayed by Andrsw
Archer and Louis y. Shoemaker, 10 re-
strain Timothy W. Murphy ans others
from organizing or acting a. board Of
managers Of the Mutual Fire Insurance
ECompany.
A conditional Injunction was granted hy
Judge Cox. restraining the Chesa2sa.S" and
Potomac Telephone Company from r'mnN-
ing telephone instrument and appliance
| from the Hotel Frrunnla, 80 long aS Tie
| proprietor Of the hostclry should use The
Telephone for the conduct Of his priNai"
business only. Judge Cole granted petition
for writ of habeas corpus hicd by Perry
Carson, who claimed that ne was unla wiul-
ly held in custody at the District J&ii hN
reason of a pretended commitment 81 Jus
tice of the Peace samuel r.. church Tor al
legged contempt Judg' Cox declined 40 en-
| ioin the Capital Railway Company from
running its cars on 18th street east NJ
street south and Sth street eas, AE the
Brown electric system as prayed hy me
Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad
Company. JUdgs Cole rendered a decision
of importance tC property owners m me
suburbs. holding that the regulation "l
! party walls. within the authority OF idN.
2 and being ensonable, was therefore valid
2 | Proceedings were instituted by IN. Bright
; wood Railway Company To compel the
1 | Metropolitan Railroad Company 10 enter
1 | into a reciprocal trackage arrang rInrnt-
A J In the probate court. the children Of pr
= Ruiz a natu-alized American citiz n. "h"
4 ! was killed by thu Spanish in Cuba, an
| sr,E.. fi,,rp #
4 | damages against Spain for causing the
= | death of their father.
G Judge Cole denied petition of n O.
4 | Bliss to compel the District Commission ~
/ to issue 10 him permit for tn erection OF
n | an apartment house 10 feet high. on what
= the Commissioners held 10 be residence
Q | street. 1t was sought hy hhIhoer OF y W
e | York parties 10 compel, by mandamus' Nle
| Secretary of the Treasury To Issue 10 ihrm
| certain dllotments of bonds IN cghh' non
| with the pouular war loan. The Secretary
Il held that thr parties referred TO were h"t
4 ! acting in good faith, and he was SuSttlhel
= | by Judge Cox. a large number OF suits IN
h | equity fol injunction were lnstleltei
+ | against the Oh asapeake and Potomac l"''
= phone Company TO prevent the r-m"Nai pl
i telephone Instruments and appliances nom
y the establishments of the complainahls' 'he
) company threatening TO remove IN s"llr
d on the refusal OF the subscribers 10 pay
: higher rental for the telephone service than
d the rate fixed by law. District Aii"rn y
&C Davis announced that the grand jury h'n
/ | ,rpSaufe1. ard he would lndlcls loI HlH'i'-
e meauor certain officials OF the t'l'pini'
90 mpany in connection with the char-I.ls
Of the alleged unlawful rate. orren "a.
= Staples applied for thA appointment on /,
- | receiver and Cor the sale Of the property OF
u the Washington Light Infantry Corps the
l. sale was made.
Criminal Courts.
;, In the criminal branch Of the court Den
- mis- J. Canty. a well-known stock broker
SO indicted for the murder of George NJ Rye
X Inv shooting him while AT the corner OF IAN
$ and F streets. was acquitted Indictments
~ were reported against several members o.
" the knights Of Labor for conspiracy u
Is | connection with a boycott against the trH
to | of William Walters Sons DenurrcrS 70
III indictments were overruled 10y Judg'
nj | bradley Four bookmakers doing business
of at the fall race meeting at the brhhiu-
:. track were indicted for settiHg Up gamma
table. The trial of Frank II. Miles. indlct
ed for embezzlement from the District "
Il Columbia in connection with tn ISSUING
rd tax certificates, was begun ana pf"crede'
r with for several days; owing 20 the ll, lllil'N
H. of the presiding justice ana TO the apptoaci
r of the Christmas holidays. the trial Wa
!, discontinued, to be recommended IN Jahu
ary John Price was convicted OF thr ia'
~ cenv of s.. .eS1 belonging ts the MetropoliIa'
m -, railroad and was sentenced 10 lihPIis"I Il
~ ~ meut for three years in the ONO pthlttH
tiary Frederick :. COburn. who conhucle'
~ a drug store and was in charge "l the Pos
\
- of qth street and New York avenue. wa
-, | convicted Of violating the postal laws u
M | connection with the issue OF money oraers
"a | he was sentenced by Judge Bradley 10 I'm
am | prisonment for a year and a day III IN
~ Ohio penitentiary. George II. Boston. con
n | victed of violating the pension laws an
n, | fareerv was sentenced TO Imprisonment io
I6 | six wears i'm the Ohio penitentiary. Nlllan
of Strather was convicted of the murder e"
in | Rosa Talbot, Edward smith OF the m muI
Ir ! der of t,d-,onia Jackson and Charles Win
g ston of the murder Of his wife. Emma
They were sentenced to be hanged, nu
were respited from time to time, in orde
| that the Supreme Court of the Unite
q States might rule on a question IN reGaT
n" TO the law permitting juries 10 ada IN
N. words without capital punishment
lis verdicts of conviction of murder in the pis
ra | trict Columbia; it is expected thar the ~
. | prerne Court will announce its decision J
H. | The matter the Sd OF January. BenJaml
H. Slater was acquitted of manslaughter
he | connection with the killing of his wife
Is Clara; a similar charge against Isaac her
| o-ll Sp ha So