The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-16
END OF HAT TRIMMING CASES.
GOIERN WENT VIII NOT FUR-
THFR CONTEST TINE SUITS.
The Eases Have Been Pending since 1850,
and Involve Millions Of Dollar. which
WIN lie Refunded Ia the Importers


w~AsniNoros. OIt. i5-Final action was
taEcn IN the Jn,tod States Suprcme Cour
to-day in what we're known a. the Hat
Trimming cases. which have been pend-
ing since Iss. by the notice given by So-
iiCit ORC neral Richards that the Govern
mcnt had abandoned It's intention 10 ask
Tor a f~ehoanng Of the matter several
million dollars duty collected on silk rib
hons under the Mll.on Tanh act will. there
fore. b. refunded TO importers 1hc GUS
IONS official a-scsssd duty on the articles
az 20 per cent A. goods Of silk. while tho
importers claimed they should no adj
mitted At ~ per cent a. material for trim
ming hat- and brought suit 20 recover the
difference After n legal hattie lasting
thirteen years the supreme Court. In ise9.
decided against the Government A motion
for a rchrlring was then made 10y this
Department Of Justice and that motion
has been pending until today. when. 10y
direction Of the SOlicitor-Gcneral " wac
dismissed. bringing the case to an end
To-day Wa he fret business day 81 tho
foil term Of the Supreme Court and wss
given over lsrgel, - receiving motions
for action on cnse- before the court. Among
the prominent members ~ tho bar present.
were former SPEAKER Thomas II. Reed.
former Ser ator George y. Edmunds %
Vermrnt. senator Morgan Of Alabama
and Repre- eutative Hooker Of Mississippi.
Mr.. Reed, later In the day, Appeared In
the case Of the Carnegie Steel Company
against tho Cambria Iron Company. III
Nolving the proprietary nights Ia process
for making s'e'l.
On m.tioi. Of solicitor General Richards,
a.. -. A.. HM--N IL. aV..ul % NN.H a.
eminent m the silt ~ Cap Morgan Of the
ting Frank 4 Lowe, 10 receive $4,000,
salvage Tor rc-cuIng m" smiths Island
lght~hip. which va torn from it, moor
ing In Chc.ai"ake BAY hy the hurricane
81 September. isg4 IT," Government com-
promised the claim for 500. and The appeal
vas accordingly Dismissed.
The appeals - Pix kwAn and Ping lik
from th" decision uf tn" United States
District courts J.. New York fpr their de-
portatipu under the Chinese Exclusion law
came ny to-day on n motion 20 rein~tate on
the docket 1hcrs' cases worp dismissed
az 'ho last term 81 the court teCatire ~
iGliurr ON th" part ~ the appellants Ia print
the Necessary records tounSn for the
Chinese to-day stated that the money Ind
h~on furnished az the time FOR printing tho
records and that his clients should not
hIfDr lsc4u-C ~ it, failure 20 reach the
clerk OF IA" couri. thief justice Fuller
took IN" motion for r"irstGi"mert under
amusement A|fN" ' Nltf~ Nfff hTFN~NFfl
a. Buffalo m iSgp for illegally entering the
United S'ate- from Cauad ard ordered
departed hv United States Commissioner
Silver THIS order was reversed by tho
United States Court fpr th" Northern Dis
tnr' Of New York. which IN turn was over
ruled hN the I uiiof states Circuit Court %
Appeals The present Hppeai - hasen ou
IN" clains hat IN" Court ot Appeals was
without Iu-i~di tiou and that N" appel
lguf- Wrr" no. Chinese laborcrs within tho
moanipg ~ tho Chinese Exclusion law
H. ne case ot Luigi Storti. sentenced 10
death bv electricity ~ Boston for killing
C,iuooi. a cumIa'no'. Ia 1897. IN which
the question wa~ raised that the sentence
vas cruel and unusual punishment and
that 'hn mod" Of trial was not In Accord
au'e with IA" provisions Of the trraty with
Italy. counsel for ia" Commonwealth asked
that the ca, h. heard AZ an early day and
D. Was sci Tor oct ~ Auothe- applicn-
tiou Tor a writ n error was dismissed hv
the supreme Court Ou N" last dav ~ Tho
spring term. hut fho pending application
went over Goyu~ci for Ntorti has alsD
raised a novel plea that A. the date for
rAo"I'iou had already passed. The prisoner
should BE- considered legally dead
The ,Ursrtu'iuraiiy ~ the inheritance
tax imposed hy m" Nsr R"vcuue aC, u
involved 10 two gas"e from New York which
were to-day assigned fnT hearing on Nov. IL.