The Washington times., 1902-10-08
Monday Next the August
Body Will Begin Fall Term.
IMPORTANT CASES ON DoCKE
Larger Questions to Await Full Bench
Justice Holmes Not to Take
Oath Until January.

The Supreme Court of the United
States will meet next Monday for the
fall term. The death of Justice Gray
leaves a vacancy on the bench, which
will not be filled until the Senate has
confirmed his successor. and while the
President has already selected Oliver
Wendell Holmes, of Massachusetts, it
is not expected he will take his seat
until the court convenes in January,
after the holiday recess. The several
important cases which last spring were
postponed by full bench will be put
off until the Massachusetts, jurist takes
the oath of office.
The docket of the court when adjourn
ment was taken last May contained 344
cases, including twenty which had been
argued and were under advisement by
the Judges. Since then 10S cases have
beep added. and the docket, therefore,
now contains 452 cases. or twenty five
more than at the beginning of the term
last fall
Northern securities answer.
No business will be transacted on
Monday beyond the customary call
upon the President of the United States,
and possibly the taking of some action
regarding the death of Justice Gray.
The court. however, will, unless a post
ponement is secured, receive the an
pany and the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern Railroad Companies in
the suit brought by the State of Wash
ington to prevent the acquisition by the
named The time fixed by the court
for filing the answer of the corpora
tions to the petition of the attorney
general of Washington expires that day
The final report of the commissioner for
remarking the boundary line between
Virginia and Tennessee will also be
presented on Monday, and the long dis
pute between the two Commonwealths
over the invisible line dividing them,
which has now been definitely fixed by
row OF permanent monuments, will
be brought to a close by the final filing
of the report
Two Important Cases.
Two important cases assigned for
Tuesday are the Homer Bird murder
case from Alaska, which has already
been heard once by the court, and the
extradition case OF Grin, a Russian en-
bezzler. who is resisting deportation on
the ground of an alleged defect in the
treaty between the United States and
Russia. The prize money cases OF Ad-
miral Dewey and Rear admiral Sampson
and their officers and men are set for
argument on October 90
Other Interesting Matters.
The case of Downs VS.. the United
States, involving the power of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to render Il
countervailing duty against Russian
sugar upon which bounty is not directly
paid by the Government; two cattle in
spection cases from Colorado. where the
state cattle quarantine regulations con-
fict with those of the Federal Govern
ment. and the appeal of the Govern
ment from the decision of the Court OF
Claims that Secretary Moseley, of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. need
not file copies of kilograms as demand
ed by the Auditor of the Treasury in
the settlement of the accounts of the
are other important cases
on the docket.
In the Moseley case the Auditor de-
clined to pay vouchers for the telegraph
bills OF the Commission unless copies
were fled Under the orders of the Com
mission. Moseley declined to furnish the
copies, taking the ground the kilograms
were confidential public business and
the interest of the Government would
best be served by Withholding them. This
view was affirmed by the Court OF
claims and the Auditor appealed to the
Supreme Court.