The Washington times., 1904-10-09
AUTUMN SESSION
OF SUPREME COURT
Many Interesting Cases on
the Docket.
FAMOUS TELEGRAPH HEARING
Fayerweather VIII, Vanderbilt Inherit
anoe Tax and New Murder Among
Those to Be Argued

The Supreme Court VIII open the
years work on October IL with d num-
Der OF important cases on the docket.
Some OF these eases are wei known all
ever The United States, while others are
new and OF little more than local inter
est in lhe States from whose highest
courts they are appealed
There is one murder case on the
one of the best known is the case of
the Western Onion Telegraph Company
against the Pennsy lEauia Railroad,
which grew out of the cutting down c.
the telegraph company's poles by the
railroad company when il shifted its all
legiauce from the Western Union 10 the
Postal Telegraph Company.
The railroad gave the telegraph com-
ps-ny certain length of time in which
10 remove IT'S wires from beside the
tracks and when this was not done,
employees OF the railroad company cut
the wires and took down the poles OF
the telegraph company The matter was
IOughl out in the State courts and then
brought 90 The Supreme Court
The Fayerweather VIII.
Another famous case is the contest OF
the EayerWeaLher VIII. which has been
In the courts ever since the wealthy
New Yorker died and his VIII was found
10 contain many requests TO educational
Institutions IL has been in the courts
Of several Safes. has this Fayerweather
VIII case, anC phases Of it have come to
The Supreme Court before.
The Vanderbilt family viii figure in
the Supreme Court at The coming term
also coming in under the case OF Van
uerbilt ct al vs.. Ei5man, United States
marshal In this case are involved the
laws OF Inheritance taxes. the estate of
the late Cornelius Vanderbilt being the
bone OF contention
New Murder Case.
The murder case comes up on appeal
from the supreme court Of Oklahoma.
under the title OF New US. Olzlah0ma-
On April r. 1901, John T. New shot and
killed H. T. Doyle. his neighb0r, in
WashIla county, Okla New used d
Winchester rife, shooting Doyle as he
Nas driving down the road i'm a wagon.
AFTER firing one OF Two shots AT Liu he
followed him into the house OF another
nelghb0r. Finding his victim sitting ON
the ho0r In a room. he shot him il the
head and then cIubDed him with the
butt OF the rife
The defense was that New had been
told OF threats that Doyle had made
against his life, ana that he killed him
because he feared death at the hands
Of Doyle. The appeal Is based CA the
ground that the instructions ofNtae
judge 90 the jury were not within the
law New was sentenced 10 lie ina
pIlsoHmeut by the Oklahoma courts.
his attorneys are II. NJ Furuham, r.
3. Forrest and S. c.. AassiI1gale. At
toguey General j. C. Roberts and II. A.
Edwards VIII appear Tor Oklahoma.
The Thomas Case.
The case or Thomas v=. Tae United
States Is brought by Capt. Charles H.
Thomas, or the United States Navy.
and involves the question OF WhetLeE
the extra pay allowed naval officers FOR
duty in China and the Philippines should
be based upon the maxlmum or mini
mum salary of their once.
Captain Thomas was in command OF
the Lancaster lu 1859 and the Baltimore
il 1850 Hls claim s. that the ID per
cent bonus should be based upon his
Iay for sea service. and not upon his
pay Tor land service.
Other cases 1u the docket are Dob
bins IS. The city of los Angeles, Cal,
and BLyon VS. United States