Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-04-27

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the published tariff fixed q rate Of
| Is cents per 100 pounds, the Standard
| Oil company Of Indiana was enjoying
a rate Of u cents u hundred. The de.
Tense was that the Standard people
did not know that the SIX cent rate
had not been published. The verdict
Is victory for the administration In
Its war on the trusts, but IL In no sense
final, for the defendants ut once fled
a motion for new trial.
Patterson Must Pay Fine.
In sustaining the action Of the Colo,
RADIO supreme court az to the ~ 900
fine on ex-senator Patterson for con
tempt In publishing criticisms and car
tooEJ Of the judges the United States
supreme court tries to distinguish be.
tween the license and the liberty OF
the press. The decision was rendered
by the vote. Of seven to two, Justices
Harlan and Brewer dissenting, but OH
different grounds. Patters0n's defense
was that the Colorado court had been
packed to seat Republican officials and
had usurped power. He claimed the
right to prove the truth Of his charges
In the courts. Justice Holmes, deliver
ing the majority opinion, said that
punishment for libel may extend to the
true as we'll as to the false. and this
rule applied more clearly to cases Of
contempt. Justice Harlan thought the
c0uft's decision impaired the freedom
Of speech under the constitution, which
he held to constitute Essential parts
Of every mans liberty" Justice Brew
err held that the supreme court had iu-
risdiction as to the question of rights
raised by Patterson.
New Plea by Eddy Trustees.
Messrs. Baker, Fernald and McLel-
Ian, who recently were named trustees
Of the estate Of Mrs. Eddy, the Chris
tian Science leader, have made answer
to the supplementary plea of the origi
nal plaintiffs that they, the trustees, be
added to the list of defendants on the
ground Of having been in the conspi
racy to control Mrs. Eddy The trus-
tees now deny all the allegations and
say that none but Frye knew before it
was executed that the trust deed was
pending. They reserve the right to ask
whether the original proceedings were
brought in good faith
New York Italians Disarmed.
Following the killing Of one police
man and the woundng Of another at
New York by Italians engaged in a
street fight. Police Commissioner Bing-
ham ordered the arrest of all Italians
SUSPECTED of carrying weapons. One
hundred men were arraigned the first
day! and the work went on all the
week, with the result that large num-
Der bf concealed guns and knives were
coDfscated.
coust Bars Municipal Ownership.
TIE supreme court of Illinois has
rendered a decision as to the legality !
Of the S75,00O,000 worth of Mueller |
law certificates which were to be is !
sued for the purpose of acquiring. inn |
MEDIATE possession of the street car |
properties Of Chicago holding that !
theH issue would be unlawful. Thus a !
deahblow was administered to the /
ownership Of the street ear lines by the |
city of Chicago. While the opinion /.
doeE not say anything definitely as to !
theEright of the city to own and oper
ate THE car lines, the only visible and /
available means of doing so under ex- /
istiig law is taken away, and the
Muller law itself becomes a virtual |
dead letter. The decision also has the
effect of making the traction ordi-
nances recently passed by the city
council and approved at the election
twenty year permits unless some one
isfound to pay bonus of 20 per cent
OF the investment in case the city
s$nctions the purchase.
The SO called Flash point of lllumi-
hitting oil is the temperature at which
tie oil begins to give off infammable
Rpors.