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the supreme court.
But IN the meantime the government
pack was IN full cry along other paths.
the chlef OF which led toward the dis.
solution Of the standard on company.
Sept 10 at Philadelphia Judge Gray
and associates on the circuit bench
sustained the right OF railroads 70 own
and operate coal mines. holding the
commodity clause Of the Hepburn bin
TO be despotic and conhscatory.
Federal suits were also started
against the Hartman railroad trust
and against the powder trust, while
numerous tines were imposed on rail
roads aud other corporations under the
Elkins law for rebatIng, On March q
the supreme court. : 10 l, invalidatcd
the Minnesota and North Carolina rate
laws. holding that federal couls had
the right TO review and TO stay cxecu.
ton 10 protect stockholders. The Ala.
bama rate law was held up by the cir.
cult court pending investigation OF
reasonableness OF rates. Pennsylvania
two cent rate law was invalidated by
the state supreme court. On Nov. 81
the United Stntes supreme court ruled
that the order Of the Virginia railroad
commission fixing two cent passen.
ger rate was subject TO review and
must be tried before the highest state
court before seeking federal interven-
ton. In December the circuit court OF
appeals cnjolned the tobacco trust from
continuing Interstate traffic.
Early In January the supreme court
knocked out the employers Liability
law because II was not confined to In.
terstate corporations On Jan. rs II
ruled that membership In union
might justify dismissal OF Interstate
railroad employees. On Feb. In the
famous Danbury hatters' boycott case
II decided unanimously that the boy.
eott as a method of lighting capital 10
Illegal when declared against goods IN
trallic. President Gompers
aud other A. Y. OF L. officials were en-.
joined from publishing an unfair list"
On March o the California supreme
court vacated the conviction OF former
Mayor Sehmltz aud he was freed on
heavy bail covering other charges aftei
having been confined ten months.
When In November his pal, Boss Ruef,
was brought TO trial the desperation Of
the graft forces showed itself In the
act Of one dlscredited saloon man,
Haas, who shot Heney In court
Though Heney was seriously injured,
he recovered to continue the fight with
Increased public sympathy. Ruef was
Dec. II and faced prison
erm. Four OF Pennsylvania capitol
yrafters were convicted In February
md sentenced Dec. Is to two years In
prison and $500 fine each.
On Nov. O at New York Charles w.
Morse, the millionaire whose Illegal
practices were believed 90
iave started the financial panic Of
007, was brought to stern justice with
conviction and fifteen year sen
euce. At the same time sentence for
lis banking associate, President Cur
IL of the Bank Of North America,
vas suspended.
Pittsburg was shocked by a series
i banking explosions and defalca.
lens, two Of which stand out as col.
ossal crimes On March 20 Henry
lelber, teller, and John Young. audi.
or Of the Farmers Deposit National
ank, we're arrested Tor the misuse OF
yer a million Of the bank funds. In
une they were sentenced TO ten years
ach. on May william Montgom
rs, cashier of the Allegheny National
ank, was accused OF diversions which
ran up to 81 10000, lnclud.
ng some state funds. lie was sen
cnced TO fifteen years IN prison.
Kentueky's tobacco Night Riders
made additional raids In spite Of the
roops sent out TO check them, and on
bet. 20 band Of dispossessed squat
ers on Reelfoot lake, Tennessee, kid.
aped Captain Rankin and Colonel
'aylor OF Trenton They hung tho
ormer, but the latter escaped by
winning the lake. Troops were call
q out. aud many arrests were made.
The most serious race riots Of the
ear occurred at Springfield. H.. Aug.
4 and ~, when Wild mob killed
Inc persons. injured eighty and burn.
A houses occupied by negroes Troops
'ere called out and the leaders
rought 10 justice.
The last Of the Idaho cases against
liners officials ended with this ac-
uiital Of George A. Pettibone IN Jan
airy. Harry Orchard. the confessed
iurdcrer OF Governor steunenburg,
those testimony implicated the min.
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