Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-04
CHIEF JUSTICE
FULLER IS DEAD
Heart Disease Robs Country of
Noted JuriSt at His Summer
Home Early This Morning.
lNTERMENT AT CHICAGO.
Died at Frcnchman's Ray. Five Miles
North Of Bar Harbor--Wns
rs Years old.

Ear Harbor. Me. july i--Chier JUS
tioe Melville W. Fuller Of tho United
states supreme court died of heart
failure al his summer home In Sor-
Tcnto at o'clock this morning
The death Of the chief Justice was
entirely unexpected, as he had been in
apparently good health lately and there
had been no premonltory symptoms
~ any kind OF trouble Yesterday no
attended church as usual and when he
retired last night he was to all appear
ances in his customary health.
Death came about O'Clock this
morning His daughter Mrs. Nathan
lei Francis and Rev. James Il. Free
man. who was guest OF Justice Full
Ter at his Sorrento cottage "Mainstay"
We're with the jurist when he died
Tho funeral services will be held at
Sorrento and the interment viii he az
Chicago. The date for the funeral has
not yet been fixed
year.
For many years the chief Justice had
spent his summers at Sorrento. q sum-
mer colony located ON Frenchman's
Bay, hve miles from Bar Harbor.
RECALLS OLD EVENTS.
His death today recalls his words on
such events expressed az the centen-
nary of the court 20 years ago:
Judges VIII b. appointed" said he,
ana viii pass away. one generation
rapidly succeeds another. But. who
ever comes and whoever goes, the
court remains, keeping alive through
many centuries We shall not see tho
light that burns with a constant radi-
ancc on the high altar OF American
constitutional Justice"
chief Justice Fuller left an indel-
hlc stamp on the laws Of the country.
Among his most famous opinions were
the following;
The income tax decisions. in which
tho law was held to De unconstitution-
al
The Dsnbury hat case. in which labor
| unions were held to be Amenabie 10 the
| sherman antitrust latV.
J The Western Union Iclegrs pa COM
! pany vs.. the Commonwealth of Penn
/ sylvanis. In which the state was denied
/ the right TO tax telegraph messages. ca
| cept when intra-state.
The bank OF Washington vs. Hume.
in which the insurdble interest OF tho
wife and children IN tho lfe of the
husband and father was recognized ass
distinguished from the claim Uf cred
tors.
Inman VS. South Carolina company.
In which the railroad was denied tho
power TO exempt itself from liability
for It's negligence In the shipment OF
goods
Moore vs. Crawford, In which mar
iod women were held 10 bear liabilities
such as those growing out Of che fraud
ulent sale of land as well AS the legal
rights.
I.eisy vs. Haddin In which the state
4 .afa.ta. a
ages Of liquor In interstate commerce.
an opinion which led to the passage OF
the Wilson liquor law
Beverly. Mass July 4--Presldcnt
TAFT left Beverly this morning for the
Sonerville. Everett and Boston Gee
bration before the news Of chief jus
tice Fuller's death was received.
Washington, july 4--To Chief Justice
Fuller fell tho honor Of third rank for
length Of service as presiding justice Ia
the highest tribunal OF the American
government For % years he was CHEZ
Justice ~ tine supreme court OF tbs
United states but Chief Justice Mar
shall presided over the court for 20
years and Chief Justice fancy for -
years with the future rests the 4
termination OF his rank among IT,
eight chief justices Of history FOR abil-
ltN ana compartments
Before Grover Cleveland sent tis
name 10 the senate on April 90, 1855.
for confirmation as chief justice. he wss
practically unknown except u ncn-
bers OF the legal profession.
WAS BORN IN MAINE.
In Maine. where he was born un
Feb. u, 1898. he had been known %
d, well behaved. rather scholarly lad.
He had gone to Bowdoin college and
Incidentally. there secured most Of tho
ui.ges ror elocution. He had gone d 1,v
10 tho Harvard law school for one yea.
FINALLY be blossomed forth as g.
nedgeG lawyer and politician OF a HE.
minded sort in his native city ul
Augusta. He iecame an associate edl-
ton on a Democratic paper called The
Axe" and about the same time was
elected president Of the city council
and the city solicitor. Soon thereafter
he icft Maine for the greater oppor-
tunities ~ lfe In Chicago.
From 1856 TO 1855 he lived IN Chicago
but attracted little attention outside his
immediate circles Of friends aud as
sociates al the bar until he undertook
the defense of Bishop Henry on
charge 81 heresy. His knowledge %
ecclesiastical history and proce lure
astonishcd those who conducted the
case and his argument OF the cause ~
the bishop before the supreme court
Of Illinois is referred 10 still as for
ensic effort seldom II ever surpassed ~
that court
He was a delegate g. TIN National
conventions Of tho Democratic party IN
1864. 1879. 1876 and 1850.
The Maine boy who had gone west"
accomplished much. however, notwith-
standing his quict life He had laid
the foundations for deep understand
ing OF the commercial laws NJ the
country and along this line ne had per-
formed service for clients that was
estimated 20 have netted him an an
nual Income 81 $4,000. These accom-
pushments led tho Republican sena-
tors from Illinois 10 urge on the Demo
cratic president tho appointment OF Mr..
Fuller as tho successor Of Chief jus
tlce Waite.
MEMORABLE CONTEST.
The nomination Of Mr.. Fuller. then
% years Of age, was followed by a
memorable contest In the senate, The
judiciary committee with its Republic
an majority 70 which the nomination