Supreme Court reverses railroad damages ruling in cattle quarantine case
The United States Supreme Court invalidates a Secretary of Agriculture quarantine order. It held the national act unconstitutionally extended to intrastate commerce, reversing Carlisle County Ky verdicts in Edwards and McKendree v. Icinota Central Railroad. The decision limits federal power over livestock movement and interstate commerce.
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Missouri Attorney General challenges Kansas claim to river island
Attorney General Hadley of Missouri filed in the United States Supreme Court a bill of equity against Kansas to determine ownership of a 400 acre island in the Missouri River near Kansas City. The suit asserts the main current runs east of the island and that the 1818 Missouri survey set the line west of the island.
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Damages for Lost Telegraph Passed Over by High Court
United States Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the Hughes case on a technicality without ruling on whether telegraph companies can be held responsible under state law for nondelivery of messages that travel between points within a state but pass through another state. The decision leaves the Virginia court rulings unresolved and at least temporarily favorable to Charles E. Hughes of Danville.
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Supreme Court
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Interstate Suit On Trial In Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court began hearing Kansas versus Colorado over irrigation rights on the Arkansas River. Kansas seeks to curb Colorado’s monopoly of the water, arguing reduced surface flow and underflow after entering Kansas. The action is seen by some as the era’s most important water case, with long allotted time for each party. The session extended toward Thursday’s end.
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Land Fraud Cases Pushed in Supreme Court Motion
Solicitor General Hoyt presented a motion in the United States Supreme Court to advance the arguments in cases of Gould Goodwin Gibelen Kenney Meyers. They seek to avoid removal from California to Oregon where they face indictment for conspiracy to defraud the government of public land. The court took the motion under advisement. Cherokee Marriage License Fee Upheld in Supreme Court ruling denying amendment to exclude most Indians from citizenship.
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Unusual Case Dismissed Over Supreme Court Jurisdiction
Robert D. Kinney of Philadelphia sued Judge James Mitchell of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for 50009 damages, claiming willful and malicious official conduct. The Supreme Court dismissed the civil suit for lack of jurisdiction, with no opinion, upholding the federal court’s stance that the case exceeded 1500 in controversy.
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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Supreme Court Rules Interstate Commerce Over State Licensing
In an opinion by Justice Holmes the U S Supreme Court reversed a Pennsylvania Superior Court ruling in M L Bearlek v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The case involved Sunbury regulations requiring merchandise canvassers to hold a license. Rearick an Ohio broom maker was fined for violation. The Court held the broom transport for contract fulfillment fell under protected interstate commerce, overruling the state authority.
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Ohio
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Bay Shore May Now Build After Supreme Court Action
The Supreme Court denied Frank D. Zell of Philadelphia permission to file writs to reinstate his suit aimed at blocking the Bay Shore Terminal Railroad sale. Zell, a stockholder, sought to intervene in foreclosure proceedings and to halt the road’s extension to the Jamestown Exposition. The Virginia court had enjoined him, and the high court declined to interfere, allowing the project to proceed.
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Lease Of Mine Stands In Minnesota Case Dismissed
The U S Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the case of Rearing Smith v Au astor Iverson over a lease dispute in St Louis County Minnesota. The suit sought possession of the Iron Sliver mine land alleging fraud and conspiracy by minor state officials including George A Flinn and JC Patterson. Lack of jurisdiction led to the dismissal leaving the prior circuit court ruling unfavorable to Smith intact.
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Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Morgan Timber Case
The Supreme Court refused the United States certiorari review of a Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the James C Morgan timber cutting case. Morgan had been convicted in Colorado for illegally cutting public- domain timber, an outcome overturned by the Eighth Circuit on the basis that the statute was repealed. The government seeks a ruling on the right to appeal on questions of law, a debate tied to a Senate bill on appeal rights. The Court set a two week recusal from next Monday.
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Questions and Answers From the Post 1905 Reader Mailbag
The Post presents a compilation of reader questions and editor responses on topics from wheat yields in the United States and England to impeachment trial details, Thanksgiving proclamations, and separate schools in Washington DC. It includes notes on Pompeii, presidential term limits, Confederate pensions, and language counts, reflecting a broad late 19th to early 20th century public inquiry page.
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Omega Oil touted as quick remedy for chest cold
An advertisement urges readers to treat chest and throat ailments by rubbing Omega Oil on the throat and chest rather than swallowing medicines. It claims the oil soothes inflammation, is far superior to plasters, and should be used immediately for best results.
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