| Show HOTEL AEIUVALS December 17 1883 VALLEY HOUSE I J P Lorre W H Carroll Nevada C W Thomas M Welch J B Springs T A Brown D G Dunn Chicago A Rice I W H Bray J W Erylne Cincinnati B Morgan M Stiles Bingham E Kesert J Dull H B Hall American Falls j JosH Jos-H Jenkins A H Hinocks O Jensen lED Dennison H H Coons Ogden Jno Norttey T DeCourcy Alta J A Mitchell W C Vinton limn Luis Gal Mr3 E L Bourne Filmore W H Shepard Shep-ard H B Hallam Helena PBerti San a Quinn J Whalen M Boyle M Stiles J Welch Frisco G Hosford E Hosford Blackfoot J Hurd W Jackson S Jackson Jack-son B C Martin 0 E Petterson Denver Den-ver T H Cutler W Jones Pleasant Grove A HutchelI Denver M J Cruise Wyandotte Kansas J Curran E E Phillips and family Park City W V Black Deseret L Keichum Daramic T Woods Wyoming E F Graves Denver Den-ver A H Whetlock Chester Utah M Hollingshearte Coeur DAlene 1 I IVALKEB HOUSE R M Rhodes Denver H F Osborn Newak H T Leavitt Omaha J W Keaney and wife Mra C V Rich Pocas tA1o D Y Donaldson Pittsburgh W McKaskell San Francisco A F Whie and wife J W Moore Miss Gussie Clinton Ogden J Grnt Iowa 0 E Wurtelle Denver 3IETKOPOLITAN J H Van Neh Ogden J W Ward Grand Junction M Eoacb J Hassel taum Denver J W GoldbaH Morgan Smelter John Jonathan UtabT J Dud delson Colorado jJr andMra HCJamee Janea H James Ft Collins G A Gnene Chisgi Mrs Willis Denver P Tracer New York GBSchell Colorado Gram Denver B Allen Ft Collins CONTINENTAL HOTEL G Lovagniud West Jourdan A To ponce Cjrione J E Clayton E J Yard Utab S S Jones Provo Chicago Church Choir Opera company Important Decision Washington 17 The Supreme Court today rendered a decision of great importance to shipowners in the case of the Providence and New York Steamship Co plaintiffs in error against the Hill Manufacturing ing Co The suit hinged upon the I effect and construction to be given to the act of Congress of March 3 I 1851 entitled U An act to limit the i responsibility of shipowners In I May 1868 the Hill Manufacturing Co of Boston deliverpd to the plaintiffs in error a quantity of goods to be transported by their steamers to New York city The goods R ere carried safely to New York but before being unloaded the steamer burned at the dock by a fire originated in a building build-ing on the shore Damage suits were thereupon instituted in New York and Boston by the owners of the goods against the owners of the steamship The letter let-ter responded by instituting proceedings pro-ceedings in the United States District Dis-trict Court of New York to limit their liability under the act of Congress Con-gress mentioned This act p ovides that ship owners shall be exempt from liability for losses on board ships by fire unless caused by the design or neglect of the owners also that the liability of shipowners for embezzlement loss or destruciton of goods on board ships incurred without the privity of such owners shall in no case exceed the amouut or value of the interest of owners in such goods and freight Under this clause the steamship company offered to pay into court the whole amount of its interest in the burned steamship to be divided equitably among the owners of the destroyed goods and askea to be dis charged from further liability The offer was accepted by the court and a decree wasentered forbidding the owners of the burned goods including in-cluding the Hill Manufacturing Company to further prosecute their claims The Hill Companynotwith standing the prohibition continued I to press their suit in Massachusetts finally obtaining from the Supreme Court of Massachusetts a judgment in its favor for the full amount of its loss The Steamship Do sued out a writ of error and brought the case to the Supreme Court for a final determination of the question whether the institution of proceedings proceed-ings in the United States District Court to limit its liability under the act of Congress superseded and barred the prosecution of claims for the same losses and injuries The opinion of the Supreme Court is very elabjrate It holds first that the proceedings of the District Court of the United States under the above act so limit the liability of owners that it supersedes all other actions in suits for the same loss or damage inState in-State or Federal courts the other suits ought to cease after proceedings pro-ceedings limiting the liability have been instituted and the value of the ship and proceeds have been paid into court SecondThe Massa chusetes State court erred in going on with the case after proceedings were begun in the United States District court which under the act of Congress referred to had full jurisdiction and plenary power The value and importance of this law the court says to our maritime mar-itime commerce can hardly be estimated but the value of the law legally depends upon the manner in which it is administered Its great value will be entirely destroyed by allowing its administration to be hampered or interfered with by various va-rious conflicting jurisdictions The judgment of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts is reversed and the cause remanded with directions di-rections to take such further proP ep dinc pro-P m trr le n cA ri3q re LiJ tli ijUtl n An Indian Suit Chicago 17Suit was entered today to-day in the name of Charles C Boudenot and the Cherokee nation against Wm A Phillips to recover 22500 Phillips is the exCon igressman who committed the distribution dis-tribution of the Indian award of 300000 made at the last Congress I and about which there has been so much talk in connection with the misappropriation The 8223CO I sued for is said to have been turned over to Phillips by the counsel for the Cherokee nation on his assertion asser-tion that it would be paid to certain high officials for their influence in securing a 8300000 appropriation The plaintiffs suit just brought alleges al-leges that the amount sued for was paid the defendant by W W Life treasurer tof the Cherokee nation being p Art of the 300000 appropriated appro-priated for the Cherokee people which payment was unlawful in that the defendant did not have the auhority of the Cherokees The plaintiffs sue for the above amount as belonging legally to them one half for the use ot Elias C Boude I not and the remainder for the Cherokee nation with interest from the time of payment |
