Show bora of oas left by their father so says the supreme court of the IT S washington jan 21 justice brown yesterday rendered his first opinion as a member ot the united states supreme pour he delivered two opinions of which the more important was in the case of george N cope ys janet cop and thomas H cope brought her on appeal from the supreme court of the territory of utah the question involved wag whether or not a eon by a polygamous marriage had a right of inheritance from his father it having been claimed no was illegitimate the court holds that a son by a polygamous marriage did have auch riat and reversed the judgment of the territorial court the court says ane edmunda tucker act declared all children of mormon parents born within less than twelve months from its pas 8 ige the object the court saya was to make these unfortunate children an especial object of care and to make their parents relinquish polygamy by fixing a period after which kneir children should be illegitimate the united states supreme court also ban pd down an opinion affirming the judgement jud gement of the circuit court of the united status for the eastern district of virginia directing that a writ of habeas corpus be granted william convicted in norfolk of violation of the t inspection law this is one of hat is known as the dressed beef cases arising out of the act of the state legislature having for its object the re the eale of meats by firma located outside of the state in which the meats aie offie 1 for sale it was held the law vas an with interstate commerce and the supreme court sustaining the to intention the supreme court rendered an opinion affirming the judge nent of the supreme court of california in the case of geo F packard ys jaka bird and frank biedler aliis suit is over the ownership ot an island of eighty acres in sacramento river collea county packards claim rests on the ground that I 1 his grant extended to the middle of th stream and the court decided against him on the ground that as the stream is navigable at this point title stops at high water mark french in ac jan 20 in the deputies Dep ulies bourgeois propose d a renunciation of all existing treaties of commerce including containing the favored nation chause he extolled the system of reciprocity cip rocity as the best means of protection Ribot Minister foreign affairs die not share the views entertained by bourgeois on the contrary he donld spare no effar to renew certain treaties bat on an amended footing the government wished to restore france to complete freedom of action in the matter of tariff the chamber approved course by voting by a large majority to pass the order of the day british ships to chii LONDON jan 20 th latest advises advices from Chilia how no improvement in the state of affairs there it is announced to day that a portion of the british south pacific squadron is ordered to chilian waters without delay it is also understood that an admiral has received instructions to take all steps considered necessary to protect the interests of british subjects to chili and according 10 reports ha will not allow war vessels of the insurgents to interfere with the loading or unloading oL British vessels in chilian waters baron insane BERLIN jani 20 it is announced here to day that lieutenant Lien tenant Fi edmann has received from zanzibar a tele graphic message to the effort that baron has suddenly sud deuly developed signs of insanity of this would seem 10 be contained in the announcement made to day that baron wiss manus recall is due tj the fact that he is suffering from a cerebral affection lire stuck associate as NEW ORLEANS jan 29 special the louisiana poultry and PetS opened a pet stack and poultry show in washington artillery hall to day ier will continue coati nue until saturday night the premium list is a longone and the prizes are numerous and liberal editors if asci DENVER col jan 20 special tho colorado state editorial association began its regular midwinter mid winter session to day the association now has one hundred members and a majority of these are present the organization aims to newspapermen of the state with one another and to discuss in convention matters of importance ta publishers and editors after the routine business had been disposed of several int orestine papers were read by bome of the best known journalists in colorado there will be no banquet on this occasion special senatorial CoLM sua jan 20 special A special election is being held today in darke miami and shelly counties composing Twelfth the senatorial district to fill the vacancy in the senate caused bj the death of andrew J robinson the district has a democratic majority of 1500 in the senate now there are eighteen republicans and seventeen democrats six members of the general assembly have died since the election in november the democratic candidate to day has no opposition bill aliory HIM PHU ind 20 special A meeting ol 01 base ball nen from bort dayrie way rie lafayette Logan port kokomos kokomo and other towns is in session here for the ot organizing abase ball league for the state r |