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Show i STATES CI NOT FIX . THE RATES FOR RAILROADS Highest Court Affirms Decisions of Lower Courts In Cases From North Carolina and Minnesota. Washington. In refusing to grant to Attorney General Young of Mlnne-Bota, Mlnne-Bota, a writ of habeas corpus releasing releas-ing him from tho penalty imposed by' tho United States district court for tho district court or Mlnncsotn on tho charge r.f contempt of court In Instituting n proceeding In n Btnto r,onrtfor enforcement of tho railroad rntt law after tho federal court had prohibited such a course, and In affirming af-firming tho decision, of -Judgo Pritch-nrd Pritch-nrd or tho United States jlrcult court for tho western district or North Car-Dllnn, Car-Dllnn, discharging from imprisonment James H. Wood, n ticket agent of tho Southern Hallway or Ashovllle, nfter lo had been sentonccd by tho Ashe-lllo Ashe-lllo pollco court to servo n term on tho rock pllo on tho chnrgo of collecting collect-ing for a ticket on that road a greater price than was permitted by tho Htat,o rnllroad law, the supremo court of tho United Stntcs hns added another to tho series or decisions which havo rendered notable tho present term of that court. In both cases tho right of tho states to fix rates for railroad transportation transporta-tion wns tho Isbuo, nnd both Involved conflicts between tlio federal and tno btnto courts. Tho decision In each caso wns opposed both to tho stato t.nd to tholr courts. |