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Show MLER : III Chief Justice of the United Sta'es Ends Great Career Chicago July 4. Chief Justice Fuller Ful-ler died today. Tho funeral services will bo held at Sorrento, a summer colony located on Frenchman's Bay, five miles from Bar Harbor, and the Interment will be In Chicago. Washington. July 4 To Chief Justice Jus-tice Fuller fell the honor of the third rank of length of service as presiding Justice In the highest tribunal of the American government. For twenty-two twenty-two years he was chief Just.co of tho supreme court of .the. United States. but Chief Justice Marshal presided over the court for thirty-four years and Chief Justice Taney for twenty-eight twenty-eight years. With the future rests tho determination of his rank among the eight chief Justices of history for ability and accomplishments. Before Grover Cleveland sent his name to tho senate on April 30, 1S8S. for confirmation as chief Justice, he was practically unknown except to members of tho legal profession. In Maine, where he was born on February Febru-ary 11, 1833, he had been known as a well-behaved, rather scholarly lad. From 1K5C to 1SSS he lived In Chicago, Chi-cago, but attracted ltttio attention out-tldo out-tldo hla immediate circle of friends and at the bar, until he took the defense de-fense of Bishop Henry. He was a delegato to the National conventions of the Democratic party In 1SG4, 1872, 1676 and 1SS0. The Maine boy, who had "gone west," accomplished much, however, uotwlth8tanaing his quiet life. He had laid the foundations for a deep understanding of tho commercial laws of tho country and along this line he had performed services for clients that waa estimated to have netted hlra an annual Income of $10,000. These accomplishments led the Republican Re-publican senators from Illinois to urge on the Democratic president tho appointment of Mr. Fuller as the successor suc-cessor of Chief Justice Walte. The nomination of Mr. Fuller, then 55 years of age, was followed by a memorial contest In the senate. The Judiciary committee, with Its Republican Repub-lican majority to which the nomination nomina-tion was sent April 30. held up the appointment ap-pointment until July 20. Then the committee reported it to the senato "without recommendation." For three hours that body debated In executive session whether to confirm con-firm or reject the nomination. The attack on Mr. Fuller was led by Senators Sen-ators Edmunds Evarts and Stewart. Senators Cullom and Farwell defended defend-ed hlra. The reports that he had been a "copper head," during the Civil War and that he did not possess pos-sess the requisite ability as a law-)er law-)er were gone over. Finally, by. a vote of 41 to 20, hla nomination was confirmed. The eervice of Chief Justice Fuller was noted for the dignity with which he filled the position. Although small of stature, not more than five feet S(jvn Inches, his wealth of silvery hair and classic features made him a commanding figure wherever he appeared. ap-peared. Probably Mark Twain resembled tho chief Just in physical appearance more than any other man of prominence promin-ence in recent years. Frequently the humorist was mistaken mis-taken for the Jurist. One day a young woman accosted Mark Twaiu on J street and, with an apology that she had never seen tho Justice before, be-fore, asked for his autograph. The author wrote: "It Is delicious to bo full. But it j la heavenly to bo Fuller. I am cordially cor-dially yours, Melville V. Fuller." The late chief Justice, as far as known, never expressed his opinion of what bo thought of Twain for playing play-ing this little joke on him. Chief Justice Fuller reflected to a great extent his research into literature litera-ture by tho style of his opinions and 1 addresses. In tho earlier days, after going on the bench, he wrote some 1 poetry and now and then lapsed Into poetical touches in his opinions from tho bench. Chief Justice Fuller left an Indell-! Indell-! ble btamp on the laws of the country. ' Among his most famous opinions were f the following: The income tax decisions, in . which the law was held to be unconstitutional. uncon-stitutional. The Danbury bat case, in 1 which labor unions were held to be ' amenable to the Sherman anti trust law. |