Porto Ricans Regret Supreme Court Insular Decision
President McKinley and his cabinet, touring Iowa, studied insular cases and debated how the De Lima ruling could affect the Philippines. They noted possible refunds of duties and potential free entry until Congress acts, risking revenue loss and possible extra sessions. The Spooner resolution may offset risk. cabinet members offered no public comment.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
McKinley
Supreme Court
de Lima
Philippines
Congress
United States
Porto Rico
Spooner
Downes
Foraker
Griggs
Porto Rico faces tariff ruling sparks mixed reaction
San Juan reports the supreme court ruling on Dingley duties as unconstitutional for imports from Porto Rico, but locals express disappointment. Merchants call for an extra session to declare self support, while bankers and planters weigh internal revenue, taxes, and potential free trade with the United States and Germany.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Supreme Court
United States
de Lima
United States Internal Revenue
W. L. Marr
New York
Allen
Germany
Washington
McKinley
Hollander
Will Promulgate a Tariff for the Philippines
Washington May 28. Interest in supreme court decisions centered at the war department today as officials sought guidance on Philippines governance. Secretary Root said he had not the full text and would study the opinions before determining future executive action. Senators and representatives pressed him for views, including Senator Lodge of Massachusetts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
War Department
Department
Philippines
Root
The
Lodge of
Masea
Philippine Commission
Islands
Manila
Philippine tariff plans emerge amid court ruling uncertainties
Senate member from Massachusetts urges Philippine legislation and a Spooner era revenue power while Treasury plans a Manila tariff. Provisional duties mix specific and ad valorem rates, with 15 to 30 percent limits on key goods, aiming to curb under valuation and ease revenue collection in the Philippines.
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Philippine Commission
Manila
Ad Valorem
Retrospection on Insular Cases Draws Uproar in London
The Daily News critics the U S supreme court ruling as retrogression not progress and a curious issue after 120 years of democracy. It says the decision damages constitutional ideals, isolates President McKinley, and signals a moral setback amid imperial ambitions.
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London
The
Daily News
United States Supreme Court
United States
McKinley
Hanna says insular cases aid island government
Senator M. A. Hanna said the supreme court insular cases would greatly help govern the islands. When asked if the decision is satisfactory for the administration he replied that he could not speak for the administration. Continuation noted on page 6.
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Cleveland
Ohio
M. A. Hanna
Supreme Court
Insular
Islands
Miss Minna Whitham Takes Own Life
Glendive resident Miss Minna Whitham dies by suicide at her home. Police report the incident as a fatal plunge with no known precipitating factors available from the preliminary inquiry. The death is being treated as an apparent self inflicted tragedy.
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Miss Minna Whitham
Glendive
General favorite Miss Whitham ends life at Yellowstone
Glendive dispatch says Miss Minna Whitham a 22 year old dressmaker and milliner entertained friends earlier in the day then walked to the river and jumped into the Yellowstone between 9 and 11 PM. A possible temporary insanity is suggested by friends as motive. She leaves a brother in Rock Falls Iowa and two sisters in Chicago and Galena. The body was recovered next morning a hundred yards from the jump site and interment is planned for tomorrow afternoon.
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Standard
Glendive
Minna Whitham
Yellowstone River
Miss Whitham
Miss Pound
Illinois
Rock Falls
Iowa
Chicago
Gelena
Washington Pleads for the Negro Race at Alabama Convention
Booker T. Washington addressed the Alabama constitutional convention urging conservative action to protect African American progress. He emphasized gains from civil and Spanish wars, warns against policies that could unsettle race relations, and argues for maintaining incentives for right living while opposing laws that deny equal citizenship. Senator Morgan proposes a white-only suffrage plan with registrar courts in each county, granting broad power to determine voter qualifications.
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Montgomery
Ala
Booker T. Washington
Alabama
Morgan
Senator Morgan
Mississippi
MR WINTER III LIES HOSPITALIZED IN CHICAGO
St Paul May 34 The veteran railroad executive E W Winter formerly general manager of the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha and later president of the Northern Pacific lies dangerously ill in a Chicago hospital. The condition has been serious for some time with a slight rally earlier this winter. Winter is well known to railroad men in the West and was praised for improving the Northern Pacific. He retired when James J Hill gained control citing lack of personal friendship with Hill.
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St. Paul
E. W. Winter
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Northern Pacific System
Chicago
West
Northern Pacific
Winter
James J. Hill
Army authorities award coal contract for transports
May 28 Seattle authorizes Quartermaster Ruhlen to award the contract to supply coal for all army transports. Strong entity Ruhlen named. Army Quartermaster general also referenced. Seattle Washington location. Contract aims to ensure coal supply for military transport needs.
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Seattle
Wash
Ruhlen
Quartermaster General
Puget Sound Port Contract Nearing One Hundred Thousand
The fiscal year starting July 1 1991 ends June 30 1992 will involve port loading for the Philippines and Alaskan ports. The contract value approaches $100 000 based on the quartermaster's business at this port and Tacoma last year. An output of around 0 000 tons is anticipated.
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Puget Sound
Philippines
Alaskan
Tacoma
Donovan and Johnston discuss gambling law enforcement
Helena May 2 County Attorney Johnston of Custer County visited Attorney General Donovan and they discussed suppressing gambling. Donovan stated that any county attorney unable to enforce the law should resign, while Donovan hinted action if reliable dereliction is found.
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Standard
Helena
Johnston
Custer County
Donovan
Cuba Accepts the Platt Amendment by Narrow Vote
The Cuban constitutional convention approved the Platt amendment 15 to 14 after a heated debate. Delegates Gomez Robau Mandaley Castro and others pressed independence rhetoric while conservatives like Portuondo Lacret and Aleman opposed the majority report. The body will next focus on drafting the election law.
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Havana
Committee On Relations
Portuondo
Gomez
Tamayo
Senor Gomez
Senors
Castro
Robau
Mandaley
Giener
Lacret
Manduley
Cisnero
Ferrer
Fortun
E. Tamayo
Silva
Zayas
Aleman
Buenors Rivera
Bravo
Shooting Affray Near Montana Hotel May Prove Fatal
On the Chinook line at Great Northern yesterday J B Rowle confronted L Lopez over a debt. Rowle shot Lopez three times with the final bullet piercing the torso. Rowle was arrested and Lopez, though progressing, remains in critical condition.
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Chinook
J. B. Rowle
L. Lopez
The
Standard
Great Falls
Great Northern
Montana
Lopez
Rowle
Fairbanks Declared Republican Presidential Candidate
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana is announced as a candidate for president at the 1904 Republican National Convention. Indiana will back him with a solid delegation and support from Harry B. New, a Republican National Committeeman, who arrived in Chicago with the authority to confirm the backing.
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Chicago
Fairbanks
Indiana
Harry 8. New
New
Navy approves balanced turret for Nevada monitor debut
The Navy Department approves a balance turret for the new monitor Nevada, setting a precedent for the Florida Wyoming and Arkansas of the same class. This first use balances the entire structure around the center of gravity, enabling easier gun movement and nearly balanced finger weight to swing the guns on their track.
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Washington
Navy Department
Nevada
Florida
Wyoming
Arkansas
Manitoba to cut tariffs on Northern Pacific lines
Premier Roblin announced a 74 percent tariff reduction on all tariffs affecting trade for the old Northern Pacific lines now operated by the Manitoba government. The changes are expected to take effect June 1.
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Vancouver
Winnipeg
Roblin
Northern Pacific
Manitoba
Towne to Quit Politics Move To New York Planned
Ex Senator Charles A Towne plans retirement from politics and a move to New York. He and associates hold an option on 300000 acres of oil lands in Sas and are organizing a company to buy and operate them.
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St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Duluth
Minn
Charles A. Towne
New York
Revision of Creed Drives End to Philadelphia Assembly
The 113th Presbyterian General Assembly dissolved after nearly two weeks with debate on revising the creed. A special committee will draft recommendations for the next assembly in New York. Moderated by Minton, the session also addressed vacancies and youth work, temperance, and organizational plans before adjourning with a benediction.
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Philadelphia
113Th Presbyterian General Assembly
Minton
General Assembly
New York
J. D. Moffett
Charles A. Dickey
James E. Moffett
Cumberland
Dickey
Moffett
J. Niccolls
St. Louis
Niccolls
W. D. Crockett
Canton
Pitcairn
D. J. Moffett
Committee
Herrick Johnson
Robert N. Wilson
Robert F. Sample
Sample
S. J. Nicceolls
Nicccolls
8. A. Freeman
Buffalo
Committee On Temperance
Pacific Ocean
Foreign Board
China
J. Wilbur Chapman
W. J. Chichester
Chicago
Palmer
Columbus
Ohio
John B. Shaw
George P. Wilson
Washington
William E. Dodge
J. J. Buchanan
Pittsburg
Charles B. Holt
Providence Engineering machinists settle strike for nine hour day
Boston May 28 The big development in New England today is the settlement of a 250 machinists strike at the Providence Engineering company. Workers win a nine hour day and wage increases to be granted over the next three months, with minor issues on apprentices and agreements addressed.
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Boston
New England
Providence Engineering Company
Strikers Concede Nine Hour Day in Boston
Phree Boston hopa employing machinists conceded the nine hour workday today. Aside from this there have been no new developments in the machinists strike here.
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Hoston
Phree
Boston
Hopa
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MR. Donovan
Cuba
Constitutional Convention
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Dr. Minton
Jacksonville
W. B. Boggs
Fila
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