Monument at Chickamauga Dedicated by South Carolina
Crowds from the state attend the Chickamauga monument dedication in Chattanooga. Governor McSweeney and state officials, with veterans, unveil a 33 foot bronze shaft monument to Confederate soldiers. Speakers include General Irvine Walker, Colonel Henderson, and Bishop Capers as daughters present the tribute and General Boynton accepts.
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Chicka- Wi
McSweeney
Walker
Caroling Division
United Confederate Veterans
Lytle Stall
Snodgrass Hill
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John Kershaw
Irvine Walker
Ho. D . Henderson
J. Harvey ‘Wilson
Bishop Capers
Teches
H. V. Boontort
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
South Carolina
McSweeney Steppail
Cnalit
Tin Commission
Henry Baynton
United States
Carolina
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Capers
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Siverta Bland
Bibert’ Bland
South Carolina Volunteers
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Monument to South Carolina Soldiers Recalls Civil War Valor
A fragment describes a proposed monument honoring South Carolina soldiers and their Civil War predecessors. It notes many units and battles across the state, praising courage at Kesherwan, the Tenth and Fourteenth Massachusetts, and the Culpeper guns, urging a national war memorial fund.
Constitution and Flag Divorced In High Profile Proceedings
Government officials and numerous attorneys followed the lengthy proceedings from start to finish with keen interest as the controversial case continued from the first page.
Porto Rico Not Foreign Says Court in De Lima Tie
A U S supreme court decision holds Porto Rico was a United States territory not a foreign country when import duties were levied. The ruling upholds the Foraker Act and defeats claims of tariff inapplicability, reversing a lower court and affirming congressional authority over newly acquired territories.
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Supreme Court
Foraker Act 1S Held Valid Contention Sustained
Washington May 27 Justice Brown delivered the court's opinion in Downes vs Collector Bidwell. Downes sought $659.85 duties paid under protest on oranges from San Juan Porto Rico consigned to a New York steamer in November 1900. The case addressed whether the Foraker act applied to goods entering New York from Porto Rico.
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Downes
Washington
Justice Brown
Collector Bidwell
New York
San Juan
Porto Rico
Porto Bir
Court opinions on territory and constitutional powers
Justice Brown and others discuss how Congress may govern acquired lands and inhabitants after the American Revolution era. They argue protected rights under the constitution despite imperial actions, and debate incorporation, taxation, and the path to statehood or autonomous governance for territories such as Puerto Rico.
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Governor Candler on Porto Rico status and duties
Governor Candler commented on a Supreme Court split ruling affecting Porto Rico. He argued territories acquired by the United States deserve the same protections as states, while opposing absolute congressional control over Porto Rico and urging equal rights and protections. He noted the court upheld refunds on a sugar duty but also recognized broad federal power over territories.
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Foraker Act
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