Supreme Court Confirms Insular Tariff Authority
Washington report says five to four the court ruled that the constitution follows the flag only for certain rights, and Congress may govern Porto Rico and the Philippines as territories. Foraker act upheld. Dingley duties not applied to Puerto Rico. territories may be legislated independently of the Constitution.
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Porto Rico
Philippines
Congress
Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
Supreme Court
Porto Ie
Philippine Islands
Territories
Justice Brown
Brown
Fuller
Harlan
Brewer
Packham
Gray
White
Shiras
McKenna
Peckham
Porto Rico Tariff Ruling Confirms 15 Percent Import Duty
The court ruling states Porto Rico is a U S territory but not part of the United States for revenue purposes. The Foraker act is constitutional for tariffs on imports from the island. Congress will decide when Porto Rico may become a U S territory or state. Imports from Porto Rico face a 15 percent tariff under the Dingley rate.
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Samuel B. Downes
Porto Rico
United States
Congress
Forto Rico
De Lima Case on Porto Rican tariff refund ruling
The court holds no authority to treat ceded territory as foreign after Paris treaty. upon ratification the island becomes U S territory by Congress like Texas or Hawaii. Tariff collected on Porto Rican goods after Paris treaty and before the Porto Rican tariff act must be refunded to importers.
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A. S. de Lima & Co
Congress
Meade
Texas
Hawaii
Congress may be called extra session by McKinley advisers
The article discusses whether President McKinley will issue a call for an extra session of the Fifty-seventh Congress following a Supreme Court decision. It notes divided opinions among public figures, with some believing an extraordinary session likely before July 1, and others arguing Congress lacks power to expand tariff authority for the Philippines. Ex-Senator Chandler supports an extra session as the only recourse.
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McKinley
Supreme Court
Congress
Archipelago
Philippines
United States
Chandler
Washington
Supreme Court rules stock deals not gambling
The court decides stock speculation cannot be repudiated as gambling. Other notes include missing Telmon Shumake in Cincinnati, floods in Indian Territory, Rockefeller's vast wages, and various local incidents from Chicago to Utah.
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Telmon Shumake
Cincinnati
Indian Territory
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Creed Revision Victory Sets Presbyterian Path to Shorter Summary
The Presbyterian Church of the United States General Assembly approved a majority creed revision and a restatement of key doctrines. A special commission will draft a shorter summary with equal authority, to be submitted for ratification next May. The next assembly will meet in New York, where officials expect the church building mortgages to be burned. Los Angeles lost the bid to host.
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Presbyterian Assembly
Progressive Party
Presbyterian Church of the United States
General Assembly
Philadelphia Assembly
Henry Collin Minton
New York
Kirth Avenue
Presbyterian
Los Angeles
Assembly
Bank Officials Arrested Over Vergennes Bank Wreck
Vermont authorities take into custody Lieut. Gov. Martin Allen and publisher J. W. Setehuin amid probes into the Farmers' National Bank of Vergennes wrecking. Allen, former bank vice president, claims books were altered by the cashier and orders an expert audit.
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Vermont
Martin Allen
J. W. Setehuin
Farmers’ National Bank of
Victory for Expansion in Supreme Court Insular Cases
A Chicago Inter Ocean commentary lauds Supreme Court rulings on Porto Rico status, distinguishing between sovereignty and full statehood. It notes the decision that Porto Rico is U S soil yet not a state, upholding the Foraker Act limits while urging humane governance of new possessions.
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Supreme Court
de Lima
Dooley
Porto Rico
United States
Congress
Downes
Paris
Justice Brown
White
Shiras
McKenna
Gray
Chicago
Inter Ocean
New Market Opportunity for Free Traders in Domestic Industry
The American Economist argues free traders overlook a large internal market. In 1900 US imports reached 849.9 million dollars, with over 400 million potentially producible at home, suggesting substantial labor and freight savings if domestic production expands.
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United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
A. Lincoln
Age of the Earth Estimated Habitable Span at 20 Million Years
Geology notes Lord Kelvin and Clarence King place earth age around 20 million years with wide error, while Dana and Walcott suggest 60 to 100 million years since life began. The piece outlines eras from Cambrian to Tertiary and cites American Catholic Quarterly Review commentary.
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Lord Kelvin
Clarence King
Warren Upham
Dana, Walcott
Earth
Kelvin
American Catholic Quarterly Review
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