Threats of injury tied to inheritance theft plot
A Davenport plot targets Mary Shaw and Mrs. Mullins to obtain $10,000 after a letter warned with blindness threats. Police note a planned attack on Mrs. Mullins if the sum is not handed over. The Davenport granddaughter faced the assailant, but the meeting failed to occur under guard.
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George S. Shaw
Croquet
Minn
Mary Shaw
Davenport
Iowa
G. W. Mullins
Atlantic
Miss Shaw
Bank Wreck by Burglars in Bradner Ohio Bold Operation
Bradner Ohio scene of a bold bank robbery at the Mechanics Bank branch in Fostoria area. About 1:30 AM robbers used two charges of high explosives to blast the vault and reach cash. Night Watchman Denny fired at them. they escaped on a Hocking Valley handcar. Authorities hold two suspects in separate cases and indictments allege complicity with the wrecking.
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Bradner
Ohio
Mechanics’ Bank
Fostoria
J. H. Denny
Hocking Valley
Law Follows Flag In Supreme Court Decision On Territories
Washington editor notes five to four ruling upholding Foraker act and Congress power over Porto Rico and the Philippines. Decision splits, Justice Brown delivering two opinions. majority supports insular policy yet rejects automatic incorporation and uniform tariffs with the United States.
Porto Rico Territory Boundaries in Tariff Case
Samuel B. Downes sued to recover S$030 collected under the Porto Rico tariff act on oranges as import tax. The question whether Porto Rico has state status and if the Foraker act imposes a constitutional tariff. The court held Porto Rico is a territory, not a U S state. the Foraker act is constitutional for island imports. Congress must legislate on incorporation as a territory or state. All exports from Porto Rico are subject to a 1b percent tariff under the Dingley tariff.
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Samuel B. Downes
Porto Rico
United States
Foraker
Congress
De Lima Case on Porto Rico Tariff Refunds After Paris Treaty
The court holds that territory acquired by treaty becomes U S territory, not a foreign unit, so Porto Rican tariff collected after the Paris treaty and before the Porto Rican tariff act must be refunded to importers. The decision relies on Fleming v Page to deny foreign status of ceded territory.
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A. 8. de Lima & Co
Congress
Fleming Vs. Page
United States
Texas
Hawaii
Holy States
Justice Brewer to Wed Miss Emma Mott
Associate Justice David J. Brewer of the Supreme Court announces to colleagues on adjournment for the summer his engagement to Miss Emma Mott of Burlington Vermont.
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D. J. Brewer
David J. Brewer
Supreme Court of the United States
Emma Mott
Burlington, Vt
Tragedy at Flat Rock Dam Claims Eight Young Lives
A rowboat carrying eight youths from Philadelphia was swept over Flat Rock dam on the Schuylkill river. Seven perished including five girls and two boys. all victims were Philadelphians. Also noted, Prince William Bismarck’s son died after a six day illness from peritonitis. In Manila, Commissary Sergeant Henry Wilson received a three year sentence for stealing supplies at Wilshid prison.
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Flat Rock Dam
Schuylkill River
Bismarck
William Bismarck
Prince Biswarck
Henry Wilson
Wilshid
Manila
Bank closure ordered for Gothenburg's People's State Bank
The Nebraska State banking board orders the closing of the People's State Bank at Gothenburg and places Examiner EF E Emmett in charge. A Missouri river freight boat named River Boat Brown Up The Lamrine is wrecked by on board explosives. Two laborers are believed killed in the blast at Rocheport while the vessel was en route from Booneville to Rocheport.
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Ohio
Nash
Denver
Gothenburg
Nebraska State Banking Board
People's State Bank
EF. E. Emmett
Booneville
Moa
Rocheport
Missouri River
Rowboat Acorn Strikes Bridge Piles Sinks Eight Barges
The rowboat Acorn carrying a coal fleet from Pittsburg to Cincinnati struck the Norfolk and Western bridge piers at Kenova West Virginia and sank eight barges while wrecking the entire fleet.
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Acorn
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Norfolk and Western
Kenova
W. Va
Justices Clash Over Foraker Act Ruling on Insular Duties
Report covers Supreme Court division over the Foraker Act, with Justices Gray White Shiras and McKenna dissenting from Brown’s constitutional reasoning. Notes confusion on how insular duties apply, impact on Cuba sugar imports, Philippines trade, and the status of Porto Rico. The Downs decision affirms Porto Rico as a U.S. territory-related entity, not a state part.
Congress May Be Called for Extra Session in Vote on Philippines
Statesmen weigh whether President McKinley will issue a call for an extra session of the Fifty-seventh Congress after the Supreme Court ruling. Opinions split on preemptive action, with some urging immediate convening while others cite the Spooner amendments and tariff authority as grounds for delay. Ex Senator Chandler and others predict a strong likelihood of an extraordinary session before July 1.
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McKinley
Supreme Court
Congress
Archipelago
Philippines
United States
Chandler
Menators
Washington
Supreme Court rules stock speculation not gambling
The Supreme Court holds that stock speculation is not gambling and a stock deal cannot be repudiated as a gambling transaction. The decision addresses insular tariff cases and clarifies the status of speculative stock dealings under the law.
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United States Supreme Court
Wild floods and missing youths amid early 1900s notes
A collection of brief items reports Telmon Shumake, 13, missing in Cincinnati while floods sweep Indian Territory from heavy rains and Rockies snow melt. Other items include Rockefeller noting vast wages, a bank rupture billing for beer and pew rent, Chinese laundrymen forming a union, Canada’s remaining wild buffalo herd, Chicago mayor ordering cleanups and crime expulsion, suicides and romances, Mormon governor Heber Wells’ engagement, New York City accepting Carnegie gift for free trolley, a Richmond girl found dead amid sister blame, Texas cotton prospects, and Carlist rifles seized.
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Telmon Shumake
Cincinnati
Indian Territory
Rockies
United Laundrymen’s Society
Canada
Slade River
Harrison
Chicago
George J. Danceck
Anna Piich
Heber M. Wells
Vial
Emily Katz
Hta
Odell
New York City
Andrew Carnegie
Mary Aitken
Richmond
Texas
Barcelona
Creed Revision Wins for Presbyterian Church Assembly
The progressive party gains a major victory after years of debate as the General Assembly votes for a partial creed revision and a restatement of key doctrines. A special commission will draft a shorter statement with equal authority, to be sent to presbyteries for ratification. The next assembly shifts to New York, with expectations that the New York church mortgage will be burned. Los Angeles loses the bid to host.
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Progressive Party
Presbyterian Church of the
Philadelphia Assembly
Henry Collin Minton
Ission
New York
Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian
Los Angeles
Arrest of Vermont Bank Officials Shocks Vergennes
Lieut. Gov. Martin Allen of Vermont and publisher J. W. Ketchum were arrested in connection with the Farmers' National Bank of Vergennes wrecking. Allen, a bank vice president, claimed the cashier may have juggled checks and ordered an expert investigation into the matter.
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M. F. Allen
Farmers’ National Bank
Vergennes
J. W. Ketcham
United States
D. Q. Lewis
Vermont
Martin Allen
J. W. Ketchum
Farmers’ National Bank of
Cuba Yields at Last to Platt Amendment in Constitution
Cuban constitutional convention in Havana narrowly approves adopting the majority report on relations and the Platt amendment. Radicals protest bitterly as conservatives clash over the treaty language and the fate of U S troops. Delegates Gomez, Por tuemle, Lacret and others vote against the majority. several abstentions noted.
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Havana
Committee On Relations
Bke
United States
Cuben Seil
Cuba
Switzerland
Congress Rix
Paris
Root
Gov. Wood
Republic of Cuba
Tamayo
Gomez
Gener
Portuemle
Lacret
Mandaley
Cisneros
Peverer
Fortun
Roban
E. Tamayo
Silva
Castra
Zayas
Aleman
Rives
Brave
River Boat Laurine Blown Up By Gasoline Explosion
A river freight boat named Laurine, loaded with dynamite and powder, exploded after a gasoline engine fire ignited onboard explosives. Two laborers are believed killed. The blast destroyed the craft and caused extensive property damage across Booneville, Missouri, with shrapnel and debris felt for miles.
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Booneville
Roccheport
Missouri River
Mrs Bonine Denied Bail In Habeas Corpus Plea
Mrs Lola Bonine, jailed in Washington for the killing of census clerk James Ayres at the Hotel Kenmore, had her petition for a writ of habeas corpus denied. Judge Barnard refused release on bail after hearing arguments, noting the Moroner jury verdict did not implicate her. The case draws strong public attention amid debates on Washington legal rights and potential difficulty in obtaining a conviction.
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Ayres
Mrs. Bonine
Barnard
Washington
Socialist professor marries in private New York rooms
Prof. George D. Herron, socialist leader and former Congregational clergyman, wed Carrie Rand last Saturday night in Dr. Patterson’s Schuyler apartments New York. The ceremony had no vows or rings and was officiated by Rev. William T. Brown of Plymouth Church Rochester. The couple will reside on a Methephen Farm gifted by Rand’s mother and Herron plans socialist work there this summer.
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George D. Herron
Socialist Crusade
Congregational Church
Herron
Carrie Rand
Charles B. Patterson
Schuyler
New York
Herren
William T. Brown
Plymouth Church
Rochester
N. Y
Tuiny
World Wheat Yield Drops Slightly as Corn Surges
The Department of Agriculture reports the world wheat crop was lighter than the prior two years. Siberian wheat production fell to 45,473,000 bushels while losses and shortages occurred in Manitoba. The ten year world wheat total remains near average, with global output only about one fifth higher than the U.S. crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Sears
Dsi
Manitoba
Texas City report cites Sunday saloon curbs by police board
The Kansas City police board orders saloons to close on Sundays while Monsignor O Connell is named Portland s new bishop. Reports mention Gheat Western Cereal Co forming with 3 000 000 capital and a Welsh coal contract for 121 000 tons. John Mead Ashland Ky died after dynamite fishing and Viola Adams Newark drank carbolic acid after her husband refused liquor. A lamp explosion leads to actor John T Gorman s death after foot injury. Rockwood Tenn streets show idle men. Ryan iron works discharges miners who joined union. Wilkesbarre Pa pledges abstinence. Kimberley Advertiser backs Cecil Rhodes for Cape Colony premier. relatives travel to Chicago for Patrolman Andy Rohan funeral.
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Gil
Texas City
A.T
Kansas City
Monsignor O'Connell
Portland
Gheat Western Cereal Company
French Transatlantic Steamship Company
John Mead
Ashland
Joln
Viola Adams
Newark
N. J
Dread
John Th Gorman
New York
Rockwood
Team
Ryan Iron Works
Wilkesbarre
Father Curran
Kimberley
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