Insular Court Rulings Define Porto Rico Status
The U.S. Supreme Court issues on insular cases affirm that Porto Rico is a US territory not a full state, upholds the Foraker act for duties on Puerto Rican imports, and limits constitutional reach until Congress acts. Downes and De Lima decisions shape revenue and territorial rules, with mixed dissents and broad implications for future governance and taxation of insular possessions.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Porto Itico
United States
Porto Rico
Congress
Kent
Downes
de Lima
Porta Treo
Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
Insular
Downs
Bidwell
Brown
Legislative Branch
Philippines
Evert
New York
New Orleans
Eustices Gray
Shiras
White
McKenna
Gray
McKenta
Caren
Crogsman
Dooley and Armstrong
Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Date fixed for opening cup races at New York Yacht Club
The Royal Ulster Yacht Club approves September 21 as the opening Cup races date. A cable to New York Yacht Club confirms the first race on September 21, with Belfast signaling Secretary N. C. and Scharman Crawford Vice Commodore noting the definite date.
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New York
Royal’ Ulster ‘Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Oddie Reada
Belfast
Scharman-Crawford
Viea Comomdar
Faith of Fath ers Assembly Votes for Revision
The Presbyterian general assembly in New York Philadelphia on May 28 voted unanimously to adopt the special committee report on revising the confession of faith. Dr J J Moffat led the amendment effort with broad support, and the body urged a brief restated faith statement for future use. The assembly then fixed New York as the next meeting place.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
James J. Moffat
Moffat
Minton
Mosfatt
General Assembly
de. Nicholls
St. Louis
Herrick Jolinson
Chisago
Charles A. Dickey
William McKibben
Cincinnati
George D. Baker
Willian C. Roberts
Transylvania
Be. We. W. Boyle
Pueblo
Cols
B. J. Saunders
Hiddleniversity
Charlotte
N. C
David A. Cunningham
Washington
Pay
David S. Kennedy
Allegheny
New York
Presidential train completes Wyoming leg amid insular victory
Julesburg Colorado May 28 The presidential train made its third day run homeward through Wyoming at over 400 feet elevation and atop 7500 feet near Sherman. Crowds, cowboys and sunlit weather accompanied the journey as Mrs McKinley steadied the voyage. At Sidney a telegram announced the supreme court insular cases siding with the government. The cabinet kept opinions private pending the full text. The train heads to Washington arriving Thursday morning.
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Sherman
Rocky Mountains
Rawlins
Laramie
Cheyenne
Kimball
Sidney
Neb
McKinley
Ned
Supreme Court
John K. Richards
Washington
Omaha
Chicago
Presentation of Wisconsin silver service at sea ceremony
The battleship Wisconsin was formally presented with a silver banquet service on board the ship in Milwaukee at ten in the morning. Julius Bleyer delivered the gift and Captain George C. Reiter accepted it. A four foot high emblem of Wisconsin, cast from captured Spanish cannons, and a green portfolio embroidered in colors accompanied the presentation.
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San Francisco
Wisconsin
Julius Bleyer
Milwaukee
George C. Reiter
Aevon
Spain
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Good Market For Cement In South Africa
Official reports describe South Africa as a favorable market for cement with widespread use in public buildings stores and dwellings. Malays predominate in masonry skilled and neat work with cement also powering aqueducts wharves chimneys and walls. imports mainly come from Great Britain Belgium and Germany with Belgian cement praised for quality and price US cement expected to compete due to transport costs. Cement manufacture hindered by lack of raw material locally.
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South Africa
Great Britain
Belgium
Germany
Europe
Dust Explosion Kills 21 Miners at Richland Mine
A coal dust explosion at the Richland mine near Dayton, Tennessee, at 4:30 pm on Monday killed 21 white miners, many with families, and burned nine others. The blast followed a failed dynamite blast and spread flames 300 feet, with 64 men inside and 4 escaping with minor injuries. Relatives gathered as bodies were hauled to Dayton for burial. a 1895 Nelson mine blast nearby had killed 26 miners.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Dayton
the Times
Richland
Dayton Coal & Iron Company
Nelson
The Thirteenth Anniversary of the American Sabbath Union
The thirteenth anniversary celebration occurred at Calvary Baptist Church in New York with Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer delivering the main address on the sociological significance of the Sabbath. He condemned Sunday theaters and entertainments, urged rest for workers, and called for firm church adherence to the Christian Sabbath.
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New York
American Sabbath Union
Calvary Baptist Church
George C. Lorimer
Tremont Temple
Boston
Loreimer
Diverse 1900s briefs mix wreck, war, politics and census
A wrecked schooner near Sheboygan is identified as not the C H Trackley, arriving safely at Boyne City after lingering in a lakeside harbor. Other items note West Point cadets seeking hearing, China’s indemnity talks, a Civil War veteran banker’s death, a New York anti scalping ruling, Australia’s census rise, and a deadly Idaho house fire.
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Sheboygan
C. HL Trackley
Sentinel
Boyne City
Lake Michigan
Port Washington
Washington
Ewdets
West Point
War Department
Manley
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