Port Rico Duty Ruling Reverses Court for Remand
U S Supreme Court Justice Brown rules that Porto Rico was a U S territory not a foreign country when duties were collected on imports in 1899. Delima Co seeks return of about 13145 dollars paid to the New York collector, case remanded for proceedings consistent with the opinion.
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Washington
Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
Delima
Brown
Delina
United States
Porto Rico
Delima & Co
New York
San Juan
Bidwell
Supreme Court of
State of
Federal Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
Congress
Cuit
Spanish Town Burned In Storm Ravages Esparragosa
Madrid May 27 The village of Esparragosa in the province of Badajoz was nearly destroyed by a storm. One woman was killed in the disaster.
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Madrid
Esparragosa
Badajoz
Annual Civil Service Examinations Report
The Civil Service Commission reports for the year ended June 30, 1900 show 45 641 competitive exam takers for original appointments across departments the government printing office the custom house internal revenue collectors and classified post offices. Non competitive exams totaled 248 for excepted positions. Exams spanned 1 188 opportunities nationwide with delays in Porto Rico due to citizenship questions and cost cuts to establish exam systems in Hawaii and Porto Rico pending a Supreme Court ruling.
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Washington
Chidh Examiner
Internal Revenue
Porto Rico
United States
Hawaii
Supreme Court
Denver Women’s Rights: Restaurants to Serve Women Meals
A district court order lets Peter Stauer and J. J. Cronin serve wine and liquor to women. Stauer may offer drinks with Sunday meals. Cronin may sell to women at bar or winerooms on weekdays. Judge Palmer issued temporary injunctions shielding their operations from police interference.
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Denver
Col
Peter Stauer
Chesapeake Restaurant
J. J. Cronin
Eighteenth and
Champa Streets
Chicago Vaudeville Manager Dies After Champagne Binge
Mathew J. Flynn, a Chicago vaudeville manager, died after drinking 23 bottles of champagne. He was found unwell and transported to the Washingtonian Home where he passed away the following day, the cause attributed to the alcohol intake.
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Chicago
Mathew J. Flynn
Vaudevilla Attractions
Flynn
Gloomargarine Law Declared Unconstitutional in Iowa
In Des Moines on May 28 Judge Blair ruled the Iowa law making possession of imitation butter a crime unconstitutional. The indictment named James G. Cousins, postmaster of Warville, for possessing imitation butter for family use, following an action urged by the state dairy commission and the grand jury.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Blair
Delaware County
State Dairy Commission
James G. Cousins
Warlville
Royalty Arrives as Ophir Enters Sydney Harbor
The British steamer Ophir with the duke and duchess of Cornwall and Cork aboard reached Sydney Nova Scotia at 11 am. A government squadron escorted them from outside the harbor, including premier Sir William Lyne and federal officials. The Russian cruiser Gromeboy fired a salute as the Ophir led the entry into the roadstead.
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Sydney
Ophir
Cork
William Lyne
Gromeboy
Athol Bight
Vermont War Claim Rejected by Treasury Aide
Washington May 28 Acting Comptroller Miller ruled against Vermont for 6702 reimbursed to First Vermont Infantry National Guard members before their Spanish War rendezvous assembly. He says reimbursements cover only the time of formal assembly at the governor named rendezvous.
Electric cars collide near Albany killing five
In Albany, on the Albany & Hudson line near Green Bush two electric streetcars traveling toward each other at about forty miles an hour crashed on a sharp curve. Five people were killed and more than forty injured, some fatally. One motorman died instantly after being pinned between wrecked cars. the other died minutes later. The post office lobby filled with the injured as ambulances moved victims to hospitals amid hysteria and chaos.
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Albany
Greenbush
Albany & Hudson Railway
Col Halon
Officers Sent To Prison In Manila Commissary Scandal
In Manila May 27 the gates of Bilibid prison opened to admit three former United States officers. Captain Frederick J. Barrows received a five year sentence, Captain G. W. Reed three years, and Lieutenant Frederick Boyer was imprisoned as part of the commissary scandal fallout. Boyer protests innocence and accuses Burrows of sole guilt over alleged bacon misappropriation.
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Manila
Bilibid
United States
Frederick J. Barrows
Department of Southern Luzon
G. W. Reed
Frederick Boyer
J.ieutenant
Boyer
Burrows
Bacon
Exonerates Captain Hall in Pekin defense case
The court martial record for Captain Newt Hall of the US Marine Corps has reached Washington. Admiral Remey issues a special order exonerating Hall from cowardice charges in the Pekin Legations defense and says the sole substantial finding concerns an error of judgment over withdrawing troops at a critical moment from the Tartar wall.
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Notanllty
Washington
Newt Hall
United States Marine Corps
Conger
Pekin
Remey
Captain Hall
Tartar Wall
Mary Ellen Lease Files Bankruptcy Petition in New York
May 27 In U S District Court Mary Ellen Lease filed a bankruptcy petition listing liabilities of 3247 dollars and assets of 2293 dollars. Much debt arose as endorser on mortgages secured by her husband Cr Lease. Assets consist of debts owed to her for money loaned or lectures delivered by Lease.
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New York
Mary Ellenlease
United States District Court
Cr. Lease
Lease
Director Adams sells Northern Pacific stock to Union Pacific
New York May 27 discovery shows Director Adams has sold his Northern Pacific stock and Deutsche Bank holdings to Union Pacific, gaining control of the Northern. J P Morgan is said to be furious at the news and accuses close allies of treachery.
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New York
Director Adams
Northern Pacific
Deutsche Bank
Union Pacific
Northern
J. ?. Morgan
Reduced rail rates for Bellstedt festival in Omaha
Omaha June rail rates cut by the railroad for Bellstedt musical festival. Two entertainments daily, afternoon and evening, all through June, enabling attendees to hear the celebrated band at lower cost.
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Omaha
Reilroads
Ne Iwaska
Lady MacDonald Involved In Teetering Looting Row
A Pekin dispatch reports diplomats defend Lady MacDonald against looting references after an incident at the Forbidden City. They say she left without plunder aside from a single yellow rose while noting an American wife and curio dealer attempted to take valuables from cupboards with an American soldier’s bayonet.
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New York
Herald
Pekin
Lady McDonald
Chaffee
Empress
Minority Report Defeated in Cuban Constitutional Convention
Havana May 25 The minority report of the committee on relations was defeated 19 to 9. Tomorrow the majority report will be read and discussed. Senor Zayas called the minority report too conservative and indicated he might win support from additional delegates. Merchants and clubs in Havana contribute for relief of Jacksonville sufferers. Produce exchanges subscribed 500 dollars for the cause.
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Havana
Committee On Relations
Senor Zayas
Havaona
Jacksonville
Hay on indemnity plan and possible U S action
San Francisco May 25 In an interview Secretary Hay said foreign powers rejected our modification of indemnity demands but the next U S move is undecided. He called the European demands excessive and suggested the United States may propose a reduced plan acceptable to other powers.
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San Francisco
Cal
The
Bulletin
Hay
United States
Uniform Lusher Inspection
Reports from the lumber inspection bureau and committees of the National Hardwood Lumber associations were presented. The bureau said New York and Boston markets had not endorsed its work and recommended steps to uniform the inspection system.
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Chicago
Lumber Inspection Bureau
Inspection Bureau
New York
Boston
Live Stock Market Report From Omaha and Kansas City
Cattle supply light and prices strong with prime cattle at 5.35, hogs steady after early drop, sheep demand light. Kansas City buyers steady-to-higher on cattle, calves and western states, with mixed packers price ranges and Texas and western lambs priced up to 6.50.
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Omaha
Kansas City
Texas Lambs
Tanner's Grave Lot Purchased by Widow in Springfield
The remains of former Governor John R Tanner will be interred near the Lincoln monument in Oak Tidee cemetery. Mrs. Tanner bought a 7000 square foot lot along the driveway from the gates to the Lincoln memorial, about 300 feet from the monument. The ground cost 3000 dollars. the funeral is expected to be the largest Springfield has seen since Lincoln's burial, with military and civic groups from across the state in attendance and a union miners meeting planned to organize collective attendance.
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Tanner
Springfield
John R Tanner
Lincoln
Oak Tidee
Wales
Lincoln Monument
China Will Accept Indemnity Not Less Than 850 Million Tuda
Berlin reports semi-officially that Pekin ministers will not reduce indemnity below 450 000 000 reals and China accepts this, guaranteeing reimbursement of expeditionary costs for the powers. A Berlin cartoon depicts Count von Walderses ready to depart China on three empty trunks labeled Victories Acquisitions Indemnities, questioning anew if they are worth taking.
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Berlin
Pekin
China
Ulk
Count von Walderses
Will Not Wait for Emperor in Pekin Stay Denied
Berlin officials deny a London report that Count von Waldersee told Chinese authorities he would not leave Pekin until the court returned and that he had met with Emperor Kwang Su The officials say Von Waldersee will leave Pekin May 31 or shortly after for Japan It is unclear if he will return via the United States or Shanghai
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Berlin
London
Count von Waldersee
Pekin
Kwang Su
von Walderses
Japan
United States
Shanghai
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F. M. Shriver
Offoe
F. M. McCluskey
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Bonth Side
Squas Glenwood, Iowa
W. I. Plimpton
Lenwood, Lows
Mills County National Bank
Europe
Savety
D.L. Heinsheimel Provident
F. M. Boffington
A. D. French
Cahier
A. Brench
Asst Cashion
F. M. Baffington, A.D. French
A, J. Gottler, Woodruff E. D.,l. Weinsheimer
Jackson & Shepard
Lalso
Dan Lugsch MercuaMltar
Lor
East Side Square
Palmer
Fire and Police Board
Ofonin
Mary Ellen
Union Pacific Contracts
Miliday
Ministera
Minority Report
Gubon
South Omaha
Kansan City
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