Extra Session Looms Over Islands Trade Regime
Chicago May 20 During the presidential train trip eastward discussions centered on Supreme Court rulings in the Insular cases. A De Lima follow on the Philippine case could trigger an extra session to regulate commercial relations and counter importers who might exploit free entry to the United States.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
de Lima
Congress
Philippines
United States
Porto Rico
Loportera
Downes
Foraker
Griggs
Porto Ricans Disappointed by Supreme Court Decision
San Juan Porto Rico May 29 The full report of the De Lima vade shows general disappointment among Porto Rican merchants who hoped for years free trade. Merchants fear federal internal revenue would burden the island and prefer current status while some bankers expect a business revival now that the court decision fixes Porto Rico status.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Bupas
United States
Supreme Court
United States Internal Revenue
Presbyterians Vote to Exclude Secret Societies
Des Moines Iowa May 20 by a 9 to 68 vote the general assembly of the United Presbyterian Church adopted the judiciary committee's interpretation of Article 15 in effect barring secret order members from church admission. Some delegates say it also means expulsion of members already in secret societies.
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Des Moines
General Assembly of
The
United Presbyterian Church
Judiciary Committee
Confed erate Veterans Hold Eleventh Memphis Reunion
Nearly 2,500 members from 1,331 camps gathered in Confederate Hall Memphis for the 11th annual reunion. General Firzhugh Lee General Joseph Wheeler and General John B Gordon attended. A Jefferson Davis memorial address was delivered at Calvary church by Bishop Thomas F Gailor. The day focused on welcomes and establishing permanent organization with committees on resolutions and credentials. Louisville and Dallas seek the 1902 convention.
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Memphis
Tenn
United Confederate Veterans
Confederate Hall
Firzhugh Lee
Joseph Wheeler
John B. Gordon
Confederate Ladies’ Memorial Association
Calvary Church
Jefferson Davis
Bleber Thomas F. Gailor
Episcopal Church
Peopleggt
Tennessee
Committee
Louisville
Dallas
Carnegie Company Stock Dispute Filed in Pittsburgh
Clarence Bursleigh Knox and Reed filed a bill in equity seeking to control Carnegie company stock valued at 2370000. William W. Blackburn as Carnegie trustee names the Carnegie company as co-defendant against Andrew M. Moreland president of Moreland Trust and former Carnegie officer. Moreland allegedly holds stock acquired during his trusteeship and demands 500000 for transfer, which Blackburn seeks to force.
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Carnegie Company
Pittsburg
Clarence Bursleigh
Knox and
Reed
Wiliam W. Blackburn
Andrew M. Moreland
Moreland Trust Company
Blackburn
Moreland
Ring linked to murder case in Defenbach conspiracy trial
A gold ring found on Marle A Defenbach may connect to a formal murder charge tied to a conspiracy to defraud fraternal orders and insurance firms now on trial in Chicago. The ring, held by the state's attorney, was examined by chemists who say it bears a substance that could pass through the human body to cause death, casting strongest evidence against Dr Unger as principal conspirator
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Chicago
Marle A. Defenbach
Dr. Unger
Dedication Planned for America's Hall of Fame in New York
New York May 29 Arrangements for the dedication of Americas hall of fame are completed and the program for tomorrow is prepared Patriotic airs will accompany the unveiling of tablets with Chancellor MacCracken of New York University in general charge of the ceremonies
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New York
America
MacCracken
New York University
Chinese plenipotentiaries seek indemnity aid from court
Pekin May 29 The Chinese plenipotentiaries informed ministers that the court has notified a willingness to pay indemnity totaling 450,000,000 taels but objects to 4 percent interest. The exchange highlights tensions over terms of compensation in the settlement.
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Pekin
Tragic Fire Claims Havelock Man and Nephew
Havelock Ontario May 29 James Post and his nephew died in a house fire. Mrs Post, mother of one victim, was so badly burned doctors fear she may not survive.
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Havelock
Ont
James Post
Electric Bitters Restores Burling ton Fireman’s Health
C W Bellamy of Burling ton Iowa describes severe pain weakness and loss of appetite before taking Electric Bitters. He reports regained strength and vitality after using the remedy. Satisfaction guaranteed by C D Knoefel. Price 50 cents.
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C. W. Bellamy
Burlington
Iowa
C. D. Knoefel
Cuban Constitutional Convention Accepts Platt Amendment
Havana May 20 The Cuban constitutional convention voted 15 to 14 to accept the majority report containing the Platt amendment. Radical delegates denounced supporters as traitors and perjurers while Senor Gomez urged independence loyalty. The session shifts to drawing up an election law as merchants fear U S rulings on insular cases and expect a reciprocity treaty with Cuba.
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Committee On Relations
Senores Portuondo Gomez
Tamayo
Senor Tamayo
Senor Gomez
Senores Castro
Rebau
Manduley
la Discusion
United States Supreme Court
Porto Rico
Philippines
United States
Cuba
Volunteers to Leave Manila for U S by Ships in June
General MacArthur reports to the war department that volunteers now in the Philippines will depart Manila for the United States on multiple transports in late May and June. The ships carry distinct infantry units with hundreds of officers and enlisted men, signaling the volunteer army's disbandment by July 1 under law.
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War Department
MacArthur
Department
Manila
United States
Thomas
Nagasaki
47Th Infantry
49Th Infantry
Ohio
42Nd Infantry
Grant
Kilpatrick
Logan
Corbin
Philippines
Volunteer Army
E. K. Dorr
Fort Wayne
Fairbanks Nominated as 1904 Presidential Candidate
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana has been formally announced as a candidate for president before the 1904 Republican national convention. Indiana will stand behind him with a solid delegation, and Harry S. New confirms Indiana’s support as the logical choice for the party.
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Chicago
Senator Fairbanks
Indiana
Harry S. New
Fragmented World News Rounds From London to Ohio
A chronicle of violent incidents and political shifts across 1900s Europe and the United States. Reports include deaths in Bavaria and Frankfurt, a fatal London mutilation, coal chute destruction in Washington, an oil strike near Sandusky, a NY labor strike settlement, Union Pacific bond activity, a French siege and capture, a gas fire fatality in Belle Center Ohio, and naval coaling depot plans at Langley Point. Also notes German recall of troops from China and a London quail fattening scheme observed by a newspaper.
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Whitechapel
London
Great Northern
Hillyard
Middle Bass
Hake Erle
Sandusky
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Union Pacite Railroad Company
Ting Chau
Frank Sickles
Belle Center
Ohio
Sickles
Navy Department
Langley Point
Mantle Day
Gary
Williame
Count von Waldersee
State Department
China
Count von Walderaee
United States
Morgan proposes suffrage clause with white-only officeholders
Montgomery plan for constitutional convention includes a registrar court in each county with power to judge voter qualifications and a key provision that only white men may hold office. Appeals go to the circuit court. The registrar system mirrors Mississippi but with broader discretionary power.
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Montgomery
Ala
Morgan
Mississippi
Druids Officer Arrested on Larceny Charge in Fall River
Dr. Simmanuel Harris treasurer of the supreme council of the American Order of Druids in Fall River is under arrest on a complaint by fellow officers. He is accused of grand larceny over an alleged $3,500 shortage in his accounts and failed to make good the deficit despite an offer to do so.
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London
Timne
Philadelphia Record
Fall River
Mass
Simmanuel Harris
Supreme Council of the American Order of Druids
Supreme Council
Result of Current Games and Stand Ing of the Clube
The report lists recent outcomes from club matches and the standings affecting overall ranking. It notes top performers, posted scores, and current positions within the league table, highlighting ongoing competition and upcoming fixtures.
Mental anguish ruling upholds damages against telegraph firm
Indianapolis May 20 Judge Henley of the appellate court was sustained by the supreme court in the Ferguson mental anguish case. The Western Union Telegraph Company failed to deliver a message calling Ferguson to his grandmother’s burial. Damages of 100 had been awarded. the supreme court now declares the current law constitutional.
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Indianapolis
Henley
Appellate Court
Supreme Court
Western Union Telegraph Company
Appellee
Ferguson
Death Separates Famous Greensfork Twin Brothers
Rufus McPherson of Greensfork in Wayne county died at 70 after a long ill turn. He and his twin Riley, who never married, lived together for 61 years since childhood in North Carolina and Wayne county. Their bond was noted as remarkably strong, with Riley prostrated by Rufus's death and few separations in their lifetimes.
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Richmond
Rufus McPherson
Greensfork
Wayne County
North Carolina
Cumming
Rufus
Riley
Tragic Suicide Of 14-Year-Old Organist In Village Church
Aggie Long a 14 year old organist in Sycamore church Kokomo Indiana was found dead by her own hand in the pulpit shooting herself. The act is described as a premeditated suicide with a note giving funeral arrangements. No clear motive is reported.
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Kokomo
Ind
Aggie Long
Sycamore
Armnger
Columbus High School riot arrests after graduation day fight
In Columbus Indiana on May 20 forty five Columbus high school students were arrested on warrants charging riot participation. Most were from the graduating class and the incident followed class day exercises in front of the high school.
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Columbus, Ind
Columbus High School
Strange man visits Catholic school in Anderson
An unidentified man, claiming to be a gay foxspector, entered a nun home in Anderson on May 20 while teaching Catholic schools were in session. He walked through rooms tapping pipes then left, later taking a purse containing $00. No leakage was found.
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Anderson
Ind
Supreme Court affirms Higgins bribery conviction
Indianapolis May 20 The supreme court has affirmed the judgment convicting Councilman John M Higgins of Indianapolis of soliciting a bribe. He was charged with soliciting from David M Parry of Parry Manufacturing Co payment for his vote on an ordinance to allow the company to buy a switch from a railroad to its factory.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
John M. Higgins
Higgins
David M. Parry
Parry Manufacturing Company
Murder trial moves to circuit court on change of venue
Quincey Foster faces murder charges for Earley McDonald’s Fontant shooting on October 25, 1900. The case, moved from Vigo county, stems from a bitter quarrel between two well to do parties. In Warsaw Martin Hoffheins, 18, was found dead near Clonette after a bicycle incident possibly linked to epilepsy. death caused by suffocation.
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Henzil
Ind
Quincey Foster
Earley McDonald
Fontant
Vigo County
McDonald
Warsaw
Martin Hoffheins
Clonette
Tie
Timely topics from Indianapolis on law and associations
Ex Congress man Marcus J. DeMotte arranged with the supreme court to admit the entity class to practice without in person applications. Indiana Fire Insurance Agents plan a thorough reorganization with district chairmen and elected officers. Delegates to the Put-in-Bay national convention named. Indiana Mason officers elected for the year. Remarks on tobacco tax reduction and coal operators trust. Union City Rep Samuel Bell comments on quiet affairs.
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Menta
Indianapolis
Marcus J. DeMotte
Valparaiso Law School
Supreme Court
R. A. Brown
Valparaiso
Indiana Association of Fire Insurance Agents
Commercial Club
Aston M. Well
Evansville
John J. Appel
J. Floyd Irish
Hammond
Putle Bay
George W. Duke
Kokomo
George A. Carr
Greenfield
Rh. E. Breed
Marion
George E. Haynes
Elwood
A. M. Well
J. Vene Dariand
Laporte
Herman Preefer
Jeffersonville
W. P. Gabbvert
Salem
I. K. Morrison
Muncie
B. A. Richardson
School trustees may face mandamus to enforce vaccination
Indianapolis May 29. The state supreme court reversed a Bluffton case ruling that writs of mandamus cannot compel school trustees to enforce a health board vaccination order excluding unvaccinated children. The decision allows mandamus to enforce vaccination requirements.
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Indianapolis
City
County Boards of Health
Supreme Court
Horne
Bluffton
Swan and Langhborn Unite After Youthful Quarrel
Tipton Indiana May 20 Scipio Swan aged years and Mary Langhborn of similar age have been married. They were lovers in youth but quarrelled over a plow. Swan moved south and owns a plantation near New Orleans while his former sweetheart stayed north, married again, and now owns 200 acres in Tipton County.
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Tipton
Ind
Scipio Swan
Mary Langhborn
Swan Gulog
New Orleans
Evansville City Attorney Rules Vaccination Exemption Case
Evansville Indiana May 20 City Attorney Albert Fuckhouser issued an opinion on the school law returning 50 children to class after their parents refused vaccination. The ruling affects enforcement of compulsory vaccination in local schools.
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Evansville
Ind
Albert Fuckhouser
Feudials Case On Trial In London Kentucky
The Millard Philpot murder case against Deputy Sheriff Felix Davidson was called in London Kentucky and continued by the commonwealth to the October term. Also on trial are Jule Webb Bill McCallum and Taylor Spurlock charged with killing Chad Hall and members of the Garrard faction of the White Garrard feud in Clay County.
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London
Millard Philpot
Felix Davidson
Commonwealth
Jule Webb
Bill McCallum
Taylor Spurlock
Chad Hall
Garrard
White Garrard
Clay County
Banner Salve Promise for Skin Diseases and Sores
A Tribune advertisement touts Banner Salve as the ultimate skin remedy. It claims effectiveness for all skin diseases cuts sores and piles and warns against substitutes with druggists selling the product nationwide.
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America
Grain and Livestock Market Totals Across Cities
Grain and livestock prices from Chicago Louisville Cincinnati and New York show mixed wheat notes and steady to higher cattle and hog values. The report lists bids and closing figures for corn oats and livestock, with a testimonial ad for Dr King's New Discovery and a Kipver Cure plug for kidney health.
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Endianapolite
Seto
Chicago
Cincinnati
Miss Nora Wolfrum Killed in Oklahoma Disturbance
In Nardin Oklahoma on May 29 Miss Nora Wolfrum died instantly when a friend Miss Bishop discharged a pistol during a group photograph. The bullet struck Wolfrum in the heart and the incident occurred as the two argued over a pose for fun.
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Okla
Nora Wolfrum
Miss Bishop
Belong Wade
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