Supreme Court rules Insular cases on Porto Rico duties
Justice Brown announces the Delima decision holding court lacked jurisdiction. The ruling, and related dissents, uphold Congress power to govern new U S territories, affirming the Foraker act and limiting insular rights post cession. The Downes case prompts questions on territorial status and treaty implications.
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Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
Brown
Delima Cae
United States
Porto Rico
Paria
Delima & Co
New York
San Juan
P. R
Delima Company
Bidwell
Supreme Court of New York
Circuit Court of the United States
Southern District of New York
Congress
Forto Rico
McKenna
Shiras
Write
Gray
Deluma
Goetze
The
Crossman
Circuit Court For
Southern District
Grossman
Hawaii
Dooles
Miles
Shiras McKenna
White
Justice White
Downes
Delima
Legislative Branch
Alger on the Nicaragua canal amid Anglo American ties
General Russell A. Alger told The Record that the United States should proceed to build the Nicaragua canal and take dominion over it after completion. He dismissed the Clinton Bulwer treaty as obsolete and said Britain should have equal rights with other foreign vessels but the U.S. need not grant Britain special status. He cited past wartime goodwill and suggested tolls could recoup costs from Suez or the canal.
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London
Russell A. Alger
Record‘Herald
England
United States
Nicaragua
Lord Salisbury
Fala Fagard
Nicaragus Tata
America
Suez Canal
New York Game Protector Seizes 2000 Birds in Storage
State Game Protector John Overton reports arresting entry into Artic Freezing storage on West Street. In one room he found 2000 game birds including partridges quail and grouse. Possession out of season carries a fine of 800 for the first bird and 26 for each additional bird. The company president denies ownership and knowledge of the birds. Assistant District Attorney Walsh notes potential huge fines.
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New York
John KE. Overton
Artic Freezing Company
West Street
Over
Ugle
Walsit
Mindanao Civil Governance Abandoned by US Commission
Mindanao duties shift as US commissioners reject local government rule and slavery is ordered abolished after touring Mindanao. Carman case dropped for trading with insurgents as authorities deem continued prosecutions costly to business. Reports detail horrific Tagal crimes including raids, murder, and a buried alive victim in the Philippines.
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Manila
Mindanao
United States Commission
Zamboanga
Carman
D. M. Caraman
Senor Carranza
Davis
Associated Press
Mystery inquest into Cumberland County widow and son deaths
Mattoon Illinois May 27 The coroner conducts an inquest into the death of Mrs Frank O Day and her six year old son in a case touching melancholia and a suspected wrong dose of medicine given for measles The father traced them to Kokomo Ind and detectives aided the search The two deaths occurred within hours of each other the family claims the mother gave the child the wrong medicine and died from the shock of the discovery
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Mattoon
Cumberland County
Frank O'Day
Kokomo
Ind
Bullet Hole in His Head Discovered in Ohio River
John son Hammond, a wealthy farmer living six miles south of Wheeling, vanished ten days ago. His body was recovered from the Ohio river at Trocton with a bullet hole in the head, indicating murder. Charles Lutz of Moundsville has been arrested on the murder charge.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Johnson Hammond
Here
Ohio River
Trocton
Charles Lutz
Moundsville
Conger Defeated in Dallas County Caucuses
In Des Moines on May 27 the final Republican caucuses in Dallas County, former home of Minister Conger, were held Saturday. The county convention votes will allocate ninety to Cummins and thirty to Conger, ensuring a Cummins delegation to the state convention.
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Des Moines
Dallas County
Mins
Cummins
Nationalists oppose Platt amendment at convention
In Havana on May 27 the Nationalist convention unanimously opposed the Platt amendment. If the constitutional convention votes remain the same, proceeding with only a tie is possible.
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Havana
Nash in bad shape as trip to west continues
Governor George K Nash and party arrived in Columbus at 7:50 pm on a special train after traveling to San Francisco for the Ohio battleship launch. Nash looked old and weak, needing support to walk and was so lame he could not stand alone. He said he would soon be all right, though friends doubt a quick recovery.
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Columbus
George K.nash
San Francisco
Kilbon Basil. m
Hocking Valley
Nash
Anden
Big Lage
Five Dead in Electric Car Crash on Single Track
Albany May 27 Electric car collision on a single-track line at a curve killed five and injured more than a dozen. Motormen died or were critically hurt. numerous passengers, including women and children, suffered severe injuries as ambulances ferried the wounded to hospitals. The wreckage left a scene of mangled cars and panicked bystanders. Names listed include Frank Swiths, William Nichols, Maud Kellogg, Annie Rooney, and David Mahoney among the dead.
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Albany
Frank Swiths
William Nichols
Maud Kellogg
Round Lake
Annie Rooney
Stuyvesant Falle
David Mahoney
Dean Richmond
George C. Barry
Troy
Fred J. Smith
William F. Barry
Ene. Barry
George P. Bittner
Moerville
Isaac Blauvelt
Dewitt C. Peltz
Charles Peltz
Howard E. Rogers
Failure 10 Connect Death of a Female Conspirator
Chicago May 27. One of the greatest conspiracies to defraud insurers is disclosed in the Defenbach case. The schemes aimed for 67000 in policies on Marie A. Defenbach with firms like Equitable Mutual and New York Life among others. Dr Unger, Miss Defenbach and others plotted to fake a disappearance for insurance but Defenbach died instead. Court rulings broaden state leverage as the trial proceeds with expert testimony on drug prescriptions and suspect deaths.
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Chicago
Defenbach
Tuley
Mark A. Defenbach
Olsen
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Mutual Life
Security Life and Trust
Prudential Life
Metropolitan Life
New York Life
Independent Order of Foresters
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Marie A. Defenbach
August M. Unger
Francis Ryland Brown
Frank H. Smiley
Marie Defenbach
Unger
Miss Lefenbach
Sriefly
Dr. Unger
Miss Defenbach
Kalamazoo
Mich
Dunkley Com- Dunkley Preserving Company
Edwin Norton
New York
American Can Company
Co-Ed champions female rights at Michigan protest
Inlander editor Agnes Inglis of Detroit contends her blue pencil edited contribution was erased. Michigan Daily and Inlander clash publicly as Inglis labels editorial methods in heated columns. Also noted: Dunkley preserving company formed with large NYC investor ties. Iowa UCT officers elected at Council Bluffs after contest.
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Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Inlander
Agnes Inglis
Detroi
Kilkenny Eats
Ingis
Iowa
Sioux Cuty
Grand Council
Council Bluffs
Sheldon
Ottumwa
J. F. Helwig
D. E. Morren
Sioux City
Tries Murder Kills Self In Philadelphia Hotel
In Philadelphia a man, John A. Jenkins, shot himself after forcing a companion Mae Barbour to write a farewell note. He had threatened to kill her, but she escaped as detectives rushed in. Jenkins died on the stair landing. a prepared letter warned against gambling and a dissipation-filled life.
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Philadelphia
John A. Jenkins
North Thirteenth Street
Terminal Hotel
Filbert Street
Mae Barbour
Jenkins
Pierce
Haynes
T. Murphy
Berg er case echoes in Argos cleric son crime tale
Miss Ora Atkinson aged 16, missing after a drive with Calvin Tuggle son of a United Brethren minister. They traveled through several towns posing as husband and wife, subjecting her to abuse and exposure. She is critically ill after the ordeal and Tuggle fled when hotel keeper alerted her parents.
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Argos
Ind
Ora Atkinson
Nellie Berger
Miss Atkinson
Morocco
Calvin Tuggle
United Brethren
Rensselaer
Monon
Tuggle
Telegraph briefs summarize a day’s varied world news
Bankruptcy petition in New York indorsed for a husband. Underground tunnel workers strike halts NYC transit. Rodays fired from Figaro over quarrel with Boni and Anna Gould’s husband. Booker T. Washington lauded as a great negro. Kidnap threat against Edison’s daughter demands ransom. A Jersey judge clarifies oath taking. Java eruption kills 3 Europeans and 178 natives. Theosophists open 15th convention in Chicago. Gage returns to Treasury. Oscar P. Austin arrives in Berlin. Herbert W Bowen named minister to Persia. French politicians duel over pensions. Balmoral Castle to be renovated for royal couple. Hungary’s premier attacks parliamentary corruption. Brooklyn Sunday School parade draws ~100,000. 72nd annual formation. St Ann’s two schools back in line. Aguinaldo may visit US with MacArthur’s approval to study institutions. Shamokin mine strike ends as semi monthly pay begins. President pardons Alexander McKenzie. Two boys drown in Kaw River.
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M. de Rodays
Count Boni
Anna Gould
Philadelphia
A. M. EB
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Edison
Jersey
Java
Theosophists
Chicago
Gage
Washington
Treasury Department
Oscar P. Austin
Bureau of Statistics
United States Treasury Department
Berlin
Herbert W. Bowen
Persia
Waldeck Rousseau
Balmoral Castle
Great Britain
Hungary
Childern
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Sunday School Union
St. Ann's Church
Presbyterians Adopt Revision Report Select New York for Next Year
The Presbyterian general assembly approved the revision committee’s report and chose New York City as the meeting place next year, rejecting Los Angeles. A 10 minute limit on speeches was set for the confession of faith revision, and Dr Moffatt urged removing ambiguity from recommendation B. The assembly briefly paused to sing the doxology after voting, and a resolution was passed to expand the revision committee to 21 members.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
New York City
Los Angeles
New York
Assembly
Mofatt
Dr. Moffatt
Washington Jefferson University
Date Set for Cup Races Opening on Sept 21
The Royal Ulster Yacht club informed the New York Yacht club that Sept. 21 is officially the opening day for the cup races, marking a final and definite date for the event.
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New York
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Husband shoots wife after burglary mistaken identity
In Louisville on May 27 F. H. Richardson shot and killed his wife, believing her to be a burglar. Authorities suggest Mrs Richardson may have been sleepwalking when the tragedy occurred.
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Louisville
F. H. Richardson
Work Resumed at Brooks Locomotive Works in Dunkirk
Dunkirk May 27 nine striking machinists of the allied metal workers returned to work as production resumed at the Brooks Locomotive works after a brief stoppage and labor action.
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Dunkirk
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Brooks Locomotive Works
Allied Metal Workers
Royal pair arrive in Sydney aboard Ophir
The steamer Ophir carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York reached Sydney this afternoon. Enthusiastic crowds greeted the royal visitors as they stepped ashore amid celebrations and cheers in the harbor.
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England
Sydney
Ophir
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
Flag row on Rosecrans stirs Tacoma protests
At Tacoma Washington on May 27 indignant waterfront observers watched the transport Rosecrans haul down the American flag and raise the British flag for Queen Victoria's birthday. Regulations allow a foreign flag beneath the national one but the action prompted complaints of patriotism and the flag was restored.
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Deers
Rosecrans
Tacoma
Wash
Warren
Dobson
Collision at Sea Sees One Sailor Saved Amid Rumors
The steamer Ohio reports a fog collision with the Norwegian bark Elise from Moss. A sailor was rescued while others, possibly fourteen, are believed lost. The event occurred at sea in fog, with conflicting stories about the bark's fate and crew. Also, Chicago notes the death of veteran stock merchant George Adams at age 70, a figure in western hire stock and Union Stock Yards history.
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Ohio
Hull
Elise
Moss
New York
Chicago
George Adams
Hire Stock Commission
West
Adams
England
Ara Rpteaskarty
Union Stock Yards
Ceattlemen
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