Income tax law declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court
Washington May 22 The income tax law is declared unconstitutional after four justices dissented in the cases heard by the U S Supreme Court. Justice Shiras appears to have shifted his views while Justices Harlan and White delivered vigorous opinions provoking broad commentary. The court voids sections 27 to 37 of the 1894 act, remanding for relief. Jackson appeared at the bench briefly, later leaving for the South.
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Washington
Fifty-third Congress
United States Supreme Court
Harlan
Brown
Jackson
White
Shiras
Justice Harlan
Justice Jackson
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Income tax halted after Supreme Court ruling
Commissioner Miller of the internal revenue bureau orders all collectors to stop income tax work and turn over sealed books and records. He regrets the decision but cites expected losses of 15 to 40 million dollars in the first year. Refunds will be issued on application as existing payments are identified.
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WasHiIndon
Miller
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Supreme Court
Congress
Ex President Harrison Comment on Income Tax Ruling
In New York on May 22 Ex-President Harrison was pressed for his view on the Supreme Court ruling declaring the income tax unconstitutional. He said he had no opinion to offer beyond noting the bill’s mangled state and that its fate was deserved.
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New York
Harrison
United States Supreme Court
Hill Arrives Home After Fatiguing Journey
James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, returned to St. Paul on May 22 and was driven to his Sum mit avenue residence. He denied East telegraphed interviews about a Northern Pacific deal but said the Great Northern would control NP, with NP autonomy preserved and not consolidated or broken up.
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Great Northern
Novel Opium Smuggling Scheme Uncovered Near Drevins Lake
A North Carolina border scheme uses oxen loaded with opium balls sealed in metal to evade duties. Buyers purchase aged oxen, roll opium in lead or tin foil, force it down the animals throats, and drive them across the line. Two brothers reportedly earned forty thousand dollars in a short period.
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Drevins Lake
N. C
Here
United States
Presbyterian assembly backs control over seminaries
In Pittsburg on May 22 the Presbyterian assembly voted 432 to 98 to continue a move toward granting the assembly absolute control of its theological seminaries. An attempt to require a yea and nay vote failed with only 105 commissioners voting. The result surprised observers and was attributed in part to a letter alleging a liberal plot to win the moderator position.
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Pittsburg
Presbyterian Assembly
Rockefeller Denies In Merritt Suit Deposition
Joan D Rockefeller of New York filed a deposition in a 1.5 million dollar Merritt suit at U S court in Duluth. It states Mr Rockefeller met Lon Merritt once and that their talk covered weather and Minnesota’s pure air. He denies most Merritt charges and says he had no role in forming new companies or inviting the Merritts to invest.
Child Labor in Wisconsin Faces Prosecutions
Labor Commissioner Erickson and factory inspectors gather statistics on children under 14 employed in Wisconsin factories. Milwaukee inspectors canvassed about one third of the city’s factories and found hundreds of underage workers. Oshkosh reports many children employed mainly in furniture factories. Prosecutions will follow in a number of cases.
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Milwaukee
Erickson
Wisconsin
Fisher
Oshkosh
Second annual meeting of the women’s congress opens
In San Francisco on May 22 the second annual meeting opens with a welcome by Mayor Sutro. Miss Susan B. Anthony and Rev. Anna Shaw deliver replies. Dr. Mary Wood Allen of Ann Arbor speaks on Moral Education of the Young as California women read other papers.
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San Francisco
The
Women’s Congress
Sutro
Susan B. Anthony
Anna Shaw
Mary Wood Allen
Ann Arbor
Mich
California
National Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Opens Convention
The national convention in Galesburg Illinois opened with 500 delegates. Credentials were reviewed in the morning. Report says Grand Master Wilkinson may resign as head to become a delegate.
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Galesburg
Ills
National Convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Wilkinson
Chicago Brick Yards Shut Down in Union Strike
Chicago May 22. Brick yards in the city and nearby cannot operate as union workers refuse to work. Non union yards attempt to run but face heavy odds. The Brick Makers' Alliance ordered shutdown after failed talks between North Side manufacturers and union committees over a 40 cent per thousand rate. South Side yards have signed the scale.
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ChicaGo
Brickmakers’ Alliance
Alliance
North Side
South Side
Southwest mines see few returning union workers
In Pocahontas Virginia on May 22, Colonel Browning reports output this week will match pre strike levels. Italians held in guard refuse to work, while parties in interest complain to the Italian minister in Washington and the Austrian consul in Pittsburgh about treatment of new workers.
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Pocahontas
Browning
Washington
Pittsburg
Mines reopen as strike wanes on Wheeling division
Pittsbur g May 22 all mines on the Wheeling division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad are operating in full. Operators report they have all the men they want at 60 cents. The district was a miners strike battleground and it is believed the strike is near collapse with most mines likely to resume by week’s end.
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Pittsburrg
Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Frankfort's Wild Well Threatens Town and Railway
General Superintendent Sanborn of the Northwestern Railway toured Frankfort by special train to gauge artesian well damage. A hotel near the lake has been vacated, a crowbar vanished from 200 feet away, and residents may be forced to move. Railway officials likely must relocate the track.
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Frankfort
S. D
Sanborn
Northwestern Railway Company
Government Sues Stanford Estate for 15 Million
The government will try its 15 million dollar suit against the late Leland Stanford's estate in the U S circuit court early in June. An agreement was reached between Russell Wilson, counsel for Mrs. Stanford, and L K McKissik, special government counsel, shifting the date from demurrer argument to trial.
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Stanford
San Francisco
Leland Stanford
United States Circuit Court
Demurrer
Russell Wilson
L. K. McKissik
Harrison Not Attending Notre Dame Jubilee Denied
South Bend Ind May 22 There is no truth in the report that ex President Harrison will attend Notre Dame's golden jubilee June 11 12 and 13. President Morrissey officially denies the invitation and says Harrison refused. Morrissey travels to Indianapolis to seek reconsideration.
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South Bend
Ind
Harrison
University of Notre Dame
Morrissey
Indianapolis
Thirty second Wisconsin veterans to hold reunion
The 18th annual reunion of the Thirty second regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry survivors will be in PortaGE on June 4 5 and 6 with an excursion to Kilbourn on June 7. About 100 members are expected to attend.
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Portage
Wis
Thirty-second Regiment of
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Kilbourn
Railway Telegraphers Hold Six Day Grand Lodge Session
St Louis hosts the annual convention of the grand lodge of the Order of Railway Telegraphers with 150 delegates. Officers are chosen and the central issue is selecting a permanent headquarters location.
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St. Louis
Grand Lodge of the Order of Railway Telegraphers
Charles City lands Forest City Planing Mill plant
Charles City Iowa on May 22 secured the Forest City Planing Mill company plant from Rockford Illinois by a $10 000 bonus The firm makes charms bank counters and dairy supplies and will employ about 200 workers in the new operation
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Charles City
Forest City Planing Mill Company
Rockford, Ills
Gold at Brown's Creek Gulch Resumes Thorough Search
Stillwater Minnesota May 22 A crew of men resumed work at the Brown's Creek gold field and will investigate every inch of ground in the gulch hoping to find gold in paying quantities.
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Brown's Creek
Stillwater
Mind
Brown’s Creek
Hill Praises Supreme Court Ruling Against Tariff Reform
New York Senator David B Hill publicly lauds the U S Supreme Court decision striking down a tariff reform measure he says was unconstitutional and class biased. He criticizes the law as foolish and unwise and blamed populists and demagogues for pushing it.
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Albany
David B. Hill
Supreme Court of the United States
Internal Revenue Order for Immediate Tax Returns Transfer
Washington May 22. Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller has telegraphed all commissioners to forward at once to his office all income tax returns and all documents pertaining to the tax.
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Washingtown
Internal Revenue
Miller
Commissioners of Internal Revenue
Governor Clough Signs Hayward Death Warrant
In May 22 dispatch from Saint Paul Governor Clough signed the death warrant for Harry T. Hayward. Execution is set for June 21. Appeals papers have not been filed in the supreme court and are unlikely to be filed soon. The calendar will need a reprieve to allow court action.
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Str. Paul
Clough
Harry T. Hayward
Supreme Court
Rumors Swirl Over Rosebery Resignation in London
In London on May 22 wild rumors filled the lobby of the house of commons claiming Prime Minister Lord Rosebery had resigned or was near resignation and that a dissolution of parliament might occur next month. No confirmation was available.
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London
Roseberry
House of Commons
Lord Roseberry
Dying of Hydrophobia in St Paul Hotel
John Barrison lies dying of hydrophobia at the Grand hotel in South Park in the paralytic stage and comatose. Gustave Stapf ex city treasurer of South St Paul was bitten the same day and had the wound cauterized. He shows no symptoms and seeks treatment at the Pasteur Institute in Chicago.
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St. Paul
John Barrison
Grand Hotel
South Park
Barrison
Gustave Stapf
South St. Paul
Stapf
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Probably a fake story on Lafayette County murder rumor
Madison Fla May 22 no confirmation on the alleged assault and murder of Miss Armstrong and lynching of three negroes. Two men nearby say they know nothing of the affair and the report is likely a fake.
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Madison, Fla
Armstrong
Lafayette County
Receivers Appointed For Milwaukee Street Railway
The Central Trust and North American companies sought receivers for the Milwaukee Street Railway. Judge Jenkins appointed Henry C. Payne, vice president of the company, and George R. Sheldon of New York, representing the Central Trust company.
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Milwaukee
Central Trust and
North American
United States Court
Milwaukee Street Railway Company
Jenkins
Henry C. Payne
George R. Sheldon
New York
Central Trust Company
Dredge Tipperary Bay Duty Case Reversed
In May 1882 the dredge boat Tipperary Bay was exported to Canada for dredging and returned in 1892. It paid duty under protest for repairs made abroad. The district court ruled for the boat's owners but the circuit court of appeals reversed.
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Cincinnati
Tipperary Bay
Canada
United States
District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court Sets June 10 Deadline for Iron Hall Accounts
Indianapolis May 22 Judge Masters of the supreme court, upon the application of Receiver Failey, ordered June 10 as the final date by which all branches of the Iron Hall must complete their accountings with the receiver.
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Indianapolis
Iron Hall
Masters
Supreme Court
Failey
Proved Bank Robbers Identified in Orion Heist
Three men arrested at Taylorsville identified as Lawrence Sullivan William Munroe and Robert G Lawrence are confirmed burglars in the Orion Indiana bank robbery. They possessed bank locks matching the vault and carried about 4500 dollars in coin and currency from the crime.
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Pama, Uls
Lawrence Sullivan
William Munroe
Robert G. Lawrence
Taylorsville
Bank of Orion Ind
Standard Telephone Firm Says Ber lin Patent Ruling Affects No Microphone
Madson Wis May 22 The officers of the Standard Telephone and Electric company which controls the French Milde patent in the United States state the court of appeals ruling on the Berlin patent does not affect the microphone owned and used by them.
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Madson
Wis
Standard Telephone and Electric Company
United States
Court of Appeals
Berlin
City Fire Sweeps St Albans Wrecks Half A Million
A disastrous St. Albans blaze destroyed dwellings, business blocks, and public buildings after a lumberyard fire spread rapidly in May. Swanton and Burlington aid arrived as Main Street and several blocks burned, government and Hill blocks gutted, with total losses about half a million dollars.
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St. Alpans
St. Albans
W. B. Fonda
Chisholm Bros
Government
Kingman Street
Hill
Messenger
W. H. Ellis
W. H. Woodward
Moore’s Marble Works
Foundry Street
Ryan’s Grocery
Burlington
Main Street
Not a Cent of Insurance in Halifax Fire
Across the Intercolonial railway long wharf and Dominion government facilities in Halifax a fire destroyed the cattle shed freight sheds and immigration sheds and then swept the coal pier trestle and loaded coal cars. The property belonged to the Dominion government and had no insurance.
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Hallifax
N. S
Halifax
Intercolonial Railway
Dominion
Wisconsin River Paper Mill Destroyed by Fire
Fire at 11 p m gutted the Wisconsin River Paper and Pulp company mill in Whiting Wisconsin. The plant, a large pulp and paper producer near Stevens Point, was owned by George Whiting and William Whiting. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Wisconsin River Company
Whiting
Wis
Stevens Point
Wisconsin River Paper and Pulp Company
George Whiting
Menasha
William Whiting
This Place
Fire at Mitchell's Grocery Destroys Block. 3 Missing
A morning blaze at George Mitchell's grocery on Gate City in Birmingham burned one city block before control. Three men are reported missing and presumed burned to death.
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Birmiingham
Ala
George Mitchell
Gate City
Explosion Claims Two Miners at Anaconda Mine
In Butter, May 21, John Barry shift boss was killed by a powder explosion while inspecting the miners. During body removal James McGarron was fatally injured after leaning over the shaft edge and being struck by a descending cage, falling 800 feet to the bonnet.
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John Barry
Anaconda
James McGarron
Shepherds divorce case twins at Minneapolis court
Mrs. Bertha Shepherd sought divorces from Charles Shepherd and William Hickey. Charles disappeared years earlier, presumed dead, leading her to wed Hickey. Judge Elliott granted desertion divorce from Charles while deeming the Hickey marriage illegal, so no second divorce was needed.
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Minneapolis
Elliott
Bertha Shepherd
Charles Shepherd
William Hickey
Earthquake devastates Baris and nearby Italian towns
Florence Italy May 21 The Saturday quake proved deadlier than first thought with four killed and many injured at Baris. Dozens of homes cracked and villages Gressina Lapaggi suffered severe damage. The San Martino church collapsed with worshippers inside and several people entombed or crushed in ruins.
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Florence
Baris
Gressina
Lapaggi
San Martino
Miners Threaten Mine Work stoppage at Orrville
At Orr Brothers mines in Orrville two miles above Mystic, about 200 miners gathered to quit work over 70 cent pay. Sheriff Bray has been summoned as threats to blow up property were reported and the firm warned the country would be held responsible for any damage.
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Orrumwa
Orr Brothers
Orrville
Mystic
Sheriff Bray
Sherif Bray
No Mercy for Outlaws in Mexico Train Robbery Bill
May 21 report from Mexico City states a new national law prescribes the death penalty for train robbers if robbery or passenger deaths occur during an assault. Apprehended criminals receive execution by simple minutes drafted by officers in charge.
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Ciry
Mexico
National Congress
Pine Land Theft Probe Targets Northwestern Lumbermen
Special Agent Johnson of the land office pursued pine land thefts in Ashland Wisconsin, uncovering losses nearing 1,000,000 feet. Several lumbermen implicated are expected to face strong cases as investigations proceed.
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Duluth
Johnson
Ashland
Wis
Benedict and McCoy Indicted in Conspiracy Case
Pierre May 21 The grand jury indicted H M Benedict and C F McCoy for conspiracy. Defense demurred but judge Gaffy overruled. Both pleaded not guilty with bonds set at five thousand dollars each, Benedict’s reduced to three thousand five hundred on inability to pay.
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Benedict
McCoy
Pierre
H. M. Benedict
C. F. McCoy
Gaffy
Wreckage From the Chicora Reaches Benton Shore
Large quantities of Chicora wreckage washed ashore three miles north of Benton Michigan as hundreds gathered to view timbers from the pilot house cabin furniture and main deck after the ship broke apart.
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Benton Harper
Mich
Here
Acquitted Husbands Sheds Light On Wyoming Murder Trial
Casper Wyoming May 21 Joel J Huert mayor and former state senator shot and killed his wife's paramour William Milne on April 3. He has been acquitted of murder.
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Casper
Wyo
Joel J. Huert
Willlam Milne
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