Philippines and Puerto Rico in U S sovereignty ruling
The opinion asserts the Philippines ceased to be Spanish and became U S territory, under complete sovereignty with civil government. It contrasts with Porto Rico, discusses ratification effects, and rejects the idea of a U S war of conquest while noting insurrections do not affect legal title.
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Senate
Justion Fuller
de Lima
Hidwell
Congress
Philippines
Spain
United States
Wphilippine Islands
United Statis
Porto Rico
Philippine
Thoee Islands
Cuba
House
Weather Summary For Midwest And Indiana Region
Forecasts call for rain and colder conditions in Ohio on Tuesday with partly cloudy skies and brisk northerly winds on Wednesday Indiana will see showers in the south and fair to cold in the north on Tuesday with colder conditions on Wednesday Illinois expects fair weather Tuesday and likely Wednesday with lake snow flurries Tuesday east winds. Indianapolis records November meteorological data including mean pressure 30.18 inches and mean monthly temperature near 29 degrees with multiple temperature records and precipitation totals across the month.
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Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Indianapolis
IsKt
TSST
INS
Guy
Movements of Steamers This Week
Shipping news notes arrivals at ports including Fuerst arck from New York to Naples and Calabria from Naples to New York. Sarmatian from Montreal reaches Glasgow, Montevidean from Montreal listed in London column, Ivernia from Boston appears in Liverpool.
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Gigralter
Fuerstarck
Fruit
New York
Naples
Calabria
Perexland
Antwerp
Glasgow
Sarmatian
Montreal
London
Montevidean
Liverpool
Ivernia
Fom
Boston
Legal ruling on Porto Rico status and territorial powers
In a detailed decision the court rejects the idea that Porto Rico remains foreign for purposes of revenue. It upholds that possession after cession makes territory a U S area under the Constitution’s revenue provisions. Dissenting justices note counterpoints from related cases and emphasize De Lima vs Bidwell. The decree is reversed and the information quashed.
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United States
de Lima
Bidwell
Downes
Lima
Porto Rico
Congress
Gray
White
Shiras
McKean
Philippine
Dooley
The
Pany
Dooley case debates taxes on Porto Rico imports
The Dooley case challenges a 1900 act taxing goods from the United States into Porto Rico. Justice Brown upholds the duty as a temporary expedient for local governance, while a dissent argues it violates constitutional prohibitions on taxation of exports and on interstate commerce. The decision affirms the lower court. Dooley, Smith & Co. seek recovery of $1,433.
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Washington
Dooley
United States
Porto Rico
Justice Brown
Harlan
Brewer
Peckham United
Brown
Congress
Insular
Justice White
New York
Dooley, Smith & Co
San Juan
Circuit Court of the
Lacombe
New York Court
Supreme Court
Woodruff
Houston
Dingley
de Lima
Bidwell
Foraker
Legislative Assembly of
Porto Rica
Porto Ries
Cony
Revenue Officers
Treasury
Downes
Circuit Court
Fuller
Brewer, Harlan
Peckham
Dan
Spain
Supreme Court denies Bissert writ in exaction case
Washington December 2 The United States Supreme Court affirms Judge Lacombe of the New York Federal Court denying a writ of habeas corpus for George F Bissert a ward man on charges of making illegal exactions and collections with the New York police force.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Lacombe
New York
Storti Death Sentence Upheld By U S Supreme Court
In a December ruling the U S Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision denying Luigi Storti's petition for habeas corpus. Storti, sentenced to death by electrocution for murder in Massachusetts, sought release but the petition was denied.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Luigi Storti
Massachusetts
Storti
Supreme Court to recess four weeks after Monday session
Chief Justice Fuller announced that after the upcoming Monday session the Supreme Court will take a four week recess. The court will reconvene on January 6.
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Washington
Fuller Today
Supreme Court
Lynch Flight Details Shine in Sullivan Conspiracy Trial
Former Bailiff James J. Lynch testified about plans to flee after jury bribery exposure. He described being paid 50 dollars, traveling via Michigan City to Detroit then Ottawa Montreal Canada, and arranging funds to reimburse bondsmen as lawyers prepared cross examination.
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Chicago
James J. Lynch
Sullivan
Canada
St. John
al Rose
St. John's
Lynch
Michigan Central
Michigan City
Edward Maher
Detroit
Ottawa
Toronto
Montreal
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
A brief claim promotes a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a guarantee of refund if it fails. Each box bears the signature of E. W. Grove.
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E. W. Grove
Bec
Planned by Deserters Links to Balangiga Attack
Washington reports Manila papers allege deserters from the American army helped plan the massacre of Company C Ninth Infantry at Balangiga Samar two deserters acted as spies two days before the attack they obtained uniforms to pass as regulars and lure U S troops bold deserters blamed for ongoing trouble in Batangas and Samar General Smith and the Twentieth Infantry chase the deserters in Samar while Leyte mariners face British trade probes in Manila the Kilpatrick transport reaches Manila with Gen Chaffee's telegram and Funston plans to remain abroad until spring
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Washington
Manila
War Department
Ninth Infantry
Balangiga
Samar
Ninth
Ninth Cavalry
Batangas
Lipa
Wilhelm
Ramsey
Lee
Smith
Mall
Philippines
Mar
Leyte
London
Diego de Guszman
Feliciano Borja
Live Stock Exposition opens with leaders praise and prizes
Chicago hosts the International Live Stock Exposition with speeches by Mayor Harrison Secretary Wilson Governor Yates and R W Hall. Judges named for cattle exhibits and multiple prize winners announced including Dutchman Apollo Maple Leaf Steadfast and Davis Brothers prize hogs marks.
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Chicago
Dexter Park
Harrison
Agriculture Wilson
Yates
R. W. Hall
Texas
Wilson
United States
National Live Stock Association
Hall
Committee On
FL A
Nave
J. C. Imboden
Aberdeen Angus
Wallace Estell
M. F. Dunlap
Jacksonville
St Herefords
Apollo
George P. Henry
Goodnow
Isaac
H. T. Schnelker
New Haven
Ind
the Woods
G. P. Henry
Gipper
T. F. B. Solham
Chillicothe
Hickory Grove
Avalett
Thomas Clark
Beecher
Aberdeen-Angus
M. A. Judy & Son
Williamsport
Judy & Son
Davis Brothers
Dyer
Davis Bros
Flood of measures discussed in Congress
A congressional roundup details various proposed acts including land sales proceeds, anti restraint of trade measures, mining claim restrictions in Alaska, alien admission boundary points, presidential assault penalties, and free list changes. It notes forthcoming resolutions on McKinley, the Isthmian canal bill, and oleomargarine legislation shaping new forms this winter.
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Henry
Texas
Rucker
Missouri
Cushman
Washington
Alaska
Kahn
California
Mr. Curtis
Kansas
United States
Shackelford
McKinley
House of Representatives
Grosvenor
Foraker
Senate
Hepburn
Iowa
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Pinetapa Akon
Anti Anarchist Bill Aims to Exclude Alleged Aliens
Washington lawmakers report Senator Burrows of Michigan will introduce a bill to exclude and expel alien Anarchists. A board of inquiry would search for anarchistic tendencies among newcomers, assess opinions on governments, and may detain or deport proven threats after inquiry.
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Washington
Burrows
Michigan
Board of Inquiry
Commissioner General of Inquiry
Federation of Labor Exec Committee Maps Work for Delegates
The American Federation of Labor executive committee met in Scranton to map the agenda for the twenty first annual convention. Delegates from the US and abroad will attend as debates over autonomy and jurisdiction intensify among metal workers and other trades. In Pittsburg, two firms, West & Wilson and Pittsburgh Construction, assigned to Prudential Trust Company to protect against credits amid a troubled strike period.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
United States
Organized Labor
England
France
Belgium
Europe
Porto Rico
Philippines
Gompers
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Schamb
Pittsburg
Strike Ends Nearly. Two Roads Reach Compromise
Pittsburg reports the Switchmen's Union strike nearly over as members stay firm yet new accessions join. Rail lines resume freight, yards clear. Strikers' committee says Pittsburg & Western and Monongahela Connecting agreed to a compromise and expect conference to end the dispute.
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Pittsburg
Switchmen’s Union
Pittsburg & Western
Monongahela
Anarchist Bergmann Seeks Liberty Through Habeas Corpus
Alexander Bergmann, an anarchist jailed for 21 years for shooting H C Frick at Carnegie Steel in Pittsburg in 1894, pursues freedom via habeas corpus in Philadelphia. The State Superior Court heard arguments. ruling pending. He argues a 1893 commutation law and that three of six indictments charged no state offense.
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Philadelphia
Alexander Bergmann
Western Pennsylvania
H. C. Frick
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Bergmann
Lberty
Scott Out of Jail After Unpaid Board Bill
Thomas A. Scott, once a Western millionaire, was released from Charles Street jail in Boston today after debt prosecutors failed to pay his board bill of 5 cents a day. He was arrested last February on a mesne process and sought the poor debtor's oath, but was blocked by his prosecutors and then entered bankruptcy. From that point his board bill remained unpaid.
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Boston
Thomas A. Scott
Charles Street
Scott
Governor to oppose railway consolidation in legal action
ST PAUL Dec 2 The Governor reports Attorney General Douglass has concluded investigations justify legal proceedings against the proposed consolidation of railway interests and that papers are being prepared.
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ST. Paul
van Sant
Douglass
Dutch Pugilist Dies After Beating at Aurora Club
August Reiniger known as Dutch dies from injuries after last Friday's bout with James Driscoll at the Aurora Athletic Club. Driscoll remains under arrest as coroner's inquest unfolds at St Elizabeth's Hospital records.
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Chicago
Reiniger
Dutch
James Driscoll
Aurora Athletic Club
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Driscoll
Accidental shooting claims life in Kissimmee home
In Kissimmee Florida Misa Belle Steffo was shot and killed at her Springle creek residence. Harry Kindall, her second cousin, is mortally wounded after a reported accidental discharge followed by an attempted suicide.
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Kissimee
Fla
Misa Belle Steffo
Springle Creek
Harry Kindall
Mies Steffo
No Air Holes in the Box Aboard the Palatin
A longshoreman found a German stowaway in a packing crate marked J. B. 71 in the Palatin’s hold at Hoboken. The box had no air holes and was unopened since departure. The man, dressed well, was unconscious and dying. papers named John Beck and a crate note This side up with care. He had little money and no consignor identified.
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New York
Hoboken
Germany
John Beck
American Express
Palatin
Abyssinian Lieutenant Delights Inspector with Menelik Tale
Lieut Benito Silvain of the Abyssinian army arrived on La Gascogne in full uniform, carrying a sword. He was surprised customs officers had never heard of King Menelik and recounted how the king supposedly slaughtered thousands of Italian soldiers in one morning. He spoke of a mission to Hayton and possible visits to other lands before returning home.
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New York
Benito Silvain
la Gascogne
Abyssinia
Blunder by Italians in Robbery Capture
In Connellville Pennsylvania an unknown black intruder entered Antonio Rosso’s home intending robbery. Mrs Rosso wrestled him, he fired wounding her, and fled. An armed Italian posse pursued and mistakenly arrested William Dimson before realizing the error and notifying authorities.
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Connellville
Antonio Rosso
Tailor Emil Goodman Shot Inside Cleveland Shop
Emil Goodman a Cleveland tailor was shot and killed tonight by a burglar who had entered his store to rob him. The assailant’s fate was not disclosed as police investigated the fatal shooting at the business premises.
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Louisville
Fulton H. Hareris
Louisville Dental College
Eastern Park
Carlisle
Harris
Cleveland, O
Emil Goodman
Table One Budeweiser Promoted by Anheuser Busch Brand
For Table One Budeweiser the king of Bottled Beers the perfect product of the Anhenuser Busch Brewing Assn is preferred by all who appreciate purity perfection and plous flavor. Orders promptly filled by L Bieler manager branch India.
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Budeweiser
Anhenuser- Busch Brewing Ass
L. Bieler
India
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