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Supreme Court Decision in the Insular Cases May Mean an Extra Session. LAW WANTED IN TEE PHILIPPINES One Now in Process of Construction That May Do How They Feel in Porto lilco. Cedar Rapids, la,, May 29. It was learned while the presidential train stopped here yesterday that the president anil the members of the cabinet spent mach of tlie time reading and discussing the published reports of the opinions of the supreme court in the insular cases. TLey were much interested in the wax the court divided in the two cases. The decision in the De Lima case, if follod in the Philippines case :as it assumed it will be might result in the calling of an extra session of congress. In the De Lima case the court decided that the duties collected on Porto Rican goods before congress enacted the Foraker law, were illegal and must be refundex1. Effect of tjie Decision. It is presumed that the court, following the same lines of reasoning, will decide that the duties collected on goods from the l'hilJpipnes were also illegal, and were and are subject to free entry into the United States until congress acts as it has already done in the case of Porto Illco. Such a decision would mean not only the refunding of duties heretofore collected, but would open the ports of the. United States to merchandise and goods of every description from the Phlllpipnes until congress meets in December. Importer Might Coin Honey. It is palpable that imiorters might take advantage of this to ship goods into the United Stat?s through the Philippines, and thus defraud the government of its revenues. Whether the danger from this source Is great enough to warrant the callinp of conpres in extra session is one which will be decided only after full deliberation. It J possible, however, that this danger may have been already obviated in the enactment of the Spooner resolution delegating temporarily to the president the power to govern the Philippines. - Might He Made to Vork. This may be considered an act cf congress within the meanirrg of the Downes decision atünning the constitutionality of the Poralier law. But it is a delicate question, and one which the president and Lis advisers will consider in all its bearlnjrs before coming to a cocclus-on. The members cf the cabinet decline to discuss the subject for publication. TAHIFF FOR THE PHILIPPINE. Proposed Mixture o." SpecL.c and Ad Ya lorem Bates 1 Plann'!. Washington, May 29. Interest in the supreme court decisions on the insular questions centeretat the war department yesterday, beveral senators and representatives called on the secretary and discus ed the situation with him. Senator Lodge, chairman of the Philippines committee of the senate, expressed the opinion that the decisions of the court would make Philippine legislation absolutely necessary in the coming session of congress. He also vtslb clearly of the opinion that under the Spoontr law the president Lad absolute iower to provlue for a revenue, both customs and Internal, for the Philippine ishürds. Another suggestion made by senaters previous to the time when it was supposed that a decision in the Philippines case would be. rendered by the court similar to the De Lima case in Porto Rico, was that an export duty on goods coming from the Philippines to the United States could be levied in order to prevent free trade from the islands to the United States. Any euch necessity will be obviated, however, by the determination of the treasury deartment to continue to collect Dinerloy rates on Philippine products and goods coming from the islands.The following statement Is made concerning the proposed tariff for the Philippines: "The tariff as prepared at Manila was based entirely upon the specific system of duties, which levies customs charges according to weight or number of the imported articles rather than according to value. This principle has the approval of Secretary Root, but it is thought desirable to apply an ad valorem limit in certain cases where there is a wide difference between the values of articles classified under the same paragraph. The specific duties will be retained in most cf these cases, but it will be provided that the articles shall pay not less than a certain ad valorem rate, to run from 1." to 20 per cent, and a sum eufficient to make this rate will be added wher thf specific duty does not reach the ad valorem standard." PORTO KICANS DISAPPOINTED. Hoped They "Were Part of the United States Free Trade Coming. San Juan, Porto Rico, May 29. The first report of the supreme court's decision in the De Lima case, received here Monday night, which was interpreted as declaring the taxation of imports from Porto Rico to the United States to be unconstitutional, was received here with great satisfaction Yesterday, when the full report of the De Lima case was published, there was evidenced a general feeling of disappointment among Porto Rican mer--chsjits. who had hoped that the court's

decision would give" them a year's free trade. Porto Ricans are reluctant to believe that the full report Js true. The consensus of opinion of the matter seems to be that the Porto Rican legislature should be convened in extra session to declare Porto Rico selfsupporting without the collection cf customs cn imports between Porto I:!co and the United States. A general spirit of complaint that all the supreme ccrirt's decisions were against .Porto Rico is noticeable. When San Juan merchants were questioned cn the subject they manifested much retrret at the outcome, as they had hoied to have refunded all the moneys paid i.iI.t the DLngley tariff. It was geni viiu eipectiHi that the court's decicAn would ?rant Porto Rico tree trade and irr citizens full citizenship find ccnstitutitruil privileges. A law (called the Hollander law) to raise n insular revenue has leen in force a month, and is believed to be a suet -ess. P.y the provisions ot" section thret of the Fcra&er bill free trade becomes operative whenever the Porto Rican legislature passes a resolution that an adequate s-stem of icfular taxation Ls ben put Into opreation. If the plan now in contemplation is carried out Governor .Alien will convene the legislature in c?tra session solely for the purpose of palnsr this i t solution. This action will probably be taken July lio. and It is probabJe ti nt free trade will be declared in October.

Dl ATTr pniinap Ilium ! HA! I Ö Olrnhmt WINoj With Ortaln Explanation Majority Only One Vote Soiue Very Ilot Talk by Gomez. Havana. May 29. The Piatt amendment was accepted by the Cuban constitutional convention yesterday by a vote of 15 to 14. The actual vote was on accepting the majority report of the committee on relations, which embodied the amendment with explanations of certain clauses. The Radicals made a hard tight at the last moment, and Pcrtuoudo, Gomez and Tamayo bitterly arraigned the Conservatives. Tayamo was particularly vindictive, 3nd declared that everybody who voted in favor of the Piatt amendment was a traitor to his country. The convention compelled him to retract this statement. On several occasions personal encounters seemed Imminent Gomez spoke for more than an hour, and hi.s speech undoubtedly won over Castro, Robau and Mandulej. He appealed to the patriotism of delegates, and rehearsed the long fight for independence, denouncing as perjurers all who favored the Piatt amendment, on the ground that they had sworn to draw up a constitution for an independent republic. Several Conservatives rose and asked Gomez to retract, but he absolutely refused. The following delegates voted against the majority report: Gomez, Gener, Portuondo, Lacret, Manduley, Cisneros, Ferrer. Fortun, Robau, E. Tamayo, Silva, Castro, Zayca and Aleman. Rivera and Bravo were absent. SCALE TOR IBOff WOEZEBS General Demand for Advance Based on Paddling Price. Milwaukee, Wis., May 29. Tl e wnge committee of the Amalgamated association, in its report, will recomiiiind that there be no change in tLe scale of the sheet steel hands, and if tne report is adopted there will be no advance a.sked for in the wage-s of this division of vvorkt-rs who are i::embers of t lie Amalgamated association. A few :::in r ( Langes in the working rules is nil that is recommended by the committee in regard to this c'as of workers. There is no. increase recommended In the wages cf the tin workers, exeept on larjri: gauges. The only general demand for an advance, it was 6tated, will be on the iron scale based on the puddling prices. This increase 13 said to be from 10 to 15 per cent, and affects all classes of iron workers. IT RAIU3 OXT BUFFALO i t 4 And the Pan-American 6how la m Very Wet Institution. Buffalo, N. Y., May 20. The fifth successive day of down pouring rain depressed the spirits of nearly every one connected with the Pan-American exposition. The landscape gardeners are the only ones on the grounds who are satisfied with the nnnsual weather conditions. Young, tender plants that would wilt under the hot rays of the sun are adding to the beauty of the rainbow city. McKinley Train at Chicago. Chicago, May 29. The president's special arrived here this morning about 3 o'clock. It did not run Into the station, but was switched to the Pennsylvania tracks and proceeded on Its Jcarney to Washington. Mrs. McK'nley was reported as continuing to shoy the improvement that began before sLe left San Francisco. Fairbauk for President. Chicago, May 29. Senator . Fairbanks, of Indiana, was formally announced yesterday as the Indiana Republican candidate for president In 1104 by Harry . S. Xew, Republican national committeeman from Indiana, who was here yesterday tloderrnnnd at It Again, Appleton, Wis., May 29. Dr. M. J. Rodermund has attempted again to further demonstrate his germ theories. As soon as he discovered that there was a case of smallpox in the vicinity (a man named Krause) he began his plans for gaining admission to the patient. At 10 p. nu Monday he disguised himself and tried to get Into the Krause residence, but was unsuccessful.

E Whether Porto Rico Products Are Taxable Under United States Tariff Laws. NATIONLA SUPREME COURT EÜLII7G Before Foraktr's Law the Island Products Were Not Dutiable. After Its Passage They Were, Says the Highest Legal Tribunal, Which Is Very Much Divided in Opinion. Washington, May 28. In the United States supreme court yesterday opinions were handed down In all but two of the cases before that court involving the relation of the United States to its insular possessions. The two cases in which no conclusion was announced were those known as the "Fourteen Diamond Rings" case and the second of the Dooley cases. The undecided tooie3 c&se deals with a phase of the Porto Question, and the "Dlamond Rings" case involves the right to the free Importation of merchandise ASSOCIATE JUSTICE BROWN, from the Philippines to' the United States. Of the several cases decided yesterday the two which attracted the greatest share of attention from the court were what Is known as the De Lima case and that known as the Downes case. Appearance Were Deceptive. Of these two the opinion in the Downes case is considered the most far-reaching, as it affects our future relations, whereas the De Lima case dealt with a transitional phase of our insular relations. The De Lima case was the first to receive the . attention of the court, and as it appeared to be quite sweepingly opposed to the government's contentions, many persons precipitately arrived at the conclusion that the government had been worsted all along the line. This view suffered a decided change when the conclusion was announced in the Downes case. The court was very evenly divided on both cases, but political lines were not at all controlling. Where the Government Lost, The De Lima case Involved the power of the government to collect a duty en goods imported into the United l3tate from Porto Rico after the ratification of the treaty of Paris and before the passage of the Porto Rican act. The court said the governments contention In this case was substantially a claim that Porto Rico Is foreign territory. The entire case turned upon that contention. The court held tiat the position was not well taken; that Porto Rico was not at the time foreign terrlttry; and that therefore the duty which had been collected must be returned. And Where the Government Won The decision in the Downes case followed the history of the dealings of the United States with Porto Rico a step farther. That case dealt with the legality of the exaction of duties on goods imported from Porto Rico into New York after the passage of the For aker act, providing for a duty upon J goods snipped from the United States Into Porto Rico, and also on those shipped from Porto Rico to the United States. , In this case the court held that such exaction was legal and constitutional. POINT3 OP TOE TWO OPINIONS. Slakes a Distinction a to the Status of the Island at Different Times. The point of the two opinions, considered collectively, ia that Porto Rico was never, after the acquisition of that island, foreign territory; that until conijress acted upon the question no duty could be collected, but that as soon as congress outlined a method of controlling the island's revenues that action became binding in other-words, that congress has power under the constitution to prescribe the manner of collecting the revenues of the country's insular possessions, and has the right to lay a duty on goods imported into our insular possessions from the United States. It holds, in brief, that for taxation purposes they are not a part of the United States to the extent that goods shipped between their ports and the United States are entitled to the same treatment as though they were shipped between New York and New Orleans. Justice Brown delivered the court's opinion in both cases, and there were vigorous dissenting opinions in both. In the Downes case four of the nine members of the court united in an opinion characterizing in strong language the opinion of the majority in thatcase. .In this opposing opinion the

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chief Justice and" Jusuces Harlan, Brewer and Pcckham untted. and the chief Justice and Justic Harlan presented their . views in Written form. Justices Gray, Sbiras, Vhlte and McKenna also, while agreeing with the conclusion announced by Justice Brown, announced 'hat they had reached the conclusion by different lines of argument, and Justices Gray, White and McKenna announced opinions outlining their respective positions. Justices Shiras, White and McKenna also dissented In the De Lima case, uniting in an opinion. Justice Gray also presented an Independent and dissenting opinion in that case. TLe small court room was crowded to repletion throughout the day, prominent government officials and many attorneys being present, and the proceedings were followed from start to finish with keen interest M'KINLEY POLICE "SUSTAINED.

Solicitor General Says the Decision Is a Government Victory, Washington, May 28. Solicitor General Richards, of the department of Justice, who had charge of the insular cases before the supreme court, last night made the following statement containing his interpretation of the decisions of the court yesterday: The important question involved in these cases was whether the cession of territory contained in the treaty of Paris made Porto Rico and lhe Philippines an integral part of tie United States within the meaning of that provision of the constitution requiring all duties, imposts and excises to be uniform throughout the United States.' The court held that the cession simply made Porto Rico and the Philippines domestic territory of the United States, subject to the full control of congress, which control could be exercised without reference to those limitations. "This limitation, the court held, was intended to apply to the states of the Union, and dot's not apply to acquired territory unless by treaty and by subsequent act of congress it Is incorporated within and becomes an integral part cf the United States. The decisions are substantially a victory for the government They sustain to the fullest extent the so-called Insular policy of the adminlstrat'-an. The government now has the aaction of the supreme court for govcriing these islands as their needs and our interests require. 4tThe court holds that the constitution did not of its own force at once apply to these ceded territories, placing their people, their products and their ports on an immediate equality with ours, and conferring uion them all the rights, privileges and immunities enJoyed by the people, products and ports o.J -Mie several states. While their fundamental rights are preserved by those underlying principles of the constitution which apply everywhere, the status of their citizens and the nature of the customs and commercial regulations are to be determined by congress by the exercise of the power vested by the constitution in congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting territory belonging to the United States. "Obviously what I have said regarding Porto Rico applies equally well to the Philippines, so that the president ia perfectly free, under the Spooner act, to govern the Philippines as their needs and our interests may require. "At the same time the court has sustained to the fullest extent the contention of the government in these cases, It has decided as a matter of statutory construction that the Dingley act could not be held to Impose duties on goods brought from Porto Rico because by cession Porto Rico became domestic territory of the United States and therefore ceased to be 'a foreign country.' The decisions of the court call for no change the administration of the law." President Dears the News. Sidney, Neb.. May 2S. The president and his cabinet received here the official information that the supreme court had decided the insular cases in accordance with the contentions of the government; The president and cabl net officers were elated over the victory, although they have never doubted that the decision would be in favor of the government. SElrt BAC TO COIIIIITTEE Presbyterians So Dispose of the Question of the Confession of Paith. Philadelphia, May 2S. By a unanimous vote the Presbyterian general assembly yesterday adopted the report of the special committee on the revision of the confession of faith. Dr. James D. Moffat hit on an amendment that made the report what everybody was Willing to stand for, and on a viva voce vote the whole of the 040 members of the assembly, voted aye. Then the commissioners arose and sang, "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow," which was followed by a prayer of thanksgiving by Moderator Mlnton. The Moffat amendment instructs the revision committee to prepare for submission to the next general assembly a- brief statement of the faith, expressed in untechnlcal terms as far as possible; but this statement shall not become "a eubstitute for, or an alternative of, our confession of faith." The momentous question of creed revision having been disposed of the assembly proceeded to the consideration of unfinished business and" transacted a large amount thtreof. New York was selected as the meeting place for the next general assembly. 8U11 Das $3T.OOO Ahead. Chicago, May 2S. Albert T. Dow was yesterday fined $10,000 and sentenced to six months in Jail on his plea cf guilty of running: an Illicit oleomargarine factory and defrauding the government out 'of internal revenue taxes amount? to 547,000.

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United Presbyterians Bar Out the Secret Society Man with Some Exceptions. LABOR UNION IS NOT CONDEMNED General Assembly of the Old School Adjourns Sine Die Dunkards Are Discnsslnjr Divorce. . Des Moines, I a., May 29. By a vote of to V3 yesteiday afternoon the general assembly of the United Presbyterian church adopted the Judiciary committee's report with regard to an interpretation of article 15 of the creed. The action cf the assembly is in effect to exclude members of secret orders from admission to the church. It is also Interpreted by some of the delegates to mean the expulsion of members of the church who now belong to j the. secret societies. The final dis cussion on the question was long and heated. M. C. McKittrick, of Los Angeles, Cal, said he would rather cut off his right hand than to vote for the exculsion of members of secret societies already in the church. y the Church Is Hunting Trouble. "If we let this report go through as it Is," said Dr. McCreery, of Pittsburg, Pa., heatedly, "we are saying that men who have been good members of the United Presbyterian church for years must be turned out of doors. I want to tell you, fathers and brothers, that if we pass this report without amendment we are going to make more trouble than the United Presbyterian church has ever seen." Some members of the assembly who are most violently opposed to secret orders objected to the section of the report of the committee which removed the bar of the church from organizations which do not "inculcate a Christless religion." Labor Union In the Discussion. B. G. Campbell, who moved to strike out the section of the report which said the testimony does not include such orders, held that labor unions should not be approved by the church. This idea was strongly opposed. Dr. J. M. Wallace, of Pittsburg, Pa., said: "For the sake of the workingmen I do not want this part of the report stricken out. The workingmen have Just as good a right to form a union as Morgan has a trust, and I do object to the worklnjmen being kept out of the church because they form themselves into a' union to protect themselves against their oppressors." Rev. J. F. Ross, of Ohio, declared the great secret orders were rivals to the church, for the reason that they trade in a false religion, "they have wine parties, card parties and many other, snares," said he. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS Less Than Two Weeks In Session Oatbreak of Personalities. Philadelphia, Ta., May 29. The 113th Presbyterian general assembly was dissolved at 0:15 p. m. yesterday by Moderator Minton, after having been, in session for nearly two weeks, during which time many matters of the utmost importance to the church were considered. Chief among these was the question regarding the revision of the confession of faith. After a discussion continuing nearly four days this momentous subject was referred to a special committee of twenty-one members, which will make recommendations as to the manner in which the creed should be revised and present them to the next general assembly. Yesterday for the first time since tha assembly convened there was an introduction of personalities. The trouble occurred during the discussion on the chairmanship of the revision committee. When it came to electing the chairman It was moved that Moderator Mlnton be elected chairman. This Incensed the friends of Dr. Dickey, chairman of the old committee, but it prevailed. The subject was revived later, but the matter was finally adjusted by Dr. Dickey, whO;Sald he was confident there had Itfen no attempt to cast any reflection upon him, but that the commissioners merely desired to honor his successor as moderator. The closing hours of the assembly were devoted to routine matters. The report of the committee on temperance urged ministers, to call the attention of ccngreFsmen in their districts to the necessity for the completion of legislation now pending regarding the drink traffic In the Islands of the Pacific. In dissolving the assembly Moderator Minton made an eloquent address, and before the final benediction was pro-' nounccd the commissioners sang the hymn, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds." Proceed Ines of the Dunkards. Lincoln, Neb., May 29. Business meetings of the National Dunkard conference began yesterday. One Of the questions of church law ; which the Dunkards are deeply iaterested. In is the subject of divorce. Congressional enactments are being studied by the brethren, and the matter informally discussed. It is altogether unlikely that any change will be made in the rides of the denomination, which are firmly opposed to divorces. The conference refused, after a long discussion, to make any chanjre in the church ! law by allowing the sisters the same pr!vil?rres in the conference as the brethren. Pv-tr!nal discussions occupied nat cf the day. Will l?&ntiy th Intone C luminals. Si r:-::.s. Ills., May "20. The br,"M c-f co:r.n;lsioncrs of the South-1

em 'iultentlary af Chester" haa"appointed Dr. W. F. Saunders, of Carlyle, superintendent of the State Asylum for Criminal Insane at Chester. Dad to Get Out of the Guards. London, May 29. The resignation is gazetted of the Marquis of Headfort as a lieutenant in the First Life Guards, presumably because he married Rosie Boote, the actress. SHE 13 'TOE STAR HOARD EU Sirs. Donlne, Who Con foiled the Killing of Young J. 8. Ayres. Washington, May 29. Judge Barnard has refused to issue a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Mrs. Bonine, charged with the killing of

1TB3. BOKTKFV James Ayr es. Mrs. Bonine continues to be the star boarder in the district Jail. She is allowed to have strawberries and cream, eggs on toast, nice sirloins and fruit, while her cell is decorated with beautiful flowers, and the little table is piled up high with late magazines and newspapers. The police have not secured any additional evidence that will be of any use in breaking down Mrs. Bonine's statement. CHINA AG REE 3 TOPAY Bnt Objects to 4 Per Cent. Interest Boxers Again Active. Peking, May 29. The Chinese plenipotentiaries have informed the ministers, of the powers that the court has notified them of a willingness to pay indemnity to the amount of 450,000,000 taels, but the court objects to 4 per cent interest. London, May 29. The Boxers are again active in all districts where there are no foreign troops," says a dispatch to The Standard from Tien-T-'n, dated May 27. i - Morrison, wirlnc to The Times from P king, says: "M. de Glers has announced that Ru a agrees to the formation of a. mixe;' t emmission, such as it provided for in the British proposal. It is expected that Russia will also agree to Great Britain's Indemnity proposals." German Editors Approve. Berlin, May 29. The Genna; press, without exception, comments In' terms of approval upon the news that Emperor William has ordered Count von Waldersee and the German troops to return home. Seymour Nott an Admiral. London, May 29. Vice Admiral Sir Edward II. Seymour (who has been comamnder-ln-chief on the China station since 1898) has been promoted to the rank of admiral. f THE MARKETS! Chicago Grata and Produoo. Following1 were the Quotations on the Board of Trade today: Wheat Open. High. Low. Close. May .74 .74 $ .73 $ .TS July 73 .71 .73Ja CornMay 42 .43 .42Va .43 July 43 .44 .43 .48 OatsMay ..: SOU .80 .30 .30 July 28 2S .25 .2S PorkJuly 14.60 14.60 HXo 14.60 September ..14.62 1470 14.60 14.70 LardMay 8.12 8.12 8.10 8.10 , July 8.12 8.12 &.0T 8.10 J September ... 8.12 8.12 a. 10 8. ITH Short Ribs May 8.2G a20 8,12 &IS July 7.92 7.92 T.87 T.87 September " ... 7.90 - - 7.90 7. 7.85 Produce: Butter Extra creamery. 1818o per lb; extra dairy, 16c; pack-ing stock, 11c. Egya Fresh took. 11c per do. Poultry Chickens, springs and hens, 89c; dudes, 8Q 8c; turkeys, 57c; gese J5.00S60 per doz. Apple Common to ohotöe, $1.504-25 per bbl. Potatoes Burtaartka. 4836c; peerless, 4967c; Hebrcro, 4i0 43c: mixed, 3136c; rose, 3$4lc Cblcayo lAw Stock. Hog Estimated receipts for th day, 27.000. Sales ranged at W.4305.GO fOT pigs; $ö.05.82 for right; 5.60(&o.73 for rough packing; $5.e55cS7 for mixed, and 5.75$ 5.90 for heavy packing and shipping lata, with the bulk of sates at $5.805.K3. , Cattle Estimated receipts for t!w Clay 5,000. Quotations ranged at $5.7053.10 choice to extra steers, $5.S0C5.75 good to choice do.; $4.856.80 fair to good da; $4.204.75 common to roedTum do.: $4.104.60 botchers' steers; $5.1005.90 f e t , western steers- $2.70(96.15 stockers and ;: feeders; tl.754.50 oore; $2.604.i heifers; $2.&O4.0O Bulls and oen; $3.' 4.50 stags; $4.0020 Tfexaa steers and $4.5036u23 veal calves. Sheep Estimated receipt for the day 14,000. Quotations ran-ped at IITS 4.70 westerns; $I10170 natives: ilfäQ 5.75 western lambs, and $4.60.70 nallve Iambs. KUwanba Grain. Milwaukee, Wla May tSi Wtssb iiarteet fire; Jiow 1 northern, 7S7Cc; No. i. ncrthcrs, TZIlc; ; July, 7$UCTSSa KyWrr: l. &4fcO4$c; Bsrtey CUryOTi Ux X ttO 57c; czmpfcj, 43553Vc OaO-rrc: Ka, 2, white, DQvOUc

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