Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-05-30

power to impose any duties II see
ut. The question as to whether III,
president mas power To dictate wha
government shall prevail in the rol
ohies ana annexed territory and hos
the revenues shall be levied and col
iected Is the much mooted question
| thorough study in detail of the de
clsion must be made before all tbf
points can be made clear The Lon
doh press holds that the administers
ton Is only upheld in its action to a
very small degree. but all speak of Tho
great confusion of cases.
NEW YORK. May 2s.-The morn.
Ing papers commenting editorially on
the decision of the supreme court in
the Porto Rican case say:
sun: The supreme court has now
refused to grant an injunction against
American progress of the twentieth
century as pursued by congress and
the president
World: THE decision leaves con.
gress and the president as free as
the British empire to pursue a policy
of expansion and govern her colonies
on whatever lines congress thinks ex
pedient'
Journal The vision of empire has
passed. Henceforth we can difrer On
ly about constitutional policies shaped
In accordance with the principles of
republican government"
Press: THE supreme court adj
Judged the United States nation.
not merely government"
WASHINGTON. May 2s.-General
Charles Grosvenor. one or the ablest
lawyers in the country. mas reduced
the supreme court decision in the Por-
to hican case to these terms
The court holds by the ratification
of the treaty of Paris that insular pos
sessions become part of the United
States for every purpose with the linn
itat'on that congress has complete
power to legislate independent of tar
III limitations of the constitution The
same result follows as to the question
of citizenship and every other uues.
tion, the court putting the islands up
on the same footing as the District of
He continues
When the constitution followed. 1t
was followed by the persuasive inllu.
ence of the constitutional provision
equality of rights to ali
hence the duties imposed before tho
Foraker hin must he refunded"
LONDON. May 2S.-Scotland Yard
detectives have, after years OF frnif.
less search. once more started out or
the hunt for Jack the Ripper.
The unfortunate women of White
chapel district are again IN yanic
over murder that closely reEcinLlos
the work of the celebrated ficnJ. The
body OF woman was found lying in
a cheap lodging house yesterday. She
was horribly mutilated and her in
jurles bear every evidence of having
been inflicted by the man who has for
years bnflled the skill OF the most ex
pert criminal hunters.
The police learned today that the
crime was committed Saturday even.
ing, but they were not notified until
the woman died yesterday. They nd.
init that they have but small hone OF
catching the perpetrator.
DENVER. May 2S.-rhe convention
Of the Federation of Miners will not
get down to business before tomorrow
The sessions today nre being taken I'm
in acting on credentials.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. May 2S.-A
Joncsboro special tells of the birth OF
twin boys to Mrs. Howard Williams
which are Joined by four-inch car
oh oil
blades. The attending phys
Icians say they will live.
TOLEDO, Ohio, May 2s-Mrs. Ala
media Goddonier has Just completed a
fast. undertaken with a view
Df reducing her flesh. She lost 90
pounds in weight. now Weighing III
The lady says she never felt better In |
all her lifo.
DIES MONIES. Iowa. May 2s.-The
general assembly late
this afternoon by n vote OF 90 to &c
adopted the new ruling of the church
which forblds members belonging to
any secret society. In fact expels
from the church unless
they resign Immediately from any se-
cret society to which they may be at.
tached
VIENNA. May 2S.-The body of n
man named Pomagnola. an anarchist.
has been discovered heavily loaded
with chains in the Danube river. He
Is said to have been selected to assas-
sinate the emperor. Tho police be
lieve he was murdered by his fellow
for falling to make the al
tempt.
Romagnoli was member of the
Patterson anarchist circle and made
, trip to South America to get In.
'tructlons there MS TO how to carry
out the plot and avoid the vigilance
of United States authorities. He de-
parted from Rio Janiero two months
ago and the German authorities have
been keeping close watch for him
over since his departure was herald
ed throughout the world. and the po-
lice OF every country have been try
ing to find him. ~
The fact that he so easily elniei
he